Kelly Rowland recently sat down with the UK’s Voice Online to talk about how people are always comparing her to Beyonce, how poorly her sophomore album “Ms. Kelly” did on the charts, and more.
ON BEING COMPARED TO BEYONCE:
People can’t expect me to be Beyoncé or Beyoncé to be me or me to be Michelle or whatever! Just allow us to be ourselves! People see how positive we are as women and as friends, and instead of them learning from that, they wanna hate on it. I have no time for that kind of negative thinking. People should be happy to see women getting along and working together, without being insecure about each other. It doesn’t have to be drama, but people always wanna create drama! I don’t even let that bother me. ‘Cause people will continue to talk and we’ll just continue selling records.
ON HER ALBUM FLOP & RE-RELEASE:
“The sales weren’t as good as I wanted them to be and to be honest, I did feel sad about that for a little while. I felt that the industry was fickle and for a minute, I felt like I didn’t want to be a part of that any more. I feel that the label should have promoted it more the first time around. But they’re excited now, so that’s all that counts.”
ON LEARNING ABOUT HER SELF THROUGH PAST RELATIONSHIPS
“I learned that I shouldn’t allow my past to affect my present. I didn’t grow up with my biological father and I think that girls who grow up in that situation can sometimes grow up looking for daddy. So I think it’s important to know who your father is. For me, Beyoncé’s father is like my father. When we’re all at home, Matthew treats me like his little girl. But for girls who grow up without a father figure, I think it’s important for them to know their self worth so they don’t look for the wrong things when they grow up and start to forge relationships.”
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Love U Kellz!!!!
Jscene has A LOT of hate in her blood for Beyonce. The way she constantly comments about Bee, YOU’D SWEAR, that she knows her personally. Such a shame how someone can have so much HATE for someone that they dont even know. That’s on some psycho type shit.
For someone who hates Beyonce, why are you ALWAYS in posts regarding her or even wasting your time commenting about her?
That shit blows my mind.
GET A LIFE MAN!!!
Ummm Kelly that last remark about you selling records should’ve been kept to yourself…And please stop speaking on Beyonce in all your interviews b/c that’s all ppl really care about…not you which is sad to say….so you need to work harder on re-inventing yourself and your style and get some confidence boo
I couldn’t resist saying this, but BITCH KELLY YOU AIN’T SELLING NO RECORDS you peanut head ass bitch. Stop kissing the Knowles ass then maybe people will respect you.
I like Kelly,she needs to come harder,or fall back. As for her friendship with B she shouldn’t be discussing her even if asked,this is her time to prove what she’s mad of. We get you and her are friends blah,blah,blah……………………….i don’t see B discussing Kelly,or Michelle in any of her interviews,and she shouldn’t cause DC is dis-banded at the moment. DO YOU KELLY!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like Kelly but she better hope for another DC album if she expects to even try to keep up with her lifestyle (house, cars, weaves, etc.)
As for her career, I don’t see her lasting as a singer in the industry. Kelly needs to go ahead and get her a rich man. She should have kept Roy, but because of her insecuritites she dumped him.
true.. but sadly for you Kelly.. you aren’t selling anything without Beyonce!!! And there is no comparison talent wise.
If you’re on Top you get hated on. If you right below the top, people don’t want to see you go beyond that. If you at the bottom, the top gets blamed for getting so much attention and not giving some to the bottom. See the parallel with how our people teat each other.
#130 fall back -
kelly you can say people are hating i call it telling the goddamn truth there is a diference between being positive and being a goddamn puppet if beyonce were so nice you and michelle will be right after her in the bilboard if she wanted she would make you big stars she dont gie a squack about you why im i even talking u is a dumb bitch anyfuck
#146 is right. Kelly Rowland is good for wearing a good helmet, poor sex and poor sales.
I agree w/ #6. There is no way on this green earth that Beyonce would be happy being second fiddle to these girls, this is a pipe dream they sold Kelly as a child and she is the only one that believes it. If Kelly was a threat to Beyonce, Kelly would’ve been evacuated from that group along w/ those other girls. Its easy for Beyonce to be “kind, swee, loving’ now because she is the head Bitch in Charge.
If Beyonce was in her corner like that, she would’ve taken the time to put the promotion behind Kelly that was behind her…I mean her father is their manager.
I’m not saying Beyonce is not talented and that I dont like her work, but I think she used that group to spring board her success cause she would’ve never been this huge star if she wasn’t in DC. And we already know about our community, we cling on anything that is a redbone or misc.
I wish Kelly the best, and I hope she doesnt stay delusional for long. I would love to read the tell all book about the truth when she decides to wake up.
uh huh…………………………………….
I like her but she is stuck in Beyonce’s shadow just like Solange
Kelly is much better than Beyonce.
you tell them girl….cuz they need to mind their buiness and worry about their men and women and whats really goin on.
Ok beyonce has tat it factor, u can go any where and people know beyonce. I love kelly 2 but its not Bee frought tat kelly only sold 85,000 copies. Thr reason kelly is not promoted like beyonce is because she isn’t as famous as Beyonce. No company is going 2 want a spokes person tat isn’t big and isn’t goin say their product. Also yall need 2 mind yall own because u don’t know how kelly and beyonce freindship is. So whay if beyonce Bday which I have and its amazing sold more than Ms kelly. They both cum from the biggest grul selling group ever. U have 2 look at the facts beyonce is being promoted like she is because people love her all over and we want 2 see her. And most importantly she can sell cds, movies and so on. Dream girls the biggest opening ever for a musical** and kellys movie the seat fiiller didn’t do as good and I don’t think it went to the the movie, r u going blame tat on B 2. Kelly is happy where she’s at and know she is not as gud as B and she happy with it. I love all 3 of then yall keep doin yall thing. I love Beyonce no matter wat people say