Oprah's interview with songbird Whitney Houston happend today and I thought she looked beautiful and refined. She spoke like a woman on the mend and who seems to have her life moving in the right direction. She was reintroducing herself to the world alomg with a new song. Wait.....what year is it?

I swear back in 2002 this exact scenario played out except Diane Sawyer was the interviewer. Remember the crack is whack speech as Whitney sat across from Diane Sawyer and told her that crack is cheap and she made too much money to use crack. If I recall she looked good back then and had a song to debut. Oprah's teasers for the interviews said "Whitney-as you've never seen her before" Sorry, Oprah...we've seen that Whitney.

Unfortunately, there is no high profile interview or chart topping song that will take the addict out of her. Recovering maybe, but still an addict. Maybe when she falls off the radar again and climbs out of the dark recesses of addiction she should let Dr. Phil interview her. At least he would have the resources to help her through the early stages of recover. Whitney needs on-going drug treatment more than she needs a hit record.

See some of Whitney's interview with Diane Sawyer in 2002:



See a clip of Whitney's interview with Oprah 2009:



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