ALEXANDRA'S MOTHER HITS BACK

Melissa Bell, the mother of X Factor winner Alexandra Burke has now made a statement in regards to the current reletionship with her daughter. She responded to the recent Marie Claire arrticle in which Alexandra states that her mother maybe jelous of her curent success.  Melissa came out fighting by putting her daughter on blast, check out what she had to say.

Melissa Bell, a singer with Eighties group Soul II Soul – spoke out just days after X Factor winner Alexandra, 21, attacked her in an interview.

Alexandra claimed Melissa was filled with jealousy after Alexandra won the ITV show and then went on to have a Christmas No1 with Hallelujah, her only hit so far.

But seriously-ill Melissa, 45, said the hurtful accusations are totally untrue.

“It’s all very upsetting,” she told the Sunday Mirror. “And she’s not even a success herself yet. I hope she is, but we don’t even know how her follow-up single is going to do.”

Melissa, who suffers from kidney disease, has also rubbished Alexandra’s claim that she was kicked out of home at 16.

She added: “I have certain rules. In Caribbean families you have to respect your parents. She needed to experience life, to see if the grass is greener – and she did. I don’t know where she went but the door was always open.”

Soul II Soul had a British No 1 with Keep On Moving in 1989. They were also a huge success in America, where they won a Grammy Award.

But last week Alexandra claimed mum Melissa, now living on benefits in a council house in North London, was finding it hard in her shadow.

In the interview with Marie Claire magazine, Alexandra said: “Soul II Soul didn’t last as long as she wanted. Then I get this big new show, I win it and it’s weird for her.” (SOURCE)

This is sooo sad to me.  I really wish the both of them would work it out and stop throwing each other under the bus, when it comes down to it, blood is thicker than water.