Kevin Costner refused to shorten Whitney Houston’s eulogy when asked by CNN

The actor recalled his costar’s funeral in 2012’s “The Bodyguard” during an appearance on Dax Shepard“Armchair Expert”, revealing an unfortunate moment he experienced while preparing for his friend’s farewell.

Costner, who was one of eight people to speak at the singer’s funeral, was asked before the ceremony to shorten his speech… so CNN and other networks could run commercials during the broadcast.

Kevin said the conversation went like this… “Someone said, ‘CNN is here, they wouldn’t mind if your remarks were shorter because they’re going to have commercials.’ And I said, “They can get over it.”

You gotta love his commitment… he said he carefully crafted his 17-minute speech – something he was reluctant to undertake, but did when Dionne Warwick » asked – and he wasn’t about to make any last-minute changes.

KC continued… “(I) went back to this church in Newark and it was packed. It was electric. There were two bands playing, the church was alive. It was like, boom!”

Costner and Houston became close while filming their 1992 romantic thriller, in which he played a bodyguard hired to protect his character from a stalker. The film and its soundtrack – including “I Will Always Love You” – became mega hits.

Costner remembers that Whitney was recording the Dolly Parton classic, saying… “She sang the first part of it a cappella and musically, the world was never the same. We have a moment of her in this film, we will never forget that and I I think that when films work to do their best, that’s what can happen.”