Best of full interview: Pour Minds Podcast Talk ‘Travel Queens,' Learning Transparency, Friendship, Relationships + More

Summary

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The Breakfast Club – Best Of: Pour Minds Podcast on ‘Travel Queens,’ Friendship, Transparency, and Relationships

Episode Date: December 29, 2025
Guests: Lex P & Dre (Andre Nicole) of Pour Minds
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God
Main Theme:
This "Best Of" episode features Lex P and Dre of the Pour Minds podcast discussing their new BET docuseries, ‘Travel Queens,’ their long-standing friendship, journey in podcasting, growth as women, and their candid takes on relationships, transparency, and representation.

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Episode Overview

The Pour Minds duo join The Breakfast Club to talk about their transition to television with ‘Travel Queens’ on BET. They cover the origins and goals of the show, navigating friendship and business, maintaining authenticity, and reflect on their personal and professional growth. Along the way, they dive into topical and hilarious discussions about travel, dating, wigs, body image, and more, all while emphasizing transparency and self-love.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Origin and Purpose of ‘Travel Queens’

[04:14 – 06:33]

• How It Happened:
  • BET’s production company Cocoa Butter reached out to Lex and Dre to audition.
  • “We auditioned for it, they loved us. And then we got it and started filming a month after.” – Dre [04:27]
  • The show filmed in just two weeks.
• What the Show Is About:
  • Visited: Cartagena (Colombia), Mexico City, Key West, Charleston.
  • “It’s basically really showing young Black millennials, Gen Zers, especially women, how to travel… where to go eat, where to find other Black people, and just how to be safe and have a good time.” – Lex P [05:04]
  • Emphasis on non-gendered fun; challenging media portrayals that pit women against each other.
• Accessibility:
  • “A lot of the stuff… is budget friendly. It’s not like we’re doing luxurious things and going to the Maldives and staying at the Four Seasons. It’s very budget friendly stuff.” – Lex P [05:57]
  • Aim is to inspire with realistic, accessible getaways.

2. Favorite Destinations and Surprises

[07:52 – 08:59]

• Dre: Mexico City stood out because of the vibrant Black expat community and cultural experiences.
• Lex: Charleston was a surprise favorite—great food, beautiful boating, and a place she wants to revisit.
• Memorable Quote:
  • “I had a ball in Charleston. Like, I’m actually planning a trip to go back. Charleston is beautiful.” – Lex P [08:46]

3. Friendship & Working Together

[09:02 – 10:55]

• Being Neighbors:
  • They live in adjacent buildings in Atlanta, see each other often, and didn’t get tired of one another during filming.
  • “To be able to travel the world with your best friend and have a business, it’s great. It’s fun.” – Lex P [09:58]
• Balanced Relationships:
  • Despite talking about dating, they’re not “male-centered.”
  • “We are really not male centered women... We like to be by ourselves sometimes, just girls-only trips.” – Lex P [10:28]
• Handling Partners:
  • “We always find the time to hang with each other, to go to dinner, to talk on the phone.” – Dre [10:17]

4. Relationships & Breakups: Keeping It Real

[11:11 – 12:40]

• They’re both in complicated romantic places at the time of recording, supporting each other through transitions and breakups.
• On giving advice: “As long as it’s not a physically violent situation… I try to be supportive… because I get when you love somebody, you want to stay with your man.” – Dre [11:33]
• “I still am in love. I’m very much in love. Like I said, it’s just a situation. We’re figuring it out.” – Lex P [12:18]

5. Personal Growth & Podcasting Lessons

[12:40 – 17:13]

• Evolution through Transparency:
  • “Transparency and vulnerability is healing… Now I enjoy telling my story.” – Dre [13:05]
  • Sharing personal struggles (like bereavement) brought community support and healing.
• Self-Acceptance:
  • Lex: “I just embrace who I am… I really got confidence about myself because I’m like, this is who I am… You don’t have to fit into this box of what you think a woman is supposed to be.” [14:28]
  • Dispelling myths about being “the pretty girl” vs. “the funny girl.”
• Industry Realism:
  • “Podcasting, especially in the South, is not a lot of podcasts that are really… It made our friendship stronger because we realize how strong we are together and how many doors we’re opening.” – Lex P [27:57]

6. Making ‘Travel Queens’ for TV

[17:13 – 18:41]

• Filming was natural due to their existing chemistry.
• The show let them be themselves, minimal producer interference.
• Behind the scenes: strategic packing, vacuum bags, Amazon finds.

7. Representation and Community

[19:21 – 20:23]

• First-hand experience in Afro-Latino communities, specifically visiting Palenque—the first free Black city in the Americas.
• “When we were in Palenque, we felt like we were somewhere in Ghana, in Nigeria. Like, these people look like our cousins, our family members.” – Dre [19:21]

8. Public Perception & Editing Fears

[25:39 – 26:26]

• They saw final edits at the same time as viewers, with no creative control over cuts.
• Lex’s anxiety about body image and losing 30 lbs. before the show aired:
  • “I kept saying, Oh, my gosh… I hope [my body looks okay].” – Lex P [26:05]
• Lost weight through cardio and diet, not surgery or Ozempic.

9. On Houston & Southern Black Women

[27:06 – 27:40]

• “Houston women have a presence about them… I think it's the size… they’re usually taller, tall and thick.” – Charlamagne [27:16]
• Both rep Texas, with their own unique brand of Southern hospitality.

10. Career Journeys & Academic Backgrounds

[29:03 – 31:06]

• Both hold communications degrees.
• Lex aspired to “hard news,” then found entertainment/news more appealing.
• Dre did internships in radio but realized podcasting was her true calling.
• “Being on this show, it shows… we got some tricks up our sleeve!” – Lex P [27:57]

11. Podcaster Community & Mentorship

[31:06 – 32:00]

• Their connection with 85 South and Carlos Miller, who featured them before their breakthrough.
• Early podcasting days: living room recordings, grass-roots style.
• Episode with 85 South hit a million views in five days.

12. Hilarious Segment: Dating, Wigs, and “Hard Wig, Soft Life”

[32:00 – 36:47]

• Audience Q&A about a single woman with a closet full of “terrible wigs.”
• Lex and Dre joke: “They love a crunchy, stale wig. My wigs used to be crunchy; I could not keep the men off me.”
• Debunking insecurity: “Whatever makes you feel good, you’re gonna attract the right person.”
• Charlamagne quips: “Who do you think lies more? Women with bad wigs or men with podcasts?”
  • Lex: “Men with podcasts, hands down.” [34:18]

13. Mental Health, Therapy, & Self-Care

[37:33 – 40:39]

• Lex & Dre both champion therapy and prayer, especially in times of grief.
• Strong friend/family networks as emotional safety nets.
• “When I have my bad days… my best friend is here with me.” – Lex P [38:23]
• “I go to therapy… It has completely changed my life… I’ve been going ever since.” – Dre [38:00]
• Coping mechanisms: from wine to real talk, focusing on healthy, communicative friendship.

14. Balancing Fun and Professionalism

[40:39 – 42:43]

• Managing the party vibe for the sake of show quality.
• After a cringe, “drunk” live show, they instituted a strict two-drink minimum.
• “We want to be present in the moment… otherwise we gonna take it to the moon. We gonna take it too far.” – Dre [41:16]

15. Future Goals for ‘Travel Queens’ & Poor Minds

[42:45 – 44:14]

• Hopes for additional seasons—dreaming of full seasons in Africa or Europe.
• Exploring platforms beyond YouTube, with more hosting opportunities.
• Dre’s cosmetics line (“shopmusebeautycollection.com”) is thriving; Lex is building her YouTube with hot topics and show reviews.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Representation:
  • “I really think it’s refreshing to see two Black women who are really friends just having good, innocent fun.” – Lex P [05:04]
• On Growth:
  • “Transparency and vulnerability is healing.” – Dre [13:05]
  • “I just embrace who I am… You don’t have to fit into this box.” – Lex P [14:28]
• On Friendship:
  • “We never really argue… We can sense when the other person low key tired of each other. But it be over silly stuff.” – Lex P [34:57]
• On Black Women and Wealth:
  • “I’ve always been honest about my financial status… I think it’s important to be transparent, especially as a Black woman in this industry.” – Lex P [16:39]
• On Humor in Relationships:
  • “They love a crunchy, stale wig. My wigs used to be bad crunchy; I could not keep the men off me.” – Lex P [33:19]
• On Wellness:
  • “I pray a lot. I also go to therapy… It has completely changed my life, especially when I was grieving.” – Dre [38:00]
• On Growth and the Future:
  • “Now that we’ve made that step into TV, it’s like people can actually see what we can do now.” – Lex P [43:05]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Show Origins & Purpose: [04:14 – 06:33]
• Friendship & Co-working: [09:02 – 10:55]
• Dating, Relationships, and Podcasting Growth: [11:11 – 17:13]
• Afro-Latinx Travel/Representation: [19:21 – 20:23]
• Houston/Southern Women & Public Perception: [27:06 – 27:40]; [25:39 – 26:26]
• TV Experience: [17:13 – 18:41]
• Career Journey: [29:03 – 31:06]
• Wigs & Dating Humor Segment: [32:00 – 36:47]
• Self-Care & Therapy: [37:33 – 40:39]
• Balancing Turn Up & Professionalism: [40:39 – 42:43]
• Vision for the Future: [42:45 – 44:14]

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Tone & Takeaway

The episode is candid, playful, and sisterly, blending humor and vulnerability. Lex and Dre show that empowerment, transparency, and relatable fun can coexist on- and off-cam. They offer inspiration for Black women travelers and up-and-coming creators, and fill the room with laughter—even when talking wigs or weight loss.

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For listeners new to The Breakfast Club, Poor Minds, or Travel Queens, this episode spotlights Black female friendship, growth in the face of grief and adversity, and how to have genuine fun while breaking industry molds.

Transcript

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[Lex P]

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[DJ Envy]

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[DJ Envy]

Hey, what up, y'?

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[Lex P]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Andre Nicole]

Connecting changes everything. AT&T.

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake that ass up early in the morning.

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The Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody.

[Lex P]

It's DJ Envy.

[DJ Envy]

Just hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got some special guests in the building. My girls, Lex P. Andrea, Nicole.

[Lex P]

Poor Mind Podcast. What's up, guys? We're back.

[Andre Nicole]

We're back again.

[Lex P]

I know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How y' all feeling?

[Lex P]

Great. Good.

[Andre Nicole]

Really good.

[Lex P]

Yeah. Happy to be here.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Happy to see y'. All.

[Lex P]

Yes. It's been too long.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all got the new show, Travel Queen. First of all, I'm happy to see y' all just evolving. Poor Minds Podcast is a hit. Poor Mind's podcast evolving. Now y' all got the Travel Queens TV show on bet. It's a docu series. How'd that come about?

[Andre Nicole]

Also, the production company Cocoa Butter, they actually reached out to us because they wanted us to audition for it because they had us and, like, I think some other maybe, like two or three other friend groups in mind. So we auditioned for it, they loved us. And then we got it and we started filming maybe like a month after.

[Lex P]

Yeah, it was.

[Andre Nicole]

And then we filmed the whole show in two weeks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cocoa Butter. I know. That's a black woman on production.

[Lex P]

Yeah.

[Andre Nicole]

No, it's actually not white people.

[Lex P]

It's a. It's A white guy to black. Shout out to Ian. Shout out to Eden.

[Andre Nicole]

Smart.

[Lex P]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

So what is travel Queens about? Where y' all going? What y' all doing?

[Lex P]

So we went to four different cities. We went to Cartagena, New Mexico City, Key west, and Charleston. So it's basically really shown young black millennials, gen zers, especially women, how to travel, where to go eat, where to find other black people when you travel, and just how to be safe and have a good time. I think right now in media, I won't say right now, but I feel like a lot of stuff that we're seeing in the media with black women, it's like, who fighting, throwing drinks in people's face. So I really think it's refreshing to see two black women who are really friends just having good, innocent fun. We not talking about men and dating and gender wars and all this stuff. It's just good fun.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What about the ladies that are watching it? Like, well, how am I going to be able to fly myself out?

[Lex P]

Don't start, Uncle Baddie. We have graduated from that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But y' all flying y stuff out on this show.

[Andre Nicole]

But actually, bet Cocoa Butter flew us out.

[Lex P]

That's right. But I will say so, a lot of the stuff, too, is, like, it's budget friendly. I mean, we went to Charleston. You know what I'm saying? You can do a road trip. We went to Key west, so you can drive to Key West. You know what I'm saying? You don't have to necessarily fly. It's not like we're doing extremely expensive things, to be honest. So I think if you budget, you know, it's not like we're doing luxurious things and going to the Maldives and, you know, staying at the Four Seasons. It's very budget friendly stuff.

[Andre Nicole]

Yeah. And I think that was the point of the show. They wanted to make everybody feel like, okay, I can come here and I don't have to spend a lot of money to have a good time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So if a guy was flying y' all out, y' all still want to go to those destinations?

[Andre Nicole]

Yeah, but I probably would have did something different angle.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charleston is beautiful, though.

[Lex P]

I mean, Charleston is beautiful, but I'm not. Key west is one of them little ducked off. I remember it is take us to Key west before.

[Andre Nicole]

Really? Yes.

[Lex P]

I wasn't flew out by Cocoa Butter, but, you know. Yes, yes, yes, yes. But that, that usually the older gentlemen fly you out. Yes. It's a very, like, quiet town. You can definitely sneak off there with a. With a old man.

[Andre Nicole]

I had never Been to Key west before. That was my first time.

[Lex P]

It was, you know, it was cool water blue. The water was blue.

[Andre Nicole]

That's a fact.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's what little. Little took you.

[DJ Envy]

They going to be confused.

[Lex P]

So I just told them that when the older guys perform fellatio, they don't really know the what the kingus.

[Andre Nicole]

Okay.

[Lex P]

When they doing that, they say because they see they don't have teeth anymore. You know, they trying to figure out where it is. Especially the ones with glasses. You know, when they slip down on the nose and they say they be.

[Andre Nicole]

Doing it with the glasses.

[Lex P]

I like that.

[Andre Nicole]

I feel like it's gonna get a little foggy from the body.

[Lex P]

Just a little bit. I like that. I don't need me a little. Yes. You'll find it in Key West.

[Andre Nicole]

Next time y' all go.

[DJ Envy]

So the four cities y' all went to, which one did you like the best and why?

[Andre Nicole]

Mexico City.

[Lex P]

Yeah.

[Andre Nicole]

Because it was just so nice. I feel like it's so many black expats that are moving there from the United States. So it's a lot of black people out there. We went to a R B night while we were out there. We went to a black vegan restaurant. It's just. It reminded me a lot of the United States. But just in Mexico City, I feel like out of everywhere that we went, that was my favorite place.

[Lex P]

I'm not gonna lie. I keep saying that Charleston surprised me, too. Like, that I've never been to Charleston, and I have a really close friend of mine that lives out there, and he's been trying to get me to come out there forever. And I was like, what is in Charleston? Like, isn't that a dance? Like, I was like, I'm not going out. Isn't that the dance?

[Andre Nicole]

But I was so surprised.

[Lex P]

Like, people be taking the nice boats out. The food is good. I had a ball in Charleston. Like, I'm actually planning a trip to go back. Like, Charleston is beautiful.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's home.

[Lex P]

Mexico City is nice, too, though. It is. A lot of people moving there. Yeah. My husband's family's from there. Really? Yeah, I know. That's my husband, period.

[Andre Nicole]

Okay. Cause he trying it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all both like to travel already?

[Andre Nicole]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

Oh, yeah.

[Andre Nicole]

And we already traveled together a lot anyway, so we feel like that's why it was the perfect show for us.

[DJ Envy]

Y' all get tired of each other at all. Like, you know what? You go your way, I'll go out my way.

[Andre Nicole]

Absolutely.

[Lex P]

We're neighbors, so I walk.

[Andre Nicole]

We literally live in Atlanta. I Live in a building right here, and her building is right here. And the unit that I used to. To live in, she could see my apartment from the pool. So she would be, like, waving at me from the pool watcher. No, she.

[Lex P]

I did see her. I followed her. I did. Cause they started building the building. I said, I'm finna move right next door to my sweetie poo. See, I love that.

[Andre Nicole]

I would love to love you, my best friend. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Y' all don't get tired of, like, you know what?

[Andre Nicole]

I got some sugar.

[Lex P]

You know what's crazy? I think when we were younger and the show first started, we didn't have any direction. We didn't know what we wanted to do. We're going through growing pains. But now it's like, she's 34, I'm 35. We grown women.

[Andre Nicole]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

We don't have anything to fight about. And honestly, I think it's so crazy when people have podcasts and they make so much money and they be arguing. What do we got to be laughing about? You know, we have so much fun. Like, to be able to travel the world with your best friend and have a business. It's great. It's fun. How is it when y' all get in relationships, though?

[Andre Nicole]

Ooh. I feel like we do a really good job of still keeping the balance of our friendship and still being in a relationship. Like, we always find the time to hang with each other, to go to dinner, to talk on the phone.

[Lex P]

As crazy as it is, because the podcast we do talk about dating a lot. We are really not male centered women. And a lot of people think that because we talk about dating so much on the show, but we really not. Like, we like to be like, last year we went to Turks for her birthday. We wasn't inviting them. We went to Miami one year for my birthday. Like, we just go on trips by ourself. We're not like, oh, our boyfriends have to come. Or if we go to dinner, it's not like, oh, bring your man. It's none of that. We have the balance for sure.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So y' all still boot up, you know?

[Lex P]

You know.

[DJ Envy]

They watching right now, like, damn crazy.

[Andre Nicole]

It's in a rocky place. You're not in a rocky place. We gonna see what happens.

[Lex P]

It's complicated figuring it out. Yeah.

[Andre Nicole]

Which is crazy, right? Because I feel like it. It happened simultaneously, like, at the same time for both of us. We started kind of going through a transition and a breakup at the same time, so.

[Lex P]

But it's not like in the bad Space.

[Andre Nicole]

No. Yeah.

[Lex P]

It's not like, we're cool. It's cool. We're figuring it out type situation. Y' all talk each other up. Like, girl, leave him. All right, I'll leave him if you leave him or if.

[Andre Nicole]

You know what's crazy. No, I'm really like that friend where when she calls me and she talks to me about what's going on in her relationship and stuff, I'm just always like, okay, girl, well, you know, do what you want to do. I try to be supportive of what she want to do, as long as it's not a physically violent situation or something that you need to leave that's abusive or anything like that. I try to be supportive of my friends because I get when you love somebody, you want to stay with your man. It's hard out here. Y' all all. Y' all all married.

[Lex P]

Y' all all got, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Andre Nicole]

I was gonna say we are not. Y' all know how? No.

[Lex P]

She was like, Cause y' all all men.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I ain't heard that room in a long time.

[Andre Nicole]

I know you right?

[Lex P]

I was seeing y' all all married.

[Andre Nicole]

I don't know why I stood it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You was just in love last year, Lex.

[Lex P]

I still am in love. I'm very much in love. Like I said, it's just a situation. We're figuring it out. I don't, you know, but I think we' on our careers right now, and I know it sounds so cliche, but I'm just a person. He's an amazing guy. If we're meant to be together, we're going to be together. So I'm just not putting pressure on it, you know what I mean? So it's cool. We going to figure it out, you know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What have y' all learned about yourselves from doing the podcast? How long have I been doing the podcast? First of all, five years now, right?

[Lex P]

No longer than that.

[Andre Nicole]

We started doing Poor Minds when I was like, 27. So.

[Lex P]

Yeah, yeah, seven years now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. So y' all at that. See, this is. People don't realize this is at the point. This is the time where podcasts really start to take off. Around your 7 5th year, everybody think it's just instant success. Around your 7 5th years. So what have y' all learned about yourselves?

[Andre Nicole]

For me, I would say transparency and vulnerability is healing. When I first started doing the show, I think that I always have kind of had more of a closed off personality. I've always been a little bit more private than Lick. She's always been like an open Book on the show. And I never used to want to talk about things that I was going through cuz I felt like it was a sign of weakness. And I've just always had this thing where I don't want people to look at me like, you know, I'm weak or whatever. So I think that now I'm in a space where I enjoy telling my story. I enjoy telling people the things that I'm going through because I feel like it can help other people get through this, through similar things or, you know, just being transparent to me is just very important at this point in my life because I don't know, I just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Want to be transparent.

[Andre Nicole]

I don't want to get emotional. I don't want to get emotional a little bit. But like, I lost my dad and I. It was something that was. Thank you. It was something that was really, really hard for me to talk about on the show. But I wish that back then I had the same mindset because I feel like I was dealing with so much by myself. And when I started talking about it on the show, it was just so many people and such an outpouring of love. People saying, I've been through the same thing. I can understand where you're coming from. So that's what I've learned over the years about myself. I think that I really enjoy now telling people what I'm going through instead of just feeling like I have to go through everything by myself.

[Lex P]

I think with me, I am such like a loud personality and I think a lot of times I would try to hide that from people and I just embrace who I am. Like I'm not the sexy girl that's doing all this. Like I'm a tomboy. I like to be loud, have fun. So I really got confidence about myself because I'm like, this is who I am. I think for when I first started, like being on social media, I was like doing the bikini pics and posing by the pool and I'm like, girl, this is not so. I've really been able to embrace myself and be like, you know what? You the loud homegirl. And that's okay. Like, you don't have to fit into this box of what you think that a woman is supposed to be. Because people always love to say, because I know you hear this a lot, they be like, oh, funny women aren't pretty. Or you have to. Either you funny or you're pretty. You can't be both. You know what I'm saying? So I feel like I used to try to Lean into being the pretty girl. And then I would try to lean to be the funny girl, and I'm like, you know what? I don't have to be in anybody's box. You know what I'm saying? But you always been sexy. You just don't give off sex. Like you said, like, you're just not prissy. You're just. Yeah, well, we talked about this on the show. There's a difference between, like, having sex appeal and, like, being attractive. Like, Dre just is, like, sexy. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? She's just walking around, she's like, hey. Oh, yeah. You know, it's just. That's how she is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can have both, though.

[Lex P]

Yeah, you can have both. You know, like. Like I said, I just think, like.

[Andre Nicole]

Being sexual, sex appeal is something that's just from the inside.

[Lex P]

Yes. And I just think, like, that's not a part of my personality, but that's okay. I'm not saying I'm unattractive. I'm a baddie.

[Andre Nicole]

Uncle baddie. You feel me?

[Lex P]

You know what I'm saying? So I just think that I've been more comfortable, like, being in my skin and who I am. For sure.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Growing out loud is hard.

[Andre Nicole]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, and that's what y' all have been doing the last seven years on that podcast.

[Lex P]

Literally, like, going through everything. Like, she said we. She lost her dad, I lost my mom. Going through breakups. And then it's like, you know, we be like, oh, we in love. And then the next month, we talking about a different dude. And everybody like, oh, my God.

[Andre Nicole]

You.

[Lex P]

And they doing the same thing. Y' all doing the same. But nobody cares about you, you know, and people not in your business. So, yeah, it's hard sometimes.

[Andre Nicole]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

Going through relationships and growing pains. And I've always been honest about my financial status, too, because I always say, when I moved to Atlanta, I had $3. Cause I 100% did. Like, I wasn't lying. So I think it's important to be transparent, especially as a black woman in this industry. I feel like we always try to hide what we making. Cause I'm like, oh, this company signed up for your ass. How much they paying you? Because this is how much they paying us. Let's make sure that they not. You know what I'm saying? So I think that with the platform that we have, it's like, yeah, we've grown in front of the camera. But, like she said, being open and vulnerable has helped us a thousand percent for sure.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So what Have y' all learned about yourselves from doing the TV show?

[Lex P]

Honestly, I feel like everybody always asks that because they're like, oh, my gosh. How was it? It was two weeks, but I'm like, I don't know. Nothing, I guess, to be honest.

[Andre Nicole]

Well, I mean. Cause it's crazy because I thought it was gonna feel so different, but it felt so natural.

[Lex P]

Yeah.

[Andre Nicole]

Like, I feel like we made for TV a little bit because it felt so natural. It kind of felt like. And maybe because we did it together and we're best friends and we already have that chemistry and the camaraderie and stuff, it just felt. Thank you. Got the camaraderie. So it just felt like I'm doing this show with my homegirl, and the cameras just happen to be here.

[DJ Envy]

How many bags did y' all pack?

[Andre Nicole]

Two, right?

[Lex P]

No, we had that one. We had one big suitcase and, like, our totes and stuff.

[Andre Nicole]

And then a carry on.

[Lex P]

Yeah. So what we did, though, is, though, we had the. The bags from Amazon that you vacuum. Okay. So what we did is we had each bag for each city. So I had, like, my three outfits for Columbia and my vacuum bag. Then I didn't have to open that bag no more. Then when we went to Charleston, I had my bag for Charleston. So it wasn't that bad. But I will say shout out to the producers at BT James Knox and the Cocoa Butter Family, because they really let us be ourselves. Like, they were literally like, press record, y'.

[DJ Envy]

All.

[Lex P]

Just do y'. All. And that's another thing I was worried about. I was like, how are they gonna edit this and make us look? But it's definitely given Lex P, Andre and Nicole, it's us in real life.

[DJ Envy]

How was Columbia? How was that?

[Lex P]

You know what?

[Andre Nicole]

It's really fun. I had a good time. So that was my second time going to Colombia, My first time going to Cartagena, because the first Columbia, the country.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good cocaine out there.

[Lex P]

Now, how you know, you said that.

[Andre Nicole]

To me in my DMs when you seen I was in Columbia.

[Lex P]

You are crazy. That pure white. I am weak. So, yeah.

[Andre Nicole]

But I mean, funny enough, I think that's what people think of, though, when you think of going to Colombia, you think of the cartel and stuff. Because, like, like I said, I went to Med Ien a few years ago to get my teeth done, and I was scared to leave from the area where my hotel was and where my doctor.

[DJ Envy]

Crazy.

[Andre Nicole]

I mean, I was just nerv. Nervous to travel around, because that's what you hear about Colombia. So when we went to Cardina, I had a really, really good time. And then especially with us going to Palinka, which is the first free black city in the Americas, it was just so, you know that it's Afro Latinos in a lot of these countries. But when I say when we were in Palink, we felt like we were somewhere in Ghana, in Nigeria. Like, these people look like our cousins, our family members. It was just amazing being there and being submerged in the culture.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why'd you go all the way to Columbia to get your teeth done?

[Andre Nicole]

Because it was cheaper.

[Lex P]

Oh, that's right.

[Andre Nicole]

I think here was like 30, 000. I, you know, I'm getting a little money, but I was trying to save, get them done.

[Lex P]

Here. They just all the same size, like the extra largest. Like, nobody ever asked for the mediums or, you know, they got the front. They get front teeth for the whole row at the same time.

[Andre Nicole]

Or they get the top done and don't get the bottom done.

[Lex P]

And it's like, come on, they need that corner for that.

[Andre Nicole]

You got to get the texture. Like, I think that's why my teeth look so natur made. Like the texture in my teeth or whatever.

[DJ Envy]

And how do men treat y' all when they see y' all from out outside of where. Where y' all usually are outside of a.

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[DJ Envy]

Hey, what up, y'?

[Lex P]

All? It's DJ Envy.

[DJ Envy]

And the holidays are here. The time of year that's all about connecting with loved ones in person or over the phone. In fact, hearing someone's voice can evoke a similar emotional response as a hug. And while most of us can hop on a video chat to really bring that connection to life, using tech isn't easy for everyone, especially some of the older folk in our lives. AT&T has been doing something special here to help. They offer digital literacy workshops that help older adults learn how to use technology to do things most of us take for granted, like video conferencing and sharing photos. Take Nancy Shand. She joined one of AT&T's workshops to learn how to video chat for the first time this holiday season. Nancy won't just be hearing about family gatherings, she'll be a part of them. Sharing stories, opening presents, and making memories all through a screen. Nobody should have to go through the holiday season alone. So be sure to connect and stay connected to your loved ones this holiday season.

[Andre Nicole]

Connecting changes everything. AT&T.

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[Lex P]

All.

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[Trainer Games Host]

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[Lex P]

This is where mindset comes in.

[Trainer Games Host]

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[Bailey Sarian]

Pressure is coming down.

[Trainer Games Announcer]

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[Lex P]

Watch the trailer on trainergames.com Season 2.

[Andre Nicole]

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[DJ Envy]

Atlanta.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What do you mean?

[Lex P]

What do you mean?

[DJ Envy]

Because Atlanta, you know, they see beautiful women, but sometimes they might not see that in Colombia. Like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, Americans. DJ Envy says Columbia got ugly women. That's the headline. Envy says all women in Columbia are busted.

[DJ Envy]

Usually when you go out the country and they see American women, they treat American women differently because they don't usually see American women like that.

[Andre Nicole]

So that's what I'm asking.

[Lex P]

Honestly, I'm not gonna lie. I feel like whenever we go anywhere, I really can't tell the difference. Cause I feel like everywhere we go, we kind of draw attention. I know that sounds bad, but it's like everywhere we go, we're used to people, like, being like, oh, my God, I know y' all from the pod. Or, oh, my God. Or saying, hey. And then when we were in Columbia, it's a little different because we had cameras around us. Got you. So of course people are, like, looking and saying stuff and being. So it's kind of hard to tell the difference between, you know, people, how they treat us outside of Atlanta versus anywhere. Cause I feel like everywhere we go now, people kind of recognize us. So it's not really like. Like, we're getting treated differently, per se, if that makes sense. When you said they, they, you were scared of how they were gonna edit y' all and make y' all look. Were y' all allowed to be in the room during the editing process? Or you just, like, y' all trusted them, and you just, like the way they ended up editing the episodes.

[Andre Nicole]

Yeah, we didn't know anything, girl. We've seen everything. When everybody else seen it, we didn't know how they were getting.

[Lex P]

We still watching the episode. We was on the plane last night watching the episode for the first time. So are y' all nervous for every.

[Andre Nicole]

Episode that come out?

[Lex P]

Like, you know what? Well, I'm not nervous now. I was nervous of how my body was gonna look because I just lost 30 pounds. Okay. Congratulations. Thank you. Okay, so when we shot, I weighed, like, 205.

[Sophie Cunningham]

Okay.

[Lex P]

So I was so nervous, I kept saying, oh, my gosh, I hope. Cause I have, like, a little belly on me. So whenever I gain weight, like, people always tend to think I'm pregnant. They Be like, lex pregnant. I'm like, oh, my God. Can I just have a little shot of tequila? I had a little, you know, enchilada. So I was really more so nervous about my body after I saw the first episode, but I was like, okay, body tea.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How'd you lose your 30? That trip to Columbia? Columbia? That pure coke or what was it you said?

[Lex P]

What.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How did you lose the dirty pack?

[Lex P]

Oh, no, honestly, I used to be a girl. I used to do everything under the sun. You know, the first time I went to Columbia, it was for my bbl. So y' all talking about. Y' all know Columbia for the coke. I know Columbia for them good doctors, But I just did it natural this time. I was doing a lot of cardio, eating healthy, you know, I feel like. And I feel better now. I think I'm getting older, and I'm just all the. I'm not dissing people who do take other routes, but I just had to do it for.

[DJ Envy]

It wasn't the Ozempic.

[Lex P]

It wasn't the Ozempic. I don't like needles. I couldn't do that to myself. But no. No Ozempic, no Olympic.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I do want to say, too. You talk about walking in a room, there's something different about Houston women. Houston women have a presence about them that stands out a lot more than a lot of other women. I think it's the size.

[Lex P]

Really?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Trainer Games Announcer]

It's the what?

[Lex P]

The size.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They're usually taller, tall, and thick.

[Lex P]

Well, I'm not originally from Houston. I'm from Orange, Texas. Texas?

[DJ Envy]

What do you mean, Texas?

[Lex P]

Everything. Yes, yes, I. I agree with that. I think we do have a certain aura. We kind of command the room. You know, we walk in. We're very friendly. So it's. Especially when we walk in some rooms with people, like, from New York, they not used to people speaking. We be like, hey, y'. All.

[Andre Nicole]

The Southern hospitality and denim accents, too.

[Lex P]

That's Houston.

[Andre Nicole]

It's very Houston all day. I'm h. Town all day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How far is Orange from Houston? Houston?

[Andre Nicole]

Two hours.

[Lex P]

Yeah, it's like two hours.

[Andre Nicole]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's something about y' all friendship that y' all think the TV show made stronger, if anything, about our.

[Lex P]

I think that we realize how strong we are together and how many. I feel like how many doors that we're opening? Even though I think. And I know people gonna be like, what doors you open? Honestly, podcasting, especially in the south, is not a lot of podcasts in the south that are really right. And the fact that There has been podcasters out there that have gotten TV shows, but it's mostly TV shows that are based on their podcast. The fact that Travel Queens has nothing to do with poor minds, and we're showing our talents. Like, we have communication degrees. Like, we went to school for this. So I think a lot of times people don't take influencers or people who started on the Internet seriously because you started on the Internet as well. So a lot of times we get so much backlash because they're like, y' all just girls who grabbed a mic and started a YouTube channel. But I think being on this show, it shows, like, no, we got some tricks up our sleeve. You know what I'm saying? So I think that it made our friendship stronger. Cause I'm like, bro, look at what we have done. You know what I'm saying? Even from the first time when we came on Breakfast Club, I was like, oh, my gosh. Like, this is huge. You know what I'm saying? So I think it's just, like, we realize how strong we are together and how much more that we have to do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And don't speed past the fact y' all got communications degrees.

[Lex P]

Oh, yeah, I know.

[Andre Nicole]

I think people always forget that because we never highlighted.

[Lex P]

Yeah, yeah. Graduated from Texas Southern, and I graduated.

[Andre Nicole]

From Stephen F. Austin.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So what did y' all want to do when y' all was in college? I just wanted to be, like, on tv, news anchors or what?

[Andre Nicole]

You know, I didn't really know what I wanted to do, to be honest. I knew I wanted to do something in media. And then when I graduated, I had a little fake internship at 97 out of box. Shout out to Ki. He's still on the radio in Houston right now, and I had a little fake internship with him. I shadowed him for maybe, like, two months. And then I realized I didn't really like radio. So then I didn't know what I wanted to do, and so I moved to Atlanta. Of course, y' all know Lex ended up moving out here. One of her friends who was also already into podcasting, was like, y' all need to turn y' all YouTube channel into a podcast. And I feel like that's when I found my niche. I was like, okay, I'm supposed to be podcasting, but prior to that, I didn't know.

[Lex P]

I thought I was going to do, like, hard news. I was like, I'm f to be al roa. I'm going to be reporting everything. It's going to rain. I'mma do everything. I was going to Be like, y' all don't understand. I was like, I'm going to be.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

On Good Morning America, man.

[Lex P]

I was trying to do everything, but, like, I took an internship at my school radio station, and we were just reporting on hard news every morning. It was so sad. And I was like, I cannot do this. Like, we're having to interview people who just lost their house in a fire, like, all this stuff. And I was like, okay, maybe I need to redirect. And so I've always been into entertainment news. Like, I grew up, up, you know, watching E. News. You know what I'm saying? The kids was watching Cocoa Melon Rugrats. I was watching E. News. So I was like, okay, let me do something in the entertainment world. Like, that might be, you know, more of my speed. So I knew I wanted to do something on TV and media, but I just wasn't sure. So podcasting kind of made it easy because I was applying for all the jobs in Houston, and I just couldn't get my foot in the door. So I was like, well, let me just create our own lane and do our thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How'd y' all connect with 85 South?

[Andre Nicole]

It was because of Carlos. So Carlos always followed us on Twitter, and we were cool with him on Twitter. And I think I shot my shot, and I was just like, oh, can you come record Poor Minds with us? And at this time, we weren't even recording in the studio yet. We were still recording in the living room at my house, and he pulled up on us, sat on the floor in my living room, and recorded Poor Minds with us. And then I think ever since then, he was just kind of watching us. And then he saw how the show kept growing and elevating. And then a few years later, he ended up asking us. Us to come on 85 South. We went on 85 South. I think that episode did a million views in, like, five days or something. So we ended up the episode did, like, a million views in five days. And then he introduced us to Chad, and he was like, I think, you know, we want to sign y'.

[State Farm Announcer]

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[Andre Nicole]

That is so nice.

[DJ Envy]

I do have a question, some advice. I have a single friend. Uh oh, she has a closet full of wigs.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Terrible wigs. Make sure you say terrible wigs.

[Andre Nicole]

Oh, you know who the friend is?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I do, sadly.

[DJ Envy]

She has a bunch of wigs. Curly one day is straight, different colors. She's funny, she's smart. She switches up her wigs like a Netflix series. But when it comes to dating, she doesn't Seem like she can find the right guy. She doesn't know if guys get intimidated or if they're just confused. How would you suggest she meet somebody to secure a relationship? Because time is running out and so are her wigs.

[Lex P]

Damn. But why did you include the stuff about the wigs? That's what I was about to ask.

[Andre Nicole]

What do you think?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cause the wigs could be a problem.

[Andre Nicole]

You think the wig might be the reason why she can't find a man?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, think about it. Just think that I'm sure that y' all felt like y' all had to change about yourselves a little bit, and it probably made them, you know, made the bait a little stronger for the fish.

[Andre Nicole]

Okay, well, you know, what kind of men is she trying to date? Because, you know, they say they like bad wig.

[Lex P]

They like the horse. They love a crunchy wig. Maybe she quite.

[Andre Nicole]

She not dating in the right way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They love a crunchy wig.

[Lex P]

They love a crunchy, stale wig. My wigs used a bad crunchy. I could not keep the bre off of me.

[Andre Nicole]

They love a stiff wig.

[Lex P]

Oh, they do. But I will say this. We were actually just having this conversation.

[Andre Nicole]

We was literally just talking about this.

[Lex P]

They do.

[Andre Nicole]

They love a stiff wig.

[Lex P]

They have that saying, hard wig, soft life. I didn't make that up. Charlamagne. Never heard. They do say that.

[DJ Envy]

They say that maybe she should look at a white pool.

[Andre Nicole]

A different pool. She's in the wrong pool.

[Lex P]

She might be in the wrong pool.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

1.

[Lex P]

But I will say we were just telling our producer this. And I was saying, like, when you get your look together and you feel confident in yourself, it doesn't even matter. Like, whatever makes you feel good, you're gonna attract the right person. I enjoy being polished. I used to have a stiff wig or two.

[Andre Nicole]

You know, I still got one of them.

[Lex P]

She does, she does. But memories or like, for what I.

[Andre Nicole]

Called her, I said, when she wins her first Emmy, I'm gonna put it on on ebay, in auction, cuz it's going to be.

[Lex P]

Still got the ponytail.

[Andre Nicole]

It's going to be a collector's item, and it still has the scrunchie on it and everything. It's in a ponytail.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who do you think lies more? Women with bad wigs or men with podcast?

[Lex P]

Men with pod Podcast, Hands down. Oh, my gosh.

[Andre Nicole]

I feel like a girl with a stiff wig. A bad wig. You living in your truth. We.

[Lex P]

Got. I agree, I agree, I agree.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She ain't home.

[Lex P]

She ain't home.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, my God. Did y' all argue on the trip.

[Andre Nicole]

For the two weeks that we were gone.

[Lex P]

No, we didn't.

[Andre Nicole]

Me and Lex, honestly really get along most of the time. We never really argue or get into it if we do. Cause I feel like we can. We're at a point now in our relationship where we can sense when the other person low key tired of each.

[Lex P]

Other, like, but it be over silly stuff. Like. Dre'll be running late sometimes and like, she'll get in the Uber and I'll just be on my phone, like, she won't even speak.

[Andre Nicole]

I be like.

[Lex P]

She be like, hey, girl, girl, you are late.

[Andre Nicole]

Bring your ass.

[Lex P]

So it be silly stuff like that, but we just don't. It don't be nothing like that. Serious. Like I said, life is good. What do we have to be mad about?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Life is great, but we got to go back to this wig for one second. I got. We going to have to open up the phones at some point, cuz. I don't believe that. I've never heard the white men like stiff wig.

[Lex P]

They do.

[Andre Nicole]

If you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You said stiff wig.

[Lex P]

Hard life, hard wig, soft life. Who told you? I lived it. I lived it. I'm serious. If you go look on TikTok right now and type hard wig, soft life, you gonna see nothing but interracial couples.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So why didn't you stick with the white man then?

[Lex P]

Cause I wanted a man. You wanted a hard life. I wanted a hard life with a hard man. Good hard life. I wanted to struggle with my black kings. I wanted to struggle. I wanted to hold it down.

[Andre Nicole]

She wanted to struggle with some raw Indians.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did any of the teachings of Dr. Umar influence you to dump that white man?

[Lex P]

You know what people hate when I say this? I love Dr. Umar. I do, too. Black queens forever. Snow bunnies. First of all, I haven't.

[Andre Nicole]

They talking about me.

[Bailey Sarian]

Talking about I got a bag with.

[Andre Nicole]

Can't find him at first. Stop playing with me, nigga. Miss, it's so nice to meet y'.

[Lex P]

All. Hey, your wig looks beautiful, boy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A hard wig will holler, won't it? What? What is you talking about?

[Lex P]

Talking about her in that sat.

[Andre Nicole]

First of all, the sassy neck normally comes from over here, but you and your Satson all over there spinning around, looking at me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nobody talking about.

[Lex P]

Exactly.

[Andre Nicole]

So I had to come in here.

[Bailey Sarian]

And let you know a source.

[Andre Nicole]

Co close to my.

[Lex P]

Hard wig will holler. Nobody talk about her. A hard wig w. Holler is.

[Bailey Sarian]

Nice to meet y' all ladies, and I love the show. I think y' all look so pretty on the show. I've watched all three episodes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We was not talking about why you.

[Bailey Sarian]

Kept turning around to me. We got cameras all in the studio.

[Andre Nicole]

We going to run the tape.

[Lex P]

Oh, my God.

[Bailey Sarian]

That's this neck you keep talking about. Hard way to talk about that hard dye. That's dry over there.

[Lex P]

Damn. All right, now I want to go back and get in my producer back.

[Andre Nicole]

I'll talk to y' all ladies after, okay?

[Bailey Sarian]

Yeah.

[Lex P]

I think your wig is beautiful.

[Andre Nicole]

I like it.

[Lex P]

I love a ball. Me, too. Y' all are so messy. Why y' all get us involved in that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen, how do y' all protect y' all mental health while still being so transparent?

[Lex P]

How do y' all protect your. Protect your peace?

[Andre Nicole]

My heart.

[Lex P]

I take my hair and other people peace. I will keep the peace. That hard wig used to protect me. No, CTE over here, I was protected.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But being that y' all are so transparent on the pod and on tv, how do y' all protect your mental health?

[Andre Nicole]

I pray a lot. I have a great relationship with God. I pray a lot. I also go to therapy. I think it's so important to go to therapy, and I don't know why in the black community, so many people don't want to try it out or are afraid to try it out. Like, it has completely changed my life, especially when I was grieving when I lost my dad. That's when I started therapy, and I've been going ever since. It's been about five years now.

[Lex P]

Yeah, it's the same. I go to therapy. I recently started going. I go to church every Sunday. I do not play. I've worked on my relationship with God. And honestly, I really have a tight, close knit circle. Like, my friends and my family. Like, me and my sister are extremely close, and I feel like that's important. Like, when I have, like, my bad days, and I'm just like, my best friend is here with me. Killa. I'm like, like, you need to come to Atlanta. Like, I'm not.

[Andre Nicole]

I'm.

[Lex P]

I'm not doing too well. And she will literally hop on a plane and come see me. And, you know, because we all have our moments, even with Dre being my neighbor, I'm like, I had a breakdown last week, and I called her. I was like, bro, I'm finna lose my mind. So I think it's very important to have people around you that, you know, when I'm down, they can pick me up, and vice versa.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you had a grief counselor, Dre, or you just A therapist.

[Andre Nicole]

Just a therapist. But, I mean, she did specialize in.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Grief, though, and that helped.

[Andre Nicole]

It helped me a lot for sure, because, I mean, I would talk to my mom about it, but it was hard talking to my mom about it because she was also grieving as well. And it was just nice to have somebody who was unbiased, who I could let all my feelings out and let them know how I was feeling. Because at the time, you know, Lex hadn't lost her mom yet, so I didn't have any friends that had lost the parents. So it wasn't anybody that I could talk to that I felt like, could relate to what I was going through, man.

[Lex P]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Condolences, man.

[Andre Nicole]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And when you are going through those breakdowns, Lex, and you say you hit dread, would you pull up with a bottle or something, Some smoke? What y' all do?

[Andre Nicole]

I always got a bottle, not some smoke. And not that coke either.

[Lex P]

Exactly. Cause I know where you was about to go. Are y' all gonna get flew out to make yourself feel better? No, but honestly, you know what? I don't even think we do that anymore. We used to, but now we really just talk. Talk. Like, we just listen. Yeah, we shoot drink through our problems, but we really don't do that anymore. We really just talk it out and, you know, just give each other time and just be there for each other. You know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just learn them good coping mechanisms.

[Lex P]

Yeah. Yeah. And one thing I've learned is just like, I've learned so much patience. I have so much peace in that because it doesn't rain forever. So every time I'm going through something, I'm just like. Just let it pass, and it always, always passes. So I think we. We now.

[Andre Nicole]

We still get turned bottle of wine, though.

[Lex P]

Yeah, we gonna drink now, but we don't use it as a crutch anymore.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I was gonna ask y', all, too. How do y' all balance, like, turning up for the show? Because you still got to perform, right? Because it's still a TV show.

[Lex P]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But then being present for the moments that you're experiencing, like those cultural moments in those cities.

[Andre Nicole]

You know what's crazy? We didn't really drink that much the whole time that we were filming. Like, we had a few scenes. Like we had a mezcal scene. So of course we were drinking during that scene, I think. The drag show. Yeah, we were drinking a little bit, and then we had some mojitos. But honestly, those were the only three times throughout the whole time we Were filming that we were drinking because we really wanted to stay present in the moment. Because one thing about us, we gonna take it to the moon. We gonna take it too far. So it's best to just not have no dreams. Yeah.

[Lex P]

And it's crazy because the mezcal scene that we did that showed in Mexico City last night, that was actually the last scene that we did for the entire show. And that was probably the most, like, lit that we got because we were drinking so much. But I think it's very different from Poor Minds. But honestly, we stopped drinking a lot on Poor Minds because it was like some cringy episodes and we just like, oh, my God.

[Andre Nicole]

It was the Houston live show.

[Lex P]

Oh, that's when the live show really changed.

[Andre Nicole]

It was so embarrassing because we recorded the show and then we went back and watched it when we got back to Atlanta and it was just so cringy. We was on stage like, yeah, Lex, let's turn up. And we bringing our friends on stage and just drunk taking shots, twerking. It was. It was amazing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

One of my favorite shows. No, y' all came out and y' all was just dancing and it was like y' all was in the zone.

[Lex P]

No, not that one. You're talking. That was Houston. But that was like our second Houston show. You talking about when we had the. The freaknik outfits on?

[Andre Nicole]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You were doing that dance.

[Lex P]

Yeah. No, that was a good show.

[Andre Nicole]

That was a good show. We had put ourselves on a drink minimum by that point.

[Lex P]

We have a two shot minimum before we go on stage. And then we'll have like a drink on stage. But we have one drink when we're on stage and that's it. Once we done with that drink. You're done.

[Andre Nicole]

Yeah. That first. First Houston show, we drunk that whole bottle of coffee was.

[Lex P]

We was turned nerves.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y' all scared?

[Lex P]

I'm always nervous.

[Andre Nicole]

She's always a little nervous. I was just trying to turn up. I didn't realize I was getting so drunk.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. So quick.

[Lex P]

So drunk.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So what's the long term vision for this show? More seasons.

[Andre Nicole]

Yes. We're hoping it's gonna get picked up for a second season. I think we should probably know that within like the next two weeks or so. So obviously we wanted to get picked up. And as far as poor minds. We want poor minds to get picked up as a will. Yeah, that's on our bucket list.

[Lex P]

Yeah, for sure. I. I think like, with travel queens, I definitely want it to be a lot more seasons. I feel like we should do like A whole season like in Africa, a whole season in Europe. So that's what we're hoping that it'll, that it'll grow too. And you know, same thing with poor minds. I could see poor minds living on like, you know, maybe like a streaming app or something that, you know, outside of YouTube. I think we're ready to make that transition with poor minds as well. And honestly. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. And more hosting opportunities for the both of us and individually, she still has her cosmetics line that's doing really well. So her just growing in the beauty industry. I have started my YouTube channel, Love Lexp. So I'm just doing like hot topics show reviews because that's the lane I want to get into more hosting as well. So yeah, we just have so much stuff to do and I feel like now that we've made that step into tv, it's like, you know, people can actually see what we can do now, you know, for sure.

[Andre Nicole]

I was already on shop muse beautycollection.com make sure you get your lip glosses, matte liquid lipsticks, lip liners. I also just branched into other cosmetics products. So now I have some jelly blushes. I have mascara and eyeliner. So yeah, make sure y' all shop.

[DJ Envy]

Musicollection.Com well, check out Travel Queens on BET.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

Thank y' all for joining us so much.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And subscribe to the Paul Minds podcast.

[Lex P]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Big love. Love for Lex P, Andre and Nicole.

[Lex P]

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[Trainer Games Host]

We love y'.

[Lex P]

All.

[DJ Envy]

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wake that ass up early in the morning.

[Lex P]

The Breakfast Club.

[Bailey Sarian]

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[Lex P]

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[Trainer Games Host]

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[Lex P]

Watch the trailer on trainergames.com Season 2.

[Andre Nicole]

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