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Kelly Rowland Breaks Down Behind the Scenes of 'X Factor'

Kelly Rowland breaks down over her estranged father photo.
Kelly Rowland Breaks Down Behind the Scenes of ‘X Factor’
By Dreux Dougall · Updated October 28, 2020
R&B singer Kelly Rowland has had a phenomenal year. The singer has come into her own with her single, “Motivation,” watched her album, “Here I Am,” score big numbers on the R&B charts, and became the most known judge on U.K.’s “X Factor.”

But in the midst of all her career highs, it seems the singer still holds a heavy heart for one person in particular, her estranged 65-year-old father, Christopher Lovett, which caused her to break down while backstage at “X Factor.”

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She reveals in the January issue of Marie Claire U.K., “A couple of weeks ago, I was reading through a magazine and I saw a picture of him. I didn’t even know who it was until I read the caption. I completely lost it,” Rowland tells the magazine.

“My camp saw me disappear into the bathroom and they were like, ‘What happened?’ I didn’t know there was so much emotion still there,” she added. “You close so many different things of your life, and I like to shut them off and keep moving. But, in that moment, it just sucked everything out of me and I cried so hard.”

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Lovett, who struggled with alcoholism most of his life, sent her a letter earlier this year in hopes of reconciling. The singer has tried to forgive and forget, but as far as we know, the relationship is still a very strained one.

We hope everything works out between the two.

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