Whitney Houston’s Estate Responds To Oprah’s Account of 2009 Stage Fall

Just hours after Oprah Winfrey revealed a not-so-nice story about the late Whitney Houston, her official estate is speaking out and setting the record straight. And they’re not mincing words!

As we previously told you, Winfrey caused a firestorm online while at Cannes Film Festival, after she detailed how Houston was once high and fell onstage during a performance for her talk show back in 2009. However, in an effort to save her reputation, Winfrey urged audience members not to share any photos or videos of Houston’s mishap with the media at the time.

Given the fact that the “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” singer isn’t around to tell her side of the story, Winfrey’s admission naturally sparked outrage from people online who felt the story should’ve stayed private.

And now, Houston’s official estate has entered the chat.

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In a lengthy Instagram statement from Pat Houston, the late singer’s sister-in-law and executor, she pushed back against Winfrey’s narrative and said that the singer fell for an entirely different reason.

“From the 2009 interview on the Oprah Winfrey show, Whitney absolutely fell off stage, but it was during a sound check, and it was due to the darkness of the area and her unfamiliarity with the stage. She was absolutely not high,” Pat said.

She continued by acknowledging the fact that the late singer had her “personal battles,” but that it wasn’t fair to try to attach every misstep or mishap she had to those battles. She also noted that the “Greatest Love of All” singer displayed “discipline, talent, and commitment” whenever she took the stage, and that’s what the audience at Winfrey’s show saw that day.

“Whitney’s humanity included triumphs and struggles, but on that day, she showed up as the professional and gifted artist she always worked to be. We owe her the dignity of telling the truth, not repeating myths,” Pat concluded.

Winfrey has yet to respond to the public backlash or to the estate’s comments.