T.I. doesn’t all the time nail his method to parenting, however there isn’t any doubt that his youngsters are taking in his helpful phrases of knowledge.
The rapper’s oldest daughter, Deyjah Harris, revealed that recommendation he gave her years in the past about relationships has come full circle. In a sequence of Father’s Day posts shared to her Instagram Story, the 23-year-old revisited a televised chat her dad had along with her about preserving her virginity on an early episode of “T.I. & Tiny: The Household Hustle.”
Within the clip, a considerably youthful Harris is seated as her dad tells her, “Sweetheart, you’re a fairly woman, so guys are all the time going to be after you. They’re going to let you know you’re fairly, they gon’ let you know you sensible, they usually’re solely telling you that to get your sugar.”
On the time, Deyjah thought that “sugar” was merely a coded phrase for kiss, however the time period carried far more weight within the context of the dialog. The “Stay Your Life” artist would go on to clarify the significance of discerning who’s worthy of her “sugar.” Current day, the younger woman mentioned that not a lot has modified relating to her dad’s recommendation on the matter.
“He nonetheless says this til this very day and actually he’s proper. I ensure that to inform myself yearly ‘maintain your sugar’ due to him, he’s so actual for placing me on sport,” Deyjah captioned the publish.
A number of social media customers appreciated the lecture although famous that it was a message that wanted to be shared with sons as properly.
Among the many feedback was a perspective that said, “Now she see he was solely making an attempt to guard her!” One other comment learn, “So superior that she remembers and listens to him placing her on to sport. She 10 steps forward!” Nevertheless, the dialog within the feedback took a pointy flip when T.I.’s 2019 remarks about attending Harris’ physician appointments resurfaced.
T.I. says he goes to the gynecologist along with his daughter Deyjah to ensure she’s sustaining her virginity.
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One person requested, “She doesn’t have a alternative however to maintain her ‘sugar’ doesn’t he go to the DR along with her and test her hymen?” Whereas one other mentioned, “He’s all the time been an excellent dad and y’all hated him so unhealthy for his docs feedback although very invasive he all the time solely wished to guard his daughter.”
Throughout an look on the “Girls Like Us” podcast, T.I. said, “We now have yearly journeys to the gynecologist to test her hymen,” together with having “the discuss,” when requested how he educates his youngsters about intercourse and virginity.
“The Rubber Band Man” was met with backlash from followers who felt he was overstepping a boundary. When he joined “The Purple Desk Speak” in dialog about “hymen-gate,” he clarified, “I by no means mentioned I used to be in any examination room. That’s an assumption. That may be a falsity,” and that he by no means mentioned that it was being performed current day as an 18-year-old.
His spouse, Tiny, was current for the latter dialogue. The Xscape singer claimed that the appointments he referenced occurred when his daughter was 15 and 16 years of age. At his daughter’s request, he has since chosen to not talk about the controversial commentary any additional.
