As Kevin Costner turns 70, he remembers his as soon as costar Whitney Houston.
On his birthday, Jan. 18, Costner shared a photograph to his Instagram Tales of himself and Houston on the set of 1992’s “The Bodyguard,” during which the pair costarred. The photograph originated from Houston’s account, which is run by her property.
“This photograph jogs my memory of how fortunate I’m to be getting one other birthday,” Costner wrote within the put up. “We misplaced such a light-weight after we misplaced Whitney.”
Houston died at age 48 on Feb. 11, 2012. She would’ve been 61 this 12 months.
Within the photograph, Costner and Houston are joined by hairstylist Ellin LaVar.
“Completely happy birthday to Kevin Costner!,” learn the photograph’s caption. “A behind the scenes photograph from ‘The Bodyguard’ with Kevin, Whitney and Ellin LaVar, Whitney’s hairstylist for the movie.”
In June of 2024, Costner said that when talking at Houston’s funeral in 2012, he refused to shorten his 17-mintue eulogy in order that tv networks like CNN may air commercials throughout the broadcast.
“I had been engaged on this speech…and I attempted to compile every part I needed to do and eventually crafted this speech,” Costner mentioned. “Anyone mentioned, ‘CNN’s right here, they wouldn’t thoughts in case your remarks had been saved shorter as a result of they’re going to have commercials.’ And I mentioned, ‘They will recover from that. They will play the industrial whereas I’m speaking, I don’t care.’”
He continued, “I may really feel the burden on her, now it’s shifted to me. What am I going to say about this little lady? [I] went again to that church in Newark and it was crammed. It was electrical. There have been two bands enjoying, the church was alive. It was like, growth!”
