Whew! Drea Kelly is spillin’ all of the tea about her relationship with R. Kelly. She even obtained actual in regards to the alleged abuse she went by and broke down why she determined to maintain his final title.
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Drea Kelly Reveals Why She Stored Her Final Identify
Andrea (a.ok.a. Drea Kelly) 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. Through the interview, she referred to as out people who’ve an issue along with her preserving the R&B singer’s final title regardless of the whole lot she’s been by and his costs. In the event 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, individuals shouldn’t be frightened about why I stored the final title. They need to be frightened about what I do with the final title. Trigger the final title ‘Kelly’ will get 20/20 to observe me. The final title will get me on CNN to speak about home violence consciousness and be an advocate. The final title Kelly allowed me to go on navy bases and speak about abuse,” Drea stated.
Drea went on to say that the true “gag” is that no one would even blink if her final title wasn’t Kelly. “My title means extra to you than it does to me. You’re not making an attempt to be an advocate, you’re being nosey; why, as a result of my final title is Kelly.”
Drea Will get Actual About Relationship With R. Kelly & Opens Up About Alleged Abuse
Drea stored all of it the way in which 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 advised Carlos that when she got here again from tour, she realized 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 became his go-to artistic director.
Nevertheless, Drea opened up about how issues went left of their relationship, claiming Robert began placing her by abuse. She stated she had no thought 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 youngsters may inform the vibe was means totally 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 consistently evaluating her to Tina Turner. She made it clear that the one distinction between her and Tina is that this: Tina sang onstage along with her abuser whereas she danced onstage with hers.
“I introduced a complete womb. I birthed youngsters, so for ladies to even say one thing like that’s unhappy to me, and since you’ll be able to’t clock what I do, since you haven’t accomplished 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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