The Secret Files of a Scorned Lover

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Read – "The Secret Files of a Scorned Lover"

Hosts: Kid Fury & Crissle
Date: April 2, 2026

Main Theme & Purpose

This episode of The Read is packed with the duo's signature blend of pop culture analysis, zany humor, and real talk, as Kid Fury and Crissle shade celebrities, celebrate Black excellence, debate internet drama, and offer insightful takes on everything from hip-hop feuds to Black generational wealth and conservative Black celebrities. They dive into listener letters about boundaries and marriage, drop personal anecdotes, and sprinkle in their lived wisdom, all with their unmistakable, unfiltered attitude.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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Opening Banter & Black Excellence

• [01:06–06:52]
  • Kid Fury and Crissle riff on zodiac vibes, Aries season, and the “pink full moon” before moving into Black Excellence.
  • Black Excellence Shout-Out:
    Shay Taylor Allen—a Yale janitor turned anesthesiologist after her mother’s tragic accident inspired her to return to school.
    • “From doing the backbreaking, thankless work… to now walking around in the white coat saying, move.” – Kid Fury [05:25]
    • Crissle reflects on the nature of “Black Girl Magic,” grounding the idea in innate, earthy power.

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Hot Tops: Pop Culture Rundown

1. Jay-Z, Internet Rap Beefs, and Billionaires

• [07:45–20:00]
  • Dissecting Jay-Z’s GQ interview—reflections on his age, internet beef, especially Drake vs Kendrick, and hip-hop’s evolution.
  • Jay-Z wonders if battling has gone too far, especially in the age of social media.
    • “I don't know if battling has to be a part of the culture anymore.” – Kid Fury paraphrasing Jay-Z [08:08]
    • Crissle notes: “Celebrities have always been good at ignoring us when they want to...maybe y’all should try that now.” [09:40]
  • Discussion moves to generational capitalism:
    • Contextualizing Black billionaire status; separating personal morality from systemic exploitation.
    • “You would be hard pressed to find too many niggas who are not aspiring to make as much money as they can.” – Kid Fury [20:00]

2. Blue Ivy: The Next Supreme

• [20:48–24:41]
  • Hilariously fawning over Blue Ivy’s talent and poise during Beyoncé’s tour, and joking about generational work ethic.
  • “Did y’all just pass this on, Matthew to Beyoncé to Blue? Because my god!” – Crissle [23:26]

3. Jaden Ivey NBA Saga

• [26:26–34:56]
  • Jaden Ivey’s locker room homophobia, his release from the Bulls, and celebrities using religion as a weapon.
  • Crissle: “You cannot be a weirdo in the locker room and injury-prone and not be the most productive nigga on the team.” [28:48]
  • Broader point: The NBA and all workplaces can’t abide repeated, intrusive, or bigoted behavior—regardless of religious justification.

4. Tiger Woods’ Repeat DUIs

• [35:43–40:26]
  • Chiding Tiger for driving under the influence while worth $1.5 billion and refusing to get a driver.
  • “You should have three drivers...Pull up like Sunday Service.” – Kid Fury [38:01]

5. Megan Thee Stallion’s Broadway Hospitalization

• [42:10–45:37]
  • Megan exhausts herself with an overloaded schedule, lands in the hospital mid-show.
  • “Broadway will beat your ass...Now you're trying to do eight Broadway shows a week.” – Crissle [42:25]
  • They urge celebrities to take their health seriously, and acknowledge fan pressure.

6. Natalie Nunn Gets Booked for Rolling Loud

• [46:41–51:04]
  • Outraged disbelief at “bad girl” reality star Natalie Nunn scoring a coveted festival slot, giving way to broader concerns about who gets platforms in pop culture.

7. MAGA Black Celebrities (Nick Cannon, Chilli, Tristan Thompson)

• [53:47–66:25]
  • Dissecting recent revelations about celebrities supporting Trump (Nick Cannon, Chilli from TLC, Tristan Thompson), and public defenses of Trump.
  • Uncle Luke (Luther Campbell) pens a scathing open letter—reading it, the hosts debate whether it’s AI-written.
  • Crissle: “They would enslave us right now if they thought they could get away with it.” [62:22]
  • “If you only want straight cisgender kids, don’t have kids.” – Crissle [117:13]

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Listener Letters

1. Boundaries with Family

• [77:05–91:33]
  • Frances sets boundaries with mom & sister about not having visitors during PMS/depressive episode; family ignores her wishes.
  • Both hosts empathize—stressing the natural need for solitude while validating loved ones’ desire to visually “check in.”
  • “Your boundaries should still be respected, especially if you are clear you are safe and working at it.” – Kid Fury [86:17]
  • “Sometimes, our brain is working against our best interests.” – Crissle [91:06]

2. Reading a Spouse’s Journal

• [92:05–108:20]
  • Clara reads her husband’s private journal, finds out he’s losing attraction and resents her.
  • Kid Fury bluntly: “You should have never picked up that goddamn journal...That’s like reading a nigga’s phone Pro Max.” [96:31]
  • Crissle stresses: you can’t expect ongoing relationship issues to be resolved post-marriage—premarital counseling is vital.
  • Both urge therapy: “Couples counseling…This can be worked through.” – Crissle [105:56]

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

Pop Culture Side Commentary

• Debates over what counts as an “orgy” [07:19]
• “We’re in different communities.” – Crissle [07:30] (on what a ‘foursome’ is called)
• “You would refuse your own mother?” – Frances’s mom [79:35] (demonstrating the guilt-trippy parent response)
• Crissle: “You like getting your pussy ate. Why wouldn’t she?” [126:53] (about her dog’s viral daycare video)

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Notable Timestamps & Segments

| Timestamp | Topic | |-------------|--------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:06–06:52 | Black Excellence: Shay Taylor Allen | | 07:45–20:00 | Jay-Z/GQ, rap beefs, Internet culture, Black billionaire talk| | 20:48–24:41 | Blue Ivy’s work ethic, generational greatness | | 26:26–34:56 | Jaden Ivey NBA drama, religious bigotry discourse | | 35:43–40:26 | Tiger Woods DUI, celebrity irresponsibility | | 42:10–45:37 | Megan Thee Stallion’s Broadway health scare | | 46:41–51:04 | Natalie Nunn’s Rolling Loud booking, realities of pop access | | 53:47–66:25 | Black MAGA celebrities, Uncle Luke’s open letter | | 77:05–91:33 | Listener: Family boundaries & needing solitude | | 92:05–108:20| Listener: Marriage, privacy, journals, and counseling | | 116:38–127:19| On conversion therapy, shame, and projecting onto pets |

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Tone & Language

• Conversational, brash, vulnerable, and at times cutting.
• Frequent (and hilarious) asides, pop culture in-references, and Black community context.
• Open cursing, “hood therapy” moments, and full-throated realness.

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For First-Time Listeners / Key Takeaways

• The Read balances humor and cultural critique, fearlessly calling out problematic celebrities and social trends.
• The hosts drive home that success in Black America comes with particular generational obstacles and nuanced discussions about capitalism, respectability politics, and “making it.”
• Authenticity and boundaries—especially in family and relationships—are central themes, with real advice and gentleness beneath the jokes.
• They end with rage and exhaustion at ongoing attacks on LGBTQ+ communities, especially legislative battles over conversion therapy.
• Listener letters receive careful, thoughtful answers, underscored by the hosts’ personal experiences with depression, demanding family, and relationship communication.

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Final Notes

• Closing Reads: Donald Trump, Supreme Court, Conversion Therapy [110:02]
  • The duo unleashes scathing “reads” on Trump, GOP hypocrisy, and the regression of rights in the U.S.
  • Transition into relatable, hilarious dog parent story about viral “dog cunnilingus” video and societal shame.

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The Read delivers everything fans expect: whip-smart pop commentary, deep community insight, honest advice, and riotous energy with plenty of quotables. If you missed this episode, you’ll come away both tickled and a little wiser about boundaries, culture wars, and surviving with humor.

Transcript

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No clue. Was that like one of the teachers or something? I kind of watched south park, but

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not really what it came from.

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Maybe.

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I think it was the poop that said that.

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Oh God, poop. That could have, could have been. And I. I was definitely not tuned in for that.

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Welcome back to the function, everyone. I am Alex Newell, Tony award winning singer. And I'm Alex Newell, bad bitch writer and comedian.

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And I am Mars, ruler of Aries. And this is the read. Thank you for coming back. What? Wait.

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Mars ruler of Aries. Catch me up.

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Well, you know, I'm deep in my zodiac bag. I'm with the Woo Woo girls now. It's Aries season. The pink full moon is tonight.

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You know, I'm just feeling the full moon has colors.

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Well, I don't. Okay, so let me not get to lying. I know the full moon is in Libra tonight and I know it's called a pink full moon, but I don't think the moon will actually be pink.

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No, I know.

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Okay, Okay. I was like, I'm just like, ooh,

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there's a pink one. And then here's Puce.

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Right. Ecru is coming next. I don't actually know, but yeah. So you know, I'm just feeling very into the stars and all of that sort of thing lately. But not you being both of the Alexes.

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Yeah, love that.

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Shout out to both of them for that.

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My God, Listen, she earned that Tony.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

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Independently Girl. Have you heard that song from Shock?

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No, but I know Alex Newell is beyond talented, so I'm just not.

[A]

I'll send you a link to Independently Own.

[B]

Okay.

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On top of the fact it's expertly sung, and it's also a woman who's like, I don't need a man. I'm completely happy with my money, my business. Never needed one, never gonna need one. Do not care. There's a line in the song where she literally says, I can't stand by my man. He'll have to stand by me.

[B]

Oh, this should have been in my library. Yeah, you don't have to pull that one up.

[A]

She's teased. On top of the fact that she's blow the character.

[B]

Yeah, right.

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No, I get it.

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Yes. Right.

[A]

All right, girls, let us start the usual shenanigans and festivities with some black excellence. This week is going to go over to Shay Taylor Allen. Great story. Beautiful girl. She was working at Yale for nearly a decade as a janitor. Yale's mutant hospital. And I read here that after her mother was. She was basically put in the hospital after a fire. An accident. A fire that left her unable to breathe on her own. So after that and seeing her mother go through that experience and the treatment of her mother, she was like, hmm, I think I can go ahead and get involved in this and. And do something.

[B]

Oh, exactly, exactly.

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They need all the help they can get. So she went to Howard, and she is now back at Yale with a white coat on. She's now an anesthes. Anesthesiology writer.

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Oh, wow.

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I just knew that I would get through the word right. The first time I challenged myself inside, I was like, you can say this.

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It's a big word.

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It is a huge word. And it has.

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It's a lot going on.

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But yes, awesome story. From doing the backbreaking, thankless work that she was doing in Yale to now walking around in the white coat saying, move.

[B]

Yeah. Cause anesthesiology is big money. That is big money. That's what Terry's husband does. Big, big money. Rich. You come in there, you like I put. Cuz my job is to put you to sleep but not kill you. What? That's so crazy. Like, them is the big dog. So shout out to her. You really worked your way up, sis.

[A]

You can find, like, more details on her story. Washington Post wrote about it. But I do want to read this from her mom. She said for her to be there and see how I was getting treated and for her now, now to want to continue to help other people. I'm overjoyed to see what she's done.

[B]

Wow. Beautiful. Go on. Yes.

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Black woman magic. I know some of you girls are tired of the black girl magic thing for like reasonable medium.comass reasons, but I think that black women are truly magic in, like, magical sense. Not just like, oh, black women are fierce. Like, I think that they. I think black women have like a animal innate connection to earth and like, communication.

[B]

Oh, yeah, for sure.

[A]

Understanding with it. And that's. Yeah, that's basically magic. Okay, let's get into a segment that we call Hot Tops. Scream seven. Oh, Scream Sevensome. That's an orgy at that point, right? When does it become. I say after five.

[B]

I think it's after three. It's an orgy.

[A]

It's a foursome.

[B]

Nobody calls it that.

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Plenty of people say foursome.

[B]

We're in different communities.

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I'm pushing it by saying fivesome.

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Okay, so then anything more than four, I think is an Or I think

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anything that more than four is giving.

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I will give you that.

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Okay, Glad we agree.

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Group project.

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Okay. So I got into this Jay Z, gq. Oh, you did interview a bit. Yeah, I did. Through line for me. Uncle, uncle, father, years old. Okay, dad, he is up there. When this man was talking about the Drake Kendrick thing, he was like, I don't know if badly needs to be a part of the culture anymore.

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Right.

[A]

Just too far. Bringing up people's kids and come on, destroy marriages. I was like, not you, sir. He's this father of three

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brother. We're not finna act like you did not play a big role in some of the most iconic rap battles of all time. That you have not also said crazy things on wax, sir. Like, and he even said like, I know that's probably a little bit like, you hear that coming from me and you like girl, but the difference. I think he was saying that the difference is really the Internet and the fact that social media is such a huge part of it and exit on and that sort of thing, which.

[A]

Yes, yes. Often takes it too far. And will, you know, they. The fandom on social media is often more instrumental in those low blows and stuff. Not to say that they don't bring it up in the records.

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Right.

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You know what I'm saying? Like, a lot of people are discussing, again, the age of women who are. Who Drake dates.

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Yeah.

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Lots of people then were bringing Kendrick's marriage, his relationship with his wife and, you know, allegations that he's abusive and the fans will still run.

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Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

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And it. Assign it to them and exacerbate it. So I do believe that that was his point of. I don't know if battling has to be a part of the culture anymore, because it's, like, kind of losing the plot and being a little extraed out.

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Yeah, I get that. And I also think celebrities have always been good at ignoring us when they want to, so maybe y' all should try that now. Like, maybe everybody should just log the off, because Lord knows, when y' all don't want to be bothered with us regular degulars. You simply go off into your wealthy enclaves and you do your thing. But I do also understand because he said, you know, he regrets some of the things that he said before, especially with, like, Nas, So there is some value in being like, you know, yeah, I'm 55 now, and I look back at this shit, and I'm like, bro, you. You know, I regret that I actually do fuck with this. Like, we was just young and. And being stupid and, you know, oh, the biggest dick on the table or whatever. You know how niggas do. So.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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So I'm like, yeah, that's. That's valid. And, yes, social media does take things too far, but I. I'm a really big proponent of everybody learning how to log the fuck off sometimes, so especially those of you who have the resources to go do any fucking thing else. Like you. The idea that Drake is allowing OVO fans on the Internet to influence his decisions or the way he moves in real life is preposterous to me. But, yeah, I'm sure that that's real. Like, a lot of these artists, you know, they're just. They. They weren't born famous, you know, these aren't a bunch of Blue Ivies in Northwest. And so if you grew up on social media and really tapped in and given a shit about what everybody else had to say about you, I can see how that would be hard for you to let go of. But, yeah, I just. I really appreciated his perspective on that. The fact that he was like, I do think it's too far. And also, I can see why y' all are like, girl, not you, anybody.

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I can also see. I could also see if there's a feeling of it still being a problem if the artists don't give a fuck if you're. If Kendrick and Drake both go off into their enclave and, like, I don't care. It's super smash Brothers and pussy for me. Cause if that sounds fun, of course. But I could also argue that someone like a Jay Z might say, hip hop fans are going back and forth with each other. This is what the culture has become. Maybe I don't like that. Okay, that is me just taking what I. You know what I mean? He didn't say that expressly.

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And that's also true because we have seen people who are like stans of two artists who don't like each other, then turn that into, like, them arguing back and forth, them going too far about each other. You bring in Dracula, Mimi a Temecula, I swim across a sea of dicks.

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Insane.

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I'll never forget that.

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Wow. My God.

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Oh, that might have been peak Twitter. I don't know if Twitter would ever be better than that, because I'll never forget that, nigga. I'll never forget that.

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That was wild.

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I had never heard Temecula before. I had never even heard of it. And now.

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Same same. Oh, like, that's a place and you know about it and you're on your way.

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Yeah, that's true. But I also feel like Drake asked for this. Are we forgetting that Kendrick said, be cute about my family? Watch how you talk about my people. Cause I do not want to go there with you. I like your little nice for what? Okay. I like your little. Your little jams for the hoes. Everybody likes that. So just keep it cute. I don't want to have it. Take it there with you. And Drake literally kept going. So it's like, yeah, you. The next time y' all won't try the fuck out of Kendrick Lamar, because now you see where it can go. So let's just all be adults about it if that's what we gonna do.

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The billionaires conversation was interesting. First of all, can I say, I thought Frasier tharp was like 19. I thought that the nigga.

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Oh, yes, same. I was like, why they let this little boy do this?

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I thought at first my. My heart was so warm because I was like, oh, it's like, you know, the. The old head was like, I'm gonna choose to sit down with a little homie. Like, you know, you grown niggas and had that. Come on, president. That's so sweet. Remember, kids, like, young. Yes, yes.

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Like that, girl.

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How about this? Niggas, like, 35, 36 years old, dead.

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What you mean you couldn't ask your parents to buy Stillmatic? Are you old enough for that? Like, I legit thought this was a gen Z Nigga fierce. Yeah. So shout out to you.

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Go off you.

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Yeah. I mean, I enjoyed the interview.

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So I thought the billionaires conversation was interesting.

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I.

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When I got into that part, I couldn't help but think that he might not have a full grasp of like the depth and overall message when it comes to like the no kings shit and all of that, like, anti billionaire billionaires aren't necessary type of a thing. Because what I got from it is more like from his standpoint, it's about morality and it's about what you do when you leave and your heart and that sort of thing, which is obviously important for everyone.

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Yeah.

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No matter how much money you have. But I was like, I think the overall sentiment that I gather, and I will say this as well, I'm still someone who is educating myself around like socialism and all these other things because I just grew up with capitalists being like a default state of mind. Right. So what I gather from it is less like billionaires ain't shit. They're all immoral vampires. And more so that you can't really be a billionaire. Like it's impossible to be a billionaire without exploiting somebody, somewhere, some bodies. And so I feel like there could have been a little bit more, I don't know, wiggling in that conversation. Wiggling. There could have been a little bit more moving about that conversation.

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Yeah.

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I do think it's a little interesting that picking apart someone like a Jay Z, it is, I know it is partially black bias, but also we know that person's origins. He didn't get a bunch of silver spoons.

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Right.

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So.

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Right. And that's very well documented. This nigga really came from the projects in Brooklyn and made his way up to this. And he is like very solidly Gen X. You gonna be hard pressed to find a Gen Xer who is not capitalism first. Right? Like that. That's the thing. We, it's very recently that we have changed this sort of idea of like, don't aspire to have as much money as possible. Because when I was growing up, that was absolutely what we were told. Like, you need to go to school, make sure you go to college and major in such and such, so you can make a lot of money and take care of us, buy us a house and all this. Like, that's just always been the goal. So I see what he's saying. Like, you know, if the cutoff is $999,000, that was funny. Right? And it's just that, like you said, it's impossible to Amass that kind of net worth without somebody being exploited, even if you don't do it directly, somebody down the line is not being paid what they deserve for the work that they're doing. So there is that. And so I disagree with it because I think he. He's like, you know, what I do with my money is. Is what matters. And what type of person I am is what matters the most. And when he said, y' all not liking billionaires don't matter to me because I don't give a fuck, I was

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like, okay, I don't give a fuck.

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Valid.

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Well, at least you're saying it, which

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is right there is that as well. But no, I think for me, it's not necessarily this idea of, like, all billionaires are bad people, which I think, you know, that's probably a message that gets put out there a lot. And, you know, this whole Eat the Rich campaign. But we gonna save Beyonce for last. That's all there. And at the same time, you know, we. You have a net worth that is, I think, 2 billion at this point, if not approaching that point. And it's like, yeah, we. We're looking around and, like, people can't afford groceries. People can't afford to bread, right? So it's like rent and everything is in hell and traveling, right?

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So it's like, sorry, Grandma, I can't come to see you.

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Right? Because I don't have basic coach flights are like $500 now. Like, yeah, this is.

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Gas is $500 a gallon. I cannot boat, plane, I might walk.

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Right? Yeah. So he did have a point of, like, being a person with more money does mean you can do more good if that's what you choose to do with it. And if people want to critique you because you are hoarding this wealth for you and your family, I'm going to let them do that, too, because that is also valid.

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So it's valid.

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And then you are again. He said, like, under the system that we have, what are you gonna do? The people who are criticizing the billionaire class want to change this system. They want to eradicate the way things are done now and build something that is more equitable for everybody. But like I have said a trillion times on this show, when it comes to the super wealthy, I'm always the easiest on black people because we don't be getting no generational handouts. Our money don't come from owning people. You know, like, you literally the odds that somebody like Jay Z would get to this level, you know, 1 in 60 trillion or whatever.

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So with the amount of money that, you know, we're giving to Bezos. Come on.

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So, yeah, it's like, I see both sides of it.

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I'm glad.

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I'm glad he addressed it. I can't fully agree with it, but, yeah, you would be hard pressed to find too many niggas who are not aspiring to make as much money as they can. Right. Like, that's most people. Most people are trying to do that. So this isn't. This is only unpopular online.

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This the nigga who was like, hey, those of you who are trying to. How about you don't go down to Onyx this weekend and hold up five stacks to your ears and then spit it on, bitches. And the future took the whole hood with stick, you know? So he's also been like, you, too, should save and earn this money and get up here. I don't know. Like I said, I couldn't fully agree with it, but what I can agree with is the fact that we were always correct about Blue Ivy Doll Baby.

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Oh, my girl. Yes.

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Skilled pianist. Perfect pitch.

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Of course she is.

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Play that again. Oh, got it. Excuse me. Hold this.

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Right, so. And then when they're like, you're gifted. We're gonna get you the best private tutor on the planet.

[A]

No, shut up. You won't. You're not doing that. This is for fun. I'm not. I'm just having a good time playing an instrument I don't need to learn.

[B]

Wow.

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And apparently she doesn't. So the gag is, he's like, she didn't really try at that.

[B]

Mm.

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She was trying, right?

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With the dance and with her mama. Right?

[A]

And I love that he was saying, you know, after the first performance. Was that in Paris?

[B]

Yep.

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Somewhere in New York. It was in Paris after that. That first performance. And, you know, haters having all this much to say, he said, this is the first time I saw her fight back. It was like, okay, from the rip. I got something for these hoes.

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Y' all got me fucked up.

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Entirely diced. So from then, now we see the doll baby that we see. He said, I don't think we're gonna be able to get her off this stage. So the new supreme is on the way, as well as the fact that he said she wanted to dance at damn near every number. You are not gonna be on stage dancing while she's singing Six and Shields. That is never gonna happen.

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And the hive was like, it's never gonna happen, and you need to be for real. Like, you cannot do the whole show blue items.

[A]

Nicole, calm down. You are 13. Give it a rest. That's what.

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And that's his. Baby.

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Let your mama perform some of these damn songs, please. You know they get their life every time you come up on stage, okay? Why are you trying to drag this lady in our shiner?

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We lose it. We lose it. We go crazy when we see her.

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We freak out.

[B]

We do. Cause how dare the Child of Destiny be right in front of us, eating it up like this.

[A]

She's so good. She's so good. I love. You know what it reminded me of as I was listening to this too? The main thing I've always echoed about Beyonce that I fully, fully admire outside of talent that I could never reach, will never have. What I can aspire to and possibly have is that work ethic. Oh, yeah, that lady's work ethic has been solid since she got here. And what he's saying in terms of Blue gives me that right. Oh, excuse me. Did you have something to say?

[B]

I'm like, is it biological? Do y' all just pass this on, Matthew to Beyonce to Blue? Because, my God, I.

[A]

When Beyonce sang the Star Spangled Banner at that press conference, and the question.

[B]

Because they were like, oh, lip sync and blah, blah, she was like, are you. Is anybody insinuating that I can't sing? Oh, my girl, yes. It made me think of Blue's whole solo moment during Cowboy Carter and just how far she's come from that one tour to this one. And the sky is the limit for that little girl. I just am. I could not be prouder of somebody I don't know and who. I don't know who I was in a room with once, and she looked at me and walked away, which, yeah,

[A]

honor of my life, really, one of the greatest experiences I've ever had outside of meeting her mom.

[B]

But, yeah, working hard, you know, just that. That sort of drive to be the best you can be at something that I'm scared to see what this little girl is gonna do.

[A]

I am forever pleased to see black children, young black people just smile, have the world in front of them, know that they can have the world in front of them.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Prosper, persevere. I'm always gonna enjoy that shit. I talked on my. On Furious last couple weeks. I was, like, talking about how I was at a light in the back of an Uber, and this little girl had on a Demon Slayer T shirt and anime, and she was at the intersection with her father, and she turned around, I was already looking at her like, oh, fierce. This little black girl love anime. And she turned around and for whatever reason, noticed me and waved, and I almost started crying.

[B]

Oh, wow, how cute.

[A]

I was like, look at this young black girl, this child.

[B]

Mm.

[A]

And her cute backpack and her anime that I watch shirt. And then she decided to give me a little wave. Girl, if I was pissed, I wouldn't have been. I was having a fine day. But if I was pissed prior to that, that would have cured it.

[B]

She was like, yeah, I get it.

[A]

Work Blue.

[B]

You get it, you get it. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

It was like, I still kind of

[A]

hope that Blue becomes an architect. I mean, like, just, like, really fuck the system up. You know what I mean?

[B]

Yeah, she's gonna, like, write musicals or some shit. Symphony. She's gonna be. Cause that if she's as good at the piano, if her daddy is not exaggerating that ability, I can't imagine that she won't do something related to.

[A]

Both of her parents are musicians.

[B]

Well, I mean, it's just not a shock that she is that talented. But. Yeah, I'm glad you actually did watch the interview. I was like, oh, I don't know if he's gonna remember to do that, but I'm glad you did because, like I said, some. A little controversy, but overall pretty good.

[A]

Yeah, I enjoyed it. I honestly, just looking at him and kind of seeing my dad.

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. All right.

[A]

I remember the first album.

[B]

It's right. It's Unk over there. For real.

[A]

Okay. So can you help me with this? Jaden Ivy? Never heard of her. Don't know nothing about her, but I really. Okay. Help.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

She's been waved by the Bulls.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

The girly said, listen, your conduct is detrimental to the team. She's very confused about that. I see.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Um, but they told her to beat it. Hell.

[B]

So I actually. I didn't realize Jaden Ivey is as young as he is. He's only 24. Um, he's married. They have three or four kids. Not that that has anything to do with this necessarily, but. Yeah. Jayden Ivy has been going live, I think, on Instagram lately.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Rants. And what seemed to really push this over the edge was his rant about the NBA having Pride Month and how y' all doing something unrighteous. Right. And he also said that Catholicism was like a fake religion.

[A]

And you were.

[B]

You really cannot be talking about people like that. Like, so. So that was on Instagram Live. But there are also more reports that came out, you know, after we heard about him being waived from Bulls reporters who are like, he has been doing this. This is not some one off thing. He goes in the locker room and starts asking people, like, who had premarital sex? Cause that's unrighteous. And yes and no.

[A]

You're in the NBA. Shut the fuck up.

[B]

First of all, all of us, did you not have premarital sex? Like, it just seems a little weird. But anyway, this is apparently something he's been doing. Like, he just sort of. He's had this reputation as, like, a preacher boy type who just comes in and. And wants everybody. Like, he's forcing his religious beliefs upon everybody else. And NBA or not, you cannot do that in the workplace. You're making everybody uncomfortable, and they don't want to be around you. On top of that, you are injury prone and have not really executed at an extremely high level. Like, you just got traded to the Bull. So if. I'm not sure.

[A]

Did you injure, like, last week?

[B]

Uh, no. I think he's been injured. Um, but I'm not sure because I don't keep up with Jaden Ivey. I know more about his mama than I do him. Because Niel Ivey is the coach at Notre Dame, Notre Dame's women's team, and they just made it to the Elite Eight. Um, and she's coached a lot of great players anyway, so I knew more about her than I did about her.

[A]

On espn. Says he had an injury last Thursday that shut him down for the rest.

[B]

Oh, okay. See, so that you can't be all of those things. You can't be a weirdo in the locker room and injury prone and not really, you know, you're not like, no star player on the team or whatever. It's like, all these. And for all these reasons, we are gonna have to. You will not be America's Next Top Model. Right.

[A]

What I loved is in one of these videos how he said that. He said, the Wolves. The bull said that my conduct is detrimental to the team. Why didn't they just say, we don't agree with his stance on lgbtq? Why'd they just say that? How is it con. How's the conduct detrimental to the team? Because when you go into the locker room and start speaking, everybody wants to jump you. That's why it's detrimental. Every time you come, come around, the whole team wants to fight.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So between that and the fact that you keep busting your ass and you know what I'm saying, getting your hands wrapped up and shit like that, why don't you just go, why don't you just go.

[B]

You just gotta go. This is too much. This is too much. Because, let's be real, most of. I believe that most of the people who play in the NBA are homophobic. I don't think that's where. I don't think that's where they disagree with you, nigga. The issue wasn't just that you were homophobic. That's not. It's not just the anti lgbtq. They don't like that shit either. Okay? The issue was you was being weird to niggas about they personal life and they decisions. And. And so that on top of you, you. You not Steph Curry out here, okay? You not KD, you not LeBron. You not SGA, you not Jalen Brunson. You cannot get away with being a weirdo and not being the most productive nigga on the team. That's. It's all of this, Jaden. It's all of it. So I don't know what's going on with him. I've seen a lot of rumblings about mental illness. I don't know, because it sounds like he's been on this for a long time. So I don't know that I'm comfortable calling it some sort of mental illness episode, but, yeah, he is. Even if he was, let's say he is having, you know, something more serious going on, a behavioral or personality disorder.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

My question is still, do you believe this even when you're in your right mind?

[A]

Right.

[B]

Because a lot of people, thousands and thousands and thousands of people are defending Jaden Ivy's statements about gays right now on social media. They fully agree with it. Other NBA players, I don't even know this nigga's name, but I saw somebody wore a shirt that said faith is not for the week or something like that. And then when a reporter asked him about it, he was like, you know, it's just not for the week, and I don't want to get waved like Jaden Ivy, so I'mma just leave it at that. So lots of people agree with the sentiment of get that gay shit out of here. So. So are these. He's. Are these his beliefs, even outside of what could possibly be a mental health episode? Because that. And it sounds like that is. Right, exactly. It sounds like they pro. It probably is. And so you just not gonna catch me trying to defend a nigga who thinks it's something wrong with Pride Night. But you ain't never once why you didn't go on no public rant about FanDuel and DraftKings, having involvement in every game and every fucking body, betting on every goddamn thing. Like, that's not immoral. That's not unrighteous. That's not, you know, like, against Christ or whatever. Like, why is it the gays.

[A]

Why is it proclaiming lgbtq? The verb is because of Pride Month.

[B]

It's weird.

[A]

So are they also proclaiming Cinco de Mayo? Like, what are you. I don't. Because that's not a thing.

[B]

Right. Your issue is.

[A]

And yet here we are getting drunk.

[B]

Right? The NBA and the WNBA have all kinds of theme nights, because the point is to make everybody feel welcome, because what they care about most of all is your fucking dollars.

[A]

So, yeah, season ticket.

[B]

Yeah. We gonna have Black Knight Latino night. Yes, we do. Yes, we do. We gonna have Pride Night. Like, we gonna. I wouldn't be shocked. Celtics had some kind of Irish thing. I would not be shocked. Because the point is to tell people, hey, this team loves you so much. Yeah. Why don't you buy a ticket and come celebrate with us? So your issue is that you have. You are homophobic, transphobic. Liga Big A Tigaphobic. That's your problem.

[A]

Yours, yours.

[B]

And again, you could have got away with it if you wasn't in the locker room. If you wasn't in the locker room telling niggas they was going to hell for having sex.

[A]

Bitch, who are you, my granny? Just like, nigga, you cool?

[B]

N. No, you not cool. Cause who are you talking to? So, you know, if this is a mental health issue, I hope he gets the help he needs. But it sounds like he's also, deep down.

[A]

I don't care.

[B]

A homophobe and means that shit. What is this shit about Catholicism? Like, what are you all for real?

[A]

You know, maybe it is something up there.

[B]

The Pope is from Chicago. I don't think Chicago is a. Is a city where you can just be talking. They probably have a large Catholic community up there. I don't. Feels like maybe you we're dumping. Well, there is that, so. No, I mean, my uncle's Catholic. Not me pulling out my one Catholic uncle. Like I can say it.

[A]

I have black friends.

[B]

Right? So, anyway, yeah, girl.

[A]

And I really want to, at some point, talk about taking God's name in vain, because it's not.

[B]

Well, good luck.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Good luck.

[A]

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[A]

many times has Tiger woods been arrested for a dui? I feel like this is like five.

[B]

I mean, at least twice.

[A]

Yeah, I think this is at least the second. Yes.

[B]

Nice.

[A]

Rolled his SUV in Jupiter, Florida. Baby, there is nothing in Jupiter. Like there. I don't even remember where it is.

[B]

Damn. And I read that.

[A]

What I do know is it's like Jupiter.

[B]

That's a nice name for a town. I actually like that.

[A]

But let me tell you something. Where you don't ever want to find yourself on God's green is a town in Florida you ain't never heard of. Amen tonight.

[B]

Yeah, I was about to say. Cause it's Trump. I'm sure it's Trump. Everything out there, I know, it's maga. Everything, I know it is. But Tiger woods, at first, the. At first the reports were like, oh, he took some medicine or something and that was it. And then a couple of days later, it was like, oh, okay, I'mma go to rehab. I'mma get myself together. Because you just can't stop yourself from driving drunk. Why don't you.

[A]

He found two pills in his pocket.

[B]

Okay, so let's say it is a prescription medication that was prescribed to him that constituted this dui. I'm sure the medication also says, do not take this and then operate. Of course. Right? So again, why don't you, Tiger woods, most successful golfer of all fucking time, have a driver? Why are you still driving yourself around?

[A]

Amazing question.

[B]

Especially when you know you like to be impaired. Why are you doing this?

[A]

Eyes bloodshot. Redness. Mugshot. And baby, just shave it. Just go bald. Like, it's fine. It's okay. It's okay. Like, I don't understand why some of y' all either a. Just don't go for the bald thing or when you go bald, it's like an insecurity or something. Yeah. Do you know how many fine niggas are bald?

[B]

And how.

[A]

How many of you would actually be fine if you just did something about it? Tiger. What is this?

[B]

Homer Simpson? It's not making sense. You are worth $1.5 billion. 1.5 billion. Billion.

[A]

You should have three drivers.

[B]

You should have a driver for 20 black suburbans.

[A]

You pull up like Sunday service.

[B]

It's just so strange. So I really hope Tiger woods gets some help and hires somebody to drive his ass around, if only so he don't hurt nobody else. Like, nobody deserves to die because Tiger woods decided he wanted to drink or whatever else and get behind the wheel. This is bullshit. And it's absolutely no excuse for it. Especially since it's not the first time it's happened. Like, n, what's not clicking?

[A]

What did you not learn here?

[B]

Do we have to permanently suspend your driver's license? It feels like.

[A]

Like what?

[B]

You should not be allowed to drive anymore. And if we catch you behind the wheel again, you're going to the pokey because you don't know how to act. Fuck.

[A]

That is a solid, solid point in question. I feel like at booking somebody would have been like, n, why don't you just have a driver?

[B]

And please, please don't talk about privacy or whatever. Because people way broker than you have drivers who sign NDAs and don't be going online, telling their secrets or whatever you want to. A bunch of different women and men and whoever else in the back seat of your Escalade. The driver don't really give a shit. You know, roll up the partition or whatever the else. You pay them that money and that's all they really gonna have to care about.

[A]

So thank you. NDA signed.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

They're still not salivating over what could be on Neighborhood Talk, right? They like them niggas don't give a fuck. You can absolutely have a driver. Ain't nothing about no privacy, bitch. And everybody like you said, because you've had this issue before. No one's gonna gag. That's like, I'm high, I'm drunk, whatever. I need someone to be driving me. They don't. Well, they better go tell the son.

[B]

Do your job. Don't care. Right? What is even going to be the blind item? Tiger woods does cocaine and fuck strippers in the back of his car. Who cares? Who would even be shocked? We already know.

[A]

I was like in 9th grade.

[B]

Because wasn't there something going on the last time when he was with another woman or some other woman was in the car or something? Like, we know you're a cheater. We know you do whatever you want to do with your dick and with these different substances. So just do it like you, you can do those things and have a driver who keeps their fucking mail shut.

[A]

Because like Crystal said, we would like for you to not kill Anyone? Yeah, anybody that ain't got nothing to do with right in Jupiter with the wretched.

[B]

I just like that name for a town. But I'm sure it's pretty.

[A]

It's pretty.

[B]

It sounds rich. It sounds like. I mean, if Tiger woods was there. It sounds like it's wealthy. And think about how many times he has driven under the influence and not been caught. Like, he. I bet he does this regularly. I bet he does. I bet he does. He probably one of them people who be like, oh, I actually drive better when I'm a little drunk.

[A]

He probably one of them n. That's wild to me. That's wild to me. I be drunk, but then I just face a blunt while I'm in a car. And that levels it out. Bitch, are you okay?

[B]

No, you are not.

[A]

I could be drunk, but as long as I do, like a full line, maybe a line and a half, it's like nothing. Okay, cool.

[B]

Yikes.

[A]

Cool.

[B]

Girl, we're still gonna need you to not get behind the wheel. Take all your pills and potions. Just don't drive.

[A]

I can't believe, like, I love when a girl say that shit out loud. It's like, ooh, girl, you need to. Why don't you go on like Survivor or something? Bitch, you're powerful. Because that is the state of being. Bitch, you need to be on fearful.

[B]

You're powerful. It's crazy.

[A]

Megan Thee stallion has posted a response a letter to her fans after she was reportedly rushed to the hospital in the middle of a performance on Moulin Rouge. I think we talked about her Broadway debut as Ziddler.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

In Moulin Rouge.

[B]

Yeah, we did.

[A]

Yeah, we did. And I was like, oh, it's a concert. So, like, nice. She. Yeah, at first they were like, oh, she's in the hospital. She had an illness. We'll give you more information when we're ready to give it to you. And I was like, lord, I bet you it's exhaustion. I bet you she tired.

[B]

Yeah. Broadway would beat your ass. And Megan has been everywhere, and now you're trying to do eight Broadway shows a week. Okay, yeah.

[A]

You want to campaign for true legend? Three campaigns for Dunkin Donuts. You know, throwing it back on your man, your man, your man, your baby, your baby. Then it's like the rise and fall of Reggie Dinkins. Dinkins, Right.

[B]

You everywhere.

[A]

Where's act three now you on new New Giant Rescue Dog.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

And now you're doing however many shows, right? It's a lot of this, like, brand new thing for you that has to have new, new levels of pressure. Assuming she has, like, anxiety before shows, which most performers.

[B]

Most performers do. Right.

[A]

This is. It's a lot. So she put on Instagram. Last night was a real wake up call for me. I've been pushing myself past my limits lately. Running on empty, and my body finally said, enough. It honestly scared me. I thought I was gonna faint on stage. I really tried to push through my performance, but I just couldn't. Hotties, I wanna be real with y' all because you mean everything to me and I hate letting y' all down. I just need one day to rest, reset, and take care of myself the way I should have been. I'll be right back on that stage Thursday, stronger, clearer, and ready to give you 100% the way you deserve. Thank you for always riding with me and loving me through everything. And the first thing I said after I read this was one day.

[B]

You said, nah, take your sick in the hospital.

[A]

Take time off.

[B]

Yeah, well, it probably is dehydration and, you know, maybe not getting as much rest as she as she should. Maybe not sleeping as much as she should. So I can see being like, I just need a day to, like, get my fluids back up, eat some carbs and, you know, get some strength back and then also maybe dialing back on some of these things that are not Broadway. And so maybe going forward, her people will not have her do quite as much. I don't know. But I can also see being like, you know, a lot of people purchase tickets during this time frame, specifically qcma, basically, to see.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And so, you know, in the hospital, they're gonna hook you up to all them IVs, immediate you like, oh, hmm, my electrolytes was new as shit.

[A]

That's true. That is also true.

[B]

My potassium was on zero.

[A]

Experienced it. Yeah, girl, when they give you that iv, it's like, wait a minute.

[B]

Wait a.

[A]

Wait a fucking minute. You guys don't wanna go jogging? I feel like we should just go run.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. She probably, you know, taking it easy today, drinking a bunch of Gatorade and stretching. But, yeah, you really just gotta be strict about your nutrition and your rest when you're doing something as challenging as this many shows every fucking week. And you're supposed to be doing it for like the next six to eight weeks or something like that. So, yeah, you're gonna have to. You're gonna have to figure it out. So I think, you know, I think the. I also wanted her to be like, I'm taking two weeks off. But I see why she isn't.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You raise a good point of like the amount of people who buy the tickets because they really want to come see her, support her.

[B]

Yeah. And they travel, so I know that's on her flights and airfare is $3 million these days. So it's like you don't want to disappoint people. I get it.

[A]

The person that nobody was asking to see on any stage is Natalie Nunn, who was apparently just booked for Rolling Loud. This is one of the funniest things that's ever taking place. This is so funny to me. It is ridiculous that Natalie and Nunn makes music. It's ridiculous that she does she really like, she's permitted to. It is ridiculous that people are giving her the space and permission to do this. Everything about it is bad. I hate all of it. And so to perpetuate it to. To give it validation credence by saying, hey, come perform at Rolling Loud. Why?

[B]

I can't believe this. She really. She has music. She does that.

[A]

First of all, I hate the fact that that bitch we outside tonight has basically become her song. Like people know it. I think more so as her song. Even though it's a beat king song that was fire before she had anything to do with it. And I guess he put her on a remix to it and then died. So now, oh, wow. She performs it all of the time with her little wack ass dumbass remix to it. And I think people just think that's her song.

[B]

Got you. Okay.

[A]

And then she has some other song.

[B]

She's going on tour in May. Oh my God.

[A]

I think the whole. I think the baddies are going on tour or something.

[B]

Oh, special baddie like Zeus is. So I'm back Live Nation tour with my baddies. Okay.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Only honestly, maybe like three of them make music that is worth listening to, but they are trying to get like all the bitches to go make a rap song. I hate it.

[B]

Wait, so why is Baddies all ages? This. The caption says all ages.

[A]

That's a great question.

[B]

Except Toronto 19 and New York 18 plus. Why are teenagers. Why are underage people allowed at the Baddies tour?

[A]

That or they be macing each other.

[B]

I don't like that. Baddies is not a show for kids.

[A]

Our kids, they watch it. You know what? Said that shit had cracked me up

[B]

to the point where you can make sure to only go to venues where people under 18 could get in. Like, you know that that's your target audience. People who Are children. Oh my God. Garbage. Wow.

[A]

Is coming from.

[B]

I can't believe y' all let Natalie.

[A]

Just as much money as possible.

[B]

Y' all let Natalie nun. Woo. Okay, sweetie with the cheek implant or filler, whatever. It's enough. It's enough. God damn.

[A]

Scream.

[B]

I cannot. Her face looks crazy. I cannot believe y' all let Natalie Nunn be this. This popular. I.

[A]

Someone on Twitter said, I'm canceling the BNB gang. I'm being so dead ass. I don't even wanna go anywhere.

[B]

What do that even mean? Oh, the Airbnb. Oh, I'm canceling my business.

[A]

Yeah, I'm canceling the Airbnb so there. I don't even want to go no more.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

This is so what I'll say. Y' all shouldn't have added anyone.

[B]

I just feel like aren't there real artists we could have added to Rolling Loud if that's what we needed to do. Why would it be this bitch?

[A]

Because it's ridiculous. And it will probably sell tickets because people want to see Roli or whatever. I mean, I doubt it'll just be her.

[B]

Okay, if it's just her. I think it is though. She looks like she bringing the baddies to Rolling Loud. This is.

[A]

She has a song and a remix and they both suck. This planet is hosting. The caption on Instagram is so unserious.

[B]

The caption on Instagram says, please welcome Natalie Nunn to her first ever festival performance. See you May 8th through 10th. It does not say nothing about the rest of them hoes.

[A]

She's gonna get a severe booing. Bitch. That boo is gonna be crucial.

[B]

Like. Cause.

[A]

What the fuck are you talking about, hoe? You can't just make. But you can't just make bread off exploiting these girls that wanna be on your dumb ass streaming show and that be it. You also have to be a fake rapper.

[B]

She has to be like the first. First act that like the one who hits the stage at like 11am there's no girl. There's no way when.

[A]

When BET has like the parking lot pimping section where they be out and they have that little. That little circle in the parking lot where they having up and comers perform.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Natalie Nunn should be on top of a Prius in the parking lot of the Rolling Lounge.

[B]

This is insane.

[A]

Performing at like 3pm Wow. 9am Cause 3pm is probably when it gets good.

[B]

That like that has to be it. She can't be like the main attraction here. There's just no way.

[A]

But as the Fans are saying she shouldn't be there at all.

[B]

Oh, no. And I agree. And I agree. Why is she. Who thought. Yeah. Natalie Nunn. That's the bitch. We should book for this show. What?

[A]

Probably Lemon Pepper.

[B]

Okay?

[A]

I mean, son of the Bishop of Israel or whatever his daddy is.

[B]

Okay, get me out of here. I don't want my computer to think that I. That this is the sort of thing I'm interested in. I'm closing these tabs.

[A]

Did you know that the owner, creator, whatever of Zeus, Lemon Pepper, his daddy is like the Bishop of Israel or whatever they call him?

[B]

You thought that I knew who owned or launched Zeus Network. Why would that be.

[A]

So there's this little bush queen. There's a little butch queen named Lumel Plummer or something. I call him Lemon Pepper. The Internet call him Lemon Pepper.

[B]

Okay?

[A]

He is like the Zeus owner or whatever. His daddy, some Nelse plumber is. So, like, he has a legitimate archbishop or Bishop of Israel. His whole point is to bridge the gap between Israel and black Americans. It is teeth. It is so ridiculously fierce. It is just so stupid.

[B]

This came right up. This came right up.

[A]

There have now been like, there are new theories of conspiracy that. That Lemon Pepper has been sent by his father in Israel to make damning content.

[B]

They live in Jerusalem

[A]

now. Of course, I don't believe that Israel has anything to do with Zeus being ghetto. I think it's just right. I think it just is not Bishop of Israel.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

Wild.

[B]

There is a Kojic church in Israel.

[A]

Sure is. Learned me just a couple, like, weeks ago.

[B]

Oh, my.

[A]

I said, well, my word, the things you will find on Instagram reels.

[B]

Fellowship of Israel and Black America co founded. Oh, my God, you right.

[A]

I'm a Pepper's daddy.

[B]

You're not. Oh, you know what?

[A]

Insane.

[B]

Get me right out of here. Actually, I'm disgusted.

[A]

Bitch, you need a vpn because

[B]

now the computer is gonna think this is the type of shit I'm interested in. And it's hell or not. Like, oh, no, get this off my computer.

[A]

Right? Algorithm was like, we were waiting for you at the door, babe.

[B]

Don't you call this baby a butch queen. He looked like his daddy. Wow. Wow.

[A]

So Nick Cannon loves Donald Trump Chilli. Well, Chilli tried to hide her hands. Nick Cannon said it with his whole chest.

[B]

Yeah, and Tristan Thompson.

[A]

Yes,

[B]

did.

[A]

Girl, they are giving out the checks, huh? So, yeah, Nick Cannon, like, did some dumbass video with Amber Rose or some shit where they both talk about loving him. I didn't Watch it, because why would I do that? I have time to actually use for sensible things.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Then there was, like, these. This. I guess information was leaked that Chilli donated to Trump's campaign multiple times.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And she also apparently reposted a meme calling Michelle Obama a man. Yeah, she apologized for the meme. She denied the Trump allegations.

[B]

Well, she kind of did. She said that the donation she made, she thought they were, like, going just to veterans and that sort of thing. But she didn't deny voting for Trump. She actually didn't say, I'm not MAGA or I don't support Trump. She just said, right. My whole thing is veterans and love and connection and faith, which.

[A]

Okay, so, yeah, T Balls just said my group member voted for him.

[B]

So, yes, niggas found that interview where she said it. I think this was a couple of years ago or maybe last year. But, yeah, I. I really. I watched Chili's reaction video first, and I really wanted to believe her because she seems genuine in the video to me. She seemed like, you know, she was like, y', all, I'm old. I don't even really know how to work electronics. I could accidentally repost something, which that's fair enough, but, yeah, so, like, maybe you didn't mean to repost that about Michelle Obama. It's just what's in your feed. Because you interact with Trump and MAGA shit constantly. And I think you are indeed maga because I think you something like Jaden Ivy and you don't like all this LGBTQ shit that's going on in the world. I think that's what you're right. I think that's what your shit is. And I think that's actually the case with a lot of black people who claim to support Trump. They like the idea that he is. Which this is insane to actually believe this, but that, like, the. The Trump administration cares more about families and, like, protecting children.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

You see how stupid that sounds?

[A]

But why blowing up countless.

[B]

The fact that Kamala Harris didn't was like, yeah, trans people should get the support they need. That really pissed niggas off. Yeah, they did not want to hear that. And so they are all in on Trump for that reason. So I think that is possible that she accidentally reposted that about Michelle Obama. But the bigger issue, just like with Jaden Ivey, is that you are on the wrong side of things. As far as I'm concerned. Your opinions, what you really believe in, is fucked up. So she didn't deny. She actually. She didn't even bring up whether she had voted for Trump. She made sure to say that she voted for Obama twice and donated to his campaign twice.

[A]

But the daddy and get out.

[B]

So. And I. That is when I tell you that is exactly what came to mind. A lot of people voted for both Obama and Trump. I don't know what's wrong with y' all niggas, but a lot of people did that.

[A]

So. A lot of people claim they voted for Trump because of Obama. I just. I don't even sure, you know, I.

[B]

Whatever y' all got going on, fine. But this. This was horrible timing for you because you supposed to be going on tour and your audience is black women, and black women don't play that trump shit. The 92% thing. Like, we are really. We. We meant that we don't do this. So this is gonna fuck up the tour a la Justin Timberlake. It is.

[A]

Um, apparently T. Boz posted, like, on her Facebook a picture of her and Lisa, and that was it.

[B]

Well, I don't know. I don't know, y'. All.

[A]

Salt said on Instagram. Because it's supposed to be TLC and Salt and Pepa with En Vogue. Salt posted this on Instagram. Chili, please keep your pretty head all the way up, sister. This is before. I think it was like. This was when it was, like, a rumor and she was fake denying it. Shirley, please keep your head up. This world is very quick to believe anything and everything posted on social media. Quick to crucify and slow to forgive. Even when you straighten it out. Haters will will always hate. We know you and your heart. I truly play that you don't shed not one tear or lose not one minute of sleep or peace over any of this. We got you. And any threat of not coming to the show from anyone will not stop us from loving on you. This is where I stopped reading it, because I'm like, who is we, Salt? When you say we on the Internet in front of everybody, who are we discussing? I think you should put a name on it.

[B]

Cause now we're confusing. I don't know her.

[A]

I don't know her heart. I don't have her. I'm not going like, who is we? This feels like maybe again, if Chilli accidentally reposted this meme, maybe you accidentally posted this here.

[B]

No, no, you did that on purpose.

[A]

Cause it's giving. Okay, I voted for him, too. But, like, let's just stick together. Let's close ranks, because we gotta sell these tickets. First of all, this is not first, but how do I Say it. TLC still performing is late. It never happens without bumming me out. I'm sorry, man. Where's the L? Where's the L? Every time they perform, it is just bittersweet. It makes me sad.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So that mixed with the fact that Tian probably don't care to perform in this bitch at all now T. Boz might as well just go up there and do that commercial where she's like, so we prep. Hey, we don't have to be on the download. Have you seen that?

[B]

I have.

[A]

I wanted to die.

[B]

I said, look, trade.

[A]

With pre exposure prophylaxis tattooed on his arm while doing.

[B]

We've come a long way, you know, like, from. From.

[A]

I don't want to come that way.

[B]

From Waterfalls to now hiv AIDS research and medication and treatment. So it made sense to me to have her do that, and it ended.

[A]

Would have been better if it was Waterfalls.

[B]

It would have, but. Yeah, I agree.

[A]

But not having to creep.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

And keep it on the download.

[B]

Yeah. This is just. I don't know.

[A]

Between that and the little pill with the big story to tell, I just don't want to watch ads or commercials anymore. It's getting wild out here with the medication ads. I was like, why does seaboss have to come out here and do full choreography from the video and everything? Yeah, she couldn't just sing.

[B]

Yeah. No. Mm. Mm. Nope. She couldn't, actually. And I hope the check was good for that, because you deserve. Especially since you seem to be the only one with any fucking sense.

[A]

Um, yeah.

[B]

Don't know what's wrong with Rozonda. Um, again, I think it's probably a homophobia that T. Boz doesn't share. Um, and so I hate to think that T. Boz could be negatively affected by this bitch's decisions, but.

[A]

Which would also make sense of why salt is jumping up in front of an 18 wheeler, because I believe salt probably shares that sentiment as well.

[B]

Yes, black people are pretty fucking conservative. They would vote Republican if Republicans weren't so racist. They really would.

[A]

Hey, look at the truth.

[B]

A lot of them really, really would. So the Tristan Thompson thing. Talk about Trump is doing good things for our country. I had to Google whether that nigga was even a citizen. Cause I'm like, I swore you was Canadian, but, yeah, he got his citizenship in 2020, so. That nigga being weird.

[A]

Are you guys okay?

[B]

I think he's helped our country a lot. Meanwhile, you're an immigrant. Meanwhile, you're an immigrant. You think he's helped our country a Lot. And what in. Where's the lot, babe?

[A]

Covid. Water.

[B]

These people are talking about they taxes going down. That's what they are talking about. As far as Trump helping the country. Yeah, they don't. Nick Cannon and this tired ass. Well, you know, the Republicans actually freed the slaves. Girl, please go to one history class. Like just go to one American history class. I cannot believe y' all are still repeating that shit as if the 2026 version of the Republican party is who freed the slaves. They would enslave us right now if they thought they could actually do it.

[A]

This woman. There are actual Republican conservatives that are saying this flat out. Google it if you want to. Today you have white men in office saying, I wish we could go back to Blankety blank blank time where they were picking cotton. They're not even like secretly saying it.

[B]

Right? So Nick Cannon talking about Trump is dope, cuz he changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. And it's like the club who asked? And that's what you're happy about? The Gulf of Mexico being called the Gulf of America? Only in America because nobody else is changing the name of that body of water. Are you an idiot.

[A]

Yes. Yes. And we knew that. We knew that.

[B]

I just couldn't believe all three of them. Like, did. Did Trump send checks? Were y' all asked to do this?

[A]

Gotta be.

[B]

What's the point? Why. Why are all of these people suddenly speaking up and being weird in regards to Donald Trump? Making sure to praise Donald Trump publicly. Why are y' all doing that?

[A]

Money?

[B]

Are y' all broke?

[A]

Some. Some MAGA Republican guy. I don't even remember who it was, but when there was something posted about Nicki Minaj recently. Oh, that she owed like hundreds of thousands of dollars to some production company or something for her tour and this Republican man retweeted it. It was like, this is fake news. This is not true. About Icki Minaj.

[B]

Oh my God. What?

[A]

White man? Where the fuck did you.

[B]

Don't you have a job? Please don't do your job. Are you kidding?

[A]

So yeah, I think that they're definitely trading, you know?

[B]

Yeah, the Republicans will stick up for Nikki on social media because that's where all of her self esteem lives. And in return, they'll give her money to pay all these bills that she doesn't have the funds to take care of herself. Great. Wonderful.

[A]

Okay, so that's why you're saying it's not true is cause you're gonna pay it, right?

[B]

That is not true. Me and my Homeboys are cutting the check right now, bitch.

[A]

Right now.

[B]

Don't lie on my girl.

[A]

Wet. Now, when Uncle Luke gives you.

[B]

Now this is a shame.

[A]

An essay that is so on point about your behavior and your morals. Listen, he is severely running for office and he wants you to know it. Yeah, this man said.

[B]

I said not Uncle Luke of all. Imagine Uncle Luke getting you together, bro.

[A]

Girl.

[B]

Embarrassing.

[A]

The reason for parental advisory.

[B]

Embarrassing.

[A]

The literal reason. Let the adult in the room speak to Nick Cannon and Chili. I say this with love, but also with truth. What y' all are saying right now, in my opinion, is dead wrong. Now, let me be clear. I'm the one who fought all the way to the Supreme Court for free speech. So I respect your right to say whatever you want. That's a fact. But this hits different. Because the same black people you're turning your backs on, the same black women you're dismissing, those are the same people who built you. They buy your tickets, they watch your shows, they support your careers. And you're aligning with a man, Donald Trump, who has openly disrespected black women, including Michelle Obama and countless other accomplished black women. Let's talk facts. Our people depend on the Department of Education. Our people depend on hud. Hud. Our people depend on opportunity, not having their achievements dismissed as DEI. The same. Oof. That's the same.

[B]

Preach.

[A]

Preach this.

[B]

ChatGPT really did this? You told CHAT what to come up with and they did that.

[A]

What does HUD stand for?

[B]

Housing and Urban Development.

[A]

Got it. The same man has tried to erase black history, limited what our children can learn. Praised and pardoned officers involved in killing unarmed black men. So don't act like this is just politics. This is personal. Nick, you're right about one thing.

[B]

GPT.

[A]

Yes, a Republican president signed the law for enslaved Africans. That's history. But you left out everything that happened after that. You left out where today's MAGA movement stands. You left out how has consistently fought for civil rights, voting rights and opportunity. If it was left up to them, right now, they take us backwards, not forward. And let's be real. If you truly cared about black people, about foundational black Americans, descendants of slaves, we wouldn't even be having this conversation. We'd be talking about reparations. So I'm not coming at y' all with hate. I'm coming at y' all with responsibility. Because influence comes with accountability. And right now, you're on the wrong side of this one. And people keep asking me why I'm running for Congress. This is exactly why. To stand up, to speak out, and to fight for people when others won't. Go to my website, support the fight and join the team. Luther Campbell. What is it? Luther Campbell for Congress.com. make sure you're on the right side of history. Now, this is either ChatGPT or, like, the fierce. What do you call it? The campaign.

[B]

No, A human being did not write this.

[A]

You know, the person who runs your campaign.

[B]

Yeah. Your campaign manager, your.

[A]

Yeah, there you go.

[B]

Yeah. No, no. A human being did not write this. I'm so sorry. They did not. This got chatgpt written all over it. I'm not. I'm not mad at the message.

[A]

Oh.

[B]

Oh, you can tell.

[A]

It does remind me.

[B]

You can tell by the way it sounds, the cadence of it. This is not. A human did not write this.

[A]

It does remind me of that little letter from the Latin boy in dread who was pissed at Tyler Perringham. And then he apologized and was like, you know what I think of when I think about my behavior? I think about Moonlight. I think about that one white boy who got dragged in a. What was the name of the white boy who got killed when they hooked him up? Oh, my God, I'm so. This is humiliating. Remember the white boy I was in, like, middle school, gay white boy. And they like. It was a hate.

[B]

Oh, yes.

[A]

Pulled him in the back of a car. What was his name?

[B]

Daniel Shepherd. Not Daniel.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

What was his name?

[A]

I think it was Daniel.

[B]

No.

[A]

Was it Alex Shepard? No.

[B]

Something. No. What was his name? Oh, my God.

[A]

It was something. Shepherd.

[B]

Yeah. Matthew Shepard. Yes. Matthew. Matthew Shepard. Yes, I remember that. Sorry. No, because that was really.

[A]

It was.

[B]

And y' all are still homophobic. And y' all are still homophobic. It's blowing my mind that y' all are still acting like this about gay people. What? It was so terrible anyway. Yeah, it was.

[A]

It was 1998.

[B]

Yeah, I remember that. I was in high school.

[A]

I was only 10. My birthday was the next one.

[B]

I mean, I was only six. I keep forgetting. I'm gonna start lying about my age.

[A]

And I'm not gonna argue with you.

[B]

I'm taking a cute 10 years off.

[A]

Well, she says she's 30 now.

[B]

What the fuck?

[A]

Don't argue with your mammy.

[B]

I remember the adults around me talking about this.

[A]

Yeah, this Uncle Luke response. Absolutely. Reminds me of the Latin boy who was like, I have just learned so much about gay history. You know? It reminds me of Marsha P. Okay. All right. And all of the back breaking work that took place in Stonewall. Also, I just watched Brokeback Mountain in terms of backbreaking work, and my God rest in peace, Heath Ledger. It reminds me of that. It reminds me of that. Yeah, I'm like, luke, all due respect, you know, Miami legend, all that. You don't know a lot of these words, and you know what I'm saying? I can believe maybe somebody did some editing on the ChatGPT the way that we had to strike because Hollywood was like, okay, so AI wrote this script for Fast 8. Can you just fix some of the words so it sounds human? We got sent a Capri sun for you. Yeah, that is rampant. But, yeah, this is AI.

[B]

Yeah, it is, but it was correct.

[A]

AI Mostly

[B]

it was a rebuttal to the absolute dumb shit that's coming from this black MAGA direction. Like, you niggas are clueless, and this is just so stupid. Not to mention, like. And the. The point of, like, Trump's policies being harmful, directly harmful to black people is very real. So it's like, yes, this is chat, but also, you weren't incorrect. Like, this is not an incorrect message. And I. I would much rather y' all be using it for this if this is. If you just insist. Because it honestly pisses me off when I get an email or a text message from somebody and I can tell they used AI to write it. It gets on my nerves because I'm like, why don't you just write it yourself? Like, it. I'm.

[A]

So what could they be sending you that they need AI to do it?

[B]

You know, I think sometimes people just are like, I'm trying to communicate a point. And either they don't know how to put it in words that are. Either they don't know how to communicate it, or they don't want to take the time to figure out how to communicate it. But either way, when I can tell that you have used ChatGPT, I'm immediately, like, annoyed as fuck by that. But since y' all insist on using it, at least let it be for this in service of, like, counteracting the ridiculous things that Nick Cannon and Chili and Tristan Thompson and God only knows what other niggas are gonna crawl out of the dirt over the next couple of weeks to say something nice about Trump so that y' all don't pay too much attention to the Epstein files or the Supreme Court or him partnering pardoning a who had six warehouses worth of child porn or the war in Iran, which is like, do we even remember that's going on? Or nine dollar bag of beans like that. That is what. That is what this is for. So. Okay, Uncle Luke, you got you one with that one.

[A]

Imagine Uncle Luke and Congress, they are working. I just. It's fun. It's fun to think about it. It's like not to think about him being in Congress. That's not a good time. It's fun to think about, like, the work he's doing, to seriously try it.

[B]

Are you registered in his district? You gonna go vote for him? You're gonna vote absentee for him? Oh, okay. That's too bad. That would be very interesting. I would actually love to see it, but.

[A]

Okay. God bless us, everyone. That's gonna be it for the hot tops this week.

[B]

Amen. Jesus Christ.

[A]

And then we'll come back. Yeah, that's a lot.

[B]

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[A]

Welcome back, ladies and germs. It's time for us to read your letters. Oh, and before you ask, I saw the trailer for backrooms. It looks amazing and creepy and scary. I'm totally gonna watch it. So there you go.

[B]

I just love that that's what you brought up because the first question says.

[A]

You are fucking kidding me.

[B]

Not that movie. But it says Krystal. I noticed. It's probably not for you because of the gore, but Kid Fury, I think they will kill you is right up your alley. Have you seen it yet?

[A]

I cannot wait to watch this. I haven't seen it yet. I cannot wait.

[B]

This person said it reminded them of a mix of Kill Bill, Evil Dead, and Ready or Not.

[A]

Ready or Not.

[B]

Yeah, so don't. I don't understand any of those references.

[A]

Is there a supernatural element to it? I thought she was just killing people that want to kill her. Oh, maybe they're like demons are possessed or something. Oh, yeah. I can't wait to watch. It's Zazie Beats Zazzy Beats.

[B]

Holler at me.

[A]

But I saw the trailer and it seems like she's just going to do a job or something. And then there's just like a whole bunch of people who are hunting her to kill her, but little do they know she's a bad bitch and so she just kills them.

[B]

Oh, okie dokie.

[A]

I have to. Well, thank you for reminding me.

[B]

Yeah, I hope you girls have fun at that. I won't be present.

[A]

I heard the Super Mario Galaxy movie is mid. Well, I mean, it's for children.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I'm like, I did think that when I saw the reviews, I was like, you know, Rivera's like, oh, the pacing is this. And there was no growth in the lore. I'm like, girl, six year old, they don't give a fuck. They're gonna see Yoshi and cry.

[B]

Right? That's like saying the Roblox movie was mid. Yeah, it was for children.

[A]

There's a Roblox movie been out.

[B]

Been came and went.

[A]

Shut up.

[B]

Are you kidding? Danielle? No, because Danielle. Danielle Black Dan. Yes. Danielle Brooks was in it.

[A]

A Roblox movie. Wow.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Wow.

[B]

I can't believe. Yeah, it came out, like last year or maybe even two years ago.

[A]

Girl, you're talking about Minecraft.

[B]

Oh, same thing. I was like, what? It's the same thing? Is that not the same thing?

[A]

I mean, girl, it. Literally. I'm just laughing because I just put two and two together and realized you were talking about something else. But from your perspective, of course it's the same shit.

[B]

Whatever. You know what I mean?

[A]

Little blocky people running around doing who knows what.

[B]

It's all the same to me, child. Anyway.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yes. So our first letter. Well, second letter, technically this week, comes from Francis, who says, hi, Chrislyn Kif. I live in Atlanta and my mom lives two hours away. She doesn't have a car and she lives on her own in an apartment with rent that my sister helps her pay. We're pretty close, and before this incident, I would have said she was my best friend.

[A]

Oh, boy.

[B]

I've been feeling a little down lately for a few reasons, but nothing catastrophic. My feelings are being amplified by my monthly PMS symptoms, which is not a surprise since they're pretty regular. Two days ago, I was really sad and not doing well, and my sister surprised me and told me in a group chat with my mom that she'd be in Atlanta in two days and asked if she could crash at my place. Keep in mind my sister makes at least three times my salary, so she could easily afford a hotel room. She said, no pressure, and I replied, I'll probably be in a bad mood and depressed since I'm in my PMS period, but if you're willing to put up with a low energy me, then sure. Then about 30 minutes later, I said, actually, I don't think I'm up to hosting anyone right now. I'm sorry.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

So then my sister says, that's cool. I'll just Be on your doorstep Friday morning with breakfast. Depressed and bad mood are signs for me to lean in, not retreat. A few hours later, I replied saying, that's sweet of you, but Friday morning won't be a great time. I have a team meeting. And she still tried to pitch different scenarios for her to visit. Finally, I said, it's not that I don't want to see you. I don't want to see anyone. I'm emotionally exhausted right now and I'm not sure that I have the energy to be good company. I love you and I promise it's not personal. The next day, I talked to my mom on the phone and told her that I was fine and just needed some time to myself. She threatened to take a shuttle from her town to Atlanta, and I said, please, seriously, do not do that. I just need time for myself. Instead, she sent a text an hour ago that said, I'm on my way,

[A]

moms.

[B]

I immediately called her and said, on your way where? And she said to you,

[A]

American Deli? Because I don't. I was pretty clear.

[B]

I am so mad that I put the phone down for a full 15 minutes just trying to gather my thoughts, and then you picked it up and emailed us. Period. To make matters worse, since I didn't know my mom would be on her way to my place, I ate an edible, so I'm high right now.

[A]

Wow, this is a lot.

[B]

When I put the phone back to my ear, I told her to please catch the next shuttle right back to her town and that if that didn't work out, I would send her whatever money necessary for her to get a hotel and to make plans for her to return the next day. She said, no, I'll be at the pickup spot in an hour. Just come get me, okay? I put my phone down to breathe for another five minutes and then told her that I was furious and that I did not consent to her coming to my house. She said, you would refuse your own mother? And I told her, you know, I will never leave you in an unsafe situation, but again, I will send you whatever money you need to get around. However, I am not answering this door. Then I hung up. I'm the baby of the family, so I'm used to my mother and sister being protective of me, but this is just too much. I do work from home and I have a roommate that I'm friends with, so I'm not alone. I had plans to see my mom on Sunday for Easter, so I was going to visit her anyway. I'm not sure what's going to happen next. But do you two think I'm wrong? Thanks, Frances.

[A]

Thank you for the letter. Frances. Do I think you are wrong? That's complicated for me to answer. Same because as someone who. Who deals with this exact same feeling. Sentiment quite a bit. Thankfully, it hasn't been any time recently. I am in the work. Amen.

[B]

Amen.

[A]

But I am quite familiar with that feeling of I love you. I love you. I love you, and I'm grateful that you want to come, but I do not want to be around anybody. I. I feel like I won't be good company. I feel like my low mood is gonna just be anxiety inducing or a problem. I would say fuck that. You know what I mean? Like, it is unnatural, I think, for us to push past that and go, okay, come be by me. Come be by me. Anyway, it's, you know, it's not, oh, I just had a baby. And, you know, my mama and my sister trying to run over here, and I'm trying to tell them, a, don't bring Covid outside in front of this newborn. B, I'm sick. And I, like, I just. You know what I mean? Like, sometimes people are like, give me a second.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

I think your sister, a, just wanting to come and kick it with you. Like, you're saying she has enough money to stay in a hotel. Maybe she wants to stay with you because you're her sister and she loves you and wants to spend time with you.

[B]

Sounds like that.

[A]

And then when you're expressing that you're not feeling well, a good friend, family member, sister's probably gonna be like, oh, I'm on my way. Let me come see about you.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So I don't think. I think maybe if wrong, it might be just taking, like, offense to it. Not saying you are, but the tone of the letter kind of feels like you are agitated or they're kind of getting on your nerves behind this.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

The complication for me is that you have set very, very clear boundaries over and over and over again. And although I'm sure your mom, your sister might be concerned, I think you've been. At least what you're wording here has been very clear that you're not, like, in danger. Mm.

[B]

It sounds like it.

[A]

So when you say mom, no, and she's like, I'm in the car. I'm on the shuttle. I'm on the way. I don't know why. I could help you get back. No, no. I'm already at the American deli. Do you want your lemon pepper? Wet or what? Okay. I'm not answering the. You know what I mean? Like, after a certain point, I think it is best for, like, even myself if. If I had a friend or a loved one that was going through the same thing, and I'm trying to go over there, and they were like, very clearly, please don't. I'm gonna keep my distance because going over there might make things worse. It might make you feel worse. And I think that I can. I know that I can still be supportive and let you know that you have me without being present with.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Like, just the other day, I. I texted my friend and I was like, I'm feeling like shit today. I'm a little worried about my mind. And he was like, do you want me to come over there? And I was like, not really. I think maybe I just need some sleep. But I wanted to tell somebody just in case. He was like, okay, I got you. If you want me to just sit on the phone with you, let me know.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Boom, boom, boom. That was that. So I think. I think that you should probably try to, in the future, push past that anxiety, depression, and just let people be around. You know, Sometimes I find it helpful for motherfuckers to just come in and be there. You don't even have to speak to me. In fact, I love it if I'm feeling like shit, but I need somebody to be around me. And you just kicking on the sofa with Bravo on or whatever the fuck, and you're just. Because I don't feel isolated. I don't feel scared as much. And I also don't feel like I have to. I don't know, I have to be any sort of person or have any sort of vibe, because this person is here. Like, if your mama come around and is constantly like. And you know your mama. We don't. Is she gonna come on there and be questioning you all the time? Is she gonna pull out the New Testament and say, hey, girlish. You know what I mean?

[B]

Right, right. That's very real.

[A]

You know them.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So, yeah, I think that's about it for me. I would say, overall, try to let people in, because you have to. Especially when you are really feeling like shit, when you're really, really depressed, you need to have people around you, whether they come to you or you go to them. And I feel like an alien saying that shit. Because, girl, maybe two, three, four years ago, it would have been like, shut the fuck up. Who do you think you are? Yeah, you do. But I think that your. Your boundaries should still be respected, especially if you are clear that you are safe and that you're working at it, and you are clear with them that you're safe and you're working at it. So, yes. Little duality there, I guess.

[B]

I agree. I think if I were in this same situation, I would want people to respect my nose the same way I would respect their no.

[A]

Right.

[B]

I would also say, Frances, if you have a history of very low moods, severe depression, any sort of ideations of hurting yourself or ending your life, I can understand why they might be a little more like, no, I'mma lay eyes on you and you gonna lay eyes on me because you have. Because you've been in that place before. However, the fact that you have a roommate for me would mitigate a lot of that because you're not alone, right? You're not in that house by yourself. You do have a roommate. You do have a job. So, like, you are taking care of yourself. You're not completely isolated.

[A]

And she said, the roommate's a friend.

[B]

Right? And the roommate is a friend. And you are the baby of the family. So they maybe are a little bit more protective of you. So I'm thinking either. Either this is like the black mama that don't know how to take a no. I mean, it sounds like this so many of them.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Or the black mama who's like, my baby has been in the deepest, darkest place before, and I just. I have got to lay my eyes on her to make sure that that's not what's going on here. Right.

[A]

I'm going.

[B]

Yeah, Right. So I would have more understanding if maybe you have a history, like I said, that lines up with somebody being like, I hear you. And also, I'm 30 minutes away, so figure it out. But as far as, like, wrong, I think, yeah, I think hip fury really hit the nail on the head here. It's not really this to me, it's not an issue of who's right or wrong. Like, you know, especially, like, in a morality sense. It's not really that. It is perfectly reasonable to not take house guests when you don't want em. Like, right. You can't just show up at my house either and be like, oh, well, I'm coming anyway. You just gonna leave me out? I did not invite you. You. So how I'm just gonna leave you anywhere?

[A]

I never said everything said, I'm not answering this door.

[B]

Right. Yeah, you meant that. Shit. Can you and your mom maybe go to dinner or something? Can you go pick her up from the train? Station or bus station or whatever. Y' all go out. She can talk to you, maybe be reassured that way. Again, if you have a history of severe mental health issues, I would be more, like, encouraging, like Kif Harry said. Right. And I would encourage you, Frances, to push past this feeling and let people be around you if this is something that has happened to you before. Otherwise, I think Easter is just gonna be very awkward if you were like, yeah, here go money for a Mateo. Sick.

[A]

Big old facts.

[B]

Yeah. So, you know, like Kefieri said, you know, your family, you know how they actually are. You can answer that question of my mom is just doing too much versus I can see why you're scared about me.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Not your. Your mental health is not about other people. But I will ask you to consider the fact that people love you, they cherish you, they value you. And when you are in a very bad space, that is scary for them. That doesn't mean withdraw. So nobody knows you're in a bad space. It means let us know so that we can do whatever we can to support you. So you. You. You gotta be the one to figure that out, though.

[A]

And, like, on the point of view, like, can you go to dinner and stuff, that's reminding me of, like, you can also set the parameters of how this whole check in thing works. Like I said, you know, the girls will come over when I'm feeling like shit or, you know, in a scary place. Just kick back. Because that is what I prefer when I'm feeling like shit.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But I need somebody around or somebody you know is concerned and wants to be around. You can hit your mama with like, okay, but you have two simple hours. I'm giving you 120 minutes, bitch. That's it. Whatever you have in that amount of time that you want to do, let's get into it. I feel like that's a couple episodes of Martin we could watch Coming to America in that time. And then you are going home.

[B]

Yeah. And that's fair. It's your home. Right. Yeah. You just have to find that balance between protecting my peace, my energy, doing what feels right to me, and honoring my feelings. And. And sometimes our feelings are. Our brain is sabotaging us.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Sometimes it is. Sorry. Sorry. Sometimes our brain is working against our best interest. So.

[A]

And I've never had somebody check in on me or be there with me when I was feeling like shit. And then afterwards I was like, I'm so glad this bitch gone.

[B]

It's never happened. Ooh.

[A]

This whole get on my nerves all Caring about me. It's never happened.

[B]

Sometimes you push through that feeling of, I don't want to, and you're really glad that you did because you needed that shit. You needed it.

[A]

Me, at least, every time.

[B]

So good luck to you as you figure that out. This. You wrote this a few weeks ago, so this has probably already happened. Let us know what you did with

[A]

your mama, but I love when they write a letter and be like, 20 minutes ago, this bitch just said yes. That was so fun.

[B]

You were still pissed when you typed that out. I know that's right.

[A]

Tired.

[B]

All right. Good luck, babe. Our last letter comes from Clara, who says, hey, Kifirian Crystal. I got married last year in August and moved in with my husband a month later.

[A]

Why?

[B]

Okay. Anyways, fast forward nine months and I read my husband's journal. My husband is not a very expressive person. He doesn't easily open up and tell me how he feels. So I figured, let me read his journal to see what's on his mind because he doesn't share his thoughts often. Well, I read it and I was not happy with what I found. Surprise.

[A]

He hates you, huh? Bitch. It's. That'll learn you to mind your business, ma'. Am.

[B]

His. Why would you. His journal entries are all about how angry he was with me after arguments that we had and how he felt like he had to minimize his feelings or suppress who he is to keep peace during conflicts.

[A]

This is kind.

[B]

He also wrote about how he felt like I don't listen to him and I make him feel small, just like his family members did when he was a child. Now, the kicker came when he wrote that he felt like he was starting to lose attraction to me. I was really hurt and upset after reading all of this, and I wished he would feel comfortable enough to tell me and have an open and honest conversation. We've only been married nine months and he's already losing attraction to me. Our sex life is more on the slower side because we're usually very busy and come home tired after days full of school and work. We both want to have more intimate time, but we also both struggle with initiating. And after reading his notes, I fear that he's holding all this resentment towards me to the point where things cannot be fixed. I did bring all this up to my husband afterwards, and his response was that I should not have read his journal.

[A]

Whoa. He said, what a perspective.

[B]

He said that his loss of attraction was his problem, not mine, and that he was going to therapy to figure it out. He said that he didn't think that I let myself go and he still finds me sexy and would still smash. This all has sort of made me lose trust in him and his. But this has all made me lose trust in him and his words because I don't know if he's being honest or if he's just telling me things that I want to hear. Now, I get that. Now that I get that I was wrong when I violated his privacy and read his journal, but I also. But I also think these are things he should have told me. What do y' all think? Was I really wrong? Is my marriage over? Is any of this salvageable? Thank you so much for your help. Lots of love. Xoxo, Clara.

[A]

All right, Gossip Girl. Listen, you know y' all be writing in, and just, like, you're like, I need someone to go off on me, but I don't want it to be nobody I know. So, yeah, let me just write into these loudmouth bitches, sweetie. I would say that it was a blessing that this nigga said this stuff to a piece of paper and not to you. Cause first of all, what's her name you gave her? Claire Clara, you ain't say nothing here about him lying. You didn't say anything about anything in that journal being untrue. You didn't say nothing about that.

[B]

Oh, shit. Damn. She didn't.

[A]

So I would say. I would say. Not only is it. Is it a violation to have read this man's journal, boy. Like, you were a fucking DJ Tanner or something, but

[B]

it's like you're.

[A]

It's like you're just soaring over the whole purpose of a journal.

[B]

Damn.

[A]

Like, girl, you really mad that this nigga was using a journal for what it's for on top of going to therapy?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Rather than arguing with you when you apparently make him feel small and all of this other shit that he accused you of that you have not denied. He was like, let me write about it to get my thoughts out, to kind of unpack how I'm feeling about it without it furthering an argument or making it worse or exacerbating things to the point where my marriage ends.

[B]

Yikes.

[A]

Like,

[B]

well, I mean, girl, you should

[A]

have never picked up that. Goddamn it. This is like. That's like.

[B]

And you knew that.

[A]

Like, it's like reading a nigga's phone Pro Max.

[B]

Plus, like, yeah, yeah. A journal where your private thoughts and feelings are supposed to go, sister.

[A]

I bet that nigga did not expect that he would have had to put. Put a locket on it. Like he and his sister had.

[B]

Yes, like my little. My little diary I had when I was a kid. Had a little fake lock with a little key on it that anybody. A butter knife could open. That thing but still.

[A]

REM the toy one where you would like, say a word.

[B]

Oh, yeah, like a password. Yeah, it was like password protected child.

[A]

One of them Fisher Price to deal with you. What you should have did was go. Go get a journal of your own. A pink one that says me. What is this burned book on it and just been journaling your own. This had the nerve to say, he ain't got to attract it to me with this fine banging body that I have and this gorgeous buttery chocolate skin. Whatever.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You reading A N's journal, not seeming to feel like it is outlandish and untrue or anything more so. I wish. I wish he would have told me these things. What if I told you that your spouse doesn't have to tell you everything?

[B]

Oh. Oh.

[A]

What if I told you that the person that you're married to, the person that you're going to spend the rest of your life with, doesn't have to share every direct thought with you all of the time? Especially if that thought that I'm not finished figuring out is gonna make things worse.

[B]

Woo. Shit.

[A]

He going to therapy? He doesn't say. He's not saying that. Like, oh. Because losing attraction to someone doesn't necessarily mean I don't find you attractive anymore or I don't think you're sexy. Losing attraction could just mean, like, I don't feel like, the necessity or a natural inclination to just be up on you and, like, I'm just not attracted to you like, that. You're not giving me a vibe. I just kind of want to sit here and watch football.

[B]

It absolutely can mean that for sure.

[A]

You should have never read his journal. You should have never told me that.

[B]

And you knew that. You knew that, and you knew that, Clara. You knew. Could also be that, you know, you're triggering him, making him feel like his family did when he was small. And that's why he's not. He's losing attraction to you. Cause it's like, damn, I'm feeling like I did when I was seven. I'm not feeling like a grown man with a wife, you know, I'm feeling like a little boy. It could be that. I will say, of course you were wrong to read his journal, babe. He's also not the only one who needs therapy. I would recommend couples therapy for y'. All. And I Would like to say I agree with everything you said, and I think this is why premarital counseling is so important.

[A]

Preach.

[B]

Y' all absolutely should have gone to premarital counseling. Because here's my thing. Your husband's not an expressive person. He doesn't easily open up. He doesn't share his thoughts often. I'm sure that didn't start nine months ago after y' all got married.

[A]

Of course.

[B]

He's always been like this.

[A]

Right?

[B]

So my question is, if that bothered you, if you didn't like the fact that he's not very expressive, why on earth didn't this come up before you married him? Why didn't you say something about that then? Why didn't. Why wasn't there? Why would you marry somebody that you don't feel like communicates well with you like this? This is the sort of thing, and it's possible that you two are just not great. Like, you all haven't figured out how to communicate well together. Again, premarital counseling would have helped a lot with this, to keep you from getting to this place, because, you know, conflict arguments and stuff like that, that's gonna be a part of any intimate relationship. The way y' all handle it is what matters. The way y' all speak to each other, the way y' all act during and after arguing, that sort of thing is gonna be what? And it's so. Again, it sounds like the both of you do need this sort of help. I can see how you would be hurt realizing that your man was going through all these feelings, but he also had the good sense to put them in a private place so he could get it out. And when he wasn't coming to rational conclusions on his own, when he wasn't able to figure things out, he's like, okay, I need to see a therapist. Like, I need somebody to help me work through this. Because what did you want him to do? Him. As soon as I read that, when you said he wrote about how he feels, like, I don't listen to him and I make him feel small, just like his family did when he was young. Okay, then. So I don't know whether you listen to him or whether he just perceives that you don't. I have no idea which one of those is true. What I do know is that he. In the. In that moment, what he is experiencing is taking him back to a place that felt uncontrollable for him, because children don't have any power or autonomy over their parents and the adults in their lives.

[A]

So again, and it can lead to a trauma that isn't even really identified as a trauma.

[B]

Right.

[A]

Sometimes in situations like this, premarital counseling,

[B]

this would have come up. This. All of this would have come up then. But it is very interesting to me that what really bothered you the most was that he was saying. He said that he felt like he was losing attraction to you or sexual energy. Like, this man's talking about how he feels, like he has to minimize his feelings, suppress his true emotions, not be himself. You make him feel small and marginalized. And you said, and you don't want my pussy no more. Like,

[A]

he would. He said he would still smash.

[B]

There are.

[A]

He's just trying to get some good sleep.

[B]

All these other issues that are impacting, like, all those issues are impacting the sex life, baby. But you came to him and said, I read your journal, and how dare you not want my titties in your face? No more.

[A]

Like, honestly, if I were in your shoes in some other reality, oh, man. I would have apologized for reading the journal and apologized for making him feel this way and saying, if you do want to talk about this and open up to it, I want to be able for us to talk about this. But if you would have to acknowledge that his feelings are valid, yes, I would. And you are instead, like Chris was saying, being like. Like you not attracted to me no more. Is this what our marriage is gonna be like?

[B]

Like, that's what you. That's what you focused on the most. Again, therapy is. Therapy is needed here for the both of you. I really think couples counseling can help, but, yeah, baby, I would have. I would have said, I'm sorry for reading your journal. I would not have apologized for how I made you feel. Because again, in this situation, I don't know which one of you. Like, I'm not sure if somebody here is objectively correct or incorrect, but I would have said, you know, these are the sorts of things that I wish we could talk about. It's also very possible he does not know how to open up and speak about these things. And again, therapy, like, it's just all coming back to chat GPT. And please don't use chat GPT to show.

[A]

Please don't let the therapist do it.

[B]

Your husband's never been very expressive. He's probably gonna have to work through all that childhood that. I wouldn't be surprised if his feelings were minimized or dismissed in childhood. And then when he tried to say something about it, somebody smacked him across the mouth and told him to shut up and Be grateful for what he has. So that will keep a person from opening up about their feelings. I. I can't say it enough. Y' all need couples counseling. It.

[A]

This doesn't have to take it personal.

[B]

It doesn't have to be the point of no return if both of you are willing to grow and work on it. But. But, yeah, what I read here was somebody who needs therapy just as much as her man does.

[A]

I love when the girls are like. Cause you're completely correct. Like, okay, so he was probably like that.

[B]

Been like that. Yeah. Been like that.

[A]

I think the girls are like, okay, we're married now. So our relationship has evolved to Achara's art.

[B]

No.

[A]

So now this and now this and all that. Because that's marriage. Like, no, you just have paperwork. It's the same nigga that, like, every. The vibe. Why are you now feeling like, okay, now that we're married is when you should be having conversations with me and open up. If the nigga never did that, a ring and some contract was not gonna change that.

[B]

No, he's still Charmeleon or whatever. Like, it's not gonna magically change work. Because y', all, you know, Pokemon Go is my shit work. And, yeah, whatever relationship you have when you decide to get married, that. Excuse me. That is what you're signing up to always have. That's the person you're signing up to build something with getting married and thinking that now things are going to be how they should be. No, no, no. This is who he is or this is how he has been, at least. And, yeah, can't recommend y' all going to separate and couples therapy if you can afford it. But for sure, couples counseling. This. This can be worked through, though.

[A]

So I would. I think I might read my kid's diary. If I was concerned about.

[B]

I would read it. What? I would never. I might read it. I would never confront you about it, though. Never.

[A]

Oh, of course not.

[B]

Never, ever. I would never confront you about it. If I went through a nigga's phone, I'm not gonna confront you about what I saw on the phone. If it's that bad, I'm just gonna leave you. But I'm not gonna be like, yeah, I go through your phone. Cause that's what I do. I go through phones. Like, no, that's not.

[A]

I'm never going through a nigga phone. I'm talking about if I had a child and they had a journal, and I feel like it's possible that you might stab some people at. Oh, yes, I Might take a gander, you know what I'm saying? Like, if it's one of them kids where I'm like, I don't know about that one. I might take a peek.

[B]

Right?

[A]

As long as I don't see anything alarming, I'm just not gonna say nothing to you and be like, oh, God.

[B]

Well, I really think if you are an open, present, mature, kind, calm, gentle parent, your children are probably not doing the sort of thing where you need to read their diary to know what's really going on with them anyway.

[A]

Exactly.

[B]

Right. So you know any. But getting back to Clara, I think you know, God damn, baby.

[A]

I mean, he ain't left you yet, so I guess you winning.

[B]

Yeah. Y' all can work through this, I think, if you both want to.

[A]

So also, I just peeked that you said Charmeleon. It is so fun. It's so fun. Is it chameleon? Charmeleon.

[B]

Oh, Charmeleon.

[A]

Well, but say Charmeleon, like, don't ever change.

[B]

Is it. Okay, so it's not Charmeleon. That's fine.

[A]

It's Charmeleon.

[B]

That makes so much sense. But, you know, I don't be saying shit, right? Anyway, best of luck to you, Claire. Let me know how couples counseling goes, please.

[A]

I have to know.

[B]

And that is going to.

[A]

I can't wait for the therapist to be like, so you did what?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Why did you do that?

[B]

Right? Yeah. And we're gonna get into why it's hard for him to express himself, and we're gonna get into what you do that. You may not be conscious of what you're doing in this relationship, but.

[A]

And don't gag when she brings you up, honey.

[B]

Cause, look, yeah, I don't necessarily.

[A]

You can't go on a couple's therapy and feel like this is for them, right?

[B]

Oh, yeah. No, no, no, no. To learn some things about yourself, sister.

[A]

Damn. Well.

[B]

But I don't necessarily think couples counseling is for everybody. But I do think once you get engaged, it's time.

[A]

I agree.

[B]

It's time.

[A]

I agree.

[B]

Before you even set a wedding date. Find a therapist.

[A]

I agree.

[B]

And I'm not talking about premarital counseling through the church. Fuck no. I'm talking about.

[A]

Hell, no.

[B]

Not talking about your Sit down. To be like, are you ready to submit to your hands?

[A]

Absolutely not.

[B]

Fuck.

[A]

You can let him do the reception, right, girl?

[B]

Yeah, let him do the. Let him marry y' all off, you know, and be the witness to the marriage license signing or whatever. And then you send him on his way and you talk to the other therapist about the rest of the. Oh, man. Good luck, babe. That is going to wrap up the listener letters for this week. Again, if you have a question for us, send us an email. Ask the read gmail dot com. We're going to take a quick break and then be right back.

[A]

All right, folks, we're wrapping things up here with the read. I genuinely don't have one. I'm just going to say to Donald, hellfire, trump, nan, nanny, boo, boo. You suck.

[B]

Nobody likes you going off on all this. Well, you get your own oil and you can. My oil, I mean. Cause I don't know. But you won't fight in the war, in France, in the uk. You know, we've done all of this for you, so you can't have any more oil because of Hamus.

[A]

And then, bitch, we calling them freedom fries again, honey. Cause Fran said I ain't telling you no start. No, we ain't got nothing to do with that. I ain't tell you to go. No, no, no. Damn war, bitch. Figure it out. Figure it the fuck out. Ha ha. Bitch, you suck. You suck. And you looking like Monica Lewinsky out here, ho. Well, fuck you and everything you stand for, you bruised grapefruit of a bitch. I bet your breath smell like asparagus. I know that when you fart, it sounds like a standing ovation and it smells like sulfur. You stink. And I don't understand how besides, like, ritualistic Satanism, how you're still here. We see the rot. We see the rot.

[B]

We do.

[A]

There ain't enough foundation in the world. Full coverage, beat came. We know you're dying, but you're not dead yet. And so I do believe it's. Have you seen him?

[B]

No.

[A]

Mm.

[B]

Mm. Remember, the reviews were so all over.

[A]

Wasn't great.

[B]

Yeah, I wasn't right. So I didn't.

[A]

But yeah. Oh, also one battle after another. Yeah, yeah, you stink. And it doesn't matter how many checks you give to a Wiz Khalifa, bitch. You suck. Like, yeah, you stink, bitch. Don't even give a fuck. That. Like, it's fake news that Nicki Minaj owns. Like, you try to lean into all this pop culture shit because human beings are quite dizzy when it comes to celebrities. Like, we are very unnecessarily dialed into what famous people think do eat, what have you. And so I do understand that it's a lot of distraction to the fact that you're a sex pest and, you know, have been lining the pockets of sex pests that you're Completely affiliated with them that you have also have. You also have several, like, pedophiles in your administration. You're all evil people.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

And you know, you can reach out to the barbs all you want. This is humiliating. And I can't wait if the planet lasts. I can't wait for the other side of this when we all openly talk about how ridiculous of a clown you are. Including your own party. Including your own party. When the money and the benefits and all that stuff dry up. I cannot wait for them to all talk about how much of a bozo you are and how much they can. They didn't like you. I mean, it's very obvious they don't like you. It's very obvious they don't like you. It's only taken a couple decisions as of late where the girls are like, okay, bitch war. Fuck you. Like, right. You stink. Literally and figuratively. I'm finished.

[B]

Woo. There's a lot going on.

[A]

Say, go get your own oil. Okay.

[B]

This has been the Kristi Noem thing. Have you seen this? With her husband and them faces.

[A]

Oh, girl, I forgot about this.

[B]

That it's always them. It's always them. The call is coming from inside the house 100% of the time when it comes to these Republicans and their weirdo about.

[A]

I love it every time Gays or

[B]

crossdressers or trans or whoever else. Y. Like, it's all. It's always y'. All. And then her husband was like, don't look at me. She done want fucking Corey Lewandowski. Like, okay, all right, all right. Yes, it is Real Housewives of Capitol Hill over there.

[A]

I only heard them talking about how a sex worker is the one who put him on blast.

[B]

I did hear that. I did hear that.

[A]

Well, I don't know how true it is, but I saw that a couple of times.

[B]

So. Right. But actually didn't even come here to talk about them flops. I came to talk about another pack of flops known as the Supreme Court, who just ruled on Tuesday that conversion therapy could be practiced in Colorado, which obviously could very well open the door for conversion therapy, which has been banned in, like, most states. Probably half of states could lead to that. Right? Reasonably exactly. Because conversion therapy, which, for those of you who don't know, is not evil, actual therapy. It is just something that homophobes and transphobes came up with to try to make their children be who they want them to be instead of who their children are. This has been. It's been outlawed and is out of favor with every major medical organization because it does not. Not only does it not work, it makes things much, much worse for these worse, they end up having deep depression, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, all kinds of things. Because not only are they being invalidated, they are. They are being ostracized to the point of we're saying pretend to be someone else or you will be kicked out of your community. You will be removed from this home. You will lose your family and loved ones, like, they're being threatened with all this shit. And then y' all are doing and saying all kinds of crazy things to these kids in the name of, like, trying to, quote, unquote, fix them. There's nothing wrong with them. There's actually something wrong with you, and I hate that. It is a licensed, practicing therapist who is the one who brought this case. She was saying, Colorado is infringing on my right to help these kids be straight again. She actually said, I'm out. I'm grateful that my speech is protected, but I'm even more excited that families and children seeking access to counseling that respects biological reality will be able to get the help that they need. Okay, So I don't know how to say this. This without sounding like a broken goddamn record, because we've said it trillions of times on this show. But homosexuality is a biological reality. We see it across species. We don't see transgender, you know, dogs or whatever, because dogs don't have gender the way we do. Please don't be stupid about that. Like, please don't be stupid about that. They don't, as far as we know, know. I don't know what dogs talk about in their own language. Which reminds me, let me talk about Laney's sex tape, too, before I get off of this. Off of this mic.

[A]

But broke the Internet.

[B]

But homosexuality is a part of biology. There's nothing unnatural about it. What's unnatural is yalls hatred for these people to the point where you would willingly cause massive and in many cases irreparable psychological damage to young people because they didn't come out the way you wanted them to. If you only want straight cisgender kids don't have kids. Just don't have them.

[A]

We've said that a trillion times, too.

[B]

Yes, because this is an Amazon. You don't get to build a baby and. And customize it to what you need and then have it shipped to your house house in three to five business days. That's not how.

[A]

Actually, I think you can do that.

[B]

And you probably just get you a Doll if you do. Yeah. And I'm sure AI, this is probably some freak shit that they coming up with. It'll probably be on the market next year.

[A]

Megan, hold out for that. Yeah.

[B]

An actual human baby, though. There is so much variation. Since we talking about biology. There's so much variation across the. This species because there are billions of us who have existed for thousands and thousands of years that your kid can fall on so many different spectrums. It's the beauty of being human.

[A]

Thank you.

[B]

Y' all being hateful. And Justice Kataji Jackson was the sole Supreme Court justice to say, I don't know what you bitches are on right now, but she actually wrote, quote, no one directly disputes that Colorado has the power to regulate the medical treatments that state licensed professionals provide to patients. So in my view, it cannot also be the case that Colorado's decision to restrict a dangerous therapy modality that incidentally involves provider speech is presumptively unconstitutional. Exactly. Taking her personal feelings, which I don't even know what they are about, lgp, LGBTQ people out of it and saying, saying, how is it that we say, yes, this state has the power to regulate medical treatments from professionals, but it the Colorado's decisions to say, hey, this is bullshit, it's dangerous, it hurts kids. We're not gonna out. We're gonna outlaw it because it's causing harm. It doesn't do any good. Now all of a sudden, that's unconstitutional. Like, it can't be both. It can't be both. So like I said, I think this is going to open up the door to a lot more bullshit across the country, and it's going to be fewer and fewer states where anybody who doesn't align with what this right wing administration wants from you is going to feel marginalized, pushed out, have their rights stripped away. Like, if it's not you, eventually it will be you. And you have to know that. But, yeah, I'm just. It's.

[A]

Have you ever seen. But I'm a cheerleader.

[B]

I love, but I'm a cheerleader.

[A]

It's fantastic. It is so good, and it's really, really good.

[B]

Things like that have been going on for so long where people are just, Y' all are so desperate to not have gay kids that you would be willing to throw your children away. You'd rather your kids be dead than gay.

[A]

Oh, my God. Yeah.

[B]

Do you hear yourselves?

[A]

Don't have them.

[B]

Do you hear yourselves? I fear we're missing.

[A]

I cannot imagine having a baby and like assigning them a life and being like, outside of not being a serial

[B]

killer and being like. And if you don't grow up to be the way I want you to be, if I see things in you that I don't like, I will push you away from me. You. You brought. I just want to remind y', all, y' all asked to have these kids. These kids did not ask to have you.

[A]

Yep.

[B]

Babies are a blessing. But are you a blessing to a baby? Well, it isn't the kids. It's y'. All. It's y'. All. Well, and speaking of kids, so I posted a video of my daughter at daycare a few days ago.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

And, you know, this is a video of dogs sniffing each other's genitals, which they do. And it looks. It's funny because it looks sexual because Lainey's on her back with her little front legs up like this, literally. And so it looks like, oh, you getting your pussy ate.

[A]

Players club.

[B]

And you know this. It did go viral. Thousands of comments. And most people get it. You know, most people get it. Most people are like, it's just funny.

[A]

It looks funny.

[B]

Literally that. Okay, like, we understand dogs sniff genitals. We do. Everybody gets that. But this looks funny because it looks like human sexuality. It looks like things we do. So we're making jokes about it. Okay. I love that. We can all joke. I mean, I posted about it knowing that y' all would see that, because that's what I saw as well. However, some of y' all are being very weird about this dog. Like. Like, damn, you just gonna be loose like that and let some stranger nigga, like, I would. I would have to snatch my baby up. And that's why you can't go to daycare. And I would whoop my dog's ass and all this shit. Okay, Savannah, slow down. She's a dog. She's a dog. She's a dog. She's a dog. This is what dogs do.

[A]

Imagine you're a young dog.

[B]

And I mean. And regardless, this is. Have you ever met a dog sniffing each other's butt? This is what they lick and sniff. She is. Yes, showing. And this is what Lainey. So I'm all over the place, but Lainey does this, like, every day when we are out on a walk and she comes across another dog. Yeah. If we let. If I let her play with that other dog for more than a few minutes, and they start jumping all over each other and stuff like they do, eventually Ladani is going to get right there on the fucking concrete, roll over and present her pussy to the world, because this is what she does. She does with all kinds of dogs, but especially bigger ones. So I say all that.

[A]

Puppies do this. I see dogs do it all the time.

[B]

It's what they do.

[A]

And it's a dog thing.

[B]

I understand that a lot of us have so many feelings about sex and sexuality that are tied to shame, that we were taught in our own human lives that we are now projecting that onto dogs. I get that. I even felt a little bit of that initially, like, not my baby. What is my child doing? And then I said to myself, oh, right, she's a dog. And this is how dogs do. So I'm just gonna remind y' all that this is a dog and this is what dogs do. And please do not project your weird shame about sex and sexuality onto my one and a half year old spayed dog who is not bringing no babies home. So please don't worry about it. Doing things that dogs do. Imagine me saying, you can't go to daycare, which you fucking love, by the way. You can't go to daycare no more because mommy saw you getting your butt licked, which is what dogs do. You. That sounds stupid. That is stupid.

[A]

It's very stupid.

[B]

Not to mention she daycare. We don't have no other dogs at home. Daycare is where she goes to kick it with her people.

[A]

Right.

[B]

Obviously, she loves me. I'm her favorite, but I'm not a dog. She gets to go be a dog and do dog shit there all day. She don't have nothing to hump at home. She don't have nobody to lick her genitals at home but her. So, yeah, I want her to go have her dog experiences because she's a dog.

[A]

I dropped Link off this morning, and she saw her dog Homegirls, and it'd be just like when you see a black homie that you haven't seen in a while, it's. They.

[B]

They do that.

[A]

Yeah. It's just like they get so hyped to see each other.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

But, yeah, dogs are dogs. It's not like Lainey was rolling over, like, get to work. You know what to do.

[B]

Right. She didn't have her eyes closed, you know, like, ooh, this.

[A]

Was she just looking around, like, fastest in the background.

[B]

This. I've seen her. She does this, like, literally almost every day. This is just how Lany is with other dogs. Right. So I'm just going to need y'. All. To those of you who reacted as if you saw your teenager having sex first of all right, calm down. This. She's my baby. She's my daughter, but she's a dog. And this is what they do. So it might be worth taking a look at yourself and your own beliefs about sex and sexuality if you saw this short clip of Laney and was like, oh, wow. What a dog who doesn't deserve to go to daycare or have nice things anymore. Jesus Christ.

[A]

You need to be admitted. And that's no shade. Cause, like, are you okay?

[B]

They're not okay. This is how. And that's how deep shame around sex runs in this culture.

[A]

No, you're right. You're right.

[B]

And I'm not even cussing y' all out. I'm just saying examine that within yourself.

[A]

Something to think about.

[B]

It's worth examining. Cause she is a dog.

[A]

It looked hilarious.

[B]

It did. And everybody else, when I say 98% of people cracking up, making jokes that I'm, like, crying at, this shit is so funny. But some of you.

[A]

Kev on stage made a whole video about it was.

[B]

And I said, kev on Now, I thought Kev on stage. I said, do Kev on stage talk about anything related to sex? Yes, he do. Yes, the turd. I did not know that man said coochie. He do say coochie. So but even that, like, I loved most of the commentary about it. That's why I posted it, because I knew y' all was going to have jokes. It was great. But some of you are weird, and you need to investigate that weirdness within yourself. Baby, she's a dog.

[A]

That's what Jay Z was talking about.

[B]

And I don't shame my child for her sexuality.

[A]

Right.

[B]

It's a natural feeling.

[A]

Exactly.

[B]

You like getting your pussy ate. Why wouldn't she? You like getting your ass ate.

[A]

Talk about it.

[B]

Y'. All. Like the feeling of tongue on genitals. She didn't invent that.

[A]

So we're just anti cunnilingus now? Is that what you're saying now?

[B]

Y' all don't eat ass? Cause all you niggas talk about is eating ass.

[A]

Lies show whole what's the truth.

[B]

Oh, and that's it for me.

[A]

That video was so funny.

[B]

I love it. I couldn't believe the daycare sent it. And when I picked her up.

[A]

Me neither.

[B]

When I picked her up, they were like, oh, she was so friendly today. But she had her boundaries. They were like, yeah, she was letting people sniff. But when she was over it, she made herself clear, asserted herself, went and laid down somewhere, had a nap. So I Said, that's my girl, lady.

[A]

Said, I ain't taking nothing else off until I see some more motherfucking money.

[B]

You was just gonna let them run a train on you?

[A]

Oh, my God. Dogs are so great.

[B]

Yeah, she's great. She went to daycare again Monday and Tuesday. She did. Cause she loves it there.

[A]

No, they love it. They love being around other dogs, and that's how they communicate. Like, y' all didn't grow up hearing about dogs. Dog sniffing each other's butt and laughing about it. Like, that's. And you know how they figure you out, right?

[B]

And most people were able to just laugh about it because they get it.

[A]

Cause it's funny.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So your dog will probably. Probably likes to sniff and lick you, too.

[B]

Like, hey, they're dogs.

[A]

What you got going on?

[B]

They're dogs. They're dogs.

[A]

I took Link down the other. The other day, and I had her, like, in my hand, and I went to take her to the daycare lady who was picking her up that day. And I went back on the elevator, and someone walked. Walked in with this, like, beautiful. I don't even know what. Brown. What Brown. What brand? I don't know what breed it was, but it was like a larger, big, big, fluffy dog. And it immediately walked up to me and went to the same hand that I was holding Link with and was like, I smell.

[B]

I smell a One of my people.

[A]

Hairier. But literally. And I went to pet her. I went to pet the dog, and the dog was like, uh, wait a minute. Like, I didn't say we was friends.

[B]

Right.

[A]

I'm trying to figure out why you smell like one of me.

[B]

Right? Too much dip on your chip. I didn't say touch me. Yeah. I just said. And that happens. Cause they're dogs. I'm not sure how many times I'm gonna have to really stress this to y', all, but me and Kia were having this whole conversation. Cause I'm like, girl, I literally. I'm not cussing people out because I understand. I'm saying, investigate this within yourself. It's worth examining. She's a dog. She's a dog.

[A]

Your baby put everything in their mouth because they're babies.

[B]

And that's.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Are. We. Are. Do y'. All. Because some of you shame your children for doing developmentally appropriate things because you're putting your own adult view on it. But that's a whole thing. And so that's why I said, you know, just examine it within yourself. Base baby. And that is going to wrap up this week's. Episode of the Read. Check us out on social media at this is the Read. Our website is. This is the read.com we're very excited to see you girlies in Atlanta later this month. I do believe there's still a few Tickets left the readlive.com for all that.

[A]

I'm surprised you're even still allowed in Atlanta.

[B]

They are, you know. They love me. They just want me to shut up about that one thing.

[A]

Yep. Dumb peep.

[B]

Any other news or announcements for you this week?

[A]

Furious Thoughts podcast is out out every Tuesday. New episode out to this week. And it's just me running my mouth, giving you a new segment, being ghetto and cussing a lot and making sure that my mother will forever stay away from these clips because she hates me being vulgar.

[B]

Well, sounds like a mommy.

[A]

Yeah. Super saved.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, and patreon.com kiffir and all that shit.

[B]

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

[A]

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