It was just last week when R. Kelly got out of a Cook County Jail, as he continues battling 10 counts of criminal aggravated sexual assault.
In his first interview since his release from jail, the Pied Paper sat down with Gayle King on CBS Evening News to talk about everything that’s been going on. In their talk, the Chicago singer vehemently denies the charges against him, saying he would never hold women against their will. He also emphasized how old rumors are being thrown on top of his case that he was acquitted of to cause this to happen.
Later in the preview he got emotional, saying that he is fighting for his life right now and he would be stupid to do this stuff.
The full interview will be released as a CBS primetime special.
Have you done anything you regret, have you done anything wrong? — @GayleKing
“Lots of things wrong when it comes to women that I apologize, but I apologized in those relationships at the time that I was in the relationship, OK?” — @RKellyhttps://t.co/u4AENVsfAE pic.twitter.com/4GgwQ6y65k
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 6, 2019
"If you really look at that documentary, which I'm sure you have… everybody says something bad about me. Nobody said nothing good. They were describing Lucifer. I'm not Lucifer. I'm a man. I make mistakes, but I'm not a devil, and by no means am I a monster." — @RKelly pic.twitter.com/0NG6C7Yf5Y
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 6, 2019
WATCH: R. Kelly addressed his current relationship with the two young women who live with him at his home in Chicago, 23-year-old Joycelyn Savage and 21-year-old Azriel Clary. Their parents believe Kelly has brainwashed their daughters.https://t.co/pPZcw2pbmc pic.twitter.com/IbH3PjbSVx
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 6, 2019
Do you still expect people to buy your music?
“Absolutely. I think they should… I'm really not really fighting for my career here. I'm fighting for my rights & I'm fighting to have a relationship with my kids most of all, more than anything.” –@RKelly https://t.co/o5wfERQxnZ pic.twitter.com/gABTkh97PN
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 6, 2019
If your daughters came to you and said, "Look, this guy is doing to me what the allegations are against you." — @GayleKing
“Then I would have to arrest myself after I did what I had to do.” — @RKelly https://t.co/o5wfERQxnZ #rkellyinterview pic.twitter.com/B8Xkq1QJMj
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 6, 2019
UPDATE: Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary both sat down with Gayle King to give their story about being in a relationship with R. Kelly and vehemently defend him, saying that their parents are only trying to extort money from him. You can watch that below and get a post-interview take from King about how it all went down behind-the-scenes.
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