Kanye West appeared to speak out in support of T.I.’s decision to have his daughter’s hymen checked every year, and people are well and truly fed up.
The rapper-turned-gospel-singer held a Sunday service at a Los Angeles homeless shelter this past weekend. An audio clip obtained by TMZ showed West preaching to the masses and complaining about the internet not appreciating things that are “God-approved.”
“I ain’t telling nobody what to do,” West said. “I’m expressing what I been through. ‘Cause you know people love to take a soundbite and say, ‘This was not exactly devil-approved by the internet.'”
West then quickly pivoted the conversation toward T.I. “You can be speaking on something that’s God-approved,” he said. “You know what I’m saying? … They tried to play T.I., but he’s talking about something that’s God-approved.”
In case you were fortunate enough to have missed it, T.I. blew up the internet back in November when he proudly admitted to having his 18-year-old daughter checked annually for an intact hymen. After he realized most people actually consider this to be a horrible invasion of privacy rather than something that’s going to win him a “dad of the year award,” T.I. doubled down, saying he has to “protect mine.”
While it hasn’t been confirmed that West’s “God-approved” comment referred to the hymen situation, it seems quite likely. As one might expect, the internet is fully prepared to drag him for these antiquated, misogynistic views.
“Would it be okay with you guys if we left Kanye in 2019?” one Twitter user asked.
Would it be okay with you guys if we left Kanye in 2019?
— Nealo (@NellydaSilla) December 31, 2019
Imagine still stanning Kanye https://t.co/A0TGVVNyaz
— Hannah “GCC disco beam” Grace (@rantswithhannah) December 30, 2019
Another wanted to know what West’s wife, Kim Kardashian, would think if Kanye expected to take their kids out for “virginity checks” when they get older.
https://twitter.com/midalias/status/1211738124247879681
Basically, nobody was happy with the man who once proclaimed that he himself was God.
KW's mother should have stayed a virgin.
— Catcando (@Catcando5) December 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/selsavessouls/status/1212067086035562497
Kanye West really just said that what TI did with his daughter is “God approved”….
— devious cherry (@shelbyrocco) December 30, 2019
Checking a hymen doesn’t prove virginity!!!! It’s a complete myth. Hymens can break in virgins and stay intact after sex. There is no medical “virginity” test. It would be more scientific to give their daughters lie detector tests. (Though equally gross, immoral & sexist)
— S.M. 💙 (@SM_Kali1) December 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/mjcrybaby/status/1211873245160300545
Makes sense, Kanye thinks he IS god.
— AJ (@Automat1cJack) December 31, 2019
Kanye West gets down with Joel Osteen? And he supports TI's hymen check-ups?
— Sterling (@sterfry222) December 30, 2019
I knew I still hated Kanye's ass for a reason
when tf are people gonna stop talking about their daughters hymens. it is fucking weird… and do they come with that same energy with their sons? YALL ARE WEIRD. Fuck kanye and ti.. and trump
— youngfatthead (@darianjustine) December 30, 2019
Some people insisted West’s comments were about something entirely different, and that he wasn’t calling T.I.’s so-called “virginity checks” “God-approved” at all. However, the perpetually outspoken born-again rapper has yet to comment on the incident.
And really? Knowing Kanye, that’s probably for the best.
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