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Boundaries, Backlash & Bullet Holes (George Floyd Roast Backlash, Rihanna’s Scary Home Shooting)
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Lauren LaRosa
This is an I heart podcast. Guaranteed human.
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Wheezy
This is wheezy. WTF from Decisions decisions, ladies. Let's talk about taking control of our sexual health. That's grown woman energy. You may think HIV affects someone else somewhere else, but the truth is it's impacting our community and some of us are being hit harder than others. Black women make up just 13% of the women in the US yet account for nearly half of new HIV diagnoses amongst women. Taking care of ourselves is community care. Know your options, ask questions and protect your peace and your body. That's using your power. Sponsored by Care for the Culture from Gilead Sciences.
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Robert Smigel
from some SNL late night comedy guy not quite on Humor Me with Robert Smigel and Friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you free funnier. This week, my guests, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidel help an acapella band with their between songs banter.
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Timbo
Where does your group perform?
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Robert Smigel
Those people are starving for banter. Listen to Humor Me with Robert Smigel and friends on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Timbo
Last night, a blown call changed the game. This morning the Internet lost its mind and nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo, and every episode we're cutting through the noise, breaking down the biggest moments in sports and giving you the real story behind the headlines. And we're going straight to the source. The athletes themselves, their locker room stories, their reactions in the moment, and the stuff nobody gets to hear. Listen to Sports slice on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more, follow Timbo Slice Life 12 and the TikTok Podcast Network. On TikTok,
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Lauren LaRosa
I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody. You know she don't lie about that, right? Lauren came in hot. Hey y', all, what's up? It's Lauren LaRosa and this is Another episode of the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room. Baby. Now, first, as we always do here at the Latest with Lauren LaRosa, we are checking in behind the scenes of the grind. It is another day, another weekday, and we are on the grind Grind. Actively working. One of the things that I feel like I've been battling a bit with this week, if I'm being honest, is the ability to balance everything, Lord have mercy. And the ability to not feel guilty when I delegate to other people or bringing other people to help me. Not even just feel guilty, but the there's such a power that you give to someone when you kind of like give them something that is, like, near and dear to you to, like, complete. But I think that it's also very powerful to, especially as like a team leader or even a team member, to learn when to hold them and when to fold them, to learn when to delegate, to learn how to properly do so by giving instruction or, you know, stepping out of the way of something and allowing someone else to do it and fully trusting that whatever that is will be done at its best ability for the team or for you as the person who needs it done. That is one of the things that I am struggling with a lot recently. I think it's something that I've been struggling with over the past, like, you know, two years as building a business. Brown Girl Grinding. We have an online conversation that we do. We call it the group chat. It is our social media account on Instagram. Brown Girl Grinding. We also have a Facebook page as well, too, that you can like. And there we have, you know, we post inspiration, motivation, conversations and resources that really engage you, get you thinking, have conversation, but just kind of like, you know, it's a community. It gives you a sense of community and belonging if you don't have one already. So make sure you guys are following us everywhere. And it's a production company on the back end. Now when I say it's a production company, I mean all of the content you guys see on my YouTube channel, whether it's vlogs, the recaps. At one point I was doing like shorts, like actual short films and miniseries. And I want to get back to that as well, too. But all of that goes through the company and just running myself as a business now when I'm like booking things and saying yes to things, putting myself on time frames, making sure I get the podcast done at a certain time, breakfast Club research and stuff done at a certain time. Also still being able to be present out, about, and in the field, just like all of this stuff, I'm really, truly being tested in this season of my life currently about what that balance looks like, how it's important, why it's important, and who I need in place in order to do so. So, yeah, that. That's been something that I'm dealing with. It's. It's like, you know, like, it's weird because it's like, I have a job, right? Like, I work with the Breakfast Club, so I work for iHeartMedia, which is a corporation. But at the same time, when it comes to the podcast, when it comes to Lauren LaRosa as talent outside of the Breakfast Club, I'm an entrepreneur. And other endeavors and ventures that I have going on, I'm an entrepreneur. So a lot of what I'm doing, I'm figuring it out with no real structure. Like, I am literally building the structure as I go along. And we've been able to do really well at learning and growing, incorporating things. We need to incorporate all of the stuff. We've been really, really good at being able to do all of the things. But for some reason this last, like, month, I've been feeling the pressure of everything a lot more. So, yeah, that. That's where I'm at. And I think what I'm gonna do is this weekend coming up, I do have a speaking engagement. I'll be headed out to a high school here in Jersey to speak to some of the student entrepreneurs there, which is, you know, so timely, right? The fact that I'm doing that and I'm having this, you know, experience in my own personal life and be able to talk to them even about that, like, building our team and knowing when it's even time to do so. I think this weekend I'm gonna really take some time to, like, pick up the phone and call people and just take my hat off. You know, take the. The Lauren, the Rosa hat off and just kind of, like, put my student. It's weird because, though. Because my student hat is never off, but I think I really need to kind of just, like, go in to, like, real. All right, it's time to lock in, but also look around you and see who's doing it well, and call them and tell them what you're struggling with and have a conversation with them. I don't get to just do that during the week a lot because I feel like during the week, I'm spending so much time Digesting information for both the podcast, the show, things I'm covering on social media as. And if I do it, and then also figuring out a way to put it out there through all these outlets. So I don't have as much time during the week to do that. So whenever I have weekends where I'm kind of like, you know, it slowed down a bit. All right, now I need to. I need to call on my tribe a little bit and just be like, all right, y', all, here's what's happening. What y' all think, how y' all feeling? Whatever, Because I'm feeling the pressure of it. Like, I really am feeling the pressure of it. And I know that I'm feeling it because my body is physically reacting like I'm sleeping more, which is probably because I'm worried about things that I probably don't even have to really worry about. But you know how it is if you have children, if you have anything you're passionate about, if you run a business, your baby is your baby, and you know that no one's going to do it and complete it and maneuver like you. And it's a little hard to just hand over things. It is. It is. Yeah. It's a little. It's a little tough to just hand over things, but it is so necessary for growth. So I think that's what I'm feeling, too. It's like that tension of, like, being in the middle of growth. And you guys, if you've been listening to the latest with Lauren, the Rosa, the podcast, from the very beginning, have been experiencing and hearing that growth, you know, with me, for some time, honestly, since day one of the podcast, because I've always been very honest about it. But it. It really is true when they say new levels and devils, and I don't like to claim new devils. I don't claim none of that over here because we are blessed by the blood of Jesus. But it's new levels. There are new challenges and new things that you have to face and stand up to and. And tackle, and I know that I will. I've never worried about that. But going through it sometimes is, you know, you take yourself through some changes as you even realize that you're going through it. I think I just came to the revelation that this is even what I'm experiencing, probably as I was setting up for the podcast, and I decided to. To delegate something out to one of my team members so that I wouldn't be so stressed tonight and then tired tomorrow morning, 3am, waking up for the Breakfast Club. And I was like, that felt good to do that. That felt like a relief that you've needed for the last couple weeks. Oh, there's this new thing we're going through. That's what it is, Lauren. It's growth that you're feeling. And as long as you don't resist it and you are very aware of what's happening and you grow as you need to while it's happening. That relieved feeling that you just felt in those last 10 minutes, you can feel that over and over again. Nothing's perfect, but, you know, you can feel that over and over again. So building team, trusting people, delegating, being honest with myself about what I'm experiencing, and then, you know, taking it all to, like, my tribe of people who I can pick up the phone and call. That's where I'm at with it all over again. Okay, I know some somebody's gonna feel me when it comes to that. Right there. Now let's get on into the latest.
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Wheezy
This is Weezy. WTF from Decisions, Decisions. You know, a lot of us grew up not fully trusting the health care system. And honestly, the system has given us plenty of reasons to feel that way. But now it's time for us to take control of the conversation, to take control of our sexual health, Learn the facts, ask questions, and advocate for ourselves. That's how we start changing the story. So let's talk. We like to think HIV is something that affects other people, but it is hitting our own community hard. Black women make up about 13% of women in the US but account for nearly half of all new HIV diagnoses around women. And being proactive doesn't mean you just don't trust your partner. It just means you trust yourself enough to stay in control. So know your options, ask questions, and protect your peace and your body. That's real power. Because protecting yourself isn't embarrassing, it's responsible. Sex is normal. Protecting yourself should be normal too. Actually, it's kind of badass. Taking control of your sexual health is grown woman energy. Sponsored by Care for the Culture from Gilead Sciences.
- [11:45]
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Timbo
Where does your group perform?
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- [13:06]
Robert Smigel
Those people are starving for banter. Listen to Humor Me with Robert Smigel and friends on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Lauren LaRosa
Speaking of tribes of people, man, Rihanna, ASAP Rocky and their tribe, their family that they've built, you know, went through something pretty traumatic a few months ago when a shooter, a random fan who is mentally not stable, pulled up to their home in California and let off at least 10 shots at the home. Now, for the very first time ever, via court documents, we are hearing Rihanna and ASAP Rocky recount what happened on that day. So Rihanna as in ASAP Rocky in this document, they are just kind of giving some background details on the relationship or lack thereof with the alleged shooter, kind of what was happening in the moment and a few other things. So the document starts off describing, you know, the, the events that went down, where they went down. And then ASAP Rocky and Rihanna are giving their account of things because we found out when all of this happened that ASAT Rocky from Police we, you know here at the Latest with Lauren LaRosa, we were in contact with police in the area as they were releasing updates and what they told us was that ASAP Rocky's children, ASAT Rocky and Rihanna's children were in the home with Rihanna's mom and some house staff and that ASAP Rocky and Rihanna were actually on the ground in front of the home in an Airstream trailer, which is a trailer that they had traveled in some time ago cross country. Now in the beginning of this, remember, we didn't know if they were home or not. We knew at first we didn't know if anyone was home. And then we found out that Rihanna was home with the children. But we did not know that ASAP Rocky was there until later on in reports. So they say in this document that Rihanna actually heard the bullets first. ASAP Rocky was sleeping in the trailer. Rihanna heard the bullets and literally shoved ASAP Rocky to the ground as he was sleeping. And she's yelling out, they're shooting at us. They're shooting at us. As she's hearing the bullets fly. Now they say once they were able to, mind you, they're outside in their trailer, their Rihanna's mom and the kids are inside the house. Now they say once they were able to finally get up to exit the trailer. Right. Like once the shots stop and police come, they actually saw bullet holes in the windshield of the trailer. Can you imagine like how scary that. And when I say at least 10 shots, I mean there were shots reportedly that hit neighbors homes, neighbors roofs, you know, various things in the, like bullets went everywhere. It was reported that it was like an AK style weapon that was used by this woman who is just mentally ill who had created this whole fantasy in her head of her and Rihanna having an issue. And this was the result of, of that fantasy of that non, that imaginary beef in her, in her mind, which is so scary because when you think about the fact that Rihanna, ASAP Rocky, their children, Rihanna's mother could have been hurt or potentially killed in this incident, you think about the fact that the bulls are down to nothing. It all boils down to a woman who was mentally ill who was able to get her hands on an AK style weapon. Now Rihanna and ASAP Rocky also made it very clear to police in these documents that they did not know this woman whatsoever. And, and for those of you guys who don't, do not remember when we were reporting on this, the woman's name was Ivana Lisette Ortiz. She has been charged since this with attempted murder and multiple felony gun charges. She briefly denied the allegations in court. She was saying that she wasn't attempting murder. And then, you know, like, I don't even know how you deny something like this. I, I, I, I really don't. But what I was saying prior to when I saw her not guilty plea was that I believe that her attorneys were eventually going to lean in on the fact that there is record of her being mentally ill, having to check into various facilities. There was, you know, her ex husband who was also the her child's father had went on record stating that there were times where he had actually had to gain custody of their child because of some things just mentally that were not well with Ivana Lisette Ortiz. And since this incident, she has actually, you know, been stripped, rightfully so of because she was a speech pathologist and she would go in hospitals and schools and work. She's been stripped of the ability to do that ever again. I mean, she's sitting in jail anyway, so she can't do it, but she's been stripped of that. But she's also lost custody of her child completely and he remains that we know of with his father. So this story is still developing. We bring you guys updates.
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Wheezy
This is Weezy WTF from Decisions Decisions. You know, a lot of us grew up not fully trusting the healthcare system. And honestly, the system has given us plenty of reasons to feel that way. But now it's time for us to take control of the conversation, to take control of our sexual health, learn the facts, ask questions, and advocate for ourselves. That's how we start changing the story. So let's talk. We like to think HIV is something that affects other people, but it is hitting our own community hard. Black women make up about 13% of women in the US but account for nearly half of all new HIV diagnoses around women. And being proactive doesn't mean you just don't trust your partner. It just means you trust yourself enough to stay in control. So know your options, ask questions, and protect your peace and your body. That's real power. Because protecting yourself isn't embarrassing, it's responsible. Sex is normal. Protecting yourself should be normal too. Actually, it's kind of badass. Taking control of your sexual health is grown woman energy. Sponsored by Care for the Culture from Gilead Sciences.
- [19:20]
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- [19:48]
Robert Smigel
Another podcast from some SNL late night comedy guy not quite on Humor Me with Robert Smigel and friends. Me and hilarious guests from Bob Odenkirk to David Letterman help make you funnier. This week. My guests, SNL's Mikey Day and head writer Streeter Seidel help an acapella band with their between songs banter.
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Timbo
Where does your group perform?
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Apollo Ad
We do some retirement homes.
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Robert Smigel
Those people are starving for banter. Listen to Humor Me with Robert Smigel and friends on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Timbo
Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the Internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending, opinions are flying, and nobody's telling you exactly what where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo. Every episode, we're cutting through the noise, breaking down the plays, the controversies, and the stories behind the headlines. We go straight to the source. The athletes themselves, their locker room stories, their reactions, the stuff nobody gets to hear. The laughs, the drama, the triumphs, the moments that never make the highlight reel. From viral moments to historic games, from buzzer beaters to controversial calls, we break it down, give you context, and ask the questions everybody wants answered. Sports Slice brings you closer to the action with stories told by the people who live them. Listen to Sports slice on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more, follow Timbo Slice Life 12 and the Tick Tock Podcast network on Tick Tock.
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Lauren LaRosa
In other news, our interview with George Floyd's brother, Terence Floyd. You know, we. We had that in full for you guys. He was reacting to a Tony Hinchcliffe joke that was made at the Kevin Hart roast that was made about George Floyd. Let's take a listen to the joke. Like Bill Cosby Hart is a black comedian from Philadelphia, and like Bill Cosby, women don't know when Kevin is inside of them. You've done good, though, Kevin. The black community is so proud of you. Right now, George Floyd is looking up at us all laughing so hard that he can't breathe. Now we did a full interview with Terrence Floyd just talking about, you know, how the family felt and how they felt. Kevin Hart should have reacted in that moment to that joke on the stage. Please go take a listen to that interview in full on a previous episode if you have not already. We won't replay it here, but you can go back and listen. But we do have little Ro, Howie and Tiffany Hadish who are now responding to, you know, the roast and some of the backlash. Now let's take a listen to little Ro Hari. And because their responses definitely beg to differ, let's take a listen to Little Row.
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Little Ro Hari
I don't understand. Like, it's one thing to roast the people that's there. It's one thing to roast the people that may be in the audience there roasting somebody that, number one is dead. Number two, that's not there. Number three, that the implications of why you should joke about that, like Tony Hinchcliffe Joke about George Floyd didn't make sense to me. It was no reason to bring George Floyd into this. I'm starting to understand, and I get it, man. And I'm okay with not being a part of a lot of this clicky that's in comedy or in our business that some of y' all may think I'm a part of, but I'm not 100 would have booed that and probably walked out.
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Little Ro Hari
We just can't agree that bringing up George Floyd and the way he did it was just up and not funny and not needed. It wasn't even needed.
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Lauren LaRosa
And I will say, there's a lot of comedians that I saw speaking out that feel the same way. And in the beginning of this, the conversation was, it's just comedy. It's just comedy. It's just comedy. And when you were. I know, for me, when I was watching the roast in real time, I was like, my heart dropped. I was like, oh. Like, I know he didn't. There were a few moments where I was like, I know they didn't just say that. And I'm like, you know, this is the type of comedy that. Because it wasn't all just, like, race and things about, like, tragic deaths and stuff like that, right? Like, there were other moments that were like. That pushed the line as well, but it was funny. And I'm like, this is the type of comedy that you grew up watching, and you'll be missing a little bit, right? Like, people got mad at the Rock for using the R word and, you know, stuff like that. But, like, the George Floyd situation, I was like, okay, I don't. And we. Like I said, we heard from George Floyd's family, and I think no matter how you feel, whether you feel like it was just a joke, let's laugh, let's move on. Or not. Once you hear from someone's family who was in real life affected by this and not just laughing and moving on, I think you got to take it for what it is and take what they say as law and let it rock, right? But there were a lot of comedians who were responding just like l', Rel, which kind of, to me, debated the whole. It's just comedy. Is it okay? Because these are comedians who do comedy, and they're not agreeing with it. Now, Tiffany Hadish, who's been running around New York City and various places promoting the fact that she is the first comic to cover Sports Illustrated magazine, had this to say about the. Also, I mean, Lonnie and other people were like, oh, Maybe it was a little too racially motivated. What do you think as far as, like, the jokes? Is this just comedy or are people
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Wheezy
taking it too seriously?
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Lauren LaRosa
Is this all comedian saying it that wasn't invited? I don't even know if she knew that she threw shade at, like, Laurel. And I saw Michael Blackson comment as well, too, and I don't know if he was there or not either. Lonnie Love also had some comments about this. I'm not for sure if she was there either. I. I don't know. I don't know if that was just, you know, because Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart are very, very close. It like, brother, sister. So I don't know if this is her way of, like, getting out of having to comment on it because she doesn't want to be put in a certain position because Kevin Hart is a brother or she really just. That was really how she felt. Like, she felt like, okay, it's just comedy. Move on. And these are just people who are mad that they weren't invited. But that response did not go over well either in the court of public opinion with people stating that she was focused. She's focused on the wrong things here. Like, it's not about people who did or did not get invited, because whether you were invited or not, like, just hilarious of the Breakfast Club was there, and she talked about how awkward it was in the room, especially during the George Floyd joke. So I would say to each his own on this one. But I don't know if that's a true statement following all of this. And the reason why I say that is, yes, you can have your own opinion. Yes. You know, if you are the people telling these jokes, you know, you stand on it. You take whatever consequence comes. We know all of the conversations that we can have when it comes to that. But the reason why I say that is because I feel like once you hear from someone's family who, like I said, is actually in real life affected by this, we should just take that as. As law. No matter how we feel, we should eat how we feel, take it as law. Like, even if I was Kevin Hart, I mean, I don't know if, like, I don't know if there's, like, a public apology or anything that, like, Kevin Hart should do. And you know what I mean, y' all know Kevin Hart ain't gonna be pushed to apologize about nothing. Y' all know, okay, my heart is. But I don't know if that is the answer. That's not what I'm stating But even if I'm Kevin Hart, I think no matter how I feel and what my rules are and what I think I can take and what people should be able to take, once someone's family speaks out, who had to deal with that tragedy, I think that that alters what the, you know, like, what the goal post is and what the right or wrong around this is instantly, in my opinion. But I think if you've never dealt with real tragedy in your family to a point where you would want to say, Paul and I don't know too many people who haven't dealt with nothing, everybody may do something. That's the only way that I could see being ignorant to something like this. And, you know, Kevin Hart is not that. So we'll see what happens. We'll continue to follow the story as well. I tell you guys, every single episode, y' all could be anywhere with any old body talking about all of these things, but you guys choose to be right here with me, my low riders. I appreciate you guys, and I'll see you in my next episode. This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.