{"id":791896,"date":"2019-01-10T05:07:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T12:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=777030"},"modified":"2019-01-10T05:07:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T12:07:59","slug":"lady-gagas-apology-for-r-kelly-collaboration-im-sorry-for-not-speaking-out-sooner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/lady-gagas-apology-for-r-kelly-collaboration-im-sorry-for-not-speaking-out-sooner\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Gaga\u2019s Apology For R. Kelly Collaboration: \u2018I\u2019m Sorry \u2026 For Not Speaking Out Sooner\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lady Gaga<\/a> has apologized for working with R. Kelly<\/a> in a Twitter statement. The singer, herself a victim of sexual assault, introduced the lengthy apology by noting, \u201cI stand by anyone who has ever been the victim of sexual assault.\u201d\u00a0\u201cI stand behind these women 1000%, believe them, know they are suffering and in pain, and feel strongly that their voices should be heard and taken seriously,\u201d Gaga wrote in response to the women who spoke out about Kelly in the Surviving R. Kelly<\/em> documentary series.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m sorry, both for my poor judgment when I was young, and for not speaking out sooner.\u201d<\/p>\n

The singer collaborated with Kelly on her single \u201cDo What U Want (With My Body),\u201d which dropped in the fall of 2013 and appeared on her album ARTPOP<\/em>. Gaga also performed the song with Kelly on Saturday Night Live<\/em> and at the American Music Awards. In her statement, Gaga confirmed that the track will be removed from iTunes and \u201cother streaming platforms.\u201d She also confirmed that she will not work with Kelly again.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a victim of sexual assault myself, I made both the song and the video at a dark time in my life, my intention was to create something extremely defiant and provocative because I was angry and still hadn\u2019t processed the trauma that had occurred in my own life,\u201d Gaga explained in her apology. \u201cThe song is called \u2018Do What U Want (With My Body),\u2019 I think it\u2019s clear how explicitly twisted my thinking was at the time. If I could go back and have a talk with my younger self I\u2019d tell her to go through the therapy I have since then, so that I could understand the confused post-traumatic state that I was in\u2014or if therapy was not available to me or anyone in my situation\u2014to seek help, and speak as openly and honestly as possible about what we\u2019ve been through.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I stand by anyone who has ever been the victim of sexual assault: pic.twitter.com\/67sz4WpV3i<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) January 10, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fans have been anticipating Lady Gaga\u2019s apology since Surviving R. Kelly<\/em> began airing on Lifetime. The documentary series includes interviews with several women, including Kitti Jones and Andrea Kelly, who have accused Kelly of sexual assault and abuse. Recently Chance the Rapper, who also appeared in the documentary, apologized<\/a> for working with Kelly on 2015\u2019s \u201cSomewhere In Paradise\u201d and said was a \u201cmistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lady Gaga has apologized for working with R. Kelly in a Twitter statement. The singer, herself a victim of sexual assault, introduced the lengthy apology by noting, \u201cI stand by anyone who has ever been the victim of sexual assault.\u201d\u00a0\u201cI stand behind these women 1000%, believe them, know they are suffering and in pain, and […]<\/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":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-791896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 06:37:38","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":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}