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T.I.'s daughter said his comments about her yearly virginity test were 'traumatizing'

Jun 19, 2020, 04:01 IST
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Deyjah Harris, Tip "T.I" Harris and Heiress Diana Harris attend "The Grand Hustle" Exclusive Viewing Party at The Gathering Spot on July 19, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.Paras Griffin/Getty Images
  • Rapper T.I. made headlines in November after he said he accompanied his 18-year-old daughter, Deyjah Harris, to check if her hymen was intact to confirm that she was still a virgin.
  • In a recent episode of "T.I. & Tiny: Friends and Family Hustle," Deyjah opened up about how she felt about her father's comments.
  • Deyjah said she was "very shocked, hurt, angry [and] embarrassed" when she heard about his comments while on a family vacation together outside of the US.
  • "This situation is just a little traumatizing for me," she said as she held back tears.
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Rapper T.I. made headlines and even prompted New York state to consider a ban on "virginity testing" after he made comments about accompanying his 18-year-old daughter, Deyjah Harris, to gynecology appointments to check if her hymen was intact.

In a recent episode of reality TV show "T.I. & Tiny: Friends and Family Hustle," Deyjah admitted how she felt about her father's statement. She explained she found out about her father's comments via social media during a family vacation out of the country.

"Things are completely uncomfortable for me right now," Deyjah said during a confessional interview in the episode "We're all together in this house, so I have to see my dad and be around him. And we're in a foreign country, so it's not like I can leave and get away."

Deyjah said she feels "very shocked, hurt, angry [and] embarrassed" by her dad's interview.

"I'm scrolling on Twitter, and I see that I've been tagged in a post," Deyjah said. The only word that I saw was 'gynecologist' and I didn't even need to read the whole title 'cause I just knew, my heart sank."

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In a November episode of "Red Table Talk," T.I. said he was "oblivious" to how his comments would impact Harris.

Though he has since apologized, she admitted in the confessional their relationship is still different now.

"I'm not really gonna be able to get through to him [and] connect how I need to," Deyjah said. "I just don't really care to be around him right now. Our relationship, I'm gonna look at it differently."

"This situation is just a little traumatizing for me," she said as she held back tears.

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