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Lady Gaga looks back in anger at disgraced R Kelly
Singer Lady Gaga has vowed to remove a duet she recorded with R&B singer R Kelly from streaming services and to never collaborate with him again.
Her comments, in a lengthy Instagram post late on Wednesday, followed a new television documentary in which multiple women accuse Kelly of sexual misconduct — sometimes with minors.
Gaga had released a duet with Kelly called Do What U Want (With My Body) in 2013. “I intend to remove the song off streaming platforms and will not be working with him again,” she wrote. “I’m sorry, both for my poor judgment when I was young, and for not speaking out sooner.”
Kelly, 52, the singer and record producer best known for the hit song I Believe I Can Fly, has repeatedly denied accusations of abuse, including those made in the new documentary, in recent years. The Grammy-winning singer was tried and acquitted on child pornography charges in Chicago in 2008.
His attorney has not responded to requests for comment about the six-hour documentary, Surviving R.Kelly, featuring interviews with several women making on camera allegations of sexual, mental and physical abuse by Kelly, as well as interviews with some of his former managers and producers.
Gaga’s post continued, “I stand behind these women 1000%, believe them, and know they are suffering, and in pain, and feel strongly that their voices should be heard and taken seriously.”