Paul & Azar Goes In For The Final Show Of 2025! | Truth After Dark

Summary

Club Shay Shay | Truth After Dark “Paul & Azar Goes In For The Final Show of 2025!”

Release Date: December 29, 2025
Host(s): Azar Faraday, Paul Anthony Pierce (with Shannon Sharpe’s classic presentation vibe)
Podcast Theme:
In this episode of "Truth After Dark," Azar Faraday and Paul Anthony Pierce close out the year with a candid, often hilarious, sometimes poignant conversation about love, relationships, fidelity, trust, expectations, mental health, and lessons learned over 2025. The dialogue is unfiltered and real, with deep dives into societal double standards, the pressures of fame and masculinity, and the personal growth journeys of both hosts.

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Episode Overview

The year-end finale brings Azar and Paul into a vulnerable, sharp, and unfiltered exchange on the realities of modern relationships and men’s and women’s experiences. From the temptations of powerful men, trust and privacy dynamics, to viral dating debates and mental health struggles, the show blends hard-won wisdom and playful banter. The hosts each reflect on the year's biggest personal lessons, lay out their aspirations for 2026, and tackle controversial social media debates swirling around gender and dating.

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Key Discussion Points & Timestamps

1. Biggest Lessons of 2025

[05:12–07:38]

• Paul: Biggest lesson is gratitude and not taking life for granted, especially during tough times.

  “No matter what you go through, good or bad... you just gotta continue... not lose the faith.” – Paul [05:49]

• Azar: Her main takeaway: tuning out outside noise and opinions, learning to stop trying to prove herself to critics and prioritize her own joy.

  “I realized that you don’t have to prove yourself to anybody... as long as I’m locked in with God and the people who love me that I love, I don’t care.” – Azar [07:38]

  • The importance of not seeking outside validation and avoiding the emotional rollercoaster of public approval.
• Discussion on comparison as “the thief of joy” and embracing authenticity in the social media era.

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2. Powerful Men and Fidelity

[10:17–13:09]

• Discussion starts with Barbara Corcoran’s comments about Mark Cuban’s loyalty and how hard it is for powerful men to stay faithful.
• Paul emphatically rejects the notion that powerful men get a pass to cheat:

  “Hell no. Maybe you in a position where you got a lot of money... but you don’t get no passes.” – Paul [11:00]

  • Cheating—even for famous athletes or celebrities—always brings real consequence and the myth of “getting away with it” is damaging.
  • The conversation highlights how temptations increase with fame/money, but discipline is universal.

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3. Trust and Phone-Checking in Relationships

[13:12–17:36]

• Blueface’s habit of checking his girlfriend's phone weekly is debated.
• Paul frames relationships as each person’s “own country, own laws,” but views regular phone-checking as signaling trust issues.
• Azar refuses to check her partner’s phone, saying it only leads to unnecessary stress and insecurity, even if there’s nothing suspect:

  “I’m not going through that man's phone... I’m not going to make myself sick like that.” – Azar [15:25]

  • Notes the lengths people go to sneak around (e.g., shared Notes app) and concludes: “Just be single if you have to go through all that.”
• Both agree: real trust can’t be policed, and “controlling every move” is not trust.

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4. Ego, Cheating, and the ‘80/20’ Relationship Rule

[17:36–20:40]

• The 80/20 rule: People sometimes chase after a minor “missing 20%” in their partner, risking the loss of the valuable 80%.
• Paul suggests some men’s infidelity is about ego or seeing if they “still got it;” Azar calls this cheating, regardless of intent.

  “I don’t want a man that’s talking to everybody... I want exclusivity, I want a man to be like, he’s untouchable, baby.” – Azar [20:40]

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5. Looking Ahead: Goals and Aspirations for 2026

[21:17–24:55]

• Paul’s goals: more travel, expanding media career, more sports (basketball, tennis, golf), more concerts (“support old school!”), more spiritual connection.
• Azar: “More snatched” (fitness), more spirituality, more quality family time, career growth, more Truth After Dark content.
  • Both emphasize self-improvement, family, and staying grounded.

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6. Cheating During Pregnancy & Psychological Impact

[26:21–29:02]

• Paul reflects on the pattern of men cheating during partner’s pregnancy, causing deep psychological harm.

  “Us as men, we psychologically damage women hard.” – Paul [27:54]

• Azar opens up about how this fear affects her own thinking about motherhood.

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7. Men’s Mental Health and Public Vulnerability

[29:03–34:38]

• Discussion of streamer Kai Cenat opening up about his mental health struggles and public backlash men (especially Black men) face for showing vulnerability.

  “As a black man, when you start to show vulnerability, it’s frowned upon... it’s laughed at, it’s ridiculed.” – Paul [31:33]

  • Losses and pressures that come with fame, how money cannot “buy” happiness, and social blind spots about men’s struggles.
• Disagreement on whether depression is controllable: Paul argues mindset and positive environments can “snap you out of” negative spirals, while Azar raises the complexity of mental health.

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8. Viral Relationship Debates

a. Game’s $5K/Month Statement
[35:56–40:49]

• Rapper Game says $5,000/month “isn’t much” to support a serious girlfriend in LA.
• Paul’s take: it depends on context; but "don’t lead with money.”
• Azar notes this is a rich-man's problem—average folks can’t relate, but if you live that lifestyle, “do you.”

b. Tyrese on the ‘Checklist’
[41:19–45:07]

• Tyrese’s viral comments: his “ideal partner” checklist was wrong, his best relationship didn’t fit the superficial criteria.
  • Paul likens this to buying a flashy car with bad features: you have to “sit in it” to see the real value.
  • Men’s initial checklists are “full of bullshit” and often aimed to impress others.

c. Face vs. Body in Partner Selection
[46:10–49:15]

• Online debate: do men prioritize “face” for long-term partners, “body” for hookups?
• Paul, speaking as a Black man, jokes that among “the blacks,” body wins every time:

  “100% of the blacks will be like, yeah [choose body].” – Paul [48:04]

• Both joke about the limited reliability of polls not accounting for race and age.

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9. Lightning Scenarios: Loyalty, DMs, and ‘Hall Passes’

[49:20–55:27]

• Awkward scenarios:
  • Dating someone, then discovering you previously dated their cousin at a family function; Paul says honesty is key, but awkwardness is inevitable.
  • Old DMs between partner and friend or sibling: not a dealbreaker unless it was more than a message.
• Should couples get a “yearly hall pass” after decades together?
  • Paul: Just sneak; don’t formalize it or admit it unless you get caught, otherwise “I don’t need to know.”

    “Just make sure I don’t find out. Sneak and do that, if you need to do that.” – Paul [53:48]

• Both agree: Transparency about infidelity just makes things worse, especially late in life.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Comparison is the thief of joy.” – Azar [07:17]
• “Real trust can’t be policed.” – Paraphrased throughout [13:12–17:36]
• “You can’t groom a 20% into an 80.” – Azar [18:22]
• “Us as men, we psychologically damage women hard.” – Paul [27:54]
• “As a black man, when you start to show vulnerability, it’s frowned upon, it’s laughed at, it’s ridiculed.” – Paul [31:33]
• “If you need that release, you gotta do what you gotta do. Hats off to [Kai Cenat].” – Paul [32:21]
• “Our lists be full of bullshit... We trying to impress the next man.” – Paul [44:41]
• “When you start getting to the essence of somebody, that’s a different look.” – Paul [46:10]
• “Just go ahead, just sneak off.” – Paul [54:41]

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Summary & Tone

This raw, year-end episode weaves together humor, wisdom, and frankness on the realities of fame, love, trust, ego, mental health, and social expectations. Paul and Azar riff on viral topics with insight and self-deprecation, addressing relationship pitfalls, self-worth, and what matters as they move into a new year. The show is breezy yet profound, blending pop-culture, personal confessions, and practical advice with the playful, unfiltered energy of longtime friends.

Listeners can expect:

• Relatable, real-world relationship advice free from preachiness
• Candid takes on current culture wars, gender dynamics, and viral internet debates
• A spirit of empathy, gratitude, and self-improvement laced with sharp banter and lively storytelling

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Suggested Listening Highlights

• [05:12–07:38]: Year’s biggest lessons (gratitude, tuning out noise)
• [13:12–17:36]: Trust, phone-checking, and emotional consequences
• [26:21–29:02]: Cheating during pregnancy and women’s fears
• [29:03–34:38]: Vulnerability, depression, and public perception
• [35:56–40:49]: The Game’s $5K/month viral take and lifestyle debates
• [41:19–45:07]: Tyrese’s “checklist” revelation—surface vs. substance
• [49:20–55:27]: Scenarios on family, loyalty, “hall passes,” and aging in relationships

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End Note:
A powerful and unfiltered way to close out 2025, “Truth After Dark” puts real talk at the heart of the holiday season—offering laughs, insight, and inspiration for the new year.

Transcript

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[Azar Faraday]

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[Paul Anthony Pierce]

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[Azar Faraday]

What it do? How you feeling? It's almost the end of the year. We've had a hell of a year. A lot of people have. So, you know, I want to ask you, what do you feel like the biggest lesson you learned this year is?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Ooh, the biggest lesson I learned.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Oh, man, that's a good one. You hit me right over the head with that one. I mean, there's a lot of lessons you learn in life, but the biggest one.

[Azar Faraday]

Or a significant one.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Well, you know, I think the biggest lesson you learn is. No. No matter what you go through, good or bad, you know, mostly bad. But you just gotta continue, continue to not lose the faith.

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[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Don't lose the faith when sometimes stuff get bad and then you, you know, you, you, you shy away from the, the, the faith and the blessings that's been given to you. And I think, you know, when we come upon this season of giving and holiday season, just what I've learned is just to be more thankful for the things I have than, you know, kind of like upset other things that I want or don't have. You know, just be thankful for what you got.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

You know, because I think some of us be. And I don't say that for me in particular. You just sometimes take it for granted, you know, you just. You see what's in front of you and you, you, you take it for granted and then you look at what other people are doing. Like, you say, maybe I should be in that position or this position. You know, people say that all the time, but, you know, for all of us out there, just be thankful that you. When you wake up and you set another foot on this earth and, you know, those are everyday lessons, you just don't take it for granted. So the biggest lesson for me is just not taking life for granted, I guess, in so many words.

[Azar Faraday]

And remembering that comparison is the thief of joy.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah. You know, I don't really compare myself, but I hear it and I see. I love everything I have. I love my friendships, I love my. Just everything. I have enough, you know, I have more than I need, you know, so I'm thankful for that.

[Azar Faraday]

That's dope. I would probably say the biggest lesson for me that I learned this year is that is to shut out outside noise and opinions. I feel like for a long time I've always been the person that wants to, like, prove a point. Like, no, it's not like that. This is not what it is. This is not how I am or whatever it is. And I realized that you don't have to prove yourself to anybody. Like, as long as I'm locked in with God and the people who love me that I love, I don't care, you know, And I think that even for me, like, comments or people's opinions, like, used to get to me, like, at the beginning of the year and throughout this year a little bit. And towards the end of the year, I realized, like, it doesn't even matter what you do, because nothing I do will ever make everybody happy. And I can't live a life trying to appease people because then I'm putting myself on the back burner. So putting yourself first and not worrying about what other people are saying or thinking of you, because there's always going to be someone who's judging you. And in the great words of the future, if you ain't got no haters, you ain't popping. So, period. Okay, I got a baby.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

So that's. That's wonderful to hear because, like, I go through that every time I'm in front of a camera, whatever I say is going to get ridiculed.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Whether. And you know, I have a strong opinion and whether I'm right or wrong on different topics. Truth After Dark or sports comment, People always, you gotta remember, people always gonna have something to say.

[Azar Faraday]

100%.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Don't go out here trying to be. Make sure whatever you say or do, if it's not you trying to say, oh, I just wanna be liked. Cause when you start feeding and I wanna be liked by everyone, it ain't gonna go well. Cause that one time when you say something they don't like, you ain't gonna be able to handle it. Just go, do you, you know, be yourself? Cuz your true authentic self is amazing, you know? And people either gonna hate it or love it. And who cares? You know what I'm saying?

[Azar Faraday]

And you can't let the highs get you too high because then the lows will get you too low. That's the thing. Like, if you're like, oh my God, everyone's loving me right now. I love it. I love it. And you're so high off of that. Then the moment they don't love you because they won't, you're gonna feel so low, you know, you can't, you can't allow that to dictate. You don't need outside validation.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

No.

[Azar Faraday]

You know what I mean? And that's something that I've learned. You know, just going through this process is like, yeah, I don't need it. Or if people. Because people say so much about me, you know, and it's like, okay. And now I'm like, okay, cool. You know, I'm not gonna let you get to me. I'm not gonna prove a point to you. It is what it is.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

That part.

[Azar Faraday]

That part. Okay.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

You got me doing that dumb clocky.

[Azar Faraday]

Okay, so let's get into some little topics that's going on in the world. Okay, honey. So Shark takes Barbara Cochran. Did I say her name right? She praised Mark Cuban for being so loyal to his wife, even with all the power and the money that he has. And she then goes on to say that it's hard for men to stay faithful who. Who are in the. Who are in his position of like, money and power or fame. And she also said if she could attract younger men, then she would cheat on her man. Damn, she took it left field with that. But my question is, do you feel like powerful men get passes for cheating on their significant others?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Do I feel like they get passes? I mean, hell no. No, no, no. Like, maybe you in a position where you got a lot of money and you take care of somebody, but you don't. I ain't. You don't get no passes. Cause, like, when you go through it, you still go through it. Yeah, like, you just want to go through it with your partner. And you know, you going through it. You know, guys that cheated with a lot of money, they. You know, I've been in the NBA locker room. I've been around athletes and entertainers. And a lot of us go through it and we hear it. And it ain't like, oh, cheating got away. Got away with it. No, when you get caught like that, it's hell at home. And that's the last place you want hell to be. Cause you got in the world dealing with hell already, then you gotta come home. So, you know, I just, you know, like to tell guys, just think twice what you're doing. And I know it's hard. And, you know, you got all the money in the world to do whatever you want. And then all these women are coming at you, scratching and clawing and showing up at the hotel lobby. Knowing your little. Where you go jogging at, knowing your. Where gym you go to, it's just like. It's like, man, you just start seeing stuff that you ain't used to no more, and it get difficult. Especially a person with power when you know you can do some things that a lot of people can't. And so. But I don't think men should get passes because then, like, why be with that. That lady?

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah, for sure.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

You know, Now, I mean, you guys are. Say y' all work through it, but it ain't like a pass is like, it didn't happen.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Like, all right. Because most relationship, you going to go through it. You're going to be arguing now she going to be rolling over. Now you ain't getting no sex now. You ain't getting that Norma hug when you come home after a long day. Now you ain't getting no food on the table. It's a lot of things that's like, damn. You know what I'm saying? So that's. That's. It's consequences that come with it and in both ways, you know. And I don't encourage breaking up. It depends on, you know, what happens and stuff. But, like, we all go through some type of deals and. But there is no passes. I don't think powerful men should get passes for cheating. No.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah, okay.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah, you're gonna go through it.

[Azar Faraday]

I feel like it's Obviously more difficult for men of a certain stature because they have women throwing themselves at them 24 7. But I didn't seen it all. I seen the brokest man of the broke cheat like a dog. So I don't know. I feel like all men have that temptation. And, you know, I don't know if it's just like, men have to mature and get older to get past that, or if they just have to have the discipline, you know what I mean? Because men could be super disciplined, discipline in every aspect of their life, and then be cheated. And it just lacks discipline in my. My mind. But speaking of that, Blueface asked DDG if he checks his girl's phone. And he was like, no. And Blueface was like, you're tripping. I do phone checks with my girlfriend. With his girlfriend. He's like, I. Like, I will have to do like weekly phone checks or something with her. Like, let me see your phone randomly.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah.

[Azar Faraday]

You know what I'm saying? And so she'll be like, okay, so what are your thoughts on that?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I mean, everybody got their own laws in they country, in a city, in their tribe. This is his, you know, this is his thing that he got his laws. I can't tell a man and his relationship on how to run his. His cult, the culture, and that's his culture he creating. Do you think if it's gonna make him feel good and comfortable with her and he gonna want to do more for her, then so be it, my brother. You know, I think it's kind of like, you know, like saying you don't trust her when you're doing that, but you know, it make him feel good. But you gotta understand, girls always be on that. Girls won't. Women. Most women will check they man phone without asking. Y' all just wanna sneak and do it all the time. Like, that's women. They gonna do that weekly, you know, at least he said, look, I'mma do this, and this is what it's gonna be. Run that. Run that real quick. While we sitting here, I saw a.

[Azar Faraday]

Girl say that she looks at the man. Her man's phone to look at the fingerprints to see what his password was.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

How you can do that?

[Azar Faraday]

Cause like, you, I guess, see the fingerprints of what he presses all the time to get into his phone. So she said she did this thing when they first started dating to check to see what his password was.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

That's diabolical.

[Azar Faraday]

This is crazy. And for me, personally, and I still stand on this, no matter what anyone says, I'm not going through that man's phone. Because I'm not going to make myself sick like that. I don't want to see stuff because even. Let me say this, even if the man is not cheating, the man has women that might be like texting them and he might not ignore it, but you might have to see like some picture of a girl that's blowing you. And now like that's going to be in your head. I don't want to have that stuff in my head. Like, I don't want to see no girl that you was messing with. Like women, we don't like that. Because then as a woman you start to think like, well, is that what he likes? Like, I'm confused. Like, I just talked to a girl who said she went through a man's phone and she saw pictures of like a girl who was brown skin and skinny and she's light skinned with a big booty curvy. So now she's feeling crazy. Like, who doesn't even like, you know what I mean? And as a woman, like men can just like anything. And I have learned that about a man. But as a woman like you, that can start feeding into like, well, damn. Like, does he not like me? Does he like a brown skin, skinny girl? Does he like this type? Like to see that blows you and it makes you feel crazy. So it doesn't even have to be about cheating. To me it's just about like, I don't want to see certain stuff that might be in a man's phone that's going to blow me and it's going to stress me out. And then the whole thing about a man checking a woman's phone weekly, that's fine. But if I have to always comfort you by showing you something, then we don't have real trust. It's easy to trust someone when you're trying to control their every move. But if, like, where's the trust when we don't have that? Where's the trust when someone tells you something and you have to blindly be like, nah, I know my girl ain't on that. Like, where is that?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

And then, well, the trust is earned, not giving.

[Azar Faraday]

Right?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

This is her earning her trust.

[Azar Faraday]

But no, but also too, if you're checking someone's phone all the time and she knows that she ain't gonna have nothing in there anyways. Cause she's gonna know this is our thing. You're gonna check my phone all the time so I'm gonna be not having nothing in my phone.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

That's slick. Cause y' all be going to these other little apps.

[Azar Faraday]

What apps do they have? I heard a whole thing where they do the notes app now and they share a notes app. Cause you could share a notes app. Like that's diabolical. If you're doing all of that, just be single, please. If you have to go through all of that, be single. That's too much like to want to cheat that bad.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

What if it's creating balance with your life? What you mean like this person's making up for what this one's not giving?

[Azar Faraday]

That something wrong with you? Then it ain't about that. Why do you have to be fed so much in order to feel full? Like that's stupid to me.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Why do you have to be fed? Yeah, because when you hungry, you eat and then.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah, but the point is, is why not decide? You're not offer. Like if it's conversations that you had.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

With your partner, 80%, the main 20%, right?

[Azar Faraday]

But let me tell you what ends up happening. You end up losing that 80% and you realize that 20 is not shit without that 80. And now you hate that 20 and you be like, damn, I'm stuck with 20% of nothing because I wanted 20 extra percent of one. 20% of what's up.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

You gotta go groom the 20% and.

[Azar Faraday]

Make it ain't gonna happen. You can't groom a 20% into a 80.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

You can because you only giving 20% of your time. Think about this. If I teach a kid how to play basketball two days out of the week, I mean he'll get a little better. But if I teach.

[Azar Faraday]

You're talking about a child. These are grown ass women.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

This is just the theory. This is just the basic, just things, how they progress. Like things get better the more you work on it. Okay. I feel so.

[Azar Faraday]

You feel like I'm trying to. Oh, go ahead, go ahead, go ahead.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Like I can't. I forgot my point now.

[Azar Faraday]

Oh, I thought you were done.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

How about how am I still. Okay, go, you jump in. I forgot my point.

[Azar Faraday]

Now see, now your point was you can groom a 20% into an 80% right there. So do you feel like in a relationship you should have a 20% because you need that? Because no one's ever going to be able to give you 100% of everything you need.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

No, I don't think you should go looking for a 20%.

[Azar Faraday]

But if it comes to you, it's cool.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I'm just saying for guys out there who have that that's we've been talking about, like, hey, like, he got this app where he talks to this other girl. And, you know. But I was like, it ain't. It ain't a full deal because you with somebody, you just. You know what some men be like, though? You know what some men be doing? They'll have a whole relationship and just be talking to other females just to talk to him. Just, like, seeing if he could just get at her and then talk to her and then don't even talk to her no more.

[Azar Faraday]

Okay.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Guys be just trying to. That's what dudes be doing. Like, I just wanted to see if I could holler.

[Azar Faraday]

It's for your ego.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah.

[Azar Faraday]

Men have big egos.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

And so is that cheating?

[Azar Faraday]

Yes, it is. Because he wouldn't want.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

You ain't never connected with her, but you talked to her like, a couple times and then you just, like, blocked her.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah, it is. You want to know why? Because another woman could be like, your man was on me. Here's the text. You look stupid. I'm not gonna look stupid and be disrespected. Like, nothing is worse, and this goes for men and women, than knowing you have somebody that's just loose and thirsty. Like, I don't want a man that's talking to everybody. Like, I want exclusivity. I want a man to be like, he's untouchable, baby. Ain't nobody messing with him. Like, no one wants that about their women either. Like, oh, she was just flirting with men, and then she blocked them so she could feel like she still got it, baby, I know I got it. I don't need to try that. I don't need to do nothing. I walk outside every day and I know I got it, Period.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Okay.

[Azar Faraday]

You know what I'm saying? I gotta talk to nobody to know that. Like, period, point blank. And that's how a man should feel, too. Like all this ego stroking. Most men cheat because they want their ego stroked. Because at home, they're, like, feeling down bad.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

What you say? Just the ego stroke. Most men. You said most men cheat because they want the ego stroke. Nah, girl. Most strokes. Something else. You can't see the ego. You can see this, though.

[Azar Faraday]

I'm crying. This is the Daily Fantasy segment brought to you by Price Picks, where you can win real cash by playing Daily Fantasy, use code TAD and get $50 instantly in lineups when you play your first $5. So today the question is, since it's the holiday season, I have to ask. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. And I'm too young for that. That's an Older people stuff, so that's great. What are five things you're looking more for in 2026? So, like, more rest, more traveling, more money?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Definitely looking. Definitely looking to travel a lot more. Okay, that's. That's always a must. Looking to expand on my multimedia career. Looking to do more. But number three, I'm looking to. Oh, man. Play more basketball. I've been playing two or three times a week. I'm probably gonna start playing more sports. Not just basketball, but I'm gonna do, like, tennis now along with basketball, and I'm rev up my golf game. So I'm gonna do more, like, active things in different sports. For more concerts. I love a good old school concert. I want to see, you know, some of my generation concerts. You know, Maya, Brandy, you know, Usher and all that. I want to continue to support them. And five, you know, just be more in tune with God, you know, Those are my five things. Want to go into 2026 and, you know, do it that way more.

[Azar Faraday]

I love that. Okay. I would probably say for me, more snatched, More health. What snatch mean?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

What does that even mean?

[Azar Faraday]

Getting more snatched, honey? Okay, okay, More snatch. More into, like, just being more healthy, working out more, like, training real more, and, like, really just going hard because I feel like I've lost weight. I've done these things, but I just want to take it to the next level. I feel. I feel like improvement is just, like, always in the spectrum of the things I want to do. Like, I always want to be better, you know, so, like, more improvement on my overall physicality. More improvement on my spirituality. Just being more locked in with God and just maybe even, like, hitting church a little more.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

That's one. That's one. Are you saying more than one? So I'm saying one is snatched. This is.

[Azar Faraday]

This is the second one. More in tune with my spirituality and things that I'm doing. Yes.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

And then I thought you. Because you were going on. You didn't say, okay, one, two.

[Azar Faraday]

Okay, one, two. Yes. More spirituality, more in tune with God and all that other stuff and with the word and everything. I'm always gonna hit, like, I think more like time with family and just spending more time with my mom, my dad, and just, like, really locking in with. With them more. That's really important to me. More times more, like, fun memories with people that I love. I think that's really important. Just, like, you know, tapping in and then obviously, like, more with my career and the things that I want to do and just, like, tapping into the trajectory of, like, Where I see myself going and how I get there is just by, you know, making more moves to doing more for me and going in the right direction. More Truth after dark and all of that.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

All right, I like it. I like it. Positive energy flowing your way going into the 2026.

[Azar Faraday]

Positivity is what it's all about. Thank you to our good friends at Prize Picks, America's number one sports pick app. Use code TAD and get 50 instantly in lineups when you play your first $5. That's a fact. That's a fact. That's a fact. I agree with that. But I also feel like too men will be at home and they'll feel down bad about like they done messed up the whole relationship and the woman is off of you. And so they're like, let me just go feel something else now. But it's like, that's crazy to me because it's like you created distrust and ruined the relationship and now I have to suffer more because you don't feel good in this relationship and you're not willing to just be disciplined, put in the work and let us get back. Right. So then it creates a bigger hole and a bigger gap. And then that's why the relationship usually ends because it's like a man is pissed. A man over time is like, okay, you still have me in the doghouse. Like, get over it. So now I'm about to go do X, Y and Z because you already mad. Then she finds out more.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah.

[Azar Faraday]

And then now the relationship is over.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

And that's a man's cycle.

[Azar Faraday]

That's a cycle for show and it's a woman's cycle too, to where it's like you get so disappointed by the man that you lose respect for him because you're sloppy, you're loose and you lack discipline. So how can I respect you to lead me as a man? Like, you can't even be disciplined enough to say no. So it.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

You know when most men cheat, Most men cheat during a woman's pregnancy. That's like the first year.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah, that's super hurtful.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah, that is hurtful.

[Azar Faraday]

Like I just changed my entire body, you know?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

So crazy, before you go, go. Because I always, I'll be on Yahoo a lot and I be seeing couples like, yeah, what's the name? They divorced with a six month year old. Yeah, like you, you see that all the time. Why they was pregnant. Divorce or, or breakup. Like I always read that like, damn, she's seven months pregnant. Damn, she got a one year old. Damn, she and the breakups be happening because that's, I'm telling you, the relationship be changing. Everything change.

[Azar Faraday]

What's so sad is like, you say that a lot. And I feel like for me, I've realized that that has discouraged me for years of like wanting to have a kid with a man. Like, and literally, because I always think about that and I'm like, you know what? Like, I'll be damned if I'm changing my body. I'm feeling low about myself because I have this baby that I'm caring for us in my body. I have the baby now. Everything is different for me. Like my whole life is different. My body is different. I'm, I'm feeling low self esteem. And then you have a man who's cheating with a woman who probably is in shape, looks better than you because she didn't just carry a baby. You know how depressed you will be. Like, I'm so scared of that as a woman that it's just like, no, like, I have to trust this man and love this man. That at my lowest, he won't do that to me.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Us as men, we psychologically damage women hard.

[Azar Faraday]

Like hard. Real bad.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Damn. I'm just listening to everything you saying, like psychologically, just. That's why women. Crazy. Crazy.

[Azar Faraday]

No, I think that women are crazy because we are hormonal, because we have to have, we have to bear children. So we have our period on our period. You will never understand as a kid, I didn't realize that a period really like, makes you crazy because men will downplay it, like, oh, you're PMSing. They just want to make that as an excuse. And when you're older and you look at the scientific research that backs it and you feel it as a woman, you realize, like, that's not a joke like pms. You're emotional, you're crying, you're going through it. Then after it, you're ovulating, you feel cool, like you only have like, you go through so many different emotions and feelings as a woman, period. And then put on top of that a man who's psychologically breaking you by wanting, like, by you giving him a child, being pregnant, bearing the child, having to be a mother, getting your titty sucked on, now they're saggy, now you cheated with a girl with perky titties and a perfect body. And I'm sitting here like, damn, I just gave this man a baby and I'm depressed. Like, you know, women go through that and I'm just. It's sad for real.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah, it really Is.

[Azar Faraday]

Anyway, speaking of that, Kai Sana opened up about his mental health and he just, like, did a video on Instagram talking about, like, how, you know, his mental health struggles at times, and he goes through so much and people were clowning him, and he now came out and says, I understand why people don't get vulnerable on social media or in front of a large group of people, because when you do, people are going to clown.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

As a man.

[Azar Faraday]

As a man, for sure. Yeah. People are going to clown you, especially a black man. People are going to clown you and make you feel like you're stupid for showing emotion. Do you agree with that?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Absolutely. That happens all the time. Like, that's why us men don't show the emotion, because we supposed to be looked at as strong. And, yeah, you know, you're not supposed to be crying and you're not supposed to be weak and things of that. And look, and then they look at a guy like Kai Sinai who has the world in his hand, who, you know, who's done so much, made a lot of money, become so famous around the world and doing these things, and they're looking like people are like, he can't even express himself in a way to where it's like, that could be depressing. Like, you know, his world is like closing in on him, you know, and that could be depressing. And people will never understand that. But all they looking at is, oh, yeah, he's a man and he's making up so much money. And, you know, that's like. You gotta understand, like, people ain't like, sometimes fame ain't for everybody. Yeah. Like, it's hard to be famous.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

You know, and.

[Azar Faraday]

And it could be lonely.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Absolutely. You lose so much being famous. Rich and famous, you lose friends, you lose family members, you lose. You lose a lot. And off of the price of, like, you making some dollars. That's why they say money is the root of all evil.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah, for sure.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

You know what I'm saying? So, like, most people who make a lot of money been through depression, been through some shit, go through some shit, and everybody who ain't in that position, oh, you doing this. Why you. And it's always gonna be that. So now, as a black man, when you start to show vulnerability, it's frowned upon. Especially a rich black man. It's frowned upon, it's laughed at, it's ridiculed. It's like, come on, bro, you know, I'm human, too. I got feelings, too. Yeah. I've made all the money in the world. Yeah. I live in this dop dope ass house and drive this dope ass car and I got this fly ass female or I go all these places. But so that don't bring happiness.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

End of the day it doesn't. Like you could do all these things and still be poor inside, you know what I'm saying? People don't understand that. And you know, I, I, I applaud him for opening up and you know, telling his truth. And you know, and I applaud, I, I, I say to all people and mostly maybe black rich men who go through things who are scared to shed a tear and scared to express they self, man, hey, if you need that release, you gotta do what you gotta do. You know what I'm saying? So hats off to him. Much love to all his success. Because sometime success is, is weight bearing when you have the weight of the world on your shoulders.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah. 100. And I want to say this really quickly because people say that you are biased towards like rich men and you don't speak for the average man a lot. And I feel like I don't think that's true about you. But you just said for black rich man. But it is for all men. Black men, they do go through a lot and they're not able to express emotion because they were raised that way. A lot of black men were raised by strong, independent women who are like, like type of tough enough and the guy figures that were in their life, they had to be like, yo, stop crying. So I don't want to just emphasize rich man. I feel like all men go through that.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Especially I emphasize rich men is because people look at rich men like they think they have everything.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah, I get that.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

And they look at it, says, why are you complaining? Yeah, you have this, you're, you're rich. You don't have to worry about where your next meal come from. You don't have to worry. So people look at that, that's true. And say that about, you know, people who have a lot of money. So that's why I emphasize, you know, guys in Kai Sanai's Sanat's position because people feel like you're not supposed to have any feelings. You have the world in your hand when that's not like we deal with real life issues. Yeah, that's so just like everybody else. Maybe, you know, I'm not in the same position as this person who's looking for their next meal the next day or what clothes they gonna wear or, well, that's a different type of struggle. Struggle yeah. You know what I'm saying? And I applaud people who get through those times and are strong enough to work through it and sacrifice and do what they need to do to get to the next level. So, I mean, it's the. You understand mental health thrives no matter who you are. Like, nothing heals mental health. Yeah, it's, you know, it's something. It's really. There's true mental health and then there's mental health that's brought to you. True mental health is people with really mental health diseases like schizophrenia, like, you know, like, you know, there's just a different mental, like, for real. And then there's other mental health that's you really have control over.

[Azar Faraday]

Truthfully, do you think that you have control over depression?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I think you do have control over it.

[Azar Faraday]

Okay.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I really do. I really believe, mentally we all have the power to have control over our mental. I don't know if it's a. I don't even call it a disability. I call it just. Just mental health. I think we, on the most part, have control over our mental health. You can wake up and choose, like, am I gonna be sad about not having this or doing this, or am I gonna wake up and be positive? That's right there. That's right there in your head. It's right there. I don't care what nobody say, like, depression. People take pills and do all this. You don't need them pills. You don't need. No, it's right here. It's you. Sometimes you just. Maybe you need a push. Maybe you need some family around you or. Or you need some friends to pump you up, but that's you. Because the power of friends and family and positive reinforcement can go a long way if you around that positive. Most people who are in depression are around depression. I'm trying. I'm telling you. Most of the people who are depressed are around depression. I don't. If you get yourself around some positive people, it'll snap you right out of it, I'm telling you.

[Azar Faraday]

Well, moving on from that, the game has been going on his podcast, or he's been talking on a lot of podcasts. And one thing that's been pretty viral because he went on Shannon Sharp and said it, and then he doubled down on. Back on Fig and said it again. But he basically said that if you. If he's committed to a girl and he's taking care of her, that 5k a month is not a lot to pay a girl and. And she will fall behind and grow broke. Especially in Los Angeles, considering rent, bills, car note, and she won't have any more money moving around. Because he said basically, if you're in la, your rent is at least two something, and then you have a car note and then you have your other little bills. That's 5K right there. And then she doesn't have anything left. So, you know, Terrell on back on Fig was like, so you think that he was like, no, I'm doubling down on that. Like, if I'm committed to a girl and I'm taking care of, that's not enough.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Damn.

[Azar Faraday]

So that's been going super viral everywhere. Yeah, he's just saying, like, if you really think about it, a woman's gonna be stressed out because she. All she can do is pay her bills and then she don't have nothing left to do. Nothing else. What are your thoughts?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Well, I'm just trying to figure out what was she doing before him?

[Azar Faraday]

I don't know.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Stressed. Super stressed, I guess.

[Azar Faraday]

Don't have nothing. She was stressed out, I guess.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Stressed out over the five.

[Azar Faraday]

I don't know if he was saying, like, he told her, like, he wants to take care of her type of thing, because that's how it was looking. He was like, if I'm serious about a girl and I'm like, I want to take care of you. I think he's saying, like, to have the luxury to do the things with me that I want you to do, like, I can go here, I could travel here. If you have a job, you're not gonna be able to do all this and be around me all the time how I want you to.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I mean, that's his program. But I think the one thing that he shouldn't do, he shouldn't leave with money. Like, he shouldn't leave with that. Like, if he's into a situation and it comes to that. Okay, cool. But like, you know, him going on the podcast now and kind of preaching that the girls is listening.

[Azar Faraday]

I know they on him, you know what I'm saying?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Knocking down his girls is DMing him like, shit, that's enough for me. You know what I'm saying? So, like. But you can't go into it like that. You know, you gotta feel a girl out, you gotta date them.

[Azar Faraday]

But I think he's talking about a woman he's really with. He's. He was saying that he was like, a woman I'm committed to. I'm taking serious. She's my girl, maybe gonna be my wife. That's what he's Saying. He's not saying. Just like, I'm dating a girl. He said, a woman. I'm really serious about that. I want to be around me and be with me everywhere. I can't. Like, that's not.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I think if you a man in that position, I don't see nothing wrong with that.

[Azar Faraday]

Okay.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I mean, you know, like, what if he dating somebody and they got a job and he like, man, I want to see you a little more. Yeah. I want to go to, you know, to wherever. I want to take you to the island somewhere. But you got to work on Saturdays and you got to do all this. You like, you know what? Don't do that. Just, you know. You know, mess with me. I'll take care of you. I get that.

[Azar Faraday]

I think that's more what he was saying.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah, I think that. Yeah. Because you. You know what I'm saying? His lifestyle is to where he can do stuff.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah, that's what he said.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

You know, and then he with a girl that got to go to Mickey D's from 9 to 5 or whatever. I'm just, for example, 9 to whatever. Whatever job it is.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah, you gotta work Monday through Friday, 9 to 5.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah, yeah. And he like, man, I don't even. Like, you too tired to go out with me now. Like, it's Monday night. I want you to come on me and she like, I'm tired. Like, da, da, da.

[Azar Faraday]

I got work in the morning.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I got work in the morning. I gotta be up at 6. He like, you know what? I wanna. I like you a lot. You my girl. I wanna be with you. Like, nah, we ain't gonna do that. We about to go to New York. We about to go to, you know, to different places. You know, we ain't doing all. Nah, if I'm serious about you.

[Azar Faraday]

That's what he was saying.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah, that's what I get. I get that.

[Azar Faraday]

That's what he was saying.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I get that everybody gonna hate on it. But, like, I get what he's saying. And people who gonna hate on it don't understand that.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah. Cause if you have a certain lifestyle and your girl's like, I work 9 to 5, and you're like, no, we're going to New York next week. We're going to hear for him. He's like, I want my girl with me. So if I can't have you with me, then, you know, like, what's the point?

[IBM Announcer]

Right?

[Azar Faraday]

Because you can't. A certain lifestyle and a man of that stature who has it and can do that, he's like, I'll do it for you.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Might need money to watch her kid. Like, all right.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah, exactly.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

For the babysitter and all of that.

[Azar Faraday]

Right, right, right, right. So that's what he's saying. Of course. Like, women love it down. Some men who don't have it are hating on it. You know what I mean? Because they're like, what? Like, I could barely afford my rent, you know? But it's like, it's for a certain lifestyle with men like that. Speed. Not everyone can do that. He's saying, this is what I will do. And I'm aware of 5k and enough. I gotta give her this, then she needs this, that, that hair and all that stuff. But he has the money. So if a man doesn't have the money, then obviously is. That's not a conversation for you.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Right?

[Azar Faraday]

Like that's what I'm saying. That's not a conversation for you if you can't afford that. And that's okay. It doesn't mean it's the right way, but it's what works for him, you know, a man of his stature. But I'm sure his DMS is blowing up right now. Like, yeah, yeah, yeah, I could be. Yeah, I got it.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah, I could work with that.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah, for sure. So, yeah. Anyways, Tyrese actually went on a podcast as well recently. I think it's Bishop T.D. jakes, right?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Azar Faraday]

So he's been having a lot of good guests on his podcast. But basically Tyrese said that all women and men have a checklist. Meaning, of course. Like, women are like, I want a guy who's six feet, six figures or looks a certain way or does something for their career. And men too. Men are like, I want a woman that has a big butt. She can't have a flat butter. She has this or she has that, you know, whatever.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Men feel the same type of checklist.

[Azar Faraday]

But that's what he was saying. So let me just finish what he was saying and then you can say your opinion. But he was saying that, you know, he would have checked checklist for everything that he wanted in a woman. And like, you know, his ex wife was like light skinned, curvy, like, you know, whatever that look or whatever the case is. And he's saying, like, his current girl didn't meet a lot of those things visually. Like, there's a lot of things that weren't the same. First of all, I would be so annoyed if my man went on any podcast say that. But anyway, the point is he losing it. Like Excuse me, sir. But anyways, he said that there was a lot of things that weren't checked off on his list. And he said that his list was wrong. Like his checklist was wrong because he's been with this woman for five plus years and it lasts longer than his marriage and any other relationships he's been in. And it's a better relationship than any of his past relationships. So he's saying that sometimes the checklist is not who God sent you.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Right?

[Azar Faraday]

It just looks good on paper. How do you feel about that?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Well, it sounds like his checklist was filled with a lot of artificial.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah, I could imagine. See that?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Like outer lookings, like more of a visual type of checklist. But when you start working to the core of what a man really needs from a checklist and you don't realize it at first, it looks all good. Like, it's like window shopping. You walk past, it's all glitter and glitz and shiny and it looks good. And then you bring it home and it ain't what you thought it was, right?

[Azar Faraday]

100%.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

You know what I'm saying? You was like, damn, when I was looking at it in the window, it was this and that. But, like, it don't really do. Like, I'll tell you this. Like, I remember I first bought. I bought a Bentley. I bought the mousse, right? Man, I'm talking about that car was dope as hell on the outside, man, when I tell you I did not like that car at all. I was like my worst car. It was like, expensive. It would look good. But then when I got into it, the radio wasn't loud enough. The sunroof didn't. Didn't come all the way back. It just went up. I was like, man, this car is weak. So it ain't always about what you see on the outside and the glitz and glamorous. It's. It's about, you know, you got to sit in that car and see what it do, really, because the inside going to really tell you the most about a person. I think he, once he revamped his list and he was like, you know, I got to revamp my list. You know, I need a woman, you know, I don't care about the long hair, big booty. I need where her heart at? What's her relationship with God. When you start looking at the core of a person, you start seeing different things. And then you realize that, oh, list was off all along. But as most men, most of our lists are off for the most part. Our List be man it be full of bullshit. And then we look like. Cause we trying to impress the next man. We trying to be.

[Azar Faraday]

Sounds crazy.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Like yeah, we trying to.

[Azar Faraday]

Trying to impress other men is wise.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

We trying to take the like we trying to impress like just not even the next man. But like it's like your woman when you visually out with her. You know, guys be with a woman. Hold on. They be looking at. Seeing who looking, right. And it's just like a flex. But like they don't know. Like when I go home, it's argument. It's. It ain't really cracking like what you see.

[Azar Faraday]

Right. I still believe though men should still be visually attracted to their woman because I don't care what no one says, men are visual. And I feel like if you are not visually attracted to your woman, you are going to cheat on her. I just really do believe that. Like you cannot just be like, I'm not attracted to her at all. That's crazy. Like not being attracted to someone. You're even me as a woman.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Attraction ain't always visual.

[Azar Faraday]

No, it isn't. But what I'm saying is attraction because.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I done been around females to like damn, damn, she is beautiful. Like just sitting there talking to her.

[Azar Faraday]

Like damn right from an inner thing. But she was just dog unattractive.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Like she was just unattractive is not a look to me.

[Azar Faraday]

Okay, I got you. But I just don't.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

It's always a look. Because you like. Cause I done seen some badass females look terrible.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah, I've seen that too. So I get what you say.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

You know what I'm saying? Like you are terrible. Like ugh. Like ugh. When I look at you, ugh.

[Azar Faraday]

I have that too. I know exactly what you're talking about.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

So like, come on. It ain't about.

[Azar Faraday]

I get exactly what you said.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

The room. Okay when I look across the room. But when you start getting to the essence of somebody, that's a different look.

[Azar Faraday]

I agree with that. I can agree with that. 100 which goes into a conversation that's been started on social media that says men, when they're looking for like long term relationships or their wives, they prioritize a woman's facial aesthetics. Like their face versus when they focus on a woman's body and shape. They're looking for short term relationships. Do you think that's true?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Wait, say that again. Looking at their face. Bone structure.

[Azar Faraday]

So not like what? They didn't say nothing about bone structure. Oh, crying. They said that there's a conversation and A debate on social media that says that men prioritize, like a woman's face, like how she looks facially, like in her face. When he's thinking about a long term relationship versus short term, they're more focused on a woman's body.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Okay, so this was a poll.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah, this is like a debate online that a lot of people are talking.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

About, like, what race are men?

[Azar Faraday]

I'm sure I don't know the races.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

See, I think when they start doing these polls, you gotta go across the most influential. Like, races, like, you gotta go black. You gotta ask a group of blacks. You gotta ask.

[Azar Faraday]

Not the blacks.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

The blacks. You gotta ask.

[Azar Faraday]

Not the blacks, the colors. This is crazy.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

You go black, white, you go Chinese. And then we gotta do one more. You do, like, you gotta ask the Mexicans. Let's do a poll across those four races. Like, I feel like some of these polls be done by one race.

[Azar Faraday]

Well, what is your question? What is the answer? Would you rather date a woman with zero body but a beautiful face or an ugly face with a banging body?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Which one? An ugly face with a banging body.

[Azar Faraday]

For real?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah, of course.

[Ryan Seacrest]

What do you mean?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

That's easy call long term. Look, the blacks is gonna have 100%.

[Azar Faraday]

They gonn because you know what's 100%.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Of the blacks will be like, yeah.

[Azar Faraday]

When we had the thing about Amanda want to work all day, come home to a flat butt, and you were like, no middle of butt. Everyone was going crazy that they're like, no, I don't give a damn. You got to have a butt. Or I'm not dealing with it. And that's fucked up. I think at the end of the day, zero body, but a beautiful face. I. And I don't know that's crazy or an ugly face. So you just wake up, turn around, ugly face. Because you not always going to see the body.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I'm good with that makeup, though.

[Azar Faraday]

No, but you have to wake up to this person on a long day.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I don't get that makeup going.

[Azar Faraday]

So makeup in the bed.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Waking up, it's gonna be dark.

[Azar Faraday]

It's not gonna blow. You waking up in the morning, turning around, seeing his face.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

No, I ain't gonna be. I'm gonna be rubbing on something though, so I'm gonna be feeling cool.

[Azar Faraday]

This is crazy.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

My lady. Come on now. I'll be like, shoot, I ain't tripping.

[Azar Faraday]

That's blowing me. Men are crazy to me. I don't know what.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

What's going on. That's most men in the black Community. I know that.

[Azar Faraday]

The black community for sure.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Taking the body off.

[Azar Faraday]

But that's still crazy to me.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

That's why we gotta have it, you know, evened out. We gotta. We gotta. You know, the poll gotta be like, let's see who what the poll? What's the ages of the. Man? What's the race? You can't be just doing these polls. They can't get credibility like that.

[Azar Faraday]

Okay, so question you. We're gonna do a few quick little questions before we wrap it up.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

All right?

[Azar Faraday]

The three little scenarios, okay? You meet your partner's family for the first time, and you realize you once dated their cousin. Nobody mentions it. Mentions it. Do you? Like, you over there for the holiday, and the cousin is over there, and you're like, oh, my God. But she don't say anything, and you don't say nothing. But it's blowing you because you went in there.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

So I see the cousin, I'm like, oh, that's your cousin.

[Azar Faraday]

And the cousin comes up to you like, hi, I'm Keisha. And you're like, hey, Keisha, I'm Paul. Are you gonna tell your girl, like, ooh, I dated her before.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I think I am gonna break up. I don't like that.

[Azar Faraday]

So what if y' all are in, like, a two year relationship?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I' ma like, man, you know what? You know what?

[Azar Faraday]

That's crazy to break up. Two year committed relationship, and that happens.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

No, I got. I gotta tell her. You gotta tell her. If I was with somebody two years and that's your cousin, you gotta tell her.

[Azar Faraday]

You gotta tell.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Y' all gotta go get some drinks and be like, hey, I gotta tell you something real quick.

[Azar Faraday]

Not the drinks. Now, if it was the opposite, and you've been with someone two years, you're really serious about this person. Y' all live together, whatever, and you go, you know, y' all go to the family's house, and she's like, oh, my God. And then she tells you, like, look, I dated him for a minute. We had a little situation. What are you doing? Like, it wasn't nothing serious, but we hooked up. We vied for a minute, but nothing really happened as far as us getting serious.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

And me and the girl are serious.

[Azar Faraday]

You and the girl are living together. Serious, in love. Boot up. What you doing?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I'm gonna keep it moving. I'm gonna be like, I'm gonna be cool.

[Azar Faraday]

All right. Cool.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I'm gonna be cool.

[Azar Faraday]

Are you gonna say anything to the cousin if he don't say nothing about it?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Well, we came into the family function, and she saw him. And once she saw him, she was like, oh, that's your cousin. And then she tell me he didn't know.

[Azar Faraday]

What do you mean he doesn't know?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Well, he just noticed it. They just both noticed it that night after.

[Azar Faraday]

No, no, no, no. Yeah, but I'm saying, are you gonna say something after? What if he just still don't say nothing? She don't know that she told you.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I ain't gonna say nothing. Then I'm gonna wait, like, a week, see if he say something.

[Azar Faraday]

And what if he doesn't? Are you gonna say something or you.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Just let it go? You ain't gonna tell me, dog? Like, damn. He was like, you know what, man? Y' all had a. But then as a man, you could be like, man, I know y' all had a good thing going. I didn't wanna, like, you know, say nothing, dog. I like y' all together. You know, men will do that. You know what I'm saying? So I. You know, either way, I'm not even tripping.

[Azar Faraday]

Okay, so your best friend shows you that he has an old DM from your partner, right? So, like, your girl and him DMed a year ago before you started dating. A year before you ever started dating. Yeah, they do have an all DM together.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Okay, what.

[Azar Faraday]

What are you doing?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

That ain't nothing.

[Azar Faraday]

You ain't tripping out for that.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

What if, like, okay, oh, dm, That's a message. That ain't nothing.

[Azar Faraday]

You know that. That has happened to me where I was with somebody in a relationship, and then my. One of my sisters was like, oh. He tried to talk to me in 2010 and showed me, like, a tweet. And I'm like, like, all right. Like, you. You're my sister. We look alike now. Me and him are together. Y' all never did nothing. Like, girl. Yeah, like what? Like, you know what I'm saying? It's like, why are you even telling me to be messy? Like, because if it's not nothing for real, then it's nothing. Like, it's a dm. Like, that's petty. Okay, so should long. This is my last question. Should long term couples get a yearly free pass to sleep with someone else? Like, for instance, say you married when you've been since you were, like, 20, and now you guys been married and you're 50. You've been married for 30 years. Would you say you get a free pass yearly to prevent cheating, or do you think that would destroy the relationship?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I think that's on A couple, I don't think. Just sneak into it. Don't that free pass just. Nah, just sneak and do it. Just don't get caught.

[Azar Faraday]

Why?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I don't need to know. I don't need to know. I don't need to know. I feel that you can do it. I don't need to know. Just go ahead and sneak. Just make sure I don't find out. I ain't gonna be looking, but don't make sure I don't find out. Sneak and do that. If you need to do that. Sneak and do it.

[Azar Faraday]

I can agree with that.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I'm not. I don't wanna know. I'm coming home and shit. I'm like, oh, damn, that thing, that thing still leaking from him.

[Azar Faraday]

Ewing me. That's crazy. That's beyond disrespect.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Like, what is this? Okay, still discharging?

[Azar Faraday]

Uh, yeah.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Blow me.

[Azar Faraday]

That's outta control. So you think that you rather just the old fashioned cheat?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Just go ahead and old fashioned if that's what you need. If you feeling like that, go ahead and don't. Don't let me catch it.

[Azar Faraday]

You.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I don't want to know that you coming back from getting took down. Like, like, come on, like. Was it good? Honey, how was it?

[Azar Faraday]

How was it good, honey, how was it? Crazy?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Did you, did you. You know, you know.

[Azar Faraday]

That is hilarious. Yeah, I feel you on that. I don't want to know either.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

I'm be honest.

[Azar Faraday]

I'mma be honest.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah, go ahead, just sneak off.

[Azar Faraday]

So you don't think it should ever be a conversation like, babe, look, I'm not happy. Let's divorce in our sex life. What if it's just like the man.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Don'T want to n. We gone. I'm gone. Once you say 90.

[Azar Faraday]

But you're 70 at this point.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

All right, I'm 70. I'm good. Still the woman, she cooked. You not happy. Girl, you 70.

[Azar Faraday]

She not 72. How easy was she 60?

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Girl, you start to be like, girl, stop playing. You've been cooked for like 40 years.

[Azar Faraday]

That's cool.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Like, girl, sit down. If you don't sit your butt down, girl, 70. Get that out of here. Give me a better age. 55. I mean, you know, that's what, 50, you know know 55. You still kind of may can like.

[Azar Faraday]

I think there's some people who are cracking that 55.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Yeah, it is.

[Azar Faraday]

Anyways, thank you guys so much for joining another episode of the Truth After Dark. Happy holidays to everybody. I hope that you guys had an amazing year.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Happy New year's. All that good stuff. Be safe.

[Azar Faraday]

Yeah. We're so grateful for everybody who has been supporting Truth After Dark for all of 2025. We started this podcast at the beginning of the year and it has grown immensely. We're so thankful for all of the support, all the love and all of the hate. And we thank you so much for just really rocking with us. We have so much amazing good things coming in the new year, great guests and just like more content all together.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

Thanks for joining us. We'll see Y' all in 2020, 26.

[Azar Faraday]

Peace.

[Paul Anthony Pierce]

This is the Taking over the game. All right, everybody, welcome to Truth After Dark.

[Azar Faraday]

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[Paul Anthony Pierce]

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