Whitney Houston's Inner Circle Wanted Her To Go To Rehab, Clive Davis Offered To Pay
Posted on Feb 18, 2012 @ 03:00AM
By Jen Heger - Radar Legal Editor
Whitney Houston's inner circle, including her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, wanted her to go to rehab in the weeks leading up to her death, but the pop star shut down talk about her returning to treatment, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.
As previously reported, after months of sober living during 2011, Houston, who died Feb. 11 at age 48, had fallen off the wagon and "was as bad as she ever was.”
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“Bobbi Kristina, Clive Davis, and members of Whitney’s closest advisers were urging her to go back to rehab because people close to her saw her downward spiral into drugs and alcohol,” an insider tells RadarOnline.com exclusively. “It was extremely hard for Clive in particular to see Whitney under the influence again. He was absolutely powerless to stop her. Clive and Whitney had a very close relationship, but her addiction to drugs and alcohol did a lot of damage to that.
“Whitney's fans and the public have questioned why more wasn't done to get Whitney help -- well, what people don't realize is efforts were indeed made, but Whitney kept telling Clive that she didn't have a problem, which he categorically disagreed with. Clive told Whitney he would pay for her rehab, wherever she wanted to go, he would take care of it, but she shot him down. The sad fact is that unless the addict wants to get help, there is nothing anyone can do to force someone to go to rehab.”
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As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the final weeks of Whitney's life were booze and drug filled. "Whitney got buck-wild," one eyewitness who saw the star party at the Playhouse nightclub on January 2, revealed. "She drank cognac and champagne and seemed completely out of it from the moment she arrived until the moment she left, at 2:30 a.m. PST. "
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“The tragedy of Whitney's demise is that she had all the resources available to help her get clean and sober, but she was in total denial about her addiction,” the insider tells RadarOnline.com. “It truly broke Clive's heart, and as Bobbi Kristina's godfather, he was extremely concerned for the teenager as well. Kris, as Whitney called her, was also extremely concerned about her mom. This teenager has seen more in her young life and is wise beyond her years. Whitney and Kris were inseparable and extremely close.”
Weeks later, she continued the party at the Beverly Wilshire, a luxury hotel in Beverly Hills. That erratic behavior continued up until her death; according to CNN anchor Don Lemon, Houston was spotted doing somersaults in the pool in the days before her death whilst drinking alcohol, from as early in the morning as 10 a.m.
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Houston’s funeral will be held at noon EST Saturday at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, and RadarOnline.com will live stream the service.
Houston’s ex-husband Bobby Brown will attend the invitation-only funeral, but afterwards, the singer will travel to Connecticut to perform in a concert with New Edition that same night. Other celebs attending the funeral include, Elton John, Oprah Winfrey, Aretha Franklin, Houston’s Bodyguard co-star Kevin Costner, Stevie Wonder, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, R. Kelly, and Clive Davis.
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May 18, 2012 @ 01:30
Apr 11, 2012 @ 07:30
cont'd: You don't prescribe to a known addict drs. Get over the $$$$ and remember the oath you took.
Posted Wed, 02/22/2012 - 4:27pm
CONT'D: Also SHAME ON WH's drs and others who supplied her with what resulted in her death. I'm glad her drs. are being investigated and if their actions led to her death I hope there are consequences.
Posted Wed, 02/22/2012 - 4:27pm
cont'd: I would think someone like WH who was abusing drugs/alcohol in excess would be considered a danger to self (duh: resulted in death). Enablers didn't want to lose their paychecks. SHAME ON THEM!!
Posted Wed, 02/22/2012 - 4:24pm
Folks it's called INVOLUNTARY confinement for a reason. The person does not have to volunteer to go to treatment IF they are considered by a professional to be a danger to themselves or others.....HELLO!!!
Posted Wed, 02/22/2012 - 4:22pm
Don't you have a tree to go hug?! Clive could have helped WH by pulling all money out from under her unless she got rehab. That would have put her knappy-butt in to rehab.
Posted Sat, 04/21/2012 - 1:48pm
I saw that 20/20 special on Whitney. I forgot what a mega star she really was; she truly was one
of a kind. Didn't she almost have it all.... so sad, so very, very sad.
Posted Sat, 02/18/2012 - 4:55am
So all of her pathetic ENABLERS are now scrambling to cover their asses.
Sadly transparent and obviously too late. I'm sure they wont have any trouble spending her money though.
Posted Fri, 02/17/2012 - 8:44pm
So sick of all of the unnamed sources making money off of this tragic situation. Please let woman rest in peace. Hopefully the paparazzi will let Bobbi Kristina lead a normal life away from the cameras.
Posted Fri, 02/17/2012 - 7:14pm
i question Clive because according to WH voice coach she was never given the chance for her voice to completely heal. He said she would come very close to recovery before she was booked to do another job.
Posted Fri, 02/17/2012 - 5:41pm
Radar please promise no more of this skank once they bury her. This was a very long week
Posted Fri, 02/17/2012 - 5:22pm