FULL SHOW: Terrence Howard Says Diddy Made a Move, Gayle King Backlash, Obama & Michelle Marriage Struggles + Ryan Coogler Interview

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club - April 7, 2025

Host: DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God, and Jess Hilarious
Guest: Ryan Coogler
Release Date: April 7, 2025

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1. Front Page News

a. UConn Women's Basketball Championship

Timestamp: 05:54

The hosts congratulate the UConn Huskies for winning the NCAA Women's Basketball Championship, defeating South Carolina with a score of 82-59. Charlamagne Tha God highlights the remarkable performance of Paige Beckers, who overcame significant injuries to lead her team to victory.

Charlamagne Tha God:
"Salute to Paige Beckers... to see her bounce back the way that she has to win a championship, can't do nothing but salute that young lady, man."
(05:54)

b. US Stock Market and Trump's Tariff Announcement

Timestamp: 06:15

Discussion revolves around the plummet in US stock futures following President Trump's announcement of new tariffs, which he claims will strengthen the US economy. Secretary of State Marco Rubio counters by stating that global economies are reacting to a shift in trade dynamics rather than collapsing.

Taylor (Producer):
"President Trump said the US is stronger as a result of his reciprocal tariffs."
(07:00)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio:
"Their economies are not crashing, they're reacting to a dramatic change in the global order in terms of trade."
(08:26)

c. Trump Protests Nationwide

Timestamp: 06:15

Over a million people participated in anti-Trump protests across all 50 states, demanding an end to corporate corruption, slashed federal funds, and attacks on marginalized communities. Reverend William Barber and Congressman Al Green emphasized the need to protect democracy against unconstitutional executive actions.

Reverend William Barber II:
"When Trump and Musk and Johnson and their minions are signing unconstitutional executive orders... we must say, take your hands off of our democracy."
(34:11)

d. Will Smith's Comments on Post-Oscar Slap

Timestamp: 100:18

Will Smith discusses the challenges he faced in the music industry following the infamous Oscar slap incident. He mentions that some artists were hesitant to collaborate with him, perceiving him as "not relevant musically," although Smith asserts his enduring legacy with over 75 million records sold and four Grammys.

Will Smith:
"There were a couple of people who weren't sure about working with me. They were like, yeah, we'll wait for the second round, Will."
(36:51)

Charlamagne Tha God:
"But you can't compare Will Smith. He's sold 75 million records worldwide."
(101:54)

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2. Terrence Howard on Diddy

Timestamp: 18:02

Terrence Howard discusses his recent appearance on the PBD podcast with Patrick McDavid, where he alleges that Diddy attempted to pursue him romantically. Howard describes feeling uncomfortable with Diddy's advances while serving as his acting coach.

Terrence Howard:
"Puffy invited me for weeks, wanting me to be his acting coach. Then he's just looking at me... I think he's trying to you."
(18:20)

Jess Hilarious:
"I know that's right."
(19:16)

Clarkamagne Tha God:
"Lucy did. He said Diddy wanted to make a movie called 'Hustle and Blow.' You're a clown."
(19:25)

Howard emphasizes his commitment to maintaining his integrity and refusing to engage in compromising situations.

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3. Gayle King's CBS Interview and Backlash

Timestamp: 25:02

Gayle King appeared on CBS, where she inadvertently used a gay slur while quoting comedian Matteo Lane's joke about white women. Her comment sparked significant backlash as viewers criticized her for perpetuating offensive language.

Jess Hilarious:
"Can I just say one joke? I hope I don't get in trouble. You do a riff about white women..."
(25:28)

Charlamagne Tha God:
"That's a silly ass slur."
(25:54)

The hosts discuss the implications of her remarks and the broader conversation around language sensitivity in media.

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4. Obama & Michelle Obama's Marriage Struggles

Timestamp: 70:00

The hosts delve into the strain that Barack Obama's presidency placed on his marriage with Michelle Obama. They reference an audio clip where Obama hypothetically imagines actions he didn't take, highlighting the emotional toll of public service on personal relationships.

Caller:
"Imagine if I had pulled Fox News credentials from the White House press corps..."
(36:51)

Charlamagne Tha God:
"Imagine if you as a black man had done anything Trump has done... we've imagined that."
(38:20)

The discussion underscores the challenges faced by public figures in balancing duty and family life.

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5. Ryan Coogler Interview on "Sinners"

Timestamp: 40:30

Ryan Coogler, director of "Black Panther" and "Creed," joins the show to discuss his new film "Sinners," set to release on April 18th. Coogler shares insights into the film's development, influenced by personal experiences and the loss of his uncle. He elaborates on the technical challenges of directing an actor, Michael B. Jordan, in dual roles as twin brothers.

Ryan Coogler:
"Sinners is about two twin brothers who return to their hometown in Clarksdale, Mississippi... a vampire ends up showing up and things go left."
(41:08)

Charlamagne Tha God:
"How difficult was it directing one actor for two different roles?"
(42:22)

Coogler discusses the collaboration with composers and the inspiration drawn from real-life events, emphasizing the film's emotional depth and technical sophistication.

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6. Positive News: Wallow Saves a Man from Suicide

Timestamp: 24:43

A viral video features Wallow intervening to prevent a man from jumping off a bridge. Co-host Morgan interviews Wallow, who recounts the intense two-hour effort to de-escalate the situation and involve the man's family, demonstrating his role as a community hero.

Morgan:
"Wallow is a walking angel."
(24:43)

Wallow:
"The man was saved. It was a right place, right time type of thing."
(24:47)

The segment highlights the impact of individual heroism in crisis situations.

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7. Additional Highlights

a. Airbnb Woes

Timestamp: 03:07

Jess Hilarious shares a humorous yet unnerving experience with roaches during an Airbnb stay, illustrating the unpredictable nature of short-term rentals.

Jess Hilarious:
"I wake up in the bathroom and it's two big roaches... I hit the people... I went to a different Airbnb. I can't do it. I don't like bugs."
(03:07)

b. State Farm and AT&T Advertisements

Throughout the episode, the hosts present sponsored segments for Nissan, State Farm, and AT&T, promoting their latest products and services. These segments were skipped in this summary as per the request.

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Notable Quotes

• Charlamagne Tha God (05:54):
  "They balled out yesterday. Yesterday."

• Terrence Howard (18:20):
  "I don't bend over in that way. I don't compromise... I don't play gay roles."

• Ryan Coogler (41:08):
  "It's about embodying characters that have an interdependent relationship... making sure that we show up and get bigger and better each time."

• Jess Hilarious (25:28):
  "Can I just say one joke? I hope I don't get in trouble."

• Ginny (Charlamagne Tha God) (25:54):
  "That's a silly ass slur."

• Will Smith (36:51):
  "There were a couple of people who weren't sure about working with me. They were like, yeah, we'll wait for the second round, Will."

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Concluding Remarks

The episode of The Breakfast Club on April 7, 2025, seamlessly weaves through a myriad of topics, from high-profile celebrity interactions and influential film discussions to impactful personal stories and pressing socio-political issues. With engaging banter and insightful interviews, the hosts deliver a rich and comprehensive exploration of contemporary events and personal experiences, making it an informative and entertaining listen for both regular listeners and newcomers alike.

Transcript

[DJ Envy]

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[DJ Envy]

Good morning usa.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yo, yo yo yo yo yo yo.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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

[DJ Envy]

Yo, yo yo yo yo yo yo.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yo yo yo yo yo yo.

[DJ Envy]

Jess. Hilarious. Good morning, Charlemagne the God.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Peace to the planet. It's Monday. Good morning. How y'all feel out there? I feel blessed. Black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. What's happening?

[DJ Envy]

What's up? How you feeling, Jess? How was the Carolinas?

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, the Carolinas was good, man. Riley, shout out to a couple stations out there. I did Pistol Posh. I forgot to name her. Y'all not really good with drops. They had me doing drops. I was messing up everybody station sound like.

[Charlamagne tha God]

What do you mean you had to ready?

[Jess Hilarious]

I didn't have to read, dummy. I get the words and numbers mixed up wz, you know what I'm saying?

[DJ Envy]

You sound like Webby. Remember how Webby did the Breakfast Club back in?

[Jess Hilarious]

But I. I ain't. I ain't mess up nobody names. I just messed up the stations. But I know I was at 92.1 Choice FM and then with. With Doc and I forgot the girl name, and me and her look alike, too. And then I did W9, 5 7. Yeah. Royalty, big T. Not the little ones. 97.5975. Yeah, yeah. 97.5. So, yeah, it was lit, man. But look, the Airbnb was the problem.

[DJ Envy]

What happened?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yo, I wake up in the middle of.

[DJ Envy]

Now, how you be loving them? Airbnb? They make me nervous.

[Jess Hilarious]

Airbnb's be lit, yo. But it's one every now and then. They get you. I wake up or whatever, and I go in the bathroom and it's two big roaches, right?

[DJ Envy]

Roaches?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, the Raleigh roaches.

[Charlamagne tha God]

A water bug. The Riley that can fly.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, they don't fly.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They say water bugs, but they roaches.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. All right. So, yeah, yeah. I always thought the water bug was like the bougie cousin of the cockroach, but no, they didn't fly. They were just right there. One was big and one was small. I knew the big one had to be like the grandmother because she was moving a little slow.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

And the little one was like, probably like, trying to find her food or whatever. And so I turned on the light. The one looked at me. I'm looking at it, and I'm like, what you doing here? This looking at me like, you want to ask me the same thing?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Like, I live here. You the one ready for the weekend.

[Jess Hilarious]

I was so scared. So then I went in the bedroom, and I feel something on the bottom of my foot vibrating. It's the bumblebee.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm like, yo, what is going on? So I hit the people, and they was like, oh, around this time of the year? That's normal.

[DJ Envy]

That's normal.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Jess Hilarious]

I went to a different Airbnb. I can't do it. I don't like bugs, y'all. How is a bumblebee in the house? And they get mad cause I stepped on them. Like, I didn't know that you'd be here. Like, you know.

[DJ Envy]

So you let the roach live?

[Jess Hilarious]

I let everybody live. I let them have their house. Nah, I'm done, Jesus.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, salute to. This was the longest dance competition ever been to six. It was 6:00am to 11:30pm damn.

[Jess Hilarious]

6:00Am To 11:30pm Jesus.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, that's what I said. Where it was in Jersey, in Hackensack. And then we were supposed to go back Sunday, but the auditorium of the roof fell in.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, no.

[DJ Envy]

So they canceled Sunday. So. So that was that. But I did take Jackson to his. A soccer game. Professional soccer game. The New York City Football Club, which was different. I still don't know anything about football.

[Jess Hilarious]

You ain't know nothing about no damn soccer.

[DJ Envy]

I still don't know anything about Soc. I was confused. I was confused the whole.

[Jess Hilarious]

I didn't know if I should cheer, not to cheer.

[DJ Envy]

I had no idea. Gold, not gold. Rings, eyes. I don't know. I was just trying to follow his lead. But that was the weekend. All right, let's get the show cracking. Ryan Coogler will be joining us this morning.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Man, Ryan Coogler just did a new movie, another movie with Michael B. Jordan called Sinners. It'll be out April 18th. I mean, he's got so many things to talk about. Ryan Coogler is one of the greatest minds of our time, especially when it comes to film.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. You know, you gotta like the Black Panther Creed and a host of others. But like you said, Sinners will be in theaters April 18th. We'll talk. Talk to him in a little bit. And then we got front page news, so don't go anywhere. 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 in some front page news now in sport. The UConn Huskies win the NCAA women's basketball championship championship. They beat South Carolina 82 to 59.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No. UConn deserves it, though. Salute to Paige Beckers, you know what I'm saying? Like, especially with all the injuries that she dealt with, you know, when she first got to UConn, for her to end her career in U with a championship. Dropping the clue bombs for the Yukon.

[DJ Envy]

They balled out yesterday. Yesterday. Now, also tonight, Florida plays Houston at 850 for the men's NCAA tournament.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Man, I wish I cared. I really do wish I cared about men's college basketball.

[Jess Hilarious]

Why, you don't care?

[Charlamagne tha God]

I. I just don't.

[Jess Hilarious]

I haven't anymore.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, just the women's. I mean, at least for me, women's.

[Jess Hilarious]

College basketball just been better, More entertaining.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Morgan?

[Taylor]

Hey, good morning, y'all. Happy Monday. How you feeling?

[Jess Hilarious]

Morning.

[Taylor]

All right, let's. Okay, we a little delayed, but let's get into it then. Okay, U. S stock futures are plunging. Y'all giving an indication of what may be to come today, this week? I mean, we will see what's going to happen on Wall Street. So on Sunday, President Trump said he wasn't aware of what was in store for the week, but he claims the U S is stronger as a result of his reciprocal tariffs. Let's take a listen to those comments from President Trump now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What's going to happen with the market?

[Charlamagne tha God]

I can't tell you, but I can tell you our country has gotten a.

[DJ Envy]

Lot stronger and eventually it'll be a country like no other. It'll be the most dominant country economically in the world.

[Taylor]

So the president didn't hesitate to blame previous leaders for the reason why he felt the need to implement the tariffs. As for the market, the Dow Jones industrial S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures fell all roughly 4% on Sunday. The Dow saw back to back lose, excuse me, losses over 1500 points for the first time last week, while the S and p took a 6% drop Friday, the worst since March of 2020, and which, by the way, was when the pandemic started. The market was slammed following continued concerns. Trump has ignited a global trade war in regards to his new tariffs. And the president claims hundreds of billions of dollars are pouring into the US Monthly as a result of the tariffs. I'm not sure how that goes considering the tariffs just started last week, but yeah, so meanwhile, secret Secretary of State Marco Rubio, he's rejecting claims that the world's economies are crashing because of President Trump's sweeping tariffs. Speaking Friday at a NATO business meeting in Brussels, Rubio said markets are crashing because they rely on the stock values of companies tied to production methods that harm the U.S. he added, Businesses just need to know what the rules are and once they do, they'll adjust, especially if they're operating in America. Let's take a listen to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

[DJ Envy]

Their economies are not crashing, are reacting to a dramatic change in the global order in terms of trade.

[Charlamagne tha God]

As long as they know what the.

[DJ Envy]

Rules are going to be moving forward.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And as long as that's sentenced and.

[DJ Envy]

You can sustain where you're going to be, the markets will adjust.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I still don't understand this. So they say they're doing this because they want to bring manufacturing back to America, right?

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Jess Hilarious]

Right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And we all know it costs too much to manufacture things here in America. And we also know that in the next, you know, five to 10 years, all those jobs they're talking about bringing because of manufacturing here going to be replaced by AI anyway.

[Taylor]

There is a strong possibility of that. You know, this is a possibility. I cannot, well, yeah, we can, I cannot report the future. I can report what is happening. But yes, that does seem to be the direction we are headed in. In fact, Commerce Secretary Howard Lucknick, he says the power of the US does need to be reset. That's what he's calling it. Appearing on CBS's Face the Nation, Lutnick said the new global tariffs put in place by President Trump were to address a national security issue. And he also said the focus will be on companies that want to be here. So let's take a listen to Howard Lutnick.

[DJ Envy]

If we had a warship, we can't fly a plane, we can't build our own planes, we don't have our own semiconductors. This is what the President is here to fix for America. Trillions and trillions of dollars, you heard.

[Charlamagne tha God]

The president speak about it, are coming.

[Lauren LaRosa]

To invest in America.

[DJ Envy]

This is the economy of the world. We are the consumer of the world.

[Taylor]

So it's seemingly that, you know, they're ripping off the band aid and it's just that initial hurt, you know, when that band aid rips off, that's a seemingly. But hopefully, you know, now that the wound. As president, the president, what did he say? He, he, he compares this to medicine. So maybe we could get some Neosporin or something on it and things will start to heal up after, you know, this band aid has been ripped off.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I hope, I hope so. I hope that's the case. But you know, it don't every economist, I don't, don't know what the hell going on.

[Taylor]

So, yeah, 90 days is what I'm being told. We will start to see what truly is happening. I will already start to see stuff within the week. Gas alone is going up. I've. So, I'm noticing that. So, you know, we will continue to watch the market. We'll continue to see what happens as these tariffs sweep and how they impact us. So that's your 6am Front page news. At 7, we will talk about the Trump protests that happened over the course of the weekend.

[DJ Envy]

All right? And everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051. Let us know how your weekend was. Phone lines are wide open. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Whether you're mad or blessed.

[DJ Envy]

I hate the way that you walk.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The way that you talk, I hate.

[DJ Envy]

The way that you dress. Everything with me is blessed.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Call up next.

[DJ Envy]

800-585-1051. Not just me, I'm with the culture feeling. Hello?

[Jess Hilarious]

Who's this?

[DJ Envy]

Hey, what's going on?

[Caller]

This Tamika, y'all, resident study.

[DJ Envy]

What's up? Tamika the resident stud.

[Caller]

Hey, what's going on, y'all? I just wanted to give y'all some.

[DJ Envy]

Positive vibes this morning and give a.

[Caller]

Big shout out to one of my bestest friends, Mina. Today is her birthday and I just want to give her happy birthday shout out. She's all the way in Jersey and.

[DJ Envy]

I'm over here in California, and I.

[Caller]

Really wish I would have been able.

[DJ Envy]

To see her this year, but maybe next year.

[Jess Hilarious]

Happy birthday, Mina. Yeah, well, no happy birthday.

[Caller]

Hey, she gonna like that from you, Jess.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, yeah? Yeah. Okay.

[Charlamagne tha God]

All right.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, but you not gay.

[Caller]

Yes. You can't say gay too.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, I know you gay, so that's why I said she gay.

[Caller]

Okay.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[Jess Hilarious]

You know. No, it's all good. No, I'm not gay. No More like that right now.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah. You've been gay before.

[Jess Hilarious]

I've been gay before. Well, she kind of look like Britney. She do kind of look like Britney.

[DJ Envy]

She got dreads and everything.

[Charlamagne tha God]

What? Stud don't look like.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's a bunch of them that don't look like. I know.

[Morgan]

That's right.

[Jess Hilarious]

Why they keep coming for my man, though?

[Caller]

Like, she could have been Chris, Chad, I'm telling you.

[DJ Envy]

That's funny.

[Charlamagne tha God]

She could have been Chris if she just had a penis.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Stop it.

[Caller]

Oh, another thing about that penis stuff.

[Jess Hilarious]

Charlemagne.

[DJ Envy]

Listen, studs, we don't have vibrators.

[Caller]

We have straps.

[DJ Envy]

We strap on our thing don't vibrate.

[Caller]

I would think it's just damn big, heavy and hard, you heard?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, I've been seeing the. The woke studs. Now they be taking the crystals that look like penises and putting them out in the full moon and letting them charge.

[DJ Envy]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't do it.

[Jess Hilarious]

I think I heard it exactly.

[Morgan]

He stay lying.

[Caller]

Y'all have a good day.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I love you, too.

[Jess Hilarious]

Thank you.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I love y'all. Have a great day. No, it's true. They be getting the crystals that. That are shaped like penises, and they put them out in the full moon and let the moon charge them and just sit them on. Nicholas.

[Jess Hilarious]

No.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And then they play Erykah Badu and.

[Jess Hilarious]

Jill Scott below in his mind.

[DJ Envy]

James.

[Caller]

Yes, sir.

[DJ Envy]

Happy birthday, brother.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hey, man.

[Caller]

Thank you, scholar man.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Man.

[Caller]

God bless you, bro.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That was heavy. That was envy. Oh, my bad, Envy. Yo, man, listen. Early in the morning. Yes, sir, but Happy born day, though.

[Jess Hilarious]

Happy birthday.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Hey, thank you. Thank you. Hey, hey, listen.

[Caller]

Hey, Jeff. You and Corey hulking gotta go at it, man.

[Charlamagne tha God]

On Netflix.

[Caller]

I pay to see that game.

[Jess Hilarious]

You don't play to see us go.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Anywhere on Netflix Special. Y'all gotta have a comedy jump off. Somebody gotta go at it.

[Jess Hilarious]

Ain't nobody letting his ass on Netflix. But I got you, though.

[DJ Envy]

Enjoy your birthday, brother.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes, sir. Thank you, man. And Charlemagne, Stop calling crazy. Stop being crazy. Then why people get mad when you make observations about stuff that they do?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, so I was telling Jess earlier, I was. I took my son to a soccer game they played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. I'm telling my son, yo, we gotta go to Bronx. He was like, dad, Bronx is crazy. I hear Charlamagne say, the Bronx is crazy all the time. I'm like, nah, the Bronx ain't crazy. I turn on the news, seven people just got stabbed in the Bronx.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yo, he looked at me like, I told you, Dad.

[DJ Envy]

I told you, dad, the Bronx is crazy.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Stop lying to your kids. You lie to them about Santa Claus being real. You lie to them about the Bronx not being crazy.

[DJ Envy]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need the vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Wake up. Wake up. Wake your ass.

[Charlamagne tha God]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[DJ Envy]

Whether you're mad or blessed, we want.

[Charlamagne tha God]

To hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Caller]

Hi, this is April from South Carolina.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Hey, April. What part are you calling from?

[Caller]

April, I am from Charleston, South Carolina.

[Charlamagne tha God]

843. What's happening?

[Caller]

Yes, I'm a dental hygienist, and I have to speak out about what is.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Getting me right now them stinky ass root canals.

[Taylor]

No.

[Caller]

In Arizona, they just passed a law that dental assistants can clean teeth. And I personally would not want someone without a license touching my mouth.

[Jess Hilarious]

Right?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, okay.

[Caller]

Using sharp instruments.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Caller]

The public needs to know the truth and you need to protect your families. And I'm speaking up for all dental hygienists across the United States. Please ask for a licensed professional.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So listen, if I'm going to the dentist today to get my teeth clean. But when you walk into the dentist, everybody in there is a licensed professional, right?

[Jess Hilarious]

No, not the people at the front desk.

[Caller]

The dental assistants have a certificate. The dental hygienist has a dental license. Just like a driver's license. The dentist has a license to do no harm to the public. The dental assistant does not have a license in Arizona without a license, they can use sharp instruments in your mouth. They just passed the law.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, no, absolutely.

[Jess Hilarious]

They said it's cheap.

[Caller]

Be careful.

[Jess Hilarious]

Unlicensed people.

[Caller]

Do no harm. Do no harm to the public.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I appreciate. We appreciate that. Public service announcement.

[Caller]

You're welcome. You're welcome. Be safe out there. Have a good day.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Who's this?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Hello, this is Jamel Scott.

[DJ Envy]

Jamel, what's up? Get it off your chest. What's up? How you doing?

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I got an opportunity to speak.

[Charlamagne tha God]

At SUNY Cortland, my alma mater.

[DJ Envy]

They asked me to speak to give.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The Kente award for one of my.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Friends who passed away in 2014. And so I went up there and I was the blessing was I was.

[DJ Envy]

Able to bring my children, my four.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Kids with my wife, where I met.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Up there and had my first child. And so to walk around the new.

[Caller]

Campus, see the things where they spend.

[Charlamagne tha God]

All of our good tuition money on the new building. So it was just a great eye open and refreshing weekend for myself and my family. That's amazing.

[DJ Envy]

That's what it is, brother.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You gonna take. You gonna let your kids go there one day? So my oldest is 15.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She went to Morgan last week on.

[Charlamagne tha God]

A college on my older sister.

[Lauren LaRosa]

She said she going to Morgan. But my middle child says she gonna.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Keep on a legacy and go to Courtland.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's what it is.

[Charlamagne tha God]

The Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Congratulations to you, brother. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Chess, Hilarious Charlamagne. The guy. We are the break. Get to the latest with Lauren.

[Jess Hilarious]

Lauren becoming a straight F. She gets.

[DJ Envy]

Him from somebody that knows somebody.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Somebody details.

[Morgan]

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

[Charlamagne tha God]

She be having the latest on the.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[Charlamagne tha God]

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

[Lauren LaRosa]

Well, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. Talk to me.

[Morgan]

So Terence Howard appeared on the PBD podcast with Patrick McDavid, and the episode this premiered on April 4th. Definitely making a rounds, because in this episode, Terrence Howard describes a interaction with Diddy where he says that he believes that Diddy was trying to have sex with him. Let's take a listen.

[DJ Envy]

Puffy invited me for. For weeks, asking me to come and wanted me to be his acting coach for a while. I'm like, okay, what's the material you want to work on? He's just looking at me. Then next thing you know, okay, hey, we. Will you help me? I want to hear your music. So I come over there, and I'm playing the music, and he's sitting there just looking at me, like, waiting. So then my assistant was like, you know, he wants to hang out with you next week. And I was like, for what? He's like, I think he's trying to you. That's what my assistant said. I was like, oh, okay, now I get it. So now no more communication. Now you notice to be hands off with somebody. A number of producers coming to make the approach, and you threaten to punch them in the mouth of threatening to knock their head off for talking to you like, or looking at you like you're a woman, have lost businesses. Because I don't. I don't bend over in that way. I don't compromise. I don't play gay roles. I don't kiss a man. I don't do that because the man card means everything.

[Jess Hilarious]

I know that's right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Lucy did. He said Diddy said he wanted to make a movie with Terrence Howard called Hustle and Blow.

[Jess Hilarious]

You're a clown. I knew.

[DJ Envy]

Stupid yo said he was.

[Jess Hilarious]

Looking at him like, what material you want to work on?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Then he said, you what they call you a luscious lion.

[DJ Envy]

But that's his interpretation, right?

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

He didn't make a pass. He didn't grab his ass.

[Jess Hilarious]

But he was looking at him.

[Morgan]

He said, he assistant Charlie looks at me.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, you know what?

[Jess Hilarious]

But if he tell you he want I want you to be my acting coach, right? And I get over there and I'm like, all right, what material we got? And you just looking at me like, are you already in some type of character or, like, what's going on?

[Charlamagne tha God]

That is true, though that is not a fair headline to say. Diddy tried to sleep with Terrence Howard because He didn't try anything. It's just that the assistant said I think he trying to. Cuz I would have said some stuff like that too if I saw you spending too much time with Diddy just because this would be funny.

[DJ Envy]

He might have been high. Diddy could have been high just looking.

[Jess Hilarious]

At Terence Howard the whole time or.

[Morgan]

Maybe he just was enjoying the company. Terence Howard is a. I watched, I tried to complete this whole interview but it was a lot that went over my head cuz they were talking ph it was a lot got deep. Yes. But I can understand why you would just sit and listen and look at Terence Howard. He has a lot to say and.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It'S just like a man right? Like men, men like to be like yeah she wanted to me some but all the girl said was high. You know what I'm saying?

[Jess Hilarious]

Don't play with Terence like that. Don't do that.

[Morgan]

Well so they also the conversation and what they led into this point was they were having a conversation about like just Hollywood and been on the creative side and why Terence Howard decided to step away from different roles like you know, Marvel and things like that. And he said that basically he, he does certain things to keep his integrity. That's how we got here. So we're going to go into the Marvel side of the conversation and him stepping away from certain projects next hour. But I did want to bring up since we're talking about Diddy over the weekend also news came out that Cassie we we knew there have been reports that she was going to testify but now there's been more information, information released. Cassie is going to testify, it's confirmed and she will not testify. Anonymous now there are I think there's two other victims, victim two and three but Cassie was always listed as victim one and the other victims have asked to. To remain anonymous.

[Jess Hilarious]

Is this from the video?

[Morgan]

Yeah, so. So the video is a piece of it but he's not being charged with anything in relation to the video. She had other claims as well too like so this the statement here is Victor one is prepared to testify under her own name during the upcoming trial where Diddy will defend himself against charges of racketeering, conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. Now that's a big deal especially because even if we can't see into the court video wise there will be reporters in there and that means that everything that she says it's going to be under her name, not victim one. So it's just going to pick up way bigger. But I think it's Just going to make a difference because now at this point, the video has been discussed so much. And then that coupled with her other claims of, like, things that he allegedly did, he allegedly made her do, seeing her. Her name being put on it, I think that. That emotionally is gonna. That can. That can sway. That's gonna be a hard hit for him.

[Jess Hilarious]

And then also because he paid her, right? He paid all the bridge civilly.

[Morgan]

Yeah, yeah, civilly.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's a whole different situation.

[DJ Envy]

He didn't pay us civilly, but he settled out.

[Morgan]

There was. I was gonna say there was some sort of. Still, to this day, don't know what that settlement exactly. Like, everything that. Well, we knew. We knew what it was for. We just don't know all the intricate details of the settlement because after it happened, no one was able to talk about it.

[Jess Hilarious]

Right.

[Morgan]

But a part of it was like, they don't mention each other. They don't. Whatever. Whatever. But when it comes to something like this, where you're being subpoenaed by a court, all that goes out the window. So she, you know, deciding to come in and stand on everything that she's.

[DJ Envy]

Saying, she would be the biggest witness.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right.

[DJ Envy]

Because that was his girlfriend for the longest time. So she's seen everything she, quote, unquote, know where the bodies are. So. So that will be the biggest witness.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's gonna be rough for her, though. It's gonna be rough for her because Cassie's gonna have to admit to doing a lot of things that, you know, she was involved in as well. And I'm sure she doesn't care at this point, but it's gonna be a lot of intimate details about her sex life as well that come out on that 100.

[Morgan]

Because Diddy's team has already come out and basically said, you know, a lot of what we've seen on these tapes and a lot of the claims, especially in his past relationships, everything was consensual.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Morgan]

So, yeah, it's gonna be hard for her. People are definitely gonna have a lot to say. And. And the other victims have chose to keep their names anonymous for that reason. They don't want people coming for them.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Now, switching gears here. Some. Something that was, you know, could have been super, super bad, but turned into a positive over the weekend. There was a video that went viral of Wallow. Wallow's been up here, of course, worth of game. And he is on a bridge with a police officer and a man who was attempting to jump off of this bridge. Now there's someone riding by who records it. And they're like, yo, look at Wallow trying to save this man. You hear Wallow talking. So I reached out to Wallow and I just was asking him like, you know, I want to make sure that when I report this, I give it, it's just due. So is there anything that, you know, you want to include? And he was like, you know, it's up to you guys to talk about it however you want. But I did ask him, like, how did you even encounter that? Did the police call you there? You just rolled by? He said that first of all, the man was saved. He didn't jump. He said it was a two hour process talking the man back off of this bridge and that the man asked Wallow to call his family. So Wallo called his family, they came, and then together they all got him down. Once the family came, they took over everything. It was like, right place, right time type of thing. And I'm like, man, like Wallo, you understand? You like a walking angel.

[Jess Hilarious]

Where was angel?

[Morgan]

Somewhere in Pennsylvania. Somewhere in Philly. I'm not sure.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay, okay. Wow.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You dropped on the clues bombs for Wallow.

[Jess Hilarious]

Definitely.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Absolutely great human.

[Morgan]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

The fact that the guy didn't jump right?

[Morgan]

Exactly. Now, in other news, Gayle King. Gayle King was on CBS this morning.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And she ain't she going to space.

[Morgan]

She is going to space. And people talk about everything but that damn for real. So she was on CBS this morning and she did a sit down interview. Now in the sit down interview, she's like laughing and joking with the person that they're speaking with. And he had made a joke. I'll get context on the joke when we come back. I want you guys to hear what she had to. What she repeated. People are dragging her because of what she repeated. She used a gay slur. Let's take a listen.

[Jess Hilarious]

Can I just say one joke? I hope I don't get in trouble.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But wait a minute.

[Jess Hilarious]

You do a riff about white women.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes.

[Jess Hilarious]

Approached you and they said something about cooking and you said what in the.

[DJ Envy]

Are you talking about?

[Morgan]

I thought that was.

[Charlamagne tha God]

What's the word?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, what's the word? Don't say the word.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That would mean what it start with.

[Morgan]

F. Oh, the big huh?

[Charlamagne tha God]

The big John. The big joint.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, who she thought she was the.

[Charlamagne tha God]

One that rhyme went magnet.

[Morgan]

Yes.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No way. Oh, okay. No way.

[DJ Envy]

On tv.

[Morgan]

Live on CBS mornings. Live on television.

[Charlamagne tha God]

What's the problem with her?

[Caller]

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[Morgan]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Morgan]

Because, I mean, there are certain things.

[Jess Hilarious]

Me, I was quoting somebody, something that somebody said a couple years ago. A couple years ago, I got in trouble for it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

By the way, Gail can go into space in a few days, and that's what all y'all can talk about.

[Morgan]

That's what I'm saying.

[Jess Hilarious]

And Trump said that we can say it.

[DJ Envy]

No, he did not.

[Morgan]

That was real.

[DJ Envy]

That wasn't real.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that was not real. But Yeah, I know CBS. CBS Mornings comes on that 7am so we are locked in.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Do not apologize.

[Morgan]

See, if she apologizes, she probably will. People were really upset about it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

For what? For she was quoting somebody. Be upset at the comedian who said it.

[Morgan]

They should be upset at the comedian.

[DJ Envy]

But you can't.

[Morgan]

He's gay. And he can say. And he laughed when Gail responded. I mean, Miguel repeated it. But Gail is not a gay man.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Like what he said.

[DJ Envy]

That is true. But you can't, you can't go there. I guess like a, a white, A white person going to say, I heard this. You can't do that.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Y'all know Gail not homophobic.

[DJ Envy]

We know that. But you know, there's words you can't say. She shouldn't be five. She can apologize this morning and say, my bad. That's. That's.

[Morgan]

I don't know for a fact that she's going to apologize. I just assume she's going to. So we're preparing and recording and we'll be back with the next hour in case she does. But I got the transcript. You want to repeat the joke.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You ain't talk about Gail going to space, not one time on this radio. But you come in here talking, all that negative energy about her saying you're going to repeat the job messy message.

[Morgan]

Are you gonna repeat the joke?

[Charlamagne tha God]

No.

[Morgan]

Okay, well then why she can she. Why do you want her.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I would quote it though, if I was. If I was reading it, I would probably quote it.

[Morgan]

You would not. On Live just for the chaos. Exactly. Why are you talking about, by the way?

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm sure Gayle King is quoted worse is what I'm saying.

[Jess Hilarious]

In the game. He's probably not even made enough.

[DJ Envy]

And I would love to know the context of it because we only played a little two seconds of it. Like, how were they talking? She said he was he disrespectful. And this is what he said.

[Morgan]

Like, what was the full concept joke that he. She says it in the audio. It was a joke that he had about how white women turn, like when they get lit. Like when they get drunk. How they turn into basically like, kind of like almost like gay men. And she repeats a line from his joke and she said, I hope I'm not gonna get in trouble for this.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, wow.

[Morgan]

Like she was repeating the joke, but people were like, you shouldn't have repeated the joke. So we'll see at 7am and yes, she is going to space.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, that's secondary to this silly ass slur.

[DJ Envy]

Certain. Certain jokes you just don't repeat.

[Morgan]

Exactly. And Charlamagne know, he wouldn't repeat it either.

[Jess Hilarious]

I bet you the man the maddest people are straight, though. It's never the people.

[DJ Envy]

That's true. All right, all right. Now when we come back, we got.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And by the way, it was the way he said it. She didn't just say the word. Yeah, it had a re at the end. So it was like maggotry. That's the joke. So she quoted the whole. It wasn't just that one slur.

[Morgan]

We played the audio. Did you not hear it?

[Charlamagne tha God]

It was complete.

[Morgan]

Yeah, right.

[Jess Hilarious]

So what she described was the art of being gay as mad. The art thing.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Specific word. Yes. He said maga tree.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So that's why she.

[DJ Envy]

That's what I said. We need the full context. She didn't say you.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It was what in the maggotry.

[DJ Envy]

And that's what I said. You need the full context.

[Morgan]

I saw it unbleached and I read about. I forgot. Y'all don't just like be like just watching all of that, like. So I knew the full word. I thought we were going to add the tree at. Leave the tree at the end so y'all can at least hear that part. That's what we were going to.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's why it had to be Quoted people.

[Morgan]

Why?

[DJ Envy]

All right, front page news. Next is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. You're checking out the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back to some front page news now. We gotta congratulate the UConn Huskies. They won the NCAA women's basketball championship yesterday. They beat South Carolina 82, 59.

[Charlamagne tha God]

They beat my cocks, man.

[Jess Hilarious]

And then what is the whole. Say the whole name, yo, because I can't even say South Carolina Gamecocks, but.

[Morgan]

That'S what I get.

[Charlamagne tha God]

We say the Cox Gold Cox beat my cocks. Like, come on, you know what I mean? But I do want to say congratulations to the UConn Huskies because if you've been following Paige Becker's story, man, you know that she had, you know, a series of injuries, you know, at the beginning of her college career that set her back a couple of years. So to see her bounce back the way that she has to win a championship, can't do nothing but salute that young lady, man.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, they played ball last night. Now also, Florida takes on Houston at 8:50 tonight. What's up, Morgan?

[Taylor]

Hey, what's going on is what happened over the weekend, Okay. A lot of protests across the country protesting Trump. Okay? So over a million people took part in anti Trump Trump protests on Saturdays. Now, rallies were held in all 50 states as well as around the world in response to the Trump administration's actions. Now organizers of the hands off protests say they have three demands. An end to the billionaire takeover and rampant corruption of the Trump administration. An end to slashing federal funds for Medicaid, Social Security and other programs working people rely on. And an end to the attacks on immigrants, trans people and other communities. Reverend William Barber, the second, who is an infamous reverend, was among those early on in speaking on the program. Let's take a listen to his comments.

[Charlamagne tha God]

When Trump and Musk and Johnson and their minions are signing unconstitutional executive orders, unconstitutionally firing people trying to pass an unjust budget, when they are doing this, we must say, take your hands off of our democracy.

[Taylor]

You know, Texas Congressman Al Green was also in attendance. He had some plans to impeach Trump. The Texas Democratic spoke at the anti Trump rally in D.C. this weekend, telling protesters that Trump doesn't deserve to be president.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Me and Al Green have already had this conversation with. He was on the Breakfast Club when he was here on the Breakfast Club. Such a waste of time. They've already, they've already impeached Trump twice. They've Done nothing.

[DJ Envy]

What does impeachment really mean? Because nothing. It's just paperwork because they never leave office. It's not like they leave.

[Taylor]

It is a paperwork thing. Added that Trump can't be trusted with liberty and justice for all, nor can he be entrusted with government of the people, by the people, and for the people. So thousands of people, again, as I mentioned, gathered in D.C. and then there were similar rallies held across major cities, including New York, Boston, Chicago, and la. Well, speaking of la, in case you missed it, that California of the former Vice president that we used to have out of California. Yeah. Kamala Harris. Yeah. She spoke last Thursday at the Leading Women Defined Summit in Dana Point, California. She said a lot has changed in the past few months since she was defeated at the ballot box by President Donald Trump. But in many ways, some of it is not coming as much of a surprise to her. So let's take a listen to former Vice President Kamala Harris.

[Morgan]

You know, there were many things that.

[DJ Envy]

We knew would happen.

[Caller]

Many things, I'm not here, sir.

[Morgan]

I told you so.

[Taylor]

I'm not here to say I told you so. She said progress and policies that ultimately led to progress have been rolled back, which we are seeing. And a sense of fear has washed over so many in the country. And she said, as a result, we are seeing people stay quiet. We are seeing organizations stay quiet. We are seeing those who are capitulating to clearly unconstitutional threats. And in the end, Hare stressed that the whole world is watching and noted courage is contagious. So as you're saying what you're saying.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You know, I want to say to the vp, I have no problem with her saying I told you so, because that's what politics is, letting people know what your opponent is doing wrong. And if I told you what was going to happen, maybe you'll listen to me next time.

[Taylor]

What she said, I didn't come to say I told you so, but you know how that goes, actually saying I told you so. Let's take a listen to former President Obama's audio. He had some audio surfacing or video surfacing on social media that basically was like, you know, what would have happened if he would have done this? Let's listen to Obama.

[DJ Envy]

Imagine if I had done any of this.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Let me just, I. I just, I.

[DJ Envy]

Just want to be clear about this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News credentials from the White House press corps. You're laughing, but no, this is what's happening. Imagine if I had said to law firms that were representing parties that were upset with policies, my Administration had initiated that you will not be allowed into government buildings.

[Taylor]

Yeah. So this is real, guys, in case you guys miss it. I'm not sure who all listens and whatnot and follows me, but that's the truth. You know, my White House press credential has essentially been revoked. And it is true. I'm not sure how or why I can't gain access to the White House like I used to.

[DJ Envy]

But he pulled it from you. No reason why.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Taylor]

It was like I was just not on the list, not receiving emails and I've been trying to, you know, I can't even get in.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You work for the Black Information Network. The Black Information Network.

[Taylor]

You can say it's the Black Information Network if you want to, and it is. But you know, you. It's not like he's loving on y'all either.

[Morgan]

So there's that too.

[Taylor]

So I'm just saying.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But that's what that, but that is, that is probably why though. I mean, especially when you look at Pete Hexef and you look at all of the books that he just removed from the. What was that? The military library, if I'm not mistaken. And, and all of those books are, are black books, books about sexuality.

[Taylor]

They're also talking about rolling back initiatives at the Smithsonian, calling like the National African American Museum of History and Culture, saying that that's anti American and anti ideology of America. So it's just kind of crazy. I just want you guys to pay attention to what's going on. Make sure you get straight, you know what I mean? Like get right. Get right with whoever your maker is and get right and make sure you are against standing as a citizen.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And I want to say one more thing about Obama. Understand what Obama was trying to say, but he should have made it really personal and said, can you imagine if me as a black man had done anything Trump has done? Because when he made it about Democrats. Actually that's what we've been trying to imagine. Yeah, let's imagine if Democrats actually thought outside the box and dared Republicans to do something about it. Democrats are still stuck in a right and wrong way of doing things. All that self restraint and doing things the so called right way has gotten them nowhere. And there's a bunch of examples we could use to imagine if Obama or any Democrat, you know, showed some, some, some political courage and the will to do what they know is right regardless of what the backlash will republic, regardless of what the backlash from Republicans will be. So, so yeah, so when Obama says imagine, yeah, we, we've all been trying to imagine if Democrats showed some political courage and the will to do what they know is right, regardless of what the backlash from Republicans will be. We've imagined that.

[Taylor]

All right, y'all. Well, we'll continue to imagine and we'll continue to experience what's going on for real in real life. That's your front page news. Follow me on socials at morganmedia. M O R G Y N M E D I A and for more news coverage, make sure you're following at Black Information Network. Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit [e-mail] thank you. Happy Monday, Morgan.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, Morgan. Now when we come back, we have director of Black Panther and Creed and now his new movie sinners, coming out April 18, Ryan Coogler. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious Charlemagne, the guy. We are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRosa filling in. And we got a special guest in the building. He's back. Ladies and gentlemen, Ryan Coogler. Welcome back, brother.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Nice to be here, bro.

[DJ Envy]

How you feeling?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm feeling good, bro. Feeling good. We just made a movie last night, you know, so happy to, happy to be at this stage of putting it out out and happy to be here talking to y'all about it, man.

[Charlamagne tha God]

One thing about Ryan, no matter what Ryan is doing, no matter how long he in Hollywood, that Oakland, do not get up out.

[DJ Envy]

Let's go.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You can hear it. He. Every time you talk about, I feel like you about to ask me what set I'm from.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He's tripping, bro. You're gonna ask somebody that in Oakland, bro, That's, that's an LA thing, asking somebody that brought their sex.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But how do you stay so grounded, though? Like, you can hear the Oakland in you. Like you doing movies that got 90 million dollar budgets. But it don't change it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's just my action. This is how I talk, bro. I can't change it.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, and it's funny because my mom's. It's actually funny because my mom, remember when my accent started to change because I started hanging out, she was like, hey, man, you talking like them, you know what I'm saying? You talking like them outside, you know what I'm saying? It's gonna get stuck like that. She's just like, so my whole life I gotta. I gotta end up having to explain it, you know what I'm saying? But yeah, bro, it's just hard talk I can't talk no different now.

[DJ Envy]

I was gonna say you mentioned sinners. So explain to people what sinners is about. I'm sure they've seen the commercial, they seen the trailers, but what is sinners about?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, man, it's about two twin brothers who come home to their hometown in Clarksdale, Mississippi after about seven years in Chicago. And they kind of, you know, they basically gangsters, you know what I mean? And very notorious. And they come home and pick up their little cousin, who's this, who's this blues prodigy. And they got plans of opening up a juke joint, you know, which is like a black nightclub at that time. And it's a 24 hour movie. They gather up all they friends from, they pass to start this business and then a vampire ends up showing up and then things go a little left.

[Charlamagne tha God]

How difficult was it directing one actor for two different roles? Cause Michael B. Jordan played the twin brother, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I guess I wouldn't want to talk about it in terms of degree of difficulty, right? But it was definitely complicated, you know what I'm saying? But I got a great team, bro. I got great producers, fantastic visual effects department. And we just came up with a plan on how to do it. I actually talked to a few filmmakers who had done things like it. You know, I was in conversation with Chris Nolan, who's a mentor of mine, and he did a similar thing. He actually did a couple movies that had, that had like kind of twinning elements. He did a movie called the Prestige. Spoiler alert. It's twin element in that. And then he also did a movie called Tenet that came out right, right at the start of the pandemic with John David Washington. And because got characters going back and forth in time. You got scenes with John David Washington fighting himself. So I talked to him a little bit. I was talking to him about just the format that we shot the film in. And we talked a little bit of twin era too. But it was another filmmaker I know named Shawn Durkin who came up to Sundance route. He had just done a television series called Dead Ringers. It was a remake of a David Cronenberg film. But it started Rachel Weisz as twin gynecologist, you know what I'm saying? That identical twin gynecologist played by one actor. And I got on the phone with him for about. We probably talked for about an hour on how they made that work. And he ran it down to me, you know, kind of blow by blow at things I should be thinking about. And I'll be Forever grateful to. I'll be forever grateful to Sean, and I just need to reach out to him, you know? But, yeah, like, it's a lot. It's very, very technical. But it's actually the hardest on Mike. You know, I'm there with the camera and trying to. Trying to work it out, and some days more complicated than us. I don't know if y'all had a chance to see the film yet. That's how far show parts of it partial. Okay. Yeah. So for Michael, he had to embody two completely different people who were identical twins, which is a very, like, unique, specific type of person, right? And on. And on days where, you know, where the twins were interacting, you know, he would have to start the day as one character, go get changed, and come back and then shoot another pass as the other character. We had to cast a twin double, which is an actor who basically is the same build, shape, height, complexion is Mike to act across from him so he can know where. You know, where to look, but somebody's.

[DJ Envy]

Not talking to himself.

[Morgan]

Okay. So when I was watching it, because even the first time you see them on camera and they're standing next to each other, and I'm like, okay, I noticed this technology, but I'm like, as an actor, I know you kind of feed off of, like, it's very, like, physical. So I was like, I wonder how Michael B. Jordan, like, what is he using to. Because their interaction is now, Lauren want.

[Charlamagne tha God]

To stunt double number. Just like Michael. He built like, she can't get the.

[DJ Envy]

Original, so she'll get the stunning shot.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Shout out to Percy, Bill when they.

[Morgan]

Killed a snake in the back of the truck. Even that. I'm like. I mean, it was something so small, but I'm like, you got to know where your people are to know. You know what I'm saying? I'm like, how did they do that?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, look, a lot of work, man. You feel me? Like, like, we did a lot of work. But real talk, like, the highest degree of difficulty was on Mike. Acting is an insanely difficult thing to do, you know what I'm saying? Like, to be able to embody another human being. And in this case, he had to embody two of them that had an interdependent relationship on each other, right? So. So we had to make sure that Percy could act, but also, Mike had to know what he was gonna do because Percy is not Mike, you know what I'm saying? So you had to kind of like, you know, we had to kind of walk through. All right, well, what would he do when he smoke or what would he do when he stack? We had to decide who should go first, you know what I mean? Because knowing that whoever goes second is gonna have to really feed off where the first one was, they can't walk through the body of the other one, even though they're not there. We got to map that out. It was very, very technical, bro. You know what I mean? But I was so impressed with. I was so impressed with what Mike was able to do, man. Like, I think these two performances are his two best performances he's ever. He's ever done, you know, And. And I've been there. Not all of them, you feel me? But I've been there. I've been there for some of the. For some of the. You know, some of the great ones. I would say, like, you know, I wasn't there for just mercy. I wasn't there for Jon, for Jordan. Creed 2 and Creed 3. I was a. Creed 2. I was an executive producer. Creed 3, I produced. But as. As far as, like, what I. What I'm directing, right there, standing next to the camera, watching him. Y'all haven't seen the movie with his two brothers. And these dudes is gangsters. Straight up. You know what I'm saying? Like an old school gangsters. Like the gangsters that the gangsters we came up under, look, you know, came up on her, you know? You know what I mean? And World War I veterans, and one brother is far more gangster than the other one, you know what I mean? It's funny because it was complicated because he's actually kind of cool.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, like. Like constantly more cunning than anything. You got that funny story about Nelly, bro. You know what I'm saying? We said Nelly calmly told you, like, I got a contingency for everybody be.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Like, yo, who's the person that came to the show that made you feel like they would really you up? I'm like, Nelly.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And they like Nelly. Everybody be like Nelly. It's because he had such a calm demeanor about him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So where I'm from, bro, you know, you had the guys. I was. You had the guys that was Rah Rah in Hyatt. That didn't last long, you know, I mean, I got killed early. Went to jail early. The dudes that last the longest is the dudes that'll sit right there, and you don't even know. They just decided they're gonna have you whacked. But that's something, you know what I'm saying?

[DJ Envy]

Those Gangsters, the real scary ones, even in New York, were the ones that didn' much. Real quiet, real calm. Those are the ones you had to be scared of.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. So that's Smoke in the movie. And I'll never forget Bro Day zero, we were shooting. He came to set out Smoke. And Ruth Carter, who's a legendary costumer, of course, she came up to me and I could tell she was like a little bit. A little bit flustered, you know what I'm saying? She was like, hey, you know, I got this jewelry, you know, I got. I got different, you know, like kind of getting that costume together. And she was saying, like, you know, you gotta look at it and tell me what you. What you. What you want him to have. I put, you know, I put both things on him. So he walked. So Mike walked up. And I've been knowing Mike a long time, bro, you know? You know what I mean? We homies, you feel me? And it's something while his energy is making my blood run cold, you know what I mean? And I. And so, so I asked him the question that she wanted. It was like something about a bracelet, if he wanted a bracelet or something or not. And I said, hey, bro, do you want the bracelet on. On this, on this arm for smoke or this arm? And he said, he said, I'm indifferent. But he said in like this deep southern accent, you know what I'm saying? And I looked at him and I was like, oh, completely, like, you know, he's completely somebody else, you know? You know what I'm saying? And he had like a thousand yard stare, you feel me? And I was like, oh, man, we gotta get to work. I put him right in the car and started shooting. I don't even know if I took the bracelet off or not, you know? Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we got more with Ryan Coogler when we come back. 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. Lorna roast is here as well. We're still kicking it with Ryan Coogler, you know, director of Black Panther and Creed, and now the new movie Sinners, which comes out April 18th. So what made you want to do this movie?

[Charlamagne tha God]

So.

[Lauren LaRosa]

So look, I had an uncle named Uncle James Edmondson, and he was. He was born and raised in Mississippi, but then fled to Oakland when he was like in his 20s, you know, so. So, you know, that's where I was born. And we probably like the second wave of the great Migration, right? You know, it's basically like the oldest member of my family for all this male member of my family for a long time. And. And my parents couldn't afford to buy a house in Oakland. We ended up moving to Richmond, which is, you know, essentially like. Like Newark would be here in New York, right, if Oakland was Brooklyn. And shortly after we moved, my Uncle James and his family moved. It was like, down the block from me. So I would go spend time with him. When I went to get out the house, I could walk to his house. And all he would do when he was off from work is he would listen. He would either watch San Francisco Giants game on TV or he would listen to it on the radio. If it wasn't televised. He could drink old Taylor whiskey and play blues records on vinyl, you know what I'm saying? And I came to associate that music with him. I didn't think about the.

[DJ Envy]

The.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The music, you know, for me. For me, it was. It was, you know, saying it was. It was rapping R B, right? But in 2015, he ended up passing away and he. He got sick while I was making Creed. So I was like, I was. I was. I was in Philly for. For most of the time while he was sick. Then I had to go to LA and do post production. And I got the call that he died while I was like, I don't know, like, picture locking or something. And I felt like, bro, I remember being in the. In the hallway with my wife, who produced this movie, and just feeling like, bro, what the am I doing, man? I'm not. I'm not at home with my. You know what I'm saying? I'm like. I'm like. I'm like in a hallway in the middle and some. Some dirty production facility, you know what I'm saying? And I made it home for the funeral. But I never reckoned with that feeling of. Of not being there with somebody who was so important to me. And so I would find myself when I was thinking about him playing, like, all blues records, you feel me? Like, and when I would listen to him, it was like if I closed my eyes, it was like he was there with me, you know? You know what I'm saying? Like, the power of music to be able to do that, right? So you got that there was another element to it. So I've been making films based on other things basically my whole. My whole career, right? Like. Like my first feature film was Fruitville Station, and I was based on a real thing that happened, you know what I'm Saying where I'm from, right? It's only so many ways you tell that story. And I was trying to tell it the way that had the most integrity for where I'm from and for his family and for who that young man was who was murdered by a police officer, bro, Right? And then I was fortunate enough to make a movie in the Rocky universe, right? You know what I'm saying? A movie about Apollo Creed's son. And. And I got hired for the Black Panther movies, you know what I'm saying? You know, so these are all stuff based on other things. So I'm on Panther 2 and it's taken a long time. We had a lot of experience, a lot of tragedy, a lot of misfortune. It's a lot. That wasn't just us, by the way. It was during a global pandemic, you know what I'm saying? And tragically lost our actor. Rest in peace. Yeah, rest in peace. So I had to refigure that out and keep it together with everybody who was involved, still want to make something. And our lead actress, lovely Letitia Wright, was injured on set. Had to, had to, had to shut down for that Omicron shut us down. And, you know, in. In Atlanta ended up being like a four year movie, bro.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And I remember we was going through the. Maybe the worst of it, man. And what would get me through, you know, Sean, while I was out there, was listening to some of my favorite artists, bro, and I was listening to a lot of Nip. Rest in peace. I was listening to a lot of Dolph, right?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Rest in peace.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But when I was listening to Dolph, bro, it wasn't rest in peace yet, bro. Wasn't rest in peace yet. And I'll never forget, bro, I think it was. I think it was November 17, 2021. I'm in Byron, Georgia, and I see my first cotton field ride machine in my life.

[Taylor]

Wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We rock. We riding. And I. And I. And I saw it. I told the driver, hey, man, pull over. You know what I'm saying? Bounced out. I never. I had never seen one before, you know. You know, driver white. Nah, he'll not.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm just making sure. He probably was like, yes, finally trying to get them back here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Nah, he'll not, bro. Shouts out to Craig, man. Black man from Craig from New York. Yeah, Craig from New York.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Black man from New York. But she was. We was in, you know, working out in Atlanta, right? Like everybody was making their movies then, and, bro, I'm in Burn Bob down. Show Bro. And I go, I go, I go. I literally like went into the field just. Just to see it, bro. I was having like a crazy ass, you know? You know what I'm saying? Moment. Like. Like what that felt like. Keep it a hundred, bro. I can describe it, bro. Cause I felt guilty. I. I felt like, you know, I've been on this show, bro, talking about going to Africa and how I wanted to get tapped in with my ancestors and. But then was my ancestors 400 years removed. This was my ances. 100 years removed. I hadn't been there, hadn't seen it. So it was. It was like an overwhelming sense of guilt more than anything, right? I took something and I believe that day when I heard he was murdered. I never met this dude. I never met Nick, you know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne tha God]

But.

[Lauren LaRosa]

But. But I felt like I knew him, you know? You know what I'm saying? Like from the. From the music. And I remember being like, man, this. Cause you gotta keep in mind, I was in the bay, bro, going to football practice with my homies. We heard Pac died, and we would see pack block, you know? You know, you know what I'm saying? Like, it shot our whole football practice down. The mamas was crying, the coaches was crying. And I'm like, I'm like, bro, as a fan of this music, bro, bro, it's been a lifetime on this, bro. Like, being in Philly, on Creed and hearing that, that. That the jacket, rest in peace, got killed, you know what I'm saying? Or that keep the sneak got shot in the back. He paralyzed now. Like, I'm like, you know, my homies out that. That came up and was rapping he'll never heard of. You feel me? That, that. And I'm like, I'm like, bro, I can't listen to this music right now, bro. King, I gotta take a break. Break. You feel me? And I remember venting to my producer, who's from Central California. He's from Clovis, black, man, but from a different culture there. I say, bro, what kind of music is there, bro? Where the artist talks about how to navigate, where they from, how to escape all the demons they dealing with, man. They succeed, get to their 30s and still fall victim to this, bro. What music exists like this? I was saying it like, he looked at me. He a smart dude, name more. He looked at me, bro, in a real empathetic way. Considered it. He was like, man, my favorite music. Like that. I said, what music is that? He said, man, grunge music. I said, huh? He said, yeah, man. He's like. He said, we just lost Chris Cornell, right? He was in his 50s.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, they overdosed a lot. Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He was like. He's like. All they music is about struggling with, you know what I'm saying? Struggling with, like, demons, depression, and trying to kick dope, you know what I mean? And they end up, you know, they could get all the money in the world standing up, dying in hotel rooms. I said, damn. And what's crazy is in the bay, our biggest radio station is 106.1 came Yale. And the only rock song that ever played on that station, bro, coming up was Nirvana, which smelled like teen spirit. So I was like, man, let me dig into this grunge music. I'm gonna take a break from, you know what I'm saying, from rapping. I'm listening to some grunge and I started listening to it, bro, and I was like, man, this sound like what my uncle used to play. Like, I was listening to. I was listening to, like, it's literally like, I'm listening to it. I'm listening to the guitar riffs and like, what they talking about and like, the passion they sing with. And I'm like, that's odd, man. I dug into the research, man, and that's exactly what it is, you know what I'm saying? It just blews me, some of my wife people. And this is. This is like within the same 24 hours, you know? You know what I'm saying? That was. That was when I was. That's when I was like, sharecropping blues, the evolution of it, the racist origins of genre as a concept, you know what I'm saying? Like, I'm like, I think it's a movie in this. And I'm just a big horror movie fan, bro. I like horror and all this fashion, and nobody really knew that about me, you know what I'm saying? Just because of the movies that I made. So I put that with it too. And, you know, this is how we got. How we got sinners, if that makes sense.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And that's crazy because when they talk about sinners, they talk about how you're. You're genre blending, right? They call it horror, drama and everything else. But you gotta put hip hop in there too.

[Morgan]

I feel like even in the way that the smoke and his brother's name, Stack, Smoking Stack, Even the way that they, like, maneuver and the way that they move, like, even it's small stuff in there. And you. I'm hearing you say that it wasn't Purposely, I guess. But even the way he pulls out his gun and stuff like that, it's like. It's so much to it. And when. When I was watching the parts that I did see of it, I was just sitting here thinking, like, wow. Like, I wonder how many times you sit and watch it and you catch something different every single time time. Because it's. It's, like, layered. And I think some of it is not on purpose. Like, does that happen to you still?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. I oftentimes catch things with this movie, especially because it was so personal, and I've become a more experienced filmmaker, you know? You know what I mean? And I'll be like, oh, I was doing that. You know, I didn't realize it. And the other thing that happens, man, when you. When you work on. On, because our art form is. It's a tricky one, right? Like, you know, for instance, the young, great legend Rod Wave watched the movie and then went and knocked out a song for us in the day inspired by. Inspired by the film. And since it's a song, I'm like, yo, this is done. You know? You know what I'm saying? Like, you know, like, there's nothing we can. Nothing else we can do. Do fish we can't touch. It took him a night, but we working in years. And what's crazy is you're not even the same person in four months, you know what I'm saying? Like, I've written a screenplay and then got to, like, the last day of shooting. I'm looking at the script, like, what the was I, like, who wrote this? You know what I'm saying? I often say that, like, man, what was I thinking? And I'm trying to get back into my own head, you know what I'm saying? From time past, you know, you editing the film and mixing the sound. And sometimes I'd be like, oh, that's what I meant, you know? You know? You know what I'm saying? Oh, like, that's what this is. You feel me? But, yeah, I still see things, man. And this wasn't based on anything, like, direct, so you pull from yourself.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we got more with Ryan Coogler when we come back. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lorna Rosa's hanging out with us as well. We're still kicking in with Ryan Kugler Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Different energy brings different things out of people. What did Chadwick Boseman bring out of you that Michael B. Jordan doesn't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's a fantastic question, bro. Doing this press tour, cuz. Cuz out of all of my actors, bro, out of all of my actors. Chad's death actually hit Mike the hardest. I never had to talk about that, but we were doing, we were doing press together now. And look, man, Chad was older than us, bro. He was quite a bit older than us. Even though he looked like he was the same age, he was not. You know, I was a fully baked man.

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[Lauren LaRosa]

Know, you know what I'm saying? Like, he was an old school man's man compared to that dude. When we worked together, bro, me and Michael's kids, you know, you know what I'm saying? And what Chad taught me, bro, I mean, he changed my life, bro, you know what I'm saying? But he was the kind of teacher you never knew you was getting a lesson when he taught, you know what I'm saying? It was all by example. What he gave me and Michael was patience. He moved at an old school pace and he took his time. He was always early, you know what I'm saying? He was that type of, he was that type of dude, bro, you know what I'm saying? And you know, I don't think Mike, I don't think Mike would, would be it. Look, man, I told him like, like, and Mike will tell you this, I told him, man, I said, hey, bro, what would Chad do, do you know what I'm saying? In this, in this role, if he had this role, what do you do? Because Chad never broke accent, you know what I'm saying? He was talking in the African accent, bro, you putting me up, meaning for dinner at 9:00. I remember the Disney executives came and seen us on Panther, like week two. And he pulled up and it was Charlie's accent. Hey, man, what's going on? That was freaked out. And I said, don't be freaked out. He working, man. That's how he. He don't turn it off until we rap, you know? You know what I'm saying? And, and, and no shame or embarrassment in that. But that's how he was. He was. That's how he was moving, you know? You know what I'm saying? And for Mike to see that up close, to have to do scenes across from that, and if for me to be able to say that to him, you know what I'm saying? Like, like, like that he's transitioning, become an ancestor and say, hey, bro, what would the big homie do? You know? You know what I'm saying? Like, boom, locked in. You know what I'm saying? The difference is, man, look, man, won't never be another child, bro. You feel me? Like, like, so. So that's the difference. Like, it's like asking somebody, hey, bro, what was it like to suit up across from. From Mike Jordan, you know what I'm saying? Like, you know, like, like, you know, it made you a better Hooper, I bet, you know? And that's what it was. You know what I mean?

[DJ Envy]

You gotta come back, right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I just want something to. To sell, man. I want to tell people, go see the movie in theaters, you know what I'm saying?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, send it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I guess I'll stay on chat with just a little bit, because I recently saw a video with Denzel, was speaking about his first time seeing Black Panther.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

He said it made him feel like he could pass the torch because of you, because of Mike.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It was so much deeper than that. It was so much deeper than Denzel. I ever shy because he's humble. Look, man, man, Chai was at Howard University, bro, and he was maybe the most brilliant actor to ever come through there, bro. And Felicia Rashad knew it. He was there to be a filmmaker. And Felicia Rashad wanted to send him to England, where they really do it. Felicia was like, I want to get you to Oxford. I want to get you on stage in London. Shot from Anderson, South Carolina. Phylicia, like, man, I worry I'm. Find somebody to take care of you. Goes to Denzel. Denzel says, I want to take care of it for the kid, but I want them to know it's me, me. And I don't want to know nothing about it.

[DJ Envy]

Wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right. Let's just say, hey, we got a donor for you. Sends him out to Oxford. He goes and shuts down, comes back. Chadwick bows me, right? You know what I'm saying? Later on in his career, Felicia puts him to the side and said, hey, man, I was Denzel that paid for that.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Wow. Wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Chadwick seized Denzel and passion for years and years and years. It's the patience I'm talking about. Knew it wasn't time to tell him yet. We premiere in la, premiere in New York. Denzel said, I can pull up. He was doing Broadway. I think he was doing the Iceman Cometh or something. He said, I can pull up. I said, all right. Bet. I told my actors, I said, hey, Denzel, coming tonight? Chad immediately pulled me to the side, said, I gotta talk to him before. Before they go in and watch. And I said, what's going on? He whispered in my ear, bro, I got. I gotta thank him for something. So Denzel pull up, man.

[DJ Envy]

He.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He. Denzel don't like to be. He's not a Hollywood person. Crazy enough, he wanted to come in through the back door. He didn't want to do the carpet, you know, I mean, dresses very down. And so I grabbed him. I said, man, somebody want to talk to put him to the side. My wife was there. It was. It was me, Zinzi and Denzel and Chad in a room in a DJI theater in. In New York, right here in Manhattan. And Denzel pulled up. I was like, hey, man, what's going on? You know? And Chad whispering his ear and said, bro, that was me, and thanked him. That's why Denzel was crying, you know what I'm saying? When he watched the movie, like, it was because of that. And for me, that's the look, man. Do you know how many actors, bro, as soon as they would have gone on, they would have been on the show and said, yeah, man, Denzel paid for me to go to Oxford. Do you know how many articles they would have got out of that?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, 42.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Press run. I'm Jackie Robinson. Oh, yeah, man. By the way, Denzel paid for me to. Nah. Talking to his. Talking to his.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's why. That's why it's almost impossible for you to even think about recasting a child. Yeah, no, but with the multiverse, it makes it a little.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I mean, we. We talk, we talk. We talk about that next time.

[DJ Envy]

Next time.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Okay, I have one more question about sinners, and it's really about Mike, because the relationship you and Mike have, I Think does not get enough credit. I really don't. Like, y'all are unity and group operation personified. Did y'all have a symbiotic relationship? Was it, Was it immediate or did it develop?

[Lauren LaRosa]

It developed, bro. Like, Like, I, I. I liken it to. I liken it to a quarterback in a, you know, in a whiteout, you know what I'm saying? Like, I play. I play receiver in college football. And it's like that, like, it gets to the point where, you know, we got a shorthand and we hold each other accountable. We also push each other. Like, we're not trying to do the same thing we did before, you know, we're not gonna show up and go through the motions. We trying to show up and get bigger and better each time. But the thing about. But, brother, keep it a hundred, man. The thing I love the most about Mike is his kindness, bro. Like, he's the number one on the call. She big old giant star. He's incredibly kind to everybody on set. Focus. Knows the ad's name, knows the PIA's name. Don't come on the set. Hey, don't look me in the eye. You know what I'm saying? Never raise a good voice to anybody. You know? You know what I mean? And he works his ass off. So it sets a tone for everybody that you're gonna be respectful. You're gonna be respectful to the PA, up top, to the producer. We gonna respect women, you know what I'm saying? Like, we gonna be kind, you know what I mean? We're not gonna, you know. Cause a film set can get gnarly, you know what I mean? If you don't, you know, if you don't set the right tone, right? So for me, I'm always. He always gonna have a job if I'm making something.

[DJ Envy]

And he a good person. Even when you see him in his element, he'll take pictures with kids. He'll stop to take pictures, to speak to older people. Especially when he in jerseys, it's 10 times worse.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Beside, he just don't like Charlemagne. But besides that, Charlemagne always messing him about the type of women he liked it, man.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That me and Mike. Good.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Cut it out.

[Morgan]

Nice fullness of emotion. And here you come. So do.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I just messed with him a couple times about the white women he was dating. I'll stay away from him.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Oh, that's crazy.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Don't let Dr. Umar down. That's all. Nothing crazy.

[DJ Envy]

But now he's a good. He's a good.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I promise you one last thing. How do you accept an apology from Denzel Washington? Because he said he apologized to you. Like, you. That's the. That's the OG like, do you even.

[DJ Envy]

Accept, like, n. He even get mad at him?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, man. Nah, man. I'm blessed to have him in my life, bro. Like, straight up, man. Through having him, I get Pauletta, who, a bigger blessing. Yeah, man, He. He. He ain't owe me no apology, bro. Him saying that we gonna work together, apologize for that.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, it's crazy. That's what I'm saying. That's what. When he called you, he was just like.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He was. He was more than. More than any. He was like, hey, bro, did I say too much? Like, it wasn't.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It wasn't.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, I say too much, man. I ain't mean to make it hard. I'm like, nah, you good. You good. Denzel, I was just happy to hear from you, man. You FaceTime me in the whole hype, but it's just. I'm blessed, bro, to be able to. To have these. These. These. These mentors, bro. Like. Like, I feel like God looks after me, bro. When I lose one, I gain one, you know? You know what I'm saying? And, you know, I started off talking about this, losing my uncle, right? You know what I'm saying? And I'm the oldest of three brothers. I've been looking for big brothers my whole life, you know what I'm saying? And when I gain, you know, I mean, like. Like, people who can. Who can give me any type of mentorship or. Or advice, and, you know, it's the most incredible blessing. So, you know, you know. You know. You know, apologies, man. And I think more than anything, he just. He just wanted to make sure that he ain't. He ain't speak out of school with how. How intense all of. All of the comic book stuff can get, you know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne tha God]

We need you, Ryan. I mean, you know, with the way they trying to erase our history out here, we need brothers like you that represent, you know, black culture and tell black stories.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I need y'all, bro. I need y'all. Y'all. Y'all. Y'all work ethic in the relationship y'all done built up with the audiences, you know what I'm saying? The trust. So I could tell them to go see sinners.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

April 18th. Go see that IMAX. Cause that's how we shot it on film on big, giant IMAX cameras and super wide ultra Panavision 70 millimeter for the first time, you know, you gonna see people of all shades and colors on the screen on the movie, a rollercoaster ride, emotion plays like a rock concert. Cause of the work that y'all do. You feel me? We able to come and tell people about, you know, what we got going on, man. We need each other. You feel me?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Absolutely.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, definitely.

[DJ Envy]

Go check it out. April 18th senders. Ladies and gentlemen, Ryan Coogler. Thank you for joining us, man.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thank y'all, bro.

[DJ Envy]

And don't be a stranger. You in town. Come on up here.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Bet it up.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's the Breakfast club.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Morgan]

Morning.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, guys, guys, guys, guys. It's time for the latest for Lauren.

[Jess Hilarious]

Lauren becoming a straight face.

[DJ Envy]

She gets him from somebody that knows somebody.

[Charlamagne tha God]

She gets the details.

[Morgan]

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

[Charlamagne tha God]

She be having the latest on the.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Sometimes she have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Who is the latest on the bridge?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Breakfast club.

[Jess Hilarious]

I love classroom arguments.

[Morgan]

Charlamagne, you all right? You okay? He was just a little angry in here. Just making sure. Before I got started, I was not angry at all. All right, so Obama, he sat down with Hamilton college president Stephen. What's his last name? Stephen Tepper. He sat down with Hamilton college president Stephen Tepper, and he talked about how he's now in a deep deficit with Michelle Obama after serving two terms in the White House. Now, I've heard Michelle Obama previously talk about how, you know, there was times where she really did not like him, especially when he became president, and they worked through it. But he says Obama said, so I've been trying to dig myself out of that hole by doing occasionally fun things. Now, again, they've talked about how the presidency had, like, a huge impact on their marriage. And I was reading a lot of the interview. He said, says, let me just say this. It sure helps to be out of the White House and to have a little more time with her. I don't know. I. I understand, you know, Obama and everything that he did for the country and, you know, what him being in the White House meant, but, man, every single time they talk about personally how it impacted their family, it seems like h e double hockey sticks. I don't know if I would have did if I would have put my family in that position.

[DJ Envy]

You can say, hell, but yeah, I mean, think about it. Eight years of. Of constantly being on call, not having the time to spend with your family, your kids, your wife, life. Yes, absolutely.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I Hate, y'all.

[DJ Envy]

Why?

[Jess Hilarious]

Why would. Don't ever say you hate.

[Morgan]

That is a strong word.

[Jess Hilarious]

Don't ever come for me like that.

[Morgan]

Okay, let's take a minute. This is called imagine having Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Imagine having to dig yourself out of a hole because you decided to be president of the United States of America. But decide because you decided to be the greatest public servant right in the country.

[DJ Envy]

But you still got kids though.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You don't understand that sacrifice.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's crazy.

[Morgan]

I'm not saying that I don't. And nor does Michelle Obama not understand the sacrifice. Obviously she does. But she's still a life behind the doors of the White House.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

And you still have a family.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But she knows what comes with that.

[Morgan]

You don't know. She didn't know. Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

You don't know until you get any.

[Morgan]

The first term they had no idea he.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But after the fact this yo. Does that need to be said?

[Jess Hilarious]

What?

[Charlamagne tha God]

When did it. When need to be made? I gotta dig myself out of a deficit. Yes. I was pregnant for eight years.

[DJ Envy]

But people have needs.

[Morgan]

You have a wife. You never had to dig yourself out of a deficit.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Wasn't president.

[Morgan]

But still in your life right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Now that you have United States of America, bro.

[DJ Envy]

You miss if you miss any of your kids and wife thing. They are upset. Now imagine being president and missing it for eight years.

[Jess Hilarious]

Imagine you being president. You think you'll be able to go all these damn dance conventions. You envy?

[DJ Envy]

No.

[Jess Hilarious]

Right.

[Morgan]

I don't understand where your anger is placed right now. What's the issue?

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's not anger. It's just that this is dramatic and.

[Morgan]

It'S like what he's president.

[Charlamagne tha God]

His wife. He wasn't just. He wasn't a dj, he wasn't a radio personality.

[Jess Hilarious]

He wasn't a comedian.

[Charlamagne tha God]

He was president.

[Morgan]

He bad wizard Delaware child. Ain't nobody wearing because ain't nothing to deficit but that he was a president.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Come on. But continue.

[Morgan]

Okay, my next story. Let's see if you have some engrafted this on Obama. What else would you like me to talk about?

[Jess Hilarious]

Well look, let me just say.

[Morgan]

Go ahead.

[Jess Hilarious]

Michelle Obama been aging back where she have been looking younger and more like glowy or whatever. So she definitely happy to have her husband back.

[Morgan]

And she got her pocket podcast now and she sits down and she talks about a lot of this stuff. I was going to go into other outlets talking about all the times we haven't seen them together publicly. And he's coming out and saying he's been doing things to make her happy and Spending more time with her. People are hitting at the fact that there may be some issues. But I was gonna leave that alone because you said that I'm messy and I always focus on the negative. But since you want to go there.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That was mess. That is messy.

[Morgan]

Okay. You have anything else?

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, but that is messy.

[Morgan]

Okay, well, I was gonna leave it alone.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Girls, girls, girls. Because the reality is they should be spending more time together now because he's not president.

[Morgan]

But. That's Right, but that's.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's what her story is about.

[Morgan]

Can you tell Charlemagne that I just said that?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, that's what she's saying she about. But they're. They're not.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Don't worry, but don't let me stop you from doing your stories.

[Morgan]

No, no, no, you're not stopping me. But I just need a translator because I don't know what's happening on that side of the room.

[Jess Hilarious]

He gets on.

[DJ Envy]

So what you trying to say? There's trouble in paradise. Is that a. Are you breaking something?

[Morgan]

I have no idea. But according to a few outlets, and I do think that one of them was.

[Charlamagne tha God]

According to a few outlets, there is trouble in paradise.

[DJ Envy]

What are you alluding to?

[Charlamagne tha God]

What you want to say. Stop.

[DJ Envy]

What are you alluding to?

[Morgan]

I think that it's an unfair observation because some of the things, some of the places that they pointed out that they were not together at.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Tell us.

[Morgan]

Michelle Obama had came out and publicly said that she wasn't going because she didn't want to be. She didn't. Wasn't in support of certain things. So.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Like Jimmy Carter funeral.

[Morgan]

Yes. So the. According to tmz, they say in March alone, we saw Barack at the Los Angeles Clippers game.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, he was at the game. She wasn't there.

[Morgan]

She wasn't there. Out to dinner in LA without Michelle and Jimmy Carter's funeral. Not the funeral or Donald Trump's inauguration. And I said that that was an unfair observation because she said she wasn't going to Donald Trump's inauguration because she didn't.

[DJ Envy]

She might not be a basketball fan. Him and his homie wanted to go.

[Morgan]

She also not like basketball. Maybe she wasn't hungry when Obama went.

[Jess Hilarious]

To dinner, but she doing what she want to do. And that's. These are things that she didn't want to do.

[Morgan]

Exactly.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's like I said, I'm not going and I'm not.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Or maybe they're together all the time. But we only see certain public appearances. That happens because we do judge people's whole life based off Just a few things that we see on social media.

[Morgan]

My whole life, he's formerly. You know, we do. I do.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Morgan]

It's hard not to win here. Obama, I only get to see but five seconds.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But common sense should tell you that they.

[DJ Envy]

They have a whole.

[Morgan]

Of course they have a whole life, Char.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Tuesday, a Wednesday, a Thursday, a Friday, Saturday, Sunday. 24 hours in each of those.

[Morgan]

I didn't plan on going down their calendar alerts until you.

[Jess Hilarious]

You took it there.

[DJ Envy]

Yo, I see Lauren this weekend, and she goes, oh, my gosh, you're a real dad. I'm like, hey, yo.

[Jess Hilarious]

Like, I like you making up.

[Charlamagne tha God]

The.

[Morgan]

Envy is so different. He's, like, so much more laid back, so chill. Like, Jackson was, like, jumping up and down in the soccer game Envy just, like, sitting there, like, barely talking. I was like, oh, my God, look at you. I've never seen you not talk.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know anything about soccer. That. That would be it, too. Offsides goal. I have no idea.

[Morgan]

He was so calm. It was like, whatever Jackson wanted to do, that's what they were doing. I was like, look at you being a dad.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness.

[Jess Hilarious]

Charlamagne. Your peach cobbler head ass gonna leave people alone. Like, I'm. I'm really like, seriously.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, I'm not. Actually. I'll leave him alone when you leave him alone. Hold on. When you stop doing just with the mess. When you stop clowning people, I'll stop clowning people, too. How about that?

[Morgan]

Would you like me to translate anything over there? You got it. Cause I don't know about that.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

All right.

[Morgan]

You right.

[DJ Envy]

All right. That is the latest with Laura. Yesterday is Monday. Charlamagne. Who are you giving your donkey to?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yesterday was Monday.

[DJ Envy]

Today is Monday. I said charlamagne giving donkey, too.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes. Steve Cusimano needs to come to the front of the congregation. We would like to have a word with him. He's from Florida.

[DJ Envy]

All right, we'll get to that. Next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. You're checking out the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne tha God]

The craziest people in America.

[Caller]

I really got Bronx Trump.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's time for donkey of the Day.

[DJ Envy]

We in the Bronx.

[Charlamagne tha God]

The craziest people in America come from the Bronx. And all of.

[DJ Envy]

Why does the Sunshine State consistently produce such strange views?

[Morgan]

If I catch all ass in traffic, I'm with her.

[DJ Envy]

My Genii.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It is just one of the many wacky news stories out of Florida on the Breakfast Club. Yes, Donkey Today for Monday, April 7th goes to Steve Cusimano. Now Steve is from Florida. What does your Uncle Charlotte always say about the great state of Florida? Say it with me. The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. Okay. There was a brother named James who called up here from Florida this morning. Salute to James. Dropping a clue bomb for James. Happy boy. He caught up here this morning and told me to stop calling Florida crazy. Why? You want me to stop calling Florida what they are? I don't wake up in the morning looking for ways to call Florida crazy. It happens on its own. For example, I woke up this morning and I saw a headline, and the headline read, man arrested for battery of lemonade stand worker who denied him free refill. I had to read it twice because I saw lemonade and free refill, and my mind automatically went to Chick Fil. I don't know why. I just thought to myself, why wouldn't Chick Fil A give him a free refill? But then I read it again, and it said, man arrested for battery of lemonade stand worker who denied free refill. A lemonade stand? You mean like a young little girl or boy sitting there with homemade lemonade, selling it for a nickel? Probably $5 in this economy? But why would you expect a free refill at a lemonade stand? Let's go to the New York Daily News for the report, please. A transient man was arrested for getting physical with a worker at a kid's.

[Jess Hilarious]

Lemonade stand in Florida when he was denied a free refill. Police in Clearwater claim Steven Cusimano came across the juice stand being operated by.

[Taylor]

Children and the victim in a residential.

[Jess Hilarious]

Area around 7:30pm Tuesday and purchased one beverage.

[Charlamagne tha God]

He then became angry when he was not allowed to refill his cup.

[Jess Hilarious]

Cusimano, 45, is accused of then grabbing the victim's wrist while standing in a fighting stance and threatening to beat her.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Up before fleeing on foot.

[Jess Hilarious]

Cops said the suspect admitted to the confrontation.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I had to look up what transient man meant for a second. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Explain it, please.

[Charlamagne tha God]

A person who is staying or working in a place for only a short time just wanted to make sure, just donkey. That they could have went somewhere else. All right.

[DJ Envy]

I was confused. I thought he was going that way. All right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Steve really thought the lemonade stand had a rewards program. Okay. Imagine arguing over free refills with a young girl. It was a young girl. She's out here being an entrepreneur, trying to raise some money for a Barbie Dream House. And Steve wants unlimited refills on lemonade like he's at Olive Garden. Okay. I want Steve to get beat up. We complicating this life thing, okay? No need to waste taxpayer dollars sending him to jail. Steve is 45. Let him square up with somebody who can kick his ass because this is nothing but bullying. First of all, the lemonade stand worker he was upset with is a woman. Like I just said, a young girl. And it says the age of the female victim isn't noted in the report. Court. But if it's a lemonade stand, I'm gonna just assume the little girl is young. Steve, you a 45 year old grown man. Get your hands off that girl and squabble up with somebody your own size. Okay? What's crazy is we live in a world where Steve might get with some other people who didn't get a free refill and file a class action lawsuit on behalf of 45 year old losers everywhere. And this is why I really don't like this story. This young girl was probably just hustling to get a new bike, a Roblox upgrade, maybe save up a couple of dollars to go see the new Minecraft movie. Great film, by the way. And Here comes Steve, 45 years old, upset he couldn't get bottomless lemonade. Lemonade for 50 cents. This isn't Applebee, Steve. You mad because life gave you lemons and this young girl is selling you what you should have turned those lemons into. You grabbed this young lady by the wrist. So says the report. Because you wanted a free refill on a cup of juice sold to you by someone who probably can't even spell refill yet. Yet you probably wanted to leave this little girl a one star Yelp review. Okay, no free refills. Wouldn't recommend. What's next? You going to go to a bake sale and raise hell because they didn't have no gluten free brownies? Steve, this isn't Golden Corral. You are not at Red Lobster. This ain't bottomless pink lemonade. This is sidewalk economics. You gave her 50 cents, she gave you 6 ounces of diabetes. Transaction over. What was the joke Gayle King quoted from Mateo Lane again?

[DJ Envy]

Don't you?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Because that's all I keep doing. I keep thinking about moment.

[Jess Hilarious]

Can I say it?

[DJ Envy]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Please give Steven Cusimano the biggest he.

[DJ Envy]

This one over here. Can I say it? Oh, my goodness.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hey, yo.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Jess Hilarious]

He grabbed the damn hand. He grabbed shorty hand.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, I'm saying over not getting a free refill of lemonade. Yeah, some people just need to give me up.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, thank you. Thank you for that donkey today. Now let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. Do we have audio of Just Larry is talking about how she met her fiance? No, he said it's coming in. So the question is 800-5-85-1051. Both Jess, hilarious. And our producer Taylor, they said that they made the first move when it came to talking to their men.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, what you say?

[Jess Hilarious]

Hola, period. No, I didn't, because I didn't know he was Spanish yet.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

Shut up.

[DJ Envy]

So the question is 800-585-1051. Ladies, do you have an issue with shooting your shot at someone you're into or do you. Are you old fashioned? Be like, I'm not shooting my shot if he ain't hollering at me first. We have the audio. Let's play the audio.

[Jess Hilarious]

I met him February 23, 2023. I was just finishing up a co hosting day at breakfast club. This is a year before I got the position. And I met him and he. He's a truck driver. So he was on a stop and I went into a restaurant and I'm flirting with him and everything, and he wasn't really paying me no mind, so.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm like, did he know who you were?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, he did. But he thought that, like, he was like, I don't want to be a part of no roast battle. Like, I don't even. That's the thing. People are intimidated. Guys are intimidated by me because they feel like I, you know, you would.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Try to clown them.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's right. And so he just was like, oh, God, this girl. Nah, see, so I'm drinking and everything. And then we. We talking. I'm. I'm still picking with him. I made him laugh and that, that's when I. That's when he cracked. And then he started engaging more. And I didn't realize how drunk I was until I got up and went to the bathroom. I was like, damn, I'm drunk. I got to get out of here. So on my way back to the seat, he was like, hey, I. Before I leave, I wanted to know if I could take you out, would you let me take you out? And I was like, oh, now you want to know? And I'm all drunk and period.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I love it.

[DJ Envy]

So the question, baby, that's right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

What tail that. I want Taylor to tell her story. Let's make all the single ladies up here feel bad. You come tell your story.

[Morgan]

After the.

[DJ Envy]

We got about 60 seconds. She coming fast.

[Charlamagne tha God]

She pregnant.

[Jess Hilarious]

She better run.

[Charlamagne tha God]

She all right.

[DJ Envy]

She better run.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Out of breath.

[Jess Hilarious]

There she goes.

[DJ Envy]

So if you're just joining us, we're asking, ladies, do you have an issue with shooting your shot at someone you're into? Taylor, you did the same.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You shot your shot.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I did. Okay, but we were at my friend's, like, little function. I mean, I. Okay, but me and him were, like, looking at each other, and then I just went up to him, was like, so, what's up? How are you? And he started talking. I think I asked him, like, a random question. Like, oh, I asked him. All right, so a zombie breakout.

[Jess Hilarious]

What we doing?

[DJ Envy]

Classic zombie breakout.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What are we doing?

[Charlamagne tha God]

You asked him that.

[DJ Envy]

We started talking about.

[Morgan]

It was just a fun conversation in the icebreaker.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And you was high, I'm sure.

[Jess Hilarious]

Absolutely.

[DJ Envy]

If you ask about a zombie breakout, you definitely was high.

[Jess Hilarious]

Come on now.

[Morgan]

Be very clear. I say this when I'm sober. So then after that, we talk for, like four hours near the waterfront. No one knows Dumbo Brooklyn.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

You know, it's real love when you.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Ask about a zombie breakout.

[DJ Envy]

He don't run the other way.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And he's into it. That's love.

[Jess Hilarious]

I called you a clown, but I love it. I love it, J.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Out here shooting shots, scoring. Okay? Meanwhile, y'all out here sitting back in the cut, being patient, okay?

[DJ Envy]

Praying Lauren's still waiting. She's still hating. Blessings 1051. Ladies, do you have an issue with shooting your shot? Let's discuss. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's topic time.

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

The discussion with the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Morning, everybody. It's dark DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. If you're just joining us, we'll open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. Jess. Hilarious. And our female producer, Taylor. We were talking about how she met their men, and they both said that they made the first move. So we're asking 800-585-1051. Ladies, do you have an issue with shooting your shot at someone you're into? Now? We have a bunch of people on the line. Hello, who's this?

[Caller]

Hi, I'm Tiara from Broward County.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Tiara.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Good morning.

[Caller]

Hi, Charlamagne. Hi, everybody. Hi, DJ Envy. Hi, Jess.

[Morgan]

Hilarious, girl.

[Caller]

Hey, girl.

[Charlamagne tha God]

How are you?

[Caller]

Good.

[DJ Envy]

Now, do you have a problem with shooting your shot?

[Caller]

Oh, of course not. I always shoot my shot. Like, I think it builds up confidence. I've always, you know, any guy that I find attractive, you know, I definitely don't have a problem with shooting my shots, but I've learned over the years with shooting my shot, it doesn't be as successful in the dating realm as I want it to be. But, yeah, I have no problem with shooting my shot.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Now, the obvious question is, what do you look like, man?

[DJ Envy]

Oh, stop it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Because you don't sound like your field.

[Jess Hilarious]

Goal percentage is too high, first of all.

[Caller]

Well, I am five seven. I'm light skinned. I have my own hair. I am a teacher.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You know how much you weigh? I have to note that you said your height without your weight. Usually the weight follows the height, ma'am.

[Caller]

Oh, I'm, I'm, I'm. I'm 180, so I'm kind of thick.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Okay. Five seven one eight.

[Jess Hilarious]

Five seven, one eight zero. That's not bad. Yes, she medium.

[DJ Envy]

I'm 185 and I'm six foot.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, yeah.

[Caller]

So we about to say, hey.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But you are. But you are currently single right now, though?

[Caller]

Yes, currently single and currently dating. You know, I'm just out here trying to have fun.

[Charlamagne tha God]

How old are you? You.

[Caller]

I just turned 35 on the 31st of March.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You got some time to keep shooting.

[DJ Envy]

Well, good luck.

[Caller]

Yes, I am. I am very hopeful.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I am a hopeless romantic, but just know everybody. Not LeBron. So you. I don't know how good you gonna be performing at 4?

[Caller]

LeBron. I don't need no LeBron. As long as he's trustworthy, he's not.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I know you ain't gonna find no LeBron. What I said was everybody ain't LeBron, so, you know, you 35. Everybody ain't gonna be scoring high at 40 is all I'm saying.

[Caller]

Well, you're right about that. That's why they got online dating.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes, ma'am.

[DJ Envy]

Good luck, mama. Thank you for calling.

[Jess Hilarious]

Jesus Christ.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Jess Hilarious]

Tia from Queens.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Tia from Queens. What part of Queens?

[Caller]

Laurelton.

[DJ Envy]

Laurelton. All right, north side. So we're asking. You said you don't like to shoot your shot.

[Caller]

No, I'm too afraid.

[DJ Envy]

You. You don't sound like you got the confidence to shoot your shot.

[Caller]

I mean, you know, in all actuality.

[Jess Hilarious]

I've done it, especially when I'm on the patron.

[Caller]

Like, I'll approach, but when I'm sober, it's like. It's so scary to me. Like, the thought of being rejected. And then I never want to talk to someone and they're like, oh, I just spoke to you because, you know, I was just being nice.

[DJ Envy]

Now, Charlamagne, you could ask the same question you asked the lady before.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I can kind of hear it. Listen, listen. You from Queens?

[Caller]

Yes, and I'm getting over a cold.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, Kel. Kel.

[Jess Hilarious]

Clown. I'm sorry.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Because I did think to myself, like, you know, most women that feel like they're beautiful. And I'm not saying you're not. I'm just saying most women feel like they're beautiful, have no problem shooting. They shot. They don't ever feel like they gonna get rejected. So I wonder what's making you feel like you're gonna get rejected.

[Caller]

I mean, I won't get rejected because.

[Jess Hilarious]

In the past when I've approached people.

[Caller]

That they're always up to it. I just.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You're just a little gunshot. Just a little gunshot?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

It could be the type of guy.

[Taylor]

Oh, all right.

[Jess Hilarious]

Never mind. I was gonna say, it could be the type of guys that you shooting your shot at. Like, you might gotta change your type.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

So you know what? In the past, I shot my shot.

[Caller]

At a guy, and then I felt like he turned out to be totally crazy. And I was like, I'm never doing that again.

[Jess Hilarious]

Like, I was like, I could have let it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I get it now.

[DJ Envy]

You traumatized.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

All right. Thank you, Tasia. Atea.

[Caller]

Thank you. Tia.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Tia.

[DJ Envy]

I'm sorry. Tia, Have a Good one.

[Caller]

It's okay. You too.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Bye.

[DJ Envy]

800-585-1051. If you're just joining us, we'll open up the phone lines. Jess. Hilarious. Of course. And our female producer, Taylor said that they made their first move when it came to their guys. So we're asking, ladies, do you have an issue with shooting your shot at someone? Call us up right now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne tha God]

If y'all talking about it, you know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

We talking about it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's topic time.

[DJ Envy]

Call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. If you're just joining us, we open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. Now, Jess and Taylor, who's our producer, we talk. They talk about they made the first move when it came to their guys. So we're asking, ladies, do you shoot your shot? Do you have a problem with shooting your shot? Hello? Who's this?

[Caller]

Good morning. It's Maya.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Maya. Good morning.

[Caller]

Hi. I shot my shot with my husband by commenting on a picture of him on Facebook. And here we are, married 10 years and six kids later.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hey, I love that.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, thank you, Mama.

[Caller]

It's not easy, but, yeah, we here now.

[Jess Hilarious]

Now, hold up. Did you propose or did you just shoot your shot and you got with him?

[Caller]

Oh, hell, no.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay.

[Caller]

Nobody proposing to no man.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Cause I'm with you. I shoot my shot to get with you, but I'm not proposing to you. Yes. Gotcha.

[Caller]

That ain't cute.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, it ain't cute.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, Mama.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Where did that even mentality come from that women can't approach men? Like, what would you.

[Jess Hilarious]

I have no idea. I don't know why. I don't know who the hell made that up. I've always been the type, if I see something, I'm gonna go get it. And what's the worst that can happen? God, just say no. That's it. I might not be as tight, but I'm gonna take that chance.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And I guarantee you, most men are more afraid to approach women than women are to approach men. Trust me, men are just as scared of rejection. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's this?

[Caller]

Hey, good morning, y'all. This is Suge. How you guys doing this morning?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Hey, Suge.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, yeah, you shoot your shot.

[DJ Envy]

Shoot, touch, shot.

[Caller]

So listen, y'all, I feel like this. I'm gonna flirt, and I'm gonna let him whatever it is that piqued my interest from the start. I'm gonna give him a compliment on that. But if he's not picking up what I'm putting down, I'm moving on.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I got you.

[Jess Hilarious]

I feel you.

[Morgan]

I feel you.

[DJ Envy]

So you're not scared to shoot your.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Shot, but that's still shooting your shot. Flirting and shooting your shot.

[Caller]

Not necessarily, because I am a very reserved person. I'm not gonna say too much. I kind of leave it up to the guy because I feel like they should be the leader. You know what I'm saying? But again, like, if he's smelling good, looking good, something that's gonna really pull my eye.

[Morgan]

I'm sorry about him.

[Caller]

I'm like, you smell real good. You know, something that's complimentary to get his attention. But again, nobody wants to be rejected. So if he might just be in a place, he's just chilling and don't want to be bothered. So I. I'm a discernment person. If I pick up on that, I gotta.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, shoot, Chris ain't want to be bothered. And I kept bothering him, and then look. Yeah, all right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You sure he wasn't playing hard to get, though?

[Jess Hilarious]

He probably could have been, but I. By that time, I was so drunk, I. I gave up. And when I gave up and came back, then that's when he was like, I want to take you out. I'm like, yeah, I bet you do.

[Caller]

Yeah. You stopped paying him some attention.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, yeah, Just a little bit. I was going home. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

He let me leave that restaurant until we got this number.

[DJ Envy]

Small man. Now, question. Why you guys this morning?

[Caller]

I wish you guys the longevity that God sa. Y'all have a blessed day.

[Jess Hilarious]

Wait, wait.

[DJ Envy]

Why they call you so much?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Thank you. We received that.

[Caller]

Cause I'm sweet. I'm like a side patch kid, but in reverse. I'm sweet first, and then I get sour if I need to.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, why you trying to. You think she big? He think he trying to play you like you Suge Knight or somebody.

[DJ Envy]

Y'all was thinking the same thing.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, we weren't.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Yes, y'all was.

[Morgan]

I ain't gonna lie.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, I know a stud name. Sh. That's why I was like, ah, she got a bed. Yeah. No.

[DJ Envy]

Hello? Who's the is.

[Caller]

Good morning. This is Tia.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, Tia. Good morning.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hey, Tia.

[Caller]

So I don't think there's anything wrong with someone shooting their shot. Not a woman now. Why not go for it? I wouldn't be mad right now if I had not done that. So my story Basically is. I was married previously, and Cam, my current husband, was a friend of mine. Well, he became a friend through a mutual friend. And he used to try to talk to me every now and again. You know, we had an attraction, but obviously nothing really happened because I was already married. However, I did separate from my husband, and I went to a birthday party and my friend said, oh, Dee was supposed to be here. And I said, well, why didn't he come? And she said, I don't know. So I got his number from her while we were at the party, and I called him and I said, how come you didn't come to this bike party? He said, I didn't know you were going to be there. I said, well, I'm here. What's up? Pull up. And he came and he was all the way out on Long island and we were in the Bronx, and It was like 2:00 in the morning. He came, pulled up, took us out to breakfast, and the rest is history. And we're married now. We've been married for three years. And I couldn't ask for a better spouse.

[Jess Hilarious]

I love this spouse, Mariette. And this is a great example of closed mouths. Don't get fed.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's right.

[Caller]

There you go.

[DJ Envy]

Well, thank you, Tia.

[Caller]

Thank you. You guys have a great day.

[DJ Envy]

You too.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Now.

[DJ Envy]

Now, what's the moral of the story?

[Charlamagne tha God]

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yep, there you go.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And I don't want to hear nothing from none of you single girls, okay? Because you ain't got no man, all right? You ain't engaged. I'm gonna talk to the people who have done it and prospered, like Jess. Hilarious. Like Taylor. Okay? The Bible says faith without works is dead. You out here being patient and praying, trying to look all cute, waiting for a man to approach you. God says you need to make move.

[Jess Hilarious]

Patient, praying and prideful. Because a lot of women, ego, they don't like that. They don't want to shoot. They shot because they like. No, I wish I would. I wish I'm not ready to do that. It's a man's job to shoot the shot. No, not all the time. That's why we got wnba, too.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And sometimes, man, if we being honest, you sitting back and it be the most cosmetically challenged looking girls waiting for somebody to talk to him.

[Taylor]

Yes.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Girl, you better pick up a basketball, learn to rebound. The game ain't coming to you. You gonna have to take it to them.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, my goodness. All right. Damn we got the latest with Lauren coming up.

[Morgan]

Yeah. So Will Smith is saying people didn't want to work with him at all after the Oscar slap. We gonna get into how he felt about that.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Hey, I want to tell y'all, go get your tickets for the third annual Black Effect Podcast Festival, happening Saturday, April 26th in Atlanta, Georgia. Okay. We got Taken J. Valentine on that podcast stage. Sarah Jake's Roberts will be there doing the Woman Evolved podcast. So go to black effect.com podcast festival to get your tickets now.

[DJ Envy]

All right, well, let's get to the latest with Lauren. Come on.

[Jess Hilarious]

Lauren becoming a straight thing.

[DJ Envy]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Morgan]

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

[Charlamagne tha God]

She be having the latest on the.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Latest with Lauren LaRosa.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit of everything. Oh, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. Talk to me.

[Morgan]

Will Smith sat down with Drink Champs, and, yeah, he's on Drink Champs. And, you know, he got the album that he dropped, and he talked about his time just trying to get people on the album as features after the Oscar slap and just how people dealt with him. Let's take a listen.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, no, there.

[Caller]

There were.

[Charlamagne tha God]

There were a couple people who weren't sure about working with me. They was like, yeah, we'll wait for the second round, Will. Actually, that. That was new for me, too. That was. That was real humbling. I'm used. I was used to when. When Big Willie called, but were they being that honest to you about it? No, no, people weren't being honest. Yeah, no, they weren't being honest, but I knew. I knew that's what it was. I need to know who these people are. I'm sure it wasn't no rappers.

[Jess Hilarious]

He said he was getting. They were scared that he was going to slap one up.

[Morgan]

No, I think they just didn't want to work with him because at the time, everybody was like, oh, he slapped. Like, it was like such a thing.

[DJ Envy]

But I wonder if it was because of the slap or was it that, you know, Will hasn't been relevant musically in a long time.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Right.

[Morgan]

But Will Smith is Will Smith.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That's funny as hell. I don't want to tell him that. I don't want to get on his records because he ain't relevant music. But I think it was a slap. But you was just with somebody who shot somebody.

[Jess Hilarious]

True facts, y'all think they Nick Cannon him. Damn. You said what?

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Morgan]

People don't be.

[Charlamagne tha God]

People be trying to say what you just said.

[Morgan]

I said y'all think that they Nick Cannon him.

[DJ Envy]

Damn. You better not comp Nick Canon to Will Smith musically.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Are you crazy?

[Morgan]

Let me talk.

[Jess Hilarious]

I get what you're saying.

[DJ Envy]

What is wrong with you?

[Morgan]

What I'm saying is that people always try to make Nick Cannon's music a joke. And y'all just said you were so mean, and y'all just said that Will Smith were people not trying to work with him because of the Oscar slap or because he wasn't relevant musically. So I'm saying that they basically weren't taking him serious musically.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, you can't. But to Envy's point, you shouldn't compare Will Smith. Like, Will Smith got a lot of.

[DJ Envy]

He's sold 75 million records worldwide. What is wrong with you?

[Morgan]

The way that the. Has been coming through in here these last couple days. Y'all know what I meant.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, we don't. We just heard you say Nick Cannon was whacking. I didn't feel like he deserved that either.

[DJ Envy]

Will has four Grammys. You better leave Will alone.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I don't know why you shooting at all these people this morning, but damn, you done.

[Morgan]

Are you finished?

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm finished.

[DJ Envy]

I don't. I just don't understand how you compare the two. Name two.

[Morgan]

I weren't comparing joints.

[Jess Hilarious]

Two.

[DJ Envy]

He said that twice. Okay, what's the other one?

[Morgan]

But Will Smith also talks about. I don't know if this answers the question. It probably doesn't, but he was saying that, like, he also took some time away because he didn't want to hear what people had to say. And then he came back and he was having to interact with these people who had issues, and he didn't even know. Let's take a listen to him on the Charlie Max.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I didn't look at anything that anybody said. I literally shut it down. I was like, I don't want to know nothing that nobody said. I might have had five months where I didn't even look at, you know, Instagram or nothing like that. Like, people that went hard. Right. But I literally don't know. And me. Me and Charlie was out the other night. Charlie Mack. Me and Charlie.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And somebody. Somebody walked in that had. Had gone hard. And I was like, hey, no, no, no.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, no, no.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Don't say that. Like, nope, not that one.

[Morgan]

What? What?

[Charlamagne tha God]

We listening for the latest.

[Morgan]

You all right?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Okay. Cuz the unbreading been coming in, but. Yeah, so basically Will Smith had to take some time away. When he came back, things was weird.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I don't remember him taking no time away. That's what I was thinking about a.

[DJ Envy]

Couple of months away.

[Morgan]

I feel like he did.

[Charlamagne tha God]

He popped just in general. I feel like I always saw him on social media now.

[DJ Envy]

He was quiet for a while, then he popped up in like Bali or one of those places.

[Morgan]

Y and then he went to the. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air on Peacock premiere. But like I think he like remember it was like he either he did or he didn't want to walk the red carpet because he didn't want to take away the. It was something like that. He didn't go. It was one of those things where like around that time he was trying to take some time off.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I feel like Will got to say some names though. You got to tell me the people that didn't want to be on the album. Tell me who walked in the the party. Cuz I don't but I'm sure it's.

[DJ Envy]

A bunch of people talking. Ish. And then when you see him, it's years later. It's like, hey, what's up, Will N you was the same guy that said this, right? That's what this industry is about. Did we say something? Cuz Will ain't pop up for. For album. Do we say something about Will? I can't remember.

[Morgan]

I I'm talking. I think he should come here to promote the album for sure.

[Jess Hilarious]

Album gonna be lit though.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's already out.

[DJ Envy]

It's out.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Been out for a couple of weeks. Yeah. Y Y y'all. Album's gonna be lit.

[DJ Envy]

It's out. It's out. Speak to you now. You see the restaurant here.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Speaking of you now B. Simone is actually on now.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

I seen on her page that she. Okay, that's what she doing. She.

[Morgan]

I have no idea.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Haven't heard it.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, all right. That's was. That's what's up. Well, we know. Beating them.

[DJ Envy]

He tried to make it seem like he said, you know, be Simone on that. I know, I heard it.

[Jess Hilarious]

Stupid.

[Morgan]

I did want to mention before we got out here cuz I said last hour that we were going to be watching CBS Mornings to see if Gail King addressed any of the stuff you did.

[DJ Envy]

Gail dirty too.

[Morgan]

First of all, she said nothing. She has said nothing so far. The programming is on until 9, so it ends in a few. Literally momentarily.

[Jess Hilarious]

For people that don't know yet, let's go back.

[Morgan]

So for people who don't know Gayle King sat down in an interview with Matteo Lane. Comedian, openly gay comedian, Openly gay comedian. And in the interview, she quoted one of his jokes, and she used the F bomb when she quoted it with the tree at the end, but she used the F bomb. So people were really upset about it. Now, the comedian laughed, he carried on business as usual, but people were upset.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But she didn't just quote, she quote. And she asked the question. She said, what does this mean?

[DJ Envy]

She asked the comedian that said the joke what the joke meant, but she.

[Morgan]

Quoted the joke with the word, and that's what people were upset about. About.

[DJ Envy]

She didn't just say the word, just open blatantly.

[Morgan]

Like the audio that we played in here, just in case you remember, like.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Don'T use that word. If you ain't talking about me.

[Jess Hilarious]

Let me say one joke. I hope I don't get in trouble. You do a riff about white women approached you and they said something about cooking and you said, what in the.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Tree are you talking? I thought that was hilarious. What does that mean?

[Jess Hilarious]

I love you, Kayla.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Y'all talk.

[Morgan]

Y'all stumped on it. Y'all stumped on the part where she says, what does that mean? Cuz that was in our audience. Yo, but.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But you know what, Taylor, can we get a drop? I want, like, you know how me and Envy be having our little interactions that people think is gay. Like, just thinks they're gay. Like me and Envy can have an interaction. And then I want you having Gail asking the question just like, what type of is this? And then the Breakfast Club, you know, crazy.

[Jess Hilarious]

I don't want to think so.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Then we get that off. Even with the bleep? With the bleep, we can get that off?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

With the bleep, you just gotta have the tree.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's the type of fair east side high ish I'm talking about. Like, why would we do this?

[Morgan]

Gail King gonna go live. Y'all keep using that.

[Taylor]

Yes, y'all.

[Morgan]

Well, I do want to mention Gayle King is scheduled to go to space on Blue Origin's 11th human flight on Monday, April 14 at 9:30 Eastern Standard Time.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And it's all women.

[Morgan]

Yep. Gayle King, Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Asia Bow, Amanda Newen. And I'm sorry, what type of scissor tree is this?

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's all women.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, my God.

[DJ Envy]

I do have a question. Are they going to space space or they just. You know that? Because there's that one.

[Charlamagne tha God]

No, no, no, no.

[DJ Envy]

I'mma ask your question, cuz. There's One trip where they just go around and they come right back, and there's another one where they actually land on the moon. Are they shooting to the moon?

[Charlamagne tha God]

They not going to the moon. It's not a moon land.

[Morgan]

There's a difference.

[Jess Hilarious]

Then they come right.

[DJ Envy]

There's a difference.

[Morgan]

The flight duration will last around 11 minutes and reach the height 65 miles above Earth.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, you are hating. There's been a lot of people that did that.

[Jess Hilarious]

Just going up and coming right back.

[Morgan]

Down, but doesn't matter. She's going, okay.

[DJ Envy]

No.

[Charlamagne tha God]

When she gets that selfie with Earth behind her. Why y'all hating on Gail so much this morning?

[DJ Envy]

I want. I want to be clear what it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Is you and Henfy.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm not.

[DJ Envy]

I'm riding with her.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yo. You are.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's really.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Some scissors. You're going. Matter of fact, now we really bring Gail question back. If you going. If you. Oh, God. Question.

[Morgan]

I do want to. I want to mention.

[Charlamagne tha God]

If you going, I got a question. Come on.

[Morgan]

Before we wrap, I want to mention. I want to do a Wendy Williams update here. An exclusive update on everything that's been happening about whether she took this test, didn't take the test, and what that means in relation to the. A lawsuit and everything. But I don't have time. So if you guys listen to the Latest with Lauren LaRosa, the podcast, tomorrow morning.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Good plug, Lauren.

[Morgan]

Tuesday, April 8th. I will have that exclusive there. I have a conversation scheduled in a little bit where I'll have some details and we'll get to that on the podcast and bring it back here in the room, potentially. So. Take care.

[Jess Hilarious]

Happy birthday, Jackie Chan.

[Morgan]

How you get this?

[Jess Hilarious]

Because it's his birthday.

[DJ Envy]

I was like, did we. What segue was that? Jackie Chan.

[Jess Hilarious]

Happy birthday, Asian brethren. Yo, we gotta say happy birthday.

[DJ Envy]

All right, that's the latest. Hey, Charles.

[Lauren LaRosa]

The Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning. I'm out. You're checking out the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jessica, Larry, Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a salute to Ryan Coogler for joining us this morning, man.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Salute to the good brother, Ryan Coogler. Make sure you get ready to watch sinners. It comes out on April 18th.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, that's right.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You know, but him and Michael B. Jordan are making the rounds right now promoting it. So salute to Ryan, man. Always a great conversation. I love what he talked about when he talked about Denzel Washington paying off Chadwick Boseman's tuition to Oxford.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, Oxford. Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

On the low, too.

[DJ Envy]

On the low. Didn't say anything about it. Just did it. Yeah, that's right. All right, well, when we come back, we got the positive notice. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club now. Jess, you in Orlando this weekend?

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm in Orlando, Florida, this weekend, y'all. I'm at the Funny Bone. Me and my brother, Desi Alexander, we got shows at the Funny Bone Comedy Club. Get your tickets. Now. We got two shows Friday, two shows Saturday, and I am doing meet and greet every show. I mean, every night. The late show. So the 9:30 show on Friday and the 9:30 show on Saturday. I will be doing meet and greets.

[Taylor]

Love y'all.

[Jess Hilarious]

Orlando. Can't wait to get there and see y'all.

[Charlamagne tha God]

The Stud's about to buy all the late night tickets.

[Jess Hilarious]

They be the main ones and I charge like sets. Meet and greet be separate. They don't care. They be like, trying to get in the front of the line. They be playing like, a hundred dollars. 150. Stud paid 150 so her and her wife can get to the front of the line. That's. That's not including what they got to pay to take a picture with me.

[Morgan]

So.

[DJ Envy]

Jesus.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. Crazy. They my girls, though.

[Charlamagne tha God]

The Studs in Orlando.

[DJ Envy]

That's right. You got a positive note.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I do. Before I want to tell everybody, make sure you go get your tick. The third annual Black Effect Podcast Festival, happening Saturday, April 26th in Atlanta, Georgia. We just a couple of weeks away. Okay. We a couple of weeks away from you being able to see Tank and Jay Valentine on that stage doing their R B money podcast live. Carrie Champion doing the naked podcast. Sarah Jake's Roberts. He'll be doing the Woman Evolved podcast live. So go get your tickets. Black effect.com podcast festival. Okay, now, the positive note is simply this. And this actually comes from Open win, open win for. You know, I thought about this because we was talking about Gail all morning, but Oprah once said something about gratitude that I love. She said being grateful all the time isn't easy. But it's when you least feel thankful that you are most in need of what? Gratitude can give you perspective. Gratitude can transform any situation. It alters your vibration, moving you from negative energy to positive. So just try. Just try to do day showing a little gratitude. Have a great day. Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[Morgan]

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[Charlamagne tha God]

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[Morgan]

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