Whitney Houston’s “people” are reportedly only considering requests for interview for reporters who agree not to bring up the Grammy Award-winning songbird’s well-publicized past history of drug use.

Last week, Whitney released a new photo and a September 1 release date for her upcoming album. The still-untitled will be her first since 2002’s Just Whitney.

“They only want to let her talk to journalists who’ll agree not to ask about her substance abuse,” an unnamed source blabbed to The NY Daily News’ Gatecrasher column this week.

“The deal is, if they want her, then Matt Lauer, Diane Sawyer or whoever isn’t supposed to ask her tough questions,” according to the spy.