Why does Kelly go into "ghetto" mode during critiques

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ModernPrimate

13-11-2011

Originally Posted by researchshirley:
“Thanks for your eloquent summation of my post as BS but I still think these comments are racist. Call me PC if you like but this thread is like a rolling edition of the Daily Mail, where the challenging of dodgy comments results in accusations of being part of the PC brigade! I'd rather be PC than offensive, whether intentionally or not.”

Well good, 'cause I like the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail is totally right most of the time.

You are offensive left, right and centre.

jmr2009

13-11-2011

Originally Posted by AnotherBox:
“And I'm also going to repeat - listen to Kelly on Graham Norton's show repeated tomorrow on BBC1, she speaks completely differently from the drool on X-Factor - that's the Kelly I love.”

Kelly's Southern drawl is more of her natural way of speaking. She knows how to tone it down due to media training and over a decade of wordwide travels, but for the most part she's just being herself on X-Factor.

Here's an interview with Destiny's Child at age 15 before they were famous:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eMqdRdrw-Y

They all had very Southern ("ghetto"

) accents

Big Boy Barry

13-11-2011

No idea, but it's annoying.

researchshirley

13-11-2011

Originally Posted by ModernPrimate:
“Well good, 'cause I like the Daily Mail. The Daily Mail is totally right most of the time.

You are offensive left, right and centre.”

Most amusing post of the day.

benami311

13-11-2011

Another Kelly interview from her teenage days. Sounds exactly the same to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnZYv...eature=related

I should also note that I'm not getting into the whole racism thing with this. I don't think there's anything racist about the term "ghetto", especially how frequently blacks use it to insult others. It's either a class insult (same as calling someone trailer park trash) or a backhanded compliment (ghetto fab).

All I'm saying is that Kelly is coming across the way she always has. Like it or hate it, I don't think one can accuse her of playing up for the camera because that's exactly how I remember her in everything over the past 12 years or so.

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