Aaliyah Movie Trailer 2014: Late Singer's Family Reacts To Marriage To R. Kelly In New Clip, 'You Did What?!' [VIDEO]
One of the most controversial aspects of Aaliyah's career was her rumored marriage with the much older R. Kelly (she was 15 he was 28).
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Now Lifetime has released a new trailer for the upcoming biopic Aaliyah: Princess Of R&B that reveals its version of how her family reacted to the relationship.
The clip opens up with drama as an actor playing Aaliyah's father exclaims, "You did what?!" while Aaliyah (Alexandra Shipp) and R. Kelly (Clé Bennett) stand in front of him in fear.
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R. Kelly tries to step in and says, "Believe me I can imagine what you're thinking. But I promise it is not that way."
That's when Aaliyah's dad (Sterling Jarvis) charges toward him as Aaliyah and her mother (Rachael Crawford) tries to stop him. Her mother is able to calm him down for a second while she asks Aaliyah what happened.
"We got married," she says. Considering she is just a teenager, it does not take her parents long to figure out they lied on the marriage license.
"I love him," she exclaims while her mother asks, "Are you crazy? The man is almost twice your age!"
She then turns her anger toward R. Kelly.
"How could you with a 15-year-old girl? We trusted you."
Take a look below.
The movie has gotten lots of controversy since it was announced that it would be made. Aaliyah's family attempted to prevent it from happening but they were not able to.
Aaliyah: Princess Of R&B premieres on Lifetime Saturday at 8/7c.
