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I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody.
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You know, she don't lie about that, right? Lauren came in hot. Hey, y'.
Lauren LaRosa
All, what's up? It's Lauren the Rosa. And this is another episode of the latest with Lauren the Rosa. This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. Now today, joining us here for the latest is, you know, honestly, I would say she is the latest news. But I mean, you, I feel like Kandi Burns has been, you've literally been the topic of discussion in so many different ways. My like full life. I was thinking about this as I was preparing. Like, I've never, I've never not known since I've been working in entertainment, I've never had a year where I'm pitching news stories, I'm covering news or breaking exclusives. And Candy was not one of the artists that the, the outlet or the newsroom cared for. Like, I literally never. You've always been in the cycle. How does that feel?
Kandi Burruss
I mean, sometimes it's a good thing, sometimes it's a bad thing. So I guess, you know, I guess it's good. I don't know.
Lauren LaRosa
I got you.
Kandi Burruss
What they say, if ain't nobody talking about you, then you ain't doing nothing. So.
Lauren LaRosa
Exactly. Well, I mean, I guess we could get right on into it. Today there was news that broke that your divorce from Todd was finalized. So how are you today? I've seen interviews where you said some days you're up, some days you're down. How are you feeling today with, you know, the fine, the news hitting today?
Kandi Burruss
I'm okay. You know, it was a little weird for me, you know, when my lawyer hit me and said it was final, I was like, it feels awkward. You know what I'm saying? It's kind of strange because it's like we've been married for over 10 years now, and we're still communicating, you know what I'm saying? So it just feels weird that, you know, like, we're really not together, I guess, and that I'm not, like, planning for the future no more. It's like, crazy. What.
Lauren LaRosa
So I want to back up a bit before we get into the settlement that is, you know, being discussed in news, because that has also been a very big part of what we know about candy for a lot of the time, right from Real Housewives to, you know, candy coated knives to your businesses to your beautiful family. Todd has always been a part of that conversation with you. How did we get here? Like, I haven't seen you say. I saw you say, like, there was an event that happened. But, like, I. To this day, I'm still like, what
Kandi Burruss
the hell happened, friend? You know? What I will say is I'll discuss more about it in the one woman show that I'm doing in the. I do. I did. I don't. I'm definitely going to address it there. Like, I don't want to give away too much now as far as, like, the details of that, you know what I mean? Obviously, there are certain things that came of our divorce, I guess in the day or yesterday that is more public, but, like, my personal feelings and why, how I got to this point, I'm gonna share that in that moment because I kind of feel like me. I'm always doing, like, the way I vent. I always vent creatively, you know what I'm saying? Whether it through some of the songs that I wrote, you know, that I've used to vent past frustrations or relationships or, you know, maybe some of the times. Well, even like when I did a Mother's love play, you know, that was what was going on at the time. Or the Dungeon tour, that was a, you know, venting from a situation that happened. So I always vent creatively. So I want to save that for that experience I'm putting together.
Lauren LaRosa
So when it comes to, like, the. The settlement itself, I know you said that you were fighting to keep all of this sealed, so y' all didn't have to answer to Media and not even that you got an answer to, but just so we wouldn't know everything. Right. Like, why would the other side. I would tie side. Not want it to be sealed.
Kandi Burruss
I couldn't understand it for a minute, you know what I mean? But I think, you know, the way he explained it to me was that he wanted it to be clear. Like he wasn't trying to
Lauren LaRosa
take me
Kandi Burruss
for everything I had or something like that. You know what I mean? Because I think, you know, obviously that is the narrative, you know, always, you know, people always want to, like as far as. Even when our relationship, the whole time we've been together, it's like that's the narrative. You know what I mean?
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah.
Kandi Burruss
And although, you know, there were things, you know, that were, I guess said as, I don't know, I don't want to say threats, but as, you know, possibilities of things that could happen when they were first filing things that was never him fighting a prenup, was never a conversation they had with me or never a conversation that was had with my attorney. So I think overall, I guess at the end of the day, when it was all said and done, I want, I guess he just felt like he wanted it to be clear. Like, you know, he didn't try to
Lauren LaRosa
make anything financially for. Well, not. I mean, there is there. So in this settlement, there is a lump sum. It's a little bit over $400,000. And then there's like you guys split up cars and real estate. It doesn't mention anything about your businesses. But so is. How do you guys then get to that? So we saw this was hard, right? It was like in real life, I'm watching you guys and I saw he came over. Not came over. I mean, it's your child's father, your children's father. I saw you guys were together for the holidays. I saw when you posted your one woman show. He jokingly supported that and said, you know, yes, ain't done. Laugh out loud, go support my girl. Right. Like. But then when the docs are filed, it seems like there's an argument about, you know, custody and how that works. And in a settlement, it seems like you guys are 50, 50 down the middle. But there's an argument about custody. It seems like there was an argument about, you know, there.
Kandi Burruss
Well, at the end of the day, I mean, as far as our custody is going, we are joint custody. I know everybody said they tried to report something else last week, which was not true.
Lauren LaRosa
Okay.
Kandi Burruss
Like we would still be in court if that was. If it was anything else. Let me just say that it was confusing because people were. Were reporting lies last week.
Lauren LaRosa
Gotcha. Okay.
Kandi Burruss
And so that was. I think that was. That's also a thing for me. That was so frustrating through this whole process. It's like whenever anything is open, it leaves it to people's interpretation. And you got bloggers who really want to just be the first to report a story. So they'll just say anything without. Without any type of real information. They'll make up stuff and go to the public. And people be so quick to want to be first to post that they, they'll just run with whatever they heard.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah.
Kandi Burruss
Now, what was actually reported in. In the filing, at the end of the day, the final thing, that is what is real. Like all that other stuff is fake news, as they say. We are joint. You know, everything is split evenly, even when it comes to the financial part of it. We had properties together that we had to split equally. And you know, you know, basically it's just. So we just have to end up with equal equity. And so, you know, I, as far as, like, I mean, I guess it said who got what properties. You know, if I ended up with one more, I just had to pay the difference up. So we are still equal in what we got. It's just because I ended up with more on the property side then I just paid the difference of. So it's not like I had to pay him. You get what I'm saying?
Lauren LaRosa
I got you. What was that? But that. But I mean, but in the settlement, from what I'm going for, what TMZ is reporting and from what they're reporting, they're reporting a number, I believe it's like 400, $426,000.
Kandi Burruss
Right. What I'm saying is if you read the whole thing, which is, I guess it's open to the public. Yeah, we. We have to be equal in the equity that we have in the properties that we own together.
Lauren LaRosa
Got you.
Kandi Burruss
Okay.
Lauren LaRosa
So that's separate.
Kandi Burruss
We have to be equal in what we both take out of the properties. So if I. If we didn't sell the properties and we just did based off of, well, I'm gonna take these two, you take whatever. But my properties may be worth more than I have to pay the difference so that we're both still equal.
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Dan Morgan
Hey, how's it going today?
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It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do.
Dan Morgan
I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan and Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
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That's pretty awesome. I think I saw a billboard of yours recently that said 20 billion. Wonderful. 20 million is an insane number.
Dan Morgan
Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually, I think somewhere north. Probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and badder and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on.
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Lauren LaRosa
And then when you talk about like you talk about like people reporting things, right? I noticed that event at first because I was watching you. You were on your Amazon live show that you do and you were very much like you, you just didn't want to talk about it at the time. But the fans were there, they were asking questions in the comments and you didn't get into it. But then you kind of started to. You know, talk a bit more. And I know you said it was because things were being reported wrong. What was, like, the craziest thing that you saw throughout this whole time where you were like, this is the dumb shit. Like, this is why I didn't want to end up here in the first place. Like, what was the craziest thing you saw?
Kandi Burruss
Man, it was so much crazy stuff. Like, I said, you know, overall, I'm gonna. I will even address some of them bloggers in that one woman show that I'm doing. Yeah. Yes, yes. But I. Like, I said, I'm really gonna put it all into that show. So, you know, we're gonna take it to multiple cities and people will be able to see for themselves. But I mean, just so you know, just in fairness to speak on what is factual that you just saw.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah.
Kandi Burruss
I mean, you know, and the difference of this week and last week, you know, last week they said they were saying I was paying $2 million.
Lauren LaRosa
You commented on that. I saw you commented on that one, right? Was that the one you commented on? You commented on something and was like, this is not true. Or you came out and mentioned like, maybe that was. I saw your interview.
Kandi Burruss
Maybe I did. Maybe I did on one. I don't know who's. There's so many people reported. I don't really. Yeah, I was so annoyed. And in fairness, he was annoyed, too. You know what I mean? It wasn't like I was the only one annoyed. We both were annoyed that, you know, that's what people were running with because it was just, like, totally made up. You know what I mean? But all throughout the situation, you know, people. It was one time, like, I said something about. It was like an AI video AI of my voice talking, like, as if it was a statement I was making. And they was, like, flashing pictures of us together, and I was like, whoa. Like, it really sounded like me. You know what I mean? So I think I posted, like, I think I said something about how, like, I was so frustrated with this whole AI thing. And it's so crazy to me how people be like, yeah, well, you the one that's talking about. And I'm like, yeah, it's such a catch 22 situation. Because if you don't say anything, then, like, one. If one blog reports it, then all of them pick it up and it's everywhere. You know, my mama and I have to answer to my mama. You know what I mean? My mama's like, why are these people saying. And I'm like, I don't know.
Lauren LaRosa
We know Mama Joyce, honey, she. You got. You have to answer to her. Okay?
Kandi Burruss
Right. But I'm just saying it's like she's been supportive through the situation.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah.
Kandi Burruss
But it's just kind of like It's a catch 22. So if you don't really reply, then, you know, people are spreading the wrong narrative. And then if you do, then it's just kind of like, then people like, oh, why? She always got to feel like she got to respond. And it's just like, you know what? I can't win for losing in the situation. But at the end of the day, we're, you know, we're going to try to still come away from this situation and be the best co parents that we could be. You know what I mean? It's like we had our personal drama, which, you know, obviously that wasn't as public because neither one of us really spoke on the details of that, but just publicly, you know, at the end of the day, we're still going to try to be cool, still do things, you know, with our kids together, you know, because we want our kids to be happy, you know, we still want them to feel connected on both sides, you know? Hey, y'.
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I've got Dan Morgan here on the pod. Say hi, Dan.
Dan Morgan
Hey, how's it going today?
Podcast Host (Car-related segment)
It's going good, man. Tell us who you are and what you do.
Dan Morgan
I'm Dan Morgan. I'm an attorney and a managing partner at Morgan and Morgan, which is America's largest injury law firm.
Podcast Host (Car-related segment)
That's pretty awesome. I think I saw a billboard of yours recently that said 20 billion one 20 billion is an insane number.
Dan Morgan
Yeah, 20 billion recovered. It's actually, I think somewhere north. Probably closer to 22, 23 after this year. And each year we get bigger and badder and our army grows. So the number will hopefully keep getting bigger and bigger as time goes on.
Podcast Host (Car-related segment)
Awesome. So how does someone get in contact with Morgan and Morgan? What what would I do if I got into an accident?
Dan Morgan
Probably the easiest way is dialing pound law. That's £529 from your cell phone. We are always open. Our call center is always waiting to take your call. 247365 wow.
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Dan Morgan from Morgan Morgan, America's large injury law firm. Thanks for coming by the show.
Dan Morgan
Thanks for having me. Visit forthepeople.com for an office near you.
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Lauren LaRosa
How tough is that for you, for both of you guys emotionally, though? Cause like you said, you were talking about as recent as, I mean, as soon as spring break. That's in a couple weeks, right?
Kandi Burruss
On our anniversary.
Lauren LaRosa
Yes. So how does Todd and Candy, who have been this unit through good, bad, up, down, left, right, for all of these years, just casually get together and do spring break with the kids and then not being an emotional roller coaster, even if behind the closed doors, away
Kandi Burruss
from the kids, realistically, we still figuring it out. Like, that's all I could say because I don't really have an answer on that.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah, so. So how does, how does it work now with like, because, you know, there was a whole guest house, living in the guest house conversation. He needed to leave the guest house, and they said Candy was up there evicting people. That's how they were reporting the documents.
Kandi Burruss
Once again, I'm definitely going to have to address, I will address all of that in my one woman show. But, you know, it's just kind of like it is what it is. You know, I think for me it was like, okay, it's a gradual separation.
Lauren LaRosa
Okay, gotcha.
Kandi Burruss
Meaning, like, you know, you mad. So, you know, it's like you as a woman, you know, a lot of women just, first I'd be like, get out. Da, da, da, da.
Lauren LaRosa
Take it.
Kandi Burruss
You know, all that stuff.
Lauren LaRosa
Right.
Kandi Burruss
But then on the other side of that coin is like, I got kids, so how do we do this in a way to where it's not a drastic change for them? So, you know, figuring all that stuff out is, you know, I don't, I don't want to say that, you know, we know all the right things to do. Just like anybody that's going through a divorce, well, now our divorce is final. But like anybody that's going through a divorce, that was something that we were trying to figure out, what's the best way to go about it. And that was just the way we went about it.
Lauren LaRosa
Have you had conversations with. I know your kids are young, Ace Blaze, you know, I know they're young, but like, have you had conversations with them yet or you guys have started to at all about kind of what that will look like, you know, because it will be so different for them.
Kandi Burruss
Todd and I are gonna be discussing that how we're gonna do the talk, like, you know, how to navigate next steps, basically. You know what I mean? Like I said, we don't really, we don't know the perfect way to go about it. We're. We're in the process of figuring out, like, even this conversation right now with me and you is way too soaked, you know what I mean? I'm.
Lauren LaRosa
Look, we can, at any time, if you feel like this is triggering for you, we can definitely stop down. You know, it's no pressure. You know what I mean?
Kandi Burruss
Oh, yeah, yeah. I don't. You know, I'm not. I'm not like that. But, yeah, it is. I mean, I guess, yeah, it would be kind of triggering that point, you know what I'm saying? So, yeah, I mean, I don't want to keep going deep into it. I think I said pretty much what I needed to say about the situation is like, at the end of the day, he and I are definitely trying to figure this out overall, you know, I personally wouldn't have wanted every single thing to play out in front of the public the way it did.
Lauren LaRosa
Right.
Kandi Burruss
But it is what it is. I mean, I don't really know how. I don't know how we could have done it differently. I mean. Yeah,
Lauren LaRosa
you can't harp on that, though, at this point. You know, y' all here, you just gotta, like, keep yourself together. I just feel for you because I started the interview with talking about, you know, how much of a. A topic and a conversation you. Your life, your businesses, your marriage, your family has been for all of these decades. To kind of, you know, get back here at the ending it to say, I think a lot of us feel for you and feel for both of y', all, because we watch both of you guys together because it is so public and everyone's so attached to your life. And this is something that if you could choose, I'm sure you would want people to disattach so you can kind of just go through it. But we've. Everyone's been so attached for so long, so there's like. There's probably a whole nother layer of like, oh, my God, you know, like, you gotta get up. Like, everybody just is just. It's a lot. It's a lot of noise, a lot of people. So, you know.
Kandi Burruss
Yeah, I understand it. I mean, that's what somebody said to me. They were like, candy. You know, everybody's been watching your journey the whole time. So, yes, you know, you can't feel away because everybody, you know, wanna. Is invested. And I'm like, true. So with that being said, you know, I'm not, you know, I'm not overly, you know, upset or anything. It's just like. It is upsetting when you're going through something, and then, you know, people, like, taking information and making up stuff. And. And like I said, for me, I just be feeling like, what was the point in making that up? Like, it's just. To me, it's not like it was so they could be the first to report something, because clearly, at the time, they were saying that stuff last week, just to use that part as an example, because it's been stuff said the whole time.
Lauren LaRosa
This was the $2 million thing.
Kandi Burruss
Yeah, that and the child support, all that. Like, we don't even. We're not even doing child support, but it's just like, our stuff have any. Hadn't even been filed. The final thing hadn't even filed with the court, and they was reporting that the day before. So it's like, huh, where you getting this from? What you reading off of?
Lauren LaRosa
Like, when I saw the final settlement, I was like, this is so different than what I thought, because I'm like everybody else, you know, and I'm trying to, like, talk directly to you, but, you know, I respect if y' all are like, not right now. I respect that. But trying to do as much as I can to kind of see through the noise. I'm like, I was so confused. I was like, okay, the settlement seems, like, very amicable and, like, fair and 50. 50. But everything leading up to this point, it was like, is it. Is it not? Like, are they like. We were. It was. It was. It was being reported all over the place. So I was very confused. Like. But I did see. I was confused, too, because when I saw. I saw no social support, no child support, it was a 50, 50 split on the custody. I'm like, that sounds like they both came together and were adults. And y'. All. Y'.
Kandi Burruss
All.
Lauren LaRosa
Y' all good. Y' all are good enough at least to understand what needs to be done. Yeah.
Kandi Burruss
I think overall, you know, out of respect to the marriage, I would say that, you know, he and I, we did some great things together. You know what I'm saying? We. We had some great success together. So with that being said, like, for us, we need to just split that. You know what I mean? And I know, and I feel like some people just wanted it. Like, some people just wanted him to go for everything I had in life. Some people wanted all of that to happen.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah.
Kandi Burruss
But, I mean, realistically, it was. That was never a conversation, you know what I mean? And, yeah, that's all. I mean, that's all I'll say about that for now. I mean, do we have disagreements about certain things. Well, probably one thing that was like, really going back and forth about. But I mean, overall, you can't tell
Lauren LaRosa
us that that's gonna be in the one woman show too.
Kandi Burruss
Yeah, it's gonna be anyone. And I'm sorry to do it like that. But like, overall, like, you know, I. I didn't really even, like, plan to even talk about it more prior to then. But obviously, to be fair, you didn't
Lauren LaRosa
plan the divorce either. I saw you say you. You were planning for the rest of your life. This. You did not. This was. It's not like there were things that just got here. You were not planning for this at all this time last year.
Kandi Burruss
So. No, this time last year, that. That was the last thing on my mind. Like, this time last year, we was living our best life, planning our future, like. Yeah. So that's when you ask me how do I feel about it? I think about, dang, in one year, how my life has changed, you know?
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah.
Kandi Burruss
Well, so that's triggering. So with that, I don't want to talk about it no more.
Lauren LaRosa
Not at all. All right, well, I appreciate you for joining me. I do hope you guys take it to other cities because I know you're doing it. You're doing your one woman show in Atlanta at the City Winery. It's sold out already though, right? Are you adding more night?
Kandi Burruss
It already sold out, but we are adding more dates. So I would say everybody be on the lookout.
Lauren LaRosa
I am having more dates for that right now.
Kandi Burruss
I'm super excited. It's. It's gonna be so good, y'. All. I can't wait for you to see it. But adding more dates to. I do. I did Don't Monday, the production that I'm producing on August Wilson's and August Wilson's Joe Turner to Come and Gone, starring Taraji P. Henson, Cedric and Attorney, directed by Debbie Allen. That starts on Monday.
Lauren LaRosa
So that's on. Is that Broadway?
Kandi Burruss
Yes. Yes.
Lauren LaRosa
Because Debbie Allen, she came to our show and was telling us about a new show that she was doing.
Kandi Burruss
She is.
Lauren LaRosa
I remember that. Yeah. Okay.
Kandi Burruss
I gotta go to Blessing to have her as the director. I'm a producer on that, you know, so.
Lauren LaRosa
So are you going to be at the shows in New York too while it's happening, or do you kind of produce it Ready and then.
Kandi Burruss
Yeah, as. As a producer, I don't have to be at every show, so I'll come to some of them. But yeah, I don't have to be at all of them. It ain't the same as being in it. Shout out to Taraji and Cedric. They got to be there eight shows a week. But yeah, so that. And then also the next move meetup is what I'm doing with. It's like people who about their business. You know, I want to talk about more about opportunities and how to just take things on their next move. Shoe hell.
Lauren LaRosa
One of those. When you were here in New York, didn't you.
Kandi Burruss
The next move made up.
Lauren LaRosa
No.
Kandi Burruss
Well, I did it virtually.
Lauren LaRosa
Okay. Yeah, I saw something.
Kandi Burruss
I'm gonna do some more. We are. We may possibly do that in other cities, but virtually. We're going to be meeting up every month. I was like, realistically, all this stuff talking about divorce, we might have to have a meet up on how to protect yourself and all those different things too. You know what I mean?
Lauren LaRosa
The girls will come. This is. This is. It's. It's very unfortunate to have to watch you guys go through this, but I think a lot of people are also watching you too, because we've always known you to be a woman about her business. Like, you know, like, that's. You've been that way for so long. So watching you kind of navigate the space, not even just like protecting your money, but of course that. Or protecting yourself. Not to make him the enemy, but more so just like how you've been carrying it. Like, even when you have conversations about it, it's still very much like it's you. It's your truth. But it's very respectful, the situation. And, you know, I think that's definitely something that people that are going through the situation are going to watch and be like, you know, this is why we love candy so well.
Kandi Burruss
Overall, what I will say, what I can say that you ain't got to worry about waiting to see is that, you know, realistically, I would love for us all to be mature about how we handle breakups, you know what I mean? Because at the end of the day, it's like, obviously as business women, as businessmen, you got to protect yourself. That's straight up right off the top. And I'm gonna tell anybody that protects yourself right off the rip. Because that kind of limits the conversation of who. What we got to debate about. You get what I'm saying? And then also it's like, try to be. Even if you have personal fallouts, especially if you have kids, like, we got grown kids and little kids. You know what I mean? So we got to be. We got to be respectful of how we handle it, because all our kids, we want our. They're all sisters and brothers, and we want them to still feel like connected still. I feel like family. And we don't want our drama to spill over into how they're feeling. You know, that's true. So, you know, I would say to anybody that's going through a breakup or divorce, whatever it may be, try to be very mature on how you move. You know what I'm saying? Because at the end of the day, that's affecting your kids. So, yeah, I might be mad, right? I might be acting a fool at times, but they don't ever need to see. They never need to see that, you know, or. And it shouldn't affect them. So that's how I move in. And I hope, you know, if anybody takes something from this situation, looking out, from the outside looking in, I would say take that. Hey, y'.
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Lauren LaRosa
One more. One more question, because I didn't even think about Kayla and am I saying Kayla's name right?
Kandi Burruss
Yeah, Kayla.
Lauren LaRosa
Kayla and Riley. Right. Because. Yeah, like, the older. Not babies, your older daughters, they're out in the world. You know, Riley has her show. They're on social media. They're doing press for certain things. I saw you and Riley on the carpet.
Kandi Burruss
Like.
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah, like, that's a whole different other side of it because they're. You can't even hide anything at that point because they're in the world themselves. So when these reports and those things are happening, like, I mean, I'll take it all the way back to the very beginning when things are being reported. There was the report of infidelity. Right. And you have. You're two older women, not women, but I mean, I guess you. Do you consider them women yet? Like, are you consider them.
Kandi Burruss
They're. They're women to the world. They still out there.
Lauren LaRosa
You know how that goes. Yeah, but. Okay, so you have your two girls who. That's a different conversation for them with dad and for them with mom. And, like, whether it's true or not, how that has to be, like, even more challenging than trying to figure out the conversation with the babies because you don't have a choice. It kind of is, like, out there for them.
Kandi Burruss
Yeah, I don't. I don't really know what. Todd's conversation was with our older daughters, really, realistically, but I know overall, I just try to just say, hey, y', all, you know, we don't want y' all to feel affected by what's going on with us. You know, let's. You know, let's try to move forward and we gotta still, you know, be respectful of each other and it's gonna be fine. Let us deal with it. You know what I mean?
Lauren LaRosa
Yeah.
Kandi Burruss
So. Yeah.
Lauren LaRosa
Well, look, keep me posted on the dates I want to come to the show so I can be able to.
Kandi Burruss
I want you to come. Yeah, we try to put one together in New York, too, so the dates will be coming very soon.
Lauren LaRosa
And I know you mentioned when you add more dates for the people to look out, where do they look? I mean, of course they're following. They're following you on all socials, but is there a website for the one One woman show or do. Do you have a personal site?
Kandi Burruss
I do Have a personal site, it's candy.comk a n d I dot com. But also, you know, follow me on all socials. And I was telling people text me on my phone number because I always text my text family first. And that is easy. You can just text me at 4044-5894-6440-4458-9464 and I always send them the text with it's coming to let them know. Like I told my text group, like I always say my text family. I I told them like two days before the tickets went on sale that it was going to be a one woman show coming. So maybe that's why the tickets went so quick. Yes.
Lauren LaRosa
Because I'm like, dang, we didn't even have a shot.
Kandi Burruss
Well, I didn't even post it. I just sent it to my text family first and then Facebook. I didn't even post it like on Instagram or nothing.
Lauren LaRosa
But I mean I think that that just, you know, the people are locked in. It's just that it is.
Kandi Burruss
I appreciate that too. Y' all gotta understand. I feel like I appreciate the love but you gotta understand sometimes when you really going through something, it be a lot of negativity and a lot of hate that be online and you know, and, and then you see like when something's negative posted. It seemed like some people get excited about that. Like some people really was like out here acting like they was excited that they thought that oh, oh, he gonna do this, he gonna do that.
Lauren LaRosa
He said do what? Where? To who?
Kandi Burruss
But anyway, let me say much love to Ty. I feel like I'm so glad that this little part is done because I feel like he and I are really gonna be the best of co parents and we, we gonna be cool. Like I, I'm really a chill person and he is too. So I feel like we gonna be cool. Especially now that everything is, you know, is what it is. You know what I mean?
Lauren LaRosa
It's like no emotion. We never. So we're not gonna see you. Like there's no doubling back. It's just, it's. It's done. Just co parenting.
Kandi Burruss
Like I'm such a Taurus.
Lauren LaRosa
Got you.
Kandi Burruss
Heard you.
Lauren LaRosa
For those of you who don't know what that means, that means when you locked in, you're locked in. And when you are done, baby, that person has never existed.
Kandi Burruss
Well, besides hearing normally, it's like that, yeah, they never existed. But in this situation, you know, because you know we're still going to be connected for life. So, yeah, you know, we're always going to be friends. We always going to be communicating. We're always going to be good.
Lauren LaRosa
Right.
Kandi Burruss
You know, on that side.
Lauren LaRosa
But no spinning the block, y'. All. Okay? It's not gonna happen. Well, I thank you for joining me. I know you got a lot going on right now, and I'm probably the last person you wanted to, you know, hear from right now.
Kandi Burruss
I was like, what are we doing?
Lauren LaRosa
I appreciate it. Look, this is just me trying to make sure we have all correct information. And I appreciate on the Breakfast Club, on the podcast like, that I try my hardest. Yo, people be like, you always into. No, I'm just trying to make sure I got it right.
Kandi Burruss
I appreciate for the people who really was really trying not to just report anything about our. Our situation. I appreciate y', all, and I'm thankful for that because I know it probably was hard because I'm like, some people just doing it just to get clicks and, you know, they don't care what they say about us. But the people who really kind of like, you know what? I'm not really f to say anything until we have real information. I appreciate that.
Lauren LaRosa
Well, we gonna always hold you down, and you gotta come when you add the more dates. Make sure you. You got to come to the show. They want you to come in the studio. So, you know, we will talk to you soon. Appreciate you, y'. All. This has been another episode of the latest with Lauren the Rosa. I tell you guys, every single episode, y' all could be anywhere with any old body talking about all of the things, but y' all choose to be right here with me, and I appreciate you guys. My lowriders. Candy, you know, I always appreciate you and you joining the conversation and just you just being so nice to me. I know me from a can of paint, but you've always been so nice to me. Appreciate that as well.
Kandi Burruss
So thanks.
Lauren LaRosa
Thanks for joining and I'll see you next time. See you in the studio. So this has been another episode of the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. I am your host, Lauren LaRosa. I tell you guys every episode, y' all could be anywhere with anybody talking about all of these things, but y' all choose to be right here with me. My lowriders. I appreciate y'.
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Host: Lauren LaRosa
Guest: Kandi Burruss
Date: March 26, 2026
In this exclusive interview, Lauren LaRosa sits down with Grammy-winning singer, entrepreneur, and Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss for her first in-depth conversation about her finalized divorce from Todd Tucker. The conversation dives into Kandi’s emotions, details of the divorce settlement, dealing with public scrutiny, co-parenting, rumors, and how Kandi plans to creatively process the life change. The episode is candid, respectful, and aimed at separating fact from tabloid fiction.
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Warm, candid, sometimes emotional but always grounded, the conversation is respectful and direct. Loren LoRosa asks questions with empathy and a focus on separating rumor from fact. Kandi is open but careful, deferring some details for her future creative work but sharing real emotional responses and practical insights.
This summary covers all the key content and emotional beats of the exclusive interview, giving listeners and readers clarity on both the facts and the feelings behind Kandi’s divorce and public life.