As the film details Whitney's relationship with Bobby Brown, it's hard not to wonder whether their marriage was one of genuine love. When Whitney meets Bobby, she's just starting to shoot to super stardom and facing the backlash of fans who thought her crossover sound made her music "too white." The documentary revisits her being loudly booed at the 1989 Soul Train Awards after being nominated for an award. However, fans weren't only hounding Whitney because of her music; there were also constant questions about her intimate relationship with Robyn.
Enter Bobby Brown, fresh from leaving New Edition and making his moves as a solo artist. He was beloved by black audiences and oozed so much sexual appeal that everybody wanted a piece of him. The film doesn't even try to be subtle in implying that Whitney may have gone for Bobby for more than just his good looks. Mary Jones does concede that the pair did love one another, though their relationship wasn't healthy for either one of them. With the addition of heavy drug use — which her brother Michael openly admits to getting Whitney hooked on when she was a teenager — cheating, Bobby's animosity towards Robyn, and frequent trips to jail for Bobby, their relationship was a tumultuous one.