Kelly Rowland: ‘We are Human and Everybody Deserves Grace’
Kelly Rowland: ‘We are Human and Everybody Deserves Grace’
One day after news got out that Destiny Child‘s Kelly Rowland chastised audience members at the American Music Awards for booing Chris Brown at the ceremony, the TMZ cameras caught up with her to discuss the incident. The singer stated that “we are human and everybody deserves grace.”
A reporter approached her as she was getting in her car, and asked her thoughts on the audience reacting in that fashion toward Brown.
Rowland said, “You know what? I believe that grace is very real and we all need a dose of it and before we point fingers at anybody, we should realize how grateful we are for every moment that we get. For even our own things that we have. I just think it’s important to remember to be human. We are humans.”
She is then asked if Brown should be forgiven “for all he did.”
She responds,”We all need to be forgiven for anything that we could be doing, anything that we’re thinking. We all come up short in some sort of way and grace is real and we are human and everybody deserves grace.”
Rowland came to the defense of Brown over the weekend while accepting an award on his behalf. Audience members attending the American Music Awards booed him, although he wasn’t in attendance. No one knows why the discontent from the audience took place. Brown was scheduled to appear at the ceremony to perform a tribute to Micheal Jackson in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the release of perhaps one of the greatest, if not the greatest album ever released, Thriller. The organizers from the AMAs contacted Brown and informed him that his tribute to Jackson was canceled.
While on stage to accept Brown’s award, Rowland admonished the audience members who reacted negatively to hearing his name mentioned.
“Now Chris Brown is not here tonight so I’m accepting this award on his behalf.
“Excuse me… chill out,” Rowland said as Audience members dared to boo.
“But I wanted to tell Chris, thank you so much for making great R&B music and I want to tell him thank you for being an incredible performer. I’ll take this award — bring it to you. I love you. Congratulations. And congratulations to all the nominees in this category.”
Kelly Rowland: ‘We are Human and Everybody Deserves Grace’
