Solène Delinger 2:32 p.m., December 22, 2022, modified at 2:34 p.m., December 22, 2022

"I wanna dance with somebody", the biopic dedicated to the life of Whitney Houston, has finally been released in cinemas.

Fans of the diva will thus be able to immerse themselves in the life of their idol, who died more than ten years ago on February 11, 2012. The film discusses her meteoric rise in the 1980s and also looks back on her secret affair with Robyn Crawford, his assistant. 

The long-awaited biopic

 I wanna dance with somebody,

dedicated to the life of Whitney Houston,

has finally been released in cinemas.

It is the talented Naomi Ackie, who embodies the role of the diva who disappeared in 2012. For the film, the actress had to relive the most significant moments in the history of the singer who became an icon of pop and music. soul in the 1980s. 

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Discover the singer as you've never seen her before in WHITNEY HOUSTON: I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY, now in theaters!

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Whitney Houston and Robyn Williams were 'inseparable'

The film indeed addresses the meteoric rise of the diva to 200 million albums sold.

And, he also explores his intimacy by addressing his secret relationship with his assistant Robyn Crawford.

At the height of Whitney's career, the press called them "inseparable".

They were even called "best friends".

Nobody suspected that the two women were in fact very much in love with each other.

While homosexuality was an ultra taboo subject in the United States, Whitney and her assistant had preferred to keep their affair secret. 

"She explained to me that we shouldn't have sex anymore"

Robyn Williams confided in her relationship with the diva years later, in her book

A Song for You

, published in 2019. She mentioned having had sex with the star.

Coming from a very religious family, Whitney Houston would have decided to break to remain faithful to her principles.

"She came to my house after signing her contract (at Arista's, editor's note), a Bible in her hand, to explain to me that we should no longer have sex because it would make our journey on earth even more complex and that, if known, it would turn against us", recalls Robyn Williams in

A Song For You. 

Robyn Williams recalls that at the time, society was "not kind to homosexuality, 

So it's no surprise that Whitney's dad, John Houston, pressured them into dating boys when they told him their secret.

"We can't be like that," he had told them in his office.

Whitney Houston ended up marrying bad boy Bobby Brown.

Robyn, meanwhile, has rebuilt her life and had two children.

But, she never forgot her great love with Whitney Houston.

"I remained the one who loved her for what she really was", assures Robyn Williams who has always hoped that Whitney would one day come "to ring her doorbell".

A wish unfortunately remained wishful…