The emotional reason why Kevin Costner refused to shorten his eulogy for Whitney Houston

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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.

Kevin Costner has opened up about Whitney Houston’s funeral, and explained why he refused to cut her eulogy short.The pair appeared together in the 1992 movie The Bodyguard, in which Costner played the bodyguard and love interest of Houston’s character.Costner spoke at the ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ singer’s funeral following her death by drowning in 2012.The Waterworld star shared more details on his speech, which eventually ran to 17 minutes, during a recent episode of the Armchair Expert podcast with Dax Shepherd. He also explained how he disregarded advice to shorten the eulogy he’d written.“I had been working on this speech… and I tried to compile everything I wanted to do and finally crafted this speech,” Costner explained.He continued: “Somebody said, ‘CNN’s here, they wouldn’t mind if your remarks were kept shorter because they’re going to have commercials.’ And I said, ‘They can get over that.

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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“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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