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Lady Gaga Apologizes for R. Kelly Duet

Lady Gaga Apologizes for R. Kelly Duet

Following the recent documentary Surviving R. Kelly, Lady Gaga has apologized for her collaboration with the artist on the song “Do What U Want (With My Body)” and says she plans to take the song off of streaming platforms.

She officially addressed the issue in a Tweet to her followers and fans.

“I stand by anyone who has ever been the victim of sexual assault,” the Tweet explained. “I made both the song and 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.”

“If I could go back and have a talk with my younger self I’d 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—or if therapy was not available to me or anyone in my situation—to seek help, and speak as openly and honestly as possible about we’ve been through. I can’t go back, but I can go forward and continue to support women, men and people of all sexual identities, and of all races, who are victims of sexual assault,” she added.

However, some fans don’t buy the apology and are still upset.

Others, however, feel that this was a bold move by the star.

Those who don’t find her apology convincing are citing the fact that when she initially made the song and was confronted about working with Kelly, she claimed that there may not be truth to the allegations against him.

“Both R. Kelly and I have, sometimes, very untrue things written about us,” she said in 2013.  “In a way, this was a bond between us. We were able to say, ‘The public, they can have our bodies, but they cannot have our mind or our heart.’ It was a very natural collaboration.”

Do you think Gaga’s heart was in the right place, or does she have more explaining to do?

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