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The Breakfast Club
Loren talks Fashion Week, designers, inspiration + Cardi B says her man can have a female bestfriend
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Lauren LaRosa
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Lauren LaRosa
Why is this taking so long? This thing is ancient.
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Lauren LaRosa
I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody.
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Lauren LaRosa
You know she don't lie about that, right? Lauren came in hot. Hey, y'. All, what's up? It's Lauren the Rosa. And this is the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room. Now, a ton to get into. We have not been back here in the studio for some days because Fashion Week has been driving me insane. It's a good insane, though. So last season, last February, I think one of the only things I did, or maybe I did two things. I know I walked in the Met feeder show shout out to Gabrielle and the meth feeder team, Met feeder magazine. Um, I also attended a, like, just a few events. I don't even know if that was Fashion Week for some reason. The only thing I remember from Fashion Week last season, for those who don't know, would have been February of 2025. And, you know, with it being September 2025, it's a different season. And that just basically means that the clothes on the Runway that they're showing are different seasons. So you're always showing a season ahead. So right now, September 2025, this is the fall. So on the Runway, what we got to see all of the Fashion Week shows that I've been to within the last couple of days, they're showing us clothing for spring, summer 2026, and then in February, they were showing us what was coming for the fall. Y' all get where I'm going here? Okay. This for all my people that are not fashion now. I've been, you know, out of studio. Please go and visit my YouTube channel. I know we did do an audio only episode where I broke down who Harlem's Fashion Row, which was the show that kicked off Fashion Week for me. Shout out to Brandice and her team and footlocker. Since that event, we have done so much. I attended Sergio Hudson's show. I talked about that a bit on the Breakfast Club. I am a huge, huge, huge advocate for black designers. Number one, me being a person, you know, we don't have our merch live anymore on the website, but. But me being a person that designs myself, that is into fashion myself, I understand how much it takes to take fabric, to take an idea, to take a concept, a mood, an inspiration board, and to make it a full line of clothing, a collection. You know, how much money it takes, how much thought you putting your babies out there into the world. So, you know, I champion up and coming designers in general just because, you know, anytime I can give platform, I love to because when I've been given platforms, it's changed my life. So I try to do that as I can for other people. But black designers, specifically, because people always ask me, where does my, like, passion for fashion, where does it come from? My mother was a fashion designer. She was here in New York for some years before she moved to Delaware and had me. She actually decided not to go and follow her fashion design dreams and to move to Delaware, you know, get into flipping housing and have me. And you just wanted to kind of create a stable life for herself because she had been here in New York for some time. She had done a few at fit, which is a fashion institute here. She was actually selling clothing in a boutique. And it just wasn't. I mean, she was doing well, but in wanting to start a family from it, it wasn't what she wanted. She hadn't accumulated enough to be comfortable enough to bring kids into the world off of her creative talent of designing clothing. So she turned that into, you know, let me buy property, let me design inside of the property. My mom, you know, at one point was doing everything from laying towels in the floor, building out bathrooms. Like, you know, she just took it from one place to the other. But she needed stability. And every time I hear her story, I know she tells me a story about, you know, almost being able to go from the boutique that she was selling in here in New York to putting clothing into Macy's. But they wanted you to be able to pay for all of your own inventory, and you had to have a certain amount of inventory to be able to go in the store. She didn't really know much about getting loans, and, you know, she just wasn't making enough to be able to front that cost. So she decided to take the money that she did have saved up, go and buy property and lean more into that. And I always think, you know, when I see her sketches, when I see how excited she gets about my friends who design and just different things that I'm doing. What her life would have been like if she had been able to eat off of. And granted, she. She being. She ate off of her creativity to a certain extent, but if she had been able to eat off of being a fashion designer to the extent where she was able to feel stable enough to bring kids into the world and do that full time, I always wonder what my mom's experience would have been like. Granted, all things work out under God in the way that they're supposed to, but that is always something I think about. And when I see how passionate I get about, you know, clothing and putting together things and designing things. Like, oh my God, it wows me to see how something like that can be passed down generationally. And then I see it in my niece, like, I catch her like sketching things and she's, she can just do so much. And I always think, you know, what that generational pass down would have looked like if my mom had put that line in Macy's and that became, you know, the next big, I don't know, Gap or H and M or whatever the case may be, right. So when I see young designers, especially young black designers, I try and support as much as I can. I'm actually wearing a designer right now. I post pictures to my social media for all of the audio listeners who don't see me can only hear me. And then for those of you guys that are looking at me, you see me, I'm in a sweatsuit. The brand is called Wesley New York. I was in a spot yesterday after I left the Romeo Hunt fashion show called Saint Black Owned Restaurant here in New York. It's in the city. And when we walked in, there was a brand, a guy and his team that had like a rack of clothing set up and they were doing a pop up. We were just in there eating, you know, eating all the things. And I was gonna say eating, drinking, but woo, it's been a minute since I had a drink. Still on his fast. But yeah, so we were there and he recognized me from Breakfast Club and came over and hey, you know, would love to give you some things. Whatever, whatever. And instantly I'm like, yeah, for sure. So this sweatsuit I've had on today, I wore this in our interviews, you know, full show, just doing as much as I can because I understand and I respect the hustle. And I always think, you know, you give somebody that chance to be able to provide for themselves, it's another chance that they don't give up on what they're doing because they need to provide to be able to do it. So Fashion Week and you know, anything pertaining to that is always near and dear to me because of all the backstory I just told you guys. So you know, just real quick checking in behind the scenes of the grind.
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Lauren LaRosa
I am just feeling very grateful and very appreciative. I was out at these shows that I was just talking to you guys or some of them, I was talking to you guys about and you know, from Romeo Hunt, who dressed me a lot when I was covering the Diddy Trial to Sergio Hudson, who I met at the Breakfast Club, who I've always been a really big fan of. Finally got to meet him. I literally fanned out the first time Sergio came to the Breakfast Club. I'm like, y'. All. Do y' all know who that is? But, you know, to. To being able to be at his show. And he's one of the big shows that shows at Spring Studios, which is a, you know, a venue that, like, all of the popular shows are housed in during New York Fashion Week. And while they're just, you know, running into and seeing so many different people, like, I got to meet June Ambrose, the stylist. I saw Mary J. Blige. Sherri shepherd is there. Ms. Stephanie Mills is there. One of the girls from Love island walked the Runway. Alondra from Love island walked the Runway. And just, you know, being out and about, like, even at Romeo Hunt show, you had, you know, fabulous sitting front row. Busta Rhyme sit in front row. Da Vinci, who plays T on BMF, the 50 Cent Series, sit in front row. I saw Rotemi at the Romeo Hunt show as well. And I'm front row, and I'm looking around. I'm seeing all these people, and I'm just in my mind, like, God is. God has such a funny way of reminding you that whatever is for you, whatever room, whatever conversation, whatever creative juice you think the world should be feeling from you will always find its way to the forefront. And I was just in, you know, these last couple of days, I've been really appreciating the Latest with Lauren LaRosa and, you know, all my lowriders that tune in the Breakfast Club as a platform and just what has been able to do, you know, for me, but it enables me to do things for other people, like go to these shows and talk about the shows so people know who these designers are and know how dope they are and where they're. It's just. I've had. That's been my experience at Fashion Week. Like, yes, we got all of the craziness. You know, I love seeing the stars out, and I love seeing you. I saw Kids Supper Returned. They had a show here in New York. Lauryn Hill was there. Busta Rhymes was also there as well, too. I saw Actively Black. They did a show where they brought out free and AJ and Dr. Bernice King, who was a daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. And Malcolm X's daughter. They just paid tribute to so much legacy and so much blackness. I'm probably forgetting some people, man. I Did so much. Oh, Footlocker. Shout out to Footlocker. They had a dinner celebrating all of the muses of New York and I was invited to that. And you know, just the room, it was a very hand selected room. The women I met that night were amazing. The dinner was fire. So shout out to, you know, Footlocker and Nike and Worthy, the marketing team over there. And it's just been a really good. Oh, I want also want to shout out HBCU NY who brought me out to do several events over the weekend as well. And they had a FUBU fashion show that they allowed me to introduce. You know, just bringing the the game into Fashion Week. I thought that that was really smart as well too. It's just been a really grateful couple of days and I'm a grateful person. I'm always giving thanks to God and y' all hear me talk a lot about just where I've come from, what I've been able to do. But Lord, yes, like these last couple days has made me grateful for everything. I even found myself one day just sitting and being grateful for. I mean, I've always been grateful for my, my journey at tmz, but being extremely grateful for it, like beyond words, grateful for it. Just like thinking about how God has put me in positions that I couldn't even have dreamt of, nor could I have just applied for as a job. You know what I mean? Like, just really great positions that have prepared me for like next steps. When I ran into Sherri shepherd at Sergio Hudson's show, you know, she was pouring into me. It was really fast, but we got to talk a bit. And she did this when she came to the Breakfast Club too. But you know, her words were like, keep doing what you're doing, but remember that this is going somewhere for you, what you do and how you do it, as you hone and as you sharpen. And this is going somewhere for you. And I know it's tough. Y' all see the Breakfast Club and y' all see the things that we do there. And I don't think people understand. Coming from a newsroom, I'm used to having a team full of producers who also do what I do, reach out on news break stories. I'm used to having a full developed research team that corrects you on everything from pronunciation to factual checks to they keep you up to date in the moment. They're yelling and screaming things out as they change video editors like, like the team. And the dynamic is so different. I love about the Breakfast Club is You know, we're a smaller team, but we're all learning together. They're teaching me about radio and how the Breakfast Club has been able to be the engine it has been for the last 15 years. And I'm teaching them, you know, my perspective coming from a newsroom. But a lot of those safeguards I don't have anymore. So I don't have in ears in with, you know, producers feeding me information and all of that. So when I'm on air, when I'm preparing my stories, it is just me, the pressure of that, Lord, y' all don't understand. And it for. For. I would say right before I started this fast, which is what pushed me into the fast, it has started to get to me. Like, when I would mess up, I would be so in my head about it for weeks and weeks and week. It would throw my, like, energy off in the room and, you know, just so many things. And I think that's natural. I think as platform grows and your notoriety grows and, you know, if you really care about what you do, like, I'm an artist. Like, people are like, oh, you're a journalist. I'm a storyteller. Right? I can tell stories across many different verticals. This is just where you guys are meeting me right now. But because I care about this and because I care about that, I take everything to heart. Not that I harp on what people say, but more so it's just, like, I've learned things at a set standard that I want to keep it at, but also I want to go above that. So whenever I feel like I'm not doing that, I do get really hard on myself. And she was reminding me. She literally said to me, sherri shepherd said to. To me, I know you don't have everything behind you. I know when that mic goes up, it's just you. And it feels like that. And even if. And I'm like, well, no, I got producers. And she's like, yes, but for what you do, it's very hard to have a team that, you know is fully trained the way you are trained. And now that I'm in the talk show space, I understand that, like, it is different when you turn on that mic. It is you. When you prepare that segment, it is you. The responsibility of that is very, very heavy. But take it in stride. You can't be perfect. Things will happen. But remember, you are going somewhere. Don't let it stop you. And she was just telling me that, you know, I'm doing a really good job and stuff, like, that matters to me so much because again, I, I care about this. This is my career. This is going to be, you know, this is, this is, this is my thing. This is one of my things. But this is the vehicle that's going to get all the other things moving. But also too, it's just, you know, when you see people doing things at a height and a level where you want to get to, you listen, you know, I want to remain a student forever, but I don't know, I just went on that tangent. Lord have mercy. But that was a bit about Fashion Week. Yeah, I just, I'm grateful for the invites. There was a lot of like shows that we wanted to RSVP for or RSVP for it and didn't hear back. Like, we didn't get into the Wang show, which was kind of crazy to me because I work a lot with Alexander Wang. But there was a lot of things that we didn't get to do firsthand. But the things that I did get to do, it was like God had me everywhere I was supposed to be and looking good while doing it. Okay. Couldn't ask for nothing better but to be preordained and covered and favored by God and look good while doing it. Okay, clock it. That's all you can ever ask for. So, you know, Fashion Week was fire. But yes, we have not been in studio. I've been doing a lot of my recap videos for YouTube. Make sure you check those out. It's LaurentHerosa TV on YouTube. All of my Fashion Week stuff is there and across my socials.
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Lauren LaRosa
Speaking of fashion Week, Cardi went uptown. She, you know, took it back to the bodegas during fashion week and tons and tons and tons of people came out. There were thousands and thousands of people out there. Yo, like, it was like Michael Jackson mayhem, like the days of like real superstars. Celebrities like, you can't even walk down the street. It was insane. But while out there, there was a content creator who asked Cardi a question and I thought her answer was kind of like very emotionally mature. And I want to figure out, you know, do y' all agree with her? Because I slightly agree with her. Let's take a listen. Would you let your boyfriend have a girl best friend? Yes. Because it's like sometimes you need advice from a female. So when you up, a female is gonna tell you the truth or where you up when me and him have issues. Okay, another thing, can you take me out the hood?
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Lauren LaRosa
I'm about to go back in the hood if y' all don't buy my album. Child. Cardi B. Has been pushing his album Ain't she, and today actually it's 2:46pm Eastern Standard Time on November. November. I wanted to be my birthday so bad. September 15th. In about 15 minutes, Cardi B's interview with Kelly Rowling will drop. And I'm just going, cardi B. Is killing the rollout. Has always done that. Like, Cardi has always been very conscious of her rollouts. I will say, though, her rollouts, like, for instance, the rollout she did for Invasion of privacy. I felt like that was like. I mean, she's always been touching her fans, stays on social, all that. But that was very high level. Like, it was all of the visuals and the photo shoots. And, you know, she does her thing every time she hits any season or any location. At Fashion Week, this feels like Cardi felt like in her mind, she needed to get back. She's been connected with her fans, but, like, she needed to, like, touch the people. For real. For real. So she has all the photo shoots, the, you know, all of the. All the things I just said, the Fashion Week stuff and all that. She's been running around Fashion Week as well. I saw her in culture at Alexander Wang. You know, I saw her also at the Galore magazine party with Tokyo Styles. I was actually at that party. But this feels like, like old school. Cardi, set the camera up. Get back outside. That's literally what this feels like. And it's working. And it's honestly showing and reminding people why we love Cardi. But also what superstardom really feels like, right? Like when people feel like they know you, but like, they can't touch you or get to you. Like, the old school celebrity way, it feels like that. And I love to see it. But getting back to her answer, so originally, when I heard this audio and I heard her answer, I'm like, yes, I have two male best friends that I don't even call them like my best friends. I call one of them my best friends. But to be honest with you, like, we family. Like, those are my brothers. Like, we. We are family for real. It's been years of us being family and, like, you know, knowing each other's lives and, you know, all the things. And there are a lot of times where even if my opinion is not at. Because I'm good for inserting something where it's not axed. Do I have to pause that? No, I don't gotta pause that. Because I can insert things if. Okay, yes. But a lot of times I'm in their business, and even if I'm not purposely in their business, maybe I overhear something or they mention something. As a woman, I React. And I've always been very honest with them about. Because here's my thing. As a woman who's been in relationships where I was being lied to, I was being cheated on, I was being, you know, under. Not appreciated. I wasn't being, you know, taught what I wanted to learn or being led. But also as a woman being in a relationship who hasn't always been right either, like, I've lied as well, I've cheated as well. I've been, you know, not the. The best partner as well. I begin to realize, you know, the. And appreciate the male perspective in my life. So I give them my female perspective very honestly, because even when they don't want to hear it, I know they appreciate it because I'm the same way when they tell me something. So, you know, there's been situations where my male friends will mention things or say things, and I'm like, wait, what you did, what you said, what you responded to her, like, especially when it comes to their, like, you know, relationships. And like, you know, one of my best friends is engaged to be married. Like, there has been a lot of times where I've had to be like, yeah, I feel you. But like, I don't really feel you though, because as a woman, here's where that's coming from. And you're never going to see or understand this perspective, so I'm going to give it to you. And another thing too is I think, you know, when you hear that, there's a lot of people who will say, I mind my business. I don't get involved in my friends relationships. And to a certain extent I do, especially certain friends. But if it's a relationship that I feel like there is progression within, there's a chance for growth. You know, there's a chance. And especially if the person wants the information, that's where I insert it. And a lot of times it's like, as a man, even if you have the greatest relationship with your partner, with your wife, with your girlfriend, right? You may not hear things the way she needs you to hear it. You may not. And even if you hear it, like, I'm not talking about the physical act of hearing something. I'm talking about hearing to comprehend, understand, and have empathy or feel. A lot of times men don't do that, and women do the same thing. I learned from having male friends that women, we are horrible at really understanding our men. And really, I was gonna say taking care of our men, but I know the women listening to that are gonna be like, girl, what? Taking care Of a man. What? No, I mean, taking care of our men, as in not even nurturing. I think that naturally, as women, we nurture, but just, oh. Charlamagne's wife said the perfect thing to me one time. Being a. It's a safe space. Providing a safe space and being there and showing up for them just as people. A lot of times, I think women, we deal with men as the men we've. We've been programmed for them to be. We've never learned how to really take care of a man that is, you know, your man, right? Like a lot of us haven't. And even if we have by your mom, your whoever, you relearn and unlearn a lot of things because your man in your household is conducted completely different than what they're used to, right? And when I say that, I mean, like, I was having a conversation and one of the things she said to me, I was talking about, you know, some things, and I think, you know, me and BAE were. We were back and forth about something, a little argument. And the first thing she said to me was, but are you creating a safe space, though? And I had to think about it. And I'm like, yeah, you know, I think I am. And she's like, well, you thought about it. What was the hesitation? I was like, you know, I had to think about what a safe space is even supposed to look like and feel like. I know what I want my space, safe space to look like and feel like. But I'm not a man. I'm not dealing with the things that he deals with in the world every single day. So I had to really sit back and like, think about, like, you know, what are some of the things that are happening in his life right now? What are some of the things that he's dealing with on a day to day, you know, what am I hearing him talk about, complain about, or just where are the. The spaces that I feel like there's a void of, like, you need the support, or sometimes not even just support, like in action, but just like somebody there. And I think that's the biggest thing with having platonic male and female relationships. And I think that's what Cardi's speaking to. It's like as a woman, when I'm telling my guy friends, no, she needs you to pull up this way. No, here's what she meant by that. Her delivery might have been messed up, her delivery might have been overly emotional. She may be not appreciating you well, but here's where that's Stemming from it's not okay, but here's where that's coming from. Here's the best way to go about having a conversation about it so that it doesn't cause more issues. Easier said than done when it ain't your own situation. But I've been able to do that in real time, and it's helped. And I do think that you notice the difference in men, not even that have female, like, best friends, but just active female relationships in their life that are healthy. So, like, with their mother, with their sister, with their aunts, with their cousins, like, there's a big difference in men in how they protect women, how they listen to women, how they. And I think a lot of men, too, they're only. Like, women were only programmed, in my opinion, or I know at least I was only programmed to view a man a certain way, to view a man by what he can do, how much he can do it financially, physically, how much he can do, like, you know, around the house, that type of thing. And, like, just, you know, like, the leader of the household, like. But all those things have so much weight on them. I've never, ever been taught to look at a man like a human who has feelings, who may be weak, who may not, can't do, ever. I had to learn that. I'm still learning that a bit. Like, I'm still figuring that out and what that looks like for me in a relationship and how I continue to see the man as Superman even when he's vulnerable, and allowing him space, that safe space to be able to do that. But that comes from male friends. When I be seeing my male friends go through things with women, I be like, yo, does she not know you're, like, how dedicated to her you are, how much of a good man you are, how much you're trying? And when I see stuff like that, it makes me think about how I am on the other side as the woman dealing with a man. So those perspectives are important, in my opinion. Very important. Now, I will say I get a little weary with the whole bestie brother with that whole thing, because women be lying and men be full of shit. Okay? I'm not with all of the, like, sneaky. Like, I can't. I don't know. I can't get with that. I do think that as a woman, my whole thing is, is if you have female friends, I need to meet them. I need to be around them. Because one thing a woman knows is her man. I can tell. And I'll always ask, have y' all had Any type of relationship. Has there ever been any conversation, any flirtation, any. Even if physically you guys have never done anything, has there ever been anything? Because the minute I pick up on something and you done told me something different, it's a wrap. You can, there's so much you can tell by how people interact. This is men or women, by the advice that woman best friend is giving a man, by, you know, how they interact in person. There are so many different ways that you can pick up on certain things. So, so that's my whole thing. I just want to meet these people, be comfortable with the situation and you know, all the things. But once I'm comfortable and I know that this is platonic, I can trust it. I'm all for, you know, the female relationships, if they're healthy, if they add to like, you know, the growth and the progression of what you're trying to get to. Because I do think that men sometimes don't hear women fully and I think women don't hear men fully sometimes. So sometimes you need, you know, you need your allies in the room. You need allies anywhere you go. You need advocates anywhere you go. And sometimes that's, that's just what it is.
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Lauren LaRosa
Now real quick as we wrap up, I do want to give a shout out to the Emmys. I did a full Emmys recap this morning on the Breakfast Club and there was a lot that went down really quick. In case you missed it, Ms. Phylicia Rashad gave a amazing opening speech in memorial of Malcolm Jamal Warner. And this was not in the opening of the show. This was in the opening of the tribute segment. So at the, toward the end of the Grammys, she opened it up in the imagery of just, you know, Ms. Phylicia Rashad and Malcolm Jamal Warner standing behind her and the, and you know, the words she was sharing. And then it went into the full tribute for him and other people that the television and film industry have lost this year. Man, it was a good tribute. It really was. Now one of the things I didn't talk about on the Breakfast Club when it comes to the Emmys was the Boys and Girls Club initiative that they championed the whole night. Now, I'm not gonna lie at First I was like, this is tragic. Why do they got these kids here parading them around like, what is going on? Like, why are they doing this? And there were mixed reactions online. So Nate Barker. Is that how you say his name? Wow, that's so crazy. I said his name right here. When I said it earlier, I could not get that name right. Nate Bargetts, who is SNL alum comedian, hosted the 77th Emmy Awards this year in LA, right? So when Nate opens the show, he does, you know, his opening monologue. They do the SNL thing, and he comes on and he's like, look, I have a way to keep people's speeches short. So he begins to then tell us and what his way was. He says, I'll donate $100,000 to the boys and Girls Club at the end of the night if we can keep our speeches short. Now, granted, keeping speeches short at an award ceremony is what you want. I will tell y', all, I watch the Emmys. I watch. Anytime I'm gonna report on something, I wanna watch it as much as I can. I watched the Emmys last night. It was a very hard watch. And I don't mean because it was emotional. I mean, it was long, and it was boring as hell. I tried my hardest to, like, be into it. There were certain points that I got into, and there were certain points that I just. I could not get into right now. There was one part of this where, you know, Nate is talking about everything he's gonna do for the Boys and Girls Club. And the point was the speeches needed to be 45 seconds or less. Whenever the speech went over. He was going to deduct a thousand dollars from the money that he was donated to the Boys and Girls Club, which was cringy to me because I'm like, bro, you know, everybody goes over in their speeches at the Emmys or at any award show. Why are you going to taunt these kids like that? Like. Like, so you're just going to deduct money that they need right in front of their face. They also had JB Smooth there as a part of this initiative, who is Boys and Girls Club alum. He is on their, you know, hall of Fame Wall of Fame on their website as well. And JB Smooth was a part of, you know, just talking about what they were doing throughout the full night. So, you know, there were a few times where people were coming right under or they would notice that they were going over and they would stop. Like, there was one point where Seth Rogen got to, like, 39 seconds. And they had to stop. Like, people were being very conscious of it because they didn't want the money to be taken away. But by the end of the night, there was money missing. It was in the negative. But the good thing about this, though, was that cbs, at the end of the night, Nate ended up announcing that CBS was actually donating $100,000 to the boys and Girls Club, and then he personally put in $250,000 to the initiative as well. So they walked away with $350,000 donated to the Boys and Girls Club. I love anything that has a purpose behind it, especially Boys and Girls Club initiatives. I'm also a Boys and Girls Club, baby. We spent a lot of time there. You know, it's just things you need in your neighborhood. Like that, a place for kids to be where it's safe and they can, you know, commune and fellowship with other children. So. So shout out to the Emmys for that. Although I dang near fell asleep multiple times, I think Tina Fey was. Her part was good. I was on my way to sleep while watching it, and I heard Tina Fey say, the Beehive gonna be mad at her. And that brought me back. That one brought me back. Because, by the way, I feel like Beyonce or Kendrick Lamar deserved that award over SNL 50. I know SNL is a major institution. Developed a lot of talent, brought a lot of talent, but I'm gonna tell you right now, I don't think SNL50 was that good to win over the other two things that were in the running for, you know, Kendrick Lamar and Beyonce. Hot take here. Let me know how y' all feel. Take it to the streets in the tweets. You for the tweets. We outside. We outside. We outside in the tweets. Every other page are green, because I don't believe so. But Tina Fey kept me. She kept me alive. I woke back up when I saw that, and thank God I did, because then I got through the rest of the show, was able to see the350,000 pledge to the boys and Girls Club, wrapped it up, and was able to wake up this morning and talk about it. So God is good all the time and all the time. So if you don't know the end of that. Oh, y'. All. Sophie, go ahead, Sophie. Sophie got it. Okay. No other time. They're like, well, why are you supposed to. Sophie is white, so I didn't know if she would know, but she got it, though, all the time. God is good, y'. All. I'mma Wrap it up right here. This has been the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. At the end of the day, there's always a lot to talk about and y' all could be anywhere with anybody talking about it. But you guys choose to be right here with me, my low riders. I will see you in my next episode.
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Lauren LaRosa
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