Brandy's Last Call with Whitney

0:00On March 30th, Brandi Norwood just dropped her memoir, Faises, spilling details on her final moments with Whitney Houston before that tragic day in, February 2011, 2012. Whitney died at 48 from accidental drowning in a Beverly Hilton bathtub, with cocaine and heart issues playing a role. This all went down right before Clive Davis' huge pre-Grammy's gala, where Brandi was set to reunite on stage with Monica for their first duet in, 14 years. Earlier that day, during rehearsals, Whitney burst in like a storm laughing, damp from a swim, smelling like trouble. She hyped up Brandi and Monica on their classic track, The Boy Is Mine, flashed a thumbs up, then slipped Brandi a private note on hotel paper before. Vanishing. Folks have speculated forever about what it said, but Brandi's keeping it locked away to honor their bond. Whitney had been Brandi's idol since childhood, even playing Fairy Godmother by casting her in the 1997 Cinderella remake. But Whitney's life had spiraled with drugs, failed rehab stints, and public lows,

1:04from getting booted from the Academy Awards to raw confessions on. Shows like Oprah. That night, Brandi and Whitney talked on the phone for three hours, laughing, praying, dreaming of comebacks like Whitney's sparkle roll. Next morning, Brandi woke with a burning throat itch that screamed bad vibes, but Docs cleared her. Heading to the hotel around 3.45 pm, chaos hid, paramedics everywhere, then her mom called. Whitney was gone. The gala rolled on anyway, leaving Brandi wrecked amid the glitz and condolences, sobbing into Monica's shoulder. In her book out March 31st, she holds that last connection sacred, a raw reminder of Whitney's light piercing the dark. That wraps entertainment and celebrity news today. Brought to you with AI.