All Dogs Go To Heaven

Summary

Podcast Summary: "The Read" – Episode: All Dogs Go To Heaven

Release Date: June 5, 2025
Hosts: Kid Fury and Crissle
Network: Loud Speakers Network

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Introduction to Black Excellence

Timestamp: 01:28 – 04:15

Crissle and Nisherie kick off the episode by celebrating Black Excellence, highlighting Megan Thee Stallion's exciting announcement of her upcoming anime series in collaboration with Carl Jones, renowned for his work on The Boondocks. They express enthusiasm over the portrayal of Black women in diverse media formats, comparing Megan's anime project to Janelle Monáe's Arch Android comic series.

Notable Quote:
Nisherie Kennedy (02:35):
"I want to see the Black girl starring in comics and the Black girl starring in anime."

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Deep Dive into the "Kill Bill" Premise

Timestamp: 04:00 – 07:15

The conversation transitions to the classic film Kill Bill, where the hosts dissect the protagonist's quest for vengeance. They imagine a Black protagonist developing superpowers to seek revenge against her abusers, paralleling elements from Quentin Tarantino's storytelling. The discussion underscores the desire for strong Black female leads in action genres.

Notable Quote:
Crissle (04:00):
"I'm hoping it's about a girl who goes through a bunch of challenges, develops superpowers, and then gets revenge on her abusers."

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Hot Topics: Legal Battles and Celebrity Scandals

Timestamp: 13:31 – 25:10

Crissle and Nisherie delve into current legal controversies involving celebrities. They discuss Shannon Sharpe's postponed Nightcap Tour amidst a $50 million lawsuit filed by a 20-something OnlyFans model alleging abuse and sexual harassment. The hosts critique Shannon Sharpe's response and express skepticism about the lawsuit's merits.

Additionally, they examine Smokey Robinson and his wife Frances countersuing four women for defamation, slander, and financial elder abuse. The hosts question the legitimacy of the elder abuse claims, highlighting the complexities of legal disputes involving public figures.

Notable Quotes:
Nisherie Kennedy (15:03):
"Shannon Sharpe and Ocho are postponing the Nightcap Tour due to a pending lawsuit. It looks like the best move right now."
Crissle (17:24):
"Offering $10 million without admitting guilt doesn't make sense and raises more questions."

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Letters from the Audience

Timestamp: 53:00 – 94:35

1. Protecting Students on Social Media

Letter from Ms. Raquel: A concerned listener addresses the issue of a teacher sharing students' photos on personal social media platforms without consent. She seeks advice on how to approach her defensive friend without damaging their friendship.

Hosts' Response:
Crissle and Nisherie affirm that Ms. Raquel's concerns are valid, emphasizing the importance of protecting minors online. They suggest approaching the teacher with evidence of school policies and presenting data on digital safety to frame the conversation constructively.

Notable Quote:
Crissle (56:04):
"I'm trying to save your job by bringing this up, not attacking you."

2. Navigating Uncomfortable Relationship Dynamics

Letter from Olena: A listener describes unsettling behavior from her boyfriend involving inappropriate interactions with his twin sister. She grapples with whether this is abnormal sibling behavior or a red flag in their relationship.

Hosts' Response:
The hosts strongly discourage staying in the relationship, labeling the behavior as a significant red flag. They emphasize the importance of setting boundaries and prioritizing personal well-being over staying in a toxic relationship.

Notable Quote:
Nisherie Kennedy (77:00):
"You have to leave. You need to never come back. Don't ever speak to me again."

3. Concerns Over Bisexuality and Relationship Preferences

Letter from Robbie: A bisexual man shares his discomfort with his friend Gene's refusal to date bisexual men, questioning whether his feelings are justified or if he's overreacting.

Hosts' Response:
Crissle and Nisherie validate Robbie's feelings, highlighting that Gene's prejudiced views reflect internalized biphobia. They encourage Robbie to address the issue with Gene while recognizing that Gene's perspectives are problematic and not Robbie's responsibility.

Notable Quote:
Nisherie Kennedy (86:00):
"Having biphobia or queerphobia is her issue, not yours."

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Emotional Response to Tragedies and Legal Infractions

Timestamp: 97:00 – 122:56

The hosts express intense emotions regarding Brian McKnight's public disownment of his children and the passing of Nico McKnight due to cancer. They criticize Brian McKnight's handling of the situation, portraying him as insensitive and selfish. Crissle and Nisherie vehemently condemn his actions, emphasizing the pain caused to Nico and his family.

Notable Quote:
Nisherie Kennedy (97:00):
"Brian McKnight is insane. You deserve to get your ass beat in a way that I can't verbalize."

Discussion on Animal Cruelty:

Crissle and Nisherie address the arrest of Jaheem for animal cruelty, detailing the neglect of multiple dogs in his RV. They advocate for mental health intervention and strict legal repercussions, underscoring the innocence of the animals affected.

Notable Quote:
Crissle (116:00):
"Your actions are unacceptable regardless of what you're going through. These innocent creatures deserve better."

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Final Thoughts and Community Remembrance

Timestamp: 122:56 – 123:11

In a somber conclusion, the hosts offer condolences for Nico McKnight, honoring his memory and the impact of his loss on his family and community.

Notable Quote:
Crissle (51:56):
"Rest in peace, Nico McKnight. You deserved so much better from this life."

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Conclusion

The "All Dogs Go To Heaven" episode of The Read encompasses a blend of pop culture analysis, critical discussions on celebrity legal issues, heartfelt audience interactions, and passionate commentary on personal and societal challenges. Kid Fury and Crissle maintain their signature blend of humor and candor, providing listeners with engaging and thought-provoking content.

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Transcript

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[Nisherie Kennedy]

Welcome back to the show. Niggas, friends, AI aliens, other. I'm looking over a four leaf clover that I overlooked.

[Crystal]

P3 and I am Nisherie Kennedy and this is the read. Thank you so much for coming back.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It is. And thank you. Why don't we get started with some black excellence? And this week I'm gonna just give black excellence over to Megan Thee Stallion, who announced at dreamcon this year that she's getting her own anime series scheduled to premiere on Prime Video in the near future. She's collaborating with Carl Jones, who's famous for working on the Boondocks, and said that this is an anime lut. Well, she said you ain't never seen an anime like this ever in your life. So between Meg and her anime, Janelle Monae and her comic, her arch Android comic book.

[Crystal]

Oh, nice.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

The. The Blurdy girls are having a good year.

[Crystal]

They are.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

They're having a good time. And I'm enjoying it because I want to see the black girl starring in comics and I want to see the blood girl starring in anime. I wonder if it'll be out.

[Crystal]

Yeah, I'm wondering that same thing. You know how she is. So it really could go in in so many different directions. But she's been vocal about her love for anime for years and years. She actually even said that she's half anime character, half rapper. Like this girl, this is not no, you know, saying it for the fun of it type. She is really one of These people.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So she really like Tina Snow. I had, you know, these sort of alter ego characters. She's done numerous videos that look like they're from my.

[Crystal]

Yes, she has. Yes, she has.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So, yeah, it kind of makes sense. I would imagine the music will be involved in some regard, whether it's, like, woven into the actual script and story or just has, like, a really cool soundtrack score. But I'm like, well, she. She's probably gonna have, like, superpowers or something.

[Crystal]

Yeah, I'm hoping it's about a girl who goes through a bunch of shit and develops superpowers somehow and then gets revenge on her abusers who Kill Bill.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Ass. Mm.

[Crystal]

I guess that's the. I don't even know the premise behind Kill Bill. I could not get through them.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Revenge on a fuck nigga.

[Crystal]

Oh, everybody. Well, yeah, that's what I'm thinking. That's exactly what I'm thinking of.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

Mm. Starting with that.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

In fact, almost exactly like that. So Bill was like, oh, who do you think you are, moving on and having a life, Even though I said it was cool. I'm crazy Violet and feel like I can do whatever I want. So me and your other co workers or former co workers, because you're not an assassin with us anymore.

[Crystal]

Yikes.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

We're coming to your wedding in the middle of the desert. We're coming to your random two person wedding, and we're gonna kill everybody. We're killing everybody. We're killing your husband. We're killing the pastor, and I'm gonna shoot you directly in your face while you're, like, eight months pregnant. So then she wakes up out of a coma. I don't remember how many years later. Many years later, her baby is gone. Everybody dead. She's a Jane Doe. And, you know, they thought that they killed her, but they didn't. They didn't kill her.

[Crystal]

Oh, wow.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And now she wants. She wants revenge.

[Crystal]

Of course she does. I mean, you shot her in the face, you killed her husband, you put her. I'm assuming her baby lived. Oh, the baby. No, I know the baby did live. Cause wasn't that a whole storyline that her daughter was coming back to also start killing niggas?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

No. Vivica Fox's daughter was supposed to come back to start killing with Quentin Tarantino. Act like we. He forgot about that.

[Crystal]

Gotcha.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

We haven't. We haven't. Quentin. We haven't.

[Crystal]

Okay.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

We haven't.

[Crystal]

Hurry up, bro.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So what's the tea? Because the first person she kills is Vivica Fox. Because Vivica Fox is one of the assassins who jumped her and killed her.

[Crystal]

Oh, okay.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

During the wed. Got you. So she tracks her down. Vivica is living a very nice suburban life or whatever.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Breaks into this lady's house. They get into a knockdown, drag out, sickening fight.

[Crystal]

This, I think, is the daughter comes.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Home from school in the middle of the fight, and they stop to talk because the daughter's there. And she's like, I'm not gonna kill you with your kid in the house.

[Crystal]

Oh.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

But then Vivica makes a move.

[Crystal]

Bitch, I wasn't even gonna kill you. Why couldn't you just let it go?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

She missed.

[Crystal]

Oh, well. Well, unfortunately, your baby's gonna have to come across your dead body.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

But then. Well, she was watching. She didn't see.

[Crystal]

Oh, no.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

She killed her, then turned around, and the girl was right there. She says to the girl, who's like. I think she said she was four or not. I don't know. She was like a kid. She says to. She says to the girl, like, I didn't intend for you to see that.

[Crystal]

Oh, my God.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You know, for that. I'm sorry. Something like that. Then she goes, in the future, if you still feel raw about it, come and find me. I'll be waiting for you. Something like that. And then she leaves.

[Crystal]

Oh, that's actually extremely cunt.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It's so fierce.

[Crystal]

I actually love that.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And Quentin even talked about, like, the idea of setting up a Volume Three where this girl is older and comes. Is like. Well, you. Come on. My mom.

[Crystal]

That's what I was thinking.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And I have been forever traumatized behind it.

[Crystal]

Right. Witnessed your mother's death. That's very bad.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It's time for you to die.

[Crystal]

Yeah, yeah, I get that. Sure.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Where is the film?

[Crystal]

I mean, the same way this lady was killing, y' all killed her baby daddy. Like, it makes. People don't take kindly to that. You can't just.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That's why you were fat. Beatrix. Uma Thurman's character, because she was like, girl, oh, my God, I thought you were killed. Ultimately, I had to kill. No, I forgot about that one.

[Crystal]

Oh, my other fave nut, Lestrange.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Bellatrix, that crazy bitch, she was so fierce. And it was like, how the fuck y' all gonna be mad at me? Cause I killed my cousin. It was my cousin. Y' all just. Anyway, Lord, you had to finish those movies one day when. When whatchamacallit?

[Crystal]

Violence.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

When the Weasley mama Mercs her ass.

[Crystal]

Oh, you meant the. I'm not watching the. Oh, I've seen that.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

The.

[Crystal]

Not today or something. Yeah, I've seen the clip of. Of Molly Weasley calling her a. But I'm not.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

When I tell you on their feet in the theater. And I remember uproarious applause. People were so thrilled with that line delivery and the fact that she actually smoked that bitch.

[Crystal]

Yeah. I think that's probably an in theater moment that can't be replicated by me streaming it at home, especially considering that they're just so bad compared to the books. But yes, I have seen that clip countless times and it is an incredible moment. I do like that one scene.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Movies. Okay. You just.

[Crystal]

I'm an adult and it's too late.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

If you didn't grow it then, then I.

[Crystal]

No, exactly. I'm just.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Because you know something, I was watching one of the later ones. It wasn't Deathly Hallows. I think it might have been a Half Blood Prince the other day. And I was like, this movie is like they, they get a lot better. They still don't delve into as much as you would have liked them to because they're an hour and a half hours long.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

But in terms of like the overall, like the acting, the, the effects and all of those other things, they improve so much by the time you get to like movie three and four and by the time you're at like the end of it, it's kind of insane how much everything is grown. That said, I was talking on a. On a Patreon stream last week. I was ranting about TV and shit, as usual, and I think that's what I was. I think I was talking about this very same thing I just mentioned to you when we were talking about Bellatrix and I was like, how. How the fuck do they redo that? Who in the hell is going to follow up Helena Bonham Carter as Bella Latrice Le Strick?

[Crystal]

That is an excellent question.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I was just sitting there like, there's no one. And then I said, Mikayla Cole.

[Crystal]

Oh, I was about to say, who? Now I see Mikayla Cole playing Bellatrix Lestrange. Mm. I think she definitely has the range. She for sure can do it.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I like, here's the thing, I'm not gonna watch that show regardless, so it really doesn't matter morally.

[Crystal]

I don't really think anybody should be on it, but I understand and I.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Almost regret giving all that fierce idea now. You do all feel some type of way.

[Crystal]

They probably like who else they've already. They. You know, that show starts soon, right?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Early to. To cast Belly.

[Crystal]

I thought it was.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

They got like a couple of years before.

[Crystal]

Got you before she's even really part of the story.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah, but they must have people they have their eyes on by now. For certain.

[Crystal]

Yeah, they're probably feelings out.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

They're probably talking to people who's interested. Yeah, but I doubt they have anyone actually on paper yet. Okay, but they just announced the three kids or whatever and I'm like, well, God bless these children. I hope that they have success in their life.

[Crystal]

That's about all I got. Good luck to everybody involved. It's just that woman. I can't do it.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I just can't.

[Crystal]

I cannot do it.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I can't do it. And then every opportunity to bishop, she come out and it's like, hey, do you want another reason to hate and see why I'm disgusting?

[Crystal]

She won't even let people forget it.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I know you didn't ask. I know you didn't ask. You didn't want one anymore. But I have something else. Oh, she get on my fucking nerves.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

She is the worst.

[Crystal]

She is the worst.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Like at this point, girly pot, we could be making films about, you know, lots of other things, lots of other books, you know.

[Crystal]

Everybody don't deserve the success they have. Everybody don't deserve the privileges that they have acquired in this lifetime.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Imagine creating property.

[Crystal]

I cannot.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That is so. That is so popular. It's like you could barely just go get groceries without seeing a character.

[Crystal]

Right, right. It was everywhere. Still is. And really still is.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Really. I'm sure if I go down a Ralph's, I'll see like a Harry Potter keychain or something in there. Something serious.

[Crystal]

Something Hermione broom, some shit. It's everywhere.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And all you had to do was shut your ass up.

[Crystal]

Just don't be hateful. This was all we were asking. It was too much though. It was too much.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Let's get into some hot tops. I don't have. Well, actually there's a whole bunch of fuck shit going on. Okay, so Shay Shay has officially announced that they are postponing his nightcap tour with Chad Ochocinko of the Johnson house. Now this is amidst a lawsuit for $50 million currently pending against Shay Shay. This lawsuit on the other side of that is a 20 something year old onlyfans model who is accusing Shannon of abuse, sexual harassment and other things that we discussed on the show. Very terrible, heinous, ridiculous things. Especially for someone who is almost 60 to be dealing with someone who is not even 20. 5.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

They said when discussing this tour called Nightcap, which is just. Just brilliant. Why not considered. Yeah.

[Crystal]

Why not?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

He said on a recent episode of the podcast, you decided to postpone the Nightcap tour. We look forward to seeing you guys in the summer of 2026. Going to be even bigger, even better. Ocho and I have come to the conclusion. Just call him Ocho. And I have come to the conclusion that this is the best thing as of right now was to postpone the tour. I'm reading it the way he said it. We look forward to seeing each and every one of you in 2026. I'm sorry, I'm just. This is on vibe.com and it says here related story. And you know, in between, Monique has I told you so moment on stage about Shannon Sharp's lawsuit. Two things. One, true one, two. Monique, not too loud. I still got words for you. I still got words for you.

[Crystal]

That mothering you to this day, you lucky that the file got corrupted. And the way I cussed you out for the way you treated your son never managed to hit this show. You are. I loved it, baby. When I say I tore you from the root of to the Tudor behind that boy.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So I forgot that never came out.

[Crystal]

And also, if we all just take a second to remember what she was saying was go get you somebody old and more your speed who won't take advantage of your money. You know, go get you stop. You know, leave them little young white bitches alone. Which, yeah, sure, if this is. If he's innocent, then sure. But if he's guilty, then I don't want you to leave white girls alone to come harass black girls. Thank you. I don't want that. I don't want you to harass them either, but I don't want you.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah, yeah. You see how that's not the point?

[Crystal]

So you keep it cute, Miss Girl. But yeah, have your little haha, I told y' all niggas moment, cuz. Yeah, you did. You did tell him. So I'm assuming this is going to be. They they're anticipating that this is going to be cleared up and he's going to be found. Maybe not innocent. I don't even know because this isn't a criminal thing, right? This is the lawyers going back and forth, right? This is a lawsuit.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Funny enough, his legal team apparently said that they offered at least $10 million in an effort to settle the suit.

[Crystal]

Oh, right.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Emphasize that that was not an admission of guilt. So you just go, okay.

[Crystal]

I mean this is sure Legally, it isn't. But in the hearts and minds of Everybody else, offering $10 million when you didn't do nothing to nobody doesn't make sense.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It doesn't make sense.

[Crystal]

And we just saw Jay Z go through something similar and outright say, I'm not giving nobody nothing because I know good and goddamn well I ain't touched no child. So fuck out. We just watched Jay Z do it. We didn't see. There wasn't no Jay Z gave this woman $10 million to get her to shut up. So I'm not holding on to a bunch of hope that Shannon Sharp didn't actually do this. It sounds very plausible to me. And I was in no danger of buying a ticket and going to see the Nightcap tour. No fucking way. Because what do Shannon Sharpe and Ochocinko even fucking talk about?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That's what I was gonna say. Sports.

[Crystal]

Like, it can't be nothing but sports and, like, whiskey, right? It. Like, what else is there?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It just has to be like. Like barbershop talk. Like, sports.

[Crystal]

Okay. I mean, fine. Y' all have a lane. Obviously, both of you are former athletes. It makes sense. It was never going to be for me, though. So.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

If that girl saw $10 million. And it's just interesting to me because I feel like just about anybody would have took 10 goddamn million. This girl said either she feels it or her attorney. Somebody feels that there is enough there to get even more. That is.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That's true.

[Crystal]

It's not even that you offered the 10 million. It's that she didn't take it. Why? Why is that? But I guess we'll see Shannon Sharpe. I guess we will see.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Marisha Hargitay would have said the same shit on Law and Order and Child.

[Crystal]

I thought you meant in real life.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

By the way I was about to see her face. She literally looks like.

[Crystal]

So I was about to have a canoe. Not my. Cause it's only, like, five white people.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I like, she looks like Lainey just had puppies.

[Crystal]

It can't be like, my chest. Nigga, don't do that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. This was a storyline. Mm.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Smokey Robinson and his wife Francis are countersuing, are they? That's right, baby. If you remember, we talked about on the show in the last couple of weeks, Smokey Robinson and these allegations of him assaulting R wording and such, specifically women who worked for him and worked on his property and so on. So they were filing lawsuits against him. And now. Oh, and also, you know, claiming that his wife was essentially an accomplice or knew about.

[Crystal]

Right, right, right.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So Smokey and his wife Frances are filing a countersuit for $500 million.

[Crystal]

Wow.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Sirs. Against the four women, the two are accusing the women of defamation, slander, intentional infliction of emotional distress, financial elder abuse, and invasion of privacy.

[Crystal]

What.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Works?

[Crystal]

Financial elder abuse?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

How? By suing you?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I don't know. I guess I. I guess it has to be.

[Crystal]

No, I'm sorry. If you. Wait a sec.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

No, that's the only thing that makes sense, I guess.

[Crystal]

What?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

How? I don't know. I'm guessing a lot. Like you just said. It must have been an attorney somewhere who was like. And you know what else?

[Crystal]

I bet we could get some money for financial. To abuse somebody, you have to have financially, you have to have some sort of control over their finances. In what world does an immigrant housekeeper have control over Smokey Robbins money?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I don't know.

[Crystal]

I would love to see how that's going to play. Please make that make sense to me. Because defamation, slander, intentional emotional distress invasion applies. All of that I can possibly see. Finance those three words, though. Financial, elder abuse. Break that down for me. That is what. Please make that make sense. I don't get that. Oh, wait right here. Plaintiffs asked for and accepted help from the Robinsons, including several thousands of dollars monetary support. Wait, that's not. But that isn't. That's not abuse. Asking for money and then them agreeing and giving you the money is not abuse.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So. Yeah, I don't know.

[Crystal]

Yeah, make it. Make. Make it. Get deeper into it. Cause that. Don't.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

The lawyers say that Robinson's treated the women with the utmost kindness and that this is just simple, flat out greed. So I suppose. I hear you. The Robinsons did not abuse, harm, or take advantage of the plaintiffs.

[Crystal]

Okay.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

They treated the plaintiffs. I'm sorry. With utmost kindness and generosity. Unfortunately, the depths of plaintiffs avarice and greed knows no bounds. Ever heard avarice in a while. And it means greedy lawyer documents. That's on my off sign because they're so audacious and, like, hyperbolic and ridiculous. They are. But, like, in that way, they're kind of. If it has nothing to do with you and isn't like. Has nothing. Yeah. If it's, like, nothing to do with you and isn't, like, inhumane, they're kind of fascinating.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Like, where did you find.

[Crystal]

Absolutely.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

They are the nerve to jump this far off of this cliff.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Yeah, I can see that.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I can see where you land. That's fun.

[Crystal]

Lord, I.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You know who should we should. We should read some of Phaedra's.

[Crystal]

Phaedra? The cases she tried as an attorney.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah, just find some. I'm sure some of them are Republican. Some of the stuff.

[Crystal]

Somebody should dig that up and see do those exist.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Some of them are so funny.

[Crystal]

Her own client was on camera talking about, this is the worst lawyer in the world.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I hate this lady.

[Crystal]

Avarice and greed mean the same thing. That's redundant. Yeah, but okay, they sued for 50 and y' all suing for 500.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah. Elder abuse.

[Crystal]

Elder financial abuse. If you had just said elder abuse, that would have even made more sense. I'm more likely to believe they let you rotten in your diaper or pushed you down the stairs than to believe they abused you financially. How you're paying them.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I don't.

[Crystal]

Yeah, okay. All right. Maybe I need to take some time and rifle through the countersuit. Maybe that's what I need to do. Maybe they have spelled it out in the.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

No, I, I, I mean, you can, but I don't see anything. Like I said, I truly assume that the elder abuse allegation or accusation has to do with just the overall lawsuit.

[Crystal]

Mm. Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And yes, they probably.

[Crystal]

That's wild.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

They probably were like, oh, you know, they asked me for some money sometime around the holidays or after Covid or some shit like that, and we gave it to them. Or, oh, elder abuse. No, that's not how that works. Like, yeah, they needed money and you gave it to them.

[Crystal]

That isn't. That's not abusive.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That's not that.

[Crystal]

And even if they stole money, that's just stealing.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That's, that's, that's right. Right.

[Crystal]

That's just. That's totally different. Charges you can press legal. You get criminal charges for that. If they stole your jewels and your.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Rupees and your gold and your Faberge eggs.

[Crystal]

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[Nisherie Kennedy]

Teyana Taylor has a new video. Video. She has a new album coming out and there is a video teaser for it that looks like a film.

[Crystal]

Oh, okay.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It stars Teyana Taylor, one lakeith Stanfield, who she seems to be getting married to in the teaser, and one Erin Pierre, who she is making out with, going on high speed chases with shooting shit, being sexy. I'm wondering if it's gonna be like a visual album or if she was just like, let's just do some artsy shit.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

To celebrate my fourth album, Escape Room. Either way, everybody looks dandy. I see what you did, and yeah, I enjoyed it. Any. Any excuse to look at Aaron Pierre without a shirt is. I mean, that's Mufasa.

[Crystal]

That's Mufasa. Yeah, I know. There were. They were at the. Was it the. Okay, I was about to say, was it the. What's that event? The big. No, the Met Gala is what I was thinking.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Oh, yeah. Met Gala.

[Crystal]

But no, you're right. It was the Vanity Oscar party where they were like, they were there together. And I don't know if they were holding hands or they were just close, something like that. People think they're together, so I think.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Sean is just cool.

[Crystal]

I think so too because they did.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

The same thing with her and Leonardo DiCaprio, remember? And they were filming a movie together that's about to come out.

[Crystal]

Oh, right.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Trailer for it just dropped. But when they were filming that movie together, they were hanging out, going to clubs and shit like that. People like. But people, you know, I guess, I don't know, you stop a bottle girl at four in the morning and ask them for like information, whatever, right? Somehow they, they asked them about Leonardo and Tiana back then and I feel like people were saying like, yeah, they were in there, but they were just hanging out. Like they just, you know, like they seemed like they were good, like close or whatever, but they didn't seem romantic. They're just showing.

[Crystal]

And it's something about light skinned British men that. British black men that always makes me think that they date white women. And I get that from the black British girls. I be listening to their conversations on Jump in because they didn't invite me, but I listen to the conversations they have on TikTok, the black British girls about what it's like today. And a lot of them, a lot of them say that the black British boys are just very weird, very colorist. It's very much giving white or, you know, exotic other type of thing. So I don't know, I guess I.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Just, I was just about to go out to West London and start looking for my.

[Crystal]

Well, it might be totally different. It might be totally different with gay niggas, but I doubt it.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Emphatically.

[Crystal]

If there are black gay British boys who listen to the show, please let us know what the dating scene is like over there.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You.

[Crystal]

But yeah, I guess that was just. I just assumed he had a white girlfriend squirreled away somewhere that he's just not telling y' all about.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I wouldn't, I would not be surprised. That makes sense.

[Crystal]

Listen, I adore Tiana.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

We, we saw what happened with Kane. So let's just stay focused on the cinema girls.

[Crystal]

Reality TV has given us so much. I bet people don't even know where the cinnamon girls come from at this point.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Like, why haven't you looked it up.

[Crystal]

Beast? You have to know what that means. Beast.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

How dare you.

[Crystal]

God.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

How dare me? You came into my home. How funny.

[Crystal]

Iconic.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That bitch sister Honey ran out that truck.

[Crystal]

It's like, I can't defend this bitch no more.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Oh, God bless them. Oh, geez. And all their babies. All the Babies from them seasons are.

[Crystal]

Like, oh, yeah, they're half grown.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Graduating college. Yeah. Yeah. It's insane.

[Crystal]

It's weird.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

A former worker for the hotel that Puffy assaulted, or that we saw Puffy assault. Cassian, from that surveillance video, claims that he spent around $100,000 trying to get the surveillance footage from the hotel. This is like, on day 15, I think, of this trial. I've just. Like, this one I've been able to kind of just kind of like, get through because it doesn't. That didn't really surprise me.

[Crystal]

Right. Cassie said that. So.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

That's what I.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And I assumed.

[Crystal]

Right. Cause it never came out.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah. So.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

But 100,000 to me was actually like, oh, wow. He really must feel like he can do this because a hundred thousand dollars that this nigga ain't shoot.

[Crystal]

So. Right.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

He just went ahead and just gave them the. Them six digits and made.

[Crystal]

Oh, my God.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

A heinous career ended. Like, you know how many of these tapes, right? Okay. So every time a new trial summary or whatever testimony comes out, I, like, hold my breath now.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Because I'm just like, what in. Almost like, what I was just saying about. I was joking about randomly reading documents from courts and how just insane some of this shit is. Wow. This motherfucker really thinks or thought that he was some sort of comic book supervillain.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Bye.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Bye.

[Crystal]

He was moving just like that. This was in 2016. That's not. It's not 96. You know, where. $100,000 might have sounded like a lot more money. I'm not saying it's nothing. Most people probably never gonna see a check that large ever in their life. But fair. It wasn't even a hundred thousand just for him. They had to divide it up. He said he spent. He only got 30k of. And he spent it on a used car. It wasn't even 100k each. It wasn't. Y' all let this nigga get away with this for pennies. I just. When you see how money really do buy your way out of just about any fucking thing, and the people who could do something about it at every step of the way simply don't because of the money. It's easy to get really discouraged about shit like this. Like, I'm glad he's, you know, obviously testifying, telling the truth and all that. Like, I'm obviously grateful for that. But God damn, like, you lied to the police and accepted money from this horrible person knowing how he was abusing that girl. I just really don't know how you slept good at night, but.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

All right, so I have to talk about Offset because.

[Crystal]

Oh, my Christ. Jesus.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I don't know what's happening.

[Crystal]

These two. Oh, God. Between Cardi and Stefan Diggs and Offset, I have been so weary over this past week.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Oh, t Pain Announces 20th Anniversary Tour. That's something nice. Yeah, Offset. All right, so here. The last thing I saw.

[Crystal]

This has been every day. There's always something with these niggas.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Here's the other thing I saw. I was just. Because I, you know, I'm steady holding on to who the fuck Stephanie exists. And I just discovered that he and Cardi B. Were dating. Whenever I mentioned it on the podcast, when they. There was a photo of her sitting in his lap in Miami or something. So just this week, now I've seen something from Offset where he. He had, like, some shady comment where he directed it to Stephan, like, I'm cool on a bitch, like I'll pass her or something like that. Like some sports reference, obviously. And Stephan, promptly after that, posted a photo of him catching a football on his Instagram story. Hilarious. I loved it.

[Crystal]

Why would you say that to a wide receiver? A professional wide receiver in the National Football League. Why would you say that?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You set yourself up for an easy, hilarious joke, you dumbass. That was so stupid. It was like.

[Crystal]

Anyway, Lord.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So I saw that, and then I saw, like, one other thing before these braids. There's, like, something else. Obviously, I don't give a fuck about it, but then I saw this picture that someone tweeted of Stephan next to a photo of Wave, and they have matching cornrows. Okay, this appeared to upset Offset.

[Crystal]

Maybe the boy wants to look like his daddy. What's so bad about that? Same way Lil Future looked just like Russell.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Let me tell you something.

[Crystal]

You can't tell me. I said what I said.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And it still don't make no sense to me.

[Crystal]

When was the last time you saw a wave Offset? When was the last time you were physically in the same room as your son? Answer quickly.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I just. You and this lady are not together anymore.

[Crystal]

Thank God. Because she said she could have killed him. She said she was so stressed. Offset stressed her out so bad during this last pregnancy with that child whose name I don't remember. This baby that the baby was born five damn pounds and she was just so sick of. It wasn't just the cheating. There was the gaslighting and the manipulation and of course, all this other shit that comes with being with a fuck nigga. And she said it was to the point where she could have killed that nigga with her bare hands and that she was gonna end up in jail. So she knew she had to step away. Like, yes, you did actually need to step away. But this. Y' all should have been broke up, Ben, y' all.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah, a long, long time ago.

[Crystal]

Long before culture even.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

But okay, whenever that was that you were performing on stage and that nigga came on there with a marching band and a sheet cake from public.

[Crystal]

I'm sorry. Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Half a dozen chicken wings.

[Crystal]

Hijacking your performance and making it about him and his apology. Like, that was the day, right? It should have been. But yeah, that's what she said. She was close to killing that man with her own bare hands.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Well, amen. Look at where we are now. Not in prison.

[Crystal]

Amen.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

But I would just. I'd love to know, because I feel like me. It's me in this situation. Right? I'm putting myself in off set shoes. Gross. Where are the fucks to give about these braids? I don't.

[Crystal]

It's just braids. She didn't change his last name.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And. And if she.

[Crystal]

It's not Wave Diggs. Calm down. If you hate it that bad, why don't you come get your son? Why don't you raise him?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Why don't you braid his hair?

[Crystal]

I just don't. I don't have it for n. Y' all get all big and bad and mean and start threatening this shit because the.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You know the name of the lady who braids his hair?

[Crystal]

Like, because your son has the same braids as this nigga. Really? Now you threatening somebody's life? Don't do that.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Also, mind you, they fans are claiming that this picture of Wave is old as shit. He has individual straight backs right now.

[Crystal]

Oh, work.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And that, if anything, Stephan maybe got his braids to look like waves.

[Crystal]

Oh, so these aren't both.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So they're not like side by side at the same time. But you wouldn't know that because you haven't answered Crystal's question.

[Crystal]

I'm looking at the braids, and it is a unique enough design to where I don't think it was an accident, but no, certainly not. It does make sense. If it was like, oh, yeah, I like that. It would. Now, what would be funny is if Stephon Diggs saw that picture Wave and was like, I'mma have my girl, whoever his braider is, he's like, I would show her this and tell her. Give me that right there.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That's what I'm saying. That's what fans are saying is that.

[Crystal]

He did it to antagonize. Ok, well. And see how easy it is to provoke you talking about when somebody died for playing with my son. Then y' all gonna call me a crash out and I don't care. You trolling with my kid. That ends.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You need to worry about the judge gonna call you.

[Crystal]

I don't. Right. I don't have it. You can be as mad as you want to. Reacting in a physically violent way is only going to end over braids. Over braids.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

This isn't a picture of Stephan punching wave in the fucking face.

[Crystal]

Right, Right.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Braids.

[Crystal]

How does.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Why do you feel emasculated by a nigga having a hairstyle that matches your kids? Why does that threaten you? Do you feel like that is a signal that he will eat the child?

[Crystal]

No. It's a sign he's gonna replace you as a daddy. Cause you don't daddy.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Well, thank God someone needs to take care of a nigga. Like he should have one. Like, why is that upsetting? I don't get why you niggas be mad.

[Crystal]

I'm the only one that can neglect my child, right? If I'm not getting no daddy. Damn it. Yes. I would rather you not have a father figure. God damn it.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Or just.

[Crystal]

Or even just your mama's man is cool. He treats the kids well, like they're his own. Like you would. You should want that. Same way Cardi should want whoever offset ends up with to treat her children with kindness, love, respect, integrity.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Exactly.

[Crystal]

You should want that man to be good to your children first and foremost and above anything else. Like.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Cause the moment. The moment that you go and get.

[Crystal]

Some, you know, God only knows how.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Many hoes plug girl that you claim on Instagram or whoever the fuck it is that you start dating next on Instagram, you're gonna be running your mouth saying the same thing to any woman who might have something to say. Any one of your baby mamas who might have something to say about the kids being around this woman that they don't know. You're gonna be saying, the kids are happy, the kids are healthy. She's respectful. She dah dah dah, whatever, whatever. Why you have an issue? Where's the confusion?

[Crystal]

Yeah, where is it? It's just not. It's really not making sense. And honestly, I've been irritated with Cardi too, because she's been acting like a bird this whole fucking time. Like she really has. I guess you can.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That's what she said is what I forgot.

[Crystal]

You know what it was for me? It was the. I wasn't even gonna speak on this because my man told me not to, so I wasn't even gonna speak. You weren't gonna speak on something because A, you just started dating a couple of months ago. Told you not to, are you? What happened to your own mind? Where's your goddamn backbone? How about I'll say whatever the I want to and don't no. Get to tell me what to speak on and what not to speak on. Especially when it comes to my children. Who the fuck are you talking to? But Cardi is like that. She been saying shit like that. And even in this new song that she's been teasing. I don't know if it's out yet, but I heard some lyric like, I'm so tiny and petite. Oh, yeah, it's something. And the song actually does sound good. Like, put it, put it out now. Like, song of the. It could easily be a summer banger, but it's some line in there about I'm so petite and tiny and he's so big and strong and huge. And I just. It reminds me of Nikki using that same language to talk about bad about Meg. Like, is something wrong with being tall or average size or average body? Like, like, it just, it just makes me think that Cardi is like you. You can project this image of boss bitch making money, making moves. I'm that girl. But on the inside, you're still ins. You're an insecure little pick me who just wants a man to validate you. That's. That's how I see it.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Some are men through the things you.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah. No, absolutely, absolutely. Like this. No, they don't have. They don't have to be explicit about it. It shows in the way they act.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Exactly.

[Crystal]

So I. Cardi had already irritated the. Out of me to the. To the point where I'm like, okay, it's, it's. It's not too much more.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I want you. What?

[Crystal]

I wasn't even gonna speak on it, cuz my man said, how about you don't speak on it, cuz you said.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You'Re a self made millionaire who you just met this nigga who gives a fuck what he tells you to do.

[Crystal]

You don't make the decisions about what you do. Is this your dad? Are you 12? I'm so. Women get on my nerves, but especially women who have all the power, money, autonomy that they could possibly ask for. It gets on my nerves when any woman does it, but especially those of you who have the choice, the option to not be bothered with these niggas.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

A lot of those women, individuals want that kind of treatment.

[Crystal]

No, they definitely do. Yeah, baby.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Feel bossed up on.

[Crystal]

But it's like, yeah, they, those are the girls who are like, if you can tell me what to do, you can tell me what to do. It's those girls.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You can't tell me what to do. You can't tell me.

[Crystal]

All right, so the.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I'm actually not going to talk.

[Crystal]

Those are the girls who are like, I just want, you know, Amanda put me in my place.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I can't even imagine where is that place.

[Crystal]

Right underneath him. I'm his rib. God said so it's bird behavior. I'm sorry. I'm very.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It's.

[Crystal]

It's off putting for me.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

God is like, why would I say that? I would. That is stupid.

[Crystal]

I feel like, I feel like I wasn't gonna speak on it because my attorney told me not to work that work.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

My psychiatrist.

[Crystal]

Yes, my therapist.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

My therapist, my fucking probation officer.

[Crystal]

I prayed about it and spirit told me not to speak on this.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Right.

[Crystal]

Anything but a nigga whose dick you sucking any. Anything but that.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

My 14 year old daughter.

[Crystal]

Culture, Culture said, mommy please I'm going to school. The kids are showing me tik toks.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I'm begging cuz. They're going to tell you the truth that you need to hear.

[Crystal]

Anything but a man, a cardi girl, you know I'd be trying to root for you but I can't. I can't encourage that kind of behavior. I. I don't support that kind of mindset.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Oh so. Well, I just saw this thing is talking about crashing out over these. His son's braids.

[Crystal]

Yes.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It's like.

[Crystal]

Because. Because his hair is combed.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Someone has to collect you niggas and should be soon. It should take place as soon as possible asap.

[Crystal]

Yeah, right now it should entire.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Okay, I'll just wrap this up by saying rest in Peace to Nico McKnight who passed away at just 32 years of age. He died on Thursday after battling cancer for a few years. His mom confirmed the news in a statement on social media. She wrote, Nicholas was a cherished husband, son, brother, grandson, uncle and nephew's warmth, laughter and love touched the lives of all who knew him. Nicholas was a self taught artist of music and photography. His passing is immeasurable. Lost his family and all those who held him dear. She asked for privacy and continued prayers and said mama bear and the entire family appreciate the outpouring of love. And support from friends, fans, and the public. His uncle Claude.

[Crystal]

I have an uncle Claude?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Oh, I think I do, too. I just didn't know him. He said that his nephew Nico was bravely battling cancer for the past two years or so. Mind you, he passed, like, 32 years old.

[Crystal]

Right. So, like, so young. Beyond tragic.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Claude said Nico's one of those amazing kids. Quirky and curious and ridiculously talented. Amazing singer, amazing guitar player. Had a great eye as a photographer. And one of those kids, at least in my estimation, that you always wanted to be around. And so it really sucks that he's no longer with us now. I could save this for the read.

[Crystal]

You really could. You really could. Because it's bad. It's really bad. It's awful.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I'm gonna save it for the read.

[Crystal]

It's you. But it is so bad.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I'm actually gonna save it for the read because I don't even want to connect it to this.

[Crystal]

Oh, okay. Yeah, we said something nice about Nico, and. And we can. And we can leave and we'll cuss out the people who need to be cussed out later. But, yes, I. I agree, and I. I want to concur. Rest in peace, Nico McKnight. You deserved so much better from this life. And I'm praying for the people who truly knew you and loved you.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yes. Prayers to his mom, Julie, to his brother Brian and everybody.

[Crystal]

His uncle and Amy, who cared for him deeply.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yes. And, yeah, the whole family, the real family. Wishing you all the best and love and warmth. Cancer is the absolute worst, and I wish that I could fight it with both of my hands.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Really do.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

All righty. We're gonna take a quick break, the quickest. And then we will come back with.

[Crystal]

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[Nisherie Kennedy]

All right, we're back, and it is time for your letters.

[Crystal]

Yes, it is. Send your questions to AskTheRead gmail.com. we may read them aloud on the show. Our first letter comes from Ms. Raquel, who says, hey, Kipurian Crystal, I'm a 30 year old woman living in the Los Angeles area, and I've been a longtime listener. I love y' all dearly. Thank you for all the laughs and the real talk over the years. I have a friend who's 33 and a teacher, and we've been close for about eight years. Over time, I've noticed something that's really starting to bother me. She posts photos of her students on her personal social media TikTok, and sometimes she even sends pictures of these kids to our group chats. Now, I'm not talking about a class photo or a school event that got media clearance. I mean, random pictures and videos of individual students, sometimes just a kid sitting at their desk working on a project or even a candid moment between students in the hallway or. And I'm pretty sure she's not getting permission from the parents or the school to do this. Posting all this stuff for likes and views. As someone who also works in education, I feel like part of the job is protecting those kids, not just physically, but digitally. They are minors, and sharing their faces without consent feels not only inappropriate, but dangerous. I would hate for her to get in trouble or lose her job over something like this, especially because it's totally avoidable. She's been a teacher for a long time, and she should know better. But the problem is that my friend is very defensive. She's the type of person who will shut down, get passive aggressive, or act as if you're attacking her when you try to offer feedback or voice concern. So I've been sitting on this for a while, unsure of how to say something without blowing up our friendship or triggering a meltdown. The photos and videos are completely innocent, but as a professional, I feel like she should know better to not put her job in jeopardy. So what do y' all think? Is it possible that I'm the one overreacting? And if not, how do I bring this up in a way that's firm but not inflammatory? I obviously don't want to piss off my friend. Thanks for listening and for all that you do. Y' all are truly the best. Sincerely, Ms. Raquel.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Do we look like we fucking bake cookies in the Matrix somewhere?

[Crystal]

What?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Of course you wouldn't have a reference one.

[Crystal]

I don't know. You don't know?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Like, okay, so I have probably, like, 15 teachers in my family, but none of them taught when you took pictures in class, right? I don't. I really don't. I wish I could say I had more information. No, I'm saying I don't know just because I Don't know how, like, I. It sounds from what you're saying. Like, this is generally frowned. Like, there must be something in training and you know.

[Crystal]

Yes, it is.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Leading up to becoming an educator that is like, okay, you don't do this.

[Crystal]

Yes.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Right. So that being the case. Yeah. How do you. Because the question was how. The question was what should she say? And how do you say something that's not influential? What was the first part?

[Crystal]

So what do we think about this scenario? Is she overreacting? And if she's not overreacting, how does she bring it up in a way that's firm but not inflammatory?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Okay, so if you. Right. So if in the. All of the steps towards your own education and training in that journey, it was like, hey, protect these kids, sharing their. All of those basic things, then you're not overreacting. You're. Hell, even if you weren't. Even if that shit wasn't in your orientation or some shit, that's just. I think that's. That's not overreacting. You're thinking of the safety of these kids.

[Crystal]

Yeah, I mean, it's kind of common sense, or I would think it's one of those things. It seems like it. Like, why are you, as a teacher, posting children on your personal media like that? It's a. It's a. It's a good question.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah, I think it is a good question. I don't think it's overreacting. Like, if you were like.

[Crystal]

I agree.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

If. If you had some, like, Jeanine Tigg story in here where you then went and took action, but it blew up in your face.

[Crystal]

Oh, Janine. That's so Janine.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Oh, God, I love her. And, yeah, then I might be like, oh, yeah. But just you having a. I think general concern for the children at your school sounds like a teacher, a good one, right?

[Crystal]

Or really just anybody who works with kids. This is so. This idea of, like, not posting children is so prevalent is. I feel like it's the mainstream idea now. So I think it's strange. I think that your friend is, like, insisting on. On being able to do this. It's just because I'm thinking about.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I'm like, I don't even post my friend's kids on my.

[Crystal]

Yeah, I asked. I asked Jade before I post Noah every time, like, can I put this up? And she's always like, yeah, girl. But, like, I ask. I don't just post. I stopped posting the children in my family as soon as this show took off because y' all got weird. Immediately, somebody said something about my nephew one time. One time. And I felt a rage spark within me that I had never felt in my life. And I knew in that moment I could not post his face again, because if y' all said something about my baby, I was going to find you. Like, I knew in that very moment. I knew in that moment that I did not have the temperament to deal with. You can say whatever you want to about me, my nephew. Bitch, I'll kill you and your entire lineage.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah, that's how I felt.

[Crystal]

So I felt.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And smile about it and wait for the cops.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah. No, no.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

But he's in a mess. Just on the front step. Okay, all right.

[Crystal]

With a sign that said, I did it. Just like, okay, so. But. So, okay. I think, Raquel, there's two different ways you can approach this one. I also agree you're not overreacting. But first of all, you need to make sure. Is this against the policy?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Right. That's what I'm.

[Crystal]

So check the school district. It probably is. If y' all are in the LA area.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It probably is, I would guess.

[Crystal]

But triple check, make sure that is actually against policy, because then you can come at it with, I'm worried about your job as opposed to, I think you're doing something morally wrong.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That's very fair. And.

[Crystal]

Yeah, but if you know that she shuts down, as soon as anybody says anything even remotely critical or brings up an issue, she gets passive aggress. If she acts like it's the end of the world, then I see why you feel like, damn, I can't even come to you with nothing because you act like everything is hell. Like, can't nobody even talk to you about the way you act because you just blow up. So.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And I can understand her wanting to get this right.

[Crystal]

Yeah, but that's the thing. If. If people react in a way that doesn't make sense, there's really nothing you can do to stop them from doing that. All you can do is say it in the kindest and most understanding way, but you can't control the way she reacts. So if it's against the district policy, then I would hit her up like, hey, girl, probably. Is it Probably. I think there's like a. Probably a 93% chance it is.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It has to be.

[Crystal]

I think it's high up there.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

Yeah. I would be like, hey, girl. I just wanted to bring up that.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You know, the school probably couldn't even post them damn kids or whatever.

[Crystal]

This is what I'm saying. Like, it. I Feel like it has to be. So I'll bring it up like that. I'm worried that you won't be asked to teach again if somebody stumbles, somebody's just on Instagram and they see their fucking baby.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Cause how you gonna argue with that, like, bitch, I'm trying to save your job.

[Crystal]

I'm trying to save your job.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You look crazy and you're doing shit against the law.

[Crystal]

See, don't say it like that.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

No, I word it like a Moesha character, but, like, you get the point.

[Crystal]

Yeah, like, I'm just. I'm concerned, sis. But let's say there's nothing in. She works for a private school and there's nothing in their bylaws or it's some small school district where they haven't explicitly said it. I do still think you can come to her with it and be like, maybe it would help to have some data on, like, child. The privacy of children safety. I don't know. People don't really want to sit down to hear, like, a lecture with statistics and stuff. But. But it's something, you know, you never know who's watching and could be some headlines like this stuff. Do you know about Ms. Shirley, the little girl? It. This. This question kind of reminds me of the whole Ms. Shirley situation. And this child being booked to do meet and greets with adults. Oh, no. I was asking you if you knew who Ms. Shirley was in this drama around. Well, she's a little girl, so cute. Dances and she's like four or five. Sweetest, cutest child in the world.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Her mother does not make me think of her kids.

[Crystal]

No, no, no. They call her that because it's like, oh, you know, babies with the old soul or whatever. It's something. I don't watch too many of her videos because it started to feel weird.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Oh, okay. I see.

[Crystal]

Right. And it's feeling. It's because sometimes you parents seem like you're really pushing these kids because you want them to make it so you don't have to work so hard to support them.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I.

[Crystal]

And I don't like that.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Tried this. I don't know how many moons go. And I got responses that were so defensive. I said, let me mind my. My motherfucking black business. I don't intend to have any motherfucking kids, so this ain't never gonna have shit to do with me. So maybe I should shut the fuck up.

[Crystal]

I'm saying don't post your children, but some of you are. It feels like you're pushing them into a revenue Generating space so that you don't have to.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

The baby is like. Or at all literally looking at the camera. Like, if I knew that these were TikTok McNuggets, I would have never asked for them. If I knew that I had to trade an impromptu performance to get these nuggets, I would have just said, we have nuggets at home too. But here we are. I guess now we're. We're. We're filming. We're filming. We're live. Hey. Hate it.

[Crystal]

And I might be wrong about Ms. Shirley's mother in this regard, but that was the feeling I got. So I'm just like. But then. So now Ms. Shirley is doing. There's been a lot of misinformation about this child swirling around. But what is actually what I saw with my own two eyes was some sort of meet and greet situation with grown men. Grown people, but grown men, like, picking up this child and taking a picture with her. Ew. Ew, brother. Ew. Why are you, as an adult, paying to meet. Okay, so anyway, I. Yeah, I would still. I would bring it up in a. Even if it wasn't against the district policy, I would be like, girl, you know, you just never know who's watching your. Okay, I'll say this. If her social media is all private and she knows who every last one of her followers is, I was thinking, then may. And it's not against the district policy, I wouldn't bring it up.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I agree. I agree.

[Crystal]

Because at that point it's like, I just don't think you should.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

But real unlikely it's right.

[Crystal]

I just feel. I feel better about it than. If her social is public, but if she's doing it for likes and comments, then it probably is public because you want people to share it. You want strangers to. To stumble across it. So I would still say something.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Furthermore, if you're doing it for likes, I don't know that I give a fuck that your page is private and. And all that. All the bitches that follow you are also teachers. Like, I don't care if you're do. Why are you exploiting other people's kids so that you can feel good on Instagram?

[Crystal]

Yeah. You know, there's other sources for dopamine.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That's strange.

[Crystal]

Why don't you. I mean, strap up some tennis shoes and take a walk around the block, Snorkel some dopamine for your ass.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And edible.

[Crystal]

You don't have to. Okay?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Not drugs, not after school.

[Crystal]

There's just better ways than other people's children.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So I feel like regardless, you have a point. I think Crystal kind of tapped at the beginning. Like you're, you have every right to feel, oh, yeah, policy and stuff, right? But I agree that like, if it was a private page and it's like 60 people follow her, all them niggas are also teachers or work in school or whatever. It is just her posting on her page. Aren't I teacher of the year? Look at these kids doing their science project then. Yeah, and it's not against policy. I might just be like, all right, let her have it. It is what it is. I guess. But seeing as how those are likely not the case, I think I would also, like Crystal said, approach her. Probably with some stats. Not overwhelming, but just like just some data or something that's like, here's why we shouldn't do this. And then, yeah, I guess still be prepared for anything.

[Crystal]

Cause like, and she, and she might, yeah, she might blow up and take it out on you and all that, but you say what you had to say and you can. Your conscience is clear. You tried to help those kids. You did what you could do. Because if I, you know, if the socials are private and all that, it's not that my opinion changed. I'm just not gonna bring it up because I think the risk to the children is much lower. And I don't want to deal with the way you react to people trying to tell you about that.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Exactly. Exactly.

[Crystal]

Is that.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Let's be clear.

[Crystal]

Good luck, Ms. Raquel. Let us know how it goes. Our next letter comes from Olena, who says, I'm a 41 year old black woman.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Love that name.

[Crystal]

Oh, you'll see why I picked it. I'm a 41 year old black woman dating a 39 year old man. I've had my fair share of romantic misfires, but when I met my boyfriend, it felt like a warm, cozy, blanket situation. He's sweet, emotionally available, and has a secure attachment style, which is refreshing after a lifetime of collecting men with mother wounds. Now here's where it gets weird. My boyfriend has a twin sister he absolutely adores. Calls her his favorite person in the world. Very cute. It gave me all the warm fuzzies until one night early on, we were all at her house with her husband and we had been drinking. We were a little tipsy.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I don't like that.

[Crystal]

As we were leaving, my man casually flicked and squeezed his twin sister's nipple in front of me in their home, and her husband didn't even flinch. I stayed quiet because, well, we were all kind of lit at that point, but I still definitely clocked it for context. Yes, I do remember growing up and having to beat my brothers down for messing with me when I first got boobs. But this felt different. This was not little kid teasing. This was a grown man fondling his grown twin sister. Fast forward to this past weekend. We were out at a bar, just the three of us. They go to the bathroom together. Okay. All right. So the bathroom is like unisex. It has one stall and one urinal. So the twins went to the bathroom together. Later, as we were leaving the bar, my boyfriend grabbed her boob again. Okay, this of course was in public. So now we've got one private nipple flick and one public boob grab in a six month period. And now I'm left wondering what kind of Game of Thrones reboot I signed up for. I finally brought this up very gently and asked my man to not do that in front of me. He responded by throwing shade at my relationship with my siblings, saying he actually liked. Saying he actually likes spending time with his and that I should kept. I should have kept my feelings to myself because this is just how we are now. Listen, I don't like when people weaponize things I vulnerably shared with them. So I lit him up, told him to go forth and fondle all the nipples he wants and changed his name in my phone to nipples screenshot and sent. Because I know all this sounds a little wild and I do really enjoy him. Otherwise he's funny, sweet, and we have a good time. But am I bugging? Is this just weird sibling behavior or should I trust my ick? Sincerely, Olena. Tell Cersei it was me.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

No.

[Crystal]

So is Olena buggin? Is this just weird sibling behavior? Should she trust her ick?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

She was more. She was giving me more Sansa.

[Crystal]

Well, she did say she was trying not to be Queen of the north, but I just thought of Olena, so it should have been Sansa, but I was thinking of Olena because that line is just everything.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So. Okay, I'm not a twin. I. Yeah, I'm not am old. So I have come across situations with twins just from an observation.

[Crystal]

Oh yeah, they can be weird.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That's weird. That's weird.

[Crystal]

They, you know, they shared a womb so they.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Right.

[Crystal]

They have a connection. Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And a lot of the times I don't find it weird in like an off putting or like gross way is it's usually to me fascinating. Like when they say the same thing all the time or claim that they have, like, psychic connections or they're just like really, really, really close in a sweet way. And then you have shit like this. And this. This isn't. I don't think this is average twin stuff, family stuff. I don't think this is. That's just the way we are. You shouldn't have said anything. Scenario. And what you aren't going to do, what's not going to happen, is that you aren't going to weaponize my family or my familial setting against me because you like to grab your sister's titties. Now, there isn't going to be a single living bitch that you're going to come across here, like, anywhere around here.

[Crystal]

Oh, my God.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That is going to watch you grab your sister's titty and be cool with that. No, they may be ok. They may act like they're cool with you the way it seem like your sister husband does. But I wouldn't like it if you grabbed anyone's titties in front of me.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You think I want to see you flicking your sister's nipples? And you want to argue with me about my siblings?

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Because you're gross.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You have to leave. You have to never come back. Don't ever speak to me again. Speak to his sister. That's all the love and romance you clearly need.

[Crystal]

Yeah, right there.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Favorite person in the world. God bless. Merry Christmas.

[Crystal]

I really. So as soon as I read this, I felt uncomfortable. So I'm gonna trust my. I'm gonna trust my gut. It just sounds weird.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Before you even got to the titty, I braced myself.

[Crystal]

This man's 39.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

He's.

[Crystal]

They're not 20. He's 39. It just seems weird to me that you would even still find it funny or interesting or anything else to touch your sister's breast. But again, don't have a twin.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Right.

[Crystal]

Maybe y' all just. Maybe that. That's just how you do. So that's the thing. Like, even if I felt weird about.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It, you were like, 13, maybe.

[Crystal]

Cause like, she said yes, my brother used to do the same thing. When I started growing titties, he would like, like, snatch my nip. Like, they. They do that? Children do that.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

I've not known adults to do that. Does she grab his dick? I never grabbed my brother's dick ever. At any stage of life.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

But that's what I'm saying.

[Crystal]

Do they do that? Does she tickle his booty hole? Like, what. I don't understand really. Like, where's the Line.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Why did she need to go use the bathroom?

[Crystal]

Why did they go to the bathroom together? What are they doing in there? So here's the thing.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And why are you so defensive about it? Why can't it just be like it's an inside joke? I flicked her titty one time when we were 13 and spilled a whole bunch of tang on her. And then everybody at school called her nipple tang. And, you know, it's been, like an inside joke of ours our whole life. That would still be ridiculous. And. But it would be like, okay, I have context for it. That's. That's like, this is an inside thing for them. I don't like it, but there's, like, the connection at least. Him just being like, well, what about your bunk ass rack ass relationship with your brothers and sisters, bitch? And why did you even say anything in the first place? Cause this is how it's gonna be so to.

[Crystal]

It's the reaction. Like, it's the fact that he was like, oh, so you just mad because you and your siblings don't get along and you don't know what a healthy sibling should feel like?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

If we did, I wouldn't want them to grab my titties.

[Crystal]

So I would have told you we're grown. I would have told you to break up with him over touching his sister's breast. Because that felt weird. Yeah, but him being like, yeah, don't be mad at me because I actually like my sister. Oh, okay. Yeah, you do like your sister, nigga, I think you like your sister a little too damn much, actually. But don't. That. That response is like. That's like a 100% red flag. If the. If the nipple flicking wasn't a red flag, that response is, baby, I don't care how sweet, emotionally available. He seemed to be secure attachment style. Yeah. So secure. Real secure.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

There's no way in 39 years of living that it's weird.

[Crystal]

Sorry.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You could not fathom this reaction.

[Crystal]

Nobody else has ever brought it up. None of your other girlfriends have ever said, hey, it makes me uncomfortable that you fondle your sister.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And even if you did, and even if no one did, your sister's married. You married. You have sexual partners.

[Crystal]

She's your twin sister. She's your twin sister, and she's your twin. And you have partners, you niggas.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

There's no. There shouldn't be any confusion. So you screaming, I'm uncomfortable.

[Crystal]

I'm uncomfortable.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Are getting tight with me and deflecting babies. Let me tell you something about the word.

[Crystal]

Hmm.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

When you lay something bare in front of a nigga and say, two plus two equals four, and they come to talk to you about produce. They want to talk about apples. They want to talk about oranges. They want to talk about the cost of a banana. That's how you know that there's fire in the house.

[Crystal]

Yeah, because.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

What the fuck are you talking about?

[Crystal]

Right?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Like, why are we talking about.

[Crystal]

What do my siblings have to do with this? Did my brother send me a dick pic or something? What are you talking about?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Where's the paperwork where this is? Okay, okay, okay. We say as teachers. We say show your work.

[Crystal]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So I'm saying I'm your partner. That's your twin sister's partner. You guys are siblings? Yeah. I have titties. You're grabbing your sister's titties in front of me. You're going to the bathroom together. You're playing with her nipples. I don't like it.

[Crystal]

I don't. It's gross.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Hey, you're talking to me about yesterday's weather. I don't like. That's how you know. Oh, girl. Let me just go ahead. Annalise Keating, grab this pocketbook and exit stage left, because you are up to something, and I don't want to climb up that tower and see what's happening. I don't want.

[Crystal]

I don't.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I don't want to be in the window.

[Crystal]

I'm not trying to be brand, too.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I don't want to be in the window.

[Crystal]

I don't. I don't want to know.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I'm not interested. I don't want to see it.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Where there's smoke.

[Crystal]

Even if it was innocent, that response isn't.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It isn't exactly.

[Crystal]

So you need to go and get out of there, girl. Sorry.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Oh, I could have just been like, oh, we always do. That's just. We've just been playing like that since we were kids. I didn't even think about it. My bad. I won't do it anymore.

[Crystal]

My bad. I see how that would look weird, right? I'll chill.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Digging up your wounds to try and throw on your face.

[Crystal]

Yeah. No.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Because you want to flick your own sister's titties. Keep that motherfuck far away.

[Crystal]

At least like my sibling.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Far away.

[Crystal]

I think I'd rather not like them than do what you're doing.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I think.

[Crystal]

I think I'd rather just be kind of distant. I would prefer that than share a bathroom trip with my brother.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

If the options are relationship with my sibling or Being groped by them, just.

[Crystal]

Going to be alone Maybe. But yeah, girl, I. I do feel for you, cuz. You're 41. He's 39. I know you thought you hit the jackpot. I know you thought you had finally found a decent. But I can't tell you to leave him fast enough. Get out of there. It's going to get weirder always. Yep, gotcha. You said wait. He emotionally mature and securely attached. I ain't never found that combination. Yeah, and see, you see how that's not enough? You see how. You see how that's not enough? Now you got to add this to your list of things you're looking for in a partner. Somebody who doesn't want to physically caress his siblings.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And it needs to be like all these wishes. Walk too much, they had stamps too high.

[Crystal]

Black will never get married.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You got two high standards. You never gonna get married. You just want too much out of. On the top of your list, it says, nigga who doesn't grow. Sister slash family.

[Crystal]

Anybody family sl play cousin Niggas who don't grow. Is that what I gotta say? I gotta be that specific.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Like, literally this list would just be regular old basic stuff. Won't kill me.

[Crystal]

Yeah, good luck in the dating scene because, yeah, this, this gotta end, babe. Our last letter comes from Robbie, who says, hey, y' all, I'm 36 and I'm a bisexual man. I have a best friend named Jean and we've been friends since the sixth grade. She's also bi. Recently, Gene started dating this guy she's been cool with but stopped because from what she said, she's not attracted to him anymore because he quote, unquote, gives off bi curious fun. I've always had debates with her about bisexual men where she said she wouldn't date one because just the thought of them even sleeping or being curious is a. Sleeping with or being curious about another man is a turn off for her. And she doesn't see it as homophobic or biphobic because she wouldn't shame anybody from or stop others from dating bisexual men. This is just something she wants for herself.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Okay.

[Crystal]

No. Gene also said she would be cool with somebody denying her for her bisexuality work. I'm slightly hurt by this mindset she has not because I have any romantic feelings. Balance.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Do you remember my bitch Scarlet? Oh, the kids didn't get Scarlet.

[Crystal]

Oh. Oh, Scarlet, Texas. Oh, Bella. Oh, Scarlett. Oh, my God, what an icon.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Wasn't she on I'll do my Google?

[Crystal]

I thought she was on the Jennifer Hud Watson show a while back.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

She might have been, you know, I might have touched everything now.

[Crystal]

Yeah, a real legend. So, yeah, I'm hurt by this mindset she has. Not because I have any romantic feelings toward her. It's just that it gives off that you see men who are bisexual as less masculine because they like other men. So do you see me that way?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Right.

[Crystal]

My question to you guys is, am I reading too much into this? Should I feel a way towards her preference? I love my friend. I would fight 16 baby elephants and a ring of fire for her, but I just don't know. I'm so lost on how to maneuver, how I'm feeling right now. Thanks for the help, Robbie.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Uh, thanks for the letter, Robbie. Sorry that. That sucks. I. A big concern for Gene's mental health. Cause where's the self awareness.

[Crystal]

Exactly what I was gonna say.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Room reading. Where's the. Like the.

[Crystal]

The biphobia is internalized.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It's really internalized. And it's so bad how prevalent it is for queer people to hate these people. I don't. Anyhow, I don't think that you are wrong for filling this way. I think you're completely valid. And that's why I was kind of laughing during the letter, because it's like, I don't see how Gene is not realizing how she's. How she could come off to you. You said, you know, should you feel a way about her preference? I don't think so. Not necessarily until it's unpacked the way that she chose to unpack it and you realize that her perspective is what it is. Like, how are you not. It's like, if I had a white best friend that was like, oh, I don't want to date black guys because the black guys are blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

[Crystal]

But I'm not racist. It's just my preference.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

But, like, how would I not think I'm going to sit there, like, with my spoon in my hand, like, mid bite, like, should I leave or.

[Crystal]

Right, right.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Because if he's like, oh, well, not you. I'm going to think, well, how not? But am I a mutant?

[Crystal]

Am I the special?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Why are you not talking about me? Oh, I'm a spoken.

[Crystal]

I'm the exception.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You see how gross that shit? It doesn't matter. It's gross.

[Crystal]

Yeah, it is.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And ultimately, it isn't my problem that my best friend is racist. I mean, it is, but it's not my. It's my issue.

[Crystal]

That's your friend.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It's not my problem. So I think the same thing here, like, because of how strongly speak about your friendship and. And loyalty and sense of loyalty. I'd like to think that you can just say to Gene, hey, I've been thinking a lot about the conversation that we had and you know, I love you down. I can't help but think that maybe you view me in a certain kind of way as a bisexual man myself. I would love to discuss this and see how things go from there. And I don't know if I heard anything that sounded like you couldn't get that out, but I don't know what to expect in return because like Crystal said, it sounds to me like this, like Gene has internalized views towards sexuality or. And internalized like hatred or Right. Disgust or whatever with the sexuality. And I think it's more of a her issue than any guy that she's dating or you. I think it really has to do with the way that she views herself and probably more than that, the way that she fears the world will view her based on who she is and who she chooses to date. And I just think when we already gay, that's a huge waste of time.

[Crystal]

Keep you gay and out is really insane. When you are openly bisexual, it just help him then you don't hear yourself. I'm just really confused by Gene's.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Her.

[Crystal]

This mindset, this idea that like, her being like, yeah, it's okay for people to, to write me off for being bi too. Like, no, it actually isn't, Gene. Like, if everything about you is exactly aligned with their type and then they learn that you're also attracted to another gender and suddenly they don't like you anymore, that is biphobia. That's literally because they're still attracted to.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You and he shouldn't be okay with it.

[Crystal]

There's nothing I don't understand why this doesn't get through yalls heads. But, but if they, if. If a bi man is dating you, he is like, he's pursuing you. It's because he's attracted to you. The bi means that he does like women. I don't know why y' all think bi means that he's going to cheat on you with a man. Or it's like, it's like y' all are afraid that he's gonna end up like you, not gonna be enough somehow as a woman and he's gonna want a man. But he's pursuing. He's talking to you because he wants to talk to you. He knows you're a woman. Like the niggas y' all date where you like. I can't date nobody by I gotta date a straight man. It don't stop that nigga from cheating. What do you mean?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And forcing you to eat pussy when you don't wanna, and you do it.

[Crystal]

And you don't know who he cheating with. I just don't. That I. So I.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You going down to onyx with the nigga to go pick out bitches, knowing you ain't got a lick of bisexual in you. And I chose that pun was intended.

[Crystal]

Making yourself do it. Making yourself do it. Forcing yourself, because you got to keep this man. Sweetie. I'm just saying, like, y' all to. To dismiss somebody off of sexuality when they have a sexuality that is attracted to you doesn't make like that is the phobia, the home, the. Maybe not homophobia. It probably is biphobia or queerphobia, but having biphobia. Yeah, that. So I don't think you're reading too much into it, because it is. Right? It's never like, oh, he's giving off by curious. He's too masculine. He's. He's too, you know, dominant.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Chivalry, Right?

[Crystal]

No, it's always. You perceive something that you thought was soft. It could even be kindness. Sometimes men are nice, and y' all are like, oh, it's giving. Gay. Oh, okay.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That one is my favorite.

[Crystal]

Ooh, do you bitches want good men or. Nah, I. I'm not sure.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It's my favorite. Meanwhile, the nigga cooked for you for once. You like, and you're like, I had to go, pet.

[Crystal]

Now, if he's never done it before, I'd sooner think he was cheating than that he was. But y' all see. Y' all see qualities, kind qualities in men and be like, oh, this can't be right.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Walking a house. For the dinner, the table said, this nigga cook candle lit. Who did you kill? Where's the body? Okay, actually, don't tell me, don't tell me. I don't want to know.

[Crystal]

Let me guess. You got a. You got a baby on the way. You got a baby on the way.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Just sit down. Grab the knife and the fork. First thing you say when you enter the house, you sit down in your plate. How old is he? She. Kindergarten, first grade.

[Crystal]

What is it? Just say it.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Second, how much? The textbooks. How much? What's the problem?

[Crystal]

Child support. She's coming for. I have to give up half of my income in child support.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I love when they think a nice nigga is gay.

[Crystal]

It's just.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Or just soft and not Worth marrying because he's kind.

[Crystal]

Yeah, because to you, that can't be a real man. It's like y' all need to work through a lot of what you think a real man is supposed to be. Or you take a look at your dating history. Have any of those quote unquote, real men ever done right by you? It doesn't even have to work out because most relationships don't. But did he treat you well?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Oh, well.

[Crystal]

Have you ever been treated well?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Oh, no.

[Crystal]

Maybe your preferences are trash. Oh, maybe you prefer garbage and your preferences are influenced by the society you live in, the culture you grow up in, your family, friends that your preferences are not formed in a vacuum. They are influenced by the culture around you. So.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Well, jerks on you.

[Crystal]

Because quite possible that your preferences are just boo, boo.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Jerk is on you because their men told them not to listen to you and not to say nothing. So they don't even care.

[Crystal]

I don't want you listening to them faggots on that. What is that show? Cut that off. I want you listening to that bullshit no more. Not that dyke and that other one. Absolutely not.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You listening to this shit in an altima right now because you can't listen to it.

[Crystal]

And you said, okay, daddy, and now you gotta sneak and stream the show and delete it all from your. You know what, Daddy? You right. They do hate men. Oh, my God, you so right. Oh, my God, babe.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Sure do understand. Them.

[Crystal]

Whole time I'm begging y' all to act like you're worth something. That's all. But, like, literally, I'm just begging you bitches to have something like you're worth something.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Like you have, like, common goddamn sense. Like you are capable of being half decent parents, partners. Like you can actually love your motherfucking children. Like you can actually keep your hands off of your goddamn girlfriends, wives, mothers, daughters. Like, if that's hating niggas, where do I tattoo it?

[Crystal]

Yeah. Because I have the most basic standards for how people should be treated.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I hate men wanting you to do better and evolve.

[Crystal]

Meanwhile, the whole problem is I have the same standards for men that I do for women.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And as a nigga who loves my community, I recognize. Because, you know, I'm alive and willing.

[Crystal]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I recognize that there is no progress, there is no advancement in our community if niggas are not doing their best, doing their share either.

[Crystal]

Yes.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

If we have to stop every other month to take a nigga to court behind surveillance footage and freak off parties and lies and videotape like, bitch, so if niggas are screaming, do better. Be better maybe so that we can get to where we been trying to go. Bitch, we're not gonna do that if you keep putting babies in all of these white hoes and beating on our.

[Crystal]

Sisters trying so hard. We're trying so hard.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And you gonna leave gay niggas away, and you're gonna leave trans people away because guess what? They're the first ones in line for your ungrateful ass. You ain't washed behind your ears since before COVID Bitch, you can't say shit to us.

[Crystal]

Jean has some internalized biphobia she needs to work through. That's not your problem. If I were you, I. I understand. You're really close. This is probably not something you're willing to, you know, you're not willing to end the friendship, but just keep that in mind because, like, yeah, you should feel away. This idea that, like, she can be bi but a man can't, that would make him. What? Less of a man? Like, bitch, explain yourself. Make it make sense, and then just, you know, that's just something for you to keep in mind. I. I don't.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You can go away.

[Crystal]

I don't recommend. I don't recommend queer people keep queer phobic company, even if those people are also queer. But I agree, you feel close to her. It's not always easy as just walking away. So best of luck to you. Let us just validate that. Yes, that would piss me off as well. The whole time, the only nigga I would ever even consider is bi. I can't even see myself marrying a man.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Who was it that said that she couldn't date anybody straight? And they gave Dochi.

[Crystal]

Dochi? Yes. I. Immediately, I was like, oh, man, she gets it. She gets it. I could never accept it.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Most of us tried to give her hell for that too. And it was like, one, Dochi is queer. 2. Have you met straight men?

[Crystal]

My entire community's queer. Even Jade. I cannot bring no knuckle dragon, shit eating, dumbass nigga into my space. It's just not happening.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Someone's gonna say something.

[Crystal]

I can't believe y' all throwing bi niggas away, and I've never met one. Hello, It's Pride. I'm looking for y' all. Where y' all at? Like, we don't even have to. Let's just hang out. Like, I've. I actually do not know any openly bisexual men I would love. I can't believe y' all are rejecting them for being who they are.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

What? No, Like, A couple. Let's. Let's be friends.

[Crystal]

Like, anyway. Anyway. You're justified, babe. You're justified.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah, very.

[Crystal]

And good luck moving forward. That is gonna wrap up. Cause I was finna work myself all the way up into another tizzy. I had to tell myself to chill out. Bitch. She needs to talk to the lady real bad. Yeah, real bad. But that's not. That's not your burden. So.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That'S cardi burden. Like birdie.

[Crystal]

Oh, no, we. Oh, I immediately got it. Thank you so much. That will wrap up this. The letters of this week. Send your questions through asktheread gmail.com. we'll be right back.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

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[Crystal]

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[Nisherie Kennedy]

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[Crystal]

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[Nisherie Kennedy]

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[Crystal]

Immediately just worn out. This is so bad. I don't even know if you starting with the Brian McKnight thing, but.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I'm gonna start with the Brian McKnight.

[Crystal]

Okay. All right, all right. So.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Brian McKnight, who infamously disowned his own children years ago and unprovoked, comes to the Internet to remind us that he doesn't claim them just because it's Thursday. He spoke on Nico McKnight's passing.

[Crystal]

And.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Just the Brian McKnight way. This nigga is insane.

[Crystal]

It's really bad. Really bad. It's really bad.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So I read earlier in the episode a comment that Claude McKnight, Nico's uncle, left. You know, just talking about his nephew and sending him on his way as other loved ones did. Brian posted this on Instagram Tuesday night. This is like a video with the captions or whatever. It's like the ocean or whatever he said. A big, big thanks to Claude McKnight's tasteless and self aggrandizing announcement on Tick Tock. That frankly was not his to make. In my opinion. He inserted himself and used Nico's death as an opportunity. Instead of le of letting him pass with respect and dignity, it has instead turned into a circus, a mockery of a life now lost, making this tragedy into a reality show type drama. For whom Brian for whom? This morning I found out that my. Oh, this is the clip from Claude.

[Crystal]

I mean, oh, yeah, he's doing all this voiceover while you can see like Nico's name spelled out on the beach and whatever. Yeah, yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So to Brian, I just want to know, like, is it crack? Is it crack? Is it ketamine? Is it like, what the living fuck is your problem? And what the fuck are you talking about? Let me remind you all that when Nico was battling cancer, Brian McKnight made public accusations towards Nico's mother, Julie, saying that Julie was forcing Brian to stop providing financial care for Nico's treatments, which she publicly slammed as being untrue. And during that time, Nico says that he said to his father, while he was sick and dying, he said to his father all he wanted to do, all he wanted was for Brian to say that he loves him. And he said that Brian responded by saying that he can't say that arbitrarily to him. You don't get to come on the Internet and say anything about this person. Furthermore, arbitrarily, tasteless self aggravated. Like, I think that you, and I say this as someone like, who has been very open with his journey. You need to be checked in someplace. You need to be checked in someplace. You need to be deeply evaluated because this is sick. Yeah, this is sick. For you to know that you elected to stop helping him, to know that he wanted to hear you say that you loved him and you refused and that he has now passed on, people, including your own brother, are sending well wishes, lifting up his memory and his legacy. And your first comment is to try and disrespect your brother for loving the son that you neglected and left. Oh my God, you deserve your ass beat in a way that I can't verbalize and I know so many words. You, you deserve to get your ass beat so bad you would be unrecognizable. That's how I feel about you, nigga. You don't get to come on the Internet and say a fuck thing about nothing. Start back at one, bitch. We don't give a fuck what you talking about. We don't give a fuck what you're talking about. Fuck you. Fuck you. I'm glad Nico had his uncle around. Like his mother, like his older brother, nieces, nephews, everybody around him who loved him. Even when your low life, disgusting, ungrateful, sick and head ass could not. And frankly, I'm glad that he's gone on to some place where he doesn't have to exist around your Ass no more or the rest of this piece of shit ass planet. But. But for you to have the audacity to get on Beyonce's Internet and try and throw shade at your brother because you don't have the balls.

[Crystal]

Oh, my God.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

To just be a man and say the right thing, Nigga, you got shit twisted. Don't nobody give a fuck about that. New life, new kids, none of that shit you got going on over there at all. At all. At all. And I don't know why you keep rushing to get on our goddamn nerves. We tired of hearing you. Like, if you talk about so. Oh, all it's done is created a reality show type circus. Everybody is grieving and loving. That's it. If anything, your comments probably look a mess, as they should, because you are a mess. Yeah, you probably have a sea of comments saying, hey, Brian, you're fucking disgusting. You ain't shit. Why haven't you said anything about your son who just died of cancer yet? And you deserve for your comments to look that. Look like that because those questions are valid and you ain't shit. You're disgusting. And to be honest with you, if I was Claude, I would probably be like, bitch, you are simply lucky that I am. I'm 62 years old now and just. And I don't believe that I have the energy to get up and fuck your ass into bits the way that you deserve.

[Crystal]

Right?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And I'm also incredibly broke. I'm broken, I'm hurt. I'm broken and tired. I'm not doing.

[Crystal]

Was the way he blamed Julie for me when he said to the mama bear, may God have mercy on your soul for not allowing him to accept the help that I offered. And that he finds great comfort in knowing that God knows the truth and the whole story. It was really that shit where I was like, you know what Brian McKnight is? This is a genuinely bad person.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Like, this is a bad.

[Crystal]

I can't think of very many people I feel that way about. Trump is the first one that comes to mind. This is a genuinely bad. Like, I don't know that.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Like a horrible individual.

[Crystal]

I don't know that you can be redeemed.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I'm not interested in you being. Listen, I'm not God. I don't have a place to push you. All I know is that for as long as I'm here and you here, you ain't shit. You disgust me.

[Crystal]

Exactly that.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Once you're gone, whatever happens to you is up to that guy. But I don't give a fuck. About whether you can be redeemed or not. I heard your music when my mom used to take me to school or whatever and lived through it.

[Crystal]

When Martin had you sing for Gina when he proposed, I remember that. And that's about it, right? As an adult, I never was like, ooh, let me play that Brian McKnight. And about.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You bitch.

[Crystal]

This whole, you know, y' all done turned it into a reality show spectacle or whatever. The news of his death was going to come out. You turned it into reality show type drama years ago. When you disown them children because they're not the ones you. They're not the little biracial kids you had with this other woman. You are the reason that all of this is a spectacle. It's because you're a terrible person and a worse father.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You refer to your children as products of sin. You disown them publicly over and taunted and mocked them openly. Not just Julie, not just their mother, your children as well. You're a horrible person. You're a despicable human being and I want nothing but the worst for you.

[Crystal]

Yeah, agreed.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Speaking of also, I will say that to the Trump administration who apparently they're, you know, they're cutting a whole bunch of funding to.

[Crystal]

The job court thing.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Well, this one is for cdc.

[Crystal]

Oh, God. You see how they're cutting funding to everything that people need and so you can just, just guess at something and be right and wrong at the same time. God, I hate these people.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So they're apparently cutting. It says dozens of healthcare providers contracted to do HIV prevention work in LA county are urging state lawmakers to step in and cover millions in anticipated federal cuts to the program, their life saving programs. So they're saying that they could have been cutting like some $19 million in grant funding for the CDC or something like that. And that LA County's Department of Public Health sent a notice to 39 organizations that, like, they were terminating contracts for their STD and HIV prevention services the end of the month.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So now there are these organizations that are trying to, like, step in and, you know, do all of this campaigning and stuff, like, and the epidemics and all these other groups that are basically, they're trying to allocate like $60 million or more, $60 million for the budget for the next fiscal year for these programs. This is California, all of California. So that's what they include.

[Crystal]

I see. Right.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

But they're saying that there's an uncertainty on the, like, the funding right now and that about two thirds, excuse me, of the about federal funding sources account for about two thirds of LA County Department of Public Health's overall budget. So it's kind of like we can't press go on a lot of these contracts if the Trump administrator administration is saying, girl, we're just gonna cut the budget today. We're not giving them any money. We're not giving them any money. Who needs, you know, amfar? Who needs the cdc? Who needs pbs, whatever.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And so, yeah, you're looking at something. I think I saw, like, you're risking, like, a 40% surge in HIV. Oh, my God.

[Crystal]

I saw they were cutting vaccine programs, too, and just all kind of preventable disease stuff like you. Oh, my God. Yeah, y' all really voted for this.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Federal funding reductions would fuel a 40% surge in costly new HIV infections and an increase in preventable deaths across LA County.

[Crystal]

Yep, yep, that sounds about right.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

This will affect testing. This can affect prep medication, which is already astronomically expensive. It is just going to have a ridiculous effect on a horrible virus and disease. And which is.

[Crystal]

Right, because so much work has been put into eradicating and getting it to a place where it's no longer a death sentence. This was a bipartisan effort for. I mean, it started when I was a kid, this hiv, like, for Trump to come through and just be like, yeah, you know what? Fuck all that. Y' all can just die.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

A lot of these organizations, I read, are, like, they've had contracts for, like, three decades.

[Crystal]

This is what I'm saying. Like, it's insane. What is going on with this?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah, this. The LA county has had a disagreement with the CDC for nearly 30 years.

[Crystal]

And it's for the public good, because it is for it. All right. Sorry, I just.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Supervisor Lindsay Horvath said on X, they want to divide us, which is why we must be united and demanding they unfreeze and fully fund these critical programs. It's just ridiculous to me. I don't quite know what the plan is or who these people are trying to help, because Lord knows it's not just. I can't even just be like, oh, he's thinking of the. The rich conservative elites.

[Crystal]

Right?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Because, like, some of y' all need to be very regularly tested. Most y' all, I just. And I have access to.

[Crystal]

This is just you not giving a fuck. You just. You just do not give a. About people.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I don't care. Yeah, Like, I don't get it.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Cutting off funding to the cdc.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

After your Covid. Okay. Oh, I'm done.

[Crystal]

Oh, okay.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Like, oh, Lord.

[Crystal]

Jaheim.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Who?

[Crystal]

Yeah. So it came out over this past week that Jaheem was arrested in early May on six counts of animal cruelty and booked into a Georgia jail. Yes.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Come on, my man.

[Crystal]

Animal Control responded to a call on April 27 about a large dog roaming through a shopping mall looking malnourished. Officers found the dog tied up to the back of an rv. An unknown male who ended up being Jaheem approached the officer, said he was outside doing work on the rv. So Animal Control left the next day. Police came with Animal Control. You thought they was just gonna let that go? Animal Control said, okay, we'll just come back with the law. Like, don't even worry about it, bro. Don't even worry about it. So, yeah. Next day, police went with Animal Control. They found Jaheem there. He became irate and. Yeah. Removed the dog from the kennel for the officers to see. Animal appeared, quote, severely emaciated, and his rib cage was protruding through the skin.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Jesus.

[Crystal]

They received another complaint on April 29th. Now, Jaheim, I don't know if he lives out of this RV or if he just keeps the dogs in it, if he's doing some kind of fighting or something. I don't either. But. But here's the thing. So it wasn't one dog. He has six dogs in that rv. That's why they're clearly.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

This is the six counts, right?

[Crystal]

These dogs were found to not have adequate food, water, sanitary conditions, or ventilation. They were covered in urine and feces, overgrown nails. Some of them had feces on their paws. One of them was missing patches of hair from its body. And this is the second time Jaheim has been charged with animal cruelty. It happened back in 2021, when officers found multiple emaciated dogs at his New Jersey home. One was doing so bad that they had to euthanize it. So here's the thing. I don't think Jaheem's doing well. Probably that mental health is in a whole nother stratosphere. And at the same time, these dogs don't deserve this at all. These are innocent creatures. Yeah, these are. Three of them are puppies. You really do. Like you.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It's different when you got Lainey, huh?

[Crystal]

Cause I could cry thinking of Laney being treated like that. It's very easy to extrapolate that to any other dog. Dogs. I mean, of course, she's mine, but, like, dogs are innocent. They're like children in that they are innocent beings who are meant to be cared for. Dogs are meant to be cared for their entire lives. That's how they're different from children. Children are supposed to grow up and do things for themselves. Dogs are eternal babies, toddlers in that sense. Adequate food, water, sanitary conditions and ventilation is bare goddamn minimum. Now why are you. Why do you have six dogs in an RV and pissing all over the place and not eating? What is that for? What's the purpose? Is it dog fighting? Why would you do this? Like, I, I. But so.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I don't know how that works.

[Crystal]

But for. So then what are you doing? You've already been through this with animals that you don't care for, so you went and got six more for what purpose? This.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I don't know. That's what I'm saying. Like.

[Crystal]

Right. It really does defy logic. That's why I'm thinking mental health situation. And at the same goddamn time, whatever them people, I hope that you get some mental health treatment while your ass is locked up, because it sounds like that's where you need to be.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Thank you.

[Crystal]

You cannot be trusted to be free and have animals around. Like animals not safe around you. You.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

That's exactly what I was going to say.

[Crystal]

That's. That's, that's what it seems like. I. So I hope that the judge says we're going to have to go ahead and have you sign this little, this paperwork here that says you can't check yourself out, buddy. You need intensive treatment that you can't just walk away from. That's what it's looking like here. Because when we let you, we're going to have to keep you, bud. You know why? Cuz you keep abusing dogs, bro. It's nine, ten dogs now that we know of that you have abused. We can't let you roam around. We can't let you, the population not safe.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You can't.

[Crystal]

You're an actual menace. You're a threat to the safety of dogs. We can't let you unattended in this world outside of.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I never think that kind of. I don't know. I'm trying not to try to keep my anger within bounds. Well, I've already raged because I could fight Brian McKnight. Like, I would act anyway.

[Crystal]

No, I get it. I get it.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

But with Jaheem, another part of this that pisses me like, those dogs could have had homes.

[Crystal]

Yep.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Some of them may be still. You know, they can recover and get them. There's so many organizations that rehabilitate dogs and get them back into fighting shape. But often a lot of those dogs, when they do Find homes. It takes a lot of work and training and extraordinary care for you to just have a basic existence with those dogs.

[Crystal]

Because they're traumatized because they've been so fucked up. Yep. And that's.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So why should you be permitted to roam around and do that? Because.

[Crystal]

Oh, no, you shouldn't.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

What? No, they have to come get you.

[Crystal]

They have to come get you.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

They have to keep you.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And hopefully they're gonna have to give you some medicine and proper care. Now, I'm not banking on this government to do that last part. They don't even want to give us medication for being outside like free niggas.

[Crystal]

Right, Right.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So, you know, it's not looking great for incarcerated people are.

[Crystal]

No, it isn't.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

It is not met people who are in asylums or whatever you call them. But you have to go. He has to go. You can't just. You can't. No bone rib cage protruding.

[Crystal]

No, no, no, no, no, you can't.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

And twice I didn't even say what it was that was gonna piss me off. The thing about it that pissed me off is those dogs could have had a home. Slash kids that. Oh, like, it's so average for a kid to grow up. And like, I want a dog, I want a cat.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Something like that. But you have six of them dying in your RV and you yelling at people. Yelling at people for trying to do something.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

About it. You have to. Somebody has to come get you. Yeah. And they have to keep you.

[Crystal]

I agree. It needs to happen. You've. You've lost the plot. It's completely unacceptable regardless of what you're going through, to treat a living being this way. And yeah, you're right, it do hit different because just thinking about something happening to Lainey can make me cry. It don't even have to be like, I can just think about it.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

She's a child. Yeah.

[Crystal]

Enjoy your stay at the government mandated mental health facility that you're going to be committed to. And I truly hope that you work through whatever you got going on so that one day you can come outside and we don't have to worry about what dog you gonna scoop up and abuse the ever loving fuck out of. Cause like you said, these dogs have been severely traumatized. They're going to have to go. They probably went straight to the vet to be put in some sort of emergency care just to get them to a healthy weight.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah, they have to.

[Crystal]

The. The people who foster dogs and help them get ready for adoption are some of the sweetest souls on this planet, the work they have to do because of the y' all have put those dogs through. Oh, no, I don't. No, thank you, girl. It's pretty up.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

No, it's so true, though. Literally just cranking into people's cars, homes, wherever, and just pulling these babies out of muck and just basically pumping them with fluids so that they get like the vitamins and stuff and they can get back to. Because a lot of them won't eat.

[Crystal]

They don't know how, so they've never done it. And if you just give them food, they'll eat them. They can't eat so much, they'll be sick.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So they have to literally, like you.

[Crystal]

Said, put them in ER essentially, so they can go to. Just to get well enough to go to the foster home.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yes. It took years of rehab of undoing the fuck shit that you did.

[Crystal]

Yes, yes.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

So that maybe they can get adopted and go to a home where someone.

[Crystal]

Will take care of them, assuming they don't have long term health issues because of what you did.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Exactly, exactly. Some of them won't survive.

[Crystal]

Some of them are forever changed. These dogs could have been the happiest, sweetest dogs upon coming to this earth. And then they had the horrible misfortune of running into you.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

No thanks.

[Crystal]

Sorry. It's inexcusable. Unacceptable. Enjoy them. Grippy socks. Sounds like that's where you're headed.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Oh, the socks are nice.

[Crystal]

Are they? Do you like them?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You only get one pair.

[Crystal]

Oh, okay. So you better don't, don't do nothing crazy. Oh, and that is going to wrap up this week's episode of the Read. Check us out on social media at. This is the Read. Our website is. This is the read.com. any announcements or other words from you, kid?

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Fury, I'm gay.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Happy pride. Be yourself.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Oh, God.

[Crystal]

For your pride. That's how you know you gay when you over it.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yes, yes.

[Crystal]

Renee Rapp did an interview. It was that street interview with that tall black girl. I don't know the name of the show. Okay, so she did that. She did that show.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I'm so mad. I knew exactly who you were talking about.

[Crystal]

And at the end, the girl, I don't remember her name, it's like Ariah or something like that. But she was like at the end she decides if you're gay, straight or a homophobe. And Renee was like, I'm a homophobe. I'm so gay that I've circled back around and I actually do hate gay people. I'M sick of y' all. And she said it just like that. And I was like, oh, yeah, she is gay.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yeah, they're a little black.

[Crystal]

You gotta. You gotta.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

You.

[Crystal]

Everybody has that moment of, like, you know what? I surrounded myself with entirely too much homosexuality. I need a break.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

I saw a clip of her talking about Megan after they. Oh, yeah, it was like after Mean Girls came out and she was talking about doing that video with Megan. And the way she was talking about Megan's butt and how silly she was. I was like, on this. No, she was.

[Crystal]

She's a lesbian. Oh, no. She lusts hard.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Like, she's. She. She went back to that moment in her mind.

[Crystal]

Her eyes glazed over. She was like.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Like, she was. She was.

[Crystal]

Yeah, I was just in the presence of greatness. Y' all see that ass? She did the same thing in that interview with Amy Poehler. Amy Poehler's show is so cute. Um, but she was talking about how, you know, she said something to her mom about looking at Beyonce's ass. You know, like, everybody looks at Beyonce's ass. And her mom was like, everybody, do not. I mean, like, yeah, she gotta ask. But we're not like, oh, we're not doing all that. Renee was like, ah, she is hilarious. Love that little white girl. But yeah, happy pride. Be yourself for your pride. Don't let no hating ass bisexual tell you that you're not good enough because you bisexual.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

By. Bye. People.

[Crystal]

Find me, come find me.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Just. Yeah, make your own little Wakanda somewhere in a. Or something. Because you're all you got. Yeah, you're all you got.

[Crystal]

The gays and the gays and the straights have been debtors against you.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Like, what the.

[Crystal]

That's why I just say quick because my sexuality is a little too complicated. But I don't. I have not dated a CIS man since high school, first year, for what. But you see how that's so many words to say. And so I just say queer, right? Yeah. I don't know why we're being weird to each other, but stop that. We got enough going on with the administration and the Straits.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Yes. So I don't know if you've been under a rock. I don't blame you.

[Crystal]

We have real problems, though, if you would just like to look around for three seconds. Seconds. Real shit's going on in this world.

[Nisherie Kennedy]

Break. For just half a decade at least.

[Crystal]

If you could. If you could, we would appreciate it ever so dearly. All right, y' all take care of yourselves. We will. See y' all next week.