Alexandra Burke’s Mum Said She Is Not Jealous Of Her Daughter
Alexandra Burke’s mum said she is not jealous of her daughter’s fame and fortune. Speaking exclusively from her London home 46-year-old Mellissa Bell said ” Let me state categorically for the record that me and my daughter are extremely close. Bell reveals in an exclusive interview. “Like most mothers and daughter Alex and I have our disagreements. I would say ,’Do this,it’s for your own good.’ She would say,’No mum,I don’t need to do that!”
Bell who is about to release her autobiography Heart and Soul said she wanted to set the record straight after all the negative press she has been getting since she set upon writing this book. She reckons that the British tabloids have singled her out and that most of what they have been printing are “all lies.”
She singled out an interview she gave to a popular tabloid where the paper claimed that Bell complained that Alexandra bought shopping for her from ASDA, when she would really prefer her groceries coming from Waitrose.
“The article they ran wrongly portrayed me as a bitter mother who is jealous of her daughter,so I am suing them. I will win because once the journalist submits the recording of the interview, it will become clear that all they printed was lies.”
Bell who sang with fly-by-night UK group Soul II Soul back in the eighties said she is far from what the story is trying to portray of her.
She said: I am not jealous of my daughter. I am proud of her, to the point where my son will have to tell me to shut up when I start bragging about her!
“I am especially proud that Alex, as a young black woman, can be a positive example to other aspiring black talents. She got her education first, completing her GCSE’s and then she went out and followed her dream. That is a really positive message.”
Bell maintains that her daughter looks after her and buys her shopping and that she is very greatful for her kindness.
“Alex is very good to me. I ran out of electricity the other day and she sent me money for me to put on the meter. She buys my shopping and has it delivered to me. If I am in need of something I can call her and she will help but I don’t always like to ask. I like to sustain my own life. I live within my means.”
Said the mum-of-four who insists that she would never treat her daughter like a cash machine.
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