Gospel singer Yolanda Adams opened up about some important advice that Naomi Campbell told her daughter, Taylor, who loves acting and modeling. “One of the most amazing things that happened in our lives [is] when we were at Black Girls Rock,” Adams, 63, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting her new album Sunny Days . “They were honoring Naomi Campbell, and I had told [Taylor], I had already talked to Naomi, and she’s like, ‘Nah, let her finish school.
And you know, she looks so young, anyway, she could go to Paris or Milan or wherever she wants to later.’” Adams, who shares Taylor with ex-husband Timothy Crawford Jr. , went on to share that she introduced Taylor to Campbell, 54, who had some thoughts for her entering the entertainment industry.
“‘Taylor, I want you to listen to your mother, because your mother knows exactly what she’s talking about,’” Adams recalled to Us. “‘I would never let any of my children go into performance or anything like that before they turn 18.’ I’m like, hearing it from mom is one thing, but hearing it from one of the biggest supermodels in the whole wide world, that’s another thing.
And so the timing was perfect.” Adams noted that she never gave Taylor a “pep talk about the industry” because she was always on tour with her. “The one thing I did tell her, because she started acting when she was in elementary school, probably like second grade,” she explained.
“I saw how she prepared for the roles.