Did Kelly Rowland’s estranged father suddenly figure out who she was? According to online reports, Kelly’s biological dad, Christopher Lovett, who abandoned her when she was 7, wants to reunite with his daughter after 23 years.
Kelly, 30, whom everyone assumed was Mathews Knowles’ spawn, remembers her real father as being abusive towards her mother.
“I remember my dad being drunk and aggressive towards my mom but not me,” said the “Motivation” singer in a recent interview. “I don’t know if he knows who I am or what I’ve done. He must be hiding under a rock if he doesn’t.”
I told you in an earlier post that I once lived in the same apartment complex as Kelly’s mom here in Atlanta. She was an older woman, in her 60s, with very short, salt and pepper hair. She would sit on her porch near the complex’s front gates and wave as I drove by. It all makes sense now that I’ve seen a picture of Kelly’s father.
At 65, Kelly’s dad is no spring chicken himself. Decades of hard drinking has taken its toll on him. He walks with a stiff gait and a permanent foward lean as he cradles a framed photo of the grown woman he’s never known. The old gent has apparently watched his daughter’s meteoric rise out from behind Beyonce’s shadow to worldwide superstar.
In a recent interview, Mr. Lovett choked back tears as he pleads: “Kelly, I love you with all my heart. Please forgive me and let me be your dad again.”
Despite Kelly’s past childhood recollections, Lovett denies ever touching Kelly’s mom.
“It wasn’t physical between me and Kelly’s mum, but there were many days and nights when Kelly would be bawling her eyes out, clutching my leg begging me, ‘Please daddy stop shouting at mummy’. That image of her howling, begging me to stop will haunt me forever.
“I really hoped I would get to make it up to her. Sadly I am still waiting for that day. But I can’t give up hope. That’s why there is a room in my house which I have decorated especially for Kelly, just in case she comes through the front door.” Source
