Club Shay Shay - Mojo Brookzz Part 1

Summary

Club Shay Shay – Mojo Brookzz Part 1

Podcast: Club Shay Shay
Host: Shannon Sharpe
Guest: Mojo Brookzz
Date: April 1, 2026

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Episode Overview

This lively episode features NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe in conversation with viral comedian Mojo Brookzz (aka “the most toxic man on the Internet”). The conversation dives deep into Mojo's comedic persona, relationships, accountability in dating, the state of modern love, baby mama dynamics, cancel culture’s impact on comedy, notable moments from Mojo’s career, and the behind-the-scenes realness of stand-up comedy. Both men bring humor, candor, and strong takes, making for a rich, laugh-filled discussion that’s also unafraid to challenge modern assumptions and social media narratives.

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Main Themes & Key Discussion Points

1. The Origin and Popularity of Mojo Brookzz’s Signature Skits

• Mojo credits his comedic catchphrase “I know you lying” to real-life family moments, particularly reacting to surprising news.
  • [05:03] Mojo: “I remember the first time I said it…my mama called me, like, yeah, your sister pregnant. I know you...So, you know, it’s always been in the bag, man. And I think, one day...it just came out and it stuck, man. Everybody started saying it.”
• The intention behind his “toxic man” skits is to reflect real relationship issues and encourage people (especially men) to see their own flawed behavior reflected back.
  • [06:39] Mojo: “When I started doing the skits… it was really to shine light on what a lot of relationships are going through...But it was also to show the men that act like this...‘hey, you might not think you look crazy, but this is exactly what you look like.’”

2. Accountability, Toxicity, and Gender Differences in Relationships

• Both host and guest stress accountability as the cornerstone of healthy relationships.
  • [12:27] Shannon: “If I’m wrong, I’m man enough to say I’m wrong. I’m never gonna be too big, too proud...to say, you know what? I was wrong. I apologize.”
  • [11:19] Mojo: “That’s the only way that I’m in a relationship. That’s the only way it can work. Is that because I’m an accountable person.”
• On Toxicity:
  • Mojo argues women can be more toxic due to emotionality and unspoken expectations, while men tend to be more logical.
  • [07:37] Mojo: “Women. Women. Just for the simple fact that they’re more emotional...I think men, we’re more logical.”
• Uncommunicated expectations are a bigger relationship killer than infidelity or finances.
  • [08:33] Shannon: “It’s uncommunicated expectations...You expect one thing, but you don’t communicate that to her...now you have uncommunicated expectations.”
  • [08:57] Mojo: “How can you hold me accountable for something that you didn’t ask me, that I didn’t know?”

3. Forgiveness and Gender Dynamics

• Women are generally more forgiving—particularly about infidelity.
  • [15:09] Mojo: “Women.”
  • [15:10] Shannon: “Women are more forgiving.”
  • [15:11] Mojo: “Yeah. Yes. Give you a perfect example. Okay. A woman get cheated on...they take them back. How many times we seen women take back a cheating man?”
  • Men’s egos are less likely to recover if they’re cheated on; men rarely discuss it, out of pride.
  • [15:59] Mojo: “I think that’s one of the biggest things that can really hit a man. Ego is another man having your woman.”

4. Baby Mamas, Boundaries, and Co-Parenting

• Both discuss the “rules” with baby mamas/new partners, including boundaries about discipline, introducing kids to new partners, and financial responsibility.
• Introducing New Partners:
  • [27:44] Mojo: “Me personally, I would say maybe about a year...[for kids to meet a new partner]. For women...wait five years...make sure...Damn...”
  • [29:15] Mo: “I was dating a chick...she was ready to introduce her daughter to me within, like the first two months...Out of respect for her father, I’ma pass.”
• Discipline:
  • [30:14] Mojo: “Hell no. [New dude] can’t discipline my child.”
  • [30:52] Mojo: “Don’t put your hands on my child.”
• Financial boundaries:
  • [34:31] Mojo: “The only thing I’m responsible for is the little one over there...Don’t have her calling me [for other expenses]...Where old boy at?”
  • [35:24] Mojo: “When you were dealing with me, you wouldn’t let me do the bare minimum. So why'd he get a pass now?”

5. Social Media, Dating, and Financial Expectations

• The modern dating landscape is described as highly transactional, with trending social media narratives often distorting traditional roles and expectations.
  • [49:03] Mojo’s friend is asked for $4,000 by a woman after just meeting her; this symbolizes the growing expectation of financial support early in courtship.
  • [50:43] Mojo: “These dudes with these podcasts...if a dude ain’t giving you $5,000 a month, he don’t really love you...When did we get there?”
• Shannon and Mojo agree on personal responsibility when it comes to money, and that expectations should be made clear early.
  • [49:51] Mojo: “If you gonna ask me for the money, ask me first. Before we get involved.”
• Marriage is still a goal; Mojo sees value in building with one good woman.
  • [52:33] Mojo: “I want all of that. I feel like, you know, having a good woman by your side…your life is just in a flux [otherwise].”

6. Cancel Culture and Comedy

• Both lament the rise of “cancel culture,” especially how past tweets or stand-up bits can endanger opportunities or careers.
  • [69:15] Shannon: “Is it going too far now, Mo?”
  • [69:16] Mojo: “Yes.”
  • [70:03] Mojo: “Now more than ever, people wake up to be offended every day.”
• Mojo recounts losing a gig with Kevin Hart’s company over decade-old tweets that were interpreted (wrongly, in his view) as homophobic.
  • [73:57 - 79:16] Mojo tells the whole story of how the opportunity vanished after a “social media swipe” and why context and growth matter.

7. The Craft of Standup, Mentors, and Comedy’s Greats

• Mojo shares memorable stories about working with Mike Epps and Martin Lawrence:
  • [61:12] Recounts how Mike Epps let him close a stadium show in Memphis despite flight delays, demonstrating support for younger comics:
    • “Can’t nobody tell me nothing about Mike Epps...Not a lot of OG comedians would have done that.”
  • [81:13] Talks about Martin Lawrence’s humility and willingness to take suggestions:
    • “Martin the real OG...He respects the younger generation.”
• On his Comedy Mount Rushmore:
  • Mojo’s list: Eddie Murphy, Bernie Mac, Kevin Hart, Mike Epps, Richard Pryor, Martin Lawrence—with explanations why.
  • [85:34 - 87:33]
  • About Dave Chappelle, Mojo admires him but prefers a more in-your-face comedic style to Chappelle’s cerebral storytelling.

8. Representation, Legacy & Black Comedians Wearing Dresses

• Discussion around the history and controversy over Black comedians playing female characters/dressing in drag in movies and TV.
  • [92:54] Mojo: “If that’s what you want to do...Make your money. Who am I to tell you how to get your money? If it work for you, do it, but don’t compromise who you truly are.”

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Notable Quotes & Moments

| Timestamp | Quote/Exchange |
|-------------|---------------|
| [05:03] | Mojo: “I remember the first time...my mama called me, like, yeah, your sister pregnant. I know you...So, you know, it’s always been in the bag, man.” | | [06:39] | Mojo: “When I started doing the skits...it was really to shine light on what a lot of relationships are going through.” | | [08:33] | Shannon: “It’s uncommunicated expectations...That’s what causes relationships to end.” | | [12:27] | Shannon: “If I’m wrong, I’m man enough to say I’m wrong.” | | [15:59] | Mojo: “I think that’s one of the biggest things that can really hit a man. Ego is another man having your woman.” | | [34:31] | Mojo: “The only thing I’m responsible for is the little one over there...Don’t have her calling me [for other expenses]...” | | [35:28] | Shannon: “Cause they be in the air. Yeah, you know he got it.” Mojo: “They know about the money before your baby mama dude…” | | [49:03] | Mojo: “I got a homeboy...one night, the next day she hit him with a message like, I need like four bands.”| | [50:43] | Mojo: “These dudes with these podcasts...if a dude ain’t giving you $5,000 a month, he don’t really love you...When did we get there?”| | [52:33] | Mojo: “Absolutely. I want all of that. I feel like, you know, having a good woman by your side…”| | [61:12] | Mojo on Mike Epps: “Can’t nobody tell me nothing about Mike Epps...Not a lot of OG comedians would have done that.” | | [81:13] | Mojo on Martin Lawrence: “Martin the real OG...He respects the younger generation.” | | [85:52] | Mojo’s Mount Rushmore: “Eddie Murphy, Bernie Mac, Kevin Hart, Mike Epps, Richard Pryor, Martin Lawrence…” | | [93:58] | Mojo (on Black comedians in dresses): “If it work for you, do it, but don’t do it...if you not about to...change the trajectory of your career.” |

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Key Timestamps by Topic

• Mojo’s catchphrase origins & skit context: [04:48] – [06:13]
• Toxic relationships, accountability, expectations: [07:04] – [13:54]
• Forgiveness/Gender dynamics: [15:09] – [18:21]
• Baby mama boundaries, finances, co-parenting: [21:02] – [35:36]
• Dating, transactional expectations, social media: [48:22] – [52:29]
• Cancel culture & lost opportunities: [69:15] – [80:07]
• Mike Epps mentorship story: [61:12] – [66:13]
• Working with Martin Lawrence: [81:09] – [84:38]
• Comedy Mount Rushmore & approach: [85:02] – [88:19]
• Discussion of Black comedians in dresses: [92:54] – [94:44]

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Tone & Style

Deeply conversational, uproariously funny, honest, and personal; both Shannon and Mojo riff as friends, tapping into real-life stories, cutting social commentary, and a distinctly Black, unapologetically direct comedic tone.

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For Listeners New to the Episode

This episode is abundant with both laughs and real talk. If you want an unfiltered peek into the mind of a culture-shifting comedian and his philosophy on relationships, comedy, and life—"this is one you can’t miss." Mojo’s journey, lessons, and honesty are all on full display, with Shannon Sharpe as the perfect energetic, mischievous, and trusted interviewer.

Transcript

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[Mo Amer]

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[Mo Amer]

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[Mo Amer]

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[Mo Amer]

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[Mo Amer]

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[Shannon Sharpe]

YK said men should not expect women to be obligated to cook and Clean, without a ring.

[Mo Amer]

Who said that? Yk. Osiris.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

I'mma give you the world, baby girl.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You want a traditional life without doing traditional things.

[Mo Amer]

We shouldn't be obligated to pay no bills, buy no Louis bags, or take your own trips. For us to decide that we want you to be our wife.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They'll buy a girl a car before they buy their mom or their sister a car.

[Mo Amer]

It's crazy, bro. If I'm pouring into you, why wouldn't you want to pour into me?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right?

[Mo Amer]

I ain't obligated to pay your rent. Come on, man. That's crazy. All my life been grinding all my life Sacrifice, hustle, paid the price wanna slice, got to roll a dice that's why all my life I've been grinding all my life all my life been grinding all my life Sacrifice, hustle, paid

[T-Mobile Representative]

the price want a I got to

[Mo Amer]

roll the dice that's why all my life I've been grinding all my life.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hello. Welcome to another episode of Club Shay Shay. I am your host, Shannon Sharpe. I'm also the proprietor of Club Shay Shay. Stopping by for conversation and a drink today is one of the most impactful digital voices on the comedy tour. One of the top influential comedians in the game. One of Variety's top 10 comics to watch. That list includes alumni Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer and Tiffany Haddish. A prominent Chicago based comedian and the Emmy award creator, content creator. A nationally acclaimed and celebrated standup comedian. A multi hyphenate actor, writer, producer and a father. A viral media star. The most toxic man on the Internet. One of the funniest men on your timeline. I know you lying mojo, Brooke. That was good. I do you right.

[Mo Amer]

That was good.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I did you right, man. That was good, bro. I mean, I remember the first time that you popped up on my timeline with one of my. With one of your skins, bro. I got to toast you for that. Cause I.

[Mo Amer]

Because I've been waiting on this. I've been waiting to try some of this.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Let me know what you think now.

[Mo Amer]

It's smooth.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Very smooth.

[Mo Amer]

You don't need no chase. I thought I was gonna need a little chase. No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm light skinned. I need a little sprite or something go after that. That's smooth though.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Thank you. I appreciate it. Check this out. As a comedian and I've had a lot of comedians, you know, you watch the show. You know, I love comedians because you guys are very entertaining and you got a great story to tell.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Comedians job is to take events personal, what you see around and make it funny.

[Mo Amer]

Absolutely.

[Shannon Sharpe]

To come up with that line. I know you effing lying.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What situation caused you to use that line, man?

[Mo Amer]

You know what? You know, some of the stuff, like those type of lines, it just. Sometimes it just fits right there, depending on, you know, whatever the situation is. But I've been saying that, right? You know, for forever before I even, you know, was putting it in, you know, in my skits, man. I remember the first time that I said it. I got a little sister, and she about three years younger than me, and I remember the first time she got pregnant, and I ain't even know she was doing them type of things. So I remember my mama called me, like, yeah, your sister pregnant. I know you. So, you know, it's always been in the bag, man. And I think, you know, one day I was just shooting the skit, and I just. It just came out and it stuck, man. Everybody started saying it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So what do you think? Is there a right or wrong time to use it? Because you use it a lot, and when you fill it in, you like, I can see that situation. Cause we say that a lot when somebody say something. I know you lying. I know you ain't no way in hell you lying, bro.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I feel like when you hearing something that it just don't make no sense, right? That's when you supposed to say it. That's like when you hear that live, right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ah, come on. I know you lying, boy.

[Mo Amer]

That popped up. I said, I know you lying. That mama shell. I ain't gonna lie, though, Unc. I done put that in my little repertoire.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What you put in there?

[Mo Amer]

Yeah, that's mine. Whatever the name is. That's my Britney right there. That. My Britney.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You were named the most toxic man on the Internet. Yeah, you like it. You're like, come on, now. I ain't that toxic.

[Mo Amer]

You know what? I do like it. You know, that's what I was going for. I think, really, when I started doing the skits, the kind of, you know, I was doing the toxic skits, it was really to shine light on what a lot of relationships are going through.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

But it was also to show the men that act like this. Like, hey, you might not think you look crazy, but this is exactly what you look like.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

You know, when you doing a lot of the things that you doing. And, you know, a lot of people. I've had people that, you know, then seen the skits and stuff like that and be like, man, this triggered me. And I feel like it's almost good to be able, you know what I'm saying? To show someone. Cause you can hear it all the time. You toxic. I ain't toxic. But to see something. Because a lot of times have them

[Shannon Sharpe]

step back from it and look at

[Mo Amer]

it and say, you know what? I am the problem. You know what I'm saying? And I feel like I'm helping the world. I'm saving relationships one day at a time.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Who do you think are more toxic, men or women?

[Mo Amer]

Women. Women. Just for the simple fact that they're more emotional. They're more emotional, you know what I'm saying? I think men, we're more logical. I feel like the most toxic thing that most women do is they assume we're supposed to already know what it is that they want.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? Where it's like, if you don't say it to us, right, how we know you want it, you know what I'm saying? And I think that in itself is toxic. Just to assume that I'm just gonna know exactly, you know, what it is that you want. Because we don't move that way.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? We'll let you know. Hey, this is what I want.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Probably one of the most having a therapist. And I remember when I was talking to, seeing her, and, you know, she was telling me, she said, shannon, you think it's finances or you think it's infidelity that causes a relationship to end? Yeah, she said, but it's uncommunicated expectations.

[Mo Amer]

Absolutely.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You expect one thing, but you don't communicate that to her.

[Mo Amer]

Absolutely.

[Shannon Sharpe]

She expect another thing, but she doesn't communicate that to you.

[Mo Amer]

Absolutely.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And so now you have uncommunicated expectations. Well, you ain't take me out. Well, you didn't tell me you wanted to go out.

[Mo Amer]

You didn't tell me you wanted to go out.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You ain't take me to this restaurant. Well, you didn't tell me you didn't want to go there. Well, you didn't tell me that you wanted this or you didn't tell me you wanted that. So we have expectations, but. But we not communicating those things.

[Mo Amer]

We're not communicating. And I think. And I think, how can you hold me accountable for something that you didn't ask me, that I didn't know, that I didn't know. You know what I'm saying? It's different if I knew and I didn't do that. Correct. Now, that's something that you can hold me accountable for. Because I told you this is what I wanted, this is what I need out of this relationship. If you not saying it, how am I knowing that I'm not giving you what you want?

[Shannon Sharpe]

You give me what you want, right? What is the most toxic thing that you've seen women do? Because I'm watching your skits, man. We gonna get to your skits because I wanna know if men really, really behave like that, man.

[Mo Amer]

One of the most toxic things that I've seen women do. I've seen women. I've seen women cry over men, like, crying about a man that they're dealing with while they were cheating on him. Oh, my goodness. So.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Really?

[Mo Amer]

Yeah. Yeah. My baby mama did that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, Lord. I ain't mean you to bring nobody name at this point.

[Mo Amer]

I ain't say her name.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I didn't. My baby mama did that.

[Mo Amer]

She gonna know. She gonna see it, like, now, why would you go. But I seen when I met her, she had a guy, and I just remember one day, she was just, boohoo, crying about the guy. And I'm like, I just was over there yesterday. What are you crying about? He should be crying. If he knew what we was doing, he would be crying. But I just think that. I just. I don't know. Just that in itself is like, why are you crying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right?

[Mo Amer]

Y' all doing the same thing to each other. What are we crying about? I just.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Is it a situation that. Yeah, I'm doing it, and I know it's wrong, but I really don't want you to be doing it. Cause I think I'm getting one up on you. As long as I got one up on you, we can't be even.

[Mo Amer]

We can't. Listen, the remote controller can't be on two players. All right? It's only one. You remember back in the day, somebody wanted to play the game with you. You ain't really plugged theirs all the way in. You put it up underneath the game, make them think they was playing. That's really what that is. And I just think it's not fair.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Did you see the video with Arian Lennox that she said, I regret that I gave toxic men attention instead of the good ones.

[Mo Amer]

I didn't see that, but I think that's a. I think that's her holding herself accountable.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I like it.

[Mo Amer]

I love it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I like accountability.

[Mo Amer]

I love it. That's the only way that I'm in a relationship. That's the only way it can work. Is that because I'm an accountable Person.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

I've never blamed anything on anybody else. Like, if things went wrong in my life, I always went and pinpointed what I did wrong or what I could have done differently to avoid the situation. So I think while in dating, I feel like a lot of times, and this is not all women, but it is a good amount of women that they skip over what their part was in, you know, a particular situation that they were in. They skip over that and just want to talk about what happened to them. And it's no accountability at all. And that's my biggest thing. If you can't take accountability or you don't know what that is, I can't. I can't deal with you right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And don't look, this is what you made me do. No, you did that. I didn't make you do that. Cause you had choices.

[Mo Amer]

You did that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And if I'm wrong, I'm like, you mo. If I'm wrong, I'm mad enough to say I'm wrong. I'm never gonna be too big, too proud, too this or too that, to say, you know what? I was wrong. I was wrong, and I apologize.

[Mo Amer]

And I apologize.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And not if. Not if a situation. Cause sometimes people like to do a caveat.

[Mo Amer]

If I missed you. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

If I offended you.

[Mo Amer]

I hate that one, bro. If I offended, you did. I'm telling you how you made me feel. So just acknowledge that, take accountability, and let's move on.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes, I wish. But I like that. I like that. And I think. And you said something very interesting. You said, that's really the only way that we're gonna. You will be able. Or. I don't know if you stay in a situation like that, but that's the only way you can move forward, is that you accept responsibility, you accept accountability, and you just like, okay, I was wrong in this situation. I should have did X, Y, and Z. I should have handled like this. Because if you don't, you're gonna find

[Mo Amer]

yourself in that same situation again. And it's like. And if I'm telling you that this situation made me. I felt the way about it. You know what I'm saying? Then just respect that and just say, hey, I apologize. If you want it to work, if you don't want it to work, then, you know, keep going, you know, keep going about it how you going about it. But if it's something that you want to work, at some point, you have to be able to look in the mirror and say, you know what I did that nobody's perfect.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

You know, that's just the best thing about it. Because it may be a day that I have to take accountability. I might have to say, hey, you know what? What I did was wrong. You didn't deserve that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

I take. I apologize. I take full accountability. It won't happen again. So I just. I feel like it just can't work. And I feel like a lot of times people make excuses, oh, I did that because of this, or I did that. Like, at the end of the day, your excuses does not justify how I feel. Just take accountability, apologize, and let's move on.

[Shannon Sharpe]

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[Mo Amer]

Women.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Women are more forgiving.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah. Yes. Give you a perfect example. Okay. A woman get cheated on. They cry, they fuss, they do all that and they take them back. How many times we seen women take back a cheating man?

[Shannon Sharpe]

But you know they gonna get their lick back.

[Mo Amer]

That mo they gonna get they lick back. But the thing about it is, when women get they lick back, you will never know.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's what I'm saying. But when you find out.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah, but when you find out, you not gonna forgive her.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You right.

[Mo Amer]

Even though. Listen, listen. Men get cheated on and we don't tell nobody. Hell no, we ain't. I ain't gonna get Cheated on and call you like Shannon, bro, you ain't gonna believe this. You ain't gonna believe this. You know what I'm saying? Because it's too much. It's almost an ego thing.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It is.

[Mo Amer]

I think that's one of the biggest things that can really hit a man. Ego is another man having your woman.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

So men aren't that. It is some men that be forgiving.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

I ain't one of them, but it is some men that's forgiven, you know, to situations like that and listen to each his own. If you can find a way to navigate and get around that and figure out, you know, what y' all need to do to move forward, you know, so that she's not doing those things, then, hey, kudos to you. But me personally, like, I always look at it like this. If I'm in a relationship and I get caught cheating, I don't want you to forgive me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't.

[Mo Amer]

Don't take me back. Get rid of me. If I get caught cheating.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Damno.

[Mo Amer]

If I get caught cheating, get rid of me. Why? So we all. What you just say? They gonna get they lick back? Yeah. Oh, don't get it back. Leave me. I was wrong. I take accountability. Leave me. Don't do that to me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Is it a situation like, like you said, date in private, break up in private, date publicly. You gotta break up publicly. And a lot of times when you are a public and you're in the public eye and things happen, they find out about it, it makes it more difficult because we can navigate behind the scenes, Mo.

[Mo Amer]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We can go to therapy. We can talk this out. Like, look here, babe, look, I know I've been wrong. I know I've done some things in the past that I'm not proud of. And I appreciate you loving me. All the scars and you've helped me. This situation really hurt. Because when you think about it now there are some women now this Gen Z is different. Cause they think like a man. They don't look at like. Because normally when I was growing up, if a woman got a lick back, she really cared about that guy.

[Mo Amer]

Well, hold on. If she got a lick back, she cared about the other dude. Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes. No.

[Mo Amer]

And here's the thing, that's why leave me. Yeah. Because you care about bro. Now, like you said, this new generation, they don't care.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They different.

[Mo Amer]

They different. They go to the club that night, you come with me, that's different.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's different.

[Mo Amer]

You are right about that. Back in the day, if they wouldn't have got. They look back, it was a dude that's been in the cut waiting for a little while.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That thing been brewing, the work, boy, slow and low. You know, you're cooking meat slow and low. That thing been brewing about 200, for about 24 days.

[Mo Amer]

Missing roast.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And it's falling off the bone. It's falling off the bone.

[Mo Amer]

He been waiting on it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes, yes.

[Mo Amer]

Now I'm cool. And you know. And you know, because every man, Every man that been there, you've been the man waiting. Yes. And as soon as your tab come to shine, you do not lay off. I don't want no woman.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You can't. I'm like, bam. Last night, I go for 83.

[Mo Amer]

You hear what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I go for 83, turn her every

[Mo Amer]

which way, but lose. Yes. I don't want none of that. I'm cool, so. And that's what I'm saying right there. Like you said, they different these days. Back then. And that is when I was coming up, that is how I used to think. Like, if they gonna do that, it's somebody that they. And it's always been the case.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah. It ain't no random.

[Mo Amer]

It ain't no random.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Guys are random. Like, oh, yeah. No, no, no. Women are more methodical. That guy, they had somebody, maybe it's. Now, if they really wanna get that lick back, it's somebody, you know, somebody close. Cause they wanted to hurt.

[Mo Amer]

They wanted to hurt. Ooh. They wanted to hurt. They go get your homeboy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, Lord. Now he ain't get my homeboy no more, though. I know you lying.

[Mo Amer]

You can't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I know you.

[Mo Amer]

It depend on how much you love him. If you love her. If your homeboy do that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He wasn't of your homeboy. Yeah, he been letting the cut for a minute, Mo.

[Mo Amer]

I mean, Mo.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He been letting the cut for a minute.

[Mo Amer]

But who's the woman, though? I think that's when it come into play. Is this a woman that you love?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't care. My homeboy. Look, when I say homeboys, bucket and burns, okay, When I say bucket and burns, they already know.

[Mo Amer]

Okay? So, so, so. So I just. Let me just make sure I got this understanding then. So let's just say, you know. Let's just say you got a little lineup. You got about five little chicks that's on your lineup. I'm not saying this is what you got.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm just saying.

[Mo Amer]

I understand you got a little lineup.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, I was held when I was. Well, one time.

[Mo Amer]

All right. So.

[Shannon Sharpe]

In a land far, far away.

[Mo Amer]

So bam. You got your lineup?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

Ocho, come hit number five on your lineup on the slick. He hit a number five and he come and tell you like, hey, man, you know, woo, woo, woo. Man. Is he cut?

[Shannon Sharpe]

No.

[Mo Amer]

She cut?

[Shannon Sharpe]

No. The way I look at it like this, first of all, Ocho got a lady Cambodia. I noticed they have. Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

Ocho, you good.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm just speaking hypothetically.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah, hypothetically.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But this is the way it works, okay? You get to protect one.

[Mo Amer]

That's the rule.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You get to build a house. You can put this one in bars and Saran Wrap and put it on the top shelf. You get one.

[Mo Amer]

One. You cannot.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You cannot. You ain't got no team. No, you protect the quarterback, the lineman, the wide receivers and the running backs. Oh, well, fend for yourself.

[Mo Amer]

Fend for yourself. I'm just keeping a fend for yourself. You can't get mad at me about the left guard. You can't get mad at me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Now your quarterback.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah, I gotta respect that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Bubble wrap on the top shelf.

[Mo Amer]

All right, cool. Yeah, cool. I'm with that. I'm with that. That's game. I'm with that. I'm with that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But a lot of your skits have to do with like baby mama and you coming over there and she needs something. Yeah. I mean, do guys really be doing that? Be trying to go back and hit baby mama?

[Mo Amer]

Yeah, absolutely.

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[Shannon Sharpe]

Why do you need to breathe?

[Mo Amer]

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[Shannon Sharpe]

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[Mo Amer]

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[Bethany Frankel]

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[Shannon Sharpe]

How's this?

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[Shannon Sharpe]

No.

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[Mo Amer]

How could I go any faster?

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[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, whoa, whoa.

[Mo Amer]

That's too fa.

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[Shannon Sharpe]

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[Shannon Sharpe]

Really.

[Mo Amer]

I don't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But you have in the beginning.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah. You know, when that baby. When that baby. I tell you what, that first three years.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

Maybe four, you going back over there. You going back over there anytime you gotta go over there. Cause them baby mamas know what they be doing. They put a little shorts on, come open the door. I'm gonna go get the baby now. I'm gonna come upstairs with you. You know what I'm saying? But you gotta get to the point where that. You understand, you know what I'm saying, that having that type of dynamic with your baby mama is not gonna allow you to really enjoy a life outside of it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Nope. And you're giving a false hope.

[Mo Amer]

And you got. Yeah. So you gotta. You have to. You gotta stop. You have to stop that. Once you stop that, then you gonna. You know, you gonna live a way more peaceful life and then allow them. My thing always been this. If you know what your baby mama want, you know she want the family, you know she want the husband. You know she want that. And you know you not willing and ready to give that to her. Let her go find it. Let her go find that. If that's what she wants. And you know you can't give it to her, let her go find it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? But it's real, though. I know dudes right now feel like, hey, that's my baby mama. That's my.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That ain't no lifetime. That ain't no lifetime booty call, bro. You gotta be able to let her go, bro.

[Mo Amer]

For some dudes it is. I'm telling you. I done seen it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So you.

[Mo Amer]

I got a homeboy right now, got 10 kids. He think all his baby mamas is still his. He got six baby mamas. He think all of them is still his.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I know you effing lying.

[Mo Amer]

I ain't. I ain't lying.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But that's not fair to her.

[Mo Amer]

It's not. And remember what we just said. You only get to protect one.

[Bethany Frankel]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? So you got six. But you think they all yours because you had a baby by them. And you just gotta understand that's it. Like, y' all had a baby. That's it. Somebody else gonna. Cause then what? Then what? What if she have a baby by somebody else? Now, does y' all obey Mama?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

See what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. And you try. And you trying. You trying to hoard it about what you doing with him. What you mean, what I'm doing with him? You over there got. Got, whoever. God knows, whoever you got. I ain't asking you no questions.

[Mo Amer]

I ain't asking you questions. Don't ask me no.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And don't try to come run my house.

[Mo Amer]

Don't try to do that. Don't try to do that. Damn. Don't try to do that. Don't try to do that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

How soon should you introduce the new lady to kid? Let's just say, for the sake of argument, your kid. You got a kid. How long do you wait? Do you wait a month? Two months? Three months? A year? How much time should pass before you introduce the lady to the kid?

[Mo Amer]

Uh, I mean, I think that depends on me personally. I would say maybe about a year. Maybe about a year. And, you know, just me, personally, I'm very, like, overprotective of my daughter because she is, you know, she a people person.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

So it's like, if Daddy say, hey, she cool.

[Shannon Sharpe]

She gonna gravitate towards us.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah, she cool. You know what I'm saying? And I don't want it to be a revolving door. I don't want my daughter to see me as that type of man that just got all these different women. And, you know, now she 25 years old and she like, oh, daddy, there go another one. Or, daddy, there go another one. So me personally, I would say about a year. That you do that for women. I think they should wait five years

[Shannon Sharpe]

before they make sure. Damn. Damn. They're engaged.

[Mo Amer]

Sure.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

And you got. Man, I just think it's just so crazy out here nowadays. And especially, man, you know, I think, you know, some of these, you know, parents with little girls and, you know, you introducing, you bringing different men around your daughter, and you start hearing all these crazy stories about, you know, these men trying to talk to their stepdaughters and all that crazy stuff like that. So I think maybe I'm pushing it with the five years, but I think it should be very, very detailed, very extensive before you just get to bringing men around your kids.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, you gotta know you gonna be with this man for some time. I mean, the situation. You dating for a couple. Well, come meet the kids and let's go. Hey, let's take the kids to the park or let's take the kids to get something to eat.

[Mo Amer]

Oh, hell no. I was dating a ch. And she was ready to introduce her daughter to me within, like the first two months. And I was like, you know, out of respect for her father, I'mma pass.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right?

[Mo Amer]

And she was like, well, if we gonna be together. And I said, yeah, I don't know that. Right. I've known you two months.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

You wanna meet your daughter? I said no. I said, because me being a father, if I knew my baby mother was dealing with a man for two months, and you ready to bring my daughter to his house to meet him, like, nah, we gotta have a conversation. That ain't no. That ain't no. Hell no. I know you lying.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Let me ask you this. Could your. Your baby mama. Your child, your co parent. Your co parent. I hate using that term.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah, yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Because I don't want. Because people, they gonna try to cancel us both. We talking about baby mama.

[Mo Amer]

So co parent called on that. We co parent your co parent.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So your co parent has another dude. Can the dude discipline your child?

[Mo Amer]

Hell no. Okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay. We done. Hell no. That's where we at.

[Mo Amer]

Discipline mine. I'm gonna discipline you. Discipline my child.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

All right, all right. If my daughter ever called me. Ever called me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mo Amer]

Listen to me. You know, my co parenting partner.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying is in a relationship, whatever the case may be, you know, you know, respectfully, I would let him know. Like, hey, if she does anything, Right. That you feel it's disrespectful, disrespecting your home, call me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

And I'll take care of that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Absolutely.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? But do not. Don't put your hands on my child.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Exactly. That's the way I am. I told my kids, I said, look, I want you to treat that man just like you would treat me.

[Mo Amer]

Respectful.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You will not talk back. You're not gonna be reckless. If he tell you sit down. If he tell you to stop, you stop.

[Mo Amer]

You stop now, now, now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I told the mom, I ain't having no conversation. I said, I'm never gonna try to run your home from afar.

[Mo Amer]

I can't do it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

This your home.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But you know how I am.

[Mo Amer]

Mm.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Don't have one of them kids called.

[Mo Amer]

Please, please. Cause behind mine, we can go there.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. And I've never had no problems. I've never had the kids because I've always helped my kids. And the co parent has done a great job of being respectful.

[Mo Amer]

Being respectful.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's all you understand? It's a man. What? No matter what you think of him, that is a man. And your mom chose to be with him.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You're gonna respect that.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah. And if he there, especially if he there paying bills. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah. Respect him as that, but. Yeah. Don't put your hand. Don't keep your hands.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Everybody keep yourself. Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

When you found out your co parent was seeing someone else, okay, what went through you? Like, damn, I let a girl would go, okay, she happy. So what was going through your mind?

[Mo Amer]

Um, you know what? Not, not. Not so much like I let a good one go, you know what I'm saying? You know, with my daughter's mom, you know, she, you know, she met me, you know, right. And right. You know, right towards the part. Right when I got ready to take comedy serious.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, you fit to blow up, you

[Mo Amer]

know what I'm saying? And I was so focused on that, I really couldn't. I couldn't really pay attention to the type of woman that she was, you know what I'm saying? So, you know, it was just one of them things where I was just so locked in on the dream. It was either gonna be that or this.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right?

[Mo Amer]

And I wanted this so bad. Not just for me, but for my daughter. And she wasn't. She needed so much more for me that I wasn't able to give. To give it that time, you know what I'm saying? So, you know, when she got to the point where, you know, she want to move on, and, you know, she's all that like, hey, like I said earlier, if I can't give you these things and you feel like there's somebody can, then you got every right to go and do that. I'm not gonna stop you from standing your way. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? I'm gonna do my part. I'm gonna take care of my daughter. And if y' all need anything, you know what I'm saying, that I can do. I worked hard enough to be able to help y', all, and I have, you know what I'm saying? Anytime, you know, you know, my baby mama need to make this move and make that move. And, you know, she's had businesses that I've helped invest into because honest to God truth, I would not be where I'm at without the sacrifices that she's made, you know what I'm saying? To have my daughter as much as she has her. And, you know, the Time that she invests into the, you know, the extracurricular activities and, you know, making sure that, you know, if she needs tutoring, she's getting tutoring. All those little things that I don't have to worry about that allows me to go out in the world and be funny and do what I need to do. She sacrificed so that I can do those things. So it'll never be a time where that if she needed my help like, that, I wouldn't help her. Now, once, you know you got your man and your man is there, and, you know, I would just hope that she would get a man that's going to be able to make sure she's straight.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

The same way that I would.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause sometimes they be looking at you, hey, get him to do it. He making all that money. He got cake.

[Mo Amer]

Nah, bro, bro, she with you. She with you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Stop counting my pockets.

[Mo Amer]

The only thing I'm responsible for is the little one over there. Yes, that's it. I'mma make sure she's straight. But, bruh, don't have her calling me. Cause that my first question gonna be, where old boy at?

[Shannon Sharpe]

What he doing?

[Mo Amer]

What you mean? You ain't got the rent money? Wait a minute, hold on. Ain't he sleeping over there every night?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah, you gotta get a new man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Absolutely.

[Mo Amer]

If I gotta send anything over there for something that I'm not right, that's not of my responsibility. And you got a man, then I gotta talk to you like you my little sister. And that's the thing about my baby mama. I wouldn't tell her nothing. That I wouldn't tell my closest friend, my closest female friend, or my sisters. Like, I would tell her, like, hey, you gotta do better than this. You know what I'm saying? Because here's the thing. When you were dealing with me, you wouldn't let me do the bare minimum.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

So why?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Why'd he get a pass now?

[Mo Amer]

Cause I got a few dollars.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause they be in the air. Yeah, you know he got it.

[Mo Amer]

You know he got it. They know about the money before your baby mama, dude. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, you know, he in the NFL. You know he got it.

[Mo Amer]

You know what he got for that last day for that? We the ones to him. You know what he got? He don't know nothing. Just put it in the air, you know, because people really count your pockets.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They do, absolutely.

[Mo Amer]

They go, oh, man, here's this many people at the show or, bro, I put up a post that from our tour last year where I sold over 86,000 tickets, right. Somebody came right back to me and said, damn. So you made.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They don't say, well, you charging $30, $50, $75. Even if we did 86,000 at $35, let's do 86,000 tickets on the low end.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? Yeah. And they can make this what you make. But what I think really pay attention to is they don't know what it costs to get there. Yes. They don't know who you had to bring with you. Yep. You know what I'm saying is the production, there's so much that go. It's so much that go into it. But they'll break that, I'm telling you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And then Uncle Sam want his cut. So you gotta have that with Uncle Sam.

[Mo Amer]

You gotta pay Uncle Sam.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

Cause if you don't, they come, they come holler at you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He the only guy to get paid for doing no work.

[Mo Amer]

And you know when they start calling? Cause first they send you a letter.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

Then they call. When they call, you better figure something out.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But the thing with Uncle Sam, he let that thing go. Cause he don't let it. He don't want you right now. Cause he know you can pay it.

[Mo Amer]

He know you can pay it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He gotta let you go. He want you to.

[Mo Amer]

Oh, oh, yeah. You gotta pay it. And I'm gonna tell you, shout out to my mama. Because when I first. I wanna say, you know, when I really first started making some money was during the pandemic.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

And I remember my mom was like, I'm happy for you, but you know you gotta pay taxes on that money, right? And I was like, taxes? She like, yeah, you been paying taxes, you know, Cause you working a regular job. They was taking the taxes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

So I was talking, I was like. She like, you ain't been sending them nothing, have you? I said, sending who? Send nobody nothing. This is my money. You know what I'm saying? And it's like you don't really realize that game until you really actually touch up some money and you be like, damn, I gotta send em how much? Mm. And they want it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. That's why you better pay quarterly. You start making some money. Pay em quarterly.

[Mo Amer]

Quarterly.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause you don't want that money, that one big check to go out.

[Mo Amer]

It add up. It add up. Oh, my mama told me a number one day, I remember just from the 2020 tax return. And I had it all set up bad Shannon. I had that money coming under my Social Security number. I didn't have an llc I didn't have nothing. I was just. Just not knowing, just business. I just was not. I'm just making money, happy, buying car. I'm just happy. And you know, I think I had owed them like $100,000. And I said, they want all they want. They want all they want. Yeah, they'll take a payment plan.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They will. But that interest, they will. The interest that they charge you ain't what the interest that they give you when they owe you.

[Mo Amer]

When they owe you. But they ain't gonna talk about when they old.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Let me ask like, okay, your daughter's birthday.

[Mo Amer]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Or get together function.

[Mo Amer]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You go together. The co parent, significant other. There y' all go, y'.

[Mo Amer]

All.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, bro, what's up? Y'? All. Dap up, y'. All. Hey.

[Mo Amer]

Oh, no.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Damn, bro.

[Mo Amer]

No, I'm not saying that. You know what I'm saying? Cause right now I don't know what my baby mama got going on, you know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

But she secretive about it.

[Mo Amer]

She. I ain't gonna say. I don't ask, man. You know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

You don't wanna know who around your child.

[Mo Amer]

If somebody gonna be around my child, she gonna let me know.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? Like, if somebody's gonna be around, my expectation is, is that, you know, she's gonna let me know. But birthday parties, you know, maybe like the last couple years we've been doing it a little different where I may. Like this year we was in Minneapolis. So I flew my daughter out to work with me and we went to the Mall of America and I took on a shopping spree. And then, you know, back home, my baby mama did a skating party for her. And I had just got back in town, I pulled up for the last hour of the skate party. But you know, in the event that, you know, a situation like that happened, if the dude. Cool. Pull up, pull up. Bring a gift. Don't just come and eat cake. Bring a gift.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So had you ever had an issue with your co parent's other partner?

[Mo Amer]

No, no. Like I said, as long as everything is respectful, we ain't gotta go. Ain't gotta tussle. We don't gotta go there. But if you wanna go there.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, no, don't say if you wanna go there, you don't wanna go there. Just leave, don't go.

[Mo Amer]

I don't wanna go. Now I'm gonna put it in there because let me tell you something. Cause they think cause I'm light skinned

[Shannon Sharpe]

that I want they Try you. They gonna try you.

[Mo Amer]

I will take it with however far

[Shannon Sharpe]

you put the glass back on. Cause they gonna look at them lies and say, nah, you ain't gonna do nothing.

[Mo Amer]

You right. I'm gonna take it as far as they wanna take it, though. I'mma take it as far as they want to take it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But nah, bro, see, Mo, they gonna squabble with you. See, I'm shooter, brother side. Ain't nobody squabbling.

[Mo Amer]

You know what? You definitely shoot a brother size. And I will tell you something. When Mike told you, When Mike told

[Shannon Sharpe]

you, he done came out here and lied to Mike.

[Mo Amer]

I ain't say I was gonna shoot you, but no, he did clean up. He said, I ain't say I was gonna do it, but he did say, I ain't gonna fight you. You too big. And that's real. You are too big. I have to bite you. I ain't gonna lie to you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Situation. Would you ever consider getting back with your baby, Your co parent? No.

[Mo Amer]

No.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Too much damage. That is your family. I'm sure your daughter would love that. Get y' all back together, the family back together.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah. No.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You know, no. Cause everybody wanted, you know, Shaq and Kobe rescued Kobe, so they wanted the big band to get back together.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They had had so much success.

[Mo Amer]

Here's the thing. I don't. I don't think that my baby mama could really handle the pace of my lifestyle right now. And I need to be with a woman that is, that understands, that understands, that's strong. Gotta be strong.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Give her, Gotta be.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause you gonna be, you on the road probably two, what, 200, 250, 300

[Mo Amer]

days a year, most of the year.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And you around beautiful women all the time and you up late at night. But your schedule is different as a comedian. Yes. Because your day don't Normally start till 9, 10 o' clock at night. You work basically, you a graveyard shift guy.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah. Honestly, we get up the first show like, you know, it depends on how many shows you doing that day. The first show Normally at like 6, 7 o', clock, you at the comedy club till maybe about 1 in the morning.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

You don't go to bed till most people getting up. By the time you go to bed,

[Mo Amer]

about 2, 3 in the morning is, Is when I finally get to lay down. And then what a lot of people don't understand is that my creative process happens in the middle of the night. Right. So it may be two, three in the morning. I'm trying to go to sleep, but my mind won't shut off, and I'm writing all this different material and ideas and stuff like that. So I just. You know, honestly, with that situation, I just. I don't. I don't. No.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Could you see yourself dating a woman with kids?

[Mo Amer]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ocho, my partner, he's like, bro, I don't want no woman unless she got at least two kids.

[Mo Amer]

Absolutely.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I would.

[Mo Amer]

Absolutely. Not a problem. I got limit 2, 3, 4, 5. Once we get up to the threes and the fours.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's too much.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah. Then it's like, how many baby daddies you got? Cause the thing about it is, when you dating a woman with kids, right, it's dealing with. It's dealing with. I don't like other men in my situation. You know what I'm saying? It's something about you being with a woman with a kid, and the kid is on the phone with their dad, and you hear the dad say, put your mama on the phone. For what? What you gotta talk to her for? Like, why you gotta talk? Like, that's my woman now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

You know what, y'? All. You done talk to the kid. What you gotta talk to my girl for? But you gotta understand, like, they made that together. So it's conversations they gotta have, right? So if you got two, three of them calling.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, yeah, that might be a buck. Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

No, I can't deal with you on the phone with all these different men all day long. You know what I'm saying? One, I.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause all of us ain't gonna get along. It's just the law of average.

[Mo Amer]

Somebody ain't gonna like you. And then, you know. You know, in my situation, you know, with what I'm doing in my career and stuff like that, you know, dudes, I just feel like they try to. You know, they try to find a way to one up you. And when you dealing with their baby mama, you go back to the conversation. A dude feel like, hey, I don't care what he got, who he is. At the end of the day, that's my baby mama. And dudes will move like that. So it just. I would rather I could date a woman with kids. One or two. That's it. And I think women with kids are way more nurturing. They're way more, you know, responsible. And it's not that women without kids aren't any of those things. I'm just saying that I've seen it more. I think women that don't have kids, just from the experiences that I've had Sometimes they come off a little selfish. You know, they think they bigger than the program and it just.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Were you on dating apps? You good with dating apps? Would you get on the dating app?

[Mo Amer]

No. I just couldn't imagine going viral because my face popped up on Tinder. I'm cool. I can't. I can't do it. No, I ain't looking for love on the Internet.

[Shannon Sharpe]

This was. I saw this somewhere and it's like,

[Announcer]

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[Mo Amer]

So I can breathe.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Why do you need to breathe?

[Mo Amer]

So I can think. If I can breathe. If I can breathe, I can think. If I can think. If I can think. If I can think, then I can win. I need to.

[Shannon Sharpe]

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[Mo Amer]

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[Shannon Sharpe]

How's this?

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[Shannon Sharpe]

No.

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[Mo Amer]

How can I go any faster?

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[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey. Whoa, whoa.

[Mo Amer]

That's too fast.

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[Shannon Sharpe]

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[Shannon Sharpe]

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[Shannon Sharpe]

Women. Now ask a man to we go out on a date.

[Mo Amer]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And I'm a little behind on the rent. I'm a little behind on the car note. Can you help me with this?

[Mo Amer]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

After one date?

[Mo Amer]

Yeah, it's real.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They really doing that now?

[Mo Amer]

Hell yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Come on, Mo. Not after one date. Maybe after a couple of months.

[Mo Amer]

My right handed guy, My right handed guy, I got a homeboy just over. I wanna say last weekend he dealt with this chick or whatever and one night, the next day she hit him with a message like I'm trying to move. I need like four bands. He showed me the message.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hold on, you just. So when did you decide you was gonna move? Before or after me? Cause it damn sure seemed like you decided to move.

[Mo Amer]

You were doing just fine. Yes. So. And then it's like, it's like. So then you know, he text back like, well if you don't come up with it, what you gonna do? And she like, I don't know.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Sound like A good response to me.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah. And then so he like, I don't know either. I don't know either. I don't know either.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So neither one of us know what the hell going on.

[Mo Amer]

Here's my thing with that, though. It's like, I don't mind helping anybody.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Nope.

[Mo Amer]

I don't mind it at all if I got it. Yes, I can help you. I'll help you. But I feel like sometimes, you know, everything these days is just so transactional.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, it is.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? But my thing is, if you gonna ask me for the money, ask me first.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

Before we get involved.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

Like, if you gonna ask for the 4,000, let me know before we lay down.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

Tomorrow, I'm gonna ask you for $4,000. So that way I could decide if

[Shannon Sharpe]

I wanna lay down or ask you, like, oh, we start. So where are you? We get together, we start seeing each other. Are you cool with helping me with some bills? If I fall behind? If I fall behind. On my car note, if I ask you to do this X, Y and

[Mo Amer]

Z, is that something that I could ask you for? Yes. Yes, yes. Yeah, I agree with that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

But they just spring it on you and it's like, damn, like, 4,000 today.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's Tuesday. American dollars.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah. Pesos.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You know?

[Mo Amer]

You know, and it's like, man, I don't know what's happened, man, but I seen something the other day, bro. It was like a woman was like, man, a dude should be paying me just because I'm giving him my time.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What, bro, is that where we are now?

[Mo Amer]

That's where we at. That's what I'm gonna tell you. These dudes with these podcasts that sat down and they done did all these interviews where they like, man, if a dude ain't giving you 5,000amonth, he don't really love you. If a dude ain't. And it's like, when did we get there? Because I know for a fact my granddaddy wasn't giving my grandmamma that. Nah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He might give her a check, but it wasn't much. It was like 55, $75.

[Mo Amer]

Go pay the rent.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? And it's like. It's just. I don't know. It's just like, do people realize how

[Shannon Sharpe]

much, like, 5,000 if somebody just say 5,000? Do you realize how much $5,000 a month is when you times it? 12.

[Mo Amer]

They don't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So just think about how much he. So let's just say for the sake of argument. So what's he gonna do at his place? Does he live, does he have a car? Does he have to pay rent?

[Mo Amer]

No.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Does he have to pay bills?

[Mo Amer]

That's what I'm saying, though. They go based off what they think you have. Right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

So if they think. You gotta think. If they think you have it, they gonna ask for it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

They think you got it selling it, they gonna ask you for it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? They gonna look at you and they gonna say, uncle, wearing the tight clothes, he got 5,000. They gonna ask you for it. Listen, the tighter them clothes get, the more money in the. That's why I've been loosening my clothes up. I've been wearing big pants and everything lately.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, I better get some. 40, get you some big pants.

[Mo Amer]

I'm telling you, OG, once the clothes start getting tight, they like. Okay, okay, he got it. And they gonna try to squeeze it out of you. No, but that's real, though. I don't know where we at in the times now, but it's like, you know, you gotta pay to have a woman these days.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It costs marriage. You looking to get married? Would you like to get married anytime soon?

[Mo Amer]

Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. I want all of that. I feel like, you know, having a good woman by your side.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

One good woman by your side that you can consistently, you know, be with. Once you start popping out and you got all these different women, your life is just in a flux. It's just chaos. And I've been there, bro. I've been there. Where I done had six, seven girls on the roster compared to when I've gotten one. My life is totally different now. I've just got to argue with this one instead of the seven.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? I can do that, but it's just not. To me, it's just not worth it. I'd rather have one woman. We build this brick by brick. And at the end of it all, I got one person that I can get us all to that stood by my side through the ups and the downs. It's nothing better than that. My parents have been together over 30 some years. Wow. So that's all.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So that's what, you know, that you grew up with?

[Mo Amer]

That. Yeah, that's what I know. I don't know nothing. You know, I've seen other things, but what I know is that my parents. Almost 40 years this year that they've been together. And through the hard times, I seen them go through the Hard and the good.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

But I don't know where this came up. That everything's supposed to be, you know, gold paved roads and roses and social media, they got us messed up.

[Mo Amer]

You gotta think every relationship you see on there, be happy. They be happy. Until now. All of a sudden, the blogs ain't got it. And you know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

And all of a sudden, they done deleted all the other stuff I said.

[Mo Amer]

Hold on. You was just happy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You were just happy how you delete everything? I saw all these photos, and now they gone.

[Mo Amer]

Now they gone. But that go back to what you said is dating privately. You don't gotta go through all of that, Right? I'm with that 1000%.

[Shannon Sharpe]

YK said men should not expect women to be obligated to cook and clean without a R.

[Mo Amer]

Who said that? Y.K. osiris?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

Okay. I'mma give you the world, baby girl. Is that him? Yeah, that him? He said that?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

I'mma give you the world, baby girl. Okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Mo all you do. A lot of times you hear these women, they talk about they want traditional. They want a man to take them out and pick them up and do certain things. You want a traditional life without doing traditional things?

[Mo Amer]

Go back to this. He said what?

[Shannon Sharpe]

They shouldn't be obligated to cook and clean without a ring.

[Mo Amer]

And we shouldn't be obligated to pay no bills, buy no Louis bags and take your own trips. We gotta do all this stuff, right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

For us to decide that we want you to be our wife.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

Like, I gotta do all this. I gotta buy you this. I gotta take you there. I gotta pay your rent. I gotta do all this right. For me to decide after I done did all of that, for you to be my wife. But you ain't obligated to make me nothing to eat.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That what he say?

[Mo Amer]

Who? Who say?

[Shannon Sharpe]

YK ok.

[Mo Amer]

Tell me something Barack Obama said. Hell, he talking about you gotta spend all this money. Think about that. Think about it, bro. When you courting a woman, y' all going on dates and. Bro, it's stuff that you would do for a woman. Bro, I know dudes that'll buy a woman a car. And I feel like you should only do that for your wife.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. You won't. You wouldn't buy. I mean, a lot of. Sometimes I don't know how many. Cause they'll buy their mom. They'll buy a girl a car before they buy their mom or their sister a car.

[Mo Amer]

It's crazy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Bro, nah. I mean, it's hard for me to give you more than what I give my mom and my sister on my own.

[Mo Amer]

You see what I'm saying? But you can't go make me something to eat. I could pay your rent. Yeah, but you ain't obligated to go make me something. I ain't obligated to pay your rent. And this is the friction. It's cause of people. What I just said is going out there, saying shit like that, that's putting that in the minds of people, and people just not being people no more. They just living off based on what somebody said. Now, I'm not saying that I ain't nobody obligated to do nothing, but if I'm pouring into you, why wouldn't you want to pour into me, right? Why wouldn't you if, you know, I'm going out on this road and I'm working and I'm coming back home. Making sure you straight. Making sure you going on the trips you want to go to, you have the things that you have. How you not obligate making me nothing to eat? What? Gloria sisters say I'm me as obligated. I'm me as I'm obligated. Right? Come on, man. That's crazy. That's crazy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You. Pastor Andrewski, you saw Drewski catch a lot of criticism for. I guess he was spoofing the pastors. Yeah, but what comedians do is that they take things that have happened to them personally or what they see around.

[Mo Amer]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

If you think about a lot of stuff that get created, it gets created because people, they see it.

[Mo Amer]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So he had to see that somewhere.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah. On my page.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So.

[Mo Amer]

And here's the thing. And that's not no like, that ain't no like, jabbing Drew Ski. I love Drew Ski, but I did the same skit. Yeah, but I think what Drew Ski did with it was phenomenal. He took it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He got suspended, and he took it

[Mo Amer]

to a whole nother level. He in the L. He got the red bottoms on, I thought. And listen, exactly what you said is fire. You know, people was like, he's mocking God. Cause they was in my comments saying the same thing. Y' all mocking God? You mocking God? No, no, no, no. So we're mocking these preachers. That's saying that they're of God and they not.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? That's what they mocking. But, man, I look at it like this. The world ain't got too sensitive. We can't talk about nothing. We can't say nothing but what I like about what Drew Ski is doing is that Drew Ski going hard like he doing it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

Who? I would have been scared to paint myself as a white man doing skin.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, I would too.

[Mo Amer]

Drew sk about the only comedian could do that right now. He the only one.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. But I don't know why they get offended. I don't know why the church get offended when the pastors, the majority of the pastors are preaching prosperity. I don't understand. Now my house is leaking, but you got a mansion. I'm driving. I'm getting dropped off, or I'm getting Uber to drop me off at the church, or I'm driving a bucket and you got a rose or a Phantom and a Mercedes. Yeah. I don't understand.

[Mo Amer]

It's a real bro.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's so God say, you, hey, you walk. You make sure he riding in style. But I'mma bless you.

[Mo Amer]

But I'm a bless you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That don't make sense to me.

[Mo Amer]

We didn't say in all type of preachers, you know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

They done lock the door. Talking about the collection blazer.

[Mo Amer]

Close the doors. I wish I would be at the church and they talking about close the door. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm like, well, if we close the door, how God going to get in?

[Mo Amer]

Let me tell you something.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He was like a normal person. He walked, he came in.

[Mo Amer]

He came get in. Yeah. Let me tell you something right now. I'm gonna keep it real with you. If I ever go to church and they talking about lock the doors, I'm gonna slap the pastor, the deacon, and the choir and the choir director, bro. Lock the doors. Nah, bro. Like I said, Bro. 100%. Drew Ski. He ain't. Wasn't wrong for that, bro. And I say that because I had did a skit similar to that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And you caught criticism also, huh? What?

[Mo Amer]

They was out in the comments.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh.

[Mo Amer]

I normally rock with you, but you ain't gonna play with God.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Don't play with God. This ain't gonna realize the minister is not God, bro.

[Mo Amer]

Some of these people don't even know God. How you gonna tell me who I could play with? You don't even. You don't know. God made me, right? He noticed how I am. He knew I was gonna. If what y' all say is true, he knew I was gonna do this video before I even did it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

So where God made me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Are you playing with God shacking up?

[Mo Amer]

Hmm.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Obviously. I'm just asking. Cause they. They quick. They quick to talk About God. So you God shacking up. So what? What does God think about shacking up, bro?

[Mo Amer]

God. Listen, listen. People do so many things that's not of the religion that they practice, and y' all draw the line at a skit. That's when it's went too far.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I 1000% agree.

[Mo Amer]

No.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Mike Epps. Mike came on the show, and he was a great job. And you've been doing. Mike Is Invited. Mike is. He doesn't have a problem giving and helping this younger generation come up with the community and you and we the Ones tour. What has Mike meant to you?

[Mo Amer]

You know what? I'm gonna tell you something that Mike just did this past weekend. That really, for me, It just really showed me who he is. So we was playing in Memphis. We was playing in Memphis for the we the Ones tour. And, you know, the flights and all this stuff been crazy. We were stuck at the airport trying to get to Memphis for, like, 12 hours.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Wow.

[Mo Amer]

12 hours. And I remember now Memphis being one of my largest markets. Like, when I first. Coming up, Memphis was like, one of the first cities I went to that sold out, right? So I'm at the airport, and I just accept the realization, like, bro, you not gonna make it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right?

[Mo Amer]

So I called my agent. I'm like, hey, I'm not gonna make it. I called the promoter. I said, man, I'm not gonna make it. The promoter, like, man, just wait. You know what I'm saying? We gonna try to. We're gonna try to hold the show as much as we can until you figure it out. But I'm not moving. We at the airport, they talking about they ain't got no flight attendants. So I called my agent. My agent, like, hey, bro, it's dead. Make the video. Let them know that you're not gonna make it. Now I post this video up as the show has started. And there's people in the comments like, man, we came to see you. And, you know, you should have left the day before. I mean, they was upset. And the promoter hit me back. He said, man, any update? I said, man, we still ain't got no flight attendant. He said, man, bro, just let me know if something changed. We still holding. Like, we pushing the show back, everybody doing extra time. I said, cool. So about 20 minutes later, the flight attendant show up. Everybody started clapping except me. Cause I done missed out on this money. I ain't gonna get paid. You know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

So we get on the plane, and the promoter Called me. I said, bro, we got a flight attendant. We should be landing about 10 o'. Clock. Mike go on stage at 10:20.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Wow.

[Mo Amer]

We 20 minutes from the airport. So by the time I get there, Mike going on stage. And if anybody is really familiar with the culture of comedy, when somebody like a Mike Epps or, like, nobody follows him, ain't nobody going up after that. That's it. It's over.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

So I'm like, if Mike go up, it's over. So we get there, we land. When we get on the Runway, they end up holding us up another 20 minutes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Damn.

[Mo Amer]

So we don't land in Memphis until 10:20. Soon as we hit the ground, the promoter called me. He like, where you at? I said, we just landed. I said, we're not even at the gate yet. He said, man. He said, bro, it would be dope, man, if Mike just go ahead and let you close. And I was like, man, I mean, ask him. I was like, you know, all he could say is either yes or no.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Correct?

[Mo Amer]

And I said, you know, either way, I'm fine with. You know, I'm fine either way. And he called me back. I called right back. Hey, get down here. Mike say he gonna let you close. He gonna bring you up. So we get. We get off the plane, and, I mean, we running through the airport. We about 15 minutes away from the venue. We get the oldest driver that I've ever seen in my bro. Stopping, trying to figure out if people is okay in the car accident. We went past the car accident. He like, is y' all okay? I said, look, we gonna pray for them. Get your ass to the Lander Center. Mike finna bring me up, right? So, you know, they texted my brother, and they texted my brother, like, where y' all at? My brother, like, oh, we three minutes away. So we flying, bro. We get to the stadium, and we flying down a ramp, bro. I get out the car, the car's still moving. It's like a movie. Car's still moving. I get out the car, bro. I'm running to the stage. And as I get to the stage, they, like, just go. And somebody just pushed me. And I walk out onto the stage, bro. And Mike couldn't even say my name. The arena went, wow. And I put my hand out to shake Mike hand, and he grabbed me and hugged me, and he hand me the microphone. And it was just something about that moment that was like, hey, you can't tell me nothing about Mike Epps.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I think the crowd appreciated. They know, because you made the video about what transpired. And for you to go through what you went through in order to get there. Just to get there.

[Mo Amer]

Just to get there.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Because a lot of people like, man, man, I ain't gonna be able to make it, man. Forget this. Forget it. I done been here 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 hours, whatever the case may be. I'll catch em next time. Maybe we get an opportunity to circle back. But they appreciate that.

[Mo Amer]

You know what the biggest thing was, is that they waited for me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

Like, that was the biggest thing. And, you know, after I got off the stage and I went and seen Mike, and Mike was just like. He just looked at me, he was like, you got it, bro. The goal, you gotta think that was a show that they stretched out and started late, man. D.C. young, fly, Carlos Miller, Chico Bean, guys like that. Mike Epps. And for me to be able to go after all of them after. You gotta think I ran right up on stage, not knowing what jokes I'm about to do, right? My mind was just, get there, get there. So now I'm in front of 10,000 people, and it's like, all right, it's time to rock you here now. And you know, man, like I said, can't nobody tell me nothing about Mike Ellsbrough. It's not a lot of OG comedians that would have. That would have done that, right? You know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause they came up old school knowing that they couldn't follow once that headliner

[Mo Amer]

went up, it's over.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's over. Whatever you didn't do, you didn't do, you didn't do.

[Mo Amer]

Hey, you missed your money tonight. You know what I'm saying? And it was just like, no. And. And that wasn't even like the first time, though. Like, the first year that I did, we done ones. The very first year they had me as the opening act. This was two years ago. And the way they had the lineup, I would go out before the actual show would start, right before Mike, and I would bring Mike Epps up. And this was the first show of the year. We was in Minneapolis, and I go up and I do 15 minutes. I'm talking about. I slammed. I can see Mike. I can see Mike from the stage. Mike, you know, going back and forth. And his manager, like, trying to get me, like, hey, all right, we gotta get him off the stage, right? So Mike goes up, Mike do his thing, and he comes right down and he brings the next act up. Mike, come and find me. He said, hey, you not going in that spot. No, More. He said, you too funny. He said, you gotta be in the show. We'll get somebody else to do that, right? He said, you gotta be. He's like, people. He said, more people need to see you. And you just. You know, like I said, I done met a lot of the OGs. I done met a lot of them. You know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Mike the one.

[Mo Amer]

Mike different, bro.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But he did catch some criticism. He said a couple of jokes about Nicki Minaj and then the homeless people. He like, you know, the.

[Mo Amer]

You know, I thought the homeless thing was.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So they uploaded out of. Man, ain't nobody giving nobody no $500 to go stay at no lot Plushie.

[Mo Amer]

But here's the thing. He was joking, man. He was joking. I think he had a serious moment. And I feel like, you know, a lot of people don't understand comedy is a lot of misdirection. Like, he was setting you up, thinking he was gonna go this way, and bam, he went that way. It was funny. Like, let it go and move on. Now, the Nicki Minaj thing, Listen to me. When he said it at the show, I laughed, right? As a comedian, I saw the humor in it, But I also knew when he said it, I know how Nicki's the barbs. I know how they get out.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mo Amer]

But Mike said it, like, right at the beginning. So it's like it was in one of those spots where you wouldn't really be expecting people to be recording, right? So I didn't think nobody got it. But why would I think that? We in arena, it's like 8,000 people there. Somebody got it. You know what I'm saying? So I thought he said it in a way where. Okay, ain't nobody gonna get that right now. I got on social media the next day and saw the clip going viral. And then, like, five minutes later, I saw Mike apologize. And I'm like, damn. But I just. I just. I didn't think. I texted him. I didn't think he need to apologize.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Are this cancel culture and it's having comedians apologize? Is it going too far now, Mo?

[Mo Amer]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause, you know, back in the day when. Oh, when. Oh, like when Carlin and C.K. and Pryor and Murphy guys ain't apologized for ish.

[Mo Amer]

Bernie Mac wouldn't have made it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, in this era, they would definitely had Robin Harris, all those guys, they

[Mo Amer]

wouldn't have made it. No, no, they wouldn't have made it, bro. If you go and look at the kings of comedy and you look at Bernie Mac's, set just from that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, yeah. When he talked about the kids, they

[Mo Amer]

got him out of here. And it's just like. You know, the thing with the cancel culture is it's just like, why do y'. All. Why, you know, why so bad? Because of something somebody said that you want to ruin their livelihood.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But you know what, Mo? Now more than ever, people wake up

[Mo Amer]

to be offended every day.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Even when it doesn't concern them, they're offended.

[Mo Amer]

If it don't apply, they still. Because, you know what? Oh, wow. I have a sister that's like this, or I have a brother, or somehow

[Shannon Sharpe]

they my friend, or you try to

[Mo Amer]

connect their way, however, you know, just to get together and be mad, bro. You know, as a comedian, like I said, it's hard. And as much as you. As much as I wanna sit here and be like, oh, you don't gotta be mad. If he can say what you wanna say, you do.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You do have to.

[Mo Amer]

You have to be mindful. And it's like, you gotta. You know, bro, it's just certain things that I just don't even dive into politics, all that stuff. All right, y' all got it. I don't even wanna talk about that. Just because, you know, so many people got different perspectives and different things that they like or different people that they like. And just because we don't like the same things or we don't agree with the same things, now my career gotta end.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

I gotta be canceled. Cause of that. I think it's crazy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I think the question is, like, cancel. What do you value? Because remember, they tried to cancel Chappelle, but here's the thing. They tried to take from Chappelle what he never valued, which was Hollywood.

[Mo Amer]

Hollywood.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So once they saw they couldn't take. Chappelle is bigger than he's ever been.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And he doesn't. He's like, I don't care. I don't care about movies. I don't care if I'm the leading man in the movie. Guess what I can do. I'm gonna sell these tickets. I'm gonna put it up, and I'm gonna sell these tickets. I'm gonna sell, like, 25.

[Mo Amer]

That's what they cannot take away from you. That is it. If you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Them people rock with you.

[Mo Amer]

If them people rock with you, they can't take that away.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They can't.

[Mo Amer]

They could take your Instagram page, they could take your Facebook page, they could send YouTube page. They could take it all. If the people rock with you, it don't matter. You can't tell 10,000 people, hey, don't go see him no more.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

You can't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? It's up to them, right? And if they not as independent as you are about whatever that is, they still gonna show up.

[Shannon Sharpe]

If they rock with you, they gonna go. They gonna thumb their nose up and say, we going anyways.

[Mo Amer]

We going anyways.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We gonna support our brother.

[Mo Amer]

Who gonna stop us? Keep it real. Just keep it real. I hate to say this, R. Kelly, get out of jail right now and do a tour. He gonna sell out everywhere.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes. I don't know if he gonna get out anytime soon.

[Mo Amer]

He not getting out, but I'm saying if.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What you call Mike pardoning who? Trump.

[Mo Amer]

Trump not gonna pardon Kevs. I ain't gonna lie. If he do, though, he might get a third turn. He might get a third turn, man. I don't think so, though. Nah, man. Kells ain't getting out of there, man. He ain't getting out of there.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Not anytime soon.

[Mo Amer]

He ain't getting out of there.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Did you lose out an opportunity with Kevin Hart over an old tweet? Yes. What'd you tweet?

[Mo Amer]

How you know about that?

[Shannon Sharpe]

We know about everything.

[Mo Amer]

I don't think I've ever talked about that. Yeah, I did. So what it was was Heartbeat Productions was doing some project where they were getting all these comedians together. And it's crazy because this happened, like, right around the time where he was. It the Oscars or something he was supposed to host. I wanna say this was maybe. Maybe a few months after that. And they reached out to me, and it was something that they were supposed to be doing with a group of comedians where they was putting us all together. And I never really got the full details of what it was exactly we were supposed to be doing. And I remember the guy that I was talking to that was booking for it, you know, we were going back and forth. He was like, hey, we'll have a contract ready for you Tuesday. And then Tuesday came, and I didn't hear nothing. So Wednesday came. Now, I needed this money at the time they was talking about. I think it was about $7,500. I needed that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? So I called again. I was like, what's going on with the 75? Y' all got the contract? And he was like, man, we did a social media, you know, swipe. Yeah. And we came across some tweets from 2013.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That. Man, that was 12. That was 11. 12 years ago.

[Mo Amer]

Wasn't no comedian at that point, right? So they was like, hey Donald, really

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[Shannon Sharpe]

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[Shannon Sharpe]

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[Mo Amer]

That's innerbalance.com no, they said that the tweets were potentially homophobic, but they weren't homophobic. It was. What happened was it was a dude on Twitter. It used to be this app they used to have way back then, around that time, 2011, 2012. And it was an app called Ax Me. And people could ask you questions anonymously, you wouldn't know who it was. And it was a homosexual guy asked me a question and I was like, I'm not with that, right? And maybe the way I worded it wasn't, you know, wasn't politically correct. But I didn't say anything like bad about, you know, about the community because I had nothing bad to say about them. Like, they come to my shows, I include them in the shows. Like, I got gay people in my family. You know what I'm saying? So, you know, that was the tweet. So I went and I found a tweet and you know I had to go through this whole thing of, you know, showing that I wasn't that, you know, and they still. They passed up on me, and they asked me, you know, did I know any other comedians in Chicago that I could recommend?

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, I don't.

[Mo Amer]

For this project. No, I didn't do that. I did not do that. No, no, no. I sent them. You know, at the time, I was working with this comedian named Katie Wilson, and she was from Chicago, and I recommended her.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

And they ended up picking her up for the. You know, for the project, and she went and.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Did she break you off a little something?

[Mo Amer]

No.

[Shannon Sharpe]

For recommendation?

[Mo Amer]

No.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Finder's fee?

[Mo Amer]

No. Damn. She gave me nothing. But it's okay. I didn't want nothing. You know what? The fact that I was able to help her get something.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying was okay. And, you know, I'm one of those people that believe what's for me is for me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Absolutely.

[Mo Amer]

And that, you know.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That wasn't for you.

[Mo Amer]

It wasn't for me. Right. That wasn't for me. I don't even think I had ever seen that project even come out into, you know, being anything. You know what I'm saying? So I think they. I know they still got paid, but

[Shannon Sharpe]

have you since scrubbed your social media or anything? Have you gone back and looked at some slack?

[Mo Amer]

But damn this, man. No, after that I did, bro. After that, bro. Let me tell you something. Once I learned how to do it, especially on Twitter, once I learned how to look up stuff, you type in keywords with your name, and you just see stuff that come up. And it wasn't a lot that I had to take down, but it was stuff that, at that moment, I was like, I don't ever want this to happen again because of something that I

[Shannon Sharpe]

said or I tweeted when I was. I don't know how old you are now, Mo, but I'm saying I said something in my early 20s when I was a teenager.

[Mo Amer]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And they holding it against me now. But that's what they say.

[Mo Amer]

I mean, and I think that the tweet that they were talking about, I was 23 years old.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Damn.

[Mo Amer]

So I didn't. Bro, at that time, I'm telling you, it's changed so much.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

You know, at that time, it was fine. I didn't say nothing wrong. You know what I'm saying? But I think they were trying to be so careful about it, where they was like. And then Kevin had just had that situation. So Heartbeat is his company, and I just think they were just trying to avoid anything that was gonna bring that back up.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You also had the opportunity. You toured with Martin Lawrence. Yeah. What was that experience like?

[Mo Amer]

Martin the real og, you know what I'm saying? You know, Martin is one of those ones that's kind of. He knows who he is, he knows what he's done. So it don't matter how good you are, who you think you are, when you come up on this show, you can go and destroy it. And when you come back, Martin gonna be back there clapping for you. Congratulations. I love to see what you're doing. He gonna go up there and do his thing. He's called me for different projects. I mean, and it really, you know, Martin, one of my all time, you know, favorite comedians. So I remember we was doing a show in Milwaukee and he had a joke and he went one way with it, and I'm like, it might be funny if he said this. And I'm like, I'mma tell him. And I seen him and I was like, hey, oh, gee. I think you know, the joke you say to he like, yeah. I'm like, man, if you say this, I think it hit harder. And the next show we did, we was in Milwaukee, and he did it. He did what I had suggested. And I remember we come up, I went up to his dressing room, and he was like, mojo, I did your joke. And I was like, how it do? And he was like, it hit. And after that, every time I seen him, he was doing that. So he not one of them dudes that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But I'm up here and then somebody, you can't tell me, bro, how you gonna tell me?

[Mo Amer]

No, Martin, he respects the younger generation that come that's coming up. He respects the perspective that we have. And it's like, hey, if this what you say, this is gonna work right now, I'm gonna do that. So, no, Martin Lawrence is the truth.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I did a project with him and he was real quiet. He didn't do a whole lot of talking. When I came in, I went to a drift and they said, well, Martin here. And so I stopped by, I said, what up, Mark? You know, so forth and so on. He's like, hey, how you doing, Shaw? Congratulations on all your success, blah, blah, blah. And he's really quiet. Yeah, he really quiet. He ain't really do a whole lot of talking. Yeah, but to see him, when it's like they say action, yeah, he go, he go. And he go from like, he like, here, yeah, and get to right here. And then he Back to right here.

[Mo Amer]

He right back there. Yeah, it ain't. He not up here all day.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Nope, nope.

[Mo Amer]

People would think that he is, but, yo, Martin real cool.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He is.

[Mo Amer]

He real chill. He not. Yeah, he Martin. I mean, that was one of the, you know, meeting him was dope. And how kind he was to my family, to my daughter, man. Yeah, Martin one of the ones.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Are there any similarities to way Martin conducts his show to where compared to how Mike does his?

[Mo Amer]

Yeah, there's two totally different shows. You know, Mike.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Mike up here all the time.

[Mo Amer]

Listen, who y' all see? Mike Epps is in that movie. In the movies.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's him.

[Mo Amer]

That's Mike.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's him on a regular Tuesday.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Like, it is.

[Mo Amer]

I done talk to Mike on the phone, and it's the same.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We talking about he's animated.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah. That's just who he is. It ain't. When he get on stage, it's not. The man is not doing jokes. He talking.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? And he just. He's just funny. Where Martin is, you know, it's a little bit more, you know, structure. Martin is up there really trying to, you know, he's really doing his material. And then Martin has a way shorter show. He not Martin. Seven people ain't going up for Martin. Yeah, you might get two or three. You know, Mike, you know, get as many of. You know, he tried to put as

[Shannon Sharpe]

many young people on he could.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah. You know, you gotta think on the we. The ones is me, dc, Carlos, Chico, you know, and then they got Nav Green and they got. Who else? Judge Niche, J Ski. I mean, it's about eight or nine of you guys. It's a bunch of us. You know what I'm saying? And he go after all of us. So, yeah, it's two totally different vibes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Give me your Mount Rushmore comedians now. You kind of like. I mean, you find the sweet spot. Cause you kind of got more of this generation, like, say, like the last 10, 15 years. I don't know how much Pryor you saw. I don't know how much Murphy you saw. How much Louis CK or Carlin Cosby.

[Mo Amer]

Yeah, you a real comedy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, I love it.

[Mo Amer]

Connoisseur.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I love it.

[Mo Amer]

You know, my Mount Rushmore of comedians of all time.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. All Mooney.

[Mo Amer]

All time. I'm gonna say Eddie Murphy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yep.

[Mo Amer]

I love, love everything that Eddie did. I'm gonna go Eddie Murphy. I'm gonna go Bernie Mac. How many we get on the Mount Rushmore Four or five? Four, four. Eddie Murphy, Bernie Mac.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'll let you do top five. Give me your top five.

[Mo Amer]

Top five. Eddie Murphy, Bernie Mac. Kevin Hart.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yep.

[Mo Amer]

Mike Epps. Gotta go on there. Richard Pryor. And I know it's somebody that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, you did leave off. What you call him.

[Mo Amer]

Who?

[Shannon Sharpe]

We just talked about it.

[Mo Amer]

Martin. No, Martin need to be on there, too.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, who you put, Martin?

[Mo Amer]

I did. Martin Lawrence, Eddie Murphy, Kevin Hart, Mike Epps, Richard Pryor, who? We leave off

[Shannon Sharpe]

Chappelle.

[Mo Amer]

Okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause a lot of people. Cause you know what? I've had a lot of people, like, a lot of guys won't put Chappelle on because they say he's a contemporary. See, it's hard for me to put. They say it's hard for me to put.

[Mo Amer]

Let me tell you where I'm at on the Chappelle thing. Right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay. Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

I love Dave Chappelle. Dave Chappelle's style of comedy for me is not like. It's not everybody got a style that they like. So you think about everybody that I just. That I named. You know what I'm saying? Martin Lawrence. You gotta think. You go watch the old Martin Lawrence. What I liked about him was the crowd work stuff that he used to do on Def Comedy Jam. It was boom, boom, bang. Dave Chappelle had you thinking he a storyteller, but he had you thinking about stuff that you ain't thought about. So you laughing, but damn, then you leave like, damn, they is out here playing with us, man. So, Dave, how you, you know, Dave, how you thinking? And sometimes when I watch comedy, bro, I don't want to think. I just want to laugh.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You just wanna go bang, bang.

[Mo Amer]

Yes, that's what I want. And it ain't nothing wrong with that, you know what I'm saying? Because my guy, Ryan Davis is the same way.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

It takes him 2, 3 minutes to set the joke up.

[Mo Amer]

Set it up. But then when they get there, it's like art. It's like, oh, yeah, I see how you did that. But, you know, a lot of times, you know, you just want to get in. I love to hear a good story. That was one of the things that I always loved about Kevin Hart. I felt like he was one of the best storytellers that I, you know, that I've ever seen.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Is there anyone that you haven't met that you like? Man, I sure would like to meet Eddie Murphy.

[Mo Amer]

I would love to meet Eddie Murphy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Eddie really reserved.

[Mo Amer]

I've heard that, Yeah. I would love to meet Eddie and Cat. I haven't met Cat.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You haven't met Cat?

[Mo Amer]

I haven't met Cat. I'm trying to, but, you know, like we were both in Memphis at the same time and you seen when I got there late. But I was gonna try to pop over to his show and say what's up? But yeah, Cat and Eddie are two that like, I gotta meet Bernie Mac from Chicago. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And you know, you saw him early in those movies, house party movies. You see him at Friday. It's just something about his delivery. Yeah, he's at you.

[Mo Amer]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He can tell a story, but mainly he's just. Yeah. And from the time that he went up there and he said, I ain't scared of you.

[Mo Amer]

I ain't scared of you. I ain't scared.

[Shannon Sharpe]

His life changed.

[Mo Amer]

You know how many times I watched that over and over again, bro? Bernie Mac. I was in the fifth grade when Kings of Comedy came out.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Mo Amer]

And I had no idea that comedy was what I would want to do when I got older. I used to play football, you know what I'm saying? So I had no idea that, you know, I wanted to be a comedian. And after watching Kings of Comedy, I think we was on like spring break. And then we came back to school. I was doing Bernie Mac whole set in the fifth grade in front of everybody. Wow. In front of everybody. That right there, single handedly was like. Cause we used to, you know, my parents used to always have Def Comic Jam and Comic View on all the time. You know what I'm saying? And I used to always be like, hey, this is cool how they do that. But it was never like, I want to do that. I just always thought it was cool. But when I did, when I came to school and you know, we used to stand outside before we going to school and I had all the kids circled around me. I was doing Bernie Mac whole set like it was my own.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying? And that was like today I can say that was when I fell in love with this.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ooh, this was gonna be really hard. Give me your top five comedians to have TV shows. Bernie Mac, Martin, Jamie Foxx, Cosby, Redd Fox, Steve Harvey, Damon Waynes, Dave Chappelle Said, Eddie Griffin, Chris Rock, Monique, D.L. you can find.

[Mo Amer]

That's five. All right, so I'm gonna take Martin Lawrence.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Mo Amer]

I feel like Martin is the greatest.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Martin, that's the sitcom. Every time. If I'm flipping the channel and I see Martin, I gotta watch It. Yep.

[Mo Amer]

Even if I've seen the episode, I gotta watch it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Gotta watch it.

[Mo Amer]

So I'm gonna say Martin.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Mo Amer]

I love the Jamie Foxx show.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay, that's two.

[Mo Amer]

Jamie is another one I wanna meet, too. I haven't met. So, Martin, Jamie. I used to like the. I used to like Steve Harvey show. Okay. Mr. Hightower. Who else? Dave Chappelle. I used to love Chappelle's show. And then I get one more. Get one more comedian, TV show that I used to like. Monique. Yes, Monique used to love Monique. He's chasing after the Professor Ogilvy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You do remember, like, I don't know how much you saw, but Sanford and Son.

[Mo Amer]

I ain't never seen that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That shit was hilarious.

[Mo Amer]

Really?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, my God.

[Mo Amer]

It was crazy when that was coming

[Shannon Sharpe]

on in the 80s, 70s.

[Mo Amer]

Okay. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You might see it had a very short run because, you know, they was messing with the money. They ain't pay nobody back then. They ain't really pay him. And, you know, Red end up, you

[Mo Amer]

know, Red Fox, though, Like, when they

[Shannon Sharpe]

put him in Harlem, I like when, like, if you look at what Eddie does in Harlem Night, you look at who he had Della Reese, bro.

[Mo Amer]

Him. Eddie.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, Eddie put the thing on. He had Richard Pryor, he had Robin Harris, he had. I think Ronaldo Ray was in it. I mean, he had everybody. Charlie Murphy.

[Mo Amer]

And that's what we need.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Arsenio Hall.

[Mo Amer]

That's what we need right now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You go back and look at life.

[Mo Amer]

Life was you talking about Bernie Mac, bro. You know how many people don't really understand that Bernie Mac was playing a gay man in Life? Jenga, Lake Jenglank, you know what I'm saying? Like, bro, if somebody played a character like that today.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, Hey.

[Mo Amer]

And he played the character. And he didn't have to do nothing crazy. No, we didn't never see him. We ain't never see him do nothing crazy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And we didn't think after he played that part that he was that part. Well, now that you brought it up.

[Mo Amer]

Okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Comedians wearing dresses.

[Mo Amer]

I knew you were gonna ask me about this. You know what? Black comedians wearing dresses is really what the. It's really about.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's what the issue is about. Cause ain't nobody Robin Williams did it.

[Mo Amer]

You know, I feel like I would be a hypocrite to sit here and be just so against it. And it's so wrong when I like Big Mama House.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Mo Amer]

You know what I'm saying?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. You know, Eddie played all had the characters in Nutter. Nutta professor, he played Rasputia in Norbit,

[Mo Amer]

in Norbert, you know what I'm saying? So, you know, I feel like this, man, if that's what you want to do, right, do what you want to do, right? You know what I'm saying? Make your money. Who am I to tell you how to get your money? If it work for you, do it, but don't do it. Don't compromise who you truly are. Like, don't have nobody out here got you doing it, and you ain't getting nothing from it, right? You know what I'm saying? If you not about to. If it ain't about to change the trajectory of your career, right? You know what I'm saying? Or.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause you see the Wayans when they did White Chicks. White Chicks, was that not great?

[Mo Amer]

It was great.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I mean, it was great.

[Mo Amer]

And I'm not saying that I'm about to go put no dress on anytime soon like that, but what I'm saying

[Shannon Sharpe]

is that'll be your choice, though, if you do.

[Mo Amer]

That would be my choice, regardless of what anybody say, you know what I'm saying? And I think the problem is that it's so many comedians mad at other comedians for doing stuff that they not willing to do.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay?

[Mo Amer]

If you ain't willing to do it,

[Shannon Sharpe]

so why you care?

[Mo Amer]

Why you care, right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

This concludes the first half of my conversation. Part two is also posted, and you can access it to whichever podcast platform you just listened to part one on. Just simply go back to Club Shay Shay profile and I'll see you there.

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