Heartbreak as Patti LaBelle painted as 'villain' in documentary about her dear friend, Luther Vandross

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 Heartbreak as Patti LaBelle painted as 'villain' in documentary about her dear friend, Luther Vandross
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LaBelle hasn’t seen the doc, which includes a 2017 clip of her outing Vandross on “Watch What Happens Live.”

There’s anger and heartbreak in Patti LaBelle’s camp after she was painted as “a villain” in a movie about one of her dearest friends, we hear.

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