After responding to Diddy’s apology with prayers, Kelly Value blasted backlash for her “misconstrued” message, saying she didn’t “provide redemption… as a result of my title is Kelly, not Jesus.”
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Social media customers had been simply as important of Diddy and what many, together with Cassie’s lawyer, nonetheless take into account a “non-apology” as they had been about his defenders speeding to just accept it. He denied all allegations of abuse and assault till as not too long ago as final week.
Social media customers nonetheless debate whether or not Diddy’s “actually sorry” for his brutal assault of Cassie captured within the 2016 surveillance footage or simply sorry he obtained caught on digicam for the world to see.
Kelly Value Faces Biblical Backlash For Responding To Diddy’s Apology Video With Prayers
Kelly Value obtained placed on blast for posting prayers below Diddy’s suspiciously-timed and poorly acquired “come to Jesus” second. Critics accused her of providing the acceptance abusers rely on to launch rebrands and apology excursions from church.
On Sunday, the previous Unhealthy Boy singer shut down the hypothesis that she’s a “Diddy cheerleader.” Kelly claimed her now-deleted Christian feedback had been “a warning” that Diddy nonetheless wanted to “do the soul work.” She took to Instagram Stay to test everybody who “misconstrued, misinterpreted or simply selected to place phrases in my mouth.”
“I gained’t let anybody name me out for one thing I didn’t do. I can’t provide redemption, forgiveness or Grace as a result of my title is Kelly, not Jesus,” she wrote in her captions earlier than doubling down on the “soul work” of “Remedy+Jesus.”
“What occurs legally is as much as the individuals who have that authority,” she added.
Kelly’s full 12-minute rationalization is included under, however BOSSIP watched the total factor so that you don’t need to.
Within the video, Kelly denies clout-chasing, selecting a aspect, or condoning one thing “so horrific” as a fellow “survivor of SA (sexual assault).”
“I’ve not spoken about any of these items because it’s come out. I don’t stand with something that’s prison. None of us can unsee what we noticed,” the gospel singer defined.
‘So it wasn’t ‘Oh, my God! I’m praying for you! Why are they making an attempt to tug the Black man down?’” she mentioned mocking apologists nonetheless caping for Diddy. “Do the soul work as a result of there’s nothing that remedy, a psychologist, a psychiatrist… they can provide you steps to attempt to not repeat the conduct, however should you don’t get your soul proper, there won’t be actual change.”
The R&B Divas star added she anticipated Diddy to pay attention as a result of she by no means partied or socialized with him. “All people knew I simply wasn’t about sure issues,” Kelly defined about her time on his label.
Kelly Value’s Response To Diddy’s Apology And The Social Media Backlash
Try Kelly’s preliminary response to Diddy under, which one X (previously Twitter) consumer known as “unhinged.”
“It’s my honest prayer that the ability of the Holy Ghost overtake you so that you simply not solely have a change of coronary heart however a change of thoughts and a change of path. I’ve seen you at your finest and at your worst.
“I do know what you’re able to being if you had been at your finest regardless of the seductions of this business. I need to see you and I need to see you quickly, too,” Kelly commented on Sunday.
“You’re a distinctive expertise and each side that signify gentle and darkness obtain you anxiously,” she continued.
A number of feedback weren’t on Kelly’s (or Diddy’s aspect), demanding extra prayers and assist for Cassie as an alternative. Try extra of the social media backlash from Kelly Value’s feedback under.
