Huffington Postのインスタグラム(huffpost) - 2月11日 08時06分

Writer Kellee Terrell spoke to Asante McGee, one of the women who appeared in the Lifetime docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly.” McGee talks about her accusations of emotional abuse by R. Kelly during their relationship, the scrutiny she faced for coming forward to the media, and why Black survivors need to be treated as human beings who deserve support, not just as a means to boost page views and ratings.⁠⁠
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"Yes, I’d heard all of the stories about [R.Kelly] in the past, but I didn’t believe them because, like most fans, I didn’t want to," McGee tells Terrell. "I thought that since he was acquitted, the rumors couldn’t have been true. I never imagined this is what would happen to me. I was also a woman in love, who had left a yearslong abusive marriage and swore I would never get into another relationship like that again. So there I was, not seeing the red flags, believing that he loved me and would protect me. But when the red flags got too hard to ignore — he was telling me what to wear, making other women have sex with one another, I had to ask him when we could eat or use the bathroom — I was terrified. After years of dating and three weeks of living with him, I packed up my things and left."⁠⁠
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"No, I can’t change the past, but I hoped that I could change the future by stopping the next girl from being a victim," McGee says. "I wanted to show other survivors they are not alone. But it was me that needed help because after coming forward, I fell into a deep depression and nearly had a mental breakdown. Then came 'Surviving R. Kelly.'"⁠⁠
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"When the show debuted, we kept begging them to provide us with on-site therapists to help us through it, but were told that they didn’t have the resources. Instead, they could get us counselors to talk to us over the phone. But I needed someone right there, in my face, to talk out my feelings. That night, I remember being numb, crying on the floor. I couldn’t even watch the second episode the next day. As survivors, we deserved better. Here we are, telling our stories, sharing our pain, while they profit from it, win awards, with no regard for our mental health. It’s a shame." Full story - link in bio. 📷 @lnweatherspoon

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