T.I. recently, inexplicably decided to go on the record as saying he didn’t believe that Hillary Clinton should be president because she’s a woman. Once the quote hit the Internet, it was about as well-received as one would expect — that is, horribly.
T.I. on Hillary Clinton: ‘I Can’t Vote For the Leader of the Free World To Be A Woman’
Oprah Winfrey, one of the country’s most influential women and a person who has better things to do than check Twitter, hadn’t heard about the rapper’s ill-advised comments until earlier today (Oct. 14), when a TMZ reporter asked her opinion on them as she left New York’s CBS Studios.
The face she makes after hearing T.I. believes women are “too emotional” to be leaders (at 0:18, for reference) says it all. “Nobody said that,” was the disbelieving media magnate’s first response. When asked what she would tell T.I., Oprah’s response was simple and to the point: “Honey child, hush your mouth. You don’t know what you’re talkin’ about.”
T.I.’s Hillary Clinton Comments: Lily Allen, Samantha Ronson & More Respond
Unsurprisingly, she’s skeptical of his apology as well — watch the full clip below: