After dramatically walking off set during a recent interview, one could be forgiven for assuming R. Kelly isn’t interesting in tackling tricky topics.
However, in a dramatic chat with GQ (presumably to promote new album ‘The Buffet)’, R&B’s Pied Piper sounds off on a number of controversial topics. Including, but not limited to, the Bill Cosby sexual assault scandal, his own childhood abuse, and Aaliyah.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)The quotes below are likely to shock…
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)On Being Abused As A Child By A Female Relative:
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)“[It happened] every other day, every other week” for multiple years growing up: As far as I can remember, about [age] 7 or 8 to maybe 14, 15. Something like that.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)At first, I couldn’t judge it. I remember it feeling weird. I remember feeling ashamed. I remember closing my eyes or keeping my hands over my eyes. I remember those things, but couldn’t judge it one way or the other fully.”
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)[Over time, as I got older] I remember actually, after a couple of years, looking forward to it sometimes. You know, acting like I didn’t, but did… It teaches you to definitely be sexual earlier than you should have, than you’re supposed to. You know, no different than putting a loaded gun in a kid’s hand––he gonna grow up being a shooter, probably. I think it affects you tremendously when that happens at an early age.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)As I’m older, I’ve only learned to forgive it. Was it wrong? Absolutely. But it’s a family member that I love so I would definitely say no to that one. To be honest, even if my mom, I saw her kill somebody, I’m not gonna say, ‘Well, yeah, she definitely should go to jail.’ It’s just something I wouldn’t do.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)[Editor’s note:Part of Kelly’s forgiveness comes from his belief that the abuse stemmed from “a generational curse, so to speak, going down through the family. Not just started with her doing that to me.”
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On Bill Cosby Allegations:
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)“Well, my opinion on that is, I don’t know what happened. I’m a fan of Bill Cosby’s from the Bill Cosby show, of course––who’s not?––and for me to give my opinion on something that I have no idea if it’s true or not, all I can say is that it was a long time ago. And when I look on TV and I see the 70-, 80-, 90-year-old ladies talking about what happened when they were 17, 18, 19, there’s something strange about it… If God showed me that they were telling the truth, I would say that’s wrong. I don’t care if it was a zillion years ago. But God would have to do that, because God is the only one can show me that. No man can tell me that. No woman can tell me that. And when you wait 70 years, 50 years, 40 years, to say something that simple, it’s strange. You know why I say that is because it happened to me, and it wasn’t true.”
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On Aaliyah:
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Kelly speaks at length about his relationship with Aaliyah but when pressed further to talk about their alleged marriage he simply responds, “I did the best I could by writing my book and putting it out there for whoever wants to read about Robert.” (As the interviewer Chris Heath notes: Aaliyah is not mentioned in R. Kelly’s book).
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On Being Found Not Guilty:
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Regarding the June 2002 trial in which Kelly was indicted for making child pornography (a jury found him not guilty), Kelly gets upset: “When a person is found not guilty, they’re found not guilty. And it doesn’t matter if it’s a murder case, it doesn’t matter what case it is, when they’re found not guilty, they’re not guilty. And I think that a lot of haters out there wanted to see me go down.” So when asked, point blank, if that was him in the video for which he was on trial for child pornography, Kelly pauses. “Because of my lawyers, to this day I cannot have those kind of conversations. Being advised by my lawyers in this.” Even though the trial period is over…. Heath pushes. “Because they could come back to haunt me,” says Kelly. “Things could come back and they can just restart all over again. And I have to protect myself.” {Source}
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Speechless. Literally.
Video In-Article Ad (Desktop)Over to you…
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R.Kelly talks in circles I wish he would shutup
“So when asked, point blank, if that was him in the video for which he was on trial for child pornography, Kelly pauses.”
What gives ppl the audacity to feel the need to still ask him about a case he’s won already. That sh!+ would p*** me TF off too.
I seen the video and that don’t look like him at all anyway. They can say whatever they want about him but ain’t nobody touching his legacy. This man catalog is absolutely fabulous for a male R&B singer can’t nobody compare or as come closet to his diversity of his music contents with Hood,Love, Heartaches, Gospel, Inspirational, Sensual, Sexual, and Party jams has done it well balance certainly not Chris, Trey, or Aug for that matter.
Is he still involved in the child pornography industry? If he is then…
No Jelani Maraj is…
Well, Being found “not guilty” doesnt mean that you aren’t guilty, but okay.
Justice for Bill Cosby
R***** kelly needs to shut up.He’s using his abuse as an excuse. As an adult you should know right from wrong.Get outta here with this bs!!
did that n**** really say “And when you wait 70 years, 50 years, 40 years, to say something that simple, it’s strange.”???? did he honestly say that? THATS SO F***** UP, SHOWS HOW LITTLE RESPECT HE HAS FOR R***/ABUSE VICTIMS AND HOW MUCH HE TRIES TO DOWNPLAY HIS CRIME!!!! Someone arrest this mofo asap or at least give him the current nationally accepted police treatment….. 🙁
So basically he was abused as a teenager and that is why he had bad relationships with women and went on to abuse others, including “that s** tape”, the numerous accounts of women who’ve complained about his leary behaviour. Lawyers don’t gag you for that long and also Aaliyah ain’t in his book. Boo don’t have many answers for y’all
Needs hanging vile creature
Him, Chris and a lot of these peolle need to stop with the “female family member” or “older female” sexually abused me. I find it so hard to believe, sure it happens, but not at this rate. These guy were touch by a MALE family member, but don’t have the heart, guts or whatever else to say it.
Smdh at this interview
R kelly confirms he married aaliyah, just by not answering the question.
The guy has accusations and cases about s** with underage girls, why wouldn’t he say ” i never married aaliyah” to get something out of his guilty list?
So, let’s read between the lines, he was married and had s** with her and i don’t see another interview as clearer as that one on the aaliyah wedding.
Do folks BELIEVE ANYTHING THAT R. pedophilia has to say about anything involving Love & respect or even MARRIAGE? ?Another Steve Harvey IMO leave your wife for your mistress & write books & movies about Love & relationships? ??♂️