Kelly Rowland’s estranged father wants to reconnect with his famous daughter. Christopher Lovett, 65, hasn't seen Kelly since she was seven which is when his life spiraled out of control because of a bad temper and drinking problem.“I lost my job at a transportation company, sank into a depression about money and began drinking more and more.
The failure to provide for my family fueled an anger that I will be ashamed of until my dying day. It wasn't physical between me and Kelly’s mom, but there were many days and nights when Kelly would be bawling her eyes out, clutching my leg begging me, ‘Please daddy stop shouting at mommy’. That image will haunt me forever. When the electricity was cut off and we received an eviction letter we agreed for Doris to take Kelly to her aunt’s house while I sorted things out.”“Little did I know the day they left would be the last time I would see my wife and daughter ever again.”
Years later, he heard how his daughter was part of a successful girl band – Destiny’s Child – and felt a surge of hope.“I had heard she was doing well singing, but I didn't know how well until I turned on the TV and saw her performing. I cried and cried, with sadness but also with pride at what a wonderful, talented young woman Kelly had grown into.
I sat for the whole concert [North Carolina, 2000] in one of the cheap seats at the back with tears of joy and utter despair rolling down my face. I wrote a note and begged a security guard to pass it to her. It said, ‘Darling I have been looking for you. I am so proud of you and I love you so much and I just long to tell you that in person. Love Dad’. But no matter how much I begged the guard he would not believe I was her father.”Lovett assures that he doesn't want Kelly’s anything from his daughter except a relationship:“I own a big home now and have retired so I don’t want any of Kelly’s fortune, I just want her love. I just hope she does not become such a big star in England on X Factor that she forgets about her dad completely. I’m getting old now – I just hope she reads this and doesn't leave getting back in touch with me before it is too late.
