Like A Hood Neighbor...

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Read – Episode "Like A Hood Neighbor..."

Episode Information:

• Title: Like A Hood Neighbor...
• Release Date: November 21, 2024
• Hosts: Kid Fury and Crissle
• Network: Loud Speakers Network

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1. Dog Talk: Unconditional Love and Pet Antics

Timestamps: [03:01 - 11:15]

Kid Fury and Crissle delve into their affectionate relationships with their dogs, Link and Lady. They share humorous anecdotes about their pets' behaviors and the unconditional love dogs provide.

• Kid Fury: "Dogs especially, just exude this unconditional love that is so calming and centering. And then, you know, they're fucking cute." ([03:48])

• Crissle: Describes giving her dog her first haircut, emphasizing the bond: "She'll never have another first haircut. But everybody was like, wow, you are tweaking. But I just... I am loving on your pet." ([02:58 - 05:44])

The hosts discuss the emotional awareness of dogs, highlighting how Link senses Kid Fury’s emotions and offers comfort during tough times.

• Kid Fury: "Link could be two rooms over. That bitch will come in the room and be like, well, what's. What is it? Oh, well, I will just cuddle right here then because it's okay." ([05:20])

They also touch on pet care, including the importance of human-grade dog food and the responsibilities of pet ownership.

• Crissle: "She eats human grade food... it is human grade. It is not pet grade." ([06:30])

2. Personal Updates: Touring Fatigue and Excitement for Telfar

Timestamps: [13:35 - 22:18]

Kid Fury shares his experiences on tour, expressing both his love for performing and the exhaustion that comes with constant travel.

• Kid Fury: "I've never been this tired. I've been on tour all year... My psychiatrist hit me. You know, in our session yesterday. He reminded me that he's gonna be on break for two weeks." ([13:42 - 15:29])

Crissle provides updates on her personal life, including her engagement and involvement in community events.

The conversation shifts to Telfar Clemens and his brand's expansion, celebrating the opening of Telfar’s first flagship store in New York City.

• Kid Fury: "Telfar is opening its first flagship store ever in New York City... Their apparel feels authentic. It feels very, very black. It feels fun. It feels for us." ([17:24 - 21:03])

Both hosts express their excitement for the brand, discussing Telfar’s inclusive and innovative designs.

• Crissle: "I have eight Bushwick Birkins and three circle bags. Their merchandise is incredible." ([19:51 - 20:22])

3. Pop Culture Segment: "Hot Tops/Bottom Juice"

Timestamps: [25:58 - 105:32]

The hosts engage in their pop culture segment, humorously titled "Hot Tops/Bottom Juice," where they discuss various entertainment news and events.

a. Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul Fight on Netflix

• Kid Fury: "Mike Tyson fought Jake Paul on Netflix... it's just spectacle and how lucrative that is." ([35:30 - 36:34])

• Crissle: Critiques the fight as "sensationalism, capitalism" and expresses skepticism about Netflix’s capacity to handle such events smoothly.

b. Boyz II Men Biopic and Millennium Tour 2025

• Kid Fury: "Boyz II Men is getting a biopic chronicling their 30-year career... Also, Millennium Tour 2025 featuring Bow Wow, Omarion, Trey Songz, and others." ([37:00 - 41:27])

• Crissle: Questions the relevance and availability of certain artists for the tour, highlighting controversies surrounding performers like Trey Songz.

c. Denzel Washington’s Gladiator Sequel and Public Figures

• Kid Fury: Discusses Denzel Washington’s role in the upcoming Gladiator sequel and his steadfastness despite past setbacks.

• Crissle: Comments on Washington’s powerful presence and upcoming movies, praising his career longevity and personal demeanor.

d. Megan Thee Stallion and Jonathan Majors Engagement

• Kid Fury: Reports on Megan Thee Stallion and Jonathan Majors' engagement, casting doubt on Majors' appropriateness for high-profile events given his legal issues.

• Crissle: Expresses confusion and disappointment over Majors' attendance at the Ebony Power 100 Gala amidst his accusations.

e. Nancy Mace’s Transgender Bathroom Bill

• Crissle: Criticizes State Representative Nancy Mace’s bill to bar transgender women from using bathroom facilities matching their gender identity on Capitol Hill, labeling it as transphobic and unnecessary.

• Kid Fury: Agrees, emphasizing the absurdity and lack of seriousness surrounding the legislation.

f. Alex Jones and Infowars Acquisition by The Onion

• Crissle: Reports on Alex Jones selling Infowars to The Onion, celebrating the move as a deserved consequence for spreading false information and harassment.

• Kid Fury: Highlights the significance of holding deceitful figures accountable, applauding The Onion’s role in this acquisition.

4. Listener Letters: Navigating Marital Infidelity and Trust Issues

Timestamps: [62:35 - 77:20]

Yvette’s Letter: Yvette, a 30-year-old Black woman, shares her struggle with marital infidelity. After reconnecting with her husband post-separation, she discovered he was mismanaging their finances by neglecting car payments and insurance while spending her money on personal luxuries like concert tickets.

• Crissle: Empathizes with Yvette, emphasizing the breach of trust: "He had no business taking the money for your car note and your car insurance and spending it on Future and Jordans like that." ([69:44 - 70:00])

• Kid Fury: Strongly advises her to proceed with divorce, emphasizing self-preservation and setting boundaries: "It's called boundaries. It's called protecting your peace... It's not quitting. It's called doing what you have to do." ([71:56 - 72:14])

• Crissle: Reinforces the importance of Yvette's decision to leave the toxic relationship, encouraging her to prioritize her well-being and seek support: "Don't marry that man. Best of luck to you with your divorce." ([75:12 - 76:00])

The hosts collectively support Yvette’s decision, highlighting the significance of recognizing red flags and the importance of self-care in toxic relationships.

5. Community and Personal Reflections

Timestamps: [84:30 - 89:35]

Crissle and Kid Fury reflect on the importance of self-love, setting boundaries, and fostering healthy relationships. They discuss strategies for maintaining personal well-being amidst challenging interpersonal dynamics, reinforcing the podcast’s supportive and empowering ethos.

• Kid Fury: "Perseverance... It's called boundaries. It's called protecting your peace." ([71:56])

• Crissle: "You are allowed and should not feel judged or anything for what you decide to do with your body." ([88:09])

6. Announcements and Closing Remarks

Timestamps: [90:07 - 111:41]

The hosts conclude the episode with various announcements:

• Anniversary Show: Celebrating 12 years of "The Read" with a live show at the Beacon Theater on February 15, 2025. Tickets go on sale on November 21 at 10 AM Eastern via thereadlive.com and Ticketmaster.com. ([110:24 - 111:05])

• Social Media and Merch: Encourages listeners to follow them on social platforms and visit their merch store: "@shoptheread.com" ([110:07 - 110:24])

• Upcoming Appearances: Kid Fury mentions his presence in New Orleans and Miami, providing links for ticket purchases and his personal platforms. ([111:05 - 111:41])

Purchase Details:

• Tickets: Available starting November 21 at 10 AM Eastern.
• Merchandise: Accessible at @shoptheread.com.

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Notable Quotes:

• Kid Fury on Dog Love: "Dogs especially, just exude this unconditional love that is so calming and centering... And you want to dress them up in saints gear. You want to get them Louis Vuitton, you know, necklaces." ([03:47 - 04:02])

• Crissle on Telfar’s Authenticity: "It feels authentic. It feels very, very black. It feels fun. It feels for us." ([21:03])

• Kid Fury on Self-Preservation: "It's called boundaries. It's called protecting your peace. It's not quitting. It's called doing what you have to do." ([71:56 - 72:14])

• Crissle on Supporting Yvette: "Don't marry that man. Best of luck to you with your divorce." ([75:43 - 76:00])

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Conclusion:

In this episode of "The Read," Kid Fury and Crissle balance humor with heartfelt discussions, ranging from personal life updates and pet stories to in-depth analysis of current pop culture events and providing robust support for listeners facing personal struggles. Their candid and relatable approach makes the podcast a trusted space for fans seeking both entertainment and genuine advice.

Transcript

[Kid Fury]

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[Crystal]

Little hand because wetter is better. RuPaul's Drag Race is back.

[Kid Fury]

New season tonight at 8, 7 Central on MTV.

[Crystal]

Happy day.

[Kid Fury]

Come live with us in the palace. There's a room waiting for you. Come on, come on, come on. Just let us adore you.

[Crystal]

You have the dolls yellow and blue.

[Kid Fury]

Yes. We know that you're not her, but you are her. You know what it meant to love her. And you remind us so much of her.

[Crystal]

Oh, how sweet.

[Kid Fury]

Today, right here, right now. All right, we'll love again. We've already found someone.

[Crystal]

Incredible. What a rendition.

[Kid Fury]

You know what I said? I realized this morning, I need spiritually, a Steven Universe run through again in my life.

[Crystal]

I just recently did one just a few months ago.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. I haven't. It's been at least like, a year and a half.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah. You should get ready to cry.

[Kid Fury]

And the year that I've had, it hasn't been, you know, like, oh, terrible. Like, last year was. Oof. This one has just mostly been, like, lots of hard work and moving around.

[Crystal]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, welcome back.

[Crystal]

I'm Pink diamond and I'm Josephine Baker's great granddaughter. And this is the Read. Thank you for returning.

[Kid Fury]

It is. How are you?

[Crystal]

Pretty good, actually. Just thinking about Lainey constantly. I'm just obsessed with her. Yes. I gave her her first haircut a few days ago. That.

[Kid Fury]

How did that go? You gave it to her?

[Crystal]

I did so not. There was not a lot of cutting going on. I backed up the hair, though, to save it.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, she's very small.

[Crystal]

It's her first haircut. Like, she'll never have another first haircut. But everybody was like, wow, you are tweaking. But I just.

[Kid Fury]

She's my baby, so I think it's completely fine. I think you are loving on your pet.

[Crystal]

I am.

[Kid Fury]

That's what they're there for. Dogs especially, just exude this unconditional love that is so calming and centering. And then, you know, they're fucking cute.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

So they make you go, aww.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And so you want to dress them up in saints gear. You want to get them Louis Vuitton, you know, necklaces. It just. It is what it is. You know what I mean, we're queer folks at an age we don't have human babies.

[Crystal]

Correct. And likely won't.

[Kid Fury]

And so we're having. We're enjoying our time with our children.

[Crystal]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

Thank you.

[Crystal]

So everybody is just going to have to get up.

[Kid Fury]

But yeah, Link still, I mean, she comes home, she gets dropped off, shoots around the corner. Nine years old, just blasts off of her heels to up into me. Like, she as shady as she is, as much as she judges me around this bitch on a regular basis, that bitch loves her some me and I love her some. And yeah, I love me some her right back. I'll get emotional right now talking about my goddamn dog because that. And then, you know, there's something else. I don't know if you've had this yet mustache business, but dogs are very. I think probably, this could probably be said for other dogs, domestic pets. But like, dogs are very emotionally aware. And when I think when they, when they're attached to you, they're always like, are you good? Like, Link will sniff on me just to make sure I'm healthy. You know what I'm talking.

[Crystal]

There are people, please.

[Kid Fury]

When I'm emotional, when I'm crying, and I do. Link could be two rooms over. That bitch will come in the room and be like, well, what's. What is it? Oh, well, I will just cuddle right here then because it's okay.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, what is that?

[Crystal]

They know.

[Kid Fury]

They know. She's not even like, my. The. My dog is a kid. I had a few. My last dog when I was a kid at home. Do the same thing whenever our Kai should come and just. Oh, yeah, I think they, they. So they're just like, they love on you, bitch.

[Crystal]

They do.

[Kid Fury]

So drape them bitches in Chanel. I don't give a fuck. I'm never going like, listen, high five. Give that bitch whatever the fuck she wants to. And you put that bitch in a Bjorn, a Baby Bjorn. I don't give a fuck. That's your child.

[Crystal]

Yeah, yeah. It's been less about stuff and more about experiences in just her daily life. Like she eats human grade food and.

[Kid Fury]

You know, what do you mean by human grade?

[Crystal]

Meaning all of her food has been processed in facilities that are also at the level that.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, okay. Human grade dog food.

[Crystal]

Yes, it's food made for dogs, but it is human grade. It is not pet grade. Agreed. So agree.

[Kid Fury]

Yes, yes, yes.

[Crystal]

She gets that sort of.

[Kid Fury]

Cause let me tell you something. The only time Link eat human food is when she's being slick, when she Catch me slipping. That bitch might get a potato chip, a Dorito, a French frai.

[Crystal]

You know what I'm saying?

[Kid Fury]

A little corner of a short rib, but I feed her the same.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Remember when I was at your house and I had that poke bowl with the salmon and I asked if she could have some?

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

And you were like, not really, but I guess.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, she won't die, but, like.

[Crystal]

Yeah, yeah, No, I get. But now that I have a dog, I'm the same way. Even though I'm sure that salmon is fine. I'm like, she actually only eats her chicken and rice with her meal toppers. Like, I'm just so.

[Kid Fury]

My dog. My. My dog shadow that I was talking about when I was a kid back home. Zebra cakes.

[Crystal]

See? And that's why black coconuts don't live long. Black coconuts don't live long.

[Kid Fury]

Whatever. Like, happy as when we were kids.

[Crystal]

But this one, please. Lady in Nike ate our leftovers.

[Kid Fury]

Nike. I love that for a dog name.

[Crystal]

Our little.

[Kid Fury]

That's a good one.

[Crystal]

Gold retriever.

[Kid Fury]

Lady was my second dog's name.

[Crystal]

Yeah, we got her after we saw lady and the Tramp, of course.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. That's the one I named her after.

[Crystal]

But they got whatever we ate the leftovers. If there was, you know, scraps, my mama would pour that on top of their kibble. And that is what they ate for dinner, period.

[Kid Fury]

In Jamaica, they. In Jamaica, my family did something kind of similar. I mean, like, my granddad and aunt. And by aunt, I mean his wife. He married after my grandma.

[Crystal]

Oh, okay.

[Kid Fury]

So you're not calling her grandma, but she, like. I mean, she's not. She's like. You know what I mean? But she's family. Some aunt. Whatever. It works. Um, and so when we went over there, you know, they had dogs. But we're talking about, like, Jamae. We're talking about the island. So it was not like, oh, these are our pets. They come in and. No, they live outside.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

They protect the house.

[Crystal]

Yes, that's. And if you want to play with.

[Kid Fury]

Them out there, you can play with them out there.

[Crystal]

Yes. We did not have inside dogs growing up.

[Kid Fury]

Every now and then. God, forget my auntie Sandra is my grandma. My grandfather's wife. Hey, Auntie Sandra. She'll never hear this. If the dog. If she heard one of those paws tip somewhere inside. Cussings. And the dogs knew, they would immediately turn right away. You know what I mean?

[Crystal]

We thought it was a birthday.

[Kid Fury]

I look at Link in my king bed.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Like, literally kicking over My blanket that I'm underneath so that she could get comfortable. And I'm like, bitch, if you only knew.

[Crystal]

Right. Laney would survive outside for about four and a half hours. And then she would be like.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, well, no, she's a baby, you know, like, she's a yida. Db. I'm talking about an adult woman.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Who was like, excuse me, if you could actually move out of my way.

[Crystal]

Yeah. They're living dream lives. They really are. And I just want her to have.

[Kid Fury]

I'm so obsessed with them. I'm loving them.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And I need a spell to make her live as long as it. I'm gonna have to get another one.

[Crystal]

I have a real problem with looking up her lifespan. Like, it's gonna change.

[Kid Fury]

Don't do it. It's not. And it don't really make a difference anyway.

[Crystal]

And it don't happen. It don't. Right. Right.

[Kid Fury]

So she's just loving.

[Crystal]

Yeah. And I do. I just. I'm leaning into it. She's everything, so.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, she's pretty perf.

[Crystal]

She is the sweet peach.

[Kid Fury]

She's pretty perf. She's so cute and fluffy and soft and sweet and has, like, the observant shady face. She.

[Crystal]

Oh, she does. Real bad. Real bad.

[Kid Fury]

She's going to judge you down.

[Crystal]

She ate up all her little brisket snacks because her snacks are human grade, too, so she has.

[Kid Fury]

Yes, same.

[Crystal]

So I put them in her little toy, and she ate them all up. And she was looking for some more, and I'm like, nope, baby, you found them all. This bitch looked me up and down.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, so you're disrespectful.

[Crystal]

She's like, we both know it's a bag in the icebox, so why you acting like this can't be fulfilled?

[Kid Fury]

Me? Then what are we even doing here? I'm. I'm confused is what I'm saying.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Like, they literally. It's the best. Wait until a low Caesar and biceps comes into the house for Netflix. Lainey is going to be like, first of all, no. I'm going to tell you what's going to happen. Lainey is going to say, hey, hello. Welcome to my house. We're gonna watch what I want to watch. You won't be touching my mother at all, but you're permitted to enjoy my home. That she pays for. Thank you. Please do not speak too much. Actually, don't even. You're mostly here to be seen and not heard, so if you could just shut your ass up for the, you know, the entire Duration of your visit.

[Crystal]

That would be ideal.

[Kid Fury]

She's not even gonna fuck. She's just gonna be like, I am the centerpiece of this home. Get into it or literally get out.

[Crystal]

Yeah, I see that. Actually, a maintenance man came by yesterday, and at first she was really just barking like, ruff, ruh. What are you doing in my house? And then he came over and just put his hand in front of her face. Immediately turned into the biggest, softest fucking baby. Licking all over this man. I'm like, if a robber break in, it's gonna be you and the robber versus me. What the fuck is this?

[Kid Fury]

I have said the exact link will be like, hey, nigga, what the fuck are you doing? All that hollering, complete ghost face. The ghost from Scream.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Kid Fury]

With the mask and the knife. Hey, hey, what you doing? He comes up, gives a little scratch behind the ears. She's like, you want to kill this nigga right now? Like, Link is. Link is not a guard dog.

[Crystal]

I said, that's all it took.

[Kid Fury]

She's a Nepo baby.

[Crystal]

Literally. Lani was like, I was just barking because you in my house, but that means come speak. Correct.

[Kid Fury]

I was introducing myself, like, calm down. Welcome.

[Crystal]

And then she wouldn't leave him alone. I'm like, the man did not come here to play with you. She was personally offended.

[Kid Fury]

So that's great. She's going to be a great dog.

[Crystal]

She is. She's. She's already just my heart. So, anyway, onto the show, I guess. How are you? I'm.

[Kid Fury]

I've never been this tired. I've never been so tired. I've been on tour all year, and I love doing the shows. I love seeing the people. I love feeling the energy of the people and exchanging the energy with the people. But the traveling's a lot, and you know how I feel. Just the airport and plane, another bus, club plane. Like the commuting. I mean, I only have two more. I'm going to New Orleans. When have I been to New Orleans?

[Crystal]

Best city. Even though you can't eat half the food there.

[Kid Fury]

But you remember that was when the first time we went to New Orleans together for the read. I was, like, bummed because I was like, all this food and I ate down.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah. I mean, there's still plenty.

[Kid Fury]

You don't need to eat shellfish.

[Crystal]

You really don't.

[Kid Fury]

To eat the fuck. Good.

[Crystal]

Yes, very true.

[Kid Fury]

In New Orleans. So, yeah, New Orleans, outside of the food, it's just literally the architecture, beautiful city, the weather, the people.

[Crystal]

Best people.

[Kid Fury]

The music, the History, the niggas. And so I'm very excited to go to New Orleans for a bit and share the story. And then I'm going home to Miami on the first, and then I'm done, you know, But I am tired, and we'll get through it. My psychiatrist hit me. You know, in our session yesterday. He reminded me that he's gonna be on break for two weeks.

[Crystal]

Mm.

[Kid Fury]

So.

[Crystal]

Okay. Okay. Okay.

[Kid Fury]

Well, my birthday's coming up, and I always get birthday blues, so I know that that's gonna be a day where I hate everything, mostly myself. And. Yeah. So we're gonna just get through it. Get through it. Cause we can. Can't. Can't do it. All right, let's do.

[Crystal]

How are the N in Texas?

[Kid Fury]

The niggas? I couldn't tell you, bitch. I was so tired.

[Crystal]

Oh, no. Oh, that's just.

[Kid Fury]

I went out with friends. Went out with my friend Seth. I went out with my friend Carrie Paige. Shout out to y'all. Talk to y'all soon. We went out to. I don't even remember the name of a nice little queer bar that I've been to before. And I feel like I barely remember getting. I was so exhausted. I turned to Stephanie. I was just like, friend, I want to go home. I was like, I just want to go get an event. So I couldn't even tell you what them niggas were hitting for, which is almost evil. It almost feels like an antagonist in my life that I ran through two Texas cities and couldn't tell you what to do.

[Crystal]

Yeah, the main cities with the niggas.

[Kid Fury]

Like, that is with the niggas.

[Crystal]

I was rooting for you. I'm like, you went to Houston? Please. That's like with the niggas of the nation. Yes, you deserve.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, New Orleans is this week. We'll see what my energy is giving, because New Orleans is powerful.

[Crystal]

Get a nap in niggas as well. Make sure you sleep well before you.

[Kid Fury]

Maybe a Pilates or something, because my heart was broken to fly back to LAX knowing that not n One of them niggas in Texas touched myself. We'll see what happens. But, yeah, powering through.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Following God's order, you know?

[Crystal]

Yeah. Shout out to you for focusing on work and not. Not men. That's important. It's a really excellent thing. So good for you. You did great.

[Kid Fury]

You're right.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Priorities are in the right place.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, whatever. Black excellence this week is going to my faves. Telfar. Telfar. Telfar Clemens. The Telfar Company. Telfar International United.

[Crystal]

That's it.

[Kid Fury]

Team Liberia.

[Crystal]

Not for you, for everyone.

[Kid Fury]

My babies. Telfar is opening its first flagship store ever in New York City.

[Crystal]

Wow.

[Kid Fury]

I might. I might be booking a trip to go to this store just on a random. I don't know when. And again, this tour has me bound because it says that the storage will be opening in Soho. Duh. Don't get it fucked up. Of course, will be opening its doors on 23rd November, which is the day before I was born, many years ago. And I'm just like, if I still lived in New York.

[Crystal]

Stop.

[Kid Fury]

If I still lived in New York, that would be my birthday present.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah, for sure. Especially what if they have exclusive items to that store that aren't sold online or anywhere else?

[Kid Fury]

It doesn't even matter if they do. They likely will. But the amount of it's like, oh, well, I was gonna buy this anyway. Here it is.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Why? Just go get it. You don't have to wait for it. Even though they're shipping.

[Kid Fury]

Possibly try things on. No, their shipping is insane. I got the new. Their sweatpants. They just have, like, some new sweats, but that have, like, mesh in the sweat with the. Like, the logo. I'll show you later.

[Crystal]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

Gorgeous. I just got those, but I ordered them shipped out here to Los Angeles. I think I got them shipped in, like, three days or something. I didn't pay for no extra. Like, their shipping is.

[Crystal]

It's great.

[Kid Fury]

It's together.

[Crystal]

If it's in stock, it's going out, like, that same day.

[Kid Fury]

And I know that, like, the girlies. I think Telfar is mostly known for the bag. Is mostly famous for the bag and the shopping bag specifically.

[Crystal]

Yes. The Bushwick Birkin. I have, like, eight of those.

[Kid Fury]

It's a crime how many. I have.

[Crystal]

And I got three circle bags.

[Kid Fury]

I have three for sure.

[Crystal]

Yeah. I have the lavender, the black and white.

[Kid Fury]

I might have the chocolate actually, too. Or the blue one. I have. I think I have four. I have the drawstring. It doesn't matter. Their apparel.

[Crystal]

Eats. Oh, I have the robe. The robe that they did with Ugg. Remember when they did the robe? I know exactly what you're talking about.

[Kid Fury]

Yes.

[Crystal]

And they had the fleece line. Nigga, that robe.

[Kid Fury]

I have the newsletter.

[Crystal]

Incredible. Like, that robe feels so good.

[Kid Fury]

Their apparel eats. They're always doing something over there, especially, like, genderless, because they don't give a fuck. They're not like, oh, I'm making this one for the, like, completely genderless stuff. That is also Just like, let's do this with a shave. What about this? What about that? What if a jersey was a maxi dress? But it was. Yeah, that's. Should I live. So anyways, Telfar of like, designers are name brand. I probably own the most underneath the Telfar brand.

[Crystal]

You probably. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And I'm always excited for them. When Beyonce came out in that. Remember on Renaissance tour when she came out in the Telfar suit, Of course Blue Ivy had her customized. Telfar was that deep red even just.

[Crystal]

The lyric on Summer Renaissance.

[Kid Fury]

That as well just.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

But they're doing the thing and they're doing it in a way that I really love. It feels authentic. It feels very, very black. It feels fun. It feels for us. And yeah, I'm excited that a flagship store is finally opening in New York. It's about time. And really, the day before my birthday is pretty crazy because it feels. I said when they started doing the mesh collection, I posted on threads. It feels like I can't remember I said it. Something like, it feels like when your cousin. When my cousin cooks me one of my favorite recipes passed down from my auntie or something like that.

[Crystal]

Mm. Okay.

[Kid Fury]

It's quite the congratulations so far. I can't wait for you to open a store here on Fairfax.

[Crystal]

Mm.

[Kid Fury]

You keep wishing.

[Crystal]

You just keep wishing.

[Kid Fury]

Cause it is such a New York. It is like everything about it is.

[Crystal]

So New York City. I mean, when you recognize.

[Kid Fury]

I feel like they'd open other stores just because it's just like, ah. Like business wise, it's like we kind of have to, you know, everything about it is so New York. Which is another part of. Why do I need to. Okay.

[Crystal]

I actually wouldn't be surprised if the next store was in like Japan or something. I wouldn't be surprised if they were like one per continent or somewhere in Africa. Oh, yes, Duh. Where are they from? Is it Sierra Leone?

[Kid Fury]

Liberia?

[Crystal]

Liberia.

[Kid Fury]

I think Telfar is Liberian maybe.

[Crystal]

I'm not sure about the logistics of that, but congratulations regardless. Huge supporter of the brand. Big, big fan of the products.

[Kid Fury]

It's just like another thing.

[Crystal]

And I'll be there and I'll be there. Just a few days. I'll be there.

[Kid Fury]

A large denim Telfar shopping bag. Oh, now there's a distressed one.

[Crystal]

Oh, yes, they sent me the denim bag. That was so nice work, bitch.

[Kid Fury]

Every now, whenever they've sent me a couple things before and been like, oh, hey, we've heard of you. And I've been like, yes, blown away.

[Crystal]

That's how I felt. When Fenty Beauty sent me the unscented stuff. Cause I said the scent was disturbing my skin. And so they sent a little package of the unscented stuff.

[Kid Fury]

They sent me stuff too. And I was like, how do you know who I spend money on this? And you said thank you. And then you gave me.

[Crystal]

And then you gave it to me.

[Kid Fury]

Of it for free.

[Crystal]

That's me with sacred. I'm still going through the free sacred that Beyonce gave me. I still am so much of it. She gave me so much.

[Kid Fury]

It changed my life because I was like, I can't use this stuff that you know, I'm saving it and I want to keep it all inside of the case, but so I have to go get. And you were like, just use it. And then put the empty bottles back in the case. And I was like, I'm gonna call you back.

[Crystal]

You were like, huh, what a novel idea.

[Kid Fury]

I'm so dumb because that's what I'm doing. Smoking weed. No, you're right. But I am still like the only new thing I have is the hydrating conditioner that just.

[Crystal]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, and I got, you know, the stuff that wasn't out at lunch that I've bought, but the, the main core products, I got two full sets of that line. So I have a lot. So much love and I'm just so grateful. Thank you so much.

[Kid Fury]

That happened to us.

[Crystal]

It did. Ms. Tina trimmed our hair and washed.

[Kid Fury]

I spoke to you like it was put you under the dry whatever, 90 whatever. And she was just back at home in her salon.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And you had actually been in there a couple of times. Does she know your mama chatted to.

[Crystal]

Me about therapy and how she been in it and she put the girls in it and telling all these little stories and I'm just like, how dare.

[Kid Fury]

Some of you fucking cross eyed buck tooth ass bitches out here who think that you all that infamous or whatever. Cause you done some one too. Having an attitude when anybody. I'm talking about me, okay? I mean not famous, but I also. I have a bad attitude.

[Crystal]

So I like how you was in the middle of it and then you felt personally attacked by yourself. You were like actually like you don't.

[Kid Fury]

Exactly go out and exude joy. Maybe be quiet.

[Crystal]

You could use a little sunshine yourself, sir.

[Kid Fury]

We're working on it.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. All right, let's get into the pop culture segment that we call Hot tops. Bottom juice. Bottom juice. I'm proud of that one.

[Crystal]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, I don't know why it took me Some time.

[Crystal]

The imagery is gross, but you got it.

[Kid Fury]

Imagine a Beetlejuice parody where Beetlejuice is.

[Crystal]

A bottom, like, explicitly about them.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Like if, like scary movie style. Like, it is. This is a parody film.

[Crystal]

Oh, boy.

[Kid Fury]

About Beetlejuice and that concept. But Beetlejuice is his bottom. All black cast.

[Crystal]

Yeah, that could work.

[Kid Fury]

Lydia is like an upcoming butch queen.

[Crystal]

It could be like your version of the Blackening. Yeah, yeah.

[Kid Fury]

I do love the Blackening. All right, so Beyonce might be Sephiroth. Like, she might be the main villain. Why? In the middle of the night all the time?

[Crystal]

Especially now that I'm in the bed at like 9:30 or 10, I'm like.

[Kid Fury]

Can we talk about this?

[Crystal]

Beyonce.

[Kid Fury]

Beyonce. You know I'm old Beyonce. I remember. No, no, no. I remember y'all on Smart Guy. Beyonce.

[Crystal]

We were around in the 90s, girl. We were around in the 90s and old enough to remember, therefore we're old.

[Kid Fury]

She's like, no, it's 11:45pm Pacific, right.

[Crystal]

So I'm extra sleep.

[Kid Fury]

And she's like, oh, hello. Look at me standing perfectly atop an old boy. We call it an old boy downtown. And then, like, catching a football and letting you know it's a. See you on Christmas Day in Houston, where I will be performing live at the halftime show. This isn't a Super bowl show.

[Crystal]

This is just the game.

[Kid Fury]

The Texans versus.

[Crystal]

Up North.

[Kid Fury]

The mask falls right on off.

[Crystal]

It's northern. The mascot is a bird. Yep. Although that's a lot of teams.

[Kid Fury]

Ravens.

[Crystal]

Yeah, there we go.

[Kid Fury]

There it is. Baltimore Ravens. Woo. It came back to me. I saw the title card. Houston will be playing Baltimore in Houston.

[Crystal]

Correct.

[Kid Fury]

The Queen will be performing at the halftime show. And it's giving. It's giving Cowboy Carter experience, I think.

[Crystal]

I mean, it's hard to.

[Kid Fury]

In what fashion? I couldn't tell.

[Crystal]

Right, right. But I mean, what better place to give us some sort of Cowboy Carter performance debut than Texas? Like, and in the middle of an NFL game or like, I don't know. Listen, that's the thing. I don't know what this bitch is finna do. And more importantly, I don't even think we're going to find out on Christmas, because Netflix is not ready for this.

[Kid Fury]

I don't either.

[Crystal]

Did you watch the Jake Paul fight? The Jake Paul Mike Tyson fight? That was streamed live on Netflix.

[Kid Fury]

That mostly happened to me. We can talk about that next. But to your point.

[Crystal]

Well, I don't think Netflix is not ready for this. They weren't ready for the Love is Blind or love at first sight or whatever it was Reunion a couple of years ago. They weren't ready. They keep having for this Mike Tyson fight, right? And I do not bring issues. And I saw the. So I saw the news like two days before about Netflix streaming both of those NFL games on Christmas Day. Amber posted it, and I was like, this. This is a bad idea. Like, not these niggas again. And then Beyonce that night was like, oh, yeah, me too. Netflix. Do you know how many people were already gonna be tuned in to watch the games? And then the sheer number now of homosexuals and lonely assorted individuals across the planet.

[Kid Fury]

No shade. Beyonce may call Bob Netflix, as Trixie and Katya say. Beyonce might literally get Bob Netflix on the phone and say, we got it. Just. Just reroute the whatever over here. I'm gonna get Kamala on the phone.

[Crystal]

I do not think they're ready.

[Kid Fury]

And just get the right satellite on because we don't have time for the bullshit. We really don't have time.

[Crystal]

But, yeah, think about the number of people across the planet who are going to use their VPNs to watch, because I'm sure it's only available in America. Think about that number of people. Think about the number of people who are going to be logging onto Netflix to watch anything else who are not even here for Beyonce or football. They just want to watch the same shit they watch every year on Christmas on Netflix, right? Netflix is not ready for this.

[Kid Fury]

There's gonna be a ton of. Netflix is also going to be like. Because they always have three shitty Vanessa Hudgens movies or a movie with Anna Kendrick in it or whatever, like Netflix Special. So they're gonna have their shitty things that come out around the same time, too. And then some other thing. That's right. So, yeah, to your point, it's like on top of everybody who's gonna be coming here to try and livestream this, you have the regular Netflix users and the bandwidth and whatever else, right? So, like, please, I don't have anything.

[Crystal]

Not looking good. It's not.

[Kid Fury]

Do you have any of your options, Beyonce? I mean, can I watch it at Parkwood?

[Crystal]

So I'm thinking that this is going to fulfill one of her contractual obligations with Netflix work. So maybe that's why. But I am already. Cause I'll also be in Houston. I will also be in Houston for Christmas, like I always am. But I won't be going to that game, especially now. I have just resigned myself to watching the YouTube clip immediately afterwards because I just know Netflix is not prepared to stream this, you know, seamlessly. I just already know that that's not gonna happen. So I'ma just wait till like the middle of the third quarter or something when it's for sure uploaded to the official Netflix, YouTube or whatever. And then I'll just watch it then. Cause y' y'all not know me and Lani will be with my family eating ham and enjoying our holiday.

[Kid Fury]

Either way, by the time we get back here, we will have seen it uninterrupted.

[Crystal]

Yes. And I'm sure we will have a lot to say and maybe even a tour announcement for next summer. Who knows? Hurry up though, girl, if you are. So the rest of us can decide what we gonna do, like, with our tours and our work. Like, we have to be mindful of your schedule, queen. So like, if you finna do something, tell us now. Tell us now.

[Kid Fury]

She's sitting this whole time. Oh, no visuals. Just I'm performing.

[Crystal]

That's the visual, bitch.

[Kid Fury]

What?

[Crystal]

Close your eyes and think about it real hard.

[Kid Fury]

Hey, y'all, I don't know about you, but maybe this dating app fatigue thing the Internet is talking about is real. Cause I'm tired from swiping this way to that way. How many likes are too many likes? Is. Is that the bubble you tap? Should I send a message? I'm nervous. Oh, they sent a message. Is two words. Well, I don't know how to respond to that. It's too much. It's too much. And a lot of dating apps are all about pursuing someone else. But there's one that's carved out a space for you to find yourself. Field on field, an app where curious people come to connect. You have the breathing room to explore your own desires and go on a journey wherein the person you discover is yourself, you, friend. Because if you can't love on you, if you can't know all about you, if you can't get into you, how anybody else supposed to, right? On field, you have options, maybe more than you even think. With 20 sexuality and gender identities to choose from, you have the freedom to explore who you are and what you like in ways that you've never even imagined. Plus, there's no pressure to swipe. If you happen to skip someone's profile, you can always go back or undo a dislike, all at no extra cost. If you're looking for friends, connections, all kinds of things, and all kinds of forms, field is the place to do it. So download field, that's F E E L d. Get it on the app store or Google Play. Go have some fun. Meet yourself and maybe someone fun.

[Crystal]

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[Kid Fury]

Mike Tyson fought Jake Paul on Netflix. This is the thing that happened. And yeah, he lost by unanimous decision, full eight rounds. Clearly afterwards Mike said this is one of those situations when you lost but you still won. I feel like I can end the quote there.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Because I choose to believe that that just means, yeah, I lost the fight, but I won $25 million.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

So I didn't really lose. Yeah, that's what I choose to believe Mike is saying there because the whole thing just sounded ridiculous to me in the first place and still does. For Mike Tyson to be fighting Jake Paul, who is like a human troll, like a human troll comment. Just the worst parts of the Internet brought to life.

[Kid Fury]

This is sensationalism, capitalism, all the things. It's just, you know, spectacle in how lucrative that is.

[Crystal]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And I don't need to be involved. But it happened, it's over. And you know, the Internet is doing the same thing they do every time Jake Paul wins a fight. That don't make no sense. So, you know, that might be fun.

[Crystal]

I mean, I don't want it to be real, but I guess he's like a legitimate boxer now.

[Kid Fury]

No, he can fight.

[Crystal]

That's really.

[Kid Fury]

He's not like trash. He's trained by great people and can fight. So it's not like he's just some trash ass nigga. That is trolling and winning. Because all these are layups. Like, Mike Tyson is almost 60 years old. Jake Paul's not even 30. And he's getting round the clock training by great people. So he's a capable fighter. I just don't give a shit about these troll ass netflix, kick.com, twitch fights where he fights legend that are like 75 years old. To say that he beat them. Like, I don't.

[Crystal]

Okay, yeah. That I don't care for.

[Kid Fury]

Got it. It's like, okay. You know, and people betting living money that's yours on this. But, you know, look at what happened in the election. I don't know what anybody's doing. There's a boy Boys to Men movie happening.

[Crystal]

Really?

[Kid Fury]

Yep.

[Crystal]

When you say movie, it's like Pentatonix where there's a movie and then they are just like the musical part of it. Or it's a movie about them.

[Kid Fury]

A biopic.

[Crystal]

Oh, okay.

[Kid Fury]

That will chronicle their 30 year career, says Variety.

[Crystal]

30 years.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. It's being produced by Morris Brothers, Sean Stockman. Hopefully Michael will be invited to the premiere. And yeah, producers include compelling pictures. Dennis O'Sullivan of Bohemian Rhapsody and Jeff Callagari from I Want to Dance with Somebody. That's the Queen and the Queen biopic. And the Whitney Houston biopic.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Okay.

[Kid Fury]

And this sounds like an opportunity for a nice, warm, a black moment at the theater at some point. I actually don't know much about their, like, personal stories.

[Crystal]

Right. I was about to say this might actually help a lot because I was a kid when Boyz II Men was popular, so I don't if there was, you know, like drama or mess or even just, you know, the story of how they all met and became a group. I really don't know that, so. Oh, okay. Sure. Why not? I'll watch that.

[Kid Fury]

There's also. There's always the Deliverance too. I mean, what do we have now?

[Crystal]

What are you even saying?

[Kid Fury]

I'm trying to say.

[Crystal]

Okay, I got you. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Okay. Also coming up soon, apparently, is the Millennium Tour. 2025 Bow Wow. Shadma Bow Wow has announced the 2025 Millennium Tour, which he will be headlining alongside Omarion and Trey Songz. Oh, my God. Also scheduled, I suppose, to perform, it says here on the Supplier Plies. Boosie Ying Yang twins and Ray J. Sammy. Bobby Valentino. Sammy Pleasure, P. Nivea. And special guest Rick Ross. I feel like Rick Ross is the richest and most active out of all these people. Why is he.

[Crystal]

And also Ghost pop up at 2.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. And goes here the least yeah.

[Crystal]

And goes here. I mean, these are all. I mean, for a tour called the Millennium Tour that. I mean, these niggas were popping then, so.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, it's accurate.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Like 20 some odd years ago. But Trey Songz is a headliner. Is y'all. Y'all doing that bad? Y'all had to scratch that deep. People don't go, don't he have these? Well, yeah, I was about to say.

[Kid Fury]

I don't know where that's left off.

[Crystal]

But all them legal, right? All them women accusing him of sexual assaults and all that. Okay.

[Kid Fury]

Sammy probably needs to be working.

[Crystal]

Did you know Sammy was in a group called RSVP?

[Kid Fury]

All right, we're gonna move on so that the 48s are out.

[Crystal]

Ray J, Sammy, Bobby Valentino, and Pleasure P. They released a single in December 2022, but they haven't put an out yet.

[Kid Fury]

I'm looking at the flyer.

[Crystal]

Okay. Just letting you know.

[Kid Fury]

The flyer has them labels one after the next, and I'm realizing now that they've highlighted the R and Ray J, the S and Sammy, V and Bobby.

[Crystal]

Yeah, buddy and Pleasure.

[Kid Fury]

What the fuck are you talking about to me today? You know what? I've beat myself up a lot over the past couple of years about, you know, like, I feel like, on my own accord, detaching from the nigga sphere and the pop culture goings on. And I'm like, that's unprofessional. It's your job. But I'm like, I don't need to know this. And I wish I didn't. I wish I didn't know that.

[Crystal]

Well, I'm just.

[Kid Fury]

In fact, I looked at this and I didn't, and now I know, and I wish I didn't.

[Crystal]

Why I'm glad I looked it up because it's a list of the tour dates. Cause I'm thinking some of these, I might actually. Some of these artists I might actually want to see. But I don't want to see Trey Songz. I don't want to see booze. Please tell me why the only person.

[Kid Fury]

On here I might be curious to see is Nivea, and I'm not going out with you. I don't doubt Omarion will put on a good show because he can dance and he has a decent voice. I don't give a living fuck about anybody else on this stage.

[Crystal]

Well, Boosie and Trey Songz are unavailable to be at the Brooklyn show, the both of them. So I'm just so happy because I'm like, if I do go, that would Be the one show that I would want to see. So, I mean, maybe, you know, just to go back to that point in my life where things were so chaotic.

[Kid Fury]

What about your Von Dutch and your ev. Sujeans?

[Crystal]

Listen, never had more fun or been more broke in my whole life.

[Kid Fury]

More. When swimming of long clothes was standing up for yourself.

[Crystal]

Yes. When me and my friends was making sure to get to the club before 10. Cause ladies got infrein. Nigga, I remember those days.

[Kid Fury]

And if you beat her, you probably got a free shot.

[Crystal]

Oh, yes. And it's gonna be some well liquor that nobody should be drinking, but we don't care.

[Kid Fury]

Not only is it. Well, that's not liquor. Like that bottle been finished ages ago. That's the tap water from in back.

[Crystal]

With a little rubbing out liquor.

[Kid Fury]

Like you're drinking gasoline. Sweet.

[Crystal]

We were. We used to go to this little lesbian club called Doris's where I remember it was. It was but one year for New Year's. I think the COVID was like $25 and it was unlimited drinks all night. That's dangerous for 20. It was indeed dangerous. That night did not end. That night did not end well. But, oh, you know, these artists, they were my soundtrack during that time. So, yeah, I'm tempted now that I know that now that I know Boosie and Trey's song's not gonna be at the Brooklyn show, I am tempted to go to the Brooklyn show. I am.

[Kid Fury]

I'm trying to see how much these tickets are, but they not.

[Crystal]

Are they gonna sell yet?

[Kid Fury]

Maybe they're not. I mean, it says buy tickets. Maybe they don't have them for LA yet. Okay, hold on. Click here. No, they are not giving me any prices on. On the. On the master of tickets, my dear.

[Crystal]

I'm not.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, they're not up yet. Yeah, they're not up yet. Pre sales start on the 22nd, so I just did what people do to us all the time. The tickets aren't. I'm not seeing a link. It says in the caption that the. I think it's going to hell.

[Crystal]

I had a feeling.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, well, you know, good luck if that's something you're interested in. Where do I want to take this next? Let's see what's going on. Denzel Washington said that there's. There was a scene where he kisses a man in the upcoming Gladiator sequel that he will be starring in. I think that comes out in a couple days. But he says that it didn't make the cut and that they probably got chicken at the last minute. But he said it wasn't like a big deal, that it was kind of like a kiss of death thing where he, like, kisses this guy's hand, gives him a peck on the list, on the lips, and then kills him type shit.

[Crystal]

Oh, the Mafia people do that.

[Kid Fury]

And they cut it out, right? I think that was kind of what he implied. The essence of it was. Ridley Scott spoke at a premiere of the movie in Hollywood on Monday and said, no, that's bullshit. They never did. They acted the moment. It didn't happen is a quote that someone. Variety from Variety got. So I'm like, they never did. They acted the moment. It didn't happen.

[Crystal]

So they didn't actually pretended to kiss, Is that what you're saying? It's not like they made out.

[Kid Fury]

That's the best thing that I could get from it.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Weird, weird statement.

[Kid Fury]

I think he kissed the dude on the mouth. They were like, okay, no. And cut it out. And that's that. And then he mentioned it and gagged them. That's it. Cause Denzel has been like, pawpaw. Denzel don't give a fuck. Have you noticed he's in these interviews being like, I'm living. Everyone can suck my dick. I'm Denzel Washington. There's no argument about me being the absolute baddest nigga out here. I'm also still finer than each and every single one of you motherfuckers. When I walk into a room, y'all bitches bow down. Say something. Say anything.

[Crystal]

It's been great.

[Kid Fury]

Anything. I don't like. Did you see where he said that he. When he lost that Oscar to Kevin Spacey, he was like, fuck it. And he was. He told his wife, you can vote. He told. He's told. He said that. He was like, over. He wasn't voting. He didn't give a fuck about the Oscar movies, the Academy. He was like, they don't give a fuck about me. They don't respect me, whatever it is. He told Pauletta, you vote, you watch the movies. I don't want nothing. He was like. He said he had a little pity party for a while where he was over it. Two years later, he won for Training Day, Second black person to do it.

[Crystal]

Well, that's a very healthy way to deal with your disappointment. Be like, you know what? I'mma let my wife watch these movies. Yeah, it was great. He's. I saw an interview with him. I bless this girl. I don't know who she is, but he's like, the first part of Your life is when you learn. The second part is where you earn and the third part is where you return. And this girl's just like blown away. And she said, can you be my therapist? And he said, I already am.

[Kid Fury]

Cool.

[Crystal]

I'm obsessed with Uncle Denzel. This is a great era for him. He's just such a delight. And he is absolutely giving 70 year old men. Yes, he is. What a fun. Just a delightful yes. And his son seemed to be equally charming. So.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. What a nice black family and good performers. I'm actually really excited to see this Gladiator movie because he's in it and seems to be kind of like a central part of it. He's almost. I don't know shit about the movie's plot, but from the trailer I watched, it was almost like he's giving Littlefinger, like he's. It almost seems like he's like pulling strings and doing shit. Joseph Quinn, who's also a really, really great actor, is in it too. So I think I'm gonna probably do the Wiccan Gladiator double feature or I might watch them one day after another because I'm for sure gonna go watch Wicked.

[Crystal]

I'm just entirely sure that it's just like Game of Thrones. It's going to be too graphically violent for me and I should not.

[Kid Fury]

Oh yeah. That's the way the first one was.

[Crystal]

I will not be able to watch it. Right. So.

[Kid Fury]

But I think the first one might have been Fame. I have to go back and rewatch it. I think the first one might have been like really infamous for its gore at the time and for like the type of movie it was. But in that respect, I imagine that the sequel will be graphic. Yeah.

[Crystal]

And that's why y'all can have it. You just tell me, you know what?

[Kid Fury]

Afterwards somebody will probably find the best Denzel Washington scene that haven't seen them.

[Crystal]

And put them on TikTok. Yep.

[Kid Fury]

And I'll tell you all about it afterwards after I. Because you know, I'm going.

[Crystal]

And that's more than enough for me. I love hearing about these things from you. So sick.

[Kid Fury]

I'll be sure. And his son kind of had a shady moment. That was unfortunate. Diddy's being accused of this.

[Crystal]

Dummy.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, well, first of all, he's trying to appeal this decision to keep you in custody until the trial. Apparently this is his third time attempting this appeal. He's since been accused by prosecutors of using other inmates telephone accounts, using three way calling to contact people that are not on his Contact list. His approved contact list. And enlisting his family in a social media campaign to bolster his public appearance. Yep. His camp claimed that the feds raided his cell and took away a bunch of privileged materials, which is in quotes, including notes that were meant for his legal team. So, you know, mess, I guess. Little back and forth. Not really crazy. Typical. Whatever. Mess in this part of the thing. But he does want to get out of custody. Who wouldn't? And the girls are like, no, no.

[Crystal]

Well, yeah, especially when they know that you're, like, paying other inmates to use their phone accounts and using three way to contact people who are not on your contact list. It's like, you know, they are watching you, sir.

[Kid Fury]

You more so than from, like, every corner.

[Crystal]

And they're watching all the inmates, but especially you. Do you?

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, but, like, especially you.

[Crystal]

And you know all these phone calls are recorded, right? Like, I feel like they tell. They still tell you that when you on the phone. Like, this phone call, he's recorded. This is not private. So on the phone, telling your family to contact victims and witnesses and post shit on social media just do not seem like a good idea. It seemed like the opposite of what you should do if you're trying to get out.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I wouldn't suggest that. Yeah.

[Crystal]

Yeah, but, you know, I'm not that nigger.

[Kid Fury]

Megan Good and Jonathan Majors are engaged. This is confirmed at the Ebony Power 100 Gala that took place this past weekend in Los Angeles. Megan flashed off a big diamond engagement ring. They took pictures together. That's the thing. Meghan then went inside and enjoyed the gala with the other people attending and being celebrated. Thoughts?

[Crystal]

Why was Jonathan Majors even invited to the Ebony Power 100?

[Kid Fury]

Because Megan Good was invited.

[Crystal]

Why was Jonathan Majors allowed to be at The Ebony Power 100 Gala? Gala?

[Kid Fury]

Is Megan Good is powerful? I don't know Ebony. I mean, I doubt they thought he was gonna run, you know, but, like.

[Crystal]

I just don't understand how this man was not even found innocent. I'm not sure why somebody who he.

[Kid Fury]

Is with a beloved black actor.

[Crystal]

Black people do love her.

[Kid Fury]

And I think we mentioned this before. I think a lot of niggas are taking solace in the fact that it was a white girl and the fact that it, you know, reportedly is a situation that was agitated. You know what I mean? I think a lot of people are like, oh, you shouldn't have been with this white girl. And now you found black love. And. And, you know, so you're not gonna hit less? I don't know.

[Crystal]

I mean, so if and. Or when this happens to Megan. Good. What is extremely sad for me to say is that I really do not believe things would be any different. I think we would go through this same sort of period of maybe a year or so of people being like, mm. Well, we don't really know what happened. And then video coming out and people be like, mm. But what did she say? What did she do? You know how women sometimes be like. And then eventually people would just start accepting him and welcoming him back into spaces and places that are supposed to be.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, well, if you look at history and, like, you know. Math.

[Crystal]

Yeah, math. Okay. Yeah, why not?

[Kid Fury]

I mean, like, statistics.

[Crystal]

Yes, yes, yes. This is what I'm saying. So I just. I really don't understand why EBONY felt like Jonathan Majors deserved to be there at something that I would think is supposed to be, you know, like an event celebrating black people who are doing good things or have done good things or, you know, just not abusive. I just don't. I don't understand why Jonathan Majors was allowed to be there. But I guess that's Hollywood. Really? Y'all don't really care about what these men do?

[Kid Fury]

No.

[Crystal]

And so you. You were like, yeah, I'm not sure what did. What did you think? So, But I saw the view of her, like, flashing the ring and all this, and all I can think is, why is he even there? Why has he been given this legitimacy?

[Kid Fury]

She's genuinely in love with him. She looks at him and, like, wants. Wants for him to still find success and all that other stuff, the same way you would for any spouse, criminal or not. And, yeah, I think that she was invited. Hey, I'm bringing someone. Hey, that someone.

[Crystal]

And we know who the someone is.

[Kid Fury]

My fiance. Yeah. So that's our man. That's my.

[Crystal]

I mean, they could have easily said, Jonathan Majors is not welcome. If you insist on bringing him, then you don't have to come either. I have a feeling The Ebony Power 100 Gala could have went on just fine without Megan. Good. No shade.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. But I'm just honestly not surprised that no one did that.

[Crystal]

No, me either. It's just more disgusted than anything else. Like, I was gonna. This was gonna be one of the things I mentioned in my read. If we didn't bring it up during.

[Kid Fury]

The Hot Topic, I feel like niggas are more annoyed by his corniness than his case.

[Crystal]

Oh, they definitely are.

[Kid Fury]

Like, they're more like, you brought him around. He be dancing like such and such and dresses like a slave. Like, that is what Kind of like irks niggas and not.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah. I definitely saw a lot of. He finna dress like a bootlegger at the wedding and shit like that. Yeah, yeah, definitely. So. But that's not gonna stop me from being deeply and thoroughly disgusted by the whole thing. Shouldn't have even been there. And it's not. I'm not happy for y'all neither, boo. Terrible idea. Don't marry that man.

[Kid Fury]

Um. Do dupe. Dupe. I could. Offset got into a fight in Paris. He was shooting a video with a rapper named Gazo, a French rapper. He was reportedly Play. Reportedly paid $150,000 to be featured in the video. But then Gazo said that Offset was lazy, so he wanted a refund.

[Crystal]

Go, girl. Give us nothing. Is that what it was?

[Kid Fury]

Refused to provide a refund. Oh. And somehow this led to a physical fight that is now on the Internet. And it was very interesting to, like, watch the fight because, you know, Offset has a whole bunch of huge brawlic security guards that are trying to keep him out of a physical thing, but crew members are fighting each other, so he want to get into it because his friends are fighting. Eventually he does get free enough to, like, kick somebody, and then they rush him or whatever. And watching it, I'm like, this is really entertaining for me because butch queen fashion is up in male hip hop.

[Crystal]

It is.

[Kid Fury]

So seeing the girls outside bucking like this, it gives. I'm sorry. It gives Atlanta pride. It gives. Like, here you go. I'm gonna. Okay. That's it for a lot of.

[Crystal]

Sometimes, yeah, I. Unfortunately for Offset, I don't care about his shenanigans outside of Cardi B. I.

[Kid Fury]

Really don' Yeah, I don't either. I didn't. I just don't.

[Crystal]

Don't go to jail. Don't go to jail. You got too many kids to go to jail. That's all I got for you. These niggas and I. I want to see the footage of this video. Was he literally just sitting there? Like, was he. I. I have a feeling they went back and was like, you. You really gave us nothing. And is he on the song, or is he just in the video?

[Kid Fury]

He must be on the song. Why would you spend six figures to have this thing come and be in your video in Paris if he ain't even in the song?

[Crystal]

That's a great question, but I imagine.

[Kid Fury]

He'D be on the song, but he probably wasn't giving the energy that they wanted, which could be for a number of reasons. And typically with male Rappers. I'm like, well, when do they. But offset dances, like off the.

[Crystal]

Oh, that's true. That's true. So I wonder what it is.

[Kid Fury]

So I don't know. I don't know what he was looking for. Courtney didn't get. What did happen is a fight. No arrests were made.

[Crystal]

By the time police got there, everybody chilled out. Smart. Okay.

[Kid Fury]

I was gonna talk about Skai Jackson too, but I'm gonna just pray for her. That's it.

[Crystal]

Okay. Yes. Let's take a break.

[Kid Fury]

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[Crystal]

Yes, it is. Send your questions to askthereadmail.com we may just read them aloud on the show. Hmm, let's see. A situationship A husband who don't know how to act. A fiance who don't know how to act. A friend who okay, here we go. This week. Let's see. Let's start with this one from Yvette who says, hey, Chrislyn Kiffy, I'm a 30 year old black woman and I'm married to my 31 year old husband. We have a toddler, 32.

[Kid Fury]

31.

[Crystal]

She's 30, he's 31.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, sorry, 32.

[Crystal]

No worries. Yeah, so we separated for a year and a half and we separated for a year and a half. But this past June we decided to reconnect and give our marriage a fair shot. We attended therapy during this course of reconnection to try and get the best outcome. However, two and a half months after getting back together, I found out my husband was stealing my money. My car has been in his name since we were first married. During our separation, I would send him the car payment as well as the car insurance, which was $985 a month.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, baby.

[Crystal]

Let me just Sidebar right here. The cost of cars is insane.

[Kid Fury]

It is insane, an absolute racket.

[Crystal]

And I, I mean, I've been in New York 12, 13 years, so I haven't driven in that long. The price of cars has shot up, like, tripled in the 13 years since I have stopped driving.

[Kid Fury]

I've been here where driving is more of a necessity for over two years now. If a lift or these two feet can't take me, I'm not. It's gonna be the jaws of life.

[Crystal]

I'm not doing it back in my day, if you spent $1,000 a month on a car payment and car insurance, then you either had the nicest car anybody has ever seen or your credit was in absolute hell.

[Kid Fury]

Yes.

[Crystal]

And only one of them, like buy here, pay here, places would take you. But this isn't all.

[Kid Fury]

And in New York and places like that, you gotta put. You gotta like, consider the car freezing and all this other maintenance to make sure that don't happen when it's snowing.

[Crystal]

Yes. So I just had to point that out. I'm like, when I was not even a kid, when I was a young adult, you could get a decent used car for less than $10,000, and that just does not exist anymore. So. Okay. But anyway, so she sent this man $985 a month for her car payment and insurance while they were separated. Once we were back in the same home, I realized some things weren't adding up financially and asked him for two days to send a screenshot of the current status of my car note. Each time there was a different excuse. He said he would send it in a second, but never did. Couldn't seem to find it. Said the app was confusing because it just updated all kind of shit. When I asked to just let me log in, his response was always. I'm so used to using face ID I don't even know the password. Finally, I cornered him and got him to call the lender and give me permission to speak about the car. I was then told by the rep that the car note is 98 days past due and that my husband had already called earlier that same day to set up a payment plan. Turns out this man had been making no payments or just partial payments on my car for months. So naturally, I next requested to see the insurance login to make sure that that was up to date. And he told me before I logged in that I would see a lapse. Indeed I did, because there was a current balance of $100. Again, I have paid this man $325 every single month for my portion of the car insurance. Bitch.

[Kid Fury]

What?

[Crystal]

What? Okay, I did some digging. Turns out that while he wasn't paying my insurance, he was purchasing tickets for $400 to go see Future in Concert and spent another hundred dollars for an outfit to wear at said concert. This situation, amongst other discrepancies, has landed me to the firm decision that after giving our relationship a shot, I would like to call it quits and proceed with the divorce. He goes to couples therapy and acts like we're doing well. And following all the steps. But when things get heated, he discards everything we have learned and goes back to his disrespectful ways. I am in personal individual therapy and have urged him to go on his own for the last four months and he will not make it a priority. Am I wrong for wanting to proceed with a divorce? He calls me a quitter and says I don't know the meaning of marriage and he believes that the money situation is just something we can get through. He also feels like I am stirring a narrative that he, quote, stole my money and in his eyes that is not what happened and he simply had to do what he had to do to survive permission and didn't spend it on the thing you were okay anyway, so that's stealing.

[Kid Fury]

You stole my money.

[Crystal]

I feel like this is a huge breach of trust. And on top of the other issues with his job, the emotional inconsistencies and theft of my funds, it is a wrap. But I'm not sure. Are these the woes of marriage that I should continue to work through or should I continue to grow and accomplish all the things that I saw I was capable of when we were separated? Love you guys and the reading. Any advice would help.

[Kid Fury]

Signed Yvette, you don't need to sign anything here. You need to sign the divorce documents as well as whatever other legal documents to obtain the money this nigga owed you when he wanted to go see Navadius perform mixtape. He has the absolute nerve.

[Crystal]

Oh my God.

[Kid Fury]

Talking about some quote unquote stole. You stole my money. You lied, you've manipulated, you refuse to get your own individual therapy which outside of our relationship and all the ways you fuck up, you need. There's nothing here for me, for you, for anybody. But mostly for me. I think most important and most importantly for me. So you're going to do the following. 1. You're gonna get the fuck. 2, you're gonna get the fuck ASAP. 3, you're gonna never speak to me again. They have a baby though most through your eternity. Your attorney or whoever else we can put in the middle to mediate the necessities until you find common goddamn sense and maturity enough to speak to me like you know what the fuck is going on around here. Okay, thank you for your time for listening to my TED Talk. God bless.

[Crystal]

This nigga is playing in your face after already playing in your face for months. Girl, for a year and a half you sent this man all the money to take care of. Now we can go back through the why was Your car and his name in the first place and all that.

[Kid Fury]

Like, we could.

[Crystal]

We could, but, you know, you didn't provide those answers. And it's not like we could chat with you and find that out, but here we are. Regardless, he had no business taking the money for your car note and your car insurance and spending it on future and Jordans like that.

[Kid Fury]

Which he knew, which is why he was trying to put out little fires as soon as your ex was like, hey, what's going on?

[Crystal]

Tried to call the people that same day to get on a payment plan.

[Kid Fury]

Like, shut your dumb ass at.

[Crystal]

You think I'm not gonna see that? And then just telling her with the insurance. Oh, well, you gonna see that the insurance ain't on right now. Oh, yeah, I bet I am.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

I. Are you wrong for wanting to have a divorce? No, I would. I would actually be more inclined to call you wrong if you wanted to stay married to him.

[Kid Fury]

A quitter. He calls you a quitter. If you. Every day you need honey, and you go out to the tree in your backyard where there's a beehive, and every single time you go to this bee, but before you even touch the tree, you are assaulted by a legion of bees. And you come back in, next thing you're like, all right, Tamara. And you go out there again the next day, maybe you put on, like, couple of other layers of clothes, and those bees just tear your ass to pieces. And you're like, okay, let me go. I'm gonna get, like, a full suit, like the one on Amazon or whatever. You go out there and these are some unnatural bees. They knock the helmet off, everything. These bees beat your ass. Going down to the Trader Joe's and buying a jar of honey for $2.99 and going home isn't quitting love.

[Crystal]

It is not.

[Kid Fury]

It's common sense. It's self. The word self. Perseverance. Is that it? That's the one.

[Crystal]

Self preservation or perseverance there.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, Perseverance.

[Crystal]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

Okay. It's called boundaries. It's called protecting your peace. It's called centering. Okay? It's not quitting. It's called doing what you have to do. It's putting yourself first, Lucious.

[Crystal]

Yeah, this the way he's trying to spin it on you, like you're the.

[Kid Fury]

One just giving it fences.

[Crystal]

This man is trying your whole fucking life and probably would have kept going with this problem, making just enough payments to keep your shit from getting repossessed.

[Kid Fury]

Probably recording Chris Brown stopping another fight in the streets of Anaheim. Okay, don't get me wrong, because he bought all access passes with your insurance money. He has to hit the dirt.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Yeah. I'm so sorry, sweetie, but woes of marriage, I think that's more about just the tedium of day in and day out and having a life and building with another person. It isn't somebody stealing your money for months and months on end and only doing something about it when you realize something was up.

[Kid Fury]

Bills are looking funkier these days. Intimacy is completely out the books because we kind of get on each other's nerves and haven't had a break in a while or prioritized pouring into each other. You never wash a goddamn dish, but you always eat in, you know, like, this toilet seat. Like, yeah, little. Yeah, I know. We work on it, but then there's no agreement. Progression then. Like, that's right. You know, we're talking about, I think, average things. Stealing your money for months and months on E. To go listen to DS2 live. It's out of. That's not. We're not.

[Crystal]

And to catch up on his rent. She didn't put. That part was in a parenthesis.

[Kid Fury]

You were reading this letter, and I was thinking, oh, assassination. A hit. Like, so how do we. This person dies next, and you sitting up here talking about sticking it out or not. If you don't tell that man to kiss the absolute blackest plume of your dust.

[Crystal]

Like, bitch, yes, yes. I'll also say the fact that he is going to couples therapy, but he goes and fronts like everything is good, but then when y'all get into it at home, all of a sudden he's being disrespectful and mean. That's another giant red flag that this nigga is probably just going along with couples there because you said y'all needed to go, but is not actually applying anything that is happening in the session to his life. And it's just more going along to get along type of situation, which is, again, baby, all the more reason to leave. Sound like he need your money more than you need his. I don't even know what he provides. I don't even know. I was gonna say a car, but he don't even if it's in his name, he should be paying the bill. Why are you paying the bill?

[Kid Fury]

Why aren't there more murders?

[Crystal]

No, baby girl. No, baby girl.

[Kid Fury]

There are lady murders.

[Crystal]

Yeah. This is. If I were you, I would. If I were your friend, I could not convince you to sign that paperwork fast enough. I would be like, girl, do you need help this weekend with changing the locks? Cause I will help you, girl.

[Kid Fury]

I might set a reminder for next.

[Crystal]

Week just to be like, you know what?

[Kid Fury]

Just to mention. Hey, hey, girl. Divorce. We're working on that.

[Crystal]

Just wanna make sure you haven't lost sight of what really matters, which is leaving. This nigga. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Spent your hard earned money to go watch an anchor perform who said to his baby mama in a music video that she was hard not to miss.

[Crystal]

And saw nothing wrong with that and said that he didn't steal your money. He did what he had to do. You had to go see Future. You had to. Apparently he has a job, but he's in sales, so if he doesn't sell enough, then he doesn't make enough and.

[Kid Fury]

It'S like, I don't give a fuck.

[Crystal]

That's always been the case with sales based jobs though.

[Kid Fury]

You gave him your money to do.

[Crystal]

X. Yeah, it's time he did.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, it's time.

[Crystal]

It's time. Gotta leave.

[Kid Fury]

Peace.

[Crystal]

Yeah. Best of luck to you with your divorce. Eyvette. I don't think we can recommend anything else. Anytime somebody is willing to go to couples therapy, but not individual therapy, I'm automatically like, mm, what is that about?

[Kid Fury]

Cause that is such a huge red flag.

[Crystal]

I don't really recommend couples therapy without individual therapy. Because let's just be real. If you not acting right in your relationship, it's probably because of some fucked up ideas you've picked up in your childhood or reactions to trauma that you developed again in your childhood.

[Kid Fury]

So thank you.

[Crystal]

Couples therapy is supposed to be about, like getting into Yalls relationship and inevitably we get into each of your personal histories and why you end up interacting the way you do. Yes. I mean, I literally did this as a couple couples therapist.

[Kid Fury]

I'm telling y'all, you always do.

[Crystal]

It helps so much when you both are in your own therapy. So you're working through that shit and realizing, oh, this is how it affects my marriage. This is how I interact with my spouse. This is why I blah, blah. Like, it just makes that process so much easier. But if he, it would be different if he was going to couples therapy and you saw him like really trying. But you, you have peeped that he goes to couples therapy. To Frontline is good, right? So a nigga that's not even trying, girl, why are you trying? Trying to steal and took $1,000 a month.

[Kid Fury]

What? I don't understand what we're conversing.

[Crystal]

Like, I don't know why it's gotta. He gotta Gonna say he gotta go, yeah, fuck that. N. Good luck babes.

[Kid Fury]

He gonna get his ass jumped.

[Crystal]

Do you have brothers, cousins, daddies, uncles, somebody? Cause he gotta pay for this. Like irate is not even the word. But listen, you know now and so. Yeah, let us know how your divorce goes. Our last letter comes from Montana, who says, hey, Crystal and Kayfiri. I'm dealing with a weird situation with my best friend and I would like your advice. I'm a 31 year old woman who's married and in the 6th year of my doctoral program. I am introverted and have severe depression and anxiety, so it can be hard for me to make friends. Five years ago, I really bonded with one of my fellow grad students, Amber. Since then we've had a once weekly coffee date and we text every day. We were both such supporters for each other as we worked on our dissertations. Then a few months ago, I told Amber that my husband and I were trying to have a baby. Amber and I had bonded before about our reservations on motherhood, but I told her for the past few years I'd been changing my mind. She always made condescending jokes about it, like, oh girl, you done fell for that trad wife stuff and tried to talk me out of having a child. Since I told her that I'm trying to have a baby, she's been completely different. We used to get together every week and now I haven't seen her in months. I've reached out asking if she's okay or how I can be a friend to her and she said that she's fine but doesn't want to talk. So I've given her her space. I miss my friend, but I'm also hurt that she feels like she can't confide in me if she's experiencing something and that she would put aside our friendship over my decision to potentially become a parent. I'm still not pregnant and don't know when or if I will be. My husband is very protective of me and thinks I should write her off and move on, but I'm not sure. It's hard for me to make friends and what we had before felt so right. If you were in my situation, what would you do? Thanks for your help and for everything over the years. Montana.

[Kid Fury]

Um, I mean, it sounds like you tried to say, hey, what's going on?

[Crystal]

Oh yeah, definitely did reach out and she was like, yeah, I'm fine, I just don't want to talk. So I don't know.

[Kid Fury]

I think that I would consider possible triggers and Things that the person could be thinking about or dealing with and maybe just give them their space. You know, I don't know if I would take. I don't know if I would take it too personally yet. Because you're not like, hey, you know what I really want to do? Start a quartet of women who rob banks and then I'll get shot at the end.

[Crystal]

Yeah, right.

[Kid Fury]

Or doing a normal thing that countless people want to do all the time.

[Crystal]

So many people.

[Kid Fury]

Um, but, you know, you have sort of bonded on a different side of that idea, and I can only imagine what roots your friend's decision or feelings in this case, where those things are rooted or where they come from. So, yeah, my course of action would be to try and say, hey, what's going on? Do you want to talk about this? Because, you know, I am ready, willing to be a safe space girl. Like, I'm not gonna judge you, but if that's something where the response is, no, I'm good. I don't want to talk about it, then I think I would just respect their space and maybe not bring up baby stuff around them if I can. Now, when you do become pregnant, that's probably gonna be harder to do, but, yeah, I don't know what more you could do besides just try to have an open conversation if they don't want to.

[Crystal]

Yeah, I. I'm glad you brought up that the friend might be having some triggers that we don't know anything about, because I actually didn't think of that. But it doesn't make. It doesn't necessarily excuse her behavior, but it does explain it. Like, the idea of, oh, you're falling for trad wife stuff because you decide to have a baby is insane.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

But to your point, it could just be that this person has some history, their own shit that don't have nothing to do with you. And you talking about a baby is bringing that up, so that's something to keep in mind. It could also be that for you, this was a much more important friendship or relationship than it was for her. Like you said, it's hard for you to make friends. You don't really have very many of them. You've got some mental health issues going on, so that's all understandable, but it could just be that she's like, oh, you know, that's my classmate I had coffee with, you know, once a week, and we texted. It's no big deal. And meanwhile, you're over here like, I lost my friend, you know, just feeling away about it. So. But I agree that if she's not willing to talk, then there's really nothing else to do. I think the only wrong thing you could do is continue to try to reach out. Like, if I were, I would definitely leave the ball in her court. But, you know, I don't think your husband's wrong. He thinks you should just write her off and move on. I don't think you would be wrong to do that. I don't think you wrong to just kind of like leave it open and wait for her to text you if she does.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

Um. But yeah, what? In this situation, I would. I would. Knowing me, I would probably do like your husband and be like, okay, you know, whatever it is here, the vibe is extremely fucking weird and I don't need it, so. All right, you know, that's enough of you. But you miss her and friendship breakups suck, so.

[Kid Fury]

But you do build bonds. I mean, I think it seems that people often build bonds in the pregnancy journey, parenting journey, anyway, through mom blogs and forums and groups and all that other stuff. So you can bet your bottom dollar that you are going to come across other people that you will probably bond with that actually have a completely different outtake on your experience than your friend here. But yeah, I think I. Similar to what Krystal said, I would just be like, okay, the vibes are off here. This is weird. It's getting a little sharp, you know.

[Crystal]

Like, you can't be that mad over what I decide to do with my uterus, girl. You can't be that. You cannot be that pissed.

[Kid Fury]

So something is going on here that I don't. I can't identify. You're not identifying because you don't want to communicate with it. And I feel like that refusal to communicate with it, to me would even. Would make me think that there is something more personal that has nothing to do with me. Would I be willing to chat about that and hug it out and meet in the middle 1000%. But if you don't want to, there's only so much we can do. So, yeah, I would just be doing my own thing. Leave my phone open if you want to chit chat through imessage or whatever here and there. But you are making a completely normal decision that is, you know what you want and you are healthy and deserved in that want. And what I would definitely cut off is if there's like a persistent, like, antagonizing, like the trad wife. Like, if it's gonna be one more little snide, slick comment that you make to Me before. It's like, okay, block, I don't need to, like, you don't need to communicate or reach out to me at all type shit. You know what I mean? But other than that, yeah, I think I would just give her her space, let her deal with whatever she's going through. Who knows, maybe at some point down the line she might be like, I miss you. And I just. This is the reason why this has been triggering me. But if not, girl, you will make so many more friends and, you know, prayerfully, we'll have a whole new life. That would be the top of your priority where even if you did want to talk to this bitch, you wouldn't have time. So like, you know, I get it though, wanting, you know, having depression and being anxious and having someone really close and then feeling like, oh, well, what if that lifeline isn't there anymore? Then what? While I'm also trying to deal with all this real shit.

[Crystal]

Yeah, you will. And just remember that like, you are allowed and should not feel judged or anything for what you decide to do with your body. It's quite bizarre that, you know, she feels like your reproductive system is under or should be under her control. And, you know, even if she lost all her best friends to pregnancy, like, she still don't get to dictate what you do with your body, you know? So I think it would be nice if she.

[Kid Fury]

The fucking 1300s, right? Is she just like, I can't, I can't do it.

[Crystal]

Not one more soldier, not one more, you know, girl, we're not doing that. Like, yeah, yeah, in an ideal world, she'll hit you up and be like, girl, you said that. And I felt away because, you know, blah, blah, blah, whatever my reasons are. But I'm sorry and I'm happy for you, you know, that would be nice. But I fully believe that whatever she has going on don't really have shit to do with you.

[Kid Fury]

Nothing to do with you.

[Crystal]

And there is support out there even for moms with depression and anxiety, which is a lot of mothers, girl. So many mothers. Jesus Christ, girl.

[Kid Fury]

Jesus Christ, graciously, by the will of God, there are outlets out there for people who are willing to be like, hey girl, me too. Wanna chit chat about it? So it'll be good. You don't need any baby downers when you're trying to do one of the most miraculous awesome things that a human can do.

[Crystal]

Yes. And I fully believe sometimes we have to clear out the people who don't belong in our lives so we can make room for the people who do.

[Kid Fury]

And there it is then.

[Crystal]

So best of luck to you, Montana, with whatever you decide to choose. Hope it goes well. Let us know. Let's wrap up the questions right there again. If you have one for us, send it on over to askthereadmail.com we'll be right back.

[Kid Fury]

If you dunk, Michelle, you badonka dunk your way back into the competition.

[Crystal]

RuPaul's Drag Race is back.

[Kid Fury]

Only on with show stopping celebrity guest judges like Katy Perry, Dochi, Sam Smith, Adam Lambert and more. The splashiest season in her story is making major waves. Raider Queen is back. I hold their face in my dainty.

[Crystal]

Little hand because wetter is better. RuPaul's Drag Race is back.

[Kid Fury]

New season tonight at 8, 7 Central on MTV. Welcome to NADA Yada island next on Nadia Yada Island.

[Crystal]

I knew I deserved so much more, so I left. I finally switched to Metro and got.

[Kid Fury]

What I was looking for. Get one line for only $25 a month with autopay. Just bring your phone to Metro and experience all the data you want on the largest 5G network. That's nada yada yada. Only at Metro by T Mobile. First month is $30. Bring your number and ID offer. Not available.

[Crystal]

If with T Mobile with Metro in.

[Kid Fury]

The past 180 days. We're back and it's now time for the read. I will begin by passing my read.

[Crystal]

Pass the read like we used to.

[Kid Fury]

This read comes from Ms. Tina Knowles.

[Crystal]

I should have known you was doing this.

[Kid Fury]

So apparently someone by the name of Candace Oneness, I don't know who this. They made some wild allegation on Instagram that Ms. Tina here, her daughter, was paid $10 million to speak at Vice President Kamala Harris's election rally. That Instagram post has been flagged by the app for false information. Lies. So Ms. Tina says the following. She said. So this has been flagged on Instagram as fake news and taken down. It's called false information. Sadly, other platforms with a lack of integrity still have it up. The lie is that Beyonce was paid $10 million to speak out O'Reilly in Houston for Vice President Kamala Harris, when in fact Beyonce did not receive a penny for speaking at a presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris rally in Houston. In fact, she actually paid for her own flights for her and her team. And total glam. They're not only lying and disrespecting Beyonce's name, but they're trying to further discredit the power of our Vice President, when do the lies and rumors stop? Of course you won't see this on the news go off. And to that missina I just say, you know, I agree and thank you for your read here today on the program. You know, very powerful statements, all truth and really just getting the girls who tried it, which is what a read is.

[Crystal]

I'm done. Hmm. Okay. Wait, was it just the Ms. Teen Iconic. Iconic. Okay, wonderful. Nevermind. She's. She doesn't Not. Does not deserve.

[Kid Fury]

Who cares about that thing?

[Crystal]

Speaking of people that can simply rotate Milagro Gams, whose real name is Milagro Cooper.

[Kid Fury]

Who the fuck is that?

[Crystal]

She is the bitch that Megan Thee stallion is suing. Remember? One of them dumbass nut guzzling bloggers who was all down Tory Lane's dick during the trial and were just extremely loud and wrong and making lots of allegations and things about. Yes, well, July 21, 2025 is the proposed trial date where this bitch will answer for her fucking shit. I just wanted to bring this up because again, I wanted to remind y'all that there are real consequences for the shit you say online, but also to cackle a bit because she is sharing an attorney with Tory Lanez. This attorney, Michael Hayden.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, that sounds wise.

[Crystal]

Failed the California state bar exam eight times, clearly, after graduating from an online unaccredited law school in four years and four months. Now keep in mind, most law schools are three year programs, so. And he's only licensed in California, which admittedly the California bar is hard like that to be fair. But it sounds like of all the attorneys you got, possibly the worst.

[Kid Fury]

Oh my gosh. Did you see the TikTok of the mom who saw. The single mom who saw her California bar saw she passed? No, I'll send it to you.

[Crystal]

Yes, please send it to me.

[Kid Fury]

Her two kids watching are like pulled the results off. Everyone weeping. The two kids inconsolable. Oh my God, I'm gonna find it and send it to you. But yeah, the same.

[Crystal]

So. Right. So she has, I guess one of the perhaps worst possible lawyers, which is great. Cause if I don't think this is a thing she can go to jail for, but if so, like, make some room. Just throw that ass in the clink. And speaking of mega, the state of California has also officially debunked Tory Lanez lie that the gun he shot Megan Thee stallion with is missing. Yes, this is coming from the Bob with the job, Megan Cuneiff who broke it down. For those of you who normally get your news headlines from the shade room that the firearm, the magazine, all the casings and all the bullet fragments are. Yeah. With the evidence and property management division. So again, just making shit up, knowing that niggas ain't gonna care enough to look into it. Those days are over. Like, again, I'm sure you don't wanna be in jail, but you're not going anywhere. So get comfy, bitch. Another nine years left.

[Kid Fury]

This has been taking place on Tubi. Like, this is real life.

[Crystal]

Real life. Real laws in real life. So yeah, sucks to be used.

[Kid Fury]

I just shout text you the oh.

[Crystal]

Yeah, I cannot wait to look at that.

[Kid Fury]

I mean weeping. I'm crying. We're all crying.

[Crystal]

Happiness now. I also wanted, I was gonna speak briefly about what Donald Trump is doing with this cabinet.

[Kid Fury]

I.

[Crystal]

But actually between Matt Gaetz and Dr. Oz and I don't know, some wrestling bitch Donna Hogan or something, I can't handle this. Instead, I'm going to focus on another deplorable part of American government, which is State Representative Nancy Mace, a Republican from South Carolina, who has introduced a bill to bar transgender women from using bathroom facilities on Capitol Hill that match their gender identity. This, of course, is in response to Delaware electing the first trans person to the United States House of Representatives earlier this month. And apparently the sergeant at arms of the House is going to be the person responsible for enforcing the ban. But it says here on thehill.com that it is unclear how the House's chief law enforcement officer will determine who can and cannot use the Capitol facilities.

[Kid Fury]

Of course it is.

[Crystal]

Oh my God, of course it is.

[Kid Fury]

Why are you all so fucking dedicated to dumb? Like there are other options. This is a dumb one and it won't work.

[Crystal]

So the trans person in question, Sarah McBride from Delaware, who has said posted a picture of herself in the bathroom and said, we are all just people trying to pee. Like, basically, calm down, it's not that fucking serious. But also, apparently every office has its own private bathroom and there are several single stall or unisex restrooms throughout the Capitol. So again, you are only doing this to be transphobic.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

And even if it was the case that there were only men and women's bathrooms and there were no private facilities or anything else, I am 100% certain that the sergeant at arms is not going to be parked outside of the women's bathroom all day, making sure this one person don't go in there.

[Kid Fury]

I'm just thinking about this, right? I've been in a lot of public bathrooms, a lot of public restrooms around the world. In my life, gender has never been something on the list of like, oh, this is concerning. You know, it's like, we can talk about. Actually, I'll be. Nevermind.

[Crystal]

It's just people. What are y'all doing?

[Kid Fury]

In the past two people, like, that's really it. Like, that's like. Because I guar.

[Crystal]

I go in the stall, I take care of what needs to be taken care of. I leave it clean and I go wash my hands and exit the bathroom. What are y'all doing?

[Kid Fury]

You see, you see the girls touching up their beat in the mirror and you're like, oh, wow, this is a beauty I didn't know existed. This is a beauty I don't believe I can personally attain. And so I don't want to see it. Like, are the girls gagging you with their beauty and confidence and grace? And so you just can't because, like, sure.

[Crystal]

And you know, Marjorie Taylor Greene just had to pop in with her dumb ass opinion, talking about the legislation don't go far enough. And suggested that she would be willing to get into a physical altercation if this new girl Sarah uses the women's restrooms. Are you literally going to fight and potentially be arrested behind somebody using the stall? Like, like, I just want us all to think about this for a second. It cannot possibly be that fucking deep.

[Kid Fury]

It isn't.

[Crystal]

It is not. It is not.

[Kid Fury]

Drinking from a water fountain wasn't deep, or just going to class or just, you know, having a place to live, eating food that was never deep still isn't. I'm just, you know, what is Flint's water looking like?

[Crystal]

You know, as the House of Representatives, y'all are supposed to be there working on behalf of the people who live in the districts that you represent. Whether another lawmaker has access to the bathrooms has no effect on the people of South Carolina or Georgia. None at all.

[Kid Fury]

I think children should have clean water and air, you know, I think they.

[Crystal]

Should be able to go to school and live through the whole school day. How about we focus on all the kids coming home every day?

[Kid Fury]

No, don't worry about the kids and their safety at school. We are providing every school with a pail of rocks per classroom. Like we're in fucking Zelda.

[Crystal]

A gun for every teacher. That'll work. Yeah, yeah, let's give guns to teachers. I don't see how that could go wrong. I don't see how that couldn't end in tragedy. Like, this is such an unserious country. It is what we're about to go through with Donald Trump's second presidency is already so absurd. Dr. Oz, nigga. Dr. Oz. I'm over it. I cannot believe that y'all are taking the precious little time that you have. Like, the things you are supposed to be focusing on, the things you are supposed to be doing, the job you are supposed to be executing and focusing on whether this girl can use the bathroom when you know, everybody hasn't used this bathroom. And there are more than enough bathrooms to where this quite possibly would have never even been an issue. Because let me tell you something. If I have my own private toilet for my ass and my ass alone, I'm not going into the other bathroom.

[Kid Fury]

For what I would reveal my genitals.

[Crystal]

You stank pussy bitches are in that other one.

[Kid Fury]

I would urinate right on the nearest crest like I'm in the Exorcist, bitch. I would piss directly on the ground, get arrested and thrown out. But God damn it, history was made. The first.

[Crystal]

Oh, yeah, no, you're getting arrested, House representative. You're getting arrested to piss. You're getting arrested.

[Kid Fury]

Piss on a landmark floor in protest.

[Crystal]

They're not gonna have that. But that would be iconic and in a bit of fun. Sweet, happy news. Alex Jones, who is the person behind Infowars, who rose to notoriety after he called Sandy Hook a hoax. He did not die, but his website, Infowars, has been sold to none other than the Onion, which is one of the most incredible satirical news websites maybe ever. Is an incredible. I've been reading the onion for, like, 20 some odd years. And so, yes. How did that happen? There was a bidding war. The Onion put in a bid for one point. Okay, so Alex Jones owes the Sandy Hook families $1.5 billion.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crystal]

Okay, so there's an organization affiliated with him called the first United American companies. They bid 3.5 million in cash. The Onion bid 1.7 million. But the Sandy Hook families decided to forego some of their sale proceeds in order to beat the bigger offer from the F. U. A. C. And they made sure that their deal would result in the highest payout to the other creditors, Meaning that even though the F. UAC put in this $3.5 million bid, the amount of money to the other creditors wouldn't be as high because there's another group of families who want a separate defamation suit against Alex Jones, and they did not agree to this. So, anyway, the Connecticut family said, you know what would be incredible? Infowar is going to the Onion. And it looks like that's exactly what it's about to Do. Of course Alex Jones is trying to stop this. He's saying that the offer is based on fake money and that the rules of the auction were improperly changed at the last minute. And this was unfair because they denied F UAC a fair chance at winning. But a judge has to sign off on it. It doesn't seem likely that a judge would go against the trustee's judgment because it's their fucking money. Like, right?

[Kid Fury]

I don't see how that would work.

[Crystal]

It is up to them. He just didn't want to lose access to his platform.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crystal]

But it looks like he is going to. And the Onion. The Onion skeeted about it. Are you on Blue Sky?

[Kid Fury]

Of course.

[Crystal]

So the Onion skeeted about it and said that they are going to turn it into something that is delightfully stupid and they are retaining some of their best writers from the A.V. club and the Onion to contribute to whatever they're about to do with that website. And I am just so happy because Alex Jones is one of the most despicable motherfuckers.

[Kid Fury]

Really? Like, unhinged is not even, nigga.

[Crystal]

You looked at families whose five and six year old babies were blown apart and said that they were just joshing.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, he's insane, but also very reflective of a lot of the fabric of this country.

[Crystal]

I mean, he's Milagro Grimm's.

[Kid Fury]

So like, you think you can just.

[Crystal]

Say what the fuck ever and just do what the fuck ever and there's no repercussions. But in the case with infowars and Alex Jones, your supporters, Milagro Grahams don't have enough supporters for anybody to be like, oh, you then harassed me. These people went around tormenting the Sandy Hook families, calling them liars, and the whole time these people are grieving the loss of their children. So as far as I'm concerned, I cannot wait to see what the Onion is gonna do with this info, boys. But whatever they finna do, whatever they about to turn it into, I just want the judge to sign off on it. So it's official. Because if anybody should be denied a platform, it's Alex Jones. You've already proven to us that you don't know how to do this responsibly. So clearly somebody need to go ahead and pull the plug. Be like, this nigga actually just don't know how to act. He's incapable of getting on a mic and saying smart things that make sense and you know, aren't lies and don't incite other people to perpetuate lies. And so we're just not gonna. We're gonna wrap it up right there, actually. Thank you so much. And like that. We're my twin. We be fine.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, God.

[Crystal]

I just want him to suffer and I want him to be sad. He really thought that this other little organization of his could come in with this $3.5 million bid and they would just automatically win. And the Onion swooped in and said. We actually reached out and they all agreed that it would be hilarious.

[Kid Fury]

If.

[Crystal]

We took over that shit and said them people should be celebrating their kids graduated from high school, going to college. Like them people should not even be in court right now going back and forth with your big stupid ass over the lies you told about their children. But since you chose to do that, I hope they mock the ever loving fuck out of you. Your shit, I can't even imagine. I cannot. I cannot even imagine what the Onion is about to do with this website. But I'm excited. I am excited to see where it goes and let this be a lesson. Why does it keep having to be a lesson? Watch your fucking mouth. Maybe don't accuse people of lying if you don't know for a fact that they are. Maybe stop saying shit just to get people to. You saying shit just to get people to watch, just to get people to listen. Just to get people to click. And niggas are dumb, so they'll do it. Did you see that? Elon Musk asked people to upload their private health data to Twitter and they actually did it.

[Kid Fury]

I don't know what to tell you.

[Crystal]

Private health records. You just submitting them to Elon Musk for what?

[Kid Fury]

I don't know.

[Crystal]

I'm just here. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah. Buckle up because this administration is going to roll back everything that we are used to seeing in a normal, healthy, ish, productive and somewhat society. Like.

[Kid Fury]

We'Re really gonna have to remake We Shall Overcome. That's gonna have to be our four year anthem.

[Crystal]

I don't see how else we can make it. We need somebody whose strength and resolution runs as deeply as hers does. So yeah, I'm wishing all the Trump and Elon supporters a very merry fuck you and delighted to see what the Onion will do with the new infowars. Really cannot wait for that. Fuck Alex Jones. Okay. And that'll wrap up this week episode of the Read. Find us on social media. This is the Read. Including Blue Sky. We're now on Bluesky at. This is the Read dot com. So join us over there. They said that their posts are called Skeets. I don't know that I can seriously call them Skeets.

[Kid Fury]

I just won't be doing that.

[Crystal]

But it is delightful. It is. It's a nice little app.

[Kid Fury]

It's cute, darling.

[Crystal]

Yeah. So follow us over there. Check us [e-mail] youm can find our merch [e-mail] Any announcements from you friends?

[Kid Fury]

Yes. The Reid's 12 year anniversary show is coming up.

[Crystal]

Wow.

[Kid Fury]

On the 15th of February. 12 whole years. You can catch us live doing our thing at the Beacon theater. That's on February 20th. February 15th, 2025. February 15th, 2025. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am Eastern on thereadlive.com and on ticketmaster.com Fans who want a venue pre sale. You can access that with code read NYC happening on Thursday from 10am to 10pm we'll see you there. It's going to be fun. As always.

[Crystal]

Quite wild, but yes. Looking forward to seeing you all at the Beacon Theater next February. Indeed. Indeed.

[Kid Fury]

Yep, that's about it. I'll be in New Orleans today and Miami. I will see you on the 1st of December. You can get tickets on my Instagram link or lifeisbettertour.com patreon.com kidfiery for more of me and more to come. Love you.

[Crystal]

All right baby girls, take care of yourselves. We will see y'all next week.

[Kid Fury]

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