The Confessions of R. Kelly
A few weeks ago, Huffpost Live boldly grilled R. Kelly during an interview, regarding his sexual abuse allegations with underage girls. The Chicago crooner was immediately caught by surprise with the question and would walk off the interview. However, before he left the room, he questioned journalist Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani’s intelligence for asking about the numerous allegations.
Luckily, Kelly’s new sit-down with GQ Magazine went an entirely different route – as he surprisingly addressed some key topics throughout his life – including Aaliyah. Throughout the conversation with Chris Heath, this was most vulnerable setting we’ve seen Kelly in, which he even admitted to being abused as child himself. Take a look at highlights from the interview below.
Aaliyah
In the mid-90s when R. Kelly was 27, it was rumored that he illegally married Aliyah, only 15 at the time. Out of respect to the deceased singer and her family, he shied away from questions regarding whether or not the marriage was real. However, he did say he was in love with her during their time together and felt he did nothing with her. “Yeah, yeah. You know, I tell you this: I know Aaliyah’s not here and can’t speak for herself, but there was a time that she was plenty here, after that rumor and all of that stuff started. Plenty grown. She was 22 and could speak for herself. Her mother, her father, anybody else, could speak and say whatever they wanted.”
Alleged sex with underage girls
During 2002, Kelly’s career took a major halt, when a videotape leaked of him allegedly having sex with an underage 15-year-old girl. The clip also showed a person urinating on the young woman, at the conclusion of their act, which he didn’t confirm or deny whether it was in court during 2008.
Due to advice from lawyers, he still feels it’s not legally wise to comment on the 15-year alleged act he was found not guilty of. Kelly soon said “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.”
His Childhood Abuse
If you remember in 2012, Kelly opened up for the first time ever in a memoir regarding sexual abuse he received as a child from a female blood relative. From the ages at 7 to 15, it was almost weekly he would have interactions with this unnamed person and never told anytime.
He went to say, “As I’m older, I look at it and I know that it had to be not just about me and them, but them and somebody older than them when they were younger, and whatever happened to them when they were younger. I looked at it as if there was a sort of like, I don’t know, a generational curse, so to speak, going down through the family. Not just started with her doing that to me.”
Dave Chappelle
Nearing the end of the interview, GQ sarcastically brought some comedic relief to the serious situation, asking Kellz if he ever seen Dave Chappelle’s skit of pissing on people. During Chappelle Show on Comedy Central, Dave did parodies for “Ignition (Remix)” and “Piss on You”, but the Chicago R&B singer had never heard of the legendary comedian saying he’s never heard of him.
The upcoming February issue of GQ is available if you’re in the Los Angeles or NYC area. It deploys to masses nationally this January 26th. Read the full article on GQ!
R. Kelly Dodges Questions About Past, Walks Out From Interview