R. Kelly was tearful and angry in his first interview since pleading not guilty to sexual abuse charges. In a nearly 80-minute CBS This Morning interview that aired Wednesday, the singer told Gayle King that allegations he has been abusing women and girls for decades are untrue and “stupid,” the Guardian reports.
Asked if he’d ever held anybody against their will, he said: “How stupid would it be for R. Kelly, with all I’ve been through in my way, way past, to hold somebody—let alone four, five, six, 50 you said—how stupid would I be to do that?” Kelly said. “Use your common sense.”
Kelly has been charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse against four victims, three of whom were underage at the time of the alleged attacks.
