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This is an I Heart podcast.
Angela Yee
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Johnny Knoxville
Hello, America's sweetheart. Johnny Knoxville here. I want to tell you about my new true crime podcast, Crimeless Hillbilly Heist from Smartless Media, Campside Media and Big Money Players. It's a wild tale about a gang of high functioning nitwits who who somehow pulled off America's third largest cash heist.
Garcelle Beauvais
Kind of like Robin Hood, except for.
Kyle McLaughlin
The part where he steals from the.
Garcelle Beauvais
Rich and gives to the poor.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm not that generous.
Johnny Knoxville
It's a damn near inspiring true story for anyone out there who's ever shot for the moon, then just totally muffed up the landing. They stole $17 million and had not bought a ticket to help him escape.
Garcelle Beauvais
So we're sitting like, oh God, what do we do? What do we do? That was dumb. People, do not follow my example.
Johnny Knoxville
Listen to Crimeless Hillbilly Heist on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Podcast Narrator
The murder of an 18 year old girl in Graves County, Kentucky went unsolved for years until a local housewife, a journalist and a handful of girls came forward with a story.
Garcelle Beauvais
America, y' all better wake the hell up. Bad things happens to good people and small towns.
Podcast Narrator
Listen to Graves county on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. And to binge the entire season ad free. Subscribe to Lava for Good plus on Apple Podcasts.
Kyle McLaughlin
Hey, I'm Kyle McLaughlin. You might know me as that guy from Twin Peaks, Sex and the City or just the Internet stand. I have a new podcast called what Are We Even Doing? Where I embark on a noble quest to understand the brilliant chaos of youth culture. Each week I invite someone fascinating to join me to talk about navigating this high speed roller coaster we call reality. Join me and my delightful guests every Thursday and let's get weird together in a good way. Listen to what Are We Even doing on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Garcelle Beauvais
Every day I wake up, wake Your ass up.
Charlamagne Tha God
The Breakfast Club.
Garcelle Beauvais
Y' all finished or y' all done?
DJ Envy
Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRosa is here as well. We got a special guest in the.
Charlamagne Tha God
Envy just insulted her for no reason.
Angela Yee
I don't know what.
Charlamagne Tha God
That was just so disrespectful. It was so ridiculous and out of pocket for no goddamn reason.
DJ Envy
You should be ashamed of it is here.
Garcelle Beauvais
Welcome.
DJ Envy
And I didn't mean to offend you. You just said, envy, how's your family? I said, mine are good. How's yours? She said, the boys are 18. I said, they getting old.
Charlamagne Tha God
No, that's not what you said. You're getting old.
Garcelle Beauvais
I said getting old.
DJ Envy
I met the boys are getting old.
Charlamagne Tha God
Damn.
Garcelle Beauvais
Lord Jesus. Luckily, I'm not that sensitive, right?
DJ Envy
I was talking about the boys.
Garcelle Beauvais
Okay, I believe you.
Charlamagne Tha God
Well, wine gets better with time.
Angela Yee
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
You are fine wine.
Garcelle Beauvais
Thank you. I appreciate that.
DJ Envy
How are you feeling?
Garcelle Beauvais
I'm feeling really good. I'm really in a great place. Work is, you know, popping. I have this great new movie that's coming out and I'm producing. It's been really, really fun.
DJ Envy
Do you miss Housewives at all?
Garcelle Beauvais
No.
DJ Envy
So you're not coming back at all?
Garcelle Beauvais
Not anytime soon.
Charlamagne Tha God
Wow. No.
Garcelle Beauvais
So, I mean, it was great. It was great in terms of, like, I got a new audience and there were really wonderful things that happened because of the show, but I think my time was up. Yeah.
DJ Envy
So why did you leave? Because your time was up? Or was it contracts? Was it more money?
Garcelle Beauvais
No, nothing like that. I just couldn't do it anymore. It was really hurting my spirit. Gotcha. I just couldn't do it. Yeah, that was really it.
DJ Envy
People tried to put you and pit you and Bowes against each other, and they thought that was the reason why.
Garcelle Beauvais
No, not at all. Not at all. I mean, I met with Bose prior to her coming onto the show for lunch. We got along great. So. No, it wasn't anything like that. It was just I couldn't physically, mentally, spiritually do it anymore.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm big on discernment. How do you know? Especially in this business, when something does not agree with your spirit.
Garcelle Beauvais
You know what? I've been really great about choosing me when I'm faced with something. I've done it with relationships. I've done it in. In other places where I felt like, you know what, if I don't choose me, it will probably not work out for me.
Charlamagne Tha God
Wow.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah. So, yeah, I have faith and I just knew it was time. Yeah.
Angela Yee
Now, what is Sutton gonna do without you?
Garcelle Beauvais
Girl, I don't know. That's on Earth.
Angela Yee
You heard support, you know, in a.
Garcelle Beauvais
Lot of ways, so. But you're on your own now, Sutton. My bad.
Podcast Host
When we had Boz up here, I'd asked her about the unfollowing on Instagram. Cause that became a whole thing. You unfollowed. Of the ladies.
Garcelle Beauvais
All the ladies.
Podcast Host
All of the ladies.
Garcelle Beauvais
When I left. Yeah, yeah, yeah. When I left.
Podcast Host
And I mean, the fans were commenting why they thought it happened, and she said that she thought maybe it was just like, you know, you go through a breakup, you just want to get rid of everything. That's exactly what was the reason.
Garcelle Beauvais
I just needed space. I just didn't. You know, if you're. I follow people who. I want to see what they're doing and I want to support. And if you're not in my life, I don't see why I need to follow you.
DJ Envy
God says I don't want to see what they're doing.
Garcelle Beauvais
No, you can.
Angela Yee
There's no need for it.
Podcast Host
There was also the thing, too, of when Erika Jane and. Yeah, when Erica Jane and Bose were on Watch what Happens live and Andy asked about you not returning to the show. Did you see that clip?
Garcelle Beauvais
I saw the clip, yeah.
Podcast Host
How did you feel about the answers?
Garcelle Beauvais
Mean girls. That's all.
Charlamagne Tha God
What was the clip?
DJ Envy
Because me and Charlamagne looking at each.
Garcelle Beauvais
Other like, I don't know what that clip was.
Podcast Host
So basically, he asked about how they felt about Garcelle not returning to the show, and they were silent, and it was like nobody wanted to say anything. And then when someone. When Erica said something, it was like, won't he do it? Like, you know, it was. It was like a. There was weird pause, and we were trying to figure out what that meant, and the fans hopped in the comments when Bose was here and say. And said that it was that there was no support from her to you. She said that that wasn't true, but did. Do you feel like she supported you through that season?
Garcelle Beauvais
I really don't want to go back there, honestly. I'm here for my movie. I'm selling shows. I'm. I just would like to stay on a positive note.
Charlamagne Tha God
I just want to apologize for my co host. I mean, one of them called you old. Now they're bombarding you with housewives questions as if you're not here to promote two movies. This is crazy. I don't know what's going on.
Podcast Host
How many times you go places and people. And people are like, we. I think we attach to you so much on the show because we're in your life, and she's still going, and.
Garcelle Beauvais
That'S still talking about disrespect.
Podcast Host
It's just we fans of you, and we miss you on the show.
Garcelle Beauvais
I appreciate that. I. I understand what you're. What you're. You know, I understand it's also your job.
Angela Yee
That ain't me. I'm still attached to Fancy.
Charlamagne Tha God
Okay.
Angela Yee
And I know that. I know that you probably, like, look, I ain't fancy no more either, but.
Garcelle Beauvais
No, you always gonna be Fancy. I loved. I loved that character. I loved that job. Like, I had never really done comedy, and meeting Jamie and, you know, us having instant chemistry, and we thought if we did 13 episodes, we would have been golden. We ended up doing 100 episodes. Like, I mean, it's unbelievable. I can't go anywhere without someone saying fancy. He says when he's out, they're like, where's fancy? So it's like, people connected with that, and that's a great thing.
Podcast Host
That's how it was when you walked in a room. I don't know if you heard me. I was like, oh, shit. It's like when you walk in, I'm.
Garcelle Beauvais
Like, dang, this is.
Charlamagne Tha God
Damn. I can't wait to bombard her with housewives questions.
Garcelle Beauvais
He's not gonna let it go.
Angela Yee
But God did it, and God is doing it because you have not only one movie, you have two films, but you're up here for taking that a truck, which also your production company actually shot that as well.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yes.
Angela Yee
That's amazing. Congratulations.
Garcelle Beauvais
Thank you so much. I mean, doing this franchise, Black Girl Missing franchise, has been an amazing thing, and that's what I'm so grateful for. For getting the platform to be able to put out things that I think will help our community, help us. And I was sick and tired of seeing the disparity of when black and brown people go missing, that we weren't getting the same coverage, we weren't getting the same urgency or validation. And we put out this movie, the first one, thinking that, okay, if we can get people to talk about it, that's a good thing. And then the numbers went through the roof, and it was trending on Twitter at the time, and now we're on to Movie three. So it's been really amazing, and meeting amazing journalists who say, you know what? We take accountability too, because we can tell you who the JonBenets are. The Gabby Petitos, you know, the Natalee Holloways but we can't tell you the names of the black girls because we're not featured like that. And that's what we want people to do, is to know who we are when we go missing A black girl.
Charlamagne Tha God
Missing movie Subtitle is very intentional.
DJ Envy
Yeah.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yes. Very intentional. Absolutely. Absolutely.
DJ Envy
I'm sure you did a deep dive into a lot of the young black girls that are missing.
Podcast Host
Yeah.
DJ Envy
If you can't break it down. Cause, you know, I'm a father of four girls.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yes.
DJ Envy
Where is the biggest place that these girls are taken for? And what reason? Is it the mall? Is it bus stops? Is it coming from school? Like, what is the biggest. So I can be on more anxiety.
Garcelle Beauvais
It's actually everywhere. It's actually everywhere. The second movie we did was called Abducted at an hbcu. And we're really trying to teach the, you know, not only girls, but boys, too. Like, when you're in college, build a community, you know, so that if you don't show up for classes for three days, somebody's gonna go, where's so. And, like, it's about having a community, but it's also ringing the bell. And my niece has girls in college, and she was like, you're scaring me with your movies. And I go, I'm trying to scare you. You know, just so that we're all aware. So it can happen anywhere. The malls, there are guys that groom the girls. I mean, there's all kinds of ways of these girls going missing. I mean, I was just in Vegas at the airport, and I went to the bathroom, and the minute I closed the stall, there's a whole sign about if you're being abducted, if you're being trafficked. So it's everywhere.
Podcast Host
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
I was in Elev this weekend. I took a picture because I just thought it was. It wasn't strange, but one of them was like, if you're with somebody who wants to offer you money, I was like, what?
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah, yeah. And they also target girls who, you know, sometimes are more vulnerable. And maybe there's, you know, people at home are working, so she's alone a lot, or there's, you know, all types of ways. So I just took that.
Charlamagne Tha God
How about that Saturday morning, man? Yeah.
DJ Envy
You said, didn't they ask you one.
Garcelle Beauvais
Time when you was with your daughter, then they asked you.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh, yeah, yeah. I was on the plane, and somebody came on the plane, was like, is that your daughter? And I'm like, I hope so.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah. But I'm actually glad they're asking. Right. Just because it's so prevalent when we are, you know, not everyone's aware of that. Yeah.
Podcast Host
In this movie, you talk about community. In this movie, your community, your truck community shows up for you in a big way. And it's through, like, not to. I don't want to give it away, but they show up for you in a big way.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah.
Podcast Host
What's the importance of not finding community but knowing how to utilize it best in a high stakes situation? Like once someone goes missing and the cops won't help you.
Garcelle Beauvais
Right. And that. Okay, that's one of the things. I will answer your question. But like, a lot of families have to take it upon themselves to look for their family members because they're not getting the support they need. So with the trucking community, by the way, there's a group of female truckers that are like badasses. And we take it for granted, these people are on the road a lot. They're alone. They're missing out on birthdays and anniversaries and their job is dangerous. So we wanted to showcase that there's a community in every sector of life. No matter what you're doing, no matter what your profession is, it's like, let people know you know, that you're around. Yeah, yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
I wonder if the female truck is called. And men, they pick up locked lizards there.
Podcast Host
Is that.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yes, yes, yes, yes. That is a thing. But you know what? I learned a lot like these truckers.
DJ Envy
When they go, Jess's husband's a truck driver. That's why I see you looking like that.
Angela Yee
But he is so narrow minded.
Garcelle Beauvais
How long have y' all been together?
Angela Yee
No, I'm talking about this man sitting across from me.
Podcast Host
No, I'm talking about.
DJ Envy
Yes, ma'.
Garcelle Beauvais
Am.
DJ Envy
How long I been together.
Angela Yee
No, no, no.
Charlamagne Tha God
But you weren't a lot lizard. Yes.
Angela Yee
No, I was not a lot lizard. No. All the lot lizards, they were before me.
Garcelle Beauvais
Thank you.
Charlamagne Tha God
Go ahead.
Angela Yee
I'm sorry, miss.
Garcelle Beauvais
No, but tell me about your husband, though. How long has he been doing it?
Angela Yee
So he's been in the business for five years.
Garcelle Beauvais
Okay. Or whatever.
Angela Yee
But like, I met him three years ago, so he was like two years into it when I met him. And yeah, you know, we had a couple little eyelids here and there, you know, but when I came in, they left.
Garcelle Beauvais
Okay. Yeah, correct.
Charlamagne Tha God
I just wanted to know what female truck drivers call the men that they pick up. That's all.
Garcelle Beauvais
You know what? I don't know if they have a name for them.
Angela Yee
I'm pretty sure she didn't do that research to do this movie.
Garcelle Beauvais
Got you.
Charlamagne Tha God
Gotcha.
DJ Envy
Gotcha.
Angela Yee
It's not. It sounds like.
Garcelle Beauvais
Why? How do you deal with him being on the road?
Angela Yee
I'm still trying to deal with it.
Garcelle Beauvais
Okay.
Angela Yee
You know, because the schedule, with my schedule and his schedule, we're trying to figure out, like, how we can balance. And then we have a one year old. So we're still trying to balance that and still trying to be full time lovers. That's very hard.
Garcelle Beauvais
Very hard. You should.
Charlamagne Tha God
And he's Mexican, so, you know, with everything going on in the world. Yo.
DJ Envy
Garcelle's face is like, why did I come this morning?
Garcelle Beauvais
I was in a happy place. We love you. Are you talking about ice?
Podcast Host
Yeah.
Garcelle Beauvais
That's scary for everybody. It's scary for everyone. No.
Podcast Host
Daddy's husband's not really running from ice, right?
Angela Yee
No, he's not.
Garcelle Beauvais
Oh, no. But it don't matter.
Charlamagne Tha God
You don't have to run.
Garcelle Beauvais
No.
Charlamagne Tha God
They profiling you like.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah.
DJ Envy
Even if you're really sad.
Angela Yee
Yeah, it is sad. Yeah.
Garcelle Beauvais
It's a horrible place to be.
Podcast Host
Oh, Lord.
Garcelle Beauvais
But that's another topic.
Charlamagne Tha God
Why was it important to add the element of dealing with an autistic family member?
Garcelle Beauvais
We really wanted to. There's so much misconceptions about autism and what that looks like and what that is. And obviously there's different, you know, there's different stages of autism. So we really wanted to showcase a character that is functioning, but that doesn't mean that just because she has autism that she's irresponsible and. But what happened was because she's autistic, she's dealing with somebody online. And, you know, we all share too much and she shared too much. And so then she gets taken. Kidnapped. So, yeah, I was.
Angela Yee
And then you are the cool, badass auntie.
Garcelle Beauvais
Okay.
Angela Yee
You know, who don't play what was. Okay. So this is the first time I've ever seen you in a role like this.
Garcelle Beauvais
I've never played a role like this.
Angela Yee
So preparing for something so different from what you are, you know. What was that preparation like?
Garcelle Beauvais
It was really, really fun because we got to talk to a couple of professional female truck drivers and what she taught us was really great. And one of the actress who plays my sister comes from a trucking community too. But it was just all about, like, safety and how to drive and how to get in and out of the truck. Which, by the way, the trucks are so tall. Yes. By the end of shooting, the back of my thighs were killing me.
Charlamagne Tha God
Oh. Just from jumping.
Garcelle Beauvais
Just from jumping up and down and. But it was just a fun road because it was like something different for me. Yeah. Yeah. I really enjoyed it.
Angela Yee
Even the fighting choreography.
Garcelle Beauvais
Even the fight. Listen. Yeah, I loved it. Okay, that was good.
DJ Envy
How does this affect you as a parent, as a mom now? Because you have young men, the 18 data out and about in college, in school, dating. How does that affect you?
Garcelle Beauvais
It affects me, and I'm much more aware. But I've always had conversations with my kids. One, because I have black kids, even though sometimes they look like they could be, you know. But I've always talked to my kids, especially Oliver, about being respectful. If you're the cops come to you or just being out in the world, you know, how to navigate being a black young man and being respectful and because people will have misconceptions of you. Just because. I remember I was in a supermarket with my son Oliver, and he went to go get something, and I was in another lane, and as he's coming around, I was at the end of the aisle. And so in between us was this older white woman. And the minute she saw Oliver, she clutched her purse and she got. You could tell, she got tense. And I thought to myself, if anything happened to you, he would be the first one to come and help. But it's just the. It's just how we're seen sometimes, you.
Charlamagne Tha God
Know, I think we should insult people when they do that. Like, I don't want it as fake. Let's see what they say.
Angela Yee
But how did he feel about that? Did he share with you how he felt about that moment, or did he.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah, he just kind of, like, brushed it off. Like, you know, I don't even know if he realized it, but I saw it because I saw him coming, you know? Yeah.
Podcast Host
Why was it important for you guys to include the domestic violence element in the movie in align with the trucking world? Was there, like, research that you saw that paralleled it to the.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah, no, not at all. I think the writers just, you know, gotcha wanted to put that in. There wasn't any. It wasn't intentional in terms of, like, we had to do that. I think it was just to show, like, where Kai came from and why she was so connected to her niece because she didn't have children of her own. And so that was really a way of setting that up.
Podcast Host
And I like the way, like, as the big sister, it's like the world is on your shoulders, but. Yeah, you know what I mean? But you're handling it. And then when you reveal certain things about yourself, in the movie. It shows you as, as human too.
Garcelle Beauvais
Oh, thank you. Yeah. I mean, I love the fact that we had like that sister, complicated, complex relationship. We loved each other, but there was still friction like in real life. And then I also loved my relationship with my niece too. I think there's a sweet side of how she looked up to her and their bond, which I thought, you know, was, was nice.
Charlamagne Tha God
When you and the producers get around it. Y' all ever say, man, we're tackling a lot of themes, right? You got autism.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
Domestic violence, stalking, the lack of vulnerability in black women. Like, do you ever think to yourself, okay, maybe this film got too many nuances?
Garcelle Beauvais
No, we didn't think of like, because I think life is complex. I think, I don't think everything is just streamlined and everything's perfect. So in telling this story, we felt like that was okay and it, and.
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Garcelle Beauvais
They lose it.
DJ Envy
They actually lose it.
Garcelle Beauvais
They sort of went nuts.
Hell in Heaven Podcast Narrator
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Garcelle Beauvais
Without being heavy handed or, you know, hitting you over the head. It just, it felt like it, it could be real. Yeah.
Angela Yee
What does it mean to you to have a legacy network like Lifetime amplified these black stories?
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah, no, it means everything. I mean, when we brought them the first black girl missing, they got it right away. They were like, how soon can we, can we show this and can we, you know, get behind it? It was really great because a lot of times people don't want to deal with the heavy stuff, you know, but obviously Lifetime deals with a lot of things, but they, they understood the assignment and I'm grateful for that.
Angela Yee
Yeah.
Garcelle Beauvais
And now we're on Movie three, so it's a good thing.
DJ Envy
Do you like, do you enjoy the acting part? Do you enjoy reality part? Do you enjoy the EP part? What's your Favorite.
Garcelle Beauvais
Oh, my favorite is being a talk show host because I did the reel for. I did the Real. And before the Real, I was up for the View and I did Hollywood Today Live. I mean, that's my. That's my wheelhouse. But I love. I mean, I'm a Sagittarius. We get bored easy.
DJ Envy
So I don't mind getting up and doing the same thing every day and all that. Every day. That. That doesn't a lot of people.
Garcelle Beauvais
I mean, I like doing different things. You know what I mean? I enjoy the reality for what morning.
DJ Envy
Everybody is dj.
Garcelle Beauvais
I'm sorry, that sucks.
Charlamagne Tha God
I said, I know what's happening.
Podcast Host
It's cause you look so good. You're just setting things off. Oh, okay.
Garcelle Beauvais
I don't know what you.
Charlamagne Tha God
Whatever they saying to try to make you feel better. I don't know what's happening.
Garcelle Beauvais
That was crazy. But anyways, I like doing. I like doing, challenging myself and doing all kinds of things. But, you know, producing now I'm really enjoying and going into a room and pitching to networks. I mean, it's a new side of me that if somebody told me when I first started this industry that I would be doing that, I'd be like, there's no way. But I really enjoy it. Yeah, because I didn't see that because we weren't really allowed back then. If you were an actor, you were in that lane, and things are different now. So it's been really cool to just, you know.
Charlamagne Tha God
So even when you saw black producers, black writers, black directors back then, you never thought it was possible for you?
Angela Yee
No.
Garcelle Beauvais
Wow. No, I never. I mean, I thought, okay, I'm acting and I'll continue doing that. But I didn't see another road after that in terms of producing. I don't want to direct. That's not my thing. But producing, I really like.
Podcast Host
Do you deal with an element of, like, imposter syndrome sometimes when you're walking into those rooms? Because you never kind of saw it for you.
Garcelle Beauvais
I just said that to a girlfriend of mine. You know, I walk into, like, you know, going into Netflix, Hulu and ABC and pitching shows, and I walk it out and I'm like, who the do I think I am?
Charlamagne Tha God
Exactly who God made you to be, I guess.
Garcelle Beauvais
Right. But I think sometimes you like, I couldn't. I couldn't have dreamt this big. You know, coming from Haiti, not knowing the language, you know, learning English, watching Sesame Street. Like, I didn't know that all these things were possible. So I think that's the beauty of it is now I'm like, wow, that's incredible. And my kids can see that. You know, I can be a mom, but I can also be all these other things too, which I think it's important for your kids to see.
Angela Yee
Absolutely. Was it stressful for you at any moment because you didn't only star in the movie, so you had to learn lines and everything, but, like, you produced it and then your production company, so you had to wear so many different hats.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah, for sure. I mean, we tried to make all the important decisions, obviously, before we started production. And then once I was on set, I was strictly an actor because that was important for me to just stay there.
Angela Yee
Yeah.
Garcelle Beauvais
You know, especially since it's a role that I haven't done before. But. But, yeah, it's been really fun. Yeah, it's been really kind of cool.
Angela Yee
Are you casting for any upcoming projects that you have?
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah, sure. Do you wanna.
Angela Yee
Absolutely, I wanna.
Garcelle Beauvais
Okay, great.
Angela Yee
Absolutely. What do people tell you? You look like Vanessa Bella. Vanessa Bell.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yes. I see Teyana Taylor, too.
Podcast Host
Oh, that just went by. That's my girl.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yes, yes. She's amazing.
Angela Yee
And my four of them.
Garcelle Beauvais
And your father?
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah, my father.
Garcelle Beauvais
Okay, well, that's good. Yes.
Angela Yee
Can you tell me that all the time?
Garcelle Beauvais
He is the father.
Angela Yee
Yes, he is the father. But I. I would love to audition for.
Garcelle Beauvais
I love that.
DJ Envy
Okay.
Garcelle Beauvais
Absolutely. Okay.
Charlamagne Tha God
What's your favorite form of storytelling out of all. Out of the reality. I mean, out of the talk shows, reality tv, the movies.
Garcelle Beauvais
My favorite. I mean, I think, again, it goes back to, you know, hosting and talking to people because I love. I'm curious about people, and so that's, I guess, my top thing. But after that, I. You know, acting also. Yeah.
Charlamagne Tha God
Do you feel pressure to, as a producer, to one day have to tell a story from Haiti?
Garcelle Beauvais
You know, I've wanted to. I've done. My first producing job was a short that I did about sex trafficking. And it wasn't so much about Haiti, but we shot part of it in Haiti. And I would love to. I would really love to. I feel like we can't get a break.
Charlamagne Tha God
So much risk, Rich history in that country. A lot of misconceptions.
Garcelle Beauvais
So much. So much. I mean, I feel like it's been decades, centuries since we've had hardship, and every time we think we're going to get to a better place, we're knocked down. So it's. It's really discouraging and. And hard to watch.
Charlamagne Tha God
I didn't know you couldn't speak English when You first came?
Garcelle Beauvais
No, I couldn't speak a lick of. Listen. I moved in January. Didn't speak a word of English. Never seen white people. We moved to Massachusetts in January.
Charlamagne Tha God
Damn.
Garcelle Beauvais
I was like, you are scared of me. Yeah. So I watched. Yeah. I watched Sesame street and learned A, apple, B, banana, and. Yeah. I was seven.
Charlamagne Tha God
Wow.
Podcast Host
When did you discover the arts and what process are you?
Garcelle Beauvais
You know, I always want. I've always, like, would put on little shows for my family. So I always had it in me.
Podcast Host
Yeah.
Garcelle Beauvais
But I didn't discover. I was discovered as a model. When I was 17, we. We moved to Miami because my mom couldn't take the weather anymore in Boston. So I. A friend of mine said, do you want to be an extra in a commercial? And I was like, what's an extra? And he goes, it pays $75 a day for two days. I was like, count me in. That was, like, big money back then. And I was in this commercial by the second day. There was a black, pretty black girl that was a principal talent. And I went up to her and I go, how do I do what you're doing? Like, I don't want to be an extra. How do I do that? She wasn't having it. So I found out she was with this agency in Fort Lauderdale. I asked my mom to borrow her car. I drove up to Fort Lauderdale. I didn't have pictures. I didn't have an appointment. I didn't know anything, but I thought, somebody's gonna tell me something.
Angela Yee
Yeah.
Garcelle Beauvais
So I'm in Fort Lauderdale. I stop at a red light. I poke my head out to check out, check my makeup in the mirror. So I do that. And then I'm reaching for my lip gloss in my. In my bag on the passenger seat, and a hand comes in the car and scares the shit out of me. And it was the woman behind me. She got out of her car at the red light. She gives me a card, and she goes, you should be a model. And it was the agency I was going to without an appointment, Without.
Angela Yee
Wow.
Charlamagne Tha God
Look at God.
Garcelle Beauvais
Okay.
Charlamagne Tha God
Wow.
Garcelle Beauvais
You couldn't have scripted it? So now I show up, and I got a car. So now I'm like. And they. They tested me. They got pictures. I did test shoots with photographers. And about nine months later, Eileen Ford of the Ford Modeling Agency was scouting all over the country, and they asked 10 of us to come and meet with her. And I met with Eileen Ford, and she said, you should come to New York. And I moved to New York at 17. The model's apartment was full. So I lived with Eileen Ford and her husband Jerry on 71st in Madison. Didn't know anything. And that's. That's how my modeling career started.
Charlamagne Tha God
Wow.
Angela Yee
And how did you become fancy in Jamie Fox Show?
Garcelle Beauvais
Well, I started.
DJ Envy
She said fancy like, three times.
Garcelle Beauvais
I moved to LA by then, and they were auditioning girls, and every time I had a. A modeling gig that I had to do, so I kept on canceling the audition. And finally they were like, you've gotta come in.
Angela Yee
Yeah.
Garcelle Beauvais
So I go in. And at the time, that was when the R. Kelly Download video was out.
Angela Yee
Okay.
Garcelle Beauvais
Right. With Mr. Biggs and myself.
DJ Envy
He was Mr. Biggs wife.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah. And Jamie came up to me while I was waiting in the lobby. He goes, you know how much I requested that video? Because that's when you had to request videos. And so I went in, we read, and I thought, you know, there were other girls that were, by far, you know, acting, had more acting ability than me. And so I left thinking, okay, at least I did it.
Angela Yee
Yeah.
Garcelle Beauvais
And then when I got the job, I was like, oh, wow. Yeah, that's crazy. And we hit it off, and we've been friends ever since. I was at Corinne's wedding recently, and, yeah, he's a good man.
Angela Yee
So even back then, right, you never have, like, a little crush on Jamie?
Garcelle Beauvais
Oh, yeah. We both had a crush on each other, but we said we weren't gonna do anything.
Angela Yee
Okay.
Garcelle Beauvais
And I got engaged two weeks before we rapped. And he goes, you couldn't wait.
Angela Yee
I just had to ask that child a question.
Garcelle Beauvais
Like, I know they.
Angela Yee
Because y' all chemistry was my day.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah.
Angela Yee
So I just had it.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah, we did.
Charlamagne Tha God
I want to talk about the power of community real quick, because you said you moved from Massachusetts to Miami. How did moving to Miami and being around more people that look like you, and I'm sure more Haitians give you. Give you a confidence boost.
Garcelle Beauvais
It was everything. It was everything. Because one, my mom wanted to be closer to Haiti so she could visit family. But going to school with kids that had hair like me, that look like me, I mean, it just changed everything. But when I first went to school, they were like, oh, she thinks she's white. But that's because I learned English, you know, in Massachusetts. Right. So. But it was everything. It changed. It changed everything. I felt like I finally belonged, you know, because when I first went to school in Massachusetts, I was the only black girl. They would touch my hair. They would, you know, grab my hair. They didn't. They had Never seen someone like me.
Charlamagne Tha God
Did you. Did you shrink in Massachusetts? Were you.
Garcelle Beauvais
I don't know if I shrank because I was so young. I don't know if I knew if that was happening, you know, But I still flourished, you know, I was cheerleading, I was dancing, so my mom made sure to keep me busy.
DJ Envy
How do your kids deal with it now? Because it's kind of the same as when you were in Massachusetts, right?
Garcelle Beauvais
Well, it's different now. I mean, you know, they would go to school with black kids. You know, they're. Yeah, it's not a. Their dad took my ex husband took one of my sons to a hairdresser and he was like, only a black man's cutting my hair down. I was like, I hear you. Yeah, I get it, I get it.
Podcast Host
What do you want? People, the family members and the friends of people who may have been abducted and, you know, have went through these experiences, their family members and friends. There's a level of, like, guilt that can happen sometimes in those situations. What do you want them to. The message for them to take from.
Garcelle Beauvais
The movie, the message is, really, is that we want them to be seen. We want them to get help. And I think, you know, things happen. You can't feel guilty for that. You know, I think no matter how well you watch your kids, I mean, things are gonna happen in life. Right? But it's really about this movie is starting a conversation, making sure the families that have missing family members know that they're being seen and that they should be helped just like everybody else. And I'm not saying we don't need to help other people. I'm just saying I want us to have the same urgency, the same compassion. Don't say, let's wait for two days, they'll come back. Because we all know the first 48 hours, the most crucial, don't say, oh, they're on drugs, they're runaways. Like, give us the benefit of the doubt as well. That's important to me.
DJ Envy
And one of the worst places that I've witnessed was la.
Garcelle Beauvais
Mm.
DJ Envy
If there's a missing person, it seems like they will wait till the last minute. It got to the point where my wife's friend, she actually passed, but we were calling and calling, Please go by the house, check the house, this, that and the other. They were like, we're too busy, we're too busy, we're too busy. And I'm sitting there like, there's a possibility that you could save somebody, right? And it was just like, nah, we're Too busy. Too busy. But we had to get a family member to actually go out there and actually check. But I mean, I'm sure you experienced that a lot when doing that homework.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah, it's opened my eyes a lot, which is why we need to keep doing this. We need to keep talking about it and hopefully one day we won't have to.
Charlamagne Tha God
Yeah. Kevin Hart and I put out a project called Finding Tamika. And it was about a younger named Tamika Houston who went missing in the early 2000s in Spartanburg. And you know, you, you learned that black girls and women get less media attention when abducted compared to white victims. Like this is actual data studies. They call it missing white woman syndrome.
Garcelle Beauvais
Yeah, actually, yeah. There's a big publication that just did a 10 page spread on Jonbene Ramsay who's been dead 20 years and we've never had anything like that.
Podcast Host
I don't know if you've been seeing the news around Kayda Scott, the young girl who was found dead in Philly. I remember when her story first broke, it was only I was watching it on like the local and my grandmother called me about it. And then I remember I started seeing other outlets pick it up slowly. But it was just, you know, just seeing when I was watching the movie yesterday, I thought about her story because it was. It took some time for people to even know what was happening with her. And they were begging for the public to help and they needed help to find her.
Garcelle Beauvais
Right.
Angela Yee
Or even the documentary I just watched not too long ago of where is Amy Bradley? Amy Bradley, Yes. Been missing for what it would be now for like 20 years, you know, and, but not, no slight to her and her family or anything like that. But it's like we don't get documented. People don't look for us that long.
Garcelle Beauvais
You know, if they ever do, they just move on.
Angela Yee
So yeah, that's, that's definitely.
Garcelle Beauvais
Thank you for giving me the time because you guys have a great platform and we want everybody to watch this movie and let's keep talking about it.
Angela Yee
Absolutely.
Charlamagne Tha God
I need to get the out of here.
Podcast Host
That's why you didn't end up on the View.
Garcelle Beauvais
Oh, I, well, they just went another way. Okay.
Podcast Host
Because I thought it was time to talk all day.
Angela Yee
When is tempted to love coming out?
Garcelle Beauvais
January 31st, January taker out.
Angela Yee
I'm like, okay, when is 52 is coming on board?
Garcelle Beauvais
Okay, okay. I like my job.
Angela Yee
I know that's right. How about if I come more button on.
DJ Envy
We appreciate she like looking up enough, man. Try to jump in my film. This a like enough.
Charlamagne Tha God
We appreciate you.
DJ Envy
Thank you so much.
Garcelle Beauvais
Thank you.
DJ Envy
Definitely check out. Taking at a truck stop comes on the 25th of this month. That's what?
Garcelle Beauvais
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday.
DJ Envy
Definitely check it out. Thank you so much.
Garcelle Beauvais
Thank you.
DJ Envy
It's the Breakfast Club.
Garcelle Beauvais
Good morning.
Podcast Narrator
Hold up.
Charlamagne Tha God
Every day I wake up.
Garcelle Beauvais
Wake your ass up.
Charlamagne Tha God
The Breakfast Club.
Garcelle Beauvais
Y' all finished or y' all done?
Johnny Knoxville
Hello, America's sweetheart. Johnny Knoxville here. I want to tell you about my new true crime podcast, Crimeless Hillbilly Heist. From Smartless Media, Campside Media and big Money Players. It's a wild tale about a gang of high functioning nitwits who somehow pulled off America's third largest cash heist.
Garcelle Beauvais
Kind of like Robin Hood, except for.
Kyle McLaughlin
The part where he steals from the.
Garcelle Beauvais
Rich and gives to the poor.
Charlamagne Tha God
I'm not that generous.
Johnny Knoxville
It's a damn near inspiring true story for anyone out there who's ever shot for the moon, then just totally muffed up the landing. They stole $17 million and had not bought a ticket to help him escape.
Garcelle Beauvais
So we're sitting like, oh God, what do we do? What do we do?
Charlamagne Tha God
That was dumb.
Garcelle Beauvais
People, do not follow my example.
Johnny Knoxville
Listen to Crimeless Hillbilly Heist on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Podcast Narrator
The murder of an 18 year old girl in Graves County, Kentucky went unsolved for years until a local housewife, a journalist and a handful of girls came forward with a story.
Garcelle Beauvais
America, y' all better wake the hell up. Bad things happens to good people in small towns.
Podcast Narrator
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Kyle McLaughlin
Hey, I'm Kyle McLaughlin. You might know me as that guy from Twin Peaks, Sex and the City or just the Internet stand. I have a new podcast called what are We Even Doing? Where I embark on a noble quest to understand the brilliant chaos of youth culture. Each week I invite someone fascinating to join me to talk. Talk about navigating this high speed roller coaster we call reality. Join me and my delightful guests every Thursday and let's get weird together in a good way. Listen to what Are We Even doing on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.
Angela Yee
Short on time, but big on true crime. On a recent episode of the podcast Hunting for Answers, I highlighted the story of 19 year old Lachey Dungey. But she never knocked on that door. She never made it inside. And that text message would be the last time anyone would ever hear from her. Listen to Hunting for Answers from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Podcast Host
This is an iHeart podcast.
Date: October 22, 2025
Podcast: The Breakfast Club (iHeartPodcasts)
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, Lauren LaRosa
Guest: Garcelle Beauvais
In this engaging episode, Garcelle Beauvais joins The Breakfast Club to discuss her new film "Taken at a Truck Stop: A Black Girl Missing" and her evolving role as a producer and advocate for missing Black girls. The conversation touches on her recent departure from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (RHWOBH), reflections on her acting career (notably as "Fancy" on The Jamie Foxx Show), her work to highlight real-world social issues, her Haitian roots, and the value of personal discernment and representation. The discussion is lively, honest, and at times humorous, with thoughtful moments about representation, social advocacy, and personal perseverance.
“I just couldn’t do it anymore. It was really hurting my spirit.” (04:18)
"I've been really great about choosing me...if I don't choose me, it will probably not work out for me." (04:50)
"If you're not in my life, I don't see why I need to follow you." (05:42)
“I really don't want to go back there, honestly. I'm here for my movie.” (06:44)
“We both had a crush, but we said we weren't gonna do anything. I got engaged two weeks before we wrapped.” (30:58)
“We can tell you who the JonBenets are...but we can't tell you the names of the Black girls.” (08:21)
"It's actually everywhere...malls, school, bus stops. There are guys that groom girls, all kinds of ways.” (09:43)
"There's so much misconception about autism...she shared too much online and got kidnapped." (14:13)
“Life is complex...I don't think everything is just streamlined and perfect.” (18:25)
“I've always talked to my kids, especially Oliver, about being respectful...people will have misconceptions of you.” (15:56)
“My favorite is being a talk show host...But I love doing different things.” (23:02)
"I walk it out and I'm like, who the [expletive] do I think I am?" (24:33)
“Exactly who God made you to be, I guess.” (24:43)
“When we brought them the first Black Girl Missing, they got it right away. They understood the assignment.” (22:30)
"...my kids can see that I can be a mom, but also all these other things." (24:46)
"Don't say, let's wait for two days, they'll come back. The first 48 hours are the most crucial." (32:59) “We want them to have the same urgency, the same compassion.” (32:59)
On Choosing Herself:
"If I don't choose me, it will probably not work out for me." – Garcelle Beauvais (04:50)
On Social Media Cleansing:
"If you're not in my life, I don't see why I need to follow you." – Garcelle Beauvais (05:42)
On Hollywood Representation:
“We can tell you who the JonBenets are...but we can't tell you the names of the Black girls because we're not featured like that.” – Garcelle Beauvais (08:21)
On Cultural Adjustment:
“I watched Sesame Street and learned A, apple, B, banana...I was seven.” – Garcelle Beauvais (27:34)
On Black Families and Police:
"I've always talked to my kids, especially Oliver, about being respectful...because people will have misconceptions of you." – Garcelle Beauvais (15:56)
On Imposter Syndrome:
"I walk it out and I'm like, who the [expletive] do I think I am?" – Garcelle Beauvais (24:33)
Charlamagne’s Encouragement:
"Exactly who God made you to be, I guess." – Charlamagne Tha God (24:43)
Garcelle Beauvais delivers a compelling interview balancing humor, heartfelt advocacy, and empowering stories about her journey from Haitian immigrant to Hollywood star and producer. Her new film, "Taken at a Truck Stop: A Black Girl Missing," is positioned not just as entertainment, but as a conversation starter and a catalyst for change regarding missing persons in marginalized communities. Listeners gain insight into her Hollywood navigation, personal evolution, and commitment to shining a light on stories that often go untold.
Catch “Taken at a Truck Stop: A Black Girl Missing” on Lifetime, premiering October 25, 2025.