Aaliyah’s mother, Diane Haughton, has issued a statement regarding Jovante Cunningham’s claim she saw R. Kelly having sex with the underaged singer. In an Instagram post, Houghton insists Cunningham is lying and has no idea who the woman is.
“The woman and so-called back up singer in the forthcoming ‘Surviving’ documentary that describes seeing meeting or ever breathing the same air as my daughter Aaliyah is lying and is a liar,” she wrote. “My husband and I were always on tour with her and at interviews and every place she went throughout her entire career. Whoever this woman is, I have never seen her before anywhere on planet earth until now.”
Houghton also berates anyone involved in the Surviving R. Kelly docu-series and is adamant Aaliyah simply wanted to live her dreams of being a singer.
“These lies and fabrications cannot be tolerated and allowed to be spewed from the forked tongues of saboteurs of Aaliyah’s legacy,” she continued. “My daughter only wanted to realize her dream of sharing her talent with the world and give her all performing on stage, and in front of the camera for the fans she adored so much. She realized that dream thanks to those true fans who still love and support her legacy unconditionally to this day.
“Shame on all those involved in this project who thought it kosher to drag Aaliyah’s name into a situation that has nothing to do with her today. Once again, this will not be tolerated.”
Surviving R. Kelly is expected to premiere on Thursday (January 3) at 9 p.m. ET.
Kelly’s attorney, however, has issued a legal letter threatening to sue the network if the program airs.
Layzie bone drops new diss…annihilation
He told um it was coming..2nd one its over
A mother truing to protect the legacy of her daughter. Take it with a grain of salt. Any basic mind can deduce what really happened. Especially with a statement as defensive as this.
Nobody wants their kid’s name dragged through the mud dead or alive, so I can understand why she’s saying this but it still don’t change the fact that there definitely was some inappropriate behavior on Kelly’s part only because Aaliyah was a minor and did not have the mental maturity to understand what was going on, I would have believed her mother if she had stated this fact instead
Agreed babygirl definitely was taken advantage of. This is Kelly’s doing all the way especially since he shows a continual behavior of this very same thing. Between that and the overwhelming accusations there’s certainly truth to it. We all know it was him in that potato quality video of years past. As talented and as great he was as an artist, knowing that the songs no doubt were inspired by his lust for underage women, forced me to never willingly listen to an R. Kelly song ever again.
You can’t allow your underage daughter to marry a grown ass man then get mad when people say they been fucking
A lot of accounts say she didn’t. They say R Kelly faked her age documents and married her in secret.
I agree this shit has nothing to do with Aaliyah and she shouldn’t be dragged into this…but moms is delusional if she thinks Kells wasn’t hitting that, I mean c’mon don’t treat me like a fool
Or maybe her mom feels guilty now that she sold her daughter for money to a man so he could molest her. Who the f*** would let their daughter who is only 15 leave home by herself and go with a man?
The mum should consider that she wasn’t with Aaliyah every second of every day. Don’t just dismiss the claims. R.kelly is a sicko
that mom is a joke. Kells hit & smashed that punani. No doubt.