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We got Gayle Bean in there. Look, all right. She's on Snowfall, so technically she is an op. But she is on P Valley, so she is in the star's family a little bit. But. Dude, she on both sides. She played on both sides. Yeah, you're a double agent. Um, but what's been up? You're on a little bit of press run for the new show. I am. How's it been? It's been long. Yeah. It's been long. It's been fun though. They've gotten me some really great press. Nice. So how long have you been doing? Yeah. How long has your run been so far? Mmm, when did we start? We started in July. We weren't even finished filming. Damn. Yeah. They wanted you to promote that early. They were like, yeah, go ahead, get out there. Nice. How long did you shoot it for? We started March 4th. We ended July 9th. That's actually pretty quick. Four, four, five months in 10 episodes? Eight. Eight episodes. Okay. Yeah. That's about how long we would be filming for. Yeah. Like, well, it's like six months. Yeah. We normally, snowfall was five, six. Yeah. I heard FX is great to work with too. I heard they were amazing. Oh my god. Yeah. I love that it worked. Oh god. Yeah. Get over there. Yeah. Get over here. Yeah. Get over here. Yeah. Get over here. Get over here. Yeah. Get over here. Yeah. It's like a hard question of rain, but like, did you think it would turn into what it is turned into? Did you maybe have an inkling or like, because you booked it as what? I booked it season two, episode one. Uh-huh. It was my first episode. And it was a recur or was it? It was a technically recur. You know how they, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But they paid me as a day plate. Yeah. Yeah. So I didn't know. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They were trying to home me, but I made sure I got it on the back end. Yeah. As you should. Yeah. Yeah. But yeah. No. I didn't know. When I watched episode one, when I watched season one, it took me a long time to watch it because when I tried at first, because you know, Malcolm Mason, my best friend. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He was on it. So I wanted to watch it just to support. Right. And I was like, man, it's a little slow for me. I can't really do it. That's me. Yeah. And then one summer, I was in Detroit, one of the homies, and he was like, let's watch it. Oh, so it's okay. Cool. Watched it, drank, and it was like, okay, all right. Yeah. I did it. Yeah. And then to me, it just got better each season. And in season three, I was like, we out of here. Did you watch it before you booked or after after you booked? No. I watched it before I booked. So that summer, it's so crazy. I watched it that summer, and then I had the audition that November. Yeah. That's hilarious. Yeah. People always, because look, okay. I think Snowfall is unbelievably acted. Everyone in that show is amazing. I always say, I'm like, I can't get into it. I can't get massive hurt. And everyone on the podcast always shits on me. Like, you're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong. I'm probably wrong. But I like, I'll put on a movie for like three minutes, I'm like, I can't. Like, you know what I mean? So, someone on the show is saying, it's taking a little bit, so you guys can shit on me more. It takes some time. It takes some time. Now, there's some people who they watch it, and they're just locked in from episode one. I gotta get off the phone. No, yeah. You do. It's not good for people with ADHD. Yeah. You gotta have your little girl and do a little. You know what I will say is, when I do have a girl over, you like can't be texting other girls or scrolling. So you're both like, kind of sitting there watching a show. You got to. You got to. You got to. You got to. Yeah. That's the method. Yeah. Okay. And I feel like sharing the experience with someone is so much better than them watching a show alone. Yeah. Especially because everyone's already watching. But see, here's the thing. Because once you started, you can't watch it without the person. That's Loki cheating. Yeah. Okay. I feel that. Yeah. See. Yeah. We don't cheat over here, bro. Yeah. We're not cheaters over here. We would never do that. Yeah. Actually, so you don't know us. We've never met. You've never met Michael. No. We have many mutual friends. We do. Christy Lofton. One of my favorites. Chris Lofton. Yes. No, you put the D in it. I know I always do. I do as a joke. He is legitimately positive. Yeah. Yeah. Just. I was going to say. I said positive. My hands and I was like, no, I got to put that out loud. He's one of the greatest human beings on planet Earth. He's amazing. I love him more. Him and like, Michael's like, Michael's a little bit, you know, but Chris is up there as one of my favorite people on planet Earth. How did you meet him? And then. OK. So I was a huge fan of Chris before I met him. No. I loved ballers. Oh, yeah. Loved ballers. Loved them on it. They did a phenomenal job. So then when he came to play with us on Snowfall, I was like, yes. It's amazing. Yeah. Yeah. We just been up ever since. Michael, have you ever seen ballers? No. I haven't seen ballers. Bro, you would love that show. It's like, it's basically-- What kind of show is it? It's like, it's Entourage meets NFL players. Yep. Oh, that's five. Yeah, it's unbelievable. That's five. The rock is done there. Yep. The rock still there. It's one of the greatest shows ever. Yeah. So where, like, when did it all start for you? Like, when did the acting bug or whatever were you really young, did you pick it up later? I was a senior in high school and I took a drama class and was like, oh, this is fine. Yeah. This is nice. I love this. I went to college, did not do anything in college, like, I don't have a theater degree. Where'd you go? That also stayed. It's a PWI. Nice. It's, like, deep Georgia. Nice. Probably, like, 45 minutes from Florida, from family. I used to go to family on the time. Um, yeah. I just loved it. And I took acting classes when I would come home during the summers. And then one day, I was like, yeah, I'm a move to L.A. Randomly. Yeah. I knew I wanted to-- that was the plan after I graduated high school, but my mom, she was an educator. And no, ma'am, you are going to college and getting a degree in something that you can have a job in. Right. So did everything that asked. I was like, okay, well, this was for you. Because every year in college, I kept asking if I could drop out. She was like, no. Yeah. So did that, then, uh, 2013, I moved to L.A. Yeah. Nice. So your dad, uh, he played in the NFL? Yes. Playing in coach. Uh, so where would see around that time where you in high school? I feel like high school is your most formidable years that mold you the most. Oh, I don't know. College. Do you think so? It's okay. I don't know. Here's the thing I grew up in Atlanta. I grew up in Stomp Mountain. So I tell everybody, I did not go to an HBCU, but I have an HBU. Like, I got a historically black upbringing. Okay. So that really molded the hell out of me. No, for real. I like that. It was crazy. Yeah. And then college kind of molded me in a different way, but a lot of stuff that I learned. I pledged Delta in college. I cheered. I met a lot of my friends that are my forever friends. So college really molded me too. It's like a little bit of both. And then I'm not going to lie. When I came to L.A., I was one culture shock as hell. Greatest city on earth. We're going. That's debatable. Great. Amazing phenomenon. But I mean, have you been to Atlanta? Oh, yeah. And you still think? I mean, Michael. I've had some nights in Atlanta. I'll tell you that for free. I've had some great. We've been. We've had some nights in magic city. Okay. They're close. Okay. Yeah. Honestly, it's like when you get to L.A., you go, like, I need to see the Hollywood sign. When you get to Atlanta, I'm like, get me to magic city. You got to go to magic city. They're like, it's 9 a.m. I'm like, you got to have a wing. And you got to have a wing. You got to have a wing. And like, you ain't really. You wasn't really in there. Yeah. Well, I'm in pepper for our heart. We've had some nights in Vegas. man. Nothing better. Um, better. All right.
So, was your dad playing when, like, how old were you when he retired? - He just retired from playing? - Yeah, from playing. - Oh, he got hurt, so I don't remember. I was young. - And, so I'm kinda like, I wanna put myself in like, your brain. Did you know he was like, this big thing? Or like, what was your vision of that? - No, I mean, it's kinda right. Like, I have a goddaughter, I got nieces and nephews. And they don't really know, I'm like, the thing? - Yeah. - And just like, oh, okay. Except for when it benefits, like my niece, my nephew, when we were flying out to LA, he was like, TT, ain't she rich? Why are we not sitting in first class? - That's horrible. - I was like, did you buy the flight? - That's horrible. - My boy. And then my niece, the other day, she was like, TT, you rich. 'Cause I think she asked me for something. I was like, girl, no. And she was like, you're rich. I said, are you? So, I wasn't aware that my dad won was like this huge thing. I wasn't actually aware until I was shooting games people playing. And Deon Sanders was there. And I told him about who my dad was. He was like, your dad is stomp Mitchell? Oh my God, I was like, oh, oh, okay, yeah. But no, I wasn't aware. I mean, I've been to Super Bowl. When they were taking, he was coaching for the Seahawks when they went to the Super Bowl and played the Pittsburgh Steelers. And I've been to so many games and stuff, but it never dawned on me of like, oh, and I love football. But yeah, nah. - He doesn't coach anymore? - Well, he supposedly retired, but then he was going up to his alma mater. And I'm like, what you doing? 'Cause you're supposed to be retired. And then I was like, they got you on their website. What you, you got an office. My man is so, yes, he coaches. - What up, y'all? We're gonna take a quick break from the episode. 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Thank you so much back to the episode. - Now warning, this product contains nicotine and nicotine is an addictive chemical. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - So in high school, around that time, what did you want to do before you realized acting was like, what kind of was the thing? - Okay, I had three job options that I thought I was going to do. Be the black female Johnny Cochran. - Okay. - Be a hair stylist. - Okay, very different, but. - And be a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. - All right, yeah, so it's kind of pretty much everywhere. - Yeah. - But Dallas Cowboys though. - Yeah, but what I will say about acting, which is why I love it so much, is you could be all those things. - Correct. - You can, for as long as you want, like you could hop in and like, like I always say like my dream is to be like, like Justin Bieber would be like sick for me. - Yeah. - I could just go be Justin Bieber in a movie and then do it for three months and then go, okay, cool, I did it. - Yeah. - And you could take the hat off. - Yeah. - Justin Bieber can't take the hat off. - Loki, I want to be a stripper at 1.5. (laughing) - So what do you think? - So I was very excited when I put P-Valley because I was like, dang, I really wanted to strip. And oh. (laughing) - Wait, why did you want to be a stripper? - I'm from Atlanta. I just wanted to go have a little fight. (laughing) - You know what I was crazy? I was at, okay, I'm not gonna say I was at, I heard from someone a couple of months ago that bad baby, okay, I was in the strip club, okay. - Okay. - And all of a sudden I see bad baby get on stage and start dancing, I'm like, this girl's got, - Don't hate me. Who is bad baby? - You don't know who bad baby is, it catch me off side girl. - Oh, okay. - But she actually has a successful music career for a little bit. - Wait, you saw her getting on the stage and rap or getting on the stage and getting at me. - And dance. - Oh. - And dance. - We were at a body shop in LA. She just got off on stage like all the other girls. - She took her clothes off. - Took her clothes off, had her bag on money, did it? But I don't, it wasn't, I don't know, I'm not gonna give him this. - No, it's, but I don't think body shop is always full new. I literally saw bad babies just straight up, just go up on the thing and strip. - What? - Yeah, it was wild. But maybe she, I actually don't know the why or what. - Okay. - But she did. - Maybe I do need to move to LA. - And she, yeah. - And she picked up her money, you can get your water. - I think. - She picked up her money like every other girl and then just went in the back. I was like, okay, cool, I love it for her. - Yeah, so maybe she had a itch that she wanted to scratch and I feel like you've been there. - I mean, yes, 100%. And so many people think, oh, okay, folks dance for it. It's a new, a number of reasons. But I just wanted to grow, I mean, I did work in a strip club, but as a shooter girl. And I wanted to, but my mom was a high school teacher and my brother played for University of Alabama. I had five brothers. I was like, they go, no, they go find out. My dad, coach, I'm like, I don't want to put them in that position. So that's what B-Valley was like, oh, wait. - Yeah, that is such a win. - I was like, no, they don't find out, I can't. - That's why I love being an actor. So it's like the best, 'cause you didn't actually have to strip. You just got to like, live that life. - Oh, I definitely stripped. - Of course, but it wasn't like actual real people would have to deal with like gross meant. Like there's like, there's restrictions and stuff in the game play. - Correct, correct. - Me and Michael have been in a couple strip club scenes on set. But what were those like filming and on P-Valley? - So we rehearsed for, so I rehearsed for like four months before like actually learning how to dance. And then we would have rehearsals in the space, the routine, but it was completely different. Once I got out there and there were people out there and there was money on the ground. I was like, oh, this is slippery. Oh, this is crazy. So you had the very first time, I thought I was about to have a panic attack and cry. - Why? - 'Cause I was just like, holy shit. I got there was gonna be people here. We rehearsed this so many times with an empty role. And then the money was slippery. I just knew I was gonna fall. I was like, oh, I don't know if I'm ready for this. I'm like, I need to get this role back. I'm telling you, I was like, oh, I'm in over my head. But after the first take, I was like, oh, I got it. - Yeah, that's all true. - Yeah, I was like, I got it. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - So that time you guys shot season three or? - We shot season three. - And when is that coming out? - This year. - It's coming out this year? - Yeah, I don't know. 'Cause like people will comment on a bunch of stars stuff being like, when's P-Valley come back? People, they can't even stop it. - It was a date. We just can't say yet. - Oh. - Right? - Yeah, I know. - Okay. - Give us the exclusive here. Stars loves the boys. That's dope. - We shot it two years ago. - So why are they taking so long? - Oh, damn. - I don't know. I mean, it's the whole Star's Lion's Gate of it all. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Yep. (laughing) - It's just all the room is like, yep. That's dope though. And what's like the difference of shooting, like what's a different day between P-Valley and Snowball? What do you like better, what are the better stuff about each? - I would say, P-Valley takes a long time to shoot 'cause there's so many moving parts, so time. Like, we shot P-Valley and Snowball at the same time. I think Snowball was maybe, it started in the before P-Valley. I mean, it started after P-Valley and then in the before P-Valley. That might have took us like five months to shoot and the P-Valley took us like nine. - Damn. - Yeah. - How many episodes? - 10, 10 and 10. - And you shoot that in Atlanta? - We shoot that in Atlanta. And then also, there's just so many moving parts with P-Valley when it comes to like hair, makeup, wardrobe, as opposed to my character on Snowfall, it was just quick little. I mean, by that time I think she was on it. - Yeah. - So where's your favorite place to shoot? - Oh, okay, 'cause we shot Harlem in New York. We shot Harlem in New York and I absolutely loved it. - But in New York is fine. - Yeah, shooting in New York is elite. - Yeah. - But my dream is to shoot in LA. But shooting in New York is elite. - I was, your dream is to shoot in LA? - Yeah, well I've done like recurs and like guest stars, but I've never like been a series regular in LA. - I would say LA is really cool to shoot because it's so beautiful. - Yeah. - It's so beautiful. - Yeah. - And then the studios are crazy. - Yeah, it's so, and then the people when you aren't shooting on location. - Do you guys shoot in South Central? A lot like to shoot over there? And like how, because sometimes when we're shooting in the trenches in New York, you get a little dicey. We've had a couple dicey situations. - Well, on Snowfall, we shot so much in LA. Like all over, we didn't have a actual, we didn't shoot on the studio like. - That was the ages at all. - Well, we had, we built, we kind of like, make shifts. - Yeah. - But we had stages in the beginning, like season one, when I wasn't there, and then I think season two. And then after that, we left. Yeah, and we were just really on location everywhere. Now, we were shooting out over by Hawkins Burgers. What is that, Compton? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yeah, oh yeah. Oh. - She got wicked. She was good at wicked. - Listen, okay, so that's Blood Territory. - Yeah. - And thank God they allowed us to shoot over there, but they were like activity not gonna stop though. So we were like in the middle of a thing, and it kind of went down. And I was just,
just like, let me go sit in the car real quick. - Damn. - So, I'm out the way, but then we also, that was the scene, it was a drive by scene, where Scully is trying to shoot Leon, and I'm trying to sell a tooth, and I get hit in the crossfire, and it was just like, okay, y'all, we out here, but these are definitely, please let them know, these is not-- - Reobullets, yeah. - Reobullets, real guns, not a real drive by, 'cause we don't need them to interact. - Yeah. - But yeah, it kinda went down out there with some stuff they had going on. - That's crazy. - Yeah. - So, was there any like, people on set, like, being the liaison of it all? - Oh, for sure. - Okay, just yeah. - You can't shoot anybody out here. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Like, for the drop, we shot in the jungles, which was cool, because Malcolm is from over there. I know some friends stuff they're like from there, so of course, like, they also pulled up on just to make sure it was safe safe. 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They're just like, yeah, like what, like just go, like, okay, here's a good example. When Dirk came on power, he wanted to bring like four people with them on the studio. Of course, it's a little dirt. And they're like, well, no, like who are these four P, can't just bring four people on the studio stages. Like, I think this is maybe COVID tested at ended, but I like had to like go up to the office and be like, let him bring the four people. It's a little dirt, like, like you, like you guys, like they didn't understand. They're like, well, why does he need a security guard? Where it's like, what are you talking about? You mean sometimes that doesn't, they don't understand like the specifics of it all. And I guess we'll just leave it at that. Yeah, like, uh, and I told them one time too with a drop, we were somewhere and something had happened. And I was just like, guys, so we're gonna need security and we're gonna need to ampt up. Because we don't need to do nothing in retrospect. We don't need to be reactive. We need to be proactive. And, you know, sometimes they just, they don't understand. Yeah, they just, they just don't. And it's not like maybe like, you know, a knock on them, but it's just like they truly don't understand the politics of it all. Yeah. Cause they're like, oh no, I mean, we rented the location and I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, we paid the corner store that we could shoot there. It's like, no, no, no, yeah, that's, that is hilarious. And that's funny because they probably, like when they're shooting maybe sons of anarchy, they don't have to like maybe deal with that as well. They don't have to deal with that with the American horror story. You know, yeah, Ryan Murphy shows they're cool. Yeah, that's hilarious. Did you have to deal with that at all for a p-value or no? Oh no, we shot on the stages, majority of the time. And if we shot location, it was like, I mean, Atlanta is so welcoming. Yeah. Atlanta is like, see, I feel the opposite. What? I feel like LA is so welcoming. I feel like Atlanta is like, what? When it comes to shooting? Yeah, well, not when it comes to shooting. I just mean in general, Mike, what do you think? No, I think Atlanta's a little bit more welcoming. Really? Because a lot of places, like she said, a lot of places, you really got to check it, but they're not having people in their neighborhood without them knowing what's going on, stuff like that. Atlanta, if you're filming in a neighborhood or something like that, they kind of like appreciative of that. I never really heard of anything really happening with people shooting in Atlanta. Even when I shot Atlanta, when I shot Barbershop in Atlanta, we was on the studio a lot. But we was in like, you know, something in neighborhoods, like they was chilling. Like it was nothing really like, I don't know. I probably could have been, you know, lost it or something. I probably didn't really realize. But it wasn't really nothing going on. Like it was cool. It was fucking with it. It was looking to save in New York. Yeah. But I guess, I know, I just hear like so many stories of like, everyone's car is getting broken and new. And everyone's this and everyone's getting broken. Oh, no, I mean, but that's regardless. Of course. That's what you do in Atlanta. But I think that's, I mean, I guess that's less in LA. But like, I just, I've been here for 12 years. So I know where to go. Like, I guess I don't know in Atlanta. I'm just like dropped off and like, I'm like, I don't know where to go, you know? Yeah. I guess that's kind of-- Well, I will say, I mean, the city, first off, there are some things that, I mean, you just got to keep your head on the swivel in Atlanta. Of course. Yeah. OK, so you got to have that security. I got the big full full. Of course, yeah. Because everybody, everybody, you know, and that is, George's, yeah, you can even consume. Hey, man, you got that shit. Yep. I got three. Yeah. You got it, man. She's letting you be no lay-up. No running. I got it out here. Yeah. I got three. I got two blocks in AR. Come on, man. Oh, shit. I love it. I love it. You got it. Three, three. You got a 43. Yeah. Yeah. 23. And then my AR is a Daniel defense. Yeah. That's you got that shit, you got that shit. So high school, and then you go to college, and then you maybe don't do any acting there. When's the first thing? And what's the first thing that you booked? When did you start auditioning? Like, how did that all start? So the first thing I tell people all the time, like, you know, networking and really rockin' with people, it gets you in the door. Of course. I booked the-- I didn't even audition for it. One of my homeboys, he was directing a feature with Tommy Ford, Rest in Peace. You know, Tommy from Martin. OK, yeah, yeah. And I played his illegitimate daughter, and the director was Al G Cila. He was like, hey, I got this project. We'll pay you $500. You'll do it. It's in Louisiana. You can hop in the car with my homegirl. And I didn't know the role was as big as it was. I was like, holy shit, he my dad and everything. And it was great. It was like, OK, this is fine. Met a lot of good people from that. It's so crazy. One of the guys I met from that is how I got my play that I just did at the Gaffin Playhouse this past September. And the director is now a Tony Award winning director. But yeah, that was my first joint. And then when I got out here, I auditioned. I was auditioning. I got four auditions that year. And there were all quality, but it was only for us. I tell people all the time, it's quality over quantity. And that project was with Elizabeth McGovern. McGowan, what's her name? Older. Elizabeth McGowan? It was with Elizabeth. It was with Anders Homes, actress. Anders Homes, Elizabeth and Kobe Smolders. Are you sure about Roach McGowan? No, Elizabeth, she's older. You know, I'm talking about Elizabeth McGovern. McGoverns, so yeah, I was so off. Yeah. And I remember telling my mom. I was like, my book did is Anders Homes, Kobe Smolders. She thought Kobe Bryant. That's hilarious. I was like, mom, no, he's not an actor. I mean, he acted in something. But I was like, no. She's from how I met your mother? Yes, Robert Shavowski. And then Anders Homes from Work Allix, like you. Correct, and she's also Marvel. But yeah, she's like type shit. Yeah. But okay, that's so what project, what was that called? Unexpected. Okay, Unexpected. And it was a film or it was a film. It did the whole film festival circuit, so Sundance, South by Southwest. So that was like major for me. Yeah. Because I obviously want to go. Which one was your favorite? I'm not going to lie. I really love South by Southwest because you have tech. You have music. So with some of everybody there, like obviously, who doesn't want to go to Sundance? That was a good time. But South by, like all my partners and stuff, then was there. This was a time. I don't know if y'all listen to J.I.D. The phenomenal J.I.D. was there, Earth Gang was there, and we all from Atlanta, we all kind of came up around the same time. When we shot Unexpected in Chicago, they were out there opening for abs.
Oh, in Chicago, so I got to go to their concerts and stuff. So it was just like, it was just dope. - Yeah, we're gonna take a quick break from the episode and talk to you about our friends over at Cash App. - Now, if you weren't up to speed already, Cash App is way more than just a safe way to send and receive money. With the Cash App card, you unlock a ton of perks without all the hidden fees. Enjoy benefits like exclusive early access to nationwide concert pre-sales, Kendrick Lamar and Sabrina Carbender, to name a couple recent examples. Plus discounts on everyday purchases and popular brands, you're probably already spending money on. Add your card to your digital wallet to make your money moves easier. Cash App also adds security to your money by declining suspicious card transactions and sending you a notification to make sure the payment is really you. - Imagine setting your makeup, then forgetting it's even theirs. Meet new grippy setting mist from Maybelline, New York. 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Like, you're doing the Sundance, you're doing the South by Southwest. It's kind of like, now you're in the mix. You meet people, now you're seeing the flow of things, like how things happen, movies get sold, movies get made, so that's such a cool introduction. So how did that movie do at all the festivals? - Oh, it did, it did really well. And then it obviously opened in theaters, so I was like, oh shit. For that to be like my first. - And then did anything come from that or you were just started auditioning? - Oh yeah, so the director, I booked at Atlanta. So unexpected, we shot that in 2014, it came out 2015. And then our audition for Atlanta in 2017 and the director hit me up and was like, hey, my friend is directing the episode of Atlanta da da da da. So she was like, I put in the word for you. So she just constantly, it's like constantly giving back. Again, it's these things where you don't make that much money, but then it paid you in so many other ways. And Atlanta was my first time shooting in Atlanta and shooting Atlanta, where it's like, by then it was already an Emmy award-winning show. Like, who the fuck don't wanna work with Donald Glover? So it was just like, yeah, it's one of my favorite shows of all time. And I think he's genuinely the most talented human being on planet Earth. - Phenomenal. - Like, people don't understand. So he was on a UCB house team, like a Harold team and he would like sketch. He did YouTube. He had an hour standup special. He has, does he have a Grammy? - Probably, I think he has one for Ray Bonn. - Oh yeah, so Grammy nominated album, like TV show Emmy award, it's like, what can't this guy do? And he's from the East Side. - Yeah, I mean, it's literally insane. Like, even just being on a Harold house team is like, and then stand up, music, it's just like, that's such a-- - Road on community, yeah. - Yes, right around community. Yes, 100% it's insane. So what was your role in Atlanta? - So it's the Drake episode? Where? - Tampy and Poppy. - Yes, yes. - That's what I'm at, I was like, yeah. - It was a Drake episode. When it was Van and in me, Danielle Dettweiler and Adrian Ray, we went with Van to Zazie, to the house, to Drake's party, supposedly. - Ah, yes. - And I got high. We did Edibles, I got high, I called the cops. I was like, I feel like I'm dying. And then I go through the house and have this whole moment. And it's so crazy. 'Cause Donald had put this scene in there, I didn't do it. 'Cause I was just too nervous to sing. I suck at singing. But I used to always sing in the hair and make up trailer. And since this album had just came out, I used to always sing it. And so then, the scripts were always in flux. And I was on set and I got a script and it had the signs where I sing "Sizzle Song" and I said, "This motherfucker." I was like, I was too nervous. I could not get it to come out. But then at the end of the episode, me and LeCube Stanfield are like sitting by the water, talking about women and what's real, what's the simulation. So that was that episode. - Wait, so what wound up happening? Did you say like on set you weren't doing it or what? - No, I just didn't do it. I was just like, I just didn't know how that happened. - I was sitting there and the camera was rolling. 'Cause I mean, they were punching it anyway, but I was just like, - That's right. - You guys just wait and live it other shit. I could not bring myself to sing. I suck so bad, but now I'm over it. Now I just sing. I just really fucking, yeah. - Okay, so I still want to go through your career stuff. But like the drop is technically about you doing music, right? Am I wrong? - It is one in the music industry. - Okay, but are you singing it all or you can't even say that? - No, I can say it. - Okay. - I'm not. - Okay, all right. - I'm not singing, I'm not rapping. - Okay, all right. But you're working in the music industry. - I am. - Okay, all right, I was just curious about that. So Atlanta happens, that comes out. Is it fucking like, 'cause that's a show that like, you people see you on and you're like, she's doing it. - No, that one was for the city. - Yeah. - That one, my city stood up. Everybody all around was like-- - Magic city, that night's a little different. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was really a different view. - Yeah, so what comes from that? Is there anything that comes from that? Or are you simultaneously like, was there a period of you not working like-- - It was like back-to-back-to-back. So I was, at the time, I was working at the airlines. I was working for Virgin America. They ended up selling to Alaska. - Okay. - But I had got fired. - Okay, why'd you get fired? - Man, this ain't nice, oh. (laughing) - Let's get into it. - Virgin is the one airline that has never fucked me over, so I'm not mad at them, but they might have fucked you over. So I might-- - No, they didn't, I loved them, they were great. - Okay, great. - It was a great airlines, I did my time. I loved it. This girl, she was, and she know who she is, I hope she sees this. - Say her name. (laughing) - Brooke? (laughing) No, so I was working at the airlines, and this girl would always try to talk to me about acting, because by then I had already did unexpected, I did insecure. I also did the Belko experiment. - Okay. - And I was working at the airlines, and she always wanted to talk to me about acting. When we went, we came into the same class together, so we went to train in Denver. When we were in Colorado, she wanted to, the Oscars came on, then I watched award shows, but typically do not watch the actual show. I always watched the pre-show to see what everybody got on. They looked, and then I just Google online to see who the winners were. So, everybody in the class was like, "Ruited for me just so happy, you know, "and just would speak life into my career and stuff." She always wanted to talk about acting. I did not ever want to talk about acting at work. Like, I'm at work, girl. I'm here trying to print my lines of these people thing study, but I don't want to talk to you. I just don't. - Right, right, right. - But I didn't mind talking to her as like a regular person, so she was a cut, and it was not great. And so, my grandfather, I do it again, the same exact way. My grandfather was in a hospital. My mom called me on my way to work. I was like, "I need you to go down and see Daddy." I was like, "Okay, I didn't bring anything, "but that's fine, I'll just hop on a flight." And I think my shift ended at like 9.30. The flight took off at like 9.05. So, I got a few people to pick up my shift. And I told my supervisor, I was like, "I gotta go through security." She was like, "Just give me your bag. "I'll put it in the locker." So, when you work for the airlines, you get the badge in and bypass security. You're not supposed to get on the flight without going through security. It's like a breach or something. So, she was like, "Just give me your bag. "I put it in the locker, get on the flight." I did that. The girl was close by, so she overheard. She called headquarters and told them that I did not go through security. So, they fired me. - Right, at home. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You see what I'm talking about? - Oh my God. - Oh, do you ever say anything to her? - Oh, yes. Here's the thing. It's a good baby. I'm like God's favorite. So, an ancestor's fuck on me. So heavy. I always tell people when they do me wrong, I'm like, "Ooh, I'm gonna pray for you "because the ancestor's gonna get you." - Okay, does Gail need anything? Are you good? Is the temperature good here? I'm just gonna make sure that you're comfortable. I don't wanna be in your bedside. - I'm good, I like you. - Okay, cool, cool, cool. I'm gonna say this. They just made me do on V103. They had me do a one-much go. - Uh-huh. - And I don't know if y'all,
but they said power, BMF, snowfall, the wire. - And what did you say? - BMF, BMF. - Yeah, automatically, no thought. That was like, "Well, why?" I said, 'cause the wire birthed all of us is the wire. Snowfall, because duh, and we love power. - Yeah. - So, yeah, y'all, I love the job. - We love you too. - Okay, but go on, I'm sorry. - Okay, so yeah, they called me, they asked that I go through security, I was like, no. But I said, look now, technically when a person doesn't, you're supposed to take everybody off the plane, do a search of the entire plane to make sure nothing happened. They didn't do that. So, am I really in trouble? Y'all really gonna fire me? I've never been in trouble with y'all before. Like, you could take my flight benefits away. Do, give me some consequences, but they didn't. And then they try to deny my unemployment. I took that shit to trial. Yes, they had to pay me. - Damn, y'all done shit, take that shit to trial, take that shit to trial. - So, they fired me in August. I got unemployment for like maybe a year. Didn't even have to go to the airport. And after that, I just booked back to back to back to back. So it was Atlanta, Chicago PD, and in Snowfall. And I've worked every year, every month since. - Well, that was meant to happen. - It was meant to happen. - Yeah, the security breach was meant to happen. - Yeah, yeah. - Wait, so actually I'm curious, this is an acting. What are the flight benefits you get? - Oh, my God, you get to fly for free. And you're pantry, anyway. Well, technically, anywhere your airline goes, you can fly for free. Other airlines, you just got to pay like gas. So I would fly to Atlanta for like $30. Sometimes I would fly for free because we also had other airlines. We also had partners where they would let us fly for free on them and they could fly on us for free. I think I went to Ghana for like $69. Like it was just crazy, yeah. Me and my parents also get to fly for free. And if I had kids, they would have also flown for free. - You still have these benefits? - No. - I did when I got fired up 'cause my homegirl worked there and she gave me her benefits. So then I seen that bitch when I went to airport and they were like checking me in. I said, no, no, no, let me give you my ID. She was at the counter beside. I said, 'cause we would hate for Brooke to tell somebody that she did not do your job. So I'm happy. - Look, Brooke, listen, we could all make a mens here. If you give us three a companion pass and we could kind of all come to a conclusion here. - Yeah, we could figure it out. - Let's figure something out, but contact us at the evening. - My forgiveness come with a price. - All right guys, we're gonna take a quick break from the episode and we're gonna talk to you about our friends at Factor. 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Like I like that. - Hell yeah. - And so you've been just doing those two shows back to back since have you done films in between or have you been, or you just been fully? - No, so we did those and then I did Harlem. I shot that in New York for Amazon Prime and then I did both eyes open. - Hell yeah. - That was a movie that was on Stars. That I was a lead in that. That was amazing. They had like Tadex, McWiles, Joy Brunson. It was bomb. Then I did the play, table 17. We did it, get them play house. - How was doing stage work? - Oh, amazing, that's my foundation. I love it. I was nervous because I haven't done theater in 13 years. - Oh, so you did theater when you were in college? - No, when I was just, you know. Just school plays and then once I graduated college, I did theater. But yeah. - Yeah, theater's a different beast, bro. - Yeah. - Theater's a different beast. - But after that first, when I got up there, I told them, 'cause at first I was like, okay, it was taking me a minute. 'Cause you know with TV, we kinda do our work and then we come preparing and ready. Theater, they work it out and figure it out together in the room and I was, to start off, I was kinda like to myself, like I don't know these names. But, so I wasn't really trying to like share my creative process with them and have one with them. I was just kinda really quiet and I would go home, work, or I would call my friends and be like, "Me, me and the theater, let's like get this right." So I kept telling them, I was like, look guys, I know I'm not out of book, I know it seems like I don't know, but I'm telling you, when we get up down that stage, you gonna see who they say I am. Like, don't, don't think it's like heavy. - That's hilarious. - Yeah, loved it. Do you have any favorite scenes from the original Snowfall and P Valley, like stuff that you remember that you just love? - Yes, I'm not going to lie. One of my favorite scenes in Snowfall, I'm not even in it, nobody's in it except Dempsey. He's like him, him, her, favorite. - Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yeah, he's body spot, he's body spot. - He's body spot, he's a fire scene. - How was, how was working with him? - Oh, he was amazing. He's so giving as an actor, he's like very generous. And oh, I remember, he's so professional and I had him break character one time. He was like, oh shit, okay, hold on. Oh, I'm ready. 'Cause he never does that. So he was like, he like laughed at my character. - Yeah, is what accent is he doing in between takes as he's going like? - Oh, he stayed in English. - Yeah, you have to, I feel like. - He stays, he stays American. - Yeah. - And then one time, it was so crazy. As I started to like really get to know him, we were shooting one time. He came to the project, I opened the door. I was like, hey, Dempsey, shit. Hey Franklin. He was like, oh my, I actually meet, but it's for me, I might do that a lot. - Yeah, I really like, gee, what the fuck? - Yeah, sometimes when you're like in the heat of it, you kind of just like whatever the first thing comes to you, but that's happened to us before. - Yeah. - And how is he on set with that stuff? - Oh, no, he's great. He's great, he's pretty cool. - Mike, where are you saying? - I had a question that goes back to what G actually, like when you started feeling like, you were getting like more popular whenever like, what was one thing that happened to you? And that made you realize like, damn, I'm not a shit. I'm in that, I'm in that state of life. And I was like, what was one thing that happened to you? - When her niece was calling her rich. - Oh, no, let me tell ya. I went to TIFF for Piano Lesson. - You been on all of them, oh my god, tell us that's dope. - It's amazing. I went to TIFF and TIFF is like, everybody's out there just chilling. 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Sam was like, "Is that girl B?" - That's kind of nuts. - Oh my God. - That was a two good ones. - Yeah. - Yeah, that's insane. - How did you start going by a being, gal being rather than your last name, last name? - One of my homies in college. So in Atlanta, they used to be like, "Oh, pass me that being, sign that being." Hey, move that being a little further. So, they used to call me like gal being. And they're all in one. And they just loved it. And they were like, "Change your name on social." And I did it, listen, social media is crazy. It just took off. And I was like, "You know what? I'm gonna use this." Because I don't want people looking into my history when it comes out in a jail. So I was like, "I don't want people like." - Well, you just said it to them. - I mean, it's fine at this point. I mean, I feel like-- - All right, would you go for it? - I mean, a few times. - Okay, what's one that you're comfortable sharing? - Fighting, probably. You seem like a fighter. - I have, and-- - It wasn't for the actual fight. - Right. - So, one time in college, I had key to this girl, car real bad. Listen, oh, she called and popped on me on my birthday. - You're a movie. - Because I was parked in her spot, but her roommate was parked in my-- It was this thing, like, our roommates didn't like each other. But what that got to do with me? And it's my birthday? - Yeah. - And I'm a Sagittarius. So, like, I'll do the time. So, I parked in her spot, and you live above me. All you had to do was knock. - Yeah. - So, it was my birthday, I was having a little party. She called the cops. They also tried to tell my car. And I was like, no, it's, I live here. I had to prove to them that I live there. I moved my car, but then I key bitching aside of her car. 'Cause girl, what's up? Like, if we don't be petty. So, I went to jail, and-- - Free girl, man. - Free girl is crazy. - I understand the neighbor situation about all that. That could be, that could be a bitch sometimes. Damn, no funnier. - Yeah, man. People love snitching on you, but that's a good deal. - Whatever happened, what happened to her? I'm gonna assume something really bad, because you're favored. - Oh, something happened. (laughing) - I wouldn't know, but I'm gonna just say something happened. 'Cause I'm favored. - That's fucking hilarious. Okay, so, and Gayle Beans, your full stage name now. - Yeah. - You go by that? - Yes, but, but, and then also my dad, because he is who he is, I was like, oh, I wanna, it's a black mentality, guys. We gotta get rid of it. The whole, I gotta get it out the mug. Y'all fuck the mug. Okay, please, get out of here and water. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Drinking, purified, filter water, Saratoga. (laughing) - Yeah, yeah. So, did he, like, once you started like booking and all that stuff, like, what was his reaction to it all? 'Cause like, look, it's kind of hard when you have a really successful parent for them to appreciate it kind of. Did you feel like you're just like, trying to get him to do that? Or was he off the rip, like, on board? - Oh, no, so he was always on board. - I love that. - He, like, my dad got it out the mug. They was dirt poor. - Where's he from? - He's from Camden County, Georgia. - Damn. - Him and my mama. - Yeah. - Yeah, it's, like, a really small, amazing-- - Are they still together? - A town, no, you know. - Yeah, mine just got a divorcee a year ago. - Oh my God, I'm so sorry. - I've not heard about it or anything. - Okay, so it's their business. - It gets better. - Yeah, it does. It won't. But, um, wait, so he just, like, supported you the whole time? - The whole time. - That's dope. - But that's because he, you know, had a dream and chased it and succeeded at the ultimate level he could in his career. So he's like, yeah, it's doable. - Did he go to all the premieres and everything? - Oh, no, not yet. - Why not? He didn't go to any of the snowfall premieres or anything, or-- - Well, I only went to one. - Okay. - And I took my mom. - Right. - But then it also is during football season. - Uh-huh. - So, I've been, like, trying to schedule stuff around, like, now September 8th, we have a premiere, obviously, coming up, but-- - Is he going to it? - It's gonna be during football season. - He's got to. - He's just going to lie. - He's okay. - He's gonna, I'm gonna take him to the award shows. - That's fire. - Yeah. - Does he watch P Valley? - No. - Yeah, I know, that's what I'm saying. - So I send him a picture of me in my outfit with the director. I send it to him and my brothers, and I was like, "Hey, I'm on a show when I play a dancer, just FYI." - And none of them watch it. - Just so they don't get, like, surprised by the-- - Yeah, they were like, we won't be watching it. I was like, I assumed, and thank you. - Yeah, yeah. - But I just wanted to give you a heads up in case anybody's anything, or anything is floating around, and you're like, "Now, when does she make this tape?" - Yeah. - Yeah, I'm like, let me just tell you. - But they watch everything else, and they're all so, okay, go on. - All right. - My brother was late, the snowfall. - Uh-huh. - My brother Lino, so-- - How many brothers you have? - Five. - Holy shit. - Yeah. - Five brothers, that's nuts. You're the only girl. - I'm the only girl. - So you're the only girl. - And a baby. - Oh my God. - I would not want to date you in Atlanta. What the fuck? That's crazy. What were they like in high school? - Terrible. - Were you dating guys, and they were just like, like, what were they like? - Um, it was very difficult to date guys. - Yeah. - And then when I did, it was like, they were a little, like, nervous-- - They were scared. - They were scared. They were scared. And then if they did, they'd be like-- - Like five brothers, they's old people. - My brother told me. - Fuck you up, I was very much. - Yeah. - One guy called me a bitch and I was like, okay, I got you a bitch. (laughing) - Oh my God. - What happened to this guy now? - My brother, I'm trying to fight him. He ran, so then they flipped his truck over. (laughing) - Yo, this shit lit. I ain't gonna live a movie. (laughing) Bro, I think we're crazy. We actually need to turn it up a notch. - No, no, no, no, no, no. - We're not crazy enough. - Hey, y'all get me. We're not doing it big enough. - We're not doing it big enough. We got to like it. - We got to like it. - We got to like it. - We know what don't risk the bag. But first I could do stuff and I'd be like, you got it. - Have you been in situations like in the past, since everything has happened where you're like, just walk away? - Yeah. - Yeah. - I'd be like, the answer is, don't get you free. - Yeah, you have to. (laughing) - I'm a suruse of that shit. - I'm telling you, you know, things have, I'm not just gonna be like, dang, the answer is our quick. - That's hilarious. - Alright, so you have the drop coming out. - I have the drop. - September 8th. - September 8th. So the people who watch the podcast, they a lot of Snowfall fans, what can they expect from the drop coming out like? - Ooh, what can I not give away? They can expect, it's real 90s, like 90s L.A., that's my favorite era. - Fire. - So you're gonna expect that, you're gonna expect some music. 'Cause this is around the time of the birth of West Coast. Rap, well, technically, NWA was a little bit before that, so. But this is when it really starts to take off West Coast rap. So you expect the music, fire as music, you expect in looks, and it's like real nostalgia. You're expecting like a female lead. So where you're seeing, this is the time, obviously, it was very male-shovelistic. Patriot was crazy. People were not supportive of women, especially black women, women working and women being in certain fields. So you're gonna get some of that. - But your music industry. - Yeah, it's gonna be real good, it's gonna get a little dangerous. - Nice. - But you can watch it, it's not like, I know some people are like, "Oh, clutch is pearls." - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - But you know, we don't take care of everybody. - Did you have to do any prep for the time period or anything like that, or you just was fully locked in? - Oh no, I was locked in, but I also, I always interview people and do my research when it comes to people of that period of that era, 'cause I don't wanna put any Atlanta on it. Like, so I was like, let me just talk to some people that are locals that were here, born and raised, of the time. Make sure I'm getting the 1990s. Like, I even will run scripts by people. I said with Snoop Dogg's wife, Shantay. We had a conversation. I said with Tookie, wife, rest in peace, Tookie. And it spoke to her, that's Malcolm A.s. is on it. So, you know, what do you find? Well, he was the founder of the Bloods of the Crips. - Crips. - Crips of the Crips. - Yeah. So, set with me. - That's crazy. - Yeah. I talked to Tash who, she is Tash Gray. He's writer, showrunner, producer. She did, she was on reasonable doubt. She did, raising Canaan. She did Snowfall. She's done like a, she did Pee Valley. She's done a plethora of stuff. She wrote my arc and really her, shout out to everybody on Snowfall for even the arc that they gave Wanda. Because people, my age, don't really have, like meet their teeth in, at this age in their career. They don't have arcs like that. You gotta be more seasoned and older in the game. So, I got, I was blessed with people that I'm telling you, God's favorite. - I love that. - So, yeah, I definitely did the research and I watched documentaries, interviews. So, yeah. - Oh yeah, yeah. All right, we'll do a little rapid fire for you and then we'll get you out of here. I know you got a flight to catch, but hopefully you don't see Brooke there. (laughs)
- All right, Trico Franklin. - Trico Franklin? - Mm-hmm. - Trico? - Damson Franklin. Who do you got? - I love you. - I love Michael's face. - I'm gonna go dancing because I can't go against the whole team. - No, no, no, that's the whole team. I ain't mad at you. - I can't go against the whole team. - Cut the interview. - She says she loved me, so it cancels us out. I love you too. - I love you too. - But I love you. - All right, all right. - Atlanta or LA? - Atlanta, all day, come on. - That was too quick. That was too quick. - You know she's too late. - I had to really think on that one. I had to really think on you and you and Damson. - Yeah, yeah, you did take a little, you took a little, a little bit. - You know what, you know what, we'll make this an open-ended clip. Trico Franklin, I need you guys in the comments. I need you guys to know. Trico Franklin, what is that? - Yeah. Let me tell you, they don't be like, well, Franklin. - What? - I might say season three, four, five, Franklin, but it's season six, Franklin, ain't going for what they ain't going to say here. - Mike, do you have a rebuttal here for the people that are going to say your friend? - Hey, man, what I'm going to say is, bro, my God, Franklin crashed out, bro, like he ain't going to go out on the high horse. You feel me like me and Trico, like we, we will still, you know. - They might say it goes to Trico, but not power to reach, 'cause you don't ask me. - Oh, yeah, not power to reach hell, no. - Oh yeah, yeah. - They definitely, like we'll say power to reach. They hate that little nigga. - Oh. - He's like, oh, he used to be so mad at you. (laughing) - He's a little piece of shit, bro. I used to be reading those scripts, like, damn, bro. - Oh, I was like, he's not on reach, bro. - He's on his ball, ask, look, boy. - He needed to join his life. We so grateful for you. - Thank you, I appreciate it, I appreciate it. That's so funny. - Biggest red flag. - Biggest red flag. - Oh, there's so many. - Mm. - Uh-oh. - I can't stand a little dirty dickhead as nigga. (laughing) (laughing) - Could it be the same for a girl? - Do you think, bro? - I mean, some people are like a hoe. - Yeah, some people are like a hoe sometimes. - I just, I feel like. - Sue me for saying I love a hoe, you know? - I mean, here's the thing, right? It depends, are you using protection? No, no, I just, you're too accessible. You, I just don't like nobody that's just so easily accessible. - Yes. - Like, it's too much, it's too much. 'Cause I'm like a private person. So then, yeah, no, you just, you-- - I feel like you just dealt with a dirty dick mother fucker. - That's what that, that felt like it came from somewhere. - No, that's a red flag. I gotta keep them at bay. - Okay, that's fair. - Yeah. - That's fair. Mike, actually, what's your biggest red flag in a girl? Mike? - Oh. (laughing) - Now let's get it lit, 'cause there's a lot of red flags. - That's the first time that comes to your mind. - Uh-huh. - Uh-huh. - Uh-huh. - A bag and a ass hole. - Ah, that's mine too. - Um, and a entitled ass hole. - Yes. - Oh, yes. - But like, it's a difference. Like, you could be slightly entitled to certain things. Like, if you're doing certain things for yourself, but if you ain't got shit going on, you can't be entitled to nothing. Like, you gotta, put the fries in the bag. - And a stingy, I don't like no stingy, man. Like, I ain't begging for nothing, but like, don't be stingy. What's your stingy for? - Yeah. - Yeah. Sharon is carrying. She's so hilarious. Okay, you maybe don't have to answer this one. This is just a funny one. Do you have a celebrity crusher? Did you have one when you were growing up? - Mmm. - After everything she said this podcast, this is where she draws a line. She's like, I don't know if I can say this. She's like, I got arrested six times. We flipped the truck, but I'm not gonna say that I had a crush on Zac Efron growing up. Like, I had one. I had two. - And who were that? - One was black, one was white. - Okay. - I love that. I love that. You know what's, it's-- - Oh, they gon' eat me up. - It's my greatest honor. - Johnny Bailow. Thank you so much for searing it into the crowd. (laughing) - Oh, they gon' eat me up. I don't want a lot of y'all. - Oh, wow. - Don't judge me. - We won't. Wouldn't this suggest-- - It was more like charisma. I used to have a crush on Bill Clinton. (laughing) - What the fuck? - That is the last thing. If you offered a hundred million dollars to say you have a thousand guesses, that wouldn't even be in the first 20. - All right, it's out the mud. (laughing) - I'm sorry. - Don't get me to be sorry, that's crazy in hilarious, but Bill Clinton is nuts. - Mm-hmm. - Bill Clinton, like, how could you possibly have a crush on that thing? - I don't know. I don't know. - Why? - I don't know for a very long time. (laughing) - That's so funny. - All right, and who is the other one? - Oh, I can't tell you. - No, now you have to. Now you have to. This is crazy. - You just said Bill Clinton. You can't, nothing's worse than that, I think. - My man. - You're a man that you're with now? - Mm-hmm. - That was your celebrity crush growing up. Okay, who is it? Is it secret? Who you're dating is, is it out there? - Uh-oh. - It's out there. - No, I mean, it's not hidden. - Mike, can we pull it up? (laughing) Can we pull up who, who gale beans? - He's not a celebrity, he's not a celebrity. - Okay. So then, he was your crush, you're like, I need to know a little bit more. (laughing) We could cut it if you want. - Okay, y'all gonna keep it in. - No, we'll cut it if you really want, we'll cut it. - 'Cause he's still alive. - Okay. - And I don't, here's the thing. He's like, yeah, you can't say no. Yeah, he, yeah. (laughing) - We'll cut it. - No, that's definitely not him. (laughing) - We'll cut it, now we just want to know. I promise you we'll cut it. - I have a boyfriend. - Okay. - So, but, and he's also not my crush anymore. - Okay. - But growing up, when I was younger, one of my crushes was, that's the only guy I've ever had a crush on a celebrity. - And that's your dating now. - No, I was mine. I just have a boyfriend now. - But he's top, he's top. - That's a good one now. That's a good one. - Yeah. - All right, last one. Early morning or night shoot, well, I'm done on a good note. - Probably early morning, 'cause once I get sleepy, I'm kind of quiet. - Okay. - Even though I hate mornings. - I'm like, I still got Bill Clinton in my head. - Oh my God. - Yeah, that's what busts my head. I can't believe she said that shit. - Bill, like what? - 'Cause I know, now in hindsight, I'm like, what the fuck? It didn't even look like anybody that I liked. - Yeah. - So, what was it? Did you see him on TV and was just like, - I was just like, damn. - Yeah. - He was in the white house doing his speech. Like, oh, I'm sorry, I got head in the white house and you were just like, that guy. He's who I want, you know? - Yeah. - Absolutely hilarious. Okay, guys. Gayle Bean in the building, we got Stofall coming out. The drop spin off. What's the exact date? - September 8th. - September 8th, we got P Valley coming out. The exact date is December 15th. Gayle just said December 15th is coming out. I'm just kidding. - It'll be before that. Okay, cool. That's a little piping hot tea that we have. Mike, give us one. - Cool as it. You have it. Gayle Bean, pull the pull the pull the pull. - Gayle Bean, pull the pull. - Make sure you follow her on Instagram at Gayle Bean. - At Gayle, underscore, underscore bean. - Okay. Double underscore bean. Mike Raina, Junior, Gianni, Palo. Thank you guys. We appreciate you tuning in. What a fun episode. It was so fun. - Shout out Bill Quinn. (laughing) (upbeat music) - Last ones in the airport buying breakfast. - Buy breakfast. (upbeat music) Day one, day one. (upbeat music)
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