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A short transcript of Dateline NBC's Whitney Houston: Diva in the Desert

After watching the Dateline NBC special last night, I have to say that Whitney Houston is crack, uh, I-I mean, wack! For those of you who missed this National Enquirer worthy special, it showed footage from Whitney's recent trip to a desert in Israel to stay with an African-American Jewish cult. Yes... Black Jews... moved from urban Chicago to a desert town in Israel. Then Whitney, in traditional African garb no less, got "re-baptized" in the Jordan River, all the while gabbing away on her cell phone. (This is not a joke). Then Whitney met Ariel Sharon, Israeli PM, but refused to shake his hand and instead, laughed into the camera. Huh? Finally, a shot of Whitney's tour bus (like literally, a tour bus.. to tour the desert, not world concert tour) stopping in the middle of the barren landscape so that she could take a pit stop. Imagine a multi-platinum megastar taking a pit stop at the side of the road? Emerging from her "bathroom break," Whitney puts on her headphones and begins to dance, flail her arms and sing loudly to whatever she's listening to. Dateline reporter: "Those around her are either pretending to be oblivious to her weird antics or have simply run out of answers to Whitney's strange behaviour." (note: Strange behaviour also includes being high at Divas Live this year, buying crack from a street in New Jersey and (although not mentioned on the show, but always bothering me) being prone to sweating a lot on stage)

Then they also aired the "interview" that Whitney gave to Wendy Williams, a NYC DJ. "Are you doing okay?" Wendy asks innocently..

"What the f*ck are you trying to say?! I don't ask about what you do so don't be prying into my private life Wendy! Why do you give a sh*t anyway?! I don't give a f#*kin sh*t about your business! I love you and all, but if you keeping dogging me like this (or some other black phrase i misinterpreted) I will have to come down and shut you up Wendy! God damn! What the f#ck is wrong with you guys?!" replies Whitney...

Finally, a segment about Whitney's dad suing her. Then he's in the hospital, while she's busy talking to her lawyers about suing back. Then he passes away. She doesn't attend his funeral.

I was actually sad for Whitney Houston. "I will always love you" is one of my all time favourite songs but she can't even seem to stand up straight nowadays, let alone sing her signature piece. The reporters questions whether this is a publicity stunt to "revive" her career. But unless she's hoping to break into the drug-trafficing biz, I highly doubt it.

Whitney's former saxophone player plays "I will always love you" on his sax and closes his eyes as if waiting for Whitney's voice to carry the melody. The song finishes and he opens his eyes, tears forming. "There’s a madness that people would never believe that happens to an individual who gets that famous," he says. "I hope one day she opens her eyes to who she really is."
posted by Tim at 2:22 PM