10.) ICE Killing in Minnesota, Evolution of the Show + Chris Redd Drama (1/8/26)

Summary

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The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show

Episode 10: ICE Killing in Minnesota, Evolution of the Show + Chris Redd Drama
Date: January 8, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this charged and wide-ranging episode, Ebro, Laura, and Rosenberg dive into the recent killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents in Minneapolis, using it to launch discussions about ongoing systemic issues, police violence, and the role of media figures. The trio also touch on the evolution and challenges of their new show, engage in personal banter about working for major corporations, and dissect the much-discussed Chris Redd/Kenan Thompson situation. The hosts maintain their signature candid, debate-filled style, full of sound effects, inside jokes, and a dedication to audience engagement.

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Table of Contents

• ICE Killing in Minneapolis and Its Fallout
• Media Response & Stephen A. Smith Debate
• Corporate ‘Dance’ & Show Evolution
• Listener Engagement: Patreon, Merch, and the Show’s Future
• Laura's Rundown: Ray J Hospitalization
• The Lowdown: Chris Redd/Kenan Thompson Drama
• Gurus Mailbag: Navigating a Fading Friendship
• Notable Quotes
• Timestamps for Key Segments

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ICE Killing in Minneapolis and Its Fallout

Summary:
The show opens (01:48) with Ebro introducing the shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a mother and American citizen killed by ICE agents in Minneapolis. The hosts express outrage at both the killing and the official narrative, highlighting the lack of expected justice and context around growing federal power and civilian protests.

• Ebro’s Cynicism:
  “If you think this woman and her family are going to see justice—congratulations, you played yourself.” (01:48)

• Political and Social Context:
  The discussion ties the killing to broader strategies of chaos, fear, and voter suppression leading into the midterms (03:43, 04:01).

  • Laura: “They want people scared of speaking up… posting, talking about it. They want people scared.” (04:01)

• On-the-Ground Events:
  Laura and Rosenberg recount videos of ICE preventing medical aid for the victim, further fueling their accusation of federal antagonism (04:39).

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Media Response & Stephen A. Smith Debate

Setting Up the Debate:
The hosts transition into a detailed critique and debate about how prominent media figures, especially Stephen A. Smith, are “doing the dance” for establishment narratives (05:06, 05:27).

• Clip Breakdown:
  They play (05:43 – 07:15) a segment of Stephen A. addressing the shooting, dissecting his approach to legal and humanitarian angles and debating whether his take is independent or establishment-friendly.

  • Rosenberg: “I think he’s giving a pretty factual breakdown of what happened.”
  • Ebro: “I believe it’s a dance because they wanted…they want a Black man up there toeing the line for them.” (09:55)

• Personal Dynamic:
  Ebro shares exchanges with Stephen A., noting Stephen’s displeasure at being called out—a recurring inside joke and moment of show authenticity (09:26 – 14:06).

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Corporate ‘Dance’ & Show Evolution

“Plantation” Theme:
Around (18:03 – 20:01), the hosts use humor and hard truths to describe working for big media companies as being on “the plantation,” reflecting on recent show changes, layoffs, and the forced breakup of their previous show lineup:

• Ebro: “They separated the slaves…broke up the family. Kids over here, mom and dad over there.” (18:13)

Audience Love & Loyalty:
Laura recounts positive fan interactions at Barclays Center, highlighting how the breakup affected listeners (18:23).

Meta Commentary:
The team is self-referential, discussing their own backend show plans, corporate pressures, and the ways media figures—possibly themselves included—sometimes “do the dance” for job security (19:47 – 20:04).

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Listener Engagement: Patreon, Merch, and the Show’s Future

Building The New Show:

• Focus on growing a new audience via YouTube, discussing the surprisingly strong live numbers (~2,850-3,000, 30:31 – 31:27).
• Frustration and humor about naming segments (e.g., “White Ass Wednesday” vs. “Whiteness Wednesday,” 31:58 – 32:22).

Monetization & Community:

• Transparency about sponsorship: “There will be advertising in this program.” (32:59)
• Exploring Patreon: “We want to know what would make people subscribe—send ideas!” (37:06)
• Merch Director Laura, producer Griff running giveaways, and a spirit of DIY audience building (34:13 – 36:09).

Inside Jokes:

• Running gags about giveaways gone wrong, former ticket issues, and “runaway departments” at bigger shows (35:59).

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Laura's Rundown: Ray J Hospitalization

Segment Starts: (40:13)

• Ray J hospitalized in Las Vegas for pneumonia and heart issues.

• Discussion about celebrities using health crises for "algorithm hustling." (41:10)

  Laura: “Guys, why do they have to film everything?”
  Ebro: “Is this all algorithm hustling?” (40:59–41:10)

• Rosenberg jokes about content creation and speculates about the seriousness given Ray J’s history.

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The Lowdown: Chris Redd/Kenan Thompson Drama

Segment Starts: (44:03)

• Chris Redd tearfully discusses on Instagram his controversial relationship with Kenan Thompson’s ex-wife.

• The room analyzes friendship boundaries when exes and close friends are involved, the complications of "choosing love," and public airing of dirty laundry.

• All hosts, especially Ebro and Rosenberg (who note their bias toward Kenan), agree it’s a clear violation of friendship codes.

  Rosenberg: “I root for [my ex] to find love and happiness — not with one of my friends.” (47:18) Laura (quoting friend): “He needs to get slapped.” (45:39) Ebro: “He needs his ass whooped. This is grounds for ass whooping.” (50:58)

• Debate about whether Chris Redd’s actions are explainable because of his mental state or just plain wrong, with consensus that both Chris and Kenan’s ex share responsibility (48:55).

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Gurus Mailbag: Navigating a Fading Friendship

Segment Starts: (52:54)

• Listener letter about a 25-year friendship fading after the friend’s breakup and life struggles.
• Laura notes the red flag of people hoping partners will “change their mind” about kids (58:44).
• Rosenberg advises the listener to send a clear, honest message seeking closure (60:07).
• Ebro plays devil’s advocate, hinting the letter-writer may be “too needy” (59:35), prompting Rosenberg to caution about alienating audience with too-brutal honesty.

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Notable Quotes

• "They want these federal agents, this, basically this terrorist group on behalf of the federal government to antagonize everybody so that the streets become unsafe."
  — Ebro (03:13)

• "If you think this woman and her family are going to see justice — congratulations. You played yourself."
  — Ebro (01:48)

• "I just think for your own clarity, so it’s not hanging out over your head. … say something."
  — Rosenberg (60:07)

• "They separated the slaves. They broke up the family. Kids over here, yeah, mom and dad over there."
  — Ebro (18:13)

• "He needs his ass whooped. This is grounds for ass whooping."
  — Ebro (50:58)

• "This is a damaged human being, an addict on top of that."
  — Ebro (49:17)

• "You chose that—now you got to live with the consequences and move in silence."
  — Rosenberg (52:10)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• ICE Killing and Official Response: 01:48 – 07:10
• Stephen A. Smith Media Critique: 05:06 – 14:10
• Corporate Culture, Plantation Metaphor: 15:00 – 20:10
• Listener Stories about Show’s Evolution: 18:23 – 19:03
• Show Numbers, Patreon, Merch: 30:31 – 37:06
• Ray J Hospitalization (Rundown): 40:13 – 43:12
• Chris Redd/Kenan Thompson (Lowdown): 44:03 – 52:10
• Gurus Mailbag (Friendship Advice): 52:54 – 63:06

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Episode Tone & Style

• Language: Candid, streetwise, emotionally charged, with a lot of colloquialisms and playful insults between hosts.
• Format: Fast-paced, with real-time reactions to news and lively debate; uses repeat sound effects ("Congratulations, you played yourself").
• Audience Connection: Emphasizes transparency, seeking continual audience feedback, and referencing inside jokes and prior show history.

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This summary captures the episode’s dynamic energy, provides context for each key discussion, and highlights both the headline news and the human, sometimes messy, reality at the heart of this show. If you missed it: you’ll know the essential stories, the hosts’ takes, and the big, buzzy moments everyone’s talking about.

Transcript

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Aren't they always blood in the water?

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Ladies and gentlemen, Ebro Laura Rosenberg show. Back for another one. Thanks for tuning in live. Remember, we got plans. One of those plans is for you to subscribe and share and tell a friend and tune into us live every day at 8am thank you. Another plan we got. Another plan we got today is Laura Styles rundown, which we're going to get to.

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Yes.

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Another plan we got is the OGs. That's right. The original gurus on deck today.

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We back. I'm excited about this.

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No, no, no. We got plans. We got big plans.

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The original gurus that include a guru who was originally never there.

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Well. And that new guru wore a sweater to fit the. To fit the whole piece.

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Oh, my. Yo, Rosenberg. He's on his Mr. Rogers.

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Yeah. You know, I mean, these are the people in your neighborhood.

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Yeah.

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I mean, he cares.

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Yeah.

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I dressed up for the occasion.

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I respect this.

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I like it. I like it cozy.

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Yeah. No, no, it's the old man coziness. This is what they're gonna get now. You know what I'm saying? Glasses, cardigans. That's where this is.

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Oh, God.

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Amen. So. So now, boys and girls, Rosenberg. Get the button ready. Let's get right to it. An American citizen, a mother, a wife shot and killed in Minneapolis by ICE agents. The reason I'm saying hit the button is because, first and foremost, if you think that this woman and her family are going to see justice, congratulations. You played yourself. You have the President of the United States already coming out, aligning with the Department of Homeland Security Director Kristi Noem, basically saying this woman used her car as a weapon and it was.

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It was an act of domestic terrorism, I believe was the.

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Yeah.

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And here's the other part. This is why voting matters. You don't even have a Department of justice that would explore this independently. You don't have a Supreme Court. And here's the other piece. This is very important. As protests across the nation break out last Night because of the killing of this mother.

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Renee Nicole. Good.

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Renee Nicole. Good. Thank you for that. Rosenberg. This is what they want in 2026. They want to ratchet this ice thing up a notch. They want these federal agents, this, basically this terrorist group on behalf of the federal government to antagonize everybody so that the streets become unsafe. We have to remember this detail because the midterms are coming.

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Chaos. That's what they want. They want chaos. You want any reason to have tanks on the streets. Like, it is beyond. And this is. And this is a message. This is a message, guys. I truly believe that they want people scared. Scared of speaking up?

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Absolutely.

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Scared of a posting, talking about it. They want people scared.

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Yes.

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Well, people have been aggressively, remember, people have been fighting back against ice. You know, like, you will see videos of people aggressively pushing back against ICE and trying to protect their neighbors. And so now they have an example for you to see of how it could go down. Because we can get into all the logistics and the. The arguments being made for why it happened, but the fact of the matter is this woman at the time at which she was murdered, did not have to be shot in the head. There's no version of it in which she did.

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And Rosenberg. And afterwards, did you see the videos of ICE not allowing a doctor who was just asking, please let me check her pulse. And they were like, no, I didn't have our own EMS coming. And they were like, you killed my effing neighbor. Like, let me check her pulse. And no, they wouldn't allow any help.

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Now the. The Internet's going crazy. Laura Styles and Rosenberg, obviously, Stephen A. Smith got up there to do his dance.

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I can't, guys.

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I got up there to do his dance, to fall in line for that big bag. I've been telling you guys for weeks about these guys doing this dance for this money man. Am I now. Do you understand what I'm talking about now when I say doing the dance?

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But I didn't. I didn't think the clip that you sent was as bad as you're making as this makes it out to be.

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I. I don't know.

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No, no, no, it's. The clip wasn't as bad. Wasn't that bad in the sense that, yes, Stephen A. Tried to provide some nuance. Right. He tried to say the guy, the officer won't be convicted.

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You want to hear it while I have it here? You want to hear it? Yeah.

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Let's have a listen. I saw the video on numerous occasions, and seeing what transpired from A lawful perspective as it pertains to a law enforcement official, don't expect him to be prosecuted.

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He was completely justified.

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From a humanitarian perspective, however, why did.

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You have to do that? If you could move out the way.

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That means you could have shot the tires. That means you could have got her a few feet away after you shot the tires. And if you were unsuccessful in doing that, you could have got her down the road. You didn't have to do that. She wasn't driving down the road coming at you 90 miles an hour. She was parked in the middle of the street, and rather than get out the car, she wrongfully tried to drive.

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Off.

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And wrongfully disregarded law enforcement official, which is exactly what ICE is, and as a result, lost her life because of it.

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So if you were to take just the end part, I see why one would be really bothered by it. But when you watch it as a whole, I don't. I think he's giving a pretty factual breakdown of what happened. I don't think he's saying like. I think the humanity, humanitarian part was right.

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Well, he's not a lawyer.

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Well, neither are we. Right.

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I didn't say the law. I didn't get up here and quote the law.

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But. But he is correct that, you know, they're good. There's no world in which they would say that that officer wasn't in danger. We've seen enough of these to know.

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No, we know what they're saying.

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And we saw a video.

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And we saw a video, and we also saw that officer shoot three times completely, which is not just one time.

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Three times, 100%.

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And shot in the passenger window.

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No, I don't think any of this is not what he's saying, though. That's what all I'm saying. What he's saying is that it will be argued that it's justified and it will look enough like it is. But you didn't have to do that. That, to me, is what the situation was.

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It's wrong.

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It's 100%. It's 100% wrong.

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Listen, Stephen A, like I said, is doing the dance.

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I don't. I didn't see it in that clip. I don't think doing the dance. I think that's actually how Stephen A is. I think Stephen A actually sees things this way. You've known him longer than I have. I never knew a version of him when. Where he was like, super progressive politically.

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Oh, I'm not saying he's being. I'm not even. It's not even about Politics. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm not talking about his political alignment. When I say doing the dance, I'm saying toeing the line. The way that the establishment wants you to toe the line?

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I don't know. Don't you think the establishment would want you to be even further off than that and wouldn't even want you to say, from a humanitarian standpoint, why did you do that? I don't think they'd want him to say that. I'm just being honest. I. I don't.

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I don't.

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I don't think that's what you're seeing. Anyone who's toeing the line saying they're not questioning the officers doing it. They're going, he was justified.

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You shouldn't have driven.

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That's all I'm saying.

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So you're giving Stephen A. A pass is what you're saying?

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I just don't view Stephen A the way you do. I don't. I. I disagree with his politics. I don't like what he says. I believe he means it. I don't think it's a dance.

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I believe it's a dance because they wanted. Like I've told Stephen A. To his face, and even Rosenberg. We haven't even talked about this publicly. I forgot it to bring it up. Stephen A. Share. Stephen A. And I and Rosenberg shared a text. Stephen A's, in his feelings, offended because I said he was doing the dance.

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Oh, I didn't know that.

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Absolutely. Am I characterizing it right? Rosenberg?

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Yeah. I don't. I don't think he was pleased with you. He disagrees with your assessment. I think that's fair.

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They want. They want. They want a black man up there toeing the line for them, capitulating for them. That's what they want. Wait, wait.

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What on earth is happening? Laura? Is that. Yes, that's Brooklyn.

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It's action. It's action in the streets.

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Okay.

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This is why we got plans, man. This is why we got plans. New York, the streets of New York all up in the show.

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This is what Laura's house just sounds like on a regular. Listen, I. I hear. I hear your argument, and I see people say it about Stephen A. I saw the clip of Joy Reed, Joy talking about Stephen A. I understand all the reasons people have a lot of things to say about Stephen A. Like I said, I don't like the political views he often espouses. I'm just saying, as someone who's interacted with him a good amount over the last five Years. I just believe this to be him.

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Like, listen, I don't know if we could trust you anymore, Rosenberg.

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Oh, my God.

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Go ahead. Why? I mean, it doesn't make the views much better.

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I saw. Yeah. On yesterday's show, you had the D on your chest.

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The D for Disney.

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That's right.

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I mean, listen, I've beefed with Stephen A. Before. I've gotten into it with him before.

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He has.

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I don't mind. I don't mind getting into it with him. I legitimately don't agree with you. Like, I believe interviewing and standing next to all these people, like your Ben Shapiro and your Tommy Lorenzo and your Sean Hannity. No, no, no. But hear me out. When you're a hip hop first person and you want to go interview every one of these people, that, to me, is doing a dance. When you're Stephen A.

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Who is never. So he's a sports first person.

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Who is. Who's been transitioning to politics.

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Who's transitioning to politics because they need a guy to do the dance.

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I just. But he's doing it indie. Who's he doing the dance for? He's not even doing it for Disney. The Stephen A. Smith show is his own property. In fact, if I don't. I. The last thing I want to do is speak incorrectly about a Disney contract situation. But if I was Disney, they signed a big deal with them, and then he started doing an indie podcast. I. I don't think that was in their plans. Listen, I understand why I'd sound like a shill. So I sound like a shill. But I think he actually believes these things. And I just don't happen to like a lot of the views he has. But that clip and what he said right there.

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But he definitely doesn't like me saying he's doing the dance, which honestly is why I keep saying it.

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Because you're a bad.

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Such a troll.

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That's really my. That's really my only aim here, to antagonize him even more.

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Well, because you. Because you don't like his views and.

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No, no, no, no. Because I really, really. I have had a great relationship with him for a long time, and I enjoy the fact that he's upset with me right now. And like you said, it's.

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Laura. Laura. It was awkward. Laura, the text chain.

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Oh, God.

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Laura, this is Stephen A. First of all, he's. He's been good to me. Sure.

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No, he's been good to our show.

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Yeah. But I.

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But I've also been good to him.

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But I Work there.

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Listen, I don't.

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He's the most powerful.

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I don't give a damn.

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He's the most powerful talent at Disney.

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Wait, wait. I want to hear about this.

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Laura, Laura. He's the most powerful talent at the company. Him and Jimmy Kimmel, maybe. Okay? And he's texting Ebro, clearly, you know, unhappy with what Ebro had to say. And Ebro just goes back at him and keeps saying it over and over again. And, Laura, I pulled a straight up homer.

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He went quiet. He slid in the bush. He didn't say nothing. No.

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Can I tell you the truth? Because I'm honest. I texted him on the side and told him exactly what I'm telling you right now. I said, I don't know. I said. I said, stephen, I don't agree with you, bro. I don't. I said. I said, Joe, I said, I don't. It's the truth, though. I said, I don't agree.

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Say it in the group chat, because.

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I didn't want to even be a part of it. It was so awkward. Eo, you were not backing off. Yo, Ebro is really turning up the temperature, too, you know, because, listen, shots.

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Where he's like, no, listen, listen.

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It was vacation, bro.

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Listen, he lost a job.

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Why you doing this?

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No, listen, bro. People watch our shows, man. And you can hit me with the button. Hit me with the button.

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Okay, well, I got to get to the back of that button.

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Where's the Lebaton?

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It's frozen.

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Congratulations. You played yourself.

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I want everyone to remember.

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I got plans, man.

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I want everyone.

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We fixing these sound effects.

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I want everyone to remember.

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Jacket, man. Coming back out of here. Coming back. Congratulations, man. Yes.

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People watch our show. You were saying?

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People watch the show, and I am. I don't know how you guys feel about it, but I think I'm being diplomatic. When I'm on our show. Often. As often as possible.

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Sometimes.

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As often as I possibly can handle. Privately, I am way worse than I am on the end.

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Oh, absolutely.

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Now, when it. When it's a. When it's a business meeting, a corporate environment, I don't engage.

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No, you straight sell. Straight sellout. You just handle the business.

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There's just nothing. I'm here. I'm here for work. I'm here to get the bag.

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All right? And.

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But if y' all want to get busy, if we want to get. And I've said this in meetings. We. Are we doing this right now? Let me know.

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What's the.

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What's the context for that, please Meaning, like, are we. Are we about to engage?

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No. Like someone starts to flirt with a.

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A political idea or act like it's smooth or act like there's two sides to this or act like it's not racially motive. Are we doing this right now? If not, move on.

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Let's not do it.

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Move on. This is not what you want to do with me here, right? Because remember, in a business environment. You brought it up. I didn't bring it up. I'm keeping it. I'm keeping it professional. But anyway, I say all that to say that in the text message. I'm not backing off. Bro, you know what time it is, man? Yo, you know what time it is? Stop acting like you haven't soft shoed and done a dance to get to the bag. That's not a personal attack.

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Even me being.

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Even me being in a meeting and. And saying, are we doing this right now in a meeting to make sure I'm being professional is doing a dance.

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People, you. You sometimes say really inflammatory things, and then you say. I don't see why it's personal. No, no, no meaning it sounds personal.

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No, no. Meaning I'm not saying he's the only one.

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Sure, sure. But you.

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Did you say.

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Did you say that we. Did you say we all do the dance sometimes? You didn't say that?

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I don't know. No, no, no. I said it on the air that day. I said it on the air that day or the next day.

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Well, yeah, of course, you know, people never see the extra part where you maybe add nuance to it. Well.

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Oh, well, be mad, Stephen.

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A. All I. All I know is this. Whatever you want, by the way. All I know is this. For people in the chat who have something to say about me and Ebro just calling me a hoe. Sorry. Sorry. Then that's my dance. Because I'm going to. I am not getting into it with the most powerful person in my company because of something Ebro said. You could get the F out of here. Not happening. Sorry. And I didn't even say it because I don't believe it.

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I've gotten. Y' all in enough trouble. Laura's unemployed.

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Yeah. So can you respect my. Can you respect my move now? I'm handling what I have to handle.

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It's okay, Rosenberg. It is okay.

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Got a baby at home.

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All right, listen, I've got. Listen, we out here in the wild now.

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Oh, God.

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I'm not kidding. I backed up like the old. The old plantation about. About to launch a new. A new show. Soon come.

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Yes.

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And by the way, it should be documented. We are being nice. We know exactly what they're launching, and we're not talking about it because we love the people that they hopefully. Or that we think they're bringing in. We want it to be successful. Well, I can speak for myself.

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Yes.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Absolutely.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, we want that.

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They chopped our family in half. You think? We. We. You don't. We. We don't want to wish them well.

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No. They separated the slaves. They separated the slaves.

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You're going throwback, bro.

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They broke up the family. Yes. The kids over here. Yeah. Mom and dad over there.

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Rosenberg. When I. Last night, I was at the Barclays Center. A lot of love. I told Eber, hey, first time being introduced, Laura Styles from the Ebro Laura Rosenberg show.

[B]

Oh, man, we got a big introduction.

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I was like, y got a lot of love.

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I may need a drop of Lord's laugh just there. Go ahead.

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What? One of the things that really. That two people came up to me, like, man, so they broke y' all up?

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Yeah.

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I said, yes. Yes. They're like, are you guys still friends? I'm like, of course we are, bro. We still love them. Yeah. It hurts my heart. I miss Cass so much. And Shoddy. And Juanito.

[B]

Well, no. And. And wow.

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But yes, they broke us up.

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No. Ebro Plantation. When Ebro just said that. So it's so funny you said that. I almost reached out to someone when I. I heard about the situation.

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New situation.

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Yeah. I almost texted them and said, yo, I heard you got the gig at the plantation station.

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That's right.

[C]

And it kicked. I didn't say that, but it kicked into my. I haven't thought about that phrase in so long. And Ebro, I don't know where it originates for you, but. But for me, when I was in college radio and I was working at the big urban station, all my underground friends would be like, yo, have fun at the plantation station.

[B]

Right.

[C]

It was the only way they referred to the big corporation.

[B]

Yeah. That's how you refer to the big corporations. That's the plantation, man. We clock in. They're monitoring you. They're. You know what I mean? They can break you up. They could send you off. They could sell you off. It's a plantation, bro. That's what you're signing up for. And by the way. And you better do that dance.

[C]

Full circle, back to the day.

[B]

You better do that dance.

[C]

Well, you. We didn't do it right. We didn't do the dance.

[B]

Yo, my My knees was hurting. I wasn't. My feet wasn't moving fast enough anymore. They got rid of me.

[C]

I can't do a jig. You know what I mean?

[A]

Like, f y'.

[C]

All.

[A]

We sitting down, right? Rosa.

[B]

We'Re sitting there. Listen, hit the button, though. Hit the button. Congratulations. You played yourself. I want to reiterate it, if you allow. What's going on outside to get you off your square right now. You're playing yourself.

[A]

It's hard.

[B]

No, I know. I know. We want to hit the streets. I know. We want justice right now for Rene. I know. But we have to think long term. If we're going to get this thing back on the rails, we have to think long term. I. I think. I. I would like to hear. I. I don't think we have the Minneapolis mayor who was saying, ice, get the F out of our city. But what we do have is someone I follow, and I encourage all of you to follow. He is the mayor of Chicago. Let's have a listen.

[D]

Good evening, Chicago. I would like to take a moment to address the tragic loss of life today in Minneapolis. The video that many of us have seen of ICE officers fatally shooting a woman at point blank range is deeply disturbing and unfortunately, all too similar to incidents that have transpired here in Chicago. No community deserves to be subjected to the terrorist that stemming from this president's use of ICE as his personal militarized force. At the start of their operation in Chicago, an ICE agent killed a father, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, under very similar conditions in his car right after dropping his children off at school. And just as they tried to do today in Minnesota, the Trump administration lied about what happened and spewed misinformation in an attempt to distort the public's understanding. There was no accountability for that killing. Nor was there any accountability when another legal observer in Chicago was shot five times. It is incidents like these that demonstrate why we have pushed back against reckless and racist militarized immigration enforcement in Chicago. When we have rogue, masked federal agents killing people on our streets, we are all less safe. In Chicago, we saw these same agents indiscriminately raid apartment buildings, tear gas school children, and violate the fundamental rights of countless Chicagoans. Chicago stands in solidarity with Minneapolis. I am praying for the family of the victim, for Mayor Fry, and for the people of your city. I implore you to come together in this moment. The point of this operation, of ICE raids, and of this president's rhetoric is to divide us and to dehumanize our neighbors. Do not let them change the part of your soul that sees a fellow human being when you look at your neighbor. We will get through this. And to my fellow Chicagoans, we will continue to stand together and hold the Trump administration accountable and to protect our communities from the abuses of the Trump administration.

[C]

Thank you. A bit more. Even though I appreciate the anger of the Minneapolis mayor, I appreciated that stance and that tone in this moment. A bit more.

[B]

Had you seen that, Rosenberg?

[A]

Yeah, first time for me, too.

[C]

And I thought Tim Walls had a sort of similar tone. Yeah, I really liked Tim Walls yesterday. Like, let's not. This is not the time for us to fall apart and play into their game because we know what they're trying to do.

[A]

Correct? Correct.

[B]

Tim Walls has asked for the National Guard in. In Minneapolis at this time, which I think is a. Is a power play on his behalf. Right. Because that takes the ability for Donald Trump, at least the way. The way I read it online for people covering it, news sources, that takes the power away from Donald Trump to be able to move a military force into Minneapolis and take credit for it.

[C]

I think it's interesting that this whole thing has ended up in Minneapolis. I was texting this yesterday, bro. I think it's interesting this whole thing has blown up in Minneapolis and that this is a focal point for the Right. Because I think it's as foul as it is, and I don't want these Somali people to be used as a pawn, obviously. I think it's actually an opportunity for Tim Walls to, like, fight back, who I think is a really potentially important player for the opposite.

[B]

Well, now, remember, remember, Tim Walls has stepped aside in his gubernatorial campaign, and reports say it's because he was worried for his family safety. Remember how harsh they were with his son and his wife and just his whole family. He said he's not running for governor.

[C]

So that means he's. Does that mean he has you. You think he's over with any sort of aspiration to move forward?

[B]

I don't know if that means that, but I know he's not running for governor, and I know that the Republicans believe that they can turn. I mean, listen, they were trying to destabilize the state of New York until. Hit the button when I say this name. Elise Elise Stefanik stepped aside in her gubernatorial campaign. Congratulations. You played yourself. And so they have their eyes on trying to convert, you know, the populace of these states. Minneapolis, New York State, Pennsylvania. I mean, they even tried to make a play. You know, we just went through the. The election in New Jersey But Mikey, Sheryl got that gig. You know, I mean, they're always trying to destabilize.

[C]

So, so, so. So they bullied Tim essentially out of wanting to even do this anymore.

[A]

Yes. Yeah, he. He was. He's scared. Scared for the safety of his family.

[B]

Pretty much Hit the button. Congratulations. You played yourself. And so many comments, and rightfully so, because we're programmed to believe that we live in a land of laws, and we live in a land where people can find justice, and we live in a land where there's, like, you know, the sense that we have a moral compass. But I just want to hit the button, man.

[C]

We.

[B]

Congratulations. You played yourself. We are not that place. Yeah. Are there moments where we see the. That we have potential? I believe so. But can you honestly look at the United States of America right this second as we talk about taking Greenland and yesterday, just all of discussion that Donald Trump is running Venezuela. Oh, by the way, the word is that some 30 billion barrels of oil have just been like, are headed back to the United States that the United States just took. But remember, we claim that that's ours. That's our claim. Because oil corporations from the United States built that infrastructure. So we're. No, nobody I don't believe is talking about how the President of the United States speaks basically on behalf of corporations. You guys don't find that peculiar that he uses the term we and us when speaking on behalf of corporations and he's an elected official.

[C]

It's. It's. Well, no, because I told you the one thing about. The one thing I got to give it up to him on. When they do gangster ish, they don't even hide it.

[A]

No, no at all. They telegraph it is what it is.

[C]

And they're like, guess what? The sheep that love us, they don't even understand that what we're saying shows were not for them because.

[B]

And the people who only care about.

[C]

Money, they're here for it.

[B]

They. They're loving it.

[C]

And the people who hate us hate us anyway.

[B]

That's right.

[C]

So.

[B]

Oh, well.

[C]

Now, listen, the Republicans operate like a football team with a great running back and a great offensive line. We're good. Oh, you know, we're running the ball.

[B]

We're going that way.

[C]

We're running it right down your throat, and you're not going to stop us. And then the best part is when the Democrats ever do anything, they stop and are like, you guys are mean. He said that yesterday. He was a member. We had. We didn't play it yesterday, but there was Audio of Trump saying we can't lose the midterms because if we lose the midterms, they're going to find a reason to impeach me. We can't lose the midterms or they're going to impeach me, when in fact, Biden should have been impeached 100 times.

[A]

Oh, God. Oh, God.

[C]

But the Democrats are meaner than us. They're so mean. Yo, can you imagine of all the things that they lie about saying the Democrats are meaner than the Republicans.

[B]

Gone too far. Congratulations. You played yourself. Yeah.

[C]

Didn't you?

[B]

That's where we need the F out of here button. Sorry.

[C]

You're right.

[B]

That's where we need to F out of here.

[A]

But we do. We do. But you saw that video of Steve Bannon. I think it was like a turning point USA pretty much saying, like, I'm going to go to jail.

[B]

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

[A]

Some of us are going to go to jail. Me, possibly me. Like they know it.

[B]

No, it's next level.

[A]

What a time, guys. What a time.

[B]

Listen, you can email Ebro Laura rosenbergmail if you would like to be a part of Freedom Friday.

[C]

No, Friday Freedom.

[B]

Excuse me. Friday Freedom. Congratulations, you played.

[C]

As a matter of fact, today is the last day to get your emails in because tomorrow is Friday. So send your emails now.

[B]

That's right. And voice notes. And voice.

[C]

Yeah, we need some voice notes, man.

[B]

And make sure you put Friday Freedom in the subject line because that same email is currently being used for the gurus.

[C]

No, it's not.

[A]

No, it's not.

[B]

Wait, what's our goo. Oh, no, that's right. We have the original gurus. Gmail.gmail.com.

[C]

That'S.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

That's right, man.

[C]

Yo, today we're flirting with. We're up. We're up over 2850. Today's a day when if you tell a friend and tell a friend, we could touch 3000 concurrent for the first time.

[B]

3000 people at the same time. I mean, now, how have the numbers for these shows been doing? Rosenberg, you're a, you're a numbers watcher.

[C]

I, in my, in my observation, okay, this has been very. The numbers to start out this early with a new thing and a new channel and be live on YouTube at a really, you know, a pretty early time to be live on YouTube, to have been just like, you know, out of the gate. Our average when I look is 2500 concurrence. I think that's a fantastic start. I, I really could now. And if we somehow like today and tomorrow, we're touching three. I'd consider that to be astounding because I assumed we'd sit kind of in that initial number for a while, you know, as we watch this thing grow. But, yeah, I feel very good.

[A]

People are still discovering us. I still get people saying, like, where can I watch you send them the link? So I think that the telephone. The telephone situation is really working for us.

[B]

Well, so now can we talk about Patreon here? Why not a thing we can do.

[C]

Why not? I love talking about the show on the show.

[B]

So, ladies and gentlemen, if you're. If you're watching right now and you're not familiar with Patreon, please get familiar. It may become the only way that we can bring back Whitish Wednesday.

[A]

White ass Wednesday.

[C]

White ass. Yeah.

[B]

How about Whiteness Wednesday?

[C]

I don't like that as much.

[A]

I don't like it either.

[B]

No, like. But white ass. I don't want to talk about white ass. No, that's not a thing I'm into.

[C]

No, but she means ass in the adverb way. I. I think. I think White ass Wednesday is better than whiteness.

[A]

Yeah, I don't like Whiteness Wednesday.

[B]

Yeah, Whiteness Wednesday. All right. You guys can title it whatever I'm running with Whiteness Wednesday. Make you guys squirm.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

But at any rate, we have to figure out with the audience a. Is that something that you're willing to subscribe for?

[A]

Yes, that's right. You want.

[B]

Because that's not really our area of expertise, asking you all to subscribe to a thing and. And pay money on a monthly basis. That's not our deal. Our deal moving forward, just heads up. There will be advertising in this program.

[C]

Well, we certainly hope so. I can't imagine anyone be mad about us having.

[B]

So periodically. They have to know that we might just break into commercials.

[A]

Yeah, right.

[B]

It might just be. All of a sudden, Laura Styles starts talking about, I don't know, Tide pods or something, and Rosenberg is promoting, you know, hot dogs at Wegmans or something.

[C]

All of these things exist across. Oh, wow. We're up over 2900 kids.

[A]

And our family knows and they understand that we're trying to keep these lights on, so they're with us.

[B]

Well, but. But there's another piece of that. When an advertiser joins our community, we need you all to engage with said advertiser.

[C]

Right. So now you want them to go buy things, what you're saying?

[B]

Well, for that, hopefully it's an advert. Hopefully it's something they need. It's useful. We want to. We. We are. What we're trying to do is make sure that we have advertisers to. That understand what you guys are looking for and need. And so it's a. It's a. Would that be a. A symbiotic relationship?

[C]

That's right. That's right.

[B]

It works together.

[C]

Listen, even if they don't end up going out and buying everything, engage as Ebro saying, you know what I mean? Go visit their sites, check out what they're doing, you know? But now, one step at a time.

[B]

Now back to the Patreon thing. I think that's where we can plug in the merch. Laura Styles is our director of merch for Ebro Laura Rosenberg show. So all of your merch requests send them to Laura Styles. And I think we plugged the merch thing into the Patreon thing.

[C]

You mean, like. You mean subscribers get merch?

[B]

Yes.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, I like this. That's cute.

[C]

Laura. I'm gonna tell you this right now, though. If. If Ebro has his druthers, our. Our Patreon will end up costing us money. We will lose.

[B]

Yo.

[C]

No, no.

[B]

I ran it by Rosenberg yesterday. I was like, yo, you think we could charge 25 cents?

[A]

Like 25 cents?

[B]

I'm like, yeah, I don't. I don't want people to have to spend money. It's rough out here.

[C]

And then.

[A]

And then he's like, cheap. Cheap, though, you know, maybe like Laura.

[C]

But, Laura, if you do it cheap and your man wants to have contests where we give away the.

[B]

We're doing cash giveaways.

[C]

Cash giveaways and giveaway merch. We lost money. Shirts have to be sh. Trust me, I have lost money on merch before. I know.

[B]

Listen, listen. I was on the phone. I was on the phone with Chance the Rapper last night. He said he's going to be in town for the Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson fight.

[C]

That's interesting.

[A]

Okay, okay.

[B]

At the. At the Garden. That's coming up.

[C]

I didn't know Chance was a big fight guy.

[B]

I mean, I don't. He's out here for it. I don't know what he's doing involved in it, but nonetheless, I was like, bro, can we give away some tickets? You got to plug on some ticket. You know, I'm ready to give people something. I'm an old radio head. You mean fight tickets? Fight tickets. Chance, you want to do a concert, let me know.

[A]

Yeah, Tickets. Tickets you'll actually receive.

[B]

Whoa, Shots.

[C]

No, listen, Is that even a shot, though? Because, like, if you listen to our show previously, you would hear people call up and on the air say, I never received my tickets. And we're like, that's never usually our department. There's literally a department for that. And it's not ours, but it puts us in a super awkward place.

[B]

Listen, we don't. Listen, we don't currently have a department either. So before we start taking Griff would.

[C]

Be our ticket department.

[A]

He's got you very reliable.

[B]

Griff will. Griff says yes. He will run giveaway department.

[A]

Yes. And I'll help him. But so we have. Griff and I have gone to bat for our people.

[B]

We have a merch director, Laura Styles. We have a giveaway and. And prize department producer, Griff.

[A]

That's right.

[B]

He said he will be at the post office making it happen.

[A]

Yes, yes.

[B]

I mean, this is coming together. Listen, I told y' all we had plans.

[C]

Well, I think. I think we should also ask the people and. And maybe they could send emails because it's hard to see at the chat's packed and moving fast as we push towards 3,000 live.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

I would. I would love to know what other things you would like, would make you want to subscribe for Patreon. Like, Whitish Wednesday was the most obvious to us because of the music component. We can't do it on YouTube, so it's like, boom, perfect. Let's do it on Patreon. But what else is there that maybe you would want us to do that would excite you that you'd like to see on Patreon? Email us ebro Laura Rosenberg, gmail.com. i'd like to know.

[A]

I like this. It feels like we're building the show with our thoughts.

[B]

That's right. Like that you like?

[A]

I do. I do.

[B]

Okay. All right.

[C]

And Laura, speaking of. Speaking of doing wonderful things, and I know we have your.

[B]

The.

[C]

The rundown coming up in a second here. Thank you for taking my wife last night to your big Noche balloncesto or whatever it was called at the Barclays. My wife had a great time.

[A]

We had a fabulous time.

[C]

She came home in such a great mood. She was so happy. She needed to get out. We. Yo. We moved, Ebro. You be proud. I moved. I moved heaven and earth to make sure that she was able to go out, even though it required her leaving in the middle of my afternoon show. We. The things that needed to happen happened, and she went out. She had a night on the town. She said Laura killed. It had A great old time at no chance.

[B]

Now, Laura. Now, Laura, I need a reenactment. I.

[A]

No, no, no, no.

[B]

In espanol.

[A]

I don't have my script with me right now.

[B]

Come on, man. Just off the dome. Make it up. What do you.

[A]

It was like. I was just like, you know, bienvenidosa noche Latina parlos. Brooklyn Nets.

[C]

Yay.

[B]

There she is.

[A]

That's all you said.

[C]

All you said was, welcome to the game.

[A]

Then I had, you know, I had to do everybody's, like, titles, and it just got a little crazy. But, yo, the. The. The love we got, though, guys, is so amazing. Seriously. Yesterday I was like, had so many people, like, giving me hugs. Be like, I'm glad you guys are back. We're tuned in. We're locked in. I. It just made me super happy. It made me so happy.

[C]

And we're over 3, 000, folks.

[B]

We are over 3, 000 people locked in at the same damn time. Now, Rosenberg, Griff. Griff is saying here you did Ebro and Rosenberg in different positions. Pause. I don't know what that means. What is Griff talking about?

[C]

I don't know. Ebro and Rosenberg different positions.

[B]

Laura did a. What is he talking about?

[C]

You did?

[A]

I don't know.

[C]

I don't. Maybe he's. He's talking about in the announcement. Oh, like Ebro playing center. Like, you could do a version of it. Like, like, could you could.

[B]

Like, could you hit Griff with the button?

[C]

Yeah, no, that one understood what that meant, and it was.

[B]

Congratulations. You played yourself. All right, it's time on the Ebro Laura Rosenberg show to get to the rundown. Do you have the music with Laura style?

[A]

This music cracks me up.

[C]

And the ELR Band.

[B]

There we go. The ELR Band. Now. I like it. That's groovy.

[A]

It's groovy.

[C]

That's a funky. That's a funky groove right there.

[B]

No, that's a funky groove. The rundown. What you got?

[A]

All right, guys. So I don't know if you saw this, but Ray J was rushed to the hospital. He's in the hospital right now in Las Vegas with a severe case of pneumonia and heart issues.

[C]

Damn.

[A]

Now they're saying as of. As of this morning, I check, he's still in the hospital, but it's not the first time that Ray J has faced issues with pneumonia, I believe, like, when he. During COVID in 2021, he had non Covid pneumonia and which was potentially and reportedly life threatening at the time. So he's Been here before. So right now they're saying that, you know, he's getting all like, the proper treatment to like, help him out, though. I did see. But right before I. We started the show, I did see a clip of him in the hospital. I don't know if it was his mom that was with him, but. Guys, why do they have to film everything?

[B]

Well, I was just going to ask Lor st. You know what I mean? I accused. Well, no, I accused Ray J with the whole gun and baby incident. Remember when he got arrested? I was like, yo, this is all algorithm hustling.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

And at the time you guys were like, I don't think so. This is tacky, this classless, blah, blah, blah. And I was like, look, all. Everything you're saying is true. However, it is algorithm hustling and if he's. And first, I want to send to Ray J, because I could. I consider him a colleague in the game and we have a good relationship. His mom, his sister, the whole clan over there. So I want to get well soon. First and foremost. But secondarily, my question was going to be Laura Styles. Were they streaming live? Were they hustling the algorithm? Did they use this for content?

[A]

I definitely, I definitely saw the videos. Content.

[C]

I. I want to echo the same sentiment. I love Ray J. Haven't seen him in a long time, but I always, always enjoyed Ray J. Hope he's doing well. However, much like I said about Stefan Diggs the other day, when you have now heard someone's name around nonsense over and over, the second Laura tells me there's a news story, I'm like, all right, what is it? What Zeus special is this gonna be? You know what I mean? So I hope that I'm right at this point and I hope that it's for content and that he's doing just fine.

[B]

And now, why did you have to slander Zeus there? It felt like. Shay.

[C]

I. I don't know.

[B]

Listen, Zeus may end up being a partner, a collaborator, or an avatar.

[C]

Guess what?

[B]

You roll my.

[C]

Well, guess what? As we learned yesterday from my DJ Vlad story, when that happens, I'll sing a different tune and it'll be fine.

[A]

Oh, God, no, no, no.

[B]

Is there a world. Cuz Rosenberg, I know you. You had aspirations of shooting films, movies, late night tv. If Zeus came to you and said, we want you to be our late night TV host and we'll give you X amount of dollars, whatever that is. Are you taking the gig?

[C]

Is it. Is it going to be like fully produced and money's gonna be spent to make it.

[B]

They give you a budget, it goes through your production company, but it's enough.

[C]

Of a budget to make a real show, I'm assuming. So if I was. If I was given enough money to be able to make a show that I'd want to make. You mean, what would I mind? Airwaves?

[B]

No, sure.

[C]

I think.

[B]

And their. And their marketing machine, I don't like.

[C]

Yeah, I guess because I don't know, their marketing machine. It doesn't really hit me like that, you know, I don't tap enough blueface content.

[B]

All right, so here we go.

[A]

He'll be Zenberg.

[B]

He's. I'm just gonna say. Let me hear the announcement. How would you open the show, Rosenberg? Let me hear it on the Zeus network.

[C]

Yo, Ibro, why are you trying to ask everyone on the show today to do their announcement? Yo, I need that f out of here button. I. I need. I know I don't have the effects.

[A]

I got. I got something. That was a special request from the Bochinceros. Okay.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

This hit. This hit the the. Please subscribe to Ibrah Laura Rosenberg on ig. Hit a follow.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Smash it and join our broadcast channel. And my girls, my girls, little dms. Are we gonna talk about this Chris Redd situation?

[B]

So this is the Lowdown. This ain't the rundown. The. The rundown is when Laura, you know, tries to stay above board and be professional. The lowdown is when it gets spicy and messy.

[C]

I'm gonna give you an intro, Laura. I'm gonna give Laura an intro for that. All right, when we go to the rundown, we should do it like this.

[B]

You mean the lowdown? Welcome to the Low down with Laura. Hell are we going to hell? What?

[C]

That's it, Laura. That's what you got.

[B]

Thank you very much.

[A]

Rosa. Break now. Okay, so comedian Chris Redd was in tears on Instagram this week, finally breaking his silence on dating his ex coworker slash friend, Kenan Thompson's ex wife. He basically started explaining that the relationship started when she showed up for him during a rough time in his life. He admitted taking pills and. And he.

[C]

And selling pills and said.

[A]

He said, I was just gonna get to that. And he says that he was dealing with pill issues and also dealing pills.

[C]

I was like, yes, we don't need to be throwing everybody under the bus here, but okay.

[A]

He was like, don't worry, he's no longer there.

[C]

No, he hasn't been there for a couple years.

[A]

But yeah, man. Yo, the video he he was so nervous. He was so.

[B]

He was nervous and sad, and I think that's what made him nervous. Right. Like when someone knows they're on the verge of tears, and you could tell he was trying to hold his kind of, like, macho cool factor at the same time, that makes people nervous.

[A]

I. You know, the first thing that my girlfriend said, he needs to get slapped.

[C]

Well, there's a couple things to cover here. We've never discussed this, right. And. And we've had.

[B]

Well, and. And I want to say I'm biased. I'm very close to Keenan, and so I can't really. I can't really have a unbiased take.

[C]

Well, listen, I would say I'm biased, too. I wouldn't go as far as, say, I'm very close, but I certainly have a lovely relationship with them. And I know him better than I know Chris. We've had Chris on the show. I like Chris, but I certainly know Keenan better. That being said, you have to understand, they weren't just on SNL together. Keenan made him the best friend on Kenan's sitcom on NBC.

[B]

That's right. He. After he got released. Right.

[C]

I think it was maybe right at the same time when he left snl, right around that time. So he had him as his best friend on the show. He played his brother, his manager and best friend. So obviously they were very close. And now, you know, at some point in time, he ends up in a serious relationship with Keenan's ex. Now none of us know. Ex wife who he has children with. Now none of us know the exact order of things he claims. Chris Redd in the video says, from a timing standpoint, there was no scheming. It wasn't like that. Their relationship was already over. All of those things. As someone who is divorced, I can tell you right now that it has been six years since I've been divorced from my ex wife. We barely communicate. There is.

[B]

If I started hooking up with her, you'd have a problem, bruh.

[C]

There is no feelings whatsoever. I root for her to find love and happiness. Not with one of my friends.

[A]

Right.

[C]

There's just no, unfortunately. And he said in the video, he's like, I choose. I ended up deciding to choose love, bro.

[B]

Well, now, so, boom, bro. And that's why my friend said, he.

[A]

Needs to get slapped.

[B]

Right. Well, okay, so I'm gonna throw. I'm gonna throw a couple things out here. First one, is there a world where Keenan's ex did this on purpose to get back at Keenan?

[C]

Is there A world. Of course there's a world.

[B]

We don't know. Just set that. Set that aside.

[A]

Possibility. Okay.

[B]

Is. Is there a world where this Chris Redd person who's talking about pills. I don't know what pills was it. What was his pills? Was he an addict? Is this person an addict that literally was making bad decisions and is a bad decision maker as an addict and, and very possible. I'm just. Listen. And I'm not trying to give him a pass and act like he shouldn't get slapped or there shouldn't be beef or it's wrong or none of that. Just trying to throw in the fact that this is, you know, this is effed up all the way around.

[C]

It.

[B]

It. It's not the first time or the last time that it'll happen in the human existence.

[A]

Correct.

[C]

Oh, and by the way, it also should be added while you're saying that. And the, the biggest nastiness is the ex wife in the situation.

[B]

That's what I wanted. That's exactly what I was.

[C]

You can't ever remove that. The person who is the person is the person who it the most.

[B]

Because in the. In the video that you guys shared with me of Chris Redd, he talked about her reaching out to him to help him get to his appointments, to help him stay focused. She was actively reaching out to him.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And then he even said, and I'll paraphrase something to affect that. I never even felt love like this before. This is a damaged human being, an addict on top of that.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

So it seems someone who was probably without a gig also being taken advantage of.

[A]

Yeah, but I'm not dismissing, like, he has responsibility for.

[B]

Sure.

[C]

Sorry, You're. You're presenting a world in which it.

[A]

Could be for him.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Yeah. I'm just presenting a word.

[A]

And her.

[B]

And her, they're both very responsible and they both didn't give a damn about Keenan's feelings.

[A]

Right.

[C]

Let's just. Let's just call it what it is too. Why now with the video? Like, people who know. No.

[A]

How long has it been?

[C]

Years.

[B]

Years.

[C]

Like, I wonder what. We don't know. Obviously, I don't want to. I don't think Chris Redd had malicious intent here, but I just wonder what was going on that he felt. Today is the day when I need to, like, blow this up further. Like I. Griff says.

[B]

He says it's a part of his New Year's resolution to jump on Instagram and, and, and, and, and pour salt in Keenan's wound. Congratulations. You Played yourself. Transparency to who? You don't owe anybody other than Keenan anything.

[C]

And it's already over.

[B]

And it's.

[C]

And that's already.

[A]

Guys, a lot of people did not know about this.

[C]

That's the fact.

[B]

He made it bigger.

[A]

He made it Louder.

[C]

He needs 2027 to come in the worst way.

[B]

Because now, according to whoever your friend was, Laura Styles, would they say he need to be slapped? Yes. Now he needs ass whooped. No, he needs his ass whooped. This. This is grounds for ass whooping. Well, I know. I cannot be in the gym all the time. He gearing up?

[C]

No.

[B]

Keena, hands and feet.

[A]

No, no, no.

[C]

It's been. It's been a long time. Maybe Keenan doesn't give a rat's ass anymore. I don't know.

[B]

I'm not buying it, bro.

[A]

It doesn't matter.

[C]

Why are you bringing this up?

[A]

Yeah, even if he's past that and Keenan's moved on, it's still effed up like terrible.

[C]

Listen, I do feel. And here's the other thing. When you decide to, quote, choose love in a situation like this, and Chris Redd isn't the first person to be in a spot like this. People make bad decisions over vajayjay and P all the time. It's a tale as old as time.

[B]

And claim it's love or whatever, but.

[C]

Here you have to own this, though. When you make that decision, you got to just. You wanted it that bad that now you got to just live with the consequences and move in silence. That's how it is. That's what the choice is.

[B]

You.

[C]

You. You chose that and live with that. That's great. Start your whole life there. And that means it was worth it to take all that comes with it. But airing this out for what I just don't understand. It was. It feels like a huge miscalculation to have sat down in front of the. Your own camera. It wasn't like TMZ caught you on a date.

[A]

I know, I know.

[B]

Congratulations. You played yourself. It's a great. It's a great opportunity. You can email the original gurus gmail.com if you would like to be, you know, blessed, caressed, and covered in the love of the gurus. It's time for the original Gurus on the Ebro Laura Rosenberg show.

[A]

All right, breathe in. Breathe in.

[B]

Oh, that's pretty good. That's pretty good.

[A]

Zen. Zen. The original Gurus. Oh, the original gurusmail.com. the original gurusmail.com. that's where you email us now. Rosenberg who's out there? Who's writing to us? Who wants some saving? You go fix your cardigan and get comfortable.

[B]

Ah, I'm cozy. They call me. Listen, I'm the cozy guru.

[C]

It's gonna be interesting to see Laura now that Ebro's a guru as of today. And if people are just late. You didn't. You weren't around yesterday. Ebro's officially a guru now.

[B]

It's gonna be interesting to see if.

[C]

His approach is any different so far. I'll say this. It doesn't seem like it.

[B]

Well, and you also have to be honest. It's crumbs. I'm the garbage guru.

[C]

That's not true.

[B]

You guys ran out of personnel, the family got divided on the plantation, and you guys needed. You know, you just needed someone clean up. So it's really charity. Let's be honest.

[C]

He runs the cleanup man. Plus, someone played dirty work by Steely Dan. He's coming in. He's doing the dirty work. All right. Send your emails today. The original gurusmail.com. the original gurus. Gmail.com. burn the sage. Breathe in, breathe out. You may need to use this season. With the sickness that's been sticking around everybody, you might need to use. I got one of those machines. What's it called? The fancy neti pot machine. Navaj.

[A]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

You might need a Navajo.

[A]

I just have the bottle. I just do the squeeze.

[C]

I can't.

[B]

Basically, Navage is a nasal passage massager for, you know, rich people who are too above just using a straight neti pot.

[C]

Honestly, the neti pot just seems scary to me. Every time I see pictures, like, people do it. I'm like, that doesn't look fun.

[A]

The machine looks.

[C]

Machine's scary too. No, by the way, doesn't. It doesn't just look scary. Feels scary. I'm like, this can't be good. This does not. It feels like I'm drowning anyways.

[A]

All right, let's go.

[C]

I'm able to breathe a little bit now. The guru. The original gurusmail.com. dear original gurus, first, I want to say how proud I am of you all for transitioning so quickly to live streaming on YouTube. I honestly cannot deal with the morning show at the station anymore. I probably shouldn't blame Shawnee, but it's starting to feel like he's an op Anyways, let me get to.

[B]

Wait. Sidebar. It should be noted, I was alerted yesterday that Shawnee culture has been coming up with games and segments, and his.

[A]

Voice is crystal Clear.

[B]

Oh, no. Crystal clear. And shows up an hour early for work.

[C]

No. An hour early or they just made him start coming in an hour earlier. I don't think he's still there.

[B]

An hour early, guys.

[A]

Producer Griff might faint.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

No, no, no. Griff was begging Shani to be at 6:10 in the morning. 6:15. He would show up at 6:30. 5, 6:40.

[C]

And he's now there at what time?

[B]

He's there at 5, 5:30.

[A]

This is crazy.

[B]

Doing definition of doing the dance.

[A]

Oh my God.

[B]

Oh, man. You put on your tap shoes. Shiny culture.

[C]

No, that's not.

[B]

Ah, tap dance. But he's been.

[C]

But from what I.

[B]

Trying to save the gig.

[C]

You're a bad. No, you're a bad. No, you're a. You're a bad guy. Oh.

[A]

I can't.

[C]

Yeah, you're a terrible guy.

[A]

I can't.

[B]

Cuz.

[C]

For the record.

[A]

For the record, all the drops are working. Yo. All the drops are working. Everything.

[B]

Not a technical issue. Inside.

[A]

Nice and clear.

[C]

You guys are terrible. You guys are terrible. I don't. I want to say Stephen A. Smith. Nope. Just like Stephen A. Smith. I do not agree with Ebro's assessment. Second time today. I want to differentiate myself. I don't see it that way.

[A]

All right, let's focus.

[C]

Okay, here we go. Let me get to this email. All right. My best friend and I haven't spoken in two years. We've been friends for 25 years. She's the godmother to my children and is even named in my will. There was no falling out. Two years ago, she lost her dog and ended a relationship with a man she had been dating for about a year. After that, she went mostly silent. I would call or text her to check in and make sure she was okay, but her responses were always short and she'd say there wasn't much to update on. I'm married, have two kids, started my family at 24 and have a career. I know she wants a family of her own. She was pressuring the man she was dating to have children, even though he was clear from the beginning that he never wanted kids. I respect that he was honest up front, but I think she hoped he would change his mind. When he didn't, the relationship ended. She's also said that she deleted some of our mutual friends from social media because she didn't want to see their lives. That felt strange to me. Over time, I started to wonder if because I have the quote unquote life she wants, she may not want to be my friend anymore. Throughout these two years, I've continued to check in, but it's never felt the same. I've never been boastful or critical as a friend. I've always been supportive. When she talked about going the sperm donor route, I told her I would be there for her no matter what. At this point, I feel like I'm exhausted from trying to be her friend alone. I feel guilty about letting go of a friendship with so much history. But if she showed up tomorrow wanting to be best friends again, I'd feel fake because I don't understand her actions or the distance. I'd really appreciate your advice on how to move forward. Sincerely, a faithful friend of the show. Tough situation.

[A]

Yeah. One thing that stuck out really quickly, and this is for everybody, guys. If a person tells you what they want in a relationship, if they tell you they don't want kids, don't say yes. And then hope they change their mind. They are telling you off the top how they feel. That is a huge mistake. And I've seen this happen so many times where people are clear, I don't want any kids. And they get together and they're like, well, I want kids. And he's like, I told you I didn't want any kids. Or, she told you, I told you I didn't want any kids. So, number one, I think that's a big red flag for people.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. That's a bit of a side note, but, like, just don't do that.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. And I also don't think that this person should, like, dim down her life. Do you understand what I'm saying? Just because you're living the quote unquote life that you. That she wants, I don't think that she should feel guilty about it.

[C]

Well, but remember, the woman, her friend is not saying anything to her like that. She's just sort of been distant and fading, and this woman is tired of being the one who makes the effort, which I fully understand. And I.

[B]

Lady, she don't want to be your friend no more, bro.

[C]

So I. I would say before Ebro the guru. Ebro jumps right into.

[B]

Hey, lady, that's cozy. That's cozy. Garbage guru to you, sir.

[C]

Cozy Garbage guru. The cgg. Before he says that, I would say it sounds like you care a lot about this.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

So I just think that if you want to move on and you want to stop doing it, I think you should say something. I think you should send a message of some sort, being like, hey, I've been trying for two years and this friendship now just makes me feel terrible. It feels like you don't want to be my friend. And I've really been putting an effort. I'd like to be wrong. I wish this was an equal mutual friendship like it used to be. But I'm going to stop trying. I just think for your own clarity, so it's not hanging out over your head. You know what I'm saying?

[B]

And your. And your own closure.

[C]

Yeah, and your own closure. And you're giving her an opportunity. Because at that point, she could be like, wow, I'm really effing up. Or she could just let you walk away. It's in her court.

[B]

You. You could also. You could also do nothing and just.

[A]

Yeah, but it's going to be. It's going to be like lingering eo.

[B]

Well, no, no, because we don't know over what period of time do we. Did she articulate over what period of time she's been reaching out?

[C]

Yeah, the last two years.

[B]

So for the last two years, there's been zero correspondence or just not the same type of correspondence?

[A]

Not the same type.

[C]

Not the same type.

[B]

And see, that's different, right? Because the woman, she said in, when she started the email that the woman went through something. And so her correspondence and how she's managing this particular friendship and connection has shifted. And maybe the person emailing us is being too goddamn demanding.

[A]

But I think that if she is clear with her friend, maybe, lady, you're needy, lady. No, I don't see it that way.

[C]

This is. This is why, Laura, I'm immediately having regrets with our decision. Why?

[B]

Why?

[C]

You can't attack the people who come to the guru.

[B]

Where is that written right out, the guru.

[C]

Oh, you know, this is like Marjorie Taylor Greene. Man gets in the office, wants to rewrite the whole thing. Now he wants to look up the books. Where can I change this now?

[B]

Show me the documents. Release the file.

[C]

Release the file.

[A]

I'm with you, Rosenberg. I think you should just send a clear message. I love you. I care about you. I've been trying for the past two years. This is exhausting. I. Do you still want to continue to try to be friends? Because I feel like I'm getting the short end of the stick. And let's just see what she says. Listen, she could say, like, hey, I need space right now. And then you just have to respect that. Or she can.

[B]

I hope she says. I hope she says, you're too needy, lady.

[A]

But if she does, there's your answer.

[C]

There you go.

[A]

That's an answer. For her to back off.

[C]

Boom.

[A]

I think we got send the message, get some clarity. So say the guru's aunt and guru.

[B]

Hey, wait, is that the only beat we have? The whole show?

[C]

It's the happy up.

[B]

And then hit the other beat after that so we can do the dance.

[C]

The dance you hit was crazy. I never seen that before.

[A]

The funky groove.

[C]

That was just so nuts. Oh, my God.

[A]

All right, take us out. Shout out to everybody on the chat. We love you. Thank you. Subscribe. Go to Apple or Spotify. Give us five stars.

[B]

Leave us the apple though. Let's keep it a honey.

[C]

Go to Apple and no and mostly tell a friend. And tell a friend friend. And right now, this is your last window to get down with Friday freedom. So ebro Laura Rosenberg gmail.com Send your voice notes and your messages to get down on Friday freedom.

[B]

We'll be back manana, eight o', clock, the Ebro Laura Rosenberg Show. We got plans, baby. We got plans. Just don't follow the podcast.

[C]

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