Celebs Who Spoke Out Against R. Kelly

Publish date: 2024-05-17

After French Montana's halftime performance at the Los Angeles Rams/Dallas Cowboys game on Jan. 12, 2018 (via Billboard), TMZ asked the "Unforgettable" rapper if R. Kelly's music was the same for him after hearing the sexual abuse allegations documented in Surviving R. Kelly. Khloé Kardashian's former beau responded by quoting lyrics from Kelly's 1994 hit "Bump N' Grind." "He already told you, 'My mind was tellin' me, no, and my body is tellin' me yes,'" he said, leaving the L.A. Coliseum. "He warned us."

He went on to defend Kelly, saying the media "don't let nobody have their legendary moments," before then comparing the R&B crooner's allegations to those that'd been levied against Michael Jackson. "They did Michael Jackson like that. They did R. Kelly like that. All the greats went down like that," he continued. "Let somebody enjoy their legacy, man. Whatever happened, happened, man. He fought in a court of law and won."

After facing online backlash over his comments, Montana took to Twitter to backtrack on his original position. "Let me be clear. My heart is with the victims," he tweeted. "I never thought the people I looked up to as a kid, who sang and danced and gave me hope to become a superstar would become drug addicts, child molestors [sic] and rapists. I am hoping we as a culture create better leaders. We need them."

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