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How Will Lifetime's Whitney Houston Biopic Address Lesbian Rumors?

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Lifetime's upcoming Whitney Houston biopic will not speculate on the late legend's alleged lesbian relationship with her personal assistant Robyn Crawford, but will portray Crawford as a woman battling for Houston's affection, The Wrap Reports.

Actress Yolonda Ross, who will play Crawford in Whitney, said the women's relationship was so secretive it was difficult to find basic information on her.

"There were maybe three or four pictures of Robyn that I could find," she said, "And production couldn’t do much better – they found one tiny clip of her talking, just so I could get an idea."

Though she wouldn't say if she personally thought Houston and Crawford were ever romantically involved, she guessed why some people may think that:

“It’s someone who you’ve grown up with since the age of 16 – that you’re now their personal assistant – so you’re the person that was with them before they became famous. So, they’re counting on you a lot. So for Whitney to be at the level that she was during the time of this movie – and just where she was in life period, as Whitney Houston — to have that confidant or that person who you know is going to take care of you no matter what … that’s a really close relationship, you know? It’s a trusting one, it’s a loving one — it’s not just a business relationship.

Whether or not it was more than that in terms of them being a couple, we can’t say that because it was not confirmed. But I know that I could play the emotions — how I’d feel, if I was that close with somebody. And if then, they started seeing someone else. I think as a human, jealousy comes into mind… hurtfulness… all of these different emotions. And so they’re all played. As the actor playing them, I hit all those notes and felt all of them. I played it as somebody that loved another person.”

Whitney premieres on Lifetime Saturday, Jan. 17 at 8pm. Check out a trailer for the movie here.

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