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Cissy Houston not in agreement with Lifetime movie Bio Of Whitney!

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Whitney Houston’s mother Cissy Houston breaks her silence regarding the upcoming Whitney Houston biopic directed by Angela Bassett on Lifetime television.

Cissy tells ET:

“Lifetime has chosen to go ahead with the movie about Whitney in spite of my family’s objections. No one connected with this movie knew Whitney or anything about her relationship with Bobby.”

“In the two years since Whitney’s death, many people have stepped forward to speak about their close relationship with her. I find it difficult to believe people who knew and supposedly loved her would participate in a movie about her done by folks who didn’t know her. We are exhausted by the continuing misinformation and comments offered by people who did not know her. Please please let her rest.”

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Bobbi Kristina Brown: wanted to play the role of Whitney Houston

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In Angela Bassett’s upcoming production of her mother’s life however, Angela Bassett felt otherwise stating “I did not think about casting her”

Bassett, who is making her directorial debut with the Lifetime movie, told Entertainment Weekly on June 26. that she never considered Bobby Kristina for the role of her mother Whitney Houston “And probably for a number of reasons”.

“One being that she’s not an actress,” she continued. “I know she’s acted here and there. I know she’s been on their family’s reality show, but she’s not an actress and acting is a craft.”

Well Bobbi Kristina didn’t take Angela’s diss very well, so she took to her twitter page blasting Angela Bassett for her comments, even calling the well-known actress a “BITCH“.

“Ha MsAng ‘bassketcase’ has such a damn nerve my lord,” “At least the world doesn’t mistake me for the wrong sex … she has some #XtraEquipment.” Brown continued “When I win my first Grammy or Oscar, *Shrugs* hmm whichever comes 1st, I’ll be sure 2shout URname out b—h!” she continued. “Hah UrTestResults = Male. Lmao.”

The film will explore Houston’s relationship with the embittered daughter’s father, Bobby Brown. Bassett starred opposite Whitney Houston in Terry McMillan’s “Waiting to Exhale“.

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Betty & Coretta Premieres Feb. 2 on Lifetime

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With Black History month approaching, Lifetime television have rolled out their movie premiers for the month. Angela Bassett will star as Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow Coretta Scott King, who expanded his message of nonviolence and equality to a global audience until her death in 2006, in a Lifetime movie which will premiere on February 2nd.

To kick off black history month, Bassett stars as Mrs. King opposite singer Mary J. Blige as Dr. Betty Shabazz in the Lifetime original movie Betty and Coretta.

The film tells the converging stories of two very different young women united by a commitment to social justice and their struggle to raise their children alone while forging legacies from those of their slain spouses. It’s an angle that the mom of two (with actor husband Courtney B. Vance) particularly appreciates.

Both women were equally significant in their own right.

Ruby Dee narrates the film, as the film opens up with her semi-fictional character commenting on President Obama’s 2011 dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Betty and Coretta premieres Feb. 2 at 8/7 CT on Lifetime.