Drea Kelly spills the tea on R. Kelly’s relationship and accusations of abuse

Ouch! Drea Kelly is revealing all about her relationship with R. Kelly. She even opened up about the alleged abuse she experienced and explained why she decided to keep his last name.

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Drea Kelly reveals why she kept her last name

Andrea (aka Drea Kelly) recently sat down with Carlos King to chat during his trip. podcasts ‘Reality With The King’ and wastes no time addressing the drama surrounding R. Kelly. Furthermore, she confirmed that she first crossed paths with Robert when she was just 19 and he was 27. During the interview, she called out those who took issue with her keeping the R&B singer’s last name out of spite. everything she went through and his accusations. If you need a little refresher, TSR previously reported that R. Kelly is serving one 30-year bid for sex trafficking.

“Ultimately, people shouldn’t worry about why I’m keeping them. They should be worried about what I do to them. Because the last name ‘Kelly’ gets 20/20 after me. They put me on CNN to talk about domestic violence awareness and become an advocate. The Kellys allowed me to go to military bases and talk about abuse,” Drea said.

Drea went on to say that the real “gag” is that no one would bat an eye if her last name wasn’t Kelly. “My name means more to you than it does to me. You’re not trying to be a supporter, you’re being nosy; why, because my last name is Kelly.”

Drea gets real about her relationship with R. Kelly and opens up about the abuse allegations

Drea kept it real, admitting that she didn’t even check out R. Kelly (aka Robert Kelly) at first while on tour with him. But after finding out her fiancé was cheating, she gave Robert a try. She told Carlos that when she returned from tour, she learned her fiancé had had a child – but a DNA test later showed the child wasn’t even his.

The female dancer also said that after her fiancé did her dirty, R. Kelly stepped in to be her shoulder to lean on. Their relationship eventually grew stronger while working together as she practically became his creative director.

However, Drea has been open about how things went in their relationship, claiming that Robert started abusing her. She said that at first she didn’t know who he really was because of his “narcissistic” personality. The breaking point for her came when he attacked her in front of their daughter, Joann. For context, the estranged exes share three children – Joann, aka Buku Abi, Jaah Kelly and Robert Kelly Jr. Drea also mentioned that her children can feel a different feeling when Robert is not around than when he is.

Drea continues to not hesitate when it comes to the women who are dragging her on social media, especially those who constantly compare her to Tina Turner. She makes it clear that the only difference between her and Tina is this: Tina sings on stage with her abuser while she dances on stage with her abuser.

“I carry a whole uterus. I’ve given birth, so the fact that women say things like that makes me sad, and because you can’t follow what I do, because you haven’t done your research, you think you can go online and say, ‘She didn’t do anything, Tina Turner did something.’ The only difference between me and Tina Turner is that she sings on stage with Ike, I dance on stage with Robert,” Drea continued.

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