FULL SHOW: Rihanna Home Sh00ting Suspect Booked For Attempted Murder + Nicole Curtis Interview

Summary

The Breakfast Club Podcast Summary

Podcast: The Breakfast Club
Date: March 10, 2026
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God
Guest: Nicole Curtis (HGTV’s Rehab Addict)

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Episode Overview

This episode revolves around two major topics: breaking developments on the shooting at Rihanna’s home (the suspect being charged with attempted murder), and an in-depth, sometimes tense, interview with HGTV’s Nicole Curtis, who recently went viral for using a racial slur during a taping. The show also covers current events, including the ongoing US-Iran conflict, travel chaos from government shutdowns, pop culture news, and listener reactions to Curtis’ controversy.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Music & Age-Appropriate Artists (03:36–04:25)

• Charlamagne starts the day celebrating Juvenile’s new, “age-appropriate” album, highlighting the importance of music that resonates with listeners’ current lives.
  • Charlamagne: “I like age appropriate music, okay? I’m 47 years old. I’ll be 48 this year. That’s age appropriate.” (04:25)

2. Front Page News: Iran War, US Politics & Gas Prices (07:28–14:09)

• Iran Conflict: Reports on recent US military actions, Trump’s shifting statements on an end to the war, and ongoing fighting, including impacts on global oil.
  • Mimi Brown: “Video from the capital...everything basically on fire...war is now creating a major disruption in global oil supply. Strait of Hormuz...shipping traffic through that route...dropped...by some estimates as much as 95%.” (07:47–08:47)
• Domestic Impact: Skyrocketing US gas prices, possibility of US Navy escorts for tankers.
• Save America Act: President Trump is pushing an election security bill (mandatory voter ID & citizenship proof, banning transgender athletes, limiting mail ballots). The co-hosts discuss its critics who call it “Jim Crow 2.0.”
  • Charlamagne: “Don’t believe anything that comes out of his mouth. Is this...the bill that everybody will have to re-register to vote?” (12:29)
  • Mimi Brown: “This bill will disenfranchise a lot of people, including women who have gotten married...transgender Americans could face similar hurdles...” (13:14)
• Listeners’ Concerns: Callers discuss Trump’s “deflection” tactics and fears about the bill isolating and excluding many voters.

3. Rihanna Home Shooting — Suspect Booked (21:06–28:30)

• News Update: The suspect, Ivana Lisette Ortiz (35, speech pathologist), is booked on attempted murder. Bail set at over $10 million.
  • Angela Yee: “They must know something about, like, motive or at least they think they do...requires a specific intent to intently kill...” (22:25–22:55)
• Mental Health Concerns: Ortiz’s history of psychiatric holds and custody loss highlighted.
  • Angela: “She was actually placed...on a psychiatric hold...lost custody of her child...not able to contact...” (25:40)
• Disturbing Social Media: Clips of Ortiz referencing Rihanna, Cardi B, and Kim Kardashian suggest paranoia, delusions.
  • Ortiz (via clip): “Rihanna wants to say that we are flying and we’re not...The way that Rihanna wants to kill me shows that we’re not going to show this right now... Listen, Rihanna, when you die, God is taking me to my future.” (23:10–24:12)
• Access to Firearms: Debate over how Ortiz accessed guns despite mental health red flags.

4. Government Shutdown, Travel Chaos, and TSA Woes (33:34–36:58)

• Travel Impact: Massive TSA shortages due to government shutdown, causing hours-long airport lines and missed flights.
• TSA Struggles: Agents working without pay; general hardship amplified.
  • Mimi Brown: “Some people just bouncing back from the last government shutdown, you know what I mean? Just really catching up. If they caught up and now they, you know, not getting paid again, man.” (36:00)

5. NYC Mayoral Home Bomb Plot (36:58–40:58)

• Incident: Explosives thrown at Mayor Mandami’s home during a protest; motivated by anti-Muslim rhetoric.
• FBI & Legal Fallout: Suspects inspired by ISIS, sought to cause mass harm; their lawyer cites youth and ignorance.
• Mayor Response: “New York City will never tolerate violence... Anyone who comes to New York City to bring violence...will be held accountable...” (38:44)

6. Ticketmaster/Live Nation Settlement (40:52–40:54)

• Settlement: $280M, service fees capped, increased competition intended to reduce ticket prices.

7. Nicole Curtis Interview: The “Fart N-Word” Controversy (41:44–70:38)

a. Introduction & Recap

• Nicole Curtis (HGTV’s Rehab Addict) went viral for saying “fart n-word” on camera, lost her show, and was previously given “Donkey of the Day” by Charlamagne.

b. Curtis’ Defense & Denial

• Claims not to know why she said it; denies using the word previously, insists it wasn’t intentional and isn’t part of her vocabulary.
  • Nicole Curtis: “I have no idea. That isn’t anything that I’ve ever said before...If you watch [my footage], I say, ‘I can’t believe I just said that word before. I’ve never said this word before.’” (43:00, 51:55)
• Blames slip on tiredness, chaos, and lack of context; asserts she’s a fast-talking, overworked mother in a diverse crew.
• Claims to work inclusively: “I have friends of every nationality, every background. I always have.” (44:07)
• Avoids “Black friend” trope but gets drawn into listing friends’ names and mentioning Detroit.
• Explains shooting/editing process, suggests only one person could have leaked the raw footage.
• Admits she asked for the moment to be deleted.

c. Apology and Accountability Issues

• Prompted repeatedly to apologize to the Black community directly.
  • Charlamagne: “Just apologize. Apologize to Black people. The camera’s right there.” (69:45)
• After much prodding, Curtis faces the camera: “I do. I apologize...to everyone out there...that is a word that I do not condone.” (69:47–69:50)
• Her apology is criticized as late and insufficient by callers and co-hosts.

d. Community Contribution Arguments

• Curtis attempts to shift focus to her restorative work in Detroit, describes investing in neglected neighborhoods and helping long-time residents avoid losing their homes.

e. Host/Guest Dynamics

• Hosts alternate between grilling, joking, and offering advice (“Hire black contractors...teach kids how to invest/build” (69:07–69:34)). The exchange is often tense, with Curtis perceived as defensive, evasive, or rambling.

Memorable Exchange:
Angela Yee: “The use of the N word...dehumanizes people like us. And that’s the real conversation.” (50:15)
Nicole Curtis: “I know that. I don’t use that word...That wasn’t your first time, I swear to God.” (50:22–50:36)

f. Listeners Call In: Reaction Roundup (86:50–99:57)

• Opinions vary, but most find her apology weak or late; some defend the need for proportional consequences, others see her as well-meaning but clumsy; a few are more forgiving.
  • Caller: "She just trying to do damage control. It's like they say what they say all the time and then when they get caught...She was in the comfort of home. She said [it] all the time and then just got caught." (95:02)
• Several callers echo the belief that the use of any slur is unacceptable regardless of context or intent, and that amends are not about self-defense or rambling explanations.

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8. Pop Culture Latest (71:29 onward)

• Dwight Howard Divorce: More context on another celebrity marital breakup.
• Atlanta Hawks’ Magic City Night Canceled: Discussion of how Atlanta strip club culture intersects with NBA branding; hosts disappointed at event shutdown.
• Kanye West LA Show: Announced return to the stage.
• Gary Owen Marries: Comedian's Houston wedding, notable guests
• Dak Prescott Wedding Canceled: Details on the split and speculation.
• Women's History Month Tribute: Jess Hilarious highlights Kayla Richards from Losing Isaiah as a story of maternal redemption.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Charlamagne’s take on Nicole Curtis:
  “I don’t feel sorry for her. I don’t feel no sympathy for her...You got to deal with the consequences of that moment.” (99:59–101:06)

• On mental health and violence:
  “There’s so much evil in the world, but there’s also so much untreated mental illness...And untreated mental illness, mental health disorders can absolutely drive criminal behavior.” (80:08–81:06, in Donkey of the Day)

• Mimi Brown, on airport chaos:
  “Agents are being used as political pawns in this government shutdown...expected to be paid this week. And that paycheck will be $0.00.00.” (36:14–36:41)

• Nicole Curtis’ final apology:
  “I apologized. The camera’s right there. Yes, I do. And to everyone out there...that is a word that I do not condone...” (69:47–69:50)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Timestamp (MM:SS) | |---|---| | Opening banter & age-appropriate rap talk | 03:36–04:25 | | Iran War, Trump pressers, Save America Act | 07:28–14:09 | | Listeners: voter restriction fears | 17:43–19:41 | | Rihanna shooting suspect — news, analysis | 21:06–28:30 | | Mental health, firearm debate | 25:43–26:17 | | Government shutdown, TSA chaos | 33:34–36:58 | | NYC mayor bomb plot & mayor's response | 36:58–40:58 | | Nicole Curtis interview | 41:44–70:38 | | Listeners react to Nicole Curtis | 86:50–101:29 | | Latest news/pop culture | 71:29 onward |

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Tone and Language

• This episode is classic Breakfast Club: blend of hard news and humor, sometimes crude or irreverent.
• The Nicole Curtis interview is both awkward and revealing, with Curtis shaky and defensive, the hosts alternating between joking and confronting her.
• Callers provide a pulse of community sentiment—by turns forgiving, angry, or exhausted by repeated instances of high-profile racial insensitivity.

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For Listeners: Episode Takeaways

• Cancel Culture & Accountability: Listeners witness a celebrity facing the real-world fallout of an offensive slip-up and gauge whether attempted apologies cut it in 2026.
• Systemic Issues: Broader social currents—voter suppression, US war, government failures, mental illness, and celebrity news—interweave to set the context for why words and actions matter.
• Community Voice: The Breakfast Club’s callers remind both show guests and listeners that apologies to those you hurt can’t be an afterthought, and that surviving a PR storm requires more than defensiveness.

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This episode demonstrates the Breakfast Club’s trademark blend of animated debate, cultural critique, and headline news—with the Nicole Curtis controversy providing a case study in public accountability and the challenges (and limits) of “clearing the air” on Black radio in the age of viral slip-ups.

Transcript

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[DJ Envy]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

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.

[DJ Envy]

Jess is running a little late. Charlemagne the gun.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Peace to the planet is Tuesday. How y feel out there? I feel blessed, black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. Good morning. Let me tell you something, man. What I rolled in this morning listening to juvenile's new album.

[DJ Envy]

Oh.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Tell you something, bro.

[DJ Envy]

Record with Megan's crazy.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

If you born in the 1900s, you should be very happy right now.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, Juvenile st.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I mean, you got. You got ti out here cooking okay. With let them know you got juvenile out here cooking with that record with Megan thee stallion. But the whole album tough Bradley. Oh, the whole album tough man. And he makes age appropriate music.

[DJ Envy]

Really? I ain't listening.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Talking. It's called f something and doze off.

[DJ Envy]

Talking that language.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Come on now, you talking my language. 1900 and something. If you born in 1978 like me, that's it. These days, they just want to have something and doze off. He said, you know, you come home, you know, you don't really want to do nothing much, you know, you just want to kick it with your little one and then. Why are you talking my language? You heard me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jesus Christ.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

God damn, Julie. I like age appropriate music, okay? I'm 47 years old. I'll be 48 this year. That's age appropriate.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, it is, right? Yes, it is. All right, well, today on the show from hgtv, rehab addict Nicole Curtis will be joining us.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I don't like the way you setting this up. Okay, We.

[DJ Envy]

I was gonna go to the first

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

of all, I gave her a donkey of the day a couple of weeks ago.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

She is the white woman who was doing some renovations on the house.

[DJ Envy]

Correct.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

And for whatever reason, decided to yell out fart. Fart n word.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, yes.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yelled out fart n word. And she heard me give her a donkey of the day.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

And her people reached out to actually, Lauren LaRosa.

[DJ Envy]

Correct.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

And I don't know why she decided that she wanted to come on breakfast club talk about this situation.

[DJ Envy]

She said I guess you wanted to clear air.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Don't. Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. So

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I don't know what she expects to gain.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. But we're going to talk to her in a little bit also. Now, yesterday you said. I guess I was gonna say retrograde. Mercury was in retrograde. Right.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Mercury's in Gatorade.

[DJ Envy]

And you said you was off, and you said it was a shift and you wasn't feeling right.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Well, Saturday night I was at a play with my daughter and my wife. And, yes, I just felt like an energy shift. And, you know, when I started talking to people about it, they started telling me about, well, time moved forward. I'm like, nah, I felt this Saturday evening. Then people was like, well, Mercury's in retrograde. I. I don't know what it is. I just know that on Saturday evening, I felt some type of energy shift that had me off for the last 48 hours. I'm just actually back getting. Getting a little right now.

[DJ Envy]

Now, I asked you what his name was, and you said shut up. And now you come in with your wrist wrapped up. So you went ham on him last night, huh? You went ham on him last night.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I don't understand why you want to use gay as a joke.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I don't get it.

[DJ Envy]

I'm. I'm asking.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

It's kind of weird. Like, you know, I came in here talking about juvenile and effing something and dozing off. Well, you can't. We talked about Nic Curtis, and then you're just brain.

[DJ Envy]

I'm just asking, what's wrapping your wrist?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I want to know why is penis on your brain at 6:03 in the morning? Like, why is that a thought of yours?

[DJ Envy]

I'm just asking, what happened to your wrist?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Is there any. Is there a reason?

[DJ Envy]

Did you go ham last night?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Is there something you want to explore? I don't want to explore anything, no. But everybody listening. Y' all don't think at 6:04 in the morning. This man ain't even had breakfast yet, and he automatically thinking about me with another man. I'm just asking you a lot about you.

[DJ Envy]

Your arm is a little. Your hand is a little. I'm just asking if you went ham last night.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

He says a lot about it. You are from Queens, you big old queen. Yo, shut up, man.

[DJ Envy]

Let's get the show cracking, man. You want to start off with the juvenile record?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yes, I do. BBB with Megan. Thee stallion on the album is a young lady named Genesis. To God, though. But we'll discuss. I'm sure Juvia will be here at some point this week.

[DJ Envy]

Really?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

All right, Mr. Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Chess, hilarious Charlamagne, the guy we are the Breakfast Club. That was juvenile.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

And Megan, thee stallion juvie, said, got your lipstick all over my Dior sweater. You want your hair pulled in your ass back real hard, you gonna find out effing with a whole. Make that age appropriate music. Damn it. That's what I'm talking about. Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness. Mimi, why are you laughing so hard? Let's get some front page news. What's up, Mimi?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Peace, Mimi.

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning, everyone. How y' all doing this morning?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

That's black and highly favored.

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning. Okay, so we begin this morning with an update on the war in Iran and some mixed signals from President Trump on how soon this conflict could end. So at a news conference yesterday, the president said US Military objectives against Iran are, quote, pretty well complete and suggested the war could end very soon. But in that same breath, he also said the United States hasn't won enough and warned that more strikes could happen. Let's listen to some of that press conference on Iran.

[Jessalarius]

You called it an excursion.

[Nicole Curtis]

You said it would be over soon.

[Mimi Brown]

Are you thinking this week it will be over days?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I think so.

[Mimi Brown]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

And with respect, very soon.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

You know, you could look at that statement. We could, we could call it a

[DJ Envy]

tremendous success right now as we leave here. I could call it.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Or we could go further. And we're going to go further.

[DJ Envy]

The big risk on that war has

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

been over for three days. We wiped them out.

[DJ Envy]

The first in the first two days. So the rest is going to be

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

determination as to my attitude along with the people in the Trump administration, what we want to do. It's amazing how predictable he is. I mean, there's been people that have been saying for the past three or four days that he was going to declare victory and have to pull out because there's really no other way to escalate. There's no other way other than escalation. That's just going to be very, very bad.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, well, even though he said that, you know, meanwhile on the ground, the fighting is still continuing. U.S. and Israeli forces, they carried out new attacks inside Iran, hitting military basins, bases, weapons depot and oil storage facilities. Video from the capital, it shows massive fires, everything basically on fire. The roads on fire, streets, trees, everything. And so the war, it is now creating a major disruption in global oil supply. So much of that concern, it centers around the Strait of Hormuz. It's that narrow shipping lane where about 20% of the world's oil it passes through every day. And right now, shipping traffic through that route, it has dropped shortly and by some estimates as much as 95% since the war began. And so that disruption is pushing gas prices here in the United States much higher. I know we talked about it being 30 cents earlier in the week. It is now up roughly 50 cents more since. Yeah, since the war began. And the U.S. navy says it may begin escorting oil tankers through that strait to protect them. But there's still no timeline yet of when that could happen. Now, meanwhile, the president, at that same press conference, he was asked about possible Iranian sleeper cells inside the United States. Let's listen to what he had to say about that.

[DJ Envy]

They've been trying for a long time. We've been very much on top of it. One of the things we have to

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

do is get the Democrats to stop the Democrat shutdown, because, as you know, the apparatus that looks into that, Schumer and the Democrats have shut it down,

[DJ Envy]

which tells you they probably hate our country a lot.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

But we've got very, very good intelligence into that. We know a lot of different things

[DJ Envy]

that have happened that have been very bad. A lot of them came in during

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

the Biden open border period.

[DJ Envy]

We're watching every single one of them. Yeah, we know a lot about them.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

But the shutdown doesn't allow us to do what we have to do.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah, he's referring to that partial government shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security. And while the fighting is happening thousands of miles away, of course, that impact is being felt here in the United States, both in security, security concerns, as we just heard, and what drivers are paying for in gas. And meanwhile in Washington, President Trump, he is also making a major push on a voting bill he says must pass immediately. We've been talking about this as well, the Save America Act. The president now says that he will not sign any other legislation until Congress approves that same bill, the Save America act out. That bill would require people to prove US Citizenship when registering to vote and show voter photo ID when casting a ballot in federal elections. Trump is urging lawmakers to expand the measure. He's adding new limits on that, including limits to mail in ballot and a provision that now bans transgender individuals from competing in women's sports. Now, supporters say that this bill will protect elections and prevent fraud. But Democrats, they are calling it Jim Crow 2.0 and arguing that it will make it harder for Americans to vote. Now, this measure, it has passed the House, but It is now stalled in the Senate and it will likely need Democratic support to move forward. Let's listen to some of the president on that.

[DJ Envy]

So in order to get it, you're

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

going to need Democrat votes.

[DJ Envy]

We want voter id when a voter.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

We want to be able to see

[DJ Envy]

a picture of the vote.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

We want to be able to see that the voter is legitimate.

[DJ Envy]

We want, very importantly, confirmation that this

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

voter is a citizen of the United States of America. And we want no mail in ballot scams.

[DJ Envy]

We've added two things to it. No men in women's sports and no transgender. And the only one opposed to it

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

is Democrat leadership because they cheat.

[DJ Envy]

And we're going to have to fight like hell. But we don't have a country if

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

we're going to have elections that are

[DJ Envy]

so corrupt and so dishonest, like we've witnessed over the last period of time.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Don't believe anything that comes out of his mouth. Is this the same one that, is this the same bill that everybody will have to re register to vote?

[Mimi Brown]

Well, there, yes, it's part of that. Although he hasn't come out and say that they're thinking about making people do that. But what they're adding now is the transgender part, Charlemagne. That's the new part of the same America Act. And you're right, this, this deal is not.

[Angela Yee]

What did I miss?

[Mimi Brown]

What happened?

[DJ Envy]

No, the reason I'm laughing is because I just remember them commercials that Trump did. They had me and Charlemagne in the commercials, and it had nothing to do with him, but he used it against Kamala Harris.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I don't think that's why he's laughing that I was. I have no idea what he started laughing. I just know you said transgender, and he looked at me and started dying for whatever reason.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, listen, either way, it is very important to note that this bill will disenfranchise a lot of people, including women who have gotten married. They say about 69 women in the US have taken their husband's last name, so it will not match their birth certificate. And transgender Americans could face similar hurdles because some have legally changed their name and their genders on their IDs.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Man, the picture. The picture on the ID and the picture.

[Mimi Brown]

Absolutely.

[DJ Envy]

Jesus Christ.

[Mimi Brown]

All right, well, coming up at 7, we're going to talk about the airports across the country and how it is a lot of chaos going on. So if you're flying soon, you'll want to hear this. We're going to talk about that in the next hour.

[DJ Envy]

Now, Mimi, I also seen on the News that there was some gas stations in California that they were saying that $8 a gallon for gas.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

That's crazy.

[Mimi Brown]

And 20 cents. I saw that.

[DJ Envy]

$8 a gallon.

[Mimi Brown]

Absolutely. The gas was already high here in California. So this is not adding. This is not helping. But you know what? I'm so Jesus Christ crazy.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, we'll see you next hour, Mimi. Okay, everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, call us right now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. What you doing, man? This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Or blessed.

[DJ Envy]

800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Who's this?

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Trav?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey. Chilling, chilling.

[Angela Yee]

Hey, boo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, Char?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Peace, sis. What's happening?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen, I'm just calling. Y' all know I'm getting on this. Y' all know I'm terrified of flying. I think I told y' all that every time I'm about to get on the plane. So keep me in your prayers when I get on this plane tomorrow.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

You scared. You scared of flying, but not a riding.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Whoa. Oh, my Jesus. You stop it.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Whoa. He said I started blushing. Oh, my God. Did you stop?

[Jessalarius]

I'm praying for you, boo. I'm praying for you.

[DJ Envy]

Let me add. Yo, just give yourself a little extra time because. Yes, when we flew out Sunday, when I say the lines were crazy. The lines were so crazy that, I mean, it was like a two hour wait to get through tsa. So give yourself a lot of extra time.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, so, yeah, we leave at 9, so I'm trying to get there. Probably like 7.

[DJ Envy]

Yep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, we'll get there.

[DJ Envy]

Probably.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Where you going, Trav?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But I'm gonna. I'm going to Austin. Sorry.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

You're right. You're right. You're right, man. I hope you have a great show, my brother. Go rock the mic.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah, I've been. I'm gonna definitely rock the mic.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I've been.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I've been at rehearsal, like, the last five days, and we're gonna kill our show, period.

[DJ Envy]

That's what it is. Good luck.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, y'. All.

[DJ Envy]

All right, Trav. Hello? Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning. It's Easy from Brooklyn.

[DJ Envy]

Easy.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

What's up?

[DJ Envy]

Get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Easy. Yo, good morning, Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Peace. Easy.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, brother?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's good, Shawna? Yo, MV, I got some thing about your comments yesterday about March 9th.

[DJ Envy]

The greatest rap of all time. Donna. March 9th.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Go ahead.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Yesterday I heard you say that the comments was that you didn't want to play Biggie on March 9th because of Ms. Wallace. I thought that was called out of context because she said she didn't like it, that they played her son's music more than they did on his death day. I don't think we should get rid of. You know, I know. I understand her, Vicious. That's her son and all. But I think if you ask Biggs, Envy, Big would be like, Envy, I don't care if they play My Music on March 9 to April 1. It don't matter, Envy. As long as they play at me, I'm good.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, now we. I mean, I play big music all the time, but I always heard that comment from him and Drock that said that.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Her and Drock?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, her and Drock. That they don't necessarily love to celebrate, quote, unquote, the day that he passed, like, you know, to celebrate his life. So because of that, I just stopped doing a mix on Biggie's birthday. I'm gonna do a mix this Friday, of course, for Big, but I just don't want to. You know, I kind of try to pay my respects. And I wanted to play a Big record yesterday, even to the point where Charlotte was like, yo, Ms. Big said this. You know, you want us.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

You want to play big. I love it. Envy said, Man, Ms. Wallace said that she didn't like for us to celebrate the day that he died. And then he told Red, but pull up Juicy.

[DJ Envy]

I wasn't gonna do a mix, but I just wanted to hear a big record. But I'm gon. I'm gonna play some in the mix today, and I'm gonna do a full mix on Friday, brother. All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need the vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

It's a new day.

[DJ Envy]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Wake, Wake up.

[DJ Envy]

Whether you're mad or blessed, it's time to get up and get something. Call up now. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this? Hey, this is Marcella, Marcel Loves.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning. Where you calling from?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm calling from New York City right now. I'm in the Bronx.

[DJ Envy]

In the Bronx.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Oh, my God. You know, the craziest people come from the Bronx and all of Florida, right?

[Jessalarius]

She don't sound like, she feel good.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

What's wrong? Period. On hello, Hello.

[DJ Envy]

Talk to us. What's up, mama?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Get it off your chest with the Save America Act. I just heard y' all talking about it, and one thing I wanted to say was that Trump is very good at being a deflector. He used words that are going to penetrate people's fear. And the first thing, when people hear Save America, they're going to be for it. And when they hear the transgender act, they're not going to think about anything else that's attached to that act. All they're going to hear is transgender, which is a lot of people are against, and they don't realize what the tail end of that act is. And they're going to allow him to restructure this whole voting thing, which, in a way, he's almost legally stealing the election later on down the road.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yes, you're absolutely right. I mean, he is good with words, but I don't think it's going to work this time because you can't have the big bill that's about restructuring voting. But then, just as Mimi said, add a little bit of transgender to it and think people are going to be for it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, I hope not, because I feel like he's definitely playing on people's fears, and I feel like that's how he got elected the second time around, with just those strong power words of fraud and waste and things like that. And if people don't pay attention, they're going to try to put pressure on the Democratic Party and the rest of the people that's against it and not realizing what his ultimate goal is. He's a master magician. He knows how to deflect and have you look at what he's doing with his left hand when you really got to pay attention to what he's doing with his right hand.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

You're absolutely right. I. I don't think people fall for it this time. I think people are way more concerned about, you know, their votes being manipulated than they are transgenders.

[DJ Envy]

Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this? Hey, what's happening, Envy?

[DJ Envy]

What's up, man?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

The God peace, my guy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up?

[DJ Envy]

What's your name? Where you calling from?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Calling from Dallas.

[Mimi Brown]

Okay.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Get it off your chest, brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, so I got to talk about. Couldn't erect this, too. When y' all gonna have Drew Ski back on for interview? Because it's. It's crazy on. On the episodes, man.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Drew Ski is allowed. Is invited up here anytime he wants.

[DJ Envy]

Anytime he wants to come. Pause.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, Drew.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

See you got to pull up, bro.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got to talk about your girlfriends, man, and your baby mama.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I seen a reality show the other day about studs, man. And I was like, boy, Drewski really has opened up a new lane for studs. I don't think studs.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cause he built like one.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

He what?

[Jessalarius]

He built like one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He built like one. He won't.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

What was that?

[DJ Envy]

Why.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Why you just shot at Drew Ski like that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's not. It's not. Look, it's because when you love something, you represent it wholeheartedly.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

So that's really what it is. I ain't never seen no such big as Drew Ski. I'm be honest with you.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know where you been.

[Jessalarius]

That's crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Charlamagne. You don't go outside.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yeah, I ain't never seen no studies. Biggest Drew Ski. Not. Not height wise, maybe. Maybe what? Husky Man

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Festival.

[Jessalarius]

They be out the big, big studs like that. You probably thought one of them was Drew Ski. But yes, they be out here.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Damn.

[DJ Envy]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. What's up, Lauren?

[Angela Yee]

Good morning.

[DJ Envy]

How you feeling?

[Angela Yee]

How are y'? All?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

You like you want to work for UPS all week? What's up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Your color this week.

[DJ Envy]

We have the latest coming up. What we talk about.

[Angela Yee]

We talk about Rihanna. So yesterday we talked about the shooting at Rihanna's house, and I told you guys that there was a suspect that was arrested. But now we know that she was booked on attempted murder, which says a lot about motive.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we'll get into that next. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Laurie.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

You're talking LL Cool.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah. I'm not dumbing myself down. I'm being myself. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everything. Little brown girls look at you and go, I want to be like you.

[Nicole Curtis]

Take me through there.

[Angela Yee]

Take me through there.

[DJ Envy]

The latest with Lauren

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

on the Breakfast Club. LL Cool, babe.

[DJ Envy]

Talk to me.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

LL Cool Bay.

[Angela Yee]

Good morning, guys.

[Jessalarius]

Good morning.

[Angela Yee]

So I told you guys that I was going to stay on the beat of this, the shooting that happened at Rihanna's house. So yesterday, police released information to some media, and they sent us this info. They said they. They let us know that the person or the suspect that was arrested for the shooting at Rihanna's home, her name is Ivana lisette Ortiz. She's 35 years old, she was booked on attempted mur.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

And the appeal as she should have been.

[Angela Yee]

Right. But when I saw that, because not only she booked under attempted murder, her bail is over $10 million. Right. So when I saw that, I'm like, okay, well, they must know something about, like, motive or like, at least they think they do. So I did ask them, like, have you guys identified the motive behind the shooting? Which they wouldn't release any more information on. But the penal code, that's next to like the. The charge that they booked her on. When I looked it up, it means that you take a direct step toward intentionally killing another person without success. It requires a specific intent to in our direct action. I mean, the action was the shooting outside of the home, but. Yeah. So she is currently locked up in an LA county jail right now.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

But you know what's crazy? She also needs to be in a psych ward.

[Angela Yee]

Yes. So we're going to get into that. Yes.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

That woman is clearly suffering from schizophrenia. Clearly.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah. So once her name was released and her birthday was released, the, you know, outlets and people begin to do what they do digging on social media. And there are a few reported social media posts. There's video, and there's also, like, just actual posts on Facebook. So I want to play. There's a video that she posted to her Instagram where she is actually, and she is Ivana, the suspect, mentioning Rihanna. Let's take a listen to Rihanna's suspect talking about Rihanna wanting to kill her. No, Rihanna, you're not the eagle. They will soar high on wings like eagles. Rihanna wants to say that we are flying and we're not. She's not flying. The way that Rihanna wants to kill me shows that we're not going to show this right now. But this is my heart, Lord, and I am expecting and waiting in that beautiful time for you to show me what you're gonna do and how you're gonna deliver this promise. It's in my heart and it's in my vitality. And I'm very, very grateful to you for your abundant graces. Listen, Rihanna, when you die, God is taking me to my future. You want to kill me? Shut the up.

[Jessalarius]

Yeah.

[Angela Yee]

She's a witch. She's a witch. I'm a watchman. Get that stupid girl out of here.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

That's so sad.

[DJ Envy]

It's very scary.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

She's clearly something. Schizophrenia.

[Angela Yee]

Yes. And I think it's also very scary because it's like she had a.

[Jessalarius]

A gun.

[Angela Yee]

Like, how did she get her hands on 15 yeah. Now, okay, so a few weeks before the shooting on February 23, there was a post that. Because there was a. There's a ton of Facebook posts, but there's one that she posted on her Facebook that mentioned she tagged Rihanna. She said, are you there because I was waiting on your aids 5 head self to say something to me directly instead of sneaking around like you're talking to me where I'm not at. And then she goes on, there's post about Kim Kardashian, there's a video about Cardi B. But I want to mention before we listen to the Cardi B audio, if we get to that, that her. There's an attorney for her ex husband who is now speaking out. So she has a child that she shares with her ex husband. And that attorney is giving statements and letting it be known that back in 2023 in Florida, she was actually placed. Ivana was placed on a psychiatric hold in a facility under the state law. And then in 2024, she lost custody of her child and a judge because of her mental state, made it where she's not able to contact her child by phone, in person, video, text, email, or any third party communication with the child until any further orders from the court.

[DJ Envy]

Did they say how to get. How she got the A off the team?

[Angela Yee]

We don't know that yet. No, we don't know that yet. Not at all.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

This is America.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

And we are easy to get firearms.

[DJ Envy]

No, I know that, but if they, if she had all these, the psych wards and all these things, she can't see her child. I just wonder if she was able to buy it legally or if she bought it illegally. Then they said she was a speech. A speech pathologist.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah. And the ex husband said she's very articulate, she's very smart. And if you talk to her about certain things, she would even have you convinced too. You notice certain bizarre, random things that she says or, and, or does and. Yeah.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

So she looks regular.

[Jessalarius]

Yeah, she definitely did.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Like she just looks regular.

[Angela Yee]

Well, there was one.

[DJ Envy]

You.

[Angela Yee]

You. We've been talking a lot about Cardi B's tour. Remember the San Francisco stop? There's a video that she had posted. She was trying to get to the San Francisco stop and there were issues that she had. She was making up on her own with Cardi B. Let's take a listen to Cardi. You can't. With me, Cardi B. You're supposedly busy right now, but you know who has the cutest outfit tonight? You know who's the cutest tonight I am. You ain't messing with me. Is Cardi B pressed, Chardi B. Yeah. I was just in San Francisco last week. Actually, this week, no one wanted me to go to what Cardi B Had going on. I wonder why. I wonder why.

[DJ Envy]

I wonder, like, where her friends were, parents, if there were any loved ones, anybody around her. Because somebody had to see this and say, this is not right.

[Angela Yee]

From the husband's statement, I take it as people know, she's not okay. I just don't. I don't know what her day was like that day where she was able to get to whatever, do whatever, but it's. It's very obvious that people around her knew that she wasn't okay.

[Jessalarius]

And then I wonder if she, like, off meds because, like, if this is her every day like you said, it should be people around her that's like, trying to get her help or alerting police if she doing things like getting.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Schizophrenia is tough, though, man. Schizophrenia is tough.

[Angela Yee]

There's a lot of questions here. And again, police. So that book, what she was booked with was the attempted murder. It goes to a da. The DA will then determine, like, further charges or whatever the case may be. But, you know, I think just from here, we can kind of tell where this is going to go. But yesterday, too, it was updated and released that TMZ spoke to a source and they confirmed that when Rihanna was home, her kids were there with her. Is that Rocky wasn't there, but her kids were there with her. And then there was a private jet that was marked flying out of LA yesterday that they believe was la. Rihanna leaving la. And I would too, at this point, like, right now, that is insane.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I have to sell that house and everything. But what's scary is there are people on social media in our mentions like that right now, they be talking to themselves, telling themselves these crazy. And that young woman needs to be in somebody's mental institution forever. She don't need to be on the street. Yeah.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah. Yes. Yeah. So I'll keep you guys updated as, you know, more unfolds and we'll bring it back here to the latest.

[DJ Envy]

And I always wonder what people like that, like, what got her there, right? Because she was married, she had a child, so I'm sure she was okay. Like, what was the change?

[Jessalarius]

She was on meds or maybe she. It was under control and, like, I don't know.

[Angela Yee]

It depends. I think it's different for different people. I have a friend that went into something like this, and it was just things in life, stress in life that were happening. But I know sometimes it happens when

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just a pickup game living out your hoop dreams. No triple doubles, but a mean set of threes in between buckets. One of the homies mentions he closed on a new crib. This is big. And while everyone's asking about the housewarming

[DJ Envy]

and making plans to celebrate, you're asking the real questions like has he spoke

[Charlamagne Tha God]

to his State Farm agent yet about coverage? See, home ownership is one thing, but the right coverage is the real game changer.

[DJ Envy]

Even more than your last hot streak

[Charlamagne Tha God]

is how you protect your legacy. Dropping buckets and bars on the court. A State Farm agent can more than

[DJ Envy]

assist you with finding the right coverage

[Charlamagne Tha God]

for your new place.

[DJ Envy]

If you have a claim, your local

[Charlamagne Tha God]

agent can help you file it. Yep, that's right.

[DJ Envy]

Over the phone, in person, online or on the app, they're ready to help

[Charlamagne Tha God]

you and they don't drop the ball, if you know what I mean. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.

[Mimi Brown]

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[Angela Yee]

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[Mimi Brown]

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[Angela Yee]

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[DJ Envy]

what up, everybody? It's DJ Emmy from the Breakfast Club. Now you know me and my wife, married 24 years and together over 30. And yes, we still speak on the phone every day. I mean, the early days, I didn't have a cell phone. I couldn't afford a cell phone. And the cell phones were like the size of a. A man's purse. But anyway, I love speaking to my wife over the phone. People say we talk too much, but that's my best friend. Why shouldn't we be able to talk all the time? All day long? 24, 7. But did you know that 2026 will mark the 150th anniversary of the first ever phone call. It took place March 10, 1876. And that call sparked it all. For the first long distance phone lines, the first lines across America, the first line across the Atlantic, the first round the world called, the first commercial cell Service, the first 911 system. AT&T has been connecting people for 150 years in so many different ways. Thank God we have cell phones. I can connect to my moms, my pops, and my whole family. Thank you. AT&T.

[Nicole Curtis]

Connecting changes everything.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

AT&T. Schizophrenia is already a chronic brain disorder. And it gets what I see. It gets worse as you get older.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah, so it depends on the person in their life.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

It develops in, like, your late adolescence. But then as you, you know, just grow and get older, it gets worse.

[Angela Yee]

From what I've seen, this is such a problem to be figured out like, though, like, people getting help before they're able to hurt other people. Like, it's.

[Jessalarius]

I don't know.

[Angela Yee]

I was thinking about that too. Like, how do you even solve a problem? Like mental health illnesses?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Schizophrenia is tough, bro. Like, I don't even. I don't. I don't think.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I don't think there's a kill for schizophrenia. Like, no, schizophrenia is. Yeah, you need. We need to bring somebody on here who really understands schizophrenia to discuss that, because that's not something you just get help for.

[Jessalarius]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, that's the latest with Lauren. Now when we come back, Mimi will be joining us. Front page news, so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

[Jessalarius]

It's DJ Envy.

[DJ Envy]

Just hilarious Charlamagne. The guy we are The Breakfast Club. Let's get back in some front page news. What's up, Mimi?

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning. MV Jess, Charlamagne. How y' all doing this morning?

[Jessalarius]

Hey, Mimi.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Peace. Mimi.

[Mimi Brown]

Good morning. So we start this hour with a major travel warning if you're heading to the airport or heading out anytime soon. Airport travel across the country is turning into a nightmare, with security lines stretching for hours and travelers missing flights at the start of this busy spring break season. So at several major airports, TSA wait times are hitting two to three hours. In New Orleans, the security line, it's stretched across multiple floors of the terminal and all the way into the parking garage. Airports are now warning passengers to arrive four to five hours before their flight just to make it through security. Now, all of this is tied to the partial government shutdown of Department of Homeland Security funding for dhs. It expired after Congress failed to reach a deal with Democrats pushing for conditions that they want placing tighter limits on ice. So because of this shutdown, more than 60,000 TSA agents are still required to work, but they are not being paid. And that, of course, is starting to take a toll. So across the country, agents are calling out sick. They're not showing up, which is creating staffing shortages at airport security checkpoints and sitting those wait times soaring. An industry group called Airlines for America, they represent major airline carriers. They say TSA agents are being used as political pawns in this government shutdown.

[Nicole Curtis]

Fight, fight. Let's listen.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

They're just political footballs, basically, that are used as leverage points for political battles that they have nothing to do with.

[Mimi Brown]

Yeah. So I know, Envy, you were recently in the airport. How was your. Your wait time getting through security?

[DJ Envy]

Oh, it was nasty. I would tell everybody there's this thing called touchless. I don't know if you guys know what touchless is. If every airline has touchless, but touchless is when you walk. You could just kind of walk up there and they scan your eyes. You can walk right through. No, it's called touchless. It's not. It's not clear. It's not pre check. It's called touchless. They have it on the Delta app. You should definitely check it. Sign up for it if you can. I believe it's free through your airline. Also, Precheck took Madison 45 minutes to go through, and Logan didn't have pre check or anything, and it took him an hour and 50 minutes. Logan missed a flight. Me and Madison had to meet him in Miami because he missed his flight. But I would just say that, yeah, give Yourself a lot of extra time. And if you got to check a bag, two hours at least, because the airport was nasty.

[Jessalarius]

And then everybody got clear too.

[DJ Envy]

Like, everybody has clear, everybody has pre check.

[Jessalarius]

Everybody got it. So you might. Sometimes I just go through the regular line because the clear lines are so long.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Salute to all the TSA workers, man, I'm sorry that y' all gotta go through this again. Cause, you know, some people just bouncing back from the last government shutdown, you know what I mean? Just really catching up. If they caught up and now they, you know, not getting paid again, man. So salute to all the TSA workers.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

It's a damn shame y' all gotta go through this.

[Nicole Curtis]

Absolutely.

[Mimi Brown]

And to your point, Charlamagne, I just left New York and several agents told me that they recently, well, about two weeks ago, they received half of their paycheck and they're expected to be paid this week. And that paycheck will be $0.00.00. And many expressed to me that they were living paycheck to paycheck and they were being forced to get, you know, a part time job so that they could, you know, afford their basic essentials, which of course is leaving that shortage at airports, which is what we're seeing right now.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Why would you even play with somebody like that? Why would you even waste the time printing out the paper to pay somebody zero dollars and zero cents? Yeah, that's like when a judge gives you 200 years, just say forever. Stop playing with me. Okay? You know, I can't ever do 200 years. I'm gonna do with this $0.00 check.

[Mimi Brown]

Exactly. So we'll continue to follow that story and we're learning more this morning about that terror incident outside the New York City mayor's residence over the weekend. Investigators are now filling in some of the details that were still unfolding yesterday. So the incident happened on Saturday outside Gracie Mansion, the official home of New York City mayor. Now, police say two homemade experience explosive devices, they were thrown during a protest there. Officials say the devices could have seriously injured or killed people, but they failed to fully detonate. So no one was hurt. And here's the background on what was happening out there. So earlier that day, a group connected to a far right activist, they organized a protest outside the mayor's residence. They were demonstrating against what they call the Islamification of New York, essentially claiming, essentially claiming that New York has become too influenced by Islam and Muslim communities. So that protest, it drew more than 100 counter protests who showed up to push back against what they viewed as anti Muslim rhetoric. So police say the tension between those two groups escalated. And we now know that two teens from Pennsylvania, they brought those homemade explosives to that protest. And this morning, we're hearing from Mayor Mandami, who is now responding to that attack. Let's listen to what he had to say.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

On Saturday, a protest was held outside Gracie Mansion, where I live with my wife Rama. This was a vile protest rooted in

[DJ Envy]

white supremacy entitled Stop the Islamic takeover of New York City. I'm the first Muslim mayor of our city. Anti Muslim bigotry is nothing new to me, nor is it anything new for the 1 million or so Muslim New Yorkers who know this city as our home.

[Nicole Curtis]

While I found this protest appalling, I

[DJ Envy]

will not waver in my belief that it should be allowed to happen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me also be clear about something else.

[DJ Envy]

New York City will never tolerate violence.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Violence.

[DJ Envy]

Anyone who comes to New York City to bring violence to our streets will be held accountable in accordance with the law.

[Mimi Brown]

Our infedible prosecutors, they say the suspect, they told investigators that they were inspired by isis and they allegedly wanted to carry out something even bigger than the Boston Marathon bombing. So they said that during the Boston Marathon bombing that only three people died. And they said that to investigators in New York City, and they wanted something much bigger. But the attorney from one of the teens is pushing back, saying his client just turned 18 and didn't fully understand what he was doing. Let's listen to the lawyer. Lawyer for that teen for two months.

[DJ Envy]

He's a high school student. This is the first time he's ever been connected to anything like this. He has no history of any kind of violence. Now all of a sudden, he's here in New York, over 100 miles away

[Nicole Curtis]

from home, accused of terrorism.

[DJ Envy]

There's really no. There was no forewarning of that.

[Mimi Brown]

Well, the FBI is also carrying out searches at locations connected to those suspects in Pennsylvania as investig investigators look for more evidence to determine whether anyone else may have been involved. Now, both men, they made their first court appearance yesterday in federal court in Manhattan. They are being held in federal custody, and their next hearing is scheduled for April 8th. So, yeah, we will continue to watch that. And really quickly, before we go, a quick update to that Ticketmaster story that we were talking about earlier. Jess, you and I were, you know, kind of following this one together. So Live Nation, the company that owns Ticketmaster, has reached a deal with the federal government and dozens of states after being accused of having too much control over concert ticket prices. So under the deal the company will pay about $280 million, with that money going to 40 states that also joined the lawsuit. Now, the deal could change how tickets are sold going forward. For example, service fees at some of the venues would be capped at about 15% of the ticket price. And Ticketmaster would also also have to open parts of their ticketing technology to other companies, which would mean that other ticketing companies would start selling using. Using the same ticket system. And Live Nation would have to give up some of those exclusive deals with concert venues, which would allow more competition in the ticket market, which they hope will bring down those ticket prices.

[Angela Yee]

So.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, dope.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah.

[Mimi Brown]

We will continue to see what happens with that. And that is it, y'.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

All.

[Mimi Brown]

That is your front page news. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me, Mimi Brown, tv. And for more stories, follow the Black Black Information Network.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Now, a couple weeks ago, Nicole Curtis.

[DJ Envy]

That's right, Nicole Curtis from hgtv.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yeah, I gave her a donkey today. She's on the show Rehab Addict. She is the white woman who on Rehab Addict said partners, correct? Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yep.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

And so I gave her a donkey today. And she reached out to Lauren LaRosa and was explaining herself and wanted to come on the show.

[DJ Envy]

Yep.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Explain herself some more.

[DJ Envy]

She said declare the air and explain herself.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Hey, man, I'm assuming to apologize. Don't threaten us with a good time.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness. All right, so when we come back, Nicole Curtis from hgtv. You know, that's the lady, the white woman that said fart on. On, I guess. And it went viral. So we're gonna talk to her next. Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

[Jessalarius]

It's DJ Envy.

[DJ Envy]

Just hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy. We are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRosa is here as well. We got a special guest in the building. You know her from HGT tv, Rehab Addict, or HG tv, I should say. Ladies and gentlemen, Nicole Curtis. Welcome.

[Nicole Curtis]

Thank you. Thank you.

[Angela Yee]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Nicole is. I'm about to. A lot of people may have known Nicole, but then they may not know Nicole, but they may have just learned in Nicole.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Nicole Curtis]

That is right.

[DJ Envy]

So Nicole, of course, she's on Rehab Addict. She's a best selling author, New York Times bestselling author. But recently she went viral. Not for anything good. She was actually doing some work in a home and I guess something happened. And you heard Nicole blurt out fart.

[Nicole Curtis]

Why?

[Angela Yee]

It's my last one.

[Nicole Curtis]

Oh, fart. What the is that that I just said, Nick, you gotta. You gotta. Can you kill that? My life.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And Charlamagne gave a donkey today.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

And she went viral for it. And because of that, she lost her show and a host of other things. And you're here today to talk about that?

[Nicole Curtis]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

What is a fart?

[Nicole Curtis]

You know, I have no idea. I have no idea. It's.

[Jessalarius]

It's.

[Nicole Curtis]

That. That isn't anything that I've ever said before. And so I. I don't have any idea. You know, that's.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It.

[Jessalarius]

Would you say it's a black person with gas? Could it be?

[Nicole Curtis]

No. I mean, listen, it.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

It is.

[Nicole Curtis]

It is. I. I heard your show on it, and you guys had a great time on it, and. And that's all fine. You know, I've. I've been a female in construction for almost 30 years. I think I'm the oldest here. I'm older than all of you guys.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

How old are you?

[Nicole Curtis]

I'm 49.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Oh, you're right behind you. 47.

[Nicole Curtis]

Yeah. I'm still older, though, you know, and I've. I'm a mom, so I've got kids, right? So I've been. I've. I get made fun of a lot, you know, and I get roasted. I work on a crew with, like, my best friends from elementary school, junior high, high school.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Are your best friends black?

[Nicole Curtis]

Are my best friends black? I. I have some. I don't even. See, this is the thing, because as soon as I say anything like that, then somebody says, oh, she came out and used her best friend as black thing. Correct. Right. And I live in Detroit, right?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

So best friends are black.

[Nicole Curtis]

So I have. I have. I have friends of every nationality, every background. I always have.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Have.

[Nicole Curtis]

But it's. I can't say anything right. Right now. Anything I say makes some person somewhere angry. Right?

[Jessalarius]

But if you do have black friends, you could say that.

[DJ Envy]

You know what I mean?

[Nicole Curtis]

Well, I definitely do. And I don't. I don't want to cut them out. But I'm saying. Then people say, like, oh, here she comes. She's gonna come out now. This happened, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

But I think that the main thing is, is what are your best friends

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

that are blacks named.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Oh, my God.

[Nicole Curtis]

Okay, okay, okay. So Danielle. Danielle's part of our crew. I have Elizabeth. I have. I have. So I live right in Detroit. Right. So do you want me just go down and name.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, I.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Just Your best friend?

[Nicole Curtis]

Yeah, yeah. So I'm just saying. And that's the. That's the thing, you know, is that, you know, when this all happened, I asked all of my friends, all of My family, all of my crew to take a step back, right? Because everyone wanted to come out right away and be like, whoa, this isn't. This isn't who she is. This isn't who she's about. And I asked them not to on purpose because I didn't want them get to get caught up in my sh. T. To be honest, right? Because I'm. I'm in this weird. Like, here's me in the middle right now, right? And I have people over here coming at me. I have people coming here over me. And then these two groups are coming like this, you know, like. I don't know. Like, when I was a kid growing up, we didn't fly anywhere. We're in the back of a car, going on road trips everywhere. But then you fight with your siblings. Well, that's how I am right now, where I have, like, groups of people who have never met me, who haven't watched my show, know nothing about me, judging me or. Or defending me or just seeing all this weird stuff about me, and I'm like, okay, what. You know, what. What do I do at that point?

[Angela Yee]

What do the people who knew you before this viral moment, who have met you, who have watched your shows, your black friends, like, that community.

[Nicole Curtis]

Yeah.

[Angela Yee]

What did they say to you about the use of the word?

[Nicole Curtis]

Oh, they were just like. Like, we know you. Like, this isn't. This isn't something you say. This isn't something you use or anything. Now, they do know me, which means they know that I run a million miles an hour, right?

[Mimi Brown]

I'm a mom.

[Nicole Curtis]

I got two boys. I fly cross country like, once or twice a week. I shoot a show, I produce a show. I build houses. I design houses. Bottom line is, I'm a mom. I talk fast. I'm on the go like this. And like all of you, right, I didn't get handed my show. I didn't get handed it. I didn't. I wasn't an overnight success, you know? Like, I grew up in a family where I learned to work. And in my 20s, I became a mom at 21. I cleaned houses. I did odd jobs on Craigslist when Craigslist was still a thing. I don't think it is anymore.

[DJ Envy]

Not really. You know, but that's all wonderful, but the term. Yeah, fart, right? It just. We just never heard that term before. So it was just like, trying to figure out, like, is that something you said? If that's a fart, like, where did that term come from? Have you ever said it? Have you Ever heard it?

[Nicole Curtis]

No, I haven't. I haven't. And when you. I think you brought up. And you said that, you actually looked it up and it was at work. Yeah, yeah. And I didn't. You know, and that is something that, over the years, and this is like, if. If my shows were. Well, you can still find my shows. I don't think they've wiped them off completely of the universe. But if you watch them, I have said. Because years ago now, I started on TV in 2010. Right. So we couldn't. We couldn't swear if we said. And I say the F word a lot. Okay. I say it a lot. I say it too much.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Fart.

[Nicole Curtis]

No, I say, like, that's what I say. Okay, all right.

[Angela Yee]

Have you ever used the N word without the fart?

[Nicole Curtis]

Absolutely not. Absolutely not. And that's where the people that know me, have known me for years, have worked with me, were like, you know, like, that's just. That's.

[Jessalarius]

And.

[Nicole Curtis]

And again, I have been on TV. I've been in the industry almost 30 years, right? So you know how it is. If. If. If that's something. If that's how you're known to be or something like that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It.

[Nicole Curtis]

There's already stories out there about it, you know, And I've said, like, find someone who's ever heard me use that word, be in that context or have that type of mindset, and you won't. Like, you.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Were you at the BAFTA Awards recently?

[Nicole Curtis]

No, I. I did see that, though. Yes. Yes. No, I wasn't there.

[DJ Envy]

And the next thing is. So, you know, of course, people all the time say things that we say. Edit that out. Right, right. You said edit it out. You asked about it. So how did it leak? If it's your. Your show, you know, you're the producer and all that. How did your audio leak?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Like, it just came out. Like fart. Like, it just slipped out.

[Nicole Curtis]

Well, he's asking about how it leaked, right?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Nicole Curtis]

Okay. All right. So when you see my show on any kind of platform on hgtv, we do have to edit it. We do have to, like, like, dumb it down. And I show a before and after when I'm still in the middle of construction, right? So I'm like, I'm gonna shoot this raw. So what I was doing, what I've always done, is I shoot all my own material. So I was shooting in my own house, my own cameras. Like, this would be if I was producing the show right now. And this gentleman here shooting. He can't walk out of here with my media. Right. He can't. Like, it's mine. I'm gonna take that.

[DJ Envy]

Of course.

[Nicole Curtis]

I'm gonna load it up, I'm gonna take it home, put it in my drive. It goes in my safe.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[Nicole Curtis]

So there is. There is another human in the world that did have access to that.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Who is that human?

[Nicole Curtis]

I. And. And right now, with everything going on, I'm not gonna. I'm gonna. I'm not gonna state that.

[DJ Envy]

Was he black?

[Jessalarius]

So they leaked it?

[DJ Envy]

No, he wasn't black.

[Nicole Curtis]

No, no.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Do you think that person is a.

[Nicole Curtis]

I think he's a. Okay, so we'll just start at that.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Nicole Curtis]

I think he's a person.

[Mimi Brown]

I think.

[Nicole Curtis]

I think, in my humble opinion, who I think it is, I think needed to. To ruin me and. And crush my soul.

[Angela Yee]

I understand that, like, you're here because you want to have a real conversation. You know, this is the place to be. But I feel like what's happening right now is, like, you're doing a lot to humanize yourself, and that's.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

That's cool.

[Angela Yee]

I know you feel like you have to do that, but the use of the N word saying dehumanizes people like us. And that's the real conversation.

[Nicole Curtis]

Absolutely, absolutely. And that's why, again, I've never. Like, I was raised. We don't use that word. Okay, I know that. I don't use that word. I don't use that word. Why? I'm white. That wasn't your first time, I swear to God.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Don't do that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[Nicole Curtis]

Charlemagne, I'm gonna tell you. I'm gonna tell you. No, I'm gonna tell you right. No, no, no, no. You can stand next to me. Like, you can. No, I'm telling you. And you don't have to believe me. Like, you don't know me. I just walked in here. I just met you. You don't know me. You don't have to.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Not even in a song context.

[Nicole Curtis]

Like, you listen and. No, and you. You have to. I have a. I have a 28 year old son, okay? And like my playlist, Yes, I listen to. I've always listened. I've always listened to everything. Okay? I grew up. I graduated in 1994, okay? Like, like that's it. But I don't. I have never used the word. I know that. The people that know me know that. My children know that. And the most important thing for me when all this came out is that one. I spoke to my children, my son, my 28 year old was like, I'M finding the RAW footage because there is no way that that slipped out and then you weren't. Because he's like, mom, you go on and on about all the time, right?

[DJ Envy]

We're.

[Nicole Curtis]

I'm a mom. Like, that's what we do. And he's like, he found the raw. And I do. I go on. That was an edited version.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

What you mean you go on?

[Nicole Curtis]

No, I go on. Like, I. I've never. I literally say on it. I say, like, I've never said that before. I've never said that before. I can't believe I just said that. I've never said this word before. And so I. I know that.

[Jessalarius]

Do you think that.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Nicole Curtis]

I'm sorry.

[Jessalarius]

So the guy who leaked it, Right.

[Nicole Curtis]

We assume.

[Angela Yee]

Do you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Nicole Curtis]

All right.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah.

[Nicole Curtis]

So, yeah, somebody had to leak it

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

because it was out.

[DJ Envy]

So somebody leaked it.

[Jessalarius]

So the person that leaked it couldn't have just felt like that was so wrong.

[Nicole Curtis]

Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I have been in a situation, and again, I'm not. I'm not saying exactly it was this person, but again, getting back to this. I produce my own stuff. I was in my own home, okay? The reason I said, like, oh, my gosh, delete that is because I don't. I don't. I was, like, so shocked that I said, you can see as soon as it comes out of my mouth. If I was someone. Now, I'm gonna play the devil's advocate here, okay?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

White devil's advocate.

[Nicole Curtis]

Okay, fine. White devil's advocate over here. If I was someone that said that all the time, and I'm in the sanctity of my own house, my own cameras, my own camera people that I pay for, they're not taking my media away, okay? And even. Let's say it was my audio guy, right? He only has audio clips. He doesn't have video. Okay? But I would just roll with it. What would I care?

[DJ Envy]

When you said erase it, what did the guy say in the background?

[Nicole Curtis]

So he said. He said, we have. I have 35 minutes on this clip, okay? So he's. He's rolling right here, right? So if we stop to do that, okay? So then you go back, and then there's a. There's a. Like, you have 35 minutes of footage already on there, right? And then, I mean, I have. I have the Raw. Like, if you guys want to watch the Raw, I'll show you the Raw.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Why do you want to traumatize us? Why do you want us to revisit?

[Nicole Curtis]

No, no, I, I, I'm saying, but what I'm saying is that I, I didn't have to. Like, no one would have ever seen this.

[DJ Envy]

But I thought he said it was already fed to the network.

[Nicole Curtis]

No, no, no, no.

[DJ Envy]

I thought he said something like that.

[Nicole Curtis]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You can pull that, you can pull that audio up. First of all, when we shoot tv, a network never gets raw footage ever. So. And I'm in control of my footage, I'm in control of my show. I produce and I edit. So they only get the, so, you know, they, I sell them a product, they buy it, they've decided to take it off their shelves, right? But they will never have my raw footage. I don't deliver 1600 hours of footage to them to go through. They don't get it. So they would never get it. No one would ever get it. Like I shot yesterday, I shot for the past two days in a house. No one's ever going to see that footage if I don't want them to.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

So what does accountability look like for you? Because, you know, an apology is like staging a house, right? It looks nice, but what's underneath, Underneath, it's, it's, it's.

[Nicole Curtis]

Again, I've, I've come out and I've said, I don't condone. Use that word. Okay? So again, I'm stuck here in the middle. All right? So you got, and honestly, the only people coming at me really are, are white people, like, hardcore at me. You have these, these people over here who always have to be like a missionary, right? Who are like, oh, my gosh, you need to apologize. They expect me to, like, sell everything I've ever had in my life, donate it to a charity, and like, get, get stoned in the streets, okay? And then you have the other side of white people that are like, fighting these people and being like, leave her alone. It's just a word. And I've come out and I said, it's not just a word.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Who are these people?

[Nicole Curtis]

No, I'm saying that this group of white people, and then you have this

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

group of white people fighting each other, fighting each other, like, white on white

[Nicole Curtis]

crimes, white on white. And I'm in the middle, right? And anyone else who's known me or works with me throughout the years has been like, these people are all crazy. Like, what is going on here?

[Angela Yee]

Have you said sorry?

[Nicole Curtis]

Yes, I have. Oh, I have.

[Mimi Brown]

I have to who?

[Nicole Curtis]

First of all, I apologize to my children. First, that was. That was the most important.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Are they black?

[Nicole Curtis]

My children are white. They are my children. But the most important thing is that I have raised them knowing.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Have you apologized to black people?

[Nicole Curtis]

I absolutely have. I did. I did. Did you like it? I did. I have. I've also the. So the most important thing to me was I apologize. I talked to my children first. They watched the clip because they were like, mom, you don't use that word. You know, we can't use that word. We're not. This is like. This is so out of character.

[Jessalarius]

Kids were like.

[Nicole Curtis]

Like, my little one, I have a 10 year old, right? So I pulled up the footage and I showed him. He goes, oh, you didn't mean to say it? I said, I didn't mean to say it. I didn't mean to say it.

[DJ Envy]

So how did you feel when you heard the donkey today? Did you. And how did you hit a donkey today?

[Nicole Curtis]

I heard the donkey because I work with a bunch of guys and they saw it and. And again, they were like. And. And. And listen, you guys want to call me donkey of the day or. You know, I. I called us worse. What?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

You've called us worse?

[Nicole Curtis]

I'm gonna. I'm gonna stay silent on that one because again, I'm gonna. I'm gonna say again that that was not something that I said or meant it at somebody or any. I didn't even mean for that word to come out. And again,

[DJ Envy]

I.

[Nicole Curtis]

There. That's not the only word I don't use. Okay, The R words making a comeback. Right? The R word.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

What's that?

[Nicole Curtis]

You can guess. No. Okay, well, I'm not gonna say it because I don't use it.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

What's the. The.

[DJ Envy]

What's the R word?

[Nicole Curtis]

Do you know the R word, Jess?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[Angela Yee]

Yeah, what's the R word? I mean, at this point, you didn't. You didn't. Took it there. You could say that one.

[Nicole Curtis]

No, I. No, no. What's the R word? Yeah, okay, well, that word's making a comeback. Yeah, right. We don't use that.

[Angela Yee]

And then.

[Nicole Curtis]

Then the. Then.

[DJ Envy]

F. F. F. Reneging.

[Nicole Curtis]

Oh, my goodness.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

What's the F word?

[Jessalarius]

Reparations.

[Angela Yee]

Oh, no, that. That can't be the word you don't use. Okay, Tell the people that there are

[Nicole Curtis]

a series of words that I don't use.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Nicole Curtis]

All right. So. So, yes.

[Angela Yee]

No, the R word isn't reparations, right?

[Jessalarius]

No, no.

[DJ Envy]

Renegade.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's it.

[Angela Yee]

Oh, she can't say that one.

[Jessalarius]

What?

[Angela Yee]

Reneging?

[Jessalarius]

Oh, look. No, she can't Say, Rene, so what

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

made you decide to come to Breakfast Club to have this conversation? Like, I'm sure there's other places you could have went.

[Nicole Curtis]

No, no, no, no, no. I'll tell you why.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Okay.

[Nicole Curtis]

Okay. I've always been somebody that I don't. You guys brought it up, right? And it seemed like you guys had questions and things like that. And this is, this is, this is honestly like. Like I'm walking in knowing that you guys have made fun of me, roasted me. You've had this commentary about me. Okay.

[Jessalarius]

Felt offended first.

[Nicole Curtis]

I'm sorry.

[Jessalarius]

And then.

[Nicole Curtis]

Exactly. No, and I understand. I understand. You know, and I reached out to Lauren, right? And I just said, can we just. Can we just talk on the phone? I'm not. You know, when, when this first came out, everyone suggested that I hire a pr. A crisis prt, right? Or go do this or go do that and make a good show of it. Like, no, like, that's not what I'm about. And that's. That's not what I've ever done. I've always found that you can be a, you know, like a problem reporter or solution seeker. Right. And I've always found solutions through understanding and having conversations. So if you have a conversation with me, right, and then you're still like, you know what? I don't believe her.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Nicole Curtis]

she deserved Donkey of the day. And I don't, I don't believe her. That's fine. Now you've met me, we've had a conversation, right?

[Angela Yee]

I just.

[Nicole Curtis]

When I. When somebody judges anybody, just from. And of course like when they see a headline and they say hgtv racial slur, right? They don't need to say I'm white. I mean hgtv, like I can't think. I can't think of a whiter TV station.

[Angela Yee]

Weren't you in Wyoming when that filming was happening? I'm sorry, you Were in Wyoming.

[Nicole Curtis]

Was happening.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yes.

[Nicole Curtis]

Yes. Yeah. But I'm just saying, like, everyone knew that you.

[Mimi Brown]

They didn't.

[Jessalarius]

You're gonna be white.

[Nicole Curtis]

I'm gonna be white, Right? I'm gonna be white. And then you see me, right? And that's okay. Like, without. Without meeting me. Like, who do you think I am? Like, what's your stereotypes about me?

[Jessalarius]

That was my introduction to you. Like.

[Nicole Curtis]

Yeah.

[Jessalarius]

When you first came in, you said, people have known me for 30 plus years being in this industry, the, you know, home restoration, and then there's people that don't know me.

[Nicole Curtis]

Right.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

This.

[Jessalarius]

This is the people that don't know you. This is the introduction. You know? You know what I mean? So my thing is, I thought you say it all the time because it came out so sad.

[DJ Envy]

It definitely seems like you said high time.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

How did the word come so naturally?

[Nicole Curtis]

And again. And. And. And this is. This is. I mean, if you guys want to watch the Raw. Like, I said, no, no, I said, I. I have the Raw. Do you want to. You want to watch?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Nicole Curtis]

I believed it.

[DJ Envy]

The thing is, if. If you said fart digger, the amount of times that you said, I just feel like you should have released that a million and one times because I've never heard fart, and I. I watched this show.

[Nicole Curtis]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And I've definitely never heard fart. So it just seems. It just seems like it's something that you've said before because it just came out, so.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

And fart digger sound like you playing an ass all day.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Jessalarius]

That's a little nasty.

[DJ Envy]

No, no.

[Nicole Curtis]

And.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

And why would you just be digging?

[Jessalarius]

I don't have, like, crazy.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I don't have.

[Nicole Curtis]

I don't have a rhyme or reason of the words that I make up. Like, I say. I say nonsense stuff all the time. I mean, and again, like, even when I, like, I edit my shows, right. And I'll be editing my shows and I'll be like, just finish. What the. You're saying. Because I go off on, like, this and that, and I'm off the cuff. I'm not scripted. Right. And I. Actually, there are. There are people in my genre that are a little more scripted or they're directed or they're produced or they have a whole video village or they have all this. I don't. I don't have any of that. I shoot myself.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

So. Were you trying to say something else in that moment?

[Nicole Curtis]

Absolutely.

[Jessalarius]

Because you say fart digger and fart knocker.

[Angela Yee]

I say all that together. What are you trying to say?

[Nicole Curtis]

But that's what I'm saying. I was, I don't like exactly. Do I know my train of thought in that? No, it's like a blip of a moment. But I know that I wasn't saying that. First of all, I would never put. I didn't know that it was a phrase that was used. But again, I don't really know a lot of. I stay in my like little cave of restoring houses and being a mom and tooling around Detroit.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Were you gassy and like talking to yourself? Like, oh, apart.

[Nicole Curtis]

Did you see the clip, what I'm doing?

[Jessalarius]

Yeah.

[Angela Yee]

He's asking, did you have gas on the ladder?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Like, were you talking to yourself? Were you referring to yourself as such?

[Jessalarius]

What I can say is I understand you not. Let me finish. I mean, oh my God, I'm sorry.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

You see what I'm saying? That's why, that's why they feel comfortable.

[DJ Envy]

You use that term.

[Jessalarius]

She should feel comfortable. Because I, Anyway, listen, I understand you apologizing to your kids first because my thought is they're in, some of them are in school. You know, you got your 28 year old, but you have kids in school.

[Nicole Curtis]

Yeah.

[Jessalarius]

And they have, they may have black friends, you know what I'm saying? And for them to see their friend's mom use the term and then they could be bullied for that. They could have to pay that price for something that you said for that term, that you said something. I understand you apologizing to them, but is that because that may affect what, you know, they go to school. You said you got a 10 year old.

[Nicole Curtis]

No, I apologize to them because I have like, that is just like we live in Detroit. Yeah, we live in Detroit. Like I'm not like the south side. I'm not, dude, I'm in the, I'm in the Detroit that you don't see in trendy and upcoming Detroit. Right. I've been in Detroit. Like, like my grandparents were born and raised in Detroit. Like, I am not made for TV Detroit. Okay. There are a couple people. I, I, I don't even know if I can say, Can I say, am I in the hood?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I don't even know, you know your best friends are black and you live in the hood.

[Nicole Curtis]

No, but I'm, I'm, listen, I'm not

[Jessalarius]

usually says what up though.

[Nicole Curtis]

No, but I'm sorry, I got, no, I got my Pandora playing, so I'm sorry.

[Angela Yee]

She was outside.

[Nicole Curtis]

What I'm saying is like now I'm like, whatever I say, it's going to piss People off. But I will say this.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I want you to live your truth.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[Nicole Curtis]

And what my truth is, is I would say I live in Detroit. I am a Detroiter. I'm not it. I didn't bring. I didn't create and be like, ooh, Detroit's hot and trendy right now. Can I go do my show in Detroit? I'm not some token white bitch that walked down the street and decided, I'm gonna go to Detroit, I'm gonna shoot a show. I'm in Detroit. I had a fight to go to Detroit. I went to Detroit before Detroit was trendy, before it was. I don't like news Detroit, to be honest with you. I like it how it was. And that's what I. That's why I restore the houses.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

What are just some things you plan to do to maybe provide some healing for the people you hurt?

[Nicole Curtis]

I'm going to continue the work that I have done, okay? And that's. And again, I don't, I don't. I don't invest in Detroit and sell properties and make money. I fight that. I go and restore historical pieces of our history in Detroit where, where they're not getting federal grants, where there's not state money, where, where the, the big developers aren't going in because. Because those neighborhoods, those people that have lived in Detroit all their life, right? And even, like, even I have bought houses to save people from losing their houses as a tax foreclosure. That's what I'm saying. I have fought. I have fought these cities about turning our cities that have people that have lived in them all their lives and then yanking their homes from them or tearing their homes down and then building, you know, all of this stuff, that's what I'm going to continue doing. I'm going to continue my work like that. What happened and that's what I do is that I'm in my neighborhoods working like that, that investing my own money that I don't have to. I don't get money back from investing in Detroit because I'm investing in negative market value areas, okay? There is no market value. There's nothing for me to gain except for rebuilding, rebuilding our history there. That's what's important to me. When you rebuild history, when you maintain that history and that uniqueness, that neighborhood can thrive and survive, thrive and survive. And that's my battle in all these, these cities that I've lived in, is that you have to have sustainability. And it's not going to be in your trendy new markets. It's not going to be bringing in the white people so they can have a studio apartment now. Right. It's going to be surviving those neighborhoods that were already there, keeping the uniqueness, keeping the history, keeping it intact, keeping the people that made that city have been in that city their entire lives, making it so that they can stay there.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

So you make affordable housing for the people who've always lived.

[Nicole Curtis]

There's no such thing as affordable housing. Do you not know that? That's all of. That's all a. Like a non profit's not a non profit. They make profit.

[DJ Envy]

Nicole, I think what you should do is what you're saying that you're doing in Detroit. There's a lot of young African American people in Detroit that would love to learn from you and that would love to learn in a way that they can understand what this industry is, how to build. And that's what you should do. You should teach that from your point of view, because you've been there. You know how to get cheap. You know how to do the construction. That's what you should do. Hire black contractors, hire by contractors, teachers.

[Nicole Curtis]

And that's what I'm saying. That is what my work has been about.

[DJ Envy]

Black investors.

[Nicole Curtis]

That is what my work has been about. Because that's what we've been doing. If people think that me saying that word is okay, then I'm. That is. That's why I was so disappointed.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Just apologize. Apologize to black people.

[Mimi Brown]

I do.

[Nicole Curtis]

I did and I do. I apologize.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

The camera's right there.

[Nicole Curtis]

Yes, I do. And to everyone out there, just charlamagne. So you're aware that is a word that I do not condone. So the people out there that do not use me as an example, right, that's where I've been coming out against people saying, hey, just because I said it, I made a mistake. I know I made a mistake. You watch that footage, even the edited bull. So, no, don't use me as your poster child for that bull.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

And I don't want you to think that coming on the Breakfast Club is just going to rehabilitate your image.

[Nicole Curtis]

Absolutely not.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

In fact, it might increase the chances of you walking through the airport and somebody going, that's the fart.

[Nicole Curtis]

Yeah. No, I mean, you have a lot of people watching. And again, I didn't. I didn't come on here to prove myself. I came on here. You said some questions about me. Like you had some questions. Get it from the source.

[DJ Envy]

Okay?

[Nicole Curtis]

Right, Ladies and gentlemen, when you have a dispute, get it from the source.

[DJ Envy]

That is Nicole Curtis, and it is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. And what we'll do is let's open up the phone lines. We'll take her to Breakfast Club court next hour.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I don't think you gotta take it to court. I think you should just open up the phone line to get people's reaction.

[DJ Envy]

800.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

She Guilty. What are we talking about?

[DJ Envy]

800. 5, 8, 5. 10, 5 1. What are your thoughts on Nicole Curtis? Call us up right now. We'll take your calls in a little bit. But let's get to the latest.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

You're talking LL Cool.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah. I'm not dumbing myself down. I'm being myself. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everything. Girls look at you and go, I want to be like you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Take me through that.

[Angela Yee]

Take me through there.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

She gone.

[DJ Envy]

The latest with Laura on the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

LL Cool B. Talk to me.

[Angela Yee]

So Dwight Howard has. We talked about him and his wife now estranged yesterday because Dwight Howard has filed for divorce from Amber Howard or Amy of love and hip hop. And he says that the relationship or the marriage is irretrievably broken.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Now, why is she not in jail? She was on the Internet with at least a half a brick of cocaine.

[DJ Envy]

Watch.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nothing.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Jail. That's probably why.

[Jessalarius]

That's probably why I want that divorce. Like, girl, you don't take my coke out this house. I don't know, on the Internet for everybody to see.

[Angela Yee]

But here's the thing, because y' all remember, like, last year, she. This happened again. Like, she filed for divorce, and then they got back together. So when I saw that, I'm like, okay, is this just something that they do? But then I saw Amy comment on some of the reporting of this online, saying that he beat her to the courthouse. So then TMZ after that, did a story with a source, and the source is saying that Amy or Amber had planned to file that same day. She was working on it with her attorneys, but his paperwork was processed first. And that they're still living in the same here recently. Yeah, like in this new one. So this time when Dwight Howard filed for divorce, she was on her way to do the same. Paperwork was there from what it seems, but her paperwork or his paperwork went through first. Now they're still living in the same house in Georgia.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Where is the cocaine?

[Angela Yee]

I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

I'm sure she threw it out, but

[Angela Yee]

she could all that. You throw that out.

[Jessalarius]

That's what I'm saying.

[Nicole Curtis]

You talk.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What are you gonna do with it?

[Jessalarius]

That's what she should have been doing. She should have been handling that before coming to the Internet and everything.

[DJ Envy]

Because if you. Dwight, you gonna say, I want a divorce.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Because the white around your wife has

[DJ Envy]

some cocaine and I don't know where it came from.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

All I know is there is a woman with a half a kilo of cocaine somewhere in Atlanta that the federal authorities have not responded to yet. Okay, where is the cocaine?

[Angela Yee]

Well, there. There's also a reporting too. TMZ had went and they did a cause of service request. So that's basically where you can ask the police. How many times were the cops called to a certain address? And they found that in the last 14 days, the cops have been called three times to that house. So they've been.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Hell yeah. With all that cocaine, that ain't no surprise. All that cocaine in the house. I don't know who using it. But if there's that much co. Cocaine in the house, cops are going to be called numerous times because they wiling in there.

[Jessalarius]

Yeah. And were the kids taken away? Well, okay, because that's what it's supposedly about.

[Angela Yee]

I. I haven't seen anything concrete on that. I did. I did see in Amy's response, she said that he should be focused on the kids because that's the issue here and not divorce and whatever. And I know in some of the reporting, when they talked about the fact that they were still living together, they mentioned that his son was in California with him over the last couple days and she was home. I don't really know what's happening on the CPS side, so I can't answer that indefinitely. But yeah, so speaking of Georgia and Atlanta. So Magic City. Now, y' all know there's been this big argument back and forth about whether the Atlanta Hawks can do the Magic City night or not, which is where they planned to use Magic City to celebrate. And strippers weren't even going to be dancing, uh, during the, you know, this celebration game thing that they were doing. But, uh, officially, uh, the NBA just came in and they canceled the event indefinitely. So it was supposed to happen on March 16, but there has been so many concerns because of it being paired with Magic City.

[DJ Envy]

What kind of celebration was it? Was it just Magic City was open and they were showing the game because they were playing Orlando Magic and it just tied together?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

No, it's Magic City Night. So they had Magic City merchandise. They got TI Performing.

[Angela Yee]

There was supposed to be music, food,

[DJ Envy]

merch at the venue, at the arena, at the Arena.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Because what people may not realize is one of the owners of the Hawks. I can't remember her name.

[Angela Yee]

No, not owner.

[Nicole Curtis]

Sorry.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

She's. She's a Tony wrestler's wife. Look up who Tony wrestler's wife is. I can't remember her name. She's one of the owners of the Hawks. She was also one of the producers on the Magic City documentary. So it would make sense for her to want to do Magic City Night. Why wouldn't you want to celebrate a cultural institution like Magic City? When you think of brands in Atlanta, there's five that come to mind immediately for me. Coca Cola, the Hawks, the Falcons, the Braves, and Magic City.

[Angela Yee]

Jamie Gertz. Are you talking about Jamie Gertz? Yes. When Melissa Proctor worked on the.

[DJ Envy]

But there was gonna be no dancers, the strippers, the arena. Correct?

[Angela Yee]

No, no, that's what I'm saying. Like, it was going to just basically be. Because strip club culture is the culture of Atlanta, like you just said.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

So Magic City is a cultural institution. Five brands in Atlanta that I think of. Coca Cola, the Brave, the Falcons, the Hawks. Magic City. It's a beautiful thing to see two corporations like Magic City and the Hawks coming together, you know, for Magic City Night.

[Angela Yee]

But because, you know, so the San Antonio Spur player, Luke Cornett, his comments sparked the whole conversation. I think, honestly, just for somebody else,

[DJ Envy]

too, was like Al Horford, too, was

[Angela Yee]

something I. I know people are pointing to Luke Kernick because he was one of the first. There was a lot of critics, but he was one of the first.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

What is he, Christian? Gay? What is it?

[Angela Yee]

He was just talking about the fact that it was. It sends a bad message to the women of the NBA and that they should get rid of the event. And I just think the NBA as a business probably just doesn't want all the drama.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

What about the wnba? Women? Love Magic City. Okay.

[Angela Yee]

Love Magic City.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

WNBA women be up in Magic City, too. But also. So when you think Magic City, I don't think of just a, a, a, a, A strip club. It's a place to network that has great food. Their food is so good that they ship nationwide through Gold Valley.

[Angela Yee]

But here's the issue. The issue when. When the NBA made their announcement of it not happening, what they said. A part of what they said was that they appreciate the team's perspective and their desire to move forward, but they're hearing significant concerns. Their league stakeholders, including fans, partners and employees. Stakeholders. You know, I mean,

[DJ Envy]

it's difficult when you're not from Atlanta and you don't Know the culture, right? Because all you see is strip club, gentlemen's club and you think it's the worst. Like you said. Well, because you've been there before.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Great black owned business with great food.

[DJ Envy]

I think of music, breaking music, I think of food. And yes, there are dances there as well. But you go there and you break music there.

[Angela Yee]

Look, I don't know, it's not happening.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Ain't none of them stakeholders been the Magic since City then. Because they wouldn't even feel like that if they've actually been to Magic City. And once again, the young one, what's her name?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jamie Gertz, right?

[Angela Yee]

Yes.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Is Tony Wrestler's wife, I believe.

[Angela Yee]

Tony Wrestler, Yes. Tony Wrestler is one of the owners of Atlanta Hawks. That is his wife.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

She's also a primary owner as well. She was in one of the producers of the Magic City documentary. Yeah, she's been there before obviously, of course. And she understands the cultural institution that Magic City is. So I don't have a problem with Magic City night at the Atlanta.

[Angela Yee]

I know Mr. Magic, like if y' all don't just leave us alone and let us do what we do.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yo, the NBA is connected to every gambling, you know, organization there is right now. All of the different.

[Jessalarius]

This is where you draw the line.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, that's a good way to put it. You're a part of every gambling. You could gamble on everything. First shot, second shot, three pointers. But Magic City's bag, something.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Come on, man.

[Angela Yee]

Yes. Well, that is the latest for the hour and next, next latest we we'll get into some, some things because we have an update on Kanye west and where he's going to be at next.

[DJ Envy]

Now when is the game? When is the game supposed to be?

[Angela Yee]

Well, this event was supposed to be March 16, so 16.

[DJ Envy]

Magic City should still do an event at, at Magic City.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Okay?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, they should still do it there.

[Angela Yee]

You thought they stopped the living pepper wings because the NBA said no, no,

[DJ Envy]

no, I mean still do that event that night because it's supposed to be Atlanta Hawks vs. Orlando Magic, which made the whole Magic City thing, which would have been dope.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Salute to Magic City. I love Magic City. Okay. My wife loves Magic City. All right. Magic City. When I went to Magic City and you know, I didn't get my wings, cuz somebody went to the window and said they was with me and they wasn't with me and they took our wings. Magic City shipped out them lemon pepper wings to us, man, via Gold belly. So I nothing but love and magic. Salute to Magic Magic salute to lala. Everybody there at magic.

[DJ Envy]

I'm sure they just leaving now. All right, now, donkey today. Who you?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I'll be there next month for the. When we there for the black effect podcast festival. I will be at magic city.

[DJ Envy]

Make sure your credit card is down.

[Angela Yee]

Exactly. I'm going wherever your credit card go.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

What?

[Angela Yee]

Nothing.

[Jessalarius]

Who you?

[DJ Envy]

Give me a donkey, too.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Four after the hour. We need Charles Montgomery island to come to the front of the congregation. As my grandmother would say, Lord, I never seen a time like this.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we'll get to that next. And don't forget, we're gonna take your calls when we come back as well. Nicole Curtis, she just stopped through. That's the woman that said fart. And we just want to hear your. Your thoughts. It's the breakfast club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I just wanted to know how you came up with this. Don't be in a dick

[Angela Yee]

because you're mean. I am not.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

There's a bunch of donkeys out here in the streets. If we live a life where we bite our tongue based off who we may offend, we never would say anything.

[DJ Envy]

On the breakfast club.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

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

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, man. Charlamagne. You giving donkey today? To who now?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Well, busta rhymes donkey Today for Tuesday, March 10th goes to Charles Montgomery Allen. He's 40 years old, and he's from my beautiful home state of South Carolina. But he is not a beautiful person, okay? In fact, he represents the worst of us because I have no idea what the hell is wrong with humans anymore. Every day I wake up and I read a story that reminds me of why Jesus is not coming back. Back. Okay, he's not. I wouldn't. Okay, All y' all gonna do is make ridiculous memes about him anyway. Can you imagine to think pieces with no thought about Jesus? If he came back, it would be so many ridiculous YouTube videos calling Jesus a fraud. Okay, Jesus, don't even waste your time. Oh, geez. Just keep watching over us from afar, okay? I have read all the stories about u. S. Service members who were told the war with Iran is meant to cause armageddon or the end of biblical times. People, that right there is yet another reason Jesus not coming back. Okay? Y' all always attaching his name to foolishness. But I'm saying all of this because my grandmother used to always say, lord, I never seen a time like this. And this was the 80s and 90s. Here we are in 2026. Here I am in 2026 at the big old age of 47 saying Lord, I ain't never seen a time like this. Okay? There's so much evil in the world, but there's also so much untreated mental illness in the world world. And untreated mental illness, mental health disorders can absolutely drive criminal behavior. And in the case of Charles Allen, I don't know if he had any mental health issues. Maybe I'm just hoping he did because it would help me understand why he committed such a heinous act of violence. Would you like to know what Charles Allen Montgomery did? Well, let's go to 9abc for the report, please.

[DJ Envy]

A man in South Carolina will spend the rest of his life in prison after he admitted to shooting and killing an 8 year old from, from Portsmouth Queries. Dunham was just vacationing with his family in Florin, South Carolina back in 2022 when he was hit in the neck by a bullet. Dunham's father was also shot but survived. Officials say Charles Montgomery Allen was randomly firing a gun at passing vehicles when it hit the Dunhams and some other people. Yesterday he pleaded guilty to one count of murder and five counts of attempted murder.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

First things first. Rest in peace the eight year old Queries Dunham, as you just heard, vacationing with his family in Florence, South Carolina and was shot and kill by Charles Montgomery Allen because Charles was randomly, randomly firing a gun at passing vehicles.

[Angela Yee]

Why?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Why, why, why Charles, if you wanted to be a first person shooter, there's so many video games for that. Call of duty isn't enough. Battlefield 6 dead space. You couldn't go to the gun range. You couldn't wait until it was deer hunting season. Like there's so many different ways you could choose to bust your, your gun. There's so many different ways you could exercise your second amendment rights but you decided to randomly shoot at passing vehicles. I really wish people like this would turn the gun on themselves first before they decided to shoot at random people. I would much rather you take yourself out than be shooting at random passing vehicles and end up doing what you did, which was kill an 8 year old boy for no reason. As you heard in the news report, the young man's father was also shot, but he survived. And I am sending that brother healing energy because some things are just out of the realm of my understanding and I couldn't possibly understand what that father has been going through the past few years. And I pray to God that I never have to feel anything remotely to what he's felt. Okay, now the Justice Department got it right. It's great that this man got sinister forever in prison, but that's not bringing queries back. And it still doesn't make us understand why Charles did this in the first place. I'm from South Carolina, born and raised. There's a lot of things I grew up loving to do, okay? Shooting at random cause was never one of them. Okay? All right. The fact that we are forced to have to deal with each other's crazy on a regular. The problem is, back in the day, we were all segregated, okay? Kids like Charles ate lunch before everyone else. They was in those trailers in the back. They rode the bus that was shaped like Drew Ski. Now we all in the real world together, and nobody knows knows who's who. And some of those people have grown up, and those untreated mental health disorders are driving criminal behavior. I have nothing else to offer, okay? This conversation, because this defies human logic. And it's times like this that I just have to remember Proverbs 3. 5. Lean not on your own understanding, okay? I have to trust in God's wisdom rather than relying on my human logic, because my human logic can. Can't even understand, can't even comprehend why the hell Charles was just shooting at random passing vehicles. Okay? This is a time that calls for full surrender because nothing about this situation makes sense to me. All right? Please give Charles Montgomery Allen the biggest he. Ho. You gotta tell me, son. You gotta tell me there's a mental health disorder. You got to tell me that there was cocaine involved. You got to tell me that there was some alcohol, something. Still don't. Meth. Like what caused him to just want to randomly.

[Jessalarius]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Shoot at passing vehicles. Just.

[DJ Envy]

It's still. That's just.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I don't get it, man. Rest in peace to Aquarius Dunham sending healing, healing energy to his family. Eight years old, man. Horrible.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, thank you for that. Donkey of the day.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yes, indeed.

[DJ Envy]

Now, when we come back, Nicole Curtis just joined us. You know, she's the young lady from hgtv. She has a show. She'll had a show called Rehab addict, and she was the one that said fart, fart, fart.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

N word.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I know it sounds like you'll be having a stroke every time you say that, but he's saying fart n word, right? Yes. White woman who said fart N word.

[DJ Envy]

So we just talked to her last hour and want to hear your thoughts. The phone line's already lit up, so

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

it's kind of crazy. She reached out to Lauren LaRosa after I gave her donkey of the day. And for whatever reason, she decided she wanted to come on Breakfast Club to explain herself.

[DJ Envy]

She said she wanted to clear it up.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

And I don't know what she expected.

[DJ Envy]

I mean.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well.

[DJ Envy]

Well, we'll take your calls when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. If you're just joining us last hour, Nicole Curtis joined us. She was from hgtv. She had a show called Rehab Addict. She was the young lady that said fart, Nick.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Fart. Fart. N word.

[DJ Envy]

Fart inward on as she was taping.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Do we have a clip of her saying it?

[Nicole Curtis]

Why?

[Angela Yee]

It's my last one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, fart.

[Nicole Curtis]

What the is that? That I just said, Nick, you gotta. You gotta. Can you kill that? Oh, my life.

[DJ Envy]

So she did an interview. She wanted to apologize.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

She did an interview.

[DJ Envy]

We did an interview with her, I should say. Yeah, we did an interview with her. She apologized. She said she wanted to clear things up. And the phone lines have been lit ever since. So I think it's right that we go to the phone lines and talk to the people.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, this is Nate from Tampa, Florida.

[DJ Envy]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Angela Yee]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I'm mixed definitely.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

So you can only say my dad black.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

My mom, he said, I'm from Florida. So we always say the N word.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

No, you can also say, okay, so

[Charlamagne Tha God]

let's go to this lady. Let's go to this lady real quick. This lady was not directing that towards nobody. Charlamagne, you be trolling, man. Y' all take things too serious. That lady hold reputation on the line. And she didn't refer to nobody. Not talking about a specific person, just blurting out some. Now, was she wrong? The lady admitted she was wrong. Yeah, but for her to have her whole life, y' all tripping.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Come on, bro, that ain't gonna do. We didn't ruin our life. Listen, your words have consequences. If I say something on this radio that offends somebody and you know, I end up losing my, my position for it, that, that's on me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but it depends on what you say.

[DJ Envy]

No, no, no, that was her, she said it. She, she gotta face her own consequences.

[Jessalarius]

And she did want to come here.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Jessalarius]

Like she wanted to come up here to have a conversation.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yes. She got to deal with the consequences of her actions. I mean, I, I, I, I understand what you're saying. Yes. Everybody should, you know, be, be given forgiveness and you know, you should be able to make mistakes, but you still got to deal with the consequences of what you did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's just that I'm 30, bro. I'm 37 years old.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

And you have white.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When I grew up, we didn't have cyber bullying. We didn't have where somebody just blew up and it became just picking on somebody. We got Donald Trump. You know what we got out there? And everybody worried about what this lady said. Talking about some fart. Come on, bro, what are we talking about here?

[DJ Envy]

See, this is the bad thing, right? In all these different communities, there's derogatory terms for every community. A group of people. Right, right. But we're the only group that when somebody says it, we give somebody, we let, we let it slide. If you would have said it's something to a Jewish person, something to a Spanish person, something to any other Asian person, there's gonna be consequences. Right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wrong. Yeah, right.

[DJ Envy]

But yeah, but you're saying, oh, fart. It's something I've never heard before. It's cool.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

So and so, so I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She was just saying stuff. She wasn't even like talking too fast, man. She talking.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I understand your half white side wants to come to her defense, but people got to deal with the consequences of their actions. Yeah, they do.

[Jessalarius]

But I, I get what he's saying. But yeah, not cuz he mixed, but I definitely get what he's saying. I don't think the lady is a racist. But yeah, she definitely effed up and she said some effed up is so yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, this M. What's up? Every.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

How you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

[Jessalarius]

Where you calling from, man?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm from dc. I'm from dc okay.

[Jessalarius]

What's up, baby?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's oh, what's up? Yes. Hey baby, what's going on? What's good?

[Jessalarius]

What's good, Boo?

[DJ Envy]

Heavy stuff, energy. But go ahead, talk to her.

[Jessalarius]

She is Not a stud. Shut up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you know, damn. Still she wash my mouth. I don't know. Watch your mouth, boy. Watch your mouth.

[DJ Envy]

I'm sorry. Go ahead, continue on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, all right, all right. The little lady. Little lady, she came all the way up there talking, all that, but she never apologized. And then she talking in the background, talking about.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

She did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When you watch her show, at the end of each one of her episodes, she tell you how much she paid for the house. House. How much you gonna sell the house? How much you gonna profit off the house? You always make a profit. She never sell a house or less than 350 in Detroit. That's a lot of money for a house. So she was doing a lot of profit without apologizing.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

She did apologize, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I never heard the fake word. Excuse me, black community. I apologize.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yeah, I made her look at the camera and apologize.

[Jessalarius]

Okay, because you. You can't say that like, like, who did you apologize? You was like, to who?

[DJ Envy]

Who did you apologize?

[Jessalarius]

She kissed my kids.

[DJ Envy]

Now, she did apologize.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

She did apologize. Yeah, I made her look at the camera and apologize. Yeah, she did.

[DJ Envy]

You could tell she was also very, very nervous, right?

[Jessalarius]

Trying to overly explain 800, but she was trying to use the right word. She want to say I'm in the hood. She kept saying like, I'm in Detroit. Like Detroit, Detroit. Not gentrified Detroit, but Detroit.

[DJ Envy]

She has black friends. That's what she said.

[Jessalarius]

But she ain't even want to say that cuz she was scared of him over there.

[DJ Envy]

Now, Nicole Curtis stopped through early. If you don't know who Nicole Curtis this is, she's the former host of the AGTV show Rehab Addict. And she said fart. N word on while she was recording. This is. Let's listen. Let's play the audio.

[Nicole Curtis]

Why?

[Angela Yee]

It's my last one.

[Nicole Curtis]

Oh, fart. What the is that that I just said? Nick, you gotta, you gotta. Can you kill that? My life.

[DJ Envy]

So we're asking, what are your thoughts? 800-585-1051. Hello, who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, this J from NC.

[DJ Envy]

Jay, what up, bro?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man, why we always gotta getty people up ass? Man, she just trying to do damage control.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I agree.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying? It's like they. They say what they say all the time and then when they get caught. Now let me explain myself. Like, she told on herself. She was in the comfort of home. She said all the time and then just got caught.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Okay, I agree. I mean, listen. And you got to deal with the consequences of your words.

[Jessalarius]

Now if that is true, if she just would have said that, that would have been way better than all of that beating around the bush that she was doing. Yo, if you just say it, just say you say it.

[DJ Envy]

But the thing is, she said. She replaces curses, right? Like she says fart digger, Fart digger. But all. If you. That was the case, all you have to do is just prove all the times that you said it. Yeah. So this is what I said it in a slip. People would be more understanding, but not just out the blue, cuz we've never even heard that term.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this from?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Naptown?

[Angela Yee]

317.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

317. What's up, Britney?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, what's up, y'? All? So I got a lot to say about her coming up there. For one, she needs donkey of the day again.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Hey, again. Okay, because.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Again. Because it was pointless. What was the point of the conversation? She didn't apologize to the black community.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

She did apologize. We must have cut that part out because she did apologize. I better look at the camera and apologize.

[Nicole Curtis]

That is. That's why I was so disappointed.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Apologize to black people.

[Angela Yee]

I do.

[Nicole Curtis]

I did and I do. I apologize.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

The camera's right there. Just.

[Nicole Curtis]

Yes, I do.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Well, well, well.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's just say this. He wasn't good enough. She got. You stayed her little tail where she was at. Right? Cause.

[Jessalarius]

Cause what you're saying is like, he still had to make her do it. She didn't come up here. That should have been the first thing she started with.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That should have been the first.

[Jessalarius]

It wasn't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. It was pointless.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

And that's the only reason I made her do it. Because I'm just like, what is all of this rambling about?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah. She did nothing but ramble the entire time. I wasn't pleased with it. And I'm sure nobody else was either.

[DJ Envy]

Well, thank you for calling, mama.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

It was very pointless.

[DJ Envy]

Hello, who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hi, this is Jamie. Call in from Philly.

[DJ Envy]

Talk to us.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, so I'm calling to make a comment on that HDTV broad.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yes, ma'. Am.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She got on here and she said a bunch of nothing. Basically what she's doing is she's trying to hold up her image to say that she's not like that and want to highlight all of the things that she's accomplished. That N word is the joke in every Caucasian household all the time. They're very conscious of where they're saying it and when they're saying it's. It and who's around when they're saying it. This time it slipped. She forgot where she was because she was caught up in the moment of what she was doing on her show. That's what I'm calling to say. I'm not buying that there's other words that can be said. They know that that word is degrading. It's the reason I come there using it.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Period.

[DJ Envy]

Period.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Okay.

[Jessalarius]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, good morning. Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike.

[DJ Envy]

What's up? Talk to us. We calling from Mike.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Mike, I'm calling you from New Jersey.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Hi, Mike.

[DJ Envy]

What's your thoughts, Mike?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I felt as though she seemed like a genuine person, but coming on the show didn't really help her much because she didn't show too much accountability. It was always and again and again and again. Right. So she was very much defending herself. And to be quite honest, I don't use a lot of words, but for something to flip from the mind to the tongue, it had to be in the thoughts. At some point, she could have chosen any other word or an intelligence word, but that came out. And at the end, you guys were giving her great advice on how she can repair this. But instead of listening, she was all about, yeah, I do that. Yeah.

[Jessalarius]

Responding.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

For a moment, just listen. I get you guys are having fun over there, too, but for a moment, like, you guys were being serious and trying to help her, but it still lacks the comfortability. So I think coming on this show, you guys hurt her because she didn't make. She didn't make it any better. She just made it work.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

That was her fault, right?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. You guys, I guess as much as you all were having fun, as you were being very genuine, trying to see human to human with her, and at some point she's saying, I didn't say it, but in the audience that she said. So I'm confused as to. Did you say it or did you not?

[DJ Envy]

She said, no, she said it.

[Jessalarius]

She said, I know. Saying I can show you the raw. I don't know what that from her mouth.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sometimes she is saying, I didn't say it, but I didn't mean it. So it's contradicting statements and to claim it leaked. You said one other person had access to this, but suddenly it's you. You're not sure who it could be. How many persons have access to the code in your phone. Charlemagne. That you can't tell who would send the video out of your Phone or an audio, you gotta know who did it.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

No, nobody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Exactly. So she doesn't seem like a bad person. She just seems like one of those persons that would say something and say, hey, I have black friends. She doesn't seem like she would slap a black person, but she's. She's not considerate at all. Right.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you for calling, bro.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, man. Take it easy.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, is there more to the story?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yeah, I mean, just for me, as a person who has had to deal with the consequences of their words, I don't feel sorry for her. I don't feel no sympathy for her at ever. If you say something and you offend people and you lose something for it, that's on you. You have to hold yourself accountable for that. And I don't appreciate people who play victim, you know, after they say something and then people hold them accountable for it. Like, you're not the victim here.

[DJ Envy]

I will say this, though. If she was the type of person that uses other words for curse words like fart digger and fart knocker, and these are things that she said before in the past, and we would see this, then I would feel a little. I would feel a little bad for her because I'll be like, okay. Because you see, news casters do it all the time when they say something and you know all types of words. But if that's not the case, that word just came from nowhere.

[Jessalarius]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

And we don't know this woman.

[DJ Envy]

I know, but that's what I'm saying.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

We're not with her 24.

[DJ Envy]

But that's what I'm saying.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

But if.

[DJ Envy]

If she did it on the show, those terms would be on the show because she's done the show for 10 plus years.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I call you Fraggle maggot. And you know why it comes out so easy? Because I use it all the time. Correct. Okay.

[Angela Yee]

Correct.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

So that, like, you know, I'm not. I don't know. I don't know this woman personally. I just know she said what she said and she got to deal with the consequences of that moment.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I don't care about nothing else. You got to deal with the consequences of that moment.

[DJ Envy]

Right. And then they overly explained just. My bad.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm sorry.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I'm sorry. It was just too much. Well, you know, I have friends that's here. And again and again, you know, yo, I'm sorry. I. I said something I shouldn't have said. I don't know where it came from. I apologize. I'm sorry.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

If you're Doing too much explaining. You probably losing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Correct.

[Jessalarius]

She wanted to come here.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, she did. All right, well, when we come back, we got the latest with Lauren. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, Lauren.

[Jessalarius]

Becoming a straight fan.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody. Details.

[Angela Yee]

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

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

She be having the latest on

[DJ Envy]

the

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Facts. Sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit of everything brought to you by Top Dog

[DJ Envy]

Law on the Breakfast Club.

[Angela Yee]

All right, guys, so Kanye west is getting back on the stage in the U.S. so he announced, or it was announced yesterday, that he is going to be doing his first show in the US in LA. This is his first show in LA in five years. The last time he did a show in LA, it was back in 2021. That was the Free Larry Hoover concert that he did alongside Drake. And he was supposed to do something in 2022 at SoFi Stadium, but that was when he did the whole White Lives Matter shirt thing. So that show didn't happen. But he's back and it'll be going down.

[DJ Envy]

Is this coming with new music or do we know? Because I know one time he's doing an album or something like that, right?

[Angela Yee]

Yes. So he does have a bully that is supposed to be happening. So, yeah. And this show will happen on April 3, so depending on that. Supposed to be dropping in March, but it keeps. We keep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We.

[Angela Yee]

It was one date and then we found out it was March. And so if as long as the music comes, yeah, there will be some new music, but you never know with Kanye. But yeah, so he'll be back there.

[Jessalarius]

Yep.

[Angela Yee]

Now, in other news, Gary Owen is married, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Angela Yee]

Yes. Yes. So he.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Oh, he told us he was getting married last time he was here.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, he did.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yeah.

[Angela Yee]

Well, last time he was here, he said that he had, like, proposed, but he didn't really want to give too much information. Let's take a listen to the last time Gary Own was here. There were rumors that you proposed to your current girlfriend.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yep.

[Angela Yee]

You did.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. Gary, talk that truck.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I did.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Oh, congratulations.

[Angela Yee]

Did you post about that?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Huh?

[Angela Yee]

Did you post about that?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

She did.

[Angela Yee]

Okay.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I didn't. Why? I didn't know she was going to post about it. Did you like. She just did it. I was like, whoa, I thought we're going to keep this low. Oh, so you didn't like it or shared or nothing? It's not you didn't like it. It was just. I thought we Were keeping it somewhat off the Internet. Cuz everything I went through with the other one, I heard everything.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Angela Yee]

So it came out in People magazine as an exclusive. And the way that they did the wedding. So he had.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I was shocked to see Gary and People. I'm not gonna lie.

[Jessalarius]

Dang.

[Angela Yee]

He can't get Netflix or People magazine.

[Jessalarius]

I mean, but it's all People.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

But only because Gary has been keeping the situation so close to his vest. I didn't think that he would.

[DJ Envy]

But he told us behind the scenes. He told us behind the scenes.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

That's my whole point. Genius. God damn, boy.

[Jessalarius]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

This guy's crazy.

[Angela Yee]

So they're.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I'm crazy.

[Angela Yee]

They did the wedding in Houston. There were 170 guests. Now this is cool. So he used all of his Think Like a man and Think like a man. Two co stars. So Terence, Jerry Ferreira, Michael Ely, they. Will Packer, they were all there.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Angela Yee]

And they all served as his grooms.

[DJ Envy]

I don't think Kevin Hart was there. I think he was shooting a movie.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah, he's not listed. They were. They all served as his groom. Groomsmen. And then, I mean he had other notable guests there as well too. Ocho Cinco actually officiated the wedding. He posted and said a special thank you for allowing me as you.

[Nicole Curtis]

Your.

[Angela Yee]

As a brother of the cloth and newly anointed officiant to marry you both. Wishing you a lifetime of love and happiness. Here's to a long and happy marriage. So yeah, they did the thing. Congratulations to them.

[Jessalarius]

Was it like any other like, like his own friends or like other white family members? Like it was just all co stars. Like in the wedding.

[Angela Yee]

It wasn't that. I see, I. I see Roxy Diaz was there. Shayla Cohen. I mean he talked about not being as like close to some of his family.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

So you know, been in the business a long time. So I mean those, those are his friends.

[Angela Yee]

Yes. Yep. So they did the whole thing. Congratulations to them. Now somebody who is not getting a ring and Charlemagne. I don't know what is up with your team and I've been able to do that, but damn.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I want to hear your report.

[Angela Yee]

Sports Dak Pres. Not Sports Dak Prescott.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I mean he is in sports.

[Angela Yee]

Cowboys player. But the story that I'm about to talk about. Thank you. The story I'm about to talk about. So a couple days ago the news broke that Dak Prescott and his fiance Sarah Jane Ramos were. That they broke up. Now there was. They're supposed to be getting married on April 10th. So a month from now. Right. So this story broke, and people were trying to figure out why they broke up. There was speculation that it was a prenup situation. So now today.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Angela Yee]

Well, her last name is Ramo, so I assume she was, like, Latino or something.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, but she looks Caucasian. Heavily.

[Angela Yee]

So basically, a source had to come out and clear up the fact that Sarah was not pressed about a prenup situation. So the conversation was. People were saying that she broke off this marriage a month out of. A month out. I'm sorry. Broke off her engagement a month before her wedding because she had a very tense prenup conversation. So they were down in the Bahamas. They had the bachelor bachelorette party. The bachelor party there. And there was this big argument that happened, and then everything stopped. From reports, it was not about a pre. A prenup. They want to make it clear that Sarah Jane Ramos does well for herself. She's in the spirits and wine industry, and that she comes from a family that does well for them themselves. So it's never been about her money. But the story does say she was not ever asked to sign a prenup.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

So they said her ethnicity is half Italian, Sicilian, a quarter English, and a quarter Spanish. Dr. Umar would be confused.

[Angela Yee]

Yeah, I. I don't. Yeah. But they were a month out. She had posted a photo of, like, her. All of her, like, bridesmaids, and they. And. And the caption was like, you know, with these girls and this love, I could get through anything. But then some of the posts have now been taken off of her Instagram. So I. I really don't know what's happening and why they split up, but you get to that point and y' all gotta break up. I'll be pretty pissed off. And they sent out an email to. To the guest. Right. And the email basically said. It was a joint email. It says, with heavy hearts, we privately inform our attendees that we have made the very difficult decision to cancel our wedding. We deeply apologize for the inconveniences may cause you, and we welcome your prayers. They were supposed to be getting married in Italy. So do you get deposits back and all of that at this point, too? Like, how does that work?

[Jessalarius]

Insurance on it.

[DJ Envy]

Italy. We're in Italy.

[Angela Yee]

Lake Como.

[DJ Envy]

Really?

[Angela Yee]

Yeah. What?

[DJ Envy]

No, I'm out there. You got a number on deck. What?

[Angela Yee]

You want to borrow his wedding venue

[DJ Envy]

once he paid for it already.

[Angela Yee]

Oh, my God.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Angela Yee]

That. Oh, you were so.

[Jessalarius]

And that's where he proposed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's where.

[Jessalarius]

Oh, snap. That's where your daughter.

[Angela Yee]

That's why you like this story? Cuz you want to shoot your sexually fire d Prescott's marriage so you don't

[DJ Envy]

got to pay for the venue already?

[Angela Yee]

No, I paid for some flights.

[Jessalarius]

But what if he can get his money back? Envy?

[DJ Envy]

It can. It's too late now. Weddings less than a month.

[Angela Yee]

Figure it out. A month out. I would be devastated it if I have to cancel my wedding.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Hey, man, we got Rashan Gary yesterday, man, dropping the clues bonds for the Dallas Cowboys. Okay. I don't know who dak losing, but I know who we gained.

[Angela Yee]

All right, well, yeah. That was so mean.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Why was that mean?

[Angela Yee]

Because it's like it's his wedding. He's been with this girl for a long time. Yes, but anyway, I told you guys

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

yesterday, that Italian, a quarter Sicilian. What else?

[Angela Yee]

So she was 100%, no quarter, nothing, black woman.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I care about our offensive line and our defense. But I think.

[DJ Envy]

I think it's only right, though, since he's not getting married at that venue. He paid for the venue already. You know what? If I can use the venue, I think I should be able to use the venue.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

All right.

[Angela Yee]

I mean, we heard you all three times. Hopefully he did and maybe Sarah did, right?

[DJ Envy]

Jesus.

[Angela Yee]

All right, yeah, but we're wrapping up.

[Mimi Brown]

And.

[Angela Yee]

And remember yesterday, yesterday, guys, I told you that Brian Steele had asked to be Lil Durk's attorney.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Angela Yee]

So the judge granted it. So that's going to be moving forward. That'll be happening. So we'll be keeping you guys posted there as they go into court in August and prepare for that. So. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

All right. All right. Well, that is the latest.

[Angela Yee]

Wait, I forgot to tell the people.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

Yeah.

[Angela Yee]

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[DJ Envy]

All right, well, salute to Timberland. Of course, today is Timberland's birthday.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

We're going to play some Timbo in the mix.

[Angela Yee]

Say his name like that.

[DJ Envy]

Timbo?

[Angela Yee]

I thought it was Timberland.

[DJ Envy]

I said Timberland.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

But wait a minute. Today, Bad Bunny. Born day. And you Dominican.

[Angela Yee]

Why you ain't see what Bad Bunny posted on his Instagram for his birthday?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

No.

[DJ Envy]

No. Oh, my God. Oh, man.

[Angela Yee]

It's the Breakfast.

[DJ Envy]

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[Angela Yee]

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[DJ Envy]

It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

The guy we are.

[DJ Envy]

The Breakfast Club is women's history month.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

What we doing?

[Jessalarius]

So we're repping Kayla Richards, played by Halle Berry in the movie Losing Isaiah. So Kayla Richards is a black woman who's struggling with an addiction to crack. Desperate for drugs, she places her infant. Infant son Isaiah in a box and leaves him in the alley behind the crack house. So Kayla, she expected to come back. She promised to be back or whatever. She just needed to leave him somewhere that she thought was safe. But she was after drugs, so she couldn't think straight. The next day, she come back, and he almost got killed by a garbage truck because she put him in the dumpster. But he was gone when she came back, and he was gone. He later ended up in the care of this white woman. So. So what Kayla did was get herself together, and she ended up getting our son back. When she got him back, it wasn't as easy as she thought it was going to be because he had to get to know her again. You know what I mean? He was adopted by this white woman named Margaret, who gave her all the care. Who gave him all the care that. That. That he needed and everything. But basically, I'm highlighting Kayla Richards is because the strength that she had to turn her life around after seeing her son was taken away from for using drugs and the sacrifice that. That she made or whatever, I think that's really, really great that she did that. You can turn your life around no matter what, and our kids make us better. And what the white lady did was help her raise him. She ain't give up. Kayla didn't give up. She saw how it was a strain, like he didn't know her no more. So, like, she didn't give up on trying to raise him, but she called the lady, and they beat. They raised him together. So I think that's dope. Salute to Kayla Richards.

[Angela Yee]

Okay?

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

You know, there's real life examples of people you could have found to bring that together that would have hit harder. You know, it's a character.

[Jessalarius]

No, it's gonna hit where it's gonna hit, exactly how it's supposed to hit. You know why? Because movies are made following the inspiration of people's real lives. It's a lot of Kayla Richards out here, but I ain't want to put now real ex crackhead out there, you know what I'm saying? So I just used the movie version, and we all seen Losing Isaiah, but she lost him, but found him and took care of him.

[DJ Envy]

All right. Happy Women's History Month, y'.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All.

[Jessalarius]

Can't say that didn't hit hard.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, where you at this weekend, Jess?

[Jessalarius]

I'm nowhere this weekend, but next weekend I'm in Greensboro, South Curtain. I'm in Greensboro, North Carolina, y'.

[DJ Envy]

All.

[Jessalarius]

I'm sorry, getting Carolina's mixed up. I'm at the Comedy Zone next Friday and next Saturday, so get your tickets. That's the 20th and the 21st, the Early Show, 7pm Late Show, 9pm Each day. I'll have merch and I will also be doing meet and greets, so get your tickets. Jessalariusofficial.com also pre order my book while you're on the website. Till Death Do we parent. It drops April 28th. Can't wait for it to drop.

[DJ Envy]

All right, Charlemagne, you got a positive note.

[Charlamagne (alternate or additional speaker)]

I do, man. And it comes from my man Don Miguel Ruiz. I encourage everybody to read the Four Agreements. It's one the books that I recommend when people, you know, ask me about books. But Don Miguel Ruiz said in the Four Agreements, if someone is not treating you with love and respect, it is a gift if they walk away from you. If that person doesn't walk away, you will surely endure many years of suffering with him or her. Walking away may hurt for a while, but your heart will eventually heal. Then you can choose what you really want. You will find that you don't need to trust others as much as you need to trust yourself to make the right choices. Have a great day. Breakfast Club Wake you up.

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