Whew! Drea Kelly is spillin’ all of the tea about her relationship with R. Kelly. She even received actual concerning the alleged abuse she went by and broke down why she determined to maintain his final identify.
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Drea Kelly Reveals Why She Kept Her Last Name
Andrea (a.ok.a. Drea Kelly) just lately sat down with Carlos King on his podcast ‘Reality With The King’ and didn’t waste any time addressing the drama surrounding R. Kelly. Furthermore, she confirmed that she first crossed paths with Robert when she was simply 19 and he was 27. During the interview, she known as out of us who’ve an issue along with her retaining the R&B singer’s final identify regardless of the whole lot she’s been by and his prices. If you wanted a lil’ refresher, TSR beforehand reported that R. Kelly is serving a 30-year bid for intercourse trafficking.
“At the end of the day, people shouldn’t be worried about why I kept the last name. They should be worried about what I do with the last name. Cause the last name ‘Kelly’ gets 20/20 to follow me. The last name gets me on CNN to talk about domestic violence awareness and be an advocate. The last name Kelly allowed me to go on military bases and talk about abuse,” Drea stated.
Drea went on to say that the actual “gag” is that no one would even blink if her final identify wasn’t Kelly. “My name means more to you than it does to me. You’re not trying to be an advocate, you’re being nosey; why, because my last name is Kelly.”
Drea Gets Real 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. But after discovering out her ex-fiancé cheated, she gave Robert a shot. She informed 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 finally grew tighter whereas working collectively since she virtually was his go-to inventive director.
However, Drea opened up about how issues went left of their relationship, claiming Robert began placing her by 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 always 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 brought a whole womb. I birthed children, so for women to even say something like that is sad to me, and because you can’t clock what I do, because you haven’t done your research, you think it’s okay to go on the internet and say, ‘She don’t do nothing, Tina Turner did something.’ The only difference 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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