Oprah's Next Chapter: Cissy Houston

On February 11,2012 the world lost an amazing woman, singer and mother. We lost Whitney Houston and it was a heartache no one has quite gotten over.

Oprah sits down with the Houston family matriarch, Cissy Houston in her New Jersey home. This is Cissy's first interview since Whitney's untimely death and this interview was very real.

Oprah covered several topics including Whitney's first taste of drug abuse in the late 80's and through this interview we learned that it was her brother Michael who introduced her to drugs, not Bobby Brown as society wanted you to believe.

Michael currently lives with the guilt and fights his demons on a daily basis because of living with regret. He admits he's alive but not really living because he is still mourning the death of his beloved sister and says he will never forgive himself.

Oprah also talks about Whitney's friendship with best friend/assistant Robin a relationship Cissy didn't approve of and she admitted that she DIDNT know the nature of their friendship and it could have been a gay relationship, one that Cissy adamantly said that she would never approve of , nor acknowledge her daughter being gay and absolutely without a doubt condone it.

Oprah also asked about her granddaughter Bobbi Kristina and it was evident that
relationship is estranged because Cissy demands respect and Bobbi Kristina knows she can't treat her grandmother any ole kind if way.


Overall it was a great interview and questions were definitely answered as Cissy said she wanted to set the record straight with the interview and her book. You could see the pain in her eyes and emptiness that Cissy lives with because she too is mourning her Nippy.



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Bronx pizza parlor delivering calzones - and cocaine, say Feds

BY Jonathan Lemire
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
A Bronx pizza parlor was raided for delivering drugs.
"I'll have a large pie, half-pepperoni, half-cocaine."
A Bronx pizza parlor that delivered drugs as well as calzones was busted and six people - including the store's manager - were arrested, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said Wednesday.
Investigators charged that John's Pizza on Westchester Ave. employed its delivery men as drug couriers and used the supply of cocaine inside the pizzeria to ferry narcotics shipments throughout the city.
"Using their pizza shop as a front for drug trafficking, the dough that this organization made was not from the sale of pizza but rather illegal narcotics," said DEA Special Agent-In-Charge John Gilbride.
"Through concentrated law enforcement efforts this organization's brick ovens have been shut down," Gilbride said.
Federal agents used a wiretap to conduct a 10-month probe into the Parkchester pizzeria and determined that its manager, Benigno Burgos, moved drugs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from the unassuming storefront with a red-and-green awning.
Some customers traveled from as far as Connecticut to pick up their take-out orders - which were actually pizza boxes stuffed with up to $40,000 of cocaine at a time, officials said.
Agents raided John's and four nearby drug supply houses Tuesday and discovered nine kilograms of cocaine, four handguns and approximately $20,000 in cash, officials said.
At Burgos' home on Taylor Ave., investigators found nine kilograms of cocaine hidden under a child's mattress, officials said.
Burgos and Victor Gomez, his alleged partner in the scheme, were nabbed along with four drug couriers, officials said. Three of the drug ring's customers were arrested last year, officials said.
Investigators from the NYPD, Port Authority and Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office assisted in the takedown, officials said.