R&B superstar R. Kelly loves working the drive-thru at McDonald's

[matcom]

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Could the reason R&B superstar R. Kelly stormed off the stage after Saturday's show in St. Louis be a Big Mac attack?

Or did Kelly just want some familiar comfort after getting upset about what he felt was poor handling of the sound at the concert?

Kelly's attorney Ed Genson confirmed reports Monday that Kelly headed from St. Louis' Savvis Center to a McDonald's restaurant that had closed, but which he persuaded to reopen for the entourage traveling on his bus.

"Then, he decided he wanted to work the drive-through," Genson said. "It was on the radio. People were running out of their houses to have R. Kelly serve them."

Kelly is a big McDonald's fan who has stopped and worked the drive-through windows at McDonald's restaurants before. In a "Primetime Live" interview that aired in October, he talked about frequent visits there with his late mother.

"We'd go to McDonald's almost every morning. She'd drink her cup of coffee, she'd wear this cheap lipstick, and she'd leave this red lipstick ring around the cup," Kelly said.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/rock/cst-nws-kelly26.html

[BigMcLargehuge]

1. Comfort comes from many places

this is a pretty cool story. I am not an R Kelly fan, as I don't think I've ever heard one of his songs, but being drawn back to a place with strong childhood memories is an impulse we all have.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. Yeah, that;s sweet. Plus it is a good place to pick up more

pre-teen girls, I suppose.

[Fleshdancer]

2. But but but....13 yr olds can't drive

:puke:


bad horrible evil joke. But funny, right?

[fugue]

4. Yeah, I'm sure it's fun to work the drive-through

when you're worth millions of dollars and it's just a temporary lark.

I wonder if he'd love it so much if it was the only job he could get and he had two kids to feed on it. Don't forget that McDonald's prefers to work many people very few hours rather than provide decent jobs to a few.

Given McDonald's business practices, his love for the place is a strike against him in my book.

[CanuckAmok]

7. What is it with hiphoppers and McDonalds?

I workded with Master P and Romeo last year, and they would bypass the expensive company catering in favour of a bag of shitty Big Macs every freakin' day.

To me it smacks of racial subjugation. McDonalds markets to the Urban demographic with the same forceful saturation as does Colt .45 and other destructive consumeables.

So speaks the whitebread Canadian in the Victoria suburbs.

[FunBobbyMucha]

5. Supersize my Golden Shower, please.

[TreasonousBastard]

6. He's working Mickey D's...

not Mickey P's.