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In an explosive new interview, R. Kelly is breaking his silence about the sexual abuse charges that landed him in jail last month. The embattled R&B singer told @GayleKing that all the women now accusing him of physical and sexual abuse are lying. cbsn.ws/2NLorjg

Have you done anything you regret, have you done anything wrong? -- @GayleKing

“Lots of things wrong when it comes to women that I apologize, but I apologized in those relationships at the time that I was in the relationship, OK?” -- @RKelly

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"If you really look at that documentary, which I'm sure you have… everybody says something bad about me. Nobody said nothing good. They were describing Lucifer. I'm not Lucifer. I'm a man. I make mistakes, but I'm not a devil, and by no means am I a monster." -- @RKelly

In 2008, R. Kelly was found not guilty on 14 counts of child pornography after prosecutors failed to convince a jury that he was the man seen in a sex tape with a girl as young as 13.

Last month, he was indicted again, charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse of 4 women.

Have you ever had sex with anyone under the age of 17? -- @GayleKing

"No. No." -- @RKelly

Never?

"No!"

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“Stop it. You all quit playing! Quit playing! I didn't do this stuff! This is not me! I'm fighting for my f***ing life! Y'all killing me with this sh*t!" @RKelly told @GayleKing, standing up. "I gave you 30 years of my f***ing career!"

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WATCH: R. Kelly addressed his current relationship with the two young women who live with him at his home in Chicago, 23-year-old Joycelyn Savage and 21-year-old Azriel Clary. Their parents believe Kelly has brainwashed their daughters.

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Do you still expect people to buy your music?

“Absolutely. I think they should... I'm really not really fighting for my career here. I'm fighting for my rights & I'm fighting to have a relationship with my kids most of all, more than anything.” -@RKelly cbsn.ws/2H4wc35

If your daughters came to you and said, "Look, this guy is doing to me what the allegations are against you." -- @GayleKing

“Then I would have to arrest myself after I did what I had to do.” -- @RKelly

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When you say that you need help, do you think you need to go to therapy? Have you been to therapy? -- @GayleKing

“Absolutely. At this point, I'm definitely talking about that.” -- @RKelly

About going?

“Oh, absolutely.”

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