With her judging debut right around the corner, Kelly Rowland has been visiting the United Kingdom in preparation for the singing competition show X Factor. Now that the singer will be in the UK limelight, her father Christopher Lovett, 65 spoke with the Mirror.co.uk about his love for Kelly and why he left her and her mother, Dorris:
“I loved her from the moment she took her first breath. I remember as clear as day Kelly and I singing together, from the moment she could talk. Our favorite songs were by Stevie Wonder. I would put one headphone in my ear and the other in hers and we would sing and sing, so happy to be together. 
“But then I lost my job at a transportation company, sank into a depression about money and began drinking more and more. The failure to provide for my family fuelled an anger that I will be ashamed of until my dying day.
“It wasn’t physical between me and Kelly’s mum, but there were many days and nights when Kelly would be bawling her eyes out, clutching my leg begging me, ‘Please daddy stop shouting at mummy’. That image of her howling, begging me to stop will haunt me forever.
“I really hoped I would get to make it up to her. Sadly I am still waiting for that day. But I can’t give up hope. That’s why there is a room in my house which I have decorated especially for Kelly, just in case she comes through the front door.” [Source]
Lovett also shared how he attempted to reach her by passing a handwritten letter through security after seeing her live in concert back in 2000. He also clarified that he isn’t out for her money and that he owns a big home and has retired, saying, “I just want her love. I’m getting old now – I just hope she reads this and doesn’t leave getting back in touch with me before it is too late.”
Do you think Kelly should reunite with her estranged father? What would you do?