Kevin Costner says that when he eulogized Whitney Houston, he refused a CNN request to shorten the text so they could run commercials. ‘They can get over that.’
At Whitney Houston’s 2012 funeral, which was broadcast live on CNN, Kevin Costner delivered a 17-minute eulogy. But if the network had had its way, his remarks would have run much shorter, the “Yellowstone” actor says.
Costner, who co-starred with Houston in the 1992 romantic thriller “The Bodyguard,” was one of eight speakers at the esteemed singer’s funeral. Initially, he was hesitant to accept the invitation to speak, but at the encouragement of Houston’s aunt, singer Dionne Warwick, he changed his mind.
“Somebody said, ‘CNN’s here, they wouldn’t mind if your remarks were kept shorter because they’re going to have commercials.
