I didn’t watch Whitney’s funeral nor did I follow much of the coverage, but from what I have seen there were many tasteless or classless things that occurred.
Whether it was Bobby Brown storming out over a seating issue, or Jesse Jackson having a "seat of honor at the podium to Arethra Franklin being a no-show (she was un-invited by Whitney’s mother) and the procession of gold-colored hearses, the whole thing appears to have been very “ghetto.”
I know that the world has lost a once great singer, but she hasn’t been that person in many years. I have heard no stories of her philanthropy or great acts of charity, and we all knew she was a drug addict; I just don’t understand what all of the “surprise” and hype is about.
Does anybody have an opinion on this that they’ll like to share?
PS: I just seen a picture of a nurse at the funeral attending to Whitney’s mother and dressed like a nurse from “One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest.”
It just keeps getting cheesy and cheesier!
Ahh, I said I didn’t watch it, but it’s been all over the news and television in general. Pardon me for having an opinion.
Thanks for being so self-rightous.
It takes some balls to call something tasteless and ghetto, invite others to join in the fun, and then accuse another person of being all judgmental and self-righteous when they point out the obvious.
Bobby showed up with about 9 people when he knew he’d be allotted 3 seats (classless), then he got all pissed off when they moved him a couple of times. I understand that these are celebrities and being seen is everything, but this is a funeral. I feel that is supposed to be all about the dead person and to move him was classless and his leaving his child’s mother’s funeral is just absurd.
Arethra Franklin was her “honarary” Aunt (according to her family). Arethra was invited to speak and was actually introduced and an awkward moment followed. Arethra said that she was “dis-invited” by Whitney’s mother after Arethra did a TV interview that Mom didn’t like. Once again, more selfish BS!
Well to be fair, I can’t imagine Whitney’s mother is in the best mental state right now and as it was a private funeral despite all the publicity she’s allowed to have whoever she wants there regardless of fame or star status.
ETA: I’ve been staring at your quote wondering “what’s wrong with this” and just caught the (repeated) misspelling of Aretha.
Sorry if my language inflamed anybody. Maybe I should have spoken more gingerly, but I only wanted to point out a few specific things that occurred and get some commentary about those things. I really didn’t want to inflame any social sensitivities, but if is worth anything, I grew up in a Boston neighborhood and enjoyed Whitney and Bobby’s music from the very beginning.
When they got together, and their careers fell apart, I was saddened to see them go down that very familiar road. We didn’t hear from either for 20 years when they started doing thieir MTV show. We seen the trainwreck of that program delivered
