Karamo confronts Chris about abandoning his daughter Lex for a decade. Chris was incarcerated when she was born and saw her once at three months old, then had no contact after she turned 15. Karamo challenges his explanations and insists the conversation focus on what helps the child heal, not Chris's narrative.
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So you were in jail when she was born?
When she was born, yeah. Chrissy was already 5 months pregnant when I went to jail.
So you weren't around during that time because you were in jail?
No, I came home after the birth. I came home like 2, 3 months after the birth.
Okay, so 3 months after.
That was the only time I got to see her.
When you got outta jail, were you trying to reconnect with all your friends and everybody in the neighborhood just trying to see like, hey, Let me try to be, you're 18 years old. Because I find it hard to believe just in my professional opinion that you would just come home and then all of a sudden you're like, I'm gonna sit here at 18, I'm gonna be in the house every day with my child.
When I came home, I came straight home to Chrissy. At the time I did not know Chrissy was involved in another relationship.
Okay.
I didn't have to go hang out with no friends or none of that.
I accept your truth.
My point is, is that he was there. So he had room to stop all that. You didn't tell me you sold my daughter for crack. I don't talk to you like that. You didn't tell me that.
So Chris, I got a question for you. Chris, I got a question for you. Well. How do you feel like saying that information is going to help Lex heal?
How is it helping her heal? What you mean? How do I think that information gonna help her heal?
How do you think telling her that?
This is what I had to go through. This is what I had to go through. I'm the one been trying to find Alexis.
I quit.
I didn't know how to find her.
My last question regarding this is then why didn't you see her for 10 years after you then were contacted by her when she was 15? Facts.
You said why did I what?
Why weren't you? Because at first I was trying to understand your perspective from being an 18-year-old. I was trying to like fill in holes in that story. So you found her at 15. You found her at 15. Why were you then not in contact with her for 10 years? This is a child that's hurting. So why weren't you able to still, 'cause you just told me and you tried to tell me that like I'm not right. I'm not seeing things clearly. So you didn't tell her—
Well, wait a minute, hold on, bruh. You asking me questions that I'm trying to answer.
No, I'm with you. Listen, no, I'm here for you. Listen, I'm here. Again, my point of this is to help your daughter heal. That is literally the point of it.
I'm trying to get you to understand something.
But when you say things about telling her that her mother sold her for crack, when you tell me that you say things of like, well, I was there Everyone is lying to her. My story is the only story that's correct. When you say things, I'm only giving you back things that you've said to me, sir. Sir, I'm only giving you. So now when I'm asking you why you weren't there for 10 years and you tell me, well, because she made me feel bad, that's when I start questioning you.
I mean, you can't connect with somebody that's not trying to connect with you.
But she's a child who's been hurt by both parents.
Okay, but at the same token, how can I connect? How can I connect?
As a father, I'll tell you, I've had a child that's been hurt before and I do the work.
No, no, no. Have you had a child in this situation? Don't tell me about no hurt child situation.
This situation ain't the same one. Actually, sir, actually, sir, I do have a child who's been in this exact situation almost. So you cannot tell me this. This is the reason that I have this show because I understand not only professionally what I'm talking about, but I've lived the life. So what I'm telling you is that I'm connecting the dots of what you've said. Sir, I have not by any chance tried to paint you as a bad person. What I'm trying to tell you is that the conversation that things What you're saying is not helping your daughter heal.
Not at all.
So I'm gonna ask you one more time. For 10 years, you had no communication with your daughter. Why?
