Pop star Lady Gaga has apologised for her past collaboration with embattled R&B singer R. Kelly, who is facing multiple counts of sexual misconduct following the release of the documentary-series Surviving R. Kelly.
Lady Gaga has vowed to remove a duet she recorded with the R&B singer from streaming services and never collaborate with him again.
The singer on Thursday shared a lengthy note on Twitter to say sorry for her poor judgment when she was young in working with Kelly on the 2013 song Do What U Want (With My Body)
“As 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’t processed the trauma that had occurred in my own life,” she tweeted.
I stand by anyone who has ever been the victim of sexual assault: pic.twitter.com/67sz4WpV3i
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) January 10, 2019
Her comments, followed a new television documentary in which multiple women accuse Kelly of sexual misconduct, sometimes with minors.
Kelly, 52, 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.
Gaga said she believed the women and found the documentary “absolutely horrifying.”
Gaga in 2013 released a duet with Kelly called “Do What U Want (With My Body.)”