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Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a big proponent of lasting marriages and “Til Death Do Us Part” (unless one or both partners makes it impossible) and we all talked about how sad the Ryan Phillipe/Reese Witherspoon break-up made us feel.  But when I heard that Whitney Houston had filed for divorce from Bobby Brown, I’m ashamed to confess that my first reaction was “Finally!” Not to excuse Whitney for a series of increasingly destructive choices, but to me this relationship has always felt like a classic case of a “Bad Man Ruining a Good Woman.”

Does anybody remember the “Before-Bobby” Whitney?  The woman who sang with both the confidence and the voice of an angel?  The actress with the doe eyes and luminous skin who lit up the screen in THE BODYGUARD and WAITING TO EXHALE?  The former Baptist choir girl who seemed to have her feet planted firmly on the ground and her eyes on the heavens?  Since marrying Bobby, her career has spiraled downward and her personal life has consisted of an endless tangle of legal problems, allegations of abuse, stints in drug rehab and some really bad kaftans.  Now that she’s dumping Bobby and has professionally reunited with former producer Clive Davis, I’d like to believe that it’s not too late for her. 

So what about you?  Do you think it’s too late for Whitney to reclaim her professional mojo or do you think a Tina Turner-style comeback is a possibility?  Anyone have any similar thoughts about Britney/KFed?