I cannot stop watching and laughing at this clip of Whitney talking about working with Akon. First of all, her hardened countenance reminds me of Jerri Blank's. Second of all, the way she's selling this is just so weird. ("I started togetintohim I started listentohisstuff and.........he's appealing.") I'm not saying she's hilarious here in a druggy or post-druggy way, I just think that she's like nothing I've seen before. She's hip and with it, but I don't quite know what "it" is. And that's why I love her (and I can't wait for the TWO-FUCKING-PART Oprah interview!).
Also this has given me something to look forward to: the day someone says, "His grooves are great," in reference to me will be the day I know I've truly made it.
The island of Africa.....right.
Posted by: s2couto | September 03, 2009 at 05:57 PM
Wow...She's like a "cool Mom" now. While watching the video, I kept wanting to see her in Mom jeans or a mini-van.
Posted by: Wookie | September 03, 2009 at 06:33 PM
Does this mean we can troll your comments with Jerri Blank quotes? I'll start.
"I'm as moist as a snack cake down there."
Posted by: steele | September 03, 2009 at 06:34 PM
You had me at Jerri Blank.
"Ho - hobo camp?"
Posted by: seeldee | September 03, 2009 at 07:12 PM
It's like a part of her tongue is paralysed. Who knows, maybe she overdosed back in the last years she was using.
Other than that, she seems pretty serene...
Posted by: Claudea | September 03, 2009 at 08:22 PM
Her timing reminds me of a lot of stuff in Waiting for Guffman.
Posted by: Megan | September 03, 2009 at 08:44 PM
Oh god I hope this means Maya Rudolph will make a couple of SNL cameos as Whitney
Posted by: Caligula | September 03, 2009 at 09:28 PM
Did she go to the Paula Abdul School For Public Speaking? She's very..... relaxed.
Posted by: rustyspigot | September 03, 2009 at 09:45 PM
Oh my god. What happened to her face?
Posted by: Jen | September 04, 2009 at 01:05 AM
Did she always have a lisp?
Posted by: Shipp | September 04, 2009 at 01:54 AM
I hate hate hate to say this, but it seems she's done some permanent damage to her brain. Her speaking is totally affected. Ugh. Crack is whack, indeed.
Posted by: Jen | September 04, 2009 at 10:35 AM
I agree, Jen. Watching that made me sad for her.
Posted by: MoNYC | September 04, 2009 at 11:38 AM
The Jerri Blank comparison is dead on.
Posted by: Sarah | September 05, 2009 at 02:24 PM
I tried to play this and my computer freaked out and opened in it 6 windows and started skipping. Overlapping skipping islandgrooving Whitney is TERRIFYING.
Posted by: Lisa | September 05, 2009 at 06:17 PM
You should definitely recap both the Whitney and Mariah episodes on Oprah. Trust, the Mariah episode will offer plenty of funny gifs
Posted by: Charles Ludeke | September 06, 2009 at 12:42 PM
"I cried when I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. And then I laughed really hard."
So, the video kept buffering for me. And there Whit would be, in the center of the screen, mid-sentence, when the buffering symbol came on. It circled her nose like a little ring of cocaine, like she paused to have a toot before finishing her thought. It made her timing seem almost natural, actually.
Posted by: carole | September 07, 2009 at 08:36 PM
I'll be on pins and needles waiting for Oprah - unless that's not what you don't want me not to do.
Posted by: ChikoChevere | September 08, 2009 at 01:27 AM
"kind of unique, you know, in its own way"
I love how she looks amused and smiles when she gets to the end of a sentence, like she's surprised by the destination she's arrived at.
Posted by: Doody | September 08, 2009 at 08:53 AM
goddamn! i live for your jerri blank references.
Posted by: miks | September 08, 2009 at 07:59 PM
She almost has a Madonna-esque fake British accent.
Posted by: Katie | September 09, 2009 at 07:37 PM
it appears as if Ms. Houston has no fron teeth from smocking crack, and has a tough time working those dentures.
Posted by: Brigitte Tweddel | September 10, 2009 at 04:34 PM
but now she's (smoking crack)/back in school, and although her face has changed, her hassles are just the same.
Posted by: Storm Keas | September 14, 2009 at 01:27 PM
I always wondered why he was not a way bigger star than he is. I would think some one like him would be a mogal by now. It must be because he is openly gay or would not sell out, i dunno.
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It is a pity that she has done anything new. She has a beautiful voice and even she acted.
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