R. Kelly wasn’t having it during an interview with HuffPost Live on Monday, December 21. The R&B crooner, 48, became upset with host Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani after she referred to his past sexual-abuse allegations and questioned whether he believes it’s what impacted sales of his new album.
The interview started out fine, with the two discussing his latest record, The Buffet, but things took an unpleasant turn after Kelly took offense when asked about the fans who can’t separate his music from the lawsuits and allegations that surround him. “Some people say they are conflicted and that they want to support the music … but they can’t support you,” Modarressy-Tehrani said. “I think people find it difficult to not think about … the lawsuits [about having] sexual relations with minors.”
Kelly, still relatively calm, responded by saying that not everyone feels that way toward him,