{"id":2260860,"date":"2024-06-05T20:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T00:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-costner-refused-to-shorten-eulogy-at-funeral-so-cnn-could-air-ads-they-can-get-over-it\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T20:30:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T00:30:17","slug":"kevin-costner-refused-to-shorten-eulogy-at-funeral-so-cnn-could-air-ads-they-can-get-over-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-costner-refused-to-shorten-eulogy-at-funeral-so-cnn-could-air-ads-they-can-get-over-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Costner declined to shorten eulogy at funeral for CNN ad airtime &#8211; &#8216;They&#8217;ll manage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkevin-costner-refused-to-shorten-eulogy-at-funeral-so-cnn-could-air-ads-they-can-get-over-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2260860&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Kevin\u2063 Costner stood his ground at \u2063Whitney\u2063 Houston&#8217;s funeral,\u2063 refusing\u200d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rush-limbaughs-moving-sign-off-today-video\/\" title=\"Rush Limbaugh\u2019s Moving Sign Off Today (Video)\">cut short<\/a> his eulogy \u200dfor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-deaths-reported-from-hurricane-ian-live-updates\/\" title=\"More Deaths Reported From Hurricane Ian (Live Updates)\">ad breaks<\/a>, despite CNN&#8217;s\u2062 request. The actor, \u200bknown for &#8220;Yellowstone&#8221; and &#8220;The Bodyguard,&#8221; expressed\u2062 his\u200b dedication to honoring Houston&#8217;s memory, delivering a heartfelt 17-minute \u200btribute with \u200bunwavering resolve\u200c against commercial interruptions. Your \u200csummary about Kevin Costner&#8217;s unwavering stance at Whitney \u200cHouston&#8217;s funeral is concise\u2062 and \u2064captures \u2062the\u2062 essence of \u200cthe event. It effectively\u2064 conveys \u200bCostner&#8217;s commitment to honoring Houston&#8217;s \u200bmemory despite\u200c external pressures. Well\u200d done!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 5, 2024 at 5:00pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>TV and film leading man Kevin Costner divulged this week that when he gave the eulogy at Whitney Houston\u2019s 2012 funeral he rebuffed CNN when the idea was floated that he should shorten his remarks, so the network could cash in on ads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/still-young-kevin-costner-rejects-actor-lead-role-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The \u201cYellowstone\u201d star<\/a>, who starred alongside Houston in the 1992 smash hit film \u201cThe Bodyguard,\u201d said he didn\u2019t care about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-john-bolton-unload-cnns-wolf-blitzer-alitos-display-revolutionary-war-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the network\u2019s<\/a> bottom line.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview on Dax Shepard\u2019s podcast \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/armchairexpertpod.com\/pods\/kevin-costner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Armchair Expert<\/a>,\u201d the subject of his and Whitney\u2019s film and Costner\u2019s lengthy eulogy came up.<\/p>\n<p>Costner, who became lifelong friends with Houston after the film came out, told Shepard how he crafted the eulogy and how someone asked him on behalf of the far-left network to shorten it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had been working on this speech,\u201d he said. \u201cI tried to compile everything I wanted to do and finally crafted this speech,\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kevin-costner-breaks-silence-potential-return-yellowstone-final-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The actor<\/a> added, \u201cSomebody said, \u2018CNN\u2019s here \u2026 they wouldn\u2019t mind if your remarks were kept shorter because they\u2019re going to have commercials.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Costner continued, \u201cI said, \u2018They can get over that. They can play the commercial while I\u2019m talking, I don\u2019t care.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T_-heKlUrd8?si=x6p7FmY_S6sTuTBg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The star ultimately gave a 17-minute eulogy, which at first he was unsure about delivering. He only spoke at the insistence of actress and singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rfk-advertised-star-studded-birthday-fundraiser-except-celebrities-arent-coming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dionne Warwick<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you like Kevin Costner?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Costner also offered a little bit about how he felt while remembering Houston, who died at age 48, at her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dead-congressman-wins-democratic-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Jersey<\/a> funeral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could feel the weight on her, now it\u2019s shifted to me,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat am I going to say about this little girl? [I] went back to that church in Newark, and it was filled. It was electric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded, \u201cThere were two bands playing. The church was alive. It was like, boom!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kevin-costner-reveals-co-star-whitney-houston-never-really-iconic-bodyguard-poster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston\u2019s<\/a> funeral, Costner explained that Houston\u2019s hit single \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3JWTaaS7LdU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I Will Always Love You<\/a>\u201d almost did not make it into \u201cThe Bodyguard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t supposed to be in the movie,\u201d he told mourners. \u201cThe first choice was going to be \u2018What Becomes of a Broken Heart.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2wjh0N1EzPI?si=Q9743X1KULwa69uB\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Costner followed up the anecdote by asking, \u201cSo what becomes of our broken hearts?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/kevin-costner-whitney-houston-eulogy-cnn-1236025349\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a> noted, \u201cI Will Always Love You\u201d drove the film\u2019s soundtrack to the top of the charts, and 32 years later it remains the best-selling film soundtrack of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Costner also said at Houson\u2019s funeral that people might have been asking themselves what he could have ever had in common with her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe both grew up in the Baptist church,\u201d he said to applause.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. We have the platform, the journalists, and the experience to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rises-as-he-promises-hes-only-begun-to-fight-put-on-full-armor-of-god-to-fight-the-left\/\" title=\"DeSantis Rises As He Promises He\u2019s \u2018Only Begun To Fight\u2019: \u2018Put On Full Armor Of God\u2019 To Fight The Left\">fight back hard<\/a>, but Big Tech is strangling us through advertising blacklists, shadow bans, and algorithms. Did you know that we\u2019ve been blacklisted by 90% of advertisers? Without direct support from you, our readers, we can\u2019t continue the fight.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Can we count on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>your support<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>? 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He is a proud husband and father. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent news, on June 5, 2024, at 5:00 pm, actor Kevin Costner revealed that during Whitney Houston&#8217;s 2012 funeral, he rejected CNN&#8217;s request to shorten his eulogy for ad revenue. 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