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Cissy sang from her heart
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Cissy sang from her heart

Cissy sang from her heart

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Cissy sang from her heart...
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:12:00
Uploaded
Jun 21, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, drama
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An in-depth look at the life and music of Whitney Houston.
But her mother was... the disciplinarian. - Whitney 00:06
But her mother was... the disciplinarian.
Her mother was hard on her when she was training her. - Whitney 00:05
Her mother was hard on her when she was training her.
She would make her do it over and over and over again, - Whitney 00:06
She would make her do it over and over and over again,
She was a little tough on Whitney because she knew what Whitney had. - Whitney 00:05
She was a little tough on Whitney because she knew what Whit...
Whitney would come in stomping, cursing, go to her room, slam the door. - Whitney 00:05
Whitney would come in stomping, cursing, go to her room, sla...
My mother telling her, 'Listen, if you wanna sing,' - Whitney 00:08
My mother telling her, 'Listen, if you wanna sing,'...
To put her in a safe environment, away from the bullying. - Whitney 00:06
To put her in a safe environment, away from the bullying.
This was the investment John and Cissy were making in their daughter. - Whitney 00:06
This was the investment John and Cissy were making in their ...
They wanted her to be educated, sophisticated, not streetwise. - Whitney 00:06
They wanted her to be educated, sophisticated, not streetwis...
You know, it sounds like I'm giving you the gas, - Whitney 00:06
You know, it sounds like I'm giving you the gas,
They had a really great family dynamic going on. - Whitney 00:05
They had a really great family dynamic going on.
Did other things happen to her as a child, - Whitney 00:07
Did other things happen to her as a child,
I sound a little defensive, I know. - No. I'm just asking... - Whitney 00:05
I sound a little defensive, I know. - No. I'm just aski...
She had an idyllic childhood. - Whitney 00:04
She had an idyllic childhood.
She loved my father and loved my mother. - Whitney 00:05
She loved my father and loved my mother.
It bothered me. - What was it that drove them apart? - Whitney 00:05
It bothered me. - What was it that drove them apart?
I don't know. - Infidelity. - Whitney 00:07
I don't know. - Infidelity.
My dad, despite whatever philandering - Whitney 00:08
My dad, despite whatever philandering
He had tapped the phone, so he's sitting back in his office, - Whitney 00:08
He had tapped the phone, so he's sitting back in his of...
The truth is Cissy did have an affair with the minister at her church. - Whitney 00:07
The truth is Cissy did have an affair with the minister at h...