We all know that Rosie O'Donnell dogged Whitney Houston during the Grammy awards. She talked about Whitney being caught with marijuana in her bag before boarding a plane to leave Hawaii. When the camera panned Whitney, you saw Bobby Brown (who will always protect his friends and family) looking to see how his wife was taking it. Whitney was giving Rosie the finger, which the camera tried not to show. [This bit is incorrect. As we know audience members around her said she was merely shaking her fist, as planned.] Then Rosie made a derogatory statement about Whitney thanking God for her Grammy. Rosie said something like, "Do you really think God cares about Whitney Houston getting a Grammy?"

Well, I was hanging out backstage with Whitney and Bobby before they went out in the audience. I was still there with Whitney's mom, relatives, dancers and friends when they came back. Whitney seemed to let most of Rosie's jabs roll off her back. She was laughing and taking pictures with everyone. In fact, I didn't even know that Rosie had done her dirty.

Whitney's mom Cissy Houston was, however, complaining that comedians always have to hurt other people's feelings just to get a laugh. She said that to me after Rosie made a wise crack about Madonna and before Rosie acted up saying "Aloha" to Whitney.

Anyhoo, after the Grammys, Cissy and her daughter-in-law, Donna Houston, went off to eat at Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles. Whitney was backstage asking where she could find Lefteye's party and playing with Monica saying Monica was like her daughter. (Whitney said, "Child, these children call me for everything." And it is true that a lot of folks depend on Whitney.) I went off to party at the BMG party, which was absolutely exquisite.

The following week I talked to Bobby. I asked how he and Whitney handled Rosie's mean- spirited comments. Here is what he had to say about the whole thing. "We told Rosie earlier that day in rehearsal for the Grammys not to say that sh#t." He said they specifically told Rosie not to say that about them. They also told her not to say the stuff she said about Puffy. (Rosie dogged Puffy, too, saying "Puffy has left the building; I feel much safer now.") Bobby said, "And it wasn't funny to nobody. Nobody enjoyed the joke that she enjoyed."

He went on to say, "So to me, it seemed like it was personal and I don't like personal sh#t. Because we can get down if we have to. You know me."