Kelly Price On Being Type Casted on ‘R&B Divas LA’ & Mariah Carey Backlash

or whatever ahead of time. We’re all being told the same thing. There’s already been a decision made about who the weakling is going to be, who the bully is going to be, who’s going to be bullied. Again, I learned a lesson. I was not in the driver’s seat in that. That wasn’t my baby. I was a cast member of somebody else’s script. I got through the season, and I’m back to doing what matters.

She also opens up about some of the backlash she received last year for tweeting something that people thought was directed at Mariah Carey.

I was completely shocked, because I never tune in to anything about Mariah. I haven’t spoken to her about this. It died down, thank God. I’m going to have the conversation with her, but honestly, if it was any kind of way and she felt that way she would have let me know. She’s Mariah Carey and her story is a part of my story and vise versa. The molding of me as a singer came from the church. The molding of me as an artist started with Mariah Carey, because I watched everything she did.

Kelly Price’s new album, Sing Pray Love, comes out June 3. Visit Essence for the full interview.  [Essence]

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