Whitney Houston's about known human relationship is her 14-year spousal relationship to Bobby Brown. The union was tabloid fodder, with rumors most turmoil and addiction constantly making headlines. Simply Houston too had some other romances, and apparently major admirers. In a resurfaced interview clip, Houston told a talk show host that actor Robert De Niro pursued her for many years.

Whitney Houston and Robert De Niro
Whitney Houston and Robert De Niro via Getty

Whitney Houston jokes that Robert De Niro was 'sweating her'

Houston fabricated an appearance on The Byron Allen Show in 1990. During their chat Houston says De Niro was basically chasing her effectually the world in an attempt to woo her.

"[He followed me] all the style to London," she told Allen. "I think he was there already and he sent me flowers and everything. He's been on my case, he'd been sweating me for a little while."

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Around the same time, Houston was besides casually dating Eddie Murphy, which the tabloids gossiped near frequently. When asked how she was handling two superstars fawning over her at the same fourth dimension, Houston didn't know what to make of it. Allen explained that both men attended Houston'south show at Carnegie Hall.

"Lord have mercy, I'grand so popular, I can't stand it," she joked. "Yes, he [De Niro] called me that night. He was a little fleck shy and so he didn't desire to come up to the prove. He shies away from the public eye. But since then, he had sending me flowers and he wanted to become to know me meliorate."

She also noted that De Niro was interested in doing a pic with Houston. Houston's kickoff movie role would be the international box office boom The Bodyguard released in 1992. All the same, at the time, she admired De Niro'due south chops.

"I call back he's a wonderful role player, ane of the best," she gushed to Allen.

The singer went on to ally Bobby Brown and says jealousy and outside forced concluded their matrimony

The reason Houston ignored both De Niro and Potato's advances was more than probable because she had her middle on Brown. The two singers met at the 1989 Soul Railroad train Music Awards and began dating shortly afterward.

They married at Houston'southward New Jersey mansion in July 1992. Their girl, Bobbi Kristina Brown, was born in March 1993. From the offset, much of the public did not sympathise the allure, likening Brown to a playboy and Houston to a darling musical princess. The consequence was constant media scrutiny.

While Houston and Brownish admit to marital problem, including drug and booze abuse and infidelity, they also insist that the constant media influence made it difficult to maintain their relationship.

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In 2006, Houston filed for divorce. She told Oprah Winfrey that the filing was a long time coming during a 2009 interview and said Dark-brown was jealous of her success.

"He put everything to the side and said, 'I'll get with you, don't worry about information technology, nosotros'll practise this thing,'" Houston said of Dark-brown's decision to travel with her and raise their family unit during the superlative of her success. She says he subsequently resented her for it.

"I remember somewhere within, something happens to a man when a woman has that much command and that much fame," she continued. She says Brownish was supportive and loving only the public's constant comparison of their careers made him envious. "We had a lot of people antagonizing and try to pull at u.s.."

Houston later on dated vocaliser and family unit friend Ray J, who was more than a decade her junior. Brownish married Alicia Ethridge, a music director, in 2012.