They're two of the biggest stars in the world, but Oprah Winfrey and Mariah Carey made a conscious effort to blend into the congregation at Whitney Houston's 'going home' service.
Today was, after all, about one diva, and only diva only... and it was paramount that Whitney Elizabeth 'Nippy' Houston took centre-stage for the last time.
So mindful of their superstar statuses and the chaos that follows in their wake, Winfrey and Carey undertook every conceivable measure to retain a low-profile.
The talk show behemoth kept her head down as she entered the church in head-to-toe black, and Carey, a friend of the late star, went for an uncharacteristically muted look.
With her hair scraped back into a unfussy ponytail, ebony clothing covering every inch of her body and a pair of similarly blacked out glasses to hide her puffy eyes, the mother-of-two was virtually unrecognisable as she leaned on X Factor judge L.A Reid.
He was described as Whitney's 'industry uncle,' by Pat Houston, after she thanked Clive Davis for being a consistent father figure in the music business.
This unobtrusive tone was maintained throughout today's refreshingly uplifting and intimate proceedings.
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| Inspired: Alicia Keys has followed in Whitney's footsteps gave a beautiful tribute to her friend and idol |
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| Leading the tributes: Alica sang Send Me An Angel in keeping with the church service |
Houston's A-list friends managed to honour their peer while not impinging on what was essentially a community church service, a way of returning Whitney back to her Baptist upbringing.
The celebrities who did speak or sing were those who had a link to this world.
Another Clive Davis protegee, Alicia Keys, sang Send Me an Angel after a few remarks about Whitney.
'We called each other Meema,’ Alicia recalled. ‘She was such a beautiful human being. Call you for no reason at all but just to say hi. And that’s rare I think sometimes.'
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| Holding it together: Whitney's cousin Dionne Warwick has had a successful music career spanning four decades |
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| Paying his respects: Stevie Wonder leans over the purple roses (Whitney's favourite) to comfort Bobbi Kristina |
While Kevin Costner opened his 'expressions' about his old friend by explaining that the church was his 'secret bond' with Whitney.
With fondness Costner, 57, who raised a baptist in California, recalled how the pair would share stories of admonishments from parents for giggling in the pew, or in his case, drinking too much grape juice while pretending to be a cowboy in a bar.
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