Dinner with Kim Kardashian or $500? +  Young Thug’s phone calls are were not leaked!

Summary

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The Breakfast Club – Episode Summary

Episode: Dinner with Kim Kardashian or $500? + Young Thug’s phone calls were not leaked!
Host: Lauren LaRosa (with mentions of DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God)
Date: September 3, 2025
Podcast: The Breakfast Club (iHeartPodcasts)

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Main Theme / Purpose

This episode is a pop culture roundup hosted by Lauren LaRosa, covering:

• Kim Kardashian’s appearance and motivational moment on Kai Cenat’s stream, and what her advice means in context.
• The ongoing saga around leaked (but actually lawfully obtained) jail calls from rapper Young Thug, with an in-depth look at his words about loyalty, Lil Baby, Gunna, and industry relationships.
• The controversy surrounding Tamar Braxton’s health scare and the questions of whether her public revelations were a PR stunt, as she teases (then retracts) her new album.

The tone is lively, chatty, and rooted in Lauren LaRosa’s blend of entertainment insight and personal commentary.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Creative Inspiration & Streaming Culture

[02:07 – 05:38]

• Lauren describes being newly inspired by Kai Cenat’s "MafiaThon 3", a 24/7 continuous streamer event that innovates in the content creator world, drawing 96,000 live viewers (as per Lauren’s morning experience).
• Special shoutout to Gabe from “On the Radar,” who made an appearance on the stream. Lauren credits Gabe with creating a “premier platform and vehicle out of New York City,” helping break artists globally.
  • "What Gabe is doing is so impactful... as a creative, to see what you're doing build and grow and become the pinnacle, like, the go to. That's so fire." — Lauren LaRosa [04:00]

2. Kim Kardashian's Motivational Speech on Kai Cenat's Stream

[05:38 – 11:45]

• Lauren cues up Kim Kardashian’s appearance, where Kai’s guests are traditionally asked for a motivational speech.
  • Kim's Advice:
    "I think it's totally okay in life if you don't know exactly what you want to do...just get out there and do what you want to do. You can always start something new in life." – Kim Kardashian [05:38]
• Lauren critiques the speech as simplistic at first ("stick it out, keep going. You got this. And it's like, what type of advice is that?"), but then acknowledges that Kim’s own rise was based on figuring things out on the fly, turning moments into a major brand.
  • “When I went back and listened and I put it in context...I'm like, yo, this is on brand. It makes sense.” — Lauren LaRosa [11:00]
• Context provided on Kim’s early “figuring it out” years, her career pivots, and how she leveraged her relationship with Kanye West to break into fashion.
  • Memorable tongue-in-cheek line:
    "Dang, that was a bad follow up...float through positions and land on top. I promise you, I’m not even being funny about the sex tape." – Lauren LaRosa [07:45]
• Lauren notes Kim is always “a walking brand promotion,” highlighting the power of influencer appearances on booming streamer media.

Notable Segment: Kim Kardashian & Kai Cenat Parody “Therapy” Trailer [11:19-11:45]

• Kim riffs in a mock-therapist skit with Kai, humorously referencing Kai’s recent viral exploits (NYC riot, school in Nigeria, streaming with John Cena). Lauren calls the approach “so smart” and a “layup” for both.
• Lauren discusses the impact of streamers as new media moguls and how Kim’s advice fits the young, entrepreneurial streamer demographic—even if it seems shallow to others.

3. The Young Thug Jail Call Saga

[16:08 – 23:32]

• Lauren delves into the slew of Young Thug’s jail phone calls made public in the midst of the historic YSL trial in Georgia.
  • Explains these calls, featuring discussions with 21 Savage, Mariah the Scientist, and crew, are often “about loyalty” and how they reflect on Thug’s business and personal relationships.
• Plays a call segment:
  • Young Thug on dealmaking:
    “Scooter Braun told Wham, I want to buy your rights. I’m gonna give you 150 million...Went straight around Wham and called Pete and bought the whole label from Pete.” – Young Thug [19:00]
• Lauren analyzes Thug’s stance on loyalty versus self-advancement, noting the contradiction in criticizing Gunna yet advising Lil Baby to handle business for himself.
  • "If the whole issue...is about loyalty, I don't understand...as someone who has someone's best interest at heart." – Lauren LaRosa [19:49]
• Lauren gives context about Thug’s pivotal mentorship of both Gunna and Lil Baby, noting how Thug “literally paid [Lil Baby] to stop being outside in his neighborhood.” She expresses disappointment at Thug’s negative tone regarding his protégés.
• Clears up rumors: these jail call recordings were not leaks but rather obtained via a Georgia Open Records Act request — an important distinction reported directly from the Fulton County Sheriff's Office.

4. Tamar Braxton: Health Scare, Album & Online Controversy

[23:32 – 32:07]

• Lauren recaps Tamar Braxton’s dramatic health scare (waking up in a pool of blood, losing teeth, possible sleepwalking), public skepticism (is it a PR stunt?), and feuding with YouTuber Funky Dineva.
• Tamar’s own words on IG Live highlight her distress:
  "And the truth is, I've been in the hospital and the people want me to go back to the hospital, but I don't wanna go back." – Tamar Braxton [26:32]
• Tamar, under fan pressure and negative attention, posts that “there is no more album and I'm going to my farm and you will never hear from me again. I am sorry for everything.”
• Lauren reflects empathetically on how Tamar’s every move is scrutinized, noting it “always feels like Tamar Braxton is having to fight to prove that she is above the noise, but gets caught up in the noise still.”
• She questions the logic of faking a health crisis for attention (“I don't understand how her saying all her teeth got knocked out is going to sell music”) but acknowledges public suspicion due to unfortunate timing.
• Lauren’s advice: stay rooted in intention, don’t be swayed by noise, and appreciates Tamar’s historical support:
  • "You gotta lean in on that. You have to." [31:37]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Kim Kardashian's Advice:
  “This is like when people ... all they told me was, 'yo, stick it out, keep going. You got this.' And it's like, what type of advice is that?” — Lauren LaRosa [06:13]

• On Kim’s Brand Resilience:
  “Each year things get better and better and better. Kim is so smart. ... Kim Kardashian being anywhere is just a walking brand promotion.” — Lauren LaRosa [09:50]

• On Young Thug’s Mentorship:
  “Lil Baby always talks about how Young Thug literally paid him to stop being outside in his neighborhood and to get into music. ... I've always respected that.” — Lauren LaRosa [18:13]

• Tamar Braxton’s Empathy:
  “If my intention is one thing...I always want to be so rooted in what my mission is that nobody can knock me off of that at all.” — Lauren LaRosa [31:37]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [02:07] Lauren reflects on the creative inspiration from Kai Cenat’s "MafiaThon 3"
• [05:38] Kim Kardashian gives her motivational speech on stream
• [06:13] Lauren evaluates Kim’s speech: substance, context, echoes of Kim’s career
• [09:15-11:19] Context around Kim’s rise, influence of fashion and Kanye relationship
• [11:19-11:45] Kim Kardashian as Kai’s “therapist” in a parody trailer
• [16:08] Young Thug’s phone calls: loyalty, dealmaking, Gunna, Lil Baby
• [19:00] Young Thug: "Scooter Braun told Wham, I want to buy your rights..."
• [23:32] Tamar Braxton’s health scare, drama, and live response
• [26:32] Tamar’s emotional IG Live aired
• [31:37] Lauren advocates for intentionality in public life

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Conclusion / Episode Impact

Lauren LaRosa’s pop culture download provides a sharp, empathetic take on celebrity news, streaming’s influence, and the complexities of public relationships in entertainment. She gives context and commentary on how stars shape—and are shaped by—digital media, loyalty, and audience scrutiny, leaving listeners informed and entertained.

“At the end of the day, y' all, there's always a lot to talk about. And every single time you guys are right here with me to talk about it, I'm just elated.” — Lauren LaRosa [31:50]

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Transcript

[Lauren LaRosa]

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Let's get to it. Time to do it.

[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 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 in yesterday's episode, we checked in behind the scenes of the grind, which I haven't done in a while, and we talked a bit about, you know, just being led to do things and all of the things. And today if we are checking in behind the scenes of the grind, back on the grind, man, let me tell y' all something. I am feeling so inspired. I was just telling the team here I was watching Kaiser nets mafia thon 3. For those of you guys who don't know, I mean, you should know who he is, but if you don't, he's a streamer and a big huge streamer. He's like streamers of the streamers at this point. And Mafia Thon, you know, the streamers do this thing where they stream 24. 7. So his is called Mafia Thon. This is his third time doing it. They stream 24. 7. They have, you know, a bunch of different, like things going on. Guests pop up, they do all the little antics that they always do. Just. Just a ton of stuff. They provide you content 24. 7. I went on there this morning at around 6 7am on my way into work. There was 96,000 people watching. I fell asleep watching it because I'm like, yo, these kids just keep going. They fall asleep on the stream, right? Fire. Love it. But one of the things that I loved the most was Gabe. Shout out to Gabe of On the Radar. On the Radar has become the premier platform and vehicle out of New York City. But honestly, artists worldwide, if you're trying to break a song, a record, an artist, an act, you hit on the radar. That is the thing to do. And there has now, you know, all of these different other freestyle platforms have been created and have popped up and have followed the on the radar like layout of things. Because what he's doing, what Gabe is doing is so impactful. And I was watching Kai Sinat stream yesterday and I saw Gabe pop up in the video because he is going to have a room inside of the house for mafia thon 3. And on the Radar is something that he created just out of a passion for loving artists and music on his own. And I'm like, yo, that is so Fire. Like as a creative to see what you're doing, build and grow and like, you know, it become the pinnacle like the go to. And Gabe just goes about it so effortlessly. Just, hey y', all, we here we have Mafia Thon three. Like, it's just so fire. I was so inspired by that and I've been thinking and talking about that all night. Came in today, talking to the team about it as well too. So that's how I'm feeling behind the scenes of the grind. I am feeling inspired, rejuvenated, to make everything I do the biggest thing I've ever done. One step at a time. But I want to leave impact. So that's where I'VE been at. We're still on this fast as well. So, you know, I've just been having the time to reflect. But speaking of motivation, Kim Kardashian, and speaking of Kai Sinat's stream, Kim Kardashian appeared on the stream. If y' all hear me jingling, baby, go ahead, baby. It's because I have on this necklace. It's a chain necklace, kind of similar to, like dog chain or dog tags by a designer called Kelsey Ashley. And it's loud, so apologies for that. But Kim Kardashian was on kaisernet's stream, and they have this thing that they do anytime a guest comes on where they have the guest give a speech, a motivational speech. Now, I want y', all, before I say anything about it, to take a listen to the speech. Then we're going to come back and judge the speech. 0 to 5. 0 to 10. That's a sin.

[Kim Kardashian]

I think it's totally okay in life if you don't know exactly what you want to do, but I think the first part of figuring out what you want to do in life is just stepping out there, being disciplined, being patient, and no matter how many setbacks there are, just, even if it's hard, still doing it, still making the moves. No matter what, just get out there and do what you want to do. You can always start something new in life. No matter what it. It is, when it is, just go for it. That's my advice.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right, zero to ten, what y' all give it five. I see a five. Okay. Made it to the halfway mark. As far as substance Y. 0 to 10, did you feel like it has substance? I'm seeing zeros in the room here, guys, in the podcast studio. Now, here's the thing. When I first listened to the motivational speech, I say, okay, this is like when people. You ever met people, and they're like, I got advice from somebody, and all they told me was, yo, stick it out, keep going. You got this. And it's like, what type of advice is that? First I felt like that about Kim Kardashian's motivational speech, and then I was thinking about, I mean, it's Kim Kardashian. She's talking about not knowing what to do, not knowing if it's even going to work, not even knowing what something is, but doing it and becoming good at it, basically to the point where people can't deny you. Right? That has been her career. Like, a lot of people don't remember. And maybe everybody always jokes with me, like, Girl, you'd be surprised how much stuff people don't know. You know this stuff. Cause, like, you love this stuff. You live and breathe it. But Kim Kardashian was figuring it out for a very long time. She was a stylist, like, closet assistant or something like that to Brandi. She was Paris Hilton's just like, bestie, wingman, it girl, partner in crime. She did a few things. I mean, we also know, you know, she appeared in a few videos as well too. She. She did some things before she figured it out. Right. But what I always say about the Kardashians, because I saw a lot of people saying, like, okay, we waited for Kim Kardashian to come on this stream to basically tell us if the sky is blue, you can do it too. That's what the speech was given. But I think what, you know, when you think about her career and making a career out of what wasn't a career, people to this day will still argue that Kim Kardashian and the Kardashian and people don't understand, oh, I don't understand why they're famous. What do they do? They don't know anything. It's the people around them that know everything. I don't think people really, like, get to stay relevant for as long as Kim Kardashian has to reinvent yourself. The amount of times that Kim Kardashian has had to to float throughout different careers, positions in all of the things and still land on top. Dang, that was a bad follow up to float through positions and land on top. I promise you, I'm not even being funny about the sex tape. I'm being honest. Like Kim Kardashian or the Kardashian Jenner family in general. But Kim Kardashian as a vehicle and as a brand and as a business, no one can take away from her. The fact that she didn't have it all figured out. Things were happening. Like, there were like, moments, boom, boom, boom, boom, happening. And she took those moments, was able to narrate a story around them, and became one of the biggest celebrities in the world. And not only biggest celebrities in the world, but now product skims, moves crazy, brand collabs, go crazy. She has become the eye of fashion. At one point, people didn't even want Kim Kardashian. So I gave y' all the career background. But on the fashion side of things, Kanye west talked about this a lot too. Like, Kim Kardashian was not welcome with the fashion girlies. They looked at her As a reality TV star, which was, you know, some years ago, you were a reality TV star. You were trash television. They weren't about to have you sitting next to no Anna Wintour. That is a rite of passage, baby. That was not happening. All of that turned around. Now, granted, she's with Kanye west, who was very loud and very vocal about y' all gon let us in these rooms, period us together. But still, even that. And I mean, obviously, I think Kim loved Kanye. She loved Kanye. They had kids together. You know, people will debate that, but that was a moment. And I say people will debate that because she did utilize that relationship to also build her career. But he poured into her. He was like, okay, this is my muse. This is what we doing. This is where we going. This is how we going to. You know what I mean? She just leaned into it. But to know how to lean in and then to triple it and up it after that, you got. I was going to say that's a talent, but you're going to be mad I said that you got to be some sort of crafty and further than crafty, because I think you can be witty and crafty and make something look big and float off of that way for a second. But I'm talking about years and years and years of brand building continuously at a very high level. And each year things get better and better and better. Kim is so smart. She comes on the stream. She comes with her son, Saint. I'm really trying to figure out where the Northwest is. We talked about this a bit this morning. We talked about this a bit on the Breakfast Club as well, too, because Northwest is a huge Kai Sinat fan, but north west was not there. But she comes on the stream with her son, Saint, and it just makes so much sense. Like, she's sitting down with the guys and all the homies. You know, Kai always has, like, all the streamer homies with him. His group, his, like, you know, core group of streamer friends, and they're sitting there talking. And this was kind of like after. You know. Remember she did that trailer with Kai Sana? Let's take a listen to the trailer where she played his therapist. Back to Kim. All right, have a seat.

[Commercial Announcer]

All right.

[Kim Kardashian]

Okay. So what's on your mind today? Seems like you've been really busy since the last time I saw you. Yeah, yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, been doing my thing, you know. All right, I see you had a.

[Kim Kardashian]

Little riot in New York City.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, that was bad.

[Kim Kardashian]

But you built a school in Nigeria.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I did build a school. In Nigeria, you blew up your own house. Never doing that again.

[Kim Kardashian]

Started your own basketball.

[Video Game Narrator]

I was cooking.

[Kim Kardashian]

Them little niggas lived in a prison that you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You built.

[Kim Kardashian]

You streamed with John Cena.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And so she's sitting here, she's low key, giving, like, dressed in, like, therapist vibes and just listening to them. She has a clipboard playing off of that. And it's so smart because Kai is one of the biggest streamers in the world right now. It's an easy layup, but also too, I've heard it's very fun. It's not intimidating. It's a great vehicle for you to just move anything you're trying to move. And she wasn't on there, you know, necessarily promoting anything. But Kim Kardashian being anywhere is just a walking brand promotion. She's been really good at what she's had to do. And then you think about what the streamer world is, right? When you think about Kai Sinet and you hear his story about being homeless and having to figure it out and just literally leaving school and sitting in front of his camera and really not understanding exactly what he was doing, but knowing that he has something in the streamer world. I mean, I don't know about y', all, but I feel like in the last, like, year or so has become that is the new medium, that is the new media. It wasn't like that at one point. So you're building in this industry that people don't even consider a job, but you're like, you know what? It's cool. It's going to take care of me. I promise y'. All. So the speech may feel a little empty to some, and I'm not even going to hold you all. When I first heard it, I'm like, girl, you could have saved that for a tweet. But then when I went back and listened and I put it in context and I thought about, okay, who is the audience Kim Kardashian is speaking to? I'm like, yo, this is on brand. It makes sense now whether or not it'll work for everybody. You know, that's a whole different argument. Cause she also said the kids shouldn't do homework. So you tell the kids, you know, just do a bunch of things that might not work until something works. And don't do your homework. We might be breeding some bums, Kim. But Listen, out of 10 bums, you have two success stories. Those two could be the next Kai Sinatz. So shout out to him. You can make a difference in someone's life. Including your own with a job and home care. These jobs offer flexible schedules, health care, retirement options and free training. They also provide paid time off and opportunities for overtime.

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[Lauren LaRosa]

Now in other news, switching gears really quickly, we've been seeing all over the Internet these leaked or what seemed to be leaked jail calls from Young Thug. Young Thug who was housed in Georgia during the YSL trial, which was the longest running trial in Georgia state history. He was busy. He was busy on the phone. I Saw a tweet that said most people when they locked up, you know, they enroll in classes, they're reading books, they're studying their case, they working out. Young Thug was calling home, like, listen, I got the update, I got the T. He had the latest. Okay, he was calling home with the latest. So there are calls between him 21, Savage, him and, you know, some of the management people on his team, YSL team, him and Mariah the scientist. There's a ton of calls, a bunch of different topics covered. I saw one recently with him talking about Kendrick Lamar and Drake. The big thing with these Young Thug calls is that a lot of this stuff did not age well. Because, I mean, Kendrick Lamar and Drake are still two of the biggest artists in the world. Drake is still Drake. But to say, you'll never be bigger than Drake, baby. The way not like us came and shifted the whole world and to this day is still rocking. Not Even just the U.S. the world, like, everywhere you go. But we also heard similar tone and conversation from Thug when it came to Gunna and just a few things. And I was so. It kind of hurt my heart to hear Young Thug talking the way that he did about Gunna. And I understand at this point, you know, he's behind bars and he's fighting for his life. I get that part of it. I really, really do. But whenever I thought about what the conglomerate of YSL was, right, when it came to Young Thug and Gunna and even just like, how he, you know, not that much older, but still older than, you know, Gunna and Lil Baby, how he, like, took them under his wing and, you know, kind of like mentored or og them a little bit. I always respected him for that. Cause I'm like, you know what you did, Young Thug at that time. Because Lil Baby always talks about how Young Thug literally paid him to stop being outside in his neighborhood and to get into music and to do what he's doing. And now, you know, Lil Baby's one of the biggest rap stars in the world. And then you look at a gunner who comes in under Young Thug and, you know, obviously looks up to him and, you know all the things. And I know things didn't go right with this court case, but it really hurt my heart to hear him talk about certain things in a context he did. Because I'm like, you supposed to be big homie? It just didn't sound like things were coming from a good place. Let's take a listen to a Young Thug talking about Lil Baby and a deal that Was going to potentially happen between Scooter Braun and Lil Baby. Scooter Braun is a huge music head, music manager who also came up in Atlanta. Let's take a listen.

[Young Thug]

I talked to William on the phone. I said, what you think he going to give you out that money? I thought you think he Gonna give you 75 million or 100 million? He like, I'm gonna be always real. Do you think he gonna give you 75 to 100 million on that deal? Be all the way real? He like, hell no. I don't think they gonna do it right like that. But Scooter brun off a little off of Wham. 150 million. Scooter Braun told wham, I want to buy your rights. I'm gonna give you 150 million. Wham. Tell this. No, I'm cool. I'm. I gotta bring pizza to me, man. Went straight around Wham and called Pete and bought the whole label from Pete. The whole conversation started from Scooter. From Scooter Braun trying to buy Lil Wayne. Trying to buy him out of the deal too. He wanted to buy Wham out of the deal. Like, I want you to be with me. Well, like, you gotta talk to Pete. I'm brain. You gotta talk to people about that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now, the reason why, like, okay, so for this audio, like, I understand what, you know where thug is coming from with the whole. Basically, he was talking to Lil baby as the big homie. Like, listen, you should have handled that on your own because ain't nobody gonna look out for you like, you gonna look out for you. But if the whole issue and a lot of the phone calls that we hear young thug on from these jail calls is all about trying to figure out what Gunna's loyalty to him should have been, what Gunna should have said, you know, when he was being asked questions in the courtroom and what he should not have said. If the whole conversation is about loyalty, I don't understand, you know, as someone who has someone's best interest at heart. Because you don't. You don't know. I mean, we don't know. It hasn't come out yet. And maybe it will because P from QC has been posting a lot of things in response to some of the things that are coming out from Gunna. I mean, from young thugs, young thug in these phone calls. But you don't know what deal they may have done once Scooter Braun did the deal with P and qc or, you know, I don't know, all the business inner workings. But my point Is. Is if I'm Lil Baby, I understand Lil Baby being like, yo, if you gonna do this deal, you know, my situation is situated through QC and P and Coach K and whoever, right? These things got. We all gotta sit down and talk about this. That's a sense of loyalty. I think Lil Baby did what he was supposed to do in that situation. And the way in the tone that Young Thug is talking about it is like, do for self first, but at the same time, he's upset that gunna did for self first. There's been this whole back and forth about what that looks like. Snitching, not snitching, whatever. I'm not getting involved in that because that's just not my place to be involved. I don't do nothing illegal, so I don't gotta worry about none of that. But if we're having a conversation about loyalty and, you know, what. What the narrative was and the things that always made me like. I really respect the story that Lil Baby tells about Young Thug because I know, you know, most of the people that are in the streets and have been for some time. There's two ways you go out of here. Dead or in jail. No one ever has a success story from the streets. You end up dead broke in jail. Those are the things or watching over your shoulder every single day where, because you're trying to figure out which one of those things is going to happen first. Lil Baby don't have to live like that no more. So you changed that man's life. I've always respected that. But I don't understand, you know, why now when it comes to Lil Baby and the conversations that you're having with him about how to navigate his business with another person outside of you, that has also helped him tremendously. QC changed his life as well. What's wrong with him wanting to be loyal to her? Why? Why is that something to chuckle at? This whole thing with Young Thug has just been insane, though, because I feel like it started out with a conversation about, you know, what was right and what was not right when it comes to, you know, answering questions for cops and all the things. And then it just took its own life. Now, I did reach out to Fulton County Jail because natural question, when you see all of these audio calls and these jail calls and all these things being, you know, talked about and listened to online is how sway how. And it's been reported as if some things were leaked. And what I was told is that these video calls and audio calls were not leaked. They were obtained through The Georgia Open Records Act. They emphasized to me this is a. I spoke to the director of communications from the Fulton County Sheriff's Office. They were not leaked. They are part of the Georgia Open Records act, and they were obtained through an open records request, which is normal. That's a normal thing that can happen. All righty, y'.

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[Lauren LaRosa]

So Tamar Braxton has been keeping us on the edge of our seats, as she always does, to be honest with you. But more recently, it's been about her health. So some weeks ago, Tamar Braxton opened up and told us that she almost died. She said she woke up in a pool of blood, and she had no idea what happened. Fast forward. We found out that she, you know, according to a doctor who is now helping her put together her teeth because she had lost a few teeth in this incident, we found out that Tamar Braxton may have ended up in that pool of blood because of sleepwalking, but they're still trying to figure everything out. Now, Tamar Braxton has been getting dragged from the moment she decided to get online and talk about what was going on with her, with fans feeling like this is just a big publicity stunt. This is just, you know, Tamar Braxton wanting attention. Now, she had began going back and forth. It was subliminal to a certain extent, but it really wasn't. She began going back and forth with Funky Dineva. Funky Dineva is a YouTube personality who does breakdowns of various entertainment and pop culture things. Right. So in the beginning of all of this, you know, there were a lot of allegations being thrown Funky Deneva's way when people were trying to figure out what happened to Tamar Braxton. I watched one of Funky Dineva's YouTube videos about this, and he was basically saying that, you know, it got to a point where, because Tamar is Tamar Braxton, and this got the pickup that it did, he was getting hounded and being asked questions that he felt like he shouldn't have been hounded about or asked at all. And he wanted Tamar Braxton to come out and clear things up. And that did not happen. They exchanged, you know, a little indirect back and forth online and fast forward to where we are today. So over the weekend, Tamar Braxton posted because in the midst of all of this, she dropped a promotion for an album. It's a album. And then there's also a visual component that stars Mendeez's. And there's been some rumors that there was, like, a little dating spotted out thing that happened between Tamar Braxton and Mendeeee's. She came out and said, this is just my friend. He is a part of the content, and that is it. Now over the weekend, Tamar Braxton posted, y' all won. There is no more album and I'm going to my farm and you will never hear from me again. I am sorry for everything. Y' all laughing at the farm. I don't know why her choice of place to retreat to was the farm, but maybe it's cause she can grow her own food and groceries are expensive. So Tamar Braxton also decided to go live and engage with fans because, you know, she's feeling a bit better. And in the live, she gets emotional and again, she starts to talk about whether this was a PR stunt or not. Let's take a listen. And the truth is, I've been in the hospital and the people want me to go back to the hospital, but I don't wanna go back.

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[Lauren LaRosa]

I love drama. So, okay, well, what's the drama? What's the drama that I did? Somebody got to tell me what's the drama? Tell me what is the drama? What's the drama? All I know is I went to bed and I woke up and my life changed, man. At this point, I'm just going to say PR stunt, not PR stunt. I would hope that, you know, a person doesn't have to do this the same way I felt with Lil Nas X, I would hope that a person does not have to do a stunt involving their health that would potentially, you know, scare fans and loved ones to the extent that I'm sure that this has. But I do think even if a person feels like they need to pull a stunt like this, and I'm not saying that Tamar feels like that, I don't believe that it was a PR stunt. I do think the timing is crazy, though. The timing is insane. I think Tamar is having to address that because it does look insane. It looks very much like you got all these eyes on you, and now you start talking about music. But at the same time, I feel like, number one, you should give empathy to anybody who feels like they have to do and pull us something like this. But also, I've been thinking about this, and I'm like, tamar Braxton could literally get online and sneeze, and it becomes a story for the blogs because, I mean, she's a Braxton sister. Like, that is a legendary family. That's number one. But number two, stories and controversy love to follow Tamar So it's not like she has to create the controversy, in my opinion. I feel like Cardi B has this album dropping in my the drama. I feel like Tamar herself and just telling her story and singing her songs and living her day to day life is given. Am I the drama? Like people follow what she does. They talk about all the things. And I don't understand how her saying all her teeth got knocked out is going to sell music. And people are pointing to, oh, well, it's the comeback story. It's the, you know, get well soon story. It's the. But if the girl says she ain't got no teeth, she can't even pop out and do the press and all the things and be beautiful the way she needs to to even bask in the moment. So I personally don't think that it's a publicity stunt, but at this point now it don't even matter because Tay Marcel we not even getting the album and she has been pushing and promoting this music and things that she's been trying to figure out for some time. Another thing too that I thought when I saw this is like, I never want to get to a point and I know it's tough. Like when you got a bunch of people coming at you sideways from different left, right, boom, boom, boom, and you dipping and you dodging and you trying to, you know, just stay mentally sane to live your day to day. It's tough. But I never want to get to a point where if my intention is one thing and Tamar's intention and putting out the stuff that she put out, she says it wasn't to grab attention. She was just scared. Let's take a listen to that. If my intention is one thing, right. Her intention here was to find community. She needed some support. She was scared. She's one of people to know what's going on with her. She was probably happy to be alive when she woke up. Toothless, but happy. If. If I know my intention, I always want to be so rooted in what my mission is that nobody can knock me off of that at all. And it made me sad to just. Dang, I'm like, am I an empath? I be really feeling for people. Maybe I am. I don't know because they also say I'm tone deaf too sometimes. I don't know. But it made me feel bad because I'm like, you know, if, if. If she really just did this because she was looking for, you know, community for, you know, through this with her or just maybe like a, hey, get well, soon, so she could feel better about herself. And now her appearance and everything she's having to fix and she allows the comments and, you know, all the things to make her not even want to drop music. I don't ever want to get there in my career. And granted, anywhere she goes to promote the music, she gonna have to talk about it. But she would have to do that. Even if people felt like this wasn't a PR stunt like that is. That's just a part of Tamar Braxton. Like she always has to. I don't know what it is, but it always feels like Tamar Braxton is having to fight to prove that she is above the noise, but gets caught up in the noise still. And I love Tamar. I love Tamar down like I do. She is so supportive. She's always been very supportive of me. Well, not always, but since I've met her at Breakfast Club, she's been very supportive of me and, you know, always sending, like, kind words and, you know, just all the things. So, you know, I want to do that in return for her. But my biggest thing in this is like, yo, Tamar, like, bro, if you know what you set out to do when you posted your post, do you do your big one, do your thing. You gotta lean in on that. You have to. Because for me, as a person watching, it seems like no matter what Tamar Braxton does, says, doesn't do, doesn't say, it's always giving him out of drama, period. At the end of the day, y', all, there's always a lot to talk about. And every single time you guys are right here with me to talk about it, I'm just elated. Okay? We are 5 million plus downloads in and we're doing this thing together. I feel like we are a family. My lowriders. Thank y' all for tuning in every episode. Tell a friend to tell a friend that this is where their daily download needs to be for all things pop culture. I'm your host, Lauren LaRosa. I'll see you guys in my next episode and I promise I won't be jiggling, baby. Go ahead, baby. Y' all won't hear the necklace next time. My bad. See y' all later.

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