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Kevin Costner Shares Why He Didn't Want to Give the Eulogy at Whitney Houston's Funeral

Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston famously starred together in the 1992 classic, 'The Bodyguard,' 20 years before she died in 2012.

During a new appearance on Dax Shepard and Monica Padman's Armchair Expert podcast, Costner recalled his time with Houston -- who was only 29 when the film hit theaters in November 1992. The actor tells Shepard and Padman that he initially didn't want to speak at the funeral, and it was only at the urging of Dionne Warwick that he accepted the invitation to eulogize his dear friend. Speaking with ET at the 2022 Oscars red carpet, Costner recalled of his time with Houston, "She was a really street-smart girl, she knew stuff."

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