MTV, in all of it's infinite power, has amassed a pretty hefty collection of quotes from performers and heavyweights in the music biz about the state of R. Kelly and how they feel about the longest child pornography scandal in the history of child pornography scandals. And like, T-Pain, they aren't really stressing it. Like, at all.

"He feels he didn't do anything wrong, so why should it be any other way?" Swizz Beatz said. "If he did something wrong, then you go into hiding. He's just making good music…"

"People are just like, 'Eh,' " Billboard senior chart manager Raphael George said. "He seems no different than any other celebrity who's gotten caught up in some kind of scandal."

When asked about the situation, many people might as well have been following a script: It's R. Kelly's personal problem.

"I think people put away the personal life and what they see is the entertainer," Chris Brown said. "So I differentiate between the two."

"I've struggled a lot too, but I've made it through," Keyshia Cole said.

"Everyone has their demons. Who doesn't have their scandal?" Fergie asked.

I don't mean to nitpick, but, well, quite a few people don't have scandals, at least not on the level of R. Kelly's. It goes to show that if you make some hyper-sexual, derogatory songs interspersed with inspirational ditties and humorous YouTube epics, America will forgive you for anything.

[MTV]