R. Kelly’s crisis manager Darrell Johnson abruptly resigned late Monday after saying earlier in the day in a CBS News interview that he would “absolutely not” feel comfortable leaving his daughter alone with Kelly, the disgraced R&B singer now jailed on sex crimes charges.

Johnson “has decided to take some time off, for personal reasons, from his efforts on behalf of R. Kelly,” Kelly’s attorney Steve Greenberg said in a statement Monday night.

“He shares our confidence that this is an unprecedented assault against R. Kelly by others, for their own personal gain, and in the innocence of R. Kelly,” Greenberg added.

Johnson, asked by “CBS This Morning” host Gayle King on Monday if he would allow his own daughter to be alone with Kelly, answered: “Absolutely not.”

“I wouldn’t leave my daughter with anyone that’s accused of being a pedophile,” Johnson said.