In this Karamo talk‑show segment, host Karamo confronts Rashard, who admits sending an inappropriate, hurtful text to his 17‑year‑old daughter after she accused him of being a deadbeat. Rashard claims his reaction was provoked by the daughter’s comments, which he says were influenced by peers with absent fathers. Other participants (Speaker C and Speaker D) interject, echoing Rashard’s justification, describing similar hurt feelings, and recounting a prior phone conversation where they warned Rashard not to involve a girl named Kiara. The dialogue devolves into accusations, repeated statements of “I’mma love you from a distance,” and chaotic interruptions. Karamo repeatedly attempts to de‑escalate, asking whether Rashard would act the same if the girl weren’t his daughter and urging everyone to stop. The segment showcases a heated family conflict, emotional blame‑shifting, and Karamo’s mediating role, highlighting themes of parental responsibility, verbal abuse, and the challenges of addressing teenage distress on a public platform.
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There should never be a 17-year-old girl calling a show saying, "I need help." I love her so much. I hear you say you love her. I gotta ask you this. You sent a text to your daughter. Yep.
Yes.
Do you think that text is a loving text?
It wasn't appropriate at all. But this is why.
Then why did you send it?
Because my daughter was texting me back and forth talking about how I'm a deadbeat, I'm no good, I'm not there, which is totally not true. She be with a bunch of cousins and friends whose dads are in jail, whose dads are dead. And she's feeling them and it rubbed off on her because at the same time, like, I always was there.
But do you think it reinforces her feelings when you say things like this?
No.
Because if you're feeling pain by your daughter saying something to you, I'm a parent. Children say things outta their mouth all the time, but it's our job as parents to step above that. It wasn't appropriate.
Listen, right. And it wasn't appropriate. No, and I get that. I wanted to hurt my daughter feelings. You know why? Because she hurt my feelings. She told me—
I get it. Hold on, hold on.
How you got your daughter telling you to—
But I want, I want, I want, I want to take a—
So she hurt my feelings and I end up texting her back that stuff like, you know what, go find your real dad. I did say that because you know what, at the end of the day, I'm not going to sit here and tolerate that. I'mma love you from a distance. And I bet she ain't show them text messages.
I'mma love you from a distance.
You want to be disrespectful and disobedient, I love you from from a distance.
Before that, before I did that.
I hurt her feelings because she told me to.
Okay, before I sent that.
So I told her I'm gonna find the real dad, stop it.
Anyways, before.
Excuse my language.
Before he sent that text message, me and him was on the phone for like a whole hour. Say we wasn't.
We were.
Okay.
And I told my girl that. And I asked you. And I told my girl that.
I asked you. Yes. I asked you not to say nothing to Kiara. Didn't I tell you that? And I told you I was gonna talk to her.
You don't tell me what to do.
Okay, but you be disrespectful sometimes.
Rashard, I wanna know this. What will you do if she's not your daughter?
I'm gonna still be there for her.
Move around. No, you're not. Move around.
But this is what I went through. Move around.
Move around.
Even if I wanna be there, move around now. You get me? This is what I've been going through since she was a kid.
I'm tired of this.
You're not the father? I get that.
I'm tired.
You're not the father?
All right, listen everyone.
Angel was having sex with the baby, stop it.
All right everyone, listen, when we come back, we'll find out whether or not Rashad was—
And you was having sex with me too, huh?
Hold on, hold on.
No, no, no.
You was having sex with me too and I told your girlfriend.
