Actress and comedian Mo\u2019Nique is the latest to join in on disputing Oprah Winfrey\u2019 recent comments about Whitney Houston.<\/p>\n
Mo\u2019Nique criticized Oprah while reacting to Oprah\u2019s claim that Houston had relapsed on drugs and was high during her 2009 \u201cOprah Show\u201d appearance.<\/p>\n
Oprah\u2019s remarks were made at this year\u2019s Cannes Lions Festival.<\/p>\n
She said Houston later returned to the show to perform and had relapsed in her addiction. \u201cI had such trust from \u2018The Oprah Show\u2019 audience \u2026 I think it was [Houston\u2019s] last show with us, and she had gone back on drugs,\u201d Winfrey said. \u201cThe first interview I did with her when we\u2019d gone behind stage and I asked her about her intention, she was clean, but the day she came to my show then to perform in front of the audience, she was not, and she fell off of the stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
She also said she urged audience members not to share photos.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew that if that story got out \u2026 she would be destroyed by that,\u201d Oprah said. \u201cAnd 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. That would not happen today, I can tell you that,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mo\u2019Nique disputes Oprah\u2019s decision to Houston\u2019s personal struggles<\/p>\n
Mo\u2019Nique, a long time critic of Oprah, clapped back on Oprah\u2019s decision in a recent radio appearance.<\/p>\n
The comedian questioned the fairness of discussing incidents involving someone who is no longer alive to confirm or deny what happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow do you speak about someone that can\u2019t defend it?\u201d she said. \u201cNow you just want everybody to take your word because you\u2019re the great Oprah Winfrey\u2026 I believe that\u2019s unfair.\u201d<\/p>\n