To Catch Feelings On Mama's Phone

Summary

The Read – Episode Summary: "To Catch Feelings On Mama's Phone" (January 15, 2026)

Main Theme / Episode Overview

In this episode, Kid Fury and Crissle deliver their unfiltered, hilarious, and insightful commentary on the latest in Black excellence, hip-hop/pop culture drama, viral internet moments, and listener letters that span everything from friendship fails to complicated matters of the heart. With their trademark blend of shade and sincerity, the duo navigates celebrity shenanigans, relationship mess, generational gaps in dating, and Black joy—with plenty of memorable lines and cathartic laughter along the way.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Black Excellence & Award Season Highlights

[03:56 – 07:21]

• Teyana Taylor’s Golden Globe win: Crissle lavishes praise on Teyana Taylor’s emotional Golden Globe speech and her historic acting achievement in "Umbrella". The significance of representation and authenticity in celebrity moments shines through.
  • Quote (Crissle, 05:18): “Get your things, Black women, Black femmes, come collect this year. Yes, ma'am.”
• Junglepussy’s Impact: Paul Thomas Anderson’s shout-out to Junglepussy (Shayna McHale) for her iconic line “this pussy don’t pop for you” is celebrated (Crissle, 06:02).
• Wunmi Mosaku & Hailee Steinfeld Pregnancies: The hosts fawn over their respective glamour, representation, and baby announcements on the red carpet (Crissle, 11:28).

2. Golden Globes & Comedy Roasts

[07:21 – 12:22]

• Nikki Glaser & Wanda Sykes’ Roasts: The hosts dissect viral jokes targeting Kevin Hart and Michael B. Jordan (“Nicki B. Jerking”), including the priceless reaction from Michael B. Jordan’s mother.
  • Quote (Kid Fury, 10:15): “Can we just take a moment to talk about how fucking gorgeous his mama is?”

3. Hot Topics – Hip-Hop & Pop Culture Mess

a. Morning Radio Shakeups

[12:53 – 16:11]

• Mornings with Mero (of Desus & Mero) taking the Hot 97 slot is praised as “fierce” and “as it should be.” The hosts discuss the significance of bringing local talent into New York radio.

b. Offset & Selina Powell Scandal

[16:11 – 24:11]

• Kid Fury and Crissle break down Offset's messy entanglements and public drama involving threatening texts, gambling away $15k, and ongoing beef with Cardi B and Stefon Diggs.
  • Quote (Crissle, 17:56): “He should be in, like, one of those Tiger King cages. Like, what is wrong with this nigga?”
  • Cardi B’s response—being “unbothered” and focused on her own progress—is lauded as maturity (Crissle, 22:39).

c. NFL Legal Delays & Stefon Diggs

[24:30 – 26:57]

• Wry commentary on how the NFL quietly hushes legal proceedings until after major games: “That league gonna be like, oh, you know what? Actually, that nigga’s available in three and a half minutes.” (Kid Fury, 24:57)

d. Rihanna & Pop Culture Queenery

[29:08 – 31:43]

• Rihanna’s cryptic pregnancy jokes and “Avon lady” jokes for not releasing music prompt laughter. The hosts compare her and A$AP Rocky’s relationship to Clarissa Shields and Papoose.
  • Quote (Crissle, 29:23): “She ain’t released music in so long. I forgot what they’re called.”
  • Quote (Kid Fury, 30:35): “That’s not healthy. That’s not good, girl. Oh, no.”

e. Destiny’s Child Candlelight Tribute by Matthew Knowles

[32:08 – 35:43]

• Discussion of Matthew Knowles’ Destiny’s Child “reimagined” tribute tour—without the group—is met with heavy skepticism but optimism for Black performers earning their coin.

f. North West’s Piercings & Black Parenting

[35:43 – 37:42]

• The hosts speculate on North West’s body piercings and public anxiety around growing up Kardashian, advocating for prayer and empathy for celebrity Black children.

4. Reality TV Fights & Celebrity Nostalgia

[39:39 – 44:34]

• Boots and Bucky’s fight on VH1/Bet is delightfully roasted, noting how reality TV recycles old beef for ratings. American Horror Story’s return of Jessica Lange, Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates is seen as a “recession indicator”—or just “increasing the budget” because nobody else tuned in.

5. Listener Letters – Love, Boundaries, and Black Community

[48:25 – 89:14]

Letter 1: Ariel’s May-December Entanglement

[52:57 – 67:07]

• A 35-year-old man accidentally finds himself in a budding romance with a 19-year-old. Both hosts advise him to let go, address his underlying loneliness, and leave the “age gap” dynamics behind.
  • Quote (Crissle, 60:59): “You are a 35 year old man, fucking with a nigga whose parents be on his line. That don’t sound wild to you?”
  • Both urge therapy and self-care.

Letter 2: Becky Without Good Sense’s Stadium Blunder

[67:35 – 77:14]

• Listener recounts smuggling a friend’s Trader Joe’s bag into a stadium and being patted down. The hosts laugh, reassure Becky she just needs more Black friends/support, and not to spiral for a “minor incident.”
  • Quote (Crissle, 73:02): “You just wanted to be a homie.”

Letter 3: Junebug’s Ex Trouble

[77:14 – 89:14]

• A queer woman unpacks heartbreak after her partner continues to secretly meet up with her ex despite clear boundaries. Hosts affirm it’s reasonable to ask for those boundaries but stress that without trust, the relationship can’t survive.
  • Quote (Kid Fury, 87:54): “Without trust, you really have not shit, so... this one had to go.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (w/ Timestamps)

• Crissle [05:18]: “Get your things, Black women, Black femmes. Come collect this year.”
• Kid Fury [10:15]: “Can we just take a moment to talk about how fucking gorgeous his mama is?”
• Crissle [17:56]: “He should be in, like, one of those Tiger King cages. Like, what is wrong with this nigga?”
• Kid Fury [24:57]: “The league gonna be like, oh, you know what? Actually, that nigga’s available in three and a half minutes. You can send that subpoena tomorrow.”
• Crissle [29:23]: “She ain’t released music in so long. I forgot what they’re called.”
• Crissle [60:59]: “You are a 35 year old man, fucking with a nigga whose parents be on his line. That don’t sound wild to you?”
• Kid Fury [87:54]: “Without trust, you really have not shit, so...”

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Other Segments

The Read – Listener Letters & Community Clowns

• Several updates from previous letter writers, showcasing listener engagement and ongoing emotional support.
• Strong threads on self-reflection, mental health, and the embarrassing but relatable pitfalls of adulthood.

Community Drag & Current Events

• Carol Danvers’ Letter [92:11 – 99:08]: A listener recounts being hit by a car and then told by the driver “that’s what you get for jaywalking.” The hosts are horrified and wish the worst on the driver, while commending the Black woman police officer who helped.

  • Quote (Carol’s letter, 92:17): “I hope your panties always in a bunch, your favorite coffee is always out of stock, and your phone is never fully charged.”

• Cam Newton’s “Eclecta” Blunder [99:10 – 104:12]: The hosts drag Cam Newton for mispronouncing “eclectic” and refusing correction, giving major side-eye to the viral moment with Lady London and “Thanksgiving morals” nonsense.

• Jacksonville Free Press Uproar [104:43 – 116:12]: Analysis of the viral moment when a Black woman reporter offers words of encouragement to a disappointed NFL coach—and the resulting overreaction from “serious” sports journalists. Kid Fury fiercely defends community journalism and the importance of joy and support.

  • Quote (Kid Fury, 110:58): “In the grand scheme of things, it is niggas playing a game.”

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Time-Stamped Guide to Important Segments

• Black Excellence & Teyana Taylor: 03:56 – 07:21
• Golden Globe Comedy Roasts: 07:21 – 12:22
• Offset/Selina Powell/Stefon Diggs Mess: 16:11 – 26:57
• Rihanna & Destiny’s Child Tour: 29:08 – 35:43
• North West Piercings & Parenting: 35:43 – 37:42
• Listener Letters Begin: 48:25
• Ariel’s Age-Gap Dilemma: 52:57 – 67:07
• Becky’s Trader Joe’s Bag Debacle: 67:35 – 77:14
• Junebug’s Ex Trouble: 77:14 – 89:14
• “The Read” Letter (hit-and-run): 92:11 – 99:08
• Cam Newton's “Eclecta”: 99:10 – 104:12
• Jacksonville Free Press Controversy: 104:43 – 116:12

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Tone and Language

• Unapologetically Black, candid, irreverent, and witty, with poignant moments of sincerity.
• Language is colloquial, embracing internet culture, pop culture references (“skibidi toilet”, “baddies”, “Thunderdome”), and plenty of creative shade.

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Conclusion

This episode encapsulates the energy and spirit of The Read—balancing celebrity tea with communal healing and laughter. From award show highs to relationship woes to side-splitting reality TV throwbacks, Kid Fury and Crissle create space for Black joy, critique, and catharsis. Their advice, as always, is delivered straight, with love, humor, and a reminder that no “unique” struggle is ever truly unique.

Transcript

[Kid Fury]

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[Crissle West]

I'm parched. And you know what would really do my thirst? Something spectacular. It'd be a crisp Sprite, zero sugar. That's right. Unk is watching the sweets. Okay. Because summer's coming up and I'm trying to be thought Tiana. Mm. And that is why I enjoy Sprite Zero sugar. No, sincerely, I really love it. Because as opposed to a lot of zero sugar beverages and sodas and stuff, this still tastes like Sprite. It is the flavor that I recognize from the Sprite. It tastes just as good. I love it. So you get the same 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? No, it's just bright with no sugar in it. Tastes the same. 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. The Sprite, Zero sugar. Obey your thirst. D I've always wanted to say that. Word. And welcome back to this particular living room with your cousins that are gonna tell you the truth whether you like it or you do not. I'm a tough tootin, baby, and I can punch in your buns.

[Kid Fury]

And I am TD Jakes, and this is the read. Thanks for coming back.

[Crissle West]

Please don't be.

[Kid Fury]

Wait, why?

[Crissle West]

Oh, wait. I was thinking of a different feature. Never mind. I just.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, we'll get. We'll get to it at some point. But TD Jakes, I saw a clip of his very recently that had me like, you know, I wish more niggas would listen to this man about this particular topic, but we'll get there.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. Okay. Welcome back, everyone. Mid January. That said, I put this on threads and you can argue with me about it. I'm standing 10 toes. Then the year ain't new no more. Please leave me alone. I don't need Happy New Year. I don't. Let's move on. Thank you. Because you're gonna belch and it's gonna be Valentine's. And that's kind of wild to think about. Maybe that's why y' all are stuck on the Happy New Year thing, is because we all want time to slow down a little bit. So maybe I'll give you a break.

[Kid Fury]

I think a lot of people say it for the whole month of January.

[Crissle West]

No.

[Kid Fury]

Incorrect.

[Crissle West]

No.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. I mean, I think the 14th is around a good time to stop. Like, we're two weeks into this bitch at this point.

[Crissle West]

Thank you.

[Kid Fury]

It's not a person.

[Crissle West]

It's not. I. Thank you.

[Kid Fury]

We're here. We're here.

[Crissle West]

Okay, let's do some black excellence this week. I'm just gonna give black excellence over to a very talented black woman who starred in a movie called One Battle After Another. I'm gonna go ahead and give black excellence over to Teyana Taylor, who just won a Golden Glob supporting role as an actor in Umbrella. After another fantastic movie by Paula Thomas Anderson got another hit. Everyone will shut the fuck up about it. Deserves a pretty good movie. She looked amazing, as usual. She's Teyana Taylor. Her speech made me actually choke up because black people have just this immense talent of being, like, overwhelmed with emotion, good or bad, and also sticking in some humor and showing some personality in it. I love. She was like, oh, let me show you the party and back.

[Kid Fury]

Her little dress. Yes.

[Crissle West]

Beautiful dress.

[Kid Fury]

Incredible.

[Crissle West]

She was just so overcome with emotion. I don't know if this is her first acting award. It's definitely got to be her first, like, of the major awards, I think.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I think so.

[Crissle West]

And, you know, I just really enjoyed her speech. I love the way that she spoke about God. I loved her talking about the babies and them needing to get off them damn phones because she know they was On it with Ms. Rachel and Gracie or whatever. She was like, y' all better be watching me get this award.

[Kid Fury]

Making history.

[Crissle West]

Your mommy's doing the thing. I just really, really enjoyed her speech. I love seeing black people seemingly deserving walk in the steps that God has ordered for them and get the things that they deserve. So shout out to her for that. I really was very touched by that, and I think that she deserves it. And I also have to give a shout out to Jungle Pussy, who's also in the film Acting Goddess. I've long been saying now that someone needs to go ahead and collaborate with her in a film that she can, like, star in, write, whatever. She's like that girl. But Paul Thomas Anderson won a couple awards. I think he won, like, Screenplay and director or something. During one of his speeches, though, probably for the. I think it was the screenplay one, he was talking about the people that he's basically stolen great lines from and energy and wording. And one of the first people he named was her and saying, you know, she plays JP in the movie, which obviously is named after her, like her stage name. And he was like, one of my favorite lines, this pussy don't pop for you. Which is something that jungle, like jungle pussy has. This pussy don't pop for you merch. Like, that's been a thing of hers for a while. But I love that he, you know, called her my name Shayna McHale. Super talented. He said, thank you for, you know, letting me steal that amazing line from you. I'm just like, oh, I love that icon. Queen island goddess. Jamaica. I think Trinidad as well.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, word.

[Crissle West]

Definitely Jamaica. Get your things. Black women, black femmes. Come collect this year. Yes, ma'. Am.

[Kid Fury]

Absolutely. The Golden Globe. I didn't see all of the Golden Globes, but it looked.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I didn't watch all video.

[Kid Fury]

The Nikki Glaser. Truly hilarious. I don't like to give white women too much.

[Crissle West]

Very, very funny.

[Kid Fury]

I do not like to give white women too much. But. She made a joke about Kevin Hart. She actually made two jokes, a couple of. A few about Kevin Hart.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And one of them was, you know, something about Kylie Jenner. You know, you can't see her or something or something like that. She was like, just get the phone book that Kevin Hart is sitting on. Which was objectively hilarious.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. There's no way around that.

[Kid Fury]

But then she also read him into the dust and she said, kevin Hart, you're the richest person in this category and yet I know you want this award the most. She said, you are a true American.

[Crissle West]

That bitch is hilarious.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah.

[Crissle West]

And look, I'm not going to hold.

[Kid Fury]

You looked really good.

[Crissle West]

Oh, this is actually very interesting that you bring her up because she's the first part of the first hot top.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, is she? Oh, God. See, I gave a white woman a compliment and immediately I.

[Crissle West]

No, it's not a bad thing. It's not really a bad thing.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, okay, okay, okay.

[Crissle West]

It's not really a bad thing.

[Kid Fury]

That's big.

[Crissle West]

It's actually a part of. It was like a funny viral clip from, I think her opening monologue. And it was what she said to Michael B. Jordan.

[Kid Fury]

I was just about to bring up that one. I was literally. Because his mama was.

[Crissle West]

That's what I was meant to talk about.

[Kid Fury]

Love It. Okay. I love it.

[Crissle West]

First she says, you know Michael B. We got two Michael B. Jordans in Sinners. He plays these brothers. And she's like, am I allowed to say that? I don't know if I can. He plays twins. That made me laugh.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

And then she was like. When I saw that, I was like, nikki, be jerking, because that was awesome. And then she was like, I don't know why I made that joke. I know his mom. I'm so sorry. I should. And then it got to the mom and she made this face, drank her wine. I was like, I am not amused. I didn't like that one. Please move on from my child.

[Kid Fury]

Fake news.

[Crissle West]

My son talking about. Right. My son is right here. Thank you. We're not doing that tonight.

[Kid Fury]

Nasty. That the joke about Kevin Hart and wanting it the most. That actually was Wanda Sykes, which I should have known, but. Because that was really a read. But I wanted to correct that.

[Crissle West]

Like, that was very fun.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, that was a good one. But the. The Nicki B. Jerking, that was also a good one. And. And his mama was like, okay.

[Crissle West]

Like, his mama was like, okay. And can it Sunday.

[Kid Fury]

Can we just take a moment to talk about how fucking gorgeous his mama is? Yeah, Like I. I said, okay. You know, obviously he's very fine. It comes from somewhere. But I was taken aback. Like, I replayed that clip over and over to look at his mama's face. I'm not lying. Like, she is.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, she's truly strong.

[Kid Fury]

I was like, I think I'm almost attracted to this woman. Like, I'm this close to being attracted to her.

[Crissle West]

She low key is giving Angela Bassett in Black.

[Kid Fury]

Like, she is gorgeous. I said, I think I have a crush on his mama. Like, for real. She is so pretty. Like, this is just really a beautiful woman. But yes, that moment was hilarious. Cause you could see Michael keeping it cute, you know, with his little laugh. She was like, fuck, no.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Yes. Look at that.

[Crissle West]

She did not go for it. I think she's drinking water. I said wine. I'm sorry, man.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah.

[Crissle West]

Anyhow, speaking of sinners did grab two Golden Gloves. One for best original score, one for cinematic and box office achievements. So shout out to them for that. I'm nervous about these Oscars. I really feel like they go playing these people face, and I just. I'm gonna have to just eat it. Yeah, I'm gonna just eat it. Cause what can I do about it? Fight.

[Kid Fury]

Right, Right. And our girls are pregnant.

[Crissle West]

Wait, who's pregnant?

[Kid Fury]

Wunmima Saku and Hailee Steinfeld are both pregnant. Why didn't know any of this? Yeah. Oh, you must not have seen her pictures. First of all, she was gorgeous in a yellow gown on the carpet, but she was like, I'm tired of trying to hide it here. Fuck, yes, I'm pregnant.

[Crissle West]

I know. That's right. You better be fine ass.

[Kid Fury]

Yes. And so, of course, they took a picture together and everybody's like, oh, congratulations to Smoking Stack. They finna be daddies.

[Crissle West]

Y' all are so ghetto.

[Kid Fury]

But yeah, they look. They are. I mean, woman. God forgive me if I mispronounced her last name. But that woman is so beautiful.

[Crissle West]

Like, she. It doesn't make.

[Kid Fury]

It really don't it really. She is just stunning. And every time she talks, I'm like, oh, right, you are in it. Cause I be forgetting she's British because you sound in that movie like my fucking kin actor.

[Crissle West]

Like how acting.

[Kid Fury]

You're a little.

[Crissle West]

You're just so good and real acting diva, right?

[Kid Fury]

When the first time you try to act, you realize just how hard that shit is.

[Crissle West]

So I've loved her since, I think the first thing I ever saw her in was Lovecraft country and her whole story. Did you ever watch Lovecraft Country?

[Kid Fury]

It got a little. It got a little much for me. You know, I could see that. It got a little much for me. But I did start off watching it.

[Crissle West]

And unfortunately, she has this really cool story arc in it, like this little mini story that's just for those of y' all watched it, you know what I'm talking about? And I think, like, the theme in it is pretty deep and compelling. Well, I couldn't even suggest you just watch that one because that in itself.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Is pretty gross. But all that to say I've been obsessed with her since. And I've seen her in a bunch of shit since then. Loki on Disney plus, she's in the mcu. She's a Marvel character. And, you know, obviously sinners. She's in this horror movie I think it's called. It's called His House, Our House, My House, something like that. That movies fiercer. She's just amazing.

[Kid Fury]

Yes. Really is.

[Crissle West]

So good.

[Kid Fury]

And. Yes. And they're both pregnant, so that was.

[Crissle West]

A. I hear about that.

[Kid Fury]

That was a beautiful moment. You know, all of them sing together, but then the two of them posing on the carpet and. Yes, very sweet.

[Crissle West]

I have to go find the photos, but I did not know. Well, Hot 97 has announced who their new morning show host will be taking up the mantle from one ebro Darden will be mornings with Marrow starting Tuesday, airing every weekday from 6am to 10am you will have mornings with marrow. That is kid marrow, formerly of Desus and Mero on Vice. Where is their big show on again?

[Kid Fury]

Wasn't the big show on Vice?

[Crissle West]

I think it was Showtime.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yes, they did go to Showtime.

[Crissle West]

You right, yes. So he will be your new Hot 97 morning host. And when I heard this, I was like, yep, yep.

[Kid Fury]

Like, sounds right.

[Crissle West]

Fierce.

[Kid Fury]

It sounds correct.

[Crissle West]

You know, it just sounds right.

[Kid Fury]

Why not have a Bronx nigga doing this show?

[Crissle West]

Hello. Yeah, let's just. Let's just make it.

[Kid Fury]

It makes sense.

[Crissle West]

Ebro show love on Twitter, saying, shout out to the Kid Marrow. This is so great. Although I did notice that people were frying him simultaneously, because I suppose I didn't see this, but it looks like he said his politics are a part of the reason that his show on Hot 97 got canceled. So after this, people were like, well, Meryl's actually more political and progressive than you are, and they gave him your slot, so maybe they just don't like you. I was like, God damn. Or, you know, just take my bat and chew him.

[Kid Fury]

There's that. And Also, Ebro is 50 years old. Like, it's okay to bring in somebody a little younger, you know, and somebody actually from New York. I saw a lot of comments saying it's about time a New York nigga hosted the morning show on Hot 97. Like, that's fair.

[Crissle West]

And I think it's fair.

[Kid Fury]

I do. I think it's fair. And I am wishing him the best of luck. It's crazy to see, you know, just how far things have gone from social media to today.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, that's true. That's very cool. What else do we have? Oh, God. Is this next? Might as well just be next. Let's talk about Offset and how I feel like he shouldn't even be in.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, right, I forgot about this.

[Crissle West]

He should be in, like, one of those Tiger King cages. Like, what is wrong with this nigga? It's a lot besides everything. So I guess Offset has been playing around with this girl named Selina Powell, and I can really not. My best way to describe Selena Powell is like, Cat Stacks less ugly.

[Kid Fury]

Okay.

[Crissle West]

If you don't know who Cat Stacks is, I mean, you really miss the time. She's a groupie. She's like. She's a groupie and a hoe. And an extremely messy one at that. She's infamous for, like. No, like, she is. She's messy and Regularly putting people's business in the street.

[Kid Fury]

And you would think niggas would stop fucking with her for that.

[Crissle West]

Crystal, this is exactly what I'm talking about. I don't get it.

[Kid Fury]

They don't care because of her face and body, so she. They just continuously let her play them.

[Crissle West]

I'm so like. It's just like, why would you ever. Okay.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, man.

[Crissle West]

So Offset, for whatever reason, has been finding himself in bed with Idiot. And now, surprise. Fast forward to today. She's leaking clips of him on FaceTime, talking about if he ever catch Stephan Diggs, he's gonna shoot him in the knees, strip him, beat his ass, jump him, whatever the fuck else.

[Kid Fury]

Okay?

[Crissle West]

Talking about Cardi B got a restraining order on him. Wouldn't you. Wouldn't you like, Jesus, bitch, I hate niggas. Meanwhile, this white girl is talking about the reason she putting him on blast is cause she lent his ass $15,000 and he blew it at the casino.

[Kid Fury]

So you see how it's more than one idiot in this story. Cause how you.

[Crissle West]

Mind you.

[Kid Fury]

How you let a rich nigga anything.

[Crissle West]

There are simultaneously footage. There's simultaneously footage of Offset running around in a marina. That's what Jamaicans call a tank top at the casino.

[Kid Fury]

Girl.

[Crissle West]

In a wife beater at the casino flexing his watch around with fans at the slot machines. What are they doing? What are they. What are the. What are the gambling girlies? What are the rich gambling girlies doing.

[Kid Fury]

Losing their money and then trying to gamble to get it back?

[Crissle West]

All of this money, I want it.

[Kid Fury]

I would just keep it. You know, I like keeping mine personally. Or if I lose it, it's because I spent it on something, you know, in return. But they're spending it on the chance to win some more, which, you know.

[Crissle West]

But, like, bet with your homies on the game.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, yeah.

[Crissle West]

You know, maybe horses have a little fantasy football. Yeah, yeah.

[Kid Fury]

No, you gotta leave them tracks alone.

[Crissle West]

But you remember what happened to Dorothy's Bornett?

[Kid Fury]

Dorothy couldn't stay away from them races, child. She was on them tracks, heavy.

[Crissle West]

That bitch needed a literal intervention. So imagine, you know who broke her down? Rose. Imagine the ditzy bitch.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, she had to gag. You had to.

[Crissle West]

I'm stealing your money. I know, but I was hoping that you wouldn't.

[Kid Fury]

Yep. Gag.

[Crissle West]

Gag to ass.

[Kid Fury]

Gag. Turn deep.

[Crissle West]

Rose Nylund, anyhow, going off track. So you borrow 15 bands.

[Kid Fury]

No.

[Crissle West]

From the messiest white white bitch throwing pussy out in the streets right now in the country. Blew it at the casino. Refused to give her the money bag, stupid.

[Kid Fury]

Real dumb. A known chatty ho.

[Crissle West]

It's like a crash out in slow motion. It's like watching a Final Destination trap with the speed cut down. Okay, yeah, just hurry up and go to jail.

[Kid Fury]

It. It sounds like a matter of, like, what. It really does, don't it? This is the type of shit you saying on FaceTime, like, okay. And then you wonder what. You're finna. You're finna have your rights to your kids be in jeopardy.

[Crissle West]

Thank you.

[Kid Fury]

And then you really gonna crash out. Not that I believe you see them on a regular basis anyway.

[Crissle West]

Thank all of you.

[Kid Fury]

But threatening a man, A man who you know, all of this behind a woman that you swear you don't care about, you ready to move on. You put that fuck ass song out in, like, August or some shit, talking about, you know, let everybody just be grown and move on. Like you doing all this in January behind a woman you say you don't care about, threatening to shoot that you.

[Crissle West]

Drove so crazy that she wanted to put her stiletto nails into your throat as you were sleeping.

[Kid Fury]

I hate that.

[Crissle West]

And now you're obsessed with her, right? And her new baby daddy. Like you were never gonna stop being an awful fucking husband. So why are you.

[Kid Fury]

And the stuff about culture not liking the new baby? And culture don't really understand how a baby is even here.

[Crissle West]

How would you know? When was the last time you seen Kulture?

[Kid Fury]

Right? Did Kulture tell you this on the phone or some shit? When was the last time you even hung out with all three of your children? With Cardi at the same time? It just was messy, messy, messy. And I don't think Cardi responded, which. Great. I hope she's locked up in a rehearsal hall somewhere with Sean Bankhead.

[Crissle West]

And she was on Spaces talking about.

[Kid Fury]

Okay, never mind.

[Crissle West]

She was in Spaces on the head. Okay. But it didn't give what you thought it'd give. In fact, she was kind of like, you know, she was kind of saying something to the effect of, you know, people are people seemingly expecting for me to crash out any second because of this, where she's like, I've been saying this about this for the longest time. I've been saying that.

[Kid Fury]

Yes, you have.

[Crissle West]

I've been saying that he's threatened violence. But when I've been saying it, it's been, oh, Cardi is this. And she ghetto and da, da, da, or whatever.

[Kid Fury]

True.

[Crissle West]

And so now she's like, I'm not tight. If anything, I'm glad that y' all here. And then you can see what I was saying, what I was talking about. So I'm not pressed. I'm good. Let's talk about the tour.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, exactly. Exactly.

[Crissle West]

And I think she also said, like, as far as the Selena Powell thing, it sounded like she was saying that what he's now doing, because he see that I'm moving, like, I'm paying him as best as I can, and I'm happy and I'm moving on, and I don't need him. It's like he's trying to use other people as a mouthpiece to get what he saying out there without directly saying.

[Kid Fury]

But why would you want this to get out? This doesn't make you look good, nigga. This makes you look like somebody need to have you on a watch list. Like, maybe you need to legitimately not have access to your. Like, do you understand it's deeply not okay to threaten the father of your children's sibling? Like, do you understand that that's not an okay thing to do? Are you. Are you legitimately in your right mind? Like, I feel like you don't understand the gravity of this.

[Crissle West]

Is your cousin the chef?

[Kid Fury]

And why aren't you. And again, why are you over a woman you swore you don't give a shit about? Lord knows you fucking however many other women you even have other baby mamas. So you really do all this shit you talking about not caring about her and all that? You need to pour some attention, some real work into actually not giving a shit about her. Cause right now, it's just words.

[Crissle West]

Exactly. Girls need medication.

[Kid Fury]

I couldn't believe that. Ooh, weep.

[Crissle West]

The girls might need, like, ect.

[Kid Fury]

And Cardi's right. She has been telling us that offset is trash. Ben Saying Been saying it so well. All right.

[Crissle West]

On the flip line of things, Stefon Diggs arraignment is supposed to be delayed until after the Super Bowl.

[Kid Fury]

Of course it is.

[Crissle West]

So work National Football League, they're like, hey, quiet. Shut up. Stop talking. Don't say nothing.

[Kid Fury]

And then watch. If the Patriots get eliminated in the playoffs, all of a sudden, it can be rescheduled and we can move, right? Because we know what we really care about in this country. Okay?

[Crissle West]

In that case, the league gonna be.

[Kid Fury]

Like, oh, you know what? Actually, that nigga's available in three and a half minutes. You can send that subpoena tomorrow.

[Crissle West]

My sister actually is burned 10 individuals. And because they got burned out, there's.

[Kid Fury]

Nothing I can do for her now.

[Crissle West]

I'm actually really interested to see how this case Goes anyway. Yes. Girl, are you choking people? Because, like.

[Kid Fury]

You know, it's really. It is feeling, like, offset, but in athlete form, but all right.

[Crissle West]

And better looking. He is handsome.

[Kid Fury]

I will. You know what? I will give y' all that. A lot of people told me that I was wrong about Stephan Diggs being ugly. And I saw some other pictures, and I see what y' all are saying. I do.

[Crissle West]

Do you know that when you called him ugly, I googled him.

[Kid Fury]

Did you?

[Crissle West]

I didn't say nothing, but I was like, wait, is he.

[Kid Fury]

Is he ugly?

[Crissle West]

He's not. I looked at the picture, and I was like, I'm just letting my sister be.

[Kid Fury]

You know who he's like to me? He's like Cam Newton, where sometimes I can really see it and sometimes I really can't.

[Crissle West]

I never see it with Cam Newton.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, see? And a lot of people are gonna.

[Crissle West]

Disagree with you worse.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, well, he's a stone cold idiot, so. Yeah, but.

[Crissle West]

But I'm talking about even with his style.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah.

[Crissle West]

That's like, he don't want to look. Oh, okay. Sometimes.

[Kid Fury]

You know when he don't look.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I could see it sometimes.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. When he don't look like he in a Alice.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, for sure. For sure.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, for sure. I looked at, like, throwback pictures.

[Kid Fury]

How I feel about Stefan Diggs. I'm like, sometimes when you in the right light. Okay, I do see it.

[Crissle West]

I think Stephon Digg way better looking than this nigga. But I hear exactly what you're saying anyhow. Yeah, I'm interested to see how that will. Will turn up. But I thought it was funny that the NFL was like, hey, shut up. Like, listen, we'll get to that.

[Kid Fury]

Not right now, though. We're not doing that right now. And I feel like y' all should know that. 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 Detect. 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. Woo.

[Crissle West]

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. Mm. And that is why I enjoy Sprite. Zero sugar. No, sincerely, I really love it because as opposed to a lot of zero sugar beverages and sodas and stuff, this still tastes like Sprite. It is the flavor that I recognize from the Sprite. It tastes just as good. I love it. So you get the same 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? No, it's just Sprite with no sugar in it. Tastes the same. 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. So if you are in the. The Rihanna Navy. I was trying to forget. I remember what they're called. She ain't released music in so long.

[Kid Fury]

I forgot what right does she even. It's the. It's. She the makeup lady now. She called. They call her the Avon girl.

[Crissle West]

Listen, at this point, because that's all.

[Kid Fury]

She do is makeup tutorials. Y' all not getting outside of that lady.

[Crissle West]

And shut your ass. I got 20 albums, right? And I made 18 of them in six months. You did. So leave me the fuck alone.

[Kid Fury]

You write about that.

[Crissle West]

It doesn't sound like she's making plans to do much else besides continue having ASAP Rocky's babies. Someone Montana Rose Brown one had a an Instagram story that's captions deciding whether to get hot and sexy or get pregnant in 2026. Decisions, decisions, motherhood, parenthood. And wouldn't you know it? Bad gal. Riri has commented and said, Wait, so I'm not crazy then? Bet. So of course, this is leading headlines where people are like, okay, she about.

[Kid Fury]

To drop it again. She is in deep over there, child.

[Crissle West]

She's also compared her relationship and love for Asaph Rocky to Clarissa Shields.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, no.

[Crissle West]

Or is it Carlisa?

[Kid Fury]

I think it's Clarissa.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I think it's Clarissa Shields.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

And papoose, which is like Rihanna.

[Kid Fury]

That's not. That's not good.

[Crissle West]

What?

[Kid Fury]

That's not healthy. That's not good, girl. Oh, no. But I think.

[Crissle West]

I don't even see the overlap. I think she's talking about how, like, obsessed.

[Kid Fury]

Yes, but it's like she is with him. I. You know, that did immediately make me think, okay, maybe this is not as great as perhaps some of us would have Liked to think it was, but I'm gonna try to.

[Crissle West]

Of all the relationships, right?

[Kid Fury]

Like, of all the fucking relationships. This young girl who's been through a bunch of bullshit and now she getting played by this old washed up rap nigga. Like, I just wouldn't have. I just. But I, I To your point, I think it's about, you know, the way I feel about Rocky, the way Clarissa feel about Papoose. My man, my man, my man. Anybody talking about nothing about me.

[Crissle West]

She's a man. I'm so put off by that relationship. I really don't pay close enough attention to how she talks about him.

[Kid Fury]

Well, I mean, you willing to argue with any and everybody and go back and forth with Remy and whoever else online behind this nigga. It's like, girl, for real.

[Crissle West]

That's true.

[Kid Fury]

For real.

[Crissle West]

Yuck.

[Kid Fury]

That's true.

[Crissle West]

And I just saw a clip the other day that looked like everybody was talking about Remy and Papoose was shopping in a store. First one.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, no. Oh, no.

[Crissle West]

So I don't even. Anyhow, Right, let's move it forward. What else have we got? Matthew Knowles is talking about doing a Destiny's Child tribute tour. Obviously without Destiny's Child.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

Destiny's Child reimagined the tour by candlelight. Now what?

[Kid Fury]

What.

[Crissle West]

Out magazine posted. Sat down with Matthew Knowles. Oh, at your lovable trans auntie. Sat down with Matthew Knowles ahead of the Destiny's Child iconic reimagined tribute tour. Too many words. We went back to 1990. Talked legacy and the meaning behind Survivor interview available on out.com. my guess is that Matthew is going to hire some singers, you know, hopefully some special guests. Okay. To kind of just, yeah, Sing beat, sing Destiny's Child covers, Beyonce covers, Kelly Rowland covers, whatever was in the Matthew Knowles era of the crew.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

And it'll be just like a, a time probably in like little smoky spaces. If it's by candlelight, it's giving me.

[Kid Fury]

Right, it's giving intimates.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, intimate, smaller spaces where the girls can come and celebrate Destiny's Child through the voices of others. I think packaged correctly, marketed correctly, this could be cute. Especially depending on how much the tickets cost.

[Kid Fury]

Right. So it is coming to Sony hall in New York and tickets start at $51 for standing room only and go.

[Crissle West]

Up Sony hall, the one over in Times Square. They used to be PlayStation.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever they call it now and then they go up to $91. Looks like they're only coming to six cities. New York, DC, Miami, Houston, Atlanta, and LA. Which makes sense. Those are probably our top six. But. But yeah, I. I know Beyonce, like, nigga.

[Crissle West]

She'S probably like, sure.

[Kid Fury]

I mean, nobody, right? Nobody can stop him. I'm pretty sure he has the. You know, as the person who was managing them, he has the rights to perform this music. But I'm not going to this. I'm not going to this.

[Crissle West]

Oh, yeah, I'm not going either. I'm just trying to, like, you know, look at it for what it could be. I think it's really. A lot of it's going to ride on who's doing the singing.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. But it's not as small of a venue as I would have thought.

[Crissle West]

Like, me neither. Sony Hall's not tiny in Miami.

[Kid Fury]

It's at Pinecrest Gardens. Do you know that?

[Crissle West]

No, I know where Pine Crest is.

[Kid Fury]

It's at a church in D.C. a church in LA. Emmanuel Presbyterian. Yep.

[Crissle West]

That makes sense.

[Kid Fury]

It's at Guardian Works in Atlanta, which. I thought Guardian Works was like a chair. Oh, no, this is an event venue in the. Okay. I mean, that looks cute. And the bell tower in Houston. So, yeah, these are not the coziest venues. So. But yeah, I mean, good luck. Like you said, everybody got bills and hopefully, you know, artists and, you know, black people, dancers, things like this. You know, people have the opportunity to make some money doing this. But I am not interested in seeing Matthew put this together. Sorry. Sorry, brother.

[Crissle West]

Apparently, people are giving Northwest a hard time forgetting her fingers pierced. What? So she has like these dermal piercings on her middle and pointer finger on, I think maybe her left hand.

[Kid Fury]

Okay.

[Crissle West]

And I guess people are thinking that her latest aesthetic is inappropriate for a 12 year old.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, oh, these little dots on her finger. Okay.

[Crissle West]

I mean, yeah, I think she has one on her nose too.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

But that one might have been fake. I'm not sure.

[Kid Fury]

She.

[Crissle West]

I personally don't think it's a huge.

[Kid Fury]

No, I mean, even if it's not.

[Crissle West]

What, 12 is gone?

[Kid Fury]

I wouldn't. It's not that I would be comfortable necessarily. Like, if it was my 12 year old, I don't know that I would be comfortable with this.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

But that doesn't mean that I think there's something wrong with it. Just that I'm like, you know, you're 12. You get your whole life to be grown. Like, I think I would be like that. You know, that's how I would feel. But when you have two very rich people who, you know, Kim is like, I'm never gonna stifle her creativity. Do whatever you want like then okay.

[Crissle West]

Look at her surroundings, right?

[Kid Fury]

But you know, I think it's time for us to go ahead and just, you know, just start sneaking in a couple prayers for Northwest. Just every now and then you just send one up.

[Crissle West]

Start. She been on my list, baby, since her mama was dragging her to go see Chanel or whatever. And she was hollering her goddamn head, oh my God.

[Kid Fury]

Remember when they used to force her to walk them carpets and everything.

[Crissle West]

That baby pissed. Pissed. I don't care.

[Kid Fury]

Got Anna whistle, rolling they eyes like, take that child, give her to the nanny and take her in the back like you're 18 month old.

[Crissle West]

You know what my baby is doing right now? Beyonce's like writing music. She's at the home writing an album.

[Kid Fury]

She's actually in Puerto Rico laying down some beats. Oh yeah.

[Crissle West]

Oh my God. I mean, Mary J. Blige is having a Las Vegas residency.

[Kid Fury]

Okay.

[Crissle West]

I can't believe she hasn't done it.

[Kid Fury]

It's about that time, isn't it?

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Okay, now this.

[Crissle West]

I might go to mgm hotel in casino. Right? Exactly. This is a timeout, uncti. Yes. This is our.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I mean I am this age.

[Crissle West]

And the summertime work.

[Kid Fury]

Amen.

[Crissle West]

May 1st to the 9th and again July 10th to the 18th. You can go and get boots. Boots.

[Kid Fury]

Oh yeah.

[Crissle West]

I might be into this especially because now Las Vegas is just a little stretch over. I might go and see where my auntie talking about.

[Kid Fury]

Oh right. It is so much closer for you. Vegas is a all day trip.

[Crissle West]

I know. And girl, I went the other day. It's Orlando without Disney. Like the Strip. The Strip? Yeah, yeah, the Strip. Cuz that's really all I got to see. I would really like to go see like the residential parts of Las Vegas at some point. But the Strip is just like.

[Kid Fury]

A.

[Crissle West]

Big ass city walk.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

It's so touristy. It also reminds me of Times Square.

[Kid Fury]

Yep.

[Crissle West]

People just come into piddle. It's exactly however they can. This one playing a guitar butt naked. This one dressed up as Dora. This one over here is talking about, do you want to come to a comedy show? This one, like I can tell you your. Your future.

[Kid Fury]

Yep.

[Crissle West]

It's very.

[Kid Fury]

That There's a lot going on. A bunch of lights, sounds, all of.

[Crissle West]

That shit businesses all less children. It is wild.

[Kid Fury]

Yes, it is.

[Crissle West]

Um, but I might go and see my auntie. Did you see that Boots and Bucky are fighting on VH1 again?

[Kid Fury]

No, I.

[Crissle West]

Or wherever. I actually think that show's on. Bet.

[Kid Fury]

Boots and Bucky. Why?

[Crissle West]

So Bucky's been on Love and hip Hop Miami for like a couple seasons.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Crissle West]

I haven't watched it in a long ass time because, I mean, let me just have my memory of my. My hometown, please. And now most of the bitches on that show ain't even from Miami. You know what? Leave me alone. So Bucky's been on the show for a long time? Like for a few seasons.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

But I saw recently Boots is making a comeback and they hate each other and they've been going on. Off and on, on the Internet and on the blogs. And so VH1 was like, yeah, I gotta have some of that. And they brought Boots back.

[Kid Fury]

She's still fine.

[Crissle West]

I'd say she looks even better now. And yeah, I saw this, the clip from one of the latest episodes she popped at to Bucky having an event where she's selling. Take a guess.

[Kid Fury]

Um, Bucky is selling.

[Crissle West]

Bucky's selling her new line, Buckeyes, her new lineup. That's a better idea.

[Kid Fury]

Um, Boots, is it like some irony? Oh, tampons.

[Crissle West]

Tummy pills.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my God. Tummy pills. Like water pills. Like, drop the bloat.

[Crissle West]

Who knows? Six hours, whatever. Who knows what you're putting in your body?

[Kid Fury]

So you are just. So then. Okay, I thought this was something maybe she actually worked on and developed. Not just a deal she signed, but.

[Crissle West]

Okay, alleged vitamins girl.

[Kid Fury]

What do you know about vitamins or supplements?

[Crissle West]

Nothing.

[Kid Fury]

Who would even come to you for that? What's she selling?

[Crissle West]

She's telling them she's having this.

[Kid Fury]

That weight loss tea, that Detox tea.

[Crissle West]

Basically, in like capsules or something. All right, child. And I'm over it. So she's having this little thing looking like a fake ass sprouts farmer's market. And in comes Boots, and they get to throwing things and fighting. And I'm like, ooh, nostalgia.

[Kid Fury]

Why is Boots there? For mess.

[Crissle West]

Like, to fight Bucky. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

So I haven't seen you in however long years, months, and you just show up at my event to fight me. You didn't. Why?

[Crissle West]

Like, they, I guess, been beefing since then, but talking shit to each other online. And VH1 was like, you know what? This would make the ratings go through the roof. And I guess it's successful because here I am talking about love hip hop, right?

[Kid Fury]

Which we have not watched in years, like, eons. It's been so fucking long.

[Crissle West]

Like a Boots and Bucky reunion and they're fighting. I want to see that.

[Kid Fury]

I, you know, I'M still just having trouble, Boots. Well, that was just. That's an iconic Tiffany Pollard line. But I'm having trouble really understanding why you, as a grown woman, would go crash another grown woman's fake event for these vitamins that she didn't actually, you know, do anything with or make. Like, it's just still.

[Crissle West]

She hates her, I guess.

[Kid Fury]

Well, but Soul Fighter, I mean, we're.

[Crissle West]

Living in the time of baddies, right?

[Kid Fury]

This is so this is my hang up, right? I'm trying to make sense out of nonsense. And we all know this is a.

[Crissle West]

Fruitless endeavor, so the viewers care, right?

[Kid Fury]

No, don't give a shit about all that.

[Crissle West]

Just go in like, it'll all be fake. That could be besties. It's just been like, hey, come on the show. Like, let me. You know what I'm saying? Let me get you into this VH1 thing. Let's get this bag together.

[Kid Fury]

I was about to say, so do you know whether Bucky knew that Boots was going to show up or.

[Crissle West]

It seemed like she didn't because Bucky was into it with Trina's cousin. And so Trina's cousin was like, since you keep running your mouth about me and stay in my business, I got something for you. And so she popped up at the event and was like, basically that I got somebody here who need to see.

[Kid Fury]

You got it. Okay.

[Crissle West]

And then Boots. So I don't think that she knew that.

[Kid Fury]

Now it's making more sense. Okay. Yeah, well, times is hard. Times is like.

[Crissle West]

I saw this shit on the TV the other day when I was, like, in the kitchen cooking. I was like, boobs. Boots is.

[Kid Fury]

I'm loving.

[Crissle West]

She's fighting Bucky.

[Kid Fury]

What the fuck is going on? What year did I wake up here?

[Crissle West]

Jessica laying back on American Horror Story. The girls are desperate.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, all right. Ain't nobody turning down checks these days.

[Crissle West]

I was like, jessica, I remember vividly seeing you on the red carpet. They asked you if you would go back to American Horror Story. And you laughed. He laughed and said, oh, heavens no, you paid it. So I know the check was large and it cleared, but Trump's economy and American Horror Story ain't been good in years. Angela Bassett's going back, too. And Kathy Bates.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, see, recession indicators. Or, you know, maybe.

[Crissle West]

Exactly.

[Kid Fury]

That's a cynical way of looking at it. Or maybe they are increasing the budget because nobody watches American Horror Story without them. So you bring back these icons that we were tuning into the show for, and now the ratings go back up and the show Starts making more money.

[Crissle West]

You know, Sarah Paulson can't do it by herself.

[Kid Fury]

She can't do it by herself.

[Crissle West]

And after you had her dress up like Kim Kardashian for this latest faggot ass show, it's just giving. Now she on the phone with Ashton Kutcher trying to get this nigga to star and stuff. Like, yeah, the well seems to be maybe running dry. But you know what? I'm gonna just end it there for the hot tops, okay? Because I don't care about milagrograms.

[Kid Fury]

Mm, mm. No saying so.

[Crissle West]

I hope that you got something out of this. Education, enjoyment, a waste of your time. Either way it happened. We're gonna take a break and then we're gonna talk about your business. Well, it's 2026, and I decided that this is the year to finally launch my line of stiletto cut press on toenails, a thrilling new venture with a market that is untapped. This new business will of course require a home online for people with boring ass feet to come peruse our inventory toe re. That's where today's sponsor, Squarespace, comes in. With the assisther, the all in one website platform designed to help your business stand out and succeed online. With all the necessary tools to provide services while getting paid in the same place, I can rest assure that all my hard work hand painting beauty enhancements for your bunions will not be in vain. Featuring on brand invoices and online payments, all my business is essentially taken care of. I can even schedule appointments and use tools for email marketing. That way I can really take your pause to the next level. So head to squarespace.com the read for a free trial. And when you're ready to launch, use the R code theread to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or a domain. Okay. Get ready to dazzle those bitties in style with Squarespace.

[Kid Fury]

Woo.

[Crissle West]

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. Mm. And that is why I enjoy Sprite Zero Sugar. No, sincerely, I really love it. Because as opposed to a lot of zero sugar beverages and sodas and stuff, this still tastes like Sprite. It is the flavor that I recognize from the Sprite. It tastes just as good. I love it. So you get the same 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. No, it's just Sprite with no sugar in it. Tastes the same. 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. All right, folks, we're back. It's time to listen to your shenanigans.

[Kid Fury]

Indeed. Please send your questions to askthereadmail.com we may read them aloud on the show. We have updates from both of the people whose letters we read last week. So the first one came from Jason, if you remember. Jason was like, should I go full 50 cent and get back at this nigga who was playing with me? And then he had a girlfriend and all this, and should I send a Venmo request to get my money back? We told Jason that he played himself and it was time to move on. Jason said, hey, Kiff, you're in Crystal. I cannot express the adrenaline rush I got hearing you read my message and then proceeding to read me. But truthfully, it was all things I needed to hear. I was really deep in my feels, lamenting a relationship that never really existed. I always wondered how people forget themselves and end up in situations like this. I guess Aaron. Aaron was right all along. And everybody plays the fool sometimes. I did not, girl. I did not send the Venmo request. I deleted his contact. Lesson learned. And I will attempt to only pour into those who actually show interest in me. I have a date lined up for tonight, and I am focusing on finding a community in my area to keep me from exhibiting such bird behavior in the future. A simple conversation with educated gays would have probably saved me months of hanging onto this man for a crumb of attention. I needed this reminder to. I needed this reminder to value myself and my time. And I'm pushing forward. Thank you for your help. You truly helped pick a bitch up when she slipped. All the best to y' all in this new year. You deserve it. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. You're welcome, baby. Again, like we said, we have also been so dumb behind n baby, right? So dumb.

[Crissle West]

That was spoken from true experience on both ends.

[Kid Fury]

Good luck to you. And then also Simone, who was asking us if it was okay to exclude her sister in law from her wedding because she's Hungarian and kind of mean.

[Crissle West]

Kind of quiet.

[Kid Fury]

And Simone, right, quiet. Simone said, oh, God, When I read the title of the episode, I just knew that I will never know peace again.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I did. That's. Yeah. Yeah, I knew you would.

[Kid Fury]

You read my letter. You read my letter While my fiance and I were in the car running errands and the waitress man immediately clocked that the was about us. You opened up with Simone and we both busted out laughing. It has been a mere 24 hours and ever since, my partner has not stopped quoting you both. His first question after you finished responding was, how does it feel to disappoint your two favorite podcasters? And then he cackled in my face. He has been nonstop quoting you anytime I ask him anything with, is this really how you wanna start our year? And his personal favorite, U Trippin. It is my unofficial soundtrack. On a serious note, thank you both for talking some sense into me. I immediately told him, this topic is dropped and she is invited. I could tell it was a relief to hear, and I actually felt bad that I couldn't see how much this was weighing on him earlier. I needed the reminder to step outside of my own perspective and give my future sister in law the benefit of the doubt. As a Scorpio, I can be a little vengeful, so I do appreciate the reality check. And to answer Kivir's question, what was I doing in Hungary? I wasn't in Hungary. We met in Portugal. Although I'm not sure that that makes much of a difference. Anyway, love you both.

[Crissle West]

Simone.

[Kid Fury]

Simone. Girl, I love this shout out to your man. The fact that y' all heard it together.

[Crissle West]

I said you were in Hungary. Nevermind. Yeah, I said you were in Hungry, meaning physically with a Hungarian man. That wasn't. I didn't think you were actually. You met him in Hungary.

[Kid Fury]

Okay.

[Crissle West]

That's why I flipped it afterwards and said hungry was in you.

[Kid Fury]

I think Simone has been humiliated enough. Her man has so much ammunition.

[Crissle West]

I mean, she wrote the letter.

[Kid Fury]

She did. And then you listen to the episode with him in the car.

[Crissle West]

I mean, I don't know.

[Kid Fury]

The man said, wow, so you disappointed your two faves. How does that feel?

[Crissle West]

And then cackled.

[Kid Fury]

And then you was like, damn, this has really been stressing him out. Yes, because you was talking about him telling his brother that his brother's wife can't come to your wedding.

[Crissle West]

Girl, the best man of the world. Like, girl, what the fuck are you talking about?

[Kid Fury]

You made us side with a white man, Simone. So this is really on you.

[Crissle West]

I mean, what do you want now? He's gonna gag you every time he gets the chance.

[Kid Fury]

And now.

[Crissle West]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

And you will never know peace again. So congratulations on your nuptials. I'm glad you came around. All right, let's dive into the rest of yalls shit. Okay, our first letter this week comes from Ariel. ARIEL says, I'm 35 and I've been single for five years. I love myself and I love being by myself. But all of a sudden I found myself becoming intensely lonely. A feeling I thought was beneath me. I got on the apps to do what a gay does and I met Eric, who's 25, which is fine, a little young for me in general, but these things never go anywhere. The connection was instantly sexual because gay. But I expected nothing until a tall Samoan looking rugby player showed up at my door. I know. That's right.

[Crissle West]

That's right. That is correct.

[Kid Fury]

I felt a little flutter. So we hooked up and it was excellent sex. Mostly because we didn't actually spend much time having sex. We talked a lot and he was shy and non aggressive, which is a rarity on gay apps. It was super refreshing after men who basically want you to put a trash bag over your head and stick your bare ass by your chimney. Woo. It's bad over there. Wow. Jesus. Woo.

[Crissle West]

It's funny cause it's true.

[Kid Fury]

Eric.

[Crissle West]

That was a good one.

[Kid Fury]

Eric craved connection and aftercare, which I was not prepared for, but found I also desperately needed. So after we finished, we talked and he mentioned going to school. I asked him how much tuition is at grad school these days and he corrected me by saying he's still in undergrad. Excuse me? He then sheepishly mentioned that he is actually 19 years old and I almost vomited. That is not hyperbole. I literally was concerned that I broke the law. Apparently my handle on math and the law are equally pretty weak. It turns out in my speedy scrolls, I must have mistaken Eric's profile for someone else who actually was 25. So the boy didn't lie. Eric didn't lie about being 25.

[Crissle West]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

He just mixed him up in his head. Right. I mean, the name is Ariel, but this is something, right?

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Right. So anyway, after panicking, we had an in depth conversation about how I'm literally old enough to be his dad, but out of everyone I've dated from men in their 20s to late 40s, Eric matches me very well. I am a man after all. And in man years, 35 is more or less 20. Anyway, but ultimately we decided that. Girl, we decided that despite whatever we feel for each other, this cannot progress any further. However, his mother took it upon herself to snoop into where her son has been going at night. Well, he's 19, so yeah.

[Crissle West]

Oh shit.

[Kid Fury]

His mom eats. Took it upon herself to snoop into where her son has been going at night and found my name, age and place of work. How, I do not know. I've never put any of that information online. And Eric told me that he didn't tell her anything but my name. I am mortified. I make fun of people who do what I'm doing. I have like five Leonardo DiCaprio jokes at the ready whenever, so this must be my karma. Eric and I talked it out and ultimately I do appreciate that she is looking out for her son. Me feeling like a creep is my cross to bear. Thankfully, Eric goes to school in another state, so I only see him when he's home on break. We both agree that it would be insane to even attempt a relationship. We even tried to go on a date, but he spent most of it fielding texts and calls from his parents.

[Crissle West]

I want to to the point where.

[Kid Fury]

He ended the day by saying, times like this, I really feel our age gap. And he's right, this is a bad idea. But why can't the universe give me this playful, goofy, sexually respectful, hot nerd in a 30 something year old body? It's been a few months of. It's been a few months of long stretches of no contact followed by an avalanche of FaceTimes and texts. Eric even slipped up and said he loves me. I would have laughed in his face a year ago, but today, in my weakest hour, it made me actually get emotional. My question to you and probably my priest and or therapist. What is happening to me and how do I stop it? He and I both agree that he needs to look for someone his own age. And I really do know better. My first relationship was when I was 22 and the other man was 47. He did not take care of my heart and it affected me greatly. To this day, now that I'm the older person, a role I wouldn't have in a million years guessed I'd be in. How do I take care of this young guy's heart as I pull away? Love y'. All.

[Crissle West]

Ariel. His parents will. I mean, what are you talking about? His answer to worry. His parents are taking care of everything else.

[Kid Fury]

I'm about to cast out. Take me to the king.

[Crissle West]

What are you. What are you talking. Ariel. Okay. Oh, my God.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my God. Oh, no.

[Crissle West]

What's wrong with you is that you are extremely lonely.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, no.

[Crissle West]

And you have Hitched emotions, strings and complications to what sounds like the first fine that you caught a vibe with and had good sex with.

[Kid Fury]

Oh my God.

[Crissle West]

You want whatever you describe a nerdy, hot whatever the fuck, baby. Keep looking and fucking on your own age until you find him. If you don't, I'm never gonna sit up here and encourage you to do a fuck thing with this person that is 16 years younger than you.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, yeah, no, sorry, that's a hard no.

[Crissle West]

I'm never going to entertain.

[Kid Fury]

Right. Especially cause you're 30, look out for his heart and he's 19.

[Crissle West]

Girl, you're a grown ass man. Him even saying he loves you. He doesn't know what love is. He's 19 fucking years old. Like he's still like that is still evolving for him. So I wouldn't even take that outside of anything further than like he obviously cares about you because the both of you have hung out, had sex quite a number of times, shared all this information or what the moment that you realized what his age actually was should have been. I had fun. You had fun. I wish you well. I hope you pull all the special Pokemon cards and you know, catch the Jujutsu Kaisen when it comes back. And le and pew pew. Skibidi toilet like bitch. IPhone 6.

[Kid Fury]

7.

[Crissle West]

Go with God, babes. What the fuck, baby? What is wrong with y'? All?

[Kid Fury]

Oh, he's lonely. Like you're right, he is lonely and he connected with somebody and it's really hard to shut that off. Even though you know you have to, but you do.

[Crissle West]

You both. You're saying that you both know it and you both accepted that he should date someone his own age. You should date someone your own age. Mama being in the phone asking about your grown ass, you talking about. I respect it. Because of course you do, bitch. You don't have any other choice. And you have enough sense, as you've said, to know why this is something that shouldn't be going on. You talking about the communication with him is spotty. Cause his parents always there. You are a 35 year old man.

[Kid Fury]

Well.

[Crissle West]

Fucking with a nigga whose parents be on his line. That don't sound wild to you? And you're talking to us, kid fear and crystal about how to take care of his heart while also letting him go. Baby, his mom and daddy got that covered. You need to figure out how to take care of yours.

[Kid Fury]

I'm dizzy. This is too much.

[Crissle West]

And it's not with somebody fresh out of high school. You need to figure out how to. How to Take care of your heart.

[Kid Fury]

I mean.

[Crissle West]

Cause, like, sure, you fucked on him. And you. I guess you scroll too fast or whatever. You said you thought he was 25, still 10 years younger than you, and you admitted even at the time that that was younger than ideal or whatever for you, but you was getting your fuck on. Then you found out he was 19. It happened. I would be in a bath.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, baby.

[Crissle West]

Hyperbole. But like.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

But, like, that would be the end of it.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Yeah. I can't even imagine how disgusted I would be. Like, I. So, Ariel, everything Kip Fury said is correct. It was a read. But I'm sorry. It was. Right. I do want to express some empathy for you because I do believe, like Kid Fury said, at the heart of this is that you're really, really lonely. And it's great that you love yourself and that you love being alone. That you're not willing to compromise maybe on your standards. Even now you're fighting with yourself because you, like, why can't I just get this in somebody who was born in, you know, the early 90s or whatever? And I get that, like, truly, I do understand it.

[Crissle West]

Gay dating is.

[Kid Fury]

But. But yes. Right. Dating is hard. Gay dating's worse.

[Crissle West]

So, yeah, it's like those cartoons and shoot. Back in the day when the old gold miner.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

With the outmighting. And then one of them would scream gold. And then everybody would jump in. Like, that's what gay dating is.

[Kid Fury]

I. You said that you. You. When you realized you were lonely, you were like, huh, I thought this feeling was beneath me. I would suggest you unpack that with a therapist, because loneliness is just part of being human. And we don't heal to a point of. Yeah, we don't. You know, healing. Quote, unquote, healing, what y' all call healing, is not something we do to the point where we don't misconnection with others. That is simply part of being human and.

[Crissle West]

Or get angry. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

You have to accept that, you know, wanting people around or feeling lonely sometimes is part of existence. It's not a bad thing or an inferior thing to feel. It's just right. It is just human. So I would really. I would really. I would. As a. You know, that leapt out to me in your letter like, oh, beneath you to be lonely less. You know, my pen. My pen is clicking at that. Like, oh, I'm ready to take notes. What do you mean by that?

[Crissle West]

Another thing that leaps out to me about it was the you saying that you had an experience where you were 22. And you dated somebody who was in their 40s.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

And I'm like, this is an unfortunate fact for a lot of men who, you know, coming into their sexuality or, you know, those of us who might have had to figure it out ourselves or on the street sometimes really just do get roped into these things with older men. And a lot of times, I mean, it could be for branches.

[Kid Fury]

So many reasons. Oh, yes.

[Crissle West]

But that's something else that popped into my head that made me go, is this a part of the reason why you're not. Not struggling or you, like, not that you're not struggling, but it's like the fact that you have not easily just cut this off and gone to. Dating someone else might be roped up in the fact that you've had an experience like this yourself. This is something I thought of.

[Kid Fury]

Yes. And that is something else to talk about with a therapist. Your experience with this man who was 25 years older than you, which. Oh, my God, that is worse than 16 years older. Especially, like, it's just crazy, that age gap between y'. All. And it sounds like Eric is better protected than you were.

[Crissle West]

Yes.

[Kid Fury]

Which is really heartbreaking for you. Like, I. I do have a lot of empathy for you. I feel the hurt in this, and I get that this is. It's hard to let go of, but, you know, you have to let this go, Ariel. You do. But like Ken Fury said, don't worry about taking care of his heart. You've been kind about it. Both of you know, it's time to go your separate ways. You. I would send, you know, maybe a last text of, we cannot see each other. We cannot talk. You are very young. I'm wishing you the best. I will not respond to any other letters or texts or responses or bids for communication. You know, please go live your life and be happy, and then. And then sign yourself up for some therapy.

[Crissle West]

And, son, I will always love you.

[Kid Fury]

No, don't do that. Don't do that.

[Crissle West]

I'm sorry. I'm not. I'm not. I'm done.

[Kid Fury]

But, yeah, I think Eric's mom and daddy got this on lock as far as, you know, helping him. I mean, I actually can't even imagine my parents being this pro. Well, it sounds like, yo, his mama found your name and that was enough.

[Crissle West]

She said that was it.

[Kid Fury]

I know who this old man is, and I'll be damned. You probably closer to his mama's. Well. Oh, God. Anyway, let's.

[Crissle West]

Yep. Fuck. Fuck. Yuck.

[Kid Fury]

But good luck. Call that therapist, though, baby. You write about that. You need to talk to somebody about your hurt.

[Crissle West]

Definitely need to unpack that.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, right.

[Crissle West]

And take time. Like, again, the gay dating thing. It's fucking Mad Max out here. Thunderdome. It's a wasteland.

[Kid Fury]

And all the personality traits that you really liked about Eric, Remember that for the next time around. And you're like, yeah, so can I get that again? But in somebody who is at least 28, like.

[Crissle West]

This is why journaling is fierce.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, it can really help. It can. Best of luck to you, babe. Our next letter comes from Becky without good sense, who says, dear Chrislyn Kiffury, I'm a 30 something black woman and I have lived in my city for almost two years now. With no full time job, I've made no new friends, but I have two friends from where I used to live who I see on occasion. I recently went to a game with one, a white woman. She wanted to bring an extremely small $5 Trader Joe's bag to carry a few things into the stadium. We got up to the gate and they said her bag was too big, so we would have to put it in our car. But we didn't drive or pay 10, right? Cause them. Them bag rules at stadiums are no joke. They do not play or pay $10 to store it. I told her to store it, but she didn't want to pay the $10 storage fee. So I said, let's just hide the bag in a bush and if it's still there after the show, great. She said no, and I. She said no. And I wish that is where the story ended.

[Crissle West]

Me too, babe.

[Kid Fury]

For some goddamn reason, all my sense left me and I forgot that I was black. I said, hey, the bag is so small anyway, I can probably just shove it under my shirt. No big.

[Crissle West]

No. God, Becky, it was.

[Kid Fury]

We emptied her bag, I shoved it under my shirt, and then we went to a different gate. The moment we walked up.

[Crissle West]

Oh, God.

[Kid Fury]

The gate agent said, do you have anything you shouldn't have? Multiple times. Until she asked me, what's under your shirt? Embarrassed, like, I gave up the bag.

[Crissle West]

Of course you did.

[Kid Fury]

I then proceeded to get a full body pat down behind this girl's $5 trader Joe's bag. And then they led us into the stadium to watch the game. Thankfully, it wasn't any more serious than that. My friend was super apologetic and she is genuinely a wonderful person, but I'm still thinking about how willing I was to take up for my friend over something so stupid. And more than that, she didn't even Pressure me. I volunteered as tribute without hesitation.

[Crissle West]

I'm so glad this is where we're at, because all of that is true.

[Kid Fury]

Mind you, she makes a very good six figures while I'm still part time looking for work. And she probably could have afforded that $10, but this has nothing to do with her. Truly, all the talking tools I got as a kid came screaming back to me. You can't get away with what your friends get away with. Be a leader, not a follower. You have to be twice as good to get half as much. And all of that was tossed away for a moment of stupidity and embarrassment over a white woman's $5 Trader Joe's bag.

[Crissle West]

Oh, my God.

[Kid Fury]

Before I moved here, I never would have considered doing that and I would have minded my black ass business. So it feels like my sense of self is very much rocked, which is a bit unnerving. Is this a symptom of wanting to feel belonging? Have I just been out of work for so long that I forgot how to act? Or do I just need to make more black friends? I've been quietly spiraling over this and would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks, Becky. Without good sense.

[Crissle West]

Oh, baby, that was fierce. First of all, I love that you're like. You did the most basic thing you did to try to get something into a stadium. As if these people who work at the stadium don't see this happen all the time.

[Kid Fury]

Baby, they radioed you. They watched y' all walk off and empty that bag. And somebody radioed somebody else and said, be on the lookout for two dumb. One of them is going to try to smuggle a Trader Joe's back. I'm watching her put it under her shirt. I'm watching her do it. Yeah, she's heading to you. Gate 10 heading to you. You think them people not watching you?

[Crissle West]

That is so funny. I'm glad, though, that you. You recognize that this was something that you elected to do. You didn't even say, hey, white girl. What you could do is stuff this under your shirt and see what happens, Right? You decided to take it on for yourself. I would guess that this does have to do with you wanting to belong, wanting to establish closeness with someone in this place where, you know, you're still trying to find some sense of, like, social stability and friend group and whatnot. I would even guess not knowing you too well, Becky, that had this been a black girl, you maybe would have done the same thing.

[Kid Fury]

I hope so.

[Crissle West]

Maybe. Well, I hope so.

[Kid Fury]

I do hope so. But then I'm also like, two black Girls probably would have been like, girl, pay the $10. The fuck?

[Crissle West]

Literally, that we not.

[Kid Fury]

We're not doing that bullshit. We paying the $10. Are we putting it back in the. Oh, y' all didn't drop. Right, so.

[Crissle West]

Right. But I'm just saying, based on the entire letter, I would venture, I guess, that this is more about you deeply wanting to have friends and. Yeah. Just like, build and bond with someone in this new place. The. Have I been out of work so long? That doesn't make sense. But it was very funny.

[Kid Fury]

Hilarious.

[Crissle West]

So thank you. But, yeah, that would be. My guess is that you just wanted to be a homie, have a homie.

[Kid Fury]

I think, like our previous letter, I think you're lonely.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

And even though this person was already your friend, and, you know, looking back on it now, you're like, I had no reason, no reason to do that. Maybe there's a part of you that thought, oh, she's going to like me more if I do this, or she's going to feel like I'm a better friend because I sacrificed to smuggle her $5 bet. I mean, maybe I wouldn't want to. $10 to store a $5 bag. But in that case, you just take everything out, you put it in your titties and in your pockets, and then you throw the $5 bag away. Like, yeah, you. You know that you didn't need to volunteer to do this. So, Yes, I. I agree with Keith here. I think it's something along those lines that motivated you to doing this. But spiraling over it, I think that's where I'm like, oh, okay, now you know, it was a mistake. It was not a smart decision. Yes, but. But ultimately, all you got was embarrassed. They didn't say, you can never come back to this stadium. They didn't. I mean, they didn't even put you up on a Jumbotron. You just lied over and over to whoever the gate agent was until they were like, girl, I see the outline of the bag under your T shirt.

[Crissle West]

I know there's something under their shirt, and you're not getting inside.

[Kid Fury]

And then they patted you down and let you in. So, yeah.

[Crissle West]

So that is embarrassing.

[Kid Fury]

It is.

[Crissle West]

Especially in front of a white girl who you did this for, who didn't ask you to. I would be embarrassed, but at least it was just embarrassing.

[Kid Fury]

And I like that she was apologetic even though she didn't ask you to do it. She, like, damn, you know, you felt pressured to do that. Cause of me. Because it is like, well, white girl if you not gonna hide the bag somewhere and you not gonna pay the $10, then what are we gonna do, bitch? Like what?

[Crissle West]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

So then what is the solution, bitch? Right, Right. So I am glad that you know. Cause she could have came up with a fucking solution. It's her bag. You was just, you know, you were solution oriented, and that is good.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

You found. You. You maybe didn't come up with the best idea, but at least you came up with some. What did that white woman do? Yeah, but sit back and listen to.

[Crissle West]

I think that you. And I think that you evaluated the situation pretty well. I would just say don't beat yourself up or harp on it too much.

[Kid Fury]

It sounds like maybe you're a bit of a perfectionist and so you're really overly punishing yourself for something that is a minor incident. Like, nobody died, nobody was hurt. If anything, the gate agent texted they cousin group chat about it and was like, why this girl just try to come in here with a trader bag? I see the craziest shit working at this stadium, I swear to God. And that was it. That was it.

[Crissle West]

Their cousins wouldn't even care. They just say to their other coworkers, like, right.

[Kid Fury]

Everybody at the stadium was like, oh, my God, girl.

[Crissle West]

Yes. But Becky sounds like she feels like her ancestors are dragging.

[Kid Fury]

Right? And it's not that, Steve.

[Crissle West]

It's not that bad.

[Kid Fury]

It's really not. So if you find yourself unable to stop the spiral, then I would say maybe you need to reach out and talk to somebody about this. Because that is an overreaction to a very minor incident. Becky, we all do dumb shit sometimes. You hear this show.

[Crissle West]

Yes, hello.

[Kid Fury]

So best of luck to you in moving on, but it's okay, baby. And good luck with the job search. Things are very crazy right now, so I don't think being unemployed made you lose all your sense, but maybe you're just more stressed than usual, so you don't have as much brain power to make the most rational decisions.

[Crissle West]

Becky, I got caught sneaking weed into Six Flags.

[Kid Fury]

No, you did.

[Crissle West]

They took my weed and they sent me to go ride the rides. You're fine.

[Kid Fury]

You didn't even get put out of six packs. They were like. You thought.

[Crissle West]

They didn't. They were like, well, this is mine now. I'm gonna be lit after I get off work. But you go get your ride off this.

[Kid Fury]

I love weed. A gift for me? Oh, you shouldn't have.

[Crissle West]

Oh, my goodness.

[Kid Fury]

This is so nice. I love it. Oh, thank you. And that was it.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, so. But I Feel you.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, I feel you for sure. Best of luck, babe. Our last letter comes from June Buck, who says I'm a queer woman in my mid-20s who just got out of a relationship that felt loving on the surface, but low key, chaotic underneath. My ex was still extremely close to her former partner. They'd been broken up for a while, but emotionally it didn't feel over to me. Early on in our dating, they even took a trip together, which I didn't find out about until after it happened. That already had me on edge. But I tried to trust her. Eventually I told her I wasn't comfortable with her spending one on one time with her ex. Group hangouts were fine, but private meetups felt like too much for me. That boundary caused multiple blowups and at one point we even broke up over it, then got back together after she said she understood and would respect it. Fast forward a few months, everything looked fine. We're close, affectionate, loving. Then I found out she had been seeing her ex anyway without telling me. Not only that, but she was making jokes, mocking the boundary, not making fun of me personally, but definitely making light of something that was deeply important to me. When I confronted her, she admitted that they'd been hanging out and said nothing physical happened. But that honestly wasn't even the part that hurt the most. What hurt was realizing that while I was trying to protect our relationship, she and her ex were bonding over, quietly pushing past my limits. So my questions are, was I wrong for asking my partner not to hang out one on one with her ex? Was I being controlling or was I being gaslit into accepting something that didn't feel right from the beginning? I'd really appreciate your thoughts. Thanks for all you do, Junebug.

[Crissle West]

Oh, this is so bad. June Bug Lesbian specifically. I think it is. These are always so sticky because.

[Kid Fury]

Oh.

[Crissle West]

Like some people are cool with their exes and it can, it really can just be nothing to worry about. But I also think that you.

[Kid Fury]

In.

[Crissle West]

Your current relationship, with the person that you're, I guess, committing yourself to, that you say that you love, you have to respect how they feel. And I think it's kind of wild to expect any and every person that you date to just be super comfortable or okay with you hanging out constantly one on one with your ex. Especially if it was like a serious relationship. I don't know how much that would bother me at my age and how I feel with my security, but I understand that that is something that would bother many people. But at the same time it's a Thing where if it is nothing or if it isn't nothing, your partner can go you tripping. Are you doing the most and da da da da. And there isn't usually much you can do outside of that or in response to that unless you have like hardcore proof or just something, you know, wildly obvious to go along with whatever it is that you're saying. So then it just becomes, well, I don't like this thing.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

And yeah, I see in here constantly this being a thing that creates rifts in relationships or even ends them. So in terms of how you feel, like she said that at one time they broke up. Are they still together?

[Kid Fury]

Yes. No. Well, no. At this point they have broken up again because Junebug found out about still seeing the ex.

[Crissle West]

Yeah. I would just go ahead and stay broken up.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

Because regardless of the nature of their relationship, you are not comfortable with it and she don't give a fuck. So you don't like. Right.

[Kid Fury]

Yes.

[Crissle West]

It's best that I think you maybe just move on. You've now broken up more than once behind this. This other girl that she has made clear she has no interest or intention in not hanging one on one. Seeing. Kicking it with.

[Kid Fury]

Exactly.

[Crissle West]

Um, even though she was like, oh yeah, I see where you were coming from at some point. All right. It sounds like she's playing a game. Regardless of what is going on over there, you don't like it. You've expressed it sounds like pretty clearly, respectfully, hopefully that you don't like it. She don't care. She not gonna stop. So it just move on. Gaslighting. I don't know because I don't know her or this other girl. But what I do know is that there is a. I think it's a fair thing to. To come out and talk about and I think your partner, if they love you and they care about you in response to that should at least. What's the word? They should like respect the humanity and what you're saying and I don't know, try to compromise on what can be done. Maybe that is not hanging out one on one with this person anymore. You only hang out with that person in groups. Maybe it is. I only hang out with her when you're there or something. You know what I mean? Rather than just being like eh. And fighting about it and then breaking up or being like, you know what you actually. Right. And then you still hanging out and I find out you not to like. She's playing games. Yeah, they're.

[Kid Fury]

She is. She is. No, the ex girlfriend Is definitely playing games for sure. Um, I think you're right that regardless of the nature of the relationship that these two had, it's clear that whatever you're uncomfortable with is not that big of a priority to her. Whether they still fucking around or not, it's not something she was willing to end her connection permanently with this other person, you know, for you. So I. Were you wrong for asking your partner not to hang out one on one with her ex? No, I wouldn't say you were wrong for that. But I do want to also be clear that there is a very thin line between boundaries and rules. And this was not a boundary. This was. This was a rule that you proposed for Yalls relationship. Because, again, boundaries are about ourselves, the way we allow others to treat us, et cetera, et cetera. It's okay to propose or to say, you know, I'm not really comfortable with you spending time with your ex one on one. Is it okay with you if y' all don't do that? Like, it's okay to ask her that. But that's not a boundary. I just want to be clear. And the fact that y' all immediately broke up should have been the sign that. That this was not it. And I guess, you know, she missed you. She calling you back like, okay, I'll leave it alone, blah, blah. And then she was just like, I could just see her anyway, you ain't gonna know, which is. Yeah. Which is really fucked up. But you. I also can't say that you were being gaslit into accepting something because maybe they weren't around. It don't sound likely to me. It don't. If it was me, I probably would have been my ex. But maybe not. I don't really know. But I. As far as you being controlling, I think not. Well, is controlling if you positioned it as. It's not okay for you to hang out with your ex. Right. As opposed to asking a question. That's how it isn't controlling because we allow the other person to say, well, actually, that's my friend now. There's nothing going on between the two of us. I'm not going to stop being friends with them because you're uncomfortable. We give them the opportunity to say that if they don't get to push back on what we're proposing, then that's what makes it controlling versus not. So once you communicated that and it caused multiple blowups and then y' all broke up over it. Baby truly should have been the end of the story between the two of you. But gay And y' all are in your mid-20s, so I do get it. But I think it's worth. See, on the one hand, I'm like, normally when people are maybe not jealous, but insecure about their partners hanging out with others, including exes, I'm always like, okay, well, you know, really interrogate that within yourself. Do you not trust this person? Because it sounds like you. You said you tried to trust, but the fact that they went on a trip together, your guard was up and you was looking for stuff to be wrong anyway early in the relationship. Right? So without that trust, this was going to happen anyway. It just manifested this way. But at the foundation of this, you didn't trust her once you found out about them hanging out like that.

[Crissle West]

So you been had your eye on that.

[Kid Fury]

Right? And it sounds like she was not finna be forthcoming about the true nature of their relationship or anything else. So maybe you had every reason to feel that way. But yeah, I would say moving forward in your. In your future relationships, when you feel uncomfortable in situations like this, first of all, check and make sure that your partner has actually done something to make you feel uncomfortable. In this case, the answer is yes. And then when you, you know, when you have a conversation, I wouldn't make it, oh, you're not allowed to hang out with your ex? Or is it okay if you don't hang out with your ex? I would make it an issue of I'm having trouble fully trusting you because of X, Y, Z. I'm having trouble believing that you're really committed to me, to this relationship, that this is exclusive to the two of us because of blah, blah, blah. This is words meaning yes, because yes, this is where me. And now it's not, well, you trying to say I can't see my friend. It's now you're telling me how you really feel that something's hurting you, bothering you, concerning you.

[Crissle West]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

And so we can either talk and work this out or not. Their reaction to that will let you know whether this is something. Y' all can keep going, but without trust, you really have not shit. So.

[Crissle West]

And there's a very good chance you'll get a different reaction than if you're like, you can't see that bitch. You better not see that bitch. Right?

[Kid Fury]

Wait. Yes. The way we approach things, really, it really can make a massive difference. So.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

But yeah, Junebig. This one had to go.

[Crissle West]

Yes, it did.

[Kid Fury]

This had to end. And I am wishing the gay twenties. Yep. God, God, God. The way this. We just have not one single Unique experience, man.

[Crissle West]

Like, no, literally, like, not at all.

[Kid Fury]

Not at all.

[Crissle West]

Like, not at all.

[Kid Fury]

Dykes love being friends. The Woola Woola community. We love the being friends with people we fucked and dated and married and we love that shit.

[Crissle West]

Yes. Oh, it is so wild to me.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, it's pretty bad.

[Crissle West]

I can often do it successfully. Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

Yes. Like it. I am genuinely friends with one of my exes. Like, no sex, no flirtation, no nothing.

[Crissle West]

Like, just homies.

[Kid Fury]

Yes, legit homies. It takes time, but, yes, you can get there for real. Good luck, baby. We have all. All been there.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

All right.

[Crissle West]

Single time for you.

[Kid Fury]

Yes, it is. And now you know what to do moving forward. Okay, that's gonna wrap up the letters this week. Again. If you have a question for us, send it to askthereadmail.com, we'll be right back. For the first time ever, a truly beautiful medical breakthrough promises physical perfection. One shot makes you hot, but with terrifying consequences. In the new original series, FX is the Beauty. The glamorous world of supermodels turns deadly as mysterious deaths draw in FBI agents and a shadowy billionaire who will stop at nothing to protect his empire from executive producer Ryan Murphy.

[Crissle West]

FX is the beauty.

[Kid Fury]

Premieres January 21st on FX, Hulu and Hulu on Disney for bundle subscribers. Woo.

[Crissle West]

I'm parched. And you know what would really do my thirst? Something spectacular. It'd be a crisp Sprite, zero sugar. That's right. Unk is watching the sweets, okay. Because summer's coming up and I'm trying to be thought Tiana. Mm. And that is why I enjoy Sprite Zero Sugar. No, sincerely, I really love it because as opposed to a lot of zero sugar beverages and sodas and stuff, this still tastes like Sprite. It is the flavor that I recognize from the Sprite. It tastes just as good. I love it. So you get the same crisp lemon lime flavor just without the sugar. And there isn't like, any crazy compromise and hidden asterisk and National Lampoon, like, mystery of what's actually happening? No, it's just Sprite with no sugar in it. Tastes the same. 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. The Sprite, Zero Sugar. Obey your thirst. God, I've always wanted to say that. Okay, ladies and germs and all others, it's time for the read, baby. And I'm gonna get it started because I don't have one. So I'm gonna pass my read. And this comes from. You didn't put a name. You didn't say I could say your name. Oh, yes, you said, you can call me Carol Danvers. That's actually. Oh, Carol Danvers is one of my favorite comic book characters. You can call me Carol Danvers because you was. Because when you knocked me down, I get the fact I get the back of again, period, sister. Damn right. Carol Danvers is Captain Marvell oh, yeah, I know. And that's where Marvel.

[Kid Fury]

Yep, I watched the movie. Vindication Is Mine.

[Crissle West]

Whatever. Tell me. Okay, so she says, tell me. While I was crossing the street, minding my own business, when suddenly there was an entire car in my personal bubble. One second I was holding hands with my wife, and the next I was on the pavement because this absolute nightmare of a person hit me with her fucking car. And that's not even the crazy part. While I was lying on the ground screaming in pain, this bitch actually said out of her miserable mouth, I'm so sorry. But I guess that's what you get for jaywalking. Now, Crystal and Kifieri, I know you know about mental health shit, so you will understand that my brain is screwed up from childhood trauma. And that means, unfortunately, a little in my head had to check in and ask, was I jaywalking? Not in the moment when I was lying on the pavement, because this bitch hit me with her actual car. But later on, my brain did wonder that. And the answer is, no, I wasn't. And if I had been jaywalking, then she would have been running a red light, so. But when my traumatized brain accessed some common sense once again, I realized the much more important point. Even if I had been jaywalking across six lanes of traffic and miles away from any form of a crosswalk, what kind of disgusting person would say, that's someone they hit with their car? Not even a car accident. A car versus a pedestrian. A giant car versus a regular little human body. So she's sitting in her car, literally completely unharmed, and I'm crying in agony on the pavement. She decided to say, well, that's what you get, bitch. I hope you get paper cuts in between each and every. Each and every one of your fingers and toes every day for a year. I hope you get one of those evil stomach flus that has you on the bathroom floor for a week, only to recover and immediately catch pink eye. In life. I hope your panties always in a bunch, your favorite coffee is always out of stock, and your phone is never fully charged. But mostly, I hope you never in your Fucking life. Get behind the wheel of a multi thousand pound steel and aluminum killing machine ever again. Which brings me to drivers, all of you. Why does it feel like every time I engage with a road, street, avenue or a goddamn roundabout, I'm playing Grand Theft Auto? Why is everyone driving like they do not value their lives, let alone the lives of anyone else? Who is the audac you to step outside. Since the pandemic, people been really driving worse and it needs to fucking stop. Go back to driver's ed or take the goddamn bus if you can't use two eyes in your brain. Where you operating again? A multi thousand pound steel machine that regularly kills people. Carol is preaching, shouts to the angel of a police officer who protected me bodily from uncommon traffic while I was on the ground and called 911 so my wife could sit there and hold me while I cried and tell that evil bitch not to speak to me again. Far be it for me to praise a cop, but at least she was a black woman, okay? And what she did for. And that's probably why. And what she did for me is simply undeniable. Ma'. Am, you deserve a raise or something and a free vacation. I'll never forget your kindness for as long as I live.

[Kid Fury]

Well, that's what the fuck they're for. That's what police are supposed to be doing. But the fact that she was a black woman meant she saw the humanity in you. So thank God for that. But wow. So, first of all, now that I.

[Crissle West]

Can you imagine hitting someone with a car and saying, that's what you get? No.

[Kid Fury]

What kind of soulless bitch do you have to be to say some shit like that? You could have killed her. Bitch. What is wrong with you?

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

What?

[Crissle West]

And that, and Carol, again, is so like, driving is wild. There's a reason that they say, like, people who are, like, scared of roller coasters and stuff, you got a better chance of getting hurt on their way to this theme park.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, you do.

[Crissle West]

Driving is crazy. It is like people. We do it a lot. We do it every day. Countless numbers of people in this place alone. And so sometimes you might take it for granted, right? It's dangerous. It's dangerous. You have to be careful. That's why you have to be licensed to operate it.

[Kid Fury]

That's what you get to operate a vehicle. It's just even if you, Carol, were 100% in the wrong, you. I can't imagine hitting someone with my vehicle and saying, that's what you get. Like, it's really something wrong with you. As a human being like you, it's almost like you got behind the wheel looking for somebody to hit.

[Crissle West]

Right.

[Kid Fury]

Like you were.

[Crissle West]

And in this day and age, Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

I hope there's a similar.

[Crissle West]

Carol's here walking, holding her wife's hand.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

She might have been like, oh, I don't want any of that gay in my county.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, you know what? Hopefully the insurance company's lawyers are working tirelessly on your behalf to get you a check from this woman. And. And then, you know, perhaps the state can go ahead and suspend her driver's license, because that's what you get is some sick shit to say somebody to somebody you kill. Yeah, that is really fucked up. Wow.

[Crissle West]

Didn't scrape a knee. Didn't get tapped right on the ground in pain, crying.

[Kid Fury]

Oh, my God. Like, how is your first thought not to park your car, put on your hazards, call 9-1-1, get an ambulance. Right. Like Nanny Boo Boo. Guess you shouldn't have been in the street, right? What? Oh, no. You need to be locked up. Actually. Get this terrorist out of here.

[Crissle West]

No, seriously.

[Kid Fury]

No, that person is sick. It's really. Something wrong. Yeah. What a mess. I'm sorry that happened.

[Crissle West]

If I was the wife, I think I would have blacked out. Right.

[Kid Fury]

My spouse is laying here on the pavement. Could have internal bleeding or whatever the fuck else. And you talking about. Well, that's what y' all get.

[Crissle West]

The.

[Kid Fury]

The urge to beat your ass would be so strong.

[Crissle West]

It's like the unbearable.

[Kid Fury]

The urge to comfort my wife and beat your ass. I feel like they would be neck and neck.

[Crissle West]

Truly.

[Kid Fury]

I want to hold her hand, make sure she stays awake until the paramedics get here. And I want to stomp you through the fucking cement.

[Crissle West]

I'd have been like, you lucky that this black lady cop is right here now. Cause I'm not about to go to jail, Hodge.

[Kid Fury]

I hope the cop heard her say that. But, wow, what a fucking mess. I don't know what kind of trouble she can get into, but hopefully it's something. Cause that's really unacceptable.

[Crissle West]

Hopefully. That is just.

[Kid Fury]

Is.

[Crissle West]

It is truly unacceptable.

[Kid Fury]

It really. That's.

[Crissle West]

That's what you get for. So people who are jaywalking deserve to get hit by cars.

[Kid Fury]

That's what she's saying. That's what this driver is saying. Yep.

[Crissle West]

Literally, that psycho.

[Kid Fury]

Yep. Somebody need to call the ladies. Somebody need to take their meds. Somebody need to stay home.

[Crissle West]

Thanks, Carol, for your letter. I hope you're feeling better. Sorry that happened.

[Kid Fury]

Yes. Good luck, babes, with your recovery and and your lawsuit. Cause, yeah, this bitch needs to pay for what they did.

[Crissle West]

Yes.

[Kid Fury]

All right, so a couple quick things this week. First of all, Cam Newton's really a fucking idiot.

[Crissle West]

What now? Is it this thing with him on Ladylike? Yes. I've been seeing clips with him on Lady. With him and Lady.

[Kid Fury]

Right.

[Crissle West]

I do really enjoy.

[Kid Fury]

Well, I'm a big fan of hers now. Almost introduced myself as her. Because in this clip, you know, Cam Newton, when there's a pretty woman sitting across from him, it's like he tries to charm her, to flirt with her, to use certain words, maybe make him seem himself, seem a bit smarter than what he is.

[Crissle West]

He must not be familiar with her.

[Kid Fury]

When she said, how would. How do you describe your style? That's an adjective. I immediately said, okay, okay, who is this queen? I need to know who she is. And he said, eclectic. And she said.

[Crissle West]

He said what?

[Kid Fury]

He said, eclectic.

[Crissle West]

Oh, no.

[Kid Fury]

And she said, oh, wait. To a rapper.

[Crissle West]

A really?

[Kid Fury]

And she said, oh, wait, what? Say that again. And so he said, eclectic. And she said, oh, the word is eclectic. There's no N. Cam Newton said, oh, no, no, no, no, no. It's my word. And she was like, oh, my God. Okay, spell it for me. This nigga said. This nigga said N, C, L, E, C, T, A, Eclectic. Do you want to know what the N stands for?

[Crissle West]

No, I don't.

[Kid Fury]

Lady London. No, this. He asked her that.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, I'm answering.

[Kid Fury]

And she said, niggotry. And he dapped her up as if the answer was yes. Like, yes, the answer is niggotry. And she was like, okay, well, we must need to call Webster and Oxford, let them know it's a new word on the scene. And that's when he was like, oh, no, we don't have to do all that. They don't know nothing about our words and the people. That's cool. But you just use people that don't have Thanksgiving morals like I have. What? He said, webster and Oxford, they don't eat what I eat at Thanksgiving. That smell ain't the same. They might be around cousins and ain't EAs. You know what I'm saying? But it's like, Thanksgiving morals. What the fuck are you talking about? She just sitting here.

[Crissle West]

Go ahead and put this jacket on for us. We're just gonna put this jacket on you, and you just come with us.

[Kid Fury]

She just sitting here being beautiful, sipping her wine or whatever and looking at him like, what if? Buffoon. She's really fair, and it's just crazy. Because at what it. What jumped out to me in this clip is that at no point could Cam Newton just admit that he said the word incorrectly and she was right and he was wrong. Right, because when she asked you to spell it, you didn't even spell eclectic with an N at the beginning. You spelled nclecta, which isn't anything collecta. Isn't even anything like, it just.

[Crissle West]

You didn't even spell the word you said.

[Kid Fury]

You said N C, L, E, C.

[Crissle West]

T A. I didn't even spell the.

[Kid Fury]

Thing you said and then said eclectic. That's not N. C, L, E, C T A does not. If that were a word, it would not be eclectic. That's. You see how eclectic, which also isn't a word, ends in a different sound than eclectic. Like, duh. Like, at no point could this nigga just be like, you right, girl. Sometimes I say it wrong. Like, sometimes I get the words mixed up in my head. It was just so. Cam Newton is really a fucking idiot, man. And I. All I have seen on threads and TikTok, like a good 20, 50% of the posts I've seen are people making fun of Cam Newton. Because.

[Crissle West]

I was wondering what that clip was.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah. Because to then. And then be like, do you want to know what the N stands for? And she says, nigga tree. And he just like, dapping her up like. And she was like, okay, I'm picking up what you putting down. But, like, looking at him like, what a fucking idiot.

[Crissle West]

Of course she was. If you listen to her music, ladies would have just often clouded it like that. You're not.

[Kid Fury]

The way she just stopped talking. When he explained himself, she was like, oh, okay. And then they just sat there in silence for a few seconds. She was like, all right.

[Crissle West]

She's fierce.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah.

[Crissle West]

That's how overall Kan defended me. Cam Newton, I am on a regular basis, as much as I love her. And I saw that that clip was viral or making rounds for something, I was like, I don't even care what they're talking about here. Cause I don't want to hear Kevin Hooten talk about nothing. I'm not ready for him to piss me off. If I knew it was that, I would have definitely watched it.

[Kid Fury]

Yeah, he's an idiot.

[Crissle West]

I'm going to watch it after this.

[Kid Fury]

He's really a dumbass, but. And then right after that clip, he asked her, so, you know, how do you feel about education? And I laughed so hard. I said, I have to cut this off. Because I went to try to watch the whole interview after that. And when he asked her how she felt about education, I said, I actually can't watch no more of this because.

[Crissle West]

Yeah, yeah, I know.

[Kid Fury]

She can't believe she even sitting across from you right now.

[Crissle West]

Like, right?

[Kid Fury]

You look and sound so stupid, nigga. Yeah, quite right. And I just, I get that everybody's having their fun, but please, he's gonna. He's gonna make shirts with eclecta on.

[Crissle West]

It and of course he's gonna start.

[Kid Fury]

A clothing line, a line of hats and call it. And I'm just gonna be nothing.

[Crissle West]

Remember Jim Jones? Jim Jones?

[Kid Fury]

No. What?

[Crissle West]

The very first season of love and hip hop period, where Jim Jones, when Mama Jones was always going back and forth with Chrissy and she called, he called. I don't remember. Mama Jones called herself psychotic. Yeah, she said, I'm a psychotic bitch because Chrissy called her psychotic.

[Kid Fury]

Okay?

[Crissle West]

And then she made merch and the merch said physicotic, right?

[Kid Fury]

Okay, there we go.

[Crissle West]

And then she was like, yeah, that's my word. And you know who pointed out that the words was that the shirts were spelled wrong?

[Kid Fury]

Chrissy.

[Crissle West]

Chrissy.

[Kid Fury]

She like, that's not that word, girl. And why didn't you get somebody who could spell to check that first? Like, why? How many of these did you print this?

[Crissle West]

Okay, Many. You're right. He is going to make, you know, top hats that say ecliptica or whatever the fuck on it, right?

[Kid Fury]

And last but not least, this whole Lynn Jones thing, y' all are really. The sports world is doing a lot. So if you missed it, the Jacksonville Jaguars were eliminated from the playoffs by the Buffalo Bills. And the Jaguars coach Liam Cohen was in the post game presser. He was obviously still very emotional after his team losing. Lynn Jones, who is an associate editor of the Jacksonville Free Press, which is a black owned newspaper, one of just a few, a couple hundred in this country who has been in the industry for just over 25 years, spent 20 seconds, 20 seconds on the mic. She said, how you doing today? Lynn Jones, Jacksonville Free Press News. I just wanna tell you congratulations on your success, young man. You hold your head up, all right? You guys have had a most magnificent season. You did a great job out there today. You just hold your head up, okay? Ladies and gentlemen, Duvall, you the one. Keep it going. We got another season, okay?

[Crissle West]

This is so Florida.

[Kid Fury]

Take care. And much continued success to you and the entire team. And you can see as she is speaking these words into him, his whole face softens and he looks like he's legit about to Cry. But also that he really appreciates, you know, this extremely brief moment of a local reporter showing love to this man. You would have thought this woman, this woman came for the entire institution of journalism, the way these crackers have been reacting to this.

[Crissle West]

Like, what could there possibly be?

[Kid Fury]

Well, Mark Long, who is a reporter for the Associated Press, saw the clip on Twitter and said, there is nothing awesome about fans and fake media doing stuff like that. It should be embarrassing for the people who credentialed her and her organization. And it's a waste of time for those of us who are actually working. What? First of all, I understand that sports journalists take their job very seriously, just like every other journalist. I understand journalism as an industry is really going through it right now because a lot of people don't respect. Respect the process. They don't respect facts and fact checking and having a certain amount of healthy distance, you know, between yourself and your subjects, blah, blah, blah, all of that shit. Okay, I get all of that.

[Crissle West]

And.

[Kid Fury]

And this is 20 seconds of a local reporter trying to send words of encouragement and solace to somebody who is clearly hurting. She did not hijack the press conference and spend five minutes going on and on about how should nobody be mean to him? And how dare y'? All. And nobody even expected you to do all that with this ragtag group of niggas. And it wasn't even all of that for you.

[Crissle West]

I didn't hear anything. I'm so glad you read the quote itself because that was like, it's really not. It doesn't even sound like something groundbreaking in terms of the industry. Like, I'm sure I've heard that happened before, right?

[Kid Fury]

It is a community newspaper, the Jacksonville Free Press. She's probably there when the rest of your big names are not because the game's not on ABC or Fox or whatever. Like, they're there all the time. She's probably been reporting on that team for a long ass fucking time. I get that it's not the strictest by journalistic standards, but it was also just 20 seconds of this woman being kind. Do we not have 20 seconds for a local reporter at a small community black owned newspaper to say something kind to the coach? Like, do we really not have the space for that? Really? Of all the shit y' all do in sports journalism, I'm say another thing. As much as I respect all forms of journalism, you niggas are not reporting on war, okay? You're not reporting on the economy. This isn't about health care or taxes or clean air. And Water or education or childcare. It's grown men in tights playing a game.

[Crissle West]

Yeah.

[Kid Fury]

The only reason it's important is because it's a multi billion dollar industry, but its actual effect on the people. Please be serious. In fact, the very fact that she even felt so moved to speak goes to show that so much of the value in sports is how they make us feel individually. She feels connected to Jacksonville, connected to her community in a way that these other journalists at these big news organizations simply do not have. We considered that her context is different, but also, it's a bit of a stick up y' all asses, you not actually reporting on something that I don't want to say. It don't matter because certainly it matters to your industry, but not in the grand scheme of things.

[Crissle West]

In the grand scheme of things.

[Kid Fury]

In the grand scheme of things, it is niggas playing a game. Okay? So maybe let's all take ourselves a little bit less seriously, at least with regard to this one thing. Because who does this hurt?

[Crissle West]

Wasting time for the people who are trying to, like, what, 20 seconds. Ew. Ew.

[Kid Fury]

20 seconds to be kind to say.

[Crissle West]

And then she was like, so real quick. Did you hear that offset clip? Oh, girl, like, what do you mean?

[Kid Fury]

And what would you have rather done to. You know what else? Nothing else from that, from that press conference has even made the news on any of the sports media shows I watch because all of you ask the same questions. Anyway, Coach, what went wrong out there today? Coach, what are you thinking about next season? Coach, do you think y' all are doing anything different at the quarterback position? Coach, where do you think y' all need to beef up in the, like, all of y' all are going to ask the same questions. This lady took a snippet of time to say, I see you over there hurting. And I just want you to know, keep your head up. We proud of you. Duval. You the one which I just said, I love niggas.

[Crissle West]

You know Florida.

[Kid Fury]

Yes. And you can see in his eyes the way he just really appreciated that. Like, girl, we can have. Yes, we can have 20 seconds for that from the local reporter at a community newspaper. Yes, we fucking can. Y' all got me agreeing with Pat McAfee.

[Crissle West]

Imagine I'm disgusted.

[Kid Fury]

You had me. Because Pat McAfee was like, are we really? Is this where traditional journalism is to where we gotta talk about somebody and berate and degrade this woman because she spent a few seconds saying something, right? And this asshole at the AP talking about. About fake press shouldn't Fake media don't have no space here. And it should have been embarrassing for the people who credentialed her. Oh, unlike you and your super fancy hoity toity nose in the air organization, the Jacksonville Free Press is a real outlet. Maybe it don't mean shit to you, but she's not fake media because you don't think that what she does is valuable or worth it or because you think her words were misplaced or, you know, wrong time or whatever else. Girl, you and the ap, it should be embarrassing. This is nothing awesome about fans and or fake media doing stuff like that. This is where we are. Where of all the things you could possibly criticize this black woman taking a few seconds to say, hey, tough loss out there. It's gonna be all right. Keep your head up. It was an amazing season. We'll see you next year. Like, that's literally it.

[Crissle West]

I can't believe that was made into a problem. That is so stupid. They really are, like, working real, real hard to try and make us, like, uncomfortable to just be outside, breezy like, God damn, man. What are.

[Kid Fury]

Is it really that bad? Is it really that bad to where we have to come for this woman's credentials and whether she even deserves to be there? Now, to her credit, she got on TV in Jacksonville again, local in her community, went right on TV and said, I actually don't care about none of that. Y' all talking about. I don't deserve to be there. Baby, I probably been doing this longer than you've been alive. And I'm a member of the national. The nnap, which I think is like a black newspaper organization. And she shouted out some other black owned publications and was like, yeah, support the black press. Call me fake all you want to, but support the black press. I made a donation to the Jacksonville Free Press after this because y' all are wilding. If we can't take 20 seconds again, keeping in mind that we're talking about a grown bunch of grown men playing games, okay? We're not reporting on ice. We talking about grown, overpaid people playing a game. We can take 20 seconds to say something nice. We can.

[Crissle West]

Sometimes these people are treated like. Like trading cards. They're treated like toys.

[Kid Fury]

Y.

[Crissle West]

There are. There are people who berate them, scream at them, throw at them for losing a game or a play up or whatever when they're headed into locker room like people. So I just think it is ridiculous for someone to come up for air and treat someone like a human being and share humanity and that just Be kind rather than like Crystal said, spending however many minutes asking him the same dumbass questions you already know the fucking answer to. I can't believe you. Like somebody would make that an issue. Yeah. Jesus Christ.

[Kid Fury]

Right? So shout out to Ms. Lynn Jones. Shout out to all the black journalists and especially the people at the black owned newspapers still out here, you know, trying to stay alive in Trump's America 2026. But yeah, this is just. Girl, girl. Y' all taking yourselves a little too seriously here. Okay, again, 20 seconds. All right. And that is gonna wrap up this week's episode of the Read. Check us out on social media at. This is the Read. Our website is. This is the read.com. i want to thank comedian Sydney Washington for being my guest this week on Chris's couch. When I tell you we had a time. That is hilarious. ChrisTouch.com for all the details and more. Any news from you this Week, fury.

[Crissle West]

Kid fury.com patreon.com kid fury for more and yeah, the Lincoln Laney Variety Hour.

[Kid Fury]

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[Crissle West]

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[Kid Fury]

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[Crissle West]

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[Kid Fury]

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[Crissle West]

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