My Heart Breaks – R. Kelly’s Ex-wife Reacts To Conviction

Drea Kelly, the ex-wife of disgraced R&B singer, R Kelly, has reacted to the guilty verdict in the sex trafficking trial of the singer.

According to Drea, she is heartbroken over the legacy their children have to deal with.

Kelly, once one of the biggest selling R&B singers, was convicted on all nine counts after some 25 years of using his fame and wealth to lure underage girls and women for intimacy.

The ‘Storm Is Over’ singer is facing life imprisonment after he was found guilty on September 27 by a New York court.

UK Metro reports that the 54-year-old was convicted by a federal jury on all nine counts including racketeering and violations of the Mann Act, which prohibits the transport of ‘any woman or girl’ across state lines for any ‘immoral purpose.’

However, Drea who shares three children with the disgraced star opened up on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday.

My “heart breaks as a mother,” she said.

“I sit in a very difficult place because unlike the rest of his victims, I share children with him [and] I was married to him,” Drea told the programme. “I wear two hats. I wear the hat of a survivor, but I also wear the hat of a mother and an ex-wife.

“It’s very difficult for me. I feel my heart is in two places. My heart definitely goes out to the survivors and the courage it takes to come forward and tell the story, but my heart breaks as a mother because this is now the legacy my children will have to deal with and their children’s children.

Ahead of Kelly’s sentencing hearing which is scheduled for May 4, 2022, Drea revealed that she will support their children, Jay, Joann and Robert, in “whatever they feel”.

“They have the right to feel whatever they feel, but I think what is healthy… you have to know how to protect your mental state and love them from a distance, and they are not allowed to be toxic in your life just because they are your parent.”

In other news, one of his adopted sons and sound engineer behind most of Ampadu’s songs, Nana Dacosta who in an interview with Joy Entertainment is of the view that if the ambulance had arrived on time there is a possibility his dad would still be alive.

“It came late and they were aware they were coming for such a great man so they should have done everything to come on time. If they had come on time and we would have taken him (to the hospital) on time maybe they could have sustained him,” he said.

Another hospital in Accra they had rushed him to earlier, left him unattended for several minutes. According to the son when they got there the doctor was sleeping, they tried to ask for assistance but to no avail.

When they got to the UGMC Legon hospital the doctors tried everything in their power but unfortunately, the legend took his last breath.

Nana Ampadu was a giant tree in the music forest. He leaves the earth but his roots are centered in the hearts of his family, his trunk of music will stay for generations to come and his sounds will branch to inspire musicians alike.