Cannes Film Festival: Colleagues Defend Usher After Kelly Rowland Red Carpet Confrontation
deadline.comKelly Rowland stole many red carpet headlines from this year’s Cannes Film Festival, with a visible confrontation with a female security officer as she made her way up the famous steps and into the Palais.
Deadline previously reported Rowland giving her side of the bust-up. Saying she felt the French security rushed her time on the red carpet at Cannes, leading to the widely circulated confrontation.
Now, the UK’s Daily Mail newspaper reports that colleagues of the usher have defended her, saying she was “only doing her job.” The paper quotes a colleague of the woman, who has not been named, saying: “She was an usher working under a lot of pressure to keep people on the carpet moving, so as to stop crowds building up.
There was no pushing or shoving, or scolding. Security and safety are the priorities, along with keeping to strict timetables set according to contracts – even the celebrities have to stick to the rules. “Lots of ushers are involved, and they always act professionally and with politeness. “In this case, the usher was certainly only doing her job – she didn’t do anything wrong.” The incident happened Tuesday as Rowland walked into the premiere of the French film Marcello Mio.
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