← The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show
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- [00:01]
Sam
Just don't call it a podcast.
- [00:05]
Ebro
The Ebro Laura Rosenberg Show.
- [00:14]
Laura Rosenberg
Hey, Good morning, guys. Good morning.
- [00:23]
Ebro
Good morning, Lauda. How are you? How are you? How are you?
- [00:26]
Laura Rosenberg
I am good. I am tired, but I am happy to be here.
- [00:31]
Ebro
What did you do to celebrate? I know you were very excited about America 250. You could hardly stop talking about it. And you got. I saw the full red, white and blue outfit with the USA flag sunglasses and the 250 sweatshirt. What did you guys. What did you guys end up doing to celebrate?
- [00:49]
Laura Rosenberg
No, we went to Ricardo's family's house and they have a pool, so we had like a little barbecue. And when I tell you Ricardo's brothers bought so many fireworks, I was like, what the hell? What are we doing here? Rocket upon rocket upon rocket.
- [01:07]
Ebro
Oh my God. So you were. I always wonder who are the people doing?
- [01:11]
Laura Rosenberg
Oh, yeah, who? My family.
- [01:13]
Ebro
They. That. That's your family. That is now your family. Those are the people.
- [01:17]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah. Yes. Yes. Yeah.
- [01:19]
Ebro
Like, I, I just don't understand why people want. I, I don't. I guess I don't have any like, like inkling towards like fire or fireworks or loud sounds or blowing my hand off. It just doesn't listen.
- [01:32]
Sam
I just don't.
- [01:32]
Ebro
I don't relate to it.
- [01:33]
Laura Rosenberg
I was hanging out with the kids, doing the little sparklers. You know what I mean?
- [01:38]
Ebro
That's right. That's been with me.
- [01:39]
Laura Rosenberg
Like, let's rock these sparklers. These are cute.
- [01:43]
Ebro
A few of them I would have been like, these are cute. These are nice.
- [01:45]
Sam
These are nice.
- [01:45]
Ebro
But then they burn a little bit. A little spark hits you.
- [01:47]
Sam
Yeah, yeah.
- [01:48]
Ebro
Could burn your hand.
- [01:49]
Laura Rosenberg
Yes, yes. But really, that's what I did. It was chill.
- [01:51]
Ebro
It was chill. We had a good time.
- [01:54]
Laura Rosenberg
What about you?
- [01:56]
Ebro
Yeah, we were, we were pretty low key. On the 4th. A friend of mine with a, with a lovely house had a very like low key party and has a pool. So we went there and swam with Maya in the pool, which was nice, and got to toss her around. It was like her first time being like a little, little baby person in the pool instead of like just a blob that you put on a floaty.
- [02:18]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- [02:20]
Ebro
Like she was able to like wear a life vest and kind of kick, you know. So we ate some hamburgers and hot dogs and then came home. We were out on Long island and listened to people blasting off fireworks till late at night and, you know, did get to enjoy the. The President's Big America 250 getting delayed until I believe after Midnight, I believe it ended up being a July 5th celebration.
- [02:49]
Laura Rosenberg
Is that what happened? Cause, you know, I completely ignored all of that.
- [02:54]
Ebro
Congratulations, you played yourself.
- [02:56]
Laura Rosenberg
What happened.
- [02:58]
Ebro
I know that, I know that it just kept getting delayed because of weather, so they kept kicking the can down the road. And I think that Trump didn't end up speaking until after 11 o'. Clock. I saw that he cut his speech down from like 45 minutes to like still 30 something minutes. He obviously still, Laura, had to attack the communists, of course, of course. You know, because what, what would a huge unifying holiday be unless it was divisive and attacking people? So that was in there. And then they did the biggest, most expensive fireworks display, I think anywhere ever, really? I believe so. I think 851,000 fireworks of some sort.
- [03:52]
Laura Rosenberg
Thanks.
- [03:52]
Ebro
And I like what you button so far today. I like this. And yeah, but it didn't go off. I don't think the actual fireworks display happened until like after midnight. You know, they're listing the number at like hundreds of thousands of people were there. I do not have no idea if that's true or not.
- [04:16]
Laura Rosenberg
I listen, let me tell you how disconnected. Yeah, how disconnected I was. I saw scenes from like the fair, the big state fair that they did. And it was. Every time I saw somebody with a video, it was like 10 people there. And then I just saw disaster after, like, oh, this happened. This guy fell through this tent and this, you know, I bro, I, I didn't want to be bothered with it. I was just like, I just didn't even. I was checked out. I was checked out.
- [04:44]
Ebro
Well, I saw this headline, though. As we were, you know, quote unquote celebrating the holiday, the Trump administration is rolling back more than three dozen ATF firearm regulations.
- [04:56]
Laura Rosenberg
Oh, yeah.
- [04:57]
Ebro
Amongst the most significant, restoring gun rights to some people with a history of mental illness or an inability to manage their own finances. Under the proposed rule, only people who were both involuntarily committed to a mental health institution would remain barred from owning a gun. So only if you were dragged into a mental health institution. Otherwise, Laura, even if you dealt with severe, severe manic episodes, but you had voluntarily, you know, taking care of yourself and gotten right, you could still be like, hey, but, you know, that was behind me. I'm going to go get like a. Some assault weapons now.
- [05:35]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah. I don't understand. Excuse me, Rosemary, because the one thing that really irks me about this, it's like, if I was a responsible gun owner, why would I be okay with this? You know what I mean? Like, why would you be okay with this? Like, I've never understood mentally unstable person of any kind near a gun.
- [05:59]
Ebro
Well, Laura, it's funny you should mention that because the ATF itself, ATF officials, that's Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to you and me. ATF officials warn these rollbacks could increase violent crime, given the acknowledged public safety risks, and they believe this is more of a win for the gun lobby and gun enthusiasts than the safety of the people. So even people involved in the world of firearms do not think that this is a smart thing to do.
- [06:33]
Laura Rosenberg
I don't see. And, and where's. What's the win being able to sell a few more guns? That's the way.
- [06:40]
Ebro
That's the, that's the thing. I've never been able. I've been having the same argument about gun nuts now, going back, I mean, on the radio for, for 20 years at this point or something like that. I've never like, understood what the huge win is to like, hey, we don't want a seven day waiting period. I mean, I guess that one. Maybe you can make the argument like a. That's annoying. I want to be able to get my huge firearm right away. But like, these ones. Yeah, I just don't. I just. Yeah. What, what is the real, like, is there something else in there that we're not missing because we're not gun people? That's in there that, that makes sense. Because I can't, I can't glean. Maybe if you're in the chat, if you can help us understand what could be the silver lining to these things. I don't get it.
- [07:32]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah. Especially I like hearing from people who are, you know, listen, I don't really judge because we live in New York City. Right. I feel like there's no use for us to, to have just walking around with guns. But I know people who live in certain remote parts of certain states where. I understand. Right. But if you want to be a responsible gun owner, like, why would you be against a background check? Like, why would you be against like two, three days of just like trying to make sure that you are a responsible human being? I do it. It bothers me because I'm like, how. What is the win? Explain.
- [08:09]
Ebro
I know. And even if you're that okay. And like I said, and why would you be like, oh, good, now if you, now if you've had severe mental health episodes, you can still get a gun. Who's it. Who's excited by that? Is there a clamoring by the people who have had severe Mental health episodes.
- [08:25]
Laura Rosenberg
Right?
- [08:26]
Ebro
Like, I don't. I do not understand.
- [08:29]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah. I saw quickly a glance, and there was a therapist in the chat who was like, this news scares me. I was like, yeah, it scares all of us.
- [08:37]
Ebro
No, I just also, I just saw someone. I just saw someone say, where's Ebro? We need Ebro for gun talk. Yo. Ebro owns one gun. I promise you, there's not one thing he would say that differs from anything Laura and I are saying right now. Except. Except when he accidentally, a few weeks ago, was like, I love guns. And I was like, love. He was like, okay, I am fine with a gun. He walked it back very quickly. He's not exactly a gun lover. But yet no one here is trying to take away the rights of all people to use guns. I'm trying to understand why repealing all of these things. And I don't know if you guys got. I sent it to the group chat. I don't know if you all saw that picture. I sent the group chat with, like, the headlines. In one day, at one moment on, like, Saturday, these were the headlines. Laura of the New York Times hit me at Trump's direction. Well, first of all, one of them was administration rolls back dozens of gun regulations. Mh. Then there was nearly a million investors lost a total of $3.8 billion on crypto, on Trump crypto coin. And then the top one was at Trump's direction. Federal agencies are abandoning discrimination cases.
- [09:58]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, I saw that too. I saw.
- [10:02]
Ebro
It's literally nonstop. It's just. It's just every day there's. And listen, not all of them are hitting. Eventually. Some of these things don't end up working out. I mean, listen, these people aren't getting their $3.8 billion back. But guess what? If you spent one red penny invested in Trump crypto coin. I have something for you. Actually, Griff has something for you. I guarantee it.
- [10:23]
Sam
You played yourself.
- [10:24]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, man.
- [10:26]
Ebro
But Trump also. We found out Laura, earlier in the weekend, Donald Trump himself. We've just learned, in this term, a year and a half in of this term, Laura has earned over $2 billion.
- [10:40]
Laura Rosenberg
Personally, I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised. It's not only him. And what about if you go through each and every one of his family members? There's. There's a nice number attached to each and every one of them.
- [10:53]
Sam
Everyone.
- [10:53]
Ebro
Oh, no, they all got checks. But I'm just like, for. For all these people. I don't know if that would worked, Griff, but of all these people that have, you know, draining the swamp. I just want Trump because Trump something different and he's not going to be like these other crooks. You're telling me there was another time in history where the sitting president earned over a. Made over $2 billion?
- [11:19]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, fam. It's.
- [11:21]
Ebro
Make it make sense. Like how could that possibly be okay? And that's just right now, remember, by the way, guys, I don't know if he ever made that much money in real life ever in his life. He was a con. Like, none of the businesses really ever worked out that well, Laura. There was. They would make money, then they'd fall apart, there'd be bankruptcy, there'd be foreclosure. I don't know if he was ever making net this kind of money until he was supposed to be serving the people as president.
- [11:50]
Laura Rosenberg
I, you know, when you try to like have conversations with people who are kind of like in the middle still, I don't even know how you can be like, with the possibility of giving the other side a chance. They have nothing to say about this. Like, the man is getting beyond fridge and we're all still suffering. All we want is decent health care. That's all we're asking for.
- [12:16]
Ebro
And literally no one can get a thing. It would be bad enough if no, like, if no one was getting a thing. And we see them rolling back health regulations, you know, we're not going to know the ramifications of those things for, for decades. We're all going to have family members who one day keel over because of random federal health regulations that were appealed and because they fought to get pesticides with cancer causing chemicals to be legalized. We're not going to even know any of those things, Laura. But like, just if you get through all of that, the racism, the health risk, all of that, the fact that no one's doing well financially, the fact that we can't get out of a war. I think Trump has said the war is over 28 different IMEs or something like that. Even if you ignore all of that, he, he's literally getting rich in office. This is illegal. They're playing in your face.
- [13:12]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, fam. And the one thing that really, like, for the people who are like, ah, I don't care, it doesn't affect me for the. Doesn't affect me people. Just the conversation that we saw, like the headlines that we saw last week, how all these pesticides that are back, they're now approved to hit these crops like that are linked to cancer. How could you be okay with this? Man, like it's, it's crazy. This is the food you feed your babies. This is the food you're. You're eating. Like, how are we okay with this? Straight.
- [13:45]
Ebro
Here's a, here's. You can't be. But the thing is, people forget it. It's not in their face, Laura. Like it's not right in their face. So they just ignore it. Like I said, we won't know until later when all of a sudden we're hearing about these cases and it's like Aaron Brockovich and all of a sudden people are just dropping dead.
- [14:03]
Laura Rosenberg
Speaking of Aaron Brockovich, you know that she's out here helping people with these data centers? She's out.
- [14:08]
Ebro
No, I didn't know that. Aaron Brockovich is fighting against the data centers.
- [14:12]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, she's helping like certain families in certain areas. And not too long ago I saw a video, an interview on how she's just trying to keep people informed on how to organize.
- [14:21]
Ebro
Natalie just nodded knowingly. She's a big. Aaron Brockovich. Yes, One of her all time favorite movies. Someone said Tariff Johnson said put stricter laws for these kids running around these cities with guns. In my city, seven people shot. Saturday night. I know. In Coney island there were eight people shot. Listen, people being shot in city, in inner cities is horrible in the summertime. It always happens. Especially let me tell you, one of the laws. They're not repealing their Tariff Johnson. They're not making it easier for people in inner cities to run around and shoot people. That's not what's happening. In fact, you have a completely simple minded approach to what's going on because you just look at it as what about the people in the hood shooting guns? You're not remotely thinking about the trickle down of the fact that when the rich get rich and the poor get poorer, things get worse for everybody. This isn't like rocket science. It's going to get worse. And it's not because there aren't police and it's not because laws aren't there to let, let people just run around and bust guns. It's because people are going to do worse over time. When prices are high and people don't have money, bad ish happens.
- [15:42]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, man. And the Coney island shooting, because I saw it. I was actually in Coney island yesterday. I took Kenza and her and her cousin Waffle. We, we had a day at Luna park. But I, I looked into it too, because I was like, what's going on here? But it was in a restaurant.
- [15:57]
Ebro
Wait, what Day was. What day was Coney Island, Laura?
- [16:00]
Laura Rosenberg
Yesterday.
- [16:01]
Ebro
The shooting? No, no, the shooting.
- [16:03]
Laura Rosenberg
Oh, I think it was yesterday. Saturday night. I want to say. I want to say it was Saturday night, so. And I went Sunday. So I, I looked into it, but it was definitely. People are saying that it was gang related. It was at a, in a, in a residential building. And, you know, the gang violence has been a thing in the Coney island area, so that's something that they've been dealing with for a minute. Anybody that's familiar with it knows, but it wasn't actually in the park. So I just think it's important to point out that it wasn't in the park because a lot of people were freaked out over there.
- [16:36]
Ebro
Let's see. Mangold, 19, says Bloomberg made the biggest jump in net worth as New York mayor. The biggest jump any politicians made. Check it, it'll blow your mind. Interesting. Interesting. Not surprising. Very interesting, but not surprising either. And also remember, Bloombito came in there with billions and billions of dollars, so that doesn't shock me. Laura, should we talk about something positive, something beautiful, something uplifting, something meaningful for the people that everyone can rejoice in together?
- [17:11]
Laura Rosenberg
Where you want to go?
- [17:13]
Ebro
I'm talking, of course, about the wedding of the century between Taylor and Travis. Oh, my God, let's go. New York. New York City did the dance.
- [17:27]
Laura Rosenberg
Oh, did they?
- [17:29]
Ebro
New York City was like, hey, you guys need Madison Square Garden, you need to close street downs. What do you need to do?
- [17:34]
Laura Rosenberg
We got you, baby, anything you want.
- [17:39]
Ebro
And Taylor and Travis. Taylor and Travis went ahead the night before the wedding or the night before the rehearsal dinner. They announced, I think they gave like $25 million to different causes around New York City. Some huge number to like food banks. 26 and all sorts of. $26 million.
- [17:56]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah.
- [17:56]
Ebro
And Laura, Laura, was it food banks?
- [17:58]
Laura Rosenberg
No, it was different. It was all sorts of organizations from food, from food, education, medical research. It was, it was a nice mix of really, really cool charities because I definitely checked, check the list out. And honestly, I, I thought that was a positive thing. I was like, this is dope, for sure. You know what I mean? Like hate on that.
- [18:20]
Ebro
No, listen, if you're going to annoy a lot of people in the city, the least you can do is give lots of money. But here's the thing. It's a really nice donation. I don't think anyone's ever questioned, you know, them being charitable or maybe we just didn't know. But Laura, please make this wedding make sense.
- [18:37]
Sam
Is it.
- [18:38]
Ebro
Is it just that it was like to be a gigantic movie like Ebro predicted, I think. Is that going to be. Because what do we do? Like, please explain what we're doing. The size.
- [18:51]
Laura Rosenberg
I truly think it is. Yes. Yes. I truly think that this is going to be. This was filmed for some kind of like HBO special or Netflix special.
- [19:01]
Ebro
Disney plus.
- [19:02]
Laura Rosenberg
Disney plus, Right. Graphic. Any of those.
- [19:04]
Ebro
I like that.
- [19:05]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah. Because I heard rumors that they built like an entire castle inside. I, you know, I haven't seen any photos because I did see a bunch of these AI generated photos that were floating around. They were like, this one was, you know, this person's gonna get in trouble for sneaking this photo. Then it's AI Whatever. But yeah, they say they turned that joint into a straight castle, bro.
- [19:24]
Sam
Did.
- [19:25]
Ebro
Adam Sandler was the officiant, which I thought was incredibly random. Every. Every guest I heard about felt more random than the last one. Laura. The first guest that they like announced like on the morning of the wedding when like the names hadn't gotten out, it was like, Ethan Hawke is there. I was like, why? It was like. It was all these like 55 year old, 60 year old actors. I'm like, whose guests are they?
- [19:53]
Laura Rosenberg
Wait, wait, let's go to video number five. Okay. This is the.
- [19:57]
Ebro
This one set me off.
- [19:59]
Laura Rosenberg
Let's get into it.
- [20:00]
Ebro
And we can confirm that. We can confirm that. And we can confirm that, yes, Stevie Nicks did perform. But it was so. It really was intimate, wasn't it, guys? As intimate as it could possibly be given. It was Madison Square Garden really.
- [20:12]
Laura Rosenberg
This garden inside the garden that was just so beautiful.
- [20:15]
Ebro
And it was.
- [20:17]
Laura Rosenberg
It's hard to imagine that a place
- [20:19]
Ebro
that big and a wedding with such stars could feel so personal and so intimate because they had their name, neighbors or high school friends. It was like any wedding that you would attend. It was their dream wedding. And it was really, was amazing. Congratulations. Yeah, congratulations. Oh, and their vows.
- [20:35]
Laura Rosenberg
All right.
- [20:35]
Ebro
They wrote their own vows. Little books.
- [20:38]
Sam
Yeah.
- [20:39]
Laura Rosenberg
You would expect nothing less from Taylor.
- [20:40]
Ebro
That's true. And on top of congratulations, thank you for inviting us. Yes, thank you. That was very, really appreciate it. I've been waiting for two days to speak on this. I've been waiting patiently. And by the way, you know, George Stephanopoulos, Laura, literally family friend. Love the guy. Love the guy. And I love Strahan. To a fellow Upper West Sider, big fan. First they said it was just like any other wedding. Their high school friends were there. Wow. They invited their friends to the wedding. Can I tell you what Makes it not exactly like every other wedding. I don't know. Inviting the entire desk at Good Morning America. Like, wait, why were Strahan. Guys. George is in his early 60s. Okay. Why were the entire staff of Good Morning America be invited? Laura, what are. What are you trying.
- [21:40]
Laura Rosenberg
If they're at msg, they're like, we got room. Come, let's get all the press in.
- [21:46]
Ebro
They did a thousand. I think a thousand guests. So they had room and every random football name. I saw like, people I just did not realize they'd be close with. I saw Mike Vrabel. Mike Vrabel and his wife went out. Laura.
- [21:59]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, Griff was telling me about that. And they spoke to no one. I heard they.
- [22:05]
Ebro
But they were. Again, I didn't even know. I don't know where Griff. Where was Kelsey with. Was Rabel was never in Kansas City. No, but he says no coaching.
- [22:16]
Laura Rosenberg
And they.
- [22:16]
Ebro
I mean, I know each other. No, I know. I can hear Griffin, but. I know, but. But, like, I don't know.
- [22:22]
Sam
I mean.
- [22:22]
Ebro
Okay, Yeah, I guess you're right. I mean, Vrabel was a linebacker before Kelsey. Kind, like, for a little bit of Kelsey. A little. I don't know, but it's an entire league of people. They invited so many random people. And then, like. But you won't believe it, they read their own. Then they start naming that they did actual regular things at their wedding. They supposed to. I don't know. Like, no one. Like, MSG workers were supposedly told they'd be fired if they broke the NDA, which I guess isn't surprising. Of course, Gigi. Gigi Hadid and Bradley Cooper were in the house.
- [22:59]
Laura Rosenberg
Okay, I saw Nelly and Ashanti. Russell.
- [23:03]
Ebro
Nelly and.
- [23:04]
Laura Rosenberg
Yes. Russell Wilson and Sierra.
- [23:08]
Ebro
But, like, Nelly and Ashanti are that. Like, what. Like, what I'm trying to say to you guys is this. There were two events that happened this weekend that are framed to us regular people as being parties. And they're not really normal parties. They're publicist events. That is the White Party, and that is the Taylor Swift. Of course, Travis. It's. It's a. It's a publicist event. Like, you cannot. Nelly and Ashanti are that tight with Taylor and Travis, I guess.
- [23:38]
Laura Rosenberg
I guess. Liar. Ashanti knows Tay Tay.
- [23:42]
Ebro
No, that's a liar. Where was I? Spice. Do we see any Ice Spice pictures?
- [23:46]
Laura Rosenberg
I didn't. Besides the one that was floating around of the White Party with Spider Man. I. I didn't see anything else. Because people are saying that they were. They shared a kiss, but and then other people are saying that they were just sharing a vape.
- [24:00]
Ebro
It's always a fine line between vape and kiss. Yeah, I've seen it a thousand times.
- [24:06]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah,
- [24:09]
Sam
see?
- [24:09]
Ebro
Oh, people are. People said Lena Dunham gave a speech that missed the Mark Griff what they say about Lena Dunham speech. What'd she do? The second bullet point says what she said.
- [24:18]
Laura Rosenberg
I cannot.
- [24:19]
Ebro
The girls.
- [24:20]
Sam
Let me.
- [24:20]
Ebro
Let me see here. This is. First of all, I didn't know Lena Dunham was. Anyways, the creator of Girls hopped on the MIC to honor Mr. And Mrs. Swift at one point. And according to the Daily Mail, she joked during her speech that American football is just straight guys reenacting gay porn. Oh. Oh, man. Everyone gives Lena Dunham a hard time for everything. But that doesn't sound like that's it. That is so random. That is. That's. That's a joke. It's a joke. Interesting joke to be made in that room.
- [24:55]
Laura Rosenberg
Oh, my God.
- [24:56]
Ebro
Very interesting. But yeah. So this was the dumbest thing ever. I do not understand how the. I just don't ever want to hear about, like. Like, any. Any wanting to be private. Like, at this point, Laura, you can't get married at Madison Square Garden and then ever ask anyone to give you privacy for anything.
- [25:16]
Laura Rosenberg
I will say, though, I am not one picture. We haven't seen anything. Like, nothing floating around. Like, it seemed like it was pretty tight because they had fake AI pictures moving around, but they were all AI. So the only thing I did see is that somebody was selling like a. I think it was like a napkin or like a doily of some sort from the wedding that it hit ebay. But other than that, I haven't seen anybody leak anything. So I guess it was.
- [25:46]
Ebro
Of the thousand people, it seems like they at least, like, drove home the message and no one actually broke the NDA.
- [25:54]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I saw the go ahead. I just glanced at the chat. Shout to Marley G. 71 8. She said, NYC bar owner says that Taylor Swift Travis Kelsey wedding closure cost him thousands in lost business.
- [26:08]
Ebro
Yo, I saw the funniest news story about that. I'm sorry not to have a laugh at the bar owners, although I think they'll survive the day they missed, considering, you know, they also just had the Knicks go to the finals. Like, there have been some good time. And by the way, World Cup's happening right now. Like, I'm not too worried about the midtown bars, but I saw a story, Laura. It was just one of those local. The local news the night before the wedding in New York was just one reporter after another set up right near Madison Square Garden, talking about this small, intimate affair. And the story about the bars not being able to have any business. The B roll in, the story of just empty stools was hilarious. Like, it was just, it was just one shot after another. Like, zoom in on one chair, pull out on seven empty chairs, and then the chairs on top of the table. I mean, listen, I, there are definitely bars in that block, and that's annoying. You would, I'll say this. If they were going to give $25 million to charity, which is nice, but kind of has nothing to do with anything, maybe they should have just hit off the businesses that were going to be affected with, like, hey, what were you going to make that night?
- [27:20]
Laura Rosenberg
That would have been a smart move.
- [27:21]
Ebro
Yeah, like, that wouldn't have been, I mean, it might have been 10, 20 businesses affected for, you know, they could spend, they could have spent probably a million dollars and covered all the businesses right around there and not had these complaints. But listen, I'm going to complain about this event because I find it to be ludicrous, but you're always going to have events like this that, you know, whenever it happens, people are going to be annoyed. You took over midtown Manhattan for two days.
- [27:46]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, I'm done.
- [27:47]
Ebro
I just want, I just want to say I'm out as of right now. I'm out. I'm out on Taylor and Travis. I'm sure they're lovely. I'll be honest, I'm not a fan of Taylor Swift. I, I, I'm tired of having to play this game my whole life where if you don't pretend you love Taylor. Yeah, I'm not doing the dance. I'm no longer doing the Taylor Swift dance. Oh, she's such a great songwriter. You have to respect her business acumen. I, I, I mean, I'm not, I'm not a fan. I'm not a fan.
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Laura Rosenberg
Griff said. Yo, she's so nice.
- [28:15]
Ebro
Yeah, Griff met her once. Griff dealt with her when he worked at a pop radio station 20 years ago, and she wrote him a letter. She sounds like a great guy. I'm sure back then she was. But now they had weirdos at their wedding who own, like, ice facilities, you know, when she used to be politically, like, strong. And I get it, you know what I'm saying? It's hard to stay politically strong. And by the way, let's be real, guys, none of the people at the top are staying really particularly politically strong. So I'm not going to give Trap. I'm not going to give Taylor and Travis any harder a time than really I do Beyonce and Jay Z or any other billionaires because they all kind of seem to be doing whatever they got to do to watch themselves. But yeah, I'm just. Listen, I like, shake it off as a guilty pleasure. The fact that when I see her clips on the Internet of her live concerts, Laura, she looks like a 13 year old, like goofing off at a recital, it's just not for me. It's not for me.
- [29:07]
Laura Rosenberg
It's fine. It doesn't have to be like, I get it, I get it.
- [29:11]
Ebro
Am I going to. But you're. But you're gutless. You're not going to say it, are you? You're gonna pretend.
- [29:15]
Laura Rosenberg
No, no. I'll tell you the truth. I'm not a big Taylor Swift fan. I don't really care. The only reason I know some of the songs is because of my daughter. You know what I mean? Like, there's some of the songs that they infiltrate.
- [29:27]
Ebro
There are some. Some of her songs infiltrate. Like all little kids.
- [29:30]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I mean, that's it. Yo, why did I say that? And King Louis looked at me and his eyes got huge. You can't say that like it is what it is.
- [29:41]
Ebro
I, I don't. I, I listen. I'm not a big. I just listen. I'm not saying she's not somewhat talented. I know people say she's a great songwriter. The songs that I've heard, I don't. I. I haven't spent enough time. I've never listened to Red, which I've heard is great. So I. Not listening to what's supposed to be her best album probably doesn't make me a great person to review her music. But from a distance, it's not for me. It's just, it's the vibe. Like, some of. Some of it seems cool, but. And this whole relationship feels so. Yo, yo. I mean, I like, listen, I was a fan of black Travis. Kelsey. I didn't know that there was going to be this white Travis.
- [30:16]
Laura Rosenberg
Kelsey. Rahsaan is crying in the corner because
- [30:20]
Ebro
Rahsaan knows what I'm talking about. We all remember dating black women, cool football, Travis, Kelsey, and like, for example, you know the picture they always show of them wearing the lame Gucci outfit at the U.S. open.
- [30:34]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah.
- [30:35]
Ebro
You've seen it a thousand times, right?
- [30:37]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah. So, yeah, I know exactly what you're talking about. Yeah.
- [30:39]
Ebro
That there was a time when Travis could Have like pulled off that Gucci outfit without looking like a complete dork. Like he's the same person. No, I do say it based on facts. Troy have. There was a time in which he could have worn that same Gucci outfit and it would have looked like swaggy. And then he's all of a sudden with Taylor's like a white guy and I'm wearing Gucci. Like it's just like, I, I don't, yeah, he, he used to, as, as they're saying in the chat, he used to have certified baddies.
- [31:11]
Laura Rosenberg
Certified baddies. I mean, it is what it is. They're married. It was a humongous wedding and it's over. Speaking of tennis, did you see our girl Serena got hurt?
- [31:24]
Ebro
I did, I did. I heard, I saw she had to pull out. I saw she had to pull out. Well, she pulled out of the double. She already lost in the singles though. She played valiantly in the singles. I mean, she lost to someone who's ranked like 78th in the world, but someone who's 20 years old. Yeah, yeah, you know, less, less than half her age. Serena forced a third set in that match and then she lost. And then, yeah, she put out a statement, Laura saying she was super disappointed that she had to bail on her sister and, and, and back out of the doubles. But I have to imagine this is going to be a process, this like, I assume she wants to try to come back here for a little while, so it's going to be a work in progress.
- [32:01]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, yeah. I just saw her, her home videos of her walking around with her knee all like wrapped up and showing all what her injections look like. I'm like, ah, man, that gotta hurt. Those, listen, 40 year old knees versus 20 year old knees.
- [32:17]
Ebro
No, it's not. Those knees ain't right, bro.
- [32:19]
Laura Rosenberg
It's not the same. No matter how much you take care of them, the supplements, the, you know, the special, whatever you got to do, it's just not the same.
- [32:30]
Ebro
I, I, I really respect her coming back though, because it's not the same. You're 100% right. It's not the same. And she still just wants to do it. And you know, when you retire from the thing you've done your entire life since you were literally a baby, and then at like 42 years old or whatever it is, 41, you stop, that's really hard. So if she has it in her to give this a shot and see if she can win a few matches, why not, why not go on the journey?
- [32:58]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah.
- [32:58]
Ebro
Why not? See what happens.
- [32:59]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah.
- [33:00]
Ebro
Now, Laura, speaking of soccer, were you. Were you dialed in at all to any of the. The soccer over the weekend?
- [33:05]
Laura Rosenberg
Well, the first thing I asked King Louie when I walked in, I was like, did Mexico win? And he's looked at me like, nah, fam, it didn't happen.
- [33:12]
Ebro
Damn. You didn't even turn on Mexico last night.
- [33:15]
Laura Rosenberg
No, I was at a family birthday dinner. A lot happened this weekend, Rosenberg.
- [33:19]
Ebro
I mean it. Last night was seriously one of the most fun sports events. I can't even put into words how exciting Mexico and England was. It was a. Just what I said. England. It was England.
- [33:38]
Laura Rosenberg
I was rooting for Mexico.
- [33:40]
Ebro
I was rooting for Mexico as well. I kind of part of me is rooting for Mexico to win the whole thing. Now that. Baby, baby.
- [33:46]
Laura Rosenberg
So is Maya, baby. Maya is also rooting for Mexico. She's letting the world know.
- [33:50]
Ebro
Yeah, well, she's letting out a great agree though. That's. No, no, don't play. That's racist on me. You know how we feel about greetos on this show. But no, I was super in it for Mexico, Laura. They played at, at, at the Azteca, the like big stadium in Mexico.
- [34:14]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah.
- [34:14]
Ebro
And it was delayed by rain for a while, so it was like a. So wet, crazy atmosphere, multiple penalty kicks. Just incredible excitement at the beginning of the game. Early on, England went up to nothing and it felt like it was over. And the second they went up to nothing and you thought it was a wrap, Mexico scored a ridiculous goal to pull it to 2:1. And then they just battled and battled and you got to give England credit, they managed to hold them off till the end. It was incredibly exciting. But Laura, have you followed at all the controversy around Team USA who's playing tonight?
- [34:47]
Laura Rosenberg
So I, all I saw, okay, was a headline that said that Trump made a call to reverse something.
- [34:53]
Ebro
What happened so in the US Is when on Wednesday night? Wednesday night? Griffith or Thursday night?
- [35:03]
Laura Rosenberg
Wednesday.
- [35:04]
Ebro
Wednesday night in the US Is win on Wednesday night. Hi, baby, I'm on the air. They one of their best players picked up a red card. Okay. In fact, Laura was the same gentleman, the young man who we were talking about, who was birthright citizen.
- [35:23]
Laura Rosenberg
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
- [35:25]
Ebro
Who's like one of the best players on the team.
- [35:27]
Laura Rosenberg
Yes, yes.
- [35:29]
Ebro
And so as a result, a result, Folarin Baligon was not going to be able to play here. You want to say hi? Say hi. There's Maya. She's saying hi to everyone. Here's Maya.
- [35:42]
Laura Rosenberg
Hi, baby. Maya. She's into the soccer talk, man. She wants it here.
- [35:46]
Ebro
Give him the soccer talk. So he was. Now, when you get a red card, Laura, you can no longer play in the next game. Not only do you have to leave that game, but you're automatically suspended for the next game. The US Went on to win, and everyone's like, oh, man, it sucks. He won't be in the next game. Now, let me be clear here. He did not deserve a red card. He did not like by. But almost no one thinks he could have deserved a red card.
- [36:11]
Laura Rosenberg
Okay, so everyone in the room here agrees. Yeah. Okay.
- [36:14]
Sam
Oh, no.
- [36:14]
Ebro
For sure. Like, there's not an angle of it where you think he should have gotten a red card. In fact, at first, they called no foul whatsoever. So the fact that they then ended up giving him a red card, it was. It was whatever. They do that a lot these days. Oh, all right. Here you go, baby. Thank you. But so anyways, the issue is this, though. There's essentially no precedent in the World cup of reversing a red card. It happened once, literally, like 80 years ago, and it was widely seen as bribery when this happened. Okay, so we're minding our own business on Sunday morning, and the news gets out that Baliguns red card has been suspended and he will now be able to play in our game tonight against Belgium. And then. And then the story comes out that Trump personally called FIFA and asked for it to be reviewed, Bro. And remember, Laura, this is the same FIFA that made up their peace prize to give to Trump. Trump. Trump is presenting the trophy at the end of the. Oh, yeah, they're doing the dance big time.
- [37:27]
Laura Rosenberg
They're like, what do you want, sir? Got you. We can make that happen.
- [37:32]
Ebro
So it really sucks because now we have, like, Trump's fingerprints on this Team USA thing. That's like, you know, I know for someone like me, I love Team USA Like, I am in. It's the most patriot quote, patriotic thing I do is how hard hardcore. I root for Team USA and I've been like, since 94. And for them to be this good, I mean, they are. I'm sure you can look at Griffin and Louie for thumbs up. They have never looked like this. They are playing out of this world. Like, they just look like. I was joking yesterday. Well, it looks like they had, like, their. Their bodies switched. What's the movie. What's the Disney movie where people's bodies get switched? Where people's whole Freaky Friday. Oh, yeah, Griff. It's like they went Freaky Friday with Brazil. I Mean, Brazil looks like pure. Okay, I've been watching. I've been watching that team since 94, too. They sucked. They not just yesterday, they just never had it at all. And meanwhile, Team usa, every goal they score has been, like, ridiculous. So it sucks now for a lot of us that now Trump's fingerprints in some way are on this game. And if they win, a lot of people are gonna be like, oh, yeah, but that's because Trump got involved. And not only that, we know they're not gonna win, because everything Trump gets involved in turns to shit, bro. Just ask the Knicks.
- [39:08]
Laura Rosenberg
Anyway, so we'll see, man. We'll see. How the.
- [39:10]
Ebro
The world are you going to turn it? Will you turn it on? Will you even turn on the game? 8 o' clock tonight against Belgium?
- [39:16]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, I think my man is going to watch it. So maybe I'll. Maybe I'll tune in with him. Maybe not.
- [39:25]
Ebro
Laura. The early game is Portugal. Spain. The late game is usa. Belgium. This is a. This is a day like you dream about Rosenberg.
- [39:33]
Laura Rosenberg
We'll see. We'll see.
- [39:35]
Ebro
Yo, let me tell you, Laura does. You do not have the Latin American soccer love, the football love. Yo, this is how you know Guatemala ain't in soccer, are they? Guatemala can't be good.
- [39:48]
Laura Rosenberg
Damn. They're gonna come for you, Hot rod. Rick, you heard this?
- [39:52]
Ebro
Are they? No. Do they have. They don't have a. Like, they're not super serious. They're more baseball than soccer, right?
- [39:57]
Laura Rosenberg
I. I don't know.
- [39:59]
Ebro
She doesn't even know.
- [39:59]
Laura Rosenberg
She doesn't know even.
- [40:02]
Ebro
No. All right, this is a perfect time to go to the rundown.
- [40:05]
Laura Rosenberg
Let's do it. Let's do it. Hit me, Griff.
- [40:08]
Ebro
Come on, Griff. Come on, button, man.
- [40:17]
Laura Rosenberg
Okay, so in time to get serious, Big Tigger announced that he is stepping away from the mic as he deals with all his legal issues involving his. His family. He decided to post a message and let me see. We have the message. Rah. Here we go. I get it. You know what I mean?
- [40:40]
Ebro
His.
- [40:40]
Laura Rosenberg
You know, he basically saying that his focus is. Al has been always to spotlight the culture and the people he gets to interview. Right now, his life is in the public eye, has become the subject of, you know, overwhelming speculation, misinformation, you know, blah, blah, blah. And he's looking forward to clearing his name. I knew this was gonna happen. You know what I mean? Like, this is. It's a lot. I feel like every. Every week we find something new. And I don't know if you saw this Rosenberg, but Big Tiggers co host from V103. You know, she, she decided to take legal action against Big Tig, his wife, Alicia Brown, in a federal defamation lawsuit over the affair claims.
- [41:22]
Ebro
Yeah. And now as a result, the, the wife says a lot of things are going to come out because of that.
- [41:28]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah.
- [41:30]
Ebro
Which I think right after that, I think the timeline was she said that then Tigger put out a statement and said he was getting off the air.
- [41:36]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah. So his Tig's wife, Alicia Brown, she put out a statement via her legal team, but she said, unfortunately a lot is going to come out through my testimony and my husband. So she promised receipts. That's right. Griff.
- [41:54]
Ebro
Not Griff. No, Griff's going too far. No, this is a serious story. Chill.
- [41:58]
Laura Rosenberg
I like it.
- [41:59]
Ebro
No, this is a serious story and he's hitting us with the democratic socialist music. You know what?
- [42:10]
Laura Rosenberg
When I first listen Rosenberg, when I first saw that his co host was going to sue, I was like, you know what? I understand. Think about it. You just got this job and you're trying your hardest to like be successful and someone hits you with these infidelity, you, you know, accusations. It's horrible. As a woman, it's horrible. And if she feels confident that she had nothing to do with this, I understand. But you know, Big Tigger's wife is claiming that she has receipts. So it's all going to be very interesting and messy.
- [42:42]
Ebro
Yeah, I feel, listen, I love Tigger. I find these, the accusations to be like so shocking. And I certainly, my gut is like, no way. I mean, I'm just, listen, I'm just telling you guys honestly, as a human being who knows someone. And by the way, many people have said that before Laura and been wrong, but when I saw it, I'm like, Tigger, this just doesn't feel right. But all we can do is watch it play out and see what happens. But yeah, man, it's gonna be really sad and messy for everyone. And obviously he has a super young child. And you know, Tigger, Tigger was even older than me when he had his first child.
- [43:20]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, yeah.
- [43:22]
Ebro
And so this, this whole thing is just, you know, I know, and I know he expressed that in his post. He's just sad he can't be with his son or what, you know, and he misses him and we'll see what happens and, and plays out. I don't. You can't pass judgment on it without information.
- [43:34]
Laura Rosenberg
But yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, that's all we can do. Also, I don't know if you guys peeped this. But Beyonce delivered a little fourth of July gift for everyone. A new. She dropped a new song called Morning dew produced by Pharrell. So people are saying that this is a little, you know, a little taste, because people are counting down her B Day 20th anniversary celebration. Check this out. Purple Rain. Little clip, little taste. You guys can look it up for, you know, for yourselves. But, yes, this was Pharrell in the dream. Join Beyonce in the writing room.
- [44:23]
Ebro
It was cool. I like the joint. Yeah, I didn't, I didn't. I'm. I'm seeing on delay Laura's dancing. I, I, I didn't get is. Were you dancing to that, or is that to do the dance music?
- [44:33]
Laura Rosenberg
No, do the dance music.
- [44:35]
Ebro
Oh, God. I was gonna say that was a very aggressive dance for the Beyonce. It's kind of a slow jam.
- [44:42]
Laura Rosenberg
Little treat for us. You know what I mean? The beehive.
- [44:44]
Ebro
Yeah, it was. It was dope. And, you know, it's obviously, it's all part of the B day anniversary re release. What. What day is that coming out, Laura?
- [44:55]
Laura Rosenberg
Oh, I don't know. I don't know the date. Producer Griff is looking at it really quickly, but it's.
- [44:59]
Ebro
No, it's the 4. It's is her birthday September 4th. Is that right?
- [45:03]
Laura Rosenberg
Yes. Yes, yes.
- [45:04]
Ebro
So maybe it's. Maybe B day is coming out on her B day. I think that may be correct.
- [45:09]
Laura Rosenberg
It's the 20th anniversary celebration. Yep. September 4th.
- [45:13]
Ebro
Yeah. So they're dropping it on the 20th anniversary of the album on her birthday. You know, fun little. Fun little bop you. I have to imagine this is one that maybe just slipped between the cracks of these albums she's doing, like, maybe she didn't think it was quite cowboy Carter and also wasn't quite whatever's coming next. Now, of course, Laura, when you first hit the group chat, you or Louie, whoever sent it with new Beyonce, I did get my hopes up that it was related to the new album. Album. But alas, it was.
- [45:48]
Laura Rosenberg
Not yet, Rosenberg. Not yet. We still got to wait for that. In other news, this was interesting. This is something that popped. Popped over interesting. Lance on Rivera decided to write an open letter to Jay Z. Now watch this. He put out this statement, and I was kind of surprised. I mean, listen, I know this happened a long time ago, right? The stat. I even had to ask the room, like, can you guys remind me, like, why the incident happened? But it was over alleged bootlegging at the time. But he. He puts out this open letter to Jay Z and Then here is a clip on him of him basically explaining, like, why he decided to put. Put out this open letter.
- [46:33]
Ebro
I do want to ask you about Jay. I know he did a freestyle some weeks ago that went viral where he brought up the stabbing incident between both of y'.
- [46:41]
Laura Rosenberg
All.
- [46:41]
Ebro
You're trying to get understood.
- [46:42]
Sam
I really did understand as unharmed player. Yeah, I heard about it. Yeah, I. I heard it like everybody else heard it. You know, I. I thought it was not one of the best bars that he's had. I think that, you know, what people need to understand is that most of Jay Z's intentions is purely based on marketing. Well, you know, I was part of the rollout for, you know, the products that's going out right now in the streets. So, you know, I fell victim to that. You know, I'm used over and over again in that capacity. You know, like I said, you know, from the beginning, it's always been about marketing. You know, it's just that I continue to be the butt of the joke, you know. So, you know, he talks about trauma, but what about, you know, my trauma? What about people who lived it trauma, you know, that he keeps bringing it back up and back up, you know, And I mean, you know, I understand marketing and promotions, but, you know, if you want to send the message to your brand and your partnerships that you dangerous and, you know, you'll. You'll threaten to hurt people, using me as an example of how dangerous you are, you know, just to sell products, then, you know, that's. That's, you know, up to him. You know, I'm not against him making money, you know, but like I said, you know, he talks about trauma. You know, he could afford good therapists. You know what I'm saying? Like, you know, I have to deal with it accordingly. So,
- [48:22]
Laura Rosenberg
I mean, people were saying, like, why now? Right. I mean. Well, because Jay just recently, you know, mentioned him in the freestyle. That's why. So everything came back around. People are now Googling his name. People had no idea that the stabbing even happened. People are, like, looking into it now. So that's why I came back around. But the open letter.
- [48:40]
Ebro
Well, yeah, yeah, the open letter is interesting, too, because I assumed when he wrote the open letter, it would be specifically about him. I didn't think he was going to make it. Sort of a broader political conversation, which, by the way, a lot of people are having that conversation about Jay Z. Yeah. In terms of, like, politically what's going on. Like, you know, can there be. Can you do a little bit more that. That's a fair conversation to have, certainly. It just wasn't what I expected. I expected it more to be about. Yeah, Laura, what you were just talking about, like, the actual event that happened. Like, you. Listen, I love hov. I can't imagine I would think it was super dope if every few years I was a punch. Me being stabbed was a punch line in a song. Of course, you know, it wouldn't be dope.
- [49:33]
Laura Rosenberg
Of course, if that was you, you'd be like, oh, my God, again, Like. I mean, this is not. Not the first time he's mentioned it. It's been. It's been mentioned before.
- [49:43]
Ebro
Dear Summer, on. On. Dear Summer, he says the. I mess around in Anya. Sorry, Lance. I'm just trying to advance my quotes at least. He says sorry on that one. He. He says sorry when he does the bar on that one. So you've got that as an upside. But, yeah, you know, I just. Like, I. I do feel like it's a little beneath what he's trying to be at this stage, but I. Truthfully, I also have no idea what happened to their relationship afterwards. Now, usually after someone stabs someone, the relationship doesn't get better, Laura. But life is long and they've known each other for a long time, so I don't know, maybe I thought things could have gotten better.
- [50:25]
Laura Rosenberg
All right.
- [50:26]
Ebro
But, yeah, I thought the letter he wrote was very interesting. Interesting. It just. I don't know that he was. People are gonna ish on it and say it's all for his own personal agenda, so they're not really gonna care about some of the points that he was making in there. You know what I'm saying?
- [50:42]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Another news. Yeah. One thing that we didn't touch when we were talking about the big 250 birthday is the white supremacists that were marching, they hit D.C. over the weekend.
- [50:57]
Ebro
Yo.
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Laura Rosenberg
I know. People keep saying, like, why are you surprised? This is where we're at, bro. It's disgusting. And in our face, that. Did you guys see the photo of. First of all, the photo of them all jammed up in that bus and that poor woman, that poor black woman who was probably just sent trying to get home or trying to get to her destination, surrounded by these evil. Well, we can't curse. But in all messed up and covered up, looking like psychos. That photo was wild. And then when all they had to take cover, what was it? The white supremacists that had to take cover from the. From the weather in the museum. African American history.
- [51:37]
Ebro
No, no, they didn't. They didn't go in African American history.
- [51:40]
Laura Rosenberg
Am I wrong? This did happen, right?
- [51:42]
Ebro
No, I don't. I just didn't see that part. I believe you. Is that really what happened?
- [51:45]
Laura Rosenberg
I saw a photo.
- [51:47]
Ebro
Congratulations, Louis.
- [51:48]
Laura Rosenberg
Tell me if I'm wrong. Look it up, because I could have sworn I saw that. But regardless, the march was wild. Rosenberg.
- [51:55]
Ebro
Oh, listen, that's the. That's the subway. The picture that. That Louis sent with. There's a woman on the D.C. subway. Listen, don't ever hit me with the. Why are you surprised about literally masked Klansmen by the hundred walking the streets of Chocolate City? Sorry, I'm gonna be surprised by that. Like, allow me to still be surprised that that's possible. Like, and here's the tweet. So let me get this straight. The MAGA Freedom 250 celebration. Folks had to take shelter from a severe storm in the National Museum of African American History and Culture. But hold on. These are not the. No, these aren't the masked Nazis. I mean, they may. May. They may also be in there. But this looks like regular. This is regular racist.
- [52:45]
Laura Rosenberg
Okay?
- [52:45]
Ebro
These aren't the extreme races.
- [52:47]
Laura Rosenberg
It's not the ultra. The ultra premium ones.
- [52:52]
Ebro
I mean, listen, I suppose. I wonder, could. Could there have been non MAGA people who went to see the fireworks on the mall? I don't know. I would think not many.
- [53:03]
Laura Rosenberg
Oh, God.
- [53:05]
Ebro
I would think not many. But no, you got to see the picture. There are levels to this. Ish. And these people that were walking around with the masks on like, yo, guys, think about how crazy and how far extreme you'd have to be to wear a mask at this stage. No one minds being openly racist. It's all good. Everyone's being openly racist. Stephen Miller, the guy who runs the administration, he's the man who lays the blueprint for the administration. He's an open, open, open racist. A purify the whites lunatic racist. So if you have to put the mask on Laura, imagine how dark Ish is.
- [53:38]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah. Wait, we got a little something right now. Go ahead, Rahsaan. Look at him.
- [53:55]
Ebro
Every single one of you justifies the right to an abortion. You stand up taller, you pathetic pieces of. Look at these losers, dude. All right, you can turn off basket.
- [54:28]
Sam
It's annoying.
- [54:29]
Ebro
Let me see it. It's. It's so. That's what I'm saying. You. You can't not be surprised by that. Like, there's no way to see that and not think that's scary. Like, that's the city I'm from. Like, to see people wandering around D.C. in that outfit like, yo, bro, do you know. Do you know how. Do you know how? Opposite of getting any pussy your whole life. You'd have to be to end up like that. No, honestly, think about.
- [54:58]
Laura Rosenberg
And mine isn't going there.
- [54:59]
Ebro
But no, think about it how. Think about how inside out small your penis has to be.
- [55:06]
Laura Rosenberg
Oh, my God.
- [55:07]
Ebro
For you to be like, I'm gonna spend my weekends gathering with men and wearing masks to. To hate. Like. Like, have y' all never touched a breast before? You haven't seen that there's fun things to do in this world. Why don't they understand there are? Like, if you would experience joy at any. Obviously I'm being silly and making it about sex. But, like, you haven't experienced joy in your life, Laura. That you would want to spend your life and time going out and doing stuff like, yeah, nah, you're sick. Y' all should touch a breast. It's amazing. Kiss a woman. It is you. I swear to God, you'll go, oh, my God. I don't hate so much. Life is actually okay. I don't have to put on pleated khaki pants and a mask like a goddamn freak and wander the streets and terrorize people. You losers. You pathetic losers. All right, now, Laura, you maybe want the gurus?
- [56:07]
Laura Rosenberg
All right. Yes. Let's go to the gurus, please.
- [56:12]
Ebro
Rosenberg. Laura, you know you are beautiful queen Ebro. Don't ever play yourself. You're not a guru.
- [56:19]
Laura Rosenberg
Breathe in. Breathe out. The original gurus. Gmail.com. the original gurus. Gmail.Com. where the gurus unite to fight for what's right. We burn the sage while Ebro is on vacation. All right.
- [56:35]
Ebro
I thought it was gonna rhyme. It didn't. It didn't rhyme.
- [56:37]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, it didn't rhyme. Rosenberg. Who's out there? Who's writing to us? Who needs us?
- [56:44]
Ebro
So many are in need, Laura. So many are in need. And they email us. The Original Gurus. Gmail.com. the Original Gurus. Gmail.com. your destination, for clarity. Ah. Send your emails today, please. I'd like to be. I'd like to be anonymous. Your thoughts on my situation would be greatly appreciated. I'm 34 years old. I've been with my wife for 15 years. Married for four, and she's the only woman I've ever been with.
- [57:08]
Sam
With.
- [57:09]
Ebro
Eight months after we got married, she developed schizophrenia.
- [57:12]
Laura Rosenberg
Oh, man.
- [57:14]
Ebro
The devil is working hard. Fast forward to today. I've been taking care of her for the past four years. The illness destroyed the romantic part of our relationship, so we haven't been intimate in almost three years. I don't cheat, so that's been its own difficult layer to this situation. Side joke. If there was ever a case for having a side chick, this would be it. We feel you, dog. I've come to peace with the idea that short of a miracle, this marriage isn't going to work out. She's at a point where she refuses any type of treatment. She's cut off all communication from her family for the past year. So I'm her only support system. Oh my God.
- [57:50]
Sam
This is.
- [57:53]
Ebro
I'm trying. I'm trying to figure out how I can help her from a distance so I can live a somewhat normal life. I make a great income, so I could probably support two apartments short term, But I have no idea what a long term plan looks like. Another thing I'm fighting with is that as a single man, I fear I could slip into a toxic lifestyle in these streets to numb the pain. I know I'm broken in ways that I don't even understand yet. So my real question is, how do I move forward in a way that is supportive toward her, but also honest about the fact that I cannot keep living like this forever? Her. I'm not trying to abandon her. I'm trying to figure out how to make sure she's safe and supported while also accepting that I may need distance in order to survive emotionally and build some kind of normal life again.
- [58:41]
Laura Rosenberg
Oh, man, this one's a doozy. This is heavy. Is there a world, Rosenberg? And I don't look at this giving up. Is there a world where he, you know, decides to get a divorce, right. And. And start a new life, but still, because she is sick, support her, like have maybe develop some kind of agreement with her family, you know, Because I'm sure she has family who still wants to be there. This is. Remember, she's cut them off, which happens a lot in situations like this. But I'm sure she has family that genuinely still cares for her. So I can see a world where he moves on with his life, which he's. He's allowed to, but still, you know what I mean? Figure out ways to care for her.
- [59:39]
Ebro
Well, I think that sounds like the path he wants to go on is like, hey, this isn't going to work out. I can't do this. But also, I'm not leaving you alone in the world. Right? I think that's definitely possible. What makes this so complicated? Obviously is her lack of interest in getting help.
- [59:54]
Laura Rosenberg
Well, it. This is a very normal thing for anyone who's dealt with somebody with mental health issues. You can't force anybody to get help. You know, this was. This is what makes it difficult. Unless they're, like, harming themselves but other. Or harming others, but other than that, as an adult, they have the right to refuse. You know what I mean? And I've seen this happen so many times, and unfortunately, I just don't think. I just don't see a future for him. Like, I don't think things are going to get better. I think that if he truly cares about her as a human being, that's. That's the only piece of advice that I could see possibly working. You know what I mean? Where he can still have a normal life, move on, but still support her in different ways.
- [60:48]
Ebro
Yeah, that's. I would say the exact same thing. You're gonna. Like, I don't know how far you guys have gone down the road of. Of professional help. Obviously, some. Because he called her a schizophrenic, which to me, suggests Laura, that they did something, you know, that they've talked to someone.
- [61:04]
Laura Rosenberg
Yes. Yeah, it sounds like she's.
- [61:06]
Ebro
So they're dealing with. So if you're dealing with a professional, you really. Not to, like, not to kick the can down the road or not want to help, but, like, I think you're gonna have to talk to a professional further about how you could do this. And, like, I don't know, does she have moments of clarity where she understands what the situation is and could even understand why this obviously can't work as a romantic partnership anymore? You know, does she want you to stay together as a married. Like, I don't have enough information, but I will say, Laura, I just. I agree with the overall idea, which is, yes, I think there is absolutely a world. You took a vow to take care of her, Right. She's sick. This is the sickness part of in sickness and in health.
- [61:55]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah.
- [61:56]
Ebro
Now, if. If it. If it precludes you guys from being able to be romantic partners, this is just my interpretation of those vows. If it. No, if it no longer can work as a romantic relationship, okay, it can't work. But to me, that vow is you sticking out your vow to take care of her for as, you know, for as long as it makes sense and you guys can. So I think you got to figure out a way to do it. And, like, I wouldn't worry. You're. You're too far on down the Road. The one thing that worries me, Laura, is he made the joke about the side chick, and then he's like, I'm worried I'd get too toxic out in these streets, my man. You gotta, you know, maybe go. Maybe go, like, you know, take care of some things yourself and watch some porn and relax for a minute, buddy. Okay? Like this. Don't. Don't. You're. You're getting too far down the road of what may happen when you're single. Like, I'm sorry to, like, put a damper on it. I don't think you're in a place to be out in these streets yet. There's a lot of work to be handled here.
- [62:53]
Laura Rosenberg
Yeah, listen, I'm not telling you get a divorce right away. I'm just saying, like, I see where your mind is at, and I think that this is. He never once said, like, yo, I really want to stay, make this work. I just think that he's already made up his mind. So eventually. I'm not saying get a divorce now and, you know, just abandon her. No, no, no, no. Remember, I said, like, I think that, you know, as someone you love, because I'm sure he loves this person, I think you should always be in her life and try to figure out ways to take care of her with her family, because that's a heavy thing to take on. You know? It's heavy.
- [63:31]
Ebro
You need support, too. I truly hope you guys have already been getting professional help for her. Probably need some professional help for you. So obviously, there's a lot of work to be done here, but we wish you the best, man. But keep. Keep being a good guy and being there for her. You are her support system. Like, you cannot let go. You can't just be like, hey, man, things gotten real weird. Good luck. Like, she's not talking to her family. There's no place for her to go. So you. You got to keep doing the right thing, man. I know it's hard.
- [63:56]
Laura Rosenberg
That's it. So say the gurus.
- [63:59]
Ebro
Ah.
- [64:00]
Laura Rosenberg
And that was a heavy one.
- [64:05]
Ebro
That was heavy. That was very heavy. Tomorrow on the show, Laura, we have our Special Correspondent, Ebony McMorris joining us from D.C. all right, I definitely want to ask her about the. I want to get the tea and ask about these white supremacist monsters. We wonder if she saw them. We'll talk to Ebony tomorrow. Also, if you missed the show on Friday, guys, Patreon update. Patreon is now a two show vehicle. Fridays, Freedom slash Fought Friday, which the format is being updated as we speak also. So it's going to be a slightly different version of of Fought Friday, but essentially the Friday show is now also a Patreon vehicle. So shout out to our longtime Patreons and patrons and hopefully new ones as well. So you're now going to get a show on Wednesday and on Friday, Patreon exclusive Lauda. I hope you watch Team USA Today.
- [65:01]
Laura Rosenberg
Oh, the pressure, the pressure.
- [65:04]
Ebro
At least. At least just flip it on, see what it feels like. I mean, listen, did Trump sort of ruin this? Maybe, but I still got to try to power through, I guess. Listen, I've been rooting for them. You know, Trump doesn't even know who the guy was. He did not even know who this kid was before the game. So, I mean, he was just trying to get his citizenship blocked, so.
- [65:21]
Laura Rosenberg
Oh, Lord. All right, all right, guys, don't forget to hit a subscribe. Hit that like button, please. All right? Especially everybody in the chat right now. Hit the like button. All right, See y' all tomorrow. Peace.
- [65:31]
Ebro
Tell a friend.
- [65:32]
Sam
Peace. Just don't call it a podcast,
- [65:38]
Ebro
Sam.