Can you believe Jimmy Kimmel actually had R. Kelly on his TV show?
>:( 
Maybe next week he'll bring Scott Peterson on for a few laughs.
>:(
Disgusting.

What is wrong with having R. Kelly on his show?  He is a singer obviously promoting his CD.  So are you saying singers aren't allowed to promote their CD's on talk shows?

Can you believe Jimmy Kimmel actually had R. Kelly on his TV show?
>:( 
Maybe next week he'll bring Scott Peterson on for a few laughs.
>:(
Disgusting.
??? What are you on? (So that I can stay away from it!)

Let's hope Kobe Bryant never shows up on his show either


(btw, I don't think R. Kelly was a "Rapist", he was a "Pedophile")

R. Kelly had sex with underage girls.  That is rape.  Its not surprising that a lot of people don't have a problem with that, otherwise Jimmy Kimmel wouldn't have had him on.  We pretend we are disgusted, but as soon as the guy has new CD to promote, we're ok with it.  I wonder why the world is in the state its in.

Statutory rape is the actual term, also child pornographer for filming it.  The girl was 14.  SICK, SICK, SICK!!!!

Listen, as a rape survivor,it makes me sick to think what he is accused of.. Jimmy Kimmel is a slob, who cares about his show But.... I was just wondering?  Did u have a problem with Elvis Presley, His wife was certainly a child in the eyes of the law and what about Jerry Lee Lewis, I would Bet that BOTH of them are in the Rock and Roll hall of fame and by the way.... All GROUPS HAVE GROUPIES!!!  Wonder how old those fans are and I wonder IF U have problems with them or.. IS it just a selected FEW???????  Wrong is wrong right,??  This society is a bunch of hypocrites, doesnt stop us from claiming HOW MUCH BETTER WE ARE!  Stick to the  facts and we will be okay.. Jimmy Kimmel is a pig but.. he does have a show topromote right?  Wonder if the same pople who think TO should be kicked off a team for fighting have a problem with THe NFL..........  HMMM ::)

Listen, as a rape survivor,it makes me sick to think what he is accused of.. Jimmy Kimmel is a slob, who cares about his show But.... I was just wondering?  Did u have a problem with Elvis Presley, His wife was certainly a child in the eyes of the law and what about Jerry Lee Lewis, I would Bet that BOTH of them are in the Rock and Roll hall of fame and by the way.... All GROUPS HAVE GROUPIES!!!  Wonder how old those fans are and I wonder IF U have problems with them or.. IS it just a selected FEW???????  Wrong is wrong right,??  This society is a bunch of hypocrites, doesnt stop us from claiming HOW MUCH BETTER WE ARE!  Stick to the  facts and we will be okay.. Jimmy Kimmel is a pig but.. he does have a show topromote right?  Wonder if the same pople who think TO should be kicked off a team for fighting have a problem with THe NFL..........   HMMM ::)


What a wierd question -- why would you think I'm an Elvis or Jerry Lee Lewis fan?  Is this some anti-southern bigotry thing?  Of course people have groupies, what does that have to do with anything?  Stick to the facts?  What did I say that is not a fact?  I hope you are not trying to make this a racial thing, implying that I don't have a problem with Lewis and Presley because they're good old boys.  If you knew how many black friends I had, you would know how lame that is.

R. Kelly had sex with underage girls.  That is rape.  Its not surprising that a lot of people don't have a problem with that, otherwise Jimmy Kimmel wouldn't have had him on.  We pretend we are disgusted, but as soon as the guy has new CD to promote, we're ok with it.  I wonder why the world is in the state its in.


the trial aint over...so unless you have info we dont, he's innocent until proven guilty

Guilty is a legal term.  I didn't say he was guilty.  I said he did it.  That is a fact.  But thanks for defending him.  America needs its celebrity heroes!

Guilty is a legal term.  I didn't say he was guilty.  I said he did it.  That is a fact.  But thanks for defending him.  America needs its celebrity heroes!


dag. settle down yo! this issue won't be decided one way or another on this little message board, you know?

but it's funny that now i know about this, whereas before i never would have heard of it. i bet at least a couple people watch this show who wouldn't have otherwise, if you hadn't voiced all this outrage. isn't it ironic?

R. Kelly had sex with underage girls.  That is rape.  Its not surprising that a lot of people don't have a problem with that, otherwise Jimmy Kimmel wouldn't have had him on.  We pretend we are disgusted, but as soon as the guy has new CD to promote, we're ok with it.  I wonder why the world is in the state its in.


As long as the man can sing, who cares what he does.

Did people stop watching Home Improvement after learning Tim Allen was in Prison for 2 years for cocaine posession?  No
Did people stop watching Hugh Grant movies after he was caught having oral sex with a prostitute?  No

In Hollywood, Scandals don't mean anything.  They only help further said person's career. 

As long as the man can sing, who cares what he does.

lol! as long as we're seeing how much we can agitate comcast sux, let me play devil's advocate and say that it's funny 14-year-olds can be executed for murder but can't have consensual sex. i had consensual sex at 15 and, though it wasn't with someone who was over 18, why would that make so much difference? there are some very mature 14 year olds out there who i bet totally know what they're doing when they chase horndog celebrities. conversely, there are definitely 30-year-olds running around who are totally not mature enough to have sex. so... i mean, isn't this 18-year-old line kinda arbitrary?

at a high school in the area they recently caught a bunch of teenagers having an orgy in a gymnasium. 15, 16, 17-year-olds, i forget how many of them. were they all nonconsenting? i mean, okay, i don't want to get read here as saying i think statutory rape is okay, it's not. but there are lots of complicating factors and implying it's the same as violent rape is just fiddlefaddle.

Gosh, if we start ripping on all of the TV personalities who have had guests on their shows who had done "questionable" things in their past, all of the "interview-type" shows would cease to exist...



Oh no!  That would be horrible!  What would we do without them!?!?!?!?!

If I remember correctly, wasn't the 14 Year old girl that R. Kelly had sex with actually "Aaliyah"?  I remember hearing that somewhere

Actually, I just found this from Aaliyah's Profile on IMDb.com

It was around this same time that Aaliyah met singer/composer R. Kelly. Kelly assisted Aaliyah with the production of her debut album "Age Ain't Nothing But A Number" which scored several number hits, specifically "Back and Forth." The album's title was a brief reference to her short-lived marriage to R. Kelly (she was 15 years of age at the time, and he was 27). Their marriage was annulled due to her status as a minor

I thought he was a rapper


lol, no, he's an R&B Singer

Ever heard songs like "I Believe I Can Fly", "Bump N' Grind", "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time", "You Remind Me Of Something", and "Down Low"?

I thought he was a rapper


Yes.  One 'p'.

I don't see how it's Rape unless it's forced

Let me take it a step further.....I also had sex "underage" (which I suggested/initiated) with a guy who was also "underage", but HE was the only one who "broke the law".  Double standard ???

I also couldn't count the number of times I lied about my age.  Heck, I had a fake ID when I was 16.  According to some reports I read when the charges initially came up against R. Kelly, the girl told him she was over 18.  I certainly know that there are girls in my local HS who DO NOT look their age (one of the babysitters we use for the boys is 15, but could pass for 18-19 easily).....are guys supposed to ask for ID now before engaging in sex?  Not that it would matter....many of them have fake ID's (as I did).

Barbara Walters has had MJ on her show more than once.....should we bash her as well?  Gosh, if we start ripping on all of the TV personalities who have had guests on their shows who had done "questionable" things in their past, all of the "interview-type" shows would cease to exist...

I think the big "R" not only knew the girls were below the age of consent, but he videotaped the encounters for his later pleasure.  And this was not a case of romantic love between, say, a fourteen year old girl and a twenty-one year old man.  This was like Bring'em Young University--straight out prurient and pornographic, and in at least one incident involving "R" relieving himself upon his date.

I too think our society makes too big a deal over age, but not when it comes to "R."

Furthermore, it's not Jimmy Kimmel's fault he's mildly retarded, it's the network's fault for pandering to the kind of no-brow audience it knows Kimmel will attract, and ultimately the fault of American males for being pigs and creating a market for this sh*t!
>:(

I don't see how it's Rape unless it's forced

Make whoopee with a 13-year-old and then ask the judge.  The judge'll telly ya!
::)

Can you believe Jimmy Kimmel actually had R. Kelly on his TV show?
>:( 
Maybe next week he'll bring Scott Peterson on for a few laughs.
>:(
Disgusting.


Yeah, because Scott Peterson has a music career to promote.  ::)

Let me take it a step further.....I also had sex "underage" (which I suggested/initiated) with a guy who was also "underage", but HE was the only one who "broke the law".  Double standard ???

I also couldn't count the number of times I lied about my age.  Heck, I had a fake ID when I was 16.  According to some reports I read when the charges initially came up against R. Kelly, the girl told him she was over 18.  I certainly know that there are girls in my local HS who DO NOT look their age (one of the babysitters we use for the boys is 15, but could pass for 18-19 easily).....are guys supposed to ask for ID now before engaging in sex?  Not that it would matter....many of them have fake ID's (as I did).

Barbara Walters has had MJ on her show more than once.....should we bash her as well?  Gosh, if we start ripping on all of the TV personalities who have had guests on their shows who had done "questionable" things in their past, all of the "interview-type" shows would cease to exist...


I understand what you are saying. Been there myself.

Yes.  One 'p'.


Boy, you really don't like R. Kelly

Yeah, because Scott Peterson has a music career to promote.  ::)

He's cutting his first single this week for Death Row Records:

"You're Having My Baby" b/w "Rock the Boat"

He's cutting his first single this week for Death Row Records:

"You're Having My Baby" b/w "Rock the Boat"


;D
At least SOMEBODY has a sense of humur!

;D
At least SOMEBODY has a sense of humur!

Yeah, but it's a sense of humor that's gotten me my walking papers numerous times, so I have to keep a check on it!  If I made every perverse comment that leaps to mind regarding posts on inthe00s, I would have been banned loooong ago!
:o

He's cutting his first single this week for Death Row Records:

"You're Having My Baby" b/w "Rock the Boat"


And after that he does a cover of the Police Song Demolition Man.  8)

Myself, I used to really like Mr. Kelly.  I had several of his CDs, and used to play them a lot both at work and in private.

Now, I got rid of them, and will never buy another one.  I will only play his music when requested, and even then only grudgingly.  I will never buy another CD of his ever again.

And I treat Michael Jackson the same way.

The only criminal lower then a murderer is a child abuser in my opinion.  I refuse to promote anybody who has that in their background.

As far as Tim Allan from an earlier poster, that was long before he became famous.  He paid his debt to society, and in fact has spoken frankly about his past, even done work (on his own) for anti-drug organizations.

As for Jerry Lee and Elvis, there is a valid "cultural" aspect there.  Plus both of them married the girls in question.  I have never heard anything about Mr. Kelly getting married to any of the girls he videotaped himself with.

And I may buy a claim he "made a mistake".  But this is at least 3 times now, it is a pattern, not a mistake.

Thing I have always found strange about this whole underage sex issue is that it even exists.  Not that I support it or do it myself, as I am a 22 year old who is still a virgin as I am a wait till marriage kind of person.  But look back in human history even back in the times when Jesus was alive.  Back then it was very common for 14, 15, 16 year olds not only to be having sex but to be having children.  So if it was fine back then then why today do we make such a huge deal about it.  Why, because today's society has decided to make it that way.

As for R. Kelly was what he did right?  Not necessarly and I don't support what he did either.  Someone mentioned his trial isnt over yet.  You dont even really hear about in in the news anymore and don't you sometimes wonder why that is?  I can tell you a chunk of the reason is because the prosecutors have little besides that video to go on, and they know the video alone wont take them were they want.  That and last I head the girl hadn't pressed charges nor was she planning too.  The girl was consenting which in my mind despite her age this is perfectly legal (though by actual law it is not), though again even though I don't hold it against him I don't agree that doing it was right, he should have keep his pants on per say. 

I also agree with the one who said the thing about there being a double standard.  Its ok if the girl has sex underage but its not ok for the guy.  If it is consenting on both ends they should both be held accountable not just the guy.  Anyway thats all I have rip me apart if you wish. 

R. Kelly had sex with a 14 year old girl, but it was consensual, not forced. The only crime was that she was under-age, so I don't know if that's all that terrible. The age of consent for sex as defined by the law is really just arbitrary, and varies between jurisdictions. In many places, it's actually legal for an adult to have sex with a 14 year old:

http://www.ageofconsent.com/ageofconsent.htm

You guys are right.  I was overreacting and being judgemental.  Or maybe just 'mental'.  :-[

I assumed he took advantage of these girls, but that's not fair.  Besides, it doesn't make sense to say it's 'wrong' to have sex with a sophisticated 14 year-old, but it's okay to have sex with a naive, shy, unexperienced 25-year old.  That's a double-standard.  It really depends on the person.

R. Kelly had sex with a 14 year old girl, but it was consensual, not forced. The only crime was that she was under-age, so I don't know if that's all that terrible. The age of consent for sex as defined by the law is really just arbitrary, and varies between jurisdictions. In many places, it's actually legal for an adult to have sex with a 14 year old:



Dude, how many ways do I hafta say it?  He peed on her and taped himself doing it!  It's just plain nasty bro,' legal, illegal, or anywhere in between.  It's like Kimmel inviting Max H@rdc()re on as a guest.  Barf me out, gag me with a spoon!
:P

Dude, how many ways do I hafta say it?  He peed on her and taped himself doing it!  It's just plain nasty bro,' legal, illegal, or anywhere in between.  It's like Kimmel inviting Max H@rdc()re on as a guest.  Barf me out, gag me with a spoon!
:P


Ok, we don't need to go there.  TMI.  Private consensual sex acts are nobody's business.  And we don't need to hear about it.

is he a raper or a rapper?


Been there, done that.  ::)