Kelly Rowland does not take questions about Beyoncé or Jay-Z. Even a query seeking confirmation of a report that Rowland babysat Blue Ivy was nixed before we sat down for this interview. So I pared my Beyoncé questions to one, the last question, and it ended the interview. Twitter's @JawnMurray, a CNN and HLN contributor who's launching AlwaysAList.com, explained: "Typically when people ask Kelly Rowland or [fellow Destiny's Child alum] Michelle Williams about Beyoncé, the quotes are either taken out of context by other media outlets, or entire stories are made up about Beyoncé based off of their individual quotes, or other crazy things have happened. As a rule of thumb, they don't discuss her in interviews pertaining their individual careers."
Rowland also didn't play when I asked her to pick a side in the Drake-Chris Brown feud. In more productive exchanges, Rowland was properly mortified to learn her Wikipedia entry is longer than those of two venerable singers. But Rowland's Wiki entry is not, however, longer than Beyoncé's, which runs an astounding 43 pages when printed. That's longer than the bios for cultural icons Oprah (30) and Martin Luther King (34).
Q Is there anything on your Wikipedia page that's inaccurate?
A I think it's pretty accurate.
Q Do you have someone who manages your Wikipedia page?
A I do. But sometimes those people put stuff up there's that kind of off. And I have to call and check 'em on it. They eventually get it done.
Q Singer Patti Austin's Wikipedia entry is six pages long. Ella Fitzgerald's is 12 pages. Your Wiki bio is 23 printed pages.
A Oh my God! Somebody's doing a lot of talking. It's not [possible]. I haven't done that many things. That's hilarious.