LA, Mar 17: Pop star Whitney Houston has entered a drug rehabilitation program in an undisclosed location, her publicist said on Monday. The Grammy winning singer and actress, who is married to singer Bobby Brown, "thanks everyone for their support and prayers," publicist Nancy Seltzer said. The couple, married since 1992, has a daughter, Bobbi Kristina, who was born in 1993.
Seltzer would not disclose what facility Houston had chosen or how long she expected to be in treatment.
During a 2002 interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, the 40-year-old pop diva admitted to using alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and prescription drugs but denied rumors that she had used highly addictive crack cocaine.
She told Sawyer she had stopped taking drugs with the help of a spiritual advisor. "I'm beyond it. It's past. It's done," she said then.
The interview followed a string of canceled appearances -- notably the 2000 Academy Awards telecast -- erratic behavior and a dramatic weight loss that provoked rumors that Houston was ill or dying.

In 2000, airport screeners in Hawaii said that they found marijuana in her bag, but Houston never faced drug charges after court officials determined she did not need treatment.

Brown, 35, who has a history of run-ins with the law dating back to his youth in Boston, was sentenced to 60 days in jail last month for violating probation on a drunken driving case.
Bureau Report