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DESTINY’S CHILDREN DENYING RUMORS: Kelly says she’s not pregnant; Beyonce says she’s not trying to sabotage LeToya.
*Two former members of Destiny’s Child are denying recent rumors that have surfaced and spread like wildfire over the Internet. Kelly Rowland wants the world to know that she is not pregnant, while Beyonce says she would never try to sabotage the album sales of former member LeToya Luckett.
CBS is reporting that Rowland’s pregnancy rumor began with a posting on several Internet forums more than a week ago by someone known as “Keith Slogan — AMG (amgmusic.com)." The posts said Rowland told AMG about the pregnancy, stating: "It's kind of a bittersweet feeling because I was planning to release an album next year."
The London Daily Mirror picked up the story and ran an article about it a few days later in its 3 AM gossip column using that Rowland quote. Once it hit the Daily Mirror, media sites and blogs picked up the story and ran with it.
A press release issued Monday from Rowland’s label Sony BMG said "statements attributed to Kelly regarding her alleged pregnancy were never made by the artist and a purported interview with the AMG never took place."
Sony says Rowland is busy working on her second solo album, "My Story — Kelly Rowland," due early next year after it was pushed back from its original June 2006 release. Rowland’s manager, Mathew Knowles, says the project was pushed back for marketing reasons.
"We want to make sure our marketing strategy is a multitiered approach that capitalizes on the synergies afforded by her other projects," Knowles told Billboard in May.
Meanwhile, Beyonce has been the subject of rumors claiming that pre-orders for her upcoming solo album, “B-Day,” strategically began last week to take the focus away from the release of a debut solo album from her former Destiny’s Child bandmate LeToya Luckett.
Even though LeToya and former member LaTavia left the group over personal and financial issues with their manager, Mathew Knowles, and both ended up filing a lawsuit against him that was later settled, Mathew’s daughter Beyonce claims she would never try to undercut sales of Luckett’s album.
"I have enormous respect and admiration for LeToya as an artist and as a businesswoman and I wish her incredible success," Beyoncé said in a statement to the New York Daily News, which ran a story on the alleged sabotage. "LeToya and I have known each other since childhood and, because of all we've been through, I know that we both really care — and want what's best — for each other. ... It makes me sad that people are trying to stir up a controversy where there is none."
Mathew Knowles called it "standard practice" for albums to go on pre-sale well in advance of an in-store date, and said he was "shocked and amazed that this is even an issue."
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