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Marlon Wayans Defends Kelly Rowland Amid Claims She Walked Off “Today Show”

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Kelly Rowland recently appeared on The Today Show to plug her new movie with Tyler Perry, Mea Culpa. On Thursday (February 15), she was apparently supposed to co-host the show for a brief moment, but allegedly walked off set after their morning interview just hours prior. Apparently, according to various news outlets like PEOPLE and Page Six, the Destiny’s Child member and her team chose to leave because the dressing room they had was too small. But Marlon Wayans, her co-star on 2022’s horror comedy flick The Curse of Bridge Hollow, doesn’t think this reflect the person that he knows.

“Y’all stop with these false narratives,” Marlon Wayans captioned a recent Instagram post on the matter. “I’ve worked with [Kelly Rowland] as a star/producer. I will honestly say she was nothing short of AMAZING. Sweet, kind, professional. On time, great energy, impeccable manners and professionalism. She was nice to EVERYONE on set. Not one diva moment. S**t happens in Hollywood. Get both sides before you castrate anymore legends. Love this woman. Yall stop this BS. This woman was nothing short of a humble loving queen… PERIOD.”

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Kelly Rowland Gets Marlon Wayans’ Backing Over Today Show Debacle

Apart from Kelly Rowland, Marlon Wayans was also recently outspoken about how Black male entertainers are held up to bigoted societal standards when compared to their white peers. “You talking to a black man that put on a dress,” he expressed during a recent radio interview. “That conversation to me, its silly. “It’s a negative thing that is only in Black people. We have for some reason been programmed to look down on the cr*ziest parts about our spirits. We’re supposed to embrace our past, our history, our heroes, different levels of comedy.

“Robin Williams puts on a dress and wins an award, his community embraces him,” the actor continued. “We’re labeled by our own people. That is not an artist mindset. When you’re an artist you go out and create art.” For more news and the latest updates on Kelly Rowland and Marlon Wayans, keep checking in with HNHH.

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Kelly Rowland Allegedly Walked Off “Today Show” Due To Small Dressing Room

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Kelly Rowland’s new movie Mea Culpa comes out soon, and according to a new Page Six report, The Today Show with Hoda Kotb invited her as co-host on Thursday (February 15). She showed up for the 8AM local time slot, mostly for just a brief conversation about the movie, but she was apparently supposed to appear at 10AM as well to be a co-host for the hour. However, an allegedly close source to the program reportedly told the publication that the Destiny’s Child legend and her team supposedly left before the second part of this press run could manifest. The reason? Apparently, it was too small of a dressing room.

“Kelly and her team were not happy,” the alleged source remarked. “They did not like the dressing room, so they decided to pull her off the show, leaving [Kotb] without a guest host for the 10AM hour.” Furthermore, it seems like Kelly Rowland and her crew asked for other rooms, but Jennifer Lopez was already in the big green room. She had her own media to promote, and when they couldn’t find other rooms, the team just left and caused a lot of confusion for the show producers.

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Kelly Rowland Allegedly Leaves The Today Show Due To Small Dressing Room

 
 
 
 
 
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“She’s beloved at Today,” another alleged source shared about the situation. “She was getting the full hour, and Hoda’s the biggest hype woman on the planet! It made no sense.” Whatever happened here, it’s unclear whether Kelly Rowland will elaborate on the situation further or if this will stay a rumor mill mystery. Either way, we know that she’s not opposed to speaking her mind and setting the record straight. After Jay-Z’s Grammys speech, calling the Recording Academy out for not giving his wife Beyoncé her proper flowers, the 43-year-old praised him as “one of the greatest men she knows.”

Meanwhile, what do you think about this whole debacle? Do you think it’ll inspire a similar conversation around Black entertainers’ treatment that Taraji P. Henson provoked recently? Whatever the case, let us know in the comments section down below. In addition, stay logged into HNHH for the latest news and updates on Kelly Rowland.

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Nicki Minaj’s Husband Kenneth Petty’s Alleged Assault May Cost Her $750K

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Nicki Minaj just found herself (and her husband) in more hot legal water, although this time she might be too late to rectify it. Moreover, the rapper faces a default judgement in a $753K lawsuit over an alleged assault that took place during her Frankfurt, Germany tour stop back in 2019. According to a RadarOnline report from Friday (April 28), security guard Thomas Weidenmuller, who first sued the couple back in 2022, motioned for the court to give Minaj a default judgement. Furthermore, it seems like they failed to answer to the lawsuit in time. While the “Super Freaky Girl” MC faces said judgement, Weidenmuller still hasn’t been able to obtain it against Kenneth Petty. Perhaps the 40-year-old will not have to pay the lawsuit’s full amount as a result, but that’s still unclear.

As his story goes, the security guard had a heated discussion prompted by the couple after a fan got past security barricades and on stage with Nicki Minaj. Even though security quickly resolved the issue in 15 seconds, the couple allegedly confronted Weidenmuller and his colleagues after the show. Reportedly, the Trinidadian-born artist called a female security guard on Weidenmuller’s team a “f***ing b***h” and trashed her live on social media. That’s when the security guard escorted his coworker away from the showdown. When he went to Minaj’s dressing room to keep discussing the issue, Kenneth Petty allegedly punched him in the face.

Nicki Minaj Faces Default Judgement Over Kenneth Petty’s Alleged Assault

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 12: Nicki Minaj and Kenneth Petty attend the Marc Jacobs Fall 2020 runway show during New York Fashion Week on February 12, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Marc Jacobs)

In addition, his claims include the suggestion that Nicki Minaj told her husband to attack him. As such, his lawsuit is on accusations of “battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligence,” according to court documents from the RadarOnline report. Unfortunately, this is far from the first time the couple faced court action together. The court ordered Petty to settle a lawsuit from his sexual assault accuser after he and Minaj allegedly harassed her to drop her charges.

However, the accuser dropped charges against Nicki, even though she claimed she tried to intimidate her. Moreover, Judge James R. Cho took the case to mediation back in December of 2022 and stated there would be trial if no agreement was reached. How this affected, or will affect, her musical career and public image is still a developing story. On that note, come back to HNHH for the latest news on Kenneth Petty and his wife Nicki Minaj.

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