Adrienne Bailon reveals Solange Knowles was initially solid in ‘Cheetah Ladies’

Solange Knowles was nearly one of many “Cheetah Sisters.”

Adrienne Bailon shocked “Cheetah Ladies” followers when she revealed on Tuesday that Beyoncé’s sister was an authentic solid member within the film.

“I obtained the function and on the time, I used to be advised that that the opposite women that have been chosen have been Raven-Symoné as Galleria,  Sabrina Bryan as Dorinda, myself as Chanel, and Solange as Aqua,” the previous “Actual” co-host advised “We Stated What We Stated With Rickey and Denzel” listeners.

Bailon, 39, famous that Aquanette “Aqua” Walker’s “character is meant to be from Houston” — just like the 37-year-old “Keep Flo” singer — and “has the Texas accent [and] the new sauce.”

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Solange Knowles was practically a “Cheetah Ladies” solid member, Adrienne Bailon revealed.
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Whereas “it was imagined to be Solange and initially she was imagined to be Aqua,” Kiely Williams took over the function when Knowles “ended up not doing the movie … on the final minute … for no matter cause.”

Bailon recalled, “I bear in mind I used to be in dance rehearsal with [our girl group] 3LW and we obtained a cellphone name that mentioned, ‘Is there any manner that Kiely may leap into the function for Aqua?’”

Shocked social media customers expressed blended emotions over the potential of Knowles being a member of the fictional Disney Channel group.

Solange Knowles
Beyoncé’s sister was initially solid as Aqua.
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“Cheetah women was enormous, however I don’t assume it will’ve match her model,” one of many podcast’s Instagram followers wrote.

Nevertheless, others wrote that the actress “would have been excellent” they usually felt “robbed of an expertise,” with one fan gushing, “This could’ve modified popular culture historical past!!”


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The “Cheetah Ladies” film, which was primarily based off of Deborah Gregory’s e book of the identical title, premiered in 2003.

Adrienna Bailon, Kiely Williams and Sabrina Bryan at 2008 Teen Choice Awards
Kiely Williams “leap[ed] into” the function “final minute.”
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Kiely Williams, Adrienne Houghton, Sabrina Bryan, Raven-Symone in "Cheetah Girls"
Raven-Symoné, Sabrina Bryan and Bailon performed the opposite members of the lady group.
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Adrienna Bailon, Kiely Williams and Sabrina Bryan
The Disney Channel film resulted in two sequels.
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Following its success, Bailon, Williams, 37, Bryan, 38, and Raven-Symoné, 37, starred in “The Cheetah Ladies 2” in 2006 — though the “That’s So Raven” alum didn’t return for “The Cheetah Ladies: One World” two years later.

Bailon does stay shut with Raven-Symoné, telling Web page Six in October 2022 that her co-star performed a particular function in her son Ever‘s surrogacy journey.

“Implanting him, discovering out that we have been pregnant, [it] was all whereas I used to be capturing [‘Raven’s Home’],” she advised us on the time.

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