Give Gayle King All The Awards! R. Kelly Lashes Out In First Interview Since Being Released From Prison [WATCH]

March 6, 2019

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Wednesday morning CBS This Morning host Gayle King sat down with R. Kelly in his first interview since being released from prison last month to address the decades-long accusations of sexual abuse, the infamous Surviving R. Kelly docuseries and the more recent claims of holding women in a sex cult. In the hour and 20-minute interview, the singer lashed out at the allegations, at one point even yelling to the camera screaming, “I’m fighting for my f**king life.” And when asked if he’d ever had sex with anyone under the age of 17 — his answer may shock you. Watch below.

R&B singer @RKelly, charged with aggravated sexual abuse, angrily denies the accusations in an explosive new interview with @GayleKing. "I didn’t do this stuff! This is not me! I’m fighting for my f-ing life!"

Coming up, only on @CBSThisMorning at 7. https://t.co/3twdBwiy9G pic.twitter.com/V2YdnxqyWC

— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 6, 2019

WATCH: "I love women. I love all women. I love everybody. But the thing is is that these stories on Lifetime… they're not true. Absolutely not true.” @RKelly denies sexual abuse allegations in an exclusive interview with @GayleKing coming up on @CBSThisMorning pic.twitter.com/68jb0gjsQs

— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 6, 2019

King also asked the 52-year-old about going to therapy and what he would say to his daughters if they came to him with the same allegations he’s facing.

When you say that you need help, do you think you need to go to therapy? Have you been to therapy? — @GayleKing

“Absolutely. At this point, I'm definitely talking about that.” — @RKelly

About going?

“Oh, absolutely.” https://t.co/o5wfERQxnZ pic.twitter.com/zFg0h0FHcn

— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 6, 2019

Kelly even opens up about the sexual abuse he experienced as a child from the ages of seven to about 14, whom his older brother Carey says was at the hands of their sister Theresa. He even spoke on the #MuteRKelly movement and desiring a relationship with his children (his daughter spoke out in January).

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

And the interview doesn’t stop there. On Friday, King sits down with two of the alleged victims, Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary, that live with Kelly and whose parents say he’s holding them against their will. Watch.

WATCH: @GayleKing spoke to Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary about living with R. Kelly and their estranged relationship with their families. It made them very emotional.

We'll bring you more of their interview, tomorrow only on @CBSThisMorning. pic.twitter.com/R9IWQmy8RR

— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) March 6, 2019

Yeah, this is going to be tough. Kelly is due in court on March 22.

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