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Denzel Washington ‘Wanted to Protect’ Former Costar Whitney Houston
Denzel Washington recalled feeling protective of Whitney Houston after they worked together on ‘The Preacher’s Wife’
Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington at the NAACP Image Awards on April 6, 1996 in Los Angeles, California.Steve Granitz/WireImage“I felt like I always wanted to protect her,” the Oscar winner, 69, said on Saturday, June 15, while speaking at the American Black Film Festival. Whitney Houston‘s vocals were so powerful that producer Clive Davis famously called her “The Voice” — and her fellow singers agreed she more than deserved the title. Houston and Washington worked together on the 1996 family drama The Preacher’s Wife, which also starred Courtney B. Vance, Jenifer Lewis, Lionel Richie, Loretta Devine and Gregory Hines.
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