T.I. has come under fire after a recent revelation he made about his daughter, Deyjah Harris. The rapper admitted to being overly protective of his daughter and his comments revealed the extreme lengths he goes to in order to make sure his 18-year-old is not romping in the sheets.
The comments came during an appearance on the podcast Ladies Like Us with Nazanin Mandi, who is married to singer Miguel.
T.I. admitted that he protects his children from doing damage to themselves, but when it comes to his daughter he wants to make sure she is still a virgin. In fact, T.I. makes regular trips to the doctor with Deyjah to ensure she is still a virgin.
Seriously.
“I think that most kids in hindsight, looking back, they always thank their parents for not allowing them to damage themselves as much as they could have,” Tip said, as transcribed by MadamNoire.com.
“This is the thing. Deyjah’s 18, just graduated high school now and she’s attending her first year of college, figuring it out for herself. And yes, not only have we had the conversation, we have yearly trips to the gynecologist to check her hymen.”
You read that correctly. The rapper said that he accompanies his daughter to the gynecologist to make sure she is still a virgin.
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But in case you didn’t really believe T.I., he expanded on the comments.
“So it’s this one time we go, I think this might have been after her 16th birthday. This is what we do. Right after the birthday we celebrate,” he said. “Usually like the day after the party she’s enjoying her gifts. I put a sticky note on the door: ‘Gyno. Tomorrow. 9:30.’ So we’ll go and sit down and the doctor will come and talk and the doctor’s maintaining a high level of professionalism. He’s like, ‘You know sir, I have to, in order to share information’ — I’m like, ‘Deyjah they want you to sign this so we can share information. Is there anything you would not want me to know? See doc? No problem.’ And so then they come and say, ‘Well I just want you to know that there are other ways besides sex that the hymen can be broken like bike riding, athletics, horseback riding and just other forms of athletic physical activity.’ So I say, ‘Look doc, she don’t ride no horses, she don’t ride no bike, she don’t play no sports. Just check the hymen please and give me back my results expeditiously.'”
When the comments began gaining traction online, T.I. became the No. 1 trend on Twitter with a number of users saying his actions are controlling and abusive.
T.I. is disgusting to discuss his daughters sex life
Then to have the double standard of being ok with your 15 year old son having sex. And like, are you gonna beat her ass if she did?
And this feels like that "I didn't want a daughter bc I treated women like trash" bs.
— George M Johnson (@IamGMJohnson) November 6, 2019
DISGUSTING: T.I. (@TIP) goes to his daughter Deyjah’s gynecologist yearly to make sure her hymen is still intact. He said the results are his. Gross!
1. It’s toxic, creepy & possessive.
2. His younger son admits he’s having sex & it wasn’t a problem.
3. She’s 18! Stop him now! pic.twitter.com/D6ILR6Bhiv
— Jerome Trammel (@MrJeromeTrammel) November 6, 2019
This is absolutely disgusting and perverted and vile and ignorant and just plain wrong. TI is a sick, controlling narcissist and there is absolutely NO way Deyjah, her mother or any woman in TI’s life should be okay with this. https://t.co/tDjVdAoSom
— Candice Marie Benbow (@CandiceBenbow) November 6, 2019
I feel bad for miss Deyjah. Her business all on social media being discussed all bc her daddy wanna be an asshat in interviews.
— j.dunn (@j_dunnnn) November 6, 2019
T.I. had no business having children. This is disgusting and abusive. My prayer is that his daughter (and all his children) recover from the trauma that has come with having him for a father.
Peace and blessings to them. https://t.co/fEhJft4Sw5
— CiCi Adams🌸 (@CiCiAdams_) November 6, 2019
Well, his daughter Deyjah (@yafavdeyj) is/was uncomfortable with it.. @Tip it’s gross, do better! pic.twitter.com/5aNcUh3Ewd
— Jerome Trammel (@MrJeromeTrammel) November 6, 2019
Even if Deyjah wasn’t 18 what TI is doing is a complete invasion of privacy. This ownership that men think they have over their daughter’s bodies is disgusting and creepy as fuck. They’ll do this while simultaneously patting their sons on the back for their sexual advances.
— LAUREN S. 🍑 (@Iaurensen) November 6, 2019
Deyjah has not made any public comments about her father’s interview, but she has liked comments on social media condemning his actions. We’ll have to see if T.I. responds to the criticism now that his comments are gaining traction on social media.