{"id":251668,"date":"2026-07-13T13:05:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/kelly-rowland-would-love-to-play-donna-summer-in-a-biopic-im-hoping-you-wont-be-waiting-long\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:05:46","slug":"kelly-rowland-would-love-to-play-donna-summer-in-a-biopic-im-hoping-you-wont-be-waiting-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/13\/kelly-rowland-would-love-to-play-donna-summer-in-a-biopic-im-hoping-you-wont-be-waiting-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Rowland \u2018Would Love\u2019 to Play Donna Summer in a Biopic: \u2018I\u2019m Hoping You Won\u2019t Be Waiting Long\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kelly-rowland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kelly Rowland<\/strong><\/a> has heard the chatter about a potential <strong>Donna Summer<\/strong> biopic \u2014 and she\u2019s teasing whether fans might see her in that role anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love nothing more than that role. That\u2019s all I can say,\u201d Rowland, 45, told <em>Us Weekly<\/em> exclusively on Thursday, July 9, while promoting Lysol\u2019s HERE for Healthy Schools: Quality Time Off Grant. \u201cThat\u2019s all I can say for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Grammy winner left fans eager for an update after she teased the role via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZxud0hkYNj\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> on June 19, with a photo dump featuring a snap of the Queen of Disco herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping you won\u2019t be waiting long,\u201d Rowland teased to <em>Us<\/em>, adding, \u201cAll of us have our fingers crossed, toes crossed. We\u2019re just totally crossed out.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4374284\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Kelly Rowland; Donna Summer<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Dave Simpson\/WireImage; Paul Natkin\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fans have drawn comparisons between the late singer and the Destiny\u2019s Child alum for years. Rowland even dressed as Summer for Halloween in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Later that year, Rowland appeared on <em>Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen<\/em>, agreeing that \u201cit is time\u201d for a film exploring the life of the First Lady of Love.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, in 2024, Summer\u2019s daughter <strong>Brooklyn Sudano<\/strong> teased that a biopic about her mom is \u201cin the works,\u201d also acknowledging the undeniable resemblance between her late mother and Rowland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKelly and I are friends, so of course we have [spoken about it],\u201d Sudano, 45, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/donna-summers-daughter-on-comparisons-between-mom-kelly-rowland-exclusive-8652712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said at the time<\/a>. \u201cI love Kelly. She is the best. So talented, so beautiful. We hear you.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/beyonce-stages-destinys-child-reunion-at-las-vegas-concert\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Destinys-Child-GettyImages-1062018152.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Destinys-Child-GettyImages-1062018152.jpg?w=200&amp;h=113&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Destinys-Child-GettyImages-1062018152.jpg?w=300&amp;h=169&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Destinys-Child-GettyImages-1062018152.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Destinys-Child-GettyImages-1062018152.jpg?w=600&amp;h=338&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Destinys-Child-GettyImages-1062018152.jpg?w=800&amp;h=450&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Destinys-Child-GettyImages-1062018152.jpg?w=900&amp;h=506&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Destinys-Child-GettyImages-1062018152.jpg?w=1000&amp;h=563&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Destinys-Child-GettyImages-1062018152.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=675&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Destinys-Child-GettyImages-1062018152.jpg?w=1600&amp;h=900&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Destinys-Child-GettyImages-1062018152.jpg?w=1800&amp;h=1012&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Destinys-Child-GettyImages-1062018152.jpg?w=1920&amp;h=1080&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Destinys-Child-GettyImages-1062018152\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/beyonce-stages-destinys-child-reunion-at-las-vegas-concert\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Beyonce Stages Destiny&#8217;s Child Reunion at Last &#8216;Cowboy Carter&#8217; Concert<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tBeyonc\u00e9 just closed out her Cowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin\u2019 Circuit Tour with a bang \u2014 and staged a Destiny\u2019s Child reunion to celebrate. Beyonc\u00e9, 43, performed at Las Vegas\u2019 Allegiant Stadium on Saturday, July 26, where her former bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams made a surprise appearance. Beyonc\u00e9 rose from underneath the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rowland\u2019s recent Instagram tease and coy commentary to <em>Us<\/em> mark the most decisive hint at an upcoming biopic fans have seen thus far.<\/p>\n<p>While the \u201cDilemma\u201d singer told <em>Us<\/em> she has \u201cso many things in the fire right now that I\u2019m extremely excited about,\u201d she has to \u201ckeep them kind of close\u201d to her chest for now.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Rowland is focused on back-to-school season as a mother of two sons, Titan, 11, and Noah, 5, whom she shares with husband <strong>Tim Weatherspoon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Noah] was in Pre-K, but now he\u2019s going to start at the same school as my older son, so that\u2019s very exciting in our household,\u201d she told <em>Us<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019re still enjoying summer, but we are definitely excited about this school year, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>This year, Rowland has partnered with Lysol to promote their HERE for Healthy Schools: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pta.org\/home\/run-your-pta\/Awards-Grants\/quality-time-off-grant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quality Time Off Grant program<\/a> in collaboration with the National Parent Teacher Association, which provides funding to support in-school experiences for families nationwide.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:69.6%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large credit-added wp-image-4374266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"DSC_8217 Kelly Rowland Lysol.JPG\" width=\"1000\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/DSC_8217-Kelly-Rowland-Lysol.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Lysol<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI just thought about how tough it is [as] a parent when all of the sudden your kid gets sick, and you have to basically drop what you\u2019re doing to make sure that they\u2019re good,\u201d Rowland told <em>Us<\/em> of her decision to get involved. \u201cSo the fact that there\u2019s a brand like Lysol that really cares and wants to make sure that there\u2019s clean surfaces [so] you\u2019re actually making memories for you and your family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to hand sanitizer and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walmart.com\/ip\/Lysol-Disinfecting-Wipes-1-Lemon-1-Brand-New-Day-Mango-Hibiscus-1-Crisp-Linen-4-3x35-count\/1147530629?classType=VARIANT&amp;athbdg=L1102&amp;adsRedirect=true.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lysol Disinfecting Wipes<\/a> for her sons\u2019 teachers in order to prevent the spread of illness-causing germs on surfaces, Rowland told <em>Us<\/em> she also packs their bags with a \u201ca little cross that they don\u2019t know about, just to keep them covered and protected,\u201d adding, \u201cThat\u2019s how I keep my babies safe and I pray over them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/kelly-rowland-would-love-to-play-donna-summer-in-a-biopic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelly Rowland has heard the chatter about a potential Donna Summer biopic \u2014 and she\u2019s teasing whether fans might see her in that role anytime soon. \u201cI would love nothing more than that role. That\u2019s all I can say,\u201d Rowland, 45, told Us Weekly exclusively on Thursday, July 9, while promoting Lysol\u2019s HERE for Healthy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":251669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-251668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}