T.I. and Tameka “Tiny” Harris recently stopped by Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk podcast to discuss the controversial comments Tip made about his 18-year-old daughter Deyjah Harris.
Earlier this month, he revealed he accompanies Deyjah to the gynecologist to “check her hymen,” causing an immediate firestorm of criticism. During the episode, Pinkett Smith got straight to business and confronted Tip about the admission.
“I came to clear up any misconceptions that have been surrounding how we interact and parent and what is appropriate and inappropriate,” he says. “I think all this surrounds a conversation that I was having in a very joking manner when asked how do I deal with parenting in this day-in-age.
“And so I just began, from a place of truth, I began to embellish and exaggerate. I think that a lot of people kind of like took it extremely literal. If you put any of my reputation, who I am as a father, who I’ve been, I honestly thought people knew me better than that.”
Tip confessed, at the time, he didn’t understand the “sensitivity” surrounding the issue but does now. However, he still believes people jumped to their own conclusions.
“My intentions have been terribly misconstrued and misconceived,” he continued. “Never said I was in any exam room, that is an assumption. That is a falsity. Never said it was being done present day as an 18-year-old. I never said her mother wasn’t present. Her mom was present every time.
Tiny weighed in, “She was 15, 16 years old at the time. Most fathers don’t go, but he was just present. And he didn’t make the doctor’s appointment.”
The Hustle Gang boss added this “false narrative has been sensationalized” but was incredible remorseful when it came to how the backlash affected his daughter.
“She did have problem with me talking about it, however, and I understand that,” he said. “I am incredibly apologetic to her for that. [Looks at the camera] To you, sweet Baby Dayja. Not to these other strangers, any of these weirdos who toss lies around for fun. She understands my intentions and she knows who I am and she knows who I’ve always been. That allows a certain level of understanding.”
T.I. made his original comments during a conversation with the “Ladies Like Us” podcast, which is co-hosted by Miguel’s wife Nazanin Mandi. In the wake of the public outcry, that particular episode has been deleted.
Cool. Just dont embellish and exaggerate to the feds…they may take your deal away.
“ I think that a lot of people kind of like took it extremely literal”….. you said you took your daughter to get her hymen checked and see if it was broken…..people are going to take that literally , dumbass. Funny how it’s taken him this long to try and come up with some kind of story to try and justify his bizzare parenting. Tip is a very fucked up idividual.
Why did they have to show Tiny in that thumbnail?? I was trying to my fucking food ……*pukes*
Lmao facts bro she is hideous!
TIP backpedaled expeditiously.
Lol!
T.I. started to look like Ja Rule.
C’mon Tip! I am trying to eat lunch here!
Poor tip had to have hours of sensitivty orientation with his handlers after that one
This nigga is hilarious blames everyone but himself. All of a sudden he was joking and exaggerating. Not only that, but he didn’t set the appointment now either even though he said he did before. No cares if you were in the exam room you were being a clown about your daughter’s hymen and you clowned it to the next level by telling the entire world about it. No amount of words you googled for this interview can help you now lmao
Tony’s troll doll ass trying to cover for her idiot husband. T.I. said himself that he makes an appointment to become hymen detective every year around his daughter birthday. His words, his own mouth made those statements. Now they’re backpedaling and saying it happened at 15-16 years old only, and if you heard it from his mouth you’re wrong! He did say that, but he didn’t lol! And it’s your fault for making assumptions based off of what her moron husband said. You’re all wrong even though TI said it himself. You’re all weird, not the hymen detective. Is that right, Tony and T.I.( total idiot)?
*Tiny* lol spellcheck wants to call her Tony
When it comes to hymen, I’m the expert. Plz lemme check it, T.I. I can check it for free of charge.
Shut up twat.
Straight clown! I don’t know what’s worse for T.I…. waking up and looking in the mirror and waking up and looking at Tiny!
Lame ass
“So I mean… YES we did have a hymen check regularly like weirdos and YES I think it’s totally reasonable to completely step on my daughters personal integrity but uuuh…. yall completely misinterpreted and misrepresented me”
Every time this jackass opens his mouth I’m embarrassed for him.
He kills me with his dumbass usage of big words…
He said, “As of her 18th birthday, her hymen is still intact” and then claims on this that policing his daughter it isn’t still a present thing. He’s straight up lying!! Fuck TIP, and you didn’t create trap music either you pr!ck.