Whitney
Houston is probably rolling over in her grave right now.
US based Lifetime
television just announced that they are launching a new docu-series tentatively
entitled “Houston Family Chronicles”. According to Lifetime, the series will
feature the Houston family "as they take on their greatest challenge,
supporting and guiding Bobbi Kristina as she faces the world alone, without the
one person she relied on the most, her Mother."
So this is
really the Bobbi Kristina show right? Oh ok..
Let me be
honest folks: I don’t like this news at all. A commentator on a popular site wrote today “the
body is cooling and the sharks are already swimming.” I couldn’t agree more. Here are 3 reasons why I think the reality
show is a bad idea
1) It’s too soon! Why the rush?
When Pat Houston did the Oprah Winfrey interview
soon after Whitney’s passing I was a bit taken back. I understood the need to
share with fans how the family was holding up but the interview just didn’t sit
right with me. After all, we were Whitney fans that catapulted Nippy from New
Jersey into the Whitney Houston we all knew and loved. However, the very idea
of a reality show following Bobbi Kris at this juncture is disheartening. Why
do it? She is obviously still grieving from the loss of her mother, who wants
to bear witness to that and watch it every week? I know we live in a culture
were reality shows are passed out like hot cakes but some subject matters
should be off limits.
2) What's
Pat’s motivation?
In statement about the show Pat Houston
attempts to justify the show by saying “I have been working with Simmons Shelley
over the past few years developing a project suitable for myself and our
family. The unexpected passing of Whitney certainly affects the direction of
the show. However, it is my hope that others will be enlightened as they watch
our family heal and move forward.” Really Pat? Try again please; I don’t believe
any of this nonsense. The public is not foolish; we can all see that Bobbi Kris
is your new cash cow. The show is all about BK! Pat, with all due respect none
cares about seeing your family on TV. If we are to be brutally honest then we
would all agree that without Bobbi Kris- there would no show.
3) Being Bobby Brown
Has the Houston family not learnt from the train
wreck disaster of Bobby Brown’s reality show.? Back in the day I used to watch the
Bobby Brown show faithfully every single week. Don’t get me wrong, the show was
a disaster of epic proportions. In fact,
it was Whitney who objected to the second season because the show really REALLY
showcased the couple at their worst. Why make the same mistake with Bobbi Kris?
Talk about repeating a vicious cycle,
this is outrageous.
I know the Houston family is under the gun to
generate money for Bobbi Kris and the rest of the family- but c’mon yall. Have
some kind of decency!
Just when I thought Michael Jackson's Family held the trophy for picking a dead star's bones....here comes the Houston Family to prove me wrong.
ReplyDeleteOn one hand, I get it, the estate of Whitney Houston has to generate money. The estate has debts to pay and a daughter to support. The sale of albums posthumously will not benefit them greatly as Whitney did not write any of her songs.
However, I think that there has to be a more tasteful way to benefit the estate. An Auction of memorabilia perhaps? I don't know. But this show right here is not it. That family should have learned by now to keep it all behind closed doors. This is no bueno.