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Remember When Oprah Winfrey Helped Hide This Whitney Houston Slip-Up in 2009?: ‘That Would Not Happen Today’

Oprah Winfrey recalls protecting Whitney Houston and preventing pictures of her from being released after she fell on her show in 2009.

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The tragedy of Whitney Houston was well-documented and, unfortunately, way too publicized. Her struggles with substance abuse were mercilessly covered by tabloids, and reality TV made us all spectators to her life. Naturally, it became deeply sensationalized as people couldn’t avert their eyes from her. The disaster meant ratings for the people in charge. However, Oprah Winfrey once went out on a limb to protect her friend from being seen at rock bottom.

In a conversation at the Cannes Lions festival, the media giant recalled Houston’s........

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