Who is R Kelly’s ex-wife, Andrea Kelly?
R KELLY was sentenced to 30 years in prison on June 29, 2022, after being convicted of sexually abusing women and children for over two decades.
The music mogul's crimes have put him in jail for 30 years - but his victims and family have been left imprisoned by his sick past.
Who is R Kelly's ex-wife Andrea Kelly?
Andrea Kelly - born Andrea Danyell Lee - is an American choreographer, dancer, and actress.
She was infamously married to singer-songwriter R Kelly and accused him of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse after their divorce.
"Here I am, his principal dancer, choreographer, on stage right next to him,"; Andrea, 47, previously explained.
"And people have no idea that this man just beat me on the bus. People have no idea of the bruises I'm hiding."
She remarried in 2014 to R&B singer Brian McKee but sadly divorced just two months later after rumors he was having an affair.
How long were R Kelly and Andrea Kelly together?
Kelly married R Kelly in 1996 when she was 22 years old.
The pair had met in Chicago when she became a backup dancer for the hitmaker at age 19, before rising the ranks to become his choreographer - but after almost a decade of marriage, it came tumbling down.
In September 2005, Drea filed a restraining order against Kelly after he assaulted her when she told him she wanted a divorce.
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She filed for a divorce in 2006, which was eventually finalized in 2009.
The mother previously said she proudly kept her marital name because she paid for it in "blood, sweat and tears. Literally."
"Drea Kelly is a survivor. Drea Kelly made it away from Robert Kelly. That is my badge."
How many children does R Kelly have with Andrea?
The pair share three children together - daughters Joann, Jay, and son Robert Jr.
Eldest Joann previously labeled her father a "monster" in an emotional Instagram post on January 11, 2019.
The children reportedly refuse to call Robert Sr. their "dad" as he failed to behave like one in their lives.
Despite the lack of contact, R Kelly's kids have seemingly inherited his musical talents.
Joann is a singer who performs under the name Buku Abi while Jay raps and produces under the name JaahBaby.
What has Andrea Kelly said about R Kelly's prison sentence?
Andrea spoke of the "heartbreak" she feels for her three children after their father was convicted of multiple sex trafficking charges.
"I feel that my heart is in two places," she said in an emotive interview on Good Morning Britain on September 28, 2021.
"My heart definitely goes out to the survivors and the courage that it takes 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," Andrea continued.
"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."
The 47-year-old told presenters Susanna Reid and Alastair Campbell she could "only speak of my journey as his ex-wife and a survivor and an advocate."
"It doesn't matter if your parents have a problem with drug addiction - you are still going to love them because they are a part of your DNA, you share blood with them.
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"I also support my children in whatever they feel because at the end of the day, whether he ever sold another song, found guilty or not guilty, what is true and what will always be true is that it's their father, so they have the right to feel whatever they feel," she added.
Robert Sylvester Kelly will have decades behind bars after being convicted by a Brooklyn federal court.