Kevin Costner says that when he eulogized Whitney Houston, he refused a CNN request to shorten the text so they could run commercials. 'They can get over that.'
At Whitney Houston’s 2012 funeral, which was broadcast live on CNN, Kevin Costner delivered a 17-minute eulogy. But if the network had had its way, his remarks would have run much shorter, the “Yellowstone” actor says. Costner, who co-starred with Houston in the 1992 romantic thriller “The Bodyguard,” was one of eight speakers at the esteemed singer’s funeral.
Costner’s refusal had its roots in a protectiveness over Houston that he described adopting early into filming “The Bodyguard.” “I realized that the world had a higher idea of who we were, so I basically embraced it. I was her imaginary bodyguard,” he said. “I started to guide her, and I wasn’t trying to usurp my director. But I made a promise to her.” Costner said he promised Houston — and her mentor Clive Davis — that the movie would be a hit, and that she would shine in it. He was right.
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