Has ‘R&B Divas: L.A.’ found their newest cast member in former ‘X-Factor’ contestant Stacy Francis? if reports are true than yes and the family of Whitney Houston are not happy about it. According to the YBF:
After denouncing LIFETIME’s Whitney Houston’s biopic telefim (Jan. 17th), the Houston Family is outraged over new reports that former “X Factor” finalist Stacy Francis (above) is allegedly joining the cast of TV One’s reality series “R&B Divas: L.A.”
So why is the Houston Family mad? You’ll recall, Stacey is the woman who allegedly got into an altercation with the iconic singer at a pre-Grammy Awards party in 2012, hours before her sudden death.
The 45-year-old aspiring singer and mother-of-two has never released an album, so it’s puzzling how she even landed the gig…if true.
A friend supposedly close to the Houston family reportedly told the Daily Mail,
“The Houston family learned of this from one of the singers on the show and they’re outraged! They were already furious about this upcoming Lifetime movie and now, they feel adding Stacy Francis to this show launched about Whitney is just another slap in the face.”
After the altercation, Stacey vocalized her account of what happened, which the Houston Family felt was her way of trying to capitalize off of the situation.
“Stacy definitely was trying to use her story about Whitney to get famous, the family felt.” said the insider.
Now…the Houston Family is boycotting the show and hopes Whitney’s fans will do the same. The source added,
“As far as Whitney’s family is concerned, R&B Divas doesn’t even exist to them anymore. They’re hoping die hard Whitney fans don’t tune in to watch it, the same way they hope they boycott the Lifetime biopic. They’re tired of people disrespecting the legacy of a woman who gave this industry her all.”
We have to say as fans of the R&B Divas franchise we don’t see how Stacy would even fit into the equation since she has never been a mainstream or signed artist, and the majority of people would have no idea who she is.
We did hear rumors weeks ago regarding the ‘R&B Divas: ATL’ being cancelled which we exclusively got word from the cast that this was not true, so all these rumors are just speculation at this point. Since there has been no confirmation from TV One regarding changes on the LA cast we will wait to see how this pans out.
In case you don’t remember the drama that went down between she and Whitney check out the clip below.
