{"id":561,"date":"2019-01-10T15:09:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T15:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/?p=561"},"modified":"2019-01-10T15:10:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T15:10:26","slug":"lady-gaga-has-apologised-for-working-with-rb-star-r-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/lady-gaga-has-apologised-for-working-with-rb-star-r-kelly\/music\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Lady Gaga has apologised for working with R&#038;B star R Kelly."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Lady Gaga has apologised for working with R&amp;B star R Kelly, she has vowed to remove their duet from streaming services.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-562\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_1187665402.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_1187665402.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_1187665402-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_1187665402-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_1187665402-624x480.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_1187665402-750x577.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This comes after the broadcast of a new documentary about Kelly which details sexual and physical abuse against women and underage girls over several decades. Lady Gaga called the stories \u201chorrifying\u201d and \u201cindefensible\u201d also mentioning: &#8220;I stand behind these women 1000%&#8221;. \u00a0Kelly denies all allegations against him.<\/p>\n<p>His lawyer also dismissed the documentary as another round of stories being used to fit in TV time. However, film-maker Dream Hampton said the film depicted how Kelly had \u201cbuild an ecosystem around his predation\u201d after three decades of alleged attacks on young and vulnerable women.<\/p>\n<p>Gaga has been put under pressure ever since the allegations started against Kelly as she collaborated with him on Do What U Want. The song was controversial from the outset and stories about Kelly\u2019s personal life had already been widely reported. Kelly stood trial on charges on tapes of an underaged girl.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, Lady Gaga defended the collaboration by saying: &#8220;R Kelly and I have sometimes had very untrue things written about us, so in a way this was a bond between us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_563\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-563\" class=\" wp-image-563\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_546087976.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_546087976.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_546087976-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_546087976-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_546087976-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/shutterstock_546087976-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Editorial credit: \/ Shutterstock.com<br \/>R Kelly<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last week, calls for her to disapprove Kelly resurfaced last week after it emerged, she had allegedly declined to be interviewed for the documentary.<\/p>\n<p>Today she posted this tweet to comment on his alleged actions:<\/p>\n<div class='besclwp-iframe-outer'>\n<div class='besclwp-iframe Twitter'>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I stand by anyone who has ever been the victim of sexual assault: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/67sz4WpV3i\">pic.twitter.com\/67sz4WpV3i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ladygaga\/status\/1083237788663697408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>She is not the only celebrity to distant herself from Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>Chance The Rapper made a statement on Sunday apologising for collaborating with the singer in 2015 on the track Somewhere in Paradise.\u00a0He wrote:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any of us who ever ignored the R Kelly stories, or ever believed he was being set up\/attacked by the system (as black men often are) were doing so at the detriment of black women and girls,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I apologise to all of his survivors for working with him and for taking this long to speak out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lady Gaga has apologised for working with R&amp;B star R Kelly, she has vowed to remove their duet from streaming services. This comes after the broadcast of a new documentary about Kelly which details sexual and physical abuse against women and underage girls over several decades. 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