{"id":166979,"date":"2022-12-24T10:49:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T10:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/whitney-houston-had-a-teenage-one-year-affair-with-confidant-robyn-crawford\/"},"modified":"2022-12-24T10:49:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T10:49:06","slug":"whitney-houston-had-a-teenage-one-year-affair-with-confidant-robyn-crawford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/whitney-houston-had-a-teenage-one-year-affair-with-confidant-robyn-crawford\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitney Houston had a ‘teenage, one-year affair’ with confidant Robyn Crawford"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whitney Houston’s secret relationship with confidant Robyn Crawford was just a ‘teenage, one-year affair’ claims music mogul Clive Davis<\/h2>\n

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Clive Davis is weighing on the secret romance between the late Whitney Houston and her confidante Robyn Crawford. <\/p>\n

Robyn and Whitney – who met in 1980 when they were both counselors at summer camp – had a ‘teenage, one-year affair,’ the music mogul claimed. <\/p>\n

The subject of the long-rumored secret relationship has resurfaced due to its inclusion in the Whitney biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody starring Naomi Ackie, released in cinemas today.<\/p>\n

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The truth? Whitney Houston’s secret relationship with confidant Robyn Crawford was a ‘teenage, one-year affair’ claims music mogul Clive Davis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Robyn previously confirmed the relationship with the late star herself in her 2019 memoir, claiming it was ‘romantic and sexual’ but ended due to homophobic pressure. <\/p>\n

In a new interview with Extra, Clive stated: ‘They did have a teenage, one-year affair.’<\/p>\n

He added: ‘There have been so many articles that have\u2026 attempted to trace her addiction to being a frustrated lesbian or never dated a man before Bobby, all of which was totally inaccurate.’<\/p>\n

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He’s the boss: Clive Davis pictured with Whitney in 2009 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘I know of several men that she dated before Bobby. I mean, she did see Jermaine Jackson for two years.’<\/p>\n

The pair met when Robyn was 16 and Whitney was 19, and she eventually became working for the superstar as her personal assistant. <\/p>\n

Despite years of hearsay – including rumors that that the affair long continued into their adult years – neither of them confirmed their alleged romance while the star was still alive. <\/p>\n

Robyn, now 62, broke her silence about their brief secret romance for the first time in 2019, seven years after Houston’s sudden death at 48. <\/p>\n

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Robyn and Whitney – who met in 1980 when they were both counselors at summer camp – had a ‘teenage, one-year affair,’ (seen above in 1998) <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

She spoke with The TODAY Show in an interview and described the early days of their relationship, which began when they met as teenagers at summer camp in 1980. <\/p>\n

‘Our friendship was a deep friendship. In the early part of that friendship, it was physical,’ Crawford told TODAY’s Craig Melvin.<\/p>\n

She said no one knew about the physical aspect of their relationship, because ‘it was ours’.<\/p>\n

The terms of their relationship shifted when Houston’s career began to take off. Crawford recounted how Whitney came to her one day in 1982, around the time that she signed a record deal with Clive Davis, and said: ‘I do n’t think we should be physical anymore.’<\/p>\n

‘The music business was a world we were learning,’ Crawford said. ‘We didn’t want anything to interfere with where she was going.’<\/p>\n

Asked whether she was angry about Houston’s decision, Crawford said no.<\/p>\n

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Playing out: Naomi Ackie is starring as Whitney Houston in a new biopic on the late star <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘I just felt that I wouldn’t be losing much. I still loved her the same and she loved me,’ she said, adding: ‘We were intimate on many levels.’<\/p>\n

Crawford explained that she’s opening up about the romance nearly four decades later because she wants the world to see a more complete view of the superstar she knew and loved.<\/p>\n

I watched [Houston] rise to the top of her game and I felt compelled to share who that woman was behind all the fame,’ she said.<\/p>\n

‘I never envisioned speaking publicly about my life and then I asked myself the question: “What would Whitney want? Would she understand you know, the time is now?”‘<\/p>\n

Melvin asked whether Crawford is worried that people will speculate that she made the story up, to which she replied: ‘Some people may feel that way. Hopefully they won’t.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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