R. Kelly walked out of a live interview when asked about his rape allegations

For more than a decade, reporter Jim DeRogatis has been trying to get people to pay attention to the allegations that R. Kelly has raped multiple teenage girls. DeRogatis has had some success in the last few years, something the artist behind "Ignition (Remix)" doesn't seem thrilled about.

In an outwardly hostile HuffPost Live interview Monday, R. Kelly repeatedly insulted host Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani's intelligence and commented on her physical appearance when she pressed him on how the accusations might affect his fans and sales of his music.

"I did not come here to get interrogated. I didn't come here for a deposition," he said. "Do you know what a deposition is?"

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After more heated back-and-forth, R. Kelly said, "This interview is over" and walked off the set entirely.

Watch him lose his cool below. Julie Kliegman