{"id":1196756,"date":"2022-09-01T20:12:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T20:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/01\/dionne-warwick-call-out-earnest-pugh-for-saying-cissy-houston-passed\/"},"modified":"2022-09-01T20:12:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T20:12:51","slug":"dionne-warwick-call-out-earnest-pugh-for-saying-cissy-houston-passed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/01\/dionne-warwick-call-out-earnest-pugh-for-saying-cissy-houston-passed\/","title":{"rendered":"Dionne Warwick Call Out Earnest Pugh For Saying Cissy Houston Passed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n                                <!--  --><\/p>\n<p>Chile! Gospel singer Earnest Pugh had everyone wondering about Cissy Houston, the late Whitney Houston\u2019s mother, yesterday after he shared that she passed away. The \u2018Rain On Us\u2019 singer wrote on Instagram, \u201cRest in peace Cissy Houston.\u201d The post caused hysteria as people didn\u2019t know what to believe. However, Cissy\u2019s niece Dionne Warwick has clapped back at Earnest, denying all claims.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-97556 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/gp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_5757-e1662061974668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"815\" height=\"895\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She took to Twitter to write, \u201cMy Aunt Cissy is very much alive. This Earnest Pugh needs to get a life and stay out of other peoples lives!\u201d Kim Burrell also called Earnest out on Facebook for sharing the false news. She commented, \u201cFortunately, this is not the truth. Please respect her life as she continues to live. She\u2019s home. Thank you all!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earnest wasted no time and responded to Dionne by sharing a screenshot apologizing for spreading false information. He tweeted, \u201c<span class=\"s1\">Ms. Warwick please accept my sincere apologies for reposting such an accurate info about Mother Cissy Houston. It was a \u201cknee- jerk \u201creaction to a post I saw about someone I love dearly.\u201d The Emmy award winning singer continued, \u201c<\/span>I mean no ill intent whatsoever and I take full accountability for my actions. You and the Houston family are forever in my thoughts and prayers. May God continue to shower bountiful blessings upon Mother Cissy. Respectfully submitted. #Respect\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ch-ShHNJgZC\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>While many understood why Dionne clapped back, they weren\u2019t mad at her. One commented, \u201cAuntie Warwick gon clear \u2019em every single time.\u201d Some Roommates showed Earnest grace for such a sincere apology. One commented, \u201cI think it was an honest mistake. His apology seems sincere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earnest is using the newfound attention to promote his latest album, \u2018The E Factor: Best Of Earnest Pugh.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Ch-OwbtuHHk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Roommates, do you think his apology was sincere?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p> fbq('init', '1743561565887263'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script>(function (d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s);\n                    js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.4&appId=\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chile! Gospel singer Earnest Pugh had everyone wondering about Cissy Houston, the late Whitney Houston\u2019s mother, yesterday after he shared that she passed away. The \u2018Rain On Us\u2019 singer wrote on Instagram, \u201cRest in peace Cissy Houston.\u201d The post caused hysteria as people didn\u2019t know what to believe. However, Cissy\u2019s niece Dionne Warwick has clapped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1061470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1196756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1196756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1196756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1196756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}