Diamanda Galas Slams Clive Davis Over Handling of Whitney Houston’s Career; Rep Calls Comments ‘Inaccurate and Offensive’
Singer Diamanda Galas went after Clive Davis on her Facebook page yesterday over the executive’s handling of the late Whitney Houston’s career, calling him “a colossal pig.” According to Galas, Houston “should have been allowed to study for a minimum of two years with a voice therapist/teacher before even rehearsing, let alone performing, onstage.” In the entry, she claimed that the singer “was put back onstage before she was ready to perform” by Davis.
Galas wrote that Houston was ill prepared to perform, writing, “What was she put onstage as? A lesson that ‘drugs kill’? ‘Hey wanna see a crack ho sing?’ Courtesy of Clive Davis. ‘Wow, man, that will be some freaky sh–, right?’ ‘ You bet, man.’ ”
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Galas didn’t stop there, claiming that Davis can now “package her death in frills and sell it big time – even during the nadir of record sales,” even going so far as to foresee what the 79-year-old record industry vet would say in response: “And Clive and Sony will say, ‘Even though we do not hope to even break even with this uncompromising tribute to Whitney Houston, we feel, personally, that it is her due, as the foremost singer ever on our labels, and as lovely girl she always was to us.’ ”
In response, a spokesperson for Davis told The Hollywood Reporter, “While Ms. Galas is entitled to her uninformed opinion, her Facebook post is wholly inaccurate and offensive. Clive Davis cherished Whitney and shares a mutual love for the Houston family. It is absolutely outrageous for anyone to suggest that Mr. Davis ever had anything but Whitney’s best interest at heart.”
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The musician ended her entry by expressing “deep sorrow” for Houston and “a deep loathing for those who ran her into the ground,” taking that particular moment to call Houston’s ex-husband Bobby Brown “a common idiot.”
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Houston died at the age of 48 in her Beverly Hilton hotel room on Feb. 11, hours before she was to attend Davis’ annual pre-Grammy party. An invite-only funeral will take place Saturday at Houston’s childhood church.
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