On top of discussing her friendship with Mariah Carey—who she talks to twice a month— Labelle also talked about her good friend, Luther Vandross who passed away in 2005. “He did not want his mother to be [upset]–although she might have known–he wasn’t going to come out and say this to the world,” LaBelle said. (Bravo)

 

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