FULL SHOW: Misa Hylton on $5M Mary J. Blige Lawsuit & Fallout, Falcons Fined Over Shedeur Prank, Lakers Eliminated + Kerry Washington Interview

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club – May 1, 2025

Episode Title: FULL SHOW: Misa Hylton on $5M Mary J. Blige Lawsuit & Fallout, Falcons Fined Over Shedeur Prank, Lakers Eliminated + Kerry Washington Interview
Host/Co-Hosts: DJ Envy, Just Hilarious (Jess Hilarious), Charlamagne Tha God, Lauren LaRosa
Guest: Kerry Washington
Release Date: May 1, 2025

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1. Morning Banter and Show Setup (00:00 – 04:00)

The show kicks off with the vibrant energy of DJ Envy, Just Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God, and Lauren LaRosa exchanging playful banter and discussing personal achievements, such as Charlamagne appearing on a Times Square billboard. The hosts set a cheerful tone, highlighting their commitment to serving their listeners.

Notable Quote:

Charlamagne tha God (00:07): "Just hilarious."

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2. Front Page News: Political and Economic Updates (04:07 – 19:56)

a. Trump’s Comments on HBCU Funding (04:08 – 08:45) Morgan Woods introduces President Trump’s statements defending the funding of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Trump claims unprecedented support, stating, "I got them more money than they ever dreamt possible" (DJ Envy, 04:52). The hosts debate the veracity of Trump's claims, comparing funding across administrations and highlighting that under Biden, federal investments totaled over $17 billion for HBCUs.

Notable Quote:

Just Hilarious (06:17): "They need the money. A lot of it, too."

b. Economic Concerns and Potential Recession (05:42 – 08:45) The conversation shifts to the U.S. economy, citing a 3% GDP decline and slowed job creation, suggesting an impending recession. The hosts critique Trump’s handling of the economy, emphasizing that policies impacting GDP are his responsibility.

Notable Quote:

DJ Envy (07:42): "You can't lie to people because people are going to feel it in their pockets regardless."

c. Election and Political Leadership (08:45 – 19:56) Discussion revolves around former Vice President Kamala Harris criticizing Trump’s tariff policies as contributing to economic chaos. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democratic leaders echo sentiments of instability and call for unity among the American people. The hosts stress the importance of partisan cooperation to address national issues.

Notable Quote:

Charlamagne tha God (30:00): "This is the worst first 100 days that this country has seen in a very, very long time."

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3. NBA Playoffs Update: Lakers Eliminated (19:56 – 27:00)

The hosts provide an update on the NBA playoffs, highlighting the Los Angeles Lakers' elimination after losing to the Minnesota Timberwolves in five games. They delve into LeBron James’s ongoing career decisions, debating his potential retirement as he approaches 40.

Notable Quote:

DJ Envy (27:00): "Maybe he's still trying to chase some of those people I just named. But I don't think he has anything to prove."

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4. NFL News: Falcons Fined Over Shedeur Prank (27:00 – 35:17)

The Atlanta Falcons and their defensive coordinator, Jeff Albridge, face fines totaling $350,000 for a prank involving Shedeur Sanders and leaked confidential NFL draft information. Jeff Albridge issues a public apology, taking full responsibility for the incident.

Notable Quote:

Jeff Albridge: "We take full responsibility, my son and myself, and we will not be appealing the fine in any way going forward."

Host Commentary: The hosts humorously critique the situation, emphasizing the seriousness of protecting confidential information and the repercussions of such actions.

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5. Mental Health Awareness Month: Incident in Kentucky (41:00 – 75:17)

In observance of Mental Health Awareness Month, the hosts discuss the arrest of Mikeisha Johnson, a 35-year-old woman from Kentucky, who assaulted a nurse due to frustration with prolonged hospital discharge processes. The segment highlights the broader societal issues surrounding mental health support and the stigma associated with seeking help.

Notable Quote:

DJ Envy (73:06): "But we have to know something was off with her mentally. You gotta know that there are a lot of things that are going to push people to the breaking point in this day and time that we live in."

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6. Listener Call-Ins: Relationship Advice (35:17 – 80:08)

The segment "Jess Fix My Mess" invites listeners to call in with personal relationship problems. In one notable call, Drea seeks advice on supporting a financially unstable partner. The hosts provide candid and pragmatic advice, emphasizing the importance of personal boundaries and financial responsibility.

Notable Quote:

Charlamagne tha God (77:56): "You have to let people know you're serious about it. You don't gotta talk to them."

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7. Exclusive Interview: Kerry Washington on "Shadow Force" (34:38 – 75:17)

Guest: Kerry Washington discusses her new action film "Shadow Force," set to release on May 9th. She delves into her character's development, the film's themes of black love, family, and sacrifice, and the physical and emotional challenges of preparing for an action role.

Notable Quotes:

Kerry Washington (36:09): "Faith is not just about being inactive. It's about, like, really stepping into your purpose, your calling, your responsibility."

Lauren LaRosa (45:18): "I feel like the film is about what it takes to protect the people you love from the systems that want to cause you harm."

Washington also reflects on the success of her previous projects and the importance of representation in action genres.

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8. Additional Highlights and Discussions (75:17 – 90:57)

a. Kim Kardashian Robbery Case: The hosts discuss the recent arrest of Omar, accused of leading the gang that robbed Kim Kardashian in Paris. They engage in a humorous yet critical dialogue about the incident, emphasizing the need for better mental health support and societal understanding.

b. Nick Cannon’s Testicle Insurance Policy: DJ Envy and co-hosts humorously cover Nick Cannon's $10 million insurance policy on his testicles, critiquing the absurdity while connecting it to broader themes of personal responsibility and health awareness.

c. Upcoming Events and Promotions: Charlamagne announces his upcoming shows in Detroit and Atlantic City, promoting his comedy and meet-and-greet sessions. The hosts also highlight Lauren LaRosa’s role as a producer and her commitment to creating meaningful content that celebrates black love and family.

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Conclusion and Closing Remarks (90:57 – End)

The episode wraps up with the hosts reiterating the importance of authenticity, integrity, and mental health awareness. They encourage listeners to engage with upcoming projects, support black creators, and remain vigilant about societal issues affecting the community.

Notable Quote:

Charlamagne tha God (91:42): "Authenticity filters your life for you. You keep the ones who are aligned and release the ones who aren't."

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Overall Insights:

This episode of The Breakfast Club adeptly balances hard-hitting news segments with engaging personal stories and celebrity interviews. The hosts provide insightful commentary on political, economic, and social issues while maintaining their signature humor and rapport. Kerry Washington’s interview offers a deep dive into the intersection of action cinema and black narrative, highlighting the importance of representation and storytelling in media.

Listeners are left with a comprehensive understanding of the day's major events, the complexities of maintaining personal relationships amidst financial and societal pressures, and the empowering role of artists and leaders in shaping cultural discourse.

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Note: Timestamps are approximate and intended to guide listeners to specific segments of interest.

Transcript

[Charlamagne tha God]

Good morning, usa.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Just hilarious.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning. Just hilarious. How are you?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Why you cut me off? I was going to finish it.

[DJ Envy]

You don't say good morning to yourself.

[Just Hilarious]

Uh huh. Just hilarious.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Good morning, y'all. Charlamagne the God.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning. Charlamagne the God.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, my gosh. Never mind. How you doing, Lauren?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm doing great.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Hey, she's here.

[Just Hilarious]

All five of y'all.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Envy is gone.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, he's playing golf. He's playing golf with.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, he is not. He's on a book tour. Him and his wife.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, they are. They are. How y'all feel this morning? I feel blessed. Black and Holly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. How are the ladies doing? How you doing, Jess?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, I feel good. I look good. I feel good. And I'm on a billboard in New York.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, you are real crazy. John O'Brien had his operation Green Socks day yesterday, and he put us up on billboards. Jess has. She's up there. Yes, there was a few people up there yesterday, but. Yes, you were on the billboard in Times Square.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes, yes. What you mean, a few people? The one I saw, it was just me.

[DJ Envy]

Well, I mean, yeah. Cause it flashes so it was like. Yeah, yeah. So it's different people, but. Operation Green Socks is a nationwide initiative aimed at raising awareness and promoting financial literacy. If you know what John Hope Bryant does in Operation Hope, then you know how they get down. Lauren, you finally putting some lotion on. Thank God, man. Dropping a coup bomb for lotion. First of all, Lauren be around here looking foggy. I'm glad.

[Just Hilarious]

Just because you lotion lotion 10 times a day.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, I do.

[Just Hilarious]

I had to ask him yesterday, like, what's the cue? How do you know to put more. And it'd be five lotions.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Huh?

[DJ Envy]

And then yesterday she had the one shoulder out, and it was just that one shoulder ashy. And ain't nobody said nothing.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You kept saying something all day. And look, even. Even Curry Washington was like, oh, you got that little shoulder out.

[DJ Envy]

Because she noticed it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

She didn't say. The girl was saying.

[DJ Envy]

She know that's what she wanted to say. She wanted to say something about it. Listen, I did a date night last night. Me and the wife went out. I went to go see Stranger Things on Broadway. Do y'all watch Stranger Things on Netflix?

[Charlamagne tha God]

I used to watch it. I used to watch Stranger Things man.

[DJ Envy]

That is the greatest stage play production I've ever seen in my life. I'm just talking about the production aspect of it. They did things on that stage I didn't think you could do.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Really?

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Like. Like falling out the sky in slow motion. Like monsters coming from the ceiling. Like production. Oh, my God. The stage play production was incredible. Drop one of Clues bombs for Stranger Things on Broadway. They only been doing it for two weeks.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, I meant to see that.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Yesterday was Rachel. Rachel Edwards, born day. That's a good friend of mine. So we went to go see Stranger Things, and my wife and oldest daughter love Stranger Things. But if you are ever in New York City, even if you're not a fan of Broadway, even if you've never even seen the Stranger Things play, that is something that, I mean, the Stranger Things show, that is something to go watch.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

You cannot be a fan of Broadway. Like, people don't like. I love Broadway.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Well, it used to. It got. It got like really entertaining for the youth over the years. At first, Broadway used to be really boring, in my opinion. And then when I saw, when I got like to be a teenager and I saw Wicked for the first time, then I was like, oh, I like this. But I think I was just going to see the most boring things because we used to go to field trips, go on field trips all the time to see Broadway.

[DJ Envy]

What's the first thing you remember seeing? You know?

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, it was like a little slave play. Something.

[Just Hilarious]

Really?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, because I was in my history class.

[DJ Envy]

See if you see that, you hooked.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I never.

[Just Hilarious]

My little cousin was in it at the time too.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, I want to go see something about some slaves.

[DJ Envy]

Lauren got to introduce us to all this family she got because you met my yesterday. Now her little cousin in lion can other day with her sister danced for sza.

[Just Hilarious]

First time. I'll be by shout out to Mariah Hillard. She does dance for sza. She's on the GX tour. And you met my aunt, my aunt Phyllis, who got you the book and who wanted to see you again at the Black and Black Podcast festival. It's her granddaughter. She was her manager at Twitter.

[DJ Envy]

Well, if everybody doing so good, why you so ashy? Anyway, Kerry Washington. Kerry Washington will be here joining us this morning. She's got a new movie out called Shadow Force. It's out on May 9th and we'll be talking to her next hour. But we got front page news next. The Breakfast Club. Yep, it's the world's most dangerous morning show the Breakfast Club, Charlamagne the God. Just hilarious. DJ Envy is out, but Lauren LaRosa is in. And it's time for Front Page News. What's up, Morgan?

[Morgan Woods]

Hey, y'all.

[Just Hilarious]

Hey.

[Morgan Woods]

How y'all feeling? Happy Thursday.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Feeling good, girl.

[DJ Envy]

Bless black and highly favored. What's happening?

[Morgan Woods]

All right, y'all. So first up on Front page, President Trump says historically black colleges and universities should not be worried about federal spending cuts. Y'all know I had to get into the HBCU news, right? So Trump called into a News Nation town hall event hosted by Chris Cuomo and moderated by a Bill O'Reilly and Stephen A. Smith. Last night, when asked if HBCUs should be concerned about their funding, considering all of the funding and rollbacks that the Trump administration is doing, Trump said he took care of the HBCUs and black colleges and that he got them more money than they ever dreamt possible. Let's take a listen to those comments.

[DJ Envy]

They were going out of business. They came to me about 50 people that headed up and they came to me the first year and I took care of them. I got them more money than they ever dreamt possible and they're in great shape now. And they have long term financing. Nobody did that but Donald Trump.

[Morgan Woods]

So under the Trump administration, in his first term, he did sign a bipartisan bill in 2019 that permanently provides more than 250 million a year to the nation's historically black colleges and universities. If you were to, I guess, sum that up over the course of four years, but again, it was just 2019. If you were to sum that up over the course of four years, that would equate to one $1 billion. Under the Biden administration, it was 1.3 billion in funding to HBCUs, whereas under the Obama administration, it was 4 billion towards HBCUs.

[DJ Envy]

Now, last week, if combined, combined, there's actually more than 17 billion in federal investments from the Biden Harris administration.

[Morgan Woods]

That's right. That's right. That's right. Over the.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes, that's. That's correct.

[Morgan Woods]

And then of course, last week, Trump signed an order that will ensure HBCUs get the maximum funding they're entitled to. Now, Trump said during the town hall that they have a long term financing and that of course, nobody else did it but him. Now, Lauren, you went to a HBCU Delstate University shout out to the hornets. So what do you think of all of what he is saying?

[Just Hilarious]

I don't know how much of what is true, but I just know whoever's in the presidential office should make sure that the funding is going, because if it wasn't for federal funding, I would not have graduated from college at all. So it's very important, and that's all I know. They need the money. A lot of it, too.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Just Hilarious]

It should be a ticket like it should be. If you don't fund HBCUs, we don't support you like it is a big.

[DJ Envy]

Ticket, you're not gonna get no pushback from me. You know, you see Donald TRUMP Supporting HBCUs, the only thing I would say is we want more. But you know me, who wouldn't?

[Just Hilarious]

Yep.

[Morgan Woods]

Period. Period. So Trump addressed recent polling on his approval rating as saying they were fake polls where Democrats were interviewed. Yeah, he said Democrat. More Democrats were interviewed than GOP members. When asked about making a deal with China, Trump said, there is a very good chance, but there will be. But it will be on the terms of the US and of course, he shrugged off concerns about the economy and concerns that his policies only benefit the wealthy. Trump said he knows what he is doing is perfectly and that his is perfect and essentially that his economic approach will be better for the middle class.

[DJ Envy]

Well, you can't. Well, you can't. You can't lie to people because people are going to feel it in their pockets regardless. So, you know, you can get on television and, you know, say that, but if people don't feel it in their pockets, they, they, they go, they gonna push back. And when people, you know, when people are losing jobs, when people can't afford to pay their bills or they can't afford to put food on their table, they will push back. So you can, you can't lie to them about that because they feel it.

[Morgan Woods]

Right. And speaking of which, the numbers don't lie. So the new reports have the US Economy heading into uncertain waters this summer. As you have been saying, Charlemagne, the gross domestic product, or gdp, which some of the value of goods and services produced, fell 3 point, fell 3% over last year. Growth had originally been predicted by economists, but outlooks were revised to negative thanks to the reaction of President Trump's global tariffs. A separate report from payroll processor ADP showed job creation slowed to 62,000 positions last month, about half of what economists were expecting. So it does appear that we are heading into a recession and things are getting tight.

[DJ Envy]

And Trump said that this isn't his GD gdp, this is Biden's gdp.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You did say that.

[DJ Envy]

That's. That's not true. Absolutely. Okay.

[Morgan Woods]

You talk about this quarterly.

[DJ Envy]

That's Right. You are the president of the United States of America. The tariffs and other things you have implemented directly have impacted America's gdp. You got to own that, you know, I mean, you can't keep pointing the blame at other people. You are the person that is governing right now.

[Morgan Woods]

This is you clock is cpg.

[Just Hilarious]

You know how your grandma be telling you, like, keep money in the mattress and keep gas in your car. What you supposed to do right now? And in preparation for the recession, like, what's the.

[DJ Envy]

That's a good starter. I was, I was, I was thinking about, you know, just, you know, stocking up on things that you would probably need. But the reality of the situation is you probably can't afford to stock up on things you actually need. Like if you know that there's going to be a recession this summer. So you say, hey, you know what? Let me stock up on, you know, let's just say toothpaste. You might can't afford to buy three, four months of toothpaste just in case. So I don't know. I'm not an economist. You do know we on. People can see you. Right, Lauren?

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, I'm just doing my makeup real quick.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

She used to do this all the time.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, I mean, I'm in the conversation. We're here.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Okay.

[Charlamagne tha God]

All right.

[Morgan Woods]

All right, y'all. That's your front page news for 6am Stick around at 7. We will talk about Vice President Kamala Harris. She had her first speech out since losing her bid to the White House.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And you know what's crazy? You read about that, Lauren? Because I don't even see his crown royal purse up here. Remember, you used to have, like, keep money in it. I don't even see that no more. So maybe you need something.

[DJ Envy]

You need something from her.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Okay. You want a little soda? Yes. You gotta stock up.

[Just Hilarious]

A little Pepsi.

[DJ Envy]

I got you right here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Keep it right there.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You want a little nap or something?

[DJ Envy]

I got you right here. Whatever you need. Okay?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, okay. Just checking for it.

[DJ Envy]

Get it off Your chest. Is next 1-800-585-1051. If you want to call up here and tell us why you're blessed, you can do it. If you want to call up here. Event, you can do it. It's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club.

[Kerry Washington]

The Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Ray. Ray.

[DJ Envy]

Ray. Yo, Charlemagne. What up?

[Just Hilarious]

Are we live?

[Kerry Washington]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[DJ Envy]

I got an indoor pool, outdoor pool.

[Kerry Washington]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne tha God]

We can get on the phone right now.

[DJ Envy]

Here. Tell you what it is. We live. Good morning. Who's this?

[Mark]

Hey, good morning. My name is Mark from Florida.

[DJ Envy]

What part of Florida you calling from, Mark?

[Mark]

Sure, I stay out there in Orlando, but I'm a truck driver. I'm out of Missouri right now.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, man. What's going on with you? Get it off your chest, man.

[Mark]

I just wanted to talk, man.

[Just Hilarious]

Just.

[Mark]

First of all, good morning, everybody. I don't know who's up there, but good morning, Charlotte, man. DJ Envy, Lauren and Jess.

[Charlamagne tha God]

What's up?

[DJ Envy]

That's all up here.

[Mark]

Oh, okay. That's what's up. That's what's up.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Mark]

But, yeah, I just want to shout out, man, it's a. It's a best seller author, man. He done wrote three books. It's my guy, Jabez El Israel. You can find them on YouTube at the best Invest. And I just want to shout him out, man, because he's doing great things for our people as far as just teaching us how to plant and teaching us how to grow food for ourselves. His second book just came out not too long ago, and it's called the More We Grow, the More we'll see that everything we need is free. So I just want to shout them out, man. Everybody have a blessed day, man.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Very, very important skill to have, because, you know, if everything comes to a hal this summer and them shelves is empty, people definitely gonna know how to grow some food. Are you worried about it being that you're in the trucking industry? Because they saying that by mid to late May, you know, the trucking. Trucking demand gonna come to a halt.

[Mark]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, man.

[Mark]

And I listen to y'all. I'm on the podcast. I heard you say that a couple episodes back and not to worry about it, man. You know, I have faith in the most high in terms of providing for me, but it's definitely something that I know will affect the industry I'm in. So, you know, it's just about just trying to find other ways to, you know, get to the money and, you know, keep myself afloat.

[DJ Envy]

There you go.

[Mark]

Other than that, you know, I hope everybody just, you know, had that same idea and that same way of thinking.

[DJ Envy]

But there you go. All praises due to God, my brother. Have a great day.

[Mark]

Yes, sir. Y'all do the same. All praises to the most high.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, sir. Good morning. Who's this?

[Drea]

Ooh, this is Drea. Hey, Charlamagne. And Jess, Lauren, D.J. envy.

[DJ Envy]

Peace.

[Just Hilarious]

Dre, what's happening?

[Drea]

Hey, Want to Get off my cast. I want to invite you guys to Northeast State's homecoming. This is going to be Michael Vick's first year of coaching.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, nice.

[Just Hilarious]

You said Norfolk State and Michael Vick?

[Drea]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

I'm going to the Norfolk State Del State game.

[Drea]

Okay. Did you want to go to the homecoming?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, she said. I ain't asking.

[Just Hilarious]

I might have an announcement soon for Norfolk State homecoming. I was there last year, too.

[Charlamagne tha God]

All right.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes.

[Drea]

Charlamagne and Jess, I want y'all to come. This is his first year, so I'm trying to get everybody out to support.

[Just Hilarious]

I'm trying to get them to come to the Dell State Norfolk game.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Girl, wait a minute. Damn. So what is this game you talking about? When is the homecoming game you talking about?

[Drea]

It's October 26th.

[Charlamagne tha God]

October 26th.

[DJ Envy]

Let me make sure that ain't South Carolina State University homecoming. Cause I promise, I don't know if it is.

[Drea]

Charlamagne, I need you to make both.

[DJ Envy]

I can't lie and promise everybody. You know I didn't lie to hurt them. Damn.

[Charlamagne tha God]

She said I need rights. She said I need you to make both.

[DJ Envy]

I can't lie on the same date. You know what I mean? And then know I'm lying. No, I'm coming. I am going to one of them. Probably South Carolina State, though.

[Just Hilarious]

You. I feel like you already told me you was gonna come to Norfolkdale State.

[DJ Envy]

I ain't seen you.

[Just Hilarious]

That was Envy and Jax, remember? You did, too. Cause you said. No, no, no.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm saying I'm coming.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Hell, yeah, I said I'm coming.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, well, shout out to Norfolk State. And I'm glad. I hope Mike Vick has a great season, you know, And I hope y'all have an amazing homecoming. Thank you.

[Drea]

That sound like you ain't gone, but I got you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

Would you want me a lot? Be like yeah, yeah, yeah. For sure, for sure, for sure. Let me know. Tell me. You already told me. You told me when the date is. Okay. Get it off your chest. 1-800-585-1051 Call us right now it's the world's most dangerous morning show the Breakfast Club.

[Kerry Washington]

The Breakfast Club this is your time to get it off your chest Whether you're mad or blessed I hate the.

[DJ Envy]

Way that you walk the way that.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You talk I hate the way that you dress Everything with me is blessed.

[Kerry Washington]

Call up now 800-585-1051 not just me.

[DJ Envy]

I'm with the culture feeling Good morning. Who's this? Good morning, Breakfast Club. This is Uber Mike. How y'all doing? Uber Mike. What's up, King side?

[Drea]

What's going on?

[Mark]

Hey, Charlamagne, you always promoting your Black Effect podcast.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, sir. Black Effect podcast.

[Drea]

Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How can.

[Mark]

How can I. Because I have one for two years on Spotify.

[DJ Envy]

How do I, like, unite with you.

[Mark]

Talking about ride sharing and how to navigate, like, safety situations for drivers?

[DJ Envy]

Damn, you should have been to the Black Effect Podcast Festival. You could have pitched your podcast at the Nissan Activation man. They had a picture.

[Mark]

I'll be there next year, I promise. Okay, yeah, next year for sure.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Mark]

Yeah, but I just want to help drivers navigate because a lot of drivers can get killed and how to navigate. You know, this is my stepping here with over 25,000 trips, so.

[DJ Envy]

Damn.

[Mark]

I just want to, you know, like, give. Give some options and stuff for drivers. How to move, how to navigate.

[DJ Envy]

That's good information, man. Hit up Black Effects DM we got going on Instagram at Black Effect. Hit up. Hit up that dm.

[Mark]

Okay, I'll do that.

[DJ Envy]

All right, brother. Good morning. Who's this?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

This is lt. Lc.

[Drea]

Lt as in Tango.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, hey, lt. Hey, Tango. What's up, Tango?

[Just Hilarious]

You'll be having to say that a lot because you was ready.

[Drea]

I do. I really do. So first, good morning, Jess. Hilarious. Lauren, Larissa, and of course, Charlemagne. I wanted to call in because this past weekend, I did the meet and greet with you Charlamagne at your podcast festival here in Atlanta, and I gave you my first script, A Rose in Harlem, remember?

[DJ Envy]

Yes. What you mean, yes, I got a rose in Harlem. Absolutely. And you told me that you see Envision Tiana Taylor in it.

[Drea]

Yes, yes, yes. So you do remember. Okay, absolutely. So I was just following up with that. Just wanted to make sure, you know, you still had that.

[DJ Envy]

I have.

[Drea]

I told you I didn't want you to skin it black me.

[DJ Envy]

No, no, I haven't gotten a chance to read it yet, but I. But I. But I. But I have it, actually. My. My good sister Dolly took it with her, so I'm gonna get it from her this weekend, actually. But I look forward to reading it.

[Drea]

Thank you. I. Thank you for that opportunity as well. I had actually emailed Karen because I wanted to see about, like, the process. If you, like, take meetings or lunches.

[DJ Envy]

Or anything, I promise you I'll find you. I. If I like it, I'll find you.

[Drea]

Okay, well, thank you, guys. I hope you guys have a good day.

[DJ Envy]

Why, you too. Open your eyes, Jess, because, you know.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You was not about to See Dolly this weekend. You just saw her last week. Y'all need to live in the same state.

[DJ Envy]

Don't do that.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm gonna get her from her this weekend. Oh, okay.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Just Hilarious]

She didn't even know she was here. Today is Thursday.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning. Who's this?

[Drea]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, how are you? Who is this?

[Drea]

I'm good. This is Nikki from Neptune, New Jersey.

[DJ Envy]

Peace. Mickey.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Nikki.

[Drea]

Peace. Peace. I want to say good morning to Jessica and Lauren. Morning, Girla.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you.

[Drea]

I love you.

[DJ Envy]

We love you, too.

[Drea]

I wanted to. I wanted to get off my chest. I seen that orange man on TV last night. He came across my screen and the way he was sitting there, lying, talking about everything is on Biden.

[DJ Envy]

Nah, he can't. He gotta hold this when he is the President of the United States of America. When Joe Biden left office, the GDP was actually pretty good. And, you know, because of a lot of the things that Trump has implemented over the first hundred days, it is not anymore. So he gotta own that.

[Drea]

He don't own nothing. He lied about everything. You know, didn't want to over talk everybody.

[DJ Envy]

You know what's interesting? You know, we can't act like any of these tariffs and stuff is a surprise because he said he was going to do this, and him and Elon Musk, they all said there was going to be a period of economic pain that everybody was going to have to go through. I would rather them just keep saying that as opposed to, you know, now trying to put the blame on Biden. That's weak. Exactly.

[Drea]

And he need to bring that man home from El Salvador and bring him home to his family. He knew he was wrong, what he did. If they did that to his family, he'd be bending over backwards and stuttering over his words trying to get his family home.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I thought they was trying to bring him. They. They not.

[Just Hilarious]

He said he wasn't doing it. And if.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, he told them.

[Drea]

He said he told them. He's not bringing that man home. He can make a phone call if he wants to, but he's not.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Of course he can.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, you. You got it? You good?

[Drea]

I got it.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. Make sure you got it all out. That's all.

[Drea]

You guys have a great weekend.

[DJ Envy]

You, too. Thank you for calling. All right, that's. Get it off your chest. We do that every morning, man. Anytime you want to vent, you can call up here and do that. Anytime you want to call up here and tell us why you blessed. You could do that, too. Every morning on the Breakfast Club. Now we got the latest with Lauren coming up next.

[Just Hilarious]

We do. So Misa Hilton, Mary J. Blige, the $5 million lawsuit.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, Lord. They still going at it?

[Just Hilarious]

Well, I talked to Misa yesterday.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Misael still going at it. Mary don't give a damn, do she?

[Just Hilarious]

Mary's team has not responded to me, but I did talk to Misa Hilton yesterday, and she watched the segment that we did, and she wanted to clear up some things. Okay, so we gonna get into that first thing in the latest.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we'll talk about it when we come back. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club.

[Kerry Washington]

The Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Charlamagne the God. Just hilarious. Envy is out, but Lauren LaRosa is in. And it is time for the latest for Lauren.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Lauren becoming a street thing.

[DJ Envy]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details.

[Just Hilarious]

I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything.

[DJ Envy]

She'd be having the latest on the.

[Kerry Washington]

Bees, the Lord, the Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[DJ Envy]

Sometimes you have facts. Sometimes she have details. Sometimes she have a little bit everything.

[Kerry Washington]

Well, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Talk to me.

[Just Hilarious]

All right, y'all. So I told y'all that we was gonna get some things straight when it came to this. Misa Hilton, Mary J. Blige, $5 million lawsuit over Vado. All right, so I spoke to Misa Hilton, and she wanted to make clear Charlamagne, you would ask some questions about why $5 million. And is VATO even making that?

[DJ Envy]

No, what I said, was he ever. I said, has he ever made that for Cam'ron? When he was signed to Cameron? Did he ever make that for Khaled when he was signed with Khaled? What. What made them project $5 million for Vado?

[Charlamagne tha God]

All right, well, before y'all get to that, I didn't want to say anything yesterday because everybody knew who this man was. But who is Vato? Because I thought y'all was mistaken. Vito's name, Pavado. Vito was a singer. Don't play with him. Put some respect on it. But no, Vito is really a good singer. He'd be with Eric Bellinger and all them.

[Just Hilarious]

Like, he'd be going viral online.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I know all the time. I love Vito the singer. Yo, he on Tank, R B Money album and all that.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

You would enjoy him. Is a rapper from New York.

[DJ Envy]

You should have pulled up some of.

[Charlamagne tha God]

His old records, because I didn't know that Margie Blatch had artists and I didn't know that. I never heard of it.

[Just Hilarious]

I'll get you a bottle song.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

You could listen to. Actually, he has one with Mary J. Blige, which is. We're gonna talk about it. Okay.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

So according to Misa Hilton, she says when you calculated numbers, Vato was writing for two Mary J. Blige albums, as well as two tours that he was promised that he was going to go on with her that are now not happening. Allegedly. So Misa says Mary J. Blige removed all of this. Allegedly. And the number, the $5 million is from them, anticipating album sales. And it's not because they were supporting her label. It's because he's a super creative writer, vocal producer and ghostwriter. And the song, for instance, that he has with Mary J. Blige, the Still Believe in love song, went 10 weeks, number one on the chart. So basically, she's saying that, like, there were things happening, like he was supposed to be on tour, which would have equaled bookings, and he has, like, writings and different things that he's been doing and was doing that he can't do anymore. Because allegedly, Mary J. Is like, no, because you didn't come over to this side.

[DJ Envy]

I appreciate all that information, but it still don't answer my question. Did he ever make $5 million for Cameron? Did he ever make $5 million for Khaled? What made him think he could make $5 million? Now, I do agree that if he is stuck in a contract that he shouldn't be in anymore, and Mary is the reason for that, then Mary should let him out the contract that I agree with.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes. And, you know, Misa also wanted to make it clear that her and Mary J. Blige and their friendship of over 30 years did not end or fall out or wherever it is right now because of Vato. And she did not file this lawsuit just because she's upset that they're friends. To Charlemagne's point, it was about the business and it was about the contract, and it wasn't honored. And, you know, if. If it was the other way around, where he had a contract he was supposed to honor with Mary J. Blige or whatever, and he did not do that. They could have taken legal action as well. So, you know that she just wanted to clear that.

[DJ Envy]

They say it's no permanent friends and enemies when it comes to business, but what if you were already friends? Yeah, it's easy to say that when people you're not really dealing with, but you're actually friends with a person. Is it?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah. It definitely can mess up difficult relationships. It's definitely difficult.

[Just Hilarious]

I prefer not to do business with friends.

[Charlamagne tha God]

With friends.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah. And if I do do it, I'd rather be like, stand off. Like, maybe I'm just like. I don't know, something, because it gets a little tricky. But she also wanted to clarify the timeline on when they fell out. She says that. She said it's been a year that they have not spoken. And again, she doesn't really know the exact reason why, but there's a ton of different things that have happened within that year. She said, jess, she heard you say that you saw them at the strength of a woman content in 2024. And she wanted to make it clear. She alleges that during that time, Mary J. Blige wasn't even speaking to her because she released, you know, collaboration of her own. What's wrong?

[DJ Envy]

Relax, J. No, because.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, because there's so much going on, and I didn't realize that she would talk directly to me while all this is happening, but. Okay, people be listening.

[DJ Envy]

All right. Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

I think she just wants to clear things up, because even though. You know what I mean, I didn't.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Realize that they weren't speaking. They were literally sat on the panel together. But you know what?

[DJ Envy]

It.

[Charlamagne tha God]

We don't know what's happening. Right. That's just another example if you don't know what people are really going through behind closed doors. Because I swear, like, it seemed like everything was fine, like, they were in the same rooms. We were behind stage together. And no, Murray not supposed to be like, oh, I don't like that. And you know, me's not supposed to be. I don't like, you know, it wasn't giving that energy. And these are two women that know how to govern themselves with. With or without drama, you know?

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

But I tell you who don't give a damn about none of this.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Who?

[DJ Envy]

Mary Jane Bly. Okay? You do that video that you sent me yesterday with Mary on stage, and Mary just like, man, sing the damn song so I can get up out here. If you think Mary care about any of this, you are chilling crazy.

[Just Hilarious]

That's why I ain't got nothing from that side. I've been trying, y'all.

[DJ Envy]

Mary.

[Just Hilarious]

So her middle name is Jane?

[DJ Envy]

No, I don't think.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, I was about to say that. Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Let's see what that J stand for. I can't believe we don't know this yet.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, I know. I never thought about it.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, no.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I never heard nobody ask that before. What is the J? Because you know how Wheezy F he always. He changed. The F is for something different every song, but it does stand for J. Mary Jane Blush.

[Just Hilarious]

So perfect.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I like that.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah. Well, yeah, that is the update there. But, yeah, the lawsuit is still ongoing, but she didn't want to clear up those few things. Basically, she said, stop playing with, you know, artists and creatives. Charlamagne because you don't know what's in their pockets.

[DJ Envy]

I know it's not, but that's why I'm asking the question.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But you know what? You know what?

[DJ Envy]

That's why I asked.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Did the guy say anything yet?

[Just Hilarious]

No.

[DJ Envy]

This is nothing personal. Bottle's always been a cool, solid individual. I'm just. From a business perspective, when I'm thinking about the business. So I think about Cam. I think about Khaled. Did he ever make Cam $5 million? Did he ever make Khaled $5 million? So what would, you know, make them feel like? What would they. Why would they project that he could make them five men? I'm just asking. That's what I'm asking. I'm asking questions.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Well, do we have a song?

[DJ Envy]

We still ain't got nothing in the.

[Charlamagne tha God]

System because I want to identify vitals.

[Just Hilarious]

The Mary J. Blige song that vato's on.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I may have heard it. You know how you hear something you don't even know? You don't put the name to the face or you don't know the name.

[DJ Envy]

And that's why it sucks to be an artist, because you've been mentioning bottle for the last three days, but not one goddamn record plate.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, and then hangs.

[DJ Envy]

Not even a whole record.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I know. Let me see. Well, we don't have none. What?

[Just Hilarious]

Dj, I'm just sitting here.

[DJ Envy]

That's your damn problem right there.

[Just Hilarious]

I didn't mean to do that. No, because that stressed me out. You want me to scratch, scratch, too. I'm just sitting here.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Come on, get with it.

[DJ Envy]

We got Front Page News coming up next with Morgan Woods. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Kerry Washington]

You're checking out the Breakfast Club?

[DJ Envy]

Yes. It's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club. Charlemagne the God. Just hilarious. DJ Envy is out with Lauren LaRosa is in. And it's time for Front Page News with Morgan Woods. Morgan, what's happening?

[Just Hilarious]

Hey, girl.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, y'all. Hey, hold on. Can I do two NBA playoff scores first? Morgan.

[Morgan Woods]

Okay, get into it.

[DJ Envy]

Last night, the Rockets beat the Warriors 131 to 116. And the Los Angeles Lakers, Timberwolves in five. Okay. The Timberwolves beat the Los Angeles Lakers in five games yesterday. So LeBron James and Lucas sitting they ass at home and I'm laughing my ass off because I don't know if this was real or not, but there was a picture of Ronny James and he posted missing the beach. And Anthony Edwards left a comment and said, I'm about to send. I'm going to send you and your daddy home there early. And he did. Timberwolves in five. Okay, what we got, Morgan?

[Morgan Woods]

All right, y'all. So former Vice President Kamala Harris is criticizing President Trump's tariff policies in her first major public remarks since leaving the White House. Now, Harris delivered a keynote address at a gala for Emerge America in San Francisco, California, yesterday, where she said people are describing the recent months as absolute chaos. She spoke about current leadership, the current administration, and said that the country belongs to we the people, not those in power. Let's take a listen to former Vice President Kamala Harris's comments at Emerge America.

[Just Hilarious]

The American people deserve leaders who make.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Their lives better and make our country stronger.

[Just Hilarious]

But sadly, we have seen quite the opposite over these past few months.

[Lauren LaRosa]

This country is ours.

[DJ Envy]

It doesn't belong to whoever is in the White House.

[Just Hilarious]

It belongs to you.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It belongs to us.

[DJ Envy]

It belongs to we the people. She's absolutely right. Absolutely right. But when the media doesn't care, they don't care because I wasn't home yesterday, so I didn't see any cable news, but was that speech aired anywhere?

[Morgan Woods]

I don't believe it.

[DJ Envy]

I ain't see it on social media. I ain't seen it on cable news.

[Just Hilarious]

That's why when you said her first speech since, I was like, oh, when did that.

[Morgan Woods]

That was not televised.

[DJ Envy]

I remember you telling us it was gonna happen, Morgan.

[Morgan Woods]

Yeah, no, no, it was not. It was not televised. But so, yeah, you. I did have to go looking for it. So what you're saying is that that's something that more people should have saw, more people should have heard?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, when the media don't care, they don't care because I did not see that speech nowhere. And it sounded like it was a good speech. I'm gonna go watch it in full later.

[Morgan Woods]

So, yeah, the former vp, she did say that the tariffs that Trump has imposed are clearly inviting a recession, referring to what she now calls the greatest man made economic crisis in modern presidential history. Now, elsewhere or meanwhile on Capitol Hill yesterday, I was out there. Democratic lawmakers gathered for remarks on the steps of the US Capitol for an event that marked Trump's 100 days of what they call chaos. Now, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke alongside House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock, Delaware Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester and others also spoke. Let's take a listen to Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock's comments.

[DJ Envy]

This is the worst first 100 days that this country has seen in a very, very long time. And so know that as we fight on the inside, we need you to fight on the outside. And we will prove once again that this is the United States of America. And at the end of the day, it's the people who have the last word.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[Morgan Woods]

So Delaware Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester, who is only one of two black senators. Okay, real quick, just, you know, plug that real quick in the Senate, and the other one is here in Maryland.

[Just Hilarious]

Hey.

[DJ Envy]

Hey.

[Morgan Woods]

Also, Brooks. So, Lisa. Delaware Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester said that she has a message for Republicans across the aisle, and here's what she had to say in her comments on the steps.

[Just Hilarious]

When I first came in, the word was unprecedented. But now the words are uncertain, chaotic, confused, and corrupt.

[DJ Envy]

Those are the words.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And so to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, I say, on this 101st day, there is an.

[Just Hilarious]

Adage, the truth shall set you free.

[Charlamagne tha God]

The truth shall set you free.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Morgan Woods]

So what do you guys think? One the first 100 days, it seems like the country is still divided, more divided than ever. And is it more of the same as you're seeing from Dems, or do you actually see that there is some. There is some galvanizing there, some fight there? What do you think? Charlamagne?

[DJ Envy]

No, I still don't see no galvanizing, and I still don't see no fight. But the reality also is, man, you know, we. We don't have time for division. And the reason we don't have time for division right now is because this is America. Regardless of who's in the White House, everything that's happening, you know, everything that's happening in regards to this administration is going to impact all American people. When the shelves are empty, it don't matter if you Democrat or Republican. You know, when people are losing their jobs and the economy is bad, it don't matter if you Democrat or Republican, everybody is going to suffer. So, you know, y'all can sit there and keep, you know, pointing the finger and saying, oh, you Democrat, you Republican. But at the end of the day, if everybody broke, that's going. That's what's really going to matter?

[Just Hilarious]

You know who kind of just said that about the 100 days? Nelly.

[DJ Envy]

What Nelly said.

[Just Hilarious]

He just said he looking at the glasses half full. He trying to stay positive.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, yeah, he did just say so.

[Just Hilarious]

It's kind of.

[DJ Envy]

I don't even know why you bought Nelly into the conversation because I saw.

[Just Hilarious]

It this morning, I was like, oh, salute to Nelly.

[DJ Envy]

But I have no idea because, you know, he had. Nelly was on Fox News, he gave.

[Just Hilarious]

A comment to Fox News and he said he's looking at the glasses half full because that's the type of guy he is and he's staying positive.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, you really don't have no choice. Inauguration, you really don't have no choice but to remain optimistic. But you still got to deal with the reality of life, you know what I mean? And the reality of life is I don't care what your political party is when the economy's bad.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Period.

[Morgan Woods]

All right, well, let me just get into my last story real quick. Elon Musk may be stepping away from the Trump administration. There's no official announcement that he made, but yesterday during the cabinet meeting, he did indicate that it was an honor to serve. He touted finding $160 billion of government waste and predicted more accomplishments for the White House moving forward. Also keeping in mind that he is just a special government employee, so his days are numbered anyway. He was only allotted 130 days. Now, Trump told Musk it's unfair that he's been treated the way that he has. And Musk responded, well, they do like to burn my cars, which is not great. And that's a reference to the ongoing acts of vandalism involving Tesla vehicles. Of course, he has stood to take quite a loss as being involved with this administration through Tesla. Not so much the used ones, but you know, this is not a good look.

[DJ Envy]

So if you did find all this money and waste, what they gonna do with the money? Remember when they was touting those five thousand dollar stimulus checks they was gonna give to people if they found more ways? So, so what's up?

[Morgan Woods]

I believe that all of this is gonna go into the efforts of that supposed. Well, this is what they're saying at least. This is what Dems are saying, is that these tax breaks and all this money that, you know, he's supposedly finding, it's going to be lying in the pockets of his billionaire buddies. Or at least that's what the Dems are saying.

[DJ Envy]

I want to say something about the media again. Media has not been mentioning Elon Musk like that in recent weeks. Elon Musk, you know, hasn't even been seeking media like that. You haven't really seen them tweets. He was making all that noise with Doge earlier and then it started impacting his business.

[Morgan Woods]

I was going to say his pockets is probably hurting now.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. Yeah, that's right. That's right. So now he done went.

[Morgan Woods]

He was exempt.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Morgan Woods]

Oh, you thought I was feeling you. Okay. Anyways. All right. All right, y'all. That's your front page news. Follow me on social at Morgan Media and for more news coverage, follow at Black Information Network. Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit [e-mail].

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, Morgan. Now, thank you. Now, when we come back, the Icon Living Kerry Washington will be joining us. She's got a new movie out called Shadow Force. It will be in theaters May 9th. And we're gonna talk to her next on the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club.

[Kerry Washington]

The Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's DJ Envy.

[DJ Envy]

Just hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy we are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building, the Icon Living Kerry Washington here. How are you, Kerry?

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm good.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm happy to be here. Always good. When I'm with you all.

[DJ Envy]

What's your energy like this morning?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I feel good. I feel centered. I feel grateful. Yeah. I'm curious, did you have an intention.

[DJ Envy]

This morning when you woke up?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I didn't state an intention when I woke up this morning, but I woke up with a lot of gratitude.

[DJ Envy]

Amazing.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, amazing.

[Just Hilarious]

What's the gratitude for?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, I feel like this is gonna sound so cliche, but I'm very aware lately. Maybe I'm trying to cultivate more awareness lately that as much as things are challenging in the world, like, I feel like the circumstances in the world are tough at the moment for a lot of people. But also two things can be true. There's so much of my life that is truly answered prayers. Like, I know when I wake up that the career I have, my marriage, my children, my health, that, like I am living, I am walking in prayers answered.

[DJ Envy]

Is this a time for. I mean, it always never a time. But I want people to return back to God in this moment. I really do. Because if you are a person of faith.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And you got to believe everything truly does happen for our greater good. Right? Yeah. Or at least for some reason that we may not understand.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I do believe that. I do. I think that I. I try to remember Though also that. That faith is not just about being, like, handing your power over that. For me, faith is about listening for God's will, which is also pointing me in the right direction toward action. Right. Like, faith is not just about, like, sitting back and saying, like, other people will do or somebody else will provide. It's also about, like, how. How can you use me today, Lord? Right. How can I be of service today? How can I show up? Because faith isn't just about being inactive. It's about, like, really stepping into your purpose, your calling, your responsibility.

[DJ Envy]

Action. Is that your word for this season since you're in shadow for action?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I do. You know, it's funny. I feel like the last time I was here may have been to talk about my memoir, Thicker Than Water. And when I was writing Thicker Than Water, I was making this movie, and so there was, like, an awareness of a strength that was growing in my life, like an emotional strength, a spiritual strength with my family. And I feel like the film allowed me to put that in my body, like, in my cells, to be like, what does fierceness really look like, feel like on me?

[Just Hilarious]

Now that I know that, thinking about back to that conversation, I can. I've seen a movie, so I can kind of see what you're talking about. Yeah, but did you ever think that you'll be taking on. Because this is your first action film, you'd be taking on action in your care in a role like this.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I. I mean, I'm. I'm just gonna be honest with you. I did an action film 20 years ago. I was Angelina Jolie's best friend in Mr. And Mrs. Smith. And I got to, like, climb that mountain with Angelina and shoot some guns. And I was like, I love this. I loved it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, so you loved it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But I never had a chance to.

[DJ Envy]

Remember that you said it just now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, until I. Then I, like, my career kind of took a different turn, and I was doing drama and TV and movies and comedy, but I'd never had a chance to do action again. And I really wanted to. So my production company, Simpson street, when Scandal ended, I was like, we need to find a great action film. And when I read this one, I was like, this is it. Because I feel like my favorite action films are the ones where you know why the explosions are happening right where you care about the characters, where there are real emotional stakes. And so I felt like to have an A big. This film is like a crazy, big ass, splashy action adventure, but at its heart, it's about love. It's about family. It's about the sacrifices you make for the people that you love the most. It's about what it means to be a parent. And, like, I think most parents know what it feels like to be, like, I would go to the ends of the earth to protect this child. But if you are a trained mercenary like my character, and you kill people for a living, what does that look like to really do whatever it takes to protect your little black boy?

[Just Hilarious]

Joy, what was the training like at this point in your career for this action film versus that first action film?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't even remember the training for that one. And, you know, maybe because I'm older or just. It was so new for me, but this was intense. It was great. I mean, there was a lot of just weightlifting and Pilates, even just to get in shape to be able to learn the choreography. And then there was stunt training and weapons training, because we're not just shooting guns. We're loading guns, we're cleaning guns, where there was the fight choreography. I mean, it was hours and hours of training.

[DJ Envy]

Did you know how to bust your gun before?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, I didn't.

[DJ Envy]

It was the first thing you learned how to shoot? Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. I mean, I had done a little bit, but I. I really. On all different kinds of guns, and I'm a really good shot.

[DJ Envy]

Did it make you want to own one?

[Lauren LaRosa]

It didn't make me want to own one, but it made me grateful that I could use it if I needed to. Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Was it ever challenging? What part of it was ever challenging?

[Lauren LaRosa]

The shooting was not challenging, weirdly. It was weird like, that it came. I mean, I have one of our targets that I'm framing for my office that I got, like, a bullet in each eye like crazy. I'm. I don't know why I'm such a good shot, but I'm. I'm not complaining. I think the physical, like, learning the martial arts, especially because a lot of my fights were with people much bigger than me. So to learn how to fight Omar C. Who plays my husband in the film, who's the actor, many of you may love him from Lupin, or Lupin, if you're saying it the French way, but he's so much taller than me. And so to figure out, like, what is my fight approach, to be able to take him on was fun and hard.

[DJ Envy]

I'm be honest with you. Sounds very tiring. Like, what was the recovery process like? Was it a lot of ice packs?

[Just Hilarious]

Icy Hot on a press tour while.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You'Re doing all this But I loved it. I mean, it was useful to have a husband at the time, you know, my husband, who was a former professional athlete, to be able to kind of help me through some of that. But I love that. I love challenging myself physically and I love working out. I love getting into the body of the character. So it was exhausting. But I also felt. I don't know, I was really proud that when my kids would get up on a Saturday morning, they would come downstairs and see Mommy, like, with the boxing gloves on, kicking ass in the driveway with my trainer. Like, there was something really exciting about that.

[DJ Envy]

Does a role like this help you to express your shadow. Shadow side more?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think so. I definitely, like.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I've.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think, think my go to personality. I'm much more of a lover than a fighter. I'm not a person who likes to argue. I'm not really combative. I'm not. I'm not avoidant. But I'm definitely not an aggressive person. So this did help me tap into a level of anger and aggression and courage more than anything.

[DJ Envy]

Ooh, courage. That's a strong word. Why? Why courage?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Because I think when you put yourself in situations where you can get hurt, it requires you to face those fears. And, you know, the. It's funny, I was talking to Omar because he's French, and our word courage comes from the French word cur, which means heart. So it's really about, like, having a strong heart, a capacity to challenge your heart.

[DJ Envy]

That's interesting, because I was thinking about something earlier. I was like, what do you think your characters have taught you? That no human being or real life ever? Because it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, I'm lucky because every time I play a character, I get to learn her greatest lessons. So it's almost like reincarnation in this lifetime. Like, I get to learn what she learns and then fold it into my life to move forward. A lot of times, what characters remind me, they remind me to be grateful, you know, like, for this film. In Shadow Force, it's. It's really about what it takes to protect the people you love from the systems that want to cause you harm, which I think is very relevant right now. But this couple, they used to be part of this spy unit. You know, they were trained killers together. They broke the rules, they fell in love, I got pregnant. So now we have to go on the run to protect our kid from the very unit that we used to be a part of, the Shadow Force unit. So for me, the film is about, like, when there are systems that don't want you to have freedom and love and joy. What do you do to fight those systems? And I think that's a great lesson to be reminded of right now. It's a great question for all of us to be asking ourselves right now. You know, like, I, too, as a mom, want to protect my black boy joy. I want my son to hold onto his joy in the face of a world that may not be invested in his liberty and strength. And so that for the film, the film was a great reminder. Also, these two mercenaries, you know, they have to separate. I kind of back off from the family to try to protect them from afar. And Omar plays the dad. It's this beautiful. It's such a perfect date movie because the action is beast. But Omar also plays. He's doing the primary parenting as the dad. And that image of a black father who's so, like, locked in and present is so beautiful in a film. But part of what they learn is about partnership. Like, if you're lucky enough to have a partner in parenting, you are so much stronger when you lean into that partnership. And that partner could be your spouse. It could be your sister. It could be your mother. It could be your stepdad. It could be whoever is part of that village. But leaning into that partnership and parenting is also a gift. So I think I walked away from the film feeling so grateful for my partner, for my kids, for our safety, for our willingness to fight, for our joy, no matter what's happening in the world.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we got more with Kerry Washington when we come back. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's DJ Envy.

[DJ Envy]

Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren laros is here as well. We're still kicking it with Kerry Washington.

[Just Hilarious]

Lauren, the first scene that stood out to me, where I was like, I think this is what I'm feeling. I'm feeling like she's fighting the fact that, like, this is a good man and he loves your son and you as much as you think he does. Just let him do it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Ooh, you got it, girl.

[Just Hilarious]

Y'all were at the gun range.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And don't give no damn more.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay, That's a little bit of that in the grind.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah. And y'all had the back and forth there.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

And you left. And his shot was perfect.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

And I was like, man, it talked a lot about how men have to sacrifice in family and relationships versus how women have to do it. And how we view it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes.

[Just Hilarious]

And how we come together.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Cause we really kind of twisted the gender norms in this film where the woman is out there working, protecting from afar, trying to, you know, not just bring home the bacon, like, bring home the dead bodies to protect this family. But he's. Even though he's badass and strong, he's also, like, the more sensitive parent. He's, like, really present. I was talking to my girlfriends. Like, to me, there is nothing sexier than watching a man be a good dad. It is just, like, so beautiful. So I just love that we're kind of playing in those gender norms and asking people to challenge your idea of even what family looks like today.

[Just Hilarious]

Did that cause any conversations for you at home with your family of, like, okay, here are some things that, you know, I want to, I don't know, let you do. Let you. I'm gonna lean and allow you to do. Because that was, like, the biggest thing. It's like, yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know that the film caused me to have those conversations in my marriage. But I think one of the reasons why the film really resonated for me is because I do really understand the value of the partnership that I'm in, and I really do have. You know, I love parenting with my husband. You know, I love our marriage, and I love how we are a team with these kids. And both are really important, like, to cultivate the time to just be a couple, and then to cultivate the time to pour into the family, too. All of that is just so important. So when I read the script, I was like, oh, this just feels so good to see black love portrayed in this way. Black power, like, they are so badass. But also to see black love sort of explored in this way.

[DJ Envy]

You play so many different roles. Like, when you go home, how do you remain rooted and who Kerry Washington is?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I have rituals that I do at the end of the day. Like, a lot of times. You know, a lot of times I'll play a character, for example, who's married to somebody else. Right. And so for me, when I take off my wedding ring and put it back on at the beginning of the end of the day, that's a. A small ritual that grounds me in who I am, because it's such a big part of who I am and how I walk in the world. And I just. I have, like, ways that I close out the day, because in the beginning of my career, I used to try to live in these characters all day long. But when you get married and have kids, you're like, I don't need to Go home and be sharing my shadow self with people that don't deserve that or need that. So I try to really create containers. You know, some of that has to do with the hair and the makeup. When I take off the costume, I just try to leave what needs to be left there. It's not always perfect. There's. You know, I'm a person who thinks a lot about the work, even when I'm not at work. But I do try to make sure that I'm as present as I can be with my family, because they deserve that.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Have you ever bought it home and called your man the wrong name?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No.

[DJ Envy]

Call him the character's name? No.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Has he ever called you the character's name? Oh, yes. Olivia.

[DJ Envy]

No.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No. Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, no, no.

[DJ Envy]

I feel like I gotta say congratulations to you too, because the 6888 received a congressional Medal in Grant of Honor. I feel like the Netflix series and Nicole Avon and Tyler Perry, I feel like that amplified that story.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That was our goal. You know, when. When Tyler and Nicole came to me with that project, it was so clear to us that this story needed to be told because these women needed to be celebrated. And that the most important thing was that we made a movie that really resonated with people so that no one would ever forget these women existed and what they did, the sacrifices they made for this country and the courage they had to do what they did. So the fact that it, like, broke records, it was Tyler's biggest film ever on Netflix, that 50 million people watched it in the first few months, like, it was just an insane success for the platform. And I'm really proud of that, because what that says to me is that at a time when our history is so under attack, that that is a story that cannot be taken away from us and that we understand our role to do good and to make the world a better place. And that. That. That has been a part of the history of this country forever.

[DJ Envy]

How did that feel psychologically, to see like, this same administration has taken so much from us to also reward the six. Triple eight.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I don't know if it was this administration that made that decision or if it happened prior to.

[DJ Envy]

Because I just saw the speaker at a house.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I would just say whoever gives them their flowers, they deserve their flowers.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It doesn't make me say that the other decisions they're making are okay. Right? Like, they don't get a pass because they've done this one thing. These women deserve to be honored and celebrated despite Whoever is in power at any time.

[Just Hilarious]

And then the. The NAACP Image Award moment. But thank you to Tyler Perry. Congratulations. Outstanding actress in a motion picture.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And then we also won best picture, which was so. I'm so proud as an executive producer of that film.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, the movie was perfectly casted, too. Oh, my God.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, y'all, like, killed it with the.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Kids, all those girls. It was. As a producer, I was really proud to be introducing all of that young talent, all those incredible young black actresses to the world. They were so amaz. And in Shadow Force, too. I mean, Jaleel, as a producer. When I. When we audition, Omar and I auditioned Jaleel, who plays our son in the film, I mean, he, like, steals the movie. He's so adorable and lovable, and he has to be right, because every explosion, every kick, every punch is for him. So you have to fall in love with him, and he's so good. And then Method Man's in the film Divine Joy. We were lucky we got her before her fancy Oscar. But the cast is incredible as staff Cron Don.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I love this.

[DJ Envy]

Cron Don's in it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, Cron Don's great.

[Just Hilarious]

I wanted to ask you, when the NAACP Image Award moment happened where you think Tyler Perry again, and then he posted online talking about how that brought him to tears. Y'all talked after, I'm sure.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, we did.

[Just Hilarious]

Was it an emotional conversation?

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was. Because, again, like, we don't. You know, we had just made this film to give flowers to 852 women in heaven and three who were still with us to honor their sacrifice and their service. And he was like, I'm so grateful that you take that you took the time to give me my flowers now. Right? We can't wait for people to go to say how great they are. We need to let people know in the real. And I didn't. I just didn't know that I had thanked him twice.

[Just Hilarious]

I was going through your life because I blacked out.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I really, really, really did not think I was gonna win. Like, I told Namdi to stay home. Like, you don't gotta come to this, baby. Like, I knew. I knew that Cynthia Erivo was winning that award.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She was nominated for an Oscar. I'm such a crazy, wicked fan. Like, I voted for Cynthia, so it was amazing. I really was shocked. Like. Like Beyonce album of the year shocked. Like, just couldn't believe that that had happened. Yeah. And then when I got up on stage, I blacked out, so I didn't remember having said him. And the idea when I was walking off stage that I may not have said his name was so devastating to me. I just blew up the whole show.

[DJ Envy]

I love that, though. I love that level of gratitude, you know what I mean? Because I feel like a lot of people don't do that. Why was that so important for you to do in that moment? Like, I have to make sure I.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think because Tyler's been such a support for me throughout my career. Like, at a time earlier in my career where I was like, I'm done acting. I don't think I want to do this anymore. He called me to be in for Colored Girls, beautiful film. And I got to work with so many of my heroes. Whoopi Goldberg and Phylicia Rashad and Loretta Devine and Janet Jackson and Nikononi Rose, a young Tessa Thompson. Like, he's been there for me even when I've struggled, like, in my career with paparazzi and fame, he's provided some safe spaces for me. He's a confidant. He's an advisor. He's a real friend. And to come to me with this role, I just thought this was an extraordinary gift to be able to play Captain Charity Adams, a woman who was so inspiring and so heroic. It really felt like the gift of a lifetime to be asked to step into this process with him and co produce with him. So I want. I just. It was. I couldn't imagine not thanking him.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we got more with Kerry Washington when we come back.

[Just Hilarious]

Don't move.

[DJ Envy]

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's DJ Envy. Jess.

[DJ Envy]

Hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy we are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRose is here as well. We're still kicking it with Kerry Washington. Charlamagne, what are the biggest lessons you've learned as a producer as opposed to things you learned as a.

[Lauren LaRosa]

As an actress? I guess the thing I love most about producing is when you're an actor, you really are sitting around waiting for somebody else to give you an opportunity to. To do what you love to do, right? Like, you're like, please, somebody hire me. Somebody invite me to your party. Like, I just want to play. I want to hang out. I want a seat at the table. But when you're a producer, it's that thing of, like, if you don't have a seat at the table, build your own table. Like, I get to build my own table now. And because it's my table, it's the table I know I want to be at, and I do not build a table. For one. So to have a table where I know thousands of people are getting to work and to pursue excellence and chase their dreams because of what we're doing at Simpson street, that's such a gift. So I think as a producer, again, it's really about, like, how can I be of service? Not just to find the projects that I want to do and tell the stories I want to tell for me, but also, like, I'm so proud of our show, Reasonable Doubt, which we're shooting in Atlanta right now.

[Just Hilarious]

Season three, Desperate Housewives remake. Yes.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So we're really, like, we are creating lots of opportunities, not just for me, but for other people and that I love to be of service.

[Just Hilarious]

I was going to ask, how do you pick what you get involved in or choose to do? Because the Desperate Housewives spinoff, it's like, 20 years later. Were you a fan of the show or, like, how. What was the background?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, I love the show. I'm a huge fan of the show. And that showrunner, Mark Cherry. I just. I thought it's just a great time. Like, some of the issues of that show, the idea of, like, living a life of perfection where everything looks good, but underneath there are secrets and desires and complexities that we're not talking about. Like, that still resonates. So I thought this was a good time to. To think about how would that show exactly exist now? Who would be in that cul de sac now? Because it looks different now than it did 20 years ago.

[DJ Envy]

I see people not happy about that, though. I saw some. Some backlash. It was like, we don't want a new cast. I think they're trying to say we don't want no diversity. I think that's what they really said.

[Just Hilarious]

I was thinking that means we want. They're gonna have some black neighbors.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We'll see. We'll see.

[DJ Envy]

How do you. Even. When you hear stuff like that, does it. Does it deter you in any way? Like, is that a project I want to touch?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm open to feedback. I think it's important to have your ear open to crack criticism. But I try to only give real power to people who are in the game. Right. Like, I don't really take criticism to heart from people who I don't admire and respect.

[Just Hilarious]

Damn, you can't even get in the club from outside.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's like, I'm not gonna.

[Just Hilarious]

I have to.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I have to like you and, like, how you're living and what you're doing and what you're creating to feel like you have. Have a Say on what I do, but I'm very open. I'm a very collaborative person. I'm very open to feedback. I love getting like. I love directors who challenge me, who make me be better, who ask tough questions. You just have to be careful with your energy and not give it to haters.

[DJ Envy]

So just the random folks on social media, you like, whatever.

[Just Hilarious]

Not me.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You.

[Just Hilarious]

I.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Again, you. I think you have to stay aware. I think anytime you dismiss human beings is. That's not healthy, because everybody matters. Everybody's a child of God. People's voices matter. People count. Count. But you just have to. For me, as I'm weighing input, I have to make sure that I don't give my power away question.

[DJ Envy]

When y'all. When you were doing Scandal, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

You know, scandal seemed very absurd. When you think about the government, when you look at the government now, you like, what? Like, Shonda couldn't even write this.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's wild. Yeah, it's wild.

[DJ Envy]

What would Olivia Pope do right now if she was part of this government.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Which I don't think she would be part of this government. I don't think she would have.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Have.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, she wouldn't serve this administration.

[DJ Envy]

Even to be a spook who sat by the door like the.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, that's an interesting twist. Maybe Shonda would write that kind of version. Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I don't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I really. This administration is beyond what I can wrap my head around right now.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And so I'm really, really trying to pivot my focus on most days to how each of us can show up, up to participate in this process in ways that really matters, because I think we got here because too many people feel like they don't matter, like their voices didn't matter. I think if more people understood the power of their vote, we wouldn't be where we are.

[DJ Envy]

When did you first realize people were watching you not just as a actress, but as a. As a leader?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, that's a good question. I don't know. I think I've always been a little bit of a. You know, I started my activism work when I was a teenager, so I've always been a person who's kind of been an artist but also tried to be of service. But I don't know. I don't. I don't. I mean, even as you said it, I was like, oh, I guess people do think of me as a leader, but I don't. That's not first in my mind. I don't think about it in those terms. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Interesting.

[Just Hilarious]

I would say even Politically, like, people, they. I don't know your character, of course, because of, you know. But even politically, like, people look to you to see, like, who you're talking about, why you're talking about, on what you're doing, what you're not doing. You got off a X at one point.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I did, yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

You took a break. I saw you post that as well. Are you back now?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, no, no, no.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, like, for what?

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Just Hilarious]

No, but it's so synonymous with Olivia Pope and who. You know what I mean? The whole scandal show, that was Twitter.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, that was an X. X Twitter was. Made our show part of what it was. The culture on Twitter and black Twitter. But X is a different place now. The neighborhood has changed. I don't want to live there. I'm not in that neighborhood anymore. I don't agree with the leadership. You want to talk about leadership? Like, I don't agree with the leadership there. I don't agree with how the conversations are happening. It's not okay. It's not a. It's not as safe a place as it used to be, and it was never entirely safe, but now it's like the Wild west, and there's a lot of misinformation, and so I don't. I don't want to be at that party.

[DJ Envy]

I'm glad you used the word safe, because you don't seem to play it safe, but you have this, like, huge career. A lot of people in Hollywood want to play it safe because they don't want to impact, you know, their career. Why? Why. Why do you take that? I guess risk is the word.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's interesting because I. Even at my company, when we talk about culture within the company at Simpson street, we. We often don't say, like, we want to make sure this is a safe space. We try to say, we want to make sure this is a brave space, because it's not about safety. It's about truth and having the courage, being brave to say the things that need to be said so that you can move everybody forward. Safe is about, like, tiptoeing eggshells, working around people. It's like, no, no, no, no, no. Let's be real. Let's tell the truth. Let's be kind. But I think clear is kind.

[DJ Envy]

What's the. What's. Was there a brave story you want to tell right now? Especially being, like I said, they keep. They're taking a lot of things from us. So I feel like art is going to be the only way to educate and inform.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I was just at The Brooklyn Artist Ball last night at the Brook, and they were honoring Darren Walker, who's an incredible leader. And he was saying that artists hold such important meaning in the culture right now because artists are like a mirror up to society. I'm really proud of Shadow Force. I really. I love this film. I feel like theaters are back. Like, I'm so excited about Sinners. I'm obsessed with that film. It's so beautiful. I feel like this is another, like, really exciting film to see in theaters because the locations are gorgeous, and it's not a lot of CGI like this. This is real people doing real stunts, putting our bodies at risk. I'm excited to be in community with people telling stories about the power of black family and black love and black parenting and black kids and community, you know? Yeah. And then I'm starting a series. Simpsons street is producing a new series for Apple called Imperfect Women that we start in a couple weeks. We're filming in la, so I'm really excited about that project too. It's with Lizzie Moss from Handy Inmate's Tale. And that's also really about, like, truth, you know, listen.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Booked and busy trying. I love that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And I'm excited that we're shooting in la, you know, because we need that after the fires, there's. We really need for more production to be happening in Los Angeles. So I just finished doing a film there, and now we're starting this series.

[DJ Envy]

Are you reprising your role as Alicia Masters in Fantastic Four?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I haven't been invited to but Manifestation, but you can put that out there. I do want to do more action films. I really feel like doing Shadow Force was so fun, and I think it's exciting to work in that way, to be. To take on strength, not just intellectually and emotionally and spiritually, but physically.

[Just Hilarious]

Got you.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, thank you, Queen Kerry Washington. Always a pleasure. When you pull up Shadow Forces in.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Theaters on May 9th.

[DJ Envy]

May 9th.

[Lauren LaRosa]

May night. Mother's Day weekend for all the badass Mom.

[Charlamagne tha God]

All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Mother's Day weekend. That is the. That's. That's what you need to take your mother to go see.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Shadow Force. Carrie, thank you for joining us.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank you for having me.

[DJ Envy]

It's a pleasure. Breakfast Club. Yes. The mic's on.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, yes. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Charlamagne. Tha. God. Just hilarious. Envy is out, but Lauren LaRosa is in. And I gotta salute my guy. Abby, the sandwich specialist from Newark, New Jersey. He's up here providing us Breakfast sandwiches this morning, man. Remember I told you about the good ass salmon burger I had?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes, you did.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. So Abby came up here this morning.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Well, I can't wait to sink my teeth into one of them sandwiches.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, so Lauren, hurry up with the ladies so we can eat.

[Just Hilarious]

I got you, Lauren.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Becoming a straight fat.

[DJ Envy]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details.

[Just Hilarious]

I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody, she be.

[DJ Envy]

Having the latest on it.

[Kerry Washington]

Say I'm the beast, the largest. The Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[DJ Envy]

Sometimes she have facts, sometimes she have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything.

[Kerry Washington]

Oh, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Talk to me.

[Just Hilarious]

So Last night, the 22nd NBA season season ended. LeBron James and the Lakers took a loss to the Timberwolves. 103 tonight.

[DJ Envy]

Lakers Shakers, breakers takers, Timberwolves.

[Just Hilarious]

Well, this morning at following that game, hashtag, he is 40, has been trending. Now, this has been trending because that is LeBron James's age. And every time the NBA season ends, LeBron James talks about what his future is going to look like. Like this time around, he said last night that he is undecided when it comes to retirement or not. So people are just going back and forth about whether he should retire. Because I know he said before that he was just waiting to be able to play a year or a season with his son. Now he's been able to play with Bronnie. And people are like, hey, I think he, you know, maybe he should sit down. He's still looking good, but maybe he shouldn't. People are going back and forth.

[DJ Envy]

Charlotte, what you think, what do I mean?

[Charlamagne tha God]

I don't.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, LeBron can still play. I mean, for me, it's put it like this. I'm 46 years old. I've been watching LeBron play, what, 21, 22 seasons now? I've seen more. I've seen more of what I saw yesterday, like, you know, I guess heartbreak than I have him at the top. And I. And, and it's not fair to say because, you know, I watched Michael Jordan for 13 years, half of that he won championships. I watched Magic Johnson for 13 years, half of that he was winning championships. LeBron has played much, much, much, much, much, much longer. But I've seen him lose a lot and I've seen a lot of people eat on his watch. Still, still, still, you know, top five greatest NBA player of all time. But I've seen a lot of people eat on his watch. So I don't know what he still has to prove at this point. Maybe he's still trying to chase that because he doesn't like that kind of conversation. Maybe he's still trying to chase some of those people I just named. But I don't think he has anything to prove. But, I mean, I can't sit here and say he should retire because his game don't say that at all.

[Just Hilarious]

A lot of the articles last night pointed out, and I think some of these injuries are common just with the game, but a lot of them pointed out last night that. That he was limping out of the crypto arena. His left leg was swollen from a knee to knee collision.

[DJ Envy]

You wake up limping for no goddamn reason, okay? And I have to run up and.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Down the court all day, like fresh or something, Stretching. I seen it.

[DJ Envy]

Crazy.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You know, we hear Michelle LeMay come here every morning, be like, I can't.

[DJ Envy]

Even help it, be feeling like that till I get it.

[Just Hilarious]

God, yes, he be doing that.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I thought it was because he was on a spectrum and didn't tell us. I thought it was a little remedial at first, but no, it's literally, it's about to be 50.

[DJ Envy]

That's true.

[Just Hilarious]

Well, if. If LeBron James does opt into his option, which he has to do by June 29, or he becomes a free agent, he can return to the Lakers for 20, 25, 20, 26, and it'll be worth $52.6 million if he does.

[DJ Envy]

Play for another year. I personally would like to see him go back to Cleveland for his last year and have his victory lap tour. And Cleveland got a really good team. So, you know, you never know. Like, Cleveland got a really great team, right? Like, you know, I don't. If they don't win the championship this year, maybe somebody like LeBron can go there and help get them over the top and he'll be a free agent so they won't have to lose anything. So who knows?

[Just Hilarious]

Well, in other sports news, really quick so we can get to those salmon sandwiches. The Atlanta Falcons and their defensive coordinator, Jeff Albridge have been fined following that prank call that Jeff Albridge's son did to Shador Sanders over the NFL draft. Let's take a listen to Jeff Albridge apologizing.

[Kerry Washington]

First of all, I'd like to publicly apologize to Shador and the Sanders family for what occurred. Second of all, I want to publicly apologize to Mr. Blank, Terry Fontenot, Raheem Morris, and the entire Falcons organization. My actions, my Actions of not protecting confidential data were inexcusable. My son's actions were absolutely inexcusable. And for that, we are both deeply sorry. The NFL has taken action, and I fully respect the punishment. We take full responsibility, my son and myself, and we will not be appealing the fine in any way going forward. I promise my son and I will work hard to demonstrate we are better than this. Again, I'm deeply sorry for our actions.

[DJ Envy]

You should have your son up there apologizing, too. And furthermore, I'm taking money out of all his accounts. Whatever I done saved up for him, trust funds and everything. This coming out your money, son. Okay, this quarter million you gonna pay for this.

[Just Hilarious]

So the Falcons were fined $250,000, while Jeff Albridge will have to pay $100,000 in addition for failing to prevent the disclosure of confidential information that was distributed to the club in advance of the NFL draft because that number his son was able to obtain because of those confidential documents. Now, question, Jess. What does a $350,000 behind whooping look like in your household? Because my mom, I would have been up there apologizing. She would have pulled me by my ear. That was.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I would have to be a slave for the rest of my life. Pretty much, yes. My mom is not paying that for me. My dad would not pay that for me. Like, if it was my fault. Fault that such a big bill like that accumulates in the house. And it's my fault.

[DJ Envy]

I'm.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm working the rest of my life to pay that ass whoopings every day. And I'm 33.

[DJ Envy]

But I'm not even joking. Like, whatever trust fund he has put up for that little boy. Yeah, that money should come out of that. Like. Like whatever money he got put away for that little boy. If that little boy got money in his savings account, checking account, all of that got to come out to go to this. Fine. You got you a nice little car that you was driving. You're gonna have to sell that, too. Anything you got value, you gotta get rid of until this debt is paid off.

[Just Hilarious]

And daddy had a couple dollars, so, you know, he was driving something nice.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, he was.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You know, he was not no more.

[Just Hilarious]

Well, that is the latest, and make sure you guys check out the podcast. The Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Me and Brandon, who's been sitting on the podcast with me, had a spirited discussion about this because, you know, brand is into sports and some things. So make sure y'all check out the conversation over there. The latest with Lauren Larosa anywhere you listen to your podcast.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Happy birthday to Victoria Monet and YMW Melly.

[DJ Envy]

So none of them are Mexican?

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, they're not.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm just saying, they black. They like us. One is in jail, one is not.

[Just Hilarious]

They like the Falcons.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, yeah. You know, we don't say happy birthday like we should up here. It's a couple people's birthday. It's Lauren Homegirl birthday.

[DJ Envy]

Who?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Lauren homegirl Sedora is her birthday. Okay, okay. I've heard her talk about Drew a couple times. We like Drew up here. She a friend of the room? Maybe.

[DJ Envy]

Well, but Today is also May 1, the first day of Mental Health Awareness Month. So we need a young woman named Akisha Johnson to come to the front of the congregation. We would like to have a word with her. You'll see. Okay, I'll tie it all together.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Cuz that is. Yeah, that is messed up. Okay.

[DJ Envy]

It's the Breakfast Club. Wake up. Wake up.

[Kerry Washington]

You're locked into the Breakfast Club.

[Mark]

I just wanted to know how you came up with the donkey and a.

[DJ Envy]

D. Because you're mean.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I am not.

[DJ Envy]

What did I do? I made Donkey of the Day. There's a bunch of donkeys out here in the street.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That is why Charlemagne is here.

[DJ Envy]

If we live a life where we bite our tongue based off who we may have been, we never would say.

[Just Hilarious]

Anything.

[Kerry Washington]

On the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

In the words of Charlemagne, to God, he's a donkey.

[Kerry Washington]

Oh, man.

[DJ Envy]

Charlemagne, you giving donkey today? To who now? Yes, donkey Today for Thursday, May 1st is going to a 35 year old Kentucky woman named Makisha Johnson. Now, today is May 1st. And. And do you know what today is is? It's the first day of Mental Health Awareness Month. Okay, Drop on the clues. Bombs for Mental Health Awareness Month. This month is dedicated to raising awareness, promoting education, and providing resources to support those struggling with mental health challenges. And that is what we are doing today with this donkey. We are raising awareness to those struggling with mental health issues because Makeisha is clearly struggling with mental health issues. Okay? She was a patient at a Kentucky hospital, and she did something that a lot of people think about doing when the process at the hospital is taken too long. Long? What do you mean, Uncle Charlotte? She did something that a lot of people think about doing when the process at the hospital is taking too long. Well, let's go to WDRB for the report, please.

[Lauren LaRosa]

A woman is under arrest in Louisville after reportedly choking and assaulting a UofL hospital nurse. Court records say a nurse was making her round Saturday afternoon when 35 year old Mikeisha Johnson allegedly attacked her.

[Just Hilarious]

Police say footage of the incident shows.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Johnson choking the nurse, then slamming her to the ground where she reportedly began hitting the nurse in the face. Officers say Johnson claims she was angry at the staff for taking too long to discharge her. Johnson was charged with assault of a health care provider, wanton endangerment and menacing.

[DJ Envy]

Here's the thing, when you're ready to go, you're ready to go, okay? We have all been part of the discharge process from the hospital in some way, shape or form, whether you've been the patient or whether you've been waiting with somebody. And yes, the hospital does drag their feet sometimes. Sometime, okay? It is a hurry up and wait situation. Nothing is worse when you have to unexpectedly go to the hospital. Like, you know, you got to go to the er, like something not right with you or the kids got a bone out of socket so you gotta up and leave the house and you didn't plan to. Oh my God, you'd be so ready to leave the hospital once they tell you nothing wrong or they fix what is wrong. But the hospital do be taken forever. But just because you think about choking somebody doesn't give you the right to do it, okay? Especially when this nurse wasn't doing anything but her job. Nurses out here working long hours, they're underpaid, paid, they're stressed and they always put their own health at risk just to take care of our sick asses, okay? They do not deserve to be attacked on the job, full stop. But also if you're trying to speed up the process, Makeisha, the quickest way to slow things down is by physically attacking the nurse, okay? You're definitely not going home now. You're going to jail. Now, I'm not here to make excuses for her violence, okay? What she did was wrong, but we have to know something was off with her mentally, right? You gotta know that there is a lot of things that are going to push people to the breaking point in this day and time that we live in. It's going to be a lot of things that are going to make people snap. And it's because folks like Makeisha are walking around with undiagnosed mental illnesses, okay? A lot of folks out here under pressure and they don't got no tools, no resources, no coping skills. They're not going to no therapy, they don't have no emotional outlets. They just have frustration and nowhere healthy to put it. And they end up projecting on people the way that Makeisha projected onto this nurse. And that's not an individual problem, okay? That just doesn't stand with Makeisha. That's a societal problem. We don't take mental health seriously. We tell people, just demand up or suck it up or, you know, get.

[Just Hilarious]

What?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Suck it up.

[Just Hilarious]

You know, girl, girl, no. You know, you a best eater.

[DJ Envy]

Why you suck up? No, because I could have tied all of that in with Kanye too, but I didn't. Because he's somebody else that we know dealing with mental health issues. And people be telling him to suck it up. He did it literally. But we tell people, man up and get over it or just deal with it. Meanwhile, people out here exploding over little things, okay? And others have to pay the price, like that poor nurse. So we need to get people help, get them therapy. I personally don't believe this young woman, Makisha Johnson, needs to be in handcuffs. But she does deserve to get the credit today for being stupid. So give her the biggest he haw.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes. Yo, this man said. Said suck it up. And people exploding over little things. You be writing this with so much gay intention, like, oh, my God.

[Just Hilarious]

Gay.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Album exploding over little things.

[DJ Envy]

But, no, it is mental health awareness month, so let's, you know, pay attention to what with mental health awareness, it is all about, okay? There are people out here struggling with all type of mental health challenges that they don't know what to do with. So let this be the month that, you know, we should do it all the time, but we should always be raising awareness and promoting mental health education and providing resources to people who need it.

[Just Hilarious]

So you're gonna do that? Yeah. Some empathy.

[DJ Envy]

Am I gonna give him empathy? Well, here's the thing. The reason I gave Makisha Johnson donkey today is because she's 35 years old. @ some point, you know, you know better. You should know better. You know, you're not responsible for your trauma, but you are responsible for your healing. You know what I mean?

[Just Hilarious]

I hear you, Justin, because what you about to say what I think you said something crazy.

[Charlamagne tha God]

This salmon burger is the best.

[DJ Envy]

Burger, burger. I tried to tell you. Drop one of clothes bombs for Abdul.

[Just Hilarious]

Is this banana pudding?

[Charlamagne tha God]

This is banana pudding and then banana pudding. Abdul out there. Abdulin.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Okay, yes.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No pork out there. Everything is turkey. I'm trying to tell you everything. Give me the Santa sandwich. I got the one with cheese. It's some special sauce.

[DJ Envy]

I'm trying to tell you.

[Charlamagne tha God]

They out there in Newark, y'all.

[DJ Envy]

I was in Newark last week, and I went to Abby, the sandwich specialist, and my guy Abdul, I was like, yo, y'all gotta taste this. Cause y'all think I just be capping when I be telling y'all how amazing things are.

[Just Hilarious]

This the guy who had called up here and was like, you said you was gonna come to my spot and didn't come. And then you went, is that him? Oh, yes. That is fire Charlemagne.

[DJ Envy]

That's Hammer Burger hitting, right?

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, it's hitting okay.

[DJ Envy]

No, you're right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

He's certainly right, Lauren. I told him, put one to the side for you.

[Just Hilarious]

Thank you. I want some banana pudding, too.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Well, that's gone. It is.

[DJ Envy]

You have two Big Mac.

[Charlamagne tha God]

The last two.

[Just Hilarious]

Listen, the banana pudding going. Abdul is no more banana pudding.

[Charlamagne tha God]

There's no more.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, he said he got me.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Don't worry about. Don't worry about that. Just get a sandwich, Lauren.

[DJ Envy]

We got. Just Fix my mess. Coming up. It's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club.

[Kerry Washington]

The Breakfast Club. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Come on.

[DJ Envy]

Everybody know why we get down? Help me. It's the real deal. Help me. Help.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, my God. I'm all up in your mess. I'mma fix it, fix it, fix it, Jess. Gon fix your mess. Cause my advice is real.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, it's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Jess. Hilarious Envy is out today, but Lauren LaRosa is in. But it don't even matter because right now, it's time for Jess fix my mess. Okay, this is where Jess fixes people's mess. If you listen to her Carefully reckless podcast, this is what she does on the carefully reckless podcast every week. And she does it here on the Breakfast Club every Thursday as well.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Hello? Who's this?

[Drea]

Hey, good morning.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Drea]

This is.

[Charlamagne tha God]

What's your question?

[Drea]

All right, so my question is, try to make it short.

[Just Hilarious]

I've been dealing with this guy for.

[Drea]

Almost two years or whatever, and when I met him, you know, he was self employed. I don't want to say too much. He was self employed. He did his own thing, and now it's like he's trying to transfer over from being a street guy to a man.

[Just Hilarious]

So he's looking for a job.

[Drea]

So it's like I'm just looking up and the bill conda. So my question is, how long do you think you should for a man while you vote?

[Charlamagne tha God]

You said. All right, so how you asked because you kind of went out a little bit. You said, how long should you take care of a man while he's broke?

[Drea]

Yeah. How Long. You think like you should be down for a man while he's broke.

[Charlamagne tha God]

See, that's. That goes on a situation basically. Like that's by. That's whatever the circumstances are. Like, you can't just. Cause I can't tell you when you should stop footing the bill for everything. Like, does he. What does he want to do? Do you see him trying to get a job? Is he trying to make money some type of way? Is he trying to, you know, launch a business or you know, even a podcast, something? What is he trying to do? Does he show you any evidence?

[Drea]

So he's starting a clothing line, but it's like it ain't really like going good right now.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Like so the clothes is tracking is what you're saying. Like he ain't really got to. It's not. You wouldn't.

[DJ Envy]

You wouldn't wear these things.

[Drea]

I. I wear it for promotion because I have a nice body. So I wear the promotion. I get himself sometimes.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You wearing them. You. You only wearing them because you know you standing behind your man like you know that's support and you want him to make the money. But you got to be real with you. Yes. Because the clothes gotta be trash because you are still footing the bill for a lot of things. You're taking care of him. So obviously somebody ain't buying the stuff off Jody. You know what I mean? He's not able to sell.

[Drea]

I like the fact that he's trying not to do it the way, but it's like gotta do something. Get a nine to five.

[Just Hilarious]

I know you don't wanna work for.

[Drea]

The school, but you wanna have to for now.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah. See, that's the thing. Everybody. See, social media makes it look easy for people to start their own businesses and things like that. That. But that, that comes with the mindset. You need to have a mindset of a CEO. First of all, you need to know how to be patient enough to take Ls. You need to know how to run a business. You need to know. You know what I'm saying? You got. It's just certain things that people and.

[Drea]

You need to be financially stable before you start a business.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Exactly, exactly. Cuz you need money to make money, especially when you have your own business. So he needs a damn job like he needs to work for somebody else before he can work for himself.

[Drea]

Why?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, yeah. So for how long?

[Drea]

Shouldn't answer the question. For how long you think you know.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It already sound like you tired, babe. So go ahead, throw in that tail, you know what I mean? And and take a break from the relationship.

[Just Hilarious]

It ain't.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And like, it ain't like a, you know, a forever breakup, you know, Cuz you. You love him. I feel like you love them. You just tired and you're drained. And y'all not married, so you don't need to be there. Y'all don't have any kids together, right?

[Just Hilarious]

No.

[Charlamagne tha God]

All right, let's take a break.

[Drea]

And so you where you need to be and where I need to be.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah. Because what we both need to do right now. Yes. I'm not financially obligated to you. We not married. Like, I don't have to take care of you while you make it, you know, while you get yourself together. If. If he wanted to go from ghost to James St. Patrick, he got to do it like a certain way. And that is not involving your money. Cuz you need your money for your stuff, for your life. So take, you know. Yeah, take a break. Let him figure his stuff out and then y'all can reconvene when he get it again together.

[Drea]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you.

[Drea]

So don't bleep my name out, cuz maybe he can hear it or whatever.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, we wasn't bleeping it out anyway. I love you.

[DJ Envy]

That was. Just fix my mess. Make sure you listen to the Carefully Reckless podcast on The Black Effect iHeartradio podcast network if you need more help getting your mess fixed. Cause just be fixing mess every Wednesday.

[Charlamagne tha God]

On her podcast in the mornings. Look at him. He was about to not even know. But yes, Wednesday mornings I fix mess on iHeart app under the Black Effect podcast. Right. And then also so on Thursday's live. If you call in, I can fix your mess on Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. So more just fix my mess when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne tha God]

X about me, relationship problems.

[DJ Envy]

X about me.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You need to beat your co worker's ass.

[DJ Envy]

That's about me.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Your co worker need to beat your ass. Call it up. It's Dr. Jess, and I'm here to fix your mess. Fix your mess. It's getting very much messy. Let me fix it.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club Charlamagne. The guy Jess allowed. DJ Envy is out, but Lauren LaRosa is in and we are here doing Jess, fix my mess on this fine Thursday. Jess, good morning.

[Charlamagne tha God]

What's your question? What's wrong?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yes, I would like to ask how.

[Drea]

To keep negativity people out your life and just keep your peace.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Just. It's simple. You Know. Well, I can't say. Cause it's easier said than done, but I keep negative people out of my life. Just not answering the phone. I don't go around people. People. You gotta surround yourself with, you know, positive vibes, I'm assuming, because I'm positive for the most part. Ain't nothing wrong with a little negativity every now and then, because everything can't be all peaches and sunshine and everything like that. And that builds character, negativity kind of builds character a little bit. But I. Yeah, just don't answer the phone. Just don't talk to people. Is it your friends, your friends, your family? Like, who is it?

[Drea]

Friends and family. People that I thought that was really close to, that I trusted have been around for a long time, and they just did some disrespectful things to me over the weekend.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So that's why I don't know how to take it. Oh, okay. So that's what happened. All right. Okay. So now we're being more specific. That was real broad how you just came out like that. All right, cool. But, yeah, you. You. You set that boundary, like, nah, I'm not allowing this in my life. This is not. You have to really, really know what you won't take. Because if you tolerate something, people are only going to keep doing, you know, displaying the same behavior like you. You have to. You have to let people know you're serious about it. You don't gotta talk to them. People, friends, family, whatever. I don't care if they are your blood. A lot of times. Nah. A lot of times you gotta separate yourself and isolate yourself from family and friends as well so they understand. Oh, no. All right. Yeah, she. I may have done something that. That she didn't like, or I made her feel uncomfortable in some type of way. Yeah, Separate yourself. Don't answer the phone. Don't go around these people. They. They're not deserving of your time and certain that they're not worth you draining your energy for them. Like.

[Drea]

No, True, true.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's it. And then if they want to know why I act, tell them. Tell them you're disrespectful. You hurt me. I don't like that. That's not in my ministry. So, boom. Bye. That's it.

[Drea]

Thank you so much, Jess.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No problem, boo.

[DJ Envy]

That was. Just Fix my mess. Make sure you listen every Thursday live, okay? If you want to get your mess fixed, you call in and Jess will fix your mess. And every Wednesday on the Carefully Reckless podcast, she does the same thing. Thing. Now it's time for the latest with Lauren. Lauren, what you got coming up next?

[Just Hilarious]

Did y'all know that Kim Kardashian, remember the people that robbed her in Paris?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes.

[Just Hilarious]

They, like, over 60, and one of them was like, death.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, my God. So they didn't know what they was doing.

[Just Hilarious]

We going to talk about it? Okay.

[DJ Envy]

All right. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Kerry Washington]

The Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Hey. It's the world's most dangerous morning show.

[Just Hilarious]

The Breakfast Club. Go Charlemagne the guy.

[DJ Envy]

Jess. Hilarious. DJ envy is out. Lauren is in. Hey, got a lot going on up here this morning. It's time for the latest with Lauren.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Lauren becoming a straight face.

[DJ Envy]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Just Hilarious]

I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything.

[DJ Envy]

She be having the latest on the.

[Kerry Washington]

Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[DJ Envy]

Sometimes she have facts, Sometimes she have details. Sometimes she have a little bit everything.

[Kerry Washington]

Well, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club.

[Just Hilarious]

So Kim Kardashian, one of the Paris robbers, is a deaf man who is actually being accused as the ring leader in that robbery where she was tied up in Paris and they took all of her jewelry. They actually accuse. I mean, they targeted her for $10 million in jewelry at the time, and it was a whole big thing. So this man is a 60 year old man. He is known as old. He is known as old Omar. And he what? It's a part of a whole, like, old gang of, like, people. Okay. So he's known as old Omar, and he was asked a bunch of questions in court via handwritten notes because he is deaf and mute and he going around robbing people.

[DJ Envy]

That's the worst person to get robbed by. I'm following all your directions and you still waving the gun at me, threatening me even more, hitting me pistol with me because you can't hear me saying, I comply.

[Just Hilarious]

Listen, listen. He's a part of a. A. A big gang called the Grandpa Robbers. Okay? Now, he had to read questions from a typed transcript, and his responses were projected on screen in the courtroom where he denied that he was the leader of the gang. Now, Omar did admit that he was a part of the gang that broke into Kim Kardashian's hotel room during Paris Fashion week back in 2016. But he says, I was not the leader of this group. The Grandpa Robbers got another person at the head and is not me. But he did confess to tying Kim up, and then she was. Then she was held at gunpoint and bound with plastic ties and duct tape and left in the bathroom. They took the $10 million worth of jewelry, which they dropped something on the way out as they were on the getting away on them bikes.

[Charlamagne tha God]

What did they drop?

[Just Hilarious]

No, they dropped a piece of the jewelry. I can find exactly what jewelry it was. And Omar's DNA was actually found on the plastic ties and video and phone data place him at the scene.

[DJ Envy]

There's got to be a letter somewhere asking Omar to participate in this robbery because he can't hear. So somebody had to write, hey, we going to rob Kim K tonight. You down? Check. Yes.

[Morgan Woods]

Check.

[DJ Envy]

No, no.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Like what?

[Just Hilarious]

Well, they actually dropped one of the $24,000 necklace on the way out, like while they were trying to get away. But yeah, when I saw that headline, I was like, wait, what?

[Charlamagne tha God]

You had to make sure it was real and it wasn't a joke, right? A joke.

[Just Hilarious]

And he tied her up?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes.

[Just Hilarious]

I don't know.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And it's like that. And it also says a lot about Kim. Kim need to get in some fighting classes or something, cuz I'm beating a deaf mute's ass over 60. His name, old Omar.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, he still got the old man scrimping. Just because he can't hit don't mean he can't fight. And he had a gun. Yeah, he's got that part.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, she was. She was at a gunpoint. And these, they're supposed to be like notorious robbers. So they do this. One of them passed away, actually, before the trial started.

[DJ Envy]

Well, I mean, perfect time to die. Look, you know, if I know I'm going to prison for the rest of.

[Just Hilarious]

My life, I would.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And are they doing this because they are old and they're on their way out?

[Just Hilarious]

I don't know their intention. And you know what? I mean, if they feel like this is their purpose in life or if it's just because they own their. Their own.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Reach out. Lauren, I need. If you come, I'll reach out.

[Just Hilarious]

Find the. The home where they.

[DJ Envy]

Man can't hit nobody. The source is deaf.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Jess, wait.

[Just Hilarious]

I want to get to this before we have to wrap. So Nick Cannon today an episode aired of rape.

[DJ Envy]

If it got to do with his music, I'm going down.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That sounds.

[Just Hilarious]

Nick Cannon was on tea time with Raven and Miranda, which is.

[DJ Envy]

Bottle of Washington Cannon in the box. Now you playing.

[Charlamagne tha God]

He better.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Bottle of Washington Cannon in the box.

[Just Hilarious]

She found out who Bottle is and just won't leave him alone because. All right.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Just Hilarious]

So Nick Cannon was on Raven Simone's podcast, right, with her and her wife Miranda. And he actually revealed that he has a 10 million dollar policy on his testicles.

[DJ Envy]

He says, I'm going deaf. I'm. I had enough.

[Just Hilarious]

The father of 12 said that he took out a pricey insurance policy on his testicles back in 2024. And he's. He. We have. Just take a listen.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So you took out a $10 million.

[Just Hilarious]

Insurance policy on your.

[DJ Envy]

Well, see, that's the thing. I personally. Someone else took the insurance policy out on them. Funny enough. I mean, it started off like, yo, this would be a good joke. But we really went through with it. Dr. Squatch, who is like, they're known for like, you know, manscaping and all that stuff. They were like, yo, a lot of celebrity women are ensuring their legs in case something goes wrong. Yeah, yeah. They were like, well, what's your most valuable asset, Nick? My. And you know, it was. I got the insurance policy in my office. It's like, it's. It's legit.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yep.

[Just Hilarious]

Each ball, it's 5 million a ball.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Clowned them. All right, so look, anyway, going back to old ass Omar. Look, right? My thing is if is this. Listen, is it still considered like, snitching if he can't tell? Because like, what if he wanted toe on. But he can't because he can't talk.

[DJ Envy]

He just doing this.

[Charlamagne tha God]

He wants to tell where he can say, I'm trying to tell y'all what's going on. I'm trying to tell y'all just throwing.

[DJ Envy]

Up mad signs, right?

[Just Hilarious]

And it's a plane take off.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yo, I just wanted to know.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, my God.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Because I don't got time for. For Nick's testicle insurance. Like, I don't. I don't.

[DJ Envy]

I went deaf during that hole story. We got the people's mix. Thank you, Lauren. For the latest. We got the people's choice mix coming up next. Envy hasn't been here all morning, but you gonna hear him talking for the next 20 minutes. So stupid. It's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club.

[Kerry Washington]

You're checking out the Breakfast Club?

[DJ Envy]

Yes. It's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club Charlemagne. The guy just hilarious. Envy was off today. He was doing some book trapping. You know, his new book, Real life, Real Family is out with his wife, Gia Casey. So he's running around. I don't know if he's still in Atlanta or not. He's still in Atlanta.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm not sure.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know. He's running around doing some book trapping. But Lauren Laros has been Here all morning. Where you at this weekend, Jess?

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm not anywhere this weekend, but next weekend I'm in Detroit for the Mother's Day show. I got three shows in one day. Next Saturday, that is May 10th. Get your [e-mail] the tickets are almost sold out. We got an 11am Brunch early evening show at 7 and then a 9:30 show. And I will be doing meet and greet after the late night show at 9:30, so make sure you get your tickets. Detroit. What up, though? Can't wait to see y'all.

[Just Hilarious]

7-17Th, Atlantic City, right? And yeah, because I'm getting my mom coming for Mother's Day, but it's a weekend.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, you bringing Mama La Rosa.

[Just Hilarious]

She's been talking about. She thought she missed it, remember? Yeah, she was talking I want to go to justice show. So I'm gonna surprise you.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Absolutely.

[DJ Envy]

I know your mama had a couple booze out in Atlantic City back in the day.

[Just Hilarious]

Listen, my mom had booze here in New York. She wasn't big enough for her.

[Charlamagne tha God]

They wasn't Nevada.

[DJ Envy]

Bottle, Daddy or Granddaddy.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, oh, oh, big bottle. It was another okay. Bottle.

[Just Hilarious]

She was more big OG Vado type.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Not the little May 17, I will be out in Atlantic City, New Jersey. So get your tickets for that, y'all.

[DJ Envy]

You gotta salute the beautiful Kerry Washington for pulling up.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, she got a new movie coming out, right?

[Just Hilarious]

Yes, Shadow Force. Yes.

[DJ Envy]

It'll be out May 9th, Mother's Day weekend.

[Morgan Woods]

I love.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes. I love that her and Viola Davis are both starring in an action film at the same time, y'all. It kind of gives you the feel of like the how to Get Away with Murder and Scandal, like Universe or something like that.

[Just Hilarious]

I didn't even think about that.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Did you know? Yeah. So I really, really love, love seeing black women who we ain't really ever seen doing action before. Doing action.

[Just Hilarious]

And they're good, too. Like, it's not like where you can tell us a stunt double or like any of that. It's actually good. It's shot.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Well, you're right.

[DJ Envy]

You know what's so interesting about Shonda Rhimes and Viola Davis, they both had hit shows on network television. But a lot of times when you talk to a lot of, you know, black people, especially black women, when they've had those hit shows on network tv, they don't go on to have, like, huge success any anywhere else. A lot. A lot of times, like, especially when you talk to a lot of them from the 90s. Yeah, like, they had those, but you didn't really see them do anything much after that. Like, they didn't even get offered anything. So the fact that, you know, Carrie and Viola still get a lot of work.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Is. Is a testament to them. But also, you know, just. I don't know. Have times changed? Like, what happened?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Why have times changed? You were here then and now. I was about to say your old ass. You the only one here that's been here since then.

[DJ Envy]

Why you.

[Just Hilarious]

Lines are still here? We don't know.

[DJ Envy]

Crazy man. That is so stupid.

[Charlamagne tha God]

What is the positive note?

[DJ Envy]

Why do us old people always have time changed that much? It's not that I'm asking y'all. I'm just asking myself.

[Just Hilarious]

Grab your. Your coin purse. When you accept time change and yell.

[DJ Envy]

About the lottery again, Time change that much, time stops, you tell us you was here. Oh, the positive. Notice simply this. Authenticity and integrity always win. Okay? People either accept you or they don't. You keep people in your life who align with the truth of your being, or they don't. Nothing is lost when you remain honest. Okay? Authenticity filters your life for you. You keep the ones who are aligned and release the ones who aren't. Have a great day, Breakfast club. You don't finish or y'all done?