Whitney Houston Crack is Wack Interview Diane Sawyer (2002)
In December 2002, Whitney Houston was
interviewed on ABC's
Primetime by
Diane Sawyer. After appearing gaunt on
Michael Jackson's 30th anniversary TV
special, the singer addresses concerns
that she is dying. In response to
allegations that she had been using crack,
she tells Sawyer, "First of all, let's get
one thing straight. Crack is cheap. I make
too much money to ever smoke crack. Let's
get that straight. Okay? We don't do
crack. We don't do that. Crack is wack."
The phrase "crack is wack" became popular
after it appeared in 1986 as part of a New
York City mural painted by American artist
Keith Haring. Crack cocaine use had been
rampant in major cities at the time and
Haring created it as a warning. The
Whitney Crack is Wack interview was the
first time that the pop star ever publicly
admitted to using drugs.
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