Gospel singer, BeBe Winans reflected on his relationship with the late Whitney Houston in an interview for PEOPLE and ABC special People Icons: Gone Too Soon, “After we met it was instant friendship. It was instant family.”
“She was fond of us and we were fond of her. We were in love with her voice. She was in love with what we did,” he explained. “So there was a mutual love for each other and respect for our artistry, as well as our hearts. And how we were raised. We were raised the same way.”
And more than anything, love bonded Houston with Winans and his relatives.
“She made up her mind then, that any and every important step in her life — before she made any decision to get married — any other decision in her life that was vital, she would run it by us and we had to be a part of it,” he shared. “And she said, ‘Let’s make that pact.’ I mean, it was just like kids meeting kids and — and making pacts. And that’s what it was between us.”
