Surprise … surprise … R. Kelly is coming to the defense of Bill Cosby after the disgraced funny man was charged with aggravated indecent assault last month.

In a new interview with GQ, Kelly was asked to sound off on the Cosby allegations.

Here's what Kelly had to say:

    Well, my opinion on that is, I don't know what happened. I'm a fan of Bill Cosby's from [The Cosby Show], of course — who's not? — and for me to give my opinion on something that I have no idea if it's true or not, all I can say is that it was a long time ago. And when I look on TV and I see the 70-, 80-, 90-year-old ladies talking about what happened when they were 17, 18, or 19, there's something strange about it. That's my opinion. It's just strange.


When pressed about what "strange" meant -- the singer, who was arrested for sexual misconduct in 2003 (charges were eventually dropped) and has recently been accused of sleeping with underage girls in Chicago, said, "It's strange. Strange is strange. I can't explain strange. That's why strange is strange. Because it's something we can't explain."

Kelly said, "When a person is found not guilty, they're found not guilty. And it doesn’t matter if it’s a murder case, it doesn’t matter what case it is, when they’re found not guilty, they’re not guilty. And I think that a lot of haters out there wanted to see me go down. The "I Believe I Can Fly" crooner added, "Because of my lawyers, to this day I cannot have those kinds of conversations. Being advised by my lawyers in this. Because they could come back to haunt me. Things could come back and they can just restart all over again. And I have to protect myself."

Kelly also said he settled just to avoid bad publicity and he wished he'd never listen to his lawyers.

In regards to his own situation and allegations -- he had a lot of excuses. Here's some of it: "It wasn't like it was a whole ton of people. But the people that did were absolutely lying. Absolutely. Look, if I break up with a girl, and she don't wanna break up, and I'm R. Kelly, she's gonna be pissed. So pissed that she's gonna go out there, she's gonna say this, she's gonna say that, she's gonna say the other," said Kelly. "And if she's really pissed, whoever she said it to is gonna spread the rumor, and if the wrong people get a hold of that rumor, that's gonna come out."

"I'm not, you know, this innocent guy with a halo over his head. No, I love women. Do I like to sleep with underage girls? Absolutely not," he added. "I've said it a million times. But do I have people trying to destroy my career? Absolutely."

It seems like "Ignition" singer is the only one defending Cosby -- and let's get real, if R. Kelly's defending you, your outcome does not look good!