Erykah Badu has been facing backlash from her statements about R. Kelly since she said it.
Badu clarified her statement in a tweet addressing Kelly on Sunday, writing, “I love you. Unconditionally. That doesn’t mean I support your poor choices. I want healing for you and anyone you have hurt as a result of you being hurt. Is that strange to you? That’s all I’ve ever said. Anything else has been fabricated or taken out of context.”
In response, “Surviving R. Kelly” producer Dream Hampton called Badu out on Twitter for declining to appear in the documentary, writing that she reached out to a producer to contact Badu on their behalf. “I asked Producer T. Farris to contact (Badu) to be in doc because I wanted clarity on two things: 1) a quote attributed to her, “No one has done more for Black people than R. Kelly” & 2) what she was thinking when she called him her ‘brother’ at Soul Train Awards,” Hampton wrote.
“No ma’am. I WAS NOT EVER contacted by anyone to be in (the) documentary,” Badu replied. “@dreamhampton You know that’s not true. I wasn’t a necessary component. You had all the right people, the ones close to the situation…But for now, produce this “producer’s” request or… APOLOGIZE. It’s simple.”
Kelly has denied the allegations raised in “Surviving R. Kelly,” with his lawyer Steve Greenberg claiming the singer is innocent in a statement to the public.
No comments