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3 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this excerpt from the Karamo Show, a mother (Speaker A) and her daughter engage in a heated exchange about the daughter's long‑standing insecurity regarding her body. The mother repeatedly accuses the daughter of being insecure, while the daughter counters by recalling that the mother repeatedly called her "fat" when she was 14, shaping her self‑image. The dialogue is marked by overlapping interruptions, accusations, and a struggle over who is responsible for the daughter's lack of confidence. The conversation references specific past moments (4th‑grade photos, age 14) and illustrates how past verbal remarks have lingering emotional impact, culminating in a tense, defensive standoff.

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She's insecure, she's out. Literally, you are insecure, so don't sit up there and act like you're not, because you are. You are insecure. No, I'm not insecure. You are insecure. I was. You got this on and you don't know it, and you don't think you beautiful? Why you don't feel like you beautiful? I don't think I beautiful. You don't feel like you beautiful? Yes, I do. Then lower your voice while you talking to me. Okay, 'cause you said, that don't even make sense coming out your mouth. You insecure, you said this to me. I was insecure when I was 14 years old because you kept telling me I was fat. 'Cause I kept telling you you was fat. Yes, so you gonna lie? You was calling me big. Oh, well, I'm sorry your ass was fat then. No, I wasn't. I look at the— When I look back at the pictures when I was in 4th grade, when I was 14, I wasn't even big. But I thought I was, because of you. Change the subject, next. Well, I got something to say. Y'all don't make sense. We don't? No, especially you, mother. Well, 'cause I said— So what's the problem, daughter?