Lethbridge Herald

Gaga sorry for R. Kelly duet

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Lady Gaga is sorry for her 2013 duet with R. Kelly in the wake of sexual misconduct allegation­s against the singer, and she intends to remove the song from streaming services.

“What I am hearing about the allegation­s against R. Kelly is absolutely horrifying and indefensib­le,” she said.

Posting on social media on Wednesday, Gaga wrote that she had collaborat­ed with Kelly on “Do What U Want (With My Body)” during a “dark time” in her life as a victim of sexual assault. She said she should have sought therapy or other help instead.

“I think it’s clear how explicitly twisted my thinking was at the time. If I could go back and have a talk with my younger self I’d tell her to go through the therapy I have since then so that I could understand the confused posttrauma­tic state that I was in,” she wrote. “I can’t go back, but I can go forward and continue to support women, men, and people of all sexual identities, and of all races, who are victims of sexual assault.”

Lifetime’s “Surviving R. Kelly” series, which aired this month, has brought renewed attention to the singer’s history and allegation­s that he has sexually abused women and girls. Kelly has denied wrongdoing and in 2008 was acquitted on child pornograph­y charges.

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