R. Kelly is breaking his silence after being charged with aggravated sexual abuse.
Throughout an explosive interview with “CBS This Morning” host Gayle King, which lasted an hour and 20 minutes, the R&B celebrity refuted accusations that he had sexual relations with underage ladies, calling them lies.
“Individuals are going again to my previous,” he stated within the first clip launched from the interview. “They’re going again to the previous and so they’re attempting so as to add all these things now to that—to make all the stuff that’s happening now really feel actual to individuals.”
When King stated his previous (Kelly was acquitted on little one pornography expenses in 2008) was nonetheless related, he responded, “Completely no it’s not,” including, “As a result of for one, I beat my case. Once you beat one thing, you beat it. We are able to’t double jeopardy me like that. It’s not truthful.”
King introduced up the allegations from a number of girls, together with those that say Kelly was emotionally and bodily abusive, which Kelly strongly denied. “Not true. Whether or not they’re outdated rumors, new rumors, future rumors, not true,” he stated.
When requested if he held girls in opposition to their will, Kelly fired again. “I don’t must. Why would I? How silly would it not be for R. Kelly, with all I’ve been by way of in my method, well past to carry any individual—not to mention 4, 5, six, 50 you stated, how silly would I be to try this? That’s silly guys.”
He then regarded instantly into the digital camera and pleaded his case. “Use your frequent sense. Overlook the blogs. Overlook how you are feeling about me. Hate me if you wish to, love me if you wish to. However simply use your frequent sense. How silly would it not be for me with my loopy previous and what I’ve been by way of. Oh, proper now I simply assume I have to be a monster and maintain ladies in opposition to their will, chain ’em up in my basement and don’t let ’em eat and don’t let ’em out, except they want some footwear down the road from they uncle. Cease it.”
With tears in his eyes, an emotional Kelly declared his innocence. “Ya’ll stop playin’. Stop playin’. I didn’t do that stuff. This isn’t me. I’m fightin’ for my fu**in’ life.”
The singer surrendered to police on 10 counts aggravated legal sexual abuse on Feb. 22. The fees contain 4 girls, three whom had been underage on the time the alleged occasions. Kelly was launched after spending the weekend in jail and posting $100,000 his $1 million bail.
The complete interview will air Wednesday on “CBS This Morning.”