Since the documentary’s premiere Dionne Warwick has released a statement on the matter saying;
“All I can say about Dee Dee is that she was a loving, caring, giving person,” Warwick told People magazine about her late sister, who died in 2008. “What was depicted of her is absolutely untrue and something I will never forgive.”
Whitney’s mother Cissy Houston has also released a statement claiming that since neither Dee Dee nor Whitney are here to speak about the truth or falsehood of the allegations everyone needs to let the matter rest and move on.
“We cannot reconcile the public’s need to know about Whitney’s life as justification for invasion of her privacy or the charge against Dee Dee, a charge which neither Whitney nor Dee Dee is here to deny, refute or affirm,” it read. “Neither I, Dionne, nor my son Michael who was very close to his sister, and in the film is VERY candid about their drug use, has ever heard these allegations; we have never heard anything remotely connected to the crimes charged against Dee Dee in the film.”
Whitney’s life has been a constant buffet that tabloids have continued to feast on after her death and it may be time to finally let her rest in peace. We all know that she encountered many challenges while she was alive but the one thing we can all do is finally leave her alone and let her legacy continue through the beautiful music she left us with.
