The Unbreakable Spirit of a Canine Queen

Summary

The Read – “The Unbreakable Spirit of a Canine Queen”

Release date: January 29, 2026
Hosts: Kid Fury & Crissle West

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode of The Read delivers another dose of sharp pop culture commentary and hilariously candid on-air therapy as Kid Fury and Crissle West move through the latest in hip-hop, Oscar buzz, wild NYC weather, messy celebrity apologies, and the joys and agonies of dog ownership. The hosts blend their trademark shade, empathy, and storytelling to dissect internet-filling pop culture and personal dilemmas alike. Throughout, the episode’s “unbreakable spirit” is embodied by their canine companions, whose antics and personalities are woven throughout the show.

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Episode Structure

• City Life and Snow Stories – [02:02]
• Black Excellence/Oscar Buzz – [05:59]
• Pop Culture Hot Tops (Film Critique, Kanye’s Apology, Rap Beefs, and More) – [09:08]
• Dog Ownership Shenanigans – Throughout
• Listener Letters & Advice – [65:53]
• Reads/Closing Rants – [109:24]

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Detailed Breakdown

1. NYC SNOW STORM MISERY AND DOG ANTICS

Timestamps: 02:02–04:59

• Winter has New York locked down; Crissle details struggles getting around and the inaccessibility of snow-filled sidewalks.
• Discussion shifts to their beloved pups, Link and Lainey, and their dramatic boot-wearing escapades.
  • Quote – Crissle on her dog’s boots:
    “She’s so dramatic in them shoes… just like she's trying to kick them off.” [03:43]
  • Crissle narrates how letting her dog experience the cold convinced her to finally accept her boots.

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2. BLACK EXCELLENCE & OSCAR BUZZ

Timestamps: 05:59–09:07

• Shoutouts:
  • Lena Waithe – Making playwright debut with Trinity in Baltimore.
    • Quote – Kid Fury: “Lena is always like, one of those people who's like, not Hollywood...there’s a really big hearted, amazing soul.” [05:59]
  • Oscar Nominations:
    • “Most Oscar nominations at once in history... 16!” [06:59]
  • Both hosts warily express hope for recognition for Delroy Lindo, while acknowledging industry pessimism.
  • Quote – Kid Fury: “If Delroy does not...that would be egregious, actually.” [08:08]

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3. HOT TOPS—POPCULTURE AND MOVIE CRITIQUE

Timestamps: 09:08–15:58

• Film Critique – One Battle After Another
  • Crissle debates whether to watch the film; Kid Fury critiques lack of authentic Black representation.
  • Quote – Kid Fury:
    “It was so obvious that this man didn’t know how to write blackness.” [10:53]
  • Discussion about Paul Thomas Anderson’s marriage to Maya Rudolph and how even personal proximity to Blackness doesn’t equal on-screen authenticity.
• Oscar Watchlist Banter
  • Crissle lists movies up for awards, discusses likely snubs, and both hosts lament the Academy’s tendency to reward obscure films.

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4. KANYE’S “APOLOGY” & ITS RECEPTION

Timestamps: 15:59–31:00

• Kanye West issues a written apology in the Wall Street Journal blaming unaddressed mental health issues for previous hateful, anti-Black, and antisemitic statements.
  • Quote – Kanye (read by Crissle):
    “I said and did things I deeply regret...In that fractured state, I gravitated toward the most destructive symbol I could find, the swastika, and even sold T-shirts bearing it.” [18:33]
• Both hosts voice deep skepticism about the apology’s sincerity, suggest it’s timed to coincide with an album rollout, and break down why words alone aren’t enough for meaningful accountability.
  • Quote – Kid Fury:
    “Nobody care about this… this is like the Half Blood Prince. Like, what chapter are we going to?” [27:05]
  • Crissle: “Some shit you just can’t come back from.” [23:00]
• Kid Fury shares a vulnerable, unexpected emotional reaction spurred by nostalgia for early Kanye and grief for his public decline.
  • Quote – Kid Fury:
    “It’s so sad...to lose that and lose it in the way that it has happened sucks, you know?” [26:10]

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5. RAP BEEF, DRAKE DRAMA, & INDUSTRY MESS

Timestamps: 32:52–41:45

• Drake’s Lawsuit Against Kendrick Lamar:
  • Both hosts mock Drake’s ongoing attempts to make legal cases over perceived rap disses; argue that continued escalation looks “crazy.”
  • Crissle – on Kendrick’s potential comeback:
    “You took the streets, you lost. You could have won in court, and you still would have lost with the culture.” [34:40]
• J. Cole’s Freestyles & Subtle Disses:
  • Kid Fury reads lines from Cole’s “Golden Goose Freestyle,” sparking debate over whether shots are aimed at Drake or Nicki Minaj.
    Quote (on J. Cole’s diss): “If the stream say you win in why are tours losing… the bots is boosting…” [35:47]
• Nicki Minaj & Financial Woes:
  • Minaj settles a legal case to avoid losing her home; both hosts poke fun at her desperate PR stunts (including supporting Trump), faded pop power, and declining resources.
  • Quote – Crissle:
    “It’s the wig for me, honestly, the wig lets me know things are bad over there.” [43:17]

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6. CELEBRITY MESS—GLO & MEGAN, RZA’S FAMILY DRAMA

Timestamps: 46:20–62:26

• Megan Thee Stallion/Glorilla Friendship Fallout:
  • Fans accuse Glorilla of copying Megan’s style; hosts agree stans are reaching.
  • Both mourn the fading of their favorite hip-hop girl duo.
• RZA’s Relationship Turmoil:
  • A particularly fraught personal anecdote: one of RZA’s baby mothers is arrested after a domestic dispute, and the hosts weigh the likelihood of toxic dynamics vs. a woman pushed to her breaking point.
  • Quote – Kid Fury:
    “Every woman has a breaking point, y'all.” [56:05]

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7. REALITY TV, TYRA BANKS & AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL

Timestamps: 62:26–64:00

• Announcing a new Netflix doc, Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model, hosts reflect on the show’s problematic legacy and their own learning/growth as earlier superfans.
  • Crissle: “Y'all should be able to file a lawsuit! This is terrible.” [63:53]

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8. LETTERS AND ADVICE — FAMILY, GUILT, AND THERAPY

Timestamps: 65:53–107:09

Notable Letters:

• Supporting an Unwilling Parent:
  • A listener is wracked with guilt about stepping back from supporting a mother who refuses to help herself. Both hosts stress: sometimes, for your own wellbeing, you must let a family member feel the consequences of their choices.
  • Crissle: “Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom to realize you need to help your fucking self.” [77:33]
• Toxic Therapy:
  • British listener wonders whether to ditch a dismissive therapist who forgets key details and sighs through sessions. The hosts say: leave! Finding the right fit is critical.
• Choosing to be Child-Free:
  • Letter-writer grieves their decision not to have children due to financial/social instability. Hosts empathize and affirm that feeling both relief and grief is normal—and pet ownership can (sort of) help fill the need.
  • Kid Fury: “These two feelings are completely connected and fair.” [97:18]

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9. SPORTS SHORTS WITH KID FURY

Timestamps: 109:24–115:32

• In a hilarious “Kid Fury Sports Shorts” interlude, Kid Fury analyzes the UFC 324 match, decrying its boredom and targeting specific fighters with his signature shade.
  • Quote – Kid Fury (on Derrick Lewis):
    “Why did you lay down with open arms and open legs and allow that man to whoop your ass like that?” [113:00]
  • Crissle: “I did not understand almost everything you said, but your energy was felt.” [114:33]

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10. COMMUNITY READS (Passing the Mic to Dogs!)

Timestamps: 118:59–125:54

• Crissle reads a “pass the read” letter allegedly written by Effie, a rescue dog, dragging her “lazy ass mama” for poor walk discipline, ignoring canine needs, and generally not doing better as a dog parent. Both hosts howl with laughter.
  • Effie (read by Crissle):
    “I bark. Bitch, I’m a dog. It’s in my breed, you dumb hoe. And I bark at white people, so you welcome.” [120:49]

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Notable Quotes

• “It’s so sad...to lose that and lose it in the way that it has happened sucks, you know?” — Kid Fury on Kanye [26:10]
• “Some shit you just can’t come back from. And I think really that is the bottom line for a lot of people.” — Crissle [23:00]
• “Cut the tough guy image, it’s not conducive to breathing. Don’t gamble with your life, cause the opps is cruising.” — J. Cole’s “Golden Goose Freestyle” (read by Kid Fury) [36:36]
• “She's so dramatic in them shoes… just like she's trying to kick them off.” — Crissle on her dog’s boots [03:43]
• “As much as I will move a mountain, part a sea, and beat any ass over my mama…she ain’t driving me out of a fucking—I can’t tell the lady to go.” — Kid Fury [80:06]

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Episode Tone & Highlights

• Signature Sarcasm: The hosts’ biting, witty commentary is in full force, especially when covering celebrity missteps, the rap industry, Oscar films, and New York life.
• Vulnerability & Reflection: Both share moments of sincerity—particularly regarding Kanye’s legacy, the heartbreak of watching a favorite turn toxic, and the exhaustion of caring for difficult family members.
• Pet Love & Therapy: Canine queens Lainey and Link are featured guests in their own right. Both hosts joke about the “unbreakable spirit” of their dogs and the ways owning a pet mirrors, and sometimes substitutes for, the challenges and joys of parenthood.
• Family, Boundaries & Guilt: Listener letters draw out strong, nuanced advice about setting limits with parents, the realities of caregiving, and the necessity of prioritizing one’s own wellbeing.
• Community & Crowd Participation: The “pass the read” letter from a listener's dog is a standout comedic segment, encapsulating the episode’s blend of humor, empathy, and irreverence.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 02:16 – NYC Snow Misadventures
• 03:43 – Dog Boot Drama
• 05:59 – Lena Waithe Play & Black Excellence
• 09:08 – Oscar Film Critique
• 16:14 – Kanye’s Apology
• 23:00 – Kanye’s Legacy & Loss
• 32:52 – Drake/Kendrick Lawsuit
• 36:36 – J. Cole Freestyle Analysis
• 43:17 – Nicki Minaj Decline
• 62:26 – America's Next Top Model Doc Talk
• 65:53 – Listener Letters Begin
• 109:24 – Kid Fury’s Sports Shorts
• 120:29 – Effie the Schnauzer’s “Read”
• 125:54 – Closing & Social Links

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Summary

This episode offers a vibrant, no-holds-barred blend of pop culture roast, personal reflections, and dog-centered chaos. Whether sharing side-splitting dog “reads,” unpacking celebrity spectacle, or offering hard-won advice on family boundaries, The Read’s hosts center humor, community, and unapologetic Blackness. This episode shines especially in its attentive empathy—whether for listeners struggling with parental guilt or for former idols fallen from grace—and its refusal to let any star, system, or stubborn Schnauzer escape critique.

For newcomers or regulars alike, “The Unbreakable Spirit of a Canine Queen” is vintage Read: emotionally honest, pop-culture obsessed, and, at its heart, about learning to laugh, survive, and throw side-eye—even when the snow is six inches deep and the dog won’t wear her boots.

Transcript

[Kid Fury]

I believe that American Idol can change my life for the better. Abc. Monday's American Idol is new. I had a dream. Why are you so emotional? I didn't think I'd ever get to.

[Crissle West]

Be somewhere like this.

[Kid Fury]

Where your vote turns dreamers. You ready for it? You're going to Hollywood League into Idols. There it is, the golden ticket. You are inspiring.

[Crissle West]

You're pretty incredible.

[Kid Fury]

American Idol New Mondays, 8. 7 Central on ABC and stream on Hulu Woo. I'm parched. And you know what would really do my thirst? Something spectacular. It'd be a crisp sprite, zero sugar. That's right. Unk is watching the sweets. Okay. Cause summer's coming up and I'm trying to be thought Tiana. So you get the crisp lemon lime flavor just without the sugar. And there isn't like any crazy compromise and hidden asterisk and, you know, national lampoon like mystery of what's actually happening to you. It's refreshing. And as someone who might be obsessed with carbonated beverages, it just gives me exactly what I need. So try it out. Zesprite, zero sugar. Obey your thirst, dad. I've always wanted to say that. Well, howdy.

[Crissle West]

Welcome.

[Kid Fury]

Right on back. I'm Justyce Smith.

[Crissle West]

And I am Aaliyah Chavez and this is the read. Thank you for joining us.

[Kid Fury]

It is indeed. And thank you for show. Well, how are you checking out in this end of January? February is already here. Can time just slow down a bit?

[Crissle West]

Well, things are pretty miserable in New York. We got like 11 inches of snow the other day. The temperature won't be above freezing until, you know, Valentine's Day or so, so. Yeah. So right now there's just the streets and the sidewalks are mostly clear, but of course, the snow has just been pushed all over the place. So the bus stops are a mess. Most of the walkways, like, if you need any sort of assistive device in maneuvering around the city, that's not going.

[Kid Fury]

Jeez.

[Crissle West]

Because it ain't no space for anything with wheels or it's just really a fucking. It's a reminder.

[Kid Fury]

Must be bad.

[Crissle West]

I mean, yes, the storm was. It was that winter storm that had the country fucked up. And so they were like, I heard.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, Sharia had to reschedule.

[Crissle West]

Yes, she did. So things are. It's. They told us, you know, a bunch of snow in New York, and you live in New York, you anticipate a bunch of snow. Like, this is not even the worst snowstorm I've live through here, but it is a big pain in the ass.

[Kid Fury]

And Just for context, folks at home, our homegirl that I'm talking about live in Atlanta.

[Crissle West]

Oh, yeah, yeah. She lives in Atlanta. And they were like, yeah, about that. The ice. You not having no nothing. You not having no kind of nothing. So I hope you didn't think you was.

[Kid Fury]

You thought about having anything.

[Crissle West]

You're not, right? So.

[Kid Fury]

Well, I saw Lainey in her adorable little boots.

[Crissle West]

Did you see her flapping her ass around? She's so dramatic in them shoes.

[Kid Fury]

I love it. But I love when the little doggies have the little boots on and they get that awkward walk.

[Crissle West]

It's just like she's trying to kick them off. That's what she's.

[Kid Fury]

She's trying to get off. That's exactly what it is.

[Crissle West]

She's such a little shit.

[Kid Fury]

But then they don't realize that it's like, I'm trying to help you.

[Crissle West]

Right. So I actually did. I let her kick one of the boots off, and she ran around with one cold foot. And then all of a sudden, next time, she understood why she had to put the boots on. And she didn't fucking fight me. Like, girl, hello. You think I'm doing this for my.

[Kid Fury]

I love that. Right off top, Link was like, let me tell you what. I'm not stepping on ice. I'm not gonna do it. Oh, no.

[Crissle West]

Lani loves in her boots. She'll climb all she's. Cause the snow.

[Kid Fury]

They do. Yes.

[Crissle West]

The snow piles are bigger than she is. So she's going up there running around on the snow, having a grand old time now that she has her boots on. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Boots and all. Link would be like, I'll pick her up and put her in the snow. And she would do this thing that she does all the time where she just look up at me like, are you satisfied? Can we. Shall we be finished?

[Crissle West]

Right? Wrap this shit up. Take me back indoors where I belong. Quit playing with me.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, well, enough about our children. Let's talk about what the streets got going on, starting with some black excellence. First off, I'm going to give a big and mighty black excellence to the love of my life, Lena Way. Lena Waithe's making her playwriting debut next month in Baltimore at the Baltimore Center Stage with the play Trinity. And this is something that I had heard about for a while, and I just find it to be incredibly inspiring. And Lena is always like, one of those people who's like, not Hollywood in any stretch of the imagination. There's like a really big hearted, amazing soul. And I love this shift into and, like, Motivation for other black people to really take playwriting and stage performance seriously. And I will be out in the Baltimore streets to go and see this. It starts on February 12th. This is not a. An ad. I like to do this because I genuinely.

[Crissle West]

She's the love of your life. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

So yeah, it's from February 12th to March 8th. And you can go to CenterStage.org if you would or if you're interested in going to see this play. About three folks in a single room and all of the fantastical nightmare, meditative, spiritual things that can come out of that. Congratulations, madam Waithe. I can't wait to come see it. I'm also going to give a big mighty black excellence over to the powerful folks of the sinners film production.

[Crissle West]

Oh, yes.

[Kid Fury]

Most Oscar nominations at once in history.

[Crissle West]

Wow.

[Kid Fury]

Was it 16?

[Crissle West]

Something like that? Yeah. I said wow. That is actually impressive. I don't want to be a pessimist.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I wasn't gonna say it. I was gonna try to stretch out the optimist part or just the love.

[Crissle West]

I'm right. Right. So I'm really trying not to say the part that we're all thinking. But some incredible nominations, I think. Nominated in just about or. Yeah. Nominate in every category that could be so. I mean. And very much deserved. The film is excellent. So I am very happy for the people involved with the. With the production. Absolutely.

[Kid Fury]

And I'm just going to hold that to my heart because.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, yeah. Hold on to it.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, Jesus. What an amazing piece of filming. I watched it again last night for like the 20th time and it is just so goddamn good.

[Crissle West]

I don't know.

[Kid Fury]

So goddamn good. And I'm just gonna say this for the. At the. Like, if Delroy does not.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That would be egregious, actually. It would. I'm sorry.

[Kid Fury]

That's going to be the one that's gonna get me out of my. My seat. Like that's gonna be the one where I might light a torch because then the carry a pitchfork.

[Crissle West]

Woo.

[Kid Fury]

Not only man came through.

[Crissle West]

I forgot he was British.

[Kid Fury]

A lot of. Okay. All right. Congratulations to all of these amazing entertainers providing black entertainment, inspiring black entertainers. And if you yourself are a black creative mind out there, don't you be deterred by the absolute and monopoly that Hollywood is playing right now in these streets.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, that's real.

[Kid Fury]

They always gonna wanna know what we got to say. And we got plenty. All right. We're gonna do some hot tops and we're gonna start with this again. Have you seen one Battle after another.

[Crissle West]

No, but I'm starting to feel like I should.

[Kid Fury]

Like, I don't think you'll like it.

[Crissle West]

Would I?

[Kid Fury]

I don't think you'll like it.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I don't. But it keeps coming up. I'm like, should I just buckle down and watch whatever this? Cause I. The pictures alone, Teona all pregnant with the gun, and then Leonardo DiCaprio, whatever he doing, and that little light skinned girl. I'm like, I don't know. You know, it don't give my vibe. It don't.

[Kid Fury]

It isn't. It's not your vibe at all.

[Crissle West]

All right.

[Kid Fury]

It's not your vibe at all. I think it's a really good film from like a cinematic standpoint. A lot of the shots are excellent and a lot of the directorial decisions are excellent. You know, there's kind of like a. Not really cat and mouse, but there's this sort of frantic chasing energy throughout the film, which is really compelling. But baby, at the heart of it, it almost feels like one battle after another. Almost feels like Emilia Perez in the way that it kind of feels like this white man from outside the experience who's like, I'm gonna give the woke radical left something to just jump on.

[Crissle West]

Oh, God.

[Kid Fury]

Even though I'm out of my depth on a lot of the nuance, like, there are some things in the film that even if you watched it, you would roll your eyes over bigly just as black people. Like, I'm actually really curious what a lot of black American people who watch this have to. Because at best, if you're aware enough, you listen to this goddamn podcast. I know you rolled your eyes. I know you rolled your eyes.

[Crissle West]

Got you. Okay.

[Kid Fury]

It was so obvious that this man didn't know how to write blackness. And that was also like missing the mark on some things that he had to say. But it's also, I don't know, there's one part where Lito Ocaprio is in the car with Benicio Del Toro's character and he's talking about his little mixed child and he's like, you know, mind you, the movie is a satire. It's not like, okay, it's not like ha ha satire, funny like Jojo Rabbit or some shit, but it has elements that are like, okay, this is absurd. And they're obviously poking at such and such. But there's a moment where Leonardo, I don't even remember their names, but he's in a car with Benicio's character and he's talking about his daughter and it Seems like it's supposed to be this, like, really, like, vulnerable, sobering moment for him. And he says some shit like, you know, I can't even do her hair. Can you believe that? Like, I don't. And I was like, I literally think I said out loud. Of course I can believe it, bitch. You a white man. You got a black child, and you ain't got no niggas around you. Like, of course you don't know how to do this child hair, bitch. Like, it's like. Whereas I can imagine a lot of the Hollywood voters and like, you know, Amistad fans are going to be like, oh, my God.

[Crissle West]

Not Amistad fan.

[Kid Fury]

He wants to be close to his. You know, like, how do white people, like, you know, they vote for white guilt, right?

[Crissle West]

Oh, that's valid. Okay. I was wondering if Chase Infinity played his Leonardo DiCaprio's mixed child. So, yeah, I mean, I don't know how to do her hair. It's just so lazy. Especially considering mixed hair is so easy. Like. But. Okay, now that I'm looking at the person who wrote and directed this, all questions have been Paul Thomas Anderson. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, revered director. Absolutely fantastic filmography. But I was. When I watched this movie, I was like, this is so excellent in so many ways. But at the heart of it, Leonardo DiCaprio is playing a former freedom fighter that also lusted after a black woman and then had a baby with her and then got, like, became a burnout. Like, an irresponsible burnout that then had, like, as a black person that think like us. There were so many moments where I was watching this and going, all right. And there was also clearly, there were moments where black characters were speaking that were clearly like improv. So it was like, the script likely said such and such and such and such. Tease, blank. And then he would just direct them to freestyle it. Cause he doesn't know how to write dialogue for them.

[Crissle West]

This is Maya Rudolph's husband.

[Kid Fury]

Is he.

[Crissle West]

I had. I'm sitting there looking at his Wikipedia. I'm like, I've never seen any of these movies. And then finally it says he's in a relationship with Maya Rudolph, with whom he has four children. I'm like, all right, that's that white man. So that's why he said he. Is that why he said, now that's even sadder if you was referring to your own 3/4 white kids. Because do that hair even have a kinky.

[Kid Fury]

Let's just move on, okay? Let's just move on, okay? Let's just. Let's just move on.

[Crissle West]

All right. But I, you know, I might do that thing where I go and at least watch all the movies that are nominated for best picture.

[Kid Fury]

At least that's what I'm gonna do for Sentimental Value.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Because that's the only movie and actor supporting role that I haven't seen. And actress in a supporting role. That's the only one in that. I hate that word. That's the only one. I haven't seen a lot of those acting categories.

[Crissle West]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

And you know the Oscars love to give it to that one film. Ain't nobody seen.

[Crissle West]

Ain't nobody seen. Yeah, they do.

[Kid Fury]

So to then post it up on the streamys and be like Oscar winning blank for you to go watch it.

[Crissle West]

Yep, exactly that.

[Kid Fury]

You know what? We might have to. I might have to like meditate the day of because I know y' all finna piss me off.

[Crissle West]

Well, yeah, I'm looking at. Yeah. Begonia. F1. Frankenstein. Hamnet Marty. Super. I've only seen one of these at NEST Centers, so I got a lot.

[Kid Fury]

Of work to do.

[Crissle West]

I got a lot of work to do.

[Kid Fury]

You can skip Frankenstein for sure. What's the other one?

[Crissle West]

Hamnet Marty Supreme. One battle after another. The secret agent. Sentimental Value. Train Dreams. Wait. Oh, wicked. I'm like, that's last year. Begonia. F1 Frankenstein.

[Kid Fury]

You can skip.

[Crissle West]

Begonia is F1 about cars. I'm sure I can skip that too.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, skip that one too. It's actually not bad, but you're not going to like it.

[Crissle West]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

I'm just saying. Oh, God. All right, so Kanye west aparently has a brand new apology. Apology. And the death.

[Crissle West]

An apology that he definitely 100% means, you guys. He means it really, really a lot.

[Kid Fury]

Apology. And the Prisoner of Azkaban. This one says. I actually didn't read it. Did you read anything wrong?

[Crissle West]

I did. I read the whole thing in that Wall Street.

[Kid Fury]

Where is it?

[Crissle West]

Well, it's on the Wall Street Journal because isn't that the thing? Did they put it under a. Did they put it under a paywall? Because that would be crazy.

[Kid Fury]

I couldn't get the full.

[Crissle West]

Do you want me to read it?

[Kid Fury]

How long is it?

[Crissle West]

It's a bit. It's a bit long. But I will. I'll happily read it. Break it down to those I've hurt.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, God.

[Crissle West]

25 years ago, I was in a car accident that broke my jaw and caused injury to the right frontal lobe of my brain. At the time, the focus was on the visible damage. The fracture, the Swelling and the immediate physical trauma, the deeper injury, the one inside my skull, went unnoticed. Comprehensive scans were not done, neurological exams were limited, and the possibility of a frontal lobe injury was never raised. It wasn't properly diagnosed until 2023. That medical oversight caused serious damage to my mental health and led to my bipolar type 1 diagnosis. Bipolar disorder comes with its own defense system, denial. When you're manic, you don't think you're sick, you think everyone else is overreacting. You feel like you're seeing the world more clearly than ever, when in reality you're losing your grip entirely. Once people label you as crazy, you feel as if you cannot contribute anything meaningful to the world. It's easy for people to joke and laugh it off, when in fact this is a very serious, debilitating disease you can die from. According to the World Health Organization in Cambridge University, people with bipolar disorder have a life expectancy that is shortened by 10 to 15 years on average and a 2 to 3 times higher all cause mortality rate than the general population. This is on par with severe heart disease, type 1 diabetes, HIV and cancer. All lethal and fatal if left untreated. The scariest thing about this disorder is how persuasive it is when it tells you that you don't need help. It makes you blind but convinced. You have insight. You feel powerful, certain and unstoppable. I lost touch with reality. Things got worse the longer I ignored the problem. I said and did things I deeply regret. Some of the people I love the most, I treated the worst you endured fear, confusion, humiliation and the exhaustion of trying to have someone who was at times unrecognizable. Looking back, I became detached from my true self. In that fractured state, I gravitated toward the most destructive symbol I could find, the swastika, and even sold T shirts bearing it. One of the difficult aspects of having bipolar type 1 are the disconnected moments, many of which I still cannot recall, that led to poor judgment and reckless behavior that oftentimes feels like an out of body experience. I regret and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state and am committed to accountability, treatment and meaningful change. It does not excuse what I did. Though I am not a Nazi or an anti Semit, I love Jewish people. To the black community which held me down through all the highs and lows. In the darkest of times, the black community is unquestionably the foundation of who I am. I am so sorry to have let you down. I love us. In early 2025, I fell into a four month long manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life. As the situation became increasingly unsustainable, there were times I didn't want to be here anymore. Having bipolar disorder is notable state of constant mental illness. When you go into a manic episode, you are ill at that point. When you are not in an episode, you are completely normal. And that's when the wreckage from the illness hits the hardest. Hitting Rock Bottom A few months ago, my wife encouraged me to finally get help. I have found comfort in Reddit forums of all places. Different people speak of being in manic or depressive episodes of a similar nature. I read their stories.

[Kid Fury]

Are you still married to that naked lady?

[Crissle West]

I think I really don't know. I read their stories and realized I was not alone. It's not just me who ruins their entire life once a year. Despite taking meds every day and being told by the so called best doctors in the world that I am not bipolar but merely experiencing symptoms of autism, my words as a leader in my community have global impact and influence. In my mania, I lost complete sight of that. As I find my new baseline and new center through an effective regime of medication, therapy, exercise and clean living, I have newfound much needed clarity. I am pouring my energy into positive, meaningful art, music, clothing, design and other new ideas to help the world. I'm not asking for sympathy or a free pass. Though I aspire to earn your forgiveness, I write today simply to ask for your patience and understanding as I find my way home. With love. Yay.

[Kid Fury]

Should I say with love WebMD.

[Crissle West]

Right. First of all, shout out to whoever did write that. Yeah, it's pretty well written.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

And I would go so far as to say it's a plausible explanation for some of his behavior. I would even go that far. Like, I personally think you're saying this because you're getting ready to launch whatever projects like, to me this is a. This is a recession indicator, girl.

[Kid Fury]

I heard about them at the same.

[Crissle West]

Time more than anything there you go see an album coming or. You know, I have not forgotten about that lawsuit that your former assistant filed last July. You know, and it's very Diddy ish in its content of what you were alleged to have done to that lady. So, you know, I personally think that's what's behind it, but I know enough about mental health mental illnesses to say that it's possible that all of this is true. I just don't know that you're genuine in your apology. And considering that all most of this is about like how you went without being diagnosed, although the rest of us knew about your diagnosis and how you was like, it don't matter, I can take it, or whatever.

[Kid Fury]

So, okay, there's the room. There's the room. I'm in there.

[Crissle West]

Right. So there's that like, I don't know how, like lounging. I don't know how you didn't get diagnosed till 2023 when it feels like the. Okay, anyway, though.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, it.

[Crissle West]

So most of this is about how you were mentally ill, in a state of mania, didn't really know what you were doing, and so you know you're sorry that you sold T shirts talking about Hitler's my homeboy or whatever. And then to black people, y' all hold me up no matter what I do. So thanks, Nicks.

[Kid Fury]

All you blacks want all the same thing. New slaves.

[Crissle West]

Right? Right. The. The slavery is a choice, nigga. You could take out all the ads you want to. Some shit you just can't come back from. And I. I think really that is the bottom line for a lot of people.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, so I wanna in. In connection with this, I want to take a. Tell a sidebar story. An embarrassing sidebar story.

[Crissle West]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

I randomly cried about Kanye this past weekend. And I'm gonna tell you why. It caught me completely off guard. Yeah, I was watching like a bunch of freestyles and shit like this on. On YouTube. Ciphers and whatnot and reactions to some of them as well. People just talking about lyrics and shit. One of them that I watched again was this all female cipher that I think Double XL did with it was Lotto Mona, Leo, Flo, Milli, Maya, the Dawn and Mellow Bucks.

[Crissle West]

Oh, nice.

[Kid Fury]

So there's this one video of this guy who's reacting to it. Latto has a line in her part of the freestyle or the cipher where she says something like, my man talked to me through wires. Like he Kanye West. And this kid probably early 20s, maybe late teens, was like, I don't know what that got to do with Kanye West. And I was like, oh my God. Oh, damn. Like these kids, to these kids, Kanye is Kim Kardashian ex husband and an anti black, anti Semite. Like for them, Kanye probably started like the life of Pablo.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, they don't know through the Wire at all. They don't know what you talking about. Wow.

[Kid Fury]

It is so disappointing because not only is through the Wire one of his biggest records, one of his most powerful records, wasn't it his debut? It was like a record that was about this incredibly traumatic near death experience that he still has, like, physical complications with today. Then I started hearing Shaka in my voice. That's already a song that can bring tears to your eyes. So I'm hearing the song and thinking about him getting in this car crash and then losing his mama and then suddenly shattering as a person. Next thing I knew, I started, like, tears were coming to my eyes, but I didn't. It was one of those things where you're like, am I crying? Wait, what? Like, I didn't anticipate it, right? I was like, wait, what the fuck? And I was just like, fuck, it's so sad. And then I spoke to myself and I was like, first of all, I haven't thought about him or paid no attention long for some time or thought about any of it. But I was like, Kanye was, at a time, more than just like, this musical genius or whatever that we would say he was. He meant a lot to the black community because he would speak out, like, into the rafters, screaming for all these different sectors of blackness. So to lose that and lose it in the way that it has happened sucks, you know? And then I started watching sweet things that would make me Cry on YouTube. Sometimes you just get it out. No, Yeah, I was just like, something was in there. Something was in there. I'm clearly sensitive today. Let's just get it on out.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Watching sweet, like children audition for Britain's Got Talent. Just like, whatever, please. So, yeah, like all that said, I literally was in a bathroom thinking about this. All of a sudden, randomly cry, and I'm like, what the fuck is going on here? Like, 36 hours later, this nigga is like, hey, there was a car crash one time and it really fucked me up. My bad. So I'm not saying that I'm a natural Born wish with, you know, a gift of divine. Okay, yeah, I'm not. Not saying that.

[Crissle West]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

Psychic witch. Anyway, as far as this apology goes, nigga, you have to show it and prove it. Nobody care about this. Like I said, this is the fucking. What is this? This is like the Half Blood Prince. Like, what chapter are we going to? Like, we're deep into the franchise. So, you know, like Crystal just said, I believe that there could also be credence or what have you to the things that he is saying from, like, a mental health, physical health standpoint. But like you also said, n's been talking about this for years and encouraging you to get help for years.

[Crissle West]

Getting help. Right.

[Kid Fury]

Fans and people in your personal life, you know.

[Crissle West]

Right, right.

[Kid Fury]

So forgive us if these pre album Release. Apologies are kind of gonna just have to dance on outta here, sis. You're gonna have to put actions to these words. Sorry, and I won't be there waiting for you. But if you do, oh, won't that be nice? Yeah.

[Crissle West]

You actually don't need our forgiveness. Or maybe you do. Maybe you realize in that you're trying to sell things and you've really pissed people off to the point of no return. So you, like, let me. What can I do? It's just, you know, there's too many elements of this that feel inauthentic. The album release coming soon and taking out an ad in the Wall Street Journal to do this.

[Kid Fury]

Like, unless he's releasing this album independently, which I don't know if he is.

[Crissle West]

No clue.

[Kid Fury]

Then I would assume people who have money to gain from this, maybe investment to gain from this are like, you can't release this motherfucking album like this.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

So get to. You know, we will have somebody, possibly a GPT come in here and step in with the words, and you shut your ass. Like, come on now.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I don't know who I. I'm willing to guess that a person wrote this, but not Kanye.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, for sure. For sure.

[Crissle West]

But, yeah, it's just the sort of thing where Def Jam, I don't know who read this and was like, oh, thank God. Finally I can go back to, like, supporting Kanye and feeling good about him. Like, these are nice words, but they are just words.

[Kid Fury]

So they're just words.

[Crissle West]

This is. If you are. If people are gonna come back around on you, it's gonna be because you demonstrate over and over a history of behavior that is not off putting. That is not, you know, hateful hate speech and using hate symbols and all this. Not just the Jews, but the Negroes. I mean, you cited these examples for how you pissed off the Jewish people, but then was like, oh, black people. You know, y' all are just always there. I'm like, okay, well, okay, girl. Like, I would like you to cite some examples too, of how you specifically pissed us off. But.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, I would like that as well.

[Crissle West]

Ultimately, it don't really matter because you could have done that and I would still feel the same way, so.

[Kid Fury]

Exactly.

[Crissle West]

So you can keep it. But, yeah, I. I do know that a lot of people, once they come out of mania or whatever mental state they're in, where they're doing things that they end up regretting, recovering from that is hard. And so if you are now supposed to be, like, meeting people and having friends and all this and they're like, actually, I can't fuck with you because you said, fuck my whole lineage and my whole ethnic group. That's hard. That's hard to face. But again, sometimes you just. You. Sometimes you can't come back. Sometimes your apology is genuine and you still can't come back because you've done too much.

[Kid Fury]

That's true too. So it's true too.

[Crissle West]

It is what it is.

[Kid Fury]

I believe that American Idol can change my life for the better. Abc Monday's American Idol is new. Why are you so emotional?

[Crissle West]

I don't think I'd ever get to be somewhere like this.

[Kid Fury]

Where your vote turns dreamers. You ready for it? Yay.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. You're on.

[Kid Fury]

The Hollywood league into idols. There it is, the golden ticket. You are inspiring.

[Crissle West]

You're pretty incredible.

[Kid Fury]

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[Crissle West]

You're joking.

[Kid Fury]

Yes, baby.

[Crissle West]

The Kendrick one, not the Kendrick.

[Kid Fury]

Sure, ma'.

[Crissle West]

Am. Oh, God.

[Kid Fury]

Why?

[Crissle West]

Let it go, Drake. Oh my God.

[Kid Fury]

He's not finished swinging.

[Crissle West]

It's time for another super bowl, girl. Let it go.

[Kid Fury]

I think he filed this appeal like maybe a week before last or something. It wasn't that long ago. What does it say here? The court effectively created an unprecedented over broad categorical rule that statements and rat disses, rap diss tracks can never constitute statements of fact. Well, but can.

[Crissle West]

But I mean, wouldn't that also be held, like, Wouldn't you be held to that same standard? Because you have said some crazy things as well. Like, I don't know. Okay. I'm not. You did.

[Kid Fury]

Some people.

[Crissle West]

You did this.

[Kid Fury]

Some people have also mentioned that, like, from just kind of looking at this from the nucleus, Aren't you running streams up for that song again?

[Crissle West]

And do you really want Kendrick or whoever else to turn around and be like, okay, well, then I'm suing you for defamation because you said you implied my kid wasn't mine and that I've been beaten on Whitney and all. Like, why? It just seems like you're asking Kendrick to be held to a standard that you don't want to be held to.

[Kid Fury]

Well, umg. Well, yes. Both.

[Crissle West]

Right. That's what I'm saying.

[Kid Fury]

Like, it's just.

[Crissle West]

I don't know why you can't. The longer you keep this going, the crazier you look, bro. Like, just. You took the streets, you lost. You could have won in court, and you still would have lost with the culture, because you just did. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Let it go.

[Kid Fury]

J. Cole has new freestyles out. And on one called the Golden Goose Freestyle, some fans are questioning if he might be dissing one Aubrey Graham. Others are arguing that he's dissing Kendrick Lamar. These freestyles released ahead of his next album, which is called the Fall off, which references his career. And I'm going to read some of the lines from this and you tell me who you think it's about.

[Crissle West]

Okay?

[Kid Fury]

This is about somebody fun. Lot of rappers make okay, I can't. I tried a bit and then I can be serious. A lot of rappers make dough then be prone to lose it for crumbs Dumb niggas sold their soul to Lucian Lucian Grange, CEO of Universal Niggas cheating and I won't excuse it if I said it then I wrote it stupid. If the streams say you win in why are tours is losing when the math ain't math in of course you juicing that means the bots is boosting Cut the tough guy image it's not conducive to breathe and don't gamble with your life Cause the opps is cruising weren't Mike Vic your dog might get shit for losing.

[Crissle West]

I'm sorry, that sounds like it's about Drake.

[Kid Fury]

How is it not?

[Crissle West]

How is it not? The Kendrick's tour sold great so that you can't be talking about That I actually don't know what Drake's tour numbers look like. Has Drake toured since the beef?

[Kid Fury]

Since the what?

[Crissle West]

Since this beef started between him.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, I thought you said the beef. Like, why?

[Crissle West]

Oh, my God, I am so old. You are old. That shows.

[Kid Fury]

That's not even of my topic. Right?

[Crissle West]

That shows like 30 years before you were even born. What are you talking about?

[Kid Fury]

Right. Fuck. Okay. Has he toured since then? I think he. I think when he was out in Australia was kind of like. I think he was maybe wrapping up Australia while this was going on.

[Crissle West]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

I don't really. Yeah, he was definitely performing at. I think he had some shows while this was going on.

[Crissle West]

So then I think this is about Nicki Minaj. No, cause for real. Let's go back. No, cause go back and start from the beginning. A lot of rappers make dough, then be prone to lose it. She just had to get on stage and talk about how Erica Kirk mean more to her than the Barb so that they would pay that half a million dollars.

[Kid Fury]

She's next, by the way.

[Crissle West]

She just had to go up there and lie and suck Trump's dick publicly so that she wouldn't have to lose her home because she had her husband beat up that bodyguard.

[Kid Fury]

Well, that. I guess I'm not. That was what I was going to say.

[Crissle West]

Sorry. And then, you know, we've heard a lot about Nicki's. The success of Nikki's tour, lack thereof. Or maybe not even success. As much quality of the tour. The stuff about Juicy.

[Kid Fury]

Do you really think this is about Nicki Minaj?

[Crissle West]

Well, no, I think the lyrics are most accurately about her, but I think the intention is for. Is for Drake. But I think it could easily. When you think about it.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, no, when you think about it.

[Crissle West]

Cut the tough guy image. The bots is boosted. Of course, you getting ass shots. I'm just saying, if you wanted to.

[Kid Fury]

Look at it like that, I'm surprised Nikki hasn't responded.

[Crissle West]

Well, she got too many things to do. She. She got too much.

[Kid Fury]

You know, she'll be like, oh, you're talking about me. Like, what?

[Crissle West]

She don't have time for that. She gotta put on a pinafore and grease her wig down and go stand.

[Kid Fury]

On a. I think she did that to Mustard.

[Crissle West]

Did she?

[Kid Fury]

Yes, she did that with Mustard because he, like, posted a song that was called something that. And I think he produced it. It was like another artist. And I'm pretty sure that he was like a producer of it. And she was, like, triggered by the wording of It. Or she felt like the name was shady or some shit. He was like, girl, ain't nobody talking about you. It's the name of this ho. Well, this is about Drake.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, it's hard to think, to.

[Kid Fury]

Imagine that niggas sold their soul to Lucien. Okay, both Kendrick Lamar and Drake are technically under the umbrella of Universal Music Group.

[Crissle West]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

Drake is the only one of the two of them who has been recorded saying that he and Lucien are like Kobe and Shaquille o'. Neal.

[Crissle West]

Interesting compare.

[Kid Fury]

And then was allegedly sending out Cease and Desist for that record because he's now suing them niggas cheating. And I won't excuse it if I said it, then I wrote it stupid. If the stream say you winning Wire Toes is losing when the math ain't math. And of course you're juicing the bot. That means the bots is boosting.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, that's very Drake.

[Kid Fury]

People have accused Drake of boosting his numbers through bots, like as of last week or some shit. Because he was like number one on Spotify. This, that, and the third. And people would be like, oh, this isn't accurate. Even though he's one of the biggest artists in the world. Cut the tough guy image. It is not conducive.

[Crissle West]

To breathing.

[Kid Fury]

To breathing. And don't gamble with your life. Cause the opposite.

[Crissle West]

And we know how he gambling.

[Kid Fury]

Don't word word to Mike Vick. Your dog might get shit for losing. For all the dogs.

[Crissle West]

For all the dogs.

[Kid Fury]

I'm saying how this is about Drake.

[Crissle West]

And I don't like those odds. Again with the gambling. Yeah, I agree. I think it's about Drake as well.

[Kid Fury]

How is it the fans? Some of the fans are upset that Drake and J. Cole to still be fans. They wanted to be the top two and for him to pick that side.

[Crissle West]

Well, I will say, as somebody who publicly dropped out of the beef when he realized N was getting serious, it do kind of feel like, why you coming back now and making little shots? Crack a window like, nigga, you stayed out of it, so stay out of it. Why is you coming back and making little innuendos now? I think that's fair.

[Kid Fury]

I think it's fair too.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

As Krystal mentioned, Nicki Minaj mysteriously.

[Crissle West]

This bitch is so transparent. We see right through you, Nicks.

[Kid Fury]

Nicki Minaj mysteriously and suddenly was able to close out this case with one Thomas Weidenmuller, a bodyguard who sued her after alleging that Kenneth Petty was sent to beat his ass by one Onika Mirage judge Recently told Nikki, listen, if you don't get this man his money, we're going to make you sell the house. You are going to leave. That's that.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Now all of a sudden, she's, you know, standing in front of Jabba the Hutt talking about, I'm Donald Trump's number one fan or whatever. It's just every time I see it, I laugh. Like, I can't. I'm not even. Like, for whatever reason, I'm not even. Like. Maybe it's because it's not like, I. Super surprised. Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Cause this is. She's so much like Kanye in this work lane. Lainey, you mind your business. I'm sorry. Y' all have to record from home today because of the snow. So she thinks she did something. But yeah, she's. This is real Kanye ish of her. Like, we're watching the decline.

[Kid Fury]

So.

[Crissle West]

Nothing she does when it's the wig. For me, honestly, the wig lets me know things are bad over there. She had to do that herself. Cause why is the lace lifting on one side? The other side is like. You couldn't get the part right. You couldn't get it to lay right, so you just did a giant swoop. But half the fucking wig is.

[Kid Fury]

I'm so disappointed that I'm as gay as I am and I still don't notice these things until, like, one of my homegirls points it out and then.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, this is really.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my God, look at that fucking wig. Remember when it was Megan at the. At the game that one time? And I was like, oh, she's fine. And then you were like, actually, absolutely not.

[Crissle West]

This is worse, though, because, girl, half the wig in this swoop, just wear your real hair at that point with Erika Kirk, this is. No, the video I'm looking at now is the one where she. It was.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Crissle West]

When she's right there.

[Kid Fury]

I just said, Erica Kirk Coke.

[Crissle West]

I'm the president's number one fan and the people. We will not let you bully him, and he will not be silenced.

[Kid Fury]

That is kind of. That's not. Not like a terrible.

[Crissle West]

No, it's like. L. It's literally what she just said.

[Kid Fury]

Kind of like the.

[Crissle West]

Like the Mama Joyce.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, no. Kind of just like the tone, in case.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, yeah, This. I mean, she. Nikki's really pathetic at this point. And all the barbs who aren't gaslighting themselves, I know they are sick about it because she's not gonn. She needs these people to pay her bills.

[Kid Fury]

Not anytime soon.

[Crissle West]

Her man not Getting a fucking job. So, yeah, good luck.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I think that when she, you know, drains us dry or they throw her out to dry, she's going to have her Wall Street Journal and then be like, oh, my goodness, you guys, I.

[Crissle West]

Going. Just going and say terrible.

[Kid Fury]

I had a meeting with Karen Clark Shear and.

[Crissle West]

Her full page ad in Black Enterprise.

[Kid Fury]

Jet bitch. Like, girl.

[Crissle West]

God help.

[Kid Fury]

I know it's coming. I know it's coming. But five to 10 years, yeah, for sure. It's gonna be down the line, but it's. It's gonna happen.

[Crissle West]

The fact that she close to losing her house. Why don't Nicki Minaj have half a million dollars for all this yapping the barbs do about how rich she is? And the most successful female rapper of all time.

[Kid Fury]

Why she's like, oh, I'm not gonna give it to him. I don't have to.

[Crissle West]

Yes, the fuck you do.

[Kid Fury]

Yes, the fuck you do. Are you okay? Like, yes, you do. I told you, you have to legally, now you have to.

[Crissle West]

This happened in 2019. You probably added on all kinds of lawyer fees and shit. That didn't have to be there. Had you just ran this man his money in the first place. I'm sorry, it doesn' not give. I have it and I just don't want to give it to you. It gives. I don't have it, but why the hell not?

[Kid Fury]

Oof. Speaking of Megan, I now, I guess have to acknowledge the. The glow. Megan is over.

[Crissle West]

You know, we tried to ignore it. We really did. We really did. But it was. It's been too much and. Yeah, I, yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Holding out hope for a reunion.

[Crissle West]

No, sorry.

[Kid Fury]

Maybe it has gotten.

[Crissle West]

It's over. They don't follow each other no more or nothing, so.

[Kid Fury]

Damn it. Well, Megan's fans are getting on Glorilla nerves. She was in OR is in Tokyo and she's having a good time and she's doing shows out there and stuff. And so now she posted these pictures with this really cute outfit. It's kind of like a. I don't know, it's just like a plaid corset with some denim. It's like they might be oversized jeans. And, you know, she's got her hair pulled back and chopsticks in it. And so the girls are like. And cutting makeup and the girls are like, oh, you're stealing Megan's aesthetic and her style and blah, blah, blah. And then she posted a video like a little Tokyo vlog or whatever, and they start harassing her again for trying to be like Megan and I'm like, why are y' all starting shit? She's not the first sec. Megan is not the first, second, or last rapper to go to Tokyo and put Chops can have. Right?

[Crissle West]

I mean, my first thought was the bad guy. Chun Liquid. It's giving.

[Kid Fury]

It's not a bad. Like, that was so frustrating.

[Crissle West]

Why did Nicki do that? Right?

[Kid Fury]

I just like. And I don't like. Listen, nobody played Street Fighter.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Chun Li has never been a bad guy. There's never been, like, some arc. She's never had, like, a Phoenix moment. A dark Phoenix.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

She's never had, like, a Willow season six. Five, six. I don't remember. Y' all know what I'm talking about. Buffy fans.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Charlie has never been a bad guy. That was so frustrating. Anyway, that's what it gets. Y' all getting on her damn nerves.

[Crissle West]

Well. Oh, well, I'm sorry. I mean, I. I don't like you being shady about Meg. Yes. I mean, I don't. I, like.

[Kid Fury]

I skipped over the.

[Crissle West]

Oh, okay. Sorry. Yeah, sorry. I'm getting. I'm getting riled up. Cause I rooted for these girls.

[Kid Fury]

Oh. She brought E.J. king to that show. I mean, to that game.

[Crissle West]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

Not cute and something about liking.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. So I'm like, you know, I don't like you being shady to Meg when y' all work together. She brought you on her tour. It was like, you know, y' all was shooting little social media content together for Instagram and shit. Like, why did it have to be.

[Kid Fury]

I never believed y' all were, like, best friends, close. But y' all seem tight, you know, Cool enough. Yeah, actually, really cool. So. Yeah, it's disappointing. I don't like the shady tweets either, but it feels like it's not just, oh, I don't like her anymore. And I'm gonna like these things, and who the fuck cares if people see it? Because I don't like the bitch. Some of the stuff seems like it's antagonist.

[Crissle West]

Yes, I agree. And.

[Kid Fury]

But her going to fucking Tokyo and. And putting her hair up in a bun with some sticks is not. Girl, come on.

[Crissle West]

Right? It's plenty of bitches. She. Megan don't own Asia, so some of it is a reach, but I don't expect nothing else out of Stans. Like, this is how y' all act. So that isn't.

[Kid Fury]

She responded to some of it.

[Crissle West]

Megan did or glow did.

[Kid Fury]

Gloria did. Megan ain't said shit, as far as I know about it.

[Crissle West]

Say, what is Megan doing other than baking cookies at her man's house and then not eating. Them going to the gym. That nigga making additional money. Like, I don't know.

[Kid Fury]

Did you see the video that Kellen posted where they were, I think, playing miniature golf and he, like, snuck a video. Like, he snuck a video, and they were just in the background of the video just tongue kissing. And he's like, this is all they do. This is what they do all day long. I think she's gonna be pregnant by the end of the year.

[Crissle West]

I love that. I mean, I just love that. She seems so happy with a nigga that seems to really just dote on her. He seems to.

[Kid Fury]

My fuck nigga radar hasn't.

[Crissle West]

Not yet. Not want. Nope.

[Kid Fury]

He seemed like a nigga who can't wait to be old. You know what I mean?

[Crissle West]

Yes. Yes.

[Kid Fury]

You know what I mean?

[Crissle West]

Yes. Them n who just always been like, well, why don't we just stay home and play the game?

[Kid Fury]

He looks like he can't wait to have a rocking. Not a rocking chair, a recliner in his life with Megan and them kids running around. I see that.

[Crissle West]

I do too. Definitely the vibe I get 100%. And he can't stop staring at her.

[Kid Fury]

Every video they put out that Dunkin Donuts video. And I mean reasonably so.

[Crissle West]

I mean, because she looked. Everybody knows I'm not attracted to films, but is Megan thee stallion? I could just.

[Kid Fury]

The living bratz doll.

[Crissle West]

I just want to stare at her all day. Like, can I? I just want to look at you.

[Kid Fury]

I actually would like a Megan thee stallion action figure for weeks.

[Crissle West]

I just want to because I'm here at church.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my God, look what is in reach. So I already do this. I already do. It's an anime character. But, like, tell me that I own this.

[Crissle West]

Oh, yeah. A bad bitch.

[Kid Fury]

And, like, this is what I do. This is exactly what I do. So, Megan, you already in anime? I think you're working on an anime so far. You know, I mean, I would like a Megan a Megan action figure. Because you look like. Yeah, but that Dunkin Donuts video where she was, you know, promoting her whatchamacallit, and he was just in the background.

[Crissle West]

Like, he was like, let me tell.

[Kid Fury]

You what smoothie I'm finna drink on eat right now.

[Crissle West]

He like, yeah, I love your Rainforest Cafe or whatever the fuck this is. That nigga don't know what if I want.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, the wheat grass or the way. Whatever. Yeah, I like all of that.

[Crissle West]

This is yummy. Yeah, girl. What you doing after this?

[Kid Fury]

Like, hey, when we get in this Car.

[Crissle West]

When I tell you, I'm tearing your driver, roll up the partition. Me too. I actually love that for her. It makes me so happy to see her having so much fun and looks like she's being treated well.

[Kid Fury]

Clay, don't piss me off. I still don't trust you, Jill.

[Crissle West]

Don't piss me off. But, you know, the family loves her. The daddy raving about the Thanksgiving dinner still takes girl.

[Kid Fury]

The video of her making it, it.

[Crissle West]

Oh, and it looked good as, too. I said, oh, yes, Megan, go in there and represent. Do your big one.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, anything. Oh, my God. Have you heard about this J thing with his baby mama?

[Crissle West]

No, with Kamora. Not with Kamora. A different baby.

[Kid Fury]

No.

[Crissle West]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Her name is Risa.

[Crissle West]

Did we talk about this?

[Kid Fury]

No, no, no. I just heard about this today.

[Crissle West]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

Risa Simpson. Or it could be rza. She was arrested for allegedly assaulting him outside the home that they share, this townhouse. And then after she got out, she was able to get her temporary restraining order against him. And so it was like, what the fuck happened? She, I guess, linked, leaked. Well, I don't know if she leaked it, but she recorded, like, the verbal altercation that led up to whatever physical happened.

[Crissle West]

Oh, man.

[Kid Fury]

Okay. And so she's going back and forth with him about getting. It's obvious that they're, like, separated. They're not on good terms, but she's trying to. She's arguing with him about getting keys or getting a set of keys to the place because he said he was changing the locks. I don't know. She wanted keys to the place because she said she was going out of town or she had to leave or something. When she got back, he was not gonna be there. So she was like, I need a set of keys so that I can get back into the house. The kids are in here. Whatever her stuff is there. And he was basically, like, not having it type shit. And, you know, I don't have to give you the keys or whatever. And she's like, this is. Cause I guess it's his house, you know, like. Like he bought it. His late names on the lease type shit. But as she fairly pointed out, she been living there for four years. They got kids that live there.

[Crissle West]

That's her residence, Right? So then she has claim to the residence. Nigga, you can't 1000% if you're gonna put her out. There's a whole process to that. It can't just be, I'm changing. Like, no. And there is not a single court that would agree with you nigga.

[Kid Fury]

Now, I think there's something funny about this. I think there's one or two things going on here. Either this lady is truly toxic and trying to fuck this man up, or she. Every woman has a breaking point, y'. All.

[Crissle West]

Okay. Love that. Gone. And every woman. Every woman. Did you listen to the recorded conversation? Because this is my first time here.

[Kid Fury]

Absolutely.

[Crissle West]

Oh, okay. So it sounds.

[Kid Fury]

It sounds to me like, yeah, either, yeah, she's just terrible and toxic and blah, blah, blah. Or I believe she just has reached a boiling point and was like, I need to record this so that I have proof that you ain't shit. Yeah, let me talk about this.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Now, if the thing about it is. Cause she's like, I don't want to call the police and embarrass the house girl, like, now you super embarrassed.

[Crissle West]

Embarrass the house?

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, like, by having police outside it or whatever.

[Crissle West]

The house isn't sentient. It will mind. It won't mind. You go ahead and you dial those numbers. The house is not gonna whisper to you later and be like, by the way, I was mortified.

[Kid Fury]

That's all you had to do. Now, what. What I believe was gonna happen because she kept saying that she had to leave. She was gonna leave in like an hour, and I think she was gonna be going out of town or something like that. So she wanted a set of keys, but it was very clear that she wanted them right there that time in that moment. And then at some point, he's like, I'm gonna leave the keys on the table. Like, I'm leaving the keys on the table or whatever. And she's like, no, give me the keys now. Give me the keys now. Or something like that. So I'm like, if you're leaving in an hour, right? And you know that when you get back, he ain't gonna be here. Wouldn't it be easier to have someone mutual get them keys from him, and then when you get back in town, you get them keys from that person or you call the police. The police are likely going to come over there and say, either do you have keys that you can give her from where she comes back and then get the keys and give them to you because it is your residence. He doesn't have. Just because he owns a house or deed a lease or whatever doesn't mean that he has the right to block you from accessing it.

[Crissle West]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

When you've been in a domestic relationship and you live there for four years and you got kids, that's impossible. He can't do that. So if you call the police, then, now, whatever, they're going to side with you to get access to the house. I believe what they would have likely done is either tell him to give her the keys, then if he has them, or say, when you get back, we will escort you to the property and make sure that you have access to it. Fussing with him for recording to leak is just like, mm, I can believe that you were sick and tired of this nigga shit and you needed evidence of how toxic and controlling or manipulative he might be. And maybe people don't believe you because he's, you know, this incredibly famous actor and everybody know him from everything and blah, blah, blah. So I get that part. But, like, I don't feel like this is the most strategic way to get at it. Cause in some parts of it, it just feels like, okay, this could have been. Maybe we could do this or whatever. And then the audio, mind you, ends, like, right. It cuts out, like, right. I guess before they started tussling. Okay, it sounds to me I was not there. I'm not accusing anybody of anything. It sounds to me like she. At some point. Cause he's like, I'm gonna leave the keys on the table or something. It sounds to me like she was trying to get in to the place and he might have been like, blocking her from it or something, like physically trying to stop her.

[Crissle West]

Gotcha.

[Kid Fury]

Maybe by blocking her from getting into it. It sounded like she was maybe trying to get by and he was not letting her get by in some way or the next. And then before you know it, it cut off. So I don't know, like, obviously what happened, but it kind of sounded like she was trying to go inside and he was trying to block her. Which again, and if I'm him, that is not smart.

[Crissle West]

No, no. There's no part of his behavior here that makes sense. My only thing about, you know, he's gonna leave the keys on the table and then maybe a third party can pick him up and bring him is like, I would really doubt that he's going to do that. I would doubt that he's going to actually leave the keys somewhere accessible.

[Kid Fury]

That's what I'm saying.

[Crissle West]

Or that he's going to give them to this third party. Like, I just don't believe he would do it.

[Kid Fury]

So that's what I'm saying. Like, if he's saying that he's gonna leave the keys on the table, like he has them, then why not just let her get the Key like I. It's like, what are you doing?

[Crissle West]

Leave them on the table. Means what? When I can't come back and access the table to get the keys.

[Kid Fury]

Like, it doesn't make sense.

[Crissle West]

And so now you forcing my hand. I have to get law enforcement involved because I'm not going out of town without keys to my home to return back to. Literally nobody does that. And you are bullshitting.

[Kid Fury]

And that's probably why like three hours after she got out the jail, the judge was like, Judge heard that and was like, oh yeah baby, we got this.

[Crissle West]

The judge said, never you mind.

[Kid Fury]

Not only can you have access to the residence, we gonna make sure that nigga can't be there.

[Crissle West]

Right?

[Kid Fury]

Damn.

[Crissle West]

Why are we talking about whose home is whose? Yeah, unfortunately do have to start recording. Like, it's sad, but thank God that we have access to things like this so you can record what really happened and have something to defend yourself. Because we've seen a trillion times when it's the court of public opinion versus, you know, this person and the powerful or. And he's powerful, rich, right? Famous, fine. A lot of people will excuse shit simply because he has a gorgeous face. So. And I mean, we saw it with Diddy and Cassie. The way was talking about Cassie till that video came out. We saw it with Kiki and that light skinned demon that she had a baby with where people was talking about whether she was wrong. Until that, like it just is over and over again when. When you can provide audio or video proof to back up what you saying all of a sudden. And it's like, oh, well, maybe we can believe that this nigga's an asshole. Yeah, maybe we can. Cause he's not the first or the last. So. Yikes.

[Kid Fury]

Yikes indeed. Last but not least, there is a NETFLIX documentary coming out called Reality Check Inside America's Next Top Model. Have you seen the trailer?

[Crissle West]

I have. And I said, oh, Tyra, please, please.

[Kid Fury]

Tyra Hot I Ice Cream Banks will be in the doc. And in this clip she says that she knew she went too far. I don't know if that's about the whole goddamn thing. I don't know if that's about her general setting, that girl's hair ideas, creative direction, production and behavior.

[Crissle West]

Yelling at the, screaming at them girls, calling them fat when they was a size 6.

[Kid Fury]

This trailer made me like, reminded me of a whole bunch of. Bunch of.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, yeah. That show was deeply problematic, man. And I remember watching it and the you maybe not mostly older people, but people who knew better than I did. Were more mature than I was. Were like, this isn't right. You shouldn't be treating people this way. And I'm like, she's looking for America's next top supermodel, not America's next top best friend. Like, you know, I was. I. I was caping for Tyra, not.

[Kid Fury]

America's next bottom bitch.

[Crissle West]

I absolutely was caping for Tyra and all that terrible shit they did on that show. And so I watched it back a few years ago and was like, oh, my God. Like, these ladies. Y' all should be able to file a lawsuit. This is terrible. Like, grown up.

[Kid Fury]

Some of them are in this trailer bawling. I'm going to that.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I am gonna look at that. I am.

[Kid Fury]

It's about damn time. All right, Hot ice cream. Thanks for wrapping up the hot tops this week. I'll see you on the tudum. That's it. We'll take a break and come back.

[Crissle West]

Hey, y', all, have you heard of this new Netflix series called his and Hers? So it's this mystery starring Tessa Thompson as Anna, a journalist in Atlanta, and John Bernthal as Detective Jack Harper. Now, when Anna catches wind of a murder in her sleepy little hometown, she jumps into the investigation. Detective Harper grows suspicious of her involvement. Girl, what you doing? Chasing her into the crosshairs of his case. Now, the closer they get to each other, the closer they get to the truth. Watch his and hers now only on Netflix.

[Kid Fury]

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

[Crissle West]

It is. Send your questions to askthereadgmail.com we may read them out loud. We did get a letter from Jason, who said, I moved to New Zealand with my family during the first Trump administration, because, fuck that valid. And he worked in immigration, so he said the short answer for why being HIV positive might keep you from getting Permanent residency in New Zealand or Australia is because they have public health care. And so when you come short term, you have to prove that you can pay for yourself in case something bad happens or demonstrate you have insurance. But if you want to stay permanently, that's when this point system kicks in. And they basically tally up how useful you will be, like, how much you contribute to society versus your liabilities. And so like Jason's example was, if you're a dentist, you know, so you're a very professional person, you make good money, you're in perfect health. It's like, yes, we rolling out the red carpet for you, but if you're an art history major and chronically ill, they're like, no, that's points against you because the system is gonna have to pay for you. And so that is why your HIV status can impact your citizenship. And I'm like, well, okay, I guess that's one good thing about not having health care. Like really, like that's really fucked up. That's a fucked up way to treat people. I'm like, I actually don't know if our system is better or worse than yours, but we probably do the same thing and we don't take care of you once you get here. Right? But thank you to it was a handful of people who wrote in was like, yes, girl, it is crazy, but this is how it works. So thank you for letting us know that. And let's move on to our first letter this week. Hmm.

[Kid Fury]

Hmm.

[Crissle West]

So this one comes from tired but torn, and they write in between the two. Dear kiffearing crystal, my 64 year old mother has untreated depression and paranoia. After my parents divorced years ago, she became estranged from her entire family. She lived with all three of her sisters and my grandmother, but each eventually kicked her out because she would act the entire fool. I let her live with me for a year, but my mental health couldn't take it and I moved into an apartment while I let her stay in my house rent free for four years so she could have some stability and get on her feet. My brother and I even helped her get two jobs, but she quit both and now I honestly don't know what she does all day besides read her Bible and watch YouTube. I told her I'd be selling my house because I can't afford two places anymore and that she needed to find somewhere else to live. My brother secured an affordable apartment for her, but she refused to sign the lease because she said it's too expensive, even though she gets Social Security and we Agreed to help with the rent, so she'd only be paying $500 a month. Now she says she wants either a cheaper apartment or a van to live in, but hasn't made a single move to secure either one. And ignores us when we try to help her with that, too. When the contract for the house sale goes through. She may be homeless. I feel bad, but I'm also completely drained, because no matter how much I help, she won't help herself. Should I feel guilty for stepping back? I'm 30, and I need to get my finances in check, which selling the house is allowing me to do. But the guilt is a lot. Thanks. Tired but torn.

[Kid Fury]

The guilt of having to even be in a position to make this decision.

[Crissle West]

Right, and the wondering of what might happen to your mother. And I would guess, tbt, that your mother is banking on this guilt, and that's why she has no sense of urgency with regards to finding somewhere else to live. You moved out of your house and took an apartment just to get away from her, and you let her live there and pay nothing for four years? She probably don't believe y' all really gonna let her end up homeless. So, yeah, she's not making it easy on you because she believe. I think. I'm guessing that she believes when it comes down to it, one of her kids is gonna step up and take care of her. Because most of us are not comfortable with the idea of our parents being unhoused. That's just how it is.

[Kid Fury]

I feel like someone wrote a letter in like this not too long ago, but I think it was about their sister or something.

[Crissle West]

Did they?

[Kid Fury]

Or it was like, yes. I feel like someone didn't. There was someone who was like, my little sister moved in with me because, you know, our mama, who was a hot mess, kicked her out. Now she live with me, and I'm trying to help get her on her feet.

[Crissle West]

Oh, Lord. Damn.

[Kid Fury]

I feel like we just got a letter like this not too long ago. Anyway.

[Crissle West]

We probably did.

[Kid Fury]

We probably did. This does suck. And I get the guilt because you know what I mean? Even though she's driving you crazy and getting on your nerves and antagonizing you and chipping away at your own damn mental health, you're still fighting for her and hoping that you're gonna wake up someday and she's gonna, you know, decide to fight for herself.

[Crissle West]

Mm.

[Kid Fury]

But I promise you that I agree fully with what Krystal said. I believe. I don't believe she's taking advantage of you. Well, she's Taking advantage of you and the fact that she your mama.

[Crissle West]

Mm.

[Kid Fury]

And as a grown tittied adult, I think the both of us are always going to encourage you to go, well, guess what? Mom, dad, granny, auntie, uncle. No.

[Crissle West]

No, right?

[Kid Fury]

No. No. Like, absolutely not. Now I'm grown and you grown. We both grown. So now what? You're not gonna treat me any kind of way? You're not gonna do anything because your mom. Mom, mom, stop all that crying. Stop crying. Yeah, I think that you have to let her get burnt. You gotta let her touch that stove, baby. And it's like, damn, fuck Mom. But it's either she gonna touch that stove and, you know, get a little singed and come calling back and be like, I swear I'm gonna stay at the FedEx or at the Jamba Juice or wherever the fuck. I won't quit. And I promise you I'll even pay some rent and I'll cook. We have Sunday dinners. But I agree with Crystal. I think that she is sitting around banking on the fact that she can do nothing and you and your sibling will pick up the pieces if she hasn't. Well, no, I was. If she hasn't. If she has, like, clear depression or anxiety or all of these things that they haven't been diagnosed, that's something that she would have to work on, but she would have to work on it. You can't put a fucking rope around her ankles and drag her to the lady office and shove medication out her mouth. You just can't do.

[Crissle West]

Will not work.

[Kid Fury]

So I believe your options are to continue letting this lady chip away at your brain and then let that get attached to your gut and the rest of your damn nervous system. Now you can't piss. Now you can't go to. You. You just. Bam in the center, just stressed out. Even when you having a good day, you like, why the fuck is my tummy grumbling? Because your mama getting on your nerves. She's stressing you the fuck out. It's always in your head. So either you're gonna. But, you know, stew around with that until it possibly gets worse, or you break and the response to it is just, like, exacerbated because, you know, it's just been simmering for a long time. Or you say to your mother in a very cute and concise way, listen, you gonna have to go. And I don't know what you gonna do about your life. Know that I will always love you from my house that you're not gonna live in no more. Right, baby cakes? And expect that I don't. I had like a movie reference for this that flashed in my mind and went away for like a half second. Oh, yes, the baby and the help with Viola.

[Crissle West]

Davis left. Viola help, yes.

[Kid Fury]

When she quit and the baby was in the window like, no, mama. Like that, but the opposite. You're in the house and you're fine and you've decided, is she outside? But you know, it's just like you're gonna. I think you have to expect that she is going to take advantage of your conscious conscience. There it is. And your, you know, that guilty feeling. She's gonna take advantage of the love that you have for her and have a response that is going to, you know, for her. Hopefully for her, you know, just liven that guilt up and make you think twice about it. Don't, don't.

[Crissle West]

Oh, it's the fact that all three of her sisters and her own mama put her out. Yeah, baby, what you supposed to do that her mama and sisters couldn't do? Let's just all be for real about it. It you and your brother tried to help her get jobs, she quit both of them. Why does she quit both her jobs? Because she don't have to worry about how the bills are getting paid. When it come right down to it, she knows you or your brother will do it. And now she over here. This. Well, if. If I have to pay $500, where you gonna find an apartment cheaper than $500? Literally anywhere, anywhere in the country. Where are you finding a studio apartment for $500? Probably nowhere. And so being like, well, either find me something cheaper, doesn't exist, or a van to live in. Okay, okay. That makes me feel like she's deliberately trying to tug at y' all like, oh, 500, okay, just buy me a van here. Just find me a van and throw me in the van and roll me down by the river and just let me rot and I' ma just live like the boxcar children. Since that's how y' all want to do me.

[Kid Fury]

Down by the river, girl.

[Crissle West]

Yes. You finna be in a van down by the river playing with me. It's. I, I agree with Kipuri. As hard as it is, I think you have to. To step back. You have to. Or else you for you. Or. Right. Because who's putting you first? It should be your mother. My God, you would think a parent would put their child first, but she does not. She does not put your well being or what's best for you first. So you have to. Cause who else is gonna do it, baby. You have to. You gonna blink and be 64 years old. Your mama gonna be gone and you not gonna have nothing to your name because you spent your whole life taking care of a grown woman who didn't want to do it for herself.

[Kid Fury]

Hmm.

[Crissle West]

She got issues. Okay, well, she's very fortunate to have two children who give a shit about her who are willing to support her, but she has to want it for herself. You know how many people are scratching and saving and pinching shit together to try to make it to therapy, to try to pay for their meds, to try to do good things for themselves and they don't have family or friends to support them. You got people who want to help you help yourself, but you don't want to help yourself, right? And sometimes you have to hit rock bottom to realize that you need to help your fucking self.

[Kid Fury]

It is true. It is true.

[Crissle West]

So if your mama have to literally hit cement bottom because she out there on them sidewalks to. In order for a switch to flip and for her to realize, damn, I'm 65 years old talking about, I don't want to pay 500 in rent and I don't want to have a job. Girl, I'm sorry you live in a capitalist hellscape with the rest of us, but what the choice do you have? If you're not independently wealthy, then guess what?

[Kid Fury]

Welcome.

[Crissle West]

You have to. Girl, sorry.

[Kid Fury]

Sorry you're here with the rest of us, dog.

[Crissle West]

Sorry that you and America is the most capitalist. So yeah, girl, you're gonna have to do something. And then once she demonstrates that she is ready to do things on her own, do things for herself, I'm happy to help you at that point. Probably not to the point of coming back in my house. Cause let me tell you something, I'm not leaving my house and paying for an apartment just so I can have peace.

[Kid Fury]

Never. Never.

[Crissle West]

The idea is insane.

[Kid Fury]

Never.

[Crissle West]

I'm simply. The fact that you did it for four years. If somebody gave me four years, no expenses.

[Kid Fury]

Do you know anyway, I own a record label, bitch, for real.

[Crissle West]

I would have my own publishing house. Like, I would be doing all kind of shit.

[Kid Fury]

Mama. Absolutely. Not. Letting her hit that rock bottom and go find a van or whatever is going to be good for her in the long run. The best for you.

[Crissle West]

Yes. And it's going to be. It's going to hurt in the moment. It's going to be hard. Nobody wants to, but you continuing to be the safety net for her isn't sustainable.

[Kid Fury]

It just isn't it's not.

[Crissle West]

Because it's not even that she needs help, but she's the sweetest person and she treats everybody like she's hell.

[Kid Fury]

Right? And I'm tired of hearing about grown ass adults who are raising their parents because their parents don't want to do shit to be right about.

[Crissle West]

Right? You, you lived with her for a year and you couldn't take it. You moved out like, hello, hello.

[Kid Fury]

Let me tell you something. As much as I will move a mountain part AC and beat any ass over my mama, right? She ain't driving me out of a fucking. I can't tell the lady to go.

[Crissle West]

No. One thing about Big Connie, she got her own shit, okay? She made sure of that. She has her things, her degree, her home. She has not asked me to take care of her in the least. It is one of the biggest blessings that she has given me.

[Kid Fury]

But my mother is not getting me so aggravated that I'm moving out of my house. Are you okay?

[Crissle West]

Is everyone well?

[Kid Fury]

Like, I'll carve out a couple hours in a day for us to come up with a plan, a strategy.

[Crissle West]

Oh, absolutely.

[Kid Fury]

But I'm not going nowhere.

[Crissle West]

When you are helping yourself, other people become more motivated to help.

[Kid Fury]

Exactly.

[Crissle West]

They really do. So should you feel guilty, whatever you feel is what you feel. I like to take should out of the equation entirely. You probably will feel guilty when you stop being a people pleaser and a caretaker. You probably will because you need some time to get used to this new reality. But this new reality is. Is what you both need.

[Kid Fury]

So you feel guilty because you care. You feel guilty because you did something wrong.

[Crissle West]

I mean, imagine you on your way to work and you pass by your mama in the subway. Hello. Nobody wants that.

[Kid Fury]

Nobody wants.

[Crissle West]

Nobody fucking wants that.

[Kid Fury]

But she don't want to do anything.

[Crissle West]

And she's putting you between a rock and a hard place.

[Kid Fury]

Exactly.

[Crissle West]

I can do bad all by myself, et cetera, et cetera. Good luck, baby.

[Kid Fury]

It'll suck. There's nothing a free before 11 camp is.

[Crissle West]

When you go out to the club and then you come back, and then you come back to your house and you like, oh, I almost forgot that I had property and land and I had space like that.

[Kid Fury]

Sir David's gonna be like, you know whose house this is, bitch?

[Crissle West]

My house. When I came to see me anyway, I didn't think of that. Oh, I thought you said my house.

[Kid Fury]

Brilliant. I didn't even think of that.

[Crissle West]

Oh, work.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I'm stupid.

[Crissle West]

Good luck, babe. Our next letter comes from Granville, who Says I love you both. And I've been listening since the beginning. I've been seeing my therapist for about seven months. After being in and out of short term therapy for the past decade, I never thought that I would have the means to afford seeing someone long term. In the uk, the NHS and private medical only provide short term care. At least in my case. You know, see how it's just. This sounds crazy to us, but over here you have to pay for everything so you can have whatever you want.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

It'S not funny. Cause we end up.

[Kid Fury]

But anyway. No, literally. So he has his towels, I have hers towels.

[Crissle West]

Okay. Last year I contacted my workplace EAP and after explaining my situation they suggested that long term therapy may be significantly more helpful and more affordable than I thought. They gave me a link to a directory. I found myself a therapist and I've been seeing him fortnightly. Here's the issue.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, British.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, right. I'm starting to feel like my car is stuck in the mud and he's trying to help, but we're not moving and I can feel his frustration despite trying to hide it. Occasionally I'll catch him rolling his eyes or he'll let out a sigh of girl, tell them voices to be quiet. To which I let him know that I'm equally frustrated and he'll tell me that the sigh wasn't what I thought it was, that I didn't make this car or the mud. I'm just trying to get out. Outside of that. He also doesn't take notes, which is a new experience for me, but it means he often forgets things like my partner's name. I brought this up once out of curiosity and he said, don't worry about what I'm doing.

[Kid Fury]

What?

[Crissle West]

Yesterday I was going about my business as usual when I checked my phone to find a missed call, text and email from my therapist asking where I was. Then another saying that I had missed our session and would need to pay for it and asking how I would like to proceed. Which meant I now had to squeeze beating myself up into my afternoon schedule because how did I miss my appointment? I'm feeling like taking a break and that this might be a good opportunity, but I also have this nagging feeling that I should find a different therapist and start again. Do you think I should stick it out and talk with him about all these feelings or find someone else who might be a better fit? My flight instinct is strong, so I have a history of not sticking with things. On the other hand, I did finish a four year degree And I've been in a gay relationship for almost nine years, so clearly I'm able to stick to something. I welcome any advice you can offer. Thank you both for your one of.

[Kid Fury]

The most dedicated people I have.

[Crissle West]

Kind regards, Granville. A nine year homosexual male relationship. You the most stick to it ass bitch I ever heard of.

[Kid Fury]

Honey, I don't know none of them.

[Crissle West]

And I do mean not one.

[Kid Fury]

What power. Here's the thing about the therapist, right? I think that first of all, I've had like one or two therapists before where I had the one session with them and they were like, nope. I think that it's very. I think you should think of it kind of like going to any doctor where you might have a thing and the doctor says such and such or you just don't like their goddamn attitude. And so you're like, I'm gonna go get an opinion from elsewhere.

[Crissle West]

Yep.

[Kid Fury]

And then you find your new PCP or whatever. I don't know. But in that, like, in that regard, I think that first of all, you don't owe the therapist, like anything.

[Crissle West]

No, you really don't. Your money, the money for this session you miss.

[Kid Fury]

But other than that, you could literally just be like, oh, here go the money for this. Or if they just take it out, then boop, boop, boop, and then just find you a new therapist. I. I really suggest that you A, do it and B, don't think too much into it because I think a lot of people, it kind of pushes them back from getting therapy or staying in therapy because they either like, I didn't like this experience or I cannot stand this bitch and they're just like, fuck therapy. Or you may just not have like the energy. You know, you manage. You know, you just may be anxious and you just drag your feet on finding a new therapist before. Whatever, whatever. I would just suggest that you start looking for somebody now and just. Yeah, like I said, treat it like, okay, I'm. Just go find some other person and if you don't like that vibe, I'll find somebody else. I think it's just the most most important for you to find a therapist, work on therapy because you believe you need it and be okay with mixing it up until, you know, you find the thing that fits. Like, I've talked before about how my therapist gotta be black. Like, I'm not even like my talk therapist. Whoopty, whoopty, whoop. Has to be black.

[Crissle West]

Like, whoopty whoopty whoop.

[Kid Fury]

And I used to be like black woman. No, it's just black. So, yeah, that's how I feel about it. Some of this was like, what?

[Crissle West]

Yeah, some of this is. The therapist is quite wild for this.

[Kid Fury]

Like. Like, huh. We've gotten a couple letters, not many, but a couple letters from people. They talk about their therapist and we'd.

[Crissle West]

Be like, um, not in my therapy school. Not, you know. And I don't know how it's different in the uk, so.

[Kid Fury]

No, that just sounds like it's just completely egregious and out of bounds regardless.

[Crissle West]

It does. Like, especially the note taking part. The don't worry about what I'm doing. That's quite crazy.

[Kid Fury]

That is wild.

[Crissle West]

I can't imagine talking to a client like that.

[Kid Fury]

I.

[Crissle West]

That just seems very dismissive of an extremely normal observation. So that's very weird to me. The.

[Kid Fury]

Especially if. How long did they.

[Crissle West]

Seven months.

[Kid Fury]

Seven months, Right. Like, my therapist and I, my current therapist, we've. I've had this therapist since I moved out here. So at this point, he might not be taking a ton of notes. Unless it's like, oh, this is something to keep track of. Oh, yeah, because we've spoken. You know what I mean? He could just kind of. But if it's like within the first year, I would expect you would be like, oh, let me ping this and let me do such and such. But that coupled with all this other just completely blatant, wild, out of bounds shit.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

I'm like, mm, I don't even think it's worth saying how you feel about it, especially because many therapists have like 200 goddamn clients. They see he probably won't be missing no work, so.

[Crissle West]

Well, I don't know how it's different from, you know, the uk from the US So. But I would. I would have. I would take the opportunity to talk to him about it, if only so that he understands. I'm not quitting because therapy is just so hard or whatever. I'm quitting because you're weird. And the way you move with me is weird. And telling me, don't worry about what I'm doing when I ask you why you not taking notes is strange because I wouldn't have to worry about it if you got things right. But we've been meeting for seven months and you be forgetting my man's name. So, like, clearly your system isn't as great as you think it is. The eye rolls and the sighing, that can be that. I mean, if you felt the way about it, that's. That's something worth paying attention to. It is Also possible that he's sighing at something else, but along with these other things, it doesn't make me want to.

[Kid Fury]

So I agree. Sigh is one thing. It could be, but it could mean many things.

[Crissle West]

But. But you see how when you put it next to this other weird behavior, it becomes very impossible to give you the benefit of the doubt because you seem like you moving weird. So I would take the opportunity just to be like, this is why I'm not coming back. Because, frankly, I don't really understand why you operate the way you do, but I really don't think there's any reason. Like Kip Fury said, you don't have to feel some sort of allegiance to this. You are. It is well within your power to fire your healthcare professionals. If they are not working for you, then it is more than okay. Especially something like mental health. It is more than okay to be like, all right, and I'm gonna go find somebody else because Somebody who just, you know, somebody who thinks a notepad and an ink pen are useful.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah. Well, it's also, like, professional and, like, does their job as well.

[Crissle West]

It's so weird how you gonna be like, don't worry about what I'm doing, but you getting shit wrong. How you. How you don't remember my meeting, how.

[Kid Fury]

Your therapist is gonna bully you.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. So even though your flight instinct is strong, I think it's. You've got some. Some really solid reasons here for finding somebody else.

[Kid Fury]

So you could just. You could be well within your right to find someone else if you're like, this office smell like Bugles every single time I come over here.

[Crissle West]

So now that I would bring it up, see, maybe y' all could light a candle or something. So it smelled like gardenias or. What was that candle that. The old girl, her friend bought it for her man, and it started a fight.

[Kid Fury]

I'll never remember what that was.

[Crissle West]

Mahogany, teakwood or something, maybe. That buy you a mahogany teak wood and light.

[Kid Fury]

It was such a fierce era.

[Crissle West]

Okay. But, yeah, Granville, you can do both. But feel free to find somebody else. This guy's bit strange. Maybe some of the UK therapists can let me know. Do they not teach y' all to take notes? It's a big thing over here. Like, you have to write notes.

[Kid Fury]

I can't believe that.

[Crissle West]

Every session.

[Kid Fury]

So British therapists on TV do it, do they?

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen British therapy on tv.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, like, in scripted stuff, I guess I'm saying they do it, but.

[Crissle West]

They'Re Practicing in America?

[Kid Fury]

No, I'm saying, like, British shows and stuff.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I've never seen a British show where. Okay, so. But let me know if that's something y' all do over there or if it's, like, it's really on your own vibe. And if you don't remember key details of a client's life, then. Oh, well, you know, that just don't sound right, so. But best of luck to you in your search, baby. Are you.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Here go Gillian Anderson taking notes in sex education.

[Crissle West]

Okay, see, so if sex education wasn't that. That show wouldn't lie to us.

[Kid Fury]

It would never.

[Crissle West]

Lady. This is why I think.

[Kid Fury]

Same college lady's literally looking at her like, excuse me, who you talking to?

[Crissle West]

There's danger outdoors. No, there.

[Kid Fury]

I'm trying to help your black American ass. Lainey is. Her entire stance is giving, like. No, you get off the couch.

[Crissle West]

Oh, my God.

[Kid Fury]

Lainey. Literally. Look, I don't understand why they're so disrespectful. Like, their little gaze is just like. She so trying and antagonistic.

[Crissle West]

Bitch, I'm trying to work. This is why I do not work from home.

[Kid Fury]

This is why when Link barks like that, when she hears somebody in a hallway or whatever, I'll just be like, ah. Or whatever. And you know what she does? Have I talked about this before?

[Crissle West]

I don't think so.

[Kid Fury]

She'll go from, like, an actual, like, loud bark, and I'll be like, ah, ah. And she'll go.

[Crissle West]

Like.

[Kid Fury]

She'll do, like, a tiny bark right where it's like, you ain't gonna shut me up.

[Crissle West]

But I think Lanya does that too.

[Kid Fury]

Like, I don't wanna get in trouble.

[Crissle West]

When I have the patience and I'm not, you know, recording doing my actual job.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Then I'll be like, oh, thank you for letting Mommy know those dogs are outside. Lainey and Mommy are inside, and she chills out, and, you know, we have a conversation about it, and it's fine.

[Kid Fury]

She's still a puppy.

[Crissle West]

Well, again, this is why I do not. If. If the streets were clearer, I would not be home right now.

[Kid Fury]

But Lynn comes home. Like, I think this was, like, yesterday or maybe the day before, but she cannonballed her black ass into me and was like. Immediately grabbed the tennis ball and was like, throw it. And I looked at her, and I was like, bitch, how the fuck do you come home with all this energy? You be gone nine hours a day.

[Crissle West]

You ain't tired, right? How are you? And you played with them other little Short homegirls at school all day, all day. And you come here and be like, yeah, let me get on your nerves too. It's like lady K, wait for it. It's like she cannot wait.

[Kid Fury]

Sprinting around the coffee table. It just means they love us. Okay, well, our last letter said money.

[Crissle West]

You have to pay attention. Things are crazy outside.

[Kid Fury]

Stop silencing me. This is triggering.

[Crissle West]

This last letter comes from Grace, who says, hi. Kristin Kifieri. I'm writing because I'm 32 years old. I've been married for four years and I have no kids. I've never really wanted kids. But over the past several years, this discussion has come up now and then. After talking with my therapist and my husband, I have ultimately decided that I don't want a child bad enough to justify bringing them into this truly awful world. I have been feeling something like grief about the decision lately, and I think that if I was making this decision in the 80s or 90s, when families lived close there, closer cost of living was cheaper, the world wasn't as terrible, and childcare wasn't so expensive, I would choose to have one. But the reality is that this is not the world we live in anymore. I also don't have any nieces or nephews or extended family with children, so I think that may be making the sadness worse. I'm wondering, as two child free people, if you have navigated these same feelings, and if so, how have you come to terms with your decision? Overall, I'm mostly happy. And I know that I can live a happy and fulfilled life without kids. But am I crazy to feel that way while simultaneously feeling sad about something I am choosing to never have? Thanks so much and much love to the both of you. Grace. Grace. Three hours ago, I probably could have empathized with this, but now I'm feeling like I do have a child and she's on my fucking nerves. So I'm trying to remind myself that Lainey is not my human baby and I am technically child free. But it's hard right now because she's.

[Kid Fury]

Really trying it and because you're cradling her because she won't behave, because she.

[Crissle West]

Will not act right. I'm gonna put you down and you better. And you better be quiet.

[Kid Fury]

That face says I'm gonna do what I want.

[Crissle West]

And you better be nice. Be nice. Mommy has to work. Thank you. No play.

[Kid Fury]

Grace, I think like Crystal was saying a bit earlier, you. You can feel however you want to feel. And I mean, if it helps, I believe you feel both sides of your feelings on this situation. These two feelings are completely connected and fair.

[Crissle West]

Yep.

[Kid Fury]

I think you were not nearly alone in the feeling of not wanting to have kids simply because the world is fucked. The world does not care. Especially like here. The world does not care about kids being healthy, happy, learned a fuck thing.

[Crissle West]

Not one fucking thing, bro. Not one.

[Kid Fury]

So I understand the parents are non parents. I'm sorry? People who are interested in being parents but are like, no, I'm not doing that to a kid. There are people who do it for many reasons. Like the reason I don't, I don't want kids because I think I've said this because I don't think that I'm mentally sound enough to raise a kid in a healthy way. And I don't want a kid more than I want kids to be healthy and happy.

[Crissle West]

You know what I mean? I don't want one so much that I'm like, I'll just fuck one up because I want to have it. Right. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

I almost said a name. Anyways. Anyways. Anyways, yeah, I think that these feelings make sense. I think like, yeah, just feeling a sense of sorrow because this is this out of control thing you feel like is stopping you from, you know, having a baby. And that sucks. There are things that you can do to get through this, you know, sense of grief or what have you that you're feeling like talking to people. I also encourage people read like blogs or forums related to this too, because sometimes I like reading sentiment and commentary from people. Just regular everyday people who log in on the Internet and go, this is my experience with such and such and such. It feels kind of like getting a really nice scope of things, which can be helpful. But yeah, I think you were completely well within your right and understandable in feeling both of these things.

[Crissle West]

Yes, I agree. I wouldn't say that I'm child free. It's just more that. It's only been very recently that I've even believed like I should not have become a mother before therapy for sure. And thank God I didn't. But it's more at this point it's more like, you know, I'm getting old and I just don't see, you know, I don't, I don't feel like a need for it. It's not like, oh, I just need to have children. Right, right. But that's the thing. If you really want to and you have the money, you can reproduce at stunning ages.

[Kid Fury]

Balance, yeah. Spirit, spiritual, mental and emotional balance and maturity.

[Crissle West]

Well, you don't have to have those things. You have to have the money.

[Kid Fury]

Well, yeah, I'm talking about.

[Crissle West]

Cause it won't work otherwise. You simply will. You will be 55 getting pregnant. Well, some of y'. All. One of y' all finna be like my mama did. Okay.

[Kid Fury]

I'm saying, just like doing the work that someone like yourself is doing.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Would be.

[Crissle West]

Woo. That's the thing. Doing the work of reparenting myself has been more than enough. I don't need to raise kids because I've already raised me and had.

[Kid Fury]

And Lainey, you can't hear this, but I'm doing the pocket fingers.

[Crissle West]

You know it's t when you see them two fingers touching.

[Kid Fury]

Bitch, shut the fuck up. I'm a real fire bitch. All you bitches ugly.

[Crissle West]

It's bad. Caresha.

[Kid Fury]

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I kind of love it. I kind of love it.

[Crissle West]

It is so bad that it's good. It's.

[Kid Fury]

Thank you. That's exactly what I was about to say.

[Crissle West]

It's so bad that it's good.

[Kid Fury]

I agree. I agree. It really is. I need the whole thing.

[Crissle West]

So. But yes. So, yeah, I. I do get the feelings here, but, you know, I have a. You wanna. You wanna be a mom? Get a fucking puppy.

[Kid Fury]

I was gonna say that too.

[Crissle West]

Get a.

[Kid Fury]

You don't have a pet. That will help.

[Crissle West]

It'll help a lot. Because let me tell you something.

[Kid Fury]

This.

[Crissle West]

If you are just like, I have too much free time and too much extra money, go get a puppy. And she'll just drink all that right up.

[Kid Fury]

As much as we joke about our dogs getting on our damn nerves, you still like, oh, no, this is my child. And I'm not comparing it to, obviously, the weight and magnificence of having your own human biological baby. But what you do get out of having a pet, especially a dog, is this beautiful loyalty, unconditional love. And also, it requires you to look after something and make sure that it's alive. This adorable living being that you have to look after, you have to feed it, you have to make sure that it shits in the right place. You have to make sure that it socializes and that it knows for her, man.

[Crissle West]

You do. You have to train them. Like, you have to. To. You have to do something with this nigga. But no, you're not crazy to feel that way. I think most people who are being mindful about the choice to be parents, even if they are choosing yes to be parents, you have to take a look around and be like, am I really gonna do this. Bring an innocent being into this shit when fascism's on the rise in this country and around the world and the cost of everything is a billion dollars. Like. Like, no, it's not crazy to be like, damn. I'm going to choose not to do this, but to acknowledge that if times were better, maybe you would. I have a friend who has one kid and has said to me multiple times, if it was financially feasible, I would absolutely have another one. But with. With the economics being the way they are, I just cannot justify it. So you're far from the only person who's making that decision, at least partially from a financial point of view. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's fine to be sad while also saying to yourself, I'm making the right decision for me and I'm gonna feel these feelings and then move on with my life. You know, I'm gonna do both.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

All right, babes.

[Kid Fury]

My God, if you got some melanin, baby. So you gotta consider you raising, like, a black baby, right?

[Crissle West]

Are you having biracial or other of color children? Because that's a whole nother layer to. Right? But, yeah, please, please don't. But yeah. I saw somebody on TikTok posted like a receipt from they mama paying for daycare in 1997, and it was like $250 or something. And they're like, so depressing, you know, it's kind of crazy to think about how much the cost of stuff like that has just skyrocketed and people cannot afford it, so they're making very hard decisions. And I'm sorry that we live in that kind of world, but we do.

[Kid Fury]

I feel like that was something that I heard like maybe once or twice in the rap shit room because so many of those people are parents.

[Crissle West]

Oh, yeah.

[Kid Fury]

A lot of them had, like, new kids and stuff too. Um, like when we were riding the two seasons, I mean, like, we're. Everybody was pregnant, especially season two. Like, everybody was pregnant or their wife was pregnant. But one of the things that I heard come up a couple of times was like, girl, these daycare prices, school clothes, books, what the hell else do they want? Bone marrow? It don't make sense, right? They would just talk about, like, daycare being just a ridiculous amount.

[Crissle West]

It is, it is. And the workers don't get that money. The people who are actually spending the most time with your kids aren't. Even though they're not making very much, they're usually making minimum wage.

[Kid Fury]

That's psychotic.

[Crissle West]

It is disheartening the way this country operates, but it is the way this country operates. So you get to make a choice. For now. For now, you get to choose whether you reproduce. I don't know how much longer that'll be true. But. But it is. Yeah. It's fair to feel these things and wishing you luck and accepting and all that, because it's heartbreaking, you know, and this is why a lot of people say, fuck it, we'll figure it out. And I'm. I'm not gonna say that that's inherently wrong because why should a social construct keep you from having kids?

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

But you know the realities of. Of what it's like to race humans. Everybody knows it's very fucking expensive.

[Kid Fury]

So that's why I like that you said that. They're making the decision. You're making the decision that is right for you.

[Crissle West]

Right. Right.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

And since you never really wanted them anyway.

[Kid Fury]

Right. That's a good point too.

[Crissle West]

But when you. It's something about the finality of being like, okay, I'm not gonna do this. There is some grieving involved with that. I mean, I remember feeling little bit of that around, I don't know, maybe two or three years ago, but I got over that quickly. Cuz I got a dog.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. I felt it like.

[Crissle West]

And now I am her mother.

[Kid Fury]

Past couple of years. Yeah. But, yeah.

[Crissle West]

All right. Good luck, Grace. And that is going to wrap up our letters this week. If you have a question for us, please send us an email to Ask the. Read gmail dot com. We're going to take another quick break and be right back. Back. Hey, y', all, have you heard of this new Netflix series called his and Hers? So it's this mystery starring Tessa Thompson as Anna, a journalist in Atlanta, and John Bernthal as Detective Jack Harper. Now, when Anna catches wind of a murder in her sleepy little hometown, she jumps into the investigation. Detective Harper grows suspicious of her involvement. Girl, what you doing? Chasing her into the cross hairs of his cape. Now, the closer they get to each other, the closer they get to the truth. Watch his and hers now. Only on Netflix.

[Kid Fury]

Woo. I'm parched. And you know what would really do my thirst? Something spectacular. It'd be a crisp Sprite, zero sugar. That's right. Unk is watching the sweet, okay? Because summer's coming up and I'm trying to be Thot Tiana. So you get the crisp lemon lime flavor just without the sugar. And there isn't like any crazy compromise and hidden asterisk and, you know, National Lampoon, like mystery of what's actually happening to you. It's refreshing. And as someone who might be obsessed with carbonated beverages, it just gives me exactly what I need. So try it out. This is Sprite. Zero sugar. Obey your thirst. God, I've always wanted to say that. Okay, girlies, it is time now for the read. I will just try to get mine out of the way because it's quick and it should be quick and simple. My read is actually. No way sports.

[Crissle West]

Show.

[Kid Fury]

That's right, niggas. Today we have a brand spanking new edition of Kid Furry sports Shorts. I'm here to talk to you girls about the UFC 324 match that took place this past week. I want to tell you girls that it was incredibly boring. It was ridiculous. The girls were out there, cha cha, sliding in the fucking ring. Why don't y' all even sign up for this main card? It was so impossibly goddamn boring. Natalia Silva, you was fighting pussy. I don't know why you decided that you wanted to, you know. Well, I actually do know why you decided that you want to heat shit up and actually fight in the third round. Because, you know, Rose was tapping that ass and had all of the strike. Now you want to fight. Boom. Don't see it. O' Malley song. I don't understand how that goddamn fight was so motherfucking boring when it was a tatted up white man with his lanky ass in the ring with straight back cornrows. One side hot pink, the other side neon green. Hell, was I falling asleep when the joker was fighting? But who I really want to discuss here is one Derrick Lewis, a fighter out of Houston, Texas. I believe he was up against one Waldo Cortez Acosta, hailing from the Dominican Republic. Now tell. Let me tell you this. This was the one fight of the night where I didn't give a fuck who won. Because I like them both. They both black. One is from here, the other is Afro Caribbean. Like, I don't give a shit. Whoever wins, wins. Girl, I wish I could show you the end of this fight. I do not know what the fuck happened. First of all, they were actually giving me the energy I needed. At first they were going blow for blow, but that Dominican was tapping that chin a couple of times. And this brawley. Let me tell you something. Derrick Lewis looked like a chest of drawers. This man is like, okay, like swole. I mean, both of them are. They were both heavyweights, but it was like, I don't. It's like he lost his. His grip, his confidence. The end of the fight, I believe. I believe Waldo, like, jabbed at him. Maybe it touched Derek's chin, but he, like. He clearly slipped and fell, like, on his butt rather than getting back up. I don't know. Doing a shimmy shake to the side, coming up with a plan. He just stayed on the ground. He then laid on his back.

[Crissle West]

Oh, okay.

[Kid Fury]

And was like, I guess I'll just be finished. I don't want to fight no more. I don't know what. And the funny thing about it is, Wado Karz Acosta looked at him for a beat. He didn't even immediately get on him and start, you know, right hook, left hook. There was a beat where he kind of did this motion, like, get up. And this was the second time in their fight that he did that.

[Crissle West]

Oh, my God.

[Kid Fury]

And then the nigga just laid on his back. Waldo was like, all right, cool. I guess I'll beat your ass in. Rocked her shit. They stopped the fight. Derek looked like, like, a close relative died. I, like. I think he was as confused as us, sir.

[Crissle West]

Okay.

[Kid Fury]

Why would you go out like that? All the people was chanting, usa, usa. Because literally, I think every fight was an American fighter against somebody who was not from here. So they really did. Except for the last. Well, the only time they didn't do that was the last fight. Because everybody loved Patty Pimblett. Because I guess he remind. Like, if you didn't know he was a fighter, you'd think he was, like, a dj. So they just like his wild white energy and large eyes and the fact that he come out dancing to EDM or whatever. So he was the only time where they weren't blatantly in the crowd chanting for the American to win. And this is exactly how I knew. I don't ever want to go see no damn USC fight live. Not only do I get better visuals and coverage of it at home, I'm not going to deal with y'.

[Crissle West]

All.

[Kid Fury]

So thank you, at least to Justin Gaethje and Patty for entertaining me. That was a good fight, Patty. I don't even know how you made it out of that alive. Because he cracked your shit. You went out swinging, literally and figuratively, but you ended that shit looking like Martin and you know when. So this is really for Derrick Lewis. What happened, brother? What took place? Why did you lay down with open arms and open legs and allow that man to whoop your ass like that? Just lost the nerve, I guess. Anyway, any questions?

[Crissle West]

No, I did not understand almost everything you said, but work, but your energy Was felt.

[Kid Fury]

Sports.

[Crissle West]

Every time you said Waldo, my brain said Faldo. And then I just kept laughing.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, what are you supposed to do about it?

[Crissle West]

And so then I just kept laughing at that. So I really retained precious little of that.

[Kid Fury]

Every time I say it, I think of Waldo or Waldo Faldo. How the fuck you somebody who don't know who I'm talking about was gonna think of somebody else?

[Crissle West]

I knew.

[Kid Fury]

That's why he was laughing.

[Crissle West]

Right? What did you said in my brain said Faldo and I just kept repeating.

[Kid Fury]

Mine does every time. Bummer, man. It was a pretty good fight up until that point, but. Derek, step up to the mic.

[Crissle West]

Oh, man.

[Kid Fury]

But overall, UFC 324, the reads for you, that was so boring. My God. Bring a book. I'm finished.

[Crissle West]

Okay, I just wanna say real quickly, speaking of sports, a lot of people have been mad at Anthony Edwards for what he said about the ice shooting in Minnesota. He was basically like, I don't really know what's going on in the world. I don't have social media and all that. But you know, I'm with the people because the people be supporting me. So, you know, I support the people. And praying for everybody, me and my family, praying for everybody involved. That's the smartest possible thing. Anthony Edwards. I don't know what you niggas expected out of Anthony fucking Edwards, okay? That nigga don't even take care of his kids for him. He don't even give a shit about his kids, okay? The fact that he didn't say I don't know what you mean, that ain't none of my business.

[Kid Fury]

Honestly, the response I wish a lot of people would give when they're asked about social and political issues.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I don't really know. Cause I don't have social media and all that, but I'm with the people. And you know, I heard about it. So, you know, praying for everybody, that is the smartest thing you gonna get outta Anthony Edwards. And I understand this is related because, you know, this is the third person ICE has killed in Minneapolis over the past, like, month. And a lot of people are focusing on the white people who have died and not Keith Porter Jr. Who died on New Year's Eve, killed by an ICE agent. And I would. I mean, I would just obviously that's unfair. If you can find the GoFundMe for Keith Porter Jr's daughters, the GoFundMe's for the other victims.

[Kid Fury]

I'll put the link in the description, okay?

[Crissle West]

Because theirs are over A million. His is just under 200, 000. And it's like if we lived in a world where black, you know, these things happen to black people, mattered to anybody other than black people, then the wouldn't be happening to anybody else. Like it wouldn't be happening to white people, but it also wouldn't be happening to us because we would be living in a world that gave a fuck, a society that gave a fuck about its people, and we just don't. So I understand, like a lot of people are frustrated by this and I am too, I get that. But they don't care when it happens to us because it's quote unquote supposed to happen to us. They don't support when it happens to us the way they do when it happens to one of them, because it's not supposed to happen to one of them. This isn't a society that says, you know, people might say all lives matter when you say black lives matter, but actually nobody's life really matters, especially if you're not rich and if you not white. So it's. I'm frustrated by this, but I also understand that this is America. So yeah, if you can donate to the GoFundMe for his daughters, please do. It's just beyond frustrating what this government is doing and that we were explicitly warned multiple times that this very thing would happen. And y' all still said, I don't give a. But anyway, that's not going to be the primary focus of my read this week. I am actually going to pass my read this week. Because, you know, dogs are just, they're just a part of this week's episode. I am going to pass a read. This read was submitted by Effie. Effie also included three photos of herself so that we could see how gorgeous she is.

[Kid Fury]

I thought you were gonna say her dog or something.

[Crissle West]

It says my name is Effie and I'm a five year old schnauzer terrier mix and I'm supposed to weigh no more than 8 pounds. However, my lazy ass mama don't be taking me on walks like I need to and we both just sitting over here getting fat. So this read is for my lazy ass mama and her fiance. First of all, I'm pissed off you showed up to a foster home looking to adopt some crazy ass chihuahua that you thought was cute, cute. And I was just there watching that bite you with non stop barking. So yeah, of course you changed your mind and maybe, yeah, I did look underweight at five pounds with the face of a grandpa. But when the white foster mom said, this is tidbit, and put me in your man's arms, I knew to look at y' all with my big brown eyes like Puss in Boots, and y' all melted just like clockwork. So let me remind you that you adopted me and took me home, so I'm gonna read you the filth, because I think you have forgotten that I'm still getting used to you. You and your little fiance, which I could give two shits about because nobody invited me to take engagement pictures. But anyway, what y' all not gonna do is keep complaining about my bad breath. Bitch, pay the $500 to get my teeth cleaned in. You think I give a damn about the economy? Don't be trying to figure out how you can get me on only paws to make money. You broke, bitch, listen.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my God.

[Crissle West]

I was on death row and niggas was ready to euthanize me. That should tell you I'm from the streets. So please don't keep trying me and going to die. I'm sick of you getting tired of me barking. I bark. Bitch, I'm a dog. It's in my breed, you dumb hoe. And I bark at white people, so you welcome. I bark if I hear anything. I'm surprised.

[Kid Fury]

Lady can't say well in the background. Preach.

[Crissle West]

Literally. I'm shocked she not chiming in. You don't even need the ring camera, because you have me for that. And you are welcome. Yell at me again, though, and I promise, the day somebody tried to break in this house, I'm staring you down in silence. Also, it's weird that you get mad when I follow you around the house, because the moment you sit down, I want 100% of that lap. If you sit on the couch, that means we sitting on the couch. My dog daddy understands this, so you need to pull up a Velcro, dog. Bitch, I'm glue. Yep, and you need therapy. I know you were looking, but you stopped. And I'm tired of you crying when I'm trying to play with my toys and bite you. And you can't just be extra affectionate when you have your usual 10 milligram gummy or coming home late drunk as you untable. Do you know how annoying you are yelling at me? Because I can follow on the heels of your feet. And yes, if you leave the gate to the kitchen open, I'm a sniff the floor for floor snacks. And if I don't get floor snacks, I'm gonna knock over the candy dish so I can Enjoy the chocolate that you put out for guests. You don't even like people in the house, so why even have a candy dish? You need to take me on more walks. I will leave you alone if I can go on more walks. Stop getting mad when I start attacking my leash, bitch. I'm just excited, you dummy. You know I'm a drama queen, so if you try to take me outside when there's snow on the ground, I will continue to howl and cry because my feet are cold and I don't fuck with the snow, which you should have learned by now. I will shit on your bathroom mat before I ever go snow again. I hate doggy daycare, but you keep surprising me with that once a month. I don't like other dogs like that. So if you think you about to zoom in on the live cam and see me running around with Pepito, you dumber than I thought. I would continue to follow the other humans around like I do at home. I know you wanted a dog and you named me after a character you played in your favorite musical, but I'm sure you were gagged when the daycare said I was the fifth dog named Effie. You're not feeling special now, are you? You?

[Kid Fury]

Jesus.

[Crissle West]

I am grateful you changed my name from tidbit to Effie, because that white lady really thought she ate when she gave me that ugly ass name. But I am very much African American, so continue to put coconut oil and deodorizer on so I don't smell like what I look like. And please stop singing if I don't want to hear your loud ass singing or you dusting off your raggedy ass ukulele skills. The neighbors don't want to hear that shit either. I will gladly leave the room. All in all, you need to get your shit together. I know you work three jobs and take care of your aunt in the home, you try to be a good aunt to your three nieces, and you're in three different bands. I get it. You stay busy even though you put me in my kennel and Turn on Doggy TV on YouTube until your fiance comes home to take me out on his lunch breaks. I'm always excited to see you. I will always be ready to cuddle you. So get my teeth cleaned, let me have your lap and give me more walks. You keep saying I'm perfect now. You need to keep me happy, bitch. Thanks, Effy.

[Kid Fury]

Effy, no notes. I feel like you made tremendous points throughout. I was a little bit triggered when you brought up the candy dish, but don't nobody come over. I feel like you didn't have to drag me in it. But other than that, this was pretty sound.

[Crissle West]

Shout out to Effy and her mom, Sean, who's clearly not doing what she's supposed to be doing. Get up on your job, bitch.

[Kid Fury]

That was one of the funniest things.

[Crissle West]

I've ever done as Lainey is clawing at the back of my chair, like, why are you at home if we not playing? Like, she don't understand why I'm here, but ignoring the fuck out of her life.

[Kid Fury]

If I sit anywhere, if I sit anywhere, this bitch demands to be in my lap. If she was here right now, she would claw that door or push it open, figure it out, and then be.

[Crissle West]

Like, this should be open because it's civil rights.

[Kid Fury]

Are you gonna lift me up or do I have to jump up there? Yeah, yeah, I'm getting in that lap.

[Crissle West]

I. I just bought Lainey some stairs so she can get herself where she needs to. She could climb in and out of the bed like, I'm not you not gonna bark at me to come lift you up every time you try to get somewhere. But it's crazy how these eight pound dogs be running your whole life.

[Kid Fury]

Like, I wish you would say something about it.

[Crissle West]

Oh, yeah, and how dare I? So thank you, Fe for sending that in. If you have a read you'd like to pass, you can email that to. This one was sent to Ask the Read, but you can send that to passtheread gmail.com if you'd also like to pass your read. But that is going to wrap up this week's episode of the show. Check us out on social media at. This is the read. Our website is this istheread.com. i want to thank comedian Mel Mitchell for being on this week's episode of Crystal's Couch. We had a wang dang doodle when I tell you chrystalscouch.com for all the links and to join us on Patreon. Any other news from you this week, Kid Fury?

[Kid Fury]

You can find [e-mail] kidfury get into our new monthly playlist as well as some upcoming fun surprises. Look out for the GoFundMe link. Oh, yes, for Keith Porter Jr. There's two different GoFundMes or two separate ones. I'll put the link in for both.

[Crissle West]

Okay. The one I saw was for his kids specifically is by his mother, Franciola Armstrong.

[Kid Fury]

The one that says for their future.

[Crissle West]

The title is support for Keith Porter Jr. Daughter's future.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'll put that one. One.

[Crissle West]

So just America, man. Please, Please. Jesus Christ.

[Kid Fury]

That's it. Love on each other. Pet a dog. Roll your eyes back on a dog. We'll talk to you next week.

[Crissle West]

All right, y'. All. Bye. Hey, y'. All, have you heard of this new Netflix series called his and Hers? So it's this mystery starring Tessa Thompson as Anna, a journalist in Atlanta, and John Bernthal as Detective Jack Harper. Now, when Anna catches wind of a murder in her sleepy little hometown, she jumps into the investigation. Detective Harper grows suspicious of her involvement. Girl, what you doing? Chasing her into the crosshairs of his case. Now, the closer they get to each other, the closer they get to the truth. Watch his and hers now only on Netflix.

[Kid Fury]

Gas, snacks, tolls. This trip is draining my wallet. Yeah, but we'll be with family. You're in a good mood.

[Crissle West]

What's your deal? What's my deal? I saved at Metro with no activation.

[Kid Fury]

Fees and I got one line of.

[Crissle West]

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

[Kid Fury]

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

[Crissle West]

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