Whew! Drea Kelly is spillin’ all of the tea about her relationship with R. Kelly. She even obtained actual concerning the alleged abuse she went by way of and broke down why she determined to maintain his final identify.
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Drea Kelly Reveals Why She Saved Her Final Identify
Andrea (a.ok.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. Through the interview, she referred to as out people who’ve an issue along with her protecting the R&B singer’s final identify regardless of every part she’s been by way of and his expenses. When 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 fearful about why I saved the final identify. They need to be fearful about what I do with the final identify. Trigger the final identify ‘Kelly’ will get 20/20 to comply with 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 stated.
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 making an attempt 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 saved 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 check 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 way of abuse. She stated 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 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 continually 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 an entire womb. I birthed kids, 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 carried out 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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