The singer revealed that she was inappropriately touched during one of her performances on Instagram on Monday night, after ending up on the European leg of her “Blue Water Road Trip Tour.”
In a since-deleted post on Instagram Stories, Kehlani said, “I’ve made video after video after video and removed it because I don’t want any video of me as angry, triggered, crying upset as I am anywhere.” I don’t care how sexy you find my music, my performances, the time I have having fun dancing with friends at clubs, or even ME.
After her performance, she was navigating the crowd when the incident occurred. “That doesn’t mean any of you have the right to breach a line like placing your hands up my skirt & tugging my underwear to TOUCH MY GENITALS as I’m being escorted through a throng after performing,” she said.
oh my god kehlani :(( no one should ever have their boundaries disrespected like this i’m truly disgusted for them. y’all are sick. pic.twitter.com/Xk0r23BWqQ
— m✨🤍 (@glowinasia) December 13, 2022
She kept expressing her displeasure. “I felt sick to my stomach reading this garbage. I am constantly triggered and astounded as a victim of sexual assault.
On Monday, the penultimate night of the tour, Kehlani had a performance at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse, although it’s not clear where the alleged attack occurred.
The “Honey” singer has already expressed her support for anyone who has been sexually assaulted. She came forward in response to charges of sexual assault against SuperFly actor and photographer Kaalan “KR” Walker, who received a 50–life sentence for raping four women and three underage girls.
She tweeted, “I am standing with the victims of a serial RAPIST whom I personally know to be violent, dangerous & twisted.” He was released on bail and has since returned to taking pictures of people (which is how he originally began assaulting people, many of whom were minors). His case is still pending, and as a result, his victims and their allies are now being singled out and gaslighted by him and his followers on social media. I have some FRIENDS. I SUPPORT YOU ALL.
Since July, Kehlani has been traveling. She will perform five gigs on her “Blue Water Road Trip Tour” in Australia and New Zealand the following month.
