The Curious Case of a Clash Concert

Summary

The Read – Episode Summary: "The Curious Case of a Clash Concert"

Podcast: The Read
Hosts: Kid Fury & Crissle
Date: February 5, 2026

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Episode Overview

This week, Kid Fury and Crissle return for a chaotic and hilarious ride through pop culture, music news, and Black excellence—with the highlight being a baffled deep dive into Lil Wayne’s upcoming performance inside a video game. The episode weaves between lighthearted banter, sharp pop culture analysis, and candid advice, maintaining the duo's signature mix of humor, shade, and genuine insight. As always, Beyoncé and Blue Ivy remain untouchable.

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Key Segments & Topics

1. Opening Banter & Black Excellence

• Black Excellence – Reed Curry, engineering student at a Florida college, built an electric motorcycle out of Home Depot wood due to lack of car funds.
  • "Two by fours made of cedar and a dream." (Kid Fury, 04:47)
  • Reed built the bike out of necessity, not as a project; it’s been his daily commute for over a year and has over 1,000 miles.
  • Both hosts express awe: “This is incredible.” (Crissle, 08:12)

2. Grammy Moments and Reactions (11:15–19:40)

• Kendrick Lamar's Record:
  • Matches Stevie Wonder for most back-to-back Grammy wins.
  • Kid Fury notes, “15 Grammys on Sunday. I didn’t watch.” (11:15)
• Shaboozi Speech Backlash:
  • Shaboozi dedicated his Grammy to immigrants, sparking critique for not mentioning Black Americans’ role in building the country.
  • Shaboozi’s Instagram statement clarifies his intent and acknowledges Black history.
  • Crissle: "As long as we all understand that enslaved Africans forcibly brought to this country built this bitch for free... I have no interest in picking apart a black man for this." (17:10)
  • Both agree misspeaking in the heat of the moment is relatable for newly-minted winners.

3. Celebrity Updates & Relationship Talk

• Keke Palmer on Living Apart in Marriage (20:40–23:50)

  • Keke echoes Whoopi Goldberg’s desire for separate households or living spaces in marriage.
  • Crissle: "I would prefer a house big enough to where we can both have our own space." (22:06)
  • The Barbie Movie is referenced as the ultimate example of ‘separate living’.

• Kayla Nicole x Toni Braxton (27:17–29:43)

  • Kayla Nicole performed with Toni Braxton, fully circling from Halloween homage to onstage recognition.
  • Kid Fury: “Imagine you dress up as this icon… and now she’s your auntie.” (29:13)
  • Announcement of a Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, and New Edition tour.

4. The Curious Case: Lil Wayne & Clash Royale Concert

(31:19–36:10)

• Lil Wayne to perform a "concert" at the "Clash Royale Arena"—a mobile video game environment.
• Hosts express absolute confusion and hilarity at this marketing stunt:
  • Crissle wonders if the event will be animated ("Is he performing in the video game?" 31:55), Kid Fury compares it to other in-game concerts in Fortnite: “This is like saying Gucci Mane is performing on Candy Crush.” (32:06)
  • They speculate on logistics, possible in-app purchases, and the trend of digital performances, ultimately declaring themselves out of touch with this new world.

5. Pop Culture & Legal Trouble

Sha’Carri Richardson & Christian Coleman’s Arrests (36:31–41:39)

• Sha’Carri Richardson: arrested for speeding 100+ mph; Christian Coleman: arrested for resisting and drug paraphernalia.
  • Both hosts urge caution and therapy for Sha'Carri, while noting the perils of fame and reckless behavior.
  • Crissle: "I want both of y’all to get therapists. Real bad girl." (41:20)
• Brief tangent on rumors regarding Porsha Williams’ sexuality, Queen Latifah’s visible queer joy, and how public figures claim their own narratives (42:36–45:19).

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6. Listener Letters & Advice

(49:53–76:55)

Letter 1: Therapist is leaving; grieving the end

• Both hosts offer empathy and practical suggestions:
  • Use the advance notice to discuss the transition with your therapist.
  • Ask for referrals and consider whether you’re ready for a break or continued therapy.
  • Crissle’s professional therapist perspective: “The provider-client relationship is really, really vital in the therapy process.” (54:19)

Letter 2: Regret after communication issues ended a relationship

• Amirah asks if self-work can win back her ex.
  • Both hosts are clear: do the work for yourself, not to win a man back.
  • Kid Fury: “You should not be doing any of that work to get a nigga back.” (57:44)
  • They urge Amirah to examine attachment issues and use therapy for personal growth, not reconciliation-bargaining.

Letter 3: Boyfriend mad over twerking at the club without notice

• Robert’s boyfriend is giving him the silent treatment after he was seen twerking on others at a party.
  • Both find the boyfriend’s behavior (need for location updates, extended silent treatment) controlling and excessive.
  • Crissle: "Once you go three days without talking to me, I am single." (67:38)
  • Advice: Don’t tolerate manipulation. "If you wanna start rearranging your entire life to make sure he always feels secure... I'm not doing that." (76:18)

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7. The Read (Rant Corner)

(79:53–102:33)

Kid Fury’s Rants:

• Nintendo criticized for lack of game updates on Switch 2 and an overabundance of low-quality AI games on the eShop (79:53–80:12)
• Frustration with mainstream glorification of Don Lemon’s white husband “rescuing” him from jail: “He should have went to go get his husband and he should have been pissed. Many of us were pissed. And we not married to the nigga.” (80:17)

Crissle’s Read:

• Andrew Schultz’s ‘come to Jesus’ moment about Trump—finally realizing what liberals warned about after ICE action against a white man.
  • Crissle eviscerates ex-Trump apologists: “You simply didn’t give a fuck until somebody who looks like you was on the wrong end of the gun.” (94:12)
  • Scorn for those asking for instant forgiveness: “You gonna get every bit of this. Wow, nigga, the fuck took you so long?” (95:54)
• SNL’s “Mom Confession” sketch is cited as perfect satire of people seeking grace after supporting harmful policies (98:26).

Rapid Fire:

• Mourning TikTok’s algorithm shift and privacy issues post-American regulation (83:48)
• Refusal to deep-dive into the Epstein files for mental health's sake (86:46 & 102:33)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Black Excellence:
  "Two by fours made of cedar and a dream." – Kid Fury (04:47)

• On Therapy & Healing:
  "You should not be doing any of that work to get a nigga back." – Kid Fury (57:44)

• On Relationship Red Flags:
  "Once you go three days without talking to me, I am single." – Crissle (67:38)

• On Pop Culture Absurdity:
  "This is like saying Gucci Mane is performing on Candy Crush." – Kid Fury (32:06)

• On Forgiving Former Trump Supporters:
  "You simply didn’t give a fuck until somebody who looks like you was on the wrong end of the gun." – Crissle (94:12)

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Timestamps for Key Moments

• 04:09 – Shout-out to Reed Curry for Black Excellence
• 11:15 – Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy win discussed
• 13:10 – Shaboozi’s speech and Black History Month
• 20:40 – Keke Palmer on separate houses
• 27:17 – Kayla Nicole & Toni Braxton’s onstage moment
• 31:19 – Lil Wayne's Clash Royale video game concert confusion
• 36:31 – Sha’Carri Richardson/Christian Coleman arrest story
• 49:53 – Start of Listener Letters
• 79:53 – The Read (Rant Segment) begins
• 94:12 – Crissle’s full critique of Trump-supporter about-faces

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Tone & Style

Throughout the episode, Kid Fury and Crissle blend irreverent Black millennial wit, cultural critique, and personal anecdotes. Their banter is brisk and playful but never shies away from incisive or emotionally grounded moments—particularly when addressing therapy, relationships, Black achievement, and social injustice.

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Conclusion

A quintessential Read episode: unfiltered, insightful, and uproariously funny, weaving vital pop culture commentary with life advice against a backdrop of Black community, creativity, and resilience. Even when baffled by the internet’s latest insanity, Kid Fury and Crissle offer listeners a space for laughter, validation, and clarity—Beyoncé and Blue Ivy, of course, remain above all judgment.

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Transcript

[Kid Fury]

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[Crissle West]

Oh, happy day, happy day, happy day.

[Kid Fury]

Do you want me to yank his ass? I ain't scared. I will straight yank his ass. You want me to. What's that from.

[Crissle West]

The Color Purple that.

[Kid Fury]

You didn't even try? Harlem Nights.

[Crissle West]

Harlem Nights?

[Kid Fury]

No, it isn't from Harlem Nights.

[Crissle West]

Oh, okay, then I don't know for real.

[Kid Fury]

It is directly from Two can play that game. Welcome back. Everybody out in the world and you know, the rest of the galaxy, because I do believe that some of y' all out there are listening and you just laugh like, oh, my God, these people are so ghetto and stupid. We're baddies. Or other places.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, we are.

[Kid Fury]

Welcome to the show. I'm Vivica Fox and I am back.

[Crissle West]

In the studio away from my hell puppy, and I could not be happier. Oh, I didn't even think of that. She is hell. Oh, my God. But this is the read. Thank you. Thank you for Tuning in.

[Kid Fury]

Jesus. It is indeed. Here we are in Black History Month. Mini month.

[Crissle West]

The shortest indeed.

[Kid Fury]

So let's get our shit off while we can, while we're allowed to. Before they turn this into National Mega.

[Crissle West]

Yacht Month.

[Kid Fury]

Let'S start with some black excellence, shall we? This week, I would like to give black excellence over to one Reed Curry. Now, this report is actually quite old, but I didn't hear about it until recently and I haven't spoken about it on the podcast, so. Reed Curry is an engineering student. He goes to school in Florida. This is good news out of Florida. Amen. Thank God for small favors.

[Crissle West]

Somebody going to school.

[Kid Fury]

You know, that's all we can even ask for.

[Crissle West]

Big steps, big steps.

[Kid Fury]

Down sunshine.

[Crissle West]

Wonderful.

[Kid Fury]

So Reed Curry was making some waves on the social of the media recently because he needed a way to get to school. Didn't have a car, money for a car. So this gentleman decided to build a motorcycle, all electric, out of wood that he got from Home Depot. And I am dead ass serious. Two by fours made of cedar and a dream.

[Crissle West]

No way.

[Kid Fury]

This nigga made a real murder bug with wood from the Home Depot. So what are you doing with your 24 hours, you lazy bitch? What the fuck are the rest of you niggas doing with your day? Is you ungrateful?

[Crissle West]

This nigga really got a wooden bike, but like made.

[Kid Fury]

Made. Excuse me. Didn't get created.

[Crissle West]

He constructed.

[Kid Fury]

Wow.

[Crissle West]

Holy shit.

[Kid Fury]

Fully automobile.

[Crissle West]

I had to Google you was shitting. No, this nigga made a wooden motorcycle.

[Kid Fury]

And here's the game. He basically was like, oh, that's where the motor. That's where the brakes are. He said like, oh, in the back. That's not even like, oh, I thought that was. Yeah, there's. That's. That's another. That's like another contraption.

[Crissle West]

Wow.

[Kid Fury]

Operating.

[Crissle West]

Oh, put him in engineering school right the.

[Kid Fury]

Now he is an engineer.

[Crissle West]

Okay. Look at God.

[Kid Fury]

Look at God.

[Crissle West]

Cause what.

[Kid Fury]

And the gag is he was the. He really. Here's the biggest flex. He essentially said that this isn't like a passion project. He just needed a way to get to school. He said on Instagram, this bike isn't a masterpiece. It's not even my main project. It's just my daily commute.

[Crissle West]

Wow.

[Kid Fury]

I've been riding on this rig for over a year. It's still a work in progress.

[Crissle West]

Is it? You. You get to.

[Kid Fury]

And not from what I just said. Right.

[Crissle West]

It seems like a working vehicle to.

[Kid Fury]

Me, but I'm not an engineering nothing. I'm not even sure I can Spell engineering properly. Um, when I say I'm just a guy, I'm no genius. Anything you see that's good in me came from God. Please understand this. Thank you for all the support.

[Crissle West]

Oh, that is so sweet.

[Kid Fury]

Isn't it an amen, brother. Thank you for bringing the state something sunshiny.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, this n really.

[Kid Fury]

Reed Curry, Miami, Florida. Are you from the same city as me?

[Crissle West]

I hit 1,000 miles today. What? In the wooden bike?

[Kid Fury]

On the wooden bike that he fucking made.

[Crissle West]

And the Florida police ain't pulled him over and harassed him yet for this. That's what's really.

[Kid Fury]

What's illegal. Well, they gonna say, like, oh, the bike's made of wood.

[Crissle West]

They don't need a reason to pull you over. It don't have to be legal. Don't have nothing to do with it. But, wow, the fact that he was like, I didn't even really try with this, you guys. I just had to go to school, and I. Have you tried to take the bus in Miami? It don't work. So I had to figure something. Oh, that's incredible. Go off.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, rely on the bus in Miami. Miami Transit. You might get to your class 72 hours after.

[Crissle West]

You not going. You not going.

[Kid Fury]

You are simply not going. It's not miss 115 coming. It's miss 152 hours. You just don't. That's not.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, it's the same in Oklahoma. So I just. This is incredible, though. Wow, wow, wow. I could do this sort of thing and have it just be like, no big deal. Like, this is not even one of my main projects. I swear, y' all would not be able to tell me one fucking thing.

[Kid Fury]

You really. You wouldn't have time. Like, you wouldn't have space, time, or opportunity to tell me.

[Crissle West]

It's like, yeah, I made a bike that was fast.

[Kid Fury]

That was a fuming bayou on my hoverboard made out of Sprite cans. You fucking ungrateful bitches. You stay your ass at home and watch Love Island.

[Crissle West]

Oh, man. Right? While you bitches are sitting around talking about, come get your baddie chain, I'm actually using the. And the body that God gave me, so. Wow, this is really incredible.

[Kid Fury]

Hats off to you. Our helmets. All right, so let's get into the pop culture segment.

[Crissle West]

He got a light everything, this nigga?

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah. He's not. He made a vehicle.

[Crissle West]

He did.

[Kid Fury]

Like, he's not.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I'm sorry. I can't get. I just am. I'm stupid. All over his Instagram because this is incredible. But yes. Yeah, we can. We can move on.

[Kid Fury]

I'm.

[Crissle West]

I'mma close the window. I'm. I'm gagged. I'm gooped. Gobsmacked.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, he calls it the wooden horse.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, well, that's probably. That's probably like some smart ass reference that I don't get because I don't.

[Kid Fury]

Know history or engineering, but could be like a literary. It probably is a giant book.

[Crissle West]

Oh, and he has a. Oh, he had a fundraiser, but then it was.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah, they took it down. The man said, I just needed a way to get to school and I have it now.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. So thanks so much.

[Kid Fury]

Not looking for a hand clap. Didn't even think that this would go viral. I just needed to get to school. Amen. Huh? Ingenuity at its finest under God's living eyes.

[Crissle West]

Isn't that so sweet?

[Kid Fury]

Every now and then you look at something on the news, you see how.

[Crissle West]

He didn't start texting a bunch of women, talking about, can you take me to school? No, he figured it the fuck out. Incredible. Yeah. Gonna get that degree.

[Kid Fury]

You really are aunts and uncute uncles now. Leaning into it, let's get into a pop culture segment that we call. You are right. Kendrick Lamar matches Stevie Wonder with most back to back Grammy wins. Stevie Wonder, pretty big deal. Braids on the back, legend and icon.

[Crissle West]

Okay, where's this going?

[Kid Fury]

Nothing. I'm finished. Okay, so this, this brother, Kendrick Lamar, 15 Grammys on Sunday. I didn't watch.

[Crissle West]

No, I was in the club.

[Kid Fury]

Okay.

[Crissle West]

I was.

[Kid Fury]

So, yes, now 27 plus wins to his name.

[Crissle West]

And.

[Kid Fury]

That was for me. I don't care. You guys have. Don't have. You don't need to have ever heard of God to be real. Just doing yourself a disservice. So, yeah, congratulations to him for winning these awards that he deserved and for being out there with legends at this still relatively young age. And shout out to him for going up there with a pick in his head. I liked that.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. Record of the year. Back to back is really crazy. Well, I did see the clip of Cher announcing and saying that Luther Vandross won because songs called Luther and I guess she got confused. It's actually an honor.

[Kid Fury]

And if you think about it, yeah, he kind of did win too.

[Crissle West]

He kind of did, right? I mean, again, they wouldn't be no song without Luther Vandross's estate on the record. Right?

[Kid Fury]

You could hear named after him. Yeah, I'm sure. Was it. Oh, Luther Vandross. Oh, wait, okay. Yeah, that's not him. That's walking up here.

[Crissle West]

Oh, no, no, no. She said, no, no, no. Luther Kendrick Lamar. She has an icon, though. So it is. Yeah, that's that. That just made the show all the more better, I'm sure.

[Kid Fury]

Shaboozi won best country duo slash group performance and is facing black American backlash because he said during his speech that I didn't hear that he wanted to dedicate. I didn't. I mean, I didn't fucking watch it. I'm just reading the news.

[Crissle West]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

He said in a part of his speech that he wanted to dedicate his went to immigrants who literally built this country. Swoozie is American of Nigerian descent. This is no, you know, locked down, bunkered up, secret. But, you know, some black folk were like, hello.

[Crissle West]

You forgot somebody.

[Kid Fury]

Excuse me.

[Crissle West]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

Shaboozy posted an Instagram story. Press release, IG Press. He said, first and foremost, I want to express my deep gratitude to everyone who supported, celebrated my journey as an artist. I also want to acknowledge the conversation surrounding my acceptance speech. To be clear, I know and believe that we black people have also built this country. My words would have intended to dismiss that truth. I am both a black man and the son of Nigerian immigrants. And in the overwhelming moment of winning my first Grammy, my focus was on honoring the sacrifices my parents made by coming to this country to give me and my siblings opportunities they never had. At the same time, winning this award on the first day of Black History month and becoming the first black man to win the best country duo is black history. It stands on the foundation laid by generations of black people who fought, sacrificed and succeeded long before me. This moment belongs to all of us. My entire career has been rooted in lifting people up, honoring where we come from, and expanding what's possible. I'm proud to be part of this legacy, and I intend to continue doing that work for the rest of my life with love. That's it. Thoughts?

[Crissle West]

Well, I mean, he was incorrect in saying that, you know, immigrants built the country, and some places were certainly not immigrants. So.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, and my parents are immigrants, so.

[Crissle West]

Right. So that's just not correct. I can understand, though, getting caught up in the moment of winning your first Grammy and misspeaking.

[Kid Fury]

I think that's really what happened.

[Crissle West]

I can understand that.

[Kid Fury]

I completely agree with that. He is close. Close to. He wins this award, he goes up there, breaks these barriers. He's probably thinking of his family, he's thinking of his heritage, and he's thinking of what it means for them to have come over here and him have this opportunity. I Think he misspoked. He misspoke. And I think that this IG press release also kind of gets me back, because let me tell you what a lot of little Caribbean.

[Crissle West]

Oh, yeah.

[Kid Fury]

A lot of African niggas would have otherwise told you to hold their nuts.

[Crissle West]

Um.

[Kid Fury]

But, yeah, I think it was like a. Oh, my God, I'm hype. I said something wrong, right?

[Crissle West]

So I. You know, I. I saw the backlash and all the controversy about it. I saw these apologies. I think this. I mean, it's not even really an apology. It's more like just clearing things up Again, I think his explanation here makes sense, and so that's fine. It's just more. I think people would have appreciated a flat out I misspoke or whatever or something like that. But, yeah, I get being so excited. Speaking of excited, I'm sure you saw that clip of Duran winning his Grammy and running to the stage and being so overcome with emotion and just having the best speech speech and embracing his parents and all that. I can understand being so caught up in that moment that you just kind of say shit and, you know, you're riding on an adrenaline high that most of us will probably never know anything about. So as long as we all understand that enslaved Africans forcibly brought to this country built this bitch for free. As long as we all understand and acknowledge that, then, you know, I have no interest in picking apart a black man for this. You know, otherwise.

[Kid Fury]

And I think that that can be true simultaneously with immigrants having a lot to do with the, like, sustainability of the. Because there really is a lot of immigrants who have come here and basically helped keep things afloat alongside the indigenous people and enslaved people who created the foundation for it. So it's not as if immigrant people had just been coming over here and chewing gum. But what he said was not correct.

[Crissle West]

Right? I mean, you know, immigrants come over here and work hard and deal with racism and all that. Like, sure, all that's very valid. It's just what you said, and you said it during Black History Month. So N Was niggas is extra sensitive right now. You have to understand that we really not standing for anybody getting our history wrong during our month. So I completely understand everybody's feelings about it, but I. You know, I think this statement goes a long way towards clearing up where his mind was. And this was certainly not deliberate or intentional erasing of, you know, black American history, so.

[Kid Fury]

Also super proud of Durand. My God.

[Crissle West]

Mm. Oh, his speech was so good. And then his parents up there with him. I almost cried.

[Kid Fury]

From Skyping with this nigga in our parents house to God's destiny that we both knew was always there. Congratulations, Monica. I could not be more proud of you. You didn't deserve this. And it's just the fucking beginning. If they didn't know, they know now. Ever voice that doll baby. That original baby. Okay. Keke Palmer told E online. Oh no. She said on today that she even in marriage has no desire to live in the same house as her romantic partner. She joins many black diva who have said these very same words. She in fact cited one Whoopi Goldberg saying, I just feel like Whoopi Goldberg said it once and she said I don't want nobody in my house. And I feel that she said you can be in the guest house, we can even be on the same land. But I'm over there and he's over here. At best, separate rooms. Lakeisha and Paul, why don't I make her? I simply agree, bitch. And you know what? Yes. He has his towels, I have my towels.

[Crissle West]

Absolutely.

[Kid Fury]

Girl. At best is giving, you know, I'm on this floor, he's on this floor and I think that's fine. And I would even assuming it's like, oh, I plan to be with this nigga for the rest of our days. I still want to spend the majority of time with you. Like I don't never want to see you, but I also, it's like woo. Is that 8:30? Is that 9:00pm? Well you might as well go ahead and go home.

[Crissle West]

Well, it's getting to be that time. Big yawn and stretch. Woo. Well, I have to get up early. Don't know about you, what you doing? What you finna do.

[Kid Fury]

Now that the credits are rolling for this latest heated rivalry, I feel like we might as well just take care.

[Crissle West]

Of time to just go on. I know.

[Kid Fury]

No, I mean I should get to my bed. You should get to your bed.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. Going to my bed in my home. Yeah. I don't think I need separate houses but I would prefer a house big enough to where we can both have our own space. Yeah, you have your own room for you to do things in. I have my own room for me to do things in. There's a separate office for businessy things and then a bedroom. Like I'm thinking at least four bedrooms and then we ought to be able to make it work. But you know, Keke's very rich. She probably can have a compound with a couple of little houses on it. She like, I'm staying in the big house. You stay in the casita. And I see. Oh, and ooh.

[Kid Fury]

I'm sorry. There's no argument. This isn't a democracy.

[Crissle West]

So it's Barbie's dream house, Not Mojo Dojo.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my gosh. She was getting Ken together.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, she was.

[Kid Fury]

It wasn't even on purpose.

[Crissle West]

And so sweetly.

[Kid Fury]

You want to come over for.

[Crissle West]

You want to spend the night? To do what to do? She said, oh, but it's girls night. And he was like, oh, yeah, girls night is every night. And she was like, right.

[Kid Fury]

Greta was dragging.

[Crissle West]

That nigga wanted to spend time with her so bad. She was like, but why? Why would we hang out?

[Kid Fury]

I saw you all day today. We beached.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, we beached.

[Kid Fury]

I know.

[Crissle West]

I'm finna go brush hair with President Barbie and stay up with the girls. We're gonna have a dance party and then go to bed. What do you mean?

[Kid Fury]

That movie is so fucking.

[Crissle West]

When the little girl asked where the kins live and she was like, I honestly don't know. She had never occurred to her, has.

[Kid Fury]

She, to even think about it? That's me. I think that's the last part.

[Crissle West]

I don't know where that nigga go. Ken has a home. I never thought about Ken living somewhere. I don't know. Oh, that was a good movie.

[Kid Fury]

Fierce.

[Crissle West]

Very cute.

[Kid Fury]

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[Crissle West]

Woo.

[Kid Fury]

I'm parched. And you know what would really do my thirst? Something spectacular. It'd be a crisp Sprite Zero Sugar. That's right. Unk is watching the sweets, okay? Because summer's coming up and I'm trying to be thought Tiana. So you get the crisp lemon lime flavor just without the sugar. And there isn't, like, any crazy compromise and hidden asterisk and, you know, National Lampoon, like, mystery of what's actually happening to you. It's refreshing. And as someone who might be obsessed with carbonated beverages, it just gives me exactly what I need. So try it out. This is Sprite Zero sugar. Obey your thirst. God, I've always wanted to say that. Okay, so you remember when Kayla Nicole dressed up as Toni Braxton for Halloween or some shit, and I guess the Swifties got.

[Crissle West]

How could I forget? Oh.

[Kid Fury]

Well, you could recently find video footage of the same Kayla Nicole dancing as part of Toni Braxton's backup for He Wasn't Man Enough. Toni Braxton had Kayla Nicole get up on stage with Toni Braxton and tell these white women that they can kiss both of their black titties. Did I just.

[Crissle West]

This was so great. This was so great. If you haven't seen this video, you have to go find it. It's so good.

[Kid Fury]

Pettiness aside, this show looks tea.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, it does. I'm like, how come I didn't know that Toni was on tour? Like, do I need to get tickets?

[Kid Fury]

Right?

[Crissle West]

What the fuck? Toni Braxton still looks incredible. Also, on top of everything else, you know, sounding good. And she coming to Newark on February. Oh, she'll be at Barclays on March 14th.

[Kid Fury]

There it is.

[Crissle West]

There it is.

[Kid Fury]

I think you need to go.

[Crissle West]

I think I do, too. But, yeah, that moment was so cute. She was. Kayla Nicole was just so excited and honored. I mean, who wouldn't be? Like, it's one thing to do with TikTok. It's another for Toni to call you and be like, girl, come be on stage with me. But, yeah, you know, she killed her little choreography. She had a cute little moment and all that. It was. Yeah, it was great.

[Kid Fury]

T posted on her Instagram too, and said, thank you. I am Kayla Nicole, for everything. You were spectacular niece. Imagine you dress up as this icon or whatever, get stupid, unnecessary mad ass reactions for it, and then said icon invites you to come do some of the sickest dances I've seen in a little minute on the stage, and then refers to you as niece.

[Crissle West]

No, I'll just evaporate. Thank you so much.

[Kid Fury]

You just dress up as this lady that we all love, and then now she's your auntie.

[Crissle West]

And now she's your auntie. Yeah. And you are just right up there in Toni Braxton history, like I live. Yeah, y' all really would not be able to tell me shit. This Toni Braxton tour is actually new edition Boyz II Men and Toni Braxton. So it's gonna be all the old ho. What? Yeah. Yeah, I'm going. I am going, bitch.

[Kid Fury]

Boone's Farm in every cut I live. That is going to be the day.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. Oh, God. Of course, it's mostly sold out, but anyway.

[Kid Fury]

And I guarantee she already did la. This was probably the LA one.

[Crissle West]

Oh, yeah, it probably was. Because I'm sure Kayla Nicole lives out there.

[Kid Fury]

I don't ever get to have nothing. She's gonna be at Oklahoma city on the 6th.

[Crissle West]

Oh, that's cute. Yeah. Chicago tonight. Mm. I'm seeing all of that. I do believe you have missed out on Los Angeles. I do believe.

[Kid Fury]

Damn, this lady is gorgeous.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. What a moment.

[Kid Fury]

That's really cute. Congratulations to everybody involved.

[Crissle West]

Love that. For Caleb.

[Kid Fury]

It was giving me, like. It was giving me, like. What do you call the. What do you call those girls in the back 30s? Yes, Blackford girls. Those giving me, like, Fosse.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. A lot of Simeons. Yep, yep. A lot of draping materials and all that. It was very cute.

[Kid Fury]

Bob Mackie.

[Crissle West]

There you go. You saying all the names.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, so let's discuss how Lil Wayne is preparing for the NFL's big day. And by big day, I mean Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Licks halftime performance. And the super bowl game, too.

[Crissle West]

Why would he be preparing for that? Oh.

[Kid Fury]

Cause he has a big performance that's gonna take place just two days before on February 6th. He will be having a show at the Clash Royale Arena. Now, you might, like myself, earlier today, be asking yourself, what's the Clash Royal Arena?

[Crissle West]

That was exactly my question. Thank you so much. Cause I thought that was a video game.

[Kid Fury]

It Is absolutely a mobile video game.

[Crissle West]

Wait, is he performing in the. In the video game?

[Kid Fury]

Crystal, I wish I had an answer for this. I really do. When I tell you I had to actually just move on. Cause I was like, I have other shit to do. I don't know. This is. Folks, if you haven't heard of Clash Royale, it's one of them app games that have, like, a commercial. This is like. This is like saying Gucci Mane is performing on Candy Crush. It is. I don't know how this is going to work.

[Crissle West]

So what, you. You download the app and then there's a tab where you can just click and watch Lil Wayne?

[Kid Fury]

I guess.

[Crissle West]

Why would they call it the Clash Royale Arena? That's not a place you can go to.

[Kid Fury]

That's the name of the game.

[Crissle West]

But. But.

[Kid Fury]

But I don't know.

[Crissle West]

But Krystal.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, he said music, sports, and gaming all in one place. Y' all know how much I love being at the center of the music. Clash Royale's at the center of the culture.

[Crissle West]

This Clash Royale.

[Kid Fury]

I'm turning.

[Crissle West]

Do they stream music on that?

[Kid Fury]

I have no idea how this works.

[Crissle West]

This is Hakim.

[Kid Fury]

I'm turning the Clash. Clash Royale arena into the most lit concert of the week. Tap in February 6th to see what we got in store for y'. All.

[Crissle West]

Tap in, literally. Because. What do you mean? Yeah, and so what, you just download Clash Royale. I'm gonna do. I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna do it on my business.

[Kid Fury]

Why?

[Crissle West]

Because I need to understand how this is supposed to work. Do you have to subscribe? Do you have to, like, pay something to see this? Or is it just gonna be.

[Kid Fury]

I think Clash of Royale arena is free.

[Crissle West]

Epic. Multi. No, but you. I'm sure they have in app purchases, so there's like a. If you want the Lil Wayne concert, you know, it's $20 or whatever on the in app purchase.

[Kid Fury]

But how the fuck is this concert going to work? Is this going to be a streamed concert? Like, he's on a stage and then they just stream it? Because why would they do that on this game?

[Crissle West]

I legitimately don't understand. Like, I. I really don't get this. I can't be able to give no other context. He's just like, yeah, that's it. Figure it out.

[Kid Fury]

I will not be involved. Like the gamer. I have an embarrassing amount of games in my library. One day, maybe I'll announce the number, but it's sick. And I will not be 10ft near this. For what? What are you talking About Fortnite has concerts quite a bit. They had an Ariana Grande concert. They had a Travis Scott concert. I feel like blackpink or somebody did it.

[Crissle West]

The real people. It wasn't like little Fortnite people.

[Kid Fury]

No, but it's, like, animated to look like the celebrity. And Fortnite is a more 3D open world mat. So they could actually. The Travis Scott one was actually so crazy. I actually was very, very impressed on how they did it. But if you have ever seen Fortnite, you could probably make out. And it isn't real people. They just animate, like, oh, here's Ariana Grande. Here's an animated Travis Cott. And they put them on a digital stage.

[Crissle West]

Oh, nice.

[Kid Fury]

And then usually there's a whole bunch of, like, bells and whistles to make it, like, more than just a regular concert you could see in person. But that's Fortnite. Like, if he were saying that, because, yeah, they play their music. I mean, it's like watching.

[Crissle West]

It's not even live, though. Like, this is. It's just like a recording of them doing, like a mashup.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, those aren't. They're like, oh, it's gonna take place at this time. But of course, it's all right. It's all prerecorded before the. You know, and I imagine the same thing will probably be the case here. I just cannot. I can't picture see how it's going to work with this game because I've.

[Crissle West]

Never played this game or why I've only seen. I've only seen, like, commercials and screens or I'm playing some other game. And then here come an ad for this one and I'm trying to find the X, but you gotta wait 30 seconds.

[Kid Fury]

It's a before top down tower defense.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I don't get it.

[Kid Fury]

Game.

[Crissle West]

Okay, I am gonna figure it out. Auntie's uncles, I'm gonna figure it out.

[Kid Fury]

This is like. This is like fucking eight ball and MJG performing on Galaga. This is Trina performing on Ms. Pac Man. What are we talking. I don't understand.

[Crissle West]

Maybe Noah can explain this to me, how this is even possible.

[Kid Fury]

I doubt she can. I bet you she can.

[Crissle West]

I just don't get it.

[Kid Fury]

I bet you she can't. She not gonna know what she's gonna say. What's Clash Royale? Who's Lil Wayne? Um. Damn. Young money, need money. Sha' Carri Richardson and Christian Coleman got locked up. Sha' Carri for speeding. Christian Coleman for resisting arrest and having weed on him. That he dropped, I guess. Well.

[Crissle West]

So separately or coming from the same incident?

[Kid Fury]

Okay, so sha' Carri was pulled over. They said she was going over 100 miles per hour. There's unfortunately even body cam footage of her about to go to jail, the cop talking to her and stuff, and she's just like crying, begging was want to get arrested or go to jail. She did. Now, Christian Coleman, her boyfriend, got arrested because apparently he pulled over when she got pulled over and got out the car. And when he got out the car. Why did you get out the car, girl?

[Crissle West]

Why would you get out the car?

[Kid Fury]

Not only was he not supposed to get out of the car, the police apparently told him to leave. He did not.

[Crissle West]

Oh my God.

[Kid Fury]

I guess in some, at some point when he got out of the car, they say that he dropped drug paraphernalia, which by the description it sounds like it was just like a weed bowl. Like a glass bowl that you smoke weed out of.

[Crissle West]

Oh, nigga.

[Kid Fury]

So he got arrested for, I guess possession of that and resisting arrest without violence, which I'm assuming could either be because of the refusal to get back in his car and leave, but resisting could be as simple as they put handcuffs on you and you move your arm cuz it's uncomfortable. But it could like resisting arrest, especially without violence, could be a million things. Anyways, they both went to jail because of this. I think they were bonded out for $500 or something and they have to wait for an arraignment. Sha', Carri, be careful, miss. Girl, over 100 miles per hour is wild.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. I'm begging you to come, but you.

[Kid Fury]

Look great in this mug shot. Amazing skin, great complexion, the braids are fresh. You look good.

[Crissle West]

You need to come.

[Kid Fury]

Please be careful on the road therapist.

[Crissle West]

Real bad. Real, real, real bad.

[Kid Fury]

Girl, do you know how dangerous driving is? Do you know how dangerous driving incredibly fast is? It's not just you're in a wrecking ball.

[Crissle West]

You could kill so many other people, girl.

[Kid Fury]

So many other people. It happens all the time.

[Crissle West]

The back tire was under inflated and that's why she was speeding, girl.

[Kid Fury]

That's what she said to the cops, which makes it worse.

[Crissle West]

Why wouldn't you be going slower?

[Kid Fury]

That's what I'm saying.

[Crissle West]

Right, that's what I'm saying. This doesn't. And then this n like, have you never had an interaction with the police? I would have pulled over too, but I would have remained in the vehicle and just recorded everything. And then if. And then once she's getting arrested. Hello, officers. I'M with her. Can I know what station you take her to or whatever? What precinct? Like, why would you get out and try to plead the case, nigga? They clocked her going 100 miles an hour. She's getting arrested. You're not. They're not letting you off with that.

[Kid Fury]

Higher than Falcon titties.

[Crissle West]

And then you get out and watch your bong falls out, nigga.

[Kid Fury]

First of all, I thought sha' Carri was gay.

[Crissle West]

What happened to that? You know, she said, I'm queer, so my switch is flipped right now. Leave me alone.

[Kid Fury]

Maybe that's the problem. Maybe you need to get back with.

[Crissle West]

You need to get back with that. Yeah, get back with that young lady. Cause this is you and this nigga. Every time I hear your name, it's something ridiculous. Getting into shit at the airport and. Oh, man. Okay, well.

[Kid Fury]

You know, I'm. You're on my heart. You know what I mean? Let this be a lesson.

[Crissle West]

So he. He's 29. She's still only 25.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

I'm telling you, Sha', Carri, she's like. She's like that dumbass that's fucking around with papoose. What's her name?

[Kid Fury]

Oh, Claire.

[Crissle West]

Yes. She's like Clarissa Shields, where it's like, I just get the same vibe from them that, like, you made it to an incredible place after some really fucked up shit happened to you when you was young. And now you're dealing with and worked.

[Kid Fury]

Hard to get there.

[Crissle West]

And now you're dealing with being rich and famous and having all of your shit that's coming up and you trying to manage it on top of everything else, and you're not really doing that great of a job. I want both of y' all to get therapists. Real bad girl. Because it's not. When you in the news, it's like, not great headlines. Baby, I really do want better for you. You gotta work through whatever you got going on.

[Kid Fury]

You know who I didn't know was gay? Porsha Williams.

[Crissle West]

She not. Don't worry about it.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, thank you for clarifying. Cause I'm like, Portia. What?

[Crissle West]

I'm sure she didn't say she was gay. She probably got a little girlfriend, but she didn't say she was gay.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, she does have a little girlfriend.

[Crissle West]

Mm. Yeah. A lot of the girls get girlfriends. It don't mean nothing. Sorry. No shade to the.

[Kid Fury]

This nigga is cute.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, she is.

[Kid Fury]

So, like, I could definitely see. So you know when the girlies be like, oh, my God. And they need to, you know, Yeah.

[Crissle West]

A fine little somebody with a backpack, right? Yeah. It's very easy to fall. It is. But until Portia says out of her mouth. Meeting this person made me realize that my sexuality is more complex, and I now identify as bi or, you know, whatever else.

[Kid Fury]

That's a great point.

[Crissle West]

I'm not putting that on her, so. No. Mm. Good for you, though. I mean, again, she is cute. Yeah, she really, really is.

[Kid Fury]

Well, who we know is gay is your statdy, Queen Latifah.

[Crissle West]

My dad.

[Kid Fury]

Who.

[Crissle West]

Not statty. That's sexual.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah, you just say dad.

[Crissle West]

That's my dad. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, that's right. We got. We call her. She had a beautiful congratulations for her.

[Crissle West]

Lover, her partner, my stepmom.

[Kid Fury]

Ebony Nichols, who I guess was part producer of the. The Grammys this year. She said on Instagram, ebony Nichols. That's how you know she's. I couldn't be more proud of you for being a producer on this year's Grammys. I love watching your dreams come true, baby. Major shout out to these other people. You are all elevating the biggest night in music to a whole new level. With pictures of our lady. I love it.

[Crissle West]

They are really sweet together. And seeing my dad finally feel comfortable enough to openly, you know, talk about Ebony and embrace her as such an important part of our lives is just, you know, it's heartwarming for me and my family that we're at this place. And even her daddy posted, like, on Instagram, the, Like, her pictures and stuff from the Grammys, and the Caption was, like, 20 years a cover girl. And I'm like, I literally remember 20 years ago when my dad got that deal, and still now is like, just, oh, my God. Can you believe we're that. Can you believe we're that old? Holy.

[Kid Fury]

Talk about the blast from the past. Bitch Skin Ting still.

[Crissle West]

Still on CoverGirl payroll over there. Okay. Taking care of all of my school bills, et cetera. But, yeah, this is just really sweet. Again, I love stepmomy Ebony so much, so I really do love to see it. It's a great. Yeah. This set of parents, they're doing great.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. This one.

[Crissle West]

I mean. But I really am happy to see Queen Latifah in this place that so many queer elders didn't ever get to. I just love it. And that she gets to.

[Kid Fury]

And I love that Queen did it on her own.

[Crissle West]

Yes.

[Kid Fury]

I was exactly about to say that.

[Crissle West]

Yes. That she was able to do it on her terms when she felt comfortable, y' all, wasn't gonna force her out the closet. Yes. Everybody knew, but y' all still was not gonna force her hand and make her say or do anything she wasn't comfortable doing. It's literally all been on her terms. Ah.

[Kid Fury]

And what you can do is sieve. I love it. I'm so happy for her.

[Crissle West]

Me, too.

[Kid Fury]

For both of your dad and your stepmom.

[Crissle West]

My dad and my. Yeah, my stepmom. She's the best.

[Kid Fury]

I'm gonna wrap up Hot tops there. Let's just end it on some. Something positive.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. For once.

[Kid Fury]

For once.

[Crissle West]

Usually not.

[Kid Fury]

My God, I can't tell you how many. I was looking at shit today, and I was like, I don't feel like it. No, girl, please. I was just like, so many things. I was like, this is some negative bullshit. I really don't want to talk about. This is some stupid ass shit that I want to talk about. Okay? Nikki's brain is somewhere in wonderland still. Great.

[Crissle West]

Oh, my God.

[Kid Fury]

I'm just like. I'm not talking about any of this. Good evening.

[Crissle West]

I saw the Nicki Minaj shit yesterday, and I was like, I just don't care no more. It's nothing. It's something new constantly with that bitch. But, yeah, it's.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, it's like every week.

[Crissle West]

She's not. I mean, what else can even be said? But, yeah, you got a lot going on with the, you know, the NBA trade deadline and everything, so I'm sure you've been busy in all of your.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my God, so busy. I can't even tell you the amount of, like, boots to the Ground research that I've been doing. Oh, yeah. And reporting and journalistic work in general.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

It's really crazy because this particular year in sports has been just such a hectic and monumental one, and I'm just. I don't know what I'm gonna do with my price. Yeah, you know, the girls already can't afford me, but either way, you girls at home can expect nothing but the truest, rawest, and most factual coverage of sportball athletes.

[Crissle West]

Grass, do you know where Giannis is going to? Or Draymond, for that matter?

[Kid Fury]

Up, up, up and up. Up the ladder and through the roof. In Jesus name. All right.

[Crissle West]

I don't even know why I asked.

[Kid Fury]

And with that, we're gonna take a break.

[Crissle West]

A fool.

[Kid Fury]

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[Crissle West]

Woo.

[Kid Fury]

I'm parched. And you know what would really do my thirst? Something spectacular. It'd be a crisp Sprite, zero sugar. That's right. Unk is watching the sweets. Okay. Cause summer's coming up and I'm trying to be Thot Tiana so you get the crisp lemon lime flavor just without the sugar. And there isn't like any crazy compromise and hidden asterisk and, you know, National Lampoon like mystery of what's actually happening to you. It's refreshing. And as someone who might be obsessed with carbonated beverages, it just gives me exactly what I need. So try it out. Zesprite. Zero sugar. Obey your thirst. Damn, I've always wanted to say that. Hello, we're back. It's time for your listener letters.

[Crissle West]

Indeed. Send your questions to askthereadmail.com we may read them aloud on the show. Our first letter this week comes from Macy, who says, I've been seeing my current therapist since I was dealing with postpartum symptoms after giving birth to my second child over two years ago. In that time, she has been instrumental in my growth around so many things, including the loss of my dad and taking my mama off the pedestal I put her on. And just seeing her as a human being, that's a big one. I really cannot overstate how impactful my therapist has been to me. She informed me today that next year she will be stepping into a more clinical role where she will be helping aspiring therapists access the tools necessary to break into the industry. So she won't be seeing clients anymore. Honestly, I think that's perfect for her. And I told her if that meant there were more social workers like her out there then I couldn't be mad at that. But honestly, I'm devastated. I'm already grieving the end of our time together and I'm not looking forward to having to start this process all over with a new therapist. I'm considering just ending my therapy journey altogether when she steps away, but I'm not sure if I have the tools necessary to do so. Have either of you ever been in this situation? Any tips or encouragement would be much appreciated. Thanks again. I have loved the show since the beginning. Take care, Macy.

[Kid Fury]

Ah, Macy, Macy, Macy. I get it. I get it. I love that you acknowledged the benefit of what your therapist plans to do. Right? Because that's exactly what I was thinking. Like, oh, God, this sucks for you as a client. Someone who's benefiting from therapy at the same time, this thing. She's not. Like, she didn't leave because she's auditioning to be in like Cats. You know what I'm saying?

[Crissle West]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

The streets could use more people in the field. I think I had a similar experience when I moved to California because I had to get a new therapist, psychiatrist, specifically because I need people to write scripts. So I had to get a new therapist, slash psychiatrist. And I damn near cried blood. I mean, I was just like, how am I supposed to leave this lady? I don't want to start all over. What is even the point? And in the way that that lady was like my fairy godmother, my therapist now is like my fairy goddad. Oh, love him to death. So all that to say, I get it, it's fair. It's not an unreasonable or irrational thing at all. I think this is something a lot of people feel when they have to change therapists, especially therapist that they really like. But I don't think you should be discouraged, especially if you feel like it's you need it or you're really benefiting from it or it's been really helpful. I'm always going to encourage you to stay in therapy. It sounds like you might have some time to find someone else that you know fits for you or someone else that you're comfortable with. I wonder if you could get a good referral because that's what my psychiatrist did in New York. They helped me find one here. So, yeah, I think it's fair for you to feel and maybe even talk through with your therapist in preparation for finding someone else. But I think you should give someone else a chance at helping you because I think in the long run you'll benefit and you'll build a new relationship with a great person who loves you and you know, wants to help you figure your stuff out.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, it's great that she gave you so much time to like get ready for this transition. I agree with everything Kfieri just said, but also don't be afraid to ask her for a referral to other therapists and don't be afraid to ask her. But when y' all get down to like the last couple of months or so, ask her if you what she thinks. Like does she think you need to keep going or does she think you're in a good place where maybe you can spend the next three to six months or whatever, you know, trying to figure things out by yourself or just see, you know, if you've, if you're in a place where you don't really need that kind of weekly support anymore, she would have probably some great insight. It sounds like this is been such a wonderful relationship for you and the way you feel about your therapist has so much to do with whether therapy works. The provider client relationship is really, really vital in the therapy process. So hopefully she can refer you to somebody that you also end up feeling this same kind of great bond with. But I've never had this happen as a client, but I have been the therapist who had to cut things off with clients and yeah, I mean that sucks. It's hard. I high key wanted to keep seeing people for free even after I graduated and it had to be like, girl, if you are not going to go take these exams and then start working on externship, you cannot. I just didn't wanna stop seeing my clients, you know, they were doing great. So it's hard for sure. But I think you have some options here for either finding somebody new or maybe taking a break and then getting back to it. If you wanna do that.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

All right, Good luck, Macy. Let us know what you decide to do. Our next letter comes from Amirah who says I'm a 28 year old woman who was recently dumped by a guy I was dating. Long story short, I jumped to conclusions about two different situations and said some things that I should not have said. While I was upset, this man had already. This man had already told me before that that type of behavior was a deal breaker for him. And after I did it a second time, he did indeed end things. I got my ass down on bended knee asking for a second chance, but he wasn't having it. He said that while we were a match made in heaven, when my Feelings aren't hurt. He didn't think we were aligned. Overall, I know I was there wrong for how I acted growing up. I saw my mother exhibit the same type of toxic communication pattern, and it's something that I know I need to work on. My feelings for this man are so strong that when he ended things on Tuesday, I immediately booked an appointment to talk to the lady on Thursday. Lmao.

[Kid Fury]

Work.

[Crissle West]

Do you guys think there's any way I can work on myself and work on being a better communicator to convince my boo to give me another chance, or should I just take this L and move on? Thanks so much, Amirah.

[Kid Fury]

First of all, not lmao.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Amira, I think that you should take a piece from both of those options. I think that you should do the self reflection and the work and the accountability and the evolution, and you should take this hell and never talk to that man again.

[Crissle West]

Yep. You really should.

[Kid Fury]

You really should. Because first of all, you should not be doing any of that work to get a nigga back.

[Crissle West]

Yes.

[Kid Fury]

Like, you tossed me out the window over that. Like, baby, that's not what that's for at all. So you get that out of your mind.

[Crissle West]

Please.

[Kid Fury]

You get that directly out of your mind. You go and get help for yourself, for your. And the fact that you even referenced your mom having traits like this, negative traits like this, you're acknowledging that there is, like a younger you in there that reacts to certain things because that's how she. That's what she was taught. That's what she lived around. So you do that for you so that you can be more at peace and you can learn more about yourself and do better by yourself. And then the next person who enters your life from a romantic standpoint, you'll be better prepared for those types of things. But this nigga, let him go into the wind, baby. You said you 21.

[Crissle West]

28 girls.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, 28 still. Shit, yeah, 20. And you said you was 40?

[Crissle West]

Yeah. Amira, if you're going to therapy in the hopes that one day this man will take you back. No, because the goal of therapy needs to be happiness, peace within yourself, living a good life that you can be proud of, being the type of person you want to be, working through your shit for yourself, doing all this with the hopes that, like, after a few weeks, you can call him or text him and be like, oh, my God, I've been in therapy. I'm doing so much better. Blah, blah, asking him to come to a session with you and all this. I Actually am. If I were you, I would honestly be a little embarrassed that a man was more mature than I was. I would honestly be a little ashamed. But, shit, it sounds like this nigga knows his worth and he's not playing no games. He told you the way you felt.

[Kid Fury]

That's what it sound like to me.

[Crissle West]

Was childish and ridiculous. He told you it was a deal breaker. For whatever reason, you let yourself get swept up by these fantasies you had in your head again, jumped to conclusions, said things that were based on the conclusions you jumped to and not in reality. And that nigga said, I'm actually not dealing with this. That's great for you.

[Kid Fury]

Mind you, after the second time, which means you crossed the boundary before, pissed him off, and he decided to pay it and keep moving forward, and you did it again.

[Crissle West]

He told you. He told you. This is a. This is deal breaker. He wasn't even overly strict. Girl, cuz, I would have cut you off the first time. He wasn't even overly strict. He was. I would. I would. The shame of a man being more emotionally mature than me would probably send me to therapy. I'll be like, we have to talk. Because how come this nigga is better at taking care of his feelings and. And having boundaries than I am? Yikes.

[Kid Fury]

And on top of that, outside of. Along with discussing your. Your reactions to things, your temperament or whatever, I would also talk to this lady about why I am so goddamn attached to this nigga or any other one that this. You know what I mean? My attachment to them is specifically why I'm sitting here today, also in hopes of getting it back.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

I would really urge you to speak on that as well. Cause there's something to tell. There's something in there.

[Crissle West]

Tell the therapist that when he broke up with you, you got down on bended knee and begged him to take you back.

[Kid Fury]

Boy, listen. Bended knee. When she read. Listen, when you read that, I was like, God, I hope this is a metaphor. I hope she's just.

[Crissle West]

She said, I am on my knee.

[Kid Fury]

She just physically got on your knees. My God.

[Crissle West]

Ask it for a second chance. You mean a third chance. That man had already gave you a second chance. He told you this was not cool, and you. You were in that situation that probably felt uncontrollable. Again, bring this up to your therapist. I'm sure if you had been in your right mind thinking clearly, you wouldn't have done this, but you weren't. So you need to ask yourself why you take things that far mentally? Why do you jump to conclusions and then act off of those assumptions before you know the truth. Why do you do that? A therapist will help you get to the bottom of that. But again, that's something you need to do regardless of whether this man takes you back.

[Kid Fury]

Yes.

[Crissle West]

Do you ever want to be in a healthy relationship? Then you gonna have to figure that out. Do you wanna have good friends?

[Kid Fury]

This ain't no three strike program.

[Crissle West]

It ain't. It's really not.

[Kid Fury]

We ain't at no goddamn call center. 1. One strike or what is it?

[Crissle West]

This was.

[Kid Fury]

Fool me once. Shame on you. Fool me twice.

[Crissle West]

No, girl, you will not get a. You simply won't get a third chance. No, because that means this is just how you act. And when you get mad, you're gonna use this as an excuse. Like, well, sometimes when I get mad, I just do. Blah, blah, blah.

[Kid Fury]

I hate that.

[Crissle West]

It ain't. It's simply not acceptable. You not gonna treat me like that. I don't know who you finna do all that with. Maybe your mama. You go to your mama's house and do all that, but you're not finna do all that with me. Shout out to him. That nigga said, I know my worth and I'm adding tax. Amirah. Figure it out. So yeah, I think you gotta just.

[Kid Fury]

Stick with the lady.

[Crissle West]

Mm. And watch how all aspects of your life improve. Not just dating. Like, things will clear up for you in so many different ways. But you got to call that lady and be real about what went wrong. Okay. We are wishing you the best of luck. Our last letter comes from Robert, who says, I'm a 33 year old black gay man in a relationship with another black gay man who's the same age. The other weekend.

[Kid Fury]

Imagine that. I'm sorry.

[Crissle West]

The other weekend I went out with some friends to a bar. I'm a person who loves to have fun and twerk with friends. This particular night, I was drinking quite a bit because it was an associate's birthday.

[Kid Fury]

Uh oh.

[Crissle West]

I was really feeling the liquor. And a few of my boyfriend's friends were also at the bar.

[Kid Fury]

Uh oh.

[Crissle West]

I was dancing with everybody, child. I danced with them and another guy that my boyfriend and I both know. I'm well aware that I was probably having too much fun drinking and twerking. And it probably looks like the dancing was something more than what it was.

[Kid Fury]

Of course it probably. Girl, come out and say it. Why is she dancing? I'm sorry, girl.

[Crissle West]

Of course, me twerking on. Everybody got back to my boyfriend through his best friend who loves to exaggerate shit. My boyfriend spent two days ignoring me before we had one five minute conversation where he said that he was ignoring me because I didn't tell him I was going to the club and because I was dancing all over some guy and everybody saw it. I'm usually pretty good about keeping my boyfriend updated on my whereabouts, but when it comes to Friday and Saturday nights, it's more of a challenge because wherever I'm going is usually not planned out. So it slips my mind to tell him if I decide to go out. Knowing my whereabouts makes him feel secure and I try to respect and honor that, but if I don't, it's hell to pay. It's now been five days without contact except for that five minute conversation. My boyfriend, his friends and I have all been out together before and I've danced the same way with them and even arguably worse. Sure, those friends were girls, but it's still the same. I think the difference is the embarrassment, quote unquote, of people seeing it and the. And the extra seasoning that I know his best friend put on that story about the extra seasoning.

[Kid Fury]

She was a little complete.

[Crissle West]

She did a lot with that. I feel horrible that I made my boyfriend feel embarrassed, but I also feel misunderstood as usual because he's treating me as if I fucked that man on the dance floor. I did speak with my friends who were at the club with me and they confirmed that I was just twerking all over the place like I usually do. Child. Do y' all have any advice? Thanks, Robert.

[Kid Fury]

Hmm. This is interesting. It is because he said, based on what Robert is saying the boyfriend said in the five minute conversation. It isn't about him dancing on these people, which I was wondering. And then he's like, you know, I danced on them like this, arguably worse when he was with the boyfriend. So yeah, it sounds like the reason he's upset is because this was happening when he wasn't there and people were in the position of saying, you know, this nigga was dancing with such and such when. When you weren't there. So, I mean, I get how he feels. I think five days of not talking to you behind it is a little much.

[Crissle West]

It's too much.

[Kid Fury]

So I suppose my. I suppose my response to this would be a flat out text or call or voice note or whatever the fuck that's like, we need to sit down and have like an extended deep conversation about what's going on here. Because you know me, you know what my intent is and like, it isn't to harm you or fuck you up or run your names through the streets. So, like, can we just have a conversation? Because this is going on for too long. I think that's what I would do in this position. And if I still get the cold shoulder or what have you, I would just assume I'm single.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, once you go three days without talking to me, I am single, so I don't care. No, I'm not gonna sing. Well, maybe I don't care, but I am single at this point. We had one five minute conversation and then you went back to ignoring me, not speaking to me because you so mad. I. I don't care that you're mad because I was at the club twerking on somebody. Like, I'm sorry. I don't consider that to be a big deal.

[Kid Fury]

Like, you know I do. And we've never cared about.

[Crissle West]

Right. So I don't care about that. Um, yeah, this idea of like, there's hell to pay if you don't tell him about your whereabouts. I don't like that either. Cause what do you mean?

[Kid Fury]

Right?

[Crissle West]

I'm grown, nigga. What do you mean? I don't have to check in with you. I don't have to ask permission. Like this honestly sounds like a long distance relationship. It sounds like he wants to be kept up to date because he's not in the city. Cause why else would you be tripping like.

[Kid Fury]

But did Robert say that?

[Crissle West]

No, I'm guessing. I don't know for sure.

[Kid Fury]

I'm assuming that's not the case because I feel like he would have. I feel like Robert would mention it probably. Don't you?

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

It feels like this nigga is just controlling.

[Crissle West]

It does.

[Kid Fury]

Because you point. You also pointed out a huge red flag, like police sirens. This nigga talking about, oh, I need to. He needs to be aware of my whereabouts or he's uncomfortable. The only GPS going on over here is the girl please system. You not finna tell me? I'm like, you need to know where I'm at, bitch. Are you cool?

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Do I look like somebody's 13 year old daughter?

[Crissle West]

He feels insecure when he don't know where I am. That's a him, bitch.

[Kid Fury]

Goodbye. Right?

[Crissle West]

Can I recommend growing up, healing Whatever your attachment issues are, Stop trying to control me out of fear or whatever else like that. I'm sorry, that's weird behavior. Why would you crash out or have a meltdown because you don't know where I am. Knowing my whereabouts makes him feel secure. What? I'm sorry. There's just certain things where if I feel like I'm genuinely in the wrong or I can see why you would be pissed. Even if I'm not in the wrong, then I'm much more willing to have a conversation. Give some grace here. But I was at the club twerking. Twerking. Not you saw me kissing. Not you saw me fucking. Not you even saw me giving out my number or flirting. You saw me twerking in the club drunk. And you not talking to me for a five minute.

[Kid Fury]

People I've done this with.

[Crissle West]

The answer is no. That is people you know with people you know. It ain't no way. Mm.

[Kid Fury]

Mm.

[Crissle West]

I'm not. I'm not tolerating.

[Kid Fury]

Now, outside of controlling your whereabouts, he's trying to manipulate your feelings and make you feel guilty, even though he probably don't even care no more. But it's just like another position. No dead ass. He like. It's just another position of power that some people just, like, get off on to, like, control your feelings and make you feel bad and feel guilty. And you do. Cause you writing into two of the rudest black niggas in the world asking us for advice about it, when I would advise that you question this nigga on who the fuck he thinks he is on this blue and green bitch.

[Crissle West]

Are you like, who are you talking to?

[Kid Fury]

Who are you talking to? You need to know my whereabouts. Only whereabouts I need to know about are Links. Zeri Thomas. There's. Now I'm walking around like, where the hell is this dog? Link.

[Crissle West]

Where the hell is this dog?

[Kid Fury]

Go around. I don't see her come back around. This bitch poking her head out from underneath the bed like, can I help? Why are you under the bed? And why did you. You scared the shit out of me when I was calling you.

[Crissle West]

It's cozy under there. She was playing games.

[Kid Fury]

You know. You're cute. How did I know it wasn't prowlers?

[Crissle West]

Yeah. Somebody could have took you.

[Kid Fury]

I remember what people call my prowlers.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I do remember that.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah. I need to know your whereabouts. That is a giant red flag.

[Crissle West]

I'm not having that.

[Kid Fury]

That's a huge goodbye.

[Crissle West]

I'm not having that. No, you. Y' all had a five minute conversation, and then he went back to not talking to you for the. For another three days.

[Kid Fury]

That is so weird.

[Crissle West]

That is. Yeah. No, I'm single. I'm single as fuck, actually. And I'm going right back to the club this weekend.

[Kid Fury]

I was just about to say that. Crystal, I Was just about to say that I am back in bus another club. Another club. Bus Another club.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. And I'm going live on TikTok too, since y' all don't like me twerking. It's finna be all over the fucking place. What?

[Kid Fury]

Throw that ass in a circle.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, I'm going.

[Crissle West]

I'm leaving.

[Kid Fury]

Back to the function.

[Crissle West]

I'm not taking. I'm not.

[Kid Fury]

And now I'm twerking with intent, right?

[Crissle West]

Cause how are you embarrassed over that? Like, I'm sorry. I just. At this massive age, I can't fathom being embarrassed because my partner danced at the club drunk. Like, I just don't care about that. I really, really don't. I don't.

[Kid Fury]

I don't at all.

[Crissle West]

You have to actively cheat for me to care, right?

[Kid Fury]

If you would have called me and been like, you know, such and such a floor over here, throwing ass on such and such, I'd have been like, girl, why did you call me for that?

[Crissle West]

I would have said, oh, he's like.

[Kid Fury]

I'm watching Wonder Man.

[Crissle West]

That's exactly what Robert do, child. Every time. I can't take that nigga nowhere. That nigga twerking. The Kroger, he twerk at the fucking shit.

[Kid Fury]

He's just a part of him.

[Crissle West]

He just twerks.

[Kid Fury]

Let him have it.

[Crissle West]

He just twerks. Baby, thank you for telling me. I appreciate you looking out. You a good friend.

[Kid Fury]

But don't let me be good because I'm from South Florida, baby. We came out as soon as those legs unfold. We are twerking.

[Crissle West]

So it's just not something that I feel insecure about at all.

[Kid Fury]

I don't care about it. Like you said, if your friends called you and were like, I'm talking about tongue down esophagus they were kissing for, then I might be like, why do you have people busting down my phone telling me that you kissing people? How are you?

[Crissle West]

Yeah, no. Kissing is a line you can't cross with me. But dancing is fine. I'm just not.

[Kid Fury]

And then we talk about it for five minutes, and you go back to me, ignore me. Okay, girl.

[Crissle West]

The five minute conversation.

[Kid Fury]

I won't go chase him when he falls.

[Crissle West]

I mean, he. I. I think it's an issue when people don't talk to you about when you're in a relationship especially, and you have something. You know, there's something like this going on. He's mad about it, but he won't say nothing to you about it for two days. And then he like, okay, well, I'm at you for these reasons. And then go back to not speaking. Like, so at what point were we supposed to communicate about the issue? At what point were we supposed to hash it out and figure out where we stood with each other? Because we could have had this conversation three days ago and definitively broke up. And I could have been back in the club two nights ago. But now I'm over here hanging in the balance, waiting to see how you really feel. And if you gonna hit me up, it's a. There's. You don't get to ignore me for days because you mad at me. You do not. Sorry. I will be single so fast and.

[Kid Fury]

Over something so damn dumb.

[Crissle West]

Over something so stupid.

[Kid Fury]

Something dumb, right? They didn't call you and like, oh my God, I saw him building a bomb out the back like he was doing what he always do. Bitch, please.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, it would be different if you caught me cheating in the club and your friends sent video of me, you know, rubbing up on some dyke in the club talking about what's in that backpack. Let's go out back. You know, that would be different. That would be different.

[Kid Fury]

Like TMZ did to that divorcing light skinned man.

[Crissle West]

Like TMZ did to that and whoever that lady, we still ain't really figured out whatever the fuck that was supposed to be. Whoever that lady was.

[Kid Fury]

That lady said, girl, I just met him at the club and he was fine. And so we started kissing. I don't know him.

[Crissle West]

Right? You ain't never made out with nobody in the club, huh?

[Kid Fury]

It's weird, right?

[Crissle West]

You niggas lame.

[Kid Fury]

That's literally what she did. That's how she reacted.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, my advice is to just go ahead and send him a. You don't get to not talk to me just because you mad this relationship is over. Text and then block him so that you don't have to worry about him responding and then make plans to go to the club. That's what I would tell you to do. Because you got me fucked up with this silent treatment shit. Nigga, fuck no. Fuck no. But good luck, Robert. If you do decide to try to work on it with this nigga. Cause it sound like he's deeply insecure and this is gonna come up again.

[Kid Fury]

And manipulative as fuck.

[Crissle West]

If you wanna start rearranging your entire life to make sure he always feels secure and never is worried about what you're doing, then you feel free to put all that work in. I'm not doing that. You either Trust me or you don't. And I'm just not gonna give you a reason to distrust me. But I don't think dancing in the club is a reason to distrust, so. All right babes, good luck with you and your man. Let us know what you decide to do that is gonna wrap up the letters this week again. If you have a question for us, send us an email to askthereadmail.com. we'll be right back.

[Kid Fury]

Gas, snacks, tolls.

[Crissle West]

This trip is draining my wallet.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, but we'll be with family.

[Crissle West]

You're in a good mood. What's your deal? What's my deal? I saved at Metro with no activation.

[Kid Fury]

Fees and I got one line of.

[Crissle West]

5G for just $25 per month. Kept the phone I love and a 5 year price guarantee on my top tuxt and data detour to Metro.

[Kid Fury]

Get that more for your money feeling only at Metro by T Mobile.

[Crissle West]

Just bring your number. $30 first month at $25 after with autopay not available. If with Metro or T Mobile in the past 180 days. Woo.

[Kid Fury]

I'm parched. And you know what would really do my thirst? Something spectacular. It'd be a crisp Sprite zero sugar. That's right. Unk is watching the sweets. Okay. Cause summer's coming up and I'm trying to be thought Tiana. So you get the crisp lemon lime flavor just without the sugar. And there isn't like any crazy compromise and hidden asterisk and you know, National Lampoon like mystery of what's actually happening to you. It's refreshing. And as someone who might be obsessed with carbonated beverages, it just gives me exactly what I need. So try it out. This is Sprite Zero sugar. Obey your thirst dude. I've always wanted to say that we have returned. It is now time for the read. I will begin. Because mine are truly short. We'll see. I don't know, that might have been a lie. One Nintendo. Oh non nerds, which is most of y'. All. You maybe could just skip ahead, I don't know like 60 seconds. Cuz you either not gonna know what I'm talking about. You're not gonna give a Nintendo. What are you doing taking all these people's money and giving us nothing in return? Why have you not upscaled so many of these games? Many exclusive Nintendo games for the Nintendo Switch 2. Now you just released a Switch 2 version of Animal Crossing like two weeks ago. That old ass Covid era game that she should have launched with a Nintendo Switch 2. What are you talking about Ultimate Alliance 3. There's so many Nintendo Switch exclusive that should be upscale to the Switch 2 by now. But instead, every day you got some AI hentai bullshit up on the Nintendo Eshop. Why is that even allowed to be up on the damn stove? AI games every two seconds everywhere you look. But nothing to the. Y' all getting on my nerves. Why did I buy this system day one? For what? I'm finished with that. Secondly, with all due respect, I can't with the, like, earnest glorification of that white man who went to go get Don Lemon. I'm glad that the N is on his show. That's cute the way you niggas have been glossing.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, we have Caucasian hurt. We have. We have.

[Kid Fury]

Girl, get out of my system. I cannot with this. Like, what? What? Now we're shimmy shaking over the white girl scooping us up. I'm lost because I feel like if this is your husband, you locked up over some disgusting, like, horrendous injustice. Bitch, you better come get. Like, what was he supposed to do? Kick it. Bitch, you better go get your nigga and you better be pissed about it. Why? Why are we giving this gas?

[Crissle West]

We did.

[Kid Fury]

Why are we giving this gas?

[Crissle West]

We did a lot. We did a lot.

[Kid Fury]

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I don't buy it. He should have went to go get his husband and he should have been pissed. Many of us were pissed. And we not married to the nigga. Yeah, but it's not about, oh, if my man don't pick me up from jail looking like this, then he ain't my man. That's because your man would never come and pick you up, bitch. He'd probably be in there with you. Why are we tired? But you want to kick sparklers and fireworks out for this Caucasian, it won't be me.

[Crissle West]

I'm finished as one of those ones.

[Kid Fury]

I won't hear it. I'm kidding. I'm talking.

[Crissle West]

It's really the looks on they faces. It's like, perfect. It's meme perfection.

[Kid Fury]

It really is mean perfection.

[Crissle West]

But we have been giving that white.

[Kid Fury]

Man a lot human he is. And Don Lemon looking like a little girl is like he tucking his 30 inch bust down behind his ears. Like, thank you to my man. Did he really thank you to my man? Yeah, I get that the, like, the facial expressions were a part of the. But there were like, meme jokes and then there was like, oh, my God.

[Crissle West]

Get you a white man. Yeah, it's like, okay, now y' all going too fucking far.

[Kid Fury]

Shut up. Stay focused. Catch the plot.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I'm done. It was, y'. All. We have been given that way, man. A lot, y'. All. We have. But he was supposed to go get that nigga. He absolutely was supposed to use every drop of his white privilege, financial privilege, whatever other privilege he got to get Don Lemon out of jail and fight whatever the Trump administration is trying to do to him. So.

[Kid Fury]

But I understand. It was.

[Crissle West]

I had a good time with that.

[Kid Fury]

He walked out there looking like. Like Sailor Moon and tuxedo masks.

[Crissle West]

Oh, Lord.

[Kid Fury]

He was giving, like. Sorry.

[Crissle West]

It really is.

[Kid Fury]

Don't get too close to my man now.

[Crissle West]

It's the little smirk on his face, like, mm, yeah, my daddy came to get me. I knew my daddy was gonna cut me. Well.

[Kid Fury]

Like, hair flip. Tremendous hair flip. Girl, stop.

[Crissle West]

My daddy wasn't gonna come get me, but.

[Kid Fury]

Amen. Amen.

[Crissle West]

What the. Did you.

[Kid Fury]

I know why, but beautiful.

[Crissle West]

It was fun. It was fun. We had a good time.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, it was there. A lot of them were fighting.

[Crissle West]

So as for me, sorry, first of all, America officially took over TikTok, and now TikTok is just.

[Kid Fury]

What?

[Crissle West]

Please, Please. I. Oh, no, Yeah. I don't. TikTok has really fallen off drastically as far as, like, the for you page. Excuse me. And all that over the past week or so. And I don't know if it's the Trump administration's fault or if everybody just decided to delete their TikTok after these new terms of service came out, because it was like, yeah, you will be giving the American government all of your data, including your exact location and your sexuality, your gender identity, your Social Security number. So it's like, yeah, a lot of people are just off of it, But, I mean, TikTok was genuinely my favorite social media app, and I am devastated by it.

[Kid Fury]

Why does America keep fucking with your clock app?

[Crissle West]

Like, it was bad enough. And honestly, it ain't been the same since it first. Since that first shutdown a few months ago where it was like, oh, yeah. Where Trump threatened and all that. And we was gone for, like, 24 hours. And all the rest of the app was like, oh, my God, we missed the Americans. It honestly has not been the same since then. But there's been another shift over the past week where it's like, y' all really just don't want me to use this app no more. Like, it's sad because it's my favorite. But anyway, that's not my real read this week.

[Kid Fury]

Can I say something? Real quick about that, though.

[Crissle West]

Of course you can.

[Kid Fury]

TikTok is one of those apps now where people are getting. Here's the hard truth about these fuck bitches, like, immediately.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Immediate, like the second of. And oh, would you like the history? And then it's even white people who got the little background with, like, black history or like, you know, indigenous Americans and how they could smell these white people from miles away, like, all of that.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

So I'm not surprised that America's fucking with your clock app because they want to, you know, get the streets together.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. You know, they want our data and they're going to do horrible things with it. And I should probably delete my accounts, but I'm also supposed to be, like, promoting my shows. It's like, I don't know. Probably should keep it, but at least not scroll on it all the time. I don't know. I don't know. But it's sad because I do Genuinely, like, TikTok's just been great and.

[Kid Fury]

So what's the for you page looking like now?

[Crissle West]

Well, mine is giving me weird religious stuff like.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah, there it is. Sounds about white. Yeah.

[Crissle West]

And like rage baity stuff. And it's just like, take me back to my old, old algorithm where it was just like gay shit and Steven Universe and, you know, the random dog videos and stuff. Like, it's just gotten weirder.

[Kid Fury]

Steven Universe. Lo fi. The key to my.

[Crissle West]

So good. Ooh, yes.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

But the Epstein files are out. I have not looked through them. I will not look through them because I know that they are too much for me to handle. I will wait for journalists to report on these stories. A lot of them have been extremely disturbing. The Deepak Chopra shit, the Stephen Hawking shit. It's just the. Anyway, I don't even want to get into details. Andrew Schultz, who. I know, I don't even. And actually, I don't even think he is doing this because of the Epstein files. I think this is because of that white man who got murdered in Minnesota. But Andrew Schultz recently went on, I guess this is brilliant idiots. But he's with Charlemagne.

[Kid Fury]

But, yeah, that's probably brilliant idiots.

[Crissle West]

So he starts talking about how he never thought any of this shit with Trump could happen. And he always thought that the systems in place, Congress and the Constitution, like, would check Trump and he would never do anything this crazy. And now ICE is out here killing white men. Well, he didn't say that part, but obviously, like, ICE killing a white man affected Andrew Schultz in a way that none of the Other shit Trump has done actually came through and made an impact. But he started talking about how the liberals. It just makes all the liberals and their catastrophic whining and crying that they did before the election, all of a sudden it makes them look like they are completely reasonable, rational people and they were making total sense. And I just can't defend this anymore. You know, I thought these people were out of their fucking minds. But actually, you validated everything the liberals said about you by, you know, using ICE to do this and not deporting any bad guys. You're going after citizens and just basically saying that Andrew Schultz now understands with anybody with half of a functioning brain has understood since 2016 that Donald Trump is a lying piece of who is going to use America to make as much money as possible. And if that means bankrupting America, then so be it. He don't care. But he is going to sow as much chaos, confusion and turmoil on this country as he possibly can to better his own bottom line. Now, again, this has been very fucking obvious for a very fucking long time. But since this video came out, countless people have tagged me talking about Crystal. Ben told y'. All. I can't wait for her to say something about this. Crystal told y'. All Andrew Schultz wasn't shit, you know, 10, 11 years ago. True. I did Andrew Schultz.

[Kid Fury]

I actually did see one of those.

[Crissle West]

Andrew Schultz is.

[Kid Fury]

He is in the New Street Fighter. I'm joking. Let me.

[Crissle West]

Isn't he. Isn't he like Waluigi or something?

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, he's in there. Waluigi. Chris will just keep going.

[Crissle West]

I don't think that was a joke.

[Kid Fury]

I think he really is Waluigi.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. In like, Smash Brothers or something. But anyway, Andrew Schultz is unique because he has the money and the platform to, you know, interview Trump and help Trump get elected. He has the influence to sway certain people to also support Trump or support Trump's ideologies. It's crazy to me that he's that popular. I honestly had no idea until, like, oh, he's huge. I had no idea until the. What was them niggas, the British niggas, the in it N. And they went on his show. They went on Andrew's show and Andrew.

[Kid Fury]

Starts, oh, I don't know their names, shits and gigs.

[Crissle West]

I didn't know Andrew was that fucking popular until the shits and gigs shit happened. And then Chris Morrow was like, oh, Andrew Schultz is.

[Kid Fury]

He's outta here.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, he's up there with Joe Rogan and shit. Yeah, I had no idea. So he's unique in that way. However, there are a lot of people who have been pro Trump or trying to tell us, more importantly, that we're doing too much, we're overreacting. We're just being crazy and sounding the alarm and being extremists. And it's not gonna be that bad. And our institutions will save us. As if we don't have eyes and have not already experienced this shit before. Like, it's not even new. It's not even new. You campaigned for this nigga recently after his first term in office. He was bad then. I don't know why y' all thought he needed the space and opportunity to do even worser, be bad again.

[Kid Fury]

That is gonna be one of the history of the planet. Just major questions.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. And you will not have an answer that makes sense. Because for all of you, it boils down to ignorance and bigotry. Or both. Yeah, it really does.

[Kid Fury]

Cause you're both stupid.

[Crissle West]

You either don't know what you're talking about, or you willingly embrace some of the horrible shit that he says and believes in and does, or both. So I don't want to discourage other people from coming over. Well, and I won't even give him all that because I can't say that I believe that Andrew Schulz is genuine in this. Like, I think he means what he's saying, but I don't think he's gonna turn around and start, you know, being a leftist and campaigning for, you know, ending capitalism or whatever. I think he's just realized that you. There is no defending the ICE shit. And it may even be having some sort of impact on him financially at this point. I really don't know. But I don't wanna discourage all the people who are now trying to divest from Trump to. From doing that. I do indeed want y' all to get off Trump's dick, stop supporting him, start getting out here in these streets, connecting with your neighbors and caring about other fucking people. But you have to understand that the rest of us are going to have something to say about it. Okay? People gonna get it off they fucking ass. We gonna get it off because this was so God damn avoidable. And yes, you can sit there and take and I told you so or two when you reelected this nigga and put him in the position to do this shit now. Right? You can take it. You can take a. Well, God damn. How is it that a white man had to be murdered by ICE for you to decide to start giving a shit? That's a fair Question, and you should have to answer it. You don't get to be mad at us for saying, well, what the fuck took you so long? Or rolling our eyes at you, bitch. Look at what we're dealing with. Yeah, it's horrible out here. Everything is worse. All the shit y' all said y' all cared about, that you were voting for Trump. All of that shit is worse. Groceries, worse. Gas, worse. Rent, the worstest. It's all healthcare. Y' all seeing your Premiums go up 2, 3, 4 times what it was in previous years. Taxes through the roof, Regular everyday people not getting tax returns no more. And you just now realizing it all of a sudden. You make $48,000 a year, and you gotta send the government more money at the end of the year. And you wonder what the fuck happened. It's Andrew Schultz, it's Theo Vaughan, it's Joe Rogan, it's other white men with microphones on podcasts having this sort of influence, not caring what they do with it, actively advocating for somebody who is going to harm the majority. And you simply didn't give a fuck until somebody who looks like you was on the wrong end of the gun. So, no, I'm not glad you finally got. I'm not like, oh, yay. Oh, Andrew Schultz. Yes. Yeah, no, I'll be on your show. Let's talk about it. Let's hug. No, it's still fuck you, girl. Because we didn't have to be here in the first place. And I'm not even gonna say that all you had to do was listen to black women, because, duh, all you had to do. But genuinely, all you had to do was open your goddamn eyes and pay attention. From 2016 to 2020, how was the insurrection not enough? How was grappling by the pudding not enough?

[Kid Fury]

If the sky were to crack open right now and a chariot came through, black women would be the first. They would still be like, I told you, bitches. I told y'. All. I told you so. Suck it up, buttercup.

[Crissle West]

It's not even. You don't even have to listen to us. You could have just looked at what happened the first goddamn time.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, I thought that's what was gonna happen.

[Crissle West]

But the fact that he was even allowed to run again, much less have this much support, like, y'. All.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, words.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, you gonna get every bit of this. Wow, nigga, the fuck took you so long? You gonna get every bit of that from me. And I don't feel bad about it.

[Kid Fury]

I feel like people should be like, oh, yeah, of course. Because this, like, I don't even know. Anyways, I'm not a white person, so I guess because my black ass would be like, oh, yeah, I'm gonna get dragged for this for a while because I was stone cold wrong and we're all in hell.

[Crissle West]

But I do want to see you dragging yourself and talking about how stupid you were for this and how much you regret it. I do like that you can keep talking bad about yourself and what a fucking idiot you are. That's great. But it won't be no open arms. Oh, come over. Oh, yes. Oh. Woo woo. We don't have to talk about the things you did wrong. Let's hold hands and walk together. It won't be none of that. It won't be none of that. You need to do your work to undo the bullshit you did or try to repair the bullshit that you did. I've been over here. You think Kamala would have had ICE going around picking up American citizens, shooting.

[Kid Fury]

People in the fucking face, falling out of coconut trees.

[Crissle West]

So, yeah, fuck Andrew Schultz. Still. Still good for this one thing. But I don't even. Like I said, I have my doubts about whether he's even being completely sincere about that. So I'm never gonna give a white man. Well, other than Don Lemon's husband. I gave him a lot, but. But he's all in one. Damn it, Tim is it. And that time has passed. Did you see that SNL sketch from this past weekend of the. Oh, it was. I think it was the first one of the show. It was. What's that tall white. It's a tall white actor. Some man. I forgot his name. I think it's Swedish, but it's. Oh, I sketched.

[Kid Fury]

I think he's talking about Alexander Skarsgrd.

[Crissle West]

Yes, Skarsgrd. That's it. So. But anyway, this sketch was like a Trump supporting mom who is trying to tell her four, like, millennial kids, Gen Z kids that she is changing her mind about Trump. And now she's realizing that, like, it's one line of, like, the way they talk about guns is different for different people. And they.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I didn't see this.

[Crissle West]

They wanted me to get mad about trans people, but now I'm realizing I don't see what the big deal is. And the kids are all, like, trying not to go. Like, they. Trying not to drag the fuck out of the mama. But then she throws a big temper tantrum and she's like, you gotta let.

[Kid Fury]

Me have my skate.

[Crissle West]

Do you want this to be Real give me grace. Like she's throwing a fit because she just wants to be able to say, oh, yeah, I was wrong. And nobody push back at her or talk about the harm she has. It's so funny. It's so funny. I think the girl's name is Ashley Padilla. She is so good. Yeah, I think I legit think it was the first sketch of the night. It should come up pretty easily.

[Kid Fury]

But that they say lie from New York at the end.

[Crissle West]

No, no, no. It's not the intro. It's like a real sketch.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, you mean like the sketch after the monologue?

[Crissle West]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The sketch after the monologue. Yeah. So.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, here it is, mom confession. Yeah, I'm gonna watch that.

[Crissle West]

So funny. No, it's so funny. But that is basic. I am her children screaming back at Andrew Schultz, saying, how could you not know he was gonna do this? When he explicitly said he would do this. You platformed the man. You sat down in front of him and gave him a big laugh and endorsed him. You voted for him. You didn't read Project 2025. You didn't pay attention to what that nigga is actually about. You were thinking about yourself.

[Kid Fury]

I bet Trump smell like pennies.

[Crissle West]

You're a rich white man. Kamala Harris would have raised your taxes. That is the long and short of it. You didn't wanna believe that he would do all this evil shit. Or you wanted to lie to yourself about it. Or you just wanna say something to us now so people will get off your dick about it. Because I'm sure you getting harassed all the time about your supporter, Trump, whatever it may be. You gonna get this pushback. You gonna get this. What the fuck took so long? Cause you deserve it.

[Kid Fury]

On top of the fact that you have to understand that these are groups of people who are tired of not being heard. Like, niggas are tired of screaming into the clouds, hey, hello.

[Crissle West]

And it's just.

[Kid Fury]

And being ignored. And then you get to like, oh, common sense. And you want fireworks, bitch, if you don't shut the fuck up. It's just like, what do you expect people's reaction to you?

[Crissle West]

It was right there. It was all written out, published on the Internet for you to see Donald Trump, every time he opens his mouth, said something hateful or ignorant or that was going to be going against the majority of the American people. Like, all you had to literally do was read or listen. You just. You had to even remotely want to know what the fuck was going on. The nigga was in office before y' all don't remember that.

[Kid Fury]

I do.

[Crissle West]

Okay. Okay. All right. So now here we all are suffering like fuck because y' all wanted to ignore what was right in front of your faces. You, Andrew, at least had a financial incentive. I don't know what the fuck is wrong with the rest of them crackers. The broke ones. Y' all scared of trans like the lady. Wait till you see the sketch.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, I'm watching this. As soon as we.

[Crissle West]

She was like, I think maybe drag queens are hilarious. Anyway, that's it for me. Yeah, I was. I was trying to think if there was anything else that was. That came up. But no, I've seen a lot of allegations about some other people in the Epstein files. Again, I will not be looking through those to see for myself. I will be checking respected journalistic news sources for the breakdown on all that, but I will not be going through that for. For my own best interest, in my own best interest for my own mental health.

[Kid Fury]

I will not start looking at some of it.

[Crissle West]

And no, they said there's like 2, 000 videos. There's a. There's a lot of no fucking thank you. I actually don't even need to read that shit. Nope. Whoever was out here forcing themselves on the kids, you can go ahead and throw them in a burning pit of whatever's burning. You can go ahead and do that. That's how I feel about all of them. Go ahead and do it. Okay. And I think that will wrap up this week's episode of the Read. Check us out online all over social media. We are at this is the Read on all social media platforms. Our website is thisistheread.com I wanna thank Dr. Joy for being my guest this week on Chrysalis couch. Answering. I'm Dr. Joy answering some of your more clinical questions. Things where I was like, woo. Now I know I got a degree, but let me wait until a licensed clinical.

[Kid Fury]

I have my towel, right? She has hurt.

[Crissle West]

You know, it's very important to know where your own limitations are. So I just said, you know, some of these I'm gonna. So thank you so much, Dr. Joy, for donating your time. You can find all [e-mail] any news from you this week, Kid Fury?

[Kid Fury]

You can find both of my [e-mail] youm can also come over to patreon.com kidfury where you can get a piece of our monthly playlist. We're doing monthly streams. And also I realized the other day that at my big age, I'VE officially been this kid named Fury for 20 whole years.

[Crissle West]

What?

[Kid Fury]

So.

[Crissle West]

Oh my God.

[Kid Fury]

Two decades into the frame.

[Crissle West]

Wow.

[Kid Fury]

If you would like to see footage of me record or reacting to my first ever YouTube video and trying not to plug both my eyes out of my head. Patreon.com kidfury Yay for me. Happy anniversary.

[Crissle West]

Yes, indeed.

[Kid Fury]

The original baby. The OG Baby.

[Crissle West]

That reminds me of Duran's Grammy speech when he said he's been doing this for over 20 years. I'm like, you don't even look like you old enough to have been doing this for over 20 years. But of course you have. And now look at the both of you, so very successful all these years later. So congrats. Look at you.

[Kid Fury]

Thank you. That's it.

[Crissle West]

All right, girls and boys and everything in between, take care of yourselves. We'll see y' all next week. Prime one day delivery is fast. How fast we talking? We're talking yoga mats and fitness trackers delivered so fast you can kick off your routine tomorrow. Fast. We're talking weights at your door without really waiting. Fast. Water bottles and hydration backpacks. Fast and fast. Resistance fans, faster than you can say. Feel the burn. Fast. More jump ropes. Just a hop, skip and a jump away. AKA Fast. That was actually a good workout. Fast. Fast. One day delivery for all things fitness. It's on Prime.

[Kid Fury]

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[Crissle West]

Find your fun [e-mail] Carnival is calling.

[Kid Fury]

Ship'S registry Bahamas and Panama.