Pat Houston continues to find ways to capitalize
off Whitney Houston’s death and the latest is the most contemptible
yet. Pat has reportedly cut a deal with Hologram USA to send a 3D image
of the late Whitney Houston out on tour. This is just another in the
series of hinky actions Pat Houston has taken in the four years since
Whitney’s death.
The hologram is the most recent cash
grab and particularly astonishing in that it’s right on the heels of Pat
Houston trying to get mourners at Bobbi Kristina Brown’s funeral to
skip out on giving flowers and instead make a donation to her personal Marion P Foundation. What’s more, according to Radar Online, Pat Houston has not filed proper tax records to show how the foundation’s funds are used.
And now, the woman who likes to refer to
herself as “Pat Houston, Whitney Houston’s sister” but is only related
to the late singer by marriage, has decided to sell off Whitney’s image for a hologram.
Pat Houston has controlled Whitney’s estate with an iron first even
though she was not left in charge according to the terms of Whitney’s
will. It was Cissy Houston and Whitney’s brothers that were tapped.
But Cissy Houston, Pat’s husband and
brother of Whitney – Gary Houston, and Michael Houston all stepped back
and put greedy Pat Houston in charge of the big bucks of the estate.
Doesn’t it seem too soon after Bobbi Kristina Brown’s funeral to parade
Whitney’s hologram around the country for cash? Granted Whitney has been
gone for four years, but the wound still feels fresh.
I can’t imagine that Bobby Brown, fresh
off his daughter’s death, wants to see his ex-wife who died in
circumstances eerily similar to their daughter’s on a virtual tour. If
Bobbi Kristina Brown was still alive and this hologram project was to
benefit her long-term financial well-being, that would be a bit
different. As it stands, this is purely about profit for Pat.
Let’s face it – Cissy Houston is 81
years old and in poor health – plus she has money she inherited and
money of her own. She doesn’t need the cash and doesn’t have the quality
of life to enjoy whatever extra money this would bring in. Bobbi
Kristina Brown is gone. That leaves Gary Houston, his wife Pat Houston,
and other brother Michael Houston who stand to collect from the Hologram
USA debacle.
In case you don’t recall, it was Michael
Houston who admitted to Oprah Winfrey that he introduced Whitney to
drugs before she ever met Bobby Brown – and told Oprah that he and his
sister routinely got high together on crack cocaine back in the 80s.
Michael also said in the Oprah interview that it was actually Whitney
who introduced Bobby to crack and that he was the first to get clean of
it.
It’s no wonder that this family has no
issue selling off the last vestige of Whitney Houston’s dignity to the
highest bidder. Was Whitney ever more to them than a cash dispensing
apparition even before she died? This is just another shameless effort
by the Houstons to capitalize on tragedy when they should be mourning
the loss of their second family member lost to addiction.
What’s next – an accompanying hologram
of Bobbi Kristina Brown to go along with her mother? Just when you think
the Houston family can’t surprise us, they manage to stun us all with
this new low.
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