Jermaine Jackson in love with Whitney Houston ...
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Whitney Houston secret affair with Jermaine Jackson<br />Jacko 'did not approve of the affair'<br />Jermaine 'too sad' to be at burial<br /><br />TRAGIC Whitney Houston had a secret affair with Michael Jackson's brother Jermaine, The Sun can reveal.<br /><br />The romance explains why 56-year-old Jermaine — a married man at the time — was so devastated by pop diva Whitney's death in a Los Angeles hotel last month.<br /><br />Whitney's No1 hit Saving All My Love For You echoed the story of her secret affair with Jermaine.<br /><br />The blockbuster ballad is about a woman having a romance with a married man — as Jackson was at the time — and waiting for him to be hers.<br /><br />Whitney even hired a Jermaine lookalike for the song's video.<br /><br />It features the romeo's wife keeping a beady eye on his mistress.<br /><br />Michael Jackson was among the few people who knew about the pair's year-long passionate relationship — but did not approve of it.<br /><br />Whitney and Jermaine never lost touch after the affair ended.<br /><br />She comforted him after Thriller singer Jacko died in 2009.<br /><br />And Jermaine was shattered when Whitney was found dead in her hotel bathtub last month. <br /><br />He was so grief-stricken he could not bring himself to attend her funeral in New Jersey.<br /><br />A friend of both Whitney and Jermaine said: "Her death has devastated Jermaine because of the history between them.<br /><br />"No one understood the scale of his grief because they didn't know what they shared."<br /><br />The links between the deaths of Whitney and Jacko were also hard to bear for Jermaine.<br /><br />Jacko, 50, was a prescription drug user killed by an overdose of dangerous sedative propofol administered by his doctor Conrad Murray.<br /><br />Whitney, 48, is feared to have died after taking a cocktail of prescribed drugs before slipping under the water in her bath.<br /><br />Both pop superstars met their end in Los Angeles.<br /><br />Jermaine was brought in to produce Whitney and duet with her before she hit the big time in the early 1980s.<br /><br />Romance blossomed even though Jermaine was married to Hazel Gordy, daughter of Motown founder Berry Gordy.<br /><br />Jermaine hinted at the relationship in his book You Are Not Alone: Michael, Through A Brother's Eyes — published last year. <br /><br />But he claimed they quelled their feelings for each other before becoming lovers.<br /><br />Revealing how he was torn between his wife and the beautiful singer, he wrote: "Whitney and I spoke about our shared predicament.<br /><br />"And as much as I wanted to lose myself in all these feelings, I told her to wait.<br /><br />"I spoke of 'one day' and 'maybe'. Ultimately, we had to go our separate ways and it killed us both."<br /><br />But the friend revealed Jermaine was being less than honest — because he did not want to reveal the truth out of respect to Whitney while she was alive.<br /><br />The pal explained: "Jermaine didn't tell even half the story in his book.<br /><br />"He made it sound like they flirted and backed away. But they were lovers.<br /><br />"In those early days with Whitney, he was smuggled into her hotel rooms, they worked extra late in the studio and she even had a codename for him. She referred to him as 'Ji'.<br /><br />"The reason it ended was because Jermaine wouldn't leave his wife — and Whitney was angry. The video for Saving All My Love For You was about all of that." <br /><br />Whitney did not write the song, which was released in 1985, the year after the affair fizzled out. It was a cover of a minor hit by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr in 1978.<br /><br />But the symbolism of the words sung by Whitney — and the haunting video — made it a powerful dedication to the romance.<br /><br />Jermaine admitted in his book that being around Whitney as they recorded songs together in Los Angeles was "intoxicating".<br /><br />He wrote: "With each session that intense professional chemistry crossed over.<br /><br />"These were turning into duets between temptation and forbidden love, and the studio sessions gave us what felt like stolen time together."<br /><br />Jermaine also claimed Jacko warned him off a full-on sexual relationship. He said: "He didn't fuel the temptation as some guys would. He reminded me about Hazel, about family.<br /><br />"He gave the soundest advice. I knew that doing the right thing was what I had to do."<br /><br />But in reality Jermaine ignored his brother and went ahead with the fling.<br /><br />He did not leave Hazel then — but he split from her three years later after a 14-year marriage during which they had three children.<br /><br />Whitney went on to wed R&B singer Bobby Brown. <br /><br />Their turbulent marriage — which ended in 2006 — has been blamed for her grim spiral into crack addiction that she battled until the end.<br /><br />The friend said: "Jermaine remains on good terms with Whitney's family. He knows they know.<br /><br />"But Whitney was no husband-stealer. She just happened to fall for a married guy."<br /><br />Jermaine, who has rubbished claims Whitney was tormented because she was secretly gay, posted a poignant online tribute to her after her death.<br /><br />He said: "The right words fail me to sum up the sense of loss following the passing of Whitney... a wonderful woman, a true heart and an immense artist.<br /><br />"That incredible voice will live on as an eternal reminder of her timeless talent."<br /><br />At a recent showbiz event in Hollywood he admitted the pair "had fun together".<br /><br />But he continued to keep the true nature of their relationship under wraps.<br /><br />Jermaine has had three long-term relationships since his split with Hazel — and is now wed to third wife Halima Rashid. <br /><br />Whitney's daughter breaks silence <br /><br />WHITNEY'S "broken" daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown has talked for the first time about her mother's death.<br /><br />The 18-year-old gave an interview to US chat show queen Oprah Winfrey for a one-hour TV special to be aired a week today.<br /><br />According to producers, Bobbi will share "personal memories of her mum and how she would like the iconic star to be remembered".<br /><br />The teenager has taken the loss of Whitney hard and was in hospital for a day with stress and anxiety in the immediate aftermath.<br /><br />A source close to the family said: "Her mama died, so she broke down."<br /><br />Whitney's brother Gary and her sister-in-law and manager Patricia will also talk on the show. <br /><br />http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/4170845/Whitney-Houstons-secret-affair-with-Jermaine-Jackson.html<br /><br />
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