Whitney Houston’s sister-in-law Pat Houston is opening up about the making of the new “Whitney” documentary on the late music icon’s life.
Speaking with ET Canada about the new documentary created by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, Houston, who serves as an executive producer for the film, which features never-before-seen interviews and recordings of the late pop star, discusses Whitney’s drug use and the film’s allegations of sexual abuse.
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Referencing the new allegations made in the film that the singer suffered sexual abuse at the hands of her first cousin, the late soul singer Dee Dee Warwick, Houston says, “I was kind of shocked that they would discuss it.”
Looking back six years after Whitney accidentally drowned in a hotel bathtub following years of alleged drug abuse, Houston says that the process was particularly hard for some family members, including Whitney’s mom, Cissy.
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She says, “I think after the film was done, with my mother-in-law Cissy learning about some of the revelations, it was a little overbearing for her to deal with.”
However, Houston asserts that the making of the documentary came at the right time. “It was extremely therapeutic for the family. Very, very therapeutic,” she says. “Especially when your family has a family member that was an icon and you’ve had to share her with the world for so long – that’s very tough to do.”
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Houston adds, “Whitney herself started a process back in the late 1990s in doing a doc and I just felt this is the right time and everything is about timing.”
Despite dealing with criticism that she and the rest of the Houston family did not do enough to save the star, Houston says, “I know personally that I did everything I could. [I was] always there for her. I was a great friend.”
