“We wanted to be together,“Crawford wrote.
“It was really important to me too that we tell her full story.
The rest is a sad history.
Nafessa Williams (left) as Robyn Crawford and Naomi Ackie as Whitney Houston in ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’.Emily Aragones/TRISTAR pictures
“That’s a really big part of Whitney’s history and what made her who she is.
“It didn’t even occur to me that wouldn’t be the case.
“It’s the sweetest kiss.
It’s like a first kiss, very romantic,“Lemmons toldThe Los Angeles Times.
“And I fought for it.”
We thought we knew about it,” Lemmons said.
“There was lots of speculation.
It was a very significant relationship in her life, a very significant friendship.
I think nowadays we would probably just say, ‘Well, she’s sexually fluid.’
We wouldn’t necessarily label it as it having to be one thing or another.
She certainly was sexually fluid.”
“Those questions are interesting to me.
Along with Houston’s sexual fluidity,I Wanna Dance With Somebodyis also matter-of-fact aboutClive Davis' bisexuality.
Davis, played here byStanley Tucci, came out in his 2013 autobiographyThe Soundtrack of My Life.
In the end, Davis is given the opportunity, and a happy life with a same-sex partner.
“Because that’s always the thing.
In the 80s, you couldn’t really do that.
There was lots of pretending and lots of secretive meetings and lifestyles.
It’s just ridiculous and a shame.
But now that is changing.
It was really beautiful.”
