During his appearance on 'the Famous and Wealthy' podcast, the Source co-founder takes issue with his estranged daughter's stance on his defense of R. Kelly.
- June 4, 2024
AceShowbiz - Benzino has responded to daughter Coi Leray disowning him over R. Kelly comments. During his appearance on "the Famous & Wealthy" podcast, the Source co-founder took issue with Coi's stance on his defense of the disgraced R&B singer.
"She made a comment about the R. Kelly situation and said that she doesn't want to have anything to do with me," Benzino said of the "Players" raptress. "Because of the R. Kelly thing. And I'm saying - but then, right? Four months ago, she's on the Math Hoffa show."
"And Math Hoffa - which I thought, you know, was a kind of crazy question. But hey... Like she said, she's grown, you know what I'm saying?" he added. "She's of age, I don't think they're grown sometimes."
Benzino later shaded Coi for losing her virginity at 14 years old. "But anyways, alright, alright. But he asked her, 'Hey, when did you lose your virginity?' She said at 14," he said. "Now first, right, I didn't know, you know what I'm saying? Right, so I'm like... So here you are condemning me for saying what I'm saying, which is a grown folks' conversation. Which I never mentioned you. Which, really, you shouldn't have even really involved yourself because this was a conversation that I'm having."
He added, "But since you did involve yourself, which is what you do, alright? How can you say that when you just said that you lost your virginity at 14? So is the guy that you lost your virginity at 14 [to], is he a pedophile?"
Benzino's remarks arrived after Coi distanced herself from him for defending R. Kelly. "I want everybody to know I want nothing to do with anything my father has going on. I haven't spoken to him in over a year and I don't condone or respect any of them interviews he got going on. I don't respect his decisions and I really want nothing to do with him please don't even think of me when you see him," she wrote on X earlier this year.
In a separate tweet, the "Can't Come Back" rapper added, "Sharing the same DNA and blood DOESN'T make us FAMILY. Loyalty , boundaries , respect , teaching , guidance , love , patience , encouragement MAKES US FAMILY."
