The Breakfast Club BEST OF( Kevin Hart, Andrew Schultz, Donnell Rawlings Interviews)

Summary

The Breakfast Club "BEST OF": Interviews with Kevin Hart, Andrew Schulz, and Donnell Rawlings

Podcast: The Breakfast Club
Date: January 5, 2026
Hosts: DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God

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Episode Overview

This "Best of" episode from The Breakfast Club puts a spotlight on some of the most entertaining and insightful conversations with comedy giants Kevin Hart, Andrew Schulz, and Donnell Rawlings. Hosts DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, and Charlamagne Tha God guide listeners through frank discussions about comedy in the current cultural landscape, personal vulnerability, making it in show business, and navigating fame, all with honesty and the show’s trademark blend of humor and sharp commentary.

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1. Comedy, Vulnerability & The State of Stand-Up

Highlight Guests: Andrew Schulz, Kevin Hart

[08:23] Andrew Schulz on Cancel Culture and Comedy

• Schulz discusses the shift in comedy, explaining the fading power of "cancel culture":
  • Quote: “I think that the days of canceling are done… I think people kind of have a sense of humor now or they feel like less effective in their ability to cancel.” – Andrew Schulz [10:23]
• Reflects on the pressure from Hollywood to fit diversity and inclusion (DEI) narratives, joking about casting changes for identity reasons.
  • Quote: “They tried to gay me… they made my character gay… had nothing to do with the plot, it was just, ‘Too many white people on the show.’” – Andrew Schulz [11:00]

[15:08] Censorship’s Role in Comedy

• Schulz and the hosts agree that censorship forced comics to be sharper, but the pendulum’s swinging back towards authenticity and risk:
  • “You have to be naughty… If the joke is good, they'll let you rock with it even if they don't like the topic.” – Andrew Schulz [16:24]
• Charlamagne discusses how personal stories in Schulz’s comedy create a heavier, more meaningful impact.

[17:44] Talking About Infertility and IVF

• Schulz opens up about his and his wife’s public IVF journey:
  • “When I started talking about [IVF] on stage, man, the amount of people that would like come up to me and send me these DMs... you are talking to people who faced the reality they might never bring life into this world.” – Andrew Schulz [19:01]
• DJ Envy shares his own experience with IVF, relating stress and vulnerability’s role in fertility.

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2. Comedy & Fame: Staying Relevant, New Generations, and Respect

Highlights Guest: Kevin Hart

[33:16] Kevin Hart on “Number One on the Call Sheet”

• Hart discusses his new two-part documentary inspired by Jamie Foxx, examining the pressures and rewards of being "number one" on film sets.
  • Quote: “It started off as just the idea for men… then we were like, yo, it’s dope if you have it where… there’s a male version and then we go… tap into a female version as well and really just expand the conversation.” – Kevin Hart [33:21]

[34:42] Importance of The Road in Stand-Up

• Kevin Hart stresses that live stand-up is non-negotiable for him:
  • Quote: “Nothing takes the place of stand up comedy. I don’t give a what I’m doing or the level that I’m doing at. I will go and do comedy club.” – Kevin Hart [34:48]
• Addresses Damon Wayans' absence from live comedy due to oversensitivity, saying he refuses to let public opinion stop his passion.

[39:44] Mentoring The Next Generation

• Hart reveals that he mentors up-and-coming talents like Drewski and Kai Cenat, pushing them to understand the craft and history of comedy and film.

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3. Real Talk: Relationships, Co-Parenting, & Personal Struggles

Highlight Guest: Donnell Rawlings

[65:26] Donnell Rawlings on Co-Parenting & Therapy

• Donnell jokingly recounts trying—and failing—with a therapist’s advice for co-parenting:
  • Quote: “He gave me horrible advice… what would you do if you was doing a comedy show… wasn’t the audience… I had to fall back, regroup, speak a little slower… I tried that, and it still didn’t work.” – Donnell Rawlings [66:05]
• Shares the challenges and emotional complexity of raising his son as a co-parent, reflecting on how maturity shifted his perspective.

[71:32] Comedy, Truth, and Vulnerability

• On channeling personal life into stage routines, Donnell states:
  • “My life is gonna go on stage… I never would do or say anything to put [my son’s mother] in a bad light.” – Donnell Rawlings [69:35]
• Addresses the mix of appreciation and frustration at not being taken seriously due to being seen mainly as a comic.

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4. Sociopolitical Realness & Audience Reflections

Highlight Guest: Andrew Schulz

[21:25] The Trump Interview Fallout

• The team discusses the effect of a Trump podcast appearance, with Schulz insisting the media overstates the podcast’s influence:
  • Quote: “I don’t think that we had any impact on the election… America had decided… they were rejecting the current administration. They just didn’t like what was happening.” – Andrew Schulz [24:02]
• Schulz, a self-identified lifelong Democrat, calls for more energy and realness from Democrats, especially addressing issues like the cost of living.

[27:36] Comedy Across Cultures

• Discusses the difficulty and rewards of connecting with a diverse fanbase:
  • “I got the most diverse audience in comedy… my shows look like the UN. When you make fun of people based on things they’re proud of… they appreciate it.” – Andrew Schulz [27:38]

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5. The Comedy Industry: Competition, Ego, and Realities

Highlights: Kevin Hart & General Discussion

[54:40] Why No “Harlem Nights” for This Generation?

• Hart and the hosts observe that younger comedians’ rapid money and ego have made large, collaborative comic ensemble films rare:
  • Quote: “These new comics or influencers turned comics are making real money. Until you get to a point where you understand the money isn’t going to drive your next stage of success… you gotta tap in.” – Kevin Hart [55:59]

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Notable & Memorable Moments

• On being threatened over jokes:
  “Yeah, I got punched on stage… But I just wasn’t really funny enough back then.” – Andrew Schulz [14:31]
• Dealing with social media backlash:
  “I’m a partner to the NBA… The NBA has been a servicing aid to my career for over 15 years…” – Kevin Hart [45:18]
• Donnell’s infamous “Gay Force Ones” gift to the hosts:
  [74:19] – Laughter as Donnell gifts personalized sneakers mocking DJ Envy and Charlamagne.
• Open, frank debates on masculine stereotypes, sexuality in comedy, and authenticity.

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Key Timestamps

• Andrew Schulz on Cancel Culture and Comedy: [08:23]–[16:24]
• Infertility and IVF in Stand-Up: [17:44]–[21:25]
• Trump, Politics & Identity: [21:25]–[27:36]
• Kevin Hart: “Number One on the Call Sheet” & Mentoring: [33:16]–[41:32]
• Kevin Hart on Fame, The NBA, and Authenticity: [45:09]–[56:47]
• Donnell Rawlings: Co-Parenting, Therapy, and Respect: [65:26]–[76:33]
• Gifting “Gay Force Ones” and Inside Jokes: [74:19]–[75:57]

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Tone & Style

The episode is casual, rapid-fire, candid, and often irreverent—filled with inside humor, playful shade, and mutual respect. The hosts and guests don’t shy from messy truths or tough subjects, but always bring it back to camaraderie and laughter.

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For New Listeners

This episode is a microcosm of The Breakfast Club’s ability to bring out raw truth, vulnerability, and unfiltered takes from entertainment’s biggest personalities, all while keeping it entertaining. If you want a real sense of today’s comedy landscape, the ever-changing cultural conversation, and pure comedic chemistry, this is a can’t-miss listen.

Transcript

[Charlamagne tha God]

This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.

[DJ Envy]

Wake you up. Wake you up.

[Just Hilarious]

Wake that ass up.

[DJ Envy]

Program your Alarm to Power 105.1 on iHeartradio. Good morning, USA. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

[Donnell Rollins]

What's up, Jess?

[Jess Hilarious]

Larry Charlemagne, the guy.

[DJ Envy]

It's Monday.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's right. And it's all about comedians like Kevin Hart, Andrew Schultz and Donnell Rollins.

[DJ Envy]

Man, we had great conversations with all of last year. I don't even know. I feel like Kevin came to Breakfast Club a couple times last year and Donnell.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's right.

[Andrew Schulz]

Right.

[DJ Envy]

Am I tripping?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, definitely did it.

[DJ Envy]

Always a great time when they pull up.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's right. When I say when Donnell comes, somebody always cries. It's either him or us.

[DJ Envy]

One of us. I was talking to Donnell a couple of days ago and he was crying on my phone about something.

[Jess Hilarious]

Was he?

[DJ Envy]

I don't even remember what it was because you know Donnell, the type person to call you and be venting, and you just put the phone on speaker. Damn. And walk away and do something else.

[Jess Hilarious]

Come back and he's still crying.

[DJ Envy]

Somebody can call me when Donnell on the phone and I can click over and don't even tell him I'm clicking over. I just click over talk and come back and he'll still be talking. Jesus, what kind of friend are you?

[Jess Hilarious]

You don't listen to what he said.

[DJ Envy]

Some of it, but I get the gist of it. Donnell's a repeater. He repeats himself over and over, so.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, my God.

[DJ Envy]

He can repeat himself. I get there. I know what the context of the conversation is. Then I just come back and be like, that's crazy.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's crazy.

[Donnell Rollins]

Damn.

[DJ Envy]

For real.

[Jess Hilarious]

Let's get into those interviews. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Just Hilarious]

Good morning, Ray.

[Jess Hilarious]

Ray.

[Just Hilarious]

Ray. Yo, Charlamagne Envy.

[DJ Envy]

What up?

[Caller/Guest]

Are we live?

[Donnell Rollins]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Just Hilarious]

I got an indoor pool, a outdoor pool.

[Donnell Rollins]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Just Hilarious]

We can get on the phone right now. He'll tell you what it is. We live. Hello? Who's this?

[Donnell Rollins]

Hello?

[Jess Hilarious]

Hey, what's up?

[Caller/Guest]

Is this the Breakfast Club?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

This is Mike. Mike?

[Just Hilarious]

Mike.

[Caller/Guest]

He from Arizona.

[Jess Hilarious]

What's up, Mike?

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Mike?

[Caller/Guest]

Oh, my God. My butt, boy.

[DJ Envy]

We got your butt, boys.

[Jess Hilarious]

What's up, man?

[DJ Envy]

Yes, sir. How are you?

[Caller/Guest]

Yes, I'm great. I'm a huge fan. Just hilarious. I love You.

[Interviewer/Host]

I love you. Thank you.

[Caller/Guest]

Wait, what was that?

[Jess Hilarious]

Nothing, nothing.

[Caller/Guest]

But no, I'm just a big fan, and I just wanted to give my mom a shout out. Well, being proud of me because I just moved to Arizona to start my new life, and I hope I'm making her proud of everybody out there in Chicago, Indiana.

[DJ Envy]

What's your mom name?

[Caller/Guest]

Brenda Campbell.

[DJ Envy]

Shout out to Brenda Campbell. I know her.

[Jess Hilarious]

You know her?

[Caller/Guest]

No, he doesn't.

[DJ Envy]

I know Big B. Everybody know Big B. Oh, man.

[Caller/Guest]

Oh, no. But y' all are very inspiring. I'm about starting my new podcast home. But I appreciate y' all for doing everything that y' all do every morning.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay.

[Caller/Guest]

Even though.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you.

[Caller/Guest]

Man's a little overboard with the gayness, but, you know, that's my boy.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's your boy, boy.

[DJ Envy]

All right.

[Jess Hilarious]

You have a good one, man.

[DJ Envy]

Y' all want me to be gay so bad.

[Jess Hilarious]

Use you. Hello? Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah, good morning. This your boy, Prince?

[Jess Hilarious]

Prince. What up, bro? Get it off your chest.

[Caller/Guest]

Ain't up, man.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Caller/Guest]

Breakfast Club Family Charlemagne, Jesse and DJ Envy.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, man.

[Caller/Guest]

I got a question for you, Envy.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, sir.

[Caller/Guest]

Your trip to China.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yes.

[Caller/Guest]

You said it's very clean over there, right?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, it was very clean. Absolutely.

[Caller/Guest]

I've heard different. And I was like, is he sure he's not talking about Japan? Because I know Japan is very clean, sir.

[Jess Hilarious]

I went to Makai, China, yo. I went to go see two basketball.

[Andrew Schulz]

Games, and a dj like, you gonna.

[Interviewer/Host]

Get the location wrong.

[Jess Hilarious]

It was very clean, sir.

[DJ Envy]

It wasn't Japan, by the way. China's a big place. Like, you might like. There might be parts of China that are dirty.

[Jess Hilarious]

We landed in Hong Kong and drove to Makai, China, which was about a 35, 40 minute drive. And when I was walking through the city, which I did, because, you know, Ben's had me walking around checking out the actual city, the country.

[DJ Envy]

Ben's look eight feet tall over there, by the way.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, you don't understand. They were running up to her, taking pictures because they thought she was a wnba.

[DJ Envy]

Look like transportation. I'm surprised them Chinese people didn't try to ride her feet somewhere.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, my goodness. That's actually a really good one. That's crazy, though.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, But Makai, China, which is like the Vegas of China, where they have all the casinos, is actually bigger than Vegas, and it's crazy. But no, that was very clean, sir, but.

[DJ Envy]

Well, that's.

[Caller/Guest]

That's cool because the Japanese people, I heard they're very particular. They like everything in the. In the right place, you know, it's got to just be perfect. And China, I know, is a little different, but.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, no, I've been in Japan too, but this was my first time in China. They're both pretty clean, but China was. Was definitely like. I couldn't even find a cigarette butt on the floor. Like, it was that they had people walking around with like.

[DJ Envy]

Nast. Freaky.

[Jess Hilarious]

Because people smoke. And when you. Like when you walk, you see the cigarette butts on the floor.

[Just Hilarious]

You little Power Ranger cigarette butt.

[Donnell Rollins]

Oh, my good.

[Jess Hilarious]

Goodbye, sir.

[Just Hilarious]

You know what, man, I'm glad.

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, hey, real quick. I just want to say I'm on my way to work and I'm 15 minutes late, just like Justin Charlemagne, first of all.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay, thank you, sir. All I can say is, damn, boy.

[DJ Envy]

No, it's him. I don't know what he talking about.

[Jess Hilarious]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Donnell Rollins]

This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed.

[Andrew Schulz]

800 585.

[Jess Hilarious]

1051.

[Donnell Rollins]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hello?

[DJ Envy]

Who's this?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, it's Tony gaines from Anderson, South Carolina. 864.

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Tony?

[Jess Hilarious]

Get it off your chest, Tony.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah, all right. Anyway, I wanna. I went back and I watched the Dave Dash interview you guys had, and he made a comment about how gossip is something females do and stuff like that the Charlemagne insulted. So I want to ask Jess. Hilarious. And Lauren is there to her opinion as well. Like, what do y' all think about that? Like, do y' all think that's messed up that men associate gossip with being negative and that it's only something that women do when we all know that dudes like pillow talk and dirty back and stuff like that too.

[Interviewer/Host]

I don't think gossip is only for women.

[Just Hilarious]

I mean, it depends on what you're doing.

[Interviewer/Host]

You know what I'm saying? But I don't. Everybody tell each other business. Everybody.

[Just Hilarious]

You know, whether you do it online, whether you do it in the privacy of your home, with your friends, in a group chat with your guys, whatever. I don't really think it's.

[Interviewer/Host]

It's a feminine trait. Whatever. You got something to talk about, you.

[Just Hilarious]

Got somebody to talk about it too. Go ahead. Don't matter to me.

[Caller/Guest]

And a shout out to you, Charlemagne. I appreciate your podcast with a brilliant this good and shout out to you DJ Envy for all you do to your community and stuff like that. You guys take care.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you. Why do men act like we don't gossip? Everybody loves some good gossip. Yes, everybody loves some little debit tea, man. Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hello? Who's this? What's up, Trav?

[Just Hilarious]

What's up, baby?

[Caller/Guest]

I'm doing good. What's up, Charlemagne?

[DJ Envy]

Peace, sis. You clean that booty blood off your sneakers yet? Oh, my.

[Caller/Guest]

You know, so crazy, I'm actually going into surgery today, man. Y', all, he had cut a sending in my hand, so I can't move my pinky. So, yeah, each other, like, you know, put a little prayers up. They put me to sleep later.

[DJ Envy]

Somebody did what with they pinky? What you say now?

[Just Hilarious]

No, he said so when he cut me, he.

[Caller/Guest]

When he cut it through my hand. He cut my tendon. They. They got to go in and repair my tendon.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Okay, okay.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Interviewer/Host]

I bet you'll never hang with that friend again, Lord.

[Caller/Guest]

I mean, it wasn't really her for all her fault, so I can't really, like, you know, put it on her. I can't really put it on her. Everything protecting her for.

[DJ Envy]

Well, I hope the doctor don't got to go too deep in your tendon, man.

[Andrew Schulz]

Wow.

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, hey, man, I hope not either. They got going to repair it, though, you know.

[Just Hilarious]

Let's.

[Caller/Guest]

Busted.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Jess Hilarious]

Jesus.

[Interviewer/Host]

Yo, Travis. Crazy, y'.

[Andrew Schulz]

All.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

[Caller/Guest]

You know, I mean, put a little prayers up for your boy, man.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, sir. All right.

[Jess Hilarious]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRosa is here, and we got a special guest in the building.

[DJ Envy]

Hello, Kai Walker.

[Andrew Schulz]

Hello, everybody.

[Jess Hilarious]

Andrew Shells, ladies and gentlemen.

[DJ Envy]

Welcome.

[Andrew Schulz]

How's it going?

[Jess Hilarious]

How you feeling?

[Andrew Schulz]

I feel good, man. I want to talk, man, you had all of us thinking that that poor girl's family died. The Portia Williams. I was terrifying. He's looking at this note, and then I see her looking at the note, and then I'm like, damn, somebody died. And the only thing I'm thinking is, is she gonna stop the interview? You know what I mean? Like, there's this moment where you're like, does she care so much about fame? She's like, well, they're already dead. They ain't gonna be born.

[DJ Envy]

It wasn't a death.

[Charlamagne tha God]

She started to get teary eyed. And the way she looked at her sister, I thought somebody Died, too. And yeah, all I was thinking is, we are getting exclusive.

[DJ Envy]

She worse than me.

[Just Hilarious]

I'm just trying to get a laugh. I'm just trying to get a laugh.

[Charlamagne tha God]

This is a major exclusive right here.

[DJ Envy]

You know, it's funny, when Schultz walked in, Schultz looked at that couch and he was like, yo, that's the whole couch.

[Andrew Schulz]

Big Dick said, I didn't know the section.

[Just Hilarious]

He said, big Dick.

[Andrew Schulz]

Now the couch is the. I mean, I remember we were on Brilliant Idiots and we first saw that and yo. Oh, my God. And I don't know, Charlemagne said. Said, why is she calling a lift? She should, you know, she.

[DJ Envy]

Why don't she call it?

[Andrew Schulz]

Why did she call a forklift?

[DJ Envy]

And she lifted a fork. Enough.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

And then she came on. It was really funny. Like I was watching the episode. And she's quite endearing. She's just like a really, really endearing voice. But when you guys moved the couch up and I walked in, I was like, oh, that's the famous couch. And I didn't know that there are three pieces.

[Just Hilarious]

So I thought you only one part.

[Andrew Schulz]

Semicircle out.

[Jess Hilarious]

You know, we pulled the whole thing up.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah. I was like, she filled that thing out. There's no way she's making it to a Honda Civic. Like, there's no way she said she.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Could get in a PT Cruiser.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah. I don't know. Yeah, maybe. Well, God bless her.

[Jess Hilarious]

I wanted to know, you know, with this day and age with comedy.

[DJ Envy]

Right. Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

We recently seen Damon Wayne said he's not going back out on the road because they will cancel you for everything. But you are somebody that don't give a F what you say, what people think.

[Just Hilarious]

And why is that?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, I don't know. That's a good. That's a good. I don't know why. I don't really care. But I. I think that the days of canceling are done. Like, I think. I think it's changed. I think that kind of like pendulum is swung and I think people kind of have a sense of humor now or they feel like less effective in their. Their ability to cancel.

[DJ Envy]

I think you don't care because you threw what could have been a Hail Mary or it could have been a well coordinated play. It turned out to be a well coordinated play because when Hollywood. There was a period. And I remember this vividly. I remember one time Andrew comes in the studio and Andrew, his agent told him that Hollywood does not want white straight.

[Andrew Schulz]

No, they. They tried to gay me.

[Jess Hilarious]

White straight, male.

[DJ Envy]

So they wanted to.

[Andrew Schulz]

Gave me.

[DJ Envy]

They Gave you?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, they gave me.

[Jess Hilarious]

Tell me every day with me.

[Charlamagne tha God]

They wanted you to try dating me.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, they tried?

[Andrew Schulz]

No, no, they gave me, and they made my character gay. I remember the guy who. It was his show. He put me in the show. Paul Reiser. Remember Paul Reiser?

[DJ Envy]

No.

[Andrew Schulz]

He. I mean, he was making a million dollars an episode on his show on sitcom back in the day, and we were doing the show. I think it ended up on Hulu. And he called me. He's like, listen, man, you know, there's a lot of white people on the show. It took place in the 70s. It was about the Johnny Carson show. He's like, two weeks before he started filming, he's like, hey, man, we got to make your character gay. So I was. He was like, how. I was like, how gay? And he's. He's. I was like, why do we have to make it gay? He's like, ah, you know, it's just a lot of white people on the shows. We got to find a way to mix it up. They made one guy crippled. That was the most hilarious.

[DJ Envy]

That's DEI too, though.

[Andrew Schulz]

I know, but it was like, they couldn't make us all gay, so, like, one guy got to be crippled.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

And I was like, why don't you ask? I'd rather be limping around this than. But you know what I mean?

[Just Hilarious]

So.

[DJ Envy]

And that's funny, though. You get buck and you. The blood.

[Caller/Guest]

So.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So cute. We're here, guys.

[DJ Envy]

So.

[Andrew Schulz]

So, yeah, so they. They made it. It was crazy. Like, I had to change one of the script.

[Just Hilarious]

It was two.

[Andrew Schulz]

One of the guy. It got too gay.

[Jess Hilarious]

They wanted you to kiss somebody.

[Just Hilarious]

They want me to get gang.

[DJ Envy]

They.

[Andrew Schulz]

They had. So they had, like, this one script. I got it on the day. They're like, yeah, it'd be really funny if you were, like, walking into this room, there's three guys behind you. And I was like, man, let me tell you what's not going to happen.

[DJ Envy]

All right?

[Andrew Schulz]

Y' all taking this di too far. It was. And it was like, in the 70s or, like, it was like AIDS, you know what I mean? Like, there was no protection for that. Like, and now we got three different guys following me into a bedroom.

[DJ Envy]

So that was in the.

[Andrew Schulz]

I was in the script, and I was like, I ain't doing that. I was like, I don't think. I don't think my guy would do that.

[Jess Hilarious]

So what did you do?

[Andrew Schulz]

There's a scene where apparently.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

Like, my hands are on the wall. Okay. And then, like, Johnny Carson show that was the Johnny.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

But nothing. I don't do anything. But the audience is gay for thinking about it.

[Just Hilarious]

Y' all are gay.

[DJ Envy]

Not me.

[Andrew Schulz]

I just had my hands on the wall.

[DJ Envy]

But all I was simply saying was there was a point where Andrew was like, look, I'm gonna go out on my own terms. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? So if everybody's going this way, I'm. I'm gonna make the kind of comedy I want to make. And if it works, it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't. But it ended up working.

[Andrew Schulz]

I did.

[Donnell Rollins]

I did.

[Andrew Schulz]

My thing was, it's like I saw a lot of people kind of watering down that for what the TV networks were putting on. I got empathy for the people that work at the networks too. Like, you got a kid who's in private school, you want to build a pool at your house or whatever. You're not trying to lose your job. Because I want to make some crazy joke, so. But it felt watered down. I didn't want to change the comedy, so I was like, where can I put out the comedy? And honestly, like having the pod with charlamagne and we're putting out like brilliant idiot stuff and we're saying crazy jokes and like people really seem to like it. And I was like, I think there's an appetite for this online. I saw your guy success, like just seeing your guys show kill it on YouTube, it just kind of reminded me like, people are consuming stuff on YouTube. They're consuming high quality content.

[Just Hilarious]

Long form.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yo. What if we just started putting stand up out there? And I think knowing that there was this place for it made me feel way more confident. I didn't really care if it was like on a network. I just wanted to do the comedy I want to do.

[Jess Hilarious]

And you pissed a lot of people off. You ever got threatened?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Does he.

[Andrew Schulz]

Diddy?

[Jess Hilarious]

I was thinking Diddy, but I was asking, have you got threatened to a point where you was like, I gotta chill out because you go, anybody.

[Andrew Schulz]

Anyhow, I got. I got punched on stage. I used to get thrown to me fight. Not, I mean, box. Yeah, I used to box. Like, I wasn't like. But I'm not like some like trying to fight everybody. Tough guy at all.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But box and do Pilates.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, there you go.

[Just Hilarious]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

If we're organized and we're in a ring, I'll probably you up. If we're on the street, I'm like, I don't really want to go do that. But yeah, yeah, I used to go through that kind of stuff all the time, but I just wasn't really funny enough back then. That's the way, you know, like, you, you have the ideas, you just don't got the skills to execute it. It's not silly enough yet. And then eventually I think you could develop the skills and then you could say even wilder jokes, but in a way where people find it kind of funny.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You talked about the censorship era being good for comedy because it set, like, certain boundaries. Like what not to say, whatever.

[Andrew Schulz]

You got to be naughty.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, but, but so having those boundaries and then you saying you look back at your old tape, you weren't as funny, so you had to develop. So you have, like, there's a whole system behind you of like, like you sit and watch your highlight tapes and you use all of that.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, censorship. Like, in a weird way, I, I don't believe in censorship, but the fact that it exists makes you have to be sharper. We're in the era of you could say anything right now and commie will probably get a little bit more like absurdist and irreverent because you could say anything. So there's nothing that's like, too edgy. Does that make sense?

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

So now comedy usually gets, like, a little, like, weird and out there, you know, like, remember, Remember Zach Galifianakis? Remember him?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I used to love him.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, no, Zach's great. Like that type of comedy where it's not like, here's political take, but it's more like he's a character and it's a little weird. That type of comedy gets popular when you could say anything. And then when censorship comes back, usually the guys like a Chris Rock, I mean, just these like, historic figures.

[DJ Envy]

But that's why I think well crafted, just. That's why the Life special is actually special. Because well crafted jokes have to make a comeback now because we live in a world where everybody just says any old wild. Yeah, but what's the. What's the joke? How are you packaging?

[Andrew Schulz]

I agree.

[DJ Envy]

You know, I mean.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yes. Yeah. And people will give you that liberty. Like, if, if it's good, if the joke is good, they'll let you rock with it. Even if they don't like the topic or even the opinion. They, you know, they're. They're like, okay, I know what you're trying to say. Also, the life one is just like, so personal and it's so vulnerable. I think I get a little leeway with the other.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I had to watch it twice? No, I don't, like, celebrate it, but. Okay, so the first time I watched it, maybe because it was so personal. Like, I was like, okay, where's the. Like, I wasn't laughing at everything.

[Jess Hilarious]

Really?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But it was because I was trying to follow the story, and I'm like, wait, like, low key.

[Just Hilarious]

You.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Like, that was. That had to be tough for you.

[Interviewer/Host]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

And then I went back again, and I watched it, and it was funny, and I was like, okay. But I'm like, I don't know why I had. I've never had to do that. I brought that up because I'm wondering, like, is there. Is that on purpose?

[Andrew Schulz]

Well, there's a. There's an interesting thing that, like, so the beginning of the special, I say we had the baby specifically for that reason, is that I felt like the audience would be too concerned and distraught. So if you paid attention to the beginning, you might have felt better.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Well, I did hear that in the beginning, and I watched you and. Brilliant idiots. I know you had the baby, but I think it just. It felt so heavy because you don't necessarily hear it meant. And you talked about this in a special then talking about, okay, we couldn't have the baby because it was my fault. Like, you know what I mean? Like, and I'm like, he's laughing and joking. But, like, as a man, that probably. It probably still strokes your ego a little bit when you talk about it.

[Andrew Schulz]

Honestly. No, like, it's. It's weird.

[DJ Envy]

It.

[Andrew Schulz]

At first, I dealt with it, right? Like, so my sperm. My sperm doesn't swim. That's, like, the issue that I talk in the.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I heard the. The joke that Taylor dropped, too.

[Andrew Schulz]

What? Yo, Taylor killed me. She said, yeah, because we. I beat her in a race. And then I was saying something to her. She was like, yeah, I run faster than your sperm. Yeah, it was bad.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I remember that.

[DJ Envy]

And nobody knew it knew at the time what he was dealing with.

[Andrew Schulz]

The people online didn't know.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But, yes, I remember that, too. But go ahead.

[Donnell Rollins]

So it was like, that's a tough room over there.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, no.

[Just Hilarious]

It was brutal.

[Andrew Schulz]

But the joke was fantastic. Like, you got to keep it in. So. Yeah. So it's like when. When I thought it was my wife's fault, which is what every guy thinks that's going through. Fertility is. I felt uncomfortable talking about on stage because that's, like, her very deep personal business. And a lot of women feel incredibly insecure.

[Caller/Guest]

Right.

[Andrew Schulz]

About that. Right. It makes them feel less of a woman, et cetera.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Right.

[Andrew Schulz]

Once I found out it was my fault, immediately after that I actually want to like beat the system. I was like no, I think I could do it anyway. Like I got like really competitive and then every time that we would try my and it didn't work, my wife would like cry. And I felt like it was really selfish if we just didn't go through this other process. Second we went with the other process. I felt really comfortable talking about it on stage. Like actually once I found out it was me, I felt comfortable talking about the stage because it wasn't like my wife's issue and I'm like exposing her like deep dark secrets.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Right.

[Andrew Schulz]

And when I started talking about on stage, man, the amount of people that would like come up to me and send me these dms, like these beautiful things about like what they're going through. And I've actually IVF and like eventually having kids. Like when you talk to IVF couples you are, are talking to the people that face the reality they might never bring life into this world. And then by the grace of God were able to see this thing that they've cherished and maybe we're trying to make for years. So you have the most gratitude for your child.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's a tight knit community. Like most people don't necessarily realize like you know, I got six kids so the first four bang em out.

[Andrew Schulz]

God damn.

[Jess Hilarious]

We were trying to have the fifth one.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

And we couldn't get pregnant so we tried ivf.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh really?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, we tried ivf. Paid for it because insurance didn't cover it was expensive as a mother effort.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

To the point where when we had the powerhouse concerts up here, I would have to give my wife the shot because you have to give her a shot at a certain time and you gotta make it.

[Andrew Schulz]

It's like a cocktail. Yes.

[Jess Hilarious]

I had to make it at home.

[Andrew Schulz]

They'Re giving you syringes.

[Jess Hilarious]

So in the middle of the concert I'm in the back doing the sh, this, that and the other and it still didn't work. So we was like effort. We, we took it as well. Maybe God said four is enough Y.

[DJ Envy]

But at least you had four. Imagine the ones that have zero. But it's just got one. You.

[Andrew Schulz]

It happened.

[Jess Hilarious]

It happened, bro. Naturally. Which was the craziest thing ever.

[Andrew Schulz]

Sometimes it's the stress. Like I know it's the most. It's the dumbest thing. And you guys probably, I mean you know about this just because all the mental health stuff you do but like the way that your brain can Play tricks on your body that you got. You put so much pressure on, like, having a kid, and your body reacts negatively like that. Like, there's a lot of people who try ivf. It works. And then the next kid they have naturally, and it's just your body goes, all right, it's kid time. Like, now you're not so stressed. You got one, and that might be it. You guys went, all right. You know, if we're supposed to have four, that's what we're supposed to have said.

[Jess Hilarious]

No more. Forget it. Don't worry.

[Andrew Schulz]

And then you stop trying and immediately, bang.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm glad you spoke about it, because so many people dealing with it, like we talk about it in the book, that when you do it, so many people hit you, you'll be surprised and shocked.

[Andrew Schulz]

It's the last taboo thing. And people are feel so insecure about it because you don't want your partner to be embarrassed. So, like, I'm telling you, it was easier that it was me if it was my wife's ovaries. I don't think I'd ever talk about it.

[Jess Hilarious]

Right.

[Andrew Schulz]

Because it could be humiliating for women, for dudes. Yes. Humiliating for me. But, like, as a comedian, I think I'm a little, like, I find the joy in that humiliation funny in anything.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's just.

[Andrew Schulz]

It's easy for me to deal with. But I'll tell you, after. After talking about and seeing all the other people going through it, it's like, yeah, that's why, honestly, when we had Trump on, there was, like, three things that I want to ask him, and one of them, I wanted him to say publicly that he would. He would protect ivf.

[Jess Hilarious]

So let's talk about that.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

How did you meet Trump? How did y' all get to, like.

[DJ Envy]

How are y' all together?

[Andrew Schulz]

They reached out and they were like, do you want to have them on? And we're like, yeah, we want to do in the studio. And then they were like, ah, we can't do it. And the studio, like, you know, Charlie knows. It's like, it's a. You guaranteed assassination. It's like windows everywhere. It's like, I don't even know why we were trying. Like, you walk right out the elevator, it's windows everywhere.

[Just Hilarious]

But. But.

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Andrew Schulz]

Like, you know, I hope that doesn't happen, but, you know, but we were really pushing for that. And then. And then when we did the pod. Yeah. I, like, spoke to his kid for a while before, and I spoke to Dana White.

[DJ Envy]

Which one?

[Andrew Schulz]

Junior. Okay. And I Was like, yeah, just tell me some stories. And, like, I just kind of wanted to.

[Charlamagne tha God]

The party. You talked about the party.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, yeah. So he told me about that one. He told me. Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

There's a part I didn't say on the interview, but because I said he just went up to the roof and kicked everybody out. But, like, what Junior told me is he was in his underwear. So, like, just imagining.

[Charlamagne tha God]

For the people who haven't seen the interview, Schultz in the group, they talk about Donald Trump Jr. Had, like, a huge, crazy party. Yeah. And then they had to throw everybody out because Trump found out about the party.

[Andrew Schulz]

Well, yeah, he wasn't supposed to be back.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, he was supposed to be back. It was kind of like something on, like, a movie. My dad comes home. But he, like, never mentions it.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne tha God]

So Trump Jr. Is like, almost like it didn't happen.

[Andrew Schulz]

Exactly.

[Charlamagne tha God]

They know he was in his underwear. So that party got real crazy.

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

That was the first time he addressed it. It in like, 40 years or something like that. He never addressed it with his kid.

[DJ Envy]

You know, there's a guy in this room, a young black male, who said he watched Trump on flagrant. He goes, yo, that flagrant interview is going to get Trump elected.

[Andrew Schulz]

That guy that you're talking about, he's been maggot for a while.

[DJ Envy]

I just want to let y' all.

[Andrew Schulz]

Know he was waiting for that moment.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I felt the same way. That was the first time I looked at him as, like, a person. I was like, why am I like. I was like, oh, my God, he's a granddad. He cares about his kids. Like, but it was like, y' all made him. He was having a good time.

[DJ Envy]

It's Schultz's fault.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, it's my fault.

[Jess Hilarious]

That and the commercial where another young black guy in this room did a commercial that Trump used and played over.

[Andrew Schulz]

I met the guy who made that commercial.

[Jess Hilarious]

And over again.

[DJ Envy]

You met him. What do you say?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah. He was like, hey, thanks. Charlamagne really helped us out with that one. I mean, that commercial was unpleasant, believable. It'd be really crazy that the election was decided in this room right now.

[DJ Envy]

We only get enough credit.

[Charlamagne tha God]

But do you get that response from people, though, like, yo, y' all humanized somebody that, like, we lowkey.

[Just Hilarious]

Even.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Even when he got shot, I felt like people were like, oh, we don't want that to happen.

[Andrew Schulz]

But so what I say to people, and I have, like, a way more humble take than I think most. Like, I don't think that we had any impact on the election, I don't think any of the podcasts, like, I think that America, I think what America had decided is a lot of America weren't voting for Trump. They were rejecting the current administration. They just didn't like what was happening. And I think the way that the current administration was campaigning, they're basically kind of saying, hey, everything's good. We're going to kind of keep doing this. I think a lot of Americans were like, I don't really feel like it's good, so I'm going to go for anything but this. But I think the idea of Trump is always. He's a populist. So if you vote for him, it means you love him and you're obsessed with him and you're mag until you die.

[Just Hilarious]

Where I think a lot of it.

[Andrew Schulz]

Is really just rejection. In the same way that when people voted for Biden, they really vote for Biden. They voted against the chaos of Trump.

[Jess Hilarious]

Now, what do you think about everything Trump is doing now?

[Andrew Schulz]

Well, what specifically?

[Jess Hilarious]

There's a whole lot. I mean, there's so many orders between.

[Andrew Schulz]

Oh, I love that.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I saw that on Joe Rogan. Right.

[Andrew Schulz]

I think it was Megyn Kelly.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Okay.

[Andrew Schulz]

But, yeah, I love the. Yeah, the Gulf of America. I mean, it's. It's North America, Central America, South America. Why we call it the Gulf of Mexico? It should feel like the Gulf of America. It's not the Gulf of North America. It's just the Gulf of America. But again, what I like is just like, I like saying audacious. I'm an American. Like, Americans in general, like, in our DNA, we're like, we like risk takers, and we like people who are brave. And I think that's, like, the tricky thing for Democrats right now. And keep in mind, I'm like a lifelong Democrat. I grew up in an arts family. Both my parents were dance teachers. Like, I live in New York City my whole life. So what I need is some energy on the Democratic side. We talk about this all the time, is I need some, like, talk. I need some bodacious talk. And I think the thing that really Americans care about right now is that things are expensive. And I think Democrats need their build the wall and whatever that is. It has to tap into what people are struggling with right now. So if it's.

[DJ Envy]

They first have to build a team.

[Andrew Schulz]

Well, exactly. But, yo, it could just be one outsider. Like. Like, I think it's dollar eggs. Like, eggs are a dollar. I think you just start saying, like, that it doesn't matter if you don't know how to do it, but you start saying something that's going people, and that's the only way. And I think that if they make it a class issue, they win this election pretty easily come the next election. But they're afraid to do that because a lot of them are in the pockets of the billionaire class and the corporations. So they make it about identity politics.

[Just Hilarious]

They.

[Andrew Schulz]

It's all these people that go to, like, Harvard and Yale that, like, pretend to give a about you guys. They don't actually give a about you guys, but they get patted on the back for pretending to do it. And now they're in this situation where the rest of America is like, I can't afford eggs, so I can't really care about the bathroom. Like, I don't give a about who goes in the bathroom because I need to buy eggs until I could buy eggs. I don't worry about the bathroom. So you got to start addressing people where their problems are.

[DJ Envy]

You like Java Crockett, though?

[Andrew Schulz]

I love that girl. But, like, that's the type of language that I want to start. I want. I want people to start using. Like when she said, you're Putin's hoe, I don't agree with that sentiment, actually.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Every sound bite from her that night.

[Just Hilarious]

But I like that.

[Andrew Schulz]

I like the energy. Because what people like about Trump, despite him being, like, a billionaire who got money from his dad. Right. He doesn't talk like them. He talks like me and you. The Indian journalist is asking him a question. Dibble dabble, dibble dabble. And then all of a sudden, dibble dabble, dibble, dabble. And then he goes, I don't know what the hell that guy just said. That to me is the most relatable thing I've ever seen in my entire life. I go, yeah, that's what I would have said. That's what he would have said. That's what you would have said. If we were just hanging around in the corner talking.

[Jess Hilarious]

I want to ask, too, because you talk about walking the line.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

You walk a dope line because you have. Have white fan base and black fan base.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Is that difficult for you?

[Andrew Schulz]

Well, I said, I got your most.

[Jess Hilarious]

Your jokes go everywhere with it.

[Andrew Schulz]

I got the most diverse audience in comedy. It's not even close. Like, it's just, like, you come to my show, looks like the U.N. so it's like, my experience in my life. I'm a pretty curious guy. So, like, if I find out something about your culture, where you're from, Whatever. I like talking about it and I'm gonna make jokes about just because that's my way of communicating the world. What I found is, is like when you make fun of people based on things that they're proud of or they haven't realized about themselves, they don't feel offended. They feel kind of seen, they feel noticed and they appreciate it. So all these different groups will start coming out to shows, you know, and I was like, oh, this is really cool. And when you ever, whenever it comes out to the show, we all kind of submit to this idea. Like, everybody's gonna be made fun of. We are gonna laugh at each other, we're gonna laugh at ourselves. And it's a cool little beautiful thing. So to me, it's never been like, like black people found out about me before white people. Like, I'm doing brilliant AIDS with him. Like guy code. To be honest, black people were on way before white people. I mean, eventually towards the end seasons of I think it like just crossed over. But early on MTV2 was more like hip hop related.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Andrew Schulz]

And then I think it was the Rogan Rogan. I think white people started to find me and then like, you know, Indians found me. Obviously I do the pot with Akash, but also some stand up clips that would go viral out there. Albanians would see me from some clip and like all these different groups would come out. Yeah, it's my favorite thing of looking out in the audience. But I used to go to comedy clubs when I was on tour and the. The owners would be like, because it'd be all black people for the weekend. They would think I was like, Gary Owen or something like that.

[DJ Envy]

They were like, what the is going on? Gary never called you. Like, man, what's the secret, man?

[Andrew Schulz]

How do you get white people to. I got black people, dad.

[Just Hilarious]

How do I get white people?

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

I do also want to ask, do you still want to make love to Kendrick Lamar?

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, God.

[Andrew Schulz]

I mean, like, honestly, it's hard to say no to that.

[Jess Hilarious]

You find him attractive?

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, man.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Did you see him in them Celine jeans? Them jeans?

[Andrew Schulz]

When I saw those jeans, I was.

[DJ Envy]

Like, boom bop bing bop, boom bop bow. You gotta stop.

[Just Hilarious]

Stop.

[DJ Envy]

Put it up. Stop. Why'd you even ask him that?

[Andrew Schulz]

Racism. So fast. I'm just saying he's little. Like, I hate having to explain jokes. He's itty bitty. So why is he telling? He's gonna kill my friends. The biggest thing about this whole, that nobody. I didn't even care that he said this about, like like me not saying jokes like that to me is like a million people said not say jokes. The next line, where he goes. And to the N words that coon and the N words being groomed slide on both of them. What does slide mean to y'?

[Just Hilarious]

All?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Take you out.

[Andrew Schulz]

But that's because, I mean, ain't no explaining here. If you say, kill my friends, everything after that is fine. You took it there. If you say kill my friends, because a lot of people thought that was Charlemagne and Alex Media. So if you go the next line, you tell your fans to kill my friends, you getting made love to.

[DJ Envy]

Listen, I appreciate my friend trying to stick up for me, but I don't think he was talking about us. I don't think it's about.

[Andrew Schulz]

But how are we supposed to know.

[DJ Envy]

How we know he wasn't talking about Gary Owens? That's.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's a good point. We don't know.

[DJ Envy]

Gary was the first person to jump out.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm not about to.

[DJ Envy]

Gary was the first person.

[Charlamagne tha God]

We knew exactly what he was talking about. Because I heard and I knew exactly what he said.

[DJ Envy]

I didn't think it was.

[Andrew Schulz]

I didn't think it was me. I was like, why are we talking about me?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Because of the. And giggles and all the laughs.

[DJ Envy]

I thought he was talking about Matt, right?

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, Maybe he was talking about Matt.

[Just Hilarious]

Kept saying he.

[Andrew Schulz]

He was talking about me. And I was like, wait a minute. If he's talking about me and is he telling people to kill my friends? Well, I gotta do something about this.

[DJ Envy]

I gotta do something.

[Andrew Schulz]

I gotta do something.

[DJ Envy]

Like, I'm not a tough guy, you.

[Andrew Schulz]

Know, I'm a certified lover boy.

[DJ Envy]

It's Lucy Kendrick. Cause Kendrick does what he wants to do, and he gets rewarded for it.

[Andrew Schulz]

Like, you can do that. This whole thing got blown out of proportion. Like, honestly, I think he's, like, obviously a prolific rapper, and I have a lot of respect for anybody that puts something out for judgment. I think there are a lot of people who, like, they just make reaction. Content. Right. So they don't really know what it's like to, like, create a piece of art and put it out there in the world and let the world judge it.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You have to deal with that.

[Andrew Schulz]

That takes balls. And I admire people that have balls.

[Jess Hilarious]

Balls.

[DJ Envy]

Trump's trans executive orders. What'd he do? His executive orders. He got rid of trans.

[Andrew Schulz]

He got rid of trans woman.

[DJ Envy]

What Women.

[Andrew Schulz]

They not around anymore.

[DJ Envy]

Man and woman.

[Andrew Schulz]

But that is how it is, though.

[Just Hilarious]

Isn't that how it is every day, sunshine?

[Charlamagne tha God]

But the sun still come up.

[Andrew Schulz]

Well, here's the thing. I think there are trans people.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, there, there are, but. Yeah, Trump doesn't recognize him.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah, but that he's allowed to, like, you can't force me to recognize him.

[DJ Envy]

He's allowed to not believe. But that don't mean that it's not true.

[Andrew Schulz]

I was watching Squid game. If they didn't have the numbers, I don't know if I'm recognizing what. You know what I mean? Like, if they didn't number them, I don't know if I'm recognizing everyone.

[Just Hilarious]

What they got to do with Trent.

[Andrew Schulz]

I don't know really.

[Just Hilarious]

I don't really know what I'm saying right now.

[Andrew Schulz]

Listen, let me apologize before an Asian rapper comes from me. Jen, I'm sorry.

[DJ Envy]

Jen. Jen, I apologize. Jen hits me up all the time. Shout out, Jen.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I get what you mean by the numbers now.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, God. Don't ever watch comedy.

[Andrew Schulz]

It took her two watches.

[DJ Envy]

The life is out right now. Right now.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's Andrew Schultz. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the.

[DJ Envy]

Building who refuses to stop.

[Jess Hilarious]

Ladies and gentlemen, Kevin Hart.

[Andrew Schulz]

Welcome back, brother Kevin.

[DJ Envy]

He just won't sit down.

[Just Hilarious]

See that?

[Jess Hilarious]

How you feeling?

[DJ Envy]

Come on.

[Just Hilarious]

How you feeling yourself? Good, man. Life is great. No complaints, man. Here to talk about more. Which means great is happening. Still moving, still tracking, still working, still doing the same thing, but bigger.

[Interviewer/Host]

Talk to us about this new two part documentary.

[Just Hilarious]

You got number one on the call sheet.

[Interviewer/Host]

Congratulations.

[Just Hilarious]

Shout out to Jamie Foxx, man. This is a Jamie Foxx idea that he came to me with at Heartbeat. And, you know, it was a concept about being the one on the call sheet and the good and bad of it, right? He's like, you know, a lot of people experience it, but it doesn't do the same for everyone, you know, and whether it's the ego, whether it's the money, whether it's the idea of the money, whether it's the thought of my career is now about to be and it doesn't become like there's so many different concepts attached to it. I thought it was a great idea, man. You know, Fox is a brilliant mind. And I said to make it real, like, we gotta go out and, you know, of course, tap into all our relationships. So it started off as just the idea for men. Like, we were heavy on the men's side. And then we were like, yo, it's dope if you have it to where, you know, there's a male version and then we go and we tap into a female version as well and really just expand the conversation of success or lack thereof. And it's, it's dope to hear all these people talk about it. So I think people are gonna be blown away by hearing the good and the bad. Like everybody doesn't with the concept of.

[DJ Envy]

It, you know, or being number one on the cause.

[Just Hilarious]

Everybody doesn't with it, man.

[DJ Envy]

When did you become number one on the call sheet? And what does it mean to be that?

[Just Hilarious]

I've been number one for a while. I like, I love it. I love it. Like, I don't, I don't want to.

[DJ Envy]

Make it very clear.

[Just Hilarious]

I, I love it now.

[Jess Hilarious]

You never left the road. Why is the road so important to you?

[Just Hilarious]

Because you control it.

[Andrew Schulz]

You own it.

[Jess Hilarious]

There's nothing small venues, you do big venues.

[Just Hilarious]

Like nothing better than standup comedy. There's no job better than the job of live entertainment, live audience, your fans, your connection, your relationship. It doesn't die if you treat it like a plant and you forever water it. The plan is never going to die. Right? Like so if it can grow and you have good seasons, bad seasons, it's always going to be there and those fans are just going to ride with you forever. So I'm very adamant or staying true to stand up comedy. Nothing takes the place of stand up comedy. I don't give a what I'm doing the level that I'm doing at. I will go and do comedy club. I will come to New York for months on a time and just do a run of pop ups. That's my muse. That's my stress reliever.

[Jess Hilarious]

So did you hear Damon Wayne say that he would never do stand up anymore because he was like, people are too sensitive.

[DJ Envy]

No, he said people are stupid.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, yeah, basically, you know, he says anything. People get offended too fast and it's like, it's just not worth the stress.

[Just Hilarious]

I understand. I don't see it the same way because I don't have that level of giving of I don't want to do the thing that I love to do because I'm caring so much about what everybody else is thinking about what I'm doing. Like, I don't.

[Interviewer/Host]

I think he meant that on, you know, how Dwayne's used to be like they no limit. Like you talk about anything. But now that since the new trend is being offended and a lot of people are just, you know, it is.

[Just Hilarious]

What it is though, like communities. I Mean Dame is Dame. Dame is a legend. Like, if Dame wanted to go on stage and around. Dame can do what he wants when he wants. The idea of people being upset or triggered, if you're thinking about that, like, then you're going down a crazy spiral. I'm not. Not doing comedy and thinking about the thought of what you think about what I'm saying. I have the things I want to talk about. I know the direction I want to go in. I'm not here to offend. I'm not here to aggravate or piss people off. I'm here to do my craft.

[Jess Hilarious]

Have you apologized yet to Delaware State University?

[Just Hilarious]

For what?

[Charlamagne tha God]

When you went to hbcu, you don't let it go.

[Andrew Schulz]

Come on.

[Just Hilarious]

Let it be known. Where did you go, sis? She didn't.

[Interviewer/Host]

Here's your shot.

[DJ Envy]

I thought I was trying to.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Delaware State University.

[DJ Envy]

There you go.

[Just Hilarious]

Letting me know it is. What do you mean? I. I know where. Delaware State. That's just a bunch of on campus.

[Andrew Schulz]

Shout out Delaware State.

[Jess Hilarious]

Why would I. Sean Jackson said you were sorry, huh?

[Just Hilarious]

I mean, first of all, it is all right, but it's like, smart people there, too. What do you mean? What you talking about? Hello. Estate knows I have no ill will towards them.

[DJ Envy]

I love you guys.

[Just Hilarious]

But it was a funny bit us lot of out there.

[Interviewer/Host]

You got your animated show out. Little Kev.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes.

[Interviewer/Host]

Talks about your life growing up.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes.

[Interviewer/Host]

What made you want to do that.

[Just Hilarious]

Animation style, you know, crazy. This has been a. This is a crazy development, man. This is, I want to say, like, seven to eight years in the making before we could actually, like, do it properly. Shouts out to Scott Mills over there at bet, man, for understanding, like, my world of want and allowing me to do it the way I wanted to do it. You know, it's an adult animation. And I wanted to, like, flip the story of the conversation attached to the hood. Right. Like, everybody talks about the hood from one point of view. You know, the hood is the hood and people like, the hood is up. It's so bad.

[DJ Envy]

Just a bunch of. In the neighborhood.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah. Like, and I think that there's a. There's a positive side to it. You know, there's a role that everybody plays in the hood, especially when it comes to kids, families, like, everybody's a part of the village. Everybody's raising everybody's child. Everybody is aware. Everybody's in the know. Everybody's trying their best to service and eat. A good and even bad is happening, you know, when people find out there is an energy attached to trying to solve it and make it better. And this is a way of just flipping the conversation on the hood upside down. So it's about me, my upbringing, being in the hood, but having such a high level of love for the hood, for my family and for all the people around it.

[DJ Envy]

And just hilarious is in it. Keeping her away from Breakfast Club.

[Just Hilarious]

Come on. Okay, just, just don't listen to that.

[Interviewer/Host]

I don't.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, that's the redeemer. I don't listen.

[Interviewer/Host]

First of all, thank you.

[Just Hilarious]

I want to make something very clear when people say like, cat, thank you for giving people a job. People earn them job. Like, I'm not giving thank you anything. I'm not out like, hey, here, just, here's a gift. Like, that's just. That's her team. That's people working and saying, hey, this is a good thing to possibly put Jess up for. But you just say no process. I mean, you could say no. But when people are talented and earning things on their own, it's happening the way it's supposed to be. Appreciate. I'm not in the space of no. Of everything and I, I'm hand picking people and doing like that will mean that I'm, I mean the time in the day to do that and do it and do it and do it. And that means that the people around me aren't doing what the they're supposed to do. So it's your job to like properly package and put people in places to make these projects good. And it's my job to see it at the end stage of going, wow, this is a great cast. These are great personnel, great roles. I like this, I like this configuration, but just is earning it. Thank you.

[DJ Envy]

And you know, you do take the time to pour into the next generation. You know, Drewski was up here and Drew Ski said that you gave him and Kai Sinai not a bunch of movies to watch and told them, get your stu. Whatever your stupid asses is doing right now. Watch these movies.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And prepare for the next level.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's right.

[Just Hilarious]

I like what the younger generation is doing. It's crazy. I'm saying it like I'm, I'm really am a part of like a time of old.

[DJ Envy]

How old are you now?

[Just Hilarious]

45.

[DJ Envy]

Damn.

[Just Hilarious]

Well, it doesn't look it.

[DJ Envy]

I did that for.

[Just Hilarious]

You know, that older generation of like how we approach the business, how we approach the craft. Right. Like, and I think it's dope as to see this new generation navigate differently. Like the comedians of today did not go and work at it. The same way that we did, like, they're, they're breaking new ground, finding ways to be the personalities first and then get to the stage after. And the way that they're engaging with their audience and the way the audience is responding to them, I think it's dope, as in being a fan of it. I feel like it's my job now to figure out ways to like, grab this personnel when and where I can and, you know, try to push them forward with Kai and Drew Ski. Kai is such a monster, man. I told him, I said, look, man, I want to show you guys ways to like, give your audience more and ways to do more. So I came up with like, with some dope ass ideas, concepts for us to rock in together but stay true to the space of what they're doing. So Drew Ski, I know he came and he was like telling you guys about the movie. I don't want to tell y' all what it is, but it's a big, it's a big idea that we're working now. But I was like, to do it, you guys got to educate yourself on things in this space. So it wasn't homework. I was like, understand production, understand how movies are made. Understand the look and feel. I want you to be a part of the process so you can understand the process. And after you do this with me, go do it yourself. Go do it and figure out ways to, you know, do it with the other people that you're around.

[DJ Envy]

Down.

[Jess Hilarious]

Juicy said you actually set him up in that stream with that little kid. He said, he said it was you that actually set him up. That's, that's what I mean.

[DJ Envy]

You did though. You did start og they follow your lead.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's right.

[Just Hilarious]

First of all, what you need to understand is where the cameras are at all times. When I said the Drew Ski was in his ear, I said something in his ear. Okay, Nobody really knows what I said. He knows what I said. And then he took the liberty of going one and saying very harsh things, by the way, you know, things that shouldn't be.

[Jess Hilarious]

We've seen you walk right out.

[Just Hilarious]

Like, you see. I mean, I don't want to be around that. Okay. I've seen a lot of people get in fights. I've seen when it's about to happen. I go, I shouldn't be here.

[Caller/Guest]

Right?

[Just Hilarious]

I shouldn't be here. They about to start shooting.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

By the way, he's got the gun. I see it. I' ma leave right now. Yeah, yeah. So I just exited the room Because I think. I think at the time, I had to go to the bathroom, actually. And then a lot of stuff from what I was told happened. From what I was told, the kids start crying and stuff like that. And I came back.

[DJ Envy]

He wasn't even around.

[Just Hilarious]

I came back, and I was like, what's going on?

[Donnell Rollins]

On?

[Just Hilarious]

Right at that time, I'm the adult in the room trying to calm down.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Just Hilarious]

Like, hey, man, what's happening? And I think all the cameras caught me saying that, which is good for me, legally, so I was never attached.

[DJ Envy]

Drew said he felt like he could make those jokes because he's fat. And y' all were teasing him all day about being fat.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, Juki. First of all, calling people fat is. That's aggressive.

[DJ Envy]

Well, you saw the Big Dank interview.

[Just Hilarious]

I just want to. I don't know where the cameras are. I just want to. Just want to say that's.

[DJ Envy]

You understand.

[Just Hilarious]

Is Drew Ski.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Big?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes.

[Just Hilarious]

Is he a little bigger?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

Right. Does he have problems breathing when he walks up steps? Yeah, of course.

[Andrew Schulz]

Of course. But.

[Just Hilarious]

But, you know, that little kid, I think, is on his way to a healthy lifestyle.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

You got to support that. Right? The little kid. Because he was talking. I think the little kid was talking about exercising and stuff.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

Which is good. And I'm always glad to just be on the positive side of conversation. That's what I'm about.

[DJ Envy]

That's right.

[Just Hilarious]

You know, I'm a beacon of light, life, joy.

[Interviewer/Host]

Kevin, at your. At the level of success that you are, being an actor, do you still have to audition for roles or.

[Just Hilarious]

Absolutely not.

[Andrew Schulz]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

What are you talking about?

[Interviewer/Host]

He had said that he does.

[DJ Envy]

Well, no, I think Martin said he had to. He pitches. He still got to pitch projects.

[Interviewer/Host]

Oh, pitch that.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah. That makes sense. If he's pitching things. I mean, am I. Am I really pitching things? I think I'm pitching ideas to my team. I'm more in the business of creating the things that I think best service my want and my. My direction in the business. Like, when you think about the dramas, you think about all the things that I've done in series. Like, that's been me. So true story. I was like, I wanna. I wanna kill somebody on camera. I think it'd be dope. And I went and found a guy that created Narcos, and I was like, yo, it'd be dope. As if we can collab and talk. But we developed it, and then I was like, okay, this is great. Let's go and take this out. Like, that's Developing it and then going to sell it. Fight Night. That was me, Will Packer, and Will telling me he had to write and us saying, hey, to do it, this can be dope, but let's do it this way and put the right people in it. So, like, the, the creative side of from start to finish is where I'm playing it now. But, like, auditioning. I'm not really auditioning. I think people, if they have a project, they're like, oh, Kevin would be good for this. And I'm getting those calls. Hey, we want you to do. And then I got a decision of if I want to do it or not.

[Interviewer/Host]

Like, for instance, the upside, that's still one of my favorite movies. You and Bryan Cranston, they already saw you for that role.

[Just Hilarious]

They said, we want to do the REM make. And we see you and Brian Cranston doing this. Are you interested?

[Interviewer/Host]

And that was genius.

[Just Hilarious]

Absolutely. And Nicole Kidman, I was like, absolutely, hands down. But it's, It's. It's coming out and having an ask not to say that I wouldn't audition.

[DJ Envy]

You would.

[Andrew Schulz]

No, no.

[DJ Envy]

He was trying to.

[Just Hilarious]

I'm trying to clean it up. I was trying to clean it up. I was trying to. I know you got cameras here. I just wanted to look in and make it just look like I'm willing to do. Right.

[DJ Envy]

What about, like, social media backlash? Because everybody, for whatever reason, was highly upset when you hosted NBA All Star Weekend or there was a sector, a section of the Internet that was acting.

[Just Hilarious]

Like they were, you know, you know, what, what, what energy do you give that I'm a partner to the NBA? Like, understand what that means? I'm not. I'm not coming on to be Kevin Hart and have funny moments to the NBA. The NBA has been a servicing aid to my career for over 15 years. Like, you go back and you'll look at how much I've been on NBA, TNT, and All Star Weekend, celebrity weekends. All these events like this, you're not looking.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's.

[Just Hilarious]

It's almost host adjacent. Right? Like, the personalities that we lean on because we're familiar with family and we know how they work. That's what that is. So the All Star. I'm not going to the All Star Game to try to create a big moment for me. I'm there because the energy of the All Star Game comes with Chuck, Ernie, Kenny, myself, Shaq. Like, we've been doing this for years. Like, like just talking and playing with one another, bantering on camera. That's not an easy Thing to do. They make it look easy. They make it look great.

[Interviewer/Host]

That's not an easy thing between you and Shaq.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, that's very easy. It's not an easy thing to do. Like, that chemistry, that rapport, it comes from, like, having a real understanding for how TV works. So you can't just throw new things in there because it gets weird. People don't understand the times. People don't understand the cuts. How much time you got to go cut back to the game. They're trying to do so much new. They're trying to discover it. So why. They're trying to figure it out. Here's personalities that we can lean on so at least we don't have dead space or dull moments on camera. That's what that is. So when you understand the technicality behind it, then you. You understand my involvement.

[Donnell Rollins]

I don't.

[Just Hilarious]

I don't feed into that, like, I know I'm there. Partnership.

[DJ Envy]

Do you ever tell Shaq to, like, really back up off you because he'd be kind of sexually assaulting you in a little bit. Just a little.

[Just Hilarious]

What does. There's only one time Shaq has done some crazy. Crazy.

[DJ Envy]

Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

Or I was uncomfortable.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, what was it?

[Just Hilarious]

Real Husbands when he. That whole thing that's on the Internet that they. Oh, yeah, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

That wasn't scripted, right?

[Just Hilarious]

It wasn't scripted. It was a moment when. Honestly, be rude. I couldn't do nothing about it. They got a cut.

[DJ Envy]

Right. This is.

[Just Hilarious]

You know.

[Donnell Rollins]

This.

[Just Hilarious]

Before I put a little size on, not to say I could do something to Shaq, but I didn't. You know, it was a very frail version of me. And, you know, it was. This is when Shaq was, like. When they were, like, just talking about Shaq being a cop and he really was a cop. We thought it would be funny as Shaq pulled me over on Real Husbands of Hollywood. And, you know, like, Shaq is, like, basically about to arrest me. You know, everybody can't improv.

[DJ Envy]

Say what he did.

[Just Hilarious]

You don't even have to say this. We're not even gonna discuss.

[DJ Envy]

But people who haven't seen it. Realtors is a great show. You should watch it.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, it's a great show.

[DJ Envy]

But it's online.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah. But what we're not gonna do is make it seem like someone at a work. Wait a second.

[Andrew Schulz]

So it's be gonna.

[Just Hilarious]

So what he. What he did was he grabbed me when I got out the car, and he just tried to get a little physical. Right. It was like, pat you down.

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

But it's like. Like, everybody doesn't improv the same comedy. Crazy comedy is an art. Like, you ever see comedians when they try to, like, improv and some of them go too far or they don't know when to stop? You're like, hey, man, we got to end the scene. Like, you. They can't go over, like, oh, yeah, with your mama. And you're like, well, my mom. You can't bring up moms because we don't know who our moms are in this scene. It's like, I just Googled it, and.

[DJ Envy]

It says, hashtag, pause of the week. Hey, yo. Nah, Shaq, you straight violated Kevin Hart. You literally took that man to pound town.

[Just Hilarious]

What you're doing is ridiculous. That's actually. That's actually nuts.

[Donnell Rollins]

Nuts.

[Just Hilarious]

No, that's nuts. He grabbed me. He grabbed me. Throws me over the. Over the car, starts humping me. So I'm like, I remember.

[DJ Envy]

Turned you around, bent you over face.

[Interviewer/Host]

And say, you can tell.

[Just Hilarious]

Let me tell you what I can tell. Charlamagne Charlemagne is a pervert. Like, he's a nasty man. Like, in this brief time, I just found out a lot about him by the way he starts describing stuff.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

Very graphic. Nasty man. Yes.

[Donnell Rollins]

I just told you.

[DJ Envy]

I'm just describing what Shaq did to you.

[Just Hilarious]

He grabbed me, and he throws me over the car. He's like, you don't know what I can do. He. He starts humping me. I remember Ralph directed the episode. I remember I looked at Ralph. I'm like, hey, did y'. All.

[Andrew Schulz]

Did y'.

[Caller/Guest]

All.

[Just Hilarious]

Is it Pink Pages? Did something happen? Right? And they was like. They were like, all right. Nobody wanted to say Shaq. They was like, all right, we got it.

[DJ Envy]

So let's just.

[Just Hilarious]

Let's just move on.

[DJ Envy]

We just.

[Just Hilarious]

We just moved on.

[Jess Hilarious]

Did y' all talk about laughter?

[Just Hilarious]

No. We didn't even address it. We. I was like, man, just like, everybody just shut up.

[DJ Envy]

I tried to get you again off all weekend.

[Just Hilarious]

Everybody just shut up.

[Andrew Schulz]

No, he.

[DJ Envy]

Did you get triggered a little bit. I saw you. He was creeping up.

[Just Hilarious]

That's a very young. I'm more. I'm older, and I'm. I'm in a much more controlling state in my. In my life where I, you know, I would say something to Shaggy, you know, don't do that. Stop it. Right? Like a firm. Stop that. Right? But in that moment, that was Shaq.

[Andrew Schulz]

Trying to be funny.

[Just Hilarious]

That's my. That's my. Shouts out to the big dummy himself.

[DJ Envy]

I want to go back to number One on the call sheet because Sterling K. Brown did an interview where he said that people wanted to put him number one in the call she sheets. But he was superstitious about it because he'd been successful enough not being number one, so he was okay with being number two. What do you think of that?

[Just Hilarious]

I don't. I don't mind that, you know, I mean, as somebody that's been there, when, when you're there and you've. You've experienced whatever the conversation attached to it is, it's not the same level of important. Right? Like, it's. It's not important. Like, I was joking around earlier about the idea of number one of the call sheet, but it's not that important to me. I don't. I don't give a. I don't care about top billing. I don't need my name to be first. I don't need my name to be the biggest. When they first put the movie or the TV show out, like, if that's more important to you, I'm like, all right, let him get it.

[DJ Envy]

So when you in the Rock do a movie, who's number one on the call?

[Just Hilarious]

I let him get it. But he's. DJ's an ass. Yeah, he's an ass. You let him get it. I'm joking.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Just Hilarious]

Dj, by the way, he trumps me every time.

[Andrew Schulz]

What do you mean?

[Just Hilarious]

It's not even a conversation. I don't even bring it up. You're number one on this, right?

[DJ Envy]

What is it? Because the box office numbers, like, how do they.

[Just Hilarious]

I think he deserves to be number one when we do the project. He's a international superstar. Not to say that I don't have international success, but I don't think that we're equal in that regard. I think that his movies have performed and done crazy business internationally. And when we do projects that we want to appeal to the world, you should be first. I'm coming in and I'm. I'm on that train with you. I'm adding value to it, but I'm not bumped by you being first. We put an amazing cast together to help us get those audiences when we do, but I. I don't. I don't feel any type way about that. I think he deserves it and he should have it.

[DJ Envy]

Congratulations, too, man. You got it was announced that Heartbeat isn't working with the Faces.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes. Heartbeat.

[DJ Envy]

To be the official cultural curator to provide entertainment and live experiences for fans in the Indianapolis community.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

First of all, what does that look like?

[Just Hilarious]

It's a Opportunity for our company. Right. Like you're. Our company is a creative engine for any resource that allows us to be right. Like, we are a business. So our business thrives when we can implement ourselves in places to create or elevate a brand, a company, an entity, an activation, whether it be live entertainment, storytelling, et cetera. Indiana with the Pacers and the Fever have an attraction coming. I think they have an all Star coming up, but it's more about. They're like, look, we're looking for ways to expand and elevate what we've done. They spent a lot of money on a new facility. They have a team that's thriving, a younger team. The Fever are thriving with star power, et cetera. So they're like, how do we elevate? How can we better tell our story? And I'm like, that's what we do. I'm looking to be a better partner for the NBA. How do we better tell stories for your brand? How do we better promote and market you? How can we amplify or activate differently? Like, these are words in the business that companies desperately want to hear from potential partners.

[DJ Envy]

Will Heartbeat call Mike Epps to do.

[Just Hilarious]

Absolutely.

[DJ Envy]

I told him I got. When he was there, I said, knowing, Kev, he's gonna call you to do something.

[Andrew Schulz]

Absolutely.

[Just Hilarious]

I mean, me and Mike's relationship now.

[DJ Envy]

You said, y' all good.

[Just Hilarious]

We're 10 times. But it took a long time to get to where we are now. But I'm. I'm happy at the. The road of, like, dumb because it got us to a place of real grown man. And we're not. We're not doing the dumb, like, tweets and no more like, Mike, call me. I'm calling you. And we. We talk. So, you know, when I did, Mike was the first one we got on the phone. We had a conversation. And me and Mike are very much on the same page. And I think, you know, a lot of the disconnect was from assumption. That's the realization that came about. But I have no ill will, no beef towards anybody. Damn sure not Mike. And, you know, right now, the priority between me and Mike are figuring out the thing that we're going to do together. And, you know, I told Mike, like, it's a. It's a real thing. Like, we've haven't done it because of this disconnect in our relationship. We've never been on screen together. We did Real Husbands together in the beginning. Mike did an episode, and that's the only time where we've ever Jousted on camera. And I was like, at this point in our career, like, we're not nobody but ourselves. So, you know, how do we make it work? And he's like, yeah, Kev, how do we make it work? And it's a mutual understanding. And I think now having that as a priority, his fans will be happy. My fans, I think will be happy. And I think it'd be dope for the culture when we do it.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Where is that version of Harlem Nights?

[Just Hilarious]

For this, this era, it's, it's hard, hard to happen. Because the idea of it being just one is what people can't let go of.

[Jess Hilarious]

What you mean?

[Just Hilarious]

Like, there doesn't have to be just one star.

[Jess Hilarious]

But Harlem Knights wasn't just one star.

[Just Hilarious]

That's why I worked.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Just Hilarious]

That's why it worked. Richard didn't give a about Eddie. Eddie didn't give a. About Richard. The two biggest comedians, minus the bull, the only person that was missing that should have been in that Cosby in some degree, right. A showing of him. But they have Red Fox, Robin Harris. Like if you go and you look at the names Della Reese, like you, you look at the names and the people in Harlem Nights, you looked at a conglomerate cast of hard hitting comics of color. We don't have that to date.

[Interviewer/Host]

And even when it comes to like the younger comics, man, it's been a few of like D.C. young Fly has countless scripts that he has and he's trying to get all of us like in this generation to come. But egos and, and what's she gonna be getting and who gonna be the main character up? I ain't working with her or how he. You know what I mean?

[Just Hilarious]

So the problem with the, with the younger generation of comics, man, I made money so fast. Good money, not a little money. They made money so fast. So it's definitely the idea of doing that for that I. Dude, I'm over here getting. It's like the idea, come here now.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, absolutely.

[Just Hilarious]

Just, just, just made money, still making money, right? Like just understands that road money, that road money is a different type of money. These comics or new comics influencers turn com are making real money. So until you get to a point where you understand the money isn't going to drive your next stage of success, if your next stage of success or want for success is attached to IP projects, whatever, you cannot do it by yourself. You gotta tap in. That's what people are afraid to do. And they're afraid to do it, especially in our culture because we Feel like there can only be one. And that younger mindset in this business today is a cash driven mind. The money will come. I'm telling you, the money will come. The ideas don't. The relationships and partnerships don't.

[Jess Hilarious]

There you go.

[Just Hilarious]

That's the difference. I mean, I don't.

[DJ Envy]

Understand.

[Just Hilarious]

Little cash Rev. I'm excited about it. Adult animation BET plus Once again, shouts out to bet. Shouts out to my amazing team at Heartbeat. Man, this is a piece of IP that I worked on for a long time. And to have it finally come to light is dope as it's funny, it's raw, it's edgy. It's a true testament to my mom and dad who aren't here. So rip to the hearts upstairs and maybe down. So you know my dad, they say he could be.

[Donnell Rollins]

I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

I don't know.

[Just Hilarious]

So, you know, just in the middle.

[Jess Hilarious]

My dad in the middle.

[Just Hilarious]

That's shouts out to pops, wherever you are. Yeah, I know. I don't know what side this is.

[DJ Envy]

You don't want to assume.

[Just Hilarious]

I don't want to assume. If God ever closed the door, my dad might have been on the outside. But it's a testament to them. So I can't wait for you guys to enjoy it. BET plus Watch it.

[Andrew Schulz]

Lock it in.

[Just Hilarious]

Number one on the call sheet. Shout out to Fox. Lock it in. I'm done.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's the Breakfast Club.

[Donnell Rollins]

It's Kevin.

[Jess Hilarious]

Watch out.

[DJ Envy]

Don't give a damn. So if you ever feel I need.

[Jess Hilarious]

To be a doctor, man, hit it with the heat.

[Just Hilarious]

Did she get dope any day? Please tell me I have become donkey of the Day.

[DJ Envy]

The Breakfast Club man. Donkey of the Day. Donkey of the day goes to a 55 year old Georgia woman named Cheryl Cole. Now, Cheryl was convicted Monday of murder and aggravated assault and the death of her husband. Yep, old Cheryl was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after she smoked her husband. Okay. Her husband name is Luther Luke Code iii. And he was shot and killed after his wife drank four or five Angry Orchard Hard Ciders. I never heard of that brand until this morning. Not a good way to get introduced because I don't really drink like that anymore, but when I do, it will never be Angry Orchard Hard Cider. Now, Cheryl told the police she was just trying to protect herself. Told the police she thought her husband was an intruder and claimed she didn't realize she shot her husband until he reportedly said, cheryl, girl, you shot me. Well, that story was a lie. Would you like to know what Happened for real. Okay, let me read you the headline. Everybody pay attention. Woman shot husband dead after he wanted to add new rules to their open marriage. I repeat, woman shot husband dead after he wanted to add new rules to their open marriage. Now that's the headline. And I know when you heard that headline, you immediately blame the man. Man, you immediately think, look at him being greedy. Already got an open marriage but wanted more. No, it was actually her. See, investigators discovered that they was having issues in their marriage. Okay? A series of text messages they discovered showed the couple beefing over their open marriage. Cheryl Cole asked her husband for permission to see another man later that week. That's respectful. In an open marriage. I would just assume those are the rules. We can see other people, but just let me know what's going on. Let's just be honest with each other. Other. But then the husband asked her, does she also plan to see a second man the same day? To which the wife replied, lol. The victim, Luther Luke Cole, who is now dead, reportedly said her response turned his stomach. Of course it did. Okay, I mean, I know we got an open marriage, but you don't have to be a whole whore about it, okay? I mean, how much vagina do you have have to give? Okay, I'm still your husband, so I need a piece. Okay, you got another dude who getting a piece and now you handing out slices to someone else when there's no pie left for me, okay? You just out here acting like your poom poom is bottomless. Like men can enjoy unlimited refills of that 55 year old snatch. Not to mention, okay, no one woman should have all those UTIs. Yes, multiple sexual partners can increase the risk of developing urinary tract infections. And you just out here bringing that cloudy and foul smelling urine in the house.

[Caller/Guest]

House.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, your husband has every right to feel sick to his stomach. Okay, I know we got an open marriage, but don't run out now, okay? How many people are you going to let travel through our love tunnel? By the way, this is the plot of many a TWA movie. Okay, let me tell you something. For anyone who wants to engage in having their marriage open are slightly ajar, watch a TWA movie first, okay? They on tubi. All right, fine. Early 2000s viewing. And all the TWA movies explored the consequences of instances of a married couple's decision to engage in a threesome. And there was always some dangerous or nut ass complication that would happen. Envy, you told me that your favorite episode was when the college student turned into a Male prostitute. And he fell in love with another male escort. And you said that episode really made you think. What did it make you think about?

[Just Hilarious]

Lies.

[Jess Hilarious]

I didn't say that.

[Interviewer/Host]

I've never seen it.

[DJ Envy]

Guys.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, I said lies.

[DJ Envy]

The moral of the story is when you married, just leave Pandora's body box and your marriage closed. What's the point of being married if you're gonna leave your marriage open at all times? Like a waffle House. Okay. Cheryl said she suggested they in their open marriage because it was causing issues. You think? But he reportedly wanted to keep it going with more ground rules. Yes, a two penis minimum. Okay? Mine and your little boyfriend. Okay, but now you want us to be the locks and bring in a third member. Your vagina will not be a group project as long as we're married, man.

[Donnell Rollins]

Ma'.

[Just Hilarious]

Am.

[DJ Envy]

And then the police report says that Luther got even more upset when he found out his wife was talking about their issues with a friend. My God, we already got an open marriage. And you telling the world how that poom poom is on a world tour. She claims she shot her husband in self defense. She reportedly said he came storming into the room and tried dragging her out of bed. And when he left the room, she grabbed the gun, fired a warning shot, which she said made him angry before pulling the trigger. The second time. Time she said she was just trying to hit the wall behind the TV so it would scare him off and make him leave. But she actually shot and killed him. He's dead now. Okay? All because she was out there sharing her lady bitch like a buffet at Golden Corral. And by the way, even though buffets are labeled all you can eat, they will impose restrictions if your eating behavior is deemed excessive or disruptive to other customers. Cheryl, your excessive sexual behavior was disruptive to your husband. Okay? It was excessive, all right? He said something and now he's dead. And you are doing life behind bars. Let me be the first to tell you, okay? Or maybe the second after the judge you deserve. Please give Cheryl Cole the biggest he, huh?

[Interviewer/Host]

Yo, that's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

Insane.

[Interviewer/Host]

You shot him and killed him.

[DJ Envy]

All because he just simply didn't want you to be out there with two guys.

[Interviewer/Host]

They had to come from somewhere. I else it sounds a little deeper. You wouldn't like.

[Just Hilarious]

Come on.

[Interviewer/Host]

We already have an open marriage, okay? Now I change the rules and you.

[DJ Envy]

Shoot and kill me because you being greedy. You running out. You running out.

[Interviewer/Host]

I know greed is evil. And that can lead to a lot of different crazy consequences, even murder. But come on this had to be deeply rooted in other problems that they were having.

[Jess Hilarious]

You want to play a game?

[DJ Envy]

You want to play a game?

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah, let's do it.

[Just Hilarious]

Let's play a game.

[DJ Envy]

Let's play a game. Let's play a game of guess what Races. All right. Shout out. Cheryl Cole was convicted of murder and aggravated assault in the death of her husband. She shot her husband because he wanted to change rules in their open marriage. DJ envy me first.

[Donnell Rollins]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

What racy is this a tough one.

[Jess Hilarious]

But it's not tough. Right? Why Cheryl and Luther feel like black names.

[DJ Envy]

Uh huh.

[Jess Hilarious]

But this situation seems white. I'm going white.

[Just Hilarious]

Shake it off.

[DJ Envy]

I shake it off. Okay, okay. Just hilarious. Cheryl Cole was convicted Monday of murder and aggravated assault and the death of her husband. Her husband. She shot him because he wanted to change the rules of their open marriage. And please pay attention to the fact that I said she drank four or five Angry Orchard hard ciders. Oh, wow. Just hilarious. Guess what ratio.

[Interviewer/Host]

Angry Orchard white all over it. Now, Luther might be black. Luther might have been black. It could have been a biracial. I mean, you know, interracial marriage. Right? That Cheryl.

[Jess Hilarious]

Now I'm thinking white was white. It's white all the way.

[Interviewer/Host]

I don't think Luther was white.

[DJ Envy]

White all the way.

[Jess Hilarious]

White all the way.

[Just Hilarious]

White all the way.

[DJ Envy]

DJ Envy and Jessa Larish, you both are absolutely correct. Cheryl Cohen, Luther are absolutely Caucasian.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay?

[DJ Envy]

Capital riot.

[Jess Hilarious]

White.

[DJ Envy]

January 6th, insurrection white.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh, my goodness. All right. Some hazard.

[Donnell Rollins]

White.

[Jess Hilarious]

Both.

[Caller/Guest]

That's right.

[DJ Envy]

Look at them. Girls with the daily dip.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, my goodness. Everybody is DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.

[DJ Envy]

One of the most slept on comedians of our generation, Donnell R. Come on. Round of applause for Don. One of the most slept on comedians of our generation, Donnell Rollins.

[Andrew Schulz]

Man, I agree.

[DJ Envy]

Don L. What's up, Donnell?

[Jess Hilarious]

How you feeling, man? How you feeling?

[Donnell Rollins]

I'm feeling good. I feel like I just got this product and it works wonders. It's supposed to remove smells good, bad, negative energy.

[Jess Hilarious]

There's no negative energy here.

[Donnell Rollins]

But it's a Palo Santo spray and it works wonders for people.

[Jess Hilarious]

How are you feeling, man? How's your son? I've seen you on the river. I seen you really enjoying life, man. We appreciate that, man.

[Donnell Rollins]

It's horrible. Really?

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah. Damn.

[Donnell Rollins]

And it's got even worse since you recommended a therapist for me to go see.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, yeah. You started going to. You started going to therapy.

[Donnell Rollins]

Yep. And he gave me horrible advice. All the advice it was a situation with me dealing with, like, baby mama drama, okay? And I say, sometime I get to a point where I'm just frustrated. I don't know what to do. And then he said, what would, you know, what would you do if you was doing a comedy show, right? And you wasn't the audience wasn't engaged, whatever, what would you do? I said, well, I've had that situation where I had to fall back, regroup, speak a little slower, you know what I'm saying, and start all over. And he said, why don't you do that in your relationship? And I tried that, and it still didn't work. So thank you for giving me the worst therapist in the world today. No, I'm not saying it was bad. Huh?

[Charlamagne tha God]

What happened when you tried it? Why didn't it work?

[Donnell Rollins]

It did. It just. It just didn't work. I think we. I don't know. It just didn't work.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I saw you post your son's birthday, though, and it seemed like y' all are.

[DJ Envy]

But that's the son. That's not the mother of his child.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah, but you. Different relationships with her. So I figured all the co parenting stuff was going well.

[Donnell Rollins]

It is going well. It's a tough thing, I tell you, for anybody that's doing co parenting, it's tough. Especially when you. You still may have some emotions involved. Whatever. But I will say this. I dated this.

[DJ Envy]

Do you still have emotions?

[Donnell Rollins]

No.

[Just Hilarious]

No.

[Interviewer/Host]

Come on.

[DJ Envy]

It's okay. Open up. All right.

[Donnell Rollins]

Can we. Can we have rules? Can we have rules of engagement?

[Just Hilarious]

What do you mean?

[Donnell Rollins]

Like, you're gonna have to raise your hand. You're gonna have to do something different. All right? The way you communicate. I don't really like it. And I was trying to explain. I dated this girl some years ago, right? And she got separate. She was separate. Her parents divorce when she was young. Right. And I also. I used to always see.

[Jess Hilarious]

He said raise his hand when he had a question, but still.

[Donnell Rollins]

You gotta let me finish. You have to let me finish my sentence.

[DJ Envy]

Is this about the mother of your child or. This is another one.

[Donnell Rollins]

It's about what I wanted to be about.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. I'm just asking.

[Jess Hilarious]

Guys. We all hairs together, Guys.

[Donnell Rollins]

So I used to see this woman I used to date. Her parents were still together. They would do Thanksgiving, they would do dinners and do all this type of stuff. And I used to say they must be smashing. No way that they're that connected to each other. But as I got older or had this situation in my Life. I was like, nah, they was just trying to give or create the best family situation as a co parent they could do. So that's what I do. I apply in my life and we do do a good job.

[DJ Envy]

But you respect you.

[Donnell Rollins]

No.

[Jess Hilarious]

So you don't have emotions is what his question was.

[Donnell Rollins]

No, I don't.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, I would like you.

[Donnell Rollins]

I don't think she still likes me, but I. What?

[Jess Hilarious]

So that's emotions? Because you said this emotion involved.

[DJ Envy]

You said that.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's what you said.

[Interviewer/Host]

You said it can be. He said it can be hard when emotions.

[DJ Envy]

When emotions are still involved.

[Donnell Rollins]

Thank you. Thank you for the clarity, Jess.

[DJ Envy]

Well, no. So you still have emotion. No, she still has emotion.

[Donnell Rollins]

Nobody has emotion. We are raising a beautiful young man. And I mean, this is one thing I say about my co parenting situation. A lot of times when mom and dad are not together like that, it's separate. It's like my mother, my father, you know what I'm saying? But my son, whenever he talks, he speaks on us as a family, as parents. It's not like I'm going to my mother's house or my father's house. So we're doing a good job with that. And Austin is a beautiful kid.

[DJ Envy]

Do you regret anything? Do you regret anything?

[Donnell Rollins]

What?

[Jess Hilarious]

Do you regret anything in that situation?

[Donnell Rollins]

A relationship?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Because you said before that you were the one that messed it up, correct?

[Donnell Rollins]

I didn't say I was the one that messed it up.

[DJ Envy]

I can see that though. We can see you being the one.

[Donnell Rollins]

That messed it up. What were you saying?

[Interviewer/Host]

Okay, so when you go on stage, do you talk about, you know, your past relationship or your co parenting relationship with your son's mother on stage?

[Donnell Rollins]

Oh, yeah.

[Interviewer/Host]

Has she ever heard about that?

[Donnell Rollins]

Oh yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Does she like it?

[Donnell Rollins]

Is that.

[Just Hilarious]

No, that's.

[Donnell Rollins]

Nah, it was. I'm gonna tell you, she knows me. My life is gonna go on stage.

[Just Hilarious]

Right?

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah, she understands that. But sometimes when people get in your head, you know what I'm saying? Like what she thought was a funny jokes, one of her girlfriend, uh, I don't believe he did that. And he gaslighted and all that stuff. We had that situation, but you know, I mean, you dated a comedian. That's what it's gonna be. My life is gonna be on stage. But I'm always. I never would do or say anything to put her in a bad light or anything because at the end of the day, she gave me the biggest gift of my life. So I'm forever grateful for that. And I even Said, you know, it's a certain. It's a certain amount for someone to have your kids. A certain amount of love I think you're gonna always have.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Donnell Rollins]

Is that. Does that mean getting back together or rekindling anything? It doesn't, but it's a certain amount of love and respect they always have. The next question.

[Jess Hilarious]

Did you ever ask her, like, how it affects her when you go on stage and talk about it? Because that could bring trauma. Did you ever, like.

[Donnell Rollins]

I don't really know.

[DJ Envy]

I don't. I don't.

[Donnell Rollins]

I can't, man.

[Jess Hilarious]

If I said you care, so if.

[Donnell Rollins]

I care, but I don't care because.

[Jess Hilarious]

Damn.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That didn't come out of therapy.

[DJ Envy]

That was. That was disgusting.

[Jess Hilarious]

That was disgusting.

[DJ Envy]

Can you call on me, please?

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah, go ahead.

[DJ Envy]

Do you think that calling yourself.

[Donnell Rollins]

And my brother said, the gays don't really like you the way you think.

[DJ Envy]

They do when you said that, you.

[Donnell Rollins]

Know, that's what he said when you said. He said, get over yourself when you.

[DJ Envy]

Said dating a nigga. Narcissist. Speaking of not being able to get over yourself, when you talk about dating a narcissist, do you think that's triggering for the mother of your child?

[Donnell Rollins]

I didn't say date. So you don't know who the narcissist is?

[DJ Envy]

You clearly.

[Donnell Rollins]

How you know that's me?

[DJ Envy]

Because of what you just said.

[Jess Hilarious]

Because she didn't sign up for that part of it.

[Donnell Rollins]

All right, what we're gonna do is we're gonna have to slow down. All right? There's just too much going on right now.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You can't track.

[Donnell Rollins]

All right, we gonna slow down.

[DJ Envy]

So either way it's triggering because whether or not she had to date you, who's the narcissist, or you're calling her a narcissist, that is gaslighting.

[Donnell Rollins]

It's up to this. Up to the interpretation of who thinks.

[Just Hilarious]

I don't know who.

[Donnell Rollins]

The narcissist.

[DJ Envy]

Gaslighting. Calling her.

[Donnell Rollins]

I don't know what the narcissist really is. Every time I use it, it come up in my algorithms. The minute we argue about something, it's always, if the narcissist woman would do this, I don't know what the narcissist is. I just think it's. It's a word that you use to sell books and make more money on the side.

[Jess Hilarious]

I feel special for her because she.

[DJ Envy]

Didn'T sign up for that part of it.

[Just Hilarious]

She just sits there, narcissist.

[Donnell Rollins]

And you just talk about you are the narcissist. Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Now, you've always been raw and unfiltered. Has being too real ever cost you opportunities in this industry and in your personal life?

[Donnell Rollins]

Oh, great. Question has been no, because I am who I am. I don't act like I'm anybody else. And then with me is what you don't like?

[DJ Envy]

The version of you.

[Donnell Rollins]

I don't really care about what people like. If I'm presenting myself the best way I can and I'm putting it out there like I want to. I can't care about people, but, like, I can't let the. I can't let. I can't let people control what I'm doing on stage or off stage.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah. Do you think, you know, why are you so quiet?

[Charlamagne tha God]

I'm just.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

Raise your hand.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Oh, me?

[Donnell Rollins]

Yes.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You know, I'm just in here observing. I just, you know, it's been a.

[Donnell Rollins]

While since I'm observing.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Observing.

[DJ Envy]

What do you see? What do you see?

[Donnell Rollins]

What is observing from your perspective? Is it a B or a V? Observing from your perspective?

[Andrew Schulz]

What do you see?

[Charlamagne tha God]

I think he's having a hard time tracking because, you know, as he gets up there, too many people.

[Donnell Rollins]

What does get.

[Jess Hilarious]

Wow.

[Andrew Schulz]

Get up.

[Donnell Rollins]

What does get up there mean?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Up on the chair where you sat down at.

[DJ Envy]

Wow.

[Donnell Rollins]

Oh, okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

What question do you think that, you know, you lost your edge now that you change? You play pickleball, you go river. You do white things, more pickleball gives.

[Donnell Rollins]

You do white. You was riding bikes with biker shorts on, son. You did that for.

[DJ Envy]

That is true. Fair point. And you know. Fair point.

[Donnell Rollins]

The shoes that go into the thing, you know, the shoes that you put inside the pedal, the bike shoes.

[Jess Hilarious]

I lost my edge a little bit. That's my asking.

[Donnell Rollins]

You did that for three weeks. So you put that in the garage. You got your photo op. You probably got a sponsorship for that. And then he was like, okay, on to the next. That's what you did.

[Jess Hilarious]

Sir, we were thinking about you earlier, thinking about something that Charlemagne and I were talking about that, you know, since we got to this age. It's very enjoyable. Have you ever thought about getting a but day?

[Donnell Rollins]

No.

[DJ Envy]

Why?

[Donnell Rollins]

I just don't. No, that's not my thing. That's the gateway.

[DJ Envy]

The gateway to what? Clean booty.

[Jess Hilarious]

Clean booty.

[Donnell Rollins]

That's a gateway to. That's a gateway to your lifestyle. That's what it is. You wouldn't be who you are right now if you didn't. Your first Boudet.

[DJ Envy]

First of all, there's nothing wrong with.

[Donnell Rollins]

A B. I'm not here for all of you.

[DJ Envy]

Have you ever been gay? Have you ever been gay for a bidet? Oh, you have gifts. No, I'm sorry.

[Donnell Rollins]

This is unfortunate. I'm. It's not a thing. It's not a. Just right here. It's because I've had. And there's nothing. No slight on the ladies in here, but I've had a history with these guys.

[Interviewer/Host]

Oh, okay.

[Donnell Rollins]

For so many years. And I.

[Charlamagne tha God]

You came up here with gifts for them two people.

[DJ Envy]

What is this?

[Donnell Rollins]

What is it? It's a gift.

[Charlamagne tha God]

It's a. Oh.

[Just Hilarious]

Oh.

[Donnell Rollins]

Get a close up. Get a close up. Get a close up.

[Just Hilarious]

Look.

[Donnell Rollins]

Get a close up.

[DJ Envy]

He got me a pair of gay force ones.

[Donnell Rollins]

No, look, it's how. My greatest moments of with y' all. That is so.

[DJ Envy]

I appreciate these gay force ones.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Now I understand why me and Jess don't have.

[DJ Envy]

These are dope.

[Donnell Rollins]

I do apologize.

[DJ Envy]

The pink shoelace.

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah. My guy Evans out of Baltimore. Got artist out of Baltimore.

[DJ Envy]

Very thoughtful gift.

[Donnell Rollins]

Look at it. But no, it's not. It wasn't supposed to be thoughtful. It's supposed to be insulting. I just wanted. I wanted y' all to see the memories.

[Jess Hilarious]

My birthday.

[DJ Envy]

And I'm gonna wear them.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, I'm gonna wear them this weekend.

[DJ Envy]

These aren't even the same pictures on both of them.

[Andrew Schulz]

That's crazy.

[DJ Envy]

This is amazing. Donna, this is very thoughtful.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Did I say Diddy?

[DJ Envy]

Thank you for thinking of me.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I thought I saw Diddy on the other side of it.

[Interviewer/Host]

Let me see.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Diddy would be on his. Because he sat between Diddy's legs.

[Donnell Rollins]

I didn't sit between Diddy legs. I slipped.

[DJ Envy]

In a puddle. Of what? What? Of oil. All right.

[Donnell Rollins]

No, I was. I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna revisit that. That's the part of my life.

[Jess Hilarious]

When you redo the Juice skit. I thought that was hilarious. That one was.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah.

[Donnell Rollins]

I'm gonna always be insulting to you guys.

[Just Hilarious]

I loved it, actually.

[Interviewer/Host]

Donnell, how frustrating is it, right, when people are not taking you serious because you're a comedian?

[Donnell Rollins]

It's interesting because I really. For what we do, I don't really want people to take me serious. I want them to find me to be funny. You know what I'm saying? People take you too. That's not true. That's not your question.

[DJ Envy]

No, that's not true. You like to be taken serious.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

That. You actually get very frustrated when people don't take you as serious as they Should.

[Donnell Rollins]

What makes you think I get frustrated?

[DJ Envy]

Because you told me that verbatim.

[Just Hilarious]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

You remember when you told me that? Remember when you yelled at me over first the phone and I didn't realize that you were playing. I thought we were playing, and then you was like, no, you don't ever take me serious. And that's. That.

[Donnell Rollins]

That's a horrible impression of this interview.

[DJ Envy]

You said, I would like to get a real interview once, like every other thing that comes.

[Donnell Rollins]

No, it's a. It's a gift and a curse if you want to say.

[Interviewer/Host]

Yeah.

[Donnell Rollins]

You know, because it's times you want people to understand that you're serious, but at the end of the day, as a comedian, I don't want people to take me that serious. I want people to, you know, think I'm funny and laugh at. Laugh at the joke.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Interviewer/Host]

But in times when you are really serious, you know, like when you were talking about your dad.

[Donnell Rollins]

Yeah.

[Interviewer/Host]

You know, and how he.

[Donnell Rollins]

You're trying to. You're trying to trigger something.

[Interviewer/Host]

I'm not. I just want.

[Donnell Rollins]

I just said the timing sometimes. And there's times that I have moments, and I was having a moment that went viral, and you laughed and you laughed, and I thought that was very insensitive.

[Interviewer/Host]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

What do we laugh at now?

[Jess Hilarious]

What's. What's the biggest shot? Childhood trauma. That bothers you?

[Donnell Rollins]

You want to know?

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, sir.

[Donnell Rollins]

I don't even know if I can say this, and y' all gonna laugh at me.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm not gonna laugh at you.

[DJ Envy]

I promise you.

[Donnell Rollins]

We're not gonna laugh. When I grew up.

[Just Hilarious]

Right.

[Donnell Rollins]

And I remember. I was trying to explain a part of my life, and I think that it was very insensitive.

[DJ Envy]

That's only because we laughed before you got to the part about your uncle.

[Donnell Rollins]

What about. It was. It was about. It was about my dad.

[Jess Hilarious]

It was his dad, not his uncle, who died.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, it was. That was the part about that. No, I thought he laughed about your dad passing away another time.

[Caller/Guest]

What?

[DJ Envy]

But the other part, when you were talking about being grown up, I said.

[Donnell Rollins]

When I grew up, I was trying to go back to a story of my childhood.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, I thought that.

[Donnell Rollins]

And it was relating to the relationship that I had with my son. And then when I was doing that, that's when y' all left. But I. You know, that I've gotten past that.

[DJ Envy]

Did your brother spend a lot of time with your uncle? More than you.

[Interviewer/Host]

Who's your uncle?

[Donnell Rollins]

First of all? My brother, who happened to be a part of the letter community. Said that the gays don't like. What is trade?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Trade, Charlemagne.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, trade.

[Charlamagne tha God]

He comes off as, like, not gay, but he said.

[Donnell Rollins]

He said you are not trade.

[Interviewer/Host]

So that means you flamboyant not.

[Donnell Rollins]

He said you're not trade, and nobody's checking for you.

[DJ Envy]

Trade is a masculine, potentially straight identifying man who engages in same sex activity for various benefits, like money or companionship. So what I've been told is that I'm not trade. I'm actually a butch queen.

[Interviewer/Host]

Oh, wow.

[DJ Envy]

So ask your brother that. Call him.

[Interviewer/Host]

He sounds very trady after he call your brother Definition.

[DJ Envy]

Does he think since I'm not trade, does he think I'm a butcher queen?

[Donnell Rollins]

I don't think. You think he said butch queen.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's like a double negative.

[Donnell Rollins]

So my brother decided to text me back. This is what he said. Because I need to have an understanding. And his voice. This is what he said. Okay. Nobody in the black LBGT community thinks he's straight. All right? Trade would never have his eyebrows. And when was he elected? Elected the spokesperson for black people. I must have missed that meeting.

[DJ Envy]

He's still my boy, but he's still my boy. Ask him if I'm a butch queen, though.

[Jess Hilarious]

Call him again. Call him.

[Just Hilarious]

Is he a butch queen?

[Jess Hilarious]

FaceTime.

[Donnell Rollins]

Hello.

[Caller/Guest]

Whatever.

[Donnell Rollins]

So I have Charlemagne here. He had a question for you, Chuck.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, so you don't consider me trade?

[Donnell Rollins]

No, boy, no.

[Just Hilarious]

Come on.

[DJ Envy]

What about. What about a butch queen?

[Just Hilarious]

Queen? Yeah, Absolutely.

[Interviewer/Host]

Oh, his brother said absolutely.

[Andrew Schulz]

But what is a.

[Donnell Rollins]

What is a. What is a butch queen? What the kids will call Charlemagne. The Y ends.

[Just Hilarious]

No, not the wire.

[Donnell Rollins]

The older ones. I don't know what.

[DJ Envy]

And Donnell would be a bear. Right?

[Interviewer/Host]

What is that?

[Just Hilarious]

What am I?

[Charlamagne tha God]

What is a bear?

[Interviewer/Host]

Envy won't be something.

[DJ Envy]

What am I, a fraggle maggot? This is plain old.

[Donnell Rollins]

That's Envy. Envy said. What is he?

[Jess Hilarious]

I don't.

[Just Hilarious]

I don't really know what to put.

[Donnell Rollins]

The light skin people. Oh, it's a whole different. It's a whole different category. Because your complexion.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yes.

[Just Hilarious]

There's rules to this.

[Donnell Rollins]

What are the rules? I'm giving them to you. Okay. I'm here to listen. What else?

[Just Hilarious]

You want you to just ask me?

[Donnell Rollins]

Well, Charlemagne would not betray butch Queen.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Jess Hilarious]

Charlemagne. The top of bottom.

[DJ Envy]

I'm. I'm a power top. Clear. Really? That would be me. I can see that.

[Interviewer/Host]

I can see me being versatile, flexible.

[DJ Envy]

Could you leave your brother alone, Tyler?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Last thing.

[Donnell Rollins]

His.

[Interviewer/Host]

His brother. I mean, tell your brother that he loves doing tricks on the bidet. What is that?

[Donnell Rollins]

Oh, Charlie. Man loves doing tricks on the bidet. What is that?

[Caller/Guest]

Being prepared. Being well prepared.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay, all right.

[Donnell Rollins]

I told him.

[Just Hilarious]

I told him that was.

[Donnell Rollins]

I told him that was the gateway. The gateway, but. The gateway. The gateway. But thank you for giving me a little bit more acknowledge on who this mother really is.

[DJ Envy]

Thank you, Chuck.

[Donnell Rollins]

Anytime. You take it easy, all right?

[Just Hilarious]

Take it easy.

[Interviewer/Host]

Charlamagne.

[DJ Envy]

I was just. This brought to my attention a comment that somebody posted. You were on Kill Tony. I was yesterday with Rob Snyder.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, you went back. Okay, nice.

[DJ Envy]

And somebody.

[Donnell Rollins]

I went back.

[Interviewer/Host]

See, I made up. Everything was made up. Kill Tony.

[Donnell Rollins]

We know. I never had an issue with Kill Tony.

[DJ Envy]

It was really bad for you on there at one point.

[Donnell Rollins]

It wasn't bad.

[Just Hilarious]

I.

[DJ Envy]

It was. You got booed and booed.

[Donnell Rollins]

What are you talking about? I didn't get booed on Kill Tony.

[Charlamagne tha God]

That was another place.

[Donnell Rollins]

I got booed on Rose Battles.

[DJ Envy]

No, no, no. You walked off and killed Tony.

[Donnell Rollins]

I removed myself from a negative situation.

[DJ Envy]

That guy was.

[Donnell Rollins]

I didn't say I had a guy.

[Just Hilarious]

I. Could y' all please stop?

[DJ Envy]

You walked off because the guy was killing you so bad.

[Donnell Rollins]

I did not boo him, though.

[DJ Envy]

Javante. What happened?

[Jess Hilarious]

They didn't boo him that time.

[DJ Envy]

I'm sorry. Javon, what happened?

[Donnell Rollins]

I didn't.

[DJ Envy]

Come here. Javon, come to the mic.

[Charlamagne tha God]

He crashed out.

[DJ Envy]

What?

[Andrew Schulz]

What?

[DJ Envy]

What happened?

[Just Hilarious]

Okay, so go ahead, tell the story.

[Donnell Rollins]

Why did you.

[DJ Envy]

What does he hit you? If you need help, blink if you need help.

[Just Hilarious]

I just don't. I just don't want to come on here and act like Donna. I love you so much. He's a great representation.

[DJ Envy]

If you need help, tell us what happened at K. Not last night, but the time before when he walked off.

[Just Hilarious]

Well, he has a tendency to crash out. And so at that point.

[DJ Envy]

Don't know.

[Jess Hilarious]

Don't look at him.

[Interviewer/Host]

He was already gone.

[Just Hilarious]

He was already gone.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, damn.

[Jess Hilarious]

Look at me at Jess, okay?

[Just Hilarious]

He was already gone and he. He walked off.

[DJ Envy]

So what do you think happened at the last. Last one, the last tape? Because there's really negative comments that I'm about to read.

[Just Hilarious]

Killed this last night. Yeah, he killed it.

[Interviewer/Host]

Killed it. There.

[Just Hilarious]

There was nothing wrong with that.

[DJ Envy]

There's a comment that says Donnell Rawlings branded comedy is so bad to me, like watching a train wreck. Charlemagne is going to have a field day tomorrow.

[Donnell Rollins]

Damn.

[Andrew Schulz]

Jesus.

[DJ Envy]

Wow.

[Interviewer/Host]

Jesus.

[Donnell Rollins]

But, see, those are your type of people.

[Just Hilarious]

No, they're negative.

[Donnell Rollins]

They're negative.

[Andrew Schulz]

You.

[Donnell Rollins]

They're negative. Those are your type.

[Jess Hilarious]

You love that.

[DJ Envy]

Nothing to do with.

[Donnell Rollins]

You went through everything thing. You went through everything.

[DJ Envy]

Laura showed me this.

[Donnell Rollins]

And then first of all, all I.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Did was type your name and it was top of the.

[DJ Envy]

I didn't even know she called you a top.

[Just Hilarious]

I was.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I was. I typed your name in on X and then it just was like, probably like top three tweets.

[Jess Hilarious]

At least he didn't get booed. He didn't get booed again. That's the. That's.

[Charlamagne tha God]

The moment's good on stage.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yes, he is.

[Charlamagne tha God]

He's amazing on stage.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

I don't like him booing him, though.

[Donnell Rollins]

Okay. The. The thing is, I did kill Tony some years ago.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yes.

[Jess Hilarious]

Five years ago, actually.

[Donnell Rollins]

And I was on that stage for two and a half hours and I had something to do. And I told Tony I'm not gonna be here forever.

[DJ Envy]

Two and a half hours is a long time.

[Donnell Rollins]

It's a very, very long time.

[Jess Hilarious]

You had a sushi date.

[Donnell Rollins]

I just didn't have a sushi date. It was one of those sushi spots where it takes a year to get a reservation. They sit six or eight people. It's not like going to sushi Sambo Sushi Stop. Like to go. It was one of it. I don't even know the name of it. It's a speakeasy joint. I wish. I feel bad that I'm. It's so. It's like one of the best place in Austin, Texas. I had to go. And what happened was they did a video where they showed me having. Going at with this comic. If you look at the video, you'll see it's one shot, one community. It's another shot. So they edit.

[Jess Hilarious]

I know you explained it last time.

[DJ Envy]

You know, if you're explaining, you're losing. I just want you to know that.

[Interviewer/Host]

No, no, that is not what that means.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, it does. This comment right here says what he said. Say it says somebody named Allegedly Drew. I don't know who that is. He has a check mark because you were hilarious. But Donnell Rawlings is the worst guest I've ever seen. Stereotypes are so real. That's what he said to Rob Schneider.

[Jess Hilarious]

But that.

[Donnell Rollins]

But the thing is that base. And I will say Tony has created platform for people to get on. That's one of the biggest YouTube shows. Whatever. But the people that watch that, they just like. They just. They are a lot of. I say 75 of people. They're trolls. They live for moments like that. They live to try to get on your skin and they do every time.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Time Does a troll Never get on your nerves. So it does.

[Donnell Rollins]

You said they do sometimes, but I'm. I'm getting better.

[Jess Hilarious]

Do you want to hug?

[Donnell Rollins]

Ignoring it. No, I don't want to hug.

[Interviewer/Host]

Well, I love you.

[Donnell Rollins]

I don't know what I want.

[Interviewer/Host]

You have shows at the stress Factory Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

[Jess Hilarious]

Are they sold out yet?

[Interviewer/Host]

Is it six shows or five?

[Donnell Rollins]

It's two shows Friday, two shows Saturday and one show on Sunday.

[Interviewer/Host]

Okay, so five.

[Donnell Rollins]

I do well in that club. I'm pretty sure it will sell out.

[Jess Hilarious]

Said he sells out before he became a base. Even have to talk about this.

[Donnell Rollins]

Okay, well, that's Gary O is y'. All.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I don't give a Rapper dynamic came out.

[Just Hilarious]

Yo, why the I keep talking about other yo.

[DJ Envy]

So what?

[Donnell Rollins]

I don't give a.

[Just Hilarious]

So what them all.

[Donnell Rollins]

You sell your tickets the way you sell your tickets. And I will sell my tickets the way I sell my tickets. Next question.

[DJ Envy]

I like the new fashion forward.

[Donnell Rollins]

I mean, my fashion never been backwards. You don't want to need a stylist. Do you ever look at the pictures of you?

[Charlamagne tha God]

Do you ever look at glasses on?

[DJ Envy]

I like the fashion forward. Done.

[Jess Hilarious]

We appreciate you, D. Yes.

[DJ Envy]

You dress like August Alina boyfriend. At the bottom like a school teacher.

[Just Hilarious]

At the top.

[Donnell Rollins]

The fact that you have all these gay references just ready anything gay. You got a whole speech about that. Top, bottom. You don't even say pause in Paul's situation, sir. That's how free you are with yourself. You would just let it go and you were. You would only know will unpause or pause.

[DJ Envy]

Do you think comedians are afraid to joke about sexuality because they're scared of how people will label them?

[Donnell Rollins]

I'm pre. Yeah, 1000%. They are scared to talk about. That's why you untouched yourself. That's why when people call you and it's me as fruity tootie or booty bandits, which I'll do, it don't affect you because you in touch with your sexuality. Booty tootie tooy Rudy, whatever it is.

[DJ Envy]

Do you think black men in comedy get boxed into certain stereotypes about masculinity and sexuality more than others?

[Donnell Rollins]

100, I believe. 100%. 100%. But I also believe that, you know, that people's way of thinking have evolved. You know what I'm saying? Like, you know, black men, period, are just for the most part naturally homophobic. But now we live.

[DJ Envy]

That's not true. Don't generalize all black men like that. You just gave me props for being in touch with my sexuality. So don't label all black men as being homophobic.

[Donnell Rollins]

You're not a regular son. What kind of is he? He does his eyebrows.

[DJ Envy]

No, I don't.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Yes, you do.

[Andrew Schulz]

Yes, you do.

[Interviewer/Host]

Definitely do.

[Charlamagne tha God]

I don't believe that you just naturally wake up with your eyebrows.

[DJ Envy]

Don't get mad at me because you got to feel yours in every morning.

[Jess Hilarious]

Wow.

[Donnell Rollins]

But I just think. I just.

[Jess Hilarious]

Wow.

[Donnell Rollins]

The way people think is totally different now. At some point, you gotta be like, who gives a. You just keep it moving.

[DJ Envy]

What's the wildest assumption people have ever made about you and your sexuality and how did you handle it?

[Donnell Rollins]

I've never had no wife child situations by my sexuality.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's a lie. Somebody thought you. Somebody thought you were gay before.

[Donnell Rollins]

I don't know who that could be.

[DJ Envy]

At this stage in your career, do you feel like you've gotten everything you deserve or are you still fighting for your flowers?

[Donnell Rollins]

I'm not fighting for my flowers. Because whatever flowers is going to happen, it's already. It's already laid. It's already laid out. I'm not fighting for anything. I'm not. I don't. I'm not fighting for any more fame or any of that. I just like the path that I'm on. I like the fact that I've been doing it over 30 some years. I still can pull an audience. I'm still funny. You got some people that come and they go, I'm still. Still standing. I'm. I'm still one of the, you know, dopest comics out there.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Interviewer/Host]

That you are.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Nobody really gave a somebody.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, we appreciate you too, Donnell. Thank you for joining us this morning.

[DJ Envy]

Your man said he give you his flowers.

[Donnell Rollins]

That's my guy.

[Jess Hilarious]

And don't even mention him one time because.

[Donnell Rollins]

Because we didn't.

[Caller/Guest]

We.

[Just Hilarious]

Said we know what we do.

[Jess Hilarious]

Thank you for these beautiful sneakers that you gave us.

[Just Hilarious]

This is crazy.

[Donnell Rollins]

Look, that's behind Charlotte.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Like this.

[Jess Hilarious]

Look at this.

[Donnell Rollins]

Look at this one.

[Jess Hilarious]

Look at this. This one.

[Just Hilarious]

Raisy. Oh, my God.

[Charlamagne tha God]

Your daughters on there. That's cute.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's not my daughters. That's me and Charlemagne.

[Interviewer/Host]

Oh.

[Donnell Rollins]

It'S the Breakfast Club.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's Don Rollins, ladies and gentlemen.

[Donnell Rollins]

Thank you.

[Jess Hilarious]

Time to get up out of here. Sh. Man, you got a positive note?

[DJ Envy]

I do. Positive note is simply this. Learning how to leave people alone and go on with your life is a needed skill. Master it for the sake of your own dignity and peace of mind. Have a great day, Breakfast Club.

[Donnell Rollins]

Do y' all finished or y' all.

[DJ Envy]

Done woke up wake you up. Wake you up.

[Andrew Schulz]

Wake that ass up.

[DJ Envy]

Program your your Alarm to Power 105.1 on iHeartradio.

[Charlamagne tha God]

This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.