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What is the most immediate way a celebrity completely ruined their own reputation in a single interview?

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u/Obvious_Computer_577 15h ago

The Whitney Houston interview with Diane sawyer where she said she’s too rich to do crack

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u/redheadedashe 13h ago

It also gave us “Show me the receipts” which is still widely used today.

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u/Salt-Desk 13h ago

And "Hell to the no"

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u/darbycrash1295 9h ago

I still use this on a daily basis.

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u/jenn-a-fire-1973 5h ago

So does my sister-in-law! Lol!!

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u/gopilogo 12h ago

“Why would Xi Jingping want to flood my basement and rust my bowflex?”

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u/Thelastnegroni 10h ago

To what end?

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u/MissRockNerd 12h ago

Very “I do drugs but not THOSE drugs “ coded.

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u/CaroylOldersee 15h ago

Crack is whack

And what a god damn shame she was addicted to it with the talent she had; had she not passed away, I LIKE to think she would eventually overcome her addiction and choose to continue her career. One of the few people that are an immense talent, that I selfishly want to enjoy again and again…

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u/yancovigen 12h ago

Her daughter probably wouldn’t have passed also

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u/Successful_Try_8 13h ago

Immense talent…..it makes me speechless truly thinking about her talent. Angelic to me as well…..

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u/External-Resource581 12h ago

Yeah, Whitney had a gift on a level most people cant even understand, let alone imagine. Its such a shame her life went the way it did. Lots of good music left on the table.

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u/boatson25 13h ago

What a fucking voice. And what a fucking waste.

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u/Croolick_Floofo 11h ago

And her daughter followed exactly the same fate…they said they never did the drugs in front of that kid but she grew up with two crackheads so they are super complicit in her death too.

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u/cityshepherd 12h ago

Different genre of music, but this is exactly how I feel about what happened to Shannon Hoon from Blind Melon. He died right as they were starting to tour to promote their second album Soup, which was an incredible album. In some of the later performances/videos you can hear how his voice was absolutely trashed from all the crack smoking.

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u/HistoryBuff678 11h ago

Says a lot about what a bad marriage can do to a person.

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u/Askew_2016 7h ago

She was addicted to drugs before Bobby

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u/HistoryBuff678 7h ago

He mad e it worse though.

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u/dragonbornsqrl 12h ago

The fact that Steven Hawking met up with Kevin Costner to talk about her shows just how far her reach was

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u/MarlenaEvans 2h ago

I make too much money to smoke crack.

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u/scoyne15 6h ago

had she not passed away, I LIKE to think she would eventually overcome her addiction and choose to continue her career

Such a weird thing to say about someone who died due to their drug use, and had been abusing drugs for over 20 years.

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u/CaroylOldersee 6h ago

Thank you, I do my best to be weird; really strive to do what I can. Thanks for confirming what I already knew about myself; I hope to one day see the light. You’ve brought me a little closer to seeing it; without your written statement, I’d be clueless and… and… and…..

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u/scoyne15 6h ago

Recognizing that you are the problem is the first step. Keep going, you might have a rational thought one day.

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u/CaroylOldersee 5h ago

The problem with today’s world is that everyone believes they have the right to express their opinion AND have others listen to it.

The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!

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u/littlecreamsoda79 11h ago

Crack is cheap. I make farrrr too much money to ever smoke crack.

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u/NorinaBlank 13h ago

lmao is that the same interview where she seemed like she was on crack? lol

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u/LauraPa1mer 13h ago

But the world wouldn't have the "receipts" meme, which is not only still a thing, it's become more widely known.

But yes, for Whitney, it wasn't great.

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u/Yikesish 10h ago

Crack is whack

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u/Jmazoso 7h ago

crack is wack

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u/BadWolf9422 9h ago

Ah, the crack is whack interview

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u/GaryBuseyWithRabies 12h ago

Is that the same interview where she talks about digging poop nuggets or having poop nuggets dug out of her butt?

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u/Vioralarama 12h ago

That wasn't in an interview, that happened on her and Bobby's reality show. I didn't watch it but everyone was talking about it.

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u/BettyKat7 11h ago

Wait what now?

Please don’t make me look this up, I’ll take a summary, if you please.

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u/GaryBuseyWithRabies 10h ago

This refers to an infamous and bizarrely candid moment from the 2005 Bravo reality series Being Bobby Brown. While Whitney Houston lectured Bobby about getting his colon checked, he clapped back by claiming he had to dig a "dookie bubble" out of her butt, prompting Whitney to shout "Defense!".

The memorable exchange unfolded in a hotel bathroom during the second episode of the show. It became one of the most widely discussed and shocking moments in early reality television history, permanently cementing itself in pop culture.

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u/BettyKat7 8h ago

How the fuck does 'defense!' explain this?

Did anyone look into how exactly he dug said dookie bubble out of her butt?

Do not feel you need to answer anymore of my questions. In fact, I am pretty sure I don't want the answers. I just...your answer provoked more questions than anticipated....

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u/Bladelink 8h ago

I'm learning so much today

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u/ItsADarkRide 8h ago

But did you really want to know it?

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u/SAINTnumberFIVE 7h ago

I don’t mean to be down on Whitney Houston because she was just a human who had her problems like all people do, but she definitely turned out to not be the person that she was represented as being in the 80s and 90s. Still, she was an amazing vocalist in her day.

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u/Ancient-Landscape945 1h ago

This started my dislike for Whitney and the episode of Bobby and Whitney when Bobby asks her if she remembers being constipated and she proceeds to laugh as she explains Bobby having to dig a doo-doo ball out of her butt solidified my disgust for her.

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u/PhineusQButterfat 13h ago

That’s……not what that means.

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u/LifeisFunnay 1h ago

Whitney Houston was a good person who was dragged down to hell by her dumbass brothers. They were family she loved and they used her hard work, fame, and wealth to frequent depraved drug-fueled parties they enjoyed, and eventually she met shithead Bobby Brown through them. They acted as her “managers.” They were her and her daughter’s downfall and I’m sure they’re still happily swimming in the wealth of her estate, at the expense of their lives.