Video : I Once Felt Bad For Being Black - Kelly Rowland

Kelly Rowland opens up and gets very real about how she had to learn to love her dark brown skin in a society where that’s not always encouraged.

The singer says:

“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 chocolatey-ness. 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. And 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 told me how beautiful I was and how rare chocolate is and how gorgeous the skin is…and all of this stuff. I was like ‘Yeah,’ and a light went off.

Watch the video below