“She was my one true love.
“He truly cared about her,” Dionne Warwick toldFox Newsin 2023.
And he meant it filming was even postponed for a year to get Houston onboard.
“I really wanted her.
And there was a moment in time where it was could have maybe been somebody else.
And I said, ‘No, I want to wait.
I want to wait for Whitney.'”
“[It was a] very funny, acidic kind of relationship that was unique.
His own rhythm of language that I knew would create [sparks],” he said.
The words provide the chemistry in a way.”
“I remember Whitney before she was in the movie,” he said.
“In November, 30 years after its first premiere, ‘The Bodyguard’ will be returning to theaters.
The film was also special for another reason, which Costner discussed in an interview withParadein 2012.
That’s how I saw her,” he added.
But did Kevin Costner anticipate that it would have the impact it did?
“There are times it takes a minute to cleanse, get off,” she told Oprah.
“I have to pray it away.
I’ll have a drink every now and then.
“When someone says, ‘Will you write a letter to someone who you know is having trouble?’
It was two occasions …” he told Anderson Cooper in an interview on his show “Anderson.”
However, he added, “I don’t know if those letters were ever read.”
“[Whitney] and I had a lot in common.
I know many at this moment are thinking, really?
‘She’s a girl, you’re a boy.
You’re white, she’s black.
But they connected over their experiences growing up in the Baptist church.
In the same interview, he was asked about his religious beliefs and whether he continues to pray.
“Yes, because I realize I have been very lucky,” he responded.
“I feel that there has been a hand over my life.”
“I’m so humbled and so thankful.
By his grace, his goodness,” Houston said.
“And for never giving up on me.”
He mourned her death
Whitney Houston died in February 2012after accidentally drowning in a bathtub.
She was 48 years old.
Her funeral was held in Newark, New Jersey, and attended by Kevin Costner.
It’s unusual to watch the world talking about someone that you have a fairly unique relationship with.”
He added that the public reaction moved him to speak out.
“You weren’t just pretty, you were as beautiful as a woman could be.
The actor has also commented on wishing that he had been able to help her in the end.
In some ways, he even felt responsible for her death.
He even referenced their roles in “The Bodyguard.
“I saved her then, I should have saved her now.”
In 2023, Costner spoke about Houston again.
This time, it was at Clive Davis’ pre-Grammys gala.
“You were a miracle in her life.
Thank you for being her bodyguard, Clive.”
However, what he may not have expected was the close bond they would share.
“I said, ‘Well, just speak from your heart.’
And I’m certain that’s what he did at the event as well.”
