Kamala Harris on "The Breakfast Club"

The stern public rebuke by Harris's father happened days after she spoke about her prior marijuana use during an interview on "The Breakfast Club," a nationally syndicated urban radio show.

When host Charlamagne Tha God asked her to address the rumors, she replied, "That’s not true. Look, I joke about it, I have joked about it. Half my family is from Jamaica -- are you kidding me?"