{"id":2150,"date":"2012-03-01T20:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/?p=2150"},"modified":"2012-03-22T14:46:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T14:46:44","slug":"buzzkill-of-the-week-whitney-houston-vs-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/01\/buzzkill-of-the-week-whitney-houston-vs-target\/","title":{"rendered":"BuzzKill of the Week: Whitney Houston vs. Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>Songstress Whitney Houston\u2019s sudden death on Feb. 11 left her fans stunned and devastated and it looks like <strong>Target<\/strong> may have wished they had consulted with a psychic before they decided to adorn their shelves with greeting cards inspired by the late singer\u2019s publicly\u00a0acknowledged misstep.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/2012\/03\/01\/buzzkill-of-the-week-whitney-houston-vs-target\/gty_bobby_brown_whitney_houston_2_jt_120212_wg-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2156\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2156\" title=\"gty_bobby_brown_whitney_houston_2_jt_120212_wg\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gty_bobby_brown_whitney_houston_2_jt_120212_wg2-620x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gty_bobby_brown_whitney_houston_2_jt_120212_wg2-620x348.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gty_bobby_brown_whitney_houston_2_jt_120212_wg2-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/gty_bobby_brown_whitney_houston_2_jt_120212_wg2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/2012\/03\/01\/buzzkill-of-the-week-whitney-houston-vs-target\/gty_bobby_brown_whitney_houston_2_jt_120212_wg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2151\"><!--more--><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cards which have since been removed actually made their debut while Houston was still alive and well and they apparently make references to her ill-fated relationship with R&amp;B Bad Boy, <strong>Bobby Brown<\/strong>. The controversial card reads: \u201cNext time you think of dating the bad boy, consider Whitney Houston. That\u2019s all I\u2019m going to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talk about bad timing! Or good timing depending on your interpretation. But what is hard to fathom is why Houston\u2019s relationship with <strong>Bobby Brown<\/strong> is still an issue in 2012. The former couple sealed the deal 20 years ago and had parted ways almost 5 years ago. Surely <strong>Target<\/strong> could have sifted through current headlines to find more worthy subjects. I can think of a couple of candidates, Sandra Bullock\/Jesse James or even Denise Richards\/Charlie Sheen. Those men definitely fit the description of a BAD BOY without question.<\/p>\n<p>Whitney Houston\u2019s problems did not begin and end with her ex-husband but that\u2019s beside the point. There has to be another way to get the message across without taking advantage the sad plight of celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Whatever happened to the magical concept of Originality?<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Songstress Whitney Houston\u2019s sudden death on Feb. 11 left her fans stunned and devastated and it looks like Target may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,38],"tags":[597,151,202],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BuzzKill of the Week: Whitney Houston vs. Target - MyTrendyBuzz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/01\/buzzkill-of-the-week-whitney-houston-vs-target\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BuzzKill of the Week: Whitney Houston vs. Target - 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