Kelly
Rowland
was
the
subject
of
Internet
chatter
after
she
was
observed
getting
into
it
with
an
usher
at
this
year’s
Cannes
Film
Festival.
The
singer
and
actress
has
since
made
a
public
statement
after
the
incident,
stating
that
she
was
standing
her
ground.
The
image
of
Kelly
Rowland
pointing
and
having
what
appeared
to
be
a
loud
discussion
with
the
Cannes
Film
Festival
usher
went
viral
this
week
and
even
sparked
some
meme
fodder.
It
wasn’t
understood
at
the
time
what
happened
but
Rowland,
speaking
with
the
Associated
Press,
explained
her
side
of
events
and
even
alleged
that
women
[i.e.
not
Black]
who
didn’t
look
like
her
were
not
treated
the
same.
“The
woman
knows
what
happened.
I
know
what
happened.
I
have
a
boundary
and
I
stand
by
those
boundaries
and
that
is
it,”
Kelly
Rowland
said
to
the
AP
at
the
Cannes
Film
Festival.
“And
there
were
other
women
that
attended
that
carpet
who
did
not
quite
look
like
me
and
they
didn’t
get
scolded
or
pushed
off
or
told
to
get
off.
I
stood
my
ground
and
she
felt
like
she
had
to
stand
hers.
But
I
stood
my
ground.”
From
what
was
seen
on
video
footage,
Rowland
was
instructed
twice
by
an
usher
to
vacate
the
red
carpet
section
at
the
Palais
des
Festivals
and
motioned
her
to
take
the
stairs
into
the
theater.
Then
a
group
of
ushers
swarmed
her
and
essentially
guided
her
to
the
stairs.
At
that
moment,
Rowland
gave
one
of
the
ushers
a
piece
of
her
mind.
Rowland
observed
a
difference
in
treatment
but
stopped
short
of
calling
it
race-related
but
the
suggestion
rings
clear
in
her
statment.
The
video
of
Kelly
Rowland’s
comments
can
be
viewed
below.
—
Photo:
Getty
