Whitney Houston's virtually known human relationship is her 14-year marriage to Bobby Brown. The union was tabloid fodder, with rumors about turmoil and addiction constantly making headlines. But Houston also had another romances, and manifestly major admirers. In a resurfaced interview clip, Houston told a talk testify 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 advent on The Byron Allen Show in 1990. During their conversation Houston says De Niro was basically chasing her around the globe in an attempt to woo her.

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

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Around the same time, Houston was as well casually dating Eddie Spud, which the tabloids gossiped almost often. When asked how she was handling two superstars fawning over her at the same time, Houston didn't know what to make of it. Allen explained that both men attended Houston'south testify at Carnegie Hall.

"Lord have mercy, I'm so popular, I tin can't stand up 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 to the bear witness. He shies away from the public eye. But since then, he had sending me flowers and he wanted to become to know me better."

She also noted that De Niro was interested in doing a flick with Houston. Houston'due south first movie role would be the international box office smash The Babysitter released in 1992. Nevertheless, at the time, she admired De Niro'south chops.

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

The vocaliser went on to marry Bobby Brown and says jealousy and outside forced ended their marriage

The reason Houston ignored both De Niro and Spud'due south advances was more than probable considering she had her middle on Brown. The two singers met at the 1989 Soul Railroad train Music Awards and began dating shortly after.

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

While Houston and Brown admit to marital trouble, including drug and alcohol corruption and infidelity, they also insist that the constant media influence made it hard 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 Chocolate-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 exercise this matter,'" Houston said of Chocolate-brown'southward decision to travel with her and raise their family during the height of her success. She says he afterwards resented her for information technology.

"I think somewhere inside, something happens to a man when a woman has that much control and that much fame," she continued. She says Chocolate-brown was supportive and loving just the public'south constant comparison of their careers made him envious. "Nosotros had a lot of people antagonizing and try to pull at us."

Houston after dated vocalizer and family friend Ray J, who was more than a decade her junior. Chocolate-brown married Alicia Ethridge, a music manager, in 2012.