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Marlon Wayans
The holidays are about spending time with your loved ones and creating magical memories.
Charlamagne Tha God
That will last a lifetime.
Marlon Wayans
So whether it's family and friends you haven't seen in a while, or those.
Charlamagne Tha God
Who you see all the time, share.
Marlon Wayans
Holiday magic this season with an ice cold Coca Cola. Copyright 2024 the Coca Cola Company.
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Marlon Wayans
Wake that ass up early in the morning.
Lauren LaRosa
The Breakfast Club Morning everybody. It's DJ Envy Jess Hilarious Charlamagne, the Guy, we are the Breakfast Club. Jess is still on maternity leave. Lauren LaRosa's filling in. And we got a special guest in the building. I didn't even know it was him. I seen him in the hall. I stood inside, I was like.
Charlamagne Tha God
I was looking like, what rapper is that?
Lauren LaRosa
What New York rapper is that? Ladies and gentlemen, Marlon Wayne's is back.
Marlon Wayans
Welcome, gang. Gang, what's happening? How you doing? How you feeling? I'm good. I wore a hat just in case I start sweating. And I bought a washcloth. For some reason, I always sweat when I'm on this show. And I'm tired of people going, why are you sweating like that? Are you on crack? And I'm like, no. I quit cracking in the 80s. The thing about it now is I just have vitamins. That's all.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's why we have you on vitamins.
Marlon Wayans
And charlamagne. Be asking me these hot ass questions. And why you got me looking like, look, dog. Why can't I just be regular Marlon?
Charlamagne Tha God
I mean, that's the artist drew it.
Marlon Wayans
At least I'm up there. Let me shut up. Let me not complain. Cause I was marlin for a while. I was on you for a while. You got Will Smith. You ain't got Martin and Shanae. Nay gear. You got me.
Charlamagne Tha God
But that's how he represented Justin decided to draw it. He drew it based off how people be on the show. You've never been on the show in that character. I don't know why he did that, to be honest.
Marlon Wayans
That nigga was high when he drew this shit. When he got you sweating, watching, don't be amazed like, yo, I'mma do this.
Charlamagne Tha God
Like this. The funny thing is, we said Marlon look like a rapper. Don't know. Rappers love the stage. Like, Marlon, this nigga stays, Homework stays. He never want to be home. He on the Watch all comedy tour right now.
Marlon Wayans
He hate his house. No, you know what? I do kind of hate my house. But the thing is, I just love working. I've always loved working. And finally I got something I love to do. And I'm getting better and I just go the more time I stay on the stage. And I think because I started late, it's not like I'm tired of it yet, right? So most. Most of the time, I'm like, dyslexic with life in my career. Like, you're supposed to start out doing standup. I started out writing and producing and creating, Creating my TV show when I was Wayne's brother. When I was like 20. You know, writing and producing my own movies with my brothers, from Don't Be a Menace to Scary Movie. And then doing my own stuff, Haunted House. And then at 39, I was like, yeah, I think I'm gonna take stand up serious and I'm gonna go do standup. And everybody's like, why the fuck would you do that now? You already made it. And I was like, because I think there's. There's more to get. I think I could be better. I've been a star for 20 something years. I want to be. I want to be a superstar. And the only way to get there is just doing the work. So I just started doing Stand Up.
Charlamagne Tha God
And you had your four. I remember one time you came in, you said you had four specials playing. It was going to be God Loves Me. Good grief. Now you're doing the Wild Child. So it's Wild Child, the third installment.
Marlon Wayans
No, because I'd been my first two already. It was. First one was Wokesh. Second one was. You know what it is? It's on hbo. Max. Third one was God Loves Me. The fourth one. Good grief. And between that, I had the headliners, which was me and my. My boys. Sidney Castillo, Tony Baker, D.C. irvin, shout out to all my people, Esau McGraw. And then now I'm working on the Wild Child tour. But I probably named this one Skittles. And I'm. I'm ready to film this, like now. It's a tight. It's it. And the more I keep doing it now I got like two hours. Now I gotta shut the fuck up. I'm doing too much. Cause I can't stay on something too long. Cause I stopped Rubik's Cube in it. And then before you know it, I have two, three hours. And that's really hard to cut down to an hour. So I want to hurry up and do it so I could. I know my next three. So for me, I'm. I want to get this done and retire it so I could, you know, clear the canvas and. And paint something new.
Charlamagne Tha God
So what is Skittles? Taste the rainbow. You really about to. Just say it. You really.
Marlon Wayans
He wasn't here for last.
Lauren LaRosa
He wasn't here for last time.
Marlon Wayans
He wasn't here last time.
Lauren LaRosa
He was here last time.
Marlon Wayans
Nah, it's. It's kind of ode to my. To my. My trans child.
Charlamagne Tha God
Got you.
Lauren LaRosa
Shut your ass right up, huh?
Charlamagne Tha God
No, that's what I mean.
Marlon Wayans
That's what I mean.
Charlamagne Tha God
When I said, you gonna tell everybody. Everybody was giving you flack.
Marlon Wayans
Cause you posted all the pictures, I tripled down. I don't. I don't. I don't believe in. No, no, no. You want to start this? We going. We gonna keep going. We gonna keep on going. No, I'm gonna keep on going. We gonna keep on digging. No, you started it. So, you know, but it's a. It's not even about them. It's really about me and my transition as a human. I throw myself under the bus because I wasn't with the shits. I wasn't like, yeah, this is great. When they first, you know, decided to go down this. This. This road, I was against it because I'm like, yo, you're not looking at life. You know, you're doing this now in your youth. You may regret this when you, like, 45 and you have a kid and you ain't got no titties to breastfeed this nigga with.
Lauren LaRosa
Jesus Christ.
Marlon Wayans
So, you know, as a parent, I was like, you know, protesting. But at the same time, I went through this journey from ignorance and defiance to complete acceptance. And I just think a lot of people need to hear the truth and hear a story. I tell funny truths. Things that, you know, hurt me or things that, you know, I'm imperfect and I'm not all the way, you know, there. I don't always have the right answers, but I think it's good to be human and be human on the stage, because when you talk about truth now, you're not just telling jokes now. You're actually healing. There's people in the audience. I got people coming up to me after my shows crying, like, oh, my God. And they did it with Good Grief. And they doing it now with the Wild Child tour. It's crazy.
Lauren LaRosa
Does your son get offended? Does your son said, dad, enough now. Like, this is. You've been on the Breakfast Club twice talking about it. You've been talking like, enough is enough.
Marlon Wayans
Oh, they tired of my shit. But see, you like your college paid for. So what I gotta do is I gotta talk about things. I'm sorry, baby. You know, dad. Dad gonna do what he do.
Charlamagne Tha God
You know the beautiful thing about art? If you try to tweet or even probably explain what you just explained in an interview, they'd get mad at you. They probably try to cancel you. But if you do it on stage in a packaged way, it'll make more.
Marlon Wayans
Sense because it's your forum and you get to really unpack your truth. I look at the stages. It's a therapy session, except instead of paying a therapist $200 to express myself. I got these jackasses paying $55 come see me perform. And I'm like, y'all understand? I'm in therapy right now, and the audience has been my therapist. And when I hear their laughter, I find the answers. And, you know, I'm just really grateful that God gave me this. This. This career and this. This thing called standup and this thing called art. Cause I can always take my broken heart and make art. And I love it.
Lauren LaRosa
I always wanted to know with your son, did you have to sit down and say, okay, well, explain it to me, Break it down, because we come from a different place where jokes is jokes. Did you have to sit down and be like, explain what you want me to say, what you want me to call you, how you feel, this, that, and the other. Did you have to go through that?
Marlon Wayans
Yes. And it was so damn confusing because, you know, they started with pronouns. And I'm like, look, I went to public school in New York City. I don't know about no pronouns. I know nouns and verbs. That's all they taught us. You know what I mean? So they broke it down and all this, and it's just. It's too much. And then I gotta change from calling them she to now he. And they. And I'm like, they two you. What's. What's. I don't. I don't understand.
Charlamagne Tha God
They are the most confusing one.
Marlon Wayans
I'm just so confused. But they took me through the tutorial, and, you know, they know that sometimes I still. Because, you know, for 23 years, you were her, and now they. And. And they give me grace because they know, you know, okay, but, you know.
Lauren LaRosa
They know he knows you still love them.
Marlon Wayans
They know I love them. They.
Charlamagne Tha God
He.
Marlon Wayans
Yeah, they know I love him. I'll fight. I die for them no matter what. Don't you know, that's my child. You know what I mean? And I think all parents should defend and pull up for their children. You know, that's my child. Ain't nothing. I want them to be happy, and if that makes them happy, I'm happy for them.
DJ Envy
We saw you come to Boosie's defense when the back and forth was happening online with his daughter. Have you guys spoken like, do other parents call you? Because you're very open about your journey with.
Marlon Wayans
No, I didn't frequency. People fried me up for coming to his defense. They did, for sure, but I wasn't coming to his defense. I'm telling people, hey, man, y'all mind your fucking business and let families Work out they shit that's private between him and his daughter. And they don't need your fuel. They don't need my fuel. But I'm telling you, when you're ironing out your personal problems, that's between him and his daughter. And everybody got something the fuck to say. That's what I don't like about social media. That man is dealing with his child and they need to express themselves and hold space. We live in a society where we are unforgiving and all we do is add fuel to fires and watch it burn and applaud. And I'm, I'm just like, yo, let them let that man hold space. It takes him time. When it first happened to me, it took me time. You can't expect somebody to instant be, be like, I accept everything. It takes time. And God has his way of talking to each and every one of us. We all going to have our sit down with God. I had mine, you know, and he will have his. And I hold space that that man changes his point of view and that him and his child come together and love each other like any black father and black daughter or white or daughter father, period. That's what I want. And people I don't give fuck. Oh, you shouldn't be saying shut the fuck up. I'm not going to defend myself with 150 characters or whatever it is now on X give a fuck. I said what I said. I stand by it now. Let it go. I'll hold space for that man and his daughter to come together as a family and figure they shit out the way. Me and my child came together as a family and we figured out shit out. People need the space to have those honest conversations.
Charlamagne Tha God
I agree with that. But. I agree with that. But you and your child didn't work it out through social media.
Marlon Wayans
No, we didn't.
Charlamagne Tha God
Like Boosie was in interviews talking because.
Marlon Wayans
My child been unfollowed me.
Charlamagne Tha God
Then his child replied to an interview he did. That's the problem I be having. Like don't tell your personal business in these interviews if you don't want the world to have an opinion about it.
Marlon Wayans
Yes, but you know, and that's to their. That's, that's that that was something. But they figured it out and you know, as they should. But I just hold space and hold space for prayer and hold space within myself that people can grow up, that people can change. Every person should have the opportunity to change. Even brothers that are in prison. There's a reason why there's prison. It's time for you to sit in timeout and have conversations with God and reform. But when they come out, we should applaud them for the time they did. They did the time. Now let's hold space that they're better people now.
Lauren LaRosa
Let me ask you a question.
Marlon Wayans
Oh, I done got myself in trouble.
Lauren LaRosa
You said prison. I'm just. I'm just curious. How many times have people asked you, have you ever been to a Diddy party?
DJ Envy
They put up that tweet, what the.
Charlamagne Tha God
Fuck I got to do in prison. How you get that?
Lauren LaRosa
Made me think about it. I seen the baby oil behind you. Just made me think about it.
Marlon Wayans
That's crazy. You do have a baby oil. All right, so here's the thing. I've been to 1015. I know puff since he was Puff. I knew. We went to college together, so I went to Howard. I always, always wanted to go to Diddy parties at the hottest parties in dc, right? I was too young to get into those. But when I got to LA and throughout the years, the 90s. Come on, man. Biggie and I've been around a long time, and I will say this. I've never. I've been to maybe 10:15, some of this house. I've never seen shit. I have never. You put a lot of tests on me when they're like, oh, well, there's videos. Great. Show me. You gonna see me sipping Ciroc and maybe pushing the deli on to the side because that shit too strong.
Charlamagne Tha God
But you.
Marlon Wayans
A little sugar. You gotta put a little. You gotta put a little Ciroc in your deli on and. But, you know, I. I've never seen any of the stuff that they say happened. I never been to a freak off. That's just not. And that's just not my vibes. That's not Wayne's vibes. Beyond that, I gotta honor. I go to a party or whatever, but I always got my mother, my father, and God. And you can be around things and then go, yeah, this ain't for me. That's just never been my vibe. I don't get off. I don't even like watching porn with BBC. No. I want my dick to be the only BBC in the room. We could watch some ladies perform. Sure. But every now and then you come across that one brother and his shit is so big, and you go, God damn it. Dick shouldn't be that big. Don't that hurt? Trying to make her feel bad. That's ridiculous. All that dick. I like putting on Asian porn because I know My dick is bigger than these. I'm gonna get in trouble. That was shaming. That was dick shaming. I want to apologize.
Charlamagne Tha God
When you hear these stories and you know they be tragic stories, you hope that none of this. You. You hope it's not true. But you got to listen to the. You know, the alleged victims.
Marlon Wayans
Yes. You got me sweating. Damn. He knew he's starting stuff out diddy now.
Charlamagne Tha God
You too late, man. You.
Marlon Wayans
It's winter time outside. It's cold, man. You act like it's 30 degrees out. You. I like my fall clothes. You know, I get to. I get to floss and show off fly shit. You know what I mean? I wait all year for fall.
Charlamagne Tha God
Did you have jokes immediately? Like when you read some of this stuff?
Marlon Wayans
A billion of them? Oh, my God, I hit puff up. I said, man, I got some jokes for you. I'm not sure you want to hear him right now.
Lauren LaRosa
Did he respond?
Marlon Wayans
Oh, listen, I hear him. I've known these guys my whole life. I've been growing up in Hollywood. When it happened to Russell Simmons, I'm the wrong dude. I hit a nigga on his worst day. I hit Russell Simmons up, and I said, hey, nigga. It was like, after all these allegations came out, I said, hey, nigga, you having a terrible week. To this day, Russell hit me from Bali in some weird freaking stress position. That's still one of the funniest things I ever heard. So, yeah, I hit them up on their worst day, you know, and I. I hold prayer, you know, for. Because I know the kids, and I'm just like. And I'm not. I'm not excusing any of those actions. I saw the Cassie tape. That hurt my feeling, and it hurt my feelings. To see a black man do that to any woman or any man do that to a woman. I wasn't raised like that. But as much as I see that video and I hurt for her, you know, there's a. A part of me. And that's what I mean. Hold space. There's a part of me that hurts for that little boy in there that was taught that kind of toxic behavior. And I pray that he hurt, he heals. I pray that he, like, he's sitting with God right now. I don't need to throw that man under a bus. God is talking to Puff right now, and that's between God and him, and whatever happens, happens, and that's between him and God. But I'mma pray for those kids. I'mma pray for the family. I'm not going to act like it stuff didn't happen. And I ain't gonna act like I ain't got no jokes. I got some wonderful jokes that I got in my show.
DJ Envy
You got a baby oil.
Marlon Wayans
You went today. Oh, everybody got a baby oil joke. He got a thousand bottles of baby oil.
DJ Envy
He dropped off one right there.
Marlon Wayans
I'm on my way to Vegas. I mean, Atlantic City, it's gonna be a car ride. Thousand bottles of baby oil on the wall. But everybody got jokes. And he know what it is, and the kids know what it is. But, you know, I don't want to kick a man when he down. And I think, like I said, man, I know that family, and I pray for them all, you know?
Charlamagne Tha God
You know also, too, man, the thing I love about comedians. Comedians say things and have conversations that everybody do be thinking, yeah, I saw you on Shaq's podcast. Okay?
Marlon Wayans
But I do now.
Charlamagne Tha God
And on Shaq's podcast, you talked about.
Marlon Wayans
He don't be behaving.
Charlamagne Tha God
You talked about a joke that you didn't want to say.
Marlon Wayans
Which one the.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, no, you ain't gonna get me to say that shit. I just said that Magic Johnson had the good AIDS. What age did you get? If you live 50 years, I want those AIDS. He's become a billionaire with AIDS. Give me those AIDS. What kind of AIDS is this? Financial AIDS? All of us have had that conversation amongst each other, what kind of AIDS he had.
Marlon Wayans
You see the judgment over here? He said that.
DJ Envy
I just don't.
Charlamagne Tha God
Observation.
Marlon Wayans
Everybody talks about it. And here's the thing. Either you gonna get mad about a joke or you ain't. And if you get mad, you can leave. I'm not going to retract statements. I'm not going to retract jokes. They are jokes. If I didn't go in these dark caves to find this little light and this little elixir called the laugh, then what the am I doing this for? I'm not gonna make everybody laugh at one time. I hope to tell the right joke. That's why you go on tour. That's why you. You work it out. That's why you. You throw different things out there and you let them blow up in your face. You're like a scientist. Let me put 2 parts of oxygen, 1 part high, 2 parts hydrogen bow that blows up in your face. Well, let me try. You watch people walk out. But just because they walk out don't mean it's gonna be a bad joke. I used to have people walk out on that joke, and then that became my Biggest joke. It was like, they was like, oh, you can't say that. Oh, I offended you. Oh, that means you listening. So let me go a little deeper. Let me dig a little deeper because I know there's oil here. And when I did, you know, that, that was. That gave me an applause break. That's how. How much people laughed about that because it was literally 10 minute run of just going deeper and deeper. It started with Shaq and it kept going, kept going, kept going, kept going. They laughed so hard at the Apollo, man, I literally could go sip me some water and take time to set up my next topic.
Charlamagne Tha God
Did magic reach out to you?
Marlon Wayans
I hope not. But I think when he see me, he gonna kiss me in the mouth. Is it funny now? Yo.
Charlamagne Tha God
Man, you stupid, man.
Marlon Wayans
But I love magic. I love Magic, I love Jack, I love Puff, I love all these dudes. But damn it, I'm a comedian. If you, you know my heart. Like, have you not seen In Living Color? Have you not seen Don't Be a Menace? Have you not seen Scary Movie? I have made a living talking about people. That's what the I do. I make fun of things. And I'm not gonna be unforgiving when it comes to it. Everybody gets it. You seen Good grief. I talk about my mama and my daddy. So you think I'm gonna care about, like, what Magic is feeling or any or Shaq is feeling? I'm talking about my dead mother and my dead father's dick. I'm telling you. I'm gonna go get these jokes, cuz that's what I gotta do. I gotta heal.
Charlamagne Tha God
We have to have comedians in the world. Like God created y'all for a special reason. I truly believe that. Like the same way there's doctors and, you know, lawyers. Like, you need comedians in the world.
Marlon Wayans
And you need, you know, you need journalists, you need people that, you know, sit there and ask the hard questions. I seen you had that lady sweating. The Trump lady.
Lauren LaRosa
She was Laura Trump. Lara Trump.
Marlon Wayans
Yeah. She was sweating up storms. Started looking just like her father in law. I said, this, this, this crazy. You made the white lady nervous.
Lauren LaRosa
So let me, let me ask a question.
Marlon Wayans
You can't go over there and get no love from her. She was like, anyway.
Lauren LaRosa
Oh, she was about to roast Laura.
Marlon Wayans
Every time she said, period, bitch.
DJ Envy
She was on there.
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You know, I was wondering, you know, you've been coming up here for 15, 16 years, and we've talked about your brother, and Charlamagne has changed. He's evolved. He went to therapy, bringing that up.
Marlon Wayans
Because I want to know once again, can we get space for change? Charlamagne 20 years ago will tell you he was an asshole. He will tell you, yo, I was in a different place. I could do nothing but shake that man's hand and go, yo love for real. Because we watched each other grow. We had our little spat, Beef, whatever. But I hold space for growth.
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Marlon Wayans
Space for change.
Lauren LaRosa
Why don't you bring your brother up here next time? Because he's changed. He's evolved.
Marlon Wayans
He's lighter. Nigga don't change. He stay angry. Sean's still mad. He mad at me. I don't know what the fuck I did. I think I took his shades. Sorry, Sean. I'll bring him back.
Charlamagne Tha God
You mad at me right now?
Marlon Wayans
No, but, you know, but Sean also.
Charlamagne Tha God
Keeps a low profile.
Marlon Wayans
Sean don't be doing a lot of pressing stuff, but Sean, Sean will come up here like he's. Sean's. Sean's grown, right? We all grow. And as. As brothers in, in. In our industries, there's no time for beef. No time for that kind of negative energy. I only go through negative energy to find something positive. It always brings something positive.
Lauren LaRosa
You positive, you're a positive person. You joke a lot, but you positive.
Charlamagne Tha God
I think if I'm not mistaken, I saw. Is he. Is it Sean writing on Damon's new show?
Marlon Wayans
Sean's writing on Damon's new show. About to have a. An announcement. We gonna announce next week. I can't talk about it here, but a big announcement coming. So I'm just gonna leave it at that. Like I said, it's a big announcement coming. You digging? Look at. She want the juice.
Charlamagne Tha God
What do we want from the ways right now? Wayne's brothers. Wayne brother Toe would be kind of crazy.
DJ Envy
So this is what I do when I call the confirmed stop. Okay? You can't confirm or deny. But am I in the right area? If we say that there may be an assembly of the Wayans brothers traveling.
Marlon Wayans
In jokes, I will just say that there may be a assembly of the Waynes brothers. And I'm gonna leave it at that.
Lauren LaRosa
On TV or on stage?
Marlon Wayans
Come on, man. Y'all greedy. What is this? This is like hot peas and butter. You get warmer. I feel like there's a belt around the corner. Fuck that. No, I'm running. No, leave me alone.
Charlamagne Tha God
So Damon's coming out with Papa's House.
Marlon Wayans
Papa's House, that's with him and him and Lil Damon. And that's gonna air in October. Cbs. Make sure y'all check it out. I've been down to the set. It's a really funny show. And you know Damon, no miss. And him and his son Lil. Damon's brilliant. And right now there's like 62 Waynes is working over there. So, you know, the whole set is all Wayne.
Charlamagne Tha God
Do y'all seem like a text out, like, hey, man, new show. Who want to help? Like, how does that go.
Marlon Wayans
Organically? We're not busy. Like, my sister Kim is one of his showrunners on the show, so she's writing on the show. We like to have family now because my family, like, see, that's why that magic joke happened. Because I had nobody around to be.
Charlamagne Tha God
Like, no, say no.
Marlon Wayans
Oh, Damon would be like, keep that one. I got a little something more you can add to it.
Charlamagne Tha God
You realize that's one of the funniest Breakfast Club interviews. I don't even like to talk about it.
Marlon Wayans
When Damon Wayans was up here, I think that's the one that made him stop doing stand up. Because that's why Damon gotta do stand up. Because he feels like the world became so judgmental. And I think he's right, but he's not. What I found is the world is judgmental on social media. When I go to comedy shows.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's right.
Marlon Wayans
People want to laugh.
State Farm Representative
I agree.
Marlon Wayans
The audience wants to laugh. The social media got the. Got. Got the studios up. They got the executives up. They're not making comedies because they're scared to make comedies. They don't think people want to laugh. And I'm like, you are so wrong. And that's why we coming back wearing a four or five. We about dunk hard and them that people need to laugh. And I know my purpose. You know, I look at how depressed the world feels and we need to laugh again.
Charlamagne Tha God
I don't want to say what it is, but just this is what he said when he was on Breakfast.
Lauren LaRosa
That's why you don't see no more interviews. See that grand claw, grand opening, grand closing. I gotta see what he said.
Charlamagne Tha God
You don't remember. And it's the way he said it, with that look. And he's just.
Lauren LaRosa
I remember.
Marlon Wayans
But here's the thing. As a comedian, that man should be able to say what the fuck he wants to say. Who are you to tell comedian his job is to find light. I don't care where it comes from, how it comes. You take the darkest subject, the darkest topic, and you go, here's what's funny. That is what my job is. You know what I mean? You can't criticize a fireman for not putting out part of a fire. He goes into burning buildings to find bodies. I go into burning buildings to find jokes. And that's what I do for a living. And I'm never gonna not tell jokes, period. And if you get canceled, good. You know what canceled means? That means that the real is staying and them ass went home. Yeah, but cancel me.
DJ Envy
Everybody don't got the. The back like the backing that y'all. Some communities are scared because they can't just walk away from stuff. Or they're scared that brands walk away from them. They don't got no money, they don't have no ability. Like you guys have a. It's different for the way they got the stage, though.
Marlon Wayans
Yeah, yeah. You gotta stage because we have a brand, right? Our brand has stepped, stood the test of times. We started in the 80s, right? This is generational. And now probably 40. 40 years.
DJ Envy
That's beautiful.
Marlon Wayans
Between me, Damon, Shawn, keenan, Kim, that's 230 years of comedy between each one of us. Like we are masters at joke telling. People trust our brand with finding the front, the light. When we did In Living Color, you know, Damon doing and. And. And David. And David doing Men on Film. That's the first time gay people were introduced into your living room and people felt like, oh, this is safe. Even gay people loved men on film. Because the way we do things is we try to do it with kids gloves. We want the people that we making fun of to be like, oh, that was funny. That's why you can't cancel us for white chicks. You don't love white chicks the most white chicks. So the people that we send up usually laugh the loudest. And I'm sure Magic Johnson's laughing right now.
Charlamagne Tha God
You know, you brought that up. And that's funny, right? Like I was saying earlier, I don't.
Lauren LaRosa
Know about that one.
Charlamagne Tha God
I was saying earlier that we live in a generation that's all about vibes. What happened to talent? Because you can go back to any of those in the Living color cast. Everybody on there was talented. That's why y'all still here today. Not even just the Wayans brothers, the David Allen Grizz, the Tommy Davisons, Jamie Foxxes, like, come on, Jelly Cofield.
DJ Envy
And people don't argue. There's no argument of Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey, Damon.
Marlon Wayans
I mean, because back then it was, you know, that's what think social media made everybody feel like, oh, I can instantly be famous. You can be famous, but you're doing 30 second three minute sketches, which is cute. But back in the day, you had to earn it. You had to work 20, 30 years in comedy clubs before you had a point of view that Hollywood would then want to take a chance on betting on you. Nowadays that you got this many followers, you got this many views, people, oh my God, that's the next guy to bet on. No, you have to. It takes time, consistency. I've been doing this now for now, me 35 years professionally, and now I'm doing stand up now. 14, 12, 14 years now somewhere there. And now I'm just now hitting my stride. I think my best years are ahead of me. I'm in that zone right now because it took me 40 years to really understand my art and my craft and that's just not in comedy. Now my dramatic is on point, you know what I mean? Like, I feel like our best years and even our Wayans years, people need to laugh. So that Wayans brand. We coming back with the comedy tour. Didn't say it was a comedy tour, but I'm on a comedy tour, the Wild Child tour. I'm in Evansville, Indiana. Where am I at?
Lauren LaRosa
November 1st, you in Coachella, California.
Marlon Wayans
Yes.
Lauren LaRosa
November 8th, you in Tulsa.
Marlon Wayans
Yes.
Lauren LaRosa
November 16th, you're in Durham, North Carolina. November 17th, Richmond, Virginia. And November 21st, you're in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Marlon Wayans
Yes. And my greedy ass is also gonna be. Where am I gonna be? I'm gonna be in Evansville, Indiana. And that is. Hold up. Who sent me that? Jess. Somebody said, I'll get back to it. Jess sent it to me. Okay, I'm in. Saturday, October 26th, I'm in Aiken Theater in Evansville, Indiana. Sunday the 27th, I'm in Louisville palace at the Louisville palace in Louisville, Kentucky. Friday, November 8th, I'm in Tulsa at the Tulsa Theater. And then November 21st, I'm at DeVos Performance hall and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Thank you very much. That's a lot. But I work every weekend because this way, when I'm doing jokes or this way, when I'm, you know, I have a sketch show or I have a movie that I'm doing, that I know where the jokes are. They're in my head before I even say it. I go, don't say that. Go for that. Your instincts is built by the stage because you write on a stage. I'm not at home writing out jokes. No, I write my jokes right in front of the audience. And his live or die every second.
Charlamagne Tha God
Wow.
Marlon Wayans
And that's how you get good.
Charlamagne Tha God
What's your motivation when you hit that thing? Because you're clearly a very motivated person. I think that one of the best examples of that we saw earlier this year when you and Vlad went through what y'all went through.
Marlon Wayans
Fuck that nigga. Fuck it. Fuck him in his beard.
Charlamagne Tha God
You and Vlad went through what you.
Marlon Wayans
I didn't go through it. And I. No disrespect to him. I'm over it. Like, he disrespected me. I had no. You should see the text. How many times I was like, bro, we ain't got to do this. You're saying, fuck you with that price, bro. We don't have to do this. Well, I'll give you 5,000. I said, Bro, we ain't gotta do this. I. Bro, just leave it alone. We good, bro. You wait. I'm gonna talk to Aries Spears about this. What the Are you telling my business on your platform? That's when it got tricky. How you gonna tell my business to another black man about my price? How dare you? Now you trying to make us crabs in a barrel. Now you're trying to make me and Aries, you know, go to war. And I'm like, see that? That made me go. That's why I'm not with your platform.
DJ Envy
Wait, he told you he was going to do that before that interview happened?
Marlon Wayans
He told me. When I. When I told him I didn't want to do the interview. The price. And I was just like, bro, the price is the price. Let it go. You're saying you to me? I didn't say you to me. I. To this day, I still haven't said you to him. The only way I said you to him was when he kept going. I was like, all right, so here's what's gonna happen. You're trying to diminish my value. You're trying to diminish my worth. You're trying to diminish my prolific career that I know I have worked hard for. Now I'm going to show you revenge. Success is a man's best revenge. Now I'm going to show you. Me and you ain't in the same fucking league, bro. You have. You don't have a million dollar, a billion dollars of box office behind you. You don't have a 35 year creating your own material, your own shows, your own. I'mma show you. I'mma go do some legendary shit, and I'm going to go do it to everybody else except fucking you. And I went. And I did Shay. Shay. And he's like, you can't get more than 300,000 views. I got more views on the Breakfast Club. Boom. First day, 2 million views. And I'm just like, enough said, Drop Mike. And besides that, fuck your beard. I don't like his beard. It looks like Trump's wig on her face. I don't like what's wrong with his beard. It's ugly. It's red. It looks like gossamer from the Looney Tunes. You know, the one that had the sneakers that must.
Charlamagne Tha God
Well, I was just trying to ask you a question about motivation, Mar.
Lauren LaRosa
But did y'all squash it out?
DJ Envy
I had looked earlier at the views. It's 8.5.
Marlon Wayans
8.5. But he said, I'm more 300. I was like, all right, cool. We didn't squash it. I squash.
Charlamagne Tha God
He's apologized a lot since that.
Marlon Wayans
He's still talking about it. He just asked somebody else. Dion Cole. I'm just saying, I think every time.
Charlamagne Tha God
He brings it up, he apologizes.
Marlon Wayans
I'm just like, I. I accept his apology. I am not mad. I wasn't mad from day one and until I roasted him on. On the gram, you know, I was like, wait, hold up. You said what? And I went in on him, and then I went the other way. And I showed him that way. And now I'm cool with it. I ain't got no beef with that man. You know what I'm saying? But just. Just. Yo, put some respect on my name, bro. Like, don't. Don't come at me like that. I'm a peaceful dude. And if you looked at the text that me and him, the correspondence, you'd be like, yo, Marlon was a classy dude all the way through. He messed up when he started talking about my price to other people. That's. And. And y'all know this. Your value is what you say your value is. Your worth is what you say your worth is. And if. And, yes, I will state the obvious as a black man. No, you won't do that to me. And I have to take that position. Because if I didn't take that position, we took that position in the 80s to kick open fucking doors to let people know. No, no, no, no, no. This is what we do. This is how you do us. And you have to state the obvious. No, you won't come at me like that. So. And if he apologized, I accept it. I'm not mad at him.
Charlamagne Tha God
That's why I said your motivation, because it's not just that moment. I think about what happened with Scary Movie and how you went to go create your own thing. I feel like you need things to help push you to go do something else.
Marlon Wayans
Because everything negative that happens to me, I go, what's positive? What? How do I flip this into positive? Nothing bad in life is bad. Everything is God. One door closes. Look around. There's a thousand other opportunities that come your way.
Charlamagne Tha God
Even Skittles. The Skittles stuff coming.
Marlon Wayans
Everything is. And everything is God. I will say that after losing my parents.
Charlamagne Tha God
Good grief. Yeah.
Marlon Wayans
I still have. I still have a parent. God. He governs me, and he got me through. If I could tell you what I went through for three years beyond Covid, when I lost 60 people that I loved, it was like God was playing a trick on me. I was just like, are you kidding me? Somebody else. My mom. Whoa. How? My father. And when I went through that and I was delivered, I was like, yo, God is real. And then my daughter, at the same time, I was like, God is real, and God is so good, and I'm so thankful to know him. And I'm so. And I will tell people, you should find God before God comes to find you. If he comes to find you, it's too late. Go seek Him. He will get you through any war, any battle. And everything is positive because everything is God.
Charlamagne Tha God
Amen. There you have it. Is that what got the Wayans brothers back together to do this?
Marlon Wayans
Everything was God. You should know what I went through with these niggas. The point is.
DJ Envy
So the name of the tour is Everything was God. The Wayans Brother Comedy Tour.
Marlon Wayans
That was tricky. You almost got me. You almost got me on that one. But I'll announce next week and I'll come back.
Charlamagne Tha God
This don't air till next week. This airs on, like, Monday, cuz, you.
DJ Envy
Know, we do exclusive news here, too.
Marlon Wayans
You don't come, I'll come back and drop it.
Lauren LaRosa
He don't trust us. He like, I trust y'all.
Marlon Wayans
I play with y'all. You right away.
DJ Envy
The day that you guys are ready to break, are you publicist. Can we help you guys break that news?
Marlon Wayans
Absolutely.
DJ Envy
Okay, great.
Marlon Wayans
She said it right here. She right here on the bathroom. Before. Before we drop, drop. I'mma. I'mma. I'mma call. I got your number. I'mma call you and I'm tell you and I got your number.
Lauren LaRosa
You got my number.
Charlamagne Tha God
We've had every Wayans up here, not at one time.
Marlon Wayans
You got too many questions. I can't, I can't.
Charlamagne Tha God
We've even had Keenan up here. Yeah, that's a classic Breakfast Club interview.
Marlon Wayans
People don't talk about, oh, Keenan was here back in the day. That is the smartest dude. You know, I always say I'm the luckiest kid in the world, man, to grow up in a house with everybody. I dreamt to be like was in my house. I grew up in a household with legends, man. And so, you know, I. What I do, I. I do it for the village. I am only me because. Because of the village that raised me. I'm so grateful for my journey. I've had a beautiful time. I mean, Damon, Keenan, Kim, Sean, like, everybody I wanted to be like was in my house. Nick, though, some of them feet was on me in my bed, like, you know what I'm saying? Like, it's. It's. It's a story that, like, I don't think, like, the Jackson to understand. Like, that's. It's a. It's a blessing, man.
Lauren LaRosa
We get that story, huh? When are we getting that story?
Marlon Wayans
Which one of them?
Lauren LaRosa
The family.
Marlon Wayans
Oh, the Wayans family story. We're talking about it. We actually created a sitcom a while ago. That's what I mean by Hollywood, you know, I, I now, for me, I really want to go get a lot of financing because I just want to do weighing stuff. And I don't need nobody telling me, hey, we're ready for you to do it. No, no, no. I know when something's ready. I cook it myself. That's why I pay for my own specials. Not waiting on y'all to tell me, I'm ready or what your Runway is. I'm ready. I'm gonna put this special out either way it goes. Now, if you want to be a part of it or you don't. And I don't need people giving me approval. I know when something's ready. We had this thing growing up, Wayans, the funniest sitcom. And it was about our family growing up in the projects. And everybody's like, well, we're not doing sitcoms no more. And then that's why I want to go finance. Because I'm like, I'm gonna do 100 episodes, and I'm gonna find the platform for it. I don't wanna ask people questions no more about, hey, can I do this? No, no, no. Do you wanna do this? Cool. If not, I'm not waiting on you.
Lauren LaRosa
But a movie. A movie would be great. Just to see how long, you know.
Marlon Wayans
How long that movie would be. That'd be longer than Gandhi. How many chapters, how many weans is this?
Lauren LaRosa
But, I mean, to hear the stories from all the brothers and everybody, just how y'all did it, how y'all came from growing up in a small house in Brooklyn and taking it to where you guys at? And I had to change it all.
Marlon Wayans
My hand see the wheel.
Lauren LaRosa
Brooklyn, you know, to how you change the Super Bowl. Like, just all that in a film would just be amazing.
Marlon Wayans
I think we will. And we're sniffing around it. We're all talking about doing a lot of stuff, you know, for everything from a book. Cause it's all right now. It's all about the brand. And the brand, right? So, you know, I think there's a book. I think there's a doc, I think there's a biopic. I think we're gonna put all that together in the next. You know, but it's hard to wrangle 10 people. That's why Earth, Wind and Fire has never had an autobiography. Too many niggas in the band. You got to get all these different. All these different rights, and you need this person rights, and the trumpet players rights, and the sex phone player. It's easy when you're a solo act, you know, it's like one person. So I think we're all gonna collectivize and get this done because the people need it, not. I want it for the next generations coming up because it's a blueprint for them. And I think I'm gonna start if my brothers want to do one. I'm already working on a book for myself, but I. I think a collective family story is something we got to do.
Lauren LaRosa
We appreciate you for joining us.
Marlon Wayans
Oh, thank you. You asked me all these hot questions. Now I'm gonna get a collect call from Diddy from jail. Magic gonna kiss me in the lips.
Charlamagne Tha God
Jesus want to FaceTime.
Marlon Wayans
Thank you.
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Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club - Marlon Wayans Full Interview
Episode Title: Best Of Full Interview: Marlon Wayans On Diddy Jokes, Wayans Bros Reunion, Knowing Your Worth + More
Release Date: December 30, 2024
Host: Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Lauren LaRosa
Guest: Marlon Wayans
Knowledge Cutoff: October 2023
[02:34 - 03:22]
The episode kicks off with the hosts—Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, and Lauren LaRosa—welcoming Marlon Wayans back to "The Breakfast Club." Lauren humorously notes Marlon's distinctive appearance, prompting Marlon to joke about his on-show persona:
Marlon Wayans [02:57]: "Welcome, gang. Gang, what's happening? How you doing? How you feeling?"
He playfully discusses his on-stage sweating, attributing it to vitamins rather than stress, and expresses a desire to maintain his authentic self despite the show's caricatured portrayal.
[03:16 - 05:58]
Marlon delves into his career trajectory, emphasizing a late but dedicated transition into stand-up comedy at the age of 39:
Marlon Wayans [03:59]: "I want to be a superstar. And the only way to get there is just doing the work. So I just started doing Stand Up."
He outlines his stand-up specials, including "Wokesh," "God Loves Me," "Good Grief," and his upcoming "Wild Child" tour. Marlon shares his meticulous process of writing jokes directly on stage, likening his performances to therapy sessions where audience laughter aids his healing:
Marlon Wayans [08:08]: "I'm in therapy right now, and the audience has been my therapist. And when I hear their laughter, I find the answers."
[06:04 - 09:43]
A significant portion of the interview focuses on Marlon's personal life, particularly his son's gender transition. Marlon candidly discusses his initial resistance and subsequent acceptance:
Marlon Wayans [06:58]: "As a parent, I was like, you may regret this when you’re 45... But I went through this journey from ignorance and defiance to complete acceptance."
He talks about educating himself on pronouns and the challenges of adapting to his son's transitioning identity. Marlon underscores the importance of defending and supporting his child, advocating for parental love and acceptance regardless of societal pressures.
[10:00 - 12:46]
Marlon shares his apprehension about the impact of social media on personal matters, referencing his defensive stance during conflicts like Boosie’s situation:
Marlon Wayans [10:00]: "Let families work out their shit that's private between him and his daughter."
He critiques the unforgiving nature of online platforms, highlighting how they exacerbate personal disputes and public scrutiny. Marlon emphasizes holding space for individuals to grow and change without external judgment.
[12:47 - 16:53]
Marlon provides details about his "Wild Child" comedy tour, listing dates and locations across the United States. He expresses enthusiasm about performing live and continuing to refine his craft through constant reinvention:
Marlon Wayans [25:16]: "We gonna announce next week and I'll come back and drop it."
Additionally, he hints at future family-oriented projects, including potential sitcoms, books, and biopics that chronicle the Wayans family's legacy in comedy. Marlon emphasizes the importance of authentically sharing their collective story:
Marlon Wayans [42:13]: "We got to do... a collective family story because the people need it, not. I want it for the next generations."
[34:09 - 37:57]
The conversation shifts to a recent conflict with Vlad (likely a reference to a media personality or fellow comedian). Marlon recounts the disagreement over interview pricing, leading to public fallout:
Marlon Wayans [34:14]: "You're trying to diminish my value. You're trying to diminish my worth."
Despite the tension, Marlon maintains a composed stance, accepting apologies and emphasizing mutual respect. He underscores the importance of recognizing one's worth and the collective efforts to break barriers in the entertainment industry.
[38:08 - 39:25]
Marlon shares his philosophical outlook, attributing positive experiences and personal growth to divine guidance:
Marlon Wayans [38:08]: "Everything negative that happens to me, I go, what's positive? How do I flip this into positive?"
He reflects on overcoming personal losses, including the passing of his parents and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on his life. Marlon advocates for seeking God proactively to navigate life's challenges, reinforcing his belief that all experiences contribute to personal development:
Marlon Wayans [38:29]: "If I could tell you what I went through for three years beyond Covid... I was like, God is real."
[39:25 - End]
As the interview winds down, Marlon expresses gratitude for the support and opportunities provided by his family and the broader entertainment community. He emphasizes the enduring legacy of the Wayans family in comedy and hints at continued collaborations and projects that honor their collective history.
Marlon Wayans [41:05]: "I do it for the village. I am only me because of the village that raised me."
He concludes by reaffirming his commitment to comedy as a healing art form and his dedication to creating content that resonates with diverse audiences.
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In this candid and comprehensive interview, Marlon Wayans opens up about his multifaceted career, personal challenges, and unwavering commitment to comedy as a force for healing and connection. His reflections offer valuable insights into the dynamics of family, the impact of social media, and the enduring power of laughter.