Whitney Houston admits to Robert De Niro romantically 'chasing' her in unearthed interviewWhitney Houston opened up about seemingly being romantically pursued by Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro in an interview that has resurfaced from years before her 2012 deathView 3 Images Robert De Niro once pursued Whitney HoustonWhitney Houston had some high-profile men vying for her affection in her heyday, including Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro. Houston joked that De Niro followed her "all the way to London," noting, "I think he was there already and he sent me flowers and everything. Houston was also rumored to have a two-week fling with pop star Michael Jackson around this time. When I got off stage, he wanted to talk to me that night," Houston explained, to which Allen remarked, "So you had me, Eddie Murphy and Robert De Niro looking for you at Carnegie Hall." Houston and De Niro never got to do a movie together or date before her death at 48 in 2012.