4. The 2011 Book ‘The Man Behind the Man’ Claims That Kelly Got Aaliyah Pregnant
In 2011, an excerpt from the book The Man Behind the Man: Looking from the Inside Out leaked online. Written by a former member of Kelly’s entourage, Demetrius Smith, Sr., the book claimed that the singer had gotten Aaliyah pregnant when she was 15:
I think she’s pregnant’ he said, in a voice that sounded as if he wanted to burst out in tears. ‘Oh man, Rob’ was all I could say at the time. Derrel McDavid arranged for a car to pick Aaliyah up at O’Hare airport and she had a hotel room available on arrival. This was crazy! How were we going to get through this without causing ill feelings with Barry Hankerson.
Smith said that he asked Kelly “How you gone marry Aaliyah Rob? I wanted him to relinquish his idea on how that was going to happen.” While Kelly has never publicly addressed Smith’s allegations, fans were quick to revive them in 2016 when Aaliyah collaborator Timbaland posted a Mother’s Day tribute to her on Instagram. “Does @Timbaland know something we don’t?” asked The Shade Room.
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