Lady Gaga apologises for working with R Kelly, vows to remove their duet single off streaming services

Lady Gaga has apologised for working with R Kelly and vowed to remove a duet she recorded with the R&B singer from streaming services and never collaborate with him again. [caption id=“attachment_5871761” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Lady Gaga with R Kelly. Image via Twitter[/caption] Her comments, in a lengthy Twitter post late on Wednesday, followed a new television documentary in which multiple women accuse Kelly of sexual misconduct, sometimes with minors.  

I stand by anyone who has ever been the victim of sexual assault: pic.twitter.com/67sz4WpV3i

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) January 10, 2019

Kelly, the Chicago singer and record producer best known for hit song ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ has repeatedly denied accusations in recent years of abuse, including those made in the new documentary. The Grammy-winning singer was tried and acquitted on child pornography charges in Chicago in 2008. The six-hour documentary Surviving R.Kelly , was broadcast last week on the Lifetime channel. It features 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 said she believed the women and found the documentary “absolutely horrifying.” “I stand behind these women 1000 percent, believe them, and know they are suffering and in pain, and feel strongly that their voices should be heard and taken seriously,” she said in her Twitter posting. Gaga collaborated with Kelly on her single, “Do What U Want” in 2013. “I intend to remove the song off of iTunes and other streaming platforms and will not be working with him again,” she wrote on Wednesday. “I’m sorry, both for my poor judgment when I was young, and for not speaking out sooner.” (With inputs from Reuters)