Today’s break is a month past due but I couldn’t let this one miss the masses. I hurt for my people, I really do.

A fan who shouted “Free R. Kelly!” at the R&B star’s child pornography jury last month was freed from jail Wednesday after spending 33 more days in jail than her hero.

Grandmother of six Debra Triplett, 48, had been in the Cook County Jail since May 22, when she yelled the slogan twice at Kelly’s jury outside an elevator at the Criminal Courts building.

Kelly - who was cleared of child pornography June 13 - spent just one night locked up after his 2002 arrest for allegedly taping himself having sex with and urinating on his underage goddaughter.

Judge Vincent Gaughan ordered Triplett held in custody in lieu of $50,000 bail after her outburst. But unlike Kelly, who posted $75,000 to walk free while he awaited trial, Triplett and her family could not raise the $5,000 they needed to release her.

Jurors said at the time that they didn’t hear Triplett’s outburst, but speaking Wednesday, Gaughan said he had to be extra careful to protect the jury from outside influence.

“I’m sorry for speaking out in court,” Triplett, of Aurora, told him during a brief hearing Wednesday morning. Gaughan sentenced her to 30 days, giving her credit for the time she has already served.

“Thank God it didn’t affect the trial, but it could have,” Gaughan said, noting the enormous cost of Kelly’s trial and adding, “You could have deprived either the state or R. Kelly of a fair trial.”

Triplett winked at the press and threw her hands in the air in celebration as Gaughan said she was free to go.

Speaking outside the jail gates after her release, she said she was upset Kelly had not bailed her out. “I was real bummed about that,” she said. “For sure I thought he would step up.”

Triplett said that despite spending more than a month behind bars, she was still a fan of Kelly’s, adding she thought she would be freed when Kelly was acquitted.

“I thought that when they said, ‘Not guilty’ … they were gonna say, ‘Triplett, pack your bag,’ but they didn’t, and the days went on and on,” she said. [source]