Kelly Rowland Admits She Didn’t Always Love Her Brown Skin [Video]

When we think of Kelly Rowland, we envision nothing but a beautiful & strong black woman. Like many others in our community, Kelly revealed that she didn’t always love her ‘chocolatiness’. She credits Tina Knowles for helping her overcome her color issues and embrace her lovely brown skin.

“You know what I had great women in my life to help me overcome that. I remember I went through a period where I didn’t embrace my ‘chocolatiness.’ I don’t know if that’s a word, but I didn’t embrace my chocolate lifestyle. Just being a chocolate, lovely brown skin girl and being proud of that. I remember Tina Knowles, Bey’s mom and I remember being out in the sun and I was trying to shield myself from the sun and she said, ‘Are you crazy?’ She said ‘You are absolutely gorgeous’ and she just told me how beautiful I was and how rare chocolate is and how gorgeous the skin is, all of this stuff. And I was just like ‘Yeah!’ Like a light went off. So between her and my mother and then me sitting out in the sun a little more, just to be a little more chocolate. You just embrace it. You embrace everything that you are as a woman, even your flaws too,” Kelly told CNikky.com.

via Huffington Post