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Posted On: October 29th 2026, 11:22 pm
#pressplay▶️: During a recent appearance on The Jason Lee Show, spiritual adviser and former “Iyanla: Fix My Life” host #IyanlaVanzant offered a direct apology to R. Kelly, who is currently serving a combined 31-year federal prison sentence.

“Forgive me as an elder in our community not being available to support you. Forgive me for ignoring your pain. Forgive me for abandoning you,” she said. She then broadened the statement:

“Our entire community abandoned him. As an elder, I’m going to own it. We did. We abandoned him.”

Vanzant also questioned why people who profited from Kelly’s success didn’t offer more support, specifically citing his reported struggles with literacy and asking why no one sat him down to help him learn to read.

🗞️: The Jason Lee Show/BET

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antoinettegarrett1 a day ago
kelvinseptvirgo 2 days ago

kelvinseptvirgo

In the Summer 2018, R Kelly performed at the B.E.T Awards, and then October 2018, Surviving R KELLY came out. And 2019 ,Election Year, they Re Charge him again for the same crime he was Acquitted for....SMH...They want R KELLY royalties and catalog BAD!! He was Acquitted in the first trial about the video and in the second trial the text messages from the PARENTS was never admitted to the defense team or allowed as evidence.It's Not Sex Trafficking if the Parents know where they were!! Under Age Girls should have been in School!! No School Record!! Social Service did not do a Welfare Check/ Home Visit!!! No Missing Police Report!! No One went looking for these Black Girls!! And ,And!! THEY HAD A CELL PHONE IN THEIR POSSESSION THE WHOLE TIME!!!! TO REPORT, CALL ,TAKE PICTURES OF ANY SEXUAL CRIMES AGAINST THEM!!!! MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!!!! THE PARENTS WERE IN ON THE SEXUAL RACKETEERING!! Free R Kelly, The King of R n B!!

terri_speaks2 2 days ago

terri_speaks2

Not Me 🙏🏽 # FREEKELLZ

pamella.pompey_hardy 4 days ago

pamella.pompey_hardy

Free Mr Kelly ❤️❤️

mspam_celebrating50 6 days ago

mspam_celebrating50

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️

thehat23 6 days ago

thehat23

Free R Kelly… Never Abandon Him

jus_dej 6 days ago

jus_dej

We about to abandoned you 😂

oops_mybaad_ 6 days ago

oops_mybaad_

Honestly I’m tired of being inclusive 🤣

yo_randall 6 days ago

yo_randall

Free R Kelly

guniverse2k 6 days ago

guniverse2k

Done watching her forever

resemoney777 6 days ago

resemoney777

I ain’t abandoned R. Kelly free R. Kelly

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