R. Kelly is taking some serious heat for his relationship with his former publicist's barely-legal daughter.
Kelly's former publicist, George Daniels, is furious that forty-something R. Kelly has been fooling around with his young daughter. Maxine Daniels just turned twenty-one, and Kelly has, apparently, known her since she was a tot. Which, ew. Kinda can't blame Daddy for pulling out that shotgun, no?
R. Kelly's not too happy about the fuss, though. According to TMZ:
An R. Kelly spokesman has issued the following exclusive
statement to TMZ regarding accusations that Kelly had an inappropriate
relationship with his former publicist's daughter:
"It's
hard to take seriously the moral outrage expressed by George and Regina
Daniels over R. Kelly's relationship with Mr. Daniels' adult daughter,
Maxine. The fact is that they had no problem with the relationship --
indeed, they encouraged it -- while Ms. Daniels was on Mr. Kelly's
payroll.
It was Regina Daniels, then working as a publicist
for Mr. Kelly, who persuaded him to attend her step-daughter's 21st
birthday party. And it was Regina Daniels who shortly thereafter gave
her step-daughter Mr. Kelly's private phone number, with the
admonition: 'Don't tell your father.' It was only after Ms. Daniels
resigned her position to avoid being fired for incompetence that her
stepdaughter's relationship suddenly became an issue for her and her
husband."
Whatevs. Forty-something men fooling around with young women who are barely old enough to drink - never mind young women who might have once called them 'uncle' - is just creepy. Really creepy. Dude needs to get some perspective.
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