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Whitney Houston's daughter talks with Oprah Winfrey, first interview after mom's death

The only daughter of late singer Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown has recently spoken in a first interview after her mother's tragic death with TV personality Oprah Winfrey. In a pre-taped interview of the Oprah Winfrey's Oprah's Next Chapter episode that aired last night, March 11th Bobbi Kristina opened up about her emotional stead now her mother is gone. "I'm doing as good as possibly can at this point," Brown said. For Bobbi Kristina, Whitney’s memory is nearly as strong as her life.


"She would say at 5 a.m. the saints start praying," said the 19-year-old. "I wake up now and look at the clock and it's 5 o'clock. I start praying." She also commented on her mother's music: "I can sing her music, but to hear it now, I can't," says Brown. "I can hear her voice telling me, 'Keep moving, baby. I got you.' She's always with me. I can always feel her with me. She used to always say, 'Do you need me?' And I said, 'I always need you.'"


Meanwhile, Oprah saved questions for Gary and Patricia, Whitney's sister and brother-in-law. On the day of her death, Whitney's sister-in-law was staying at the Beverly Hilton a floor below her, and had left briefly to run errands during the time the singer was found. She returned to discover Whitney's assistant screaming in the hall. "I knew something was wrong. I didn't know what. I was just numb," Patricia remembered, beginning to cry. Whitney's bodyguard attempted to revive her "to the point of exhaustion," along with a team of paramedics, but it was too late. "I saw them cover her up and I knew that was it," said Patricia.


For Whitney's older brother, the news of the death of his sister came as a total shock, and while there was always a fear of the inevitable, it was only their mother, Cissy, who predicted Whitney would not be with the family for long. Winfrey also mentioned Cissy in the special, noting she'd asked her to speak as well, but the matriarch was not ready. "I asked her how she was doing, and she said, 'I'm not,' " remarked Winfrey.


The family appeared to be angrier with the tabloids for publishing Whitney's casket photo than they were with the person who took the picture, calling the press "intrusive and wicked." The interview concluded with Gary singing one of Whitney's later hits, "I Look To You," breaking down into tears on the last verse.


Meanwhile, TMZ recently reported that the 19-year-old Bobbi Kristina plans to change her name and wants to lose her link to her father Bobby Brown. She recently said friends she will becomeKristina Houston

The report claimed that Bobbi Kristina first pushed to change her name six years ago when her parents separated, but that her mother stopped it.



 
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