Kelly Rowland Admits Constant Beyoncé Comparisons Tortured Her For ‘A Whole Decade’! 

Kelly Rowland is aware of a factor or two about being upstaged!

On the most recent episode of The Voice Australia, the Motivation singer received candid about her struggles with always being in comparison with Beyoncé throughout their Destiny’s Child years. 

The confession got here after contestant Chris Sebastian admitted to feeling like he was being overshadowed by his older brother, Guy. Making it clear that she might relate to him, Kelly stated:

“I know this feeling. Can you imagine what it’s like being in a group with Beyoncé?” 

Only you and Michelle Williams know that wrestle, gurl!

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The 39-year-old didn’t maintain again how the expertise affected her through the years, telling the contestant:

“I would just torture myself in my head. Like, I can’t wear this dress because they’re going to say it’s like B. Or, I can’t have a song like that because it sounds too much like B. They’re gonna compare anyways.” 

And she’s not simply speaking about just a few years of this: Kelly admitted the sensation haunted her for “a whole decade”!

She shared:

“I would be lying if I said no, it’s never bothered me. That’s bull. There was a whole decade, if I am being completely honest, a decade, where it was like the elephant in the room. It was the thing that would constantly be on my shoulder.”

While few performers can ascend to Queen Bey’s stratosphere, Kelly’s been fairly profitable in her personal proper. Following her DC days, she went on to launch 4 studio albums and has bought over four million data.

Interestingly sufficient, Bey’s dad Matthew Knowles just lately in contrast Kelly’s solo profession to his daughter’s, suggesting the Spirit singer’s profession took off over her former bandmate’s as a result of she has lighter pores and skin. During a dialog on SiriusXM’s The Clay Cane Show final month to speak about how segregation and colorism are nonetheless very a lot at play within the music business, ‘Yonce’s dad stated:

“I think [Beyoncé] would have had — I think it would’ve affected her success [to have a darker skin tone]… And I use Kelly Rowland as an example. She’s a great example. But you know, the great thing is, Kelly did exceptional outside of America, especially in Australia. Kelly sold over 4 million records. She just got off-script.”

Either method, Kelly ain’t doing too dangerous for herself! Watch the clip (under) to listen to what she needed to say.

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