R KELLY GRANTED AN INTERVIEW TO GQ AND HE PROMISED THAT HE
WOULD ELABORATE OR TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CRIMINAL CASES
HE WAS INVOLVED IN.
BACK IN 2008,
HE WAS STANDING TRIAL FOR A CASE INVOLVING A VIDEO THAT LEAKED.
THE VIDEO ALLEGEDLY FEATURED KELLY URINATING ON AN
UNDERAGE GIRL.
HE DID NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS WHEN HE WAS ON HUFF POST LIVE.
I WAS VERY SKEPTICAL THAT HE WOULD ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR GQ.
I DIDN'T NEED TO BE PROVEN WRONG BECAUSE HE PROVED ME RIGHT.
HE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
HE SPOKE TO CHRIS AT GQ, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME OF THE
ANSWERS HE DID PROVIDE.
HE WAS ASKED ñ OKAY, THEN WHY ARE YOU DOING THE INTERVIEW?
WHY ARE YOU GIVING THE ANSWERS?
IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO GIVE THE ANSWERS THEN DON'T
WASTE PEOPLE'S TIME.
HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT HOW HE WAS A VICTIM FROM SEXUAL
MOLESTATION FROM A FAMILY MEMBER OF HIS OWN.
HE ELABORATES ON THAT AND SAYS THAT IT TURNS INTO A CYCLE.
IT TURNS INTO A LEARNED BEHAVIOR AND IT BECOMES A CURSE IN
THE FAMILY.
HE BELIEVES THAT HE OVERCAME THAT PERSON DID NOT CONTINUE IT.
HE ALSO TALKS ABOUT HIS VERY BRIEF MARRIAGE TO AALIYAH
WHICH WAS LATER UNKNOWN BECAUSE SHE WAS ONLY 15 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT AND SAID THAT HE WAS IN LOVE WITH
HER, BUT NOT THE KIND OF LOVE WE THINK OF.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS DUDE, HE
IS VERY
QUESTIONABLE.
>>IT WAS A WEIRD INTERVIEW.
HE DOES SAY I AM LIKE BILL COSBY.
BUT THEN LATER HE SEEMS TO SYMPATHIZE WITH HIM, AND HE
GOES BACK AND FORTH.
>> WHEN YOU ARE LIKELY GUILTY OF DOING ILLEGAL THINGS AND
YOUR WEALTH AND CELEBRITY ALLOW YOU TO DODGE CRIMINAL
CHARGES OR CONVICTIONS, IT'S HARD TO DO AN INTERVIEW
WHERE YOU DEFEND YOURSELF AND NOT COME OFF AS SOMEONE WHO
IS DOING DOUBLE TALK.
>> IT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
HIS LAWYERS WERE THERE, IT WAS NOT A NO HOLDS BARRED INTERVIEW.
>>GUYS, THE BIGGEST PART WAS THE GENERATIONAL CURSE ASPECT.
IT IS A MAINSTAY OF MODERN CHRISTIANITY.
I'M WONDERING WHO WAS ADVISING HIM ON BREAKING FEDERATION
OF CURSES.
>> I DID RESEARCH ON A CYCLE FROM VICTIM TO VICTIMIZER.
>>YEAH, AND THAT IS A CYCLE.
>>FROM A PSYCHIATRIC POINT OF VIEW THERE IS VERY LITTLE
IMPERIAL EVIDENCE ON THAT.
WHAT I FOUND WAS THAT THE CONCLUSION WAS PERHAPS, IT
WAS NOT REALLY DEFINITIVE.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE LOOKED INTO AS WELL.
THAT WAS INTERESTING ONE THING, LIKE THE PERPETRATORS
OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS WERE MAINTAINED ALSO TO BE VICTIMS
OF RAPE THEMSELVES.
WHAT ARE THE DYNAMICS OF THAT?
HOW DOES THAT MANIFEST IN THE FUTURE?
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MOLESTED OR SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED IN SOME WAY IT IS NOT SURPRISING WHEN THEY DO END
UP BEING THOSE WHO ASSAULT AND RAPE IN THE FUTURE.
I'M NOT SAYING ALL OF THEM DO, BUT IT HAPPENS.
I
THINK THAT IS WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO TALK ABOUT.
LET ME GIVE YOU THE QUOTE, THEN YOU CAN JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.
HERE'S THE THING, I DON'T THINK HE IS VERY TACTFUL WHEN IT
COMES TO GIVING THESE INTERVIEWS.
I DON'T THINK HE MEANT, I WAS THE BILL COSBY OF THE HOUSE.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO SAY.
I THINK HE WAS TRYING TO SAY THAT HE HAD THIS SQUEAKY
CLEAN IMAGE.
YOU READ THE EVIDENCE OF THESE CASES, ESPECIALLY THE 2008
CASE, THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL, RIGHT?
HE WAS VERY LUCKY TO NOT GET CONVICTED IN THAT CASE.
IT IS BECAUSE HE HAS THE RESOURCES OF TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF OUR TWO-TIERED JUSTICE SYSTEM.
PLEASE SPARE ME THESE INTERVIEWS WHERE YOU JUST WANT TO PLUG
YOUR WORK OR YOUR ALBUM.
DO USE THIS FA«ADE OF YEAH, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT MY
PERSONAL LIFE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTION TO GET THE INTERVIEW.
YOU ARE ABLE TO DODGE THE LAW BASED ON YOUR WEALTH AND
CELEBRITY AND THAT IS REALLY ALL THIS IS ABOUT.
>> IT'S DISTURBING AS WELL.
I'M NOT A FAN OF R KELLY, BUT I FEEL FOR HIM.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT HE IS DEALING WITH AS AN ADULT.
YOU BELIEVE DON'T WANT HIM TO SIDESTEP.
YOU JUST WANT HIM TO COME CLEAN.
JUST SAY SOMETHING THAT IS TRUE SO WE CAN GET PAST SEEING
YOU IN THIS WAY.
THAT IS HOW I FEEL.
I DON'T WANT TO PAINT HIM AS THIS AWFUL GUY.
HE IS A CHILD MOLESTER, WHEN IN REALITY HE MIGHT BE DEALING
WITH SOME DEMONS.
>> NO DOUBT.
BUT THAT DOESN'T EXCUSE ANY TYPE OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, RIGHT?