Posted on 03/28/2006 7:17:00 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
POP diva Whitney Houston is reportedly hooked on crack and spiralling hopelessly out of control, according to an exclusive online report by Victoria Newton in The Sun.
Pictures obtained by Britain's biggest-selling newspaper are believed to show Houston, 42 and mother to 13-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina, looking "haggard, with dark circles under her eyes and a deranged look on her face".
Shots of the singer's bathroom also reveal signs of heavy drug use, with assorted drug paraphernalia "including a crack-smoking pipe, rolling papers, cocaine-caked spoons and cigarette ends are strewn across the surface tops", the report said.
The bathroom photograph was allegedly taken by Whitney's sister-in-law, Tina Brown, at the home Whitney Houston shares with her singer husband Bobby Brown in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ms Brown told The Sun: "The truth needs to come out. Whitney won't stay off the drugs. It's every single day. It's so ugly. Everyone is so scared she is going to overdose."
According to Ms Brown, Houston "regularly disappears for days and weeks at a time". Other times, Houston spends days locked in her bedroom, piled high with rubbish.
Tina, 42, told The Sun: "She'll point to the floor and say, 'See that demon. I'm telling you somebody's messing with Bobby'. She always thinks it's something to do with Bobby. But it's her, hitting herself ... She breaks everything - mirrors, phones, cabinets, appliances."
Houston was one of the biggest female artists of her generation - with a string of hit singles in the 80s and 90s, including I Wanna Dance With Somebody and I Will Always Love You. She has sold more than 100 million albums worlwide. However, it is believed Houston has spent much of her multi-million dollar fortune on her habit.
Houston was rushed to hospital in 2003 with blood gushing from her nose - and emerged with a bizarre bandage on it. A source said: "Everyone wondered what happened to Whitney's nose." Eyewitnesses at a nearby Las Vegas hotel described how she had earlier looked "completely trashed".
Tina added: "I understand what she's going through. Addiction is a disease. Maybe this interview will save her life."
What is it about the entertainment industry that causes so many of these rich people to just throw their lives away with drugs?
I'd no more try crack or meth than I'd cut my hand off with a power saw. It just makes no sense whatsoever. What are these people thinking?
You would think she would get arrested....
So millionaire druglords are at fault, or Whitney?
Yeah... and the suns coming up tomorrow.
Put it this way, for Whitney I'd be seeking medical help. For the drug lords, I'd be seeking the death penalty!
Whitney Houston was gifted by God with a tremendous voice. She could have done so much good. She was sidetracked by Bobby Brown and drugs.
I hope that it is not too late for her. But it looks grim.
"cigarette ends are strewn across the surface tops", the report said.
Oh! No! Cigarettes! Shame on her.
She must have been on some substance to marry Bobby Brown.
LOL I love the caption.
"Pitifull, haggard singer"
crack is wack.
Such a shame. She was a beauty with real talent and a great career. Now it's all going down the toilet for Whitney. I feel so bad for her daughter.
Take away their god given talent and they are just like the rest of us.
Roger that.
The sad truth is that unless she wants help there is nothing anyone can do.
If she has blown her money, lost her soul to drugs then all you can do is feel sorry for her, if that.
That picture of her is horrible, she has lost her looks and looks as though she hasn't had food in weeks.
Very Dad.
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