Kelly Price has had it with the online bullying and without holding back she hopped on live and said exactly what she was feeling.
According to VIBE On Tuesday (Sept. 2), the R&B powerhouse took to her Instagram Live with a fiery message aimed at women who she says have been “nasty and disrespectful” about her looks.
The 52-year-old didn’t hold back on men either, saying, “Any man who feels the right to disrespect a woman who has never done anything to them… you’re a bi**h. And I mean that from the bottom of my heart.”
From there, Price reminded folks that before she was saved, she was “a Black girl born and raised on the South Side of Jamaica, Queens” — a warning that she’s not above clapping back.
Next, the “Friend of Mine” singer turned her attention to what she called “DEI hires,” insisting that while some people are “losing jobs,” she hasn’t lost hers and won’t anytime soon.
“While you were fighting for people in other cultures to not lose your jobs, I was using my voice,” she said, letting it be known that no matter how anyone feels about her, she’s booked and busy.
In Price’s comment section, critics have mocked her weight, wardrobe, and even her shoe size, but she brushed it all off with a reminder that, “I’m making my money looking like a ‘fat slob’ in clothes y’all say are nasty. And I’m still getting paid.”
At one point, her frustration went beyond Black women, but Black people in whole and their “BS.” Admitting she’s still a work in progress, she told fans to pray for her because she’s “not there yet,” alluding that she’s all for clapping back. Still, she stood firm on her belief that Black women, in particular, can be the most disrespectful.
“The things we say about other Black women, but then want to be activists, educated, this, that, and the other…” she continued. “Find yourself because a degree does not give you class. A degree doesn’t get you into heaven. And being a keyboard thug? That’ll only get your a** whooped when somebody walks up on you that you didn’t know was watching you.”
Social media immediately ran to her comments, with some calling her out as a hypocrite.
“The call is coming from inside the house? We watched R&B divas. YOU ARE EXACTLY WHO YOU SPEAK OF @KELLYPRICE,” wrote one person. “She is definitely one of the ones she’s talking about,” said another.
On the flip side, a third person said
“She said WHAT SHE SAID!!! Love it,” as a fourth added, “MH it’s always ya own people tryna tear down their own instead of building them up and it’s so sad. I Love you Kelly stay blessed.”
See Kelly Price’s rant about Black women above and her full spill below:
