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Tiffany Haddish and Jason Lee NOT expecting a baby! + Mo’Nique admits her ego played a role in issue with her son.
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I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody. Exclusive. I don't know if you're gonna lie about that, right? Lauren came in hot. Hey, y', all, what's up? It's Lauren LaRosa. And this is the latest with Lauren the Rosa. Now this is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room B. Now today we are getting on into some things. We're going to get right on into the latest because we got a lot to talk about. We have some updates. So Tiffany Haddish and Jason Leigh, Hollywood unlocked founder, are not having a baby. I rushed to get that out. And to say that because I've been trying to figure this out for. It's been weeks. So let me just back on up, right? August 4th, Tiffany Haddish and Jason Lee posted these photos to their Instagram. It was a photo of Tiffany and Jason. There was a baby in Tiffany Haddish's hand. And of course, all of us, and Jason's there, they're smiling. Jason's holding the baby stroller. So we all looking like, what is this giving right now? Like, what is happening? Like, did y' all go adopt a kid or have a surrogate? Have a kid? Now, the only reason to be fair, because Jason Lee is a very openly gay man. So for those who don't know him, to be fair, the only reason why we even assumed this is because a little minute ago, Jason Lee and Tiffany Haddish were having a conversation and they were talking about Tiffany Haddish wanting to have a baby and having the baby with Jason Lee. Let's take a listen to that. You said you would give me a kid. Are you serious about that? Yeah, we could have a kid. I wanted to talk to you about the cost of. Because I said I wanted to do it the old fashioned way. You said no, no. So I wanted to talk to you about the cost the old fashioned way. What is the old fashioned. It's been so long. No, we gotta do the hoochie coochie. Wait, I don't like that word. Okay. We gotta do. We gotta do the pound. Pound. Okay, wait, so here's the deal. My penis and I had an agreement, like back when I was 19, that we were vacating that world. And since then, we've, like, it's sort of like my. My mother, we just packed up and left and never came back. Right? So that wasn't funny, right? It is kind of funny. So. Hey, mom. But no, seriously. Yeah, After I walked away from vagina, I just like, it was like that. STDs, pain, sorrow, shooting, violence, drugs. Like, I don't want to be around none of that anymore. Yeah. But I still want a kid. Now, y' all could tell he's openly gay man, right? A very openly gay man. Okay. Ain't nothing swinging back over this way at all about Jason Lee. So when people, when the picture was posted, naturally, people thought, like, okay, they did it. They either got a surrogate, they either adopted, because it's no way, and I mean, not a way in the devil's hell that Jason Lee put anything of his inside of her to make a baby. Also too, we've been seeing Tiffany Haddish, and she hasn't been pregnant, so that also was a thing. But yes. So this photo had everybody going. When I tell y', all, I literally had people texting me, like, lauren, what's up? And I'm like, what do you mean? Like, everything cool. What do you mean? Is Jason Lee pregnant? And I'm like, is Jason Lee pregnant? You mean, is Tiffany Haddish? Did Tiffany Haddish have a baby by Jason Lee? Yeah. What's going on? And then also too, we never talked about it, so I didn't talk about it. Here on the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. We didn't talk about it on the Breakfast Club we were going to one day, but I think we just didn't get to it. I text Jason when the photo dropped, and I'm like, yo, what's up? What's going on here? And I sent the photo. All he did was send me back a bottle. And I'm like, what does that mean? And he didn't say anything else. And then I was leaving Atlanta. I went and spoke at the podcast summit in Atlanta. Shout out to the podcast summit in deshannes for bringing me down. I had an amazing time. It was so well put together, but I was there. Jason Lee also spoke there as well too. And when we were leaving, flying back to New York, Jason Lee was on my fl Were, like, in the same row. So we just sat next to each other, and I was asking him. Then I'm like, what's going on? You gonna tell me what's up or not? And he's like, I don't talk about kids. I don't discuss kids. Child. Jason Lee and Tiffany Haddish was on Jimmy Kimmel. They talked about kids, and they are not having one, nor do they have one right now that we know of. Let's take a listen. What did you think of this whole baby fiasco? I don't know. The whole world has lost their mind over this beautiful baby. We just took a picture with a baby and then. And then that went crazy. So now we got a God baby. We do. Yeah. I went ahead and made it our God baby. Okay, great. You the daddy. Oh, thank you. This is the first time, both of us being former foster kids, that we're actually selecting to choose a baby that wasn't ours. But that's why adoption's important. Yeah, adoption is important. It is. It is very important. Jason, the offer still is on the table if you wanna make a real baby together. Okay. We'll have a meeting tomorrow. Like our, our baby. Yeah, we'll have a meeting. You know, I'm traditional and I'm still gay, y'. All, not me. And the whole world thought they might have adopted a kid. And they had us going too, right? They really had us going. I do like the plug of the whole adoption thing and plugging, adopting kids. My mom was a foster mom for about 10 or 11 years out of my life. Some of my God, I don't call them my foster brothers and sisters. I call them my God brothers and my God sisters or just my sisters and my brothers. Depends on who I'm talking to. But some of them listen to the podcast. Hey, y'. All. But a lot of them spent anywhere from, like, shoot, three to four to maybe 10 years with us, with me and my brother growing up in the same household as us. So. And my mom always did everything she could to try and keep families together. So, like, if a foster kid came to our house and she found out that you had like a brother and a sister somewhere, she would request from the social workers that we find, you know, your other siblings and they get brought to our house, things like that. Just because my mom used to always talk to me about just everything that children in the system were going through. And Jason Lee and Tiffany Haddish were both adopted. They talked a bit about that here. And yeah. So just, you know, them being able to use the moment, you know, and the attention to talk about the importance of adopting kids and, you know, raising foster children and, you know, all those things. Dope little spin on that. But Jason Lee, Tiffany Haddish, y' all had me going, okay. I really thought I was sitting next to a father when we were sitting on that plane. Now, in other news, up next on the latest, TS Madison. So TS Madison sat down on her podcast Outlaws with TS Madison with Monique and Monique and TS Madison talked about a lot, man. They talked about a lot. I enjoyed the conversation from start to finish. It was about an hour long conversation. They got into the Monique and Tyler Perry things and we talked about that a bit on the Breakfast Club this morning. But they also got into and everything that was happening with Monique's son. And an update there where they are now. Let's take a listen to Monique. Will people shout as loud when they find out we're healing? No. Will people do the shows about Monique and her son when they found out we've been talking? Will people now shout and say, oh, my God. Because we thrive on what we believe to be negative when it comes to my son, that's mine. Yep, that is mine. All day long. That is my child. So whatever we go through, that's mine. That's mine. What I will say is I let my ego get in the way. I will say that publicly. And I had to take that down because I had to say, monique, that is yours, baby. He's 34 years old. You're 57. You know better. Take it down. So for all the ones asking you about me and my son, we're healing, and I'm grateful, and I prayed for that healing. Please bring them back to me. Oh, now, this was big for me to hear, because Monique is not a person to. I wouldn't say Monique is not a person to admit when she's wrong. I would not say that. But to hear her say it was my ego. I think it's hard for anybody, whether you're Monique or not to admit when you may have added to the problem or you were a part of the problem. But to hear her say what she said, I'm like, man. Cause a lot of people try and make it seem like Monique is this person who just loves a problem and loves the drama. Because when she does speak about things she's been through, whether it's been with Oprah, and she talked about that. Let's take a listen. Oprah. I'm not going anywhere until y' all take accountability and fix it. Y' all messed with my livelihood, which messes with my family. Never would I do that to anyone. Or the Tyler Perry incident. She talked about that. Let's take a listen. One of the biggest entertainers in the world is Tyler Perry. And Tyler Perry told a lie on me. And that lie cost me 12 years of my career. 12. And I know that you work for that man, but as I told you before, and I'm gonna say it again, until he fixes it, I will not stop. Because that's how the monster is created. We're too afraid. We're too scared. We're too fearful that you're gonna take something from me. So I'm just not gonna say anything. Harvey Weinstein is where? He's in jail now. That's been going on for decades. But everybody said, let it go. Don't say nothing. Which allowed that man to do more damage to women over the decades. As long as I can help it, I'm saying, Tyler Perry, you will not do this to another. As long as I can help it. Because you told a lie and you feel like you have the God complex. So I ain't got to fix it. Either. You'll fix it in life, or you'll be dealt with in death. It's totally up to you. But I'm not going nowhere or anything dealing with her. Me and her. Me and her. Me and her, man. Do not play with her daddy, okay? Her daddy that I'm referring to is her husband, who she's been married to for years and years and years at this point. But I found out on this podcast that Monique and her husband were actually friends. They were roommates. First crazy story. Let's take a listen to that. If you knock on my door, I'm gonna let you in. She knocked on my door because she did an interview, and we're talking about our sister, Tiffany Haddish. She did an inter with GQ magazine, and some kind of way the conversation got to Monique and she said, I don't have that husband of hers. Like, she got. Wait a minute, sister. You rung the bell. You said ding dong. And I said, come on in and get this pound cake. Let's talk about it. Come on here and get a slice of it. And I didn't say it to be cruel. I said it to be factual. When you have somebody loving you, you're not gonna get DUIs. Cause that man that's loving you is gonna say, hey, you've had too much. You're not driving. That man that's loving you is gonna say, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What kind of videos are you making that looks like you could appear to be grooming a child? It is things that when you are being loved, you get pulled back from all of the foolishness. You get pulled back from all of the superstardom. I'm a star. You get pulled back from that because you're enjoying being loved. So why ever would you put yourself in a position to sacrifice your life? So whenever Monique is talking about these things, people love to make it seem like she's this, like, negative Nancy, this drama queen, this. Oh, my God. But to hear her take accountability in that moment, I mean, it's her son, right? So I think that's a different level of conversation when you're talking about your own child. But what was going down with Monique and her son did play out publicly. So to hear her take that accountability publicly, I thought was a really big deal. But, I mean, that's all she's been asking for, you know, after legend and things that she alleged about all the people we just mentioned, like an Oprah or Tyler Perry from the beginning. So to see her do it. I was like, I like that. I like this Monique. Like, you know, when she was talking about her son, I'm like this Monique right here. That is the mom that is protective. That is about her family and her sweet babies and all her sweet babies. This is what I like right here. Because typically I think the conversation with her is always about what is done to her and not that, I mean, I don't know all of the ins and outs of the situation with her son. So I don't know what was done to who in that situation. But, you know, just to hear somebody take accountability is just, it's a good thing to hear and witness. And I think that the reason why I say that is because it represents a really good, a really good place of like peace or healing. Like, when you are good in a situation, you're able to look back and say, okay, here's how I might have contributed to that situation. I'm Hunter, host of Hunting for Answers on the Black Effect Podcast Network. Join me every weekday as I share bite sized stories of missing and murdered black women and girls in America. There are several ways we can all do better at protecting black women. My contribution is shining a light on our missing sisters and amplifying their disregarded stories. Stories like Tameka Anderson. 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We talk about the important role hairstylists play in our communities, the pressure to always look put together and how breaking up with perfection can actually free us. Plus, if you're someone who gets anxious about flying, don't miss session 418 with Dr. Angela Neal Barnett, where we dive into managing flight anxiety. Listen to therapy for black Girls on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Let's take a listen to Monique's issue with her son Shalom. Because back In February of 2024, Monique sat down with Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay and talked about their relationship. And that was the down spiral of the things. Let's take a listen. My oldest son, Shalon, and this is what I want to say to this. There are some people that are saying, oh, you should be ashamed of your mothering skills. You should be ashamed of yourself. This is what I'LL say let's let it play out. Because the same ones that said to me I was crazy, I was deranged, we watched it play out. So just like with my son, we'll watch this play out. And I do want to address this though, Shalon, when you say her daddy, her daddy, then that's when mommy gonna say, stop playing. Because you know this has been Uncle Sid your whole life. Uncle Sid knew you before you knew you. So for you to say her three sons. Yes, you're absolutely right. He has three sons. He can't claim you as his son because he's always been Uncle Sid and he knows your daddy very well and love that brother. And the irony of all of this is you're not expressing the relationship that you have with your father where you spoke ill to him, not to mention spoke ill to your mother, but somehow your mother and father and I all have a loving relationship and communicate back and forth, forth because of the love that we have for you. Now. After this, her son got online and responded and his take on the situation was completely different. To address the Club Shishay interview that she did where she states that she prays to the universe in regards to reconciling our relationship, as I stated, is odd. My mother and I both know that that is a very false narrative, and I would like to free her of having to continue telling that lie. Faith without work is dead, and neither one of us cares to put forth any effort to reconcile with the other. We are separate, as she put it, because she doesn't care to be my mother any more than I care to be her son. Neither one of us has had the desire to reach out to the other in a very long time, and I don't think that either of us anticipates that feeling ever returning. Speaking with my mother directly, in my experience, will either lead to some odd newfound moment of clarity in regards to how she was as my mother, or she retreats back to Daddy to move forward with a conversation. And I'm tired of hearing my mother's truths. Newsflash. I'm not sure if people know, but standing in your truth doesn't make you noble. I'm not sure if people are aware of that, but responding this way, I feel as though it allows me to to say my peace uninterrupted. Now, following all of this, there was a photo that was posted to Instagram with Monique and her son, and it talked about them reconciling finally and being able to begin conversations of healing and figuring it Out. And again, I think seeing that photo, knowing this background and hearing Monique tell TS Madison her ego was in the way, she can be accountable for that. She had to think, okay, this is my child. I am the adult here. And she pulled herself up by the bootstrap and figured it out in a way where they're now able to be at a peaceful place. It's just a good thing to see, I think, you know, it's always tough with women and family. And I kind of wish that TS Madison had dived more into this when Monique was talking about her son, because I've heard Monique talk about this situation a lot. And Monique, we would love to hear have you here on the Brown Girl grinding production of the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. If you ever listen to the podcast, if you listen, let me know. We would love to have you here because what I would love to talk to you about. We don't gotta get into Tyler Perry again. We don't gotta talk about Oprah again. I would love to talk to you about when you were figuring out that balance. And I know you talked a bit about this on Club Shay Shay, but I think the conversation would be different with the woman. And I think I would be interested in having the conversation because as a woman that is trying to figure out, when do I have kids, when I have them, how do I balance career, My career requires me. I feel absent as a daughter and a granddaughter right now. And I'm like laughing about it. But, like, I literally, it has caused me in some instances, so much anxiety and so much stress, just trying to figure everything out as things are moving and grooving and, you know, now I'm in a flow of things like, we got the podcast, we got the. We know the daily time. I know the time for Breakfast club. Like all of this stuff, though, it's like everything is moving. Not even was is moving so fast and things are so new that I'm used to being able to dedicate a certain amount of time to family, being able to pick up the phone a certain amount of times a day, and I can't do that all the time. And the other day, my mom literally asked me, and it's probably even worse when it's your child. But my mom asked me the other day, you don't love me no more? And she was so serious. She was like, you don't love me no more. And I'm like, what do you mean? She was like, we are best friends and you don't even call me sometimes. Just say Good morning. The same way that you were doing prior to all this, you know, stuff. And I'm like, dang. I had to think about it. Like, it's because, like, once I'm up, I'm going. I get up. We at the Breakfast Club. We leave the Breakfast Club. I head here to the podcast. I get home from the podcast. I might take an hour to myself just to not talk, and then I'll call my mom and just kind of download her day. But, you know, hearing from me in the morning starts her day. And we're really close. Same thing with my grandmother, and she's been complaining about that, too. So when I'm listening to, you know, Monique talk about being accountable for things and ego being in the way and finding a place of peace in healing all these years later, my first thought was, I would love to hear just even mentally, what you're dealing with as a mom who is building career. Career is moving so fast, Monique. Cause, come on, y' all could play with Monique all y' all want and disagree with her when it comes to, you know, what she's going through with other people in the industry currently. Like, you know, I don't agree with everything she says. I don't agree with everything she does. But one of the things that I've always said is that Monique is an icon. Monique is a legend. Her career is and was super big, right? And think about at the height of it, having a child and trying to figure out the balance of the things. And, you know, her. Her career is also very physical where she has to show up. She's an actress. You know, she was hosting a TV show. Y' all remember. Y' all remember the Monique Show? She was hosting a TV show, I believe that was on bet. She's on the road touring as a comedian. All three of these things happen to y', all, and they're all at a height. And I think now we have so many more resources, like, we got the nannies and the nanny services and just so many different things. Even, like, people talking about mental health now, I think puts you in a different space as a parent who's trying to juggle things and knowing, like, I need to take time for myself or I need to devote more time for my family, or I need to find a better balance, because, you know, mentally, this might be putting my child in a certain space as well. Things are just different now. Would love to talk to her just about what that journey was like, because she was in a very different time. Things were moving very fast for her and they were up. It was the peak of everything. While also dealing with her own battles and struggles. You know, she talked about being overweight on the podcast with T.S. madison and how it affected her and you know, how she almost, she didn't even know at some points, you know, what her weight was doing to her. And she said this herself just how things were perceived. She talked about watching the Parkers and being like, oh, wow, no one told me. She talked about meeting an agent and the agent saying to her, because of your size, you can't be sexy and fun. You'll always be the fun fat friend who plays second fiddle to someone. So you're dealing with all this new, you know, you have a child, you're raising, just all the things. Trying to figure out life. Trying to figure. Would love to have that conversation there. I don't think I've ever heard her in depth talk about that. I know she did get into it a bit on Club Shay Shay and she's touched on it a bit. But I mean in depth in a way where we could really understand and honestly learn from that part of her journey. Now at the end of the day, there's always a lot to talk about and every single time you guys join me right here to talk about it, I am so appreciative. We are on the road to a hundred episodes, y'. All. I'm like less than 24 hours away from 100 episodes. That is fire. I am excited. Thank you guys for tuning in my lowriders. I appreciate you guys. I will see you in my next episode with all of the latest. I'm Hunter, host of Hunting for Answers on the Black Effect Podcast Network. Join me every weekday as I share bite sized stories of missing and murdered black women and girls in America. Stories like Erica Hunt, a young mother vanished without a trace after a family gathering on 4th of July weekend 2020 16. No goodbyes, no clues, just gone. Listen to Hunting for Answers every weekday on the Black Effect Podcast Network, iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. It's Black Business Month and Money and wealth podcast with John Hope Bryant is tapping in. I'm breaking down how to build wealth, create opportunities and move from surviving to thriving. Me. It's time to talk about ownership, equity and everything in between. 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