November 12, 2019 at 6:00 AM EST. Crawford had served as Houston’s assistant, and later, as her creative director.“You know what, Whitney and I didn’t fall out,” Crawford said. And finally, to my one and only. Robyn Crawford and Whitney Houston, together at center, stopped the physical part of their relationship after Houston signed her record deal, Crawford says.Promoting her new book over the last week, On Monday, Crawford had her first live interview on “Today," which followed an earlier interview with NBC’s Craig Melvin that aired as part of a Nov. 9 Melvin asked Houston’s confidante on “Today” why she decided to talk about Houston now, after two documentaries have been made about the singer, who died almost eight years ago.“I savored my memories working with Whitney, and when I think of her, and I think of the rise and how beautiful it was and the person behind that, that spirit, that strong, steadfast spirit that she had, it was a possession of hers," Crawford said. I wanted to lift her legacy where she could hold it.”Houston’s struggles with drug addiction and stormy relationship with Brown often drew attention away from the Newark native’s achievements, including six Grammys and 25 nominations spanning 1986 to 2000 and album sales of more than 100 million. They both met while working in the community center at the age of 16. The 51-years-old Lisa Hintelmann tied the knot with her wife, Robyn Crawford many years ago after dating each other for a while. She knew that.”Melvin said the two didn’t talk for 15 years and were estranged at the time of Houston’s death.“We talked,” she said. “He was very annoying.”Melvin asked why Houston and Crawford did end up falling out, and why she stopped working for Houston. Furthermore, the 55-year-old former actress later became Whitney’s assistant when she stepped into the music world. To my mom, Janet; brother, Marty; and sister, Robina, for your undying love. For many years, people assumed that they were more than just friends. You are my greatest love of all. “I didn’t question Whitney, why she chose to do things.
Shortly, the two became best friends, and Whitney … Robyn Crawford exposes the villains in Whitney Houston’s transcendent, tragic life. According to rumors, the 55-year-old actress was in a relationship with girlfriend “Whitney Houston”.But they never confirmed their relationship publicly. The singer is nominated for the In Crawford’s book, she says Houston asked that they put an end to the physical part of their relationship in 1983 when she signed with Arista Records. "Bobby had something to do with the moment where I said 'I had enough', but even then I was still on her payroll for close to a month after that." Talking about their relationship, it was way back in 1979, when Whitney Houston and Robyn Crawford first met each other. Melvin asked why.“Well, obviously she felt it was necessary,” Crawford said. Whitney was someone ... she was the kind of person you wanted to love, and loving her unconditionally, for me, would only make our love strengthen.”“She said if people find out about us, they would use this against us, and Houston publicly denied being gay.Whitney Houston's best friend and confidante, Robyn Crawford, opens up in an exclusive interview with Crawford said she supported Houston’s marriage to singer Bobby Brown, but she was uncomfortable with “the behaviors” she observed during the marriage, including fights between the two performers.When Melvin said Crawford eventually left Houston’s inner circle because of Brown, she said it was “not true.”“Bobby was annoying,” Crawford said.