now, she has never spoken publicly about their relationship in her new book "a song for you" robyn crawfordon's dramatic life in the spotlight with that mind blowing voice and irresistible charisma, whitney houston commanded the charts in the '80s and '90s with hit after hit, sell out tours, and on screen roles, she became one of the biggest pop stars of all an beautiful presence time. >> she had a very angelic, beautiful presence about her. >> robyn crawford was whitney houston's best friend and more. >> we were intimate on many levels all i can say is that it was very deep and we were very connected. >> after nearly four decades of silence, she's now opening up in her new book >> we just loved each other. it was beautiful and i hope that in doing this there will be no more questions. >> and she's speaking out about whitney's lifelong struggle with drugs. >> when did you realize that the drugs had become a problem >> i would remind whitney, now, you know we said doing coke couldn't go where we're going. she was having difficulty stopping >> houston died from accidental drowning in 2012 and

that's the startling new claim made in the new memoir by whitney's ex-girlfriend robyn crawford. hat y eddie murphy called to say she was making a mistake. ♪ h will i know >> robyn also writes she was jealous the attention whitney gave the comedian. in this excerpt obtainedy when eddie was supposed to come for dinner, i caught a glimpse of whitney. she was wearing a black dress and low-heeled slingbacks. for a moment, i ought, boy, i wish she was doing that for me. so wereddie and whitney a real cole? >> they didn't do this until y >> this is rare footage of the two together from our "e.t." vault at whitney 26th birthday party in 1989. and here they are later the me >> okay, thank you, that's engh. >> and here they are later the same year, looking cozy and posing for a chari event in beverly hills. >> we hung out a few times, and she's a really sweet, smart funny girl. >> eddie has denied they dated, but whitney's mentor, clive davis, says e pair was more than friends, quote, until she married bobby brown in 1992. >> wdid it! ♪ i look to you > of course, whitney battled drug pblem

> there's a lot of different >> and number one, wendy williams' confrontational former lover, robyn crawfordobyn! i can't even fight. i would run. >> you know wh? >> oh, my gosh. >> we wen't going to fight. we just wanted to have a chat. >> robyn claims the singer was fed up with wendy constantly taing abou whitney's personal life. >> i had never met whitney. >> you acted like -- you talked like you do. >> for the latest, be sure to check out etonline.com. >>>lso in the news, real housewifef new jersey teresa giudice's interview since visiting her embated husband. joe giudice has been living in his native italy as he faces potential deportation from the u.s. >> rachel smith talked to teresa abou that and about lor ughlin, whose fate could be sealed as the longest sentence in the college bribery scandal is handed down. >> could lori becoming unhinged after heangn exwas sentenced to six months in prison? lori and her husband are accuses of basically the same thing and still maintain their innocence. >> lori loughlin, what is some advice thatou might have for lori and her family? >> women are s

crawford had a secret plan to tak down wendy. >> we didn't know what you looked like and our plan was to go down to hudson reet and wait for you. >> robyn, i can't even fight. would have run. >> you kw what, we weren't gonna fight. we just wanted to see you face-to-face and hava chat >> robyn says whitney was fed up. it was the early 2000s and houston was tired of hearing wendy, who was a radio d.j. at the time, constantly talk about her personal life. >> whitney would say who the [ bleep is this woman? who is she? who is this woman? like. t even know what she looks >> wendy seemed obsessed with whitney. she even flew in a helicopter over her wedding to bobby brown. and then whitney called in for th wild combative interview. >> is there drug use going on? >> who are you talking to? to you, whitney. >> no, you're not talking to me. i'm a mother. >> i never met whitney. i had never met her. >> you talked like youid. >> i know that yound robyn were growing up. from when you >> we still are friends, girl. >> thawas a cumulative fed up whitney houston that i heard. >> fed up the or fed up with the world? >> you had been talking about whitney