OneMomentInTimwWhit

Thank you for posting the link. Wow, the fact that he took the time to watch the BBMA speaks volumes. Like he said, that song was the film score of their life together. Oh Whitney....... He can't watch TBG, he can't listen to IWALY. Each day a little nugget comes out. I DVR Leno, I still have to watch that.

emeraldgemstone

The media ain't letting up on Kevin and Whitney anytime soon. They smell smoke. It's funny because the name of the ET video/interview in "Kevin Costner on Whitney Houston..." but only the last 30 secs or so were actually about Whitney by way of BK. They gon' link these two together forever!

With the Leno interview I did see that wall and hesitancy. I almost think Kevin thought he was gonna get out of this interview without being asked about Whitney. Not a chance! I think Leno like most of us suspects they may have been closer than what appears. Also, given how emotional Kevin got with his eulogy I guess by getting permission, Leno was just making sure Kevin was ok to talk about Whitney. No objective person who listened to that eulogy would not suspect *something*

80s90sIsTheBest

I think Leno is the only one who actually asked permission from KC to talk about Whitney which I really like that he did and think it was very nice of him to do.

Raven03

Yea I think you are right b/c I dnt remember anyone else asking if it was ok. I think Jay Leno suspected since the eulogy that KC's feelings ran deeper than any of us couldve imagined, and that its not cool to come out and ask KC about Whitney. For a minute I didnt think Jay was gonna bring up Whitney.

80s90sIsTheBest

Yeah I really wish more of the reporters/interviewers were like that I mean to ask permission first and I think we all suspected something more happened after that eulogy anyway and that it wasn't just a friendship.

zoe1990

I didn't see the interview, but just hearing your report on it makes me sad all over again. He has to leave the room when the song comes on? That's heartbreaking.
That was very nice and considerate of Leno. Just the fact that he felt the need to ask indicates that he, too, senses that there was something much deeper there than just a 20 year old co-star relationship.

casual observer

First about Leno:

Caught most of the interview, I think. It stood out the way Leno broached the subject of Whitney with him--he did so very gingerly--as if he knew he was dealing with a touchy subject and fragile emotions.

There was probably discussion in the pre-interview that he didn't want to discuss the relationship in detail, but of course the eulogy is likely one of the reasons he was even on the show--since it rekindled public interest in him. There was probably an agreement they'd touch briefly on the subject and then move on and he had his pat answer about writing letters ready to go and move quickly off the topic. As far as not keeping in touch, we know they did by the 1998 cipriani event. Then there was the ali fight night event. There is also evidence they were still part of each other's lives from that video clip right before she died where a pap mentioned kevin's name in connection with RayJ. Maybe it's just a matter of degree, but it's not as if they had completely severed ties post-TBG.

Second--this interview:

Like us, he can't bring himself to listen to IWALY. But unlike us, I believe it's because--upon mutual agreement--it was their song. That while they 'couldn't have each other' IRL they'd always have that song. I believe they told each other whenever he heard it or whenever she sang it that they'd be thinking about the other. I believe this agreement was explicit between them. However, if not, I think we all know that is exactly how it panned out during their lives. Afterall, he called it the soundtrack to their relationship.

Also note that the article states 'he kept in close contact with (Whitney) until her death". Maybe that's just the writer's take or assumption, but it seems that's more likely than his current story that they weren't in contact since TBG--which we know is not accurate.

Actually, while he is not smiling in all the photos, he is smiling in some of them----just none where he's posing with CB alone. In this last zimbio batch--while he's smiling in some of the pics with various people, there are only 3 photos with her where there is even remotely a smile--in one he's interacting with someone else and slightly smiling--she happens to be standing near him and in the other two he's posing with cast members and she happens to be standing there as well. In every other picture--where it's just the two of them posing as a couple-- he looks like a man on death row. And I don't think it has anything to do with Whitney.

Here--one of the shippers posted this here many threads ago:

I was also struck by KC not refuting or correcting the 'lovers' impression in the Parade interview. I think the interviewer probably had his own suspicions about the relationship and like many of us had those suspicions confirmed by forums like ours.

Good point--I hadn't considered that--I hope she is a good mother--while I think she's a manipulative, scheming, self-promoting fame-whore and publicity-hound looking to use him to give herself time in the limelight, and as harshly as I've judged her motives, I don't think she's a bad mother. Hopefully she's a great mother and that's one of the 'good things' about her someone mentioned as being a reason that he's still with her. I can't see any other reason, frankly.


Oh, GobSmacked--have no fear--I had already posted comments about that pic a few messages before you weighed-in on the matter (post #16) Here is my take:

AchrisL

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I don't think it was just the writer they were close even when apart. There are bonds and then there are unbreakable bonds. God put them together in some ways. He was someone she trusted and knew would be her friend and he was through it all. I have heard many things about Kevin, but never that he betrayed a friend.

It goes beyond thathere. I watched BK, but I was a wrecked , today is better. Oh my God--------osrry I had to stop and cry.

I will read more later, but on a brighter note a dear friend of mine on Facebook started a page for Whitney. Those of you on there send me and email and I will give it to you as I don't know how to get the link.

I think you'll love it because it focuses on all the postive abd worthwhile things she did and she did many and that is what I will always remember her for.

bethanyr

New interview with Julie Moran. She sure gets him stammering when she comes right out and asks if the kiss in The Bodyguard was just a movie or something more. Of course, he answers without answering, changing the answer to be just about the movie.

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whitney&kevinforever

I applaud Leno for introducing the Whitney question with such sensitivity. I wish future interviewers will take not and be sensitive that way if they have to ask him about Whitney.

I think Kevin cannot answer "yes" to the "did you guys stay in touch over the years" question without bringing suspicion to his first and second marriages if he does not follow up with a clarification to the "yes" with something like "we saw each other at events we attended together..." which will make the answer long and he did not want to talk too long about that last night. Also he wants to be short so he does not break down in front of cameras again like in the Nancy Odell's interview or the Anderson Cooper one.

I think he is more comfortable in radio or paper interviews where he is not recorded and where people cannot easily see his grief.

If anyone had a doubt that the IWALY song is Kevney's song by their mutual agreement, I think his repeated answer that he cannot listen to IWALY tells us that its their song and listening to it is just a reminder that the lyrics of the song apply to Kevney and just compounds his sadness that she is gone too soon.

Whoelse, apart me, has the feeling though that he did not just wirte her the two letters but also met her face-to-face or at least talk to her on the phone when she needed help: we know Kevin is a hands-on person who would go to great lengths for Whitney and if he heard that she needed encouragement to go to rehab for instance that he would just write her a letter knowing there was a chance she might not read it?? That does not jive with his personality and the amount of love they had for each other. This is just a strong feeling I have. He cannot had been declaring his love for her throughout the years and not meet her to support her in her weakest time. He just cannot even say he met her without it being a Breaking News on CNN, though.

Poor Kevin, he better get ready for more Whitney questions because SPARKLE is coming out in August and those questions are not going to stop especially if her performance manages to garner her some acting nominations, which I am praying for her to get many as she deserves them all. We know Kevin would be the first to nominate her just because he thought she was AWESOME when at her peak and when not at her peak, Whitney can do no wrong in his eyes and mine too...

AchrisL

whitney&kevinforever

They were in the same business music and movies, so it is not at all un common to speak to each other. They traveled in many of the same circles, knew the same people, etc.

I always said that when she turned a corner he would be there to support her and he did.

Whitney was amazing. Kevin is loyal.

***Just watched the video for the Access Hollywood interview- He did an excellent job answering questions.

casual observer

Quite the lovebirds, aren't they?:

Photo from Getty Images

But his mood takes a turn for the better when he is alone:

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Nice genuine smile in this one:

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Doesn't exactly look grim in this one either:

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But that quickly changes:

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hmmmm....I think I see a common denominator in the sullen-looked pics....gee...I wonder what (who) that could be.....

It's either that or he just bought FB on offer Friday morning :-)

As far as discussing Whitney--he's tiptoeing around the topic of their off-screen relationship. Clearly there is something he doesn't want to reveal and I think we all know what that is. I am sure he feels he'd be betraying Whitney if he spilled-the-beans without her permission and now she'll never be able to give it. If she had lived longer, she might've said something herself, and that would've freed him to talk about it. I hope the interviewers respect her memory enough not to pry any further. On his end he needs to get a standard consistent answer ready. And then if they press him for more information, just say that he'd rather not comment any further and be firm about it.

emeraldgemstone

Thanks for the video Bethanyr!

This made me LOL. These reporters are getting BOLD! They're digging. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for it. But soon Kev may put a ban on all Whitney related questions.

80s90sIsTheBest

I don't want them to keep on digging for information on their relationship that's Kevney's business no one else's their relationship should stay private like it has been all this time, but I like how he's dropping the subtle hints without giving away too much that's the way it should stay forever.

azgirl

Quite the presentation you put together - good job! If we didn't know better, we could think maybe he looked angry because someone tried to flirt with the wife. Nahh, don't think that's it! She sure looks happy!