Oprah Winfrey successfully returned to the type of exclusive celebrity interviews that were the bread and butter of her syndicated daytime talk show. Last night’s special 90-minute edition of Winfrey’s new OWN primetime series Oprah’s Next Chapter, which featured her exclusive interview with Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina and her family, drew 3.5 million viewers, the largest audience ever in OWN’s 14-month history. In women 25-54, the special posted a 3.1 rating and was up triple digits vs. Oprah’s Next Chapter‘s season average.
The Sunday interview was so popular that Oprah ran it for 2 days after the originally aired.
Bobbi Kristina was remarkably strong in from of the cameras, telling Oprah that she can still feel her mother’s spirit telling her “I Got You.”
Bobbi Kristina was asked about growing up in the spotlight and whether it took a toll on her, along with many other questions that let the world know the nineteen year old was maturing.
The tougher questions about the night Whitney Houston died were left to Houston’s manager and sister-in-law Patricia Houston.
Patricia, who’s married to Whitney’s brother Gary, said in her appearance on Oprah’s Next Chapter Sunday that while the “handwriting was kind of on the wall” that the embattled Grammy-winner would suffer a premature death, the events of Saturday, February 11, still resonated with deep and shocking pain.
Houston’s brother Gary joined the tail-end of the conversation and spoke about the signs and growing up as Whitney Houston’s big brother.
You can watch the interview in the videos below.
Oprah’s Interview with Bobbi Kristina
