Kelly Rowland addresses tense red carpet confrontation with Cannes usher

Although the video of the incident that circulated online doesn’t have audio, it shows Rowling turning with obvious anger toward the usher after she begins, well, ushering her away from the red carpet, appearing to touch her arm at multiple points in the process. Although various people attempt to intervene to get the usher to take a step back, she continues her efforts to move Rowland along. “I stood my ground and she felt like she had to stand hers,” Rowland said in the interview, while also noting that, “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.”

Although she doesn’t have any films in the festival this year, Rowland remains a prolific actor and musician, having most recently appeared in the final season of Grown-Ish, and starred in Tyler Perry’s recent Netflix thriller Mea Culpa. Meanwhile, various sources have noted that Cannes ushers have a certain reputation for being extra-strict, even by the standards of the usher profession, possibly due to their role in herding lots of celebrities so that multiple screenings a day can begin on time.

[via THR]