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Hi Earthlings, welcome back to the pod of Negroes. of mess and thought. I'm Kiwi on the sticks. And I am Mia X, and this is The Read. Thanks for coming back. It is. It is, in fact, The Read. Welcome back. Wrapping up spooky season. I was going to say unfortunately, but it's like, this has been the one Halloween where I don't really feel in the season. Yeah, in the spirit. Yeah, I do get it. But not because of just like mental health or anything, but just because I'm like, I've been watching horror movies all year. It's been a really great year. I mean, just on my own, obviously, but also at the theater, it's been a really great year for new horror. And the real world is so horrifying. It is. But it's just like, well, every day's been Halloween. That's really, yeah. When you think about it, you're not wrong. You're wrong. So why have a day for it when literally day in and day out? Yes, it's just hell. This is hell. It's life now. Yeah. Okay. You kids go eat your candy, though. Enjoy your sweet treat. You remember that one episode of SpongeBob where something happened and Squidward turned around and he said that he was going to give SpongeBob so much love he would drown in it. No. And then he comes back and goes, "Drown in it!" I do not remember. Oh, it was the episode where he thought he killed him or something, or he thought he did something really, really bad that he didn't do. Oh, the pie one! Look at you. Yes, he got like a pie with a bomb in it, and he gave it to SpongeBob. And he thought that SpongeBob ate it, but it was an accident he wasn't supposed to. So he was like, "Oh, yeah, he's probably got to a sundown before that bomb goes off and kills him." And so Squidward's like, "I'm going to make the rest of the day the best day ever." That episode was fierce. I have to go watch it. So Squidward did have a heart. Look at that. Yeah, he did. He just wanted to be left alone. Underneath all that bitchiness. SpongeBob was out of this world. He was. Anybody would have got sick of him. They would harass him. Oh, my God. And Patrick was dead. He was dumb as a box of rocks on top of that. Yeah. Yeah. SpongeBob needs to break into his house. That wouldn't get on anybody's nerves. I think it was crazy. It's true. Oh, God. This should just be a SpongeBob episode. And all of the times where Squidward has been me and I have been Squidward. Oh, Lord. He's tried to leave these motherfuckers out stranded someplace. It always backfires on him. Poor thing. Not poor thing. And he works with Squidward. They were, though. And he works the register at the Krusty Krab, too. So all of them crazy people from Bikini Bottom come up to him and ask him, like, "Do you have a Krabby Patty with cheese that doesn't have cheese on it?" No. Like, that's the type of shit he does. Because why would that? Squidward, you could have really thrived on Earth. You could have done customer service or something like that. You could have done pretty well for yourself. Yeah, too. But also, too, to the writers who did that episode where he went to the, like, he was like, "Fuck it. I'm leaving." SpongeBob and Patrick literally blew his house up by accident. But blew his house up completely, like, just sand. Of course they did. And he's like, "I'm moving so far away none of you bitches will ever find me." And he moved to a whole other town that was just Squidward's. Oh, wait. I think I remember this. And he hated it. And he hated it. Yeah. He was like, "Uh-uh. I miss SpongeBob." He was like, "Oh, no. Not a bunch of bitches like me." "I'd trade that whole bunch of—yeah. No." The writers ate that. Yeah. SpongeBob used to be tea. For all of you who identify with Squidward, go see what it's like to live in a town full of Squidwards and all of a sudden you'll be like, "I might be the problem." Actually, some things I could work on. What a show, man. Truly, a gift I kept on giving. Okay. So, this week in Black Excellence, I'm going to give it over to a man by the name of Donnell Wittenberg. If you don't know, now you know. He is the first American ever to win a world gymnastics title on the steel rings. So, put that directly into your pipe of smoking. So, the steel rings like in gymnastics, you know, the rings up on the ropes or what have you. I'm finna Google it. And they do all kinds of flips. Oh, the rings. Death defying. It's essentially magic. Yeah. Oh, okay. I didn't know if it was a difference between the steel rings and some other kind of rings. Oh, yeah. I'm sure there's all kinds of different rings in gymnastics. Okay. Yeah. I wouldn't know. But this is the one that… Got it. I guess. Yeah. So, there's all kinds of, I don't know, moves and things. Yeah. I was going to say stunts, but I don't think that's the right word. But, like, watching it is… Like, I love the Olympics. I love, like… It's the Olympics. It's the Olympics. It's the Olympics. It's the Olympics. Yeah. Yeah. It's the Olympics. Like, these types of things. Same. Because I'm just like, "I guess the human body can do all sorts of shit." It really can. Because how is this big, beefy nigga defying gravity like this? This is phenomenal. Wow. He is a big, beefy nigga at work. Yes. And impossibly good looking. Yeah. So, he won… He's gotten world medals before. I think this is his first gold on steel rings. Like I said, he's the first American to win a gold medal. Like I said, he's the first American ever to win a world gold for that particular sport or event. And… Wow. I watched, like, the full video of the competition or whatever. Yeah. And, girl, it was like a hair… Jesus. Like,.2 seconds behind him was somebody else. And they cut to him when they revealed the points or whatever. And he was obviously… He had, like, his second… The silver medalist. Yeah. Had his hands up in his head. He was smiling, like, obviously happy that he placed. Yeah. But it was almost… It was almost this, like, amusement of, "Bitch. 2.2 seconds." Right. How dare you. This nigga got me by. Oh, my God. I'm watching it, too. This is insane. Donnell was… It's crazy. The strength you have… It's so cool. You have to be, like, 80 percent muscle to do this. This is… 100 percent. You're literally just muscle, bone, and blood. Wow. My God. Oh, it… And vigor. Integrity and determination. He is like… He is like… He is like… He is like… He is like… Integrity and determination. He is legit keeping himself suspended in the fucking air, and not wobbling or… In the air. Oh, bitch. The way I wouldn't even be able to get up on his own. And then he does a triple flip and lands, sticks it… Oh, wow. …like nothing. Oh, wow. Oh, bitch. Oh, that's beautiful. And his coach or somebody who's… Yeah. He has somebody behind him do the… Immediately, he was like, "Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You killed that shit. And you… Oh, oh." With Jill Scott. "This is so comfortable." Yeah. He is beautiful. You're right. Wow. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. So, yeah. Really, really cool. He became the third American to win a medal across five events. And, yeah. First American to win gold on that event. Congratulations, brother. And probably has a really cool future ahead of him. Adam Asil of Turkey. He was the guy who installed the silver. He was like… That was this close. Better luck next time, Adam. That was fucking close. Yeah. That was dangerous of a point. Taking that gold. Oh, my God. That's beating my ass, bro. Yeah. Yeah. Love that. Beautiful. Congratulations, Darnell. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. All right. Let's get into the mess of the week in a segment that we lovingly call Hot Tops. Because our tops are… Okay. The top is hot. Have I ever done the top as hot? As like a bit? The top is hot. The top is hot. I have to have that. Have to have. It's just right there. It is. It is. it's just right there like it's right there we have to have probably more than once actually yeah probably like a half but someone's gonna be like girl y'all did this like three weeks ago chris has said the top yeah you did it yesterday it's right there um okay i'll just get this one out the way update from the churchiness of last week did you have you heard marvin winan's update oh did you see the clip of him in the church didn't i say that the same bitches who line up for that nigga shitty movies are the exact same ones who'll be shooting their asses all over that church begging marvin winans to give him their money didn't i just say that it's the same we're not getting the boondocks back but that was close enough you i saw that shit i said all we were missing was huey and riley in that what are you talking that was so funny well that was so fucking funny i did sad yeah but Like, at this point, bitch. It's exactly what I expected to happen. The immediate breaking out into the holy. The immediate tap dancing on the devil. It was so mad TV. Wait, are we talking about the same thing? Marvin Winans, when he was in the church and told them that Tyler Perry. Okay, yes, we are. Okay. I was just making sure. And, like, as soon as he said it, the organ starts. Yeah. And Mama's in the front yard. I said, wow, you are really just going into your Holy Ghost praise break as if one dime of that money is going to you, sister. What? We haven't even fully gotten out anything yet. It was so performative and dumb. But I was cracking up. The same people. Literally. It's the same niggas. Yeah. Of course. Of course this happened. I was, like, almost in tears. I was laughing. Bitch, I was just like, there's a white fag suing him right, right now. And, you know, they said that's just the devil trying to get in the way of. Yeah, they don't believe him. a man of God. And Tyler Perry is just spreading God's message here on the earth. And you know one thing about white, the devil, he. Through what?. to steal, kill, and destroy. And so it's very obvious that this white man is just being. The devil is trying to get in the way. He's trying to get in the way of Tyler Perry and his godly endeavors, and we won't have it. Please. If they even heard about this, they immediately dismissed it as lies. Okay. So. Actually, I just needed to mention this because, you know, people are prepared to do whatever they would like to with their money in the church. Yeah. That's y'all's business. Like I said, this is an age-old meme. So, at this point. If you are black and even remotely grew up in the church, then you saw this coming from 18 miles away. If the pastor and his aquamarine gators telling you, Bitch, I want 2,000 on the dot or more. Don't you come over here with no nines and nines and nines. With your broke ass. With your broke, disgusting ass. You parven's chicken, bitch. I hope y'all opened up that food pantry. I hope y'all giving out groceries and shit with niggas' food stamps getting cut off. I hope y'all doing something for the community. They'll get a holiday bird. They'll also get a holiday bird. Everybody gets a holiday bird. No, fuck the holiday bird. You don't have a holiday bird. The holidays is three weeks away. I'm talking about here at the end of this week when them stamps. Oh, that's the devil. That's the devil. And right in the season, too. That's that hollowing spirit on you. Oh, right. Right. Right, right. You've been watching too much of that hocus pocus and that L word and that. No, they're going to have a hallelujah night and let them kids come play Bible trivia for candy and shit. I think I've never made me do a hallelujah night. Oh. No, we did a couple. We did a few. What am I talking about? We did a couple hallelujah nights. Hallelujah night was my only hallelujah. I have never gone trick-or-treating once, not one day in my life. I have to steal somebody's child and do it at some point. I don't have memories of my. I know that my parents. I know that my mother took me at least once. Hated it. Don't remember at what point in my life that was. I mean, she hated it, obviously. Yeah. And then all the other times that I trick-or-treated, I either went with friends or when I was old enough, I took my brother sometimes. Yeah. Never did, but. My mother was like, no, hell no. And no, and she didn't give out candy. Oh, no. We didn't either because everybody we knew went to church. So why would we be giving out candy? But we did get to wear costumes and we did get a lot of really excellent candy. So I was like. Yeah, same. It's kind of a wash. I got the point of this day, which is an insane amount of sugar. Sugar, sugar, silly candy, Scooby-Doo, Aladdin. All kind of stuff. You know, Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles. She at least let us dress up and put sugar on. I had fun at hallelujah night, but, you know, I just had fun. Yeah, hallelujah night was fun. Nigga, because it was church without church. It was church without having to sit in the sanctuary for an hour and a half, listening to them niggas ramble about whatever. And we got a bunch of candy. Like, I had a great time. Yeah. I mean, but I do still, I would, that is a childhood experience I missed out on, though. Yeah. Yeah, a little bit. Fair enough. All right. So I just saw that. I had to mention it. I thought it was so, so fucking funny. Um, I don't know what to make of it outside of that. Did we even say what happened? Yeah, Tyler. I don't even think we said what happened. Oh, Tyler Perry donated $100,000 to Marvin Winans' church. You're so stupid. Yes, he did. Tyler Perry, according to Marvin Winans, has donated $100,000 to the building fund. God bless the building fund. He was like, I can go in there and say the name since I already have it. Gabby, it was just so stupid. I urge you guys to find me. See how God moves. It was so fucking funny. All right. When a devil, busy trying to talk about other stuff, God always turn it around. And everybody's just falling out, spitting, crying, throwing up, doing backflips. It was like, oh, my God. Do you remember the scene where the granny's battling in church in Don't Be a Menace to South Central? No, I do not. Have you ever seen Don't Be a Menace? Yes, when it came out. And that was it. So it's been 30 years. It was just, it felt unreal. It was so funny. On top of that, like, on top of the fact that at the center of this, we're talking about the fact that Tyler Perry is giving PR donations. Right, right. To the church. And we tap dancing for it. Literally. It was so funny. Literally, niggas started praise dancing at the center. Okay, y'all got it, man. No, y'all have a blast. Yeah, I'm not involved. Build and fund it. Hopefully, hopefully you actually do finish that building, whatever else you got going on. Hopefully so. They're going to get, like, a new bathroom. Are they going to put, like, a little couch in the ladies' room? No, the ladies' room. Oh, yeah. They've been had a little settee. At least in the desk room. In the little powder room. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The church, yeah. They had that. They had that. Okay, here's some more, some lighter news. Deadline brought a smile to my face. Today, I see that one Janet Hubert will be starring in Bel-Air's final season. Oh, wonderful. Isn't that nice? Oh, yes. How full circle. Right. I actually love that. Okay. I actually do love that. You know what? I'm not going to do this today. That's wonderful news. How poetic. One day, your foot is too out. Okay, so a couple of Bel-Air OGs have made appearances on this adaptation. It says on Deadline, similar to them, Janet Hubert will be playing a brand new character. I mean, duh. I'm sorry. She's obviously not ambiv. It says she's set to portray a wise woman who Hillary, played by the very gorgeous Coco Jones, the very gorgeous and talented and sexy Coco Jones, meets and who becomes instrumental to Banks' family. I kind of want her to be a villain. Right? Huh. I wonder. I didn't even read that part about how she is introduced to the family. So, yeah. You know, I really did appreciate this Fresh Prince reboot. I really liked that they took it from, yeah, from a comedy to a drama and, you know, just the different approaches with the family and all that. It was a really well done execution of a reboot. So, I guess we'll see. But, yeah, this is wonderful news. This is great. It was such a, like, organic and thoughtful adaptation. It wasn't just reboot for the sake of reboot. Right. It was clearly. It was clearly from the presentation of it, even when it was, like, that tiny short glimpse that we saw before it became a full-fledged show. It was like, oh, this is from someone who has watched, understood, come from, and is like, this could be a drama. Right. There have been highly effective, dramatic episodes of that comedy. What if? Yeah. You know, rather than just, like, you know, off. 18 Rails at Soho House. All right. A whole bunch of other who the fucks. And, like, what do you got? Which is essentially the industry now. So, yeah, that alongside Janet Hubert continuing in her renaissance is delightful. And I can't wait to see who she's going to play. And I hope that she's at least got, like, even if she's not a villain, she's, like, one of those, like, sharp women that comes in and is just like. And you respect her, you know? I'm like, she's shady. Bad bitch. She's like, powerful, bad bitch. Yeah. And I said, this says Tyra Banks is going to guest star too. So they just really. Have you seen the girls coming for her? For this hot ice cream? What hot ice cream? Isn't Tyra Banks selling hot ice cream? I actually. What the fuck are you talking about? I refuse to look into it because the entire concept of hot ice cream pisses me off. What does that mean? I don't know. Girl, I put Tyra B. Google said Tyra Banks hot ice cream. The first thing. The first thing. First result. So what are you talking about? What are they dragging her for? Maybe this is part of it. All I saw was a post from one of the top model girls. One of the pretty black girls. Okay. I can't remember her name right now. But it had something to do with her enjoying Tyra's quote unquote flop era. I'm sure if you put Tyra Banks flop era in Google right now, you'll see her come up. Is it Eugenia? Anyways, Yaya liked the post. And so people are like, oh, the ANTM girlies. Because I also saw, I guess she was on Project Runway recently. Okay. And people, La Roche did a, I don't know where he was critiquing one of the girls. One of the contestants on Project Runway. While Tyra was sitting there as a guest judge. And he just randomly broke out into, I was rooting for you. We were rooting for you. And did like a whole bit of the, that moment from one of those episodes. She cussed out, what's her name? And Tyra didn't seem very entertained. Of course she didn't. Yeah. She seems like she's very, she cringes at all of the top model shit and all those clips. Oh, well, I mean, girl, I don't know what to tell you. That was you. That shit was wild. You did that. Y'all did that. The things y'all did on that show, I look back and I cannot believe it. Granted, the person was not just you. Right. But like. We can't forget the producers and all of this. It's reality TV producers. Reality TV producers were. Y'all are going to have to answer for your shit. Seriously. Yeah. At the day of reckoning, y'all going to be up there like, how do I justify this? How do I, I don't know how I'm, I can't go back from this, but yeah, I thought you was talking about this melted ice cream. No, I'm looking at it. She's selling for $13. Ew. Wait. So it's a, what is this? A McFlirt? No. So. Bigger than a flat white, thinner than a milkshake. I made it hot. As in hot cream, hot ice cream, liquid, warm. Tyra, this is stupid. Yeah. It's just this liquid. She has an ice cream shop called Smize and Dream, which if you trying to get away from top model, I don't know why you would call it that. But yeah, there's a, she's selling melted, watered down ice cream, milked down ice cream. A latte. Hot chocolate or melted ice cream. So what is it? Right. Says the cart you. Right. Yeah. It's, it, it is exactly that. It's just, it's a strange thing. A runnier milkshake, I guess. So you don't drink it? Do you eat it? I guess that depends on. Oh, you just drop it with a, well, it has a straw in it and a cup. Yeah. Cause it has like toppings. I mean, a straw and a spoon. Yeah. So you can like eat the toppings out of it and then drink it. So it's a milkshake. Yeah, basically, but, but not as good as a milkshake. Oh my God. This feels like one of those things that doesn't have to happen. This is so. No, this is very stupid. This is extremely dumb. I've seen so many TikToks about it and I just have to keep. Nah, we're talking. Well, cronuts are real and cronuts are delicious. You know, that's it. That, okay. Now I'm talking. Like, what if a croissant was a donut? What if a donut was a cookie? Yes. That was an incredible idea with incredible execution. Yeah. This is just like, what if I left my ice cream? And then poured extra milk into it to make it soupier for whatever reason. And then put whatever toppings I want on it. I don't understand. And then served it at room temperature, but called it hot. I'm going to look up how this is made. I can guess. Oh, it's probably proprietary. But I have to see. No, you won't, you won't be able to take a peek behind the scenes. Is she the only one doing it? Have you heard of a dumber? Have you heard of anybody else saying this dumb shit out loud? Fair. Fair enough. Bitch, I can melt my own ice cream. I can. It's in Australia? Is it? Is it real? No. No way. No. Immediately like, ain't no way. Ain't no way. I'm so confused. We're in Australia, mate, it says across the top. Is that it? Oh my God. It does say best ice cream in Sydney. Oh, it said 42 Wallaby Way. No, it's in the Darling Harbour. My Dory. Wow. My precious Dory girl. This is real. Hold on. We're in Australia. Does she live there? Smize and drink. She must live there. NYC. I could see Tyra living in like, randomly living in Australia for whatever reason. Okay, yes. It's in, it's not just in Sydney. Right. It can't be. Right. Right? Right. It isn't. No. It looks like it's coming to New York this winter as like a pop-up type of thing. Her mysterious hot ice cream. It isn't hot ice cream. Okay. Okay, so that's another thing. This is my fault. If it isn't hot. This is my fault. Then what is it? So it's not hot when you consume it? That's not, yeah. The temperature is not hot. This says it was neither hot nor cold when it was served. So what is it? It's. I'm sorry, I don't mean to yell. It's melted ice cream, but watered down. But it says it's not that either. Why would I pay $13 for a cup of that? Why would I do that? If someone somehow could find a way to get this in front of me, I'll try it. I would try it. Just because I have to know. How is it. And I would love to try this in her face. Because I'm looking at the website and this looks like ice cream. There's no way it's not in Los Angeles. Oh, right. 395 Santa Monica Place, suite A01. I'm like, there's no way this is in here. Apparently it's already in LA. This is the most LAS bullshit I've ever heard. Okay, now we're back on track. I was like, there's no way. Now we're back. When I tell you I was in Wonderland. You said no. The home of Erewhon. Please be serious. There's absolutely. Like, come on. I'm surprised it didn't start in one. Oh, right. I was about to say, can you not get it at Erewhon? I'm kind of like, this must have started in Erewhon, right? And then she got her own place? Oh, Tyra. This is just that. Oh, wait, no. This says it's closed. Tyra, I'm done playing with you. Yelpers report this location has closed. Damn. I'm done playing with you. Never mind. I'm done playing with you, Tyra. Love you, gorgeous. You're beautiful. I don't know what hot ice cream is. If I can ever try it, I will. Because I'm just that perplexed so far. I wasn't even going to talk about you today. And I feel like I've gone on this long journey about figuring out what the fuck that is. But she's so real. Ice cream, too. I see one here called Peanut Butter and Juju. So I thought maybe it was like a partnership with Juju Watkins. But no, she's just being cute. Oh. She's just being cute. I thought you meant like Sinner's Juju. All right. Okay. Where's the good one? Okay. Yeah. So yeah, I guess there's hot ice cream and real ice cream. So she'll be on Bel-Air, too. Yeah. Right. Coming back to the point of this. You see how easy it is for us to get distracted. This is insane. Life is an amusement park. Yeah. Interested to see how that turns out. And who everyone actually will be playing. Okay. Did you watch the verses between No Limit and Juju? I didn't. So I watched part of it. I think I got maybe 45 minutes into it. But I've been sick, as you can probably tell, over the past couple of weeks. So I've been going to bed very early. And I just could not stay awake for too long. But it's all over YouTube. So I picked it back up. I'm still not done with it. But it was. You know, the thing about verses is the performances really matter. It's not really the songs as much as the performances when it comes to this verses format. And so I. And the bill. And like whose verses it is. Right. And so that was really Cash Money's problem. Cash Money was missing just about everybody. Right. I knew that. Just throughout the era. Juvenile. It was Juvenile versus No Limit. Damn. and so if you ask me no limit one the verses mia x baby that's literally why i introduced myself it's her i know she came through and shut that shit down but yeah without wayne drake mickey turk it was just like this ain't it's it's manny fresh and juvenile up there doing their best but like what we finna do for real yeah so yeah but i i haven't i really figured that was gonna happen at some point yeah yeah i know that there was a little bit of drama on no limit side with mercedes we sing on agatelle because she wasn't that far it was like not not during the show okay this was like outside oh okay okay yeah yeah she's she was upset and threatening to sue uh no limit i feel like because she wasn't she didn't perform and they played her song i can tell oh yeah and she's like you know no limit doesn't own that song so y'all about to fuck around i know i guess well so matt do they have to own his plate not necessarily i didn't think so like girl i don't think that if it's available on apple music i think they can play it furthermore one of the co-writers of the song was there and played the song and yeah performed as part of the song okay well um he got on instagram mac phipps got on in on instagram after this and was like basically mercedes wasn't booked to she didn't have a contract with versus oh okay so versus isn't gonna pay you to bring you out because we want like i don't know whatever he was basically just like she wasn't contracted i didn't perform her parts we didn't replace her with mia x or bring me x out instead of her or anything like that like i love her we go back i play her song all the time when i'm on the radio i mean on the radio when i'm on the road and you know when her song when her parts come on i let the crowd sing just like when the show when we were doing the verses her part came on i'd be like i sing so essentially i guess he was trying to say that he always showed her love it wasn't a personal thing and it was like you didn't have a contract with versus what you want me to do type thing oh well she since then has like apologized oh okay yeah well all right so it seems like hands were reached across the desk mm-hmm mng was exchanged get that girl some money just get that girl some money hello because between birdman and masterpiece people have been robbed but bald naked niggas have been swindled and y'all know it so go on and get it slide that girl some money and say we are bad sorry girl because why didn't she have a contract with versus why didn't y'all throw her name right like why why not why didn't it happen it just seems weird especially if you was gonna play her song um like during the it just that's the thing that's the that's strange a very famous and recognizable song right so but you know i agree no limit one simply because so many more niggas showed up maybe versus was like no we can't book anybody else you already have a dozen niggas and they have two drakes i pick up the phone nicky's not picking up the phone them niggas are swimming so no you can't bring them right turk is suing birdman oh yeah yeah so wayne don't that's why birdman brought out uh maybe that's why birdman brought tamar so for famous friends are they i thought they have no idea okay because i'm like did i hallucinate them being married and then divorced tony after oh jk never mind never i don't know what's going on so why was tamar braxton there that's uh no i'm even the way that i was just like oh okay his wife ex-wife what is that but no wrong sister why was tamar there and from this i saw i learned two things one the braxons are still on tv they have a new season out right now yeah they do and two tawanda was just on the braxons accusing tamar of fucking tony's ex birdman they bleeped out the name that she said but okay i so that's so the clip i saw from the braxtons was tamar saying that she knows where tawanda lives because she made the down payment on her house it's that same episode what so if tamar is fucking birdman i'm gonna be oh y'all thought i was hard on cardi bitch because not only is birdman disgusting i mean just nothing like i'm literally not even seeing the appeal i'm i at nothing i don't get it but that aside starfish on the top of his head different strokes for different folks you know everybody finds somebody attractive fine yeah yeah but that being your sister's ex or current or whatever he that being your sister's man how i'm i'm really not getting it like somebody please make it make sense give me the extra context tell me it's all a lie or you know this is just something tamar is doing to to drum up interest in the new season of the show and i'm not getting it to drum up interest in the show or please please something because it's beyond trifling your sister's man girl okay all right i'm gonna wait for the facts and the gag is you got into that argument before this so you knew that there was footage prepare to come out with your sister accusing you of fucking your other sister's man yeah we don't even know if this the man you talk she mentioned but we know that you then decided to go to her ex's show and be wiping his his head and getting cute yeah i'm really why what hmm i'm sorry tamar it's and and things have been you know it's been weird news coming from tamar's direction for a while now just strange things seem to be popping off over there so yeah i'm i'm anxiously awaiting the clarification here because i know you're not fucking your sister's ex-husband i just know it i know people do a lot of trifling raggedy ass shit i know you're not fucking your sister's ex-husband though like you can't be so i'm just gonna wait for y'all to say something that makes this make sense this is the funniest thing i've ever seen that currently right next to me about to wash the windows so oh yeah yeah i was about to say i probably can't hear nothing moving on uh as a record-breaking storm is running its way through my family's home of the island jamaica drake is terrorizing jamaica jamaicans in a whole other way because vibes cartel had a concert in toronto on sunday and of course drake had to make sure he was there so drake was at the vibes cartel concert doing what but he said burman when i tell you that i couldn't ever he performed i couldn't ever do a concert oh my god oh my god he performed three songs at the vibes cartel uh concert this is the first time vibes cartel has had a show in canada so drake and his cornrows obviously had to give a heartfelt speech first and so he goes on he's like we've been rocking and praying and hoping for this day so i hope you say understand tonight is not just about music turns to everyone he goes tonight is not just about seeing two artists and i'm like yeah that's what i've seen one yeah it was you it wasn't about seeing you at all brother we're shocked i go to concerts in toronto you've done this i've seen you pop up like you could do i've experienced the oh my god drake is here i'm i yeah he goes to to vibes he goes welcome home we're so grateful and happy to have you i mean welcome home toronto is very jamaican canada is very jamaican it's not more jamaica than jamaica i mean Welcome home in Canada. I don't. I do not get it at all. I definitely do. I don't. Carabana, all of that type of shit. It's a huge, huge, huge Caribbean. Of course. Of course. But it's Canada. I think it's just, I think his sentiment there is like home away from home. Okay. Welcome home. This is a home for you. Blah, blah, blah. Okay. I see niggas that really. All right. Okay. We're so grateful. Happy to have you. You saved all of our lives. Um, trust me, especially out here. And then asked if he could play a few records and perform hotling, hotline, bling, controller and Nokia. Of course. What does Nokia even have to do with it? Isn't Nokia the one that's like, quit calling my phone. Yeah. That's not even a record. I think it's his most recent hit. Just do control. Like I said, vibes card. Whatever. Listen. Yeah. I see here that these shows were presented by OVO. And now everything. Oh, that explains everything. I was so confused. Everything. When I was reading this, I was like, did he present it? Was this like. Yes. I didn't finish reading. Yes. OVO produced these shows. OVO brought vibes cartel to Toronto. That is why. That explains everything. Oh, God. Okay. Okay. Oh, that brings my heart to so much ease. So this is like, okay. There we go. It's going to happen. Big checks were involved here. Yes. Big checks. Okay. I see vibes cartel got his little, um, his little OVO neck necklace. They gave him a chain. Yeah. That and that in the blue Jays jersey. Like they, they got him candid out. Yeah. Yeah. Trick was also there for the world series. He got a facial. Your skin looks good, brother. Um, I, this was too much. It was like, I will. Aren't y'all going through a concert and I will be ushering at haven't you learned anything? I just learned anything. Oh, okay. Well, this is this niggas go jump in front of a bullet for you. Actually, let me just, um, yeah, I'm happy that Canada got a vibes cartel concert. Um, I, I love y'all. I love your food. Uh, I love my people and I know that that was probably a really good time for you and something that you'd want for a while, whether that light-skinned man was there or not. I'm sure that you had a blast and that means a lot to me. Yeah. Furthermore, I'm happy to see the vibes. Cartel is dark skin again. I forgot for a little bit. I forgot to be coming back or you can fix it. Come on, please. Brown. So that's nice as well on the flip side of the. Drake coin. He is currently being sued by a man in Missouri. Uh, we're talking about 34 pages of a class action complaint for that good old steak, baby. Yes. The gambling is going down the doll baby. Justin Killam in Missouri is moving to see Drake as well as internet white boy, Aiden Ross and stake.us saying they've actively misled consumers when they promoted stake.us as a quote. Harmless, quote, harmless, unquote, social casino. I want to know where they said it was harmless. Did they really say that? I would be shocked if they did, because I would as well. Every gambling ad I've ever seen says, uh, this comes with the risk of you losing your shit. So I feel like it has to, right? So that's quite interesting, but, huh? So many like cigarette ads and magazines. And stuff will basically be like, don't smoke this. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean, if, uh, according to the, okay, great, great. We get no, we get no, cause I was just about to ask what, what is the fucking issue here on rolling stone? It says, according to the students, highly addictive and quote, unlawful gambling platform. And again, I'm like. I want to know how unlawful we're talking about in these quotes, because I just feel like with as big a platform as famous as platform mistake is, and also considering that their front runner is one of the most famous musicians right now, I feel like they would have the sense to have every legal duck in a direct. Yeah, right. I would think different places. And states and whatever have, I guess, different laws, or I don't really know how this is going, but yeah, it says that the complaint was filed Monday in Jackson County circuit court, the accused of the defendants of deceptive fraudulent and unfair practices that violate Missouri law and cause real life gambling losses at risk to at risk users. Yes, that's, that's what gambling is. The suit says stakes, deceptive trade practices have inflicted severe harm on the vulnerable in Missouri and ex. And especially on individuals prone to gambling addiction and young consumers targeted through stakes, free, free play marketing. Now, that's one of the things that's always kind of given me the heebie-jeebies about this shit. Because the first time I looked it up, I was like, what is, okay, what is this shit that Drake keep talking about on Twitch and kick and whatever. And I'm like, okay, when I first looked at it, I'm like. It seems like an app that you put on your, any phone, iPad, computer, and much like a Netflix or a Roblox or whatever, I guess you just scroll through there and pick whatever gambling game thing you want to do and just go in. But the thing that gave me the gross was that it seems like it, it has some sort of, I noticed like a, some sort of feature where you can, the first couple of games or the first couple of whatever are free. So it gets you in. To the motion and the lifestyle and the cycle of, of gambling to hook you. And then for the next thing, you know, you make it outside. So the fact that I know how gambling works and understand how gambling addiction can, can take place. But there is just something really gross about celebrities, especially grown ones going to places that are specifically popular. And it's populated by young people and being like, hey, want to ruin your life. It's predatory. It absolutely is. I just don't think that makes it illegal necessarily. Yeah, no, of course not. I mean, right. But I've been very vocal about how I feel about gambling and the rise in these gambling apps. Like it, gambling should have never been legalized the way it has been and spread to all the, all 50 states. And now it's 18 different apps. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You can download and y'all parlay in your fucking electric bill money and all that. Like it should have never gotten this far. It's absolutely crazy. Niggas is getting arrested now for allegedly being part of things behind the scenes and players throwing games and shit like that. Like, it's just. Oh, yeah. It's so crazy. But, but is it illegal? Even like you mentioned the fans be one, like meet a player outside. Oh, yeah. Cussing people out. Being read. Being read. That's horrible for you. Of course it is. And you get addicted. They all have a first $50 you bet win 200 or whatever. They have all have some sort of bullshit to hook you in. And then the next thing, you know, you considering gambling like your part time job. And I think it's, I think it's, it's one of the few ads I refuse to have on the show. I refuse to read on the show. It's one of the few categories where I'm like, no, absolutely not. Fuck that. And I, I absolutely believe it's horrible. It's horrible for people, especially young people. It's, it's, uh, it's designed to keep you addicted. Correct. Correct. But is it illegal in this America? Yeah. I don't think there's anything wrong with a grown up on a girl's trip on a friend's giving or whatever. And it's like, Oh, let's go to the casino and whatever. Just for fun. Have a hangover the next day and talk about all the money you lost and laugh. And that's where it should have. And that's where it stays. But to this point, there is a predatory nature in these apps and the rise of them, like you said, and the way they were presented. Right. I can't go up to the hard rock and be like, just let me get on the slides and play free a couple of days. What are you talking about? Hell, maybe you can now. You probably have memberships where you like, Hey, the first hundred games are free. The next thing you know, you're dead. I wouldn't know. Cause you know, of all of my propensities, thank God. I don't. I don't have one for gambling. It's something about losing my little $100 that I take my $100 out in Vegas. And baby, when it's gone, it is gone. She's gone. Thank goodness. I do not get addicted to the feeling of losing my shit. But like, yes. The first time I lost money at a casino was the last time. I'm sure I've told that story. And it wasn't a crazy amount. That's what I'm saying. Because I was like, oh, I came in here and I had money. And I don't have that money anymore. Right. And I don't. I don't like this. And I don't want to play. Right. I'm not going to the ATM because the ATMs and the casinos got $20 fees and shit. It ain't no regular $2, $3 to take your money out in the casino. It's a minimum of $10. No, I'm actually not addicted to this feeling. Not at all. Not at all. I take it. Walking around passing out three Long Islands and free vodka. So this is shit like this. And we all sit there and play the penny machines. And the very first time I went to Vegas, this was long, long ago, long ago before it was so widespread. Although in Oklahoma, you always could go to the casino. The Native Americans have casinos. You always could do that. So it wasn't even appealing in that way for me. But my friend was like, you can just sit there and play the penny machines. And the girls come by with free drinks. Like, yes, it's well drinks, but it's free drinks. And that's exactly what I did. Sat there and played them penny machines and got drunk for free. Well, for $8 or whatever. Right. On them shitty drinks. Definitely had those nights as well. Yes. Yes. And that's how it's supposed to be. These kids gambling in high school and shit. It's a damn shame. It's crazy. Yeah, it's really bad now. I do think something should be done about it. Same. I don't know what kind of case. This Justin Killam person has. But I hope, doubt, but hope that there's something that could just shake something into the system. I have no hope in a stake. You know, that is the. Oh, no. They built on that. And I think Drake has an actual gambling problem. So, like, I don't know. I agree. He might have to address his own shit before he addresses anybody. But this administration trying to limit people's ability to make money. I don't see that happening. I don't see these courts, these judges. This administration siding with the consumer. Sorry. I really don't. Oh, wait. Hold on. Tamar update. Oh, okay. I don't care what y'all say. I'd do it again. Do what again? Go to the Versus and wipe that nigga forehead? Yeah, I guess. So, are you fucking your sister's husband? All right. This is. If your sister don't treat me like. Tamar treats Bird. I know your fam don't like me. What? And I be talking behind my back. She held him down that whole night and had to give my boy some water. Held him down like he was in prison? Because the. I guess. I don't know who reported this, but it says that Tamar made Birdman hydrate because he was chugging liquor. Oh, that's a grown man. He know how to pick up a cup of water if he's thirsty. What the fuck? Okay. All right. Y'all real dumb. So, Glowrilla was performing at Jamie Foxx's house. You sure about this? Jamie Foxx's daughter has a music festival. What? Jamie Foxx's daughter has a music fest. What is it called? I don't know how to say it. How is it spelled? S-L-K. Hold on. S-S-K-L-V-K? What? What? I did not hear, oh, no, one vowel. No, it's like an acronym, I think. Or is it one of those things where you. Where, like, they take the vowels out? I'm finna just look it up. Hold on. It's S-K-V-L-K fest. But I don't know how to. I don't know what that means. Oh. Oh, it is S-K-V-L-K fest. What is that word supposed to be? I don't know. Skvok? Skv. His daughter's name is Annalise Bishop. So, then that. His youngest daughter. She's 17. She started doing this when she was 14, I believe I read. Yes. Yes. And, yeah, this is the latest one. And this is at his house? I think so, because Gorilla was there performing. Someone threw a bottle at her. Oh, my God. She responded, said, I don't care how young you are. You can get your ass beat. Well. Then Jamie Foxx got on the microphone and went off. And started saying, who did it? Who did some goofy shit like that? No, why would you do some shit like that, goofy-ass nigga? Why? Goddamn. Why would you throw something at the stage, man? This is for free. It's free inside his house, I guess. Y'all don't deserve this shit. That's fucked up, bro. I'm so disappointed. I love y'all, but I hate whoever the fuck that was. That ain't cool, man. You throw some shit in my house, in my crib. Nah, man, that ain't cool. Now, here's the kicker. This event is limited to guests aged 14 to 22. So, it's for children. Not that that gives anybody the right to throw things at stages, because I still don't understand what any of you are ever thinking when you do that. But, now that I know it is mainly youth, it makes a lot more sense. Okay. So, a couple of things for me. Just a few questions. One, why are, you know, the language feels sharp for a crowd of kids. Yeah. Although, I'm sure the musicians were not, you know, performing censored music. Right. And I suppose they wouldn't have to because, on to my next point, some of these people are over, some of these people are legal adults. But, what event has an age range of 14 to 22? Yes. That's quite strange. It should either be 14 to 17, or even 14. 14 to 21. I could even see that because you can't drink. But, I don't think legal adults and legal minors, I don't think an event should be targeted for both of those age groups. For both. And why is it free at your house? There's something very weird about that. And why was Tyga invited? See, now it's sounding like a Predator roundup. Now it's sounding like, hey, Predators, come find your kids. Come find your next man. My thing is, with the age gap thing, when I first thought that, I wasn't even going from like, oh, this is dark, creepy, Predator. That wasn't even my first thought. It was the second one. But, my first thought, my first thought was, if I'm 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, I don't want to party with no dad at 14 years old. Especially 21 and 22. I can go to real clubs. Why the fuck would I be at this? 18, 19, maybe. Because you can't get in. Right. But these kids got fake IDs. Sure. But, at Jamie Foxx house? Yeah. And a big party that's been taking place, I guess, three years now? Something's weird about that. I'm sorry, I don't get it. I just don't understand that age group. Especially because the kid whose event it is, your youngest kid, is 17. So, I still don't understand. So, is it 22 so that you can have some? I don't get it. I don't get the. Me either. I don't get the age range thing. And apparently, it's meant to be pronounced skulk, but the V, the U is a V instead. No. I had to Google it because it was pissing me off. No. I don't understand that. Yeah. So, I have so many more questions now. Why is Jamie Foxx inviting 14, 15, 16, 17? Like, no. I'm sorry. Your daughter can have a birthday party, of course. She can invite her actual real-life friend and you can book these people to perform. And that's one thing. But some. What? Was it open to the public? Like, people just had to go register or some shit and then they can come to your house? It's. This is very. I'm assuming. At first, I assumed it was private. But then I'm like, this is probably an L.A. event. I don't know if it's open to the public where, like, people can buy tickets, but maybe it is. If the intention is to turn it into a music festival, for real, for real, then, at some point, I would assume they're gonna start selling tickets and figuring out a way to make money off of it. And, honestly, if your daughter had a birthday party that felt like a jam and she has. I don't know. Maybe she's gone to. I don't think she's old enough to go to Coachella. I don't know. I don't know what Coachella's ageist things are. But if she's out here, she definitely. Coachella is, like, a season. Whether you go. Go or not. So, I could see maybe being super rich, you know, super sweet 16 parent, your kid wants to, like, I want to start my own music festival. Why not pour energy into that and support if you can? But I think you definitely have to be very, very careful and mindful of how it's done. Especially, not only because your kid's underage, but because your guests are underage. Right. And is there alcohol being served? Because you're running into a lawsuit easily if these kids end up getting drunk. That's another thing. I would suggest you do not have alcohol at these events. But if I'm 21 or I'm 22, what the fuck are you talking about? You know what I mean? Like, so then you're going to do what? Wristbands? Which everybody knows how to, like, there's no, what's the word? There's no guarantee. Yeah. That that won't go into mixy dangerous places. And how do you know? People over 21, over 22 can just go get drinks for someone who is not. They can give drinks to people. It's just. And how do you do an age verification? It could easily be 26 year olds and there are 14 year olds and they're like, I don't have my ID, bro. And then, like, because most kids don't have ID. Most teenagers don't carry ID until they're old enough to drive. So it's just very, I'm really, really confused about this event. No part of it makes sense. Jamie Foxx. To the front, please. What the fuck is this? And I'm going to need answers. And now that I'm looking at the Instagram at the Skulk Fest Instagram, all the comments are like 14. Why the fuck for? I'm not dropping my baby off at no party at Jamie Foxx house and grown people not even allowed to be there. It is just. Like, even if your intentions are good, bro. You have to be. You know what I'm saying? No. This. This is very strange. Sorry. When I saw this story went from like, now, why do people keep throwing shit on stages? Like, what are you? Yes. Yes. To this was that Jamie Foxx house. Yeah. Wait, what does that say? What are all these letters together? I can't read this. It was like, wait, how old are these things? Tiger was there? Right. And of course, they don't have his address on the flyer. It was a shuttle. They you take your kids to the Oaks Mall. Yeah, of course. And then a shuttle takes them. Hell, baby, when I say absolutely not, you know, OK, so now I'm thinking they must have extended it to 21 to 22 so that like an older sister or older cousin could go and supervise the younger people like there's a way to do that. I'm trying to make it make sense. You see how this don't make no fucking sense. Yeah, there's a way to do that. Yeah. So without opening it up like you could literally have a subsection in your ticketing or whatever where someone who needs a chaperone, for instance, gets like a specific pass for that type thing where you're not necessarily opening it up for everybody, but you could find ways to have like, oh, well, this person's coming with me, but they're not like a guest guest. They would have like a different pass or whatever, whatever. There's no liquor here. Just so you know, and you have to be, you know, I mean, there's just ways that you can guard puts guidelines around that if that's what you wanted to do. Yeah. But to me, from the get go, this is the thing where it's like. First of all, if if you're some years and find a place to do it, that's one to. 14 to 22 don't make no sense. No. Even out of outside of the Epstein shadowy, you know, villain place. Like I said, just in terms of event planning for what? What? Where? I'm sorry. No, there's I think I really feel like at this point, I don't care what kind of party or festival your daughter wants to have. You really have to be aware of what the fuck this looks like as a public figure in the wake of Diddy and Epstein and every fucking thing else. This seems so fucking weird, bro. I don't get it. I don't. Yeah, I don't get it either. So no, I get it out of here. Um, glue. Glorio is apparently also dating a basketball player, too. Is she? Who might that be? Brandon Ingram. Oh, Toronto. Yes. Now, wouldn't, you know, Mr. Sports shorts. Yeah, that's where he's from. It's where he plays the thing. Oh, Lord. Okay. Well. Yeah, there's, like, a clip of her sitting courtside and him coming up and giving her a kissy poo. Okay. Well, that's disgusting. And I guess the fans are like, you don't have to say that ever again. Yeah, that was kind of gross. You're a little peck. That was pretty gross. A little kiss. Hmm. Good for you, Glo. Having love and finding love. Speaking of sports shorts, Megan Thee Stallion said that Clay better drop all of the points. Bless my girl. Bless her. She's just having a good time. She is. I don't give a fuck about what you're talking about, because she doesn't know. At all. That girl do not care. Did you hear her new song? I did. It's okay. I watched the pornographic video. It's the video for me. The song is fine, but the video. Oh, my God, Megan. Jesus Christ. She's so gorgeous. She's so fine. She's the same way we was talking about that nigga on the rings who won the gold. Yeah. Megan twirling around the things she can do with her body. Jesus Christ. Yeah, you work out. We can tell. That's not surgery. We don't give you them abilities. That girl be in the gym training with that. I'm ready for her anime to drop so I can get some action figures. Jesus. She is fine. Oh, well, she's really gorgeous. I did enjoy the video more than the song or accompanied with the song. I agree that the song is fine. I think I said it. I don't really care for love rap songs that much. And I mean, this is really I'm with my man. Find your own man. I'm popping this pussy all over him. Pop this pussy. And I was just like everything. I'm having a great time with this rich nigga with a big dick. Like, okay, bitch, just rub it in. Fuck. Oh, my goodness. Yeah. Some is how is his Clay Thompson doing? Apparently, people are. I'm seeing vibrations of people saying that they're accusing Megan already of sucking the soul out. Or sucking. I'm sorry. They said sucking the talent out of them. Oh, wow. Well, not great. You know, I don't think he's I. I don't think the Mavs are doing that well, but the season just started. Everybody needs to calm down. This is the NBA has a long fucking season. Everybody relax. But yeah, it might. He might just, you know, be on the other side of his peak, which is fine. We all get there. Or maybe he's too busy collecting and catching shiny Pokemon on the new legends with Megan all night. Goddamn long trading and shit doing battles. He don't have. Well, I mean, they be posting videos of them working out. I'm just joking. Yeah. But Clay Thompson don't have nothing else to prove. He don't have nothing else to win. He has done it all. I just think that talk is just like, oh, let's let's bash a woman. It's just like it may be even be because Megan specifically is so hated. It could be like, I think, a number of black girls. If it was Dolce dating this figure, people would be like, you see? You started dating that bitch and taking pictures and being all happy and hugging her dog. You know, now my prize picks. Nigga, if you don't get directly in the bin and shut your everlasting ass. Yeah. Y'all love to blame shit on women when it's just that people have ebbs and flows in their careers. And it is what it is. The nigga's been a. You can't even make it up three flights of stairs. Y'all are. Why are you talking to an athlete about anything? Strange. This is like his 14th season. Yeah, I think that's going to be it for me for the hot tops this week. Let's talk about Cameron suing J. Cole. But. We already passed the last. I don't have the fortitude for this. I really don't. And I also don't have it. It is really funny. Sad. But, you know, that's the theme this week, I guess. Okay. Sad, but I'm laughing my way through it. I'm kind of laughing anyway. What else? I'm laughing out of me, right? We have to keep from crying. Right. That's it. We'll take a break and come back. All right, Earthlings. It's time for your letters. What you got? Yes, it is. Send your questions to asktheread at gmail.com. We may read them aloud on the show. Our first letter this week comes from Devrin, who says, Hey, guys. Thank you so much for all that you do. I'm sitting here at four in the morning fighting depression and taking your advice from a recent letter about happiness, not coming to knock on your door and you having to go out and find it anyway. I've been battling depression because all my niggas found out about each other and I'm really sad. But it's my fault and I need to go to therapy. The crazy part is I can afford therapy, but right now I'm just trying to pay off my credit cards and doing both is not plausible. But I do plan on starting therapy in January. But anyways, that's not why I'm writing you. Clearly. Iconic. Y'all are iconic. Okay. My friend wants to visit me for an entire weekend and I quite honestly hate hosting people in my home. It's exhausting. I hate talking and just having people around. But I do. Well. Is that a license? I like going to sleepwalking. But I do love going on trips and meeting friends in other cities. I feel like it's way more fun that way and we can both experience it. I just don't like hosting people and taking them around my city, especially because I grew up here in Dallas and I want to leave and move to New York soon. I told this friend that I work a lot and I spend my off days just regrouping and trying to make it through the day. But now she's thinking that I just don't want her to come. She constantly tells me that she feels like she's my ugly friend and I don't want her around, which is not the truth. She is a bit older. I'm 30 and she just turned 47. But I'm just not mentally in a space to host anyone. Am I a bad person for doing this? I told her that next year would be better for me and we can meet in a new city and do something fun somewhere else. But I'm just not in a good space right now. I'm honestly sad because I feel like I sabotage a lot of my romantic relationships and I'm working on becoming a better person. I have been told by friends and lovers in the past that I'm selfish and only tend to think of myself. And I think that's why my entire life blew up just a couple of weeks ago. Anyway. Just let me know what you think. Thanks. Debra said, look, it's 4 a.m., okay? Things are going to be all over the place. That is the funniest. Iconic. Y'all are everything. What was the question? So there's a lot here. But Debra. Like dealing with the depression and kind of like pushing people away. Yeah, right. So he has these issues. He, she, they really don't know the gender here. Debra does sound like it could be. Debra could be anybody. So the issue of, you know, Debra had multiple niggas. They found out about each other. Now their love life. That's separate from the issue of Debra's friend wants to come visit. Debra is really not in the head. Can you say how long it was? The friend wants to visit for a weekend. Okay. Yeah, that's dope. Yeah. No, when you like, when you're really depressed. Yeah. And anxious about it. And having anybody come over for any amount of time. It feels like hell. It does. Yes. Yes. So I get it. I think. This one kind of has me a little torn. Because on the one hand, I want to be like the fluttering. Angel on one shoulder. That's kind of like, what if your friend came and it was the best fucking weekend ever. And you like, you've had all this anxiety. You're just like, no, no, no, no. I hate it. I don't want to do it. I'm not feeling good. Not in a good space. What if you're just like, you just took a leap. You're like, said, and you let them come and you grin and bear it up until the point, you know, you're like, I don't want to do it. You're just like, I'm going to, this is great. Be fine. But what if they come and they spend the weekend with you and you have some anxiety and it feels depressed or whatever. You talk about that. Get out of the way. Out of the way. Smile. Maybe have some wine. And then by the end of the weekend, it's like, you had a blast. What if that's a possibility? Of course it is. So I just want to just, I want to just put that there. I want to just put the little angel fluttering right there. Yeah. And then on the other side of that, I would say like, if you really are firm, like, no, I already know. I'm not, it's, it's not going to happen. I think that I would be as clear with my friend about how I'm feeling, why I'm feeling and why I made the decision that I made. And I would try to do something to maintain connection and care until this next year or whatever, you know, proposed. Yeah. Upcoming trip or whatever, whatever the rain check is. So you don't, you're not making them feel like, cause I hate the friends that like the ugly friend or like, so you're not making them feel like neglected or discarded. And you're just being as clear as possible. Like you are not, nobody's ugly or you are my friend. This is a knee thing. I want to be able to feel like I'm being neglected. I want to be able to feel like I can be good to you, especially if you're going to be in my space and I don't feel confident. Yeah. Yeah. What can we do in the meantime to love one another until I get to that place? Right. So I would just, if you, if you, I'm saying is if you really don't feel like you could do it, communicate that you're not with your damn friend and it's not a personal thing. It's just, it is a you thing and try to stay connected with them as much as possible. Because, um, you both sound like you could use it. Mm-hmm. Yeah. This friend does sound like they could really use some time. Um. Yeah. And that's, you know, to have a friend, you have to be a friend. And so I get, I get that. And I really do. I agree that if you know you're not in the headspace to host, you have to say that because giving in and being like, okay, come anyway. And then she comes. Yeah. Yeah. And then the next friend comes and you're like ignoring her or slamming doors or whatever. You have an attitude that she's in your house because you're not in the headspace to have anybody be there. Like, that's also horrible. Like, nobody wants that. Yeah. So. Yeah. So, um, to me, it's actually a little strange that your friend, it's not so much the age gap. Like, I guess 30 and 47 can be friends, but it's weird that, it's weird that she keeps saying this, oh, I'm the ugly friend and you don't want me around. Yeah. It's the sort of thing where I feel like you can say that once, like I, you know, maybe I sound crazy, but I just feel like I'm the ugly friend and people don't want me around because I'm ugly and it's like shameful to be my friend or whatever. And, you know, then you respond to that and you say, girl, no, of course not. Me and my mental health has nothing to do with you. I would be a horrible host to anybody right now because I'm simply not in the space for this. Right. I just lost my whole roster. I'm really grieving. So things are hard right now. It could be, and a lot of people are this way. It could be that you would love to have her come visit for the weekend. She just can't stay in your house. She needs to stay somewhere else, a hotel or Airbnb, something like that. But then y'all can hang out and you have the space for that. You just don't have the space for somebody being in your home 24 seven for two, three days. Yeah. So maybe that's it. But are you a bad person? No, of course not. I don't think you're a bad person at all. You might not be in the space to be, well, not for this. I don't know what, you might be for the, for the, for the roster thing. I don't know what you did there. Oh yeah. We don't know what that was. That was delightfully bad. That you might, you know, and if multiple friends and lovers have told you you're a selfish person, that's probably something to really look into. But you said you're starting therapy in January, so you can save that for your therapist. But if she brings up again, this whole idea of like, Oh, I'm the ugly friend and nobody wants me around. I think I would be a little bit firmer with like, I really want you to stop saying that to me because that has nothing to do with this. Please don't, please don't take my mental health personally. It has nothing to do with the way that you look. You're a great friend. If she is a great friend, you know, you can say that, but I'm just not in a space to be a good host. If you came to me, you're a good host. If you came here and elbowed your way into my apartment, I would have a horrible ass attitude and we would no longer be friends by the end of the weekend. I'm not in a space to do it, girl. I get that you want to get away and spend a weekend. So let's look at, you know, mama, let's research. Let's look at holiday inns and maybe budget, more budget friendly options. Is there somebody else that y'all are friends with that they can stay with in Dallas? Like something else to where you can still come, we can hang out, but I'm not feeling like, you know, I'm not in a space to do it, girl. But, you know, I'm, I'm finna just while out and be a horrible person to you either. Like there's a middle ground somewhere, but you don't have to host people if you don't, I mean, really, if you don't want to, but especially when you feel like, damn, I'm not going to be a good friend to you. So, yeah, the rest, but, you know, this sounds like it goes deeper than just this one friendship. The, the information you put before. - I'm sorry. and after that lets me know you have some other things going on mentally so good luck with that therapy that you're gonna start in january but yeah i hope this helps okay yeah that's not like a black lena dunham uh pilot not lena dunham like if lena dunham was black okay okay all right moving on our next letter comes from mariah who says hi chrislyn kid fury i've been listening to the reasons i was in high school and i'm so grateful for y'all thank you for being my comfort show through the years here's my situation i'm the oldest of a big family and you know how that goes a year and a half ago my mom kicked my 16 year old sister out and she came to live with me while i was happy to take her in i put my life on hold and went into debt to get her moved in with me and i have struggled to keep up with the bill since not to mention adjusting to raising a teen and all the things that come with that our mom ain't shit and i know that she's not gonna be i knew it would be a challenge to get my sister back on a good track fast forward to now and she has her ged she's working towards getting a car and her license and she's getting ready to enroll in community college a few days ago my sister went to the doctor to get a refill of her birth control and found out she's four weeks pregnant i knew it she told me she wants to keep it that her boyfriend's mom doesn't believe in abortion and now she doesn't either i talked to her now she doesn't either i talked to her about my concerns and let her know i think she should really consider abortion as an option i also spoke with his mom and told her i didn't appreciate her talking to my sister the way she did and asked her to make it and i asked her to make it clear to my sister that she would not be mad if my sister chose to have an abortion she told me she would not be doing that and said if your side of the family won't support her then we will this is especially frustrating frequently about making sure she had access to birth control and i kept plan b in the house where i knew she could get it damn so you think she wanted to get pregnant i later learned from his family that my sister and her boyfriend admitted to actively trying to get pregnant oh my goodness of course i really thought my sister and i were in a good place in terms of communication and trust so i've been really caught off guard by this i've been struggling to get my sister in a better position and i'm very aware that she is not emotionally or in any other way ready for parenthood she gets overwhelmed very easily and has some anger issues i know it is ultimately her decision but i genuinely feel worried for her but also worried for the baby this girl loves to fight and i'm tired of fighting oh girl you need to get to the fight but i also don't want to abandon my sister as she faces this pregnancy i told her she has to move in with her boyfriend who lives at home with his parents by the end of the year of course he does his family says since they don't believe it will help her take care of the baby but they also don't have they shit together and a few of their kids have even ended up in foster care are you fucking kidding me i feel guilty about telling her she has to go but i'm also really at a loss for what to do and i'm not prepared to be responsible for my sister and a baby how would you guys handle this there's a part of me that knows i could step up and be some more supportive of her choice and help her with the baby but there's a bigger part of me that feels resentful because i have spent a majority of my life doing that for my mom who had me as a teen i'm trying to figure out how to support her without losing my mind but i also don't want to look back and feel like i was being too harsh or could have done things differently i would love to hear any advice you have on my situation thank you for everything sincerely mariah baby i i don't know what you are my man how old is she mariah didn't tell us her age but her sister was 16 when she took her in so probably 17 or 18 now regardless i don't know how you are trying to have a kid you don't have a place to live he don't have a place to live his parents backwards your parents backwards what that's actually exactly how teenagers end up in this situation both of y'all come from unstable chaotic households and people just be wanting love real bad really like let's make a baby so that we can do it right yeah some people really think that if even 18 some people do think that way or they think a baby will love me unconditionally unlike my mama or my dad or grandma or whoever else like there's a lot of reasons why teenagers who come from who are not in a position to be effective parents at the moment decide to embark into parenthood anyway there's and it almost always links back to their childhood um so i feel for mariah because you are really stuck between a rock and a hard place girl god damn i really feel for you i truly do i'm because like you had them parents too you had that mama too yeah yeah you had that mama too you had that mama too you had that mama too and so you are carrying around that trauma that burden and you are the eldest so you got it the worst so that they do you got it the worst and so now you're looking at a situation why where you stable enough to be above water to whatever degree and probably just trying to stay focused tunnel vision and not be what you came from or whatever yeah and here come your sister like i'm gonna have a baby and you now have to decide if you're going to raise another child like after raising this other one in the nature wars so you have to be a mama and a grandmama for what and the alternative is sending your sister to her boyfriend's house yeah her boy boyfriend's parents house right and she's like i'm gonna have a baby and i'm gonna have a baby and i'm gonna have a baby where they don't even keep custody of all their kids where right yeah where who knows what right will be her life living situation standards and the same for her child right who will be your niece nephew happy so i guess that leads me to i'm just recapping yeah because it's a lot again i feel for you in this decision and being frustrated the question being like all right do i step in support this decision with resentment or do i choose myself wishes grow have a baby to best yeah but then regret it later i don't think that we can really make that decision for you but i will say that i don't think i would judge you for what you're doing regardless of what decision like i don't i i don't think that i would be pro or against either one of the decisions uh if it were me i guess i would be thinking like this kid ain't doing nothing to nobody and this kid is gonna be my blood and to some i would want to be informed of the well-being of my niece or nephew yeah or what have you right responsible for listen because if you think that i'm again see i can't raise i can't make this for you i'm not well mariah did say how would you handle this if you were in this situation so oh okay yeah all right so not even expecting us to make the decision for her but wanting to know with all this information what would you do if you were in this same situation i would very much um pack a full lunchbox i'm talking about i'm talking about a stuffed of provisions okay in fact i might put that bitch in a jam sport with some other thing yeah buy your first box of diapers and um i'll say hey if there is an emergency hmm if someone's in in direct danger you let me know and i wish you the everlasting best sounds like you got uh you sounds like you know what you're doing you sound really determined and grown up i wish you the well and your parenting journey and remember that area code as well as the digits afterwards if someone's head is missing okay other than that goodbye i'll tell her no yeah i would i would would i be like damn Damn, she gonna have this baby that's gonna be my relative and uh i'm gonna probably that's why i'm in therapy yeah well i mean so i the thing is you can you can try to talk somebody into what seems so to the rest of us to be so obviously the right choice like yeah you don't have no business having a baby it seems to to us from the outside looking in this is this story seems extremely predictable how this is gonna go um but if she is not open to hearing you then it do not matter and it sounds like she has it in her head that she's going to have this baby so and didn't even come out and say we were trying to have it right you had to find out from his family that she was trying to get pregnant because you because you you you mariah have zero kids you have no kids you ended up taking your technically right you ended up taking in your younger sibling because your mama kicked her out and and so you had the conversation about reproduction and and uh contraception immediately you said let's get you on the pill it's playing bees in this bitch because c-d-e-n-s like because i i understand you have a boyfriend i understand you're gonna be fucking i'm not even trying to say you can't fuck but girl let's talk about preventing pregnancy because we're trying to get your life on the right track and it sounds like you got in that direction got her gd working on you got a job getting ready to go to community college like a baby just then here comes this nigga and then here come this this nigga and his mama talking about we don't believe in abortion we would look at her and she's like i don't believe in abortion take a look at their life i don't either you want that life do you want the life she has wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute i just so i'm your all right sister that's like hey yeah babies abortion all of that your choice but just since you're you know a child and i'm your guardian i'm gonna keep that pussy child free for now and so on and so forth and you're like yeah yeah you're not and then you just meet some nigga and you're like actually plan b is a horrible horrible organization company brand i don't understand and i can't be poisoning my body and in fact it'll give your future children autism or whatever like whatever facebook message yeah that shit like what so i i i understand you know bodily autonomy and being pregnant is uh very specific to the individual who is pregnant there are a lot of people who might think they would have an abortion and then they end up pregnant they're like i can't do it which you know that is yeah fair right that's your choice but you need to think about everything else that's going on and you need to think about everything else that's going on and you need to that is your choice you want to have a baby for whatever reasons you have but do a baby want to have you do a baby want to grow up with you but she might again she might not even be in a place to hear it so i think because there is somebody who is saying we're gonna step up and support you um if your family won't i do agree with the you can go ahead and live with your boyfriend's family but i also think that will be sending your sister a message that she's probably already heard from them people which is that her family don't really support her don't really care about her don't give a fuck about her which is a message that your mother sent kicking her out of the house and that will be incorrectly reinforced like erroneously reinforced if you're like yeah you can't stay with me if you have a baby but you have every right to say you can't stay with me if you have a baby mariah she's not your kid this this is not your baby you can't stay with me if you have a baby you can't stay with me if you have a it's not your responsibility it's hard enough raising a teenager and now that teenager want to have a baby so now i'm taking care of both of y'all because that's exactly what it's gonna be community college and having a job and all that it don't have to be over forever but she for damn sure not going to school what in in the spring or fall when she has a fresh newborn no everything is about to change i i was about to be like my god if you have any issue with any of the things i've said i'm saying something you and this baby is your mama problem like if you need this is your mama problem go to that baby's grandmama his actual grandmama and you go figure that out i'm not i did what i was supposed to do okay i was here so you didn't did my best we went about a thing this is not my responsibility yeah but i wish you the very very living best right and yeah the rest of it i'll talk to my doctor about you i just i really hate this for you because yeah it has to suck this is no matter what you choose there's going to be this feeling of guilt it's are you going to feel guilty for not taking care of your sister and her baby raising her baby and her at the same time are you going to be resentful because your sister and her child are in your house it's like what which one do you want to which path do you want to go down because her mind seems to be made up about having this child so if it was me yeah i think i would say i nothing there's nothing i am putting you out of my house but there is nothing that would stop me from loving you or or being there for you this the it this just this means i don't want the the massive responsibility of raising a newborn you seem to not understand just how big of a decision this is you like i just would want to shake and i'm not going to i'm not going to give you a return oh i mean oh that would be hard i'm like birthday i'm not giving you no money either i'm not like i'm not because matter of fact not only am i sending you out my house it's not like you should be over there you got way more help baby father baby's father's father baby father's mother yeah but you got more hands bitch more people cleaning diapers than us over here goodbye and i'm not saying to you a jack thing because ho i wouldn't be paying for that baby if he lived here well that's the thing when a child will be the different you automatically pay for them you automatically exactly so i just oh god i'm not gonna give you money i'm frustrated for you because it's like yes this is your choice and no one is going to give you money for you i don't want to abandon my sister but you really don't seem to grasp that this is a huge thing you're doing it's it is it's a life-changing decision you're making and it's just too many girls who think that they've fallen in love and this man and we're gonna have a family and y'all don't get it and baby we have seen that song and dance before it's actually tired at this point i would want to support my sister but with the very hard line of not in my home i will throw your baby shower like you said i will send you with some diapers and formula and onesies and all that yeah you can even call me to babysit occasionally like great severance yeah like i i'm i'm not cutting you out of my life but when do i get to live mariah when do you get to live for you hello hello when do you get to have a your life for you oh hello you thought you were going come on glinda you thought you was gonna have a few years with your sister help get her started on the right track get her off into the world with her you know community college and all that tribe you you really really did baby but you deserve it was going well and you were the oldest kid born to a teen mom and a big family so you probably been raising kids your whole fucking life this is what i'm saying your youngest sister don't get it because she's always had you that's why you're right when do you get to have your life yes when do you get to be your 20 30 something year old self you ain't even raised a child for you yet if that's something you want to do i wouldn't be shocked if you don't i wouldn't even i wouldn't be i wouldn't either i wouldn't be i wouldn't blame you but yeah crazy oh baby i feel for you mariah yeah same but you can't like you can't like sometimes you have to let a loved one crawl out of a pitfall by their damn self so they learn to start playing games outside because if you go to dig a bitch out of a pit every single time they foolish ass go outside want to go be playing on tops of mines and nets and shit it's like okay i'm bloody and bruised and dirty and i bring you back inside you don't even say nothing but what's for dinner and then fart and go to sleep like you're gonna have to learn man how much hard work goes into what i'm doing every time you have some shit yeah to learn yeah maybe it ain't over there maybe that's not it maybe that's not that's why i said i wouldn't give her no damn money either because then you're going to realize what exactly it is what what what life is talking about And it's just a shame that you have to touch the stove to know it's hot. Yeah. But the thing is, girl, you got thrown out of the house and sent to live with your stable eldest sibling. And your eldest sibling was like, not only is the stove hot, the stove is every goddamn way. Yeah. So plan B. Yeah. So whatever kind of birth control. The regular pill. So school. So work. Yeah. So and got so it's like, yeah, you know, the stove is hot, girl. You kind of experience the stove being hot. Mariah also said you love to fight. So it's like, what can you tell that you. Yeah. Mariah said loves to fight and has anger issues and gets overwhelmed easily. Baby, guess what? A newborn ain't good for. If you get overwhelmed easily and get angry and love to fight, a newborn is going to overwhelm you within the first few hours. Now, what would you do if if your sibling, if you send the sibling away to the new partner's house or whatever with their family and stuff, has the baby few months in, comes back to the house. It's over between me and. Right. Right. And that family ended up being crazy. And the daddy asked out on my baby's pamper and I don't know what to do. Like, come on. My mama was turning around a tweet. A teaspoon. And then it says, sing it to the floor. And then I forgot where I was. Yeah. Get out. So what do you do then? Would you take your sibling back into the house? Would you send the sibling to the mama's house? You. There's a life here that is going to have to be nurtured and nourished by someone if you choose to bring it into this world. And that is a lot of fucking work. And it's non fucking stop. What if this child has disabilities that you're not ready to manage? You get overwhelmed easily. Okay. And then you have an autistic nonverbal child. You're going to need patience and then more patience. You're going to need support. How expensive their care is. And that's not even right. And take a look around. Food stamps about to get cut off in two fucking days, girl. Amazing. Amazing. The social support. The social support net is being shredded. I'm not saying that nobody should have kids, obviously, but I am saying think about what you're the environment is on fire. Literally, even the most stable, adjusted, resourced people have a hard time raising kids because it's a hard fucking job. It's a hard job in the best of times under the best of circumstances. Sure. This child don't deserve this. But if you. If you are head set on doing it. I. I got to put me first, Lucius. I got to put me first. You really a with the, you know, I want to have a baby. Does the baby want to have you? Yeah. That's what that is. The thing is, I said it a million times. Why I never have kids. And it's essentially there. So I don't understand why a lot of people, especially people who know that. Their experiences are not ideal, i.e., you live with your older sister because your mom ain't shit and you know, you can't afford to live anywhere else on your own. And your future baby father also doesn't have his own place to stay. This is not ideal. We at least stick with each other, work towards getting a home together, a life together, learning more about each other, then it's like, oh my goodness, this baby's going to have a real great life here. It's like, there are people who are just like, I want to have a baby because babies are cute and I want to hold one. Yeah. That's mine. Babies will love you no matter what. No, they won't. They won't. Do you love your mama no matter what? The woman who kicked you out to go live with your sister? Like things, it can, the cycle. They barely know how to remember you for the first few months. And if you're not mindful of what you're doing, the cycle will repeat itself. You will unconsciously. Repeat the patterns, the fucked up shit you went through in your own childhood. You will unconsciously take that out on your child. You won't even realize you're doing it until it's too late. And you'll end up being just like your mama who you can't stand. But that's the thing. Teenagers already don't really be thinking things through that deeply in the first fucking place. It's almost like the Jamie Foxx bottle throwing incident when I read that. It was like, what the fuck? Oh, 14. Okay. I was like, y'all don't think about shit, but y'all don't think they just do whatever you think is fine. I'm, I'm going to support my sister from a distance, but Mariah, I want you to know you deserve to have a life. You deserve to pour into yourself. You deserve to figure out who you are, what you like and don't like. And, and you deserve to direct your energy towards you. You not the one deciding to have a baby. That's your, that's your sister for whatever reason. She has decided that this is what she's going to do. If you can't talk her out of it, if she doesn't feel like, you know, cause you can have a baby and legally, you know, leave it at the hospital or the fire station or whatever. You can be like, I'm overwhelmed. I can't do this. You know, and that child becomes a ward of the state and goes into foster care and gets adopted or something like that. Like you can, you can legally do that. You don't have to take that child home, abuse it. And then end up in jail because you didn't, you weren't ready to take care of a child. Like you, but if she's dead set on having and raising this baby, then yeah, I'm gonna have to support you from a distance, baby. I actually cannot do it. It was hard enough taking you in. And now you want me to start all the way over and raise your child too? Cause if you think she's going to ever move out of your house, if she brings a baby into it, you got a whole nother thing coming. How? Wow. Economy with no education. Oh no, she has a GED. Okay. That's great. Yeah. But that's a G even college graduates are barely making money, child. Yeah. Cost of living right now. You need $25, $30 an hour to live comfortably. Who's paying that on a GED? Who's even hiring? Who is even hiring? Um, so yeah. Uh, yeah. I, if you can't tell, we feel strongly about this for you. Well, because this is, I mean, I just really, my heart goes out to her because you tried. You really did so evident. You, how much you love this girl. Right, right. But they could do that. Best of luck to you, your sister, and most of all that baby, because Jesus Christ, that daddy side of the family sounds like, a real piece. I mean, yours do too. No shade. But that daddy side of the family, we don't believe in abortion. Oh, maybe y'all should. Cause how, how did y'all have? You got kids in the system now. It's like you dropped the ball in a really significant way with more than one kid already. I had a nurse. If your family side of the family won't support it, then we will. Bitch, are you dizzy? You don't do a great job at that. And let me show you exhibit A, B, and C. You all, you. Your kid is somewhere in somebody else's house going, oh, so now you support kids. Why am I over here with a stranger then? Bitch, if I wanted to save Isaiah, that is exactly what happened. So you better shut your ass up. Good luck to you. Mariah, I just don't want you to be eaten up by guilt over choosing yourself in this situation because you didn't sign up to be nobody's mama. And you get, so you get to choose to not. Parent, you really do, baby. Best of luck. Let us know how it goes. Let's wrap up the letters right there this week. Again, if you have a question for us, send it to asktheread at gmail.com. We'll be right back. Well, we are back, monsters and maidens. What? It is time for the, I don't know. Who? It's time for, I don't know, Halloween, I guess. It's time for the read. I'll start because I just want to get this out of my system and be done with it. Hopefully it'll be quick. So there's a new Superman out. You know, the DCU is doing a thing. James Gunn, the director, I believe, writer for the Guardians of the Galaxy movies over at the Marvel side is now doing the big thing over at DC. So the new Superman was him. The next Superman is him. Okay. The Lanterns TV show. The Lanterns TV show for HBO Max. The Lanterns show with Aaron Pierre. That's Mufasa. Comes out next year. That's James Gunn as well. Peacemaker with Danielle Brooks. Danielle Brooks plays Viola Davis' daughter. I love her. On this show. Give me this. So James Gunn. And she's a lesbian. Oh, I need it. And she's a lesbian with a girlfriend that's also black. You know, just put it directly into my brain. And she's so good. I need it. She's so good. She's so cute. She's so funny. Great character. They don't waste her. They don't waste anybody on that cast. But anyway, this is another. about him or james gunn it's just all that to say that fans of comic books fans of comic movies dc fans have been relatively excited about this like restart for dc that's seeming to be going well so james gunn started to say things like you know he had significant plans for the future of it and it all depends on whether or not he'll like be involved and that was a raising eyebrows it's like nigga you just got here did we like two movies in like one movie in like with a couple more apparently to go what do you mean so this read is going to nepo baby shark david ellison so um nepo baby shark is i guess the like majority controlling shareholder at paramount plus and so i think the headline i first like headline i saw was something like warner brothers is considering selling all its assets or whatever after how did they word it after like a considerable interest from a buyer that they didn't name at the time i don't remember how it was worded but i was like okay yeah one of the ellison's is like y'all are doing wizard's chest y'all over here playing games and you know jacking each other off and money money money and i want to buy this now and whatever so i'm like fine at this point i can barely keep up with the this game of speed go fish phase 10 i used to love speed oh my god so good um really so apparently paramount is considering our warner brothers is considering this buyout because paramount skydance is interested and i read that david ellison according to bloomberg plans to keep the creative teams of warner brothers and discovery intact and i read that they're going to keep the creative teams of warner brothers and discovery intact while consolidating some of the marketing and distribution because i guess people were afraid that he was going to like buy warner brothers and then fire james gunn for whatever reason i guess because of what he said uh there's no mention of gunn in the report on bloomberg but fans are are assuming his job would be safe given he's considered part of warner brothers discovery's creative team and what david ellison just said gunn has not commented interestingly it says bloomberg also reports that should the merger go through this is on ign ellison plans to combine warner brothers hbo max with paramount plus creating a streaming platform with an expanded film and tv library you all have heard the wise or hulu and my disney plus reads this is a taste of that and i get it on paramount sky dances side i get their perspective because they really ain't got shit going on over there like they don't they don't have shit going on over there i got paramount plus to watch criminal minds yellow jackets twin peaks and spongebob none of those are current shows right they're all i don't think any of them are kind of old um i think yellow jackets is in between seasons but whatever um so yeah i'm over that but i also get that they're like they're like they're not going to be able to do anything about it whatever they're trying to do exactly what i said which is monopolize the industry bloomberg also reports that ellison aims to leverage emerging technologies and ai to ramp up production to 30 films annually across the combined entities 30 films a year is crazy yes especially yes it is especially when you plan to use ai i want you bitches to know that like i can tell ai is is writing your articles now yeah hey there's just some stuff i can tell that you you put names on it as shit but i know nobody wrote this so i i'm you also have no idea how to make he also reportedly believes in theatrical releases is the best way to build long-term franchises so you want to ramp up the film productions to 30 a year by use of ai which everyone hates and then putting all of those films in theaters only because you want to build long-term franchises in a bunch of productions that won't last long term because nobody fucking likes them because they have no heart and they have no soul so when all of that stuff fails and goes to the gutter you will then blame james gunn aaron pierre david corns what superman you'll blame you know millie hancock or whoever the fuck else trump tells you to blame to keep up appearances and you know shroud away your horrible ridiculous and unnecessary failure i mean you'll still be wealthy so it really don't make any difference to you but to the rest of us who either want to work or be entertained in the space we're fucked we're fucked because you want chad gpt to write scripts so you can make as much money as possible it is such a slap in the face to be like but we're gonna put them in theaters because that's the best way to build long-term franchises no one's building long-term franchises with ai no one no one bitch no one the only thing that you're building long-term with ai is a tiktok literally it's bad it's bad it's literally they're bad i saw a clip from a ai producer produced sitcom and it was horrible it looks i've seen those too it looks yeah okay all right and y'all gonna 30 y'all gonna shit out 30 movies a year okay we're gonna hate it yeah and hate it and hate it and i'm not spending my money on still make money i'm not because y'all still get up out of your good goddamn bed out and put on your shoes and you leave the house you take your goddamn keys off the fucking um the teacup saucer up at the front and you hit it down to the amc down to the regal and you pay to go watch that bullshit anyway you do you do you do y'all left the house and went to go see until dawn you'll go leave the house and watch medea we're fucked we're fucked we're fucked because consumers have no taste and the fucking people at the top don't give a fuck because they know consumers don't have no taste and will buy whatever the fuck they put in front of them anyway and also getting in front of good people's way to make more money nepo baby shark please get the fuck out of my life i think that's gonna be for you i actually know one more thing oh okay i saw a tweet from the white house no thank you you can actually stop right there no thank you i i've heard enough that's that's good the video game halo no thank you which is famously uh an xbox exclusive first party title and has been in pretty much xbox xbox is like mascot character since its origin no thank you origin yeah um the latest halo video game will be coming to xbox as well as playstation so for a lot of people it's kind of like having mcdonald's and burger king or vice versa or whatever and so the gamers are having fun with that back and forth gamestop decided to get in on the fun and released a statement that says gamestop declares the console wars over it reads whereas for the past two decades the global gaming community has been engaged in an ongoing and increasingly petty conflict known as the console wars where i said conflict originated in the early 2000s with the release of halo combat evolved as an xbox exclusive title whereas halo campaign evolved is officially coming to playstation in 2026 with cross-platform play therefore gamestop acting under its authority as a neutral entity in the world's retail gaming and trade in destination here hereby declares the official cessation of the console wars all claims to the exclusivity this is set satire all claims to the exclusivity of the console wars all claims to the exclusivity are hereby dissolved console loyalists are instructed to cease hostilities disband militias and enjoy the new era of gaming gamestop will continue to operate as a demilitarized zone offering hardware accessories and trade-ins patents on all sides part of the players so essentially making fun of the white house or the president i can't take this but i don't think that the white house realized that because they retweeted it please with a photo of donald trump and master chief's uh armor master chief is the guy from halo if you google halo you see the green suit that's him okay because you know i thought he's standing outside the white house like master yeah this master piece yeah yeah what you mean and i bet they didn't think of that they know exactly what his name is they know exactly what his name is oh god he's out here uh saluting in front of the white house in front of the flag and this ai created photo of donald trump wearing the halo uh suit and delightfully the american flag behind him is missing like eight stars okay fucking dumbass oh my god what no it's missing 10 there are 40 stars on here fucking idiot like how did you look at that flag and still post it it's obvious that's wrong the black the fucking stars are lined up like this is the yes let me go look it up i'm just gonna i'm gonna log in what the fuck bro it's still there it's still there oh anyways i just wanted to take this time to laugh at you bitches and remind you to stay out of my my business leave video games out of this first of all they were clowning you i think furthermore this is a mess and this is further reason why ai don't work leave us alone how the fuck you the bitch you dress up like the flag everywhere you go allow your administration to post this bullshit with this incorrect u.s flag behind it is any of this real my god they tweet all day jesus christ i'm scrolling it's been they've tweeted like 15 times just in the past five or six hours oh my god what the fuck you know it's taking me way too long to find this that you're talking about what the hell no what you know i just wanted to the hakeem jeffries halloween costume what am i looking at oh okay all right so yeah like i said we we could oh my gosh this nigga is they really it's like a ai trump of like a like gi joe or something what yeah fine okay all right give me but look at the flag no i see it no the the flag is helter skelter let me get off of this twitter jesus christ okay well i knew i wasn't gonna enjoy that i actually knew i was gonna hate every second of it i knew i was um trump as master chief no thanks delicious no thank you i i reject i i just i'm gonna go ahead and reject that um other things i'm rejecting keisha k you're giving mental health advice for five hundred and twenty five dollars an hour okay see so now we've lost the plot now we've gone way out of bounds we're like yeah remind me to tell you a funny keisha k or joke that i heard i what yeah so kia what kia told me and then i had to go look it up for myself that keisha k or on her website has like a booking thing where if you want advice um if you want to talk about your life you want to talk about mental health you want to talk about body goals anything you want to talk about you can book keisha k or for five hundred and twenty five dollars an hour and she will coach you i guess um so here's the thing a lot of people everybody grifting aren't right that's really it everybody's grifting and it's it's united states of america late sage capitalism of course you have a hustle of course you you know this my issue isn't even really that you charging five hundred and twenty five dollars an hour a big part of my for people to talk to you about anything it's the it's the fact that you put mental health coaching in there that's my problem yeah i feel like legally you can't even do that well that's the thing you can't call it therapy oh you can say mental but you can say coaching yeah you can say coaching you can't say counseling but you can say coaching um that's my problem though sweetie just because you have decided to abandon your own self-care in the pursuit of managing gucci man's life does not mean you are now in a position to coach anybody else through mental health struggles they or their loved ones might be having just take the just take the mental health part of it away entirely you can say for five years five hundred dollars come talk to keisha k or about whatever's going on in your life and i'll you know listen and give you my advice now why you would take it life coach like the rest of the business you do with whatever you don't just take the mental health away from it you not even remotely qualify for this and in fact when people when breakfast club or whoever it was asked you outright you doing all this to take care of gucci's health mental health who's taking care of yours like where's your therapist and she said i'm my own therapist wrong who asked me i don't even remember but she straight up said i don't have a therapist i'm my own therapist no ma'am no girl you're not that you are not a man i wish that was the thing that could happen you are not a mental health professional you are not a therapist psychiatrist psychologist licensed or otherwise you're none of those things do i think you can give the girls tips on like who to go to for plastic surgery or you know how to hold a man down no matter what he's going through or how to wear that lipstick and be confident about right and selling cheap ass makeup to the masses like shit like that drop shipping off of aliexpress yes i think you can coach the girls into that leave the mental health shit out of it like i'm and i'm so for real girl i'm so for real 525 is way more than what most licensed professionals charge anyway which is right that is already an insane amount of money who is spending five hundred dollars to talk to keisha kayo that was what kia said because she posted about on instagram and i said no what are you talking about so she texted me and i said no because i needed to make sense and keisha kia said look i have four degrees if you just want some advice you can send your five hundred dollars to me and i will reach through all of my degrees and give you whatever i can cobble up with but five we can sit right here on facetime or zoom whatever you like we can get on google meet and as long as you send that payment right on over because at least kia is an educated person she is at least that what about keisha kay or says i need to talk to if anybody can help me get my shit together it's keisha kay or she literally on her website says nothing is off limits you or family members struggling with bipolar disorder mental health issues relationships mindset body goals confidence if you need clarity keisha is listening and keeping it real with you yes extremely extremely girl you do not know what the fuck you are doing sit down mental health coaching or mentorship is not like it's not like cooking or something it's not like oh no i didn't go to school but i got my i learned from my grandma you can fuck around and win top chef you could you know what i mean because good food is good food and you know how to cook you know how to cook it you don't have to have a bunch of culinary degrees this is not that this is not that this is not that imagine paying this bitch 30 percent like what are you talking about how much money out of your mind it won't be do you know how much fucking money do you know how much more you are spending than the like an an expensive for 525 therapist or psychiatrist you could see a psychiatrist and a psychologist for 525 be for real and have plenty change right and have enough change to go pick up your prescriptions you can't coach nobody through bipolar disorder girl okay so yeah go ahead and um go ahead and wrap that up and uh last but not least all of y'all acting like you don't understand Zoran Mamdani and this auntie shit please shut up please I'm actually not even going to dignify it with more of an explanation because the black ass bottom line is so many of us have elder women in our families that we call auntie who are not exactly our aunties that man said auntie and he was referring to his father's cousin and y'all acting like he lied please shut up and you know this and you know this black brown ethnic whites all of us have Elder women in the family, that's not your ground. mom not your mama she's your auntie period you know how many kids call me auntie i have one biological nephew it's 10 kids out here that call me auntie yeah that's simply how it works and y'all know that i can't wait as soon as we wrap up i'm finna go vote for that man right now it ain't nothing the bullshit y'all come up with that's anti-mom donnie girl you you keep trying it and you keep flopping it's so wide open racist it is it really is it's like bucktooth wide open outside racist i can't wait for this man to be i cannot wait for this man to be my man i can't wait this is gonna be such a surgence of joy though too because he has like a huge huge huge support system in the community there but yeah the people who are anti-zoran but what i've noticed has come from like the major sectors of it are to are that like racism i don't want this particular person in this particular skin and body yeah to be my mayor and then it's other people who are completely informed on how socialism works or what it means yeah or are afraid that zoran mom dining could be a wide like bright example of how social socialism works and there's nothing wrong with it because then right it's either you're racist you're scared of socialism even though you could benefit from it or you're not you're not you're not you're not you're not you're not you're not you're not you're not right it's either you're racist you're scared of socialism even though you could benefit from it or you're a billionaire so you don't want socialism because then you'll just be a millionaire well all three of y'all can get fucked um i'm donnie for mayor bitch and that is gonna wrap up this week's episode of the read follow us on social media at this is the read anything else from you before we head out kidfury.com patreon.com slash kid fury this friday i'll be having a halloween stream for you guys there and yeah that's it all right girls take care of yourselves we will see y'all next week