Kelly's crisis manager told "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King on Monday that he would never leave his own daughter alone with an accused pedophile.
"You have a 20-something-year-old daughter. Would you allow her to be alone with--"
"Absolutely not," Johnson interrupted.
"R. Kelly?" King finished.
"I would not leave my daughter with anyone who's accused of pedophilia," he said.
Pressed on whether he wouldn't leave his daughter alone with Kelly specifically, Johnson repeated: "I would not leave my daughter with anyone that's accused of being a pedophile. I would not."
When King pointed out the seeming contradiction of defending Kelly, an accused pedophile, and simultaneously saying he wouldn't trust his own daughter alone with anyone accused of that crime, Johnson repeated, "I wouldn't leave my daughter with anyone -- I'm going to say it again -- that's accused of being a pedophile."
"They've indicted Mr. Kelly. He's in jail right now. He will have his day in court," Johnson said. "And they'll have to bring the evidence. And that's what has to be done. If the evidence stick, Mr. Kelly will spend the rest of his life in the penitentiary."
Co-host Tony Dokoupil asked, "Because he can't perform, how is he paying for his legal defense? Are other celebrities, other musicians providing him money?"
"Mr. Kelly does have royalties that come in so he's living off some of his royalties," Johnson said. "Early on, fans and friends gave a lot of donations."
Johnson also addressed Kelly's mental state. "[He's] a mess right now. He's afraid, he's scared, he's isolated."
Asked is he is on suicide watch, Johnson replied, "I would assume that he is ... Nobody wants to be locked down 24 hours, no TV. He can't read and write, so he can't read a book. It's almost as if he's already been -- a jury has convicted him."
Johnson said he's "absolutely" concerned about Kelly harming himself in prison. "When you're in the state of mind Mr. Kelly is in right now, any person, including myself and you, would probably want the authorities be cautious of what has taken place."
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