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T.I. is breaking his silence for the first time after making controversial comments\u00a0about his daughter\u2019s virginity.<\/p>\n
Sitting down with his wife Tiny on Jada Pinkett Smith\u2019s \u201cRed Table Talk,\u201d Tip addressed the backlash he received following his appearance on the \u201cLadies Like Us\u201d podcast earlier this month, where he said he takes his 18-year-old daughter, Deyjah Harris, to the gynecologist each year to \u201ccheck her hymen\u201d and make sure she\u2019s still a virgin.<\/p>\n
He started off by clearing up any misconceptions. \u201cMy intentions have been terribly misconstrued and misconceived,\u201d said Tip. \u201cLet me go set this record straight. Never said I was in any exam room. That is an assumption. That is a falsity. I never said that it was being done present day, as an 18-year-old. I never said that her mother wasn\u2019t present. Her mom was present and everything. This false narrative has just been sensationalized.<\/strong><\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He apologized to his daughter and clarified that they only did this on a couple occasions, when Deyjah was 15 or 16 years old. But it\u2019s no longer happening. Her mother, singer Ms. Niko, was present every time.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was never any objection [from Deyjah]. She did have a problem with me talking about it, however,<\/em>\u201d said Tip.\u00a0\u201cAnd I understand that. And I am incredibly apologetic to her for that. To her. To you, sweet baby Deyjah. Not to any of these other strangers, any of these weirdos who toss lies around for fun. She understands my intentions, she knows who I am, she knows who I\u2019ve always been. That allows a certain level of understanding. The outside, the noise is distracting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n He said he avoided addressing \u201chymen-gate\u201d at the request of his daughter, who eventually had a change of heart. \u201cMy daughter said, \u2018Just let it go. Don\u2019t say nothing, just let it go.\u2019 And I didn\u2019t,\u201d he said. \u201cUntil I had different directives. \u2018OK, go \u2018head, make it stop. Clear it up.\u2019 I would not be here today had I not had those different directives. I would still be sitting in silence.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n