it's hard to grow up on stage
and pretend it never happened
and nobody knows.
it's hard to do that.
it's hard to be in the position
where as you are out front and
every day all day long people
are seeing and hearing about
you.
something negative goes on and
it's magnify and you have to go
back and face the public.
>> smokey?
i think you hit the nail on the
head there.
they are the same issues like
amy winehouse and michael
jackson are not as famous.
they are not speculated.
thank you so much for taking the
time to call in.
>> piers, before we let smokey
go, can i ask you something?
>> for being positive, you want
to focus on the positive and you
are exactly right with that.
what will you always love about
whitney houston?
>> whitney was family and i will
always love whitney about
whitney.
whitney was family to me and i
will always love her.
she is one of the greatest
voices in the history of music.
that's what i say.
>> thank you, smokey.
>> thank you for letting me jump
in.
we will...