During her interview on the Hot Takes & Deep Dives podcast, Rosie shared: “Whitney was troubled by, I think, the gay part of her life and didn’t want it exposed. I think that there was a lot of conflict about that. It’s hard in black culture to accept gayness. It’s culturally more difficult, I think. And the church … the Baptist Church weighed heavily on her.”
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She also claimed people knew about her orientation, but Whitney didn’t want it out.