Whitney Houston herself partly blamed her ex-husband Bobby Brown for her drug issues, but her mentor Clive Davis has spoken out in defence of the controversial singer.
Talking exclusively to MailOnline, as he prepares to release a live album of her greatest performances, Clive said the R&B bad boy was not to be blamed for Whitney's rapid decline which led to her untimely death on February 11, 2012.
'I don't lay her problems at his doorstep. You know I never spent time with Bobby I knew they loved each other and it was well documented how their problems were. It just obviously was not ultimately beneficial to either of them,' the 82-year-old music mogul said.
Houston, 48, was found dead in a bathtub in her suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel hours before she was due to attend Clive's annual pre-Grammy party in the same hotel.
She drowned accidentally, after suffering a massive heart attack caused in part by her prolonged drug abuse, and had cocaine in her system according to the Los Angeles coroner.
Her notorious troubles with Bobby whom she married in 1992, and had daughter Bobbi Kristina, now 21, with, were well documented with the pair dogged by rumours of drug use and domestic violence before their divorce in 2007.
Speaking from his office in Los Angeles, Clive - who shared an exclusive video of Whitney performing at the BRIT Awards with MailOnline - admitted he did not ever get to know Bobby during the time he was married to his protegee, and has heard nothing from him since Whitney's death.
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