gracen's video: The Arsenio Hall Show-To Tears Discussing Whitney Houston

As discussing working with Whitney Houston, Arsenio he was moved to tears. Whitney was Sumpter's co-star in the movie, Sparkle and a good friend to Arsenio. Here is what she said about working with Whitney in Sparkle, “She played my mother, so that was the most amazing experience ever.16 ”The Haves And The Have Nots” actress Tika Sumpter joined Arsenio Hall on the couch Wednesday night. Hall asked Tika about working with Whitney Houston on “Sparkle” and her comments struck such a chord with Arsenio that left him unable to hold back his emotions. Arsenio Hall found it hard to hold back his emotions during a recent interview with Tika Sumpter. The actress, who visited his self-titled talk to promote her new film Ride Along, moved the host to tears after sharing her memories of the late Whitney Houston. “Whitney was everything,” said Sumpter, who played the R&B diva’s daughter in her last film Sparkle. “You’d be sitting in a corner, and I’d be just kind of quiet, they’d be changing for the set-up and she’s like, ‘You okay, baby? Who do I need to talk to to make sure you’re all right?’ And I’m like, ‘I’m good’ and she’s like, ‘All right, I got you.’ She was just like a mother.”