Gayle King was praised for keeping calm while R. Kelly went off in an explosive interview about his sexual abuse charges.
“Hate me if you want to, love me if you want, but just use your common sense,” R. Kelly, 52, said during his CBS This Morning interview with Gayle King, 64, part of which aired on March 6. R. Kelly grew more irritated with discussing the allegations of sexual abuse, to the point that he couldn’t keep it together. “Stop it. You all quit playing!” he shouted. “Quit playing! I didn’t do this stuff! This is not me! I’m fighting for my f*cking life! Y’all killing me with this sh*t! I gave you 30 years of my f***ing career!
While R. Kelly failed at keeping his act together, Gayle never flinched during this explosive – and scary – outburst. Viewers took note of this. “Gayle King has ZERO time for R. Kelly’s theatrics during an interview,” @MohammedMOSalih tweeted while including a picture from the interview that will now live in infamy. “R Kelly isn’t even talking to Gayle so much as he’s talking to the camera. He wants this interview to be another performance.
