Kelly Rowland defiantly returns to the red carpet after lip readers revealed the truth behind her clash with security
Kelly Rowland brushed off the furore surrounding her clash with security as she returned to the Cannes Film Festival red carpet on Wednesday.
Hours after an expert lip reader revealed the truth behind her tense moment, the singer, 43, slipped into an elegant white gown for the premiere of The Count Of Monte Cristo.
Kelly seemed unfazed by her recent drama as she posed up a storm on the red carpet, after photographers captured her in the midst of a tense clash with a security guard on Tuesday.
The Destiny’s Child singer was pictured shouting and waving her finger at a member of staff on the steps of the iconic venue Palais des Festivals, sending internet sleuths into overdrive about what she had said.
A lip reader confirmed to MailOnline what really happened during the ordeal after the tense moment was sparked by the member of security stepping on the singer’s dress as she made her way up the steps.
Kelly Rowland brushed off the furore surrounding her clash with security as she returned to the Cannes Film Festival red carpet on Wednesday
Hours after an expert lip reader revealed the truth behind her tense moment, the singer was back on display yet again at the premiere of The Count Of Monte Cristo.
But Kelly has now returned to the red carpet alongside a slew of glamorous arrivals for the latest premiere in the Cannes calendar.
The star posed for snaps in a stunning white one-shouldered gown with a flowing overlay, accessorising with a statement silver diamond necklace.
On Wednesday, lip reader Jacqui Press offered insight into the truth behind Kelly’s clash with security, saying that after the security guard appeared to step on her dress, she apologised and Kelly said: ‘It’s OK.’
However, the security guard then said something else, causing Kelly’s change in mood, as she responded: ‘Don’t talk to me like that.’
As the security guard continued to usher her up the stairs, Kelly turned around and exclaimed: ‘Don’t talk to me like that,’ as she repeated the phrase several times.
The male security guard then came down to ask what was being said as the lady was using her hands to move Kelly along.
Kelly finally turned around on the top step and added: ‘You still don’t talk to me like that!’
It seems internet sleuths managed to decipher the argument correctly as some came to the same conclusion as Jacqui.
They claimed that Kelly initially tried to tell the security guard that it was okay, but the row escalated and the star shouted at her as she made her way inside.
One person theorised that she said: ‘Don’t talk to me like that. Don’t talk to me like that. You’re not my momma. I told you not to talk to me like that.’
Another mused: ‘It was very clear Kelly Rowland was trying to take photos and they were rushing her then that security guard stepped on her dress and Kelly tried to correct her nicely and the security guard decided to be rude and Kelly said “Don’t talk to me like that.”‘
‘Lip readers are saying Kelly Rowland told female security “don’t talk to me like that, I’m not a child”, while pointing her finger at her after stepping on her dress at Cannes Festival in France,’ one person commented.
‘The security ruined Kelly Rowland’s moment to shine,’ another wrote.
Kelly said: Don’t talk to me like that,’ one suggested, as someone else chimed in: ‘Many native English speakers read this on their lips: “don’t talk to me like that you’re not my mother” and they repeat this with emphasis. It seems like security rushed her and ended up being rude or something,’ read one tweet about the incident.
‘The full video of Kelly Rowland fighting in Cannes. Apparently the security guards were rushing her, but in a very incisive way, you know, even rude. And the woman touched her, and if there’s one thing that makes Americans happy, it’s when you touch them for no reason,’ another commented.
Others went on: ‘Do you understand how out of pocket you have to be for Kelly Rowland to have to check you? Literally one of the sweetest people in the world, but don’t get it twisted. What y’all think she said? I think she said ‘don’t talk to me like that, I’m not a child’;
‘Looks like you said, don’t talk to me like that you’re not my mother. Don’t talk to me like that. Oh wowww’;
It looks like the security lady stepped on her dress, too. Initially, Kelly put her hand on her shoulder as if to say “it’s okay” but that security guard must have said something back she didn’t like. Even the lady Kelly was with was p****d’.