rumored same-sex orientation. In a wide-ranging discussion on the “Hot Takes & Deep Dives” podcast Monday, O’Donnell, 59, claimed the six-time Grammy Award-winning powerhouse was “conflicted” by her conservative cultural values and much-storied bisexuality. “It’s hard in black culture to accept gayness.
It’s culturally more difficult I think,” the openly gay actress said of Houston — who died in a drug-related accidental drowning at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in February 2012.