R Kelly’s ex-wife of 13 years says her heart breaks for their kids

R Kelly’s ex-wife of 13 years said her heart breaks for their three children and her heart goes out to the survivors.

She spoke out on Tuesday as her ex, the disgraced R&B star, faces up to 100 years behind bars after he was found guilty for exploiting his fame to sexually abuse 11 people over two decades.

During Good Morning Britain, Drea Kelly said her children “can’t escape” because Kelly is their dad.

She said on Tuesday after the ruling: “My heart definitely goes out to the survivors and the courage that it takes to to come forward and tell the story, but my heart breaks as a mother because this is now the legacy that my children will have to deal with and their children’s children.

“At the end of the day, you cannot walk away from your blood line. I have the ability to separate and distance myself from it, but his blood runs through my children’s veins and it’s part of their DNA and they couldn’t escape it even if they wanted to. So it’s very difficult for me to sit in that position.”

She tied the knot with the I Believe I Can Fly singer in 1996 when she was only 22.

Their divorce was finalised in 2009, three years after she filed for divorce in 2006.

Of their turbulent marriage, she said she lived a “life of constant fear” and “walked on eggshells” while they were together.

She added in the TV interview: “It’s a life of constant fear and if anyone has done their research and I hope more journalists will, if you decide to interview more victims and survivors, knowing the cycles of abuse, it’s called walking on eggshells, that whats it means.

“That is the term that is used when you never know what you’re going to get. Like I said in the interview before, having the milk too cold and the one time it’s not cold enough.”

Elsewhere in the TV interview, she stressed the importance of stopping victim shaming outside the courtroom to ensure justice can be served where it is due.

“It’s important that women are supported to even feel like they have the strength to come forward and tell their stories,” she added.

“If they’re still victim shaming, victim blaming, and women being afraid to speak their truth, we can never get to a court system where justice can be served.”

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