(Part 5) Whitney Houston Interviewed by Diane Sawyer
(Part 5) Whitney Houston interviewed by Diane Sawyer – After years of mysterious cancellations and erratic behavior, Whitney Houston has admitted using drugs, but says the problem is in the past. In a rare interview, Houston told Primetime’s Diane Sawyer that she has used alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and prescription drugs at different points during her career. “I partied a lot. Trust me: I partied my tail off,” she said, adding, “You get to a point where you know the party’s over.” When the singer made a guest appearance at the Michael Jackson tribute concert, her bone-thin appearance and unsteady stance provoked audible gasps from the audience, and raised questions about her health. When she failed to show up for a second performance three days later, there were rumors that she was dying —and even that she was dead. But the days of her self-destructive behavior are over now, she says. “That was a moment in time that happened to me, that I was going through, that I’m over. I’m beyond it. It’s past. It’s done,” she told Sawyer. Houston said the rumors about her health were wrong. “I am not sick,” she said. “Let’s get that straight. I am not sick, OK? I’ve always been a thin girl. I am not going to be fat, ever.” She denied having anorexia or bulimia, but admitted that she sometimes has difficulty eating. “If my nerves are bad, and if I have an emotional stress going on in my life, it’s very hard for me to eat and stomach things,” she said. Houston faced a drug possession charge in January 2000 after an airport guard in Hawaii …
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