Whitney Houston's Inner Circle Wanted Her To Go To Rehab, Clive Davis Offered To Pay
Feb. 18 2012, Published 6:00 a.m. ET
By Jen Heger - Breaking Celebrity News Legal Editor
Whitney Houston's inner circle, including her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, wanted her to go to rehab in the weeks leading up to her death, but the pop star shut down talk about her returning to treatment, Breaking Celebrity News is exclusively reporting.
As previously reported, after months of sober living during 2011, Houston, who died Feb. 11 at age 48, had fallen off the wagon and "was as bad as she ever was.”
“Bobbi Kristina, Clive Davis, and members of Whitney’s closest advisers were urging her to go back to rehab because people close to her saw her downward spiral into drugs and alcohol,” an insider tells Breaking Celebrity News exclusively. “It was extremely hard for Clive in particular to see Whitney under the influence again. He was absolutely powerless to stop her. Clive and Whitney had a very close relationship, but her addiction to drugs and alcohol did a lot of damage to that.
“Whitney's fans and the public have questioned why more wasn't done to get Whitney help -- well, what people don't realize is efforts were indeed made, but Whitney kept telling Clive that she didn't have a problem, which he categorically disagreed with. Clive told Whitney he would pay for her rehab, wherever she wanted to go, he would take care of it, but she shot him down. The sad fact is that unless the addict wants to get help, there is nothing anyone can do to force someone to go to rehab.”
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, the final weeks of Whitney's life were booze and drug filled. "Whitney got buck-wild," one eyewitness who saw the star party at the Playhouse nightclub on January 2, revealed. "She drank cognac and champagne and seemed completely out of it from the moment she arrived until the moment she left, at 2:30 a.m. PST. "
“The tragedy of Whitney's demise is that she had all the resources available to help her get clean and sober, but she was in total denial about her addiction,” the insider tells Breaking Celebrity News. “It truly broke Clive's heart, and as Bobbi Kristina's godfather, he was extremely concerned for the teenager as well. Kris, as Whitney called her, was also extremely concerned about her