Robin Thicke defends his hit-song, "Blurred Lines," after criticism from rape charity.
TheIndependent quoted Spokeswoman for Rape Crisis, Katie Russell, as saying, "The lyrics of 'Blurred Lines' seem to glamourise violence against women and to reinforce rape myths, which we strive to dispel."
Thicke tells Newsbeat of the claim that the song glamorizes rape, "I can't even dignify that with a response, that's ridiculous."
Thicke defends his character as a gentleman and says that his wife, whom he's been married with since 2005, encouraged his song and the now-banned music video which featured topless women. He is quoted saying on EOnline.com, "My initial response was I love the clothed version, I don't think we should put out the naked version," Thicke said. "And then I showed it to my wife and all of her girlfriends and they said 'You have to put this out, this is so sexy and so cool.'"
The clothed version of the video is featured below. Thicke's catchy tune is sitting at number one of both the Billboard's Hot 100 and the iTunes Charts.