Accused sex abuser R Kelly has broken his silence angrily denying the charges before crying “I am fighting for my f****** life.”
The R&B singer faces up to 70 years behind bars if found guilty and he 'exploded with rage' during the interview on CBS This Morning.
In photos posted by presenter Gayle King on her Instagram, Kelly is seen talking calmly in one snap and on his feet gesticulating wildly in another, in which he seems to be restrained during the explosive chat.
Breaking down in tears, Kelly also said: “I didn’t do this stuff. This is not me. I am fighting for my f****** life.”
Kelly, who was previously cleared of having child pornography, became animated as he denied holding women against their will, as detailed in the recent documentary 'Surviving R. Kelly'.“How stupid would I be to do that,” he said with tears streaming down his face.
Looking into the camera he then said, “That’s stupid. Use your common sense. Forget how you feel about me. Hate me if you want to, love me if you want. Just use your common sense."How stupid would it be for me, with my crazy past and what I have been through, now I need to be a monster and hold girls against their will and chain them in my basement and don’t let them eat?
“Stop it. You all quit playing.”
Kelly was unequivocal when it came to 'emotionally and physically' abusing women under the age of 18.
When challenged about the accusations, Kelly said they were "not true" before dismissing the rumours.
He hit back saying, "whether they're old rumours, new rumours, future rumours, not true."
Kelly also disputed the relevance of a previous court case about impropriety with underage girls. When asked if this past is relevant, he stated, "Absolutely, no it's not. Because for one, I beat my case. When you beat something, you beat it."
He then went on to say that it "wasn't fair" that he was facing 'double-jeopardy' over this accusations. Kelly pointed out, "It's not fair to nobody. When you beat your case, you beat your case."
Kelly, 52, has been charged with ten counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
In his only appearance in court so far, to answer to the charges, Kelly appeared wearing an orange jail jumpsuit, before Associate Judge Lawrence Flood and spoke only to confirm his name.
His lawyer, Steven Greenberg, entered a not guilty plea on Kelly's behalf.
"Mr Kelly has done absolutely nothing wrong,"Greenberg told reporters.
"No one has showed us any evidence that he has done anything wrong."
R Kelly was then released from custody several hours later after $100,000 (£76,000) cash bail was posted by a friend, county sheriff's spokeswoman Sophia Ansari said.
Kelly, best known for his hit single 'I Believe I Can Fly', had been confined to a prison hospital ward to keep him apart from the general inmate population, his lawyer said.
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