Two women living with R. Kelly claim their parents are lying in order to scam him out of money
The two women who say they are living with R. Kelly on their own accord, gave an explosive interview on CBS This Morning, contradicting their parents’ claims that they have been brainwashed and held against their will by the embattled singer.
A portion of an interview with Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Clary and host Gayle King debuted Thursday morning with the women giving an emotional and tearful account of their relationship with Kelly that counters what their parents alleged in the Surviving R. Kelly documentary. They allege their parents instead are out to scam Kelly out of his cash.
—R. Kelly yells and cries through interview as Gayle King keeps her cool—
Clary unapologetically slammed her parents and called them liars who she said aided her in developing a relationship with the singer, and encouraged her to even film sex tapes to be used later to bribe him.
“You guys don’t know the truth! You’re believing some f*cking facade that our parents are saying,” Clary said. “This is all f*cking lies for money! If you can’t see that you’re ignorant and you’re stupid.”
King who a day before interviewed Kelly who threw a temper tantrum and lashed out, asked the two women about their seedy relationship with the embattled singer. At times the conversation was contentious.
“What is your relationship, both of you, with R. Kelly?” King asked.
“We’re with him, that’s our relationship,” Clary said.
“Yeah, we’re with him, yeah, that’s what it is,” Savage said.
“We live with him, and we’re in a relationship with him, we just said it,” Clary said.
When King asked if their parents should be concerned, Clary answered:
“Well, my parents knew where I have always been. For four years, they have known. They know that I’ve been well taken care of,” Clary said.
King continued probing Clary about her parents. “He says, ‘My daughter is brainwashed,’ and he’s very concerned. He said he was here two days ago, and you wouldn’t even look him in the eye,” King said.
“Okay, I wouldn’t look him in the eye because he’s a liar. He’s a manipulative liar,” Clary said.
—R. Kelly arrested for not paying child support owed to ex-wife—
“I’ll tell you why they’re concerned, Azriel, because they say, ‘She’s 17. We found text messages that indicated that she was having sex with R. Kelly when she was 17.’ Is that true?” King asked.
“No. No, that is a lie. That is a lie. I was not having sex with him at 17,” Clary said.
“Why would they want to lie about you, their daughter?” King asked.
Clary then tore into her parents, charging them with a deliberate attempt to pair her with the singer for money.
“Okay, so when I first met Robert, my parents told me to lie about my age. So when I met him, he thought that I was 18,” Clary said. “On top of that, when I was 17, my parents were actually making me, trying to get me to take photos with him, take sexual videos with him, all kinds of stuff.”
“Wait, wait, wait. Your parents encouraged you to do sexual videos with R. Kelly?” King asked.
“Yes,” Clary said. “Yes, and they said because if they ever have to blackmail him, what they’re trying to do now, they can use it against him, which is exactly what they’re doing.”
“Everything that she’s saying is true,” Savage said.
“Both our parents are basically out here trying to get money and scam, because they didn’t agree on what happened, you know, with music or whatever it could be. And they’re just very upset,” Savage said.
“This is the first I’m hearing, to be honest with you, that your parents are trying to get money from R. Kelly. Because your father told a very different story to me last night,” King said.
“Yeah, well, yeah, he’s– he’s the manipulator,” Clary said. “He’s very manipulative, so he’s the one you need to watch out for. But my dad and my mom… they started to send threats to both me and him. They said, ‘Oh, I’ll put all your naked pictures all over the world. I’m going to ruin you, I’m going to ruin him. If he doesn’t send $20,000 to this bank account by Monday, oh, I’m gonna put everything out there, and then $10,000 after that.’ You’re trying to solicit me like I’m some f***ing ho. I’m not, I’m your child.”
“You sound very angry with your parents. You sound very angry and very pained. Tell me, Azriel, why you’re crying. Tell me,” King said.
“I’m crying because you guys don’t know the truth! You guys believe in some f***ing facade that our parents are saying. This is all f***ing lies for money, and if you can’t see that, you’re ignorant and you’re stupid as f***, because you want to be. All because that’s the world we live in. Negativity sells, gossip is what sells, rumors are what sell,” Clary said.
Whew! The second part of the interview is set to air on CBS Friday.
