Kelly Rowland said her younger son, Noah, watched her perform live for the first time last fall while she was on tour with Brandy and Monica.
At the time, Noah was four and attended the show with several members of Rowland’s family. She spoke about the moment while appearing on The Jennifer Hudson Show, explaining that she wasn’t sure how her son would react to seeing her onstage.
“First of all, I didn’t know what to expect,” Rowland said. “They sat there watching the show with all my family, ’cause everybody came out, and it was so beautiful.”
After the performance, the momo of two said she went backstage and spoke with Noah.
“The first time I came to the back, Noah said, ‘Mommy, you did so good,’” she recalled. “He was so happy and proud.”
From her sister’s vantage point in the audience, Noah’s reaction throughout the show appeared more complicated. Rowland said her sister later described him sitting in her lap, closely watching both the stage and the crowd.
Rowland said her sister told her, ‘You should’ve seen his face! He was trying to figure out why people were responding, and then he’d see you, and you’d laugh, and then you’d go to dancing, and he was like trying to take it all in,’ ” she continued.
According to Kelly Rowland, her sister noticed Noah’s expressions shifting during the performance.
“‘He would be upset, and then he’d be smiling.’ She was like, ‘It was like a race of emotions.’ I just thought it was really cool. I wish we would have filmed that.”
The talk show appearance also comes as the singer promotes her new film Relationship Goals, which also stars Method Man. In the movie, she plays a woman navigating relationships and personal loss.
In a separate interview with REVOLT, Rowland said parts of the story connected with her own life, particularly when it comes to honoring her late mother.
“We celebrate my mama all the time,” she said, adding that the lessons her mother taught her continue to shape how she raises her children. “I’m always thinking about the tools she gave me and how I pass those on to my kids.”
Rowland shares Noah and son Titan Jewell, 11, with husband Tim Weatherspoon.
