K.Michelle recently opened up about her relationship with R.Kelly. According to the Love & Hip Hop alum, their connection went far beyond mentorship. “I loved him,” she tells Jason Lee in a new interview. Rumors had swirled for years that the two shared an intimate relationship. However, their romance was short-lived. K.Michelle claims things soured because she was far more invested in the relationship than Kelly. “Robert Kelly always saw me as nothing,” she says.
“I might have loved him, but he didn’t see me as anything more than motivation for writing. I wasn’t the woman he wanted, even though I wanted him.” That said, K.Michelle credits him for shaping her knowledge of songwriting. “If it wasn’t for Robert Kelly, I would not know the business,” she said. “I would not understand the skills of songwriting.”