Singer Talks: Why He Gouged Out His Eye
R&B singer Houston, who gouged his eye out while in a London hotel on Jan. 27, issued a statement late last week saying the devil made him do it.
The Associated Press reports that Houston's publicist denied earlier reports that he had tried to commit suicide by jumping out of a London hotel window. The publicist said Houston had "found himself in the midst of a spiritual battle against the evil that runs rampant in the entertainment industry." In addition, the singer's body guard, Marco Powell, issued this statement: "I went to check on him before going to bed, and I saw blood on the floor. Houston was lying on his bed with a towel over his face, and I removed the towel to find his eye hanging out. He said he had to get the devil off of his back, and that's the only way he could kill the devil." The statement went on to explain that Houston was raised strictly Christian and was "constantly at odds with the temptations that come with success in the music business."