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Kelly Rowland lets it all hang out – in the classiest of ways – in the latest edition of VIBE magazine. As well as covering the renown Urban publication, the 30 year old gave, what has to be, one of her most candid interviews to date.
In not embracing the overly PC approach of other interviews, VIBE didn’t hold back with the questions – many of which centred around Rowland’s former manager Mathew Knowles and the incessant comparisons to his daughter – Beyonce.
Check out Ms. Kelly’s revealing responses after the jump…
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VIBE: The last album didn’t do well in the States. It did better overseas, particularly in Europe. Do you feel more appreciated in Europe?
Kelly Rowland: No, not really. People still compare me to B over there. I said in an interview recently, ‘You know, if
you guys would be a little bit more intelligent and ask me about myself we’ll have a much better interview.’ You can’t want a story from me and keep asking me about the past.
When you walked away from that last meeting with Mathew, did you feel an “exhale” moment?
I did, but I also felt like, ‘Oh my God, what have I done?!’ I stayed in the house for two days. I was sad. It was like a funeral. I had to deaden that situation in order to start fresh. That’s a very long time to have the same manager and the same label.
What about your personal relationship with Mathew Knowles. Do you still talk to him?
Mathew sent me flowers for my birthday!
But do you talk to him?
It’s… I respect him above anything.
Kudos to VIBE for going there and Kelly for putting the political correctness on the back-burner briefly. With an album titled ‘Here I Am’ in stores, there stands no better time than the present for the stunner to assert her independence and be forthright with what the masses really want to know.