Whitney Houston cleans up after secret trip to Los Angeles

[MaryJane]

Troubled soul star WHITNEY HOUSTON has turned her back on drugs and is now aiming to literally clean up her messy life, according to the singer's best friend CHERELLE.

The former R&B star has revealed she and Houston recently took up an invitation from the diva's friends DENZEL WASHINGTON and MEL GIBSON to hide out in Los Angeles, visiting churches in disguise.

Cherelle tells urban magazine Sister 2 Sister the trip afforded Houston the chance to go "straight detox" after confessing she had drug abuse problems, and the quality time allowed her longtime friend to talk some sense into her.

Cherelle admits Houston was upset by recent tabloid claims about her drug habit made by sister-in-law TINA BROWN, that were accompanied by photographs of the singer's reported squalid drug den.

Houston's pal claims some of the allegations Brown made were true, but the picture was nothing more than a shot of a messy bathroom.

Cherelle says, "I told Nippy (Houston's nickname), I was being honest with her: 'Some of the things (Tina) did say in there (article) were true - not true in a drug form, but yes, you are sloppy! Yes, you are messy - not only in the bathroom, but period.'"

Cherelle goes on to explain that Houston's inability to keep a tidy home comes from years of having aides to fetch and carry everything for her.

She adds, "She was just 18-years-old when she had a hit record... It's out of habit, her dropping stuff down. Now I'm like, 'You're 43-years-old, n**ger. Pick that up! I'm not picking up behind you.'".

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[Midnight]

That's good if it's true.

[buttmunch]

Hmmm...messy is one thing. Leave your crack and all the paraphenelia hanging around is just tacky.

[Elisa]

I hope this is true too. I'd really love to see Whitney at least coherant and alert about her surroundings as she once was. I'd love for the public to get at least a glimpse of the 'old Whitney'. It's been faarrrrrr too long!

[Lakesweetjane]

Good luck to her. She has a great voice but I was never a fan. She always seemed like such a stuck up diva. It be good to hear real singing not just lipsynching while dancing around.
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[GoldDust77]

Umm, my bathroom is rather sloppy too, but i've never noticed any crack pipes & other drug paraphernalia scattered amoungst the towels left on the floor & makeup scattered on the sink... Hmmm, the mystery of how the crack-smoking equipment got into the bathroom of Whitney-whose-only-problem-is-that-she's-sloppy. An intrigueing mystery indeed.... Her friends need to stop covering up for her crackhead ass & wake up & smell the coffee.

But anyway, if she is in fact clean this time, KUDOS to her!!!

[Jackie Blue]

I hope it's true. Such a waste of talent, and she has a family to consider.

[KD]

Not a fan of her music, but she was so talented. Truly a waste, I do hope she gets clean, I fell as tho she's going to die if she doesn't get help. And poor Bobbi Christina, a mom who's a major druggie.

[Grimmlok]

0/` Here.... IT is... looking so fine. Here.. it.. is, looking so hot..0/`

[Lobelia]

Is that a wig?

[Elvira]

Is this the same friend who claimed that Whitney was only in disguise as a
bag lady?