Donald Trump wasn’t the first celebrity to lash out at Rosie’s bullying. Whitney Houston once told Newsweek that Rosie O’Donnell was a "fat b*tch," but the magazine pulled the insult, fearing it would upset the Grammy-winning diva’s devotees. In her new book, "Off the Record," veteran Newsweek correspondent Allison Samuels says she got the incendiary quote from Houston after O’Donnell once implied she had substance abuse problems. Samuels writes: "After a few meetings with the top editors at the magazine, we decided not to use [it] . . . since many of Houston’s fans did not know that side of her and it was such a demeaning statement. Furthermore, Whitney was clearly not in her right mind."

JAN. 4, 2007, looms as a crucial date for soon-to-be single Whitney Houston. According to the Morris County Daily Record, Houston has a $1 million mortgage to pay off on her $5.6 million Morristown, N.J., home. If the recently revamped singer-turned-reality TV star doesn’t pay up by the deadline, the house "will end up in a sheriff’s sale." Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, which holds the mortgage, said the cash will probably come from a sale rather than a foreclosure. "There are people interested," a rep for the firm said. Houston’s publicist did not return our calls.

The 17th Carousel of Hope Ball was attended by a lot of celebrities for a good cause. The biggest surprise was not that Clive Davis attended with Whitney Houston, but how GREAT Whitney looks. I was like OMG! There are more pictures after the jump…

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What? You mean it wasn’t the crack? Supahead may have caused all the problems. Here’s more:

Recent reports have suggested that Karrine Steffans, the self-proclaimed “Video Vixen,” may have caused the impending divorce of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. But a source with knowledge of the relationship tells TMZ that it’s Brown who has sought out Steffans for moral and financial support: He stays at her L.A. home “frequently” and Karrine actually ponies up for Bobby’s pre-paid cell phone.

According to the TMZ source, there is in fact no romance between Brown and Steffans, and that outsiders are creating that illusion because of her past, in which she was known as “Supahead” by legions of R&B and hip-hop artists to whom she provided sexual services on the sets of their videos. She wrote a book about her experiences, “Confessions of a Video Vixen,” which was a New York Times bestseller.

Ironically enough, Steffans told Grove back in August that she didn’t want to “wreck any marriages” and that she was “a big fan” of Whitney’s. “I want her to come back and sing her heart out,” said Karrine of Whitney.

It’s about time! Here’s more:

Singer Whitney Houston will file for divorce from husband Bobby Brown. Houston’s rep Nancy Seltzer confirms to TMZ that Houston intends to divorce Brown, and that filing for a separation is just a “legal technicality” on the way to divorce. Seltzer did not divulge any further details concerning where or when the filings were made, and calls to Brown’s lawyer were not returned.

Houston and Brown have been married for 14 years and have one daughter, Bobbi Kristina.

Whitney was spotted out last night with producer Clive Davis at the 15th Annual Ella Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Davis recently said that a new album from Whitney Houston is in the works. Whitney looks better. Stay off the crack homegirl.