Whitney Houston's most known human relationship is her xiv-twelvemonth marriage to Bobby Brown. The union was tabloid forage, with rumors about turmoil and addiction constantly making headlines. But Houston also had some other romances, and plainly major admirers. In a resurfaced interview clip, Houston told a talk show host that actor Robert De Niro pursued her for many years.

Whitney Houston and Robert De Niro
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Whitney Houston jokes that Robert De Niro was 'sweating her'

Houston made an appearance on The Byron Allen Show in 1990. During their conversation Houston says De Niro was basically chasing her effectually the world in an attempt to woo her.

"[He followed me] all the way to London," she told Allen. "I think he was there already and he sent me flowers and everything. He's been on my case, he'd been sweating me for a footling while."

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Effectually the same time, Houston was as well casually dating Eddie Murphy, which the tabloids gossiped about often. When asked how she was handling ii superstars fawning over her at the same time, Houston didn't know what to brand of it. Allen explained that both men attended Houston'due south show at Carnegie Hall.

"Lord accept mercy, I'm then popular, I tin't stand information technology," she joked. "Yeah, he [De Niro] called me that night. He was a little scrap shy so he didn't want to come up to the show. He shies away from the public eye. Just since so, he had sending me flowers and he wanted to go to know me meliorate."

She besides noted that De Niro was interested in doing a motion picture with Houston. Houston'south first movie function would exist the international box office smash The Bodyguard released in 1992. Still, at the fourth dimension, she admired De Niro's chops.

"I think he's a wonderful role player, one of the best," she gushed to Allen.

The vocalist went on to ally Bobby Brown and says jealousy and outside forced concluded their marriage

The reason Houston ignored both De Niro and Murphy's advances was more than likely because she had her eye on Brown. The two singers met at the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards and began dating shortly after.

They married at Houston'due south New Jersey mansion in July 1992. Their girl, Bobbi Kristina Brownish, was born in March 1993. From the start, much of the public did not understand the attraction, likening Brown to a playboy and Houston to a darling musical princess. The upshot was abiding media scrutiny.

While Houston and Chocolate-brown acknowledge to marital problem, including drug and alcohol corruption and infidelity, they also insist that the constant media influence made it difficult to maintain their relationship.

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In 2006, Houston filed for divorce. She told Oprah Winfrey that the filing was a long time coming during a 2009 interview and said Brown was jealous of her success.

"He put everything to the side and said, 'I'll go with you, don't worry about it, nosotros'll practice this thing,'" Houston said of Brown's conclusion to travel with her and enhance their family unit during the height of her success. She says he afterwards resented her for it.

"I think somewhere inside, something happens to a man when a woman has that much control and that much fame," she continued. She says Brown was supportive and loving merely the public's abiding comparison of their careers made him envious. "Nosotros had a lot of people antagonizing and attempt to pull at u.s.."

Houston later on dated singer and family friend Ray J, who was more a decade her junior. Brownish married Alicia Ethridge, a music manager, in 2012.