Kelly Rowland has a few gold and platinum plaques on her wall both as a member of Destiny’s Child and as a soloist, so it was weird seeing Peter Rosenberg make a completely unnecessary comparison. However, Ms. Rowland handled Rosenberg’s goofy question regarding Beyoncé with class and ease.
Kelly Rowland, 41, was a guest on Hot 97′s Ebro In The Morning alongside Marsai Martin and the pair discussed their new film Fantasy Football, their respective careers, and much more. Rosenberg directed a question toward Roland regarding her time with Destiny’s Child and asked the singer how she felt about being, quote, “second fiddle,” to Beyoncé adding that the star is the “brightest light” in her field. Without hesitation, Rowland corrected Rosenberg as she rightly should have.
“Here’s the thing, light attracts light. I am light. So I am a beautiful brown shining light. So I don’t think anybody’s light dims anyone else’s,” Rowland said on the Nov. 16 airing of Ebro In The Morning “I think that when other people start to compare you, I think that’s when it shows how dim they are of themselves.”
Roland added, “So I don’t take somebody else trying to dim my light anymore for anybody else. I love Bey, I know that she’s a light. But I know that I’m a light too.”
Rosenberg completely missed the point Rowland made and tried to dig in once more but Rowland bobbed and weaved the audacity like a seasoned professional. And while the moment was cringeworthy as one can imagine, it appears that Rosenberg realizes that his line of questioning was, and we’re not mincing words here, messy at best.
On Twitter, folks reacted to Kelly Rowland snatching Peter Rosenberg up by his collar and correcting his narrow assessment of her career. We’ve got those reactions below.
Have The most amazing day Twitterville!!! Thank you all for your
Love & support! I know ya’ll got my back! And that made me do a happy dance this am! Let me see your happy dance!! Here’s mine! pic.twitter.com/rQHwTTPwFn— KELENDRIA ROWLAND (@KELLYROWLAND) November 17, 2022
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Kelly Rowland is SO much more than her association with Beyoncé. It’s very irritating, like she hasn’t had an ENTIRE SUCCESSFUL ACTIVE career. Like she hasn’t broken records?!
Her experience within itself is a story. It’s pathetic on the interviewers part— Cosmic Sunflower
(@ItsRezForMe) November 16, 2022
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The whole asking Kelly Rowland about Beyoncé is absolutely old and I need journalists and hosts to reallly get a grip and start asking Kelly about Kelly!
— 𝐑𝐢𝐚𝐧-𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬
(@ratedRIAN) November 16, 2022
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And THIS is why I love Kelly Rowland!!!! You better SHINE!!!!! https://t.co/zw5vOBBV4w
— sheryl lee ralph (@thesherylralph) November 17, 2022
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Kelly called him out to his face & he still didn’t get it. Even, Marsai Martin caught it. Outside of Destiny’s Child, Thee Kelly Rowland is an international superstar, actress, author & businesswoman! She’s been in this industry 25+ years & in 2022 you’re still comparing?
pic.twitter.com/1n2GjSXwhN
— Jerome Trammel, MBA (@MrJeromeTrammel) November 16, 2022
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I want hosts to find another angle when interviewing Kelly Rowland. We’ve witnessed the “second fiddle to Beyoncé” storyline for decades and it’s honestly redundant and highlights a lack of creativity when approaching interviews with someone over 20 years deep into their career https://t.co/qD6g7fpbNF
— Nicolas-Tyrell Scott (@iamntyrell) November 16, 2022
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There is SO much that can be discussed with Kelly Rowland without mentioning Beyoncé. It's so tiring at this point. https://t.co/7Z9juSVd05
— KEITHAN (@iamKeithan) November 16, 2022
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We don't know who needs to hear this but @kellyrowland is that girl.
— ESSENCE (@Essence) November 17, 2022
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Kelly Rowland is a grown woman with her own career, her own accolades, and her own dreams. Pls stop asking her about Beyoncé every time you talk to her https://t.co/Ukn7Um8WwF
— Meech (@MediumSizeMeech) November 16, 2022
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You know what’s funny to me is I don’t know anyone else who’s wasn’t the lead in there group who is a successful as Kelly Rowland my sister always has always been booked regularly and looks the exact same way she did in 01 glad she got him together! https://t.co/Fq4qqcFlB3
— Cocolo Minaj (@evilrashida) November 17, 2022
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“People who compare are limited in their minds and limit themselves.”
– Ms. Kelly Rowland
— روبرت العظيم Robert The Great (@lordfarqar) November 17, 2022
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Let me interview Kelly Rowland since y'all don't know how to do it
— Glocktavia Butler (@mia_sade) November 17, 2022
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