Kevin Costner refused to shorten eulogy at Whitney Houston’s funeral

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“The Howard Stern Show” on Tuesday, the Oscar winner, 69, confirmed that a sequel to his hit 1992 film “The Bodyguard” with Whitney Houston was in the works with Princess Diana as his planned co-star.However, Diana’s death in summer 1997 caused the project to be canceled — and Costner subsequently faced the wrath of the royals, who didn’t believe that the princess was willing to do a Hollywood movie.“When Diana passed, about a year later it had leaked out that I was prepping ‘Bodyguard 2’ with her. And what happened was, the royal family kind of turned on me a little bit,” he recalled.

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Kevin Costner remembers his late The Bodyguard co-star Whitney Houston and recalled he refused to shorten his eulogy at her funeral.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Kevin Costner said during an interview on Dax Shepard’s ‘Armchair Expert’ podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) that he refused a request to shorten his eulogy for Whitney Houston just so television networks like CNN could air commercials during the live broadcast of Houston’s funeral. Costner and Houston became lifelong friends after starring together in the 1992 romance blockbuster “The Bodyguard.” Costner was one of eight people who spoke at Houston’s funeral in 2012. “I had been working on this speech…and I tried to compile everything I wanted to do and finally crafted this speech,” Costner said.

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Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston developed a friendship after working on the movie “The Bodyguard” together. Their bond was so strong that, decades later, Costner delivered a heartfelt 17 minute eulogy for his friend after her tragic death. Malia and Sasha Obama laugh together as they wait to board their plane at LAXMalia Obama spotted in Los Angeles wearing cool butterfly pantsCostner recently discussed his eulogy on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, revealing that people wanted him to shorten his speech in order to allow commercials to play on the televised broadcast.

“The Bodyguard” co-star Whitney Houston on Dax Shepard’s podcast, and revealed that he refused to shorten his eulogy at the singer’s 2012 funeral.“I could feel the weight on her, now it’s shifted to me. What am I gonna say about this little girl?” Costner, 69, recalled on the June 3 episode of “Armchair Expert.”“And then I went back to that church in Newark and it was filled,” he said.

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Kevin Costner had the support of five of his seven children at the premiere of his new film. “Horizon,” which premiered in Cannes this week, has been a film that Costner has been developing for the past three decades, which he ultimately wrote, directed, and starred in. Kevin Costner named his son after a character in ‘Horizon’, his new filmWhy Kevin Costner didn’t cast Chris Hemsworth in his movieCostner and his kids were dressed up for the occasion.

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a rating of 27% on Rotten Tomatoes. Variety slammed Costner’s film as “meandering” and says it “seldom seems to aim in a clear direction,” while IndieWire writes, “These aren’t characters so much as the spokes of a plot in human form, each of their storylines moving as if being pulled by horses across the entire span of the American West.” Costner left “Yellowstone” to work on this passion project of a film, with rumors flying in his wake. “Horizon” debuted at Cannes Film Festival over the weekend and hits theaters June 28.