Whew! Drea Kelly is spillin’ all of the tea about her relationship with R. Kelly. She even bought actual in regards to the alleged abuse she went via and broke down why she determined to maintain his final identify.
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Drea Kelly Reveals Why She Saved Her Final Title
Andrea (a.okay.a. Drea Kelly) just lately sat down with Carlos King on his podcast ‘Actuality With The King’ and didn’t waste any time addressing the drama surrounding R. Kelly. Moreover, she confirmed that she first crossed paths with Robert when she was simply 19 and he was 27. In the course of the interview, she known as out of us who’ve an issue together with her preserving the R&B singer’s final identify regardless of every thing she’s been via and his fees. Should you wanted a lil’ refresher, TSR beforehand reported that R. Kelly is serving a 30-year bid for intercourse trafficking.
“On the finish of the day, folks shouldn’t be frightened about why I stored the final identify. They need to be frightened about what I do with the final identify. Trigger the final identify ‘Kelly’ will get 20/20 to observe me. The final identify will get me on CNN to speak about home violence consciousness and be an advocate. The final identify Kelly allowed me to go on navy bases and speak about abuse,” Drea mentioned.
Drea went on to say that the true “gag” is that no person would even blink if her final identify wasn’t Kelly. “My identify means extra to you than it does to me. You’re not attempting to be an advocate, you’re being nosey; why, as a result of my final identify is Kelly.”
Drea Will get Actual About Relationship With R. Kelly & Opens Up About Alleged Abuse
Drea stored all of it the best way actual, admitting she wasn’t even checking for R. Kelly (aka Robert Kelly) whereas on tour with him at first. However after discovering out her ex-fiancé cheated, she gave Robert a shot. She instructed Carlos that when she got here again from tour, she discovered her fiancé had a child — however a DNA take a look at later confirmed the kid wasn’t even his.
The dancer additionally dished that after her ex-fiancé did her soiled, R. Kelly stepped in as her shoulder to lean on. Their bond ultimately grew tighter whereas working collectively since she virtually become his go-to inventive director.
Nevertheless, Drea opened up about how issues went left of their relationship, claiming Robert began placing her via abuse. She mentioned she had no concept who he actually was at first due to his “narcissistic” methods. The breaking level for her got here when he went off on her in entrance of their daughter, Joann. For context, the estranged exes share three youngsters — Joann, aka Buku Abi, Jaah Kelly, and Robert Kelly Jr. Drea additionally talked about her kids might inform the vibe was method completely different when Robert wasn’t round in comparison with when he was.
Drea continued to not maintain again when she addressed the ladies dragging her on social media, particularly those continually evaluating her to Tina Turner. She made it clear that the one distinction between her and Tina is that this: Tina sang onstage together with her abuser whereas she danced onstage with hers.
“I introduced a complete womb. I birthed kids, so for girls to even say one thing like that’s unhappy to me, and since you may’t clock what I do, since you haven’t achieved your analysis, you assume it’s okay to go on the web and say, ‘She don’t do nothing, Tina Turner did one thing.’ The one distinction between me and Tina Turner is she sang on the stage with Ike, I danced on one with Robert,” Drea continued.
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