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| Edited By: |Source: ANI |Updated: Nov 21, 2013, 01:44 PM IST
Whitney Houston, who was found dead on Saturday in her Beverly Hilton hotel room, had reportedly displayed erratic behaviour in the week before her death.
Houston’s death comes on the eve of the Grammys and on the night of Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy gala, at which she performed last year and was expected to attend this year.
On Thursday, she dropped by the rehearsals to offer vocal tips for Brandy and Monica, who were slated to be one of the evening’s headliners.
Her dishevelled appearance, with mismatched clothes and hair that was dripping wet with either sweat or water, did not go unnoticed at the time.
The visibly bloated singer displayed erratic behaviour throughout the afternoon - flailing her hands frenetically as she spoke to Brandy and Monica, skipping around the ballroom in a child-like fashion and wandering aimlessly about the lobby.
It was mentioned by a Grammy staffer that security personnel received calls of the singer doing handstands by the pool, the LA Times reported.
After leaving rehearsals, Houston returned to the ballroom - with her teenage daughter Bobbi Kristina in tow - as camera crews set up for interviews. The singer smelled of alcohol and cigarettes.
A Grammy staffer said that during the interviews with Brandy, Monica and Clive, Houston was dancing just off camera to make the singers and Davis laugh. Grammy personnel expressed concern that she’d be caught on camera, and that reporters would write about her behaviour.
Finally her daughter pulled Houston out of the room, and the singer skipped off.
However, the young singers present there still had good things to say when asked about being coached by the 48-year-old songbird.
“She really loves and supports us both. For me, I went through a lot of very tumultuous moments and she would show up, not just with a phone call but physically when I needed,” Monica had said at the time.
“That’s something that I’ve carried with me, especially with all that she’s been going through over the years herself. She’s never turned her back on the people she cared about,” she had added.
