{"id":4484,"date":"2026-07-12T20:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4484"},"modified":"2026-07-12T20:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T15:18:19","slug":"t-i-reflects-on-backlash-over-comments-about-daughters-virginity-that-sucked-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4484","title":{"rendered":"T.I. Reflects on Backlash Over Comments About Daughter&#8217;s Virginity: &#8216;That Sucked&#8217; &#8211; Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2245007\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/t-i-deyjah-hymen-788x444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"T.I. Deyjah attends the 68th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 8, 2014 in New York City.\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/t-i-deyjah-hymen-428x240.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/t-i-deyjah-hymen-788x444.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100px, 788px\" loading=\"eager\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ti\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">T.I.<\/strong><\/a> is addressing a controversy years later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 45-year-old rapper, who shares seven children with wife <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/tiny-harris\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Tiny Harris<\/strong><\/a>, spoke out about 2019 remarks about how he\u2019d take his daughter <strong>Deyjah<\/strong>, then 18 at the time, to a gynecologist to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2019\/11\/06\/t-i-takes-his-daughter-to-gynecologist-to-check-if-her-hymen-is-still-intact\/\">ensure her hymen was still intact<\/a> and make sure she was still a virgin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is the thing:\u00a0<strong>Deyjah<\/strong>\u2018s 18, just graduated high school now and she\u2019s 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,\u201d\u00a0<strong>T.I.<\/strong>\u00a0said while speaking with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/nazanin-mandi\/\"><strong>Nazanin Mandi<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Nadia Moham<\/strong>\u00a0on their podcast <em>Ladies Like Us<\/em>. The hosts naturally thought he was joking, but he doubled down that he was serious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2019\/11\/25\/t-i-breaks-silence-on-comments-about-daughters-hymen-why-he-waited-so-long-to-clarify-things\/\">apologized for the comments that<\/a> year, and is now reflecting on the controversy in a new interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat sucked,\u201d he said to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ti-addresses-2019-controversy-over-comments-about-daughter-virginity-exclusive-12015906\"><em>People.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen the podcast that the interview was on, when it first came out and everything happened, we experienced that as a family in real time, and it just happened to have been recorded,\u201d he said, referring to the family\u2019s reality TV show <em>T.I. and Tiny: Friends and Family Hustle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy the time the episode or the season was finished and it came around to being aired, we\u2019d already went through it, and the episode of the TV show was taking us back through it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>Family Hustle<\/em> was like our photo album. I can go back to see <strong>Major <\/strong>when he was 2. He\u2019s on his way to college now. Or see<strong> \u2019Nique<\/strong> before she was able to drive. I can see all of my kids\u2019 lives and rekindle those memories,\u201d he went on to reflect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2019\/11\/25\/t-i-breaks-silence-on-comments-about-daughters-hymen-why-he-waited-so-long-to-clarify-things\/\">how he initially clarified the comments years ago.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/t-i-deyjah-harris\/\" rel=\"tag\">T.i. 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