{"id":483076,"date":"2019-03-06T13:25:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=804182"},"modified":"2019-03-06T13:25:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T20:25:58","slug":"joycelyn-savage-contacts-family-after-bizarre-r-kelly-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/joycelyn-savage-contacts-family-after-bizarre-r-kelly-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Joycelyn Savage Contacts Family After Bizarre R. Kelly Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joycelyn Savage, one of R. Kelly<\/a>\u2019s girlfriends who has been estranged from her family for several years, contacted her parents Wednesday, soon after the singer\u2019s bizarre interview with CBS This Morning<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gerald Griggs, an attorney for the Savage family \u2013 whose attempts to reconnect with their daughter were featured  in the docuseries Surviving R. Kelly<\/em> \u2013 tweeted<\/a> that Joycelyn reached out to her parents by phone 30 minutes after Kelly\u2019s interview and reiterated that she remains with Kelly by choice. According to Griggs, it was the first time they spoke to her since 2017. Savage\u2019s parents have long claimed that Kelly has brainwashed their daughter into staying with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe would have called home by now. She would have called my mom, my dad, my little sister,\u201d Joycelyn\u2019s 18-year-old sister Jailyn said at a press conference<\/a>. \u201cI know for a fact that my sister is not OK. R. Kelly is mentally destroying her. I just want her home. He has put a lot of things in her head that makes her think the world is out to get her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are glad to finally hear from Joycelyn today,\u201d Griggs tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cAfter speaking with her little sister, Joycelyn paused from the seemingly prepared script and was able to share her love for her family. We hope that today was the first step to re-establishing a loving relationship with her family.\u201d<\/p>\n

In video of the phone call, Savage appeared to recite a prepared message to her parents. \u201cI have told you guys a million, million times that I am OK where I am and I\u2019m happy, so I just want to let you know that,\u201d Joycelyn said.<\/p>\n

However, when her younger sister hopped on the phone call, Joycelyn became silent; Joycelyn then said she loved her sibling before asking that her parents come back on the phone. When her mother reentered the conversation, Joycelyn repeated the \u201cmillion, million times\u201d statement again.<\/p>\n

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#BREAKING<\/a>: After her parents\u2019 press conference about #RKelly<\/a>\u2019s interview this morning, Joycelyn Savage calls their lawyer @AttorneyGriggs<\/a>\u2019 office: \u201cI\u2019ve told you guys a million million times I\u2019m okay where I am, and I\u2019m happy.\u201d @wsbradio<\/a> @kiss1041fm<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/3kwEpc2q2r<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Veronica Waters (@MissVWaters) March 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A rep for Kelly declined to comment on the phone conversation or Griggs\u2019 statement.<\/p>\n

Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary, another of Kelly\u2019s girlfriends estranged from her family, will appear on Friday\u2019s episode of CBS This Morning<\/em> to discuss their seemingly consensual relationship with Kelly.<\/p>\n

Joycelyn\u2019s father Timothy Savage tweeted<\/a> Wednesday prior to his daughter\u2019s phone call, \u201cToday on CBS This Morning<\/em> Robert Kelly has had a emotional breakdown. We need to stay in prayer for R. Kelly and we need to stay in prayer for Joycelyn savage and Azriel [Clary].\u201d<\/p>\n

In Kelly\u2019s erratic interview with Gayle King, the singer insinuated that the girls\u2019 families \u201chanded\u201d the women over to him for financial gain.<\/p>\n

Both Griggs and Michael Avanetti, a lawyer for the Clary family, denied Kelly\u2019s claim:<\/p>\n

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At no point did the Savages sell #JoycelynSavage<\/a> to @rkelly<\/a>. No money was ever requested or given to the Savages. Stop the lies or show the receipts. #RKelly<\/a>. Tim Savage has never met R Kelly. #SurvivingRKelly<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/JppNauinwt<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Gerald A. Griggs (@AttorneyGriggs) March 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Below please find a further statement from my clients Alice and Angelo Clary in response to the R. Kelly interview. pic.twitter.com\/eg9R7dt0l1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) March 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joycelyn Savage, one of R. Kelly\u2019s girlfriends who has been estranged from her family for several years, contacted her parents Wednesday, soon after the singer\u2019s bizarre interview with CBS This Morning. Gerald Griggs, an attorney for the Savage family \u2013 whose attempts to reconnect with their daughter were featured  in the docuseries Surviving R. Kelly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-483076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 01:14:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483076\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}