{"id":248129,"date":"2026-06-24T13:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/whitney-houston-estate-oprah-is-lying-whitney-wasnt-high\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T13:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:38:07","slug":"whitney-houston-estate-oprah-is-lying-whitney-wasnt-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/whitney-houston-estate-oprah-is-lying-whitney-wasnt-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitney Houston Estate: Oprah is Lying! Whitney Wasn&#8217;t High!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>During a recent appearance at a French awards show, Oprah Winfrey made a dramatic claim.<\/p>\n<p>She said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/oprah-says-whitney-houston-once-fell-off-her-stage-while-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Whitney Houston had fallen from the stage<\/a> of her talk show during a relapse.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the late singer\u2019s estate is clapping back.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re essentially calling Oprah a liar \u2014 but not denying that she fell, either.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"660\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0624_whitneyhouston_01-1024x660.jpg\" alt=\"Whitney Houston in 2004.\" class=\"wp-image-557714 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0624_whitneyhouston_01-1024x660.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0624_whitneyhouston_01-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0624_whitneyhouston_01-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0624_whitneyhouston_01-2048x1321.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0624_whitneyhouston_01-960x619.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0624_whitneyhouston_01-1080x697.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0624_whitneyhouston_01-1200x774.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0624_whitneyhouston_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Singer Whitney Houston is seen performing on stage during the 2004 World Music Awards.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Pascal Le Segretain\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-she-was-absolutely-not-high\">\u2018She was absolutely not high\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Whitney Houston\u2019s estate, run by Pat Houston, issued a statement to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/23\/whitney-houstons-family-denies-oprahs-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a><\/em> in response to Oprah\u2019s anecdote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhitney absolutely fell off the stage,\u201d the statement began by acknowledging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut,\u201d the Houston estate continued, \u201cit was during a sound check.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement asserted: \u201cAnd it was due to the darkness of the area and her unfamiliarity with the stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mincing no words, the Houston estate insisted: \u201cShe was absolutely not high.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oprah Winfrey reveals Whitney Houston once fell off the stage while performing on her show, but she asked the audience not to tell the media about it. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I begged them not to put those pictures out, because it would ruin her life. And they did not.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ATri84hsLn\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ATri84hsLn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Variety\/status\/2069337244565930289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">June 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLike many people, she faced personal battles,\u201d the statement acknowledged. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it is inaccurate and unfair to attach that struggle to every performance or every chapter of her life,\u201d the Houston estate stressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the studio audience witnessed on stage was the result of discipline, talent, and commitment \u2014 not the assumptions others project,\u201d the statement affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhitney\u2019s humanity included triumphs and struggles, but on that day, she showed up as the professional and gifted artist she always worked to be,\u201d the estate praised.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added: \u201cWe owe her the dignity of telling the truth, not repeating myths.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Oprah Winfrey \u2018Begged\u2019 Her Audience Not To Leak About Whitney Houston\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SCIGfgC2GpM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-oprah-says-that-she-begged-witnesses-to-keep-it-secret\">Oprah says that she begged witnesses to keep it secret<\/h2>\n<p>As we previously shared, Oprah was at France\u2019s Lumi\u00e8re Theatre to receive the Cannes LionHeart Award.<\/p>\n<p>While on the stage, she told the audience an anecdote about Houston\u2019s September 2009 appearance on her eponymous talk show.<\/p>\n<p>This was, of course, the singer\u2019s <em>final<\/em> time as her guest on the program.<\/p>\n<p>According to Oprah, the singer had recently relapsed.<\/p>\n<p>She described Houston as being so high at the time that she had fallen from the stage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Whitney Houston&#039;s Estate Responds To Claims Made By Oprah Winfrey\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QtO_0dfrDOA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>At time time, Oprah says that she begged the audience to not share photos or any word of the fall.<\/p>\n<p>And it appears that fans honored her request.<\/p>\n<p>We have to note that it is possible to simply fall from a stage. It happens. <\/p>\n<p>Stages can be dangerous, which is why the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ghost_light_(theatre)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ghost light<\/a>\u201d is a key part of theater tradition.<\/p>\n<p>That said, sometimes people relapse without their family knowing. We don\u2019t know what Oprah witnessed, or believed that she witnessed, that day.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, Houston went on to die about two and a half years later. She remains dearly missed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/whitney-houston-estate-objects-oprah-winfrey-anecdote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes During a recent appearance at a French awards show, Oprah Winfrey made a dramatic claim. She said that Whitney Houston had fallen from the stage of her talk show during a relapse. Now, the late singer\u2019s estate is clapping back. They\u2019re essentially calling Oprah a liar \u2014 but not denying that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-248129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}