Wearing a T-shirt with a funny caption is something that’s harmless and entertaining for both the wearer and onlookers. Having said that, there is a line where the caption stops becoming funny and it seems like we’ve tripped on it with the existence of “Daddy’s little slut” T-shirts.
Now the caption itself isn’t that bad per se and is certainly not the worst thing to stamp on a T-shirt, but it becomes exceedingly problematic when said T-shirt is for children.
You see, an online children’s apparel retailer called OnlyBabyCare thought it was a good idea to sell a kid’s T-shirt with the phrase “Daddy’s little slut” printed on it in big letters.
The shirt was originally sold on Amazon before the company realised that selling a “Daddy’s little slut” kid’s T-shirt isn’t a good look and promptly took it down. Not saying that correlation equals causation in every single instance but the negative buzz generated online by this T-shirt might have had something to do with Amazon’s swift move.
When asked for a comment about the shirt, an Amazon spokesperson told TMZ, “All sellers must follow our selling guidelines and those who do not will be subject to action including potential removal of their account. The product in question is no longer available”.
For what it’s worth, the product description of the “Daddy’s little slut” shirt (before Amazon took it down) sounded pretty promising as it was touted as being “suitable” for a number of jolly occasions like playing outside, birthday party, baby shower, baptism, wedding, baby photography, daily wear, family day”.
Suitable probably isn’t the right word for those situations but sure.
At least you can’t accuse the seller of being sexist as the shirt was unisex and is suitable for “little girls and boys”. Not sure that’s the issue here but look, good on them for being inclusive.
Not entirely sure where this shirt exactly started but I’m going to randomly point the (completely unsubstantiated) finger at ridiculously overbearing father, T.I., for the existence of this ‘Daddy’s little slut” shirt.