Just hours after hearing of the unfortunate passing of Whitney Houston, the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala still went down on Saturday evening (February 12). Many people decided not to attend the event, while others attended, some saddened, some simply enjoying the party.
One of Whitney’s dearest friends, singer Chaka Khan stopped by the CNN Piers Morgan Tonight show and spoke out about Clive Davis’ decision to continue the party. She was supposed to attend the event that night, but after hearing about the death of her friend she was in complete shock. When asked what she thought about the party still continuing as planned, the “I Feel For You” singer replied candidly:
“I thought that was complete insanity. And knowing Whitney, I don’t believe that she would’ve said, ‘The show must go on!’ She’s the kind of woman that would’ve said, ‘Stop everything! I’m not going to be there.’ I don’t know what could motivate a person, to have a party, in a building, where the person, whose life he had influenced so enormously, and whose life had been affected by her…I don’t understand how that party went on…A true tribute, a more honest tribute, in my opinion, would have been, maybe, call everybody together, let’s say a prayer, let’s eat dinner, and go home.”
Watch: Chaka Khan Shares Disappointment on ‘Piers Morgan Tonight’
LOL she’s RIGHT WHITNEY would’ve said that! Clive knows he was WRONG FOR THAT ONE! SMH……RIP NIPPY!
Clive is an ARIES and they are some SELFISH mother fu**kers trust as much as people think Clive is all about supporting Whitney it was all about BUSINESS ONLY !!!! believe that…
Aries are the most self absorbed, self centered people on the planet (now if they have some pisces or cancer in their chart, then they will have some compasion)…
don’t be surprised by yt keeping the ‘party’ going , just don’t….
Now Chaka Khan is also an ARIES, but in her astrological chart her moon (our instintive emotional reaction) is in CANCER and her MERCURY (how we absorb information) is PISCES which is where her compasion for another human being is displayed…
Some people look at it as you have to celebrate a person’s home going so they partied and had fun, but some people obviously really did not care that she died so they attended the event anyway.
Not in the Western culture – which is what we are. Chaka is spot on!
AND WHAT MADE IT WORSE IS THE FACT THAT WHITNEYS CORPS HADN’T EVEN BEEN PICKED UP BY THE MORGUE, WHILE THE PARTIED AWAY DOWNSTAIRS IN THE SAME HOTEL. ITS JUST WRONG AND CREEPY. HER GHOST SHOULD HAVE WENT INTO THAT BALL ROOM AND RAN ALL OF THEM OUT
LOL! I KNOW THAT’S RIGHT!!
Hell naw…not her GHOST…lol
Right! That’s what creeped me out. Like how do you party right downstairs while her dead body is still in the building and her daughter was going through all that screaming and stuff in the lobby. Thats sick! Something aint right! At least if your gonna do it. Change it in her honor and wait until after everything (including the shock) die down. :-/
I don’t think it’s right to judge anyone we do not know what Clive felt he could have been experiencing the same pain as Chaka. Everyone deals with pain differently in their own away. Whose to say that he has not spent time by himself crying and in agony.
It was too soon to be celebrating anything. The woman had just been found dead that very day. That was all a little too much
…Only a few hours before. but to be honest, some of them people should’ve kept there behinds at home after they found out. If i was on the way to the party and found out, like Chaka im taking a uturn and heading home.
That party was plan since last year. He didn’t know Whitney was gonna die. Anyone that knows the set up, knows Clive is hurt..
@Indigo He knew hours before it started so thats no excuse!
@INDIGO
No excuse, i have made this point over & over again. It’s a party! The grammy’s and that party happens every year. As far as i’m concerned its like he /they partied and she was dead in the next room.
PREEEEECH CHAKA !!!! FINALLY SOMEONE IS SAYING WHAT IVE BEEN THINKG – P.S. CHAKA LOOKS AMAZING….I WANT WHATEVER SHE HAD FOR LUNCH
Let the cherch say amand! If she never speaks truth again, she did this time.
People grieve in different ways.. They will throw a party next month to celebrate her life, so what was so wrong to do it on that night? Who ever was too hurt to attend,ok that’s understandable. Whitney would be like no party because I’m not there…? WOW That says a lot.
You read the quote wrong. She was saying that Whitney would have not attended the party if it were the same circumstances and someone else died.
Thank you Angel.. I did read it wrong. I didn’t want to think Whitney was like that.
Chaka looks great!
Other culture celebrate when their ppl make that transition, we all have to make. We all need to learn how to do this,because how can you say “They are in a better place” but dwell in grief? That next morning people in my complex had their systems blasting Whitney..We were all sad she pass,but when you remember why we love her, you can’t help but to smile and dance to her songs… unless you are like a lot of the lost ones,dwelling on the negative.
Well, first we are not other cultures. So we behave according to our societal norms. Westerns are not assimilated to “party” when someone dies. Second, death is both physical and spiritual. The bible even teaches, “first natural, then spiritual.” So, when someone dies, the immediate effect is the absence of the physical body and presense. Then some time later (and that varies), we can appreciate the “life” of those we loved by way of memory – which is “spiritual.” Got it?
Not the day of death or in this case hours after death Indigo. Coming from another culture,I can tell you that!Not a party hours later when the body is still in the building! Maybe a dinner since money has already been invested in the event. But not a party! And this is America, Clive is from here! Brandy & Ray J are from here! Diddy is from here, Alicia Keys is from here, Pitbull and Neyo singing “Give me everything tonight” ( like nothing happened )are from here. Come on Indigo it makes no sense and it is beyond bizarre.
Clive should have been with his GodDaughter at the time. That’s why you give someone that tittle and responsibility. Because you plan ahead and you think; if anything happens to me, this person will take good care of my child. Instead you partying? PLEASE!!!!!
That’s right chaka, tell it and watch’your back the devil is listing to you.
Regardless of how Clive might have felt, he should have thought about the others along with what Whit’s family was dealing with on that very day. It was his event and out of RESPECT he should have cancelled it like he had originally intended on doing. Bobbi Kris being COMPLETELY devastated and seeing her reaction to loosing her mother, should have been enough for Clive to shut it all down…media, red carpet and all that nonesense
Right!
I am still in shock, over whitney’s untimely
passing. This seem like a family member has passed.
we all have a destiny to fulfill
and then that final curtain call.
I agree with her. It was so eery and, to some extent, disrespectful to continue on. I know he originally canceled the party, so I don’t understand why he changed his mind. Not only that, the party was held in the same building and Whitney’s body was still lying there just floors above them. That whole situation doesn’t sit well with me. I just don’t understand it.
Chaka is right. She passed on in the very same building and hours later there is a party. Poor taste and really sad.
I 150% agree with Chaka Khan!! I was thinking like Wow! They still had a party.
That’s a very unfair and indecent statement. Because Whitney died, everything has to be shut down. Having the party is a way to celebrate her life and her career. People grieve in different ways. Of course, Whitney was a legend so i understand what she is saying but that doesn’t mean that he should cancel a party. Does that sound fair? So what he should have done was stay indoors and grieve so the rest of the world could approve. Whether or not there was a party, I’m sure the shock of it all still had a greater impact on him.
You are incorrect. Our society has reduced itself to respecting nothing. No one said everything had to be shut down; but there is a thing called honor, respect, and decency. You can’t tell me that if someone significant in your life passed away unexpectedly, that you would do absolutely nothing different; you’d go about your business and do everything that you’d planned. It’s a lie and you know it! I don’t know how folks had the stomach or audacity to get dressed with the intent to “party” and remember we are talking Hollywood here. It speaks volumes to those who were able to do it. Plain and simple. It was a mistake!!
Agreed.
Sorry but the party was not a party for Whitney or in her honor prior to her death. Don’t understand what the big deal is about, one had nothing to do with the other. All the money spent and put into it to just cancel, everyone already in town for it as it is the party of the Grammy weekend–I think Clive did the right thing by carrying on and holding it in memoriam, it doesn’t say anything less about him.
Y’all talk about grieving and paying respect but Whitney was the same person that opted not to show up to her own father’s funeral, and I don’t think anyone gave her shit about that. People grieve differently. And that’s how Chaka grieved, but not showing up and blasting the fact that it wasn’t appropriate by her standards. Don’t mean it wasn’t.
@LULU So if your daughter (Clive was a father figure for Whitney) died …You would continue on with your Grammy party, while your daughter lie dead only a few floors away… while your daughter’s child suffers from anxiety attack due to the overwhelming grief …because it’s not “fair” to do otherwise?
While I personally wouldn’t have attended a party where the host/co-host had passed and whose corpse was still upstairs, I have to understand that Clive spent a lot of money for this party, and I am sure he meant no disrespect. The only thing that I am bothered by is the fact that it was that the party was held in the SAME hotel where she passed and where her corpse llay. But who am I to judge?
Also, someone should’ve slapped the shit out of the artists that walked the red carpet. -__-
If the party was being held at another location the I don’t see a problem with them having it however it was not! It was selfish and distasteful to have a party with a red carpet while her body was still in the hotel and her daughter and family were 4 floors up grieving! With all the money Whitney has made him it would have cost him nothing to cancel or change the party to a dinner or remembrance event for Whitney!
Everyone keeps talking about the amount of money clive spent on this event. Would he have even missed it if it was canceled, nope. People habe become brainwashed, desensitized, and dehumanized because if hollywood say and do whatever, its right. The dumb@zz kids and grown folk talking about the show must go on since family requested it. They were probably in shock. I know I couldnt think straight if my family just passed and you come at me about a party. I dont have any respect for nobody that showed up and glad to say I hsve neber purchased their music anyway. (excuse cell phone typos}
1. I’m all for celebrating someone’s life or different manners of grieving. Ive listenned and danced to MJ when I heard he passed. HOWEVER, Whitney was Clive’s diamond, they meant a lot to each other; the woman was getting ready to attend the damn party and was scheduled to perform, she unfortunately dies a few hours before the show. Everyoone knows and the lifeless body is still upstairs while they are at that party, I mean please, the woman’s body is still there, daughter is there struggling to see her mom, how the F can the party still goes on? Thats indeed insane to do! Very tacky and tasteless! Clive wasnt a random friend, Whit and himself both made each other! Cancelling that party wouldnt have been losing money, there is enough!
2. Angel, there is a part of the interview when chakha talks about how the industry is demonic and sacrifices, please post and lets discuss!
Amand and Amand again! Can we at least agree that it was and will be the most horrific decision of this century?!
That Clive Davis Party was sick! I just don’t understand how anyone who cares for someone they claim so much would be able to even attend a party a few hours later. That is just pure sick. Whitney’s body was in the same Hotel and few stories up and they are downstairs partying it up? I just don’t understand. Just think about it. A loved one dies and then a few hours later you are going to go to a party right downstairs and their body is right upstairs and have a good time? That was NOT the time to do any of that. I am ashamed of Clive. I never would of thought that he of all people would do anything like that. Just sick!
Clive knows good and damn well if that was his biological daughter he would not have had a party no matter how much money he spent. He obviously lacks loyalty and I now question how genuine that relationship even was. Whitney said he was a dad like figure in her life. Smdh-cause she obviously didnt mean the same to him. Even if her fam said to continue on, they obviously we’rent in the right state of mind to think about a party. I probably wouldve said the same thing to get the person out of my face so that I can mourn, but in my heart take notice to how trifling i thought it was.
Clive continueing the party was poor judgement.. How bizarre.. The industry and being in the streets will eat you alive. Brotherly love has truely waxed cold… Life is but a vapour and you just never know. I thank God for transforming my mind and delivering me. I can truely say that I am more than a concured. It is noted that we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against wickedness in high places. Addiction is such a strong yoke and it has a snow ball effect and and progressively gains momentum. Every time she lifted her voice God got some glory..
Life goes on!!! The party was not especially for her anyway. Blame Whitney for doing drugs and killing herself.
Lol black women shut the f*Uck up you’re bugged out of your feeble minds, Whitney was obviously a satanist so she was sacrificed to the baphomet.
Still can’t believe that the party was held floors below Whitney’s room! I didn’t realize that until Chaka said it
That is crazy and creepy!! Clive and Whitney were close, so I don’t understand why he didn’t cancel or at least cut the party short. I would think he would of did more of a tribute to her….that would have been more respectful. Idk about people nowadays. No respect or compassion for others.
Maaaaybee, one day black people will figure out what their worth is to most white people! Most of them white people didn’t care about Whitney or her daughter! That’s why they partied hearty. I was looking at some of the red carpet interviews they sounded so scripted. She was soo…sooo! Blah Blah Blah! They cared about her as much as they cared about Michael Jackson and you see how long it took before they jumped into his suit and shoes and are now trying to impersonate him. They waited a few months to make money on him then a few years to start with the games, circus shows, ice skating, glee show and commercials. All of them using white/lightskinned people to show they are just as good. It reminds me of Slavery days when they would use us as entertainment. Watch, mark my words they are going to do the same thing to Whitney. All these white girls are going to come out the wood works impersonating her. The headlines will read “The Next Whitney Houston!”. They won’t wait long. Its the trend. Find talented black people who do things they can’t, use them until they’ve sucked them of all life, ridicule them and beat them down, turn them into trash, let them die, praise them a little and then try to fill their shoes with a white/lightskinned person. The cycle will continue until black people wise up. On another note, I wonder who is going to sing at her funeral and will it be televised?
Clive was just Whitney puppet master he could care less and thats why the party went on and if he did care he would of been there 4 her family.. Hollywood and this industry is plan evil.. The only people suffering is Whitney family.. Chaka is 100% right.. And please if someone in ur family has pass are u going to go to the club that same night..
^^ Spot on
i agree with chaka – but to each his own…
Didn’t know Whitney but I do know that I wouldn’t have attended that party out of respect but then again you never know what Clive was thinking*shrugz* R.I.P WH may God rest your soul
Different location: Yes but Clyde should of not attended
SAME location: “L” to the No! It should of been cancelled esp since her body was still there!!!
i kinda understand what CHAKA KHAN is saying, but i think clive davis know Whitney more than any of us, why he makes the decision of going on with the party.
Somebody tell me why Bobby Brown can not attend the funeral for a woman whom he was married to for 14 years, REGARDLESS of their past. That’s straight BS!! I don’t condone his actions, or lifestyle while being married to the late & Great Whitney Houston but Christians don’t suppose to act like that!! My people…My people smh
being Nigerian we ‘party’ for the deceased [celebrating life] but its part of the funeral rites…. that party was not[and never was] intended for her! it should have been cancelled. Thats like saying a wedding was dedicated to a cousin that died 4 hours before.. no. its still a wedding just with acknowledgement.
@ lisa
i agree, not saying clive did’nt like whitney at all, but whitney was the goose that layed the golden egg. in other words, she made a lot of money for him. now, the golden goose is gone. that’s why it’s so important for people in the entertainment industry to surround themselves with people who really care for them, who look out for their best interest and not just “yes people” or the people who’s making money off of them. whitney said her mother was afraid for her to be in the entertainment business. she said now, she knows why. it is an industry that can be vicious, chew you up and spit you out.
Now Chaka Khan is also an ARIES, but in her astrological chart her moon (our instintive emotional reaction) is in CANCER and her MERCURY (how we absorb information) is PISCES which is where her compasion for another human being is displayed…