Big Beautiful Bereavement

Summary

The Read – Episode: Big Beautiful Bereavement Released: July 10, 2025

Hosted by Kid Fury and Crissle, The Read dives deep into the latest happenings in hip-hop, pop culture, and the personal lives of beloved (and not-so-beloved) celebrities. In this episode titled "Big Beautiful Bereavement", Kid Fury and Crissle tackle a range of topics from groundbreaking achievements in Black excellence to controversial moments in the entertainment industry. Below is a detailed summary capturing the essence of their discussions, enriched with notable quotes and timestamps for reference.

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1. Celebrating Black Excellence

The episode kicks off with Kid Fury highlighting significant milestones in Black achievement.

• First Woman Head Drum Major at FAMU

  • [02:36] Kid Fury: "I would like to give it to the first woman to be named head drum major at FAMU, Oluwama Dupe Oluyade."
  • [04:07] Crissle: "FAMU is a very big deal in my state. Lots of pride there."

• Tariana Ball’s Poetry Book

  • [05:07] Kid Fury: "Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and poet is releasing her second book of poetry called The Thing About Falling. Said to be her most personal yet."

• Ryan Coogler’s Sinners

  • [06:13] Kid Fury: "Congratulations to Ryan Coogler for setting a record with Sinners, the first film to feature Black American Sign Language."

2. Pop Culture Spotlight: K-Pop Demon Hunters

Kid Fury introduces a unique blend of K-pop with supernatural elements, showcasing the show K-Pop Demon Hunters on Netflix.

• [06:54] Kid Fury: "If Spider-Verse had a baby with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and that baby loved Sinners and K-Pop, you'd get K-Pop Demon Hunters."

• [10:09] Crissle: "It's got some things to say about work-life balance, self-acceptance, and societal norms."

3. Black People in Musicals: A Panel Discussion

Crissle shares her experience attending a panel featuring Bob the Drag Queen discussing the representation of Black individuals in musicals.

• [11:12] Crissle: "Black people love musicals. They just don't love corny white ones, but they love their own."

• [12:52] Kid Fury: "The panel was a lot of fun."

4. ESSENCE Fest and Lauryn Hill’s Debacle

A significant portion of the discussion revolves around Lauryn Hill's performance issues at ESSENCE Fest.

• [13:10] Kid Fury: "Lauryn Hill ended her set at 4 AM, claiming ESSENCE messed up the scheduling."

• [14:21] Crissle: "Ms. Lauryn Hill wrote a four-page Instagram post detailing her struggles with the festival's management."

• [15:54] Kid Fury: "Narrative should focus on preserving mental health, not just punctuality."

5. Drake’s New Track and the Beef with LeBron James

The hosts dissect Drake's latest song "What Did I Miss?", which seemingly targets LeBron James.

• [16:47] Kid Fury: "Drake's lyrics suggest a betrayal, but it's not clear who he's referencing."

• [19:57] Crissle: "Drake acting like the victim while we expect accountability is exhausting."

6. Accusations Against Tyler Perry’s VP

A heavy segment where the hosts discuss allegations against a high-ranking official at Tyler Perry Studios.

• [33:53] Kid Fury: "Braxton Wells accuses Mark Swinton of grooming and rape, alleging cover-ups by Tyler Perry Studios."

• [37:12] Crissle: "This is deeply troubling and highlights systemic issues within powerful institutions."

7. Listener Letters: Navigating Toxic Relationships and Boundaries

Crissle and Kid Fury address heartfelt questions from listeners seeking advice.

• Letter from Luke: Dealing with a toxic relationship and his mother's interactions with his ex-boyfriend.

  • [69:44] Kid Fury: "I think you're not being unreasonable. Your feelings are valid."
  • [75:14] Crissle: "It's complicated, but setting clear consequences is crucial."

• Letter from Parallel Universe Queen: Concerned about a friend receiving inappropriate messages from her boyfriend.

  • [85:49] Kid Fury: "Call the police. This is serious."
  • [89:59] Crissle: "You need to inform her to ensure her safety."

8. Social and Political Commentary: Health Care Cuts and Detention Facilities

A poignant discussion on recent legislative changes affecting healthcare and immigration detention.

• Big Beautiful Bill Overview

  • [99:16] Kid Fury: "It's a joke. Look it up."

• Alligator Alcatraz in Florida

  • [104:40] Crissle: "A detention facility in the Everglades with inhumane conditions."
  • [106:11] Kid Fury: "The system itself is fundamentally broken and corrupt."

• [102:07] Crissle: "The bill will strip healthcare from those who need it most, allocating funds for a border wall instead."

9. Concert Etiquette: Exercising Patience After Shows

Towards the end, the hosts share their frustrations and strategies for managing post-concert chaos.

• Patience at Concert Exits

  • [117:28] Crissle: "Patience is essential when dealing with large crowds exiting a venue."

  • [122:36] Kid Fury: "If I'm agitated, I keep it to myself. Let others handle it."

  • [125:16] Crissle: "Act like an adult and understand the logistics involved."

10. Closing Remarks and Final Thoughts

The episode wraps up with final insights and remarks on ongoing social issues, emphasizing the need for collective patience and systemic change.

• [130:00] Crissle: "Take care of yourselves, avoid this fascist administration, and we'll see y'all next week."

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Notable Quotes

• "[04:07] Crissle: 'FAMU is a very big deal in my state. Lots of pride there.'

• "[16:47] Kid Fury: 'Drake's lyrics suggest a betrayal, but it's not clear who he's referencing.'

• "[33:53] Kid Fury: 'Braxton Wells accuses Mark Swinton of grooming and rape, alleging cover-ups by Tyler Perry Studios.'

• "[85:49] Kid Fury: 'Call the police. This is serious.'

• "[104:40] Crissle: 'A detention facility in the Everglades with inhumane conditions.'

• "[117:28] Crissle: 'Patience is essential when dealing with large crowds exiting a venue.'

Insights and Conclusions

Throughout the episode, Kid Fury and Crissle maintain their signature blend of humor and sharp critique, shedding light on pressing social issues while celebrating remarkable achievements within the Black community. Their candid discussions on boundary-setting in personal relationships and systemic injustices in industries highlight the podcast's role as both entertainment and a platform for meaningful dialogue. The episode underscores the importance of patience and understanding in chaotic environments, whether it's navigating post-concert crowds or addressing complex familial dynamics.

Listeners are left with a multifaceted exploration of contemporary culture, emphasizing the need for resilience and collective action in the face of adversity. The hosts' empathetic yet forthright approach provides both solace and motivation for their audience to advocate for change and uphold personal boundaries.

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Transcript

[Crystal]

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[Kid Fury]

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[Crystal]

Happy day.

[Kid Fury]

My sins away. And yours as well. Well, hello niggas. Hi friends. Hello straight man. Still hate listening to this podcast. Even though that bitch left you months ago. You deserved it and we have no regrets. Welcome back. I'm not that bitch. I'm that other bitch. Oh, true.

[Crystal]

Okay. And I'm should have known. And I am Kennedy Burke and this is the read. Thanks for coming back.

[Kid Fury]

It is. That's the name of it. Thank you for coming back again. Here we are in a world of madness or whimsy, depending on how you look at a cup, huh?

[Crystal]

Yeah, that depends on quite a bit.

[Kid Fury]

And if you're skin is white or black in front of that. Anyway, all right, so let's do some black excellence this week. I would like to give black excellence over to. Hmm. I can give it to more than one person. I would like to give it to the first woman to be named head drum major at famu.

[Crystal]

Oh, word.

[Kid Fury]

That's right. Oluwama Dupe Oluyade. She's the first one at Florida A and M University as a Florida girly. Yes, I'm from Florida. Oh my God. Well, you know that one clip that you said you had that sweater.

[Crystal]

Jesus Christ.

[Kid Fury]

Yes, FAMU is a very big deal in my state. Lots of pride there. Very great school. This program has been around for 115 years.

[Crystal]

Yeah, that. Yep, that actually.

[Kid Fury]

Oh God, I'm going to say a long time. 115 years old. This is the first woman to be named head drum major at the institution.

[Crystal]

That tracks that track.

[Kid Fury]

Wow. And let me tell you, baby. Oh, well, I was going to say Florida, but this is the South. We don't play about a drum line. A big band girl, Hun, hun. We drive from the statewide anyway, right?

[Crystal]

No, it's true, it's true. We don't fuck around about the drum major. That is a real position of great honor, great prestige. It is.

[Kid Fury]

The new classic begins in Miami on August 30th. Congratulations. I love the video I watched of her discussing the honor. And she's so beautiful and very good at what she does. So congratulations to you and also to Tank. Tariana Ball, Tank of Tank and the Bangers Grammy.

[Crystal]

I was about to say, maybe I deserve Tank.

[Kid Fury]

What are you talking about? I set myself up for that. You did. Grammy winning singer, songwriter and poet is releasing her second book of poetry called the Thing about Falling. Said to be her most personal yet. Very, very proud of her on her ascension. And I've been a big fan, I believe since that npr Tiny Desk. I think that's what introduced me to him ages ago. I might have also introduced me to Tiny Desk. Anyway, wow. I don't know a two for one. But yeah, October 7th. Think about falling Book of Poems. Congratulations to her. And congratulations to Ryan Coogler. Setting a record again with Sinners becoming the first film to have a black American Sign Language feature over it for streaming and things.

[Crystal]

Oh really? Yes.

[Kid Fury]

If you would like some Afro American asl your life and I would, there's an option there because. Of course, because Ryan Coogler is awesome. Because fierce, biggest, sickening. Guys, watch Ironheart. Don't let Marvel lie to you. Watch it. All right, let's get into our pop culture segment that I call Making Beats for a Boring Dumb Bitch fucking Gnarly.

[Crystal]

I don't get it. Unfortunately, I have no idea what that's about.

[Kid Fury]

Gnarly is a song by this K pop group called Cat's Eye. Now Patreon introduced me to them and then I was. At first I'm like, okay, I don't get this, but it's cunt because I'm a fag and so like give me a catchy song and femmes dancing in unison and I'm fine. And the song doesn't make any sense, but I don't think it's meant to. It feels like. It feels like a Korean songwriter wrote a record about, like, wrote a record based on mean girls and then put it in Google Translate, and then they just recorded what came out of Google. But, like, good. But, like fun.

[Crystal]

Uh, the way you set that up, it don't really sound like good and fun is.

[Kid Fury]

What's the. No, I just mean, like, lyrically, it's kind of nonsense, but.

[Crystal]

Okay. But a fun.

[Kid Fury]

But, like a fun nonsense. Yeah.

[Crystal]

Okay. Oh, no, there's lots of songs like I got you.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. And then they're also, I guess the intention. They have a show on Netflix, which I haven't watched, like Dream Academy or Pop Star Academy or something. So it's like I'm making the band whatever, but for K Pop. But the idea with this group was to. I guess to make them look like a world group. So you have, like, Asian girls, you have black girl, you have a white girl. They look like they're from all over the place.

[Crystal]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I like the song. I think they're cute. And I kind of miss girl groups, so. Thank you guys for introducing me to that, because now all I do is walk around the house and scream parts from the song and Scare Link. And then she looks at me out of the side of her eyes, and I know that she's thinking terrible things about me, but. No. Oh, it's fine. I pay the bills.

[Crystal]

Right? You do. And so she really can't. I mean, she could try to fight you, but she can't really fight you.

[Kid Fury]

So. Speaking of which, you guys didn't ask me how I feel about K Pop Demon Hunters. It's really offensive. Thank you for hurting my feelings. I'll tell you anyway, I love it. I need three. I need a video game. I need comic books. I need a vinyl soundtrack. Um, K Pop Demon Hunters really brought joy into my life when I needed it.

[Crystal]

Oh, wow. Okay.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. So I don't really have to. I don't think I need to break down the plot. It's in the name. It's on Netflix, and it's. It's like if the Spider Verse films had a baby with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and then that baby loved sinners and K Pop.

[Crystal]

Oh, wow.

[Kid Fury]

Is he sinners in K Pop?

[Crystal]

What a. What a combination.

[Kid Fury]

I actually think you might like it.

[Crystal]

I was gonna say, these are great reviews. The people seem to like it.

[Kid Fury]

It's excellent. And I thought that it was just gonna be like, oh, silly cunty K pop girls beat up demons. But then it has, like, some things to say, maybe about work, life balance, maybe about self acceptance, maybe about, you know.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Societal norms in the way that we view women and girls and femmes versus boys and masks. And it's also got, like, the. The animation is really clean, but it has, like, a wacky style to it, almost like you would get out of a Steven Universe or an anime, where sometimes a character's facial expression gets really silly to emphasize an emotion or whatever. It's just kind of like. It made me feel nice. As opposed to watching scary movies and Criminal Minds, which is pretty much all the only other shit I've been watching, and Love island and 90 Day Fiance and A Thousand Pound Rumors.

[Crystal]

So you're. You're in deep with the garbage.

[Kid Fury]

That's what I'm hearing.

[Crystal]

Oh, yes, David, I did see. I did. You and that very funny, very talented panel on Bob The Drag Queen's YouTube talking about black people in musicals. That was quite entertaining. My God, the girl next to you, when she is. Where do I know her from? Her face is so familiar.

[Kid Fury]

Probably seen her do stand up or seen her on Instagram.

[Crystal]

Okay, maybe that's it. Yeah. I was gonna say it's. Well, Amber and Solomon. I know that. I know, and I know from where, but that girl, it was like, I know I know you from something and I know you're hilarious, but I can't put my finger on it. Anyway, hilarious. And y' all covered the conversation exactly the way I thought you would, because black people love musicals. They just don't love corny white ones, but they love the person who. Not even in the panel, but, like, when Bob was in the middle of the street stuff, the person who was, like, naming their favorite musicals and they said, Dreamgirls, Diara Mad Black Woman. I was like, exactly, exactly. Tyler Perry plays our musicalists, and you niggas love them.

[Kid Fury]

I don't understand why y' all struggle with that.

[Crystal]

You really. It has to be corny and white. If it's white, it can't be corny. And. But if it's black, it can be corny. Yes, because you'll watch corny black shit, but not corny white shit. If it's white, it has to be, like, really good, or else black people simply won't fuck with it. And that's fair. But stop acting like you niggas don't like musicals, because you do.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. And I believe that we also Brought up Disney movies and the same sort of thing.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Yep, yep.

[Kid Fury]

But, yeah, that panel was a lot of fun.

[Crystal]

That was so, so good.

[Kid Fury]

Um, okay. I didn't realize that ESSENCE Fest had come and gone. No shade. But I just read that Ms. Mama is Ms. Lauryn Hill said ended at 4 o' clock in the morning.

[Crystal]

Yes. But also, that wasn't her fault.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I was gonna say that. Like, her, I think, for once. Right. Her start time was supposed to be 12:30, but she didn't get to start till 2. And of course, we were all. Well, not we, because I didn't know, but, like, we cared to, you know, give it to her for the usual being late.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Shenanigans. But ESSENCE stepped forward and was like, actually, girl, we kind of screwed the pooch on this one.

[Crystal]

Mm. Mm. It was us.

[Kid Fury]

And Ms. Lauryn Hill said, thank you. Thank you. Did you guys hear that? They said it was their fault. I'm not sure it was their fault. I didn't do anything right.

[Crystal]

So quit playing with me this time. I didn't do it, bitch.

[Kid Fury]

No. She wrote a long Instagram press release.

[Crystal]

Did she really?

[Kid Fury]

Like, four pages?

[Crystal]

Oh, she's tired of the narrative. Wow.

[Kid Fury]

She really did. She was like, girl, I do everything. I do the graphic design, I stitch the clothes together, I buy the instruments, I tune the instruments.

[Crystal]

Wow.

[Kid Fury]

It was just like. She essentially was like, every single thing that is done, every department, all of the production I'm involved with and have always been. She's like. There's been this idea that when I'm late, it's because I'm sitting in the Riviera with my feet up and a drink in my. She said some shit like that, but basically, like, girl, that's not the case. I work very hard to put these shows together. Type T. Thank you. I'm glad that ESSENCE was able to. Whatever, whatever. And I was like, all right, there you go.

[Crystal]

Well, I mean, that's fair. But also, this is. No one can do it alone. This is why we hire people. It's kind of quite absurd to expect you to be involved with every single aspect of the show when you are this level of star and are expected to, you know, be on time for performances. And the comments, which I pulled it up. Thank you for telling me this. I appreciate this post from her. The comments are full of people being like, okay, so what happened to Lovers and Friends? Okay, so what happened in New York City in 2021? Okay, so what happened?

[Kid Fury]

Like, I need to look. And I should have known I should have known that we were gonna prioritize.

[Crystal]

So, I mean, I do respect, you know, artists being heavily involved in their performance and caring that much. I do. And I get that whole protecting the integrity of my art and all that. But, like, this is why we hire others. Like, Lauren. You have to trust somebody to handle the minutiae for you so that you can focus on being in the right head space, warming up, you know, being confident in what you gonna do, ready for dress rehearsal, all that, so you can perform relatively on time. Because, I mean, that's two things can be true, but I'm not in the habit of, like, I don't really want to disrespect Lauryn Hill. The worst thing you could say about her is that she's late to performances. That is nothing really in the grand scheme of things. So I'm gonna let her have it. I'm just not going to a show.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Like, literally. That's literally all the same.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

I didn't even know about this one, like I said, until after I was dying. Okay, so Drake has a new song. Have you heard it? It's called what Did I Miss? So if you hadn't kind of worked.

[Crystal]

I have heard of it. I. Yeah, I was told about the song, and I was. Some lyrics of the song were shared with me, and I said, this isn't. I actually don't think I need to hear this. I actually think this rundown you just gave me of lyrically, what Drake is doing here, there's not much else. Something about feeling like LeBron was fake and switched up on him and.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, I guess maybe that's. I didn't know who he was. He doesn't say anybody by name. I know he's speaking. I could tell listening to it, that he's speaking about specific people instances. But I didn't, like, take notes while the whole beef was happening. So I don't know. It was a lot of people who were like, yeah, girl, work. Not like us.

[Crystal]

Yeah. I think it was the line about, I saw bro went to pop out.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, that's what I mean. I'm like. I don't know.

[Crystal]

That's where people were, like, right. On the one hand, a lot of people went right. On the other. Drake seems like the type to think that he and LeBron James were legitimately, like, close, intimate friends and would take offense.

[Kid Fury]

But, Mom, I'm like, girl, he went on that TV show, that Barbershop TV show, and showed LeBron a picture of that baby when he was a baby. When nobody had seen him before.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And was like, oh, he's got baby blue eyes. It was just like. It seemed like I took that as like, oh, they're close. He's sharing a baby picture. Like, private stuff. This is right after the. The at the Pusha, tapping him on blast and all this stuff. So I'm thinking, like, this is like a purse. Like, a close thing. Now I'm thinking, what if LeBron was sitting in that chair? Like, why is this nigga show?

[Crystal]

Why would you show me your damn baby? I don't know you like that. People who try to force intimacy too early. Like, girl, we're not that close. You think showing me your secret baby makes us, like, bosom buddies? It does not. I don't shout out to you for being weird.

[Kid Fury]

I think they would probably work cool. Just not enough for me to take a side in a bread beef. Like this or whatever. I'm gonna choose. I like. And if something. Yeah, whatever. So this song, like, we never saw.

[Crystal]

You niggas vacationing together or nothing.

[Kid Fury]

I don't mind it.

[Crystal]

Oh, really?

[Kid Fury]

I don't. Because it's. It's Drake. His is. His feelings are hurt, and it doesn't even feel too. There are a couple of lines on it where he's doing this tough guy thing again. And I'm like, oh, girl, just sit down and get it out.

[Crystal]

Nobody's afraid of you. You have to stop.

[Kid Fury]

Right? He says about niggas gonna need an ice bag for the. He did, like, a TLC line and said, niggas gonna need an ice bag for their left eye or some shit. And I'm like, oh, God. Okay, okay. But I feel like the vast majority of it is, like, I did songs for you guys. I came to your daughter's 15th birthday. I gave the girls bookings. You came to my house and were looking at all of my hoes. And now, for whatever reason, you've chosen to turn your backs on me, and I'm confusion, and it hurts.

[Crystal]

It does hurt.

[Kid Fury]

And so, like, that, to me, is Drake.

[Crystal]

I mean, yes, you're not. You're not wrong about that. But I'm also just quite weary of that. Like, I don't care that you. This. This idea that you and these athletes were, like, just somehow the best of friends, and they betrayed you by bopping along to Not Like Us, which the whole fucking planet was tapped into. It's just like.

[Kid Fury]

And the outer planets.

[Crystal]

It's just no reason for me to think that, like, you were seriously betrayed by some close Personal friends or whatever. Like, I don't take this seriously. I think that I don't take Drake's feelings seriously. I do not. Your feelings are hurt. I don't really care because you need to everything.

[Kid Fury]

Feelings are all he has. That's his bread and butter.

[Crystal]

Well, it's time. It's time to grow the fuck up. I'm quite tired of Drake acting like he's the victim and he's been punished or he's somehow like the marginalized one. In. In this situation with Kendrick, you were told repeatedly, publicly and privately to leave it alone.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah, I don't. I don't agree with.

[Crystal]

You quite literally got what you were asking for, right? So any of this other fallout and shit, like, any of the repercussions of that, you literally brought every last bit of this onto yourself. Take that like a man.

[Kid Fury]

I just totally prefer for him to be like, hey, I feel away, period. Because that's what he does, you know?

[Crystal]

Even though I'm like, absolutely right.

[Kid Fury]

You shouldn't, because everybody told you that you were going to lose, and none of them niggas are your friends.

[Crystal]

But yes, feelings is what Drake does. Yes.

[Kid Fury]

I much prefer that than trying to be like, oh, you're mad because we, like, I got bitches, dark skin, light skin, and everything in between Vanilla Bean and chocolate Bean. And you're mad because, like, I don't want to hear that. You, who really bang a sad, like, scrapping me up.

[Crystal]

No, for real. Like, that is just the tough guy act. Keep making me dance, waving my hands.

[Kid Fury]

I barely want to hear the tough guy shit from tough guys. So.

[Crystal]

Right. From actual niggas who have been that and done that. So from you, a white boy who grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, I do not want to hear it. Biracial, sorry. Not white. Okay. It just slipped out. Honestly, didn't even catch it. So right there.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, let's talk about his label mate is Nicki Minaj.

[Crystal]

Okay, you know what? I don't think so. I debated whether to bring it up on the show. I'm like, is this a mental health.

[Kid Fury]

Crisis or I might even be in.

[Crystal]

Do you think it is, Like, I. For real? I can't tell.

[Kid Fury]

I'm not sure.

[Crystal]

I can't clock in. It doesn't seem. She doesn't seem to be well, though.

[Kid Fury]

It's a lot going on.

[Crystal]

They talking about Jay z owe her $200 million and. What? It was just weird. I saw Vibe had done, like, a roundup of it. Cause, of course, the tiktoks were coming, and I'm like, y', all hurry up. Like, just spell it out for me. And so I guess somebody academics had posted about that sexual harassment, right? And so then she was like, oh, who has something to say about such and such law? That let me know that. That Megan's lala. And that really.

[Kid Fury]

That really, really bothered her.

[Crystal]

That really fucked with her bad. Oh, that fucked. Um, but yeah, so she responded to that and it just sounded weird because it was like, karma's law. Touch not my anointed. This. The case has zero to do with Nikki.

[Kid Fury]

Like, yeah, none.

[Crystal]

So by no stretch of the imagination does it have anything to do with her.

[Kid Fury]

For clarity, we're talking about Megan's former cameraman who filed a lawsuit against her for wrongful termination and sexual harassment and accused her of, like, having sex or engaging in a sexual act in a car in front of him. That case, I suppose, like, Megan's legal team in Roc Nation moved to have the case dismissed, and a judge dismissed that and is allowing the case to move forward. Academics posted this story. Nicki Minaj reposted academics tweet and is talking about Karma's Law, Megan's Law. Vengeance is the Lord's law. We give God glory. And he's on it's right.

[Crystal]

It's giving a little religious psychosis in there too. That's why I'm like, are you?

[Kid Fury]

Well, I don't even think she's being for real about that part. I think she's just being messy. I don't even think they see how.

[Crystal]

Hard it is to tell you see how that's not. You see how hard it is to really parse the difference between whether Nikki is trolling or whether she is trolling fully believes the things she's saying with the Megan thing. But she's been talking about Jay Z for a while.

[Kid Fury]

I. Yeah, she has.

[Crystal]

So I just don't. Yeah, and it seems strange. I just don't get it. Cause she said in one breath, she said, we've calculated about 100, 200 million so far. And then the very next sentence, Jay Z call me to settle this karmic debt. Okay, Is it karma or is it real life money that exists in the world? Which one is it? Like, I don't understand what you're saying. And it's just. It's nonstop. It almost seems manic, these tweets about Jay Z and money and people doing her wrong and all this. So I'm like, I. I truly don't know. Because of course, Jay Z Is not.

[Kid Fury]

Reposting impervious greenshots of. Of 50 Cent stuff. Stuff 50 Cent posted about Jay Z and commenting at 50 Cent, who is a known troll who will post AI true knowing that it's nonsense just because he thinks it's funny. And you're like, reposting. It's okay. Like, this is for me, okay? I don't give a fuck about the Roc Nation of it. Whether her issue is Roc Nation, how deep that rabbit hole goes. Girl, tell it to the judge. Literally. If he owe you money, go get it. I don't give a fuck about that, like, at all. I don't even understand what that is in this other part of it, Right? This is Megan's Law lawsuit thing. When I first looked at this, I'm like, okay, let's say, oh, Lord, that Megan is a lying sexual deviant and demon and everything that has been said about her is true.

[Crystal]

Sure. Okay.

[Kid Fury]

You're still married to a sex offender. He just updated his photo on the Megan's Law registry last month. That's still your husband and the child like you. You.

[Crystal]

He's. Oh, man.

[Kid Fury]

If someone fano snaps Megan and Jay Z and Roc Nation away and they all go away, someone else is going to bring up the fact that you're married to a rapist. They are, because you are, because you're.

[Crystal]

Still married to a rapist. So that's the thing about that. You kind of.

[Kid Fury]

And like, if we're trying to go the sweep around your own porch tea, it is a reach, right? But even then, this isn't how you do it, girl. Like, all that's happened essentially, is the judge said, okay, you can go ahead and keep going. This is not T yet.

[Crystal]

It's real. I mean, and even if it was like, I just don't. Girl, like you said, it has all to do with you. Nobody. I mean, Megan twerking in a car, you know, hunching on some girl. And the cameraman is gay and said, I felt uncomfortable and it was a hostile work environment because of my sexuality. That. I mean, legally, that may have some basis. I'm not trying to.

[Kid Fury]

Sure, I'm not arguing against that either.

[Crystal]

But you're not gonna get me to act like Megan needs to be on the sex offender list and not allowed within 50 yards of a school because of that shit either. Like, let's all be fucking for real. So.

[Kid Fury]

So I don't even know why you raised your hand.

[Crystal]

I don't even know why you chimed in. And she brought up the. Remember when the Democrats was attacking me because I said that my cousin's friend's balls got fucked up. She brought up that shit and then tied it into how Jay Z wasn't campaigning for Biden and Obama. And it was like, that's what made me feel like. Are you. Is everything running on? Is the train on the track? Because what are you even fucking talking about? It's really weird over there. Hmm.

[Kid Fury]

God bless you.

[Crystal]

Yikes. Yeah. Cause I don't. I literally just don't even know what else to say about it. It just. She doesn't seem. Well, well, well.

[Kid Fury]

Look, I don't know, guys. My entire social feed is filled with different health trends these days. Berries or gummies that make your hair grow back in and things that do stuff to your private parts and I don't know, like gloves that make your skin better. I don't know, I'm just, I can't. I have to just eject myself from the algorithm and take it back to the good old fashioned healthcare professionals that I know and trust and have been for most of my life. You know, the doctor. And with ZocDoc, it's incredibly easy to do. So you don't know what this. Oh, I'll tell you. ZocDoc is a free app and website where you can search and compare high quality in network doctors and click to instantly book an appointment. I've actually been using ZocDoc long before we started talking about them on the podcast because it's incredibly easy to use. Also not big on calling offices personally gives me anxiety. I don't know why. I feel like I don't remember how to say my name or spell words. Zocdoc takes care of all of that. Just go in, put in my insurance if I've got it, type of doctor I'm looking for. Boop boop boop. Great list. Over 100,000 doctors across every specialty from mental health to dental health, primary care, urgent care. I found an eye doctor on there, I found a psychiatrist on there. It's really easy and typically within 24 to 72 hours of booking, you'll find an appointment. You can even score same day appointments sometimes. So stop putting off those doctor's appointments and go to Zocdoc.com3 to find and instantly book a top rated doctor today. That is Zocdoc.com/the read Zocdoc.com the read. Go get well. Hey y'.

[Crystal]

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[Kid Fury]

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[Crystal]

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[Kid Fury]

What else is t that was an obnoxious thought, girl. It's up for Madea, baby.

[Crystal]

Oh Lord. Wait, what happened?

[Kid Fury]

Another actor is accusing Tyler of not even just misconduct, but in this. In this case, turning a blind eye to abuse that he was experiencing at the hands of his vp. So this is a whole other R word. Entering the chat. Mark E. Swinton, studio head and VP over at Tyler Perry Studios. This young man named Braxton Wells.

[Crystal]

Oh my God.

[Kid Fury]

The retired veteran says that he suffers from ptsd, appeared on two episodes of the Oval, uncredited. He says that Mark Swinton groomed him. He says that he was raped while under the influence.

[Crystal]

Wow.

[Kid Fury]

Flown from Los Angeles to Georgia under false pretenses. All kinds of other things. He posted a story about it. Like he posted a long post about it, then several videos talking about it in detail. And not just him. He named a bunch of people from the studio who I guess collectively covered it up. He also says that he.

[Crystal]

The screenshots. Oh God damn.

[Kid Fury]

He also says that he provided. What's his name? Derek Dixon.

[Crystal]

Yep.

[Kid Fury]

The white man who sued the white man. He says he provided Derek Dixon with a substantial amount of evidence for. For Derek's case, which then went to go on and get a $260,260 million lawsuit and a whole ton of media coverage.

[Crystal]

Oh, wow.

[Kid Fury]

But that Derek never helped him or gave him any kind of assistance with his case against the ep. They basically just left his black ass out here to dry.

[Crystal]

Oh, that's dirty.

[Kid Fury]

And it sounds like Derrick Dixon's case is actually older than his.

[Crystal]

Okay, okay, okay.

[Kid Fury]

And people tried to bring up, like, a statue of limitations thing, I guess, when they tried to brush his shit under the rug. Even though mama over here is definitely past that since his case is older and he's got a $260 million check underneath his name.

[Crystal]

Oh, wow.

[Kid Fury]

He said, baby, I've left the industry. I don't care about none of that. I'm uncovering all the demons, and I'm putting you bitches on blast. It's. I.

[Crystal]

So this is really about Mark East?

[Kid Fury]

Yes, he's accusing Mark east, but this is the vp.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

But he's also accusing Tyler Perry of knowing it and doing nothing. Well.

[Crystal]

Yeah. God damn.

[Kid Fury]

There's a lot going on over there.

[Crystal]

I mean, I'm just not surprised, though. You don't get to that.

[Kid Fury]

I wish I could say it was.

[Crystal]

Level of doing shit without a bunch of people enabling you and supporting you. Oh, God, I'm sad. I think this is a picture of Mark East Swinton next to Tyler Perry.

[Kid Fury]

Girl, I said the same shit. Go ahead and say it out loud.

[Crystal]

Not this young lady.

[Kid Fury]

Bitch, I said the same thing. I was like, not this queen.

[Crystal]

Repressed queen.

[Kid Fury]

Looked just like her. I said, now she looked just like her.

[Crystal]

Oh, my God, y' all need therapy so fucking bad. What is wrong with y'? All? Oh, this is dirty. You know what? Pay everybody who has been done wrong. They fucking just give it to them. And I'm not. Just. Just cut the checks. This screenshot where, I don't know, somebody is speaking on behalf of Tyler Perez Studios or, you know, something to do with Tyler, Talking about this $650,000 offer to settle or dismiss or what the fuck. Like you. Oh, no. Oh, no. This person is saying that they were flown out under false pretenses, drugged. Oh, shit.

[Kid Fury]

It's bad. It's actually like, yeah, well, I mean.

[Crystal]

But I'm not surprised. Normally once one person can. Can just be that one to come forward and talk about what's going on, it does usually cause, like, a ripple effect.

[Kid Fury]

So.

[Crystal]

But I was like when he said.

[Kid Fury]

This here about the white man.

[Crystal]

Oh, well, that don't shock me either. Unfortunately, it didn't shock me either. Cause that's how they do.

[Kid Fury]

That is exactly how they do.

[Crystal]

That's so grimy. I mean, it doesn't take away from whatever bullshit he went through, you know? You know, this black man who is apparently also like, legitimately a veteran of the United States Armed Forces and deals with PTSD and all this other stuff. Like, he did something to help you out and you was just like, okay, good luck to you.

[Kid Fury]

Like, you didn't even say his name.

[Crystal]

Child. Mark Swinton, Jeannie Harrison, Tyler Perry and Tyler Perry Studios, and Michael Robbins all.

[Kid Fury]

I think Giovanni might be the name of his former manager. Well, it just like it really now sounds as if there. I mean, again, not surprising, but it's confirming that there are wheels in effect. Not just Tyler Berry, but like wheels in effect that are aiding and abetting this behavior. And why there usually is not. Because they are cranking out critically acclaimed art Apple TV over there. Just because they make coin, bitch. And my thing is like, girl, if all of this stuff comes crashing down, it's not just you people who've done horrible things that are gonna be affected by it. There's so many talented, hardworking, deserving black people underneath that umbrella who do not deserve to be affected by your inability to just be a decent human being.

[Crystal]

What a fucking wreck.

[Kid Fury]

Well, we'll see what happens. So saith the Lord.

[Crystal]

Yeah, exactly. Okay, we shall see. But unfortunately, I'm not surprised, people, you get to that level of Tyler Perry with all that money, all that influence and power, it's probably a handful of people, if not more supporting, aiding and abetting you along the way as you do. Fucked up shit. And they probably think they can get away with it too, just because of their proximity to Tyler. Yikes.

[Kid Fury]

God, thank you for just not. I'm just so glad I'm nowhere near that spirit. Like, the spirit. I don't have enough sex. Like, I. I'm nowhere near, like, what the spirit of trying to. Girl, I can't even make sense of it.

[Crystal]

I mean, these are people just trying to go to work.

[Kid Fury]

Just trying to work.

[Crystal]

Even in the situation with Meg, I'm like, okay, I'm not going to argue the legality of that because this is a cameraman, he's here to. To work. So fine.

[Kid Fury]

If you didn't hire him to shoot porn, then yeah, right, right.

[Crystal]

So it's like, I'm not. I get that. But this here seems to be a pattern of targeted assault, harassment, abuse, repeatedly. So we'll just see who else is brave enough to. To come forward to say something. I think a Lot of people won't. Simply because Tyler Perry Studios does employ so many niggas and so many of y' all would not be working if not for him.

[Kid Fury]

So I was just gonna say, can you imagine how many people are never gonna say anything or probably won't ever say anything?

[Crystal]

Yeah, I actually can.

[Kid Fury]

Because they wanna protect their job. They might wanna protect the job of family and friends, or they just have their own hangups, or they just don't wanna be perceived as a victim. They wanna have a normal life. They don't want that to be their story. And they're like abusers, rapists. They prey on this. They bet on this being a fact so they can continue to do it. Ugh.

[Crystal]

Well, disappointed. Not shocked.

[Kid Fury]

Disappointed. Not shocked. Also disappointed that Janet Jackson and Maxwell are apparently not really dating.

[Crystal]

Why did you think they were?

[Kid Fury]

Because Internet made me. No, I didn't. I saw, like. I did see the first, like, a little rumor thing because they were holding hands or something, I guess maybe at Essence.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah. In London.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah. I love it. And I was like, oh, that would be cute.

[Crystal]

That would be cute.

[Kid Fury]

Then someone from like, I guess, I think. I don't remember whose team, but they came. Someone came forward that represents them and said they've been friends for a long time and that's it.

[Crystal]

Then y' all need to calm down.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, but. Oh, my goodness. That would have been such a little thing.

[Crystal]

That would be cute. Yeah. They look so cute. I see why you saw this and was like, oh, my God. Yes, mom and dad.

[Kid Fury]

Right?

[Crystal]

I do. I see why you got excited.

[Kid Fury]

Who wouldn't, right? What else is.

[Crystal]

Um.

[Kid Fury]

Let me tell you something. Y' all gonna leave Ms. Tina alone before she have to actually beat somebody else.

[Crystal]

I don't even. What is it this time? Please leave Auntie alone. I'm so for real.

[Kid Fury]

Tory Lane's daddy said he's coming home sooner than later.

[Crystal]

Mm hmm. Well, does the federal government say the same?

[Kid Fury]

No.

[Crystal]

Okay, well, the daystar Coinstar can continue saying whatever he wants to.

[Kid Fury]

He was on Sunstar Superstar.

[Crystal]

I actually don't know which star he is.

[Kid Fury]

No, he's Sun Star. The dad is Sun Star. You think he'd be.

[Crystal]

And Toria's Daystar, not pop star. Okay.

[Kid Fury]

He was on Power 106 speaking to this lady Charisma and say that things were being done behind the scenes or something and that he would. His son would be coming home sooner than later. Because at first the girl hosting was literally crying and, you know, asking if there was, like, A date. And the father is saying, you know, he couldn't say a date yet, but he. He believes it will be sooner than later.

[Crystal]

The feds already set the date. What are we. What are we doing here? Is it up for negotiation?

[Kid Fury]

It's just like, why do we keep wasting one another? You were. Why were you like, okay, no, you can cry.

[Crystal]

I mean, that's his son.

[Kid Fury]

No, not him. Her. Oh, you weren't crying. She was.

[Crystal]

Okay, that's. No, she can't cry. Then. It's actually excusable. I won't allow that.

[Kid Fury]

She was like, you know, that's my guy. And we used to. We used to kick it on tour buses, and I just know his heart. So when I heard this, I was like, there's no way. She's all emotional, girl. God bless you. Because let me tell you something. You sound like that person on the local news when they pluck Charles Amansen out of the ground and find out that he's been killing and eating people. And.

[Crystal]

Yes, you do.

[Kid Fury]

And he's created a following of dozens of others who kill and eat people and said. And then you on the local news talking about some girl. He came to church every Sunday, and then we would go directly to ihop, and he was just so nice. And I just can't believe that this, like.

[Crystal]

He paid for my moons over Miami all the time. Every. I just can't believe it.

[Kid Fury]

Never. You just don't.

[Crystal]

That's what you sound like.

[Kid Fury]

That's how you sound.

[Crystal]

That's what you sound like.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, you don't need to.

[Crystal]

And it's okay for Tory Lanez. It just seems ridiculous to me that you would even want to expend your energy in that direction.

[Kid Fury]

Best friends.

[Crystal]

It's a lot of dumb bitches in this world. So again, the entire conversation around when he's getting out to me sounds ridiculous. When that nigga's in the federal penitent, we can speculate and have our little fun conversations all we want to, but it's up to them people. When he's getting out sooner than later, what does that mean? In the grand scheme of the history of time? Yeah, another nine years is sooner than later, but tomorrow, probably not.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

What are you talking about?

[Kid Fury]

And I mean, if. If we're going based off of, you know, how long it takes before I'd like to see his ass again.

[Crystal]

Anything sooner, because as soon as he gets out, I want him immediately deported to Canada. Get that Canadian trash right out of here. Canada. Come get your shit. We have enough problems in the United States. We have enough garbage. Please come get your shit. Come pick it up.

[Kid Fury]

I had to be the very first. They already collectively told us that they won't be doing that. They don't want him either. And so we had to find something else.

[Crystal]

That's too. Well, that's too goddamn bad, isn't it? He belongs to you. That's too fucking bad.

[Kid Fury]

That's right.

[Crystal]

I'm terrible. You see, that's what I sound like. Trying to argue with the Canadian government about what they gonna do. That's what you sound like talking about. Oh, Tory Lanez. I just know his spirit. I know his heart. Great guy. Sooner than later. No. Isn't happening.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, it sounded like he felt the exact same way when he was on the phone saying, oh, my God, I was so drunk. I would never do no shit like this. I can't even believe this.

[Crystal]

I don't know why y' all are acting like you didn't hear this, like you heard this conversation. Y' all heard it. Why are y' all acting like he's innocent? You hate to see a nigga actually held accountable for the shit he does. Y' all really. Y' all shake and throw up when. When you witness a man actually being held responsible for the shit he says and does.

[Kid Fury]

Did you see what miss Tina posted today?

[Crystal]

I did see that repost that I'm sure she's gonna blame on it being a repost, even though we know good and goddamn well you knew what you was doing. Oh, I love her. She did the same thing around Kanye, too. I think a few weeks ago, she did something similar with like, don't let your mental illness get your ass beat, basically. I did see it.

[Kid Fury]

I did crack.

[Crystal]

Cracked me right up.

[Kid Fury]

You like, look, you not getting me up off this app. So listen, we don't have to compromise, because what's not going to happen?

[Crystal]

I'm not getting off the app. Beyonce Solange. I'm not getting off Instagram. I really believe Instagram is her shit. Like, she is personally running her Instagram.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, 1000. And we thank her for it.

[Crystal]

She loves that shit. Yeah, So I did see that video. A very sweet moment between her and her daughter. But it was the caption. It was the caption from whoever. Some Beyonce Stan Instagram account that said, good morning. It feels good to wake up knowing my faves didn't lose their mind. Y' all have a great day. Remember to ignore the ignorance, as Ms. Tina Knowles would say. And she read that. She read it probably five or Six times. And then she said, they can't get mad at me for this. I just know she did. I just know she did. I'm hitting that repost button.

[Kid Fury]

Where.

[Crystal]

What? Repost app still works. Where is she getting that Was still reposting. I have not seen a repost Instagram app in years. Ms. Tina, the only one whose repost is still working, child.

[Kid Fury]

No.

[Crystal]

Yeah. You can't tell me she didn't. What?

[Kid Fury]

Foxy. Unfollowed Nikki.

[Crystal]

Do you know, first you said turned, I thought you meant passed. Then I said, no, he was so. Then I thought, oh, she turned, like, towards Trump. I thought she had posted something Trumpian.

[Kid Fury]

That's fair.

[Crystal]

Unfollowed Nicki. Leave me alone. She unfollowed Nicki Minaj, who is still following her.

[Kid Fury]

Famously very good friends like LeBron and Dre.

[Crystal]

Okay. I was about to say.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, the darlin posted. Posted Jay Z, her old friend.

[Crystal]

Oh, that's true. Oh, right. Well, I guess if you felt like it was coming down to it and you needed to pick a side, I could see why you would choose the side that doesn't seem to be unhinged written all over fucking Twitter about the other. I can see why you would. She'd be all right. I believe Nicholas has bigger problems. Yeah, I believe she has bigger issues at this point. I don't think it's coke, even though she always.

[Kid Fury]

I don't think it's coke either. I don't even know if I think it's drugs.

[Crystal]

Nope. I really. It cannot be. I can't be sure about it because she seems paranoid.

[Kid Fury]

Nikki, it'll be all right.

[Crystal]

Sure.

[Kid Fury]

Do I have anything else I want to talk about? Anything else I'm personally interested in? Oh, I play the switch on the big screen. Realize I haven't played my Switch and Doc in ages. And I think it's because I've personally thought a lot of the games look ugly in dark mode. But then also I think I really just like handheld, especially. Cause Nintendo, I think of Game Boy. I think of Nintendo has a lot of handheld. Anyway.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And when we were touring, I would take my Switch with me all the time. So I kind of just get used to having it in my hand. But I think also the ADD ADHD, whichever one, I'm like, here's 1,000 pound roomies. And then Tears of the Kingdom. And then also write it. Whatever. Yeah. But when you brought up playing it in Dr. I was like, oh, I should see how it looks on Indoctrination. So I put it on.

[Crystal]

Not that just occurred to you. Is it gorgeous in 5K, tears of.

[Kid Fury]

The Kingdom is like, oh, you never.

[Crystal]

Played Tears of the Kingdom on the tv. Oh, when it first opens up and you're falling in the sky, you have to have that experience. The giant screen is everything you get.

[Kid Fury]

It's so clean and crisp and clean. Yeah. It's like a brand new. It is just.

[Crystal]

It's gorgeous.

[Kid Fury]

It's like, oh, this is how the game is supposed to be played.

[Crystal]

They said you can play on it, you can hold it in your hand, but if you have a TV and a. And a fucking hd like Nintendo and.

[Kid Fury]

Crystal standing next to each other's like, yeah, that's how this is what we intended. Yeah, that's the. Like a secondary option.

[Crystal]

You have to doc is included for that very reason. Like you need to. You don't. They don't even charge you extra for it.

[Kid Fury]

I'm. But like, it looks so good and it runs really well. Playing Pokemon Violet on me, it's just. It's so crisp and clean and I love it so much. And I also now play Big Brain Academy. Have you played that?

[Crystal]

No, I never heard of that.

[Kid Fury]

It's like a brain teaser trivia game.

[Crystal]

Oh, this is for children.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. But then you'll be playing online and it'll be like, I played against someone. It has ages on it for each user.

[Crystal]

Oh, it does. Okay.

[Kid Fury]

Okay. When I was playing online, it was like 47. Japan, like 38.

[Crystal]

I'm losing. I'm actually gonna just go ahead and quit right now. I only want to play against other Americans. I'm pretty sure I'll lose.

[Kid Fury]

Like the final people from other countries. Oh, I wiped that bitch. That Japanese 47 year old crisped.

[Crystal]

Oh, okay.

[Kid Fury]

But the girlies, the young girlies are on Mario Kart and they're on Splatoon.

[Crystal]

Splatoon, really?

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

Wow.

[Kid Fury]

I downloaded Splatoon.

[Crystal]

That was just one I never got into.

[Kid Fury]

I don't really care for it.

[Crystal]

I did it to Splatoon. You don't like it?

[Kid Fury]

I don't really care for it. I downloaded it just to see how it would run on the switch and it's nice or whatever, but it's the same shit. But I went over. I like how when you go to each of the different players, they have little scribbles, I guess I never learned how to do that, by the way, but they have little scribbles that pop up in a thought bubble again over other player characters or avatars. When I was playing it the other day, I was walking by someone and their little avatar came up with a cake, and it said, today's my birthday. I'm 11. I was like, girl, I'm deleting.

[Crystal]

Oh, my God, you're 11. Half of your life has been the pandemic, right? Oh, my God. That's crazy.

[Kid Fury]

I see why you play a splatoon, right?

[Crystal]

You need to escape.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

Children.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I'm enjoying it a lot. I'm cranking in my Tears of the Kingdom hours, and now that I'm playing it with a controller and a big screen and an app for help, you get it now it's like, oh, a video game and a successful one. Yeah, the building is still hard, but I think I'm getting the hang of it.

[Crystal]

I was gonna say the building shit sounds like it would be harder on the handheld. And plus, once you. Once you. I don't know if you're at this part in the game, but you can configure builds and then save them so you can rebuild them. Okay. So it's like, it. It's challenging, but it don't have to be that hard.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I know it don't have to be. It doesn't.

[Crystal]

It still can. But I made it that way, okay?

[Kid Fury]

I made it that way. When I raged, quit. Then I came on to this platform and I cursed Nintendo and everyone so.

[Crystal]

Mad at that game. And it was like, they. It's just simply a challenge in a. In a game. I've. Video games will take you there, though, if you get to a part where it's like. I've gotten to a part where it's like, this part in the game is so hard. I'm convinced that it's a bug in my copy of the game. And I somehow got the one copy of this game of the millions that Nintendo has sold. I got the one that has a bug in this very one part of it. And that's why I can't beat it. It's like, video games will frustrate you. Yes. When I had to beat Thunder Gannon, I was like, you can't do it. It's impossible. And Nintendo sold me this game. As if you can beat Thunder Ganon and you can't.

[Kid Fury]

It's like.

[Crystal]

But then when you do it, you're like, oh, I simply didn't know what.

[Kid Fury]

I was doing, literally.

[Crystal]

And I wasn't good enough yet.

[Kid Fury]

I got to a point in that temple in Breath of the Wild where I was like, okay, is this fight a joke? Am I not supposed to Be here. Do I? Like, is the solution just jumping off of the fucking thing? Like, what? Because I am not supposed to be this. Like, it's impossible, right?

[Crystal]

It is impossible because that nigga fries you. He fries you.

[Kid Fury]

And then I looked it up, and you're doing it wrong. Yeah.

[Crystal]

That's when you have to go to YouTube and watch some white boy do it in 45 seconds with four hearts.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

And a wooden sword. And you're like, oh.

[Kid Fury]

I had to humble myself recently and get back into looking it up, diva. Like, who do you think that you are?

[Crystal]

I got to, because if I struggle, I'll try to figure it out myself. But if I get to the point of getting pissed off, it's time to pull up YouTube.

[Kid Fury]

Everything is right there.

[Crystal]

Cause this is supposed to be fun. It is supposed.

[Kid Fury]

I am, bitch. I'm like, girl, you used to get strategy guides as a kid. Like, before you could go buy the.

[Crystal]

Books in the video game store, they would sell, like, secrets to all the hottest games, bitch.

[Kid Fury]

You are not above looking for help or asking people for solutions. You don't know what you are doing. You are not having fun. Find the answer so you can be hard. And you're cursing out these people and they like screaming.

[Crystal]

It's just hard, girl. It's not impossible. It's just hard. And you haven't figured it out yet.

[Kid Fury]

That's all.

[Crystal]

If you'd like to go to YouTube.com, somebody can show you how to do it in two minutes or less.

[Kid Fury]

Imagine, if you'd like, imagine the nerve of us developers in this video game creating a challenge to not make it.

[Crystal]

So fucking simple that you could zoom through in a day. This isn't Animal Crossing and Bitch.

[Kid Fury]

The way that Tom Milk is set.

[Crystal]

Up, the way Tom Nook charged you to put a window in your house, a couch, a air conditioner, baby.

[Kid Fury]

You want to talk about a difficulty, Spike? Try getting central air on. Try getting a roof above your head.

[Crystal]

Tom Nook said you want another room on your house. That'll be $585,000. And, yes, I do do mortgages.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, I'm sorry. You wanted Windows as well. Veldi's 750,000. That man is a psycho.

[Crystal]

And that game is easy.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, it's a game.

[Crystal]

That game is easy. So it's almost like these games that they spend years developing and putting lots and lots of shit into. It's not going to be.

[Kid Fury]

That game's so easy. They put the difficulty in time. They were like, you gotta wait till Tomorrow. No, I'm so serious. Don't change that shit. We wait till tomorrow.

[Crystal]

Yep. Yeah. That's really it. Yeah. When I get to that point, it's time to just look it up, get some help. Because I didn't come here to be pissed off. I came here to get away from things that pissed me off. So let's have some fun.

[Kid Fury]

And I don't think I mentioned this, but I was watching, I think, like, a feature video on IGN a couple. Maybe, like a month or so, not long ago, but they were talking about Tears of the Kingdom for some reason. And they. There was a part in the video where he says, I'm not gonna spoil anything, but if you haven't finished Tears of the Kingdom, I strongly urge you to. Because the ending is sponsored and, like, basically ejaculated, like, on this voice. So, like, this person was like, girl, I. And no one. I haven't heard anybody talk about the ending, imply anything about the ending or anything like that for Tears of the Kingdom at all. Yeah. So I really didn't know there was, like, a what to anticipate. I liked the ending of Breath of the Wild. I thought it was cool. I really liked it. But the way that this person, he was like, I'm not gonna say anything, but if you haven't finished it, bitch, call the lady, get help, do whatever it takes. Finish the game. The ending is t. So I was like, ugh, fine. So I'm glad I like it now. Cause I wanna finish it. Cause he really hyped it up.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Fierce.

[Crystal]

It's very challenging.

[Kid Fury]

I'm fine with that.

[Crystal]

I'll tell you that it is. There are lots of rounds of battles, and you.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, I love that.

[Crystal]

You really gotta come. You gotta be.

[Kid Fury]

That's a good final fight.

[Crystal]

It is a real fight. But I beat. Now I'm trying to say it. There's sort of two endings. And I did one of them, the harder one before I did the easier one, not realizing that I had done that. And so then when it came time to do the easier one, Gannon was like, hmm, it seems you've already beat me, but no worries. I'mma whoop your ass again anyway. And I was like. Actually, that was when I realized that I had already done the hard part. And without even knowing that I had done it. But it did beat my ass. Like, a lot. Like a lot. It was extremely challenging. So, yeah, just wait till you get there. Because the creepy hand shit that.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. I still don't know what those.

[Crystal]

Out of nowhere and Strangles the light body. They're much easier to kill than they look. But they're so fucking scary with the way they look and that noise they.

[Kid Fury]

Make and the sounds they make.

[Crystal]

Yes, it's so creepy. It's like, no, you have to. Those things legit give me the heebie jeebies.

[Kid Fury]

Cause when I first played the game, I went to go get the sword out of the dungeon under the castle first. And so I saw, I saw those things and I was like, what the fuck? And the sound. And I was so scared. I didn't even wanna find out what they did. I just tried to make sure they didn't touch me. And then when they did, I feel like I screamed. Like I don't. And I still don't know what they are or how to kill them. And I remember back then I read something that talked about or referenced them that was also like, I can't say what they are without spoiling stuff. But they also kind of implied when you figure out more about them, they're easier to kill or something, whatever. But I gotta finish it. So I know the story because I love Zelda lore. And now I'm excited. Especially because when I restarted it and I saw how that how it begins again, Ganon fully like wakes up and is like, oh, you bitch is fucked up. You fucked all the way up. I can't wait for that final fight. Now I have to finish it.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Yeah, you do. You have to finish it.

[Kid Fury]

I'm gonna try to finish it.

[Crystal]

It's quite challenging, but I had a great time. Once I finally got it, it was. You can't tell me nothing. Once you actually get something that was like you legit had to work hard, even if it's just a video game accomplishment. Yeah, it's extremely satisfying. So yeah, good luck.

[Kid Fury]

Well, I'll update you guys on my tears of the kingdom journey. We're back at it. That's it for hot tops. Hey. Also listen, I'm approaching 4o and my body has told me before my mind that I got to get it together in pretty much every health department because I'm not a spring chicken anymore. Hydration is an essential department in that realm. Vitamin water. Zero sugar is the ultimate lifestyle water for people who want both fun and functionality. There's a variety of fun flavors that offer all the tastes without the trade off vitamin. Zero sugar flavors like rehydrate pineapple passion fruit squeezed lemonade, which is my favorite. And triple X acai blueberry pomegranate. If you're nasty they're all packed with essential vitamins to help you throughout your day. Personally, I'm a water girl anyway. I just drink water water all the time, but every now and then with like a meal or just, you know, workout or something, a little bit of flavor in it. This is a night option. Grab a vitamin water today. Copyright 2025 Glasso Vitamin Water is a registered trademark of Glasso. Hey guys, the summer time is here. Thankfully, pride is almost over, so I will be going outside again. Can't wait for the beach. Can't wait to get, you know, the sun and light and vitamin D all up and through my melanin. And I'd rather be outside than inside cooking food for myself because the time and the energy it takes. My word, child, cut it.

[Crystal]

I'm not doing it. I'm not cutting that oven on. I'm not doing it.

[Kid Fury]

I won't.

[Crystal]

No.

[Kid Fury]

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[Crystal]

It is. Send your questions to asktheread gmail.com we may read them aloud on the show. Hmm, there's, there's some husband issues here. There's one per. Well, you know what? Let's, let's start here. This letter comes from someone who calls themselves Luke. And Luke says dear Crystal and Kiff. I'm trying to figure out if I'm tripping, but here's my situation. I'm a gay man in my early 30s and I recently got out of a really toxic relationship with an ex who is both a narcissistic and an alcoholic. That relationship took three years of my life, but I grew a lot and was finally able to break up with him and separate myself, despite how toxic it was. He met my family several times and was always able to put on a good face for them, so their perspective on the situation is very different from mine. After we broke up in January, my mother reached out to my ex and took him to brunch. I wouldn't even have known about it if he wasn't the one who told me. I confronted her about it and said that I'd really prefer that she not stay in contact with him because I'm trying to distance myself and heal, and her doing that makes everything more complicated. She said she heard me and while she didn't think it was a big deal, she would try to avoid it. That was strike one. More recently, she reached out to him again, this time because my little brother was looking for his first job. My ex works in the restaurant industry and was hiring for a host position, and my mother admitted that she contacted him and said she was just asking around at different places to see who was hiring again. I told her the situation was unnecessarily messy and said I'd prefer my brother not work for my ex. But she brushed it off, saying that I wouldn't be involved so it wouldn't matter. Flash forward another three weeks and she told me that my brother got the job. Imagine my surprise when she told me that he is indeed going to be working with my ex. I told her that really hurt my feelings and she didn't understand why, and I didn't understand why she couldn't respect my boundaries. But that just led to her playing the victim and saying she didn't understand why I was so upset. Now we haven't talked in weeks and I'm sitting here wondering if I'm being unreasonable because her feelings are so hurt. I've talked to some friends about it and some of them think that I can't be mad because my mom can have her own relationship with my ex even if I prefer otherwise. Other people agree with me and think that this is a massive violation of boundaries. Am I being unreasonable or is this situation truly as crazy as I think it is? Thanks, Luke.

[Kid Fury]

Thank you, Luke. I love this because I'm on the fence.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Cause, like, on. All right. I don't think I would be upset about this specific thing about my brother working with him. Right. Because, I mean, baby girl, getting a job, needing a job, having a job, real life things.

[Crystal]

Well, the little brother's in high school, mind you, so not like a little adult. He's a teenager. But yes.

[Kid Fury]

All right. So this is not something that especially. Yeah. Also, as long as he's not calling me, like, oh, your brother, then it really ain't got nothing to do with me. And then, you know, cookie crumbling.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And if you know, however, that is me, Kafiri. That's confirmed. You are saying and have said. No, no, don't like, please. Boundary respect. And I have feelings, Mommy.

[Crystal]

Mm.

[Kid Fury]

And that wasn't respected. Although I understand your mother's intention because, like, trying to get her kid a job or whatever. But I don't see why, if you're saying, like, you were calling around, it implies you had an option. Why not leave him out? Out of the. You know what I mean?

[Crystal]

It does sound that way. It does. Yep. Yep. Calling around does. It does have that implication.

[Kid Fury]

So why not just leave him out of being one of them entirely? There's a little time. There's some little cracks and crevices here that I feel like, make it a little tricky. But ultimately, I think that you're not tripping. You have every right to feel some type of way about this. Even though you know you aren't working with them, you don't need to be involved. Whatever. Whatever. It was a boundary that was crossed. It was a sensitivity of yours. And I understand if you feel like your mom is playing a victim even by going, well, I don't understand why. What do you mean? Because I told you how I felt about this before this. Even before this whole job thing. Yeah.

[Crystal]

So.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I. That's it. I really wouldn't be offended. I even think it's something that you can live with. But, like, the situation of your brother working where he's working. But as far as your feelings being respected or disrespected, that is something that's different. And I feel like I would, at the very least, put a pin in it because, like, okay, you cross my boundaries. You don't give a fuck that you cross my boundaries. You're making excuses about it. What else can I expect?

[Crystal]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

I don't know.

[Crystal]

Hmm. Well, I. I agree that this one is. Is complicated. And that's part of the reason why I'm attracted to it, because I Don't think there's one simple answer here. And I agree that, like, the, the thing about the job, my first thought is, oh, child, anybody, anybody need a job, get a job. Like, call whoever you know hiring and get this nigga a job. On the other hand, if he is a high school kid looking for his very first job, he can work any fucking where. That's entry level. That hires high school kids.

[Kid Fury]

That's true.

[Crystal]

Like, there's, there's just so many options. It didn't have to be host at the Chili's where your ex boyfriend is the assistant manager. Like, it didn't have to be that. At the same time, you, you're saying it's a boundary violation. And the thing about that is it's kind of a strange boundary to try to enact with somebody because you're saying, like, mother, I would prefer that you not talk to this other person even though your conversations with him don't have anything to do with me. So it's already like you're trying to control. Right, Right. Cause it's like you, again, you would not have even known that they had gone out together if your ex wasn't the one who told you. But I do also understand not wanting your family to still keep in touch with your ex. I get that. But you said that. But what makes it a boundary is what you're going to do about it. If she does it anyway. Without. It has to be like, if you continue to disregard what I am looking for from my mother emotionally, then I'm gonna have to do, blah, blah, blah.

[Kid Fury]

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

[Crystal]

So, So I, I'm with you again. Complicated. I'm with you on the feelings, though. Yeah, I just, I, I, I'm, I'm curious as to what it is you really want to do about this. Like, your feelings are hurt and now what, you want to cut your mama off? You want to. I mean, I'm not, and I'm not even saying that that's necessarily a bad or wrong thing to do, but you can't. That is a grown woman with her own autonomy. She can make her own decisions. If she chooses to stay in contact with your ex even though she knows it hurts you, then I think you really have to have a very serious and painful conversation with yourself about your mother and her true character. Cause something about that is really fucked up. Like, why are you. I told you that it hurts me. Why are you insisting on reaching out to my ex anyway?

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I agree again.

[Crystal]

Yeah, he's a, he was hiring For a host at a restaurant. But there are lots of restaurants. There are lots of entry level jobs for high schoolers. It. Yeah, I think. Yeah, I think it's time to ask yourself what kind of relationship you really want to have with your mother. Because I don't understand how as a mother, your grown son can say something like this to you, and you just like, well, I like Marcus. Fuck that. Like, bitch, I'm your son. Do you like me? I feel like you should like me more. Maybe even like, I don't. It's kind of fucked up that you even have to campaign your feelings to your mom. Like, it's kind of fucked up you even have to justify that to her. But, yeah, I think the idea that you can't be mad, I think is ridiculous because you can feel whatever you feel. It's what you do with those feelings that might actually become a problem, but you can feel whatever it is you feel. Do I think it's a massive boundary violation? Not really. Because again, I don't think this was a clearly constructed boundary. True boundary. This is just more of, I prefer that you not hang out with my ex, be in touch with my ex. And she said, well, fuck that and fuck you. So it's like, okay, so now what? What are you.

[Kid Fury]

It wasn't even massive either. Like, she didn't, like, send your, you know, I don't know, blood work.

[Crystal]

Yeah, I mean, she did. It's not like you came over for Sunday dinner and he was there or something. Yeah, but so. But I don't want to discount it either, because I really am on your side. It's just, I want you to follow through with the part of this that is the boundary which is the consequence for them doing the thing anyway.

[Kid Fury]

I agree.

[Crystal]

How are you going to hold your mother accountable? Or are you just gonna be mad, have an attitude for a little while, and keep coming around like, did nothing happen?

[Kid Fury]

I agree.

[Crystal]

What are you going to do about it? I do think this situation is absurd. I can't understand how, as a mother, you would be so aligned with your child's ex that you would go around your baby's back when they've been clear about how much that hurts. I don't know what's wrong with your mama, but I also don't know what you want to do about it.

[Kid Fury]

I don't know what's wrong with her. Like, I agree. I just got it. I don't.

[Crystal]

I don't get that. I really don't. How can you?

[Kid Fury]

Like, if you sent this little Nigga to the mall.

[Crystal]

And I just told you, like, I was. I was with this nigga for three years. Dealt with rampant narcissism and alcoholism. I'm assuming you really went through some shit in this relationship for your mama to be like, I don't give a fuck about none of that shit. Yeah, at this point, I would be. It wouldn't even be an issue of communicating how I feel no more. Cause I already made it clear. And you made it clear with your actions as well, so.

[Kid Fury]

And it's not even like you made that clear. And she was like, disagree. And then just did it anyway. She was like, oh, bet. And then continue to do the thing.

[Crystal]

Yep.

[Kid Fury]

So.

[Crystal]

And. And saying, like, it shouldn't be that big of a deal. I don't know why you worried about it. It's not like he gonna be around. And all this, like, it's all very invalidating coming from your mother, of all people. She can be technically right. And still, it's like, you're not my fucking teacher. You're not my principal. You're not my therapist. You're supposed to be my mother. I don't. Why are you so obsessed with my ex that being around him matters that much to you? You took that nigga to brunch. Why?

[Kid Fury]

He probably compliments her. Or you would compliment her all the time.

[Crystal]

Ooh. Ms. Narcissists are very charming. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Ooh. You get younger and younger.

[Crystal]

Yeah. And I mean. And you did mention that he met your family several times. He always had a good face for them. That's very typical of narcissists. And so their perception of him is different. However, you telling them what you actually experience should be enough to override their perception, considering you are their son. Like, I just. I. Unfortunately, I think your mother is. Your mother's a hot mess is actually what it sounded like to me emotionally, anyway. It sounds like she is about, you know, emotionally, maybe 13 or 14 years old. Cause this is very childish.

[Kid Fury]

It really sounds like that.

[Crystal]

And this is your kid. Like, she's being so weird, Luke. I'm sorry. But, yeah, I would be talking to my therapist about, like, how do I need to move in a way that doesn't hurt me, but still acknowledges that, like, as angry as I am, this is my mama. I'm not trying to cuss her out and be like, fuck that bitch forever or nothing like that, but, like, how can I show up in a way that is respectful to my feelings and still honors, you know, that part of things? So. And that's Hard parents can be so difficult to figure shit out with parents because so many of us have this kind of complicated relationship where it's like, I love you and you are gonna continue to crush me in a way nobody else can if I don't stop.

[Kid Fury]

You and I. It's a relationship. It's your oldest one, right? It's a relationship you've been a part of your whole life.

[Crystal]

Your whole life.

[Kid Fury]

And a lot of the foundations. Many. Most of the foundations of you are rooted in experiences that you've had in this relationship from before you can even remember sometimes.

[Crystal]

Right? Right.

[Kid Fury]

It's fucked. It can be, yeah.

[Crystal]

Because, I mean, I'm sorry, Luke. I really am.

[Kid Fury]

Because I think this will be fine, Luke. But she's right. And that, like, I think that you were incredibly t and correct when you. In just, like. When you think of, like, the definition of a boundary, you have to create a consequence that is like, oh, well, yeah, no, you can't come in here because we don't do that. If you don't, then it isn't really a boundary and people can just come and go as they will, how they will.

[Crystal]

Yeah. No, that's just a preference. It's a recommendation without consequences. It's just a suggestion, right? It's a. Oh, this is what I like. And it's like, okay, well, you like blueberries, I like pineapples. I'm gonna have my pineapples and fuck off. You know, it kind of feels like that sort of situation, which is really sad because, again, this is your fucking mother. Sorry, babes, but best of luck. Trying to work through that. Let us know how it goes. Or, you know, maybe just she. One day she wakes up and she says, you know what? Why was I choosing my toxic ex? Like, anyway.

[Kid Fury]

Finishes an episode of the J. Hud show and was like, you know what? She's right.

[Crystal]

I think I was wrong. Oh, good luck, babes. Our next letter comes from parallel universe queen. Dear Chris Lynkip, I need help figuring out whether to tell my friend something or leave it alone. I don't have a ton of clo. I don't have a ton of close friends ever since moving to a new city a few years ago. But one of my closest friends in the city I live in has a boyfriend, and he has been sending me the wildest text messages. Of course, he has long, dramatic paragraphs talking about how beautiful I am, how he'd ask me out if we were in another dimension, how I'm a queen from a man's perspective. All while saying that he loves his girlfriend, AKA my friend.

[Kid Fury]

Call the police.

[Crystal]

It's giving Prince.

[Kid Fury]

Call you said.

[Crystal]

I've heard enough.

[Kid Fury]

Special Victims Unit. Call the bau. Do your bitch.

[Crystal]

Oh, my God.

[Kid Fury]

Call your Pope bitch. Okay.

[Crystal]

He's also sent me details about the smut book he's writing, and in the same breath, asked if I had any ideas for how he should propose to my friend. The mental gymnastics are wild. And just to give y' all an idea of how far he takes it, one of the last messages said, if you got shot dead in the street and I never told you how I felt, that would make me sad. Like, sir, be serious. She knows he texts me, but claims that she doesn't know what we talk about. And if she ever found out he was sending me stuff like this, I know she would crash out. She's already a little possessive, and her mental health hasn't been great lately, so I'm scared saying something will make things worse. At the same time, it's starting to feel shady for me to stay quiet. I haven't entertained anything on my end, but I don't like being in the middle of this. Should I tell her or. Just stay out of it. Thanks so much. Love you guys. Parallel universe Queen. This nigga's a deep weirdo. I'm gonna have to agree with calling the authorities asap. What?

[Kid Fury]

So you don't like being in another dimension?

[Crystal]

Yeah, in another dimension.

[Kid Fury]

But you don't know if you should say something. Sweetie, the longer you take to say something, the longer you are going to exist in the middle of it. You understand that, right? This person isn't just sending you messages that are inappropriate. He is. And I am very serious. He is sending you messages that I find alarming. It isn't just, oh, you're beautiful and sexy. In an unparalleled universe, I'd ask you out. That gives me, like, you work a regular 9 to 5. You do slam poetry on the weekends. You probably, like, paint in Battery park and give it away or some shit. But, like, that's fine. You're still. That's still grounds for me to go to my friend and be like, um, so.

[Crystal]

It'S getting bizarre over here, girl.

[Kid Fury]

Your man is calling me beautiful and talking about the mcu. So I don't know what you want.

[Crystal]

To do because what does that mean? You would ask me on another dimension? What the fuck are you talking about?

[Kid Fury]

Okay, in the. Then. Then if I got shot dead and died.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. And you. Okay.

[Kid Fury]

Netflix is yous has come to a close. I believe the series is finished, and there's no need for a reboot. Not this damn song. So what's going to happen? Like, bitch, not only would I show my friend this, I would charge my iPad and show it to her on that.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Ooh, yes. And tell her, sis, I know you. Things have been hard for you lately. I tried to just kind of let this rock. Like, you know, your man's a little weird. He writes fan fiction and shit, so, you know, I'd let people be neurodivergent, but it's crossing a line and I'm uncomfortable. And so I want you to know, like, the type of stuff he's been saying to me. I was trying to be considerate, but at this point, it feels like it's something I need to share with you.

[Kid Fury]

At first, when you told me that he makes his own socks, I was just like, okay, he's quirky.

[Crystal]

A lot of niggas darn.

[Kid Fury]

But, girl, baby, it's time to have a conversation.

[Crystal]

It's strange. He would ask me, I'm a queen from a man's.

[Kid Fury]

What the fuck does that mean?

[Crystal]

And sprinkling in. Oh, I love my girlfriend. Oh, you're so sexy. I would love to see your pussy glisten in the moonlight. But how also, do you think I should propose to Ashley? You think adding these little random shits in between takes away from the creepiness of your messages?

[Kid Fury]

It's not, bitch, what I tell you? I'd be like, ashley, I' ma hold your hand when we go through this like you did.

[Crystal]

Oh, girl, you held her finger.

[Kid Fury]

She said she cried every time she watched Babs. I was.

[Crystal]

I couldn't take that. And I'm so glad y' all followed up with that, because I said, how? Where? What scene? What scene?

[Kid Fury]

It was so phony.

[Crystal]

That whole video. I was Amber. That whole video. That whole video.

[Kid Fury]

You really were. Amber was just like I was.

[Crystal]

She was not away from me with.

[Kid Fury]

This with Alphnet bullshit in that room. Like, were you talking about Rent?

[Crystal]

She wasn't.

[Kid Fury]

She was like, y' all are not about to sit up here and act.

[Crystal]

Like y' all pissed her off. Y' all pissed her off.

[Kid Fury]

I had to be like, no, the music was tea. I just don't want.

[Crystal]

I just don't like it. You say that about a lot of shit. You said that about Wicked and y' all brought. Yes, Y' all talked about. Anyway. Anyway, y' all need to go watch that video, if you haven't already. But.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, God, that shit was fun. But yes, like, I would honestly be holding her hands and just be like, girl, the FBI is already on the way, so, like, we don't even have to. But I just want to let you know that I'm here for you and.

[Crystal]

We'Re going to get through this because that nigga's weird. If you. Why would you say. If you got shot in the street? And why wouldn't you say why? Why. Why wouldn't you just say if something happened, I would regret not expressing how I really felt? Like, why wouldn't you say it that way? Why would you say if. If Donald Trump walked up to you on Fifth Avenue and blew your brains out, I would just be devastated that I never told you how perky your titties are. Like, what? Why would you say it in the creepy.

[Kid Fury]

You're already a sci fi nerd. Why couldn't you have just been? Like, if you blipped to another earth far, far away.

[Crystal]

If the quantum star Felix exploded in.

[Kid Fury]

The supernova Thanos snapped the mind stone.

[Crystal]

From your make it nerdy. Yes.

[Kid Fury]

If you were brutally stabbed to death in the back of an Arby bitch.

[Crystal]

If that sounds like God in the woods, that would be inconsolable.

[Kid Fury]

Mum.

[Crystal]

Danny, you know what?

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

Actually come down. The FBI CSI come down at this point. Somebody need to go check your backyard. Get her excavating some shit.

[Kid Fury]

Come get her.

[Crystal]

You're weird. You're weird. I hope that answer let her crash out. Yes, let her crash out. You don't want her to crash out. You don't want her to be sad. It's worse that her man is going around acting like this with her friends.

[Kid Fury]

I would be worried for her safety. My safety. The safety of smart animals.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. For real. No, I'm so serious.

[Kid Fury]

I'm actually deadass. This person's odd.

[Crystal]

Why would you send me excerpts of the smut book you're writing? I'm the friend of your fiance or girlfriend. You thought it was appropriate to share sexual content that you wrote with me. In what dimension? Not this one. In the same dimension where you would. Where it would be appropriate for you to ask me out.

[Kid Fury]

You know, it would be really, really sad to me if you, you know, ended up decapitated somewhere. Anyway, here's some nudes. I drew some porn.

[Crystal]

A little hint of the afternoon.

[Kid Fury]

I want her gone. Get her out of here.

[Crystal]

Sorry. He's so weird. He's weird.

[Kid Fury]

Girly Pop, you need to tell this your friend this asap. I understand you. You having Concern for her mental state and her reaction to things. And I honestly believe. I have faith that y' all can work through that is for her. But even if this wasn't super, like, creepy, it's still inappropriate. And she knows. She has the right to know. And you also hit something on the head when you said, it's getting to a point where it feels shady because it is because you're keeping something from your close friend. So get it out there, get through the hard part, and then have an investigation started because.

[Crystal]

That nigga is weird, girl. Yeah, it is hard to. It's hard now because your conscience is whipping your ass because you know if it was you, you would want your friend. This is wrong. This is wrong. And you're not participating in the wrong, but you're allowing the wrong to happen without saying something to your friend. So you are complicit in that way. That's why the guilt is. Is beating your ass. So you might be legitimately afraid or wary of how she'll react, but you should still say something, if only so you could sleep at night knowing that you have washed your hands of that weird nigga and you've gotten her to a safe house. And she can, you know, she can process bitch.

[Kid Fury]

And I'm still going to bed with a combat knife on my dresser for at least three minutes.

[Crystal]

I'm still sorry. It's something about this nigga that really gives me the creeps. Like, I don't get it anyway.

[Kid Fury]

Queen and a myth. A queen from a mid girl.

[Crystal]

Why are you even talking to me like this? Why are you even speaking to me in this way?

[Kid Fury]

Jesus, I don't know. What is it? Like, men just to stop. Like, just stop. Take a day off.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah. No, they're not gonna do that.

[Kid Fury]

Make a sandwich or take it off.

[Crystal]

One liquor sandwich could be so good. Oh, God.

[Kid Fury]

Like, what do y' all be baking?

[Crystal]

Yeah. Good luck, parallel universe Queen. Let us know how the breakup goes. That's gonna wrap up the letters this week. If you have a question for us, send it on over to Ask the [e-mail]. we'll be right back. Hey, y'. All. This episode of the Read is brought to you by Squarespace. We love Squarespace over here at the Read. They are the number one all in one perfect platform to get your website off and running. Okay? They give you everything you need to offer services and get paid all in one place. From consultations to events and experiences. Showcase your offerings with a customizable website designed to attract clients and grow your business. With Blueprint AI, Squarespace's AI Enhanced Website Builder, you can quickly create a personalized site that aligns with your brand and goals. Plus, Squarespace also streamlines your workflow with built in tools for appointment scheduling, email marketing, invoicing and seamless online payments to keep your business running smoothly and ensure you're paid on time. I do love Squarespace. We have been using Squarespace over here at the Read and for our own personal websites and different ventures for years and years now. Maybe almost 10 years because it is so easy to do. It's easy to sign up, easy to get a design together, and easy to start making money and showing off what you offer through Squarespace and their incredible website design capabilities. So if you're ready to launch your site, head to squarespace.com the read to start your free trial. And when you're ready to launch, use offer code the read to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Again, that's squarespace.com the re a D let them know Keith here and Crystal sent you. Hey guys over at Metro, they've got your back. They've lowered their prices and they're giving you a five year price guarantee on talk, text and data. Now listen, I know like y' all know like my mama, cousins and everybody else knows that the prices lately they have been through the roof. I thought we were all worried about grocery prices a few months ago. Girl, everything has gotten worse as far as I'm concerned. At the gas pump, grocery store, the rent's going up, the the bus tickets, clothes, everything is going up. It would be nice if prices went down for a change. Metro said I got you. That ain't no problem. One line 20% lower. Family plans also lowered and you get a free 5G phone all with no ID required and no activation fees. So stop by your neighborhood Metro store, Visit metro by t-mobile.com or call to find out about their amazing offers. That's right. Bring your number not available if currently at T Mobile or with Metro in the past 180 days. Guarantee covers monthly price of on network Talk, text and 5G data for customers activating on an eligible plan exclusion supply details at metro by t-mobile.com.

[Kid Fury]

All right, we are back. It is time for the Read. I have a couple of things so I'll try to make them quick concise. I want to talk about the ACT fka the Big Beautiful bill or whatever the fuck they call it.

[Crystal]

Yes, no, let's discuss please because this is insane.

[Kid Fury]

I actually don't even have much to say. You can expand upon this. It was just one simple point. You guys haven't gotten any information about this? I don't know what the big beautiful bill is. Congratulations, you made it. Until now. Look it up. It's a joke. And come on back. You're back. Okay, great. So I want to direct this to every one of you bespeckled Caucasians with a red hat on. I want to talk to the mega hats.

[Crystal]

Do it.

[Kid Fury]

I just want. I want to provide a suggestion. No. A demand. When you bitches die in the coming months.

[Crystal]

Oh, work.

[Kid Fury]

Because you will. You know, when you guys. When your Medicaid, when your health insurance is stripped from you.

[Crystal]

Oh, my God, please.

[Kid Fury]

You're gonna die because you exist on a diet of fat back Spam waffles.

[Crystal]

That'll do it.

[Kid Fury]

Deep fried Oreos, Skittles, gummies, Goldfish crackers and bacon. You don't exercise, you don't diet. You don't do a fuck thing except complain.

[Crystal]

That's true.

[Kid Fury]

You need. You need health care.

[Crystal]

And I would think y' all knew that. I really would. I.

[Kid Fury]

So my demand is that when you die, they need to bury you with that hat on your head. I want open caskets and I want that hat on your head. I want them to put you directly in the ground with them stupid. With them dumbass fucking hats on your head. Those big, oversized, stupid red hats. Bury them. You need to be buried with the hat on. When you lose your Medicaid, okay. And your eyes all turn sunny to light colored and you pass away, make sure that it is in that hat. Amen. Thank you so much for listening. Did you have any other hat? That was really my only big, beautiful point.

[Crystal]

I mean, the. The entire bill was so insane from the beginning. It blows my mind that any of you who aren't worth literally hundreds of millions of dollars, billions of dollars wherever in favor of it. We talking about taking healthcare away from the people who need it the most. We're talking about taking food stamps away from families. Like, this is children. We're talking about kids not being able to go to the doctor and eat regularly. We talking about.

[Kid Fury]

You know, they don't care about that.

[Crystal]

No, no, no. I mean, and. And it's your kid. Like, it's your. I've seen so many posts from people who are like, well, in, we got SoonerCare. In Indiana, we got Hoosier Aid, and in Washington, we got Apple, Runaway Bitch. All of that is just with Medicaid in your state. And while we're cutting all of these costs so that we can fund, we can give 46 and a half billion dollars to construct a border wall, another 45 billion to expand detention capacity for immigrants in custody. Mind you, a lot of these people have their papers. They have. They are legal residents, and they are simply being rounded up because ICE said so.

[Kid Fury]

Jon Stewart was like, this is broke. Ice. I needed money.

[Crystal]

ICE will never be called broke again. ICE will never be called broke again. Not ever again. We're talking about a bill that will add $3.4 trillion in deficits over the next 10 years. That's what we're talking about. 10 years. That's. That's. That's. That's. That's nothing that we're.

[Kid Fury]

Mr. Christmas Point. You and your redhead babies.

[Crystal]

It's up. People losing their health care. It's that. Million people losing their health care. It's that.

[Kid Fury]

And this guy didn't make any of this a secret. None of his constituents, like, they. None of this was ever just, like, all laid out. Gotcha. They told you?

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And you're like, oh, fuck Mexicans.

[Crystal]

Cool. That's really all y' all heard? And y' all were like, I'm on board. We really didn't take shit else. I.

[Kid Fury]

Good luck, sis.

[Crystal]

I. I can't understand why y' all thought this was a good idea. And honestly, it tied in for me, because what I wanted to talk about with this was Alligator Alcatraz. Have you heard about this in Florida?

[Kid Fury]

I just heard it is very basic. I don't know much about it.

[Crystal]

So part of this $46 billion that they are spending that they are allocating for these detention facilities and all this, part of that is Alligator Alcatraz is part of this. It is a detention facility that they just kind of cobbled together out of, like, an abandoned airport or something 50 miles away from Miami. So it's in the middle of the Florida Everglades, surrounded by fucking gators and pythons and. Yeah, yeah, right. It's literally swampland. And the people there have been describing the conditions. It is inhumane.

[Kid Fury]

It has to be. It's the Everglades. I don't know why people go out there for fun.

[Crystal]

And it's a Trump administrator, right? And it's not. This isn't a luxury experience in the Everglades. This is some fucking shack that they hurried up and put together, and they've given these people food with maggots in it and no clean water. They have the lights on 24. 7. So you can't rest. They are taking away personal effects. They're taking away Bibles and other religious books.

[Kid Fury]

Love it. That makes sense.

[Crystal]

Again, a lot of these people are. Even if they weren't documented, like, this is inhumane. Even if they are undocumented, a lot of these people have every legal right to be here. And the administration simply don't care. They said, round up everybody who talk funny and is brown and get they ass out of here.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, the man boasted just a second ago, talking about how it's people who were born here who he feel like should leave, too, and maybe he'll do that next. So they should have, actually.

[Crystal]

And you can start in the White House. You can start with Donald J. Trump and J.D. vance. You can start right there. And Trump can take his anchor babies with him. Yes. The kids you had with that Russian who wasn't a U.S. citizen. You can take your anchor babies, and all of y' all can go the fuck somewhere else. If we talking about getting rid of Americans, let's just start right there. This one facility, this alligator Alcatraz, is estimated to cost $450 million to run for just one year. And I'm really confused. I honestly feel like most of that money has to go to the staff because it doesn't sound like y' all are spending money on making sure people have not even fresh food, just food that isn't contaminated, just food that is actually safe to eat. Doesn't sound like you're spending any of that money on making sure people have the things they need in order to stay alive and not lose their fucking minds.

[Kid Fury]

The animals eat better on Tiger King.

[Crystal]

This is beyond inhumane. It is. We are still in the first year of this man's presidency.

[Kid Fury]

I'm just here. You're like, I don't. Yeah, I wake up, try to walk upright. I pay my taxes. I just.

[Crystal]

I just don't know what else to say. Because so many of you are still just being like, well, oh, well. I mean, if you want to do it, if you don't want to get in trouble, then make sure you do things the right way. There are plenty of people doing things the quote, unquote, right way and still getting rounded up and thrown into one of these facilities to be dealt with later, if at all.

[Kid Fury]

And how can you say that when what we're saying is that the system itself is fundamentally broken and corrupt? Doing things the right way doesn't work. When.

[Crystal]

And this is. This is the Florida Everglades. What if there's some Sort of weather emergency. There will be female or any more fucking. There will be meteorologists. Like we just had in Texas. 95 people dead, including a bunch of kids at a fucking camp. Nah, this broke my heart, man. The pictures of these little girls who drowned at camp. The two sisters who were found holding each other. Oh my God. This grown ass man. Like a 65 year old black man who had been delivering medication to people and got swept away in the floodwaters. Like. Like this is a direct result of what happens when you ignore climate change. You decimate fema. You fire meteorologists and act like all we have to do if we want to know the weather is check the weather app. As if the weather app isn't updated and supplied with information by meteorologists and other niggas who. It doesn't come from the app. Do you guys know that? Like it. This is a science. I'm tired of y' all acting.

[Kid Fury]

The app tells you that. It tells you where. It's like, y' all are so fucking stupid. Okay, I'm sorry. I was getting mad. I've been pretty. I don't wanna. Blood pressure. I'm gonna.

[Crystal]

When you. Because all you have to do is zoom out a little bit and see how all of it is connected together to be like, okay, so the whole fucking system has to die then. Like it all has to go. Like everything has to fucking crash and burn then. This is.

[Kid Fury]

I gotta match also now there's no Epstein list. My titties, breasts and ass, girl. Fuck y'. All.

[Crystal]

All of a sudden there's video and the list don't really exist, child.

[Kid Fury]

Bitch, beat it. Fuck off.

[Crystal]

I'm sure it doesn't. It's almost as if the President of the United States was heavily implicated, if not outright. It's almost as if some very. So, so then you telling me that Epstein killed himself because he was completely innocent and nothing was going on? Is that what happened? Is that what you're telling me? Is that what he did? How come Ghislaine Maxwell or whoever is still the only one in jail besides Epstein? Like what? I mean, well, we know what happened to him, but like, so it's just all of a sudden all of this information, all of the Epstein shit that the Trump administration and all of the syncofans have been talking about endlessly for months on end and wait till the Epstein docs come out and all of a sudden that's just. It's just vanished? Are we sure about that?

[Kid Fury]

Nope. No list. Never was a list. What list?

[Crystal]

Hmm. Kind of Sounds fake. Kind of sounds terrible. Kind of sounds like. I don't want to hear y'. All this. The. This fake controversy y' all having over Mom Donnie and calling himself African American in addition to Arab American or whatever else he put on his application. I don't. Y' all have been going back and forth reporting on that. Legitimate news outlets. Plus the Post reporting on that for the past week as if a convicted felon is not running the White House right fucking now. I legit don't want to hear it. Especially from somebody who actually does have a parent from Africa. I don't want to hear it about somebody whose middle name is Kwame. So y' all just gonna have to be. And you expect me to care more than the same. The same nigga who talking about, oh, well, if things are getting too crazy in New York, then the federal government can just step in and take that city over. Bitch, bitch, I would like to see you try it now.

[Kid Fury]

You know, baby, like, okay, go for it.

[Crystal]

You.

[Kid Fury]

If you want to see an uprising.

[Crystal]

Okay, girl, you really finna have a problem. I suggest you leave us the fuck alone.

[Kid Fury]

That might actually be what the country needs. No, shade. No shade. That might actually. I don't want it. But that might actually be what the country needs. Because the way that the city. The city in unison culture, creed will be like, you have us fucked up. It might show. And even just tiny other little sectors of like, oh, is this what America can be? Standing together and fighting the power?

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Across. When y' all cultural and racial lines, gender lines.

[Crystal]

When y' all see me linking arms with half of Brooklyn to go fight against the force or whatever the fuck Donald Trump think he finna do. Don't ask no question.

[Kid Fury]

That whole island gonna look like the end of us.

[Crystal]

All of us looking creepy as fuck.

[Kid Fury]

We're not going anywhere. And you can't go arms.

[Crystal]

And you got. You got up, bitch. Mind your own.

[Kid Fury]

Get out.

[Crystal]

You got plenty of shit to be worried about. Please leave us out. No, no Shade.

[Kid Fury]

Look at la, like, even la.

[Crystal]

That shit in the park. That shit in the park the other day. You mean to tell me of all the things you big grown n could have been doing, you thought to go invade a park full of children playing. That seemed like the threat to you. How do you ice officers go home and take that shit off and look at yourselves?

[Kid Fury]

They don't. They're terrible people. They don't unders. Like, they're. Those people are fucked. You know what I mean? I said the same thing about, like, Like IDF soldiers and.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Dead.

[Kid Fury]

Were you, like, taking pictures and selfies in front of bombs that you know are gonna go kill? Like, okay. But, yeah, they don't. They don't give. They don't. They don't think of what they're doing as anything besides. Right?

[Crystal]

Yeah. I mean, or, you know, this is just my job. I'm just trying to pay my bills like everybody else. Okay? Every job is not created equal.

[Kid Fury]

And I think you know that that's ridiculous.

[Crystal]

And I think you do.

[Kid Fury]

I actually think I would want to fight you first. Hey. Because what the fuck are you doing here when you could be over here, bitch? Would you do it over there when you could be over here, bitch? They're so excited about person you want to be so excited about Local police officers taking forever to respond when they first came out here because LA was whooping asses.

[Crystal]

It's like, girl, oh, yeah.

[Kid Fury]

A lot of those people.

[Crystal]

It's crazy how family here.

[Kid Fury]

A lot of those people identify, empathize. And we talking about the lap. Like, there are no capes over here. Yeah, but, girl, don't be ridiculous.

[Crystal]

Right? That's all. Just don't be ridiculous. That's all I'm asking. And don't play in my fucking face. So all of that's happening every day, really? You cannot even open social media or turn on the regular news without seeing the worst headline you've ever seen in.

[Kid Fury]

Your life every four hours, literally.

[Crystal]

Um, but I did have some joy this past week. I went to D.C. to see my sister Kia, and we went to go see Beyonce together out at whatever the fuck field that is.

[Kid Fury]

Wow.

[Crystal]

Is it FedEx field?

[Kid Fury]

Oh, fair in D.C. fair, yeah. What brand name is it?

[Crystal]

Right. Northwest Stadium. I think it just changed the name last year, but Tostitos, I had completely forgotten that Kia said she had never been in the pit before. This was months ago when the tour was announced. And I was like, oh, sis, you gotta do the Pit. Like, gotta. Gotta do the Pit at least once before you die. Right? So we show up to this concert. I completely forgot we're in the pit. So we get down there. I'm losing my mind. Like, I can't believe it. Akia's like, we fully discussed this. Anyway, we had the time of our lives. Incredible show. I met so many of you. All of you were so sweet. Was lovely to meet you all. My. What I have to say, this is not really a read. This is really more of a thing in general that I've noticed, especially at concerts Everybody needs about two and a half cups more patience than what you currently working with. Just. Just. Just follow me briefly when you go outside.

[Kid Fury]

Right, Got it. Yep.

[Crystal]

When you leave your home and you have to interact with other people outside of your home, patience is necessary.

[Kid Fury]

Is very necessary.

[Crystal]

You have no idea who that person is, where they're coming from, what they're dealing with. Sometimes we are just going to have to exercise some patience when we are dealing with other human beings. You are going to need even more of that. When you go someplace that has a capacity of seating 70,000 people.

[Kid Fury]

Reach.

[Crystal]

You're not going to. You're not going to go from section 100 to being in your car and on the highway 10 minutes after the show ends.

[Kid Fury]

It's never gonna happen.

[Crystal]

So just accept that. What is really crazy. Something I've noticed is I've been to many, many concerts at venues of all different sizes. It. I cannot name one time that it has taken me more than 15, 20 minutes max, to leave an arena after a show. If you would. And that's because I had incredible seats where I was damn near on the floor or literally on the floor. So it takes longer to leave. Like, you have longer to go to get out.

[Kid Fury]

If it's Beyonce, I would maybe put another 10 minutes on that.

[Crystal]

No. Including Beyonce. I timed it because I'm like, what's wrong with everybody around me? Why is every. Not everybody a lot of people? There are so many people who are so fucking irritable at the end of. And you just saw Beyonce.

[Kid Fury]

Yes.

[Crystal]

Three hours we just sat here and soaked in this woman's genius. We just all sat here and had a time, baby. We was in that pit cutting up. We had a time. Why do you now immediately have a massive attitude? Huffing and puffing and spitting and move babies. 70,000 people are trying to leave the stadium. It's gonna take a minute.

[Kid Fury]

Have you ever had that experience where you leave the show and, you know in the crowd and it's going to snow pace, but y' all still singing the songs together and then maybe a dance breaks out and y' all are just still high off of the Beyonce that just happened to you? You're correct.

[Crystal]

Let's just all tap into just a little stretch of patience just a tiny bit and say to ourselves, huh? Logistically, considering how many people are trying to exit this building at the exact same time.

[Kid Fury]

Massive building.

[Crystal]

It stands to reason that I'm not gonna be able to sprint my way right on out of this bitch that I'm gonna move A little bit. And then other people are gonna come out the row. Oh, thank you. And then you let two or three people go. And then you're like, okay, I'm gonna go. I'm not letting the whole row out. Like, that is how. That is the give and take, the ebb and flow. That is what we do. Everybody moves along to their own abilities, their own speed, and eventually we all get out that bitch. Eventually, we all get in our car, our Uber, we take the train, we get on the helipad, whatever we do. And eventually we all get out of this bitch. If you could just chill the fuck out, you could make things so much less stressful for you. And everybody around you spitting and cussing for, what?

[Kid Fury]

Now I just give, like, hey, first concert.

[Crystal]

Right? You never been to a stadium show before? I don't.

[Kid Fury]

It's like when the airplane. It's like when the wheels touch the tarmac and a bitch immediately and then start screaming like, girl, we haven't even made it to. Like, the rear wheels ain't even touched the ground yet.

[Crystal]

Everybody, the flight attendant is about to tell you to sit down before they beat your ass and put you on the no fly list. Like, I have seen. I have actually been on a plane where somebody thought because it had landed that they could get up and walk around, and the pilot stopped that bitch and said, until you are seated with your seatbelt on, we will all sit right here. You.

[Kid Fury]

Now, we all have to fight you now, remember, now you get Johns.

[Crystal]

Now we're all mad at you because we all know how the rules work. You're not some special being exempt from the realities of how this works.

[Kid Fury]

And I'm sorry, is your baby being born like, girl, you're gonna make it.

[Crystal]

You're gonna be fine. And let's say it is some huge emergency like that, you won't get there before this bitch pulls up to the gate, the guy.

[Kid Fury]

If Beyonce ends the show and says, okay, everyone, let's let Maurice go first. No, stay. Stay there. Let's let him go. No one move, Maurice, it's still gonna take you more than 10 minutes to get to your car, crank that bitch up, and hit the freeway. It's gonna take a while.

[Crystal]

Yes, it might feel longer because it's been three hours. You might be a little tired. You might be a little high and drunk. So you're like, oh, I'm ready to lay down in. That's all understandable. I'm just asking adults to act like adults.

[Kid Fury]

Come on, come on.

[Crystal]

You have to be you have to be able to look around and say, huh, yeah, might take us 15, 20 minutes to get out of here. Might. It might. It might actually take us 20 minutes to get to the parking lot and then another 20 minutes to leave the parking lot. That is the price you pay for going to an event with a bunch of fucking people. That's part of it. That's part of it. We just hope that you have a good enough time at the show that you like, this was annoying, but bitch, I'm coming back. Because being annoyed at the parking lot being full is worth seeing this show. But if everybody could just calm down, just simmer the fuck down, you'll be fine. And you might find that it really don't take as long as you think it do. But because you so agitated and. And in your head and frustrated because somebody's 68 year old mama is not moving as fast as you want her to, you're making the situation much worse for yourself and the people around you with your inability to cope.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, when I went and I was agitated, I just kept this to myself. I didn't make it anybody else's problem. Why should they not have fun?

[Crystal]

This is so common. This is. I've. The shows I've been to this year alone, it was the same thing at Kendrick and Beyonce and MetLife. It's like, you niggas have no. Y' all really have no patience. But you also don't wanna leave before the show ends either. You're not like, oh, well, let me leave at 16 carriages then so that we can avoid all that. No, you wanna stay and watch the whole thing and then bitch about how long it take to leave.

[Kid Fury]

Baby, I left after I heard Tia's Madison.

[Crystal]

You can do that. You legit can do that if it's gonna bother you that much. It's too many people. You overstimulated. I'm not mad, but, like, figure out whatever you need in order to. To handle this situation because you're acting ridiculous. Like the general, y', all, everybody, the people who go to these events like y' all are just attention of growing up.

[Kid Fury]

I also don't mind blocking.

[Crystal]

Me either. I don't. I just saw Beyonce. It's precious little you could do to bring me down from the mood I'm in right now. I was just in the pit at Beyonce.

[Kid Fury]

Like, I might get frustrated at this multiple times and nothing's moving and it's like, been a while. And we're not like, if we're stuck, then I might start to get antsy. Cause, I don't know. I think my anxiety might kick in, but I wouldn't start going. You know what I mean? They always just act like a fucking child or whatever. But most cases. Most times what happens is you're just moving really slowly at worst case. But I'm like, if I'm moving slowly.

[Crystal]

Like there's hundreds of people in front.

[Kid Fury]

Of you, I'm still moving, so I'mma get there eventually.

[Crystal]

I'm not saying you can't be frustrated. You can't be over it. I'm saying the way y' all express these feelings is extremely childish.

[Kid Fury]

I hate that. It's nothing worse.

[Crystal]

Just deal. Just deal.

[Kid Fury]

You know what? You know the other thing? There's nothing worse when you are in the same predicament as a stranger, and they're acting like. As an adult stranger and they're acting like a child. Like you ain't all waiting and then.

[Crystal]

Turning around and looking around like, bitch, I can't back you up on this. I'm in a. I'm exercising my patience right now. I'm being a big girl. I'm acting like I understand that I'm not gonna be able to jetpack my way out. This bitch, look at her.

[Kid Fury]

And just like, in the line of Kmart or some shit like that. And the bitch behind you is just. You got two people ahead of you, and the one behind you is just huffing and puffing and doing it. You're just right. You would like to leave as well, but you are able to stand there and keep it to yourself and be. So it's like, bitch, I know that you are gonna shut your ass up. Cause if I can do it, you can do it.

[Crystal]

Doing all that not gonna make the line move no faster. Look, you see the way. You see the way we still standing here? Something. Call your friend and bitch about it on the phone. Girl, why am I lying? At Target, everybody buying all the panties. Oh, my God.

[Kid Fury]

Like, I don't wanna hear that shit either.

[Crystal]

Shut up. I mean, it's really ridiculous. It is. Like, you could. If we could all just make the decision that we're gonna act like we're adults and that we understand that thousands of people are leaving this one room. And none of us are beyond Beyonce not strapping none of us to the horseshoe and flying us home. So everybody's gonna have to act like adults.

[Kid Fury]

Just deal, sis.

[Crystal]

Just deal. Yes. And that's all I have this week. So I guess that will wrap up this week's episode of the Read follow us on social media. Hisistheread. You can check our website, ThisIsTheRead.com. any other news from you, kid Fury?

[Kid Fury]

I don't have any other news. No, I don't. I will say, though, Tyler, why didn't you ever make a musical?

[Crystal]

Don't do that.

[Kid Fury]

Like, why didn't he ever make a musical film?

[Crystal]

Oh. Huh. Well, do the. Do the play adaptations count?

[Kid Fury]

No, because there's no. No. Oh, you know what? He probably never wrote the music. He probably didn't write the song.

[Crystal]

There we go. Whose music is that exactly?

[Kid Fury]

Well, I answered my question how he is about ownership. I'm finished. I think I answered the question. Well, yeah, that's it for me. God bless everybody out there trying their best.

[Crystal]

Take care of yourselves, avoid this fascist administration, and we'll see y' all next week.