Two of R. Kelly’s alleged abuse victims appeared on NBC’s “Megyn Kelly TODAY” show this morning to discuss their stories. Asante McGee and Kitti Jones, who have both detailed their allegations of sexual misconduct and physical abuse in past interviews, talked about their controlling relationships with the singer. “You would have to send a text message to one of his runners, just asking if you could go to the restroom, and they would relay the information to him,” Jones said. “You weren’t free to walk throughout the house.”

“We were required to call him Daddy,“ McGee said. “You would address him as Daddy. If you didn’t, you would get in trouble. Or slapped.”

The two women originally came forward to describe R. Kelly’s “cult” of women in a report published by Buzzfeed News last summer. Four more women came forward with allegations of sexual abuse last week in stories published by Buzzfeed News and The Washington Post.

In a statement issued on May 4, R. Kelly’s management team continued to deny the allegations levied against him, saying the singer “has close friendships with a number of women who are strong, independent, happy, well cared for and free to come and go as they please.”