{"id":349668,"date":"2026-06-25T08:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/349668\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T08:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:03:15","slug":"whitney-houstons-estate-says-she-was-not-high-during-oprah-show-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/349668\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitney Houston’s Estate Says She Was Not High During Oprah Show Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe estate of Whitney Houston<\/a> has released a statement refuting Oprah Winfrey<\/a>\u2018s recent comments claiming that the late singer fell of a stage while high on The Oprah Winfrey Show. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFrom the 2009 interview on the Oprah Winfrey show, Whitney absolutely fell off stage, but it was during a sound check and it was due to the darkness of the area and her unfamiliarity with the stage. She was absolutely not high,\u201d the post, shared to Houston\u2019s official Instagram<\/a>, read. \u201cThis story was picked up by several media outlets. Like many people, she faced personal battles, but it is inaccurate and unfair to attach that struggle to every performance or every chapter of her life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe two-time Oscar nominee shared the story<\/a> at\u00a0Cannes Lions\u00a0on Tuesday, where she spoke about Houston\u2019s final performance on her show. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhitney did what I think was her last show with us, and she had gone back on drugs. The first interview I did with her \u2026 she was clean, but the day she came to my show to perform in front of the audience, she was not, and she fell off of the stage,\u201d Winfrey said. \u201cI knew that if that story got out that she\u2019d fallen off the stage, she would be destroyed by that, and so even though the audience was there and the audience had cameras, I begged them not to put those pictures out because it would ruin her life, and they did not.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Grammy winner\u2019s estate also addressed the audience being present for her fall. \u201cWhat the studio audience witnessed on stage was the result of discipline, talent, and commitment not the assumptions others project. Whitney\u2019s humanity included triumphs and struggles, but on that day, she showed up as the professional and gifted artist she always worked to be. We owe her the dignity of telling the truth not repeating myths,\u201d the statement concluded. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Hollywood Reporter reached out to a rep for Winfrey, but did not hear back by the time of publication. <\/p>\n