Lady Gaga 'Do What U Want' video postponed due to sexual assault charges

(Musician Lady Gaga arrives at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood, California March 2, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/DANNY MOLOSHOK)

Lady Gaga just found herself in a controversy when the release of her "Do What U Want" video featuring R. Kelly has been postponed due to the sexual assault charges that surround the major players of the video.

Sex is something Lady Gaga is not afraid to sell. Video after video, the singer has been showing provocative sides of her that some find too much. Just when her critics thought that she'd have a shift of image, a 33-second footage of her next video, "Do What U Want" with R. Kelly was leaked, and it has "rape" written all over it.

In the video, Lady Gaga plays a patient under the care of a doctor, who's played by singer R. Kelly. Gaga blurts out a question regarding her physical health, to which Kelly replied, "Yes, if you let me do whatever I want with your body. Not only does this suggest a lustful and inappropriate tone for a lot of underage fans, but it deemed to be too much for legal release.

"I'm putting you under, and when you wake up, you're going to be pregnant," further said Kelly in the video. Next, he is seen groping Gaga's body under the sheets, to which Gaga replied with a suggestive moan. Gaga proclaimed that there is a delay in releasing the video because it did not have enough "artistic credibility," but it might just not be the real reason.

Some new-age listeners could find this video without harm, but the controversy surrounding both R. Kelly and its director, Terry Richardson, are too much to not ignore. Kelly faced a sexual assault charge in in 2010 for allegedly assaulting his maid, while some of the models that has worked with Richardson filed sexual assault charges against him just recently. Starring in a video with two people who both have sexual assault charges, in a sexually-charged content proved to be distasteful even for Lady Gaga's team.

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