R. Kelly’s ex-wife, Andrea Kelly, is taking the side of business when it comes to her family name and her children.
It seems the disgraced star’s ex doesn’t care what others say about the legacy she created with fallen Chicago superstar Robert Sylvester Kelly – who has been in jail since was convicted of federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges involving the abuse of minors in February 2023.
Andrea Kelly, who goes by Drea, recently appeared on the latest episode of the ‘Reality With the King’ podcast, where she explained her reasons for keeping her controversial last name, citing what she has endured to get it.
After Kelly’s ex-wife detailed their partnership, which included her appearances in his music videos, managing his wardrobe, choreographing videos, being by his side During appearances, etc., she concluded that people simply “don’t know” about what she does. do.
Drea insists that she doesn’t “Owe anyone an explanation” for what she does and has a message for those who feel she’s just “holding them” without giving anything away.
“How can I carry the table when I’m ironing the table,” Kelly’s ex-wife, 50, clapped back. “At the end of the day… I am the table, I am the knife, the fork, the spoon, the plate, the food, everything we eat on it, the desserts, the food fights and the cleanup afterward,” she dig in. “I brought the uterus with me. I gave birth to the children,” she said.
“So for women to say things like that to me is sad,” she continued. Because that means you completely deny and despise women’s roles as wives and mothers.”
When it comes to them, she admits that she doesn’t “give what you feel” about public opinion of the disgraced musician.
“Finally… I earned this name through blood, sweat, and tears. Those are my children’s names,” she defended.
“How would you feel if your name was Brown and your child’s name was Brown, and your family went through something? You said to your child, ‘Oh, you’re Brown; I’m gone.’ No. If my children have to go through it as Kelly, then their mother will go through it as Kelly,” she responded.
In 1966, at just 22 years old, Andrea Danyell Lee married legendary singer-songwriter R. Kelly because they were both natives of the Windy City. Before the two officially got married, Andrea worked as a background dancer for the musician “I’m a Flirt”.
The two have three children together, Joann, 26, Jaah, 24, and Robert Jr., 22.
— First published on Enstarz
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