In a 2009 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Whitney Houston talked about the unexpected death of Michael Jackson, their friendship, and not wanting this type of (drug) tragedy to happen to her.

Houston told Oprah:

“I thought, ‘This can’t be true. This can’t be true.’ I knew he was on painkillers at one time. I didn’t know how far and how deep it was.”

“I was getting scared,” she admitted. “I was looking at myself going, ‘No, I don’t want this to be like this. This can’t happen. Not both of us.’”

Watch a snippet of the 2009 interview below:

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