Brand New Banana Flavor

Summary

The Read — "Brand New Banana Flavor" (June 25, 2026)

Hosts: Kid Fury & Crissle
Theme: Hip-hop/pop culture hot topics, shade, and hilarious therapy for living in NYC

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Episode Overview

This week, Kid Fury and Crissle bring their signature witty, irreverent, and candid takes to a range of fresh pop culture topics. From Beyoncé’s latest marketing masterstroke to major updates about Black excellence, politics, celebrity health scares, AI chaos, and messiness in celebrity circles, the hosts spill tea and serve side-eye—always with a healthy heaping of laughs. Listener letters dive into workplace racism, ultra-open parenting dilemmas, and messy friendships, with the hosts dishing out their sharp, empathetic, and hilarious advice. The Read wraps with satisfying “reads” for political and cultural foolishness, with a special note of pride for New York’s current vibe.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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1. Black Excellence: Uplifting Marley Dias (02:21 – 05:01)

• Who: Marley Dias, young author and activist, famed for the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign.
• What: Celebration of her new children's book I Am the Dream Come True, co-authored with her parents, drawing from her Jamaican and Cape Verdean ancestry to tell affirming stories for children.
• Notable Quotes:
  • Kid Fury: “She said, a love letter that doesn't make demands of you, it just affirms you… I think kids absorb history better when it’s offered to them rather than assigned to them.” (03:28)
• Tone: Uplifting, proud, highlighting generational excellence and representation in children's literature.

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2. Hot Tops: Pop Culture & Politics Roundup

a. Beyoncé’s “Sacred” Haircare Ad with Jay-Z (05:01 – 08:31)

• Beyoncé narrates a moving, professionally produced ad documenting Jay-Z’s locs, his hair journey, and Blue Ivy’s influence.
• Key Moment: Jay-Z grew his hair to support Blue Ivy’s confidence in her natural hair.
• Memorable: “It’s an excellent ad...I think when it’s all said and done, Sacred is gonna be the most profitable venture she’s had outside music.” – Crissle (06:51)

b. NYC Politics: Praising Mayor Mamdani (08:31 – 13:47)

• The hosts celebrate Mayor Mamdani's surprise visit to Rikers Island graduates and his transformative impact, along with the political rise of Democratic socialists.
• Stellar Quotes:
  • Kid Fury: “Imagine that being breathtaking—someone is in office who cares about the country, loves and cares and looks after the people.” (13:06)
  • Crissle: “We are moving away from Israel, we are moving away from paler and all this AI…we are voting for candidates who are like, we’re actually going to put our people first.” (12:20)
• Timestamps: 08:31 – 13:47

c. Money Long’s Health Scare (14:23 – 18:27)

• Discussion of R&B singer Money Long’s life-threatening double lung transplant and lupus journey.
• Key Moment: Both hosts express deep empathy and relief.
• Crissle: “So many Black women have that exact same experience. So I’m just glad it worked out well for her.” (17:33)

d. Viral Dog Eats Jamaican Food Clip (18:27 – 20:12)

• A playful aside: They react to a viral video of a dog raiding Jamaican food and getting covered in curry. Both share laughs and swap dog owner stories.

e. Waymo AI Car Recall (20:50 – 23:33)

• Explosive recall of 3,900 robo-taxis after they started driving into construction zones. Hosts are both horrified and delighted NYC has blocked Waymo.
• Crissle: “It’s almost like you hire a person to drive you somewhere and just cut out all that.”

f. TI Disses “Verzuz” Battles (23:51 – 25:43)

• TI calls Verzuz “poor people activity.” (24:23)
• Both hosts roast TI for hypocrisy, given he and his wife have participated in Verzuz.
• Crissle: “Now that y’ all have done it, it’s for broke bitches?” (25:27)

g. Losses: Clive Davis and Tay Keith (25:59 – 29:02)

• Recap Clive Davis’s death at 94 and producer Tay Keith’s passing at 29.
• Both express shock for the latter and rehash old grudges with Clive for industry ethics.

h. Big Tigger’s Arrest (28:09 – 37:02)

• Detailed breakdown of the disturbing domestic violence allegations and arrest of radio personality Big Tigger, including Ring camera evidence.
• Sympathetic commentary for his wife and son, with zero tolerance for abusers.
• Kid Fury: “Cheating is bad. You were like, let me attack the mother of my son. My wife. Let me fight her to cheat. Like, niggas are so stupid.” (32:55)

i. Lil Nas X’s Mental Health Update (36:40 – 39:02)

• They celebrate Lil Nas X’s public statement about rehab, mental health, and readiness to return to music.
• Kid Fury: “I do love to see a Black boy, especially a Black gay boy like myself, smiling and laughing and kicking and talk about his family being there…” (38:26)

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3. Listener Letters & Advice (43:42 – 75:50)

a. Racism at Work: When White Coworkers Do the Most (43:47 – 52:06)

• Black social worker in a northern, white-dominated workplace asks if she should quit after egregiously ignorant remarks during a team meeting.
• Both hosts advise emotional detachment, setting boundaries, and planning an exit rather than sudden resignation.
• Crissle: “I can see where you’re frustrated, because if I’m talking about how some people can’t afford not to be political…and you tell me, ‘well, you’re privileged because you have coach bags?’—I’mma want to smack the shit out of you.” (47:48)

b. Sex-Positive Parenting Dilemma: To Buy a Teen a Sex Toy? (52:24 – 66:38)

• Two queer Black moms debate giving their 16-year-old daughter a vibrator after discovering she’s been experimenting at home.
• Kid Fury and Crissle both note the need for boundaries, privacy, and letting the teen own her own experience. They generally side with the mom who wants to provide the sex toy, while urging parents to stop micromanaging.
• Kid Fury: “Most teenagers want to figure out their sexuality not alone, but without being underneath their guardian’s watch… I think you need to back up a bit.” (58:57)

c. Draining Friendship: Time for a Breakup? (67:02 – 75:28)

• Single mom wonders how to ‘break up’ with a friend who is endlessly needy and financially draining.
• Both hosts recommend setting boundaries without making a spectacle, and encourage the letter-writer to focus on herself and her own family.
• Crissle: “It’s a thin line between help and enabling, and you have crossed it many, many times… You’re not her caretaker, so.” (73:40)

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4. Iconic “Reads” of the Week (80:16 – 103:31)

a. JD Vance & “Donald Trump, Genius” (80:16 – 84:42)

• Kid Fury dissects J.D. Vance’s fawning about Trump’s alleged intelligence, roasting the stupidity and contortions of the current right wing.
• Kid Fury: “Just say he makes me cuddle both of his old, wrinkly, rotted gangrene balls in my mouth on a daily basis and call him big Mama.” (83:30)

b. Josh Hokut’s “Compliment” to Michelle Obama (84:46 – 90:56)

• Crissle drags the boxer for his misogynoir-laced “compliment” by calling Michelle Obama “a man,” and then doubling down as if it were positive.
• Crissle: “You get hit in the head for a living, right?...Stand on it, you said what you said, it was stupid as fuck.” (86:35, 87:07)

c. The “Regretful” White Neighbor in LAPD Dog Shooting (91:40 – 101:39)

• Crissle eviscerates the white neighbor who called LAPD on her Black neighbor celebrating the Knicks win, leading to the cops killing the resident’s dog.
• “Remain frightened. Because what I said last week about having a list and you and the bitch that shot my dog is at the top of it, I meant that.” (92:10)
• They critique white guilt, “fragility,” and the obliviousness to the reality of police violence.

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5. NYC Joy and Pride (Throughout; esp. 13:47, 109:20–110:07)

• Both hosts repeatedly shout out NYC for good vibes, progressive politics, and culture: “Mom Danistan is up a million, billion, trillion.” (109:20)
• Hot girl summer, Butch Queen summer, all up!

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6. Notable Quotes & Moments

• “If you give Donald Trump an IQ test with the other 45, 46 presidents...I guarantee he’d either be near the top or at the top.” – Kid Fury impersonating JD Vance (81:16)
• “New York is up like 20.” – Kid Fury (09:04)
• “We are voting for candidates who are like, we’re actually going to put our people first.” – Crissle (12:22)
• “Chloe said, and if death comes, it was worth it. Bitch, there’s so much onion and garlic in there, you can’t have no oxtail.” – Crissle (19:43)
• “You name it, he did it. That’s crazy.” – Kid Fury on Big Tigger’s domestic violence (35:59)

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Important Timestamps

• 02:21 – 05:01: Black Excellence Spotlight: Marley Dias
• 05:01 – 08:31: Beyoncé’s Sacred Ad / Jay-Z’s hair
• 08:31 – 13:47: NYC politics & Mayor Mamdani
• 14:23 – 18:27: Money Long health scare
• 20:50 – 23:33: Waymo AI car recall
• 24:23 – 25:43: TI calls Verzuz “poor people activity”
• 28:09 – 37:02: Big Tigger arrested for domestic violence
• 36:40 – 39:02: Lil Nas X mental health update
• 43:47 – 52:06: Letter: Racism at work
• 52:24 – 66:38: Letter: Sex ed & sex toy for daughter?
• 67:02 – 75:28: Letter: Draining friendship
• 80:16 – 84:42: The Reads: JD Vance & Donald Trump
• 84:46 – 90:56: The Reads: Josh Hokut/Michelle Obama
• 91:40 – 101:39: The Reads: LAPD dog shooting neighbor

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Tone & Language

The episode is classic Read—sideways shade, robust cackling, sharp political analysis, and open talk about Black life, queer experience, and pop culture. The hosts maintain their quick wit and brutal honesty (“You’re sex positive and you’re feminist, allegedly”), mixing concern with their unique brand of exasperated comedic insight.

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For New Listeners

Even with no prior context, the episode offers a lively, engaging, and unfiltered tour through the week in Black pop culture, politics, and everyday mess. The hosts’ blend of personal experience and collective side-eye invites you into the group chat with humor, empathy, and crucially, shade.

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Final Note:
Celebrate pride, NYC success, and Black excellence—but don’t try Beyoncé, ‘cause she’s always ten steps ahead. And remember, “If you call the police and my dog dies, you’re on the list.”

Transcript

[Crystal]

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[Kid Fury]

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[Crystal]

Happy.

[Kid Fury]

Welcome back Slurs to this wonderful podcast. I am Ghostface Killer.

[Crystal]

And I am Dewanna Bonner. This is the Read. Thank you for joining us.

[Kid Fury]

It is, in fact. Welcome back everyone to the podcast. We're gonna get things swimming. I believe this is our last week in Pride Month. Juneteenth is over, so. All right, well, let's just start with some black excellence this week and I'm going to be passing it to a beautiful woman named Marley Diaz. Marley Diaz is an author, she's an activist, and she has a new book called I Am the Dream Come True. It's children's book that she's co authored with her mother and with her dad. And it's basically a book that's inspired by the traces of generations of family from Jamaica to Cape Verde with, you know, her own family history. And it's meant to encourage young readers to kind of understand the people and generations before them, ancestors and so on, and the decisions that led them to being the people that they are today. Marley Diaz launched a campaign called 1000 Black Girl Books when she was 11. Yes. Because she noticed that there weren't that many books featuring black girls, which is a true and unfortunate fact. And so she's been on this long road of representation in literature for a while. I am the Dream Come True seems to be the latest effort in that, she said, a love letter that doesn't make demands of you, it just affirms you. She told this to the griot. That's the register we wanted for this book. The lessons are there, but they sit underneath the affirmation rather than in front of it. I think kids absorb history better when it's offered to them rather than assigned to them, which I think is lovely indeed.

[Crystal]

I saw that her mother is Dr. Janice Diaz, and I did just like a quick Google search on her, and it looks like I. I see where your daughter gets it, ma'. Am. Yes, I do. Like, yeah, this is coming from the top down. And the whole family is involved with the writing of the book and all that. So beautiful girl, beautiful family. Congratulations. Love to see this.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, her mom named her after Bob Marley.

[Crystal]

Oh, that's so cute.

[Kid Fury]

Cute.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Marley's an adorable name.

[Kid Fury]

Congratulations to you and the amazing family. And I'll probably grab one of these and see what it's giving. Yeah, island sis. Okay, let's get into some pop culture in our hot top segment. My word, what do we have here for today? So apparently there's. Did you hear some sort of Beyonce narrated Jay Z hair transformation feature? It.

[Crystal]

Yes. I went and watched the whole ad on YouTube after I saw the clips circulating online. And I mean, I think it was pretty easy to call it once he combed. When he combed his locks out, everybody was like, oh, yeah, this is. This is going to be a sacred commercial. So I think we all saw that coming. But it was really beautiful, really well done, you know, beautifully produced, as with everything Beyonce touches. But, yeah, they really went into how long it took to comb the locs out, how they combine different products and they use the sacred styling tools. And, you know, we got a couple shots of Blue, not her face, but, like, her combing his hair out. And it's just the whole seven minute video is really, really sweet. So Beyonce even brought up how it started because Blue Ivy was feeling insecure about her hair when she was like 5 years old. And so Jay was like, I'mma grow my hair out. Yeah. He was like, I'm going grow my hair out so that you see that, like, you and daddy got the same. And it's beautiful. And you know, we all remember people talking big shit about Blue's hair when she was little. Not that, you know, Blue was online to see that, but. Yeah, it's a. It was. It's an excellent ad. I'm sure them Sacred orders have been looking crazy since Tracy combed his hair out, but, you know, they went into a lot of detail about it and it just. Yeah, I mean, well, Beyonce knows what the fuck she's doing, bro. She does. I think when it's all said and done, Sacred is gonna be the most profitable venture that she has outside of music. Like, it's just.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I can see that.

[Crystal]

Yeah, they're excellent products. Every line is excellent. The styling tools are excellent. Everything about it is just a one. And so, yeah, I do love to see his fro is beautiful. Like, it just.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah, it looks very healthy.

[Crystal]

Yes. So it is excellent marketing, baby. It worked for sure. I saw a lot of people saying, you know, I thought as somebody with locks or wicks, that, you know, Sacred would not be for me. And Beyonce was like, let me tell you, this man has been using Sacred since day one. He washes his hair religiously with it. He uses the products. So, you know, all of that. All of that.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, they do know what they're doing.

[Crystal]

They do, they do.

[Kid Fury]

And I did see where he was or where it was said that he. That Blue Ivy was like the inspiration for doing it. When I first read that little headline, I was like, well, yeah, I mean, Blue Ivy sound like she's been telling him what to do with his hair since she speak. But I didn't have the full context of that, which is beautiful.

[Crystal]

Yeah, it's a very nice ad.

[Kid Fury]

Do I have anything positive to talk about outside of the Jesus alive tonight?

[Crystal]

Oh, no.

[Kid Fury]

Mayor Mamdani, surprised.

[Crystal]

Oh, sorry. It's been a great week.

[Kid Fury]

Even know what I'm about to say?

[Crystal]

No, but it's been great times.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, I think he just gets up at 4:00 and he's like, how can I change the world for the better? I'll just get started. I'll do 10 things today, 20 tomorrow. The nigga just doesn't stop. He's the best. And he has the nerve to be so handsome, so friendly.

[Crystal]

He's a cutie patootie.

[Kid Fury]

New York is up like 20, so we are.

[Crystal]

We are.

[Kid Fury]

You know, Rikers island has his graduates, people who go through like the high school program and graduate and stuff like that. And so Mayor Mum, Donnie surprised a whole bunch of of graduates on Rikers Island.

[Crystal]

Yes, he did. Yes.

[Kid Fury]

Showed up. It was for 57 different students who enjoy. Who earned diplomas and GEDs from what's called the East R Academy. It's inside of the jail complex, obviously. But I don't think anybody expected the bright, smiling mayor of New York City to show up for them.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

It says that he arrived and the surprise landed exactly the way a surprise shared with a shift in the air that told everyone the stage was going to matter. Yes. Baller alert. So I just think this man is so fire. Like, he really is. I think he's so fire popping up at the Knicks parade. He loves New York.

[Crystal]

Really does down.

[Kid Fury]

Loves that city. He does down. And on top of that, he has the nation quaking. Because now the girls are like, the democratic socialists are just getting much more wave and much more media coverage and things like that.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And the red girls are quivering.

[Crystal]

They are.

[Kid Fury]

They cannot take it because this was their fear with. With Mom Donnie in the first place, or dad Donnie.

[Crystal]

This is absolutely not.

[Kid Fury]

I'm gonna call him Daddy Donnie.

[Crystal]

No, I won't.

[Kid Fury]

That's a struggle. I. They were, you know, very much against him. Outside of pretending like they don't know how to say his name.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Outside of his, you know, his ethnicity and his heritage and all of that stuff. They were like, well, we can't have no damn open, proud, social, because then who knows? People are going to realize that works just fine and it's actually quite helpful for everybody. And then they're going to want more of it.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

And then. What about my boat?

[Crystal]

So what about my boat?

[Kid Fury]

So I live for the mum Don.

[Crystal]

Yeah. It has been nice. And we just had a primary election yesterday, and all three of the candidates that he endorsed won. So it's like New York. We. We're doing New York City is doing it. Yes, we are. And yeah, I mean, I think the Democratic establishment is also getting a little nervous. They're like, what? Now, wait a minute. Now it can't keep going. But yes, the fuck it can. Cause you know, Eric Adams is technically a Democrat, and that true. And that nigga didn't do nothing but smoke hookah and go to the club the whole time he was in office, you know, siphon money from the city and shit like that.

[Kid Fury]

So Dallas, to see.

[Crystal]

To see somebody who cares so much about not just the city and, like, the status of it, but the actual everyday people who keep this running is just. It's beautiful. It's a beautiful thing. And we are. We are moving away from Israel. We are Moving away from paler and you know, all this AI and all this like, we are voting for candidates who are like, we're actually going to put our people first. We are going to prioritize what people actually need. So it's feeling great in Mom Danistan. I cannot lie. It's been up for a while and the vibes, they're just not going away.

[Kid Fury]

Imagine that being breathtaking. Oh, someone is in office,

[Crystal]

right?

[Kid Fury]

Cares about the country, loves and cares and looks after the people.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

That is a game shaker and it is pretty sad.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

It is welcomed with open arms.

[Crystal]

People are like, oh, politicians can go to office and then get to work.

[Kid Fury]

This is crazy. Like, interesting.

[Crystal]

We didn't know y' all could just go do things. Wow. Imagine being efficient. Imagine doing what you told the people you would do.

[Kid Fury]

Wow. I thought you get sworn in, they give you your official lines of code and then you just do whatever the fuck you want. Yeah.

[Crystal]

A empty bag of sun chips that's full of cash so you can bribe the press and the media, then you're on your merry way.

[Kid Fury]

If it's harvest Cheddar, it's over 500,000. No, it's been original. Nice. Yeah, it's lower.

[Crystal]

Ooh, what's that? It's like a. How do you. It's like sun dried tomato or something.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, the garden salsa.

[Crystal]

The garden salsa. Yeah. That's another.

[Kid Fury]

No chance.

[Crystal]

It's another hit.

[Kid Fury]

Now that's the doll, baby.

[Crystal]

Okay. You are the snacking candy king, girl.

[Kid Fury]

I miss me a harvester by one in a while. All right. This is kind of sad. Money Long says that she. She had one week to live according to doctors recently and she had to have emergency. An emergency double lung transplant. And I think that she also. She's also reported that she or revealed I guess that she has been dealing with lupus since 2014. I don't think I knew that. And developed pneumonia while she was touring or she was on the road. And she said by her last show, I just barely made it. I was only able to do two songs. Um. Oh yeah, she was on Brandi and Monica's twins, right?

[Crystal]

Yes, yes.

[Kid Fury]

So she said she knew something was wrong for quite some time. And yeah, the doctors told her that she had to get a double lung transplant and she could have died if it had been any longer. And girl, my heart goes out because I can only imagine that being anybody's reality for any reason.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

Like, you know me, if the, if the doctor was like, your lungs are looking dead. I don't know we giving you this medication and don't speak for me. I would act like you told me that I was stranded on top of a freezing mountain and there was nobody coming to save me. Like I'm so dramatic when I don't feel good.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah.

[Kid Fury]

But this is something worse than that. And you're a singer, so I don't know what complications this can have for someone's voice. I imagine it clearly does. And someone with such a beautiful voice, I just can't help but say my heart goes out to you because that's gotta be awful. I don't even know what recovery for having two lungs.

[Crystal]

Right, Right. It's been months. I think she said. I think she said she had been like coughing and spitting up all the time and was just like, oh, well, it's just part of life. I'm like, girl. No.

[Kid Fury]

Mm.

[Crystal]

And that she said she was like, I really had no business going on that tour. And I remember when she dropped out, a bunch of people thought it was because she was. She had fake beef with Mariah Carey or something. I don't even remember what she said. What? Remember?

[Kid Fury]

Oh, I. I like heard of that. Yes.

[Crystal]

Yeah, she said something about Mariah Carey and then a couple weeks later, maybe she was that tour and people were like, cuz she went up against Mariah. No, the girl was about to die.

[Kid Fury]

But yeah. Anyway, but thanks for offering your two cents.

[Crystal]

She did also have vocal cord surgery.

[Kid Fury]

Jesus Christ.

[Crystal]

Yeah. So, you know, the recovery has been a lot for her, but I'm just glad she actually did, you know, sit down somewhere, go see a doctor. Cuz I mean a doctor telling me I have one week to live if I don't do this. That is so terrifying.

[Kid Fury]

Like I'm taking 100 weeks off.

[Crystal]

So yeah. She was like, yeah. Being faced with my own mortality, I am now going to start putting myself first, taking care of myself so that I can take care of others. I be doing the most. Then I got to chill. And that is so real. So many black women have that exact same experience. So I'm just glad it worked out well for her, really, because that could have been a tragic story.

[Kid Fury]

So many black women.

[Crystal]

You know, I don't. I really loved when she was Priscilla Renee. I really liked the Priscilla Renee Persona.

[Kid Fury]

I forgot about that.

[Crystal]

But money long is. I mean, you know, the money is long. She's quite talented. She's written a lot of songs. She can, she can sing beautiful girl. So yeah. Yeah. Hope she comes back in full force whenever she's Ready?

[Kid Fury]

Okay. Well, I have to watch this clip later. That's captioned pov. My dog ate my Jamaican food. Because, uh.

[Crystal]

Oh, it's just the dog licking an empty box, going crazy.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, is it?

[Crystal]

Oh, I don't know. I'm guessing. Cause if Lainey.

[Kid Fury]

Let's see what happens if Laney. Oh, my God, it literally is. Hold on.

[Crystal]

Of course it is.

[Kid Fury]

No. Oh, my God, it literally is. It's an empty thing of Jamaican food. And here go the dog on a side.

[Crystal]

That would be Lainey trying to break down oxtail bones. And look at the fucking interval. I don't think.

[Kid Fury]

I don't think this baby was supposed to.

[Crystal]

Absolutely not. Absolutely not.

[Kid Fury]

But the pool is empty and they switched her. The dog has curry sauce on the dog. It's a white dog, but the dog's whole face is like, golden. Oh, no, he just has curry sauce over his little face. Oh, my God.

[Crystal]

Now we gotta take you to the fucking eoi.

[Kid Fury]

Chloe. It's a girl, right? They over here holding her paws, but Chloe is looking like, I'm fine. I'm completely full. Wow.

[Crystal]

Chloe said, and if death comes, it was worth it. Bitch, there's so much onion and garlic in there, you can't have no shirt.

[Kid Fury]

God damn.

[Crystal]

Now I gotta go spend $600 for

[Kid Fury]

them to make you throw up legitimately. I'm like, well, great. I hope it was tasty, Link, because now we're going to er.

[Crystal]

Right? Right. I hope you enjoyed it, bitch.

[Kid Fury]

Chloe looks like, what's the problem, baby?

[Crystal]

When I tell you. That would absolutely be Lainey. I'm so lucky she's short and can't reach a lot of shit. Because that would absolutely be her if she had the chance.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my God, this is so rude

[Crystal]

and greedy, but only greedy for human food. She don'. Give a fuck about dog food. But human food, please. She all over this shit.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my God. It looks like mama didn't even get to taste it.

[Crystal]

I know they was pissed. Oh, I know they was.

[Kid Fury]

The curry all over

[Crystal]

these dogs, man.

[Kid Fury]

Dogs are so great.

[Crystal]

They are. They're everything.

[Kid Fury]

Way Mo has recalled nearly 4,000 of their AI cars. Whatever the you call these shits. Robo taxis. Jesus alive. There's been a software issue that's allowed some of the vehicles to drive into closed highway construction zones. What? The voluntary recall affects approximately 3,900 vehicles. It's the fifth and sixth generation of the driving systems. And this comes after 13 incidents over here. Arizona, California. Girl, I don't know about la. I mean, New York. I'm sure Waymo can't be that big of a thing in New York. I mean not compared to here. Yeah.

[Crystal]

I really don't.

[Kid Fury]

Because they have a whole taxi. They are the taxi industry.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Oh. You know where else they are? The last couple times I've been in Atlanta, they've been everywhere and they have them weird little.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

Camera. Whatever that thing is at the front or at the top of it.

[Kid Fury]

And Inspector Gadget. Oh.

[Crystal]

Four days ago. Waymo has been defeated by New York City. They are not having it. Local politicians, labor unions and the taxi lobby. Damn. Even New York Governor Kathy Hokel was forced to rescind her offer after an out. Yeah. We're not with that. We have plenty. We got time. Uber and Lyft. And we're back, baby. We got the subway, the bus. We're not with the shit. No go on somewhere.

[Kid Fury]

I'm not interested. I love that so much.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Because I see them all the time now and I'm like not only will I never get in one, I don't want to be by one.

[Crystal]

And I hate them.

[Kid Fury]

This is even more evidence and reasoning for me because. The fuck you mean? They drive it into closed highway sections where they doing construction so we can all die. Imagine you're in the car and it drives into a part of the highway that's supposed to be closed.

[Crystal]

No thank you.

[Kid Fury]

Ditches, potholes, John Deere tractors or whatever the fuck else. And here go way mo like sky's clear, roads clear, everyone having a great time.

[Crystal]

Didn't they? I thought they used to not even be able to go on the highway. Maybe I should just go back to that and have them stick to it. But I guess that would also turn a 45 minute trip into a three hour trip for some.

[Kid Fury]

It's almost like you hire a person to drive you somewhere and then just cut out all.

[Crystal]

Almost like that's what you should do. If only somebody would invent an app where people with cars could match up with people who need rides. I'm just saying it might. It might work. It just might.

[Kid Fury]

TI recently had an interview when asked about Versus and the potential to participate in one, which I thought TI Already did.

[Crystal]

Versus could have sworn he did.

[Kid Fury]

I guess not. I remember I think him maybe challenging someone to a versus and it not happening. What was it? 50 Cent somebody. Anyway, he was asked about it and he said I don't want to indulge in that side of life no more. I ain't even interested. Ain't no money over there. And that, bro. That poor people activity.

[Crystal]

What?

[Kid Fury]

I'm 45. Would. What I'm doing. Going back and forth with a. For what? To celebrate music. I can't do. No, I can't do that. Talking about me.

[Crystal]

Okay. All right.

[Kid Fury]

B2K and Pretty Ricky are having a verse in Story.

[Crystal]

Like, come on, man. What are we doing here? All right, T.I. i mean, you literally did one, but okay. Oh, I did hear about the B2K and Pretty Ricky.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. I just heard about it.

[Crystal]

Yeah. It don't sound to me like Pretty Ricky has a chance in hell, but

[Kid Fury]

I can't imagine how, like.

[Crystal]

And I know I was, you know, just a little too old for them groups that they pick, but I just still don't see it.

[Kid Fury]

I don't, But I don't either.

[Crystal]

Should be fun for all of the.

[Kid Fury]

It's money.

[Crystal]

Yeah. I mean, and for them, they probably are like, yeah, let's do that. Let's go ahead.

[Kid Fury]

Pretty regular poor people activity is interesting. Very interesting.

[Crystal]

You know, I. That's why I'm like, okay, TI like, you. You literally did one, so. What do you even mean? Like, your wife did one, too. Are both of you broke? What are you saying?

[Kid Fury]

No. Like, I'm like, why? What?

[Crystal]

Now that y' all have done it, it's for broke bitches, you know, I try not to pay too much attention to that little nigga. Cause he gonna say something stupid. And it won't take long.

[Kid Fury]

It really does take that long.

[Crystal]

So.

[Kid Fury]

Child clyde Davis did 94 years old. Yikes. Tay Keith has also passed away. That's pretty sad.

[Crystal]

Yeah, that was sad.

[Kid Fury]

I think he was only 29 or 28 years old.

[Crystal]

Yeah,

[Kid Fury]

there's like an. I think there's a 911 call that his lady maybe placed or he wasn't obviously responding. They. Someone eventually did a welfare check and found him. Found him dead. It's so crazy to me, because, first of all, I didn't realize Tay Keith was so young. He must have been making beats for, like, since he was, like, a late teen. Early. I mean, professionally, right? Probably like late teens, early 20s.

[Crystal]

Right. I said the same thing. I said, no, not take Heath. Fuck these niggas up. Like, It's. No. Only 29. Wow, wow, wow. Yeah. So talented. I mean, he has produced a lot of just incredible songs. So that actually me up more than the Clive Davis thing. And I. I never got over Clive Davis continuing to have that party while Whitney Houston was dead in that. In that room. I never got over that.

[Kid Fury]

So same. He's also A bit of a scammer or was.

[Crystal]

I mean, yeah, there you. You can find a lot of artists who are like that. Me over, so.

[Kid Fury]

But, yeah, the witness this.

[Crystal]

Yeah, I was like, yeah, what happened?

[Kid Fury]

But, you know, I saw the Taekee thing come across my. I got one of those little notifications and I did the. No, Like, I was so saddened by it. When I saw his age, I got even sadder. Yeah, like, oh, my God, his family. I wonder what happened. These young people. Well, I thought Clive Davis was dead this morning. I was like, oh, Well, I mean, 94 also. 94.

[Crystal]

Not a tragedy.

[Kid Fury]

Not over here. Dang.

[Crystal]

Oh, but yes, Rest in peace,

[Kid Fury]

Girl. Once. Big Tigger, what happened?

[Crystal]

I am so glad you brought that up, because what the fuck is going on with that, man?

[Kid Fury]

So I'm reading this on Hot New Hip Hop. It says that over the weekend, Big Tiga was arrested on battery and third degree child cruelty charges after weeks of allegations made by his wife, Alicia Brown. Back in May, authorities opened a domestic dispute investigation after Brown sought medical help for injuries she allegedly sustained. At the time of the arrest, it was unclear whether or not the charge is in connection with that investigation. Um, I'm trying to find the end. The information about.

[Crystal]

Oh, so they said that the wife. I think the wife found some text messages between Tigger and a woman that he works with. And so he was like, oh, you know, them texts is old, you tripping, blah, blah, blah. And she was like, well, let me see him. And he was like, oh, well, I deleted them and some other ones so you can't see him. And he started recording her on his phone. She was like, stop recording me. Tried to grab the phone. He tackled her to the phone, to the floor and took the phone back and started calling her psycho. And she was like, oh, I'mma show you psycho. And went into their home office and started unplugging the computer that she.

[Kid Fury]

Is this video out or is this just detailed?

[Crystal]

This is. No, this is not video. These are the. The warrants. The arrest warrants. 11Alive, okay? 11Alive reported on it. And so she started unplugging a computer that she said she helped him buy. And he approached her from behind, grabbed her arms, you know, told her to stop. And she said at least three times she told him, you know, leave me alone. Get your hands off of me. He refused, started pushing her down. Now, all of this is video. They had a ring camera in the office. So all of this is on video. And so he started trying to, like, push her out of the office shoved her and she fell into the door and that's how she got that giant cut over her eye. And so then he took her to urgent care and the doctors and nurses was like, unfortunately, we are gonna have to contact the police.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, that's how that goes. Yeah.

[Crystal]

And their 13 year old son was inside the house and he could hear everything that. Right. So really very uncomfortable details in this story. And I'm pretty sure he was supposed to be at the BET Awards. He is the DJ for the Falcons. He's the. Yeah. You know, at the games they play music.

[Kid Fury]

I didn't know he DJed, but yeah, go ahead. I mean they have DJs.

[Crystal]

It might just be a playlist. I don't know that he's actually up there, you know, for real DJs.

[Kid Fury]

Just saying this music presented by Spotify.

[Crystal]

He's also the PA for the Hawks, so it will be interesting. Production ASSISTANT PUBLIC awareness ANNOUNCER now you know good and damn well that doesn't make as much sense in addition to his morning show host duties. So we will see if he has any repercussions as far as his work and appearances. Well concerned. But yeah, very disturbing details, I suppose

[Kid Fury]

after the nurses and physicians over at the urgent care.

[Crystal]

Oh yeah, yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Contact the police.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

They took a swift ride by collected tigs and he was booked into Fulton county jail. Goes to bail later that day, unsurprisingly had to pay up $10,000 in bond charge. Battery charge is 9,000. Cruelty charge is another thousand. I feel like they could have been the same 9,000. But anyways, court and things like that to come.

[Crystal]

Yep.

[Kid Fury]

And I suppose we'll see. Rhett. So, bitch nigga, you was on your phone

[Crystal]

cheating, first of all, texting, cheating on your wife. And you know you were cheating.

[Kid Fury]

And rather than letting the cheating come to light, because it should, because cheating is bad.

[Crystal]

And you know you did. You know you did.

[Kid Fury]

You were like, let me attack the mother of my son. My wife. Let me fight her to cheat. Like, niggas are so stupid. They're so dumb.

[Crystal]

Yeah, yeah, you already cheated.

[Kid Fury]

Now you want to catch domestic violence charges too? You should just let her find out and divorce you. Stupid, right?

[Crystal]

Just you trying to keep her from unplugging that computer with some. That was so dumb. Yes, that's mad. She just caught you cheating on her. Like, yes, she's mad, but pushing her so hard that she falls into a door. Now she got this deep ass cut over her eye. And that was another thing that when they got to the urgent care, the, you know, the medical staff is like, oh, what happened? And he answered, but she didn't. So I'm sure that was another layer of them being like, yeah, go on and call them people. And when they asked her about it, she was like, well, I was scared of what he would do if I told the truth. So I just stayed quiet. I was like, oh, probably not the first time you put your hands on her. So, sorry, but we gotta call. I am gonna have to go ahead and style the law because it's looking domestic.

[Kid Fury]

I think the only time I ever tried to wrestle somebody away from seeing a computer is when I was a child and my mama. I didn't want Mama to see that I was playing Newgrounds video games instead

[Crystal]

of doing my so Real when I didn't want my parents to know that I was in them AOL chat room showing feet, right?

[Kid Fury]

No, the computer doesn't work.

[Crystal]

It's okay.

[Kid Fury]

It's all good.

[Crystal]

I can't see y'.

[Kid Fury]

All.

[Crystal]

I'm over here doing ASL, lying, talking about I'm 19 in Florida.

[Kid Fury]

Instead of doing my fucking geography homework, I'm in here playing video games where stick figures blow each other up or whatever.

[Crystal]

Playing mine sweeper, right? Oh, my youth.

[Kid Fury]

Well, my heart and prayers go out to. To Ms. Alicia Brown and to her son for that unfortunate situation. And here's to healing and. And dealing with the trauma of another bitch in his right.

[Crystal]

Because that cut had to be bad. Had blood pouring out of her face.

[Kid Fury]

I don't even know how I would have gone to the urgent care and not said something. I mean, I'm not a woman, and I have not dealt with this, with the domestic violence situation, so I know that there are so many. There's so much depth and complication to it. But I'm just saying, me, I likely, like, you cheated on me, and now I'm in urgent care with a gash over my face. This did all the things. You name it, he did it. I hate him. When did the police get here?

[Crystal]

You name it, he did it. It's crazy.

[Kid Fury]

The LA fires, that drought from a couple years ago. Both him and everything else you want, he did it.

[Crystal]

It's all that nigga. I'm just letting y' all know he

[Kid Fury]

got Michael Vick into dog fighting. Everything. It's all his fault, so take him.

[Crystal]

Yeah, this.

[Kid Fury]

This is.

[Crystal]

When I saw the details earlier, I was like, wow, this is crazy. Like, bro, you just. Okay, well, you know, there's lessons to be learned here, and hopefully you Pick something up.

[Kid Fury]

That's gonna be it for the hot tubs this week. Hopefully you got something out of this or.

[Crystal]

And Lil Nas X. Did you see?

[Kid Fury]

I did not. I saw a report of it.

[Crystal]

Yes.

[Kid Fury]

Like a headline.

[Crystal]

I meant to bring it up when you were like, is there any other good news? He was. Because he looked so happy. He's smiling and said he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but he's been in rehab for several months. He's been with his family, you know, grounding himself. He has a therapist and a psychiatrist now. Yes. So, you know, he said that he knew something was off about himself, but he didn't want to admit it because he didn't want to have to take meds, which that stigma is still there.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my God. So real baby boy.

[Crystal]

So. But, you know, he looks really happy and smiling and he looks healthy and good. So just so happy for him that he's taking care of his health and all that. And, yeah, seems to be this video said new music will be, you know, coming whenever. He is really up to it, but he's in a good space.

[Kid Fury]

He did. He does have, like, the biggest smile and laughing here.

[Crystal]

He's so cute.

[Kid Fury]

And be honest with you, I think this is part of the reason why we talk about mental health on here so much. Because the. The. I don't know, it can feel very, like, conflicting, isolating. I feel like you can feel trapped sometimes when you have things going on that you can't put words to or you don't understand, but you just know something is off. And then when you can kind of explore it, diagnose things, acknowledge things, there can be a freedom to it.

[Crystal]

Yep.

[Kid Fury]

Doesn't mean it's easy. Doesn't mean it's just this, you know, crystal stare upward.

[Crystal]

Definitely not.

[Kid Fury]

I do love to see a black boy, especially a black gay boy like myself, smiling and laughing and kicking and talk about his family being there and seeming to have this really optimistic attitude. It makes me feel good because I was really sad over that arrest situation because I knew it was bigger than whatever thing that he did.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

And I felt like, you know, we talked about it. So I actually did see this. This video, but I just saw somebody reporting about it this morning, so I thought it was someone else.

[Crystal]

Yes.

[Kid Fury]

But, yes, that is good news.

[Crystal]

Great news. Yes. Love to see that.

[Kid Fury]

Also, I saw Justin perform at this thing last night at Taco Tuesday. That young nigga is a superstar. It doesn't make any sense. It doesn't make who he's. It doesn't Justin. Justin. Justin from inside is okay.

[Crystal]

Right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right. Yes. So, yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Amazing.

[Crystal]

Oh, no.

[Kid Fury]

He performed at Taco Tuesday. But it was excellent. It was room shaking. Everybody was up on their feet. He just like an exceptional talent.

[Crystal]

Oh, I love that.

[Kid Fury]

So excited. So bush queens up 20. That's good.

[Crystal]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

Hot girl Summer and butch queen Summer. Fight me.

[Crystal]

Absolutely. Absolutely.

[Kid Fury]

That's it for the hot tops until I figure out exactly why Shamia Morton is filing a cease desist again. Cease and desist against Angela.

[Crystal]

Ok. Oh, my God, the housewives are such a mess, bro.

[Kid Fury]

The gift that keeps on giving that

[Crystal]

you don't want, that you do not want.

[Kid Fury]

The gift that should come with a receipt.

[Crystal]

Return it.

[Kid Fury]

All right, let's take a break. Come back with your letters.

[Crystal]

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[Kid Fury]

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[Kid Fury]

we're back folks. It's time to read your listener letters.

[Crystal]

Yes it is. Send your questions to askthereadgmail.com we may read them aloud on the show. Our first letter this week comes from Tony, who says hi Chris Lynn kiff I'm a 32 year old licensed social worker from Alabama and I work remotely for a company in a northern, mostly white state. A few weeks ago on a team meeting, the discussion shifted from whether people who have different political beliefs can be friends or cordial with one another. You already know where this is going, right?

[Kid Fury]

Why would they even do this?

[Crystal]

I was fresh off of a protest regarding voting rights in Alabama, so I immediately started to explain to this all white teen that some people don't have the privilege to not talk about politics.

[Kid Fury]

Wow.

[Crystal]

This resulted in One of my co workers saying that I'm the one who's privileged because I have a lot of coach bags. Oh,

[Kid Fury]

oh, is that how that works?

[Crystal]

And another coworker.

[Kid Fury]

People are so fucking stupid.

[Crystal]

And another coworker saying that all races have been through things.

[Kid Fury]

Jesus.

[Crystal]

Leadership continued the conversation and my supervisor did nothing after I sent messages expressing my discomfort and frustration. I ended up taking PTO the next day and I am currently on leave by recommendation from my therapist. I am exhausted from being in white spaces. This is a small company, so FMLA is not an option. But I feel like I truly cannot move past this. And I no longer want to explain to these whites that the white things, they do literally impact everyone. I'm supposed to return to work next week. I have bills, so I can't crash out the way I want to. But this is a true internal battle. I want the company to know that they have failed to protect me and I don't feel psychologically safe. Do y' all think I should just resign or should I push through? I have other streams of income, so I really want to tell them to kiss my ass. But I also have my professional licensure, which is my real livelihood. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tony.

[Kid Fury]

Man, Tony, I'm so sorry that an ugly ass bitch like this would even say that. Like, wow, people are so like often stupid. Often intentionally.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Obtuse on purpose.

[Crystal]

Yep.

[Kid Fury]

I can't fully discern what's which going on here.

[Crystal]

Right. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Because I don't know what I'm cracking, but I think that it is such an ignorant and brazen comment. It's very bold to be like, well, in fact, you are privileged because you have a number of bags from some, I don't know, Italian or French white ass company.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

So tough. Like what, what the fuck does my, my closet have to do with my political and social issues and ideas?

[Crystal]

Yes, yes.

[Kid Fury]

Like should you resign? I don't think. Not in this economy. I can't do that.

[Crystal]

But that is really it. I can't encourage resigning with things the way they are now. And to keep it very real, it's going to be white people at every job and most of them are going to say something like this. You know, maybe if you were at a bigger company with a more robust hr, they would be like, oh, we're shutting that down immediately. But it is just, I can see where you're frustrated because if I'm talking about, you know, if we're talking about how some people can't afford to not Be political. Like, they can't afford to not talk about how. How politics is affecting their life. And you tell me, oh, well, you're actually privileged because you have designer bags. I'm gonna want to smack the out of you like that. Yes. I mean, so financial privilege is a thing, but we're not talking about that. And you have no idea where these bags came from. Like, they could all be gifts as far as you know. And again, you're. You're. You're refusing to stay on topic is like, you can't just sit with the fact that you feel uncomfortable when somebody talks, starts talking about the fact that there is inequality in this country, and the other bitch piping up saying, well, all races have been through things.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, are you cool? Shoot your ass up. Let me address this first.

[Crystal]

Right, Right. So, I mean, I think I would go back to work again. I mean, but it would take a. It takes a lot for me to leave a job, baby. I have been thoroughly abused at work and still showed up every day with a smile. So I absolutely would not resign off of this. But I would stop talking to these white people about anything to do with race and race relations and politics. Like, I think I would just completely step back from any conversations that have anything to do with that, because y' all not gonna worry my nerves. You.

[Kid Fury]

Not radically. Like, I'm talking. Like, I'm not talking to you bitches about anything that doesn't involve my job.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

And I suggest you don't do the. You do the exact same thing. Because the moment that she tried to bring up whoever open for the boutique, I'm going to walk away. Like, I'm going to explicitly remove myself from any conversation that doesn't have anything to do from work. And if I'm asked, I'm going to tell you directly. It's because I don't feel safe, comfortable, or interested now in talking about anything outside of work.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

Congrats. Because there's nothing that you could really, in my opinion, there isn't really much that you can say about how you're feeling. There's nothing more you can say that is going to change the outcome. Because I think, as Crystal was just saying, like, it has to do with these people's inability to sit with the fact that they are privileged and to.

[Crystal]

Yep.

[Kid Fury]

And to sit through acknowledging process words, dialogue that make them uncomfortable.

[Crystal]

Yep.

[Kid Fury]

And it's the biggest red flag when you barely say something about. About racial inequality or anything like that. And motherfuckers like, well, you have coach bags and Also, what?

[Crystal]

Like, like, like, girl, you're joking. You're joking. Meanwhile, I'm a black person in Alabama where they are literally trying to take away our voting rights. Like, I'm out here actually working for the people in this very disenfranchised, very black state. And a pack of crackers in Minnesota or Washington or wherever, and one of the Dakotas want to tis me. Oh, my God, girl. Oh. Oh, my God, Tony, I know you was pissed, but, you know, yeah, just step back emotionally. Start looking for another job. If. If you feel like you can't be around these people no more, but understand you probably gonna run into that in. In a lot of workplaces, maybe even most.

[Kid Fury]

It's an unfortunate fact, but maybe they won't say something as stupid as, well, you have some designer bags, so tough. Vote for what?

[Crystal]

Like, so like I said, financial privilege is a thing, but if you were financially privileged, you probably would not be a social worker who is also, like, who is currently employed. Like, when we talk about financial privilege, we are talking about a lot more than like a hundred thousand dollars a year. Like, we're not. I mean, there's so many kinds of privilege. I would have been like, yeah, I'm also able bodied. I'm also cisgender. I'm also an American. I'm also like, girl, there are a lot of privileges, but what the fuck are we talking about right now? Why don't you focus?

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

Oh, I would wanna wring a bitch neck. Oh, my God.

[Kid Fury]

I would have typed the original author and said bitch. Why did you even ask us this?

[Crystal]

Who started the conversation? Somebody should shut this down. Yeah, but good luck with the job search because I know you tired of these whites in particular.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

All right, our next letter comes from Fran, who says, hi, Crystal and Kid Fury. My wife Taya and I are queer black women raising our 16 year old daughter, Shay. My wife was a single mom for the first years of. For the first seven years of Shay's life. And I made a vow to be an active parent to Shay as soon as I knew I was serious about Taya, which, to be honest, was a very short time frame after we started dating. Of course it was. As queer parents, we've always made an effort to remove shame and guilt from normal human feelings when it comes to sex. Shay has read a number of books, watched educational videos, and we talk about the subject often because we know how we were as teens and young adults. We also have access to her phone and we know she's been talking to some boy at school about her quote, unquote fantasies. We let her know that it's okay for her to have crushes and to figure out who she likes, but to be careful with porn and that social media mess because it'll up your brain. Last December, I was trying to take her to school, and this little was in the room masturbating to Twitter porn that she.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, okay, all right.

[Crystal]

Yes, in her room masturbating to Twitter porn. I didn't crash out then. Instead, we had discussions about the situation and reminded her that social media and porn are destructive and let her know we want her to be safe. She said, I won't do any of that no more. And we told her that she might, but we just wanted her to equip her with the right resources and knowledge. We encouraged her to get involved in the school's gay student alliance, partly because we know one thing the gays will do is be real with the girlies, and we thought she could benefit from that. It's now June, and I just found a condom wrapper in Shay's bathroom. My mind was racing, and I was worried that she was still lying and being sneaky. Taya brought the topic of the condom up to Shay, asking her if she's sexually active. Shay was obviously embarrassed by the question, but she told us no. We offered to put her on birth control, and she said, no, I'm not ready for sex. I just wanted to know what that banana condom was like. My spidey senses told me there was more to the story. I guess, you know, it was probably like a banana flavored condom. Yeah. I went to her room and found a ton of used condoms, including one that was covering our turkey baster.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, you're being really.

[Crystal]

At this point. Yeah, at this point, Taya and I crashed out asking Shay questions to understand how often she was reusing condoms while she saved them and why she got to use our kitchen tools in her process. We ended with our usual we love you and we want you to be safe speech and booked her an appointment with her pcp. A couple days ago, my wife came home with a bag for Shay and decided to speak to me first before giving it to her. This bag included a card for us to write an apology for the way we reacted, a few stuffies that the kids are into these days, and a sex toy.

[Kid Fury]

When you say stuffies, that's like. That's plushies.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Like stuffed animals. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, okay. Okay. Count.

[Crystal]

Yes. Taa wants us to gift our teenager an insertable sex toy because we Are sex positive conscious parents and feminists and blah, blah, blah.

[Kid Fury]

Okay.

[Crystal]

She literally wrote, blah, blah, blah. I told T. Hell no, I'm not okay with this. Since our teen has not really demonstrated much. Much maturity in communicating her thoughts and feelings about sex and continues to be sneaky. And I think this would only encourage that behavior as a neutral party. I'm curious to get your opinion. Do you think this is an appropriate gift? Am I being an asshole? Does my wife have more say due to the fact that she carried Shay and was a single mom? What would y' all do in my situation? Thanks, friend.

[Kid Fury]

Fran. There's so many things I wouldn't be doing in this situation.

[Crystal]

Yeah,

[Kid Fury]

I fully understand the sentiment, like, completely. Because you just want your kid to be safe and to approach their sexuality at a young age in a way that. That won't be harmful. Mentally, physically, so on and so forth. So it sounds like. Like the way that this started, this letter was like, we've been teens. Once we know how it is, we just want her to be safe. But it also feels like as the letter was going on, you were kind of like, cutting. Cutting her off at every opportunity to, like, insert yourself and be like, well, this is how you do it. You sure you're doing it like this? Because we can go to the doctor and I can get you some sex toys, and we can get you a. What do you call the. What do you. A dental dam. Oh, a dental dam.

[Crystal]

Oh, work.

[Kid Fury]

And I mean, again, I get it. But I also remember being a teen, and I can't imagine how much of this is helping or preventing her from doing whatever it is that you want to do, because most teenagers want to figure out their sexuality not alone, but without. Without being underneath their guardian's watch and stuff like that. So I do think it's complicated because I understand why you want to be involved, but I also understand why your daughter is being. I don't wanna say sneaky, private or nervous about it. Cause she's young and she's figuring it out. It's probably embarrassing to be talking about getting caught flicking the bean to Twitter. Like, I don't wanna talk to you about this. I'm a teenager, my hormones all over the place. I'm masturbating. Good God. Like, I get being like, we gonna put you on birth control.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

But being like, oh, we found some. Some. Some condoms and we just wanna know how it's going. Yeah, I don't know. I think you kinda gotta. It's one of those things where you have to be like, A, B, C, go with God.

[Crystal]

Yes.

[Kid Fury]

The D is none of my business.

[Crystal]

Oh, you're cut off. Oh, you're in time out,

[Kid Fury]

friend. I couldn't stop.

[Crystal]

Fran, I. It's interesting because you're like, we're trying. We've made an effort to remove shame and guilt. You know, we're open with her. We're sex positive and feminist, but as soon as you get an inkling that this child is doing anything sexual, you kind of spiral. Like. Yeah, she was the issue with her, you know, masturbating is more to do with, you know, like, girl, we trying to get ready to go to school, and you in here flicking the bean like, we don't have time for that. I mean, also, you know, seeking out porn on social media is not the greatest, but it just sounds like you. I mean, and then with the condom. The condom wrapping, she was like, well, you know, I just wanted to know what a banana condom, you know, tasted like or whatever. And then you were like, well, I. My spidey senses told me to go check her room, and I found a lot more condoms. And now that we know she's diddling herself on a regular basis, my wife got her a sex toy, and I'm against it. What? Why?

[Kid Fury]

You're sex positive and you're feminine, allegedly.

[Crystal]

Why can't. It's like you don't want her to masturbate. I don't know how to tell you this. She's 16. She's horny. They. They're horny, baby. They are. It's like you. You say one thing, but your actions are going to keep her. It's like you want her to come tell you when she's horny, when she wants to touch herself, when she is having these thoughts and feelings. Like, why would. Why would she.

[Kid Fury]

Why would she do that?

[Crystal]

Why would she do that?

[Kid Fury]

I think it's great as a parent to just be like, hey, look, we ain't even saying there's anything wrong with you being sexual or having sexual desires or even if you want to start experimenting with sex, make sure you're on birth control, because we know how this, you know, young person shit go.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

But, yeah, it feels like you're. You're like, she's. You know, it's like you have her in surveillance.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

For every time, just in case she shows some sort of sexual interest, whether it's solo or with someone. And then you have something to say about it.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

So it's less like you're sexually positive and feminist. And, you know, welcoming to your daughter being, you know, sexual or beginning to be. And it's more like you want her to be sexual in the way that you are comfortable with.

[Crystal]

Right? Yes.

[Kid Fury]

And what I worry is gonna happen is that she's just gonna be like, okay, this sex thing, I'm not doing it over there, and I will figure it out in the streets.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And that's what you don't want.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

So I think you should back up a bit. I would tell her, hey, keep my kids your tools in the kitchen. I don't know what the fuck you think you doing over here.

[Crystal]

Right? That's so valid. That's so valid. Just be glad she put a condom over it, because, I mean, we're throwing this away and buying another one. Don't ever go to my kitchen and find something to yourself with like, I would rather you have a dildo than to pull my cucumber out the ice box and be like, give me 15 minutes. Like, no, But I mean, yeah, I think you. I think there's a discrepancy between the way you say you want to raise her and the way you're acting like.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

Like, almost like you're a little too overprotective. I don't know that that's the right word. But you. You're kind of, like, doing a lot. When 16 year olds do get horny, it's like, parents don't want to accept this. They get why you think so many of them accidentally get pregnant. They get horny as. And, you know, it sounds like y' all have absolutely taught her about safe sex, but she does want to explore her body, and that is very, very normal. It is developmentally appropriate. She's not five, you know, acting like this. This is what teenagers do. So I'm with. I'm with your wife on this. My parents would have rather died than buy me a sex toy. They would have never done that. But I don't. I mean, I'm also not a parent, but I don't really see the issue, especially if, you know, she's. She's scavenging around the house looking for something. Like, you want it to be the remote control next. Like, the girl is having feelings.

[Kid Fury]

So Thanksgiving is coming up. We do not have.

[Crystal]

So, yeah. Yeah. Trust that when it comes to big things like having sex with somebody else, that you all have nurtured a safe enough environment. But again, she's not going to feel safe if y' all keep hitting the roof every time you discover anything remotely sexual about her. Like, you're gonna have to give her some space to. To, you know, some of some things are private. Who at any age would go tell their parents every time they feeling horny and want to tickle the pickle?

[Kid Fury]

Hello.

[Crystal]

Nobody's doing that. Sorry, friend. So sorry.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I would. Even with. With the wifey, you know, I'd allow her the sex tape. A sex toy. Right. And I would also be like, okay, mommies have probably been doing a bit much, so we're gonna. We're gonna take a break. We're gonna take a step back. If you have any questions, any sort of concern, big or small, you let us know. But put a sock or something on the dough.

[Crystal]

Not a sock.

[Kid Fury]

We just gonna leave this up to you. We trust you, and hopefully you can trust us.

[Crystal]

Yes. Yes. Because it sounds like, again, y' all have covered the subject extensively, and so, you know, at some point, you kind of. I. I. Yeah, I'm with your wife on this, and I would. I'm sure it's easier said than done. It's probably hard to watch a little girl that you've raised since she was 7 and all of a sudden turn into this young lady who is doing grown things and having grown thoughts, you know, I'm sure it's hard, but what do you want to do? She's a sexual being like most of us are, and she is gonna explore that one way or another. So.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

Doesn't mean you have to be the orgy house, but.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I'm sure not.

[Crystal]

But you also don't have to be so strict and weird about it that she stops talking to y' all and feels like she needs to hide things, like you said. I feel like she's being sneaky and hiding stuff. Look at how y' all react, right?

[Kid Fury]

Like, yeah, yeah, I'm masturbating here. Like, let's talk about this. So what? You watch it. Like, girl, get out of my face.

[Crystal]

Oh, man. Okay. Good luck, though. Good luck. Because that whole. It's complicated. That whole thing about porn is extremely complicated. So good luck with a teenager, baby.

[Kid Fury]

Thanks. Yeah, I mean, they're rough.

[Crystal]

All right. Our last letter comes from somebody who said, call me. The buck stops here.

[Kid Fury]

What you got, Buck?

[Crystal]

Hi, Chris. Lyn Kifieri. I've been a fan and listener since the show's inception, and I love you both. Over the last four years, I've grown close to a friend who was raised by an abusive and neglectful mother who did not equip her with basic life skills. For my friend this has snowballed into a cycle of job hopping and intermittent employment, homelessness and a field of toxic relationships with older men. I relate to this friend because our moms are very similar and we understand hardship in a way that some of some of our other friends don't. But lately I've been reconsidering our relationship. The past four years have been full of me providing support to her and her miss, everything from emailing and making phone calls on her behalf to find her a job, fighting for her not to be evicted from different apartments, and being on the receiving end of her rants about whatever deadbeat father of six she's currently dating. Damn. This has been the basis of our friendship and our closeness only consists of her shit, my advice on how to fix the shit, and me loaning her money. I'm tired and I'm trying to work on some personal goals of my own, including saving to buy a house. I'm a single mother of three and she has no kids, but she still finds it acceptable to ask me for money from time to time. At first I felt bad for her and saw my younger self in her and I wished I would have had someone like me in my corner when I really needed it. But with her not returning the money she borrows and every time we speak there's a new issue to stress about, I see that this cycle is not one I can help her end. She recently let a family member and their kids live with her for more than a year without contributing to the bills. I warned her not to do this but she did it anyway. Now she's short on rent, this family member refuses to cover the difference and her landlord is moving forward to evict. I want to ask her so many questions about this situation and speak with the landlord to work something out, but I'm honestly tired of coming up with game plans to pull her out of the holes that she digs for her son self. It's frustrating because I've seen this friend through trial after trial after trial, but I don't think I can see her through this one. She asked me for money the other day and I straight up lied, which I feel awful about, but I'm burned out. My advice goes in one ear and out the other and I low key feel like an enabler. I want the best for her and I truly believe she can sustain herself. I just can't be part of the journey anymore. How do I explain to her and our friend group how I feel and that I want off of her personal advisory committee how do I break up with a friend who's already at rock bottom? I don't want her to feel abandoned. But I'm trying to save myself at this point. Thanks for the help. Buck. Bucky.

[Kid Fury]

What up, Bucky? What do you do in situations like this? Because it's such a, like you care about the a person and you want to see the best for them. That has, I think a particular like pain to it and I don't know, it's like a really complicated emotion. But then you have, have. Since you can also acknowledge there ain't really much you can do right. To help a person that is not interested in the help. So I, I think the best situations, the best, best decision in those situations is to take a step back, pray for him. If that's the thing that you do or believe in and state if and when this is over, you need a good cry. Yeah, let me know. But yeah, it for me, especially if it's a thing that we've discussed or you've discussed more than one and we've like met in the middle about it and then it happens again. I probably won't say anything. You know what I mean? I'm not going to hide it and act like I'm happy, but I'm not going to revisit the same damn conversation. You clearly know what you want to do. But, but yeah, in this type of situation, I think I would unfortunately and emotionally choose to mind my own damn business.

[Crystal]

Yeah. I don't think you have to end your friendship with her. I don't think it's that serious. I think you just need to stop putting yourself in the position to be her savior. Let her feel the consequences of her decisions. You're not her mom. I don't know why you keep. Well, and you said it actually that you see a lot of yourself in her. So you keep trying to save her because you could use somebody like that. But she is an adult and she is going to have to get her own together. Like, you can't support this woman for all of her life. She is not one of your kids. You got three kids. She's not one of them. So you know, you giving out money that you, you don't really have or that you could be using for your own goals. Buying a house, spending on your kids, things like that. It's something to stress out about. You take on a lot of responsibility though, that you don't have to do. Like you said, she is, is facing eviction now because of this situation that you warned her not to do. Okay, so now let her deal with the ramifications of that decision. You want to ask her all these questions and get more details and talk to her landlord? For what? What? For what? For what? This is her problem. You're burnt out and over it because you keep putting yourself in the position to save her or. Or fix her when that's not your job and you're not capable of doing it. You're not capable of. Of. Of healing. Whatever she has, you know, whatever is. Is hurting within her, she has to do that for herself. No, sometimes we're the problem and we are also the solution. That's the good thing about being the problem, is that you are also the solution. So when you said you low key, feel like an enabler, I would agree with that. You have absolutely enabled this. And that can be a hard pill to swallow because you look around like, damn, all I was trying to do to help is help. But it's a thin line between help and enabling, and you have crossed it many, many times. So I don't even think this is something you need to, like, explain to the friend group. And I mean, I would talk to her privately maybe and be like, yeah, as a friend, you know I love you dearly and I don't want to not be your friend, but I can't overstep and try to take care of you anymore. I have to focus on myself and my kids in that regard. So, like, I'm here for emotional support, like friends do, you know, if you want to sometimes about what's going on in your life, like, yeah, that is how friends are. And I'm absolutely, you know, we can share some guacamole and talk about how these niggas ain't. But as far as, like, stepping in and trying to help take control of her life, you. You have to stop doing that. So that's your own trauma, that's your own wound, like you said. But you gotta. You gotta step back in that capacity. You're not her caretaker, so.

[Kid Fury]

At all. And yeah, it is giving, mama. Big sister.

[Crystal]

It is, right? It's giving. Like, this is the big sister I never had. And anytime something goes wrong, I could just call her and she's gonna help me find a job and she's gonna talk to my landlord. And this, this like, baby, do you even do all this for yourself? Like, do. Do you put this much effort into taking care of yourself even? That's a real question. So, yeah, I think that's. I think that's what I would do. I would. I would. I would step back so that we can be friends instead of caretaker and patient.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, client.

[Crystal]

Right. Because y' all are not really friends. You're. You're more like a junior mom. And no, no, I'm not doing all that for you, so. Because, yeah, eventually she's gonna piss you off to your highest pisstivity and y' all gonna fall out anyway, so you might as well.

[Kid Fury]

So true.

[Crystal]

Cut the shit now, baby.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, that's very true.

[Crystal]

Yeah, so. But good luck to you. Ms. Buck stops here. Cause that can be hard to do, Bucky. All right, that is going to wrap up our listener letters this week. If you have a question for us, please, please send us an email. Babes. Askthereadgmail.com we'll be right back.

[Kid Fury]

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[Crystal]

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[Kid Fury]

We have returned. It's time for the final segment, which we call the Read. I'll begin because I truly don't think this will take too long. So this is for JD Vance and his mom, Donald Trump.

[Crystal]

Bye bye.

[Kid Fury]

Big Vancy was on a podcast recently where he was confronted with his remarks few years back when he and his mom weren't claiming one another, and he actually referred to Trump as America's Hitler and said he didn't believe that Donald Trump was intelligent.

[Crystal]

Wow. Two truths.

[Kid Fury]

On the podcast he said, right? I remember this back in 2016, and in hindsight, it's just so, so dumb. People would say that Trump was dumb or that he wasn't very smart. He's super smart. Like, he reads a lot. He understands, understand. Girl who believes that baby? My baby cousins read a lot. They love one Fish two Fl, two Fish. You know, they love Woody.

[Crystal]

Cat in the Hat.

[Kid Fury]

A classic Cat in the Hat.

[Crystal]

Baby never dies.

[Kid Fury]

What if your eggs and ham were green? Like, that's everybody. Anyways, like, he reads a lot. He understands people at an instinctual level better than anybody that I've ever known. He's very, very, like, from a pure IQ persp. He's a very smart person. He then went on to say, if you give Donald Trump an IQ test with the other 45, 46 presidents that the United States has had, I guarantee he'd either be near the top or at the top. J.D. just say that he's your top. He's not at the top of any body. On an intellectual level, it's not true. It's just never gonna happen. That's never been the case. Are you talking about the president who last year said that they cut down drug prices by 1,500%.

[Crystal]

Oh, my God.

[Kid Fury]

I remember that.

[Crystal]

I remember that.

[Kid Fury]

So where's our money? We should be getting refunds. You like, that's the guy who's got the highest IQ of the president, the one who, quote, said, you know, grass has a lifetime, a lifetime, like people have a lifetime. And the lifetime of this grass has been long gone. When you look at the parks where the grass is all tired, exhausted, we're going to redo the grass. We've got the finest grass. I know all about grass. This is the president with the Highest iq. Just say he makes me cuddle both of his old wrinkly, rotted gangrene balls in my mouth on a daily basis and call him big Mama. Is this a humiliation? Why would you go out in the streets and say something so fucking foolish and untrue?

[Crystal]

It's weird.

[Kid Fury]

It's so strange. Especially when most of the planet knows that the opposite is the truth. Like, not even just Americans, bitch. I don't know how many y' all don't like, how many of you leave the country or how often you do red hats. They're laughing at us.

[Crystal]

Oh.

[Kid Fury]

Hard, if not threatening death, because the leader of our country is legitimately one of the stupidest people that's ever held a seat in any governing office.

[Crystal]

So true.

[Kid Fury]

He is a legitimate, literal dumbass.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And in fact, I would argue that you are much smarter than him. And I don't think you're. You're that smart.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

So what is this? What is this? Stop getting on my damn nerves, big face. I'm already mad that you took all that Ozempic in your face. Still wide, so leave me alone. I am legitimately done. I don't have nothing else to say.

[Crystal]

Well, this. Speaking of dumbasses associated with Trump in the White House, remember when you talked about that boxer or whoever, Josh Hokut,

[Kid Fury]

who called Michelle Obama a man fucking dumbass.

[Crystal]

He went on a podcast and the host was like, yeah, So I watched that, and I was just like, yay, Josh. Finna talk his shit. And then you opened your mouth and talked about Michelle Obama. And I was like, why did you do that? That. And he was like, this man, Josh Hokut said, well, I thought I was giving her a compliment. And so the podcast host was like, nobody views, you know, calling a woman a man a compliment. And he was like, yeah, I'm saying, you know, like, she knows how to deal with adversity. She knows how to work hard. She's like a man. You know, when times get tough, she's. It's just a great chance for me to talk to the whole world about how this country is. Is great with freedom of speech. And any other country you go to, they might have killed me for saying that, but in America, you can say

[Kid Fury]

that, and so we should have done it here.

[Crystal]

And so the podcast host was like, so are you, like, backtracking what you said? Are you. Are you trying to go back on it? He was like, nah. One thing about me and my career, you never gonna hear me go back on anything I say. Like, If I said it, I meant it. Blah, blah, blah. Okay, if you said it, you meant it. But you expect us to believe that you thought calling Michelle Obama a man was a compliment? And the podcast host was like. He was like, I just want to know why Michelle Obama was on your mind in that moment. Which fair.

[Kid Fury]

I think most of us wanted to know that.

[Crystal]

And he was just like, because, man, you know, it's America. And I just. Freedom of speech and all. I'm like, oh, you get hit in the. You get hit in the head for a living. Right, right, right, right, right. Cause this does not make sense.

[Kid Fury]

It doesn't.

[Crystal]

Two, three weeks later, you responded to all this being like, well, actually calling a woman a man is a compliment. So it's weird that all of you are upset about it.

[Kid Fury]

Publicists. Hit the road, Jack. They were like. They were like, girl, you are all you got. I don't nothing like to tell you, because that is the dumbest excuse.

[Crystal]

Right. You must think you talking to Trump, because who else would believe.

[Kid Fury]

Right, Right, right. Trump probably told him to say that.

[Crystal]

So fucking stupid. I saw that and said, now listen, just stand on it. You said what? You said it was stupid as fuck. You thought all your little MAGA assholes was going to be cackling and agreeing with you.

[Kid Fury]

Exactly.

[Crystal]

Instead, they all got on camera. Like, that was weird. Don't know why that could have said ex.

[Kid Fury]

Exactly. Exactly. Crispo. He thought MAGA was gonna be like, fuck yeah. All them niggas were like, what the fuck did Michelle Obama have to do with this? Why did they bring her plugged? I know he gagged.

[Crystal]

He couldn't believe it. He thought everybody was gonna be like, yeah, Josh telling the truth on the White House line. Usc. Fuck yeah. And instead everybody was like. Like, he made it so weird. We were all having a good time, cuz.

[Kid Fury]

He literally said, am I right, America?

[Crystal]

And they were like, no.

[Kid Fury]

America was like, no, no, you so stupid. Like, you're. You're literally wrong.

[Crystal]

You're learn. That is a cisgender woman. She's given birth twice. We've seen those kids who look exactly like a combination of her and her husband. The entire suggestion was beyond ridiculous. It didn't warrant a response from them, which is why they've paid you dust. Michelle Obama said one word. They have real things to do.

[Kid Fury]

Soot.

[Crystal]

Michelle Obama on podcast saying nigga. And you know, at the presidential center, a big up in her, man. So they just didn't have. They did not have time for this. But I did, girl. Stupid Dumb. Your own people said, I don't get it. I mean, we were getting drunk and punching each other in the dick. It was a great time. And then Josh just wanted to make it weird. And so now you done came back with something even dumber. This is even dumber. And then to be like, well, you know me. I don't backtrack on nothing, bitch.

[Kid Fury]

So then what are we doing?

[Crystal]

So if.

[Kid Fury]

If it's a. I have to watch this? Cause you're making it sound like that host fried him. Like, I have to know.

[Crystal]

He did. He absolutely did. He was like, so, you know, it's the Ariel Helwani show.

[Kid Fury]

Okay.

[Crystal]

And, you know, I don't think this. This is probably not a good person either, but he definitely. Yeah, probably not. He definitely was like, why'd you make it weird, bro? And this nigga's outside in his mirrored aviators, you know, red face. He probably. I don't know, on a boat or something, just like.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, No, I think he's, like, half dead. No shade.

[Crystal]

If it's such a compliment, why didn't you call Melania a man? Right? Since it's so nice. Is your mom a man?

[Kid Fury]

You ain't been the first lady in ages.

[Crystal]

What condos does Josh Tolkien have a wife? Is your wife a man? Is the same a gay relationship that you in, like, it's just so weird to try to walk it back by, like, right? You either say, yeah, I said it. I just thought them hoes was going to be with me, and they ain't, or you apologize for it, but this weird is actually a. A compliment. So you should stop being mad. That's what's not going to fly. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Fg.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Yeah. That brain.

[Kid Fury]

That's the.

[Crystal]

You get that gray matter looking real thin up there. I know it is. I know. If they. It would just be holes just spots all over the place, bitch. Cause who thought that made sense?

[Kid Fury]

Also, January 6th, it's giving. You were at.

[Crystal]

It was.

[Kid Fury]

You were storming January 6th.

[Crystal]

It is.

[Kid Fury]

Because, homie, okay, you maga.

[Crystal]

Yes.

[Kid Fury]

You're getting to do your job at the White House with Jabba the Hutt there. That wasn't good. And you won your fight, right? That wasn't good enough.

[Crystal]

Nope.

[Kid Fury]

You also had to make some fake attempt at a political statement. And everybody paid you, Right?

[Crystal]

Right, Right.

[Kid Fury]

Everybody paid you the worst people humiliating. That's what you get, bitch.

[Crystal]

Shane Gillis. Like, I wouldn't have said it seems

[Kid Fury]

weird kill us outside walking in his car like that shit was weird.

[Crystal]

We were Having fun. And speaking of people who are now regretful for the things they did, if you remember, last week, I talked about the dog that LAPD shot and killed because his owner was having a good time, right? So the neighbor who called the police spoke with Eyewitness News, ABC 7 out there in Los Angeles and asked not to be identified out of fear for their safety. So they, you know.

[Kid Fury]

I bet. Bitch.

[Crystal]

So they're blurry. The voice has changed, but you can tell this is a Caucasian. And they said, I just feel so bad. I feel responsible for what happened. I'm so sorry.

[Kid Fury]

You are?

[Crystal]

I never wanted anything bad to happen. I thought I was doing the right thing. And when I heard her screaming, I was yelling out to her balcony. And I called over several times, and I kept saying, are you okay? And she didn't answer me. She just kept on screaming. Because the New York Knicks, who she's been waiting her whole life to see win a championship, just won a fucking championship. Ain't nobody thinking about you. Anyway, anyway, so, you know, the neighbors, like, I've had experience with domestic violence incidents before, and so I just. That when the police came, they were so hostile, and they were banging on the door, and I was like, that's not how a wellness check should go. And. And then they. I. I heard the barking, and they said, put your dog away. And then the dog barked again, and then they let out five gunshots. And this person's like, oh, you know, I just think this has taught me not to trust lapd, and next time, I'll probably just go check on my neighbor myself instead of calling. And, Marie, I'm so sorry. I thought the right thing, and I never imagined this would happen. And I feel so guilty and shameful, and I wish I could tell you this in person, but I'm scared. You should be. You should be. Remain frightened. Because what I said last week about having a list and you and the that shot my dog is at the top of it. I meant that. And so, of course, the ABC7 reached out to the attorney, and the attorney said, our focus is on the events that resulted in the death of this dog. We are waiting for LAPD to acknowledge this use of deadly force for no reason and to be transparent about their investigation, etc. Etc. Basically, like, don't nobody have time for your white tears and white fragility. And I wish I could tell you this in person, but I'm scared. Not as scared as I was to see my fucking dog get gunned down right in front of my face. In the middle of what should have been an extremely joyous moment. You talking about. I feel so bad. I hope you do. I hope you do.

[Kid Fury]

Not as scared as I was having five, six white armed police show up banging on my door while I'm watching the next win.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Yeah, right.

[Kid Fury]

Fucking dumb.

[Crystal]

So of course it was a white person who just decided that they were gonna call the law and is now like, I guess the police aren't the right response for every situation.

[Kid Fury]

That isn't how a wellness check should go.

[Crystal]

You live in Los Angeles. You. You. Do you know nothing about the state of this country? Do you know nothing about the police? Police? Do you know nothing about racism?

[Kid Fury]

No.

[Crystal]

Like you.

[Kid Fury]

Because they don't have to care.

[Crystal]

Well, I guess in the future I'll just go knock on my neighbor's door. You won't have too much of a future with me. But I'm a. I'm not Marie. And you should be glad about that. I would love to say this to your face, but I'm scared. Yeah. Because I'm. Don't. Don't come. Don't come knocking on my door now saying how bad you feel when you could have came and knocked on my door then if you really felt a fucking way about it.

[Kid Fury]

And I'm sorry. I don't give a fuck if you're not a sports fan. Every fucking body knew that the Knicks were in the finals and how big of a deal it was. Everybody knew that. So I don't buy it. Shut the fuck up.

[Crystal]

Did you hear her scream? Help. Help. He's stabbing me. Me. Help. He's trying to kill me. Like, did you hear anything like that? Or did you just hear yelling? And you thought too much of that nigger. Not too much. With your black joy. And called the cops. And now you got. And I'm sure you feel bad because they shot the dog and. And not your neighbor. I'm sure you didn't want the dog to die.

[Kid Fury]

We're on Pacific time too. The New York Knicks did not win at 2am In.

[Crystal]

Come on. This is a normal time of day.

[Kid Fury]

Are you okay?

[Crystal]

It's like a 8pm It's. It's 8pm over there. Come on, bro. Come on. Like. I ain't just. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

You wouldn't have to knock on my door. You be. You should be better focused on moving far, far.

[Crystal]

Right. Right. You should be contacting the building and asking can you get let out of your lease? Because you need to get the away from me. Talking about, I, I. I can't be on camera because I'm. I'm afraid of my safety. And I've seen a lot of death threats online. Yeah, yeah. Yes.

[Kid Fury]

Don't know they mean it.

[Crystal]

Somebody sent me a clip from this podcast called the Read. And that lady said that she would hunt me down and kill everybody in my family execution style before she took my life. And like, yes, but lady.

[Kid Fury]

And the. Because both of us. I hate your living guts, bitch. And I wish you nothing but your words.

[Crystal]

So stay anonymous, cracker. Cuz it's. That's your ass. But I'm sure Marie knows who you are. If I were you, would move. If I were you, I would move. Do it right now. It's. It's for the best.

[Kid Fury]

You got my baby had on a Knicks jersey. Come on.

[Crystal]

A fucking. Dude.

[Kid Fury]

My baby was murdered wearing the jersey of our favorite team. There wouldn't be enough bloodshed.

[Crystal]

No. I'm so, like, there really would not. There really not be enough bloodshed? That is correct. You fucking tried it. You fucked your Reid.

[Kid Fury]

Are two white people with dumbass unnecessary excuses?

[Crystal]

Yes.

[Kid Fury]

Like both. We don't want to hear that shit, whitey.

[Crystal]

Right? You did what you did. You said what you said. I just feel so bad now. Who knew that police would respond this way? Anybody who's been paying even one ounce of attention to what is happening in America since 2020. I'll even say 2020. Although it's been since America. But, baby, have you not been around even, like, have you. Okay, all right.

[Kid Fury]

My grandma got a tick tock. So you don't have no excuses. I know you see what's. Let's see. Shut your.

[Crystal]

Like, I know you do, right? You trying to walk it back now? And who would have thought LAPD would react like that? Anybody with a functioning brain. Anybody? Anybody?

[Kid Fury]

You heard of the riots? Have you heard of, like, any of the historical LAPD shit? What the fuck are you talking about? And you know what really grinds my gears? Crystal, now that I think about it? If they would have shot that woman and not the dog, that lady wouldn't be on tv.

[Crystal]

Absolutely.

[Kid Fury]

Whoever that person is wouldn't be on tv.

[Crystal]

No.

[Kid Fury]

Because they couldn't imagine the police would have shot the dog without the human.

[Crystal]

That's what I'm saying. I think they would feel less bad if the police had killed the woman. Yeah, they would probably be like, well, who's to know what you're doing in this there. I heard yells. Okay. Did you hear someone specifically in distress, though? Because I'm just saying, people Tend to say, help, Help. Say, you know, okay, let me shut up. For somebody in my building think I need some help. But, yeah, you really. You really shit the bed on this one. And no amount of anonymous, tearful apologies are gonna make it better. Girl, fuck yourself.

[Kid Fury]

And did you call 91 1?

[Crystal]

Probably.

[Kid Fury]

Because unless it. Like, you shouldn't call 911 for a noise complaint.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Unless you. Unless it is, like, very clear or you have high, certain suspicions. Yeah, well, that there is a crime happening.

[Crystal]

Yeah, it wasn't a noise complaint. It was a. A wellness check Check. Okay, so I don't know if. If they dialed the emergency number or not, but either way, you asked for the police to come through, and that was ridiculous. Why would I call the police before I tried knocking on her goddamn door?

[Kid Fury]

Hello?

[Crystal]

Why would I do that?

[Kid Fury]

Hello?

[Crystal]

Why would I do that? Are you scared of your black neighbors? That's interesting.

[Kid Fury]

Whoever you are, I hope you have heard this podcast, and I hope you know, but I hope I want them to start with each of your toes, clip them right on, off.

[Crystal]

I'm talking about, ooh, Lord.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I hope you get waterboarded with Sunny Delight. I hate you, bitch.

[Crystal]

Yeah. You deserve to suffer for this. So you talking about how bad you feel? Not bad enough. Not as bad as the person whose dog is now dead, because.

[Kid Fury]

Hello.

[Crystal]

Partly because of you. Partly because of you. In no insignificant way, because of you. So, yeah, sit with that. And hopefully, I mean, anyway, I could go on and on, and I'd want to be.

[Kid Fury]

Truly.

[Crystal]

I could keep going, because I just keep thinking Marie's son, the one she was on FaceTime with, was saying, you know, the dog is adventurous, she's full of energy, and, you know, she's. She's playful and all that, but she's not violent, right? And I'm like, that is Lainey. She acts like, Lainey is so excited to see people. She would have been so excited to see even the cops. So

[Kid Fury]

I went to my homie's house last this past weekend, and he has. I'm pretty sure she's a pit. Like a. Like a light tat. Like a light brown, sandy color pit. And when I came in, she was jumping up, jumping up. He was like, like, say it.

[Crystal]

Stop.

[Kid Fury]

Don't do that. And I was like, no, she gets all the hugs she want. And I was just like, come here.

[Crystal]

Good girl. So happy, so happy.

[Kid Fury]

So nice. Okay.

[Crystal]

I scratch, I scratch.

[Kid Fury]

And I'm Liz. Like, yeah, but you know, you know me. You know, we love dogs, and I especially Pit bulls. Sometimes pit bulls or larger dogs can frighten people. Especially people who are just afraid of dogs, period.

[Crystal]

Right?

[Kid Fury]

But pit bull pits are baby. They're so sweet, friendly dogs. And they get a bad rap either way. I know dogs. Many dogs to be excited when they see people. Especially new faces.

[Crystal]

Hey.

[Kid Fury]

Hello. Welcome to the function. I'm Jameson through you. Don't worry, I'll get a sniff. Sniff. Okay.

[Crystal]

Like welcome to my crib. Especially since he was only two.

[Kid Fury]

Right? Jameson was like we're up mixing five. Aren't you hyped too?

[Crystal]

And two year old Doodleman, like just

[Kid Fury]

a two year old dog. A puppy still. God. Ugh.

[Crystal]

So yeah, we gonna continue to pray for the family and that they get their millions from the city of Los Angeles sooner than later. And yeah, white people and their excuses for the. For the absolute havoc that they cause. It's over. For that. You're. It's quiet for you. And that is going to wrap up this week's episode of the Read. Check us out on social media at. This is the Read. Our website is. This is the read.com. you can check out my advice show Chrysalis Couch, wherever you get your favorite shows. Yeah, we're having a good time over there. Any news or announcements for you this week? Kiff Fury.

[Kid Fury]

You can check out my podcast furious thoughts on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music where we via podcasts. The Homie XD is on the podcast this week. It was a fun, shady time. Always enjoy his humor and delightful facial expressions. Also want to give a shout out to Stevie Mackey and everybody from Taco Tuesday for having me host last night for BET Awards week. I bombed on an epic level. I mean, I sucked.

[Crystal]

Oh, I'm sure you didn't.

[Kid Fury]

I. I've never wanted so badly to put both of my feet into my mouth.

[Crystal]

Oh no.

[Kid Fury]

And then gobble up my own body from the bottom up. I was so. And it's like, oh, what a room to not be funny in. There's Gabriel Union. Here's Robin, the oh Dochi. Hello. I'm alleged comedian. So sorry.

[Crystal]

I was just like, oh, bombing talk.

[Kid Fury]

But anyways, it was still a really good time. It was a really beautiful room to be in. I was very, very honored to be a part of it and to be asked to host. And again, everybody was so great. Just 10. I wish I somebody has it on video. It was like Butch Queen Church. I really can't like, I can't wait for his Grammys and his Academy Awards that year. And I was like Listen, I love that this butch queen might have flopped, but at least somebody held it up for the community. Shout out to the dolls.

[Crystal]

I'm sure it was not.

[Kid Fury]

And yeah, a couple people told me, like, you're overreacting.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

But I said, well, you know, with comedy, great comedy, what happens is that people usually laugh. So thank you for your kind words.

[Crystal]

Y. It happens.

[Kid Fury]

You can go to patreon.com g also for more on me. We're going back to watching movies and shit and you can go get some exclusive from new podcasts and I think that's it.

[Crystal]

Okay. That also what you just said reminded me that I did see La Cage Fall this past week, which is if you know the movie the Birdcage with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane. Oh, yeah, it's the French play that that movie is based off of. And so.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, I didn't know that was.

[Crystal]

Yes, this is a reimagining at the New York City center with Wayne Brady playing Robin Williams.

[Kid Fury]

Shut up.

[Crystal]

And Billy Porter playing Meg. Shut up. And it is so good. If you're in New York, go see it. It is on a very limited run. It closes. Closes June 28, which is in just a few days. So if you get the chance, go see it. It is so, so good. They only had 10 days. They only had 10 days to get the production together. I think they call it a stage musical. Stage something. So they are. They do have at points there are like scripts on stage, but it really does not take away a lot.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, okay. I know what you mean.

[Crystal]

Yes. But it's so. It's an all black revival. It's so, so, so, so, so, so good. Go see it. If you are in the city. You only have a few more days. But it is so good.

[Kid Fury]

I just watched the Birdcage like two weeks ago.

[Crystal]

Yes. And. And this is so. This is different. I prefer this version of. Because it feels like Robin Williams character actually likes his. It just feels like Billy Porter's character in this imagining of the story actually likes or Wayne Brady likes Billy Porter's character more than in the movie. But there are some differences. Of course, this is more based off of the play. But go. Yes. If you are in the city and you have the chance, go see it. It said New York City center and it's so, so good. I hope it gets picked up and, you know, transferred to Broadway or whatever the theater words are for that because it's. It is excellent. So shout out to the entire cast. Y' all did that. Sang down, baby.

[Kid Fury]

Billy Porter Sing up.

[Crystal]

Down. It's.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my goodness. If y' all go see that, please write it and tell us what you thought and how you felt about it.

[Crystal]

Yes. It's so, so good. It's like a. It's got some modern twist, cuz, you know, the original's quite old, but. But very. Oh, I can't recommend it enough. Go see it. I loved it. Could not believe how well done it was, especially considering they had 10 days to get this show together. It is.

[Kid Fury]

That's insane.

[Crystal]

It is so yes to. To the entire cast. I have to give y' all your flowers. It was just. I love the theater. I love New York. Oh, Mom. Donnie's done up a million, billion, trillion.

[Kid Fury]

Like a million. At this point, just build a wall.

[Crystal]

Like,

[Kid Fury]

at this point, build a wall around this 1000%.

[Crystal]

Cause we're having a great time over here.

[Kid Fury]

It just sounds like it's a blast up there, right?

[Crystal]

It is. All right, y' all take care of yourselves. We will see you next week.

[Kid Fury]

And don't forget, we met Beyonce. She hugged us. We have matching outfits on. I know many of you have framed the photo and are telling your children that, I guess we're related to Jesus or whatever. So, yes. Just a quick reminder, Beyonce is friends with us.

[Crystal]

That did happen.

[Kid Fury]

And Mama Tina did Crystal's hair. So happy pride. Oh.

[Crystal]

Bye, y'. All.

[Kid Fury]

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[Crystal]

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[Kid Fury]

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[Crystal]

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