Ex-girlfriend R. Kelly: ‘Every day we practiced the lies I had to tell’ | Stars

entertainment">“I was completely lost and felt invisible. I gave someone power over me and did everything that was asked of me,” said Clary, who claimed in an interview with King two years ago that nothing was wrong and that the media was spreading lies. “He then told us to be angry and upset after we had practiced for days on the upcoming interview. If he didn’t like the answers, he told us exactly what to say.”

entertainment">Clary was abused by Kelly from age 17 to 21 and was part of his so-called “sex cult.” But questions about sexual acts were not allowed to be answered under any circumstances. “Then we would normally have to say: ‘I’m not here to talk about that’. I hated to portray myself as a hostile person because I am not at all. I am kind and concerned with others. But people didn’t get to see that side during that interview.”

Feces

entertainment">Kelly would have said afterwards that he was proud of the two women. “He was very happy and content and got food to celebrate. He thought we had done a fantastic job and wanted to celebrate with us. He was equally taken with his own performance, where he started screaming hysterically and bursting into tears to show the world how unfair he was being treated and that all those women were liars.”

entertainment">Clary ended her relationship with Kelly in 2019 and managed to escape the tight regime in which she was imprisoned for years. During the trial, several victims told about the abuse of the singer, in which, according to them, he saddled them with herpes, forced them to have an abortion and had to smear feces on their faces.

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entertainment">Clary is therefore happy that she could testify against him. “It was very hard to relive all those moments again, but I still felt good because this person no longer has control over me. I try to forgive myself for defending him for so long and take full responsibility for my actions. You are never too old to think: I thought this was good for me, but now see that it wasn’t. I went into therapy and hope to come out of this stronger.”

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