Cissy Houston is not happy about Lifetime's biopic about her late daughter.
The gospel singer issued a statement to Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday criticizing the network and those involved in making the television movie, which stars Yaya DaCosta as Whitney Houston and Arlen Escarpeta as her ex-husband Bobby Brown.
"Lifetime has chosen to go ahead with the movie about Whitney in spite of my family's objections," Houston said. "No one connected with this movie knew Whitney or anything about her relationship with Bobby."
"In the two years since Whitney's death, many people have stepped forward to speak about their close relationship with her," she continued. "I find it difficult to believe people who knew and supposedly loved her would participate in a movie about her done by folks who didn't know her."
"We are exhausted by the continuing misinformation and comments offered by people who did not know her," the statement concludes. "Please please let her rest."
The octogenarian's remarks are curious, considering that her daughter's "Waiting to Exhale" co-star Angela Bassett is directing the film. Deborah Cox, who is recording vocals for the biopic, also knew Houston since they sang duet on the song "Same Script, Different Cast."
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The gospel singer issued a statement to Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday criticizing the network and those involved in making the television movie, which stars Yaya DaCosta as Whitney Houston and Arlen Escarpeta as her ex-husband Bobby Brown.
"Lifetime has chosen to go ahead with the movie about Whitney in spite of my family's objections," Houston said. "No one connected with this movie knew Whitney or anything about her relationship with Bobby."
"In the two years since Whitney's death, many people have stepped forward to speak about their close relationship with her," she continued. "I find it difficult to believe people who knew and supposedly loved her would participate in a movie about her done by folks who didn't know her."
"We are exhausted by the continuing misinformation and comments offered by people who did not know her," the statement concludes. "Please please let her rest."
The octogenarian's remarks are curious, considering that her daughter's "Waiting to Exhale" co-star Angela Bassett is directing the film. Deborah Cox, who is recording vocals for the biopic, also knew Houston since they sang duet on the song "Same Script, Different Cast."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/whitney-houston-mom-slams-lifetime-biopic-article-1.1877390#ixzz38MKM4cvR
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