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Whitney Houston estate denies Oprah’s ‘inaccurate and unfair’ claim singer fell off stage due to drug use
Late singer ‘absolutely not high’ when she fell on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2009, says estate after Winfrey claimed she had relapsed
TL;DR
- Whitney Houston's estate refuted Oprah Winfrey's claims that the singer was using drugs when she fell off stage during a 2009 talk show appearance.
- The estate stated the fall occurred during a sound check and was due to darkness and unfamiliarity with the stage, not drug influence.
- Winfrey had claimed Houston was "back on drugs" during the 2009 appearance and had begged the audience not to share photos of the incident.
- The estate asserted that attributing Houston's performance to assumptions about her struggles is inaccurate and unfair, highlighting her professionalism.
- Whitney Houston died in 2012; her autopsy cited atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use as contributing factors to her death.