Earlier this year, Lady Gaga cancelled the video for her duet with R. Kelly, “Do What U Want.
The video was shot in September for a December release but after weeks of delays, it was mysteriously scrapped, and in January, Gaga posted an angry message on her Web site, blaming bad management and a tight schedule releasing the sexually charged clip.
But now, Page Six claims there were other factors - controversies around Kelly and Richardson.
The raunchy video starring Gaga and Kelly was directed by controversial photographer Terry Richardson and around the time it was scrapped, Richardson was accused of sexual misconduct on his sets by several models, and an online petition asking big brands to stop hiring him was launched on change.org. (Richardson denies the allegations against him in a New York magazine cover story this week).
Also, in December Kelly faced backlash over an in-depth Village Voice interview with veteran Chicago writer Jim DeRogatis, in which he chronicled “stomach-churning” sexual assault suits against Kelly in the 1990s, saying there were “dozens of girls with harrowing lawsuits.”
A source told Page Six:
“Gaga had a video directed by an alleged sexual predator, starring another sexual predator. With the theme, ‘I’m going to do whatever I want with your body?’ It was literally an ad for rape.”
Wow! It sounds like Lady Gaga dodged a bullet by not releasing the clip!
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