Making Contact

Summary

The Read Podcast Summary

Episode: Making Contact
Release Date: July 31, 2025
Host/Authors: Kid Fury and Crissle
Network: Loud Speakers Network

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Introduction

In the latest episode of The Read, hosts Kid Fury and Crissle dive deep into a myriad of topics spanning pop culture, reality TV, personal relationships, and pressing societal issues. Known for their unfiltered conversations and sharp humor, Fury and Crissle navigate through both lighthearted banter and serious discussions, ensuring a captivating listen for their audience.

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Spotlight on Twitch and Reality TV

[01:07]
Crissle: "This week I want to give it over to a wonderful soul on Twitch, Puzzles, a beautiful black woman who loves doing jigsaw puzzles during her streams. Her content is full of good music, good vibes, fun puzzles, motivation, and inspiration."

The hosts commend Puzzles for creating a positive and engaging space on Twitch, highlighting her commitment to providing quality content that offers viewers both entertainment and relaxation.

[03:21]
Kid Fury: "Love Island airs daily, which is intense compared to previous seasons. The current show features standout black women like Shelly and Alandria, who bring beauty and strength to the competition."

Fury and Crissle discuss the evolution of Love Island, praising the inclusion of diverse contestants while critiquing the show's dynamics and the portrayal of relationships.

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Casting Choices in Superhero Films

[15:44]
Crissle: "In the new Fantastic Four movie, casting Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm involves bleaching his hair and adding blue contacts, which distracts from his natural look."

The hosts express their frustrations with Hollywood's casting decisions, particularly the use of cosmetic alterations that undermine character authenticity. They debate the impact of such choices on audience perception and the integrity of beloved characters.

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Listener Letters and Personal Stories

1. Mrs. Heated's Struggle with Family and Finances
[67:32]
Mrs. Heated: Describes the financial strains caused by the current administration’s cuts to her university department, forcing her to adjust her family’s income and reconsider her dissertation focus. She also shares tensions with her husband regarding unwanted lodging requests from relatives.

Kid Fury: Offers empathy and advice, emphasizing the importance of communication and setting boundaries within familial relationships.

2. Tracy's Long-Term Relationship Challenges
[73:07]
Tracy: Details her decade-long on-and-off relationship with a 48-year-old man, highlighting issues of emotional unavailability and lack of gestures like birthday tickets or Mother's Day flowers despite their shared history and mutual respect for each other's children.

Crissle: Provides thoughtful insights, reinforcing the significance of self-worth and the necessity of breaking unhealthy relationship patterns.

3. Bubbles' Concern for Her Sister's Relationship
[86:12]
Bubbles: Expresses worry about her 22-year-old sister’s rapid involvement with a 41-year-old man who has multiple children and a history of failed marriages. She seeks advice on how to support her sister without causing friction.

Kid Fury: Advises a compassionate yet assertive approach, encouraging open communication while recognizing the sister’s autonomy.

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Oklahoma’s Education Crisis and Superintendent Scandal

[86:01]
Kid Fury: "The Oklahoma state superintendent was caught watching porn during executive sessions, leading to an investigation by the Oklahoma County Sheriff. This incident highlights the broader issues within Oklahoma's education system, which is ranked 50th nationally with abysmal ACT scores and inadequate funding for schools."

Crissle: Discusses the detrimental effects of underfunding on education quality, criticizing the administration's priorities and the lack of support for teachers and students alike. The hosts lament the declining educational standards and the systemic failures contributing to poor academic performance.

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Cultural Commentary and Media Critique

South Park Review
[55:25]
Crissle: Shares her first-time viewing experience of a South Park episode, critiquing its portrayal of Donald Trump and its alignment with real-life events. She reflects on the show's ability to mirror societal issues through satire.

Kid Fury: Agrees on the show's provocative nature, noting its effectiveness in addressing controversial topics with humor and irreverence.

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Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Relationship Red Flags

[75:43]
Crissle: Emphasizes the importance of recognizing red flags in relationships, particularly when gestures like Mother's Day flowers or acknowledgment of children are neglected. She underscores how such behaviors reflect deeper emotional unavailability and disrespect.

Kid Fury: Reinforces the message, advising listeners to prioritize their self-worth and seek relationships that offer genuine emotional support and respect.

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Closing Remarks and Final Thoughts

The episode concludes with Fury and Crissle reflecting on the various issues discussed, from personal relationship struggles to systemic societal problems. They encourage listeners to engage thoughtfully with the topics and to seek positive change in their own lives and communities.

[95:15]
Crissle: "This has been a tough week in Oklahoma, but it's important to stay informed and advocate for better education and leadership."

Kid Fury: Adds a final note of solidarity, urging listeners to support each other and strive for growth despite the challenges highlighted throughout the episode.

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Key Takeaways

• Diversity in Media: Importance of authentic representation in reality TV and superhero films.
• Personal Relationships: Recognizing and addressing emotional unavailability and unhealthy relationship patterns.
• Education System Critique: Highlighting the dire state of Oklahoma’s education and the repercussions of administrative negligence.
• Cultural Awareness: Understanding the impact of media portrayals on societal perceptions and personal beliefs.

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Transcript

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[B]

Hey all. Welcome back to the show. I am lakehaili47 and I am Taylor.

[A]

Rook's wedding planner and this is the Read. Thanks for coming back.

[B]

It is indeed. Thank you all for returning or for showing up for the first time. Welcome. Let's get into some blackity blackness starting with excellence. And this week I would just like to give it over to a wonderful, wonderful soul over on Twitch that I was recently introduced to. You can go over to twitch.com/I just love puzzles. This is a beautiful black woman that she says you can call Puzzles or gma. She's a gorgeous black woman who as the name goes, just loves puzzles. And I think Will Neff maybe raided her one day. Also a Twitch king. And with raids, you never know what you're going to get. This time I got a gorgeous woman who looks like somebody I know, maybe somebody in my family, has an amazing spirit. She's a former comedian and she will sit and do puzzles sometimes a thousand pieces, two thousand from the first piece to the last piece, all throughout the stream. I think right now she's getting ready for state championships and her stream is just full of good music, good vibes, fun puzzles, motivation, inspiration. All the things that you would like to get out of. Yeah, a puzzle stream and a black woman and the Internet.

[A]

Wow. It's like literally jigsaw puzzles. I don't know what kind of puzzles I thought she was doing, but yeah, jigsaw puzzles. How's fun? Oh, I love that idea and I see what you mean about she looks like somebody that I could be related to.

[B]

Yeah, she's up here. So sweet.

[A]

Yeah. Oh, I love that. I just love puzzles on Twitch. Shout out to you.

[B]

Yeah. So go give her a follow and some bits and subscribe.

[A]

Yeah, let your kids watch that instead of Kaisanat and DDG and whatever the hell else.

[B]

T Grizzly, take a break.

[A]

Just.

[B]

Alrighty, folks, let's get into this section of the show, Hot Tops, where I talk about things. Things are on my mind, things that are on the Internet. Things. Things like the fact that I realized yesterday that Love island is a program that airs on a daily basis.

[A]

Yep. When it's airing, it does, I think, every day but Wednesday.

[B]

That's odd.

[A]

It's a lot of episodes. It's a lot of going.

[B]

That's odd.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It's like a daily episode every day but Wednesday.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

At first I was like, okay, this is intense. Because I was like, all right, Love Island. I've watched Love island before, and I promise you it was a cool 12 to 14 baked, done. Reunion next. I don't know what happened, but, you know, the girls have been worked up about Love island. And when I get this level of energy in my atmosphere, I know niggas are involved.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Like, it doesn't really. It's like really quick pivot off of the road. It's like when I realized Meghan Markle was black and I spoke about this on the show.

[A]

I don't have to. That's valid.

[B]

But I was like, there's a reason that sisters are so enamored with this wedding coming up. And then something. One day, I was like, oh, Sarah. Yeah, you got a little color up in there a little bit.

[A]

She do.

[B]

And then I saw her mama. I was like, oh, there.

[A]

There we go. There we go.

[B]

There it is.

[A]

Yep, there it is.

[B]

God bless them. I don't know. She's just over there making quilts and star shaped dumplings.

[A]

Over where? She down the street from you. They in California somewhere.

[B]

That's what I'm saying. Like, she's just. I mean, like.

[A]

Okay, I thought you thought they were.

[B]

Just down to the Internet. No, no, no, no. I'm not that out of blue.

[A]

No, she on Netflix.

[B]

I remember when they packed up their shit and said, fuck y'. All. Yeah, she and Sota, Oprah, Beyonce, Tyler Perry.

[A]

Yeah, Yep, yep, yep, yep. Making homemade bread and, you know, whatever else her kids want. Just being cute.

[B]

So then I took a peek over Love island roster, and I saw the black women. And I was like, well, there it is. There it is. There it is. Because those black women are. They are.

[A]

Shelly and Olandria are two of the most beautiful. You mean this current season, the one that just ended? Shelly and Alandria are two of the most beautiful women in my life.

[B]

People I have ever seen in my life. They are in my life.

[A]

They are gorgeous. Yeah. Like, and then they gave them that collection of white boys and two niggas to choose from.

[B]

Rough, rough.

[A]

Short niggas at that.

[B]

Rough, rough.

[A]

Oh, these beautiful girls.

[B]

Yeah, I'm Like, I'm gonna try to get through it, but when I'm. Cause I started it and I saw a couple of people, I feel like those girls came out first.

[A]

Oh, yeah, they did.

[B]

I saw them immediately and was like, my God, here we go.

[A]

That's exactly what I said. I said, there's no way. There's no way the rest of you bitches are gonna be able to compete with this one, two, punch. Like, it's no way.

[B]

No, there's. It's impossible. It's impossible. I impressed. And I think I even paused it for a second. I was like, am I prepared to watch people get on these bitches nerves? Prepared because I know how Love island goes. And, and I, and I realized over the past, I don't know, somewhere in the past eight to 10 years that I get too invested in reality sometimes, okay? Like, I, I, I latch onto someone who I feel like deserves the best. And I believe we're friends, I guess. And I'm like, derek, who the fuck do you. You know what I mean? It's just like, next thing you know, I'm Peaches on low down to the chain. I see this nigga at fips and I punch him and I hit him over somebody.

[A]

You've never met, mind.

[B]

You never met them? Never met them, don't know them, never. Well, okay.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, it be like that sometimes.

[B]

Um, although I did bump into. Have you ever watched Sneaky Links?

[A]

No, I never even heard of that.

[B]

It was also on Netflix. Oh, well, it's on Netflix. I found it. But it's. It's another dating show where, you know, let's say eight singles come in and then they start bringing in one by one, the person who. They have casual sex like their fuck buddy from.

[A]

Okay. Oh, no, I see where this is going.

[B]

And they all, like, live in a sexy motel together.

[A]

Oh, boy.

[B]

It's just, it's mess.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

But Chloe is the host of that one. She used to be on. I don't know if she, she might have been on Love island and then a couple of other dating shows. Like, super strong Essex accent, really, really adorable. Like, she was also on the Circle season, like two. I just like her from seeing her on the show and being kind of just like a bubbly British girl on a dating show. And I bumped into her other day at her party.

[A]

Oh, that girl. I do know her from the Circle.

[B]

Yeah, I saw her at a party. She's a host of the Sneaky Links show now. And I went, I had to go speak to her. I Had to go speak to her. I just went up to her and I said, congratulations on the new job. Good for you.

[A]

Nice.

[B]

You know what I'm saying?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Love to see the ascension. And she was really sweet about that. She was like, can you come around with me all the time if I didn't get this kind of positivity on a daily basis? Anyway, that was cute. I might watch Love island because somebody on the clock app said that it's like a soap opera. And I said, and I think they were a keyhead. But I was like, that actually helps me digest this.

[A]

Yeah. Cause why else would it be?

[B]

It's like stories.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It's just like people's stories.

[A]

Exactly.

[B]

It is real people.

[A]

Yeah. It's the stories for a 23 year old.

[B]

Right?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

We'll see how I get. Because again, I feel like there's going to be one person that is going to piss off one of these new being queens. I'm going to be like, that's it for me. Let's go back to watching Criminal Minds where the whole thing is about horrible people and them being brought to justice. Not cruel Lock up Malik or Huda. Huda. Y' all hate her. Whoever. That one.

[A]

You clearly haven't watched. You haven't watched. There's a lot of reasons to feel strongly a great deal of disdain for her to. And she doesn't ever really redeem herself. And she got.

[B]

Yeah, it doesn't sound like it.

[A]

It doesn't. I genuinely wonder how she passed the psych eval for this show. I'm not even exaggerating.

[B]

Oh, no. I have to get into it.

[A]

I do not know how she pass. I do not know how she passed the psych.

[B]

I'm about to one piece this. I'm about to one piece that girl.

[A]

Is not all the way there. I'm so for real. She is something important.

[B]

Something vital, something.

[A]

Really important is missing in hood. It is. It is. And the number of people who are like, I just relate. I'm like, o now I understand.

[B]

A couple of days ago I saw somebody quote a tweet from I think Queen N' Jah who said my hooda or something with a heart. And the person I'm paraphrasing, I don't remember the exact tweet, but the person quoted her and was like, girl, we already don't like your late ass. So this really explains a lot. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. I wouldn't say that. If you a hooda fan, you really should not even say that out loud.

[B]

I was like, shit, this must be the worst.

[A]

She's pretty. She's out there, man. I would love to know which psychiatrist evaluated her for this show. I wanna see your license.

[B]

Well, that's gonna really get you.

[A]

She's not. You just gotta. You gotta watch it. There's.

[B]

She's casting introducers will be like, oh, yeah, we got one.

[A]

She is right on that border.

[B]

They know exactly what they're doing.

[A]

They do.

[B]

Because I mean, if you think back to like the first season of play for.

[A]

Oh, God, you'll never find such a group of people. You'll never find.

[B]

I don't think you are allowed to be sane.

[A]

Well, reality TV in general, it's not for the well adjusted.

[B]

That's very true.

[A]

You have to be willing to really make an ass out of yourself to be successful or popular. Usually on reality TV that were really fucking gorgeous.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like Ariana Maddox, the host of Love Island.

[A]

Oh, right.

[B]

The most basic boring, late ass white woman on TV happened to be in a relationship with one of the most putrid human beings ever. And because of that became.

[A]

She was on Vanderpump Rules.

[B]

Yeah. You didn't hear about Scandival?

[A]

Oh, that is. She's that girl. Oh, wow. You know, I don't get too deep in white people business.

[B]

But you shouldn't.

[A]

I just.

[B]

Yeah, but this was crazy. That was actually like. I got back into the show to watch that.

[A]

Damn.

[B]

Okay, basically, this girl who was Ariana was friends with this girl who had quite some time ago broken up with another person in the group who worked at Vanderpump. And she. They kind of like a lot of them really felt for this girl because her ex boyfriend was an alcoholic and was really abusive and horrible. Anyway, fast forward to the very end of the episode. They find out that that girl had been sleeping with Ariana's boyfriend Tom, and they'd both been lying to her about it.

[A]

Oh.

[B]

Like, it was like, like, oh, Ariana.

[A]

Was the trifling one. I thought she was the.

[B]

No, Ariana was the one that got cheated on.

[A]

Oh, my God. Oh, wait. Ariana got cheated.

[B]

Ariana was the mist. Yes.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

No, she was not the mistress.

[A]

Okay?

[B]

She got cheated on.

[A]

All right?

[B]

And because of that and how much people hate Tom Sandoval.

[A]

Not. You feel like that's his name now.

[B]

Ariana got all the endorsements, all the gigs because.

[A]

Pretty white girl who got done wrong. Yeah, that'll do.

[B]

Even though she was like the least interesting person on the show and now she's Not. She's still not violent.

[A]

I wondered what she did. I was like, is this girl, like. Was she, like, miss some country? I thought, you know, she was like, some former beauty pageant queen who was.

[B]

No.

[A]

Okay, well, you know, white people can.

[B]

Do whatever she's a server upon. Then she opened a sandwich up when she got cheated on.

[A]

Love that. And now she's very, very rich, I'm sure.

[B]

Yeah. You know what?

[A]

Good for her. Yeah.

[B]

I was watching the Fantastic Four film, the new one that came out. I couldn't help but notice that once again, they hired somebody to play one of the Storm siblings and bleached their hair and gave them blue contacts. And I want to understand the. The decision making there. Like, were you so in love with Joseph Quinn that you were like, we just have to throw him in anything before James Gunn in the dcu get him. It doesn't matter that he has brunette hair. It doesn't matter. He doesn't have blue eyes. And that Johnny Storm does. We'll bleach that hair, baby. And we'll put some blue contacts in. It's distracting. It's distracting. And contact lenses don't even make me vomit. Like Kristen.

[A]

Like me. Yeah.

[B]

I just don't. It's ridiculous. And why not just hire a blonde person with blue eyes like Vanessa Kirby? They did this in the first two Fantastic Four movies with Jessica Alba because it was obvious back then. Someone was like, who's the fucking sexiest? Who cares about comic book accuracy or just who's fucking fine? Just Galba. Yeah, just Galba. Very mixed brunette hair. They bleached that lady hair, put blue contacts in her. But that was back during, like, Tobey Maguire's Spider Man, Hugh Jackman's X Men. They were all kind of cheesy and campy, and we weren't that used to big superhero flicks. So I think I remember as a kid just kind of getting over it, even though it was also distracting. Now I'm like, well, what are we doing?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So this leads me to my actual question here. We know what we're getting. We know we're getting an X Men movie. We're praying about it. And by we, I mean me. An X Men. Huge X Men. What are you going to do when Storm has blue contact lenses? And will it be a deal breaker for you to watch the film?

[A]

I have. I have. There are. Sometimes I just have to make concessions because y' all are gonna do it, and there's nothing I can do about that. So then the question becomes, like, do I really want to see this movie. I don't know anything about Fantastic Four. I don't know what their power.

[B]

Oh, fuck that. I'm talking about Storm. Storm. I want to talk about Storm in the X Men. Specifically. What are you gonna do when they put blue contact lenses on her?

[A]

Oh, well, I actually will see that coming. I feel like I'm anticipating that. And though it makes me uncomfortable, I will deal with it anyway because it's nothing I can do about, you know, y' all choosing to do that. And do I wanna see the. You know, like, if I wanna suffer through the movie that bad. Like, drag queens, they all wear color contacts. They just all do.

[B]

Yeah, a lot of them do.

[A]

Most. So many. Especially black women. And it's like, girl, do I wanna go to the show? Yes, I do. I wanna go to the show. Don't want to go so bad that I'm a. Look you write in your honey blonde mix, yo. Fucking for a. Like, do I really want to do that? Usually, yes, usually. I want to see the talent so much that I'll suffer through the abomination that is color context.

[B]

And if the talent is really fierce, bitch, you'll barely get a chance to even fucking notice it because they'll be doing. Yeah, backflip. Literally that.

[A]

Or just the talent is like, Shea can do whatever she wants to do. I'm not. I would not be stepping to her about no damn colored context. It'd be you regular. But you know what? It has always been, I just hate them devil eyes. But y' all can do whatever y' all want to do. I don't have no control. I don't have mind control or no other kind of control over none of y' all niggas. Y' all can do whatever y' all feel like doing.

[B]

Yeah, that's true.

[A]

But it's in the. It's not in this Fantastic Four movie, because I just googled it, and I see Pedro Pascal is in it, and I like him. So I was like, oh, maybe I'll go see it.

[B]

Oh, yeah, I think you might like the movie still. I'm just saying. I noticed that Johnny Storm has not. Johnny. I mean, not Pedro Joseph Quinn, who was the white boy from Stranger Things. That doja cat slid in that other boy DMs and asked if he was single, and the boy put him on last boy.

[A]

I remember that.

[B]

So he's doing really well. He was in a quiet place with Lupita. He was really good in that. He's a very good actor. And so He's Johnny Storm. Interestingly, little nerd fact, Chris Evans, Captain America, or MCU's Captain America, played Johnny Storm back when Jessica Alba was in Fastic. He was the Johnny storm in Fantastic Four with Jessica Alba way back in the 2000s. And then he got cast as Captain America.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

And so now Joseph Quinn is playing Johnny Storm. Now Johnny and Invisible Woman siblings, Johnny and sue, right? They're typically blonde with blue eyes.

[A]

Okay. Yes.

[B]

Vanessa Kirby, who's playing Invisible Woman, blonde. She's got blue eyes. Joseph Quinn. It's not. Somebody bleached that hair and put some blue contact. And I'm talking about every time the light touches his face, I'm like, There's Trixie from 2000.

[A]

Oh, no, not that. Terrible bright, fake swap meet blue. Please, not that.

[B]

I'm so glad.

[A]

She's so good.

[B]

I'm so.

[A]

I was hoping they were a subtle natural blue. I was hoping they weren't like white walker blue.

[B]

They look like contacts. I hate them. Like, every time I saw it, I was like, why does he even. Like, who cares? He could just not have the eyes. There are some siblings that don't. That have. That don't have the same eye color.

[A]

Yeah, sure.

[B]

I don't know why they did that.

[A]

I'm sure that's true. It's very strange. So is Johnny Storm black, Storm's daddy?

[B]

No, Storm's just our last name.

[A]

Oh, okay, okay, okay.

[B]

I'm talking about Storm from the X Men.

[A]

Yes. Not to be confused with Storm from the acu. Aclu. Mc.

[B]

The what?

[A]

The D. Yeah. It's too many organizations. It need to be Marvel and.

[B]

Oh, so it's Marvel and dc.

[A]

Okay. No, I. I fully understand everything that's happening, and I'm not at all confused.

[B]

Yeah. Okay, well, you got your Justice League with your Batman, your Superman.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Your Wonder Woman. They're over there in dcu. James Gunn is doing that again.

[A]

Okay. Yeah.

[B]

It's got Superman started. They're going to get that whole thing rebooted next. So you don't got to worry about that. Don't even worry about that.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

I just got Superman right now.

[A]

Okay. Okay.

[B]

The rest of them, we still figuring that out.

[A]

Okay. A Superman just came out, right?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And that, that's just like a brand new restart to what DC is doing. So you ain't even got nothing to worry about over there.

[A]

You liked it? You like the new stupid?

[B]

The new Superman?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Okay. That was good.

[B]

I think you'd enjoy it too, because it's like Superman it's not an origin story, so it doesn't really waste a lot of time.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

But it also, like, I don't think you'll be confused. It comes at you fast, but it doesn't. It's not like you don't need prior knowledge to anything.

[A]

Okay. This is so real. Cause, you know, I do not be knowing. Last Superman I saw was Tom Holland.

[B]

No, you didn't.

[A]

Like, 15 years ago. And I have not seen a single one since.

[B]

You saw Zendaya's boyfriend play Superman.

[A]

Spider Man.

[B]

Yep, you did. There it is.

[A]

I'm like, am I crazy? Tom Holland. That's not his name. You know, I don't do this. You know that.

[B]

Why we're trying to.

[A]

Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm with you, though. I'm back. I'm locked in.

[B]

All that matters is that when they're, like, really fierce ones, I think you should see. I'm probably gonna be like, I think you should see this one. And then you might see it. Okay, that's it. But, you know, Storm is our queen. Storm is our Black Mutant X Men queen.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Also known to be married to Black Panther for a while. Couple goals, right?

[A]

Yeah. That's pretty. I don't know how them two ever. How anybody ever took them down, but. Oh, no. Oh, no, no.

[B]

You didn't say anything wrong. That's just funny, like. But yeah, Storm usually has blue eyes in the comics.

[A]

Yeah. That's why I'm like, I'm expecting it.

[B]

And although they didn't give Halle Berry context, thank God, that Fantastic Four movie that just came out makes me feel like they're gonna give the next Storm actor. They're gonna put context in her eyes. She's gonna look like black Trixie.

[A]

Well, maybe they'll do like a nice deep royal blue. Something to compliment black.

[B]

You need to consult. They should just get you on zoom. Be like, how about. No, no, deeper.

[A]

No, because I' ma pick a blue that's so dark it might as well be brown or black. And they like, bitch, this defeats the purpose.

[B]

Exactly.

[A]

Lord.

[B]

Oh, speaking of movies that you should go see, go see this movie together with your lesbian.

[A]

Together.

[B]

Yeah, Starring Devin Frank on Alison Brie. It's a date night film together.

[A]

And how come when I googled together Devin, it was Help is available 988. Suicide and Crisis Lifeline with it.

[B]

Somebody named Devin. Actually, that could work with the movie too. No, it couldn't. What am I talking about? There's no suicide, is there?

[A]

Oh, Dave, Franco and Allison.

[B]

Oh, I Definitely said Devin Franco. And I think that's a porn star.

[A]

This. Oh Christ. This is not no date movie. I could tell by how crazy these white people look on the poster. Mm, mm. No, they look dead. What's that? Mm, mm, no.

[B]

Oh yeah, they're. They're.

[A]

What's under their skin. Nope. Fuck that. Ah, no. Mm, mm. Nope. Absolutely. What are these niggas fused together? Get out my face. You just be saying shit for the fun of it.

[B]

It's so cunty.

[A]

I don't give a fuck what it.

[B]

No. A part of the marketing was like a perfect date night movie. And I'm like, okay, yeah, haha. It's a body horror movie about a couple and like date night, whatever. Like that's so silly. But when I finished watching it, I was like, I could see a couple getting a good time out of this. Like, I could see this being a cute date night movie because a lot of it, first of all, I've seen horror, body horror included.

[A]

You know it.

[B]

This one pulls some punches. I'm not gonna say it's not violent. I'm not gonna say you're gonna hate it. Yes. But there were some scenes where I was like, okay, that wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be. But altogether it does have, like, I enjoyed what it did with just a relationship that's not necessarily like ice cold. It's just like in a tricky place. And these two people very clearly love each other and want things to work, but just little things over, however long they've been together have created a distance and then this weird thing happens and it just kind of aggressively pulls a lot to the surface. So yes, there's like horror in it. But at the end of it I was like, well, that was kind of a cute story about love.

[A]

Maybe for couples who have been together for a while and they both love horror or something like that maybe. But you. No, I'm not going to see that with just some. No, absolutely not. I'm not going to see that at all. The. The picture alone creeped me right the out. Cuz it looked like y' all live inside each other's skin. You saw long legs and that was horrific. First of all, barely saw long legs. Saw about 53% of long legs. I was just in the room while long legs was happening. I wasn't fully tapped in because that movie was demonic as. And that's not something I would do again. I can't believe I let that dyke talk me into that movie.

[B]

This is not as bad she was so fine.

[A]

You see what I.

[B]

Well, I think it depends. It depends on what you don't like. I. I know some people have different things that really strike fear into them. Or some people could, like, maybe deal with blood, but hate needles. Some people can maybe deal with, oh, needles don't really bother me. But I hate like, bones. Hearing bones break. Or some people just like, oh, it's like the teeth for me. Or it's like anything to do with your hair getting pulled. Right. Like some people, you know, have their sensitivities. I'm just like.

[A]

I don't like blood and I don't like violence. Anything violently happening to somebody else, stabbed, shot, otherwise bodily assaulted. I don't like to witness.

[B]

I don't like seeing. I don't like people getting shot point blank in the face or in the head. Oh my God, that's scary.

[A]

Oh, but just regular snipered is fine.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

No, not. You really thought about it.

[B]

Because there's like the thought of when I'm watching something scary, I'm just like, I think I maybe put a bit of myself in their shoes.

[A]

Absolutely.

[B]

Just mentally.

[A]

Oh, God, no.

[B]

Like, how scared would I be in this?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

What to do if this was me.

[A]

I would be shitting myself. Actively shitting myself. If I was in Long Legs. What? I wouldn't have made it past the opening credits.

[B]

Oh, yeah. No. Flat out, I'm the first to die. First of all, why did that little girl leave the house? You were upstairs in your comfortable, warm home, see.

[A]

Mm, mm.

[B]

Drawing or whatever. And you were like, oh, mysterious empty car I don't recognize outside the house. Let me go out into the fucking snow and look around immediately.

[A]

No, all of it is.

[B]

And then you hear cuckoo. And there's a man behind your house.

[A]

Nope.

[B]

Bitch. When I tell you I wouldn't even have gone back in the house. I would have just ran in the opposite direction.

[A]

That's just the last thing.

[B]

This is why we're alive today.

[A]

Going to be seen or heard from like, I. No, you have a much, much higher tolerance for all aspects of horror than I do. I barely even like suspense. I barely can tolerate suspense. So.

[B]

Yeah, you know, I don't like, I don't think I've said it before is fucking like disaster movies, huh? Like, I was re. Watching fucking Independence Day. Independence Day.

[A]

How did I know? How did I know? I was just thinking. Well, but what about Independence Day? That's fun. Nope.

[B]

Any Roland Emmerich film, bitch, I be gone. There's just something so terrifying of Like a global ending. Like an imminent global ending. At once violent.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Ending at once. That I just find. Because what do you do? There's nothing you can do about that.

[A]

Yeah. I think I would end up find a lot of. I would find a lot of peace and calm in that.

[B]

In the world exploding.

[A]

Yeah. Because what can you do? You cannot evacuate Earth. So, you know, you just understand that one second you'll be here next, you won't.

[B]

In fact, I'd probably do it before. Before. Okay, let me be quiet. What I'm saying is going too far. What I'm saying is that, to me, is way scarier. Bitch. When I'm fucking those UFOs and stuff just started pulling up and just eclipsing Manhattan.

[A]

Oh, yeah, come get me.

[B]

And the girl from. The girl from homegirl's job was like, oh, yeah, I'm going up there with my poster. And I'll be like, hey, aliens Blasted that bitch off the face of the Earth. That movie was scary as shit. I was watching it and I was like, oh, yeah. This movie used to scare the fuck out of me.

[A]

Wow. No, I love it now.

[B]

But I remember I forgot I was really scared of that movie.

[A]

Huh. No, I cannot. I cannot relate. It's something about, like, yeah, this chaos is what I saw coming the whole time. I think. I think I'm looking around at the planet. I'm like, y' all are really just. In the 40 years I've been alive, y' all are really driving this thing down the goddamn drain.

[B]

Like, yeah, that's why I've joked now about, like, the aliens was just U turn. I just don't want to go somewhere else.

[A]

This place, like, oh, girl, right. This is over there.

[B]

Take them.

[A]

For what? Right?

[B]

Unless I need water.

[A]

Take them. They're quite stupid. Don't pick up one of them Americans, girl. God damn. Like, I just. I see them being like, this is not worth the effort no more. Let's go to Mars.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

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[B]

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[A]

Oh yeah.

[B]

Like the girls did not get to see DC3. They are pissed. Like girl, this lady is doing a whole world tour with her kids and these other two ladies have their own careers schedule and shit to do. Did you honestly think all y' all bitches were Gonna get this. When it was not a DC3 Destiny's Child album.

[A]

Michelle is on Broadway right now. She had to take the day off. Like, come on, bro, like, be for real, y'. All. I. I keep telling y'. The only name on that ticket is Beyonce. The only name. So you have got to adjust your expectations. Anything extra, Anything extra.

[B]

You bitches weren't even promised Blue. The fact that I got to see her in Roomie was like, oh my God, yes. You know what I mean.

[A]

I do. I know exactly what you mean. I felt the same way. So special.

[B]

Exactly. Like you said, the only name on this goddamn ticket is Rue.

[A]

Right, Right. It's Beyonce and me. Correct. That's right. We are honoring our new supreme.

[B]

Just finished her first world tour. Oh, I love.

[A]

She knows I'm obsessed with that little girl.

[B]

Oh my God, she's doing such a great job.

[A]

I can't imagine having a mother that proud of you. Oh, yeah, that too. But yes, she. She definitely get like. It's like this confidence from a 13 year old.

[B]

13 years.

[A]

She absolutely knows who she is and she is being supported fully in that by the people around her. It's really beautiful to witness.

[B]

It's so beautiful to see even little roomy costumes.

[A]

Let me tell you something about Rumi. She has completely taken over my. For you on TikTok. It's nothing but roomy edits. And it's always like roomie come out here and it's just, mind you, she is doing all this for protector. Like she came out here throwing cowboy hats, twirling a lasso, TikTok dances and shit. It's like all of this is for the fucking sweet ass lullaby about how beautiful it is to raise a child and guide them to adulthood. And Ruby is just like, yeah, I came to turn it the fuck up. Like, it's not my fault she won't let me. I asked to come out during America has a problem. She said no. So.

[B]

Right. So here it is.

[A]

Yes. And I've been seeing a lot of videos of like Blue two years ago at Renaissance versus Blue now. And you know, growth and all that aside, the fact that she looked so much more like a baby. Like you were really reminded that this is an adolescent.

[B]

Yeah, they grow up fast. Very like in this little age. Yeah, they shoot up.

[A]

It's just. Oh my God, it's just so.

[B]

Because yeah, I remember she was so tiny, right?

[A]

And she.

[B]

And it wasn't long ago and now.

[A]

She'S taller than everybody, including her mom, everybody. And she's out there, like, literally performed every single stop at this tour. And now what, you just finna go back to school? You just finna go to 8th grade?

[B]

How do you do that?

[A]

Be like, everybody knows what I did this summer. We can skip that. Y' all know what I did. You liked it on Instagram. So what did y' all do? Mm, Cape Cod. Oh, you went to the. Oh, you went to the beach. Anyway. Yes, Beyonce pissed off everybody who was not in Vegas for night two by bringing out Kelly and Michelle. Yes, the. They did look good. Sounded good. Just.

[B]

Oh, man, I loved seeing the clip of Kelly telling people to shut up.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

When they did the mew Talent.

[A]

Cause how y' all still don't know, man, calm the fuck on, bro.

[B]

But she did it in such a cute, older cousin way. Like, she did it then smiled and winked.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, she in her heart meant shut up.

[A]

Right? But she was like, let's soften it up.

[B]

Yeah. But she softened it up, like, I'm telling you.

[A]

But for real, shut up.

[B]

Because how you been so fuck up? Like, are you okay?

[A]

Y' all went through all 56 dates of Renaissance and then all of these dates. How do y' all still not know that you supposed to shut the fuck up on that part? Yeah.

[B]

Oh, my God. But, yeah, that was frustrating.

[A]

They really looked incredible. And I was. I did feel a twinge of jealousy. I have better control over myself than to actually cuss Beyonce out for that. But I definitely did. Yeah, I get it. I do. I mean, the same for, like, Shaboozy and any of the other fucking Atlanta getting Jay Z, like, Paris getting Miley. Right? It's.

[B]

And it's always Beyonce. That's. You go to certain cities sometimes, and it's like, oh, Kendrick's in town. He can da, da, da. Or he's gonna be in such and such. We can get, like, you kind of make use of what you can, you know, saying like, baby, if I really. If I did this, I would. If I felt this way, I'd hate the entire city of Paris. Not even just behind Beyonce, but I feel like behind every performing artist because they go to Paris and give birthday. It's like, okay, well, I agree. I mean, fuck us. I mean, we're looking at it as like, a, like, nation by nation.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah, Everybody.

[B]

And I figured Vegas would get something special anyway.

[A]

I mean. Yeah, it was the end of the tour. You could really, though, if you wanted to be delusional about it, you could kind of come up with a justification for why any City at any date could deserve something special. And a lot of you are already plotting on Act 3, which is very smart. However, y', all, you don't have to try to make it to every city in this tour. Like, I feel like some of you are.

[B]

That's ridiculous.

[A]

Yeah. Some of you are really. You're like, oh, but what if I go to Atlanta and it's actually Atlanta Night two. Like, you don't have that much control over it, baby. Just pick your city, buy your tickets, and hope for the best, knowing that you gonna get one hell of a show.

[B]

And imagine if I told you that you would be fine regardless.

[A]

Without your change.org petition.

[B]

Why did I see somebody. I saw a tweet from somebody talking about them reuniting on stage, and it said something like, nobody under 25 gives a fuck, don't they? And I said, who cares, first of all? Secondly, like, imagine what people over 25 give a fuck about.

[A]

Do people under 25 have the money to buy tickets?

[B]

What are you. Some people just say stuff. Yeah, y' all just say shit.

[A]

I saw a post on Threads that said Beyonce is like. She is just so much of that bitch that she could put Act 3 tickets on sale right now with no album.

[B]

That's true.

[A]

Just to. Just to do, like, a mic. Just to have a mic drop moment. Because watch that Tour go to 90% sold out without any music. That's the sort. Yeah. That's the sort of artist she is. That is the reputation that she's developed for herself. That is the resume she has curated. Like, and I couldn't even argue. I saw that post, and I was like, I literally, bitch music unheard. Would buy that ticket in a heartbeat.

[B]

It's without question, without question. And people could say whatever the fuck they want to, but it's like, you know, you'll buy that ticket and go to whatever the fuck it is.

[A]

I know I'm going. I know I'm going.

[B]

Like that. Exactly what she said. Like, she's created a reputation for herself not just as, like, a musician, but as a live performer. If you've been to her shows, any one of her shows in the past, like, decade plus, you know, you're eating and you're leaving full. You're leaving full. So you're 1000% right. Or whoever said that, that, like, I. I would have to agree if that lady was like, tickets on sale Friday. I'm buying it. I don't give a fuck.

[A]

Tickets for what? We don't know, but we're going.

[B]

It could be the Wiggles cover.

[A]

You think I won't be there, bitch.

[B]

For real showing up who also will hopefully be buying their lover tickets is Deion Sanders. I'm sure. Cruise sheet. He's a big fan. A lot of the ladies are. What? Oh yeah. I read today that college football coach, former NFL superstar Deion Sanders is currently. Well, I'll start with the more pressing thing. He's relatively. Or B. Cancer.

[A]

Yes, I think he had cancer. Yes.

[B]

And had his bladder removed. Went through a whole bunch of treatment and stuff like that for it seems like he's getting better. Also read that his sons found out about it during a restaurant. That's right. But yikes. Kruchi Tran, actress, model and former girlfriend of another person is apparently his new girly friend and she's even shown in some, in some footage of him in the hospital sitting by his hospital bed and being a girlfriend. So that's happening. In case you were interested. She's dating another football player.

[A]

Come on, please, please.

[B]

Football player.

[A]

Well, I, I was really 20 years old. I was. Yeah, no, I know. I, I looked it up because I was. She's 37. He's 57. I was trying to figure out if she was closer to his age or his kid's age. It's technically his kids probably it is his kids. Is Shadora's 23. But you know, she's also 37. So I'm not finna sit here and pick apart what a 37 year old woman do with her pussy. It just don't.

[B]

I completely agree.

[A]

Look. Right. But then you think about how much money Deion Sanders has and it starts to look a lot more. Right.

[B]

That's pretty much the exact same opinion I had. I was like, she my age is not like gross.

[A]

Right.

[B]

I'm not going to be like, yeah, picking up out like picking up our ethics or morals here.

[A]

Right.

[B]

But you know, yeah, he almost 60. She 37. He's not on it. He's still very handsome. She's beautiful. It's not like, you know. But yeah, 20 year age gap is is. It raises eyebrows. I think regardless.

[A]

Yep. I think it would. But we're talking about Karrueche is really grown. Like 37 is 40.

[B]

That's what I'm saying. 37 is 40.

[A]

Right. So it is. Yeah. Less of a concern than it would be because for some reason in my mind at first I was like, what is Karrueche like 26? And I'm like, no, that cannot be. So I had to look it up to be. To decide how disgusted I was gonna be. Yeah. And I decided to let it go. Money. Money makes all sorts of situations make way more sense. Like, do you expect me to believe that these two just met and genuinely fell in love? I mean, you can ask me to believe that. I won't, but. But you can ask. You can assume it if you want to. I just don't know. I absolutely think him being Deion Sanders has a lot to do and.

[B]

And being surrounded by countless luxurious things.

[A]

Yes, right. And whatever she wants, needs, hearts, desires. I'm sure that's never an issue for her. So, yeah, if anything, it was just like, whoa, what the fuck is this? When did this happen? You know, as far as I know, they had this.

[B]

She was trying to leave the club.

[A]

And that nigga stalked her on the sidewalk. Yes.

[B]

Knowing the paparazzi was there taking pictures. That was so scary.

[A]

Doing it for that reason. Doing it for that girl had to get a restraining order. Christopher would not leave her alone.

[B]

It was funny because the picture was really funny, but it was also like, girl, are you okay? Like, yeah, the way he was. Anyways, I'll take Dion.

[A]

I'll take Dion. Don't hit her. Be nice to her.

[B]

Have you seen Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle outfitters ad? Have you seen Doge Cats responses? Yes.

[A]

I actually saw Doja's response first. And then I went and watched the ad, and I was like, oh, okay. Well, it just seems like if there was maybe one non white person in the room, this maybe wouldn't have happened. But I know how y'. All.

[B]

I know you're surprised if it was meant to happen.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Because I think American Eagle stock just went up, like 10 or something. I think that's what I just saw on cnbc. They were like, yeah, the ad did exactly what it was supposed to do. The racists were like, oh, we are locked in. Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

This is about as stealthy as that fucking Kendall Jenner Pepsi.

[A]

Oh, Christ. That.

[B]

You know, just give a cop a code.

[A]

That I actually believed Kendall was so far removed from what life is actually like that she thought she was doing a good thing. Sydney Sweeney?

[B]

You don't think that about Sydney Sweeney?

[A]

No, I think Sydney Sweeney is just like the girlfriend off of get out. She wants you to think she's innocent and cute and all this, but underneath, that bitch knows exactly what she's doing. I do think so. Her mama and that. Her mama's birthday party a few years back, and somebody there was in the maga. Her family's openly conservative. It was somebody in a maga hat at her mama's birthday party. And so when people said something about it, she was like, you guys, like, it's literally just a party. Love to everybody, blah, blah, blah. I'm like, you know, I started looking at you funny then, but we are not our parents. So I was like, let me not hold that against her. But it's always little things with Sydney Sweeney selling soap with your bath water in it. And now this Sydney Sweeney has great jeans. I'm blue eyed and like, okay. Just seems strange, girl. Oh, yeah. So now I'm like, after this, after this American Eagle ad, I'm freaking.

[B]

Soap with her bath water in it.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. Oh, Lord, I hope I'm not mixing her up with some other white woman. Sydney Sweeney soap. Oh, it came right up. Yes. Collaborated with Dr. Squatch to release a men's soap called Bathwater Bliss, which includes a touch of her actual bath water. Yep, yep, yep, yep. She did do that. It probably sold right out. A body wash. Oh, my God. Her actual bath water. Mind you, this could just be water from her tub. And she never actually got in that. And y' all would still buy it. Men are aggressively stupid.

[B]

I would prefer that.

[A]

Oh, realistically, Absolutely. Like, it just you like, you're really.

[B]

Why would I want to bathe myself with a bar? But you know what? Y' all nasty anyway. Like, as long as you buy yourself. I think that's a weird.

[A]

I don't want a soap with somebody else's skin flakes in it. Like, just know.

[B]

Why would I want that? Why would I want that?

[A]

I'm supposed to feel clean. But that's why she's selling it to men. Because only men are dumb enough to buy that.

[B]

I actually have always hated the term. Drink your bath water.

[A]

Same.

[B]

Just the thought of it, it makes me wretch.

[A]

Same with drinking tears.

[B]

Yeah, I hate that, too.

[A]

Hate that. Gross. Get out of my face with that. Yeah, I've always hated it.

[B]

Here's the ad.

[A]

Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality, and even eye color. My genes are blue.

[B]

Cindy's tweeny has.

[A]

Yeah, that's it.

[B]

Here's doja.

[A]

Cat genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality, and even eye color. My jeans are blue. Okay.

[B]

Somebody said, this is why I don't like her.

[A]

Not those. You know what? Yes, actually, T, I'm for that. It's time to start calling biracial people white. Same way we call them black. Y' all are both. God damn it. Like, you love to remind us. Yeah. Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle are getting dragged pretty thoroughly. It's happening on all the. On all the apps.

[B]

The funny thing about Doge's interpretation about it, too, is the unexpected dumbass accent, because she could have just tried to emulate Sidney's actual voice and made it funny.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Because Sydney's voice in the ad is so. Genes are passed down from every color.

[A]

Personality. My eyes are blue. Okay.

[B]

Like, imagine trying to break down biology or something, but also sound like a Playboy bunny. It's just horrible. So that Foghorn Leghorn accent caught me so off guard that I did.

[A]

Yeah. It was actually Doja's video that made me finally break down and watch it, because I was like, whatever. Sydney Sweeney did, I don't actually give a shit. But then Doja making fun of it. I said, fine, let me go watch it. And then finding out it was so short, I'm like, oh, girl. But it was.

[B]

I mean, she did, like, five of them.

[A]

I rolled my eyes. I think she speaks bad. I rolled my eyes real hard. And then I just added that to my list of things. So I was like, you know, you are the girlfriend off of get out. I really do.

[B]

I see it.

[A]

I can't believe it. Yep. Mm. I'm gonna keep.

[B]

I promise you. I haven't paid. No, I feel like I don't. I really haven't been in the loop with anything Sydney Sweetie related since the last season of Euphoria and seeing her on a couple red carpets.

[A]

Right.

[B]

So I didn't know none of this. So when you say that, I just. I gagged for a second. Not that I hold her close to my heart, but, like, I didn't know that the girlies were just wearing the red hat, but I can't say I'm gagged.

[A]

Yeah. Who's really shy?

[B]

Bath water soap is wild. You know what I watched for the first time in my life this week?

[A]

I couldn't possibly guess. South Park. What? You've never seen South Park? How did you make it through the 2000s without watching South Park?

[B]

Just fine.

[A]

It was everywhere.

[B]

It sure was.

[A]

Okay, so you were just like, fuck you.

[B]

So I would go to school in here. Oh, my God, they killed Kenny. And all of the fucking quotes from it. When the movie came out, I would hear all the quotes from the movie nonstop. And I just remember thinking. Just. I think by hearing other kids talk about it, I thought, oh, this is not for me. Um, it was just the toilet humor is not my thing.

[A]

Same thing.

[B]

There's a lot of that. But I watched it this week for the first time because two reasons. One, I read that they were kind of shitting on Paramount, and two, okay, I read that they absolutely destroyed Donald Trump. So I was like, okay, let me go ahead and watch it. Yeah, they do shade Paramount quite a bit. You know, they make really sarcastic jokes, and Donald Trump is depicted throughout the episode. I wish I could. I really. It felt like him. It felt like him with Cartman's voice. It didn't. When it got to the part with him being in the Oval Office and, like, milling around the White House and shit, I was like, well, this part just feels like real life. It kind of. And then he, like, he chastises the painter for making a portrait of him, but the penis is too small. And the painter is like, well, that's the way the photo looked. So he's like, no, make it bigger. No, you're all fired. I'm suing all of you. And then he goes to get in bed, and he takes off his clothes, and his little penis matches the painting.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

And then he gets in bed.

[A]

South park is a mess.

[B]

He gets in bed next to Satan.

[A]

Yeah, they love.

[B]

He's like, oh, come on. Yeah, I know. Satan's been a big part.

[A]

They love doing stuff with Satan on that show.

[B]

Like, in fact, it. I don't remember if this was in the movie, but I. I know I remembered a reference of. Of something from it that I only caught from hearing about it as a kid. There's a part where Trump gets back in bed with Satan, and he's trying to, like. He keeps trying to, like, talk him into having sex. Like, oh, come on, Satan. And Satan's like, well, no, everyone's saying that you're on the Epstein Files, but, like, every time you bring it up, you just say that, like it doesn't matter or something like that or whatever. He just keeps trying to talk to him. And at one point, Satan goes, you just. You remind me of another guy I dated. Like, you guys were, like, a lot alike. Like, a lot alike. And at first I was like, I guess this is like a gay joke. And I was like, oh, wait, no, he's talking about Hitler. Didn't he date Hitler on South park once? Oh, in, like, the movie or something?

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

I didn't Google it to shirt to see if I was right.

[A]

I think you did. I mean, it was a long time ago, but, yeah, I think so.

[B]

Anyway, I Watched the full episode of it, and it was the first time I've watched a full episode of South Park. It's still not for me. I didn't. When it was finished, I said another two things. One, if I was a white boy, ages 14 to 18, 19, that would have been the funniest shit I've ever seen in my life. And I would watch this whole series right now.

[A]

Yep, yep, yep.

[B]

I'm not. I've never been. So it isn't. It never would have been. That's one. Two. I'm still pleased with the outcome because I'm sure that if and when Donald Trump sees this, he will be livid. Oh, yeah. This is the type of thing that will bother him severely. And that's hilarious.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

That's funnier than anything in the end.

[A]

It is. It is.

[B]

I will also say that I. I did scream laugh twice. But both of those times, I asked myself, as I usually do when something's not funny, why. And it wasn't because they were funny. It was because they were both really, really profane and unexpected.

[A]

Okay. Which. That sounds like South Park.

[B]

It was. I was like, so Colbert got canceled. There was one. I just. I'm gonna repeat it.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

There's one part where it's not Cartman. What's the one? The other one who wears the blue hat. It doesn't matter. The one that's the one who wears the blue hat. That's not Cartman. Whatever. His dad, Stan. Stan. Jesus comes to school.

[A]

Oh, Lord.

[B]

Like the principal or whatever is like, oh, we need a change. And we're introducing our holy savior, Jesus Christ. Actual Jesus comes to school and starts hanging out in school. And so Stan is like, girl, I don't think you could do that. I think it's legal. So he tells that. So then dad is like, well, I'm getting the president involved. So he goes down to the bar and says, you know what happens? And now everybody in the bar gets all rowdy. And one guy who looks like he's very clearly maga. I wonder if I can. Anyways, one guy is this red guy who's redhead guy who's very clearly maga. He goes, well, I voted for the president, so he'd get rid of all of the woke. But now that retarded fag is just putting all this money in his own pockets. I was like, I. Crystal. I screamed so loud. I was like, holy shit.

[A]

Because that is exactly how Trump supporters talk.

[B]

And I was like, okay, I get the. Like, that's how they talk. And also like, bitch, clearly you need all the woke you can get so.

[A]

Bad, but you need a really.

[B]

The reason I laugh so hard is because it caught me off guard how vulgar it was. Even though I know it's a vulgar.

[A]

Show, but you had never seen it. You didn't know how they could come get you. Yeah, there's lots of moments like that.

[B]

The other Cartman finds out that Trump canceled npr. It was his favorite show because it's a show where all the liberals go to bitch and whine about stuff. And so he's been crying. I think he got a shirt that he made, a shirt that said woke his death. And he was depressed because he couldn't listen to NPR anymore. And so he goes, he starts talking to Butters and he's like, there's nothing left to live for. I've done it all. I've seen it all. I met Butters is like, what do you mean? He's like, I'm gonna kill myself and you. He's like, bitch. I yelled. I yelled so loud because I was like, it was just like, it was so fucked up. But I also just didn't see those jokes coming. And I laughed. I couldn't help but. And then he actually did go try to do it, but he couldn't. He tried to, like, try to kill himself using the fumes from his dad's car or from Stan's dad's car or something. No, Butters. What did a parent's carve? He locked himself in the garage and tried to use the car to do it and convince Butters to get in the car and sit there and die with him. And then in another scene, they find out the dad says something about his car is an electric car. And then they end the car with them sitting there like it was taking a minute. He's like, yeah, yeah, that's fine. I was gonna pick her up.

[A]

Oh, my God. Y' all are so damn dumb.

[B]

That those two things really did get me. Not enough to continue watching?

[A]

Yeah, no, no, it's.

[B]

I was like, well, I, I. I laughed because I was shocked, not because it was funny.

[A]

Well, a little bit of both.

[B]

A little bit of both.

[A]

It could be a little bit of.

[B]

Both, but yeah, I was like, well, look at me. I watched South Park. I've watched South Park. It's. It's the toilet humor. There was even a really funny chatgpt joke that could have been a great cut into another scene, but they ended it with a fart.

[A]

Yeah, there's always vomiting and peeing. Stuff like that. But I haven't watched south park or anything related to it since Team America World Police. So that's a good. That was a cool 20 years ago.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So I don't know what them white boys is doing over there.

[B]

Yeah. Their work, I guess. I don't know.

[A]

I just. I can't actually believe it's still on. 27 seasons of south park is crazy.

[B]

Right? This one's kind of like the end beat where Jesus is kind of like, just be quiet, like, cut a deal so you wouldn't get canceled. No, I have to be here. Do you want to be like, Colbert shirt? That was so funny to me. It's like. Okay, so y' all went and did some more voiceover or something like that?

[A]

Yeah. Y' all added that at the last minute. Yep.

[B]

But it's also like, girl, if you do get chopped, then okay, this show been on since I was. Since I had homeroom.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, it's like, you would have been fine.

[A]

You've done. You've done more than enough. We've had plenty of south park to carry us through.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Well, yeah. I've also had plenty of south park from what I can say. If anyone ever asked that, it made me laugh. Not once. Two times.

[A]

That's right.

[B]

In my life. Okay, that's gonna be it for the hot tops this week. We're going to take a break and then we're going to read your letters.

[A]

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[B]

We're back. It is time for letters of the listener variety.

[A]

Send your questions to ask the read gmail.com we may read them aloud on the show. We do have an update this week from Mrs. Heated. If you'll remember, Mrs. Heated was tired of you going through her husband trying to ask could y' all stay at the house to see Beyonce? Because the answer is no.

[B]

Oh yeah.

[A]

And we told her she need to talk to her husband about that. And so she wrote back and said OMG y'. All. I screamed when I heard my letter and y' all clocked my husband perfectly. Kifieri I am exhausted mainly because President Kerrid's administration has caused my university department to lose a significant amount of funding. I now have to adjust my part of my family's income to match regular teacher pay instead of the stipends I was receiving as a PhD student and teacher. God damn it. I've also had this nigga like okay anyway, it's so bad. I've also had to consider changing the research focus for my dissertation to avoid losing future funding. Luckily, I'm still in the pre planning stage. Unfortunately, my entire docturnal journey will take place during this fuck's term. But I digress. My husband is the middle child who lost his older brother last year and that brother was more like me also. You are so right about my family. Them niggas know to ask my sister and not to come to my house without calling. After I heard y', all, I told my husband how I felt and he was so shocked that I didn't like his cousin. I had examples of all the times I was disrespected because I never forget that shit. My husband is a great listener thanks to his black woman therapist and he also dislikes that some people think they can get free lodging and has agreed to be more vocal about it since it's often some distant relative of his. Lastly, he admitted that because I can be so petty without being ratchet, it's just easier to let me be the fall guy. A thing that I do not mind. I suppose that's because I'm the oldest and a huge protector by nature. Thank you for all that you do. The 20 questions with the topics need to come up again. Love y' all and keep sharing the love and laughs. Warmest regards, Mrs. Heated.

[B]

Wait a minute, he said because she know how to be petty without being ratchet. Yeah, he likes to like let her do it. Why don't you then take notes and practice this?

[A]

You don't have to. He's always had an older brother to do it and now he got a wife to do it. So he like I don't have to speak up for myself. Never. But he listened to his wife. She said I'm not happy or comfortable with this. And so now that he understands what it means to you, he's going to adjust moving forward. Forward. Which is all we can ask for. Amen. Amen for your man having a therapist and and acting like an adult. I'm glad to hear it worked out. Best of luck to the two of you. Our first letter this week comes from Tracy who says I'm 44 years old and I've been dating a 48 year old man for the last 10 years. Off and on. We both have been married and divorced before. I'm not looking to marry again. Did it once and it's not for me. However, being in a long term relationship has its perks. For the most part, he's a catch. He has a stable career, a degree, loves and cares for his children, and is attractive. The issue I'm having is the emotional availability that he lacks. Of course we have been through ups and downs, hence the off and on comment mentioned earlier and our last breakup lasted eight months. Anytime we broke up, it was his doing. But this last chapter of our relationship was me ending things. The first straw was when I asked for cowboy cardi tickets for my birthday, which came and went. I asked him what happened to the tickets and he said he looked into it but couldn't afford it. I don't shame him for that, but the fact that I had to inquire after my birthday was an issue. The last draw was on Mother's Day, which is a week after my birthday. I asked for flowers from this man who, mind you, has 50 loving plants in his house, but he couldn't get flowers for his woman. As I mentioned, we have been in each other's lives for a decade and we have had an impact on each other's children. My child acknowledges him on Father's Day and vice versa. Not receiving flowers after not getting anything on my birthday after 10 years of being together is hurtful to say the least. I decided to end things about two weeks after that. But we have a cycle where we don't leave each other alone. He breaks it off, calls me later, and then we're back on again. I reached out after I broke up with him to talk logically about my emotions. And I told him that if there's anything lingering, we should hold space and talk later because the pattern shows we don't stop fucking with each other, literally or in any other way. To be clear, there are feelings in this thing that go deeper than material and physical. But the disrespect that I have been shown is something I can't ignore. I'm a well educated woman and I should know better, but my stupid heart always bleeds for this nigga. I have been in therapy for five years. I've been in therapy for five years and I have severe anxiety, which I've been able to manage with talk therapy and weed.

[B]

Okay, Mine's been, well, real.

[A]

My therapist has been supportive, but this last session she annoyed me when she mentioned that our relationship is not grounded in spirituality or marriage, which will allow one of both, one or both of us to leave at a whim. I started looking to better help after that because I have been clear that marriage is not for me.

[B]

I know that's right. Okay?

[A]

And having a commitment doesn't equate marriage to me. I love you both so much. I've been a fan of Kid Fury since the Peach Wall and Krystal has inspired me to pursue further education. I would love some advice from y' all regarding the pattern that he and I go through. As I said, I love him and he loves me back, which is cute, but the bullshit stanks. Thanks, Tracy.

[B]

I love she said and that's cute.

[A]

However.

[B]

It is cute, however, right? Yeah. I mean, I don't think that you are wrong in the way that you're feeling or off out of place in the way that you're feeling. When he said he couldn't afford the concert tickets, I was like, well, you know, concert tickets can be pricey. Maybe like, I want to get her really good seats. I can afford. But Mother Day, Mother's Day.

[A]

Flowers, Honeybee, like. And you acknowledge her son on Father's Day, but you couldn't get her a flower.

[B]

I'm lost. But yeah, that's the thing that you can't really a lot like baby girl before you having to sort of raise her man to have conversations with his family, you know, this nigga needs some raising as well. And that's not your job. And I'm actually happy to hear that you have acknowledged that in our placing boundaries to me again. Then I guess there would be the question of the nature of the relationship, the pattern that you guys have, the cycle that you guys have of going back and forth with each other when it doesn't seem like there's anything there. You said you're 44, he's 48 now. It's been 10 years.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. I guess I would try to figure out what my alternatives would be in place of whatever it is that causes me to reconnect with him again. Do I need a rose? Do I need a book club? Do I need a vacation, something. Because I think it's easy to fall back into situations. Not even just because of your heart and also because of comfort and habit and stuff.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

So I guess I would try to figure out ways to practice self restraint.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah.

[B]

Self soothing, self care.

[A]

Giving yourself something. It's something that's missing for sure.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. I think. Well, I see a few sort of red flags here. Off and on for 10 years. And it's always been up to him. Whether y' all are on is a sign of low self esteem. Unfortunately, I think he did not bother with the Cowboy Carter tickets or the flowers because he's trying to let you know that he's not attached to you that way. And y' all might be fucking off and on for the past decade, but that don't mean he wants you to feel like you are his woman.

[B]

That's so true.

[A]

Because, like, it's a. He acknowledges your child. This blew my mind. He acknowledges your child on Father's Day. And your child acknowledges him as some sort of stepfather type person, yet he does not. You didn't have to get floor seats to the sweet honey bucking pit. Like, you know, there's. There's tickets to Cowboy Carter for one or $200. Now, that might still be out of the budget. Understandable. But flowers for Mother's Day a week after your birthday. And it was just crickets. This man don't. It's just hard for me to believe that this man actually wants a genuine connection with you. Like you said, the issue we're having is the emotional availability that he lacks. You're gonna have to be the one. And you said it. You've been in therapy for the past five years, so the only one who's changed is you. He's going to keep. He's going to keep going in this same pattern. It's gonna have to be up to you to break the pattern. Cause this nigga. You didn't say he's also been in therapy for the past five years, and things are changing. He's still up to his regular shit, but I say all that. But it is also clear to me that the therapy's working. Like, you broke up with him this time. So you are starting to develop that sense of self worth and look around like, you know, what the fuck actually is this going on? And it could be that you just. There's some part of you that feels like this is good enough or that it's not realistic, that you'll find something much better than this. And that can be hard stuff to grapple with because you're not always wrong. And you're not always wrong, especially about, like, what else is out there. You're not always wrong about that. But something you will have to learn is that that's not good enough.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So as far as this pattern that y' all are in, some advice regarding it, you gonna have to be the one to stand up, reaching out to him afterwards and being like, let's talk logically about my emotions. He don't give a fuck about your emotions, baby girl. That man will go through whatever conversation he needs to go through with you to get you to take your panties off again. And y' all will end up right back in this same situation.

[B]

Facts.

[A]

So it. It does take time to grow up and change. And it. You know, don't beat yourself up if you're finding it hard to break out of this pattern. But it can't be. It can't get much more clear than not even getting you a $10 bouquet of flowers out the grocery store for Mother's Day.

[B]

Like, my nigga that's really insane.

[A]

That's for a nigga. How you acknowledge that.

[B]

Flowers at geographic intersection on Mother's Day.

[A]

Niggas are so selling them in the street. Like you have to want to send the message of I don't give a fuck how you feel tonight.

[B]

I'm sorry. 1,000, 1,000.

[A]

I'm so sorry, girl.

[B]

I think Crystal hit the nail on the head with this person. Not only being emotionally unavailable, being completely uninvested in you as a person or as a partner. You are comfortable when you're comfortable.

[A]

Mm. Yep. You are reliable.

[B]

Flowers, my nigga. If it was like. If she was like, I demand my larv balloons all gold even then take her as a. But like flowers.

[A]

Flowers, flowers. You. You're. You're serious? But you'll post my son on Father's day? What?

[B]

I'm confused.

[A]

Yeah, well, when you remember that this nigga don't actually give a fuck about your emotions, you become a lot less confused. It's gonna be so good for you to break free of this nigga. You don't even know it. Once you actually break free of this man and find somebody who wants to pour into you, your entire romantic life will open up.

[B]

He could have even been really cheap slash fierce.

[A]

This is never good.

[B]

And picked them.

[A]

Oh, you know you gotta pick em from a green.

[B]

Tell me that a dyke. You don't really love. Pick. Like actually pick some nice flowers.

[A]

Nice ones? Yes. Not dancing shit off. Flowers.

[B]

Not just little shit off. No, that's not what I'm talking about.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Like actual nice flavors flowers from someplace.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

And pick like 12, 28. Ambitious. And I didn't feel like that would. That would be yes. Flowers.

[A]

Meanwhile, dykes bring me flowers on first dates. Ask this man. You had to ask this man for flowers on Mother's day. Ten years deep. Dykes, hair, flowers, the youth.

[B]

That's crazy.

[A]

Oh man. Sister.

[B]

If my dad. I feel like even to. To this day, if my daddy doesn't buy my mom a gift for Mother's Day, he'll like, like watch a movie together. Like he'll just make time for her. Yeah, but they've been married forever. Like, you know what I mean? So. But just being like, oh, you wanted flowers while you're sitting in a fucking like nursery. Cause she said he has plants all.

[A]

Over his house and it's Mother's Day on top of that. Like flowers is the number one thing that get bought. Like.

[B]

Do you want me to feel bad?

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Yes, he does.

[A]

He wants you. He wants to be so clear in those behaviors. So you can't ever act like he was trying to make you think that y' all was really gonna be together. He's making it clear what he's here for.

[B]

So I agree.

[A]

You gonna have to be the one to bust out of that pattern. This man is happy with things the way they are. So good. Good. It's easier said than done, but best of luck. And another thing I'll say, it's a red flag for a partner. For your partner, slash the parent of your child to say, well, you're not my mama, so I'm not getting you nothing for Mother's Day. Or you're not my father, so I'm not getting you nothing for Father's Day. If that person is an active parent and your partner, but more importantly, an active parent, you are supposed to do something for them for Mother's Father's Day. Especially if, you know, they give a fuck about that. Everybody don't, but the people who do. You care so much about Mother's Day, and you've had three of this nigga's big headed children, and he keeps saying shit like, well, you not my mama.

[B]

And honestly, that's gotta be some of the most remedial shit I ever heard in my goddamn red flag.

[A]

Nigga, I'm your children.

[B]

You're not too many people. Your children's mother did not birth me. I say happy Mother's Day, too. Do you know how many people I don't have children with? Which is all of them who I say happy mothers to. Happy Mother's Day. Happy Father's Day to. Because they're mothers or fathers. Sometimes I jokingly say, happy Mother's Day to people like Crystal because they parent a dog. Like, what kind of excuse is it to be like, oh, well, you not my mama.

[A]

What? Okay, well, I say happy Mother's Day.

[B]

To my grandma because she's my mama's mama.

[A]

I say it to every mother in my life because they're mothers.

[B]

Mother's Day.

[A]

I can't imagine having a partner, having this person create children with me or raise children with me and then being like, well, you not my mama. You not my daddy. I'm here every day parenting your fucking kid, bro. You not gonna help that 3, 6, and 10 year old put together some shitty little frozen breakfast for me?

[B]

Imagine if we went over to your goddamn mama. Your mamas.

[A]

No, no, no, no, no, no. I don't like that.

[B]

These kids, they grandma. Imagine if you go over to your goddamn mama's Funky ass house while they all there watching Matlock on Mother's Day. And I walk in that house to sit my motherfucking ass down and don't say nothing to this bitch. She'll think I'm rude. You gonna have a problem with me, all this other stuff. And that's before I look at her scoff and say, you ain't my damn mama.

[A]

Right. And that's before I add insult to injury.

[B]

And what is wrong with injury?

[A]

Most of them niggas be the same ones who'll have a fit if you don't do something for Father's Day.

[B]

Exactly.

[A]

Even though most mothers do way more work in the home and with the kids than fathers do.

[B]

I was just about to say, let Father's Day come. This nigga come home and you on the couch watching Hooda and Malik. And look at this nigga ease him up and down and go continue eating your goddamn harvest chips and shit, bitch.

[A]

Ain't no Father's Day dinner, bitches. Hot dogs and icebox. What you want? I thought you not my daddy. Yeah, let him come home. And you don't have 2k and a pair of shoes for him, A watch, some cologne, a little shitty card from your kid. I don't understand. Just saying. Not necessarily a reason to break up, but I consider that a red flag. Good luck to you though, Tracy. Our last letter comes from Bubbles, who says, hi, Kiffearing. Crystal. I'm one of three girls and I have a very unique relationship with both of my sisters. But recently, I find myself retreating from saying how I really feel about my little sister's love life. She's 22.

[B]

Youngest. Never mind.

[A]

No, I think this is the middle child.

[B]

Okay, well, Bubbles is the youngest.

[A]

Oh, well, this. This person just picked a word.

[B]

Yeah, maybe they just like bubbles.

[A]

Okay. She's 22 years old and is in a relationship with a 41 year old man that she's only known since January, when she first started dating him. She kept all the details from me besides the fact that she's seeing someone, which is odd for her, and I didn't press the issue because she is entitled to her privacy. But they moved in together one month after knowing each other, and I have been in mental turmoil ever since. Now she's mentioning marriage in almost every conversation regarding the two of them. He has three kids that are closer to her age than he is and two failed marriages, one of which just recently ended. My worry is that since my sister is so excited about the relationship and the fact that she no longer has to live with my mom. She will do anything to maintain this and waste her energy and early 20s on him. What should I do? Because I don't want to cause an issue with my sister, but I still think she deserves better. Thanks for your help, Bubbles. Damn, this is Karruechean. Never mind. No, it's not that bad.

[B]

What do you do? I find in these situations this vest is just kind of if you feel. What's the word? If you feel obligated to speak up like for their bet. Like I want and done it. I want and done it. And I try to be very non judgmental, very clear and as soft as possible in the way that I do that one. So you see, you can hopefully understand where it is coming from front. But past that you guys just let people do because like I think the more that you try and pry your sister away from this person, the worse you going to be like oh you. And then not communicate with you about certain things. It's just, I think it's kind of sometimes the safer route to be present and super observant. I see what you mean, super observant. Because I wish. I can't remember the saying. There's like a really like Conti phrase for this. But it's basically just said like she gonna pick him.

[A]

Oh yeah, she is.

[B]

If it's. If it's between whatever the fuck you talking about and the nigga, she's gonna pick the nigga.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You keep that in mind and try your best.

[A]

Yes. What 22 year olds tend to not understand is that a 41 year old man who's interested in you is whack. Oh my God, that nigga's deeply lame. Something is so wrong.

[B]

I have to learn.

[A]

They. But at what cost cuz? So many of y' all end up having them kids. So now you part of the not problem. But now you really stuck with this man, attached to this man in a way that you know, 28 year old you was like what the was I thinking? But 22 year old you done made them the choice. I'll say I'm trying not to be judgmental by being like, oh my God, what a horrific mistake. But.

[B]

I was just gonna say shout out to like cool cousins. I feel like you've even said how like when you were younger you had older girls in your family.

[A]

Oh yeah.

[B]

Like if a. Such a.

[A]

Absolutely.

[B]

That ain't.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like maybe you can like put an imprint.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Young people when they're, you know, in their preteens, teens and stuff. Like that. But when you get to a certain point and they meet this person, it can be harder to get through. But it's also difficult to watch or to witness. So, yeah, I would have to say something, but I would be very cautious on how I lay it out. So you understand exactly the point. And you don't take it as Meech is trying to break you up for your nigga. Girl, not this nigga, this person. He sucks.

[A]

He sucks, girl. And you've only known him since January. Marriage. It's quite insane you even share a home with this man.

[B]

I. Y' all were both 40. I would say married. Who? You.

[A]

So, yeah, this fast. It's a bad idea. He is. Well, I, you know, I can only get. The most charitable thing I can say about this man is that maybe he's looking for a mother for them children. Like somebody to come in and be there on a day to day basis or, you know, weekends or whatever.

[B]

Old mother, it don't matter.

[A]

20, 25, you think that man is making good decisions? He's just looking for somebody else to be there to help out with them kids. That. That is the most charitable thing I can. I can think of.

[B]

Regardless person I'll fuck around and just assume that this put in fucking accidentally put Tito's in a baby bottle or shit like washing daddies and just picked up the wrong thing. But that's me.

[A]

Yeah. So you would probably be like a good dad. Like you wouldn't just let some. Right. Not dating somebody 20 years younger than me and moving them in all quick. Like it sounds like classic love bombing. Older men taking advantage of a young, a naive girl. I would try. If you're older, your little sister, you might not be the oldest. I would try to approach it in like a. You know, I'm your sister. I always loved you. I've always had your back. I get that you love this man and you live with him so you don't have to live with mama no more. That's valid. But like, girl, don't get pregnant. Like, let me help you get on birth control. And if he ever say or do anything stupid to you, you can always call me and I will always get you. Like you're never stuck here. I just want you to know. But you. I'm not trying to push you away, but also it's hard. It's hard to watch technically grown but still very young people whose brains are still not all the way there making life changing decisions. It is rough. And I kind of blame with bullshit.

[B]

Around the curb that you know is there.

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

But they don't.

[A]

And you try to warn them, but so many young people don't want to hear it. They have to experience it for themselves. Like they stop being a back.

[B]

I got this. I can try. Okay.

[A]

And you know when, when young adults are so, so desperate to get out of the home. That tells me a lot about the way they grew up. Cause people whose parents are sane and stable do not be in a rush to leave their parents house. So that tells me a lot about what your sister went through growing up, what her experiences might have been like, why she is so desperate to get out that she is willing to move in with an old man who has three kids. So a little bit of maybe understanding or compassion for her.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Or you, you probably grew up in the exact same household with the same bullshit. Like if you can understand where she's coming from, try to relate to her so that she understands you're not attacking. You really just want the best for her and you don't want her to waste her her most prime baddie years. Like she could be with Natalie Nunn right now and instead she's in the. But you know some, some sort of approach like that. But you know, you can only do your best. She may very well be hard headed and get pregnant by the end of.

[B]

The summer and, and that'll be that. And that'll be auntie.

[A]

Yeah, and then you'll be auntie and ready one day. Or just preparing yourself for what feels inevitable. These old men and these young girls. It really only lasts as long as the girl doesn't have any self esteem. Once these girls realize they deserve better, they are the fuck out.

[B]

That is 1000% a hardcore fact. Put it on a pillow, put it on shirts, put on bandanas, put on coffee mugs, like that is the tea. That is the tea. When that girl was like, oh, I don't have to put up with this shit. This is actually stupid. The end.

[A]

The end. Almost every time.

[B]

Almost every single time.

[A]

Right. So good luck.

[B]

I know that I think that you ate with the advice of being like, you know, if you ever feel like being taken advantage of or being abused financially, like all these little things, you know a nigga would be doing to a 20 year old girl. Like just putting it be like, you know, you can call me and you can, you are not stuck, you're not alone. Yeah, that's just like leaving non judgmental but also saying this is a fuck nigga. Here are all the red flags coming your way Bitch. You see them? No. You got my number.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

I think that's tea.

[A]

Yes. So best of luck to you as you try to get your sister through this unscathed.

[B]

I'm pregnant.

[A]

And un. With that uterus unoccupied because, you know, maybe he must don't have full custody because I think by now she would be over it. I don't think no 22 year old girl really want to take care of three kids, especially if.

[B]

Yeah, he probably doesn't.

[A]

What if the youngest. What if the oldest kid is only 10 years younger than you? My Christ. Come on in.

[B]

Makes babysitting easier.

[A]

Well, y' all got the same little boo boos. Ah.

[B]

It'S not funny. And she whoops his ass at Mario Kart. Just smash brothers it be her and.

[A]

The kids versus him.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

This man is trying to marry the babysitter. Gross. Gross.

[B]

I don't get it.

[A]

Oh, okay. All right. Good luck to you and your sister. Let us know how it goes. If you have a question for us, send it on over to askthereadmail.com we're going to take another quick break and be right back. This summer, buckle up for a wild ride with the pickup where the plan goes sideways and the laughs hit hard. It's streaming August 6th on Prime Video and starring Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson as Russell and Travis, two armored truck drivers who think they're on a basic cash run until everything goes off the rails. You honestly had me at Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson. I can't wait to see this. But they get ambushed by a crew of ruthless criminals led by mastermind Zoe, played by the one and only Keke Palmer. Now Russell and Travis have to survive the chaos, clash with each other, and somehow make it through one very bad day that keeps getting worse. Directed by Tim Storey, the pickup is packed with action, comedy and a cast that delivers every single time. Think car chases. Big laughs and even bigger personalities. That's those three to a T. If you love high stakes, mess with wild energy. This is the movie you don't want to miss. Watch the pickup only on Prime Video August 6th. Hey, y'. All. This episode of the Read is brought to you by Squarespace. We love Squarespace over here at the Read. They are the number one all in one perfect platform to get your website off and running. Okay. They give you everything you need to offer services and get paid all in one place. From consultations to events and experiences. Showcase your offerings with a customizable website designed to attract clients and grow your business with blueprint AI Squarespace's AI enhanced website builder. You can quickly create a personalized site that aligns with your brand and goals. Plus, Squarespace also streamlines your workflow with built in tools for appointment scheduling, email marketing, invoicing, and seamless online payments to keep your business running smoothly and ensure you're paid on time. I do love Squarespace. We have been using Squarespace over here at the Read and for our own personal websites and different ventures for years and years now. Maybe almost 10 years, because it is so easy to do. It's easy to sign up, easy to get a design together, and easy to start making money and showing off what you offer through Squarespace and their incredible website design capabilities. So if you're ready to launch your site, head to squarespace.com the read to start your free trial. And when you're ready to launch, use offer code the read to save 10 off your first purchase of a website or domain. Again, that's squarespace.com the re a D. Let them know Kiffure and Crystal sent you.

[B]

We're back and it is time for the read. No, I don't want to spend too much time here, so I'll just say two quick things. One, to President Carrot.

[A]

A good one.

[B]

That was really good. I enjoyed it.

[A]

It's cute.

[B]

Keep Blue Ivy mama name out your mouth. Don't say anything else. Don't suggest anything else about Beyonce. You keep your eye on the prize. America's prize. And that's them files. Baby, you can't. I know they're saying that you are, you know, trying to. You're considering partying, pardoning Puffy or whatever, but you can't didy bop your way out of this. Everybody wants it. Everybody wants it, wants it. The right, the left, the middle, the top, the bottom, the in between all the sides. Everybody wants this information. Um, so you bringing up Beyonce and saying that she should be prosecuted along with Oprah and whoever else, for taking millions of dollars from Kamala Harris. Oh, my God, he's still on that for their campaign. First of all, no, she didn't. Secondly, Kamala Harris lost. Thirdly, even if she did, so what? Fourthly, where's the child sex trafficking documentation? Don, you keep doing these dances around here. Obama stole the election. Beyonce is an alien. Hillary Clinton has fangs. O.J. did it three more times, bitch. Let's call it the Redskins again. Where are the files? Yeah. Yeah, big baby. You shut your motherfucking ass up when it comes to Beyonce. Blue. Roomie. Sir. Uh, Kelly, Michelle, Angie, Ms. Tina. You shut Your entire, entire, entire tangerine ass up when it comes to those, okay? And you stay focused on the mess that your disgusting ass is in. You stay focused on the mess that your heinous, evil ass is in. You stay focused on the mess that your criminal ass is trying to keep covered. Baby cakes, Baby cakes, go ahead and pardon Ghislaine, too, because she's all ready to snitch. She's all ready to talk, and I'm sure you can't disappear that bitch, so go ahead and pardon her, too, Byron Island. No pun intended. But what you're going to do is you're going to shut your ass up about Beyonce babes. You're going to shut your ass up about Beyonce because nobody's prosecuting that lady for taking no goddamn money that she didn't take from a losing president. And then be like, okay, you know, forget about the Epstein thing. You're a joke. And a chop. That's one, two. Azealia Banks. I'm so glad you say.

[A]

I'm so glad you said it.

[B]

I'm going to say from one crazy black bitch to another, shut up. Shut up today, shut up tomorrow, shut up the days after that, I'm exhausted, I'm fed, I'm past the finish line. I won't do it anymore. I can't do it anymore. This has gone from fans and supporters of yours being like, no, this isn't the way. You've got this. We believe in you for you to have a successful, creative and music career that passed. We went to like, no, this isn't the way. Azealia. Yeah, we support you hoping that, you know, you'll have peace and success just as a personal, living human being. Yeah, we've arrived here now where I'm going, no, this isn't the way. So that I can have peace so that I like. Because I don't even be looking for it anymore. I'll just be on Twitch. I'll just be at the grocery store hearing about some wild shit that you're saying. Baby, call the lady. I told my. I talked to my psychiatrist yesterday, and he was asking me if I would be open to going back into, like, basically daily group therapy.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

And he kind of asked me. I don't know, it kind of seemed like he was like, not, like, prepare for me to be like, hell, no. I was like, when? Sign me up. Give me everything you got. Everything you got. Because I'm over. I'm. I need.

[A]

Yeah, I need. Yeah, that's real.

[B]

I need. So I say that to say, call the lady, call the man, get them on the horn. You may not, especially in defense of one of. Not just a criminal, one of the worst people that has ever lived on the planet. And in the process of doing that, decide that you're going to trauma dump and talk about your family makeup and then also attribute it to black people and black people in this country and their family makeup and all these other statistics. Get help. Be quiet. Leave us alone. We aren't even getting the music that a lot of the fans like along with it. You're getting soap, we're getting sauna blankets and this.

[A]

I'm finished defending a child rapist girl. If the girls were 13 plus, who cares? I'm glad you said it. I'm glad you said it, cuz there.

[B]

Is health and waiting for you. You just have to want it. You have to want it as somebody who's been checked in, checked out. Like, girl, they won't.

[A]

Feel how you want to. About Trump taking the time to. Because this was one of my two reads this week. Taking the time to. To justify the sexual assault of underage people saying shit that is just incorrect. Like teenage pregnancy was only frowned upon when Jerry Springer came on the air. Bitch. What?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I. I don't. Where did you even get that from? And talking about. Well, when I was 15, I knew exactly what I was doing. When you were 15, you were traumatized and acting like a traumatized child. And the grown ass men you fucked should have been held responsible for that because adults are supposed to have more sense than kids. Adults are supposed to be able to make better decisions than children. You deserved to be protected even though you were acting out the same way. Trump and Epstein's victims deserve to be protected no matter what situation led to them ending up there.

[B]

This is why. And this is why I never want to do this. You know that. I know that. You know that. So I'm not even interested in like picking about all the little things that you've said about transphobia or trans people or gay people and. And being a wide open Zionist. I don't care. I don't. I barely. I just want it to cease or go forward. Jump on truth, social, whatever the fuck that is.

[A]

Mm.

[B]

Or something. Or just not even. Cause I'm still going to see it. I want it to be done. I'm over it.

[A]

Yeah, you had it right. Call the lady, get some fucking help and shut up. Take the pills on time as as prescribed.

[B]

As prescribed.

[A]

You gotta. You gotta, girl. Oh, man.

[B]

I'm finished.

[A]

I'M really. When I tell you it takes a lot for Azealia to shock me. I could not believe it. Like this.

[B]

The same, actually.

[A]

This is where we are, girl. Anytime you have to start off a sentence with okay, in Donald Trump's defense, you should. Are you his paid attorney? Cause otherwise, those words should never be coming out of your mouth.

[B]

Unless it is a killer joke. Like a killer joke about him.

[A]

So good. Yes, yes, yes.

[B]

Like in Donald Trump. Trump's defense, wig glue is up. The price of wig glue is up. Such and such and such. I'm having trouble keeping mine down too.

[A]

The girls are customers. Like that. Yes. Trixie did Chicken shop day. Did you see this?

[B]

Yes, I did.

[A]

Oh, that part about how when Amelia was like, what would you say to Trump? He was like, I would put all five of these nails on her and be like, really? I also have bleached blonde, terrible hair and wear too much bronzer. So I see her in that way.

[B]

Trixie Mattela, that shit was. So I would take off. First of all, she had on her stint here or Revo nail, when she tapped. When she tapped, Apollo at the top of the orange soda was like, can you a million open it? But I would take all five of these dudes, putting them on his hands. She was so fucking.

[A]

That's. That's how you do it.

[B]

Cause it's so true. Like, it's a very good setup, right?

[A]

That's how you do it.

[B]

Really, really.

[A]

Like, girl, I see you. We both have terrible bleached hair and we're orange. People look at us both say, I.

[B]

Wear too much bronzer.

[A]

So I see her that way. Like, oh, a Zealia.

[B]

Yeah. I looked at that and I was like, you have to be like, in intense, intense, intense therapy.

[A]

You need it real bad.

[B]

And like I said at one point, it was like, oh, I hope sue come out and look better and feel better and, you know, get into the music. Now I just want to be alone, be left alone. Like no shade.

[A]

That is what happens. You get worn down by a person's constant bullshittery. Azealia has been on bullshit for, like a decade. So I know the fans, which I was never a fan of the music, but I know y' all are really just like, a lot of you have not wanted to let her go, but how far can she take this? Talking about a 10 year old is unacceptable, but 13 is okay.

[B]

And then when somebody's like, comments about how incredibly wild and dangerous that is very. And she's saying stuff about how, like, how old her Father was when he got with her mother. And this, that. And I was like, you. You don't. You do not tell Elon Musk's application that she's not. You tell that to a psycher, a psychiatrist.

[A]

Yeah. And if your daddy was old and your mama was young, that was still wrong. Or vice versa. Like, that was still wrong. Yes, that's what I'm saying. That. Oh. Oh, boy.

[B]

She need Ms. Honey.

[A]

Yeah. I said, you know, I really have mostly kept her out of this. Cause I do think mentally she's not all there, but not Ms. Honey.

[B]

Ms. Rain.

[A]

This is too much. This is way too far much. I'm tired.

[B]

Oh, her. Gracie's corners going on tour.

[A]

Don't do that. Are you for real?

[B]

I don't know why. Yeah, they are. No, they all are. For real.

[A]

Oh, wait. How dope.

[B]

Oh, my God. I don't know why I brought that up. It just came to my mind.

[A]

Things for children, you know, Azealia Banks is not that. Not that person. Not a safe space for children. Clearly blames her own child self for making not safe.

[B]

Not safe space for herself.

[A]

And a licensed psychiatrist, psychotherapist. That a mental health team, which I feel like is. Is accessible to you. They can really help you work through some of this. But like Kif said, you do have to want to. You do actually have to want to. Nobody can do that for you. I'm. I. Again, I'm glad you brought it up, because was.

[B]

Oh, man.

[A]

You. I. As an Oklahoman, this has been a very rough week. Jesus Christ. Our state superintendent is currently under investigation by the Oklahoma County Sheriff. Because during executive session last week, when the board members and the superintendent were having their private meeting, two board members saw pornographic images being, like, mirrored. The screen mirroring on the superintendent's computer. It was like. You have one window open on Zoom and one open on your porn site.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

But you had Zoom sharing your whole screen and not just the Zoom screen. And so two people were in a position to see what was on the tv. Of course they said something. They said the governor got. Or the superintendent got up, cut the TV off, came back, and didn't really address it. But of course, now they are looking to have this man investigated and removed from office. Because you are the superintendent of Oklahoma schools and you are watching. No, not only did he not apologize, he's on. He's. He's on TV right now in Oklahoma saying that he's being targeted by other Republicans because they're part of a failing. These. These people Are all Republicans, mind you, every last one of them. He's talking about how he's being targeted by that faction of the Republican Party. And because he's running for reelection, y' all are coming at him with all kinds of lies and hate and. Okay, so, so like I said, what, why would, why would two other Republicans make that up? And then the people who didn't see the TV are like, well, I heard, you know, I didn't see what was on the tv, but I heard this. I heard, I saw him get up and go turn the TV off. I saw him come back and look visibly shaken, but not address what was on the tv. Why would they lie about that? So, but anyway, the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office is investigating. Certainly hard to, if you were on a work computer, if you were on Oklahoma's webs, if you were on their, their Internet, their WI fi, if you were logged into the mainframe or however the, the nerds describe it, if you sent any emails, if you have a, I'm certain you have a state issued telephone. If you actually access this, if you were dumb enough to access this.

[B]

Is he old?

[A]

No, he's 40. He is the youngest superintendent we've ever had. 40 years old. Of course, he's born and raised Oklahoma. And I just said, you know, at first I didn't want to deal with it because I'm like, of course Oklahoma would embarrass me like this. You know, like, of fucking course we would do. You know, right now Oklahoma is ranked fifth, 50th in education. We are only ahead of New Mexico. And the only reason we're not dead last is because they're including D.C. so it's out of 51, we are 50th in education. And he's talking about, he's, I mean, he's a huge Trump fan. Of course, all of these news sites redirected me right back to his Twitter where he's talking about how in Oklahoma we're leading the charge in education and increasing parents rights. You know what they're doing? They're putting the Ten Commandments in every classroom. They're trying to put a Bible in every classroom. They are eliminating anything with any reference to dei and if the school district doesn't do it, they will withhold funding. Teachers.

[B]

Commandments part. I think that's kind of fun. Absolutely not. If it's like endorsed, just like something to learn.

[A]

Well, you know, that would be one thing because especially as children get older, they do take classes or they used to be able to. I Don't know what the fuck has happened in the past 25 years. When I was in school, in high school, you could take classes to learn more about religion. But it wasn't just this religion. You think they're posting the ten Commandments and the Quran and whatever Jewish look at and all that. You think they're doing all that for every religion? No, this is very much about Christian nationalism and trying to force Oklahoma public schools to be Christian schools.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Not Only are we 50th in education, our average ACT score is 17.6. I actually had to go look this up and then the Oklahoman had just done a story about it six fucking days ago. We are the, the actual has college readiness benchmarks of like, you know, you need to be at this certain proficiency in these subjects to be ready for college.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

40% of Oklahoma students who took the ACT meet the English benchmark. 40% for a language they were born speaking, 29% meet it for reading. Again, we're not asking them to read a foreign language. 17% meet it in science and 15% meet it in math. These are abysmal goddamn numbers. This is the work, this is what Oklahoma has done. When I was in school, we were like 30th in education. What has happened over the past 25 years and y' all are looking around and asking for more of this.

[B]

I would actually. If anyone at home has like a good, really good documentaries on, on the education system here, I'd like some suggestions. Well, because between this story you're telling me of the superintendent and ex host WWF calling AI A1 and being the Secretary of Education for the whole country, you know, I do want to know what's going on on. I do want to know what's going on.

[A]

We don't fund our public schools and when we do we appropriate the money to security and you know, we don't put it into, we don't put it into the teachers. We for goddamn sure don't put it into the teachers. We don't put it into supplies. We don't put it into making sure kids have a well rounded education. You want to raise a bunch of little ideological minions and that's exactly what y' all are trying to do. Do you know that teachers from blue states woke states? I'm sorry, like California, New York would be required to take an ideology test on the Constitution. American exceptionalism, fundamental quote unquote biological differences between boys and girls before they're allowed to teach in Oklahoma. Like don't come from one of these blue States with all of your Scientifically accurate non. 17% of our kids. 17% of our kids know enough science to be ready for college.

[B]

Very serious question. Do they also have to do a background check to make sure that they're not like a violent criminal?

[A]

I mean, you know, ostensibly, presumably, allegedly, they should. Now, whether that actually happens. Who are me? Who are me? The icing on the cake of this is that the Oklahoman published an email that the superintendent sent regarding these terrible scores and this terrible grade that Oklahoma has received in education and had two spelling errors in this bitch.

[B]

My God.

[A]

Well, one spelling, one girl maybe misspelled guarded, which I haven't misspelled guarded since I was 7 years old.

[B]

How did he spell it? Did he just. Did he mix up the answer?

[A]

And. Oh, I don't even. I. I didn't even. Yes, I'm sure that was it. And he used the possessive form of teachers instead of the plural. This is somebody who has a bachelor's degree and is the superintendent of education.

[B]

Yeah, that's bad. It's pretty bad. Bad on all levels.

[A]

Our kids are below average in everything. In everything.

[B]

Every. All of them.

[A]

We're 50th in education, 49th in health. You know what? We're top five or top 10 in bullshit. In bullshit. In. In kids not graduated from high school, in the number of meth labs per capita, in the number of people who are. Are. I don't want to do this because I am in Oklahoma. And I love. It's hard for me to. Why is it so hard for me to say I love Oklahoma? It's this shit, though. I love the people I know in Oklahoma. I love my community. I love the blacks. I love the north side of Tulsa. I love where I came from. This shit. It was bad then. You see what I'm saying? It was bad then. Our average ACT score is like almost two points lower than the national these kids. So maybe as a superintendent, you should be less focused on 60s era hairy pussy porn and more on the fact that these goddamn kids don't meet the English benchmark. And that's the only fucking language they know. The only reason 40% can even meet it is because it's the only langu they know.

[B]

They can't read it.

[A]

They can't fucking read it.

[B]

Remember a couple weeks ago when I went off on Tommy Lauren for calling people overly educated? This is why.

[A]

Oh, oh, my God. Over educated. No, we're barely educated.

[B]

Right.

[A]

And that's not. That don't even apply to everybody. Some of y' all are just you.

[B]

Calling normal people overly educated because you're stupid. It's not that they're far ahead of you. You're really behind.

[A]

You call anybody who isn't racist overly educated.

[B]

That's it.

[A]

Meanwhile, this website broke down exactly why we're fifth in education. They were like, it's your ACT scores, it's your reading test scores, it's your dropout rate, it's your SAT scores, it's your math test scores, it's your pupil to teacher ratios. Like we have. We have things that we study here and y' all are flopping in all of them.

[B]

ACT said they ain't overly educated. Bitch, you stupid.

[A]

As so as all the fucks, our high schools are not preparing these kids for college. What. What the fuck are y' all doing watching porn on your work laptop when you supposed to be in executive session with the rest of the board? The board members were like, we have. We have taken teachers licenses permanently for lesser offenses than this.

[B]

That's what I'm saying. Like, that's. It's wild to me that you said he came out and even tried to play. Like, I'm surprised he didn't come back and just be like, I'm so sorry.

[A]

Nope, Foolie is in the. Y' all are just hating on me because y' all don't want me to fix Oklahoma's education. In Oklahoma, baby, you've had the job. The children are getting dumber.

[B]

I don't mean to laugh, but it's just like. It's just a really harsh truth. And it's so the thing about it that, that I know is frustrating is there's no excuse.

[A]

No, there's no excuse. 40 year old, father of four, married, of course, because these always are. And you it be the main ones talking about protecting the children. And we don't want you freaks and degenerates near our kids and the drag queens at libraries. Y' all be the exact ones that shouldn't. Nobody should. No child ever have to be around you niggas are stranger fucking danger. And you sitting at the state capitol.

[B]

A lot of you have even suggested inspecting children's genitals to determine their identity.

[A]

Yeah, I bet y' all would like to get a good look, wouldn't you? Old nasty ass Trump.

[B]

I mean, you like, you have like you. You have from the streets to, you know, baby, to the courthouses and shit. So.

[A]

Child, you know, I was in my Oklahoma group chat, just exhausted. Exhausted. It's been so bad. Jesus.

[B]

But I mean, there's no. There's no excuse for those numbers.

[A]

Oh, no.

[B]

There's no excuses for those numbers.

[A]

The numbers by themselves are enough for you to be fired. Right. But you see, you would. In that case, you would have to expect the average Oklahoma voter to care about the children being educated, and they do not. They care about the children being indoctrinated according to their beliefs. And so they will continuously vote for somebody who is going to do the worst possible thing for the kids so that everybody feels. I don't. The most Christian. I don't know.

[B]

Have you ever seen jojo Rabbit?

[A]

No.

[B]

This little boy. This one little boy who's in Hitler's Nazi Youth.

[A]

Oh, my God.

[B]

Imaginary Friend is Hitler. What? It's a really good movie.

[A]

Oh, okay. I was about to say this is.

[B]

This looks funny, but it has a lot of. Yeah, it's kind of.

[A]

Oh, it says satirical. Yeah, it says that.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[A]

This looks good. No, this actually does look good.

[B]

It is a. It's a. It's a really good movie. It has it a lot of indoctrinated these really awful, racist, violent beliefs into children and then eating it up. Because that's all they know.

[A]

Right.

[B]

They don't know that they're growing up to be fucking ridiculous or going to die, but the grownups do, and they don't care.

[A]

Correct. And that is exactly what we're seeing right now across the country. But Oklahoma is really leading the way on throwing these kids away. As a graduate of Oklahoma public schools, it really sickens me because the Republicans of my day would have never stood for this shit. Like, y' all have gotten much worse. Yes. Yes. To be yearning for Republicans from the 90s and 2000s, it is crazy, right? It is crazy to look at Bush and be like, well, what did he really do? Weapons of Master Scratch Lie to a.

[B]

Passing his bitch popcorn. Like, Michelle. Oh, yeah. What you up to? No, honestly, as somebody who watches adult entertainment quite a bit. Girl, control yourself. Like, are you okay? What? At work.

[A]

At work, girl. In executive session now. When I worked for the state of Oklahoma, I was in executive session all the time because them white men didn't want to have to take their own notes. So I was in there listening to them have conversations that I really should not have been privy to because they wasn't going to take their own notes. And back then, executive session had to be recorded by tape, and that tape got sealed up. But if the records request came in, it would be unsealed and released. Now, I don't know if they did that in this meeting, maybe the law has changed. I don't know. But it seems like if you did this while on the state's network or on a state device, it's just a matter of time. And what else is on your phone and computer?

[B]

Exactly. That's what I'm thinking. Like, that seems like a ridiculous thing to even lie about, because I'm certain that if they want to dig it up, they will find it. And it won't take long.

[A]

I mean, I think the only thing that might save him is if he's on her personal computer and was not in the office when this meeting happened. But I don't know the details of that, but.

[B]

Or politics, literal political relations.

[A]

Or literally, you're in Oklahoma. And so all the evidence and data could come out, and they would still be like, I don't care, because he's.

[B]

Keeping trans and woke out of the schools 1000%.

[A]

This is the area of the country where those Kamala is for. They. Them ads that really worked, that resonated a lot with these backwards ass niggas. They loved that. They loved it. I didn't even realize they were running those ads till I went to the South. I could not.

[B]

Anyway, that's why I said, like, there's a brief part of that south park episode where I was like, oh, well, this just feels like life.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, it's really.

[B]

Cause that shit really happens and works well.

[A]

I just am so disappointed.

[B]

Like, they probably played them in Florida, too.

[A]

I was about to say, it's probably superintendents in other states right now being like, oh, well, I watch porn at work all the time.

[B]

What you mean, girl? Florida found dead.

[A]

Florida said, wait a second. That's not cool.

[B]

I mean, look at the shape of the tape.

[A]

Mind you, y' all are in charge of children and teachers. Y' all supposed to be. Y' all supposed to be held to the highest standard. A teacher getting caught with porn on their computer in the workplace would have been fired and charged.

[B]

That's what I'm saying. I fired and charged.

[A]

Fuck out of here with this nonsense. I'm just beyond disappointed. Oklahoma. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that y' all do the right thing. Oh, and Candace Owens, you finna yap your mouth right into bankruptcy? Did you see the French person is suing her Live, living. And that's another living. There's another one doubling down on it, talking about, y' all don't want to go to Discovery. Bitch, do you think you know my pussy better than I do?

[B]

I do.

[A]

You Think. You think you know my body better than I do? You got this. You got. Where did you get this data from? Who told you that I was trans? Why do you believe it so much that you're still repeating it?

[B]

I want for the meeting for that lady to put her five nails, bitch. Like, oh, really?

[A]

Really.

[B]

Really?

[A]

I also have a Bob, so I see you that way, bitch.

[B]

First of all, what you said was, I'm willing to bet that such and such and such. So you. You don't know shit. As the sentence implies.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Now they're coming for everything you got, and I hope they have it. It's not even outside of it being a ridiculous thing to say because it doesn't matter. It's also a ridiculous thing to say because you don't know. It's also a ridiculous thing to say because there's evidence that you're wrong. I hope they take everything from you. I hope you become Ali.

[A]

Strong. Yes, literally quite.

[B]

Talking about you're a dumbass.

[A]

Talking about, they'll kill her off before this makes it to discovery. Like, all of a sudden, Brigitte Macron is dead. Right when it was about to get that.

[B]

Oh, I thought they met Candace.

[A]

No, no, she was Candace doubling down. Talking about before it makes it to discovery. They'll. She'll. She'll end up mysteriously dead. It'll just be like, oh, she died, so you have to let it go. Like, she. If I was being sued by the president of a nation, I would shut the fuck up. I would shut the fuck up about him, his wife, anybody else involved in the lawsuit. I would move on to something else. You can talk about something else. I would not be making it worse for myself.

[B]

As the French president has teamed. She's just trying to bolster and it works. Her audience and show. And it does work. Yeah, but I mean, when they bang that gap. Yeah, yeah, like.

[A]

And all of a sudden all your money is getting converted to Euros and sent over to them niggas. They're like, we'll take it in frunks. And then what, bitch? Oh, I hope they chew her up. That's one black girl y' all can have. Take her straight to the French basement. The worst prisons y' all got. I ain't gonna say a goddamn thing.

[B]

So tired.

[A]

Send her ass out to the countryside and have her stomping grapes and shit for the rest of her life. Whatever y' all need to do. Take this chance.

[B]

That lady's pussy. Like, why are you all the way over there in that lady's pussy?

[A]

How are you that confident about somebody else's genitals? I'm not that confident about nobody's body but mine. How you gonna.

[B]

I'm barely confident in mine sometimes.

[A]

How you gonna tell that lady who she is anyway? Americans eat that shit up. Because Americans are stupid as. But I really do hope that that man and his wife take every dime you have, Candace Owens. I mean, truly, I hope they take it all and. And I hope they get you permanently off of the Internet. Like the same way Alex Jones can't find anybody reputable to host whatever it is he be doing. Yapping. I hope the exact same thing happens.

[B]

So just make a new account called Candace's Lace Wig.

[A]

See Azealia need. Azalea needs to call the lady. Candace is doing all of this very deliberately, very mindfully. She's fully in her sound mind and she's making these choices.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So take the. Take her. I don't care what y' all do with her anger up in the town square for all I care. And I'm so for real. A poison on the community is what that is. All right. And that will wrap up this week's episode of the Read. Find us on social media at. This is the Read. Our website is. This is the Read dot com. Yeah. Any other news from you this week? If you're.

[B]

No, I know one thing I wanted to say at the end, like, I can't remember where it is, so. Oh, well, hope you enjoyed and see you next week for August.

[A]

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