Social media exploded with reactions last week after a disturbing video from Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition went viral. In the clip, Love & Hip Hop: New York personality Vado lunges at the neck of fellow co-star and potential romantic interest Tahiry Jose.
In the wake of the incident, Vado has been dropped by his merchandise company Starbreakers Entertainment who currently manages merch for Cassidy, Kidd Kidd, Six3 (Dorrough) and Nature. The company also has new stores launching for Onyx and CNN (Capone-N-Noreaga) in the near future.
In a statement sent to HipHopDX, Starbreakers Managing Partner Derek Lemire revealed Vado’s contract has been terminated.
“I learned of last weeks events regarding Vado after seeing an affiliate post a HipHopDX link covering the story, and several affiliates contacted me and were very concerned,” Lemire tells DX. “It is never OK to aggressively put hands on a woman and we at Starbreakers cannot stand behind these actions or the lack of empathy and remorse that followed on social media. We wish Vado the best moving forward and hope he can grow from this situation.”
Shortly after the clip hit the internet, Tahiry took to Instagram to explain how “devastated” she was. She also insisted the incident wasn’t scripted.
“Let me be CLEAR for all the people that are saying that this was ‘scripted’ it is NOT!” she wrote in part. “As a woman that has already suffered physical abuse at the hands of a man why would I ever want to relive that? There is no check big enough for me to EVER play like that!”
Tahiry 'Devastated' After Vado's Violent Incident Goes Viral
Rather than wholeheartedly apologize, Vado placed half of the blame on Tahiry, writing, “Nobody’s da victim we both were wrong doin me more because I’m a Man dat tried to take da better route but couldn’t once it was no apology n continuous of disrespect I lost it n went out like a Str8 Sucka. I apologize to all women once again but ladies please keep y’all hands to y’all selves #UsToo.”
Too much drama.
GTFOOH. Shorty bust dude up side the face with a hard ass apple. No one came to dude defense denouncing old girl. Fuck MBC with that double standard BS.
vado usta smash angela yee and her prune poon, he has suffered enough, tahiry just wants JR Smith to pipe her again roflmao
– unsigned comedian
SHE D-ZURVD IT YALL! BRB GONNA VOTE JOE BIDEN. ALSO I WANNA SEE WATS UNDER ILHAN OMARS BURKA BURKA DURKA DURKA U NAM MEEEEEEENE
Your mother should have swallowed you
Who’s out there buying vado merch? What does it say? Tshirt that says camron’s ex bitch?
She was wrong for throwing that apple at him but NEVER should a man put hands on a woman.If she were my daughter i would fix his business
Pull bitch!!!! You can catch these hands too!!!!
Look at her face after it happened. Evil smirk on her face. He was definately wrong for it, but she loooves the drama.
Im not into hitting women…but these woman be out here enticing men to put their hands on them then play the victim. Who knows what tyle of abuse they place on each other behind doors and to keep it 100% she look like a bag chaser dudes need to stop playing captain save em.
I’m deeply bothered and sadden by both of their actions. Tahiry is hot-headed and crosses the line with her mouth and her aggressive ways. Please understand, no man should ever put his hands on a female, let’s be clear. Yet at the same time, no women should ever tempt a man, by getting physical or verbally abusive & Tahiry has done both to Vado. I think both should have been dismissed from Boot camp, not just Vado, that’s one-sided and doesn’t set the right example. If Tahiry is going to be consoled & treated like she wasn’t 100 percent wrong for her careless and aggressive behavior, then she’s allowed to think that she can react to another man the same way & maybe the results might be worse if not life changing. Vado’s career should not have been at stake, that’s totally unfair and not relavent. Tahiry and Vado needs therapy, & anger management before getting back in touch with one another. That’s setting a better example as well as giving them both an opportunity to look at themselves and realize that they both need help.