Kelly Rowland and her father Christopher Lovett discuss rekindling their relationship

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Kelly Rowland was joined by her father Christopher Lovett for their first public appearance together as they discussed reconnecting after three decades of estrangement.During an episode of The Today Show on Tuesday, the 41-year-old singer and her father talked about their painful past and emotional reunion in 2018. 'My understanding of where my dad was as a kid was that he was not really ready as a father,' Kelly, who guest-hosted the show along with Hoda Kotb, said in a pre-recorded interview.The Destiny's Child star has previously claimed that her biological father's 'drunk and aggressive' behavior forced her late mother Doris Rowland Garrison to leave him.

Reunion:Kelly Rowland was joined by her father Christopher Lovett for their first public appearance together as they discussed reconnecting after three decades of estrangementShe continued, 'I was angry at him.

I was disappointed in him. I had all of those feelings of abandonment. 'I think as a kid you just feel like if they're not there they don't want to be here.

So that's what I felt and that feeling sucked.'After Kelly rocketed to stardom as a member of Destiny's Child, she specifically instructed her security to bar her father from visiting her backstage while the girl group was on tour.