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The Complicated Love of Gay

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The Complicated Love of Gay

The program highlights Black excellence through the achievements of Morgan Price, a trailblazing Black gymnast who earned the first perfect 10 in University of Arkansas gymnastics history, symbolizing both athletic prowess and representation in elite sports. It also celebrates the NAACP Image Awards as a moment of visible Black unity and resilience, where Regina Hall underscores the importance of community solidarity and emotional validation in the face of racial tension. A key social discussion centers on Jalen Brown’s trademark of the “Brownie” logo, sparking debates about privilege, branding, and equity in sports—especially how young Black athletes are often overlooked or underrepresented despite their talent. The conversation extends to broader themes of systemic injustice, with calls to support Black youth and empower them with opportunities. Additionally, the segment addresses the emotional complexity of relationships, such as a lesbian couple’s struggle with non-monogamy and a Black gay man’s experience with stalking after being targeted with an air tag, emphasizing the need for safety, boundaries, and accountability. These stories collectively reflect on the ongoing fight for dignity, visibility, and equity in Black communities across sports, media, and personal relationships.

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Welcome back everyone to the program here we are in March and I am baby keem and I am Regina Hall and this is the rate thanks for joining us. It sure is 28 days be damned we are excellent in black and historic all year long and the cosmos and beyond and so we're going to start black excellence this week with a gorgeous talented iconic black woman by the name of Morgan price she's a gymnast. And icon senior veteran and inspiration in the game. She's competing at the University of Arkansas and she's just scored a perfect 10 the first perfect 10 in the 24 years that this program at university in Arkansas has existed the first 10 end of February she stick she was able to stick a flawless perfect yourchenko when an apple when they had a meet against Kentucky y'all can Google this up you can do the YouTube the real or the take time it is essentially your body becoming a hummingbird you just there's like the the one where they call it the you have like the one bar. In front of you that is essentially just for liftoff I don't even think that the bar matters it's just I guess to make you go higher you can't see your landing is a really really impressive thing to see. Like many gymnastics moves and things like that and gymnastics but even doing this well like to be on train. It's like oh that was a 10 there's nothing wrong with that and it could still be like a 9.5 like 10. So to get a perfect 10 is really really impressive and something worth celebrating. But Morgan price was like how about you just hold my scrunchy because I've been doing this. She was competing in this university prior to this she was a founding member of their gymnastics team which is the first that any HBC in the country which is a gag. And she was scoring perfect 10s over there to you know gagging the children she's got stakes national titles back to back all around championships swept every individual event at nationals of 2024 or in it because of them we can she's just the doll baby. Yeah that's exactly what it sounds like over there breaking records at one institution and the next and I just saw that video of her doing that ball and it's like you can see in hard faces like even she knew as soon as she like. Got up from that later she was like oh bitch. I did that I did the fuck out of that actually so congratulations because that one. Like I said I don't I don't think they can really see their landing so it's like one second you're running and then I guess you say you're flipping in the air right. Yeah break your fucking neck shadow your spine and then I watched like a compilation of people doing this too and nearly every one of them mind you who don't get 10s do something similar where they stick and they go. Well team comes and crowds that because it's my girl I would do this thing you break your down you gonna die right. Right yeah I'm way too scary for that most gymnastics I ever did was that balance being baby that was me stretching it for me comfy couch doing the clock site not you're doing the clock yeah my first yoga. That's a sports but much like. Yeah congratulations to you superstar. All right let's get into hot tops this week smart black excellence because the NAACP image awards just took place. A lot of people that I love very dearly took away awards to Sanders did you just win an image award baby you better go the exact fuck off. Yes it was lovely I would like to just mention Delroy Linda or quickly we spoke about the fuckery at the baptist and how don't white British people were like but you don't understand that you can't be mad because threats so you know sin that whatever. So Ryan Kugel and dollar Orlando where I think presenting the first awards at first award at the show and do it you know. All of our uncle now yeah. The we actually did you say that clip of him when they asked him about black British talent he liked to work when he was like I honestly don't even know what's going on over here. He said I don't even want to be disrespectful I have no idea what the UK is doing right now I am an American uncle. That's our uncle we I mean we share him of course but yes big love and admiration for him and Michael be Jordan especially. Who just want an actor award yes shot out to all the day that it was very Barbara Howard Howard Cody really was there really was. I love when the girls get excited yeah she was like shaking bro she was so high oh I love to see love it. So I said at the end of ballacp image awards we appreciate all this port and love we've been shown in the afro apple happened last weekend. You want to say that it's an honor to be here amongst our people. And that it was like a classic example of turning something that could have just been really negative and something positive and you know obviously. Crowd of roaring applause and support and it really is beautiful you know it's not super fortunate that we be all we got right. But it is I mean given half years powerful fun motivating beginning and and we are it's a great place to be in the future. So yeah it does and you said like Regina Hall oh yes when Regina Hall had that moment on stage where she was like. You know let's just take a moment to send some love to Michael be Jordan is all your body clapped and then she was like and Delroy Linda like make sure they both get their applause. And then she was like oh you see how awkward it is with some people stand up and some people don't like look at Sterling over there. Yeah now I got to stand up because everybody else and I'm like why would you call out Sterling came around like that but she's so. It was such a right it was such a sweet moment and then she made it funny because of course she did but. It's just how she's probably trying. But you know that's the sort of thing that it's just good to be around black people where you don't have to explain why your feelings were hurt and being called a nigger on stage. Just the aftermath of last weekend anyway where you don't have to explain it. The people just understand so yeah lovely for for these talented blacks and I'm hoping we rack up at that big crack award next week I'm hoping we do. Yeah you will see I'm just going to hold my heart close to guard and understanding acknowledged the girls yeah and that's that yeah. Because I feel like one battle after another for no one a whole bunch of shit and on that note in Regina Hall I am very glad it's funny she is and. I'm very glad that the girls got to be reminded that she is a dramatic act as well and incredibly powerful is that and if you don't mind Regina. 55 years old where looking 31 that's a very black woman of you though like of course between 30 and like 60. You really have a hard time. Yeah let's take a break me along 55 where y'all looked like this in the 90s what are you talking about like what do you mean. You've not aged my whole life what do you mean this crazy yeah really beautiful just it was good to see. This isn't so beautiful I'll skip ahead to something all of this kind of sucks. Oh well here's something that doesn't really suck. Guess what Jalen brown can eat brownie's titties because now I'm over here like which Jalen brown that one the Celtics best right who said why is brownie in the league right. Yeah got well he can eat brownie's titties be for breasts because I'm not like he's filed a trademark his B logo. And I already put it on shoes and shit and I was like I when I saw this today I was like why is he there yet because the pros are just like I don't know what this bitch is doing here. - No shade besides daddy, but. - I mean. But he took his little B that looks like it's from the title card of no spra too or something and that and Nike is like already like, well, that's ours girl and it seems like they're putting it on and shoes already. I think these are LeBron shoes. So here's my follow up question, right? Does anybody actually wear LeBron sneakers and would someone be like, oh, let me get the bronies? I don't know, I don't think I know anybody there. Well, just because you filed to trade Marco logo doesn't mean you're actually going to use that logo. Oh, yeah, I understand. So, you know, I'm sure somebody wears LeBron's shoes like I'm sure it's LeBron, right? But you know, you're ugly. This is this is really Bronnie's a nipple baby at just peacher. And I want to love her for the young black kids. I really do like I want to love them. I don't want to hate on this boy because why can't we have them? Why can't we have this? We have our our kids who are maybe not quite as talented still get some looks that they don't necessarily deserve what have earned. Fuck yeah. Especially because we're talking about fucking basketball. You know, like this is not something that matters. Okay, you went for perhaps the most extreme example, but yes, this is not nepotism getting you into the goddamn white house. It's basketball, right? Right. This is the G league. So I'm cool. Yeah. I'm a LeBron. I mean, it can't be trash. First of all, his father's fucking LeBron James. Right. So like, I mean, even the G league is something most of you niggas could never sniff. No, it is he's obviously not garbage, but you know, how many other people with brownie stats would Nike be trademarking a logo for zero? We all know why they're doing it. And I'm going to let it happen. I don't care. I'm going to let it happen, damn it. I definitely last when I first write this because yes, my first thought was NEPO the B must be for the baby. NEPO give it to give it to Bryce too. And when and when jury, when jury go to school on a volleyball scholarship, give give her one too, damn it. I want all of the black kids to get their unearned things. Let them have it. I simply, I simply agree. I let them have it. Um, so apparently law wrote said that uh, that Zendaya and Tom Holland are marrying this messy queen. I was like, why is he telling us to? I know. And I just know he asked Zendaya, can I just, can I just set the bitches pussy's a flame on this carpet? She was like, do whatever you want to do, T for girl. Fine. I'm okay. I think so too. Cause the whole look on his face, he was like, oh, this is the sound by the girls are going to get it. And we did. And we did. We did. All he said was the wedding's already happened. You missed it. As if we would have been invited. Right. Y'all missed it. Like we just forgot to put it on our calendar or something. Right. So my invitation must have been lost in the man. Oh, that must have, oh, that must have gone to my junk folder girl. You know we weren't invited. You know we were never gonna. And all the talk he did about, oh, you know, we're already working on looks and dresses. But you know, we was never seeing none of that shit. You knew from the beginning. Ooh, I would love. I hope it's one of those things for like, you know, four or five years down the line or something. Then day is like, here's what I wore to here's my wedding dress or a word to the end. And then it's just like, we all just get to night. We all just get to be like, fuck, it's then day and and this. And it's like, oh, marriage. Right. Yeah. I know she looked the fuck. Oh, you know she did. You know she did. The reception. Open there. There are money dress. I know she was gorgeous. I think you looked up afterwards. I think you're right. I think it's going to be like five years down the line. They're going to post a picture of like Zendaya in the nursery with their baby or something. Of course you can't find the child's face. But it'll just be like the wedding portrait on the wall in the background. And that'll be work. And that'll be what we see from now. I like their anniversary long down. She's going to take that wedding cake topper out the freezer and be like, oh congrats. Here's a replication of our outfits made of fondant. Here's a maroshino cherry version of what I wore. And as much as I, as much as I would love to see whatever Zendaya looked like in her wedding, I completely respect not telling us or showing us one fucking thing. I do. Because these people are crazy, recognizable superstars. Right. He's fucking spider man. Right. So you spend your mind your business. I fully agree. Yeah. It was probably 30 people there. You don't have to worry about somebody trying to go live on TikTok during your wedding or whatever. Right. You don't have no bunch of fucking dumbasses at your shit. So congratulations. Thank you, Laura Roach for you. You just, you seized your opportunity. I could fully see what you're saying where he was like, ooh, let me just gag her girls. You tell me when it was like girl, I don't care. Go for it. She's like, I'm in Mauritius. I had whatever girl. It's whatever you want to do. Love it. Well, guess what, Puffy already getting reduced. Exactly. Exactly. A girl has he been in jail for more than a season? No, legitimately. Has it even been four or five months? Has it? I don't. And we already talked about letting him out early. This is on top of the short sentence he got in the first place. So. Right. And look at how that money make a bitch move. Who shocked? So it's it's like a month and a half. I think they've reduced from his sentence now. Which you might go like, oh, that's not crazy from June to April. Okay. Until it's from June to January. And then June to the book, the previous July. Right. Right. And again, this is on top of already getting a very light sentence compared to the truth you did. So. Jumping over charges that absolutely should have been solid. If it's not that much, then let us ask, stay under that extra six weeks. The fuck? Wow. Then let us ask. What about the truth? What about facts? Just what about Jesus? Yes. Keep him. But you're right. Money and fainting. It's really. I'm actually very tired of seeing wealthy men do whatever the fuck they want to do and get away with it. That's actually pretty awful entire. I'm really, really sick of seeing that. And a black man doing it. Don't make me feel no better about it. So. He's going to come out. Hope he writes. Real bit with. Don't know. No. Maybe even worse than before. Maybe with more connections and more opportunities to heinous things and more people in high places to make sure he is never held accountable for that. So. He probably has a little. You know, calls and chats on the day was listening. Keep the baby all bottles full. Yuck. Keith, I'm warmed up. Yeah. When I get out. We're going up the ladder and through the roof. I don't. Whatever. And you know. I'm listening. Not my God. He don't think somebody's got. Right. He is featuring Kirk Franklin. Please don't say that. But he's going to. I'm dead. Like you already know. I need Kirk Franklin to really not do that. And I'm so for real. Somebody who. Oh, no, Frank. And listen to the Frank. Kirk. I said, do not. There's no way. You cannot. You know, one of the big girlies are going to take that pay off from him and then be like. Well, God said that we should just be a people. And who are we to watch? Please. I don't know if it's going to be Kirk. But is somebody going to do it? Kimberin. The same way to. It's going to be Kimberin. Well, they say our family food. Good answer. Good answer. God help. There it is. There it is. It's the worst timeline. I'm not going to speak any further about this because it is big bird. No Sesame Street. Like it is one of the birdiest. No shame. Having asked. Press. Still supporting him. I hope he gets out soon. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like she's. Like I don't even have words. The way I don't even know who you talk to. She's a fucking idiot. The one who was going back and forth with young Miami at his home. At some point. Do you remember when you were just had his youngest baby or not? Yes. Okay. No. I'd never learned her name. Did she's not even the word like it's just wide open accepting stupid because money. Yeah. Yeah. I'm so glad I don't love like I'm not impressed. Yeah. Say. Perfinance or game. Really? You know, I am so glad that I am the type of person who can be satisfied with having enough. God is just so be it. You know, when I take a look at the state of the world, the fact that my bills are paid is a massive privilege that I don't take for granted. And that's enough for me. I don't aspire to have enough wealth to shut somebody else's life down or whatever. Like the things you all want to have, the billionaire shit, private jets, and I do not need no that shit. I am so grateful for the things I have. I am so glad I don't aspire to have all the money in the fucking world. If those are your means based off of your work, get the PJ, I mean, the intent to be like a parasite and be like, girl, look at the life I'm living, they could easily turn to absolutely nothing if I get on this nigga's nerves. Please. I don't really because you didn't do that. You've been invited along for the ride and that ride is going to last however long he says. So that's just not. He can't say shit. He and Jim. You know, for the next couple of months, maybe, and even when you locked up, doesn't mean that you can't move your money around and do such and such. Right. Right. Uh, apparently the threads and TikTok specifically threads are incredibly angry with one dochie because dochie said something incredibly funny about cats. That's not real. Y'all are. Never mind. Go ahead. I cannot believe they are so upset. We can go over which tells me reminds me that cat people specifically are are like, it's not even just sensitive about their babies, because we're obviously sensitive for hours. But it's like there. I feel like cats also require a bit more like analyzation and adjustment to kind of get that like you. And I think this was sort of part of dochie's point like you have to really earn. Oh, yeah. Cause they don't care. They do not care if you like them at all. They're like, you should care if I like you. Right. You don't want auditioning for my approval, not the other way around. Um, yeah. I think cat people are just really connected to their pets because they're a bit different than like dogs for pretty much, uh, unwavering. And they're. Oh, yeah. Alongs you're good to them. Um, so yeah, I don't know, it's like, and then you have like the people who think about all of the cats who are abused or, you know, left out places. How many cats have to be adopted, especially in comparison to dogs? So. Yeah. But it wasn't like dochie was like man, fuck hats, I hope all of them get left under a bus. I'm like, she just said, I don't like that. She said people act like it's a crime to dislike cats when they genuinely aren't friendly animals. They don't want to be domestic. Just leave them alone like it's not organic. I'm sorry. Be for real. It's where the cats are immediately. Lovey without years of pain and work. But y'all be scratched and beat the fuck up your phone animals. I haven't heard a lot yet. Like I can't believe people read this and we're like upset. This is exactly how I'm sorry, and y'all know it, I can't. It's the fact that people are taking it personally for me, like, yes. Why you act like she said, you user Jessica 879 Miami, your cat, Mr. Mittens is such a bitch. You have the worst cat on the, like, it's not about you in particular. Who cares? I see people say they don't like dogs all the time. I keep scrolling because I don't fucking care. Me and my dog have nothing to do with you in your opinion. Why would I take that as a personal assault on Laney like be for real? And again, if you have cats, how could you read y'all be scratched and beat the fuck up by your own animals and not just laugh? Because you know you are, because you know you are. You got to get specials for them to scratch, 'cause otherwise they'll scratch up all your fucking furniture and y'all know this, y'all will eat up your things as well. Well, I, I really burn sure doors, zippers, my dog is so tiny she cannot. When Link was a puppy, maybe like first year and a half, she was basically like, if I can fit it in my mouth, I mean it. Okay, yes, they do want to eat every fucking thing. They do. I really don't care what it is, texture, food, not food, if I can fit it in my mouth, I'm going to eat it. It's like, like, but yeah, cats are so different and they have such big personalities. I think a lot of cat parents are just like dialed in and supporting their baby because they feel like their babies are, uh, are misunderstood, but I just feel like if your cat could speak, there would be like, I don't want to be domestic. That's why I leave for a week every goddamn time. You know I'm going to come back, 'cause I know how to get back here when I'm hungry, but I be out in the streets. I have to go to Bella. No, Shay, I have to go catch mice. Like, girl, I'll come back. I don't want to be domestic. I don't. I go do what I want. Furthermore, I'm not friendly and you know that I don't like when new people over here, old people over here, honestly, like I don't like other cats. You trying to give me a brother and sister and I will beat this bitch up. But ultimately it's cool, I'm uncomfortable here, like you're all right. I said unthreats. I don't remember exactly how I worded it, but I was like, I don't think cats are unfriendly. They just want you to respect the fact that they wrote the 1999 1997 album Butterfly as well as the follow up album Rainbow. So as long as you just know your place, they'll probably be fine with you. Acknowledge their greatness and you'll be fine, but I also feel like any other day you see cat owners talking about how they can't beat they fucking ass for like the first eight years or some girl would be like, um, so I've been with my fiance for six and a half years and he moved in two years ago and my cats still fucking hate him. This is it. Like, I y'all talk about how your cats are mean all the time. So for somebody else to say, yeah, I actually don't really like cats because they don't seem like they like me. And now y'all are pissed. Cats do do that, bro. They do. Y'all are being weird. My favorite cat videos are the ones where they're just like up on top of the fucking up like on a mantle somewhere right next to your mama's ashes and you're just like, don't you do it? Don't. Don't you do it. And being looking back at you like, I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. And then. Oh. Boom. Mama. Mama. Cats are so shut because they literally just be like, I know this is going to piss you off. I'm going to do it. I love when they knock shit over or where they just stand in front of the television. You're watching the Super Bowl. They're just like, oh, are you enjoying the TV? What if you looked at my ass hole? Right. What if I just looked so funny right here in the middle of the halftime show? I wouldn't everybody like to see that. I'll give you niggas a real show. That is how cats go. Because even like Laney's antics and stuff, she's a baby, like children. And she's just like, I am baby. I am still. Ooh. What's that smell? Oh, I remember that one. You know what I mean? And she's, she's a kid. So she wants mommy's attention and she wants to be playful and so on and so forth. But all of that is really just dialed into curiosity, excitement, that sort of dials down as they get a bit older. Cats kittens into their old age are like, I know what I like. I know what I do not like and you ain't going to do shit about it. Right. And what I don't like is you and you still going to feed me. Do it right now. I've also say that I feel like cats, you know, like dogs kind of have these, these like senses and habits that are kind of tied into old like way back when they were just out living in the world. Oh yeah. Like when they walk around in a circle and something. Yes. They remember when they was royalties. That's the same thing. Yeah. You're like, I'm sorry. Did someone build pyramids out of you? Do you have any? Were you worshiped? Great. Were you worshiped? I'm sorry. Because I have statues in my likeness. The Egyptians literally worshiped me. I don't know why y'all acting like I'm not that bitch, but I just know he has built wondrous landmarks about you anywhere. So I think literally nobody, nobody, Katie, in the whole planet, nobody's ever made a statue of your face. Now you wave that wand around with that goddamn mouse on it. And we have. They're good. I think it's hard to wear a bitch and do what you're supposed to do. They're just moody, which I think is cute. I like that they have a personality where they're like, I don't want to play with you today. I don't want to talk to you. And that's fun. They're like, get off the phone. I think it's good. Yeah. [BLANK_AUDIO] And to that extent, link is basically a cat. Like when I said all of that, which I believe, I was like, I'm describing a dog as a cat. Maybe because she's older now, because Laney is definitely the stereo. Like we were walking to a daycare today, and she was just forward rolling for anybody, like just begging, just daddy, look at me, just auditioning for the whole of New New York City to give her one crumb of attention. I'm like, this is, this is literally embarrassing for me. Like, it's embarrassing for me for you to act like this. She'll give a fuck. So. And her mind, she's like, so do you want me to address my public or not? Like do you want me to really want you to just walk? Just walk, nigga. I don't need you. This being my kingdom. Like, I feel like it would actually be really disgusting of me to not get into the streets and really talk to my people. That's how she acts. She acts like I've never taken her outside before. Like she just, like she just came to me and she's outdoors and it's like, girl, you come outside every day. We do this every day and every day literally fuck out of me. I literally just put this bitch harness on it, whatever to go take her downstairs. She ordered to daycare to this moment. She will like, get up on hind legs so that I could put her into the thing. She's just like that hype. Oh my god. Let's get out of here. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Like, do you know what you are? Bitch. Lady has started pying at the elevator door when it's been open. I'm like, what are you doing? Wait. We do this every day. Why are you? And she wants to play with every dog she sees and most of the dogs are like, like this morning, one dog just stood straight and looked straight ahead like he couldn't see her. I love when dogs do that to you. That has been dogs with link quite a few times, like maybe I don't look over there. The bitch will start. And let me over here twirling like, please be my friend. And this other dog is like, mommy, please, give me the fuck away from this rabid toddler. And I say, you know, every time I say I get it because I don't want to start my day with something that acts like a fucking feral three-year-old in my face. Either. Can you give me that? No, thank you actually. So I fully get older dogs being like, please get your baby away from me. But that's why she goes to daycare. Laney is the perfect dog for daycare. Yeah. She loves this shit. So, you know, you got what you got. Well, our hearts are with you, Dochi and these trying time. Oh, yeah, these white people are afraid. You have learned a lesson from your, from your vial comments about cats. You know, again, cats would agree and be like, well, someone's still on the tree finally. White lesbian still want to hear that shit though. Oh, hell no. They don't want to hear that shit out there, you. They don't even hear the cats, the film right there. The cats like, but I agree. Listen to her. Write it back. Play it. Actually put it on a speaker on a loop. Everybody needs to understand it. I'm glad someone finally told you this about God damn time. Yes. She, she didn't lie, mother. Big prayers and lots of love to Mona Leo. She had to, um, she had to, I think, postpone a couple of her dates. Memphis in New Orleans. She had to go to the ER. Oh, yes. Uh, found out she had to assist the sides of a soft ball. Woo. That was cutting off blow, causing bleeding in my abdomen. She said she had to have a emergency surgery, lost an ovary in a fallopian tube. Damn. It's been hospitalized for a while. At least as the time that this was pointed, uh, postage said she was waiting to be released. It was so sad to be used like, that was kind of just like declared to give you acknowledgement. And then she just kind of went into feeling so bad and apologizing. I know y'all traveled to see me in by our outfits will make this up to you from the bottom of my heart. I'm like, I, there's not a single person that was coming to see you, flew out to see you, bought hair, makeup, or whatever that is hearing this, what you're going with going through and is like, uh, hot lane tickets, right? Right. Like, this is very serious actually, glad that this was not worse. Yes. Thank God this, this system ruptured while you were on stage or something. That would have been horrific. I mean, in the size of a softball, good God girl. She did say, I do want to say, listen to your body when things are off as person who hates ER and never wants to go, this could have been a lot worse. Yeah. It really could have. I have ruptured an ovarian cyst, not one anywhere near that big. When I tell you that women who have given birth told me that rupturing an ovarian cysts hurt more than childbirth. And I'm like, well, goddamn, it was bad. I went to the ER the first time. I've actually done it twice. And I went to the ER the first time because I didn't know what I truly thought I was dying. So I, you know, I feel for her, but yes, the way she was so apologetic, I'm like, baby, I get it. Nobody wants to cancel shows. But this is not something that can be avoided, like it is what it is. And thankfully, they, you know, you got into surgery in time and you can have a quick recovery, hopefully, and you'll be back at it soon. So. Yeah. It does mean a lot to her. I understand, you know, as creatives ourselves, I mean, not as beautiful or talented. Right. No. Don't do anything like that. Right. Right. It means a lot to people who are showing up to support you means a lot as well. I saw that she was emotional the other day on stage because her show was sold out. And she's just really grateful. And so really wishing her a quick recovery, lots of love. All right. Do you want to talk about two more terrible people? What time is it? Yeah. Okay. Sure. One boy is getting absolutely dragged on social media right now, even from his own fans because he was going back and forth with one of his kids mom who I guess replied to a tweet or something or comment from someone else who was talking to NBA young boy, you know, this was directly to him, said boy, shut up and get them kids. He talked all that shit about Sharanda picking men over you and you'll rich ass literally does the same but worse. Well. And so this woman who is not Sharanda, but a girl named Arcola, if that's how you said, she said, ah, this is the one and not the two in reply to that thing about him doing the same. He replied to this girl, girl, fuck your baby is your baby. What? Yeah. Girl, fuck your baby, you never try again, tell the world knock on my door. To be honest, have y'all have y'all can go to court, bitch, I'll gladly pay. It's fuck you. I don't play or do not pretend thing. I don't give a fuck. This is nearly as much of a ridden and niggas, yeah. Niggas. Have that, that's really what that is anyway, she fried him, the internet fried him. Cause what do you mean, fuck yo, baby? What? Fuck your baby. Even if that one y'all child is a fucked up thing to say, why would you say, oh my God. You don't even love yourself, bitch. I know. This is what he said. I mean, this is what she's saying back to him. Okay. Okay. I know as fuck my baby has been fucked my baby when you let his finger get burned. Now your lying ass wife said he got bit by a dog. Fuck you and everything you stand for, bitch, you're going to rot in hell too. And she posted a picture of the boys burned for her, oh my God. So yeah, he went back and forth, but she mostly dragged the fuck out of him and I think eventually he just kind of took the hint that he was a piece of shit and back off. Yeah, you're not winning this after you said that about your own child, like that's not. Oh, I see here that he just had his 13th baby three days ago on March 1st, Jesus. Oh, he has a wife now. Oh, that's what another baby mom said, look, my gangsta had her baby. Oh, he should be he should be evaluate my gangsta. Why do you 13 kids with six seven women, Jesus Christ, okay. And was trying to like a ledge, you know, gold digger sack chaser set up type of thing. And she was like, bitch, if I wanted money from you, how to put your ass on child support when his baby came out, out my pussy, well, I've been taking care of this bitch by myself for three years. Yikes. She'll be like I don't even say why y'all be trying to play that game where you know a woman doesn't have your own child support because the minute that they do, it's not like the judge is like, well, yeah, I think you should. do this. Once they do that, the legal system will ensure that child is taken care of. And if you don't have the means to do it, don't do it. Do you know what they do? Do you want to do what they do? Why I do. Guess what they do? They throw your dumb ass behind bars, stupid. I don't even know how to be played these games. When they snatch that passport, that's when you really going to start crying. Right. Yeah. Because they take your shots, they're your passport, unpaid child support. Then you really don't be either. And then you really don't. They take your taxes. They take everything. I don't know all that shit, all that shit. Run that lady her money. How are you? Well, you don't deserve them kids. Jesus Christ. Fuck yo, baby. Wow. I'm screenshot in that tweet and go and write the family court if I'm their girl directly work. Judge, you see what this man said about my child? I'mma just need to go on here because he obviously cannot be allowed any sort of custody or visitation. He needs to be forced to financially support for this child he made. And that's it. And that's all I was a court. I'll be doing investigations on the rest of them. DM kids. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Cause what you mean his finger got burned. But then your wife said he got bit by a dog like that's better. Cause either way, somebody wasn't watching the baby or the dog. Where was y'all grown? Nick? Is that when this was happening? Yeah. I actually rather you say like, Oh, he burned his finger than a dog bit. Right. Right. That sounds more than what it was. Obviously. I have awful. Like the dog. Oh, yeah, he was out there with that dog from the sand. Why do you have a dog that would bite around my child? That okay. It doesn't even look like a bag. So Nick is you know, the problem with dumb niggas is they think we don't have to. That's really what you're saying. You are so right. I'll be. It's always a bubble pop of life. Do you know what I'm supposed to be? And then the deflecting starts. Right. Whoa. Horrible person. Also alleging money grabs is one Tyler Denise Perry, who is now accusing him. You know, you're in fucking time. You are in time. Out. Mabel Perry is now calling the other young actor Mario Rodriguez, who's suing him for sexual assault, sexual battery and intentional inflection of emotional distress. He is saying this young man, 77 million, our lawsuit is a money grab. Pretty same thing that he said about the other guy, the record of his name, he has a win. Yeah, his legal team, I suppose it's saying that so Rodriguez's allegations have no basis. In fact, or law and no merit. Okay. Well, I think late last year, there was some text messages that leaked from this guy to Tyler Perry, where he was asking him if he could help him, like he was asking him for money, basically, to help with dental work. And so I guess, you know, team, team idea is like, in this, look, he's a guy just wants money. He's just like, I'm like, okay. While I think it's pretty fascinating that you can approach not just your boss, but like one of the richest, most powerful people in entertainment and be like, I think that's fascinating. Right. But it's not like unbelievable. And if he, it's not like he's like, oh, I really want that new hellcat or I've just had my eyes on a cyber truck. The text messages and we texts allegedly say are apparently brother, haven't been feeling okay, confused and a little nauseous. I got blood work. Think it's my teeth. I know it's none of your business. I don't know what to do. I know I promised you I'd never ask you for anything. But if it's what I think it is, I don't think I could do it on my own because I barely pay my bills scared as fuck. So I wrote this. I was like, this person needs is asking for help from medical care. True untrue. Oh no, right. I do find it fascinating though, but he could tell you as someone who has acted in your stuff and, you know, has her phone number. I think that it's very interesting that he could say like, oh, I could barely pay my bills. Oh, that's something. Why do y'all have to reach out this phone numbers? This man had a minor role in Medea goes trick or treat or whatever. Why do y'all? How did y'all even exchange phone numbers? Because Tyler, honestly, I think that's a movie. Yeah, no, I'm not joking. I'm literally not joking. This is that was true statement that I just made. Oh, was he in one of those demos? Yeah, he was. He had some tiny little part in one of those movies. But you know how Tyler is he cast? Because he wants to fuck that he thinks are cute. Yeah, right. But I mean, this is what I'm saying. You do inappropriate things with people. And then you wonder why they turn around and ask you for money as if money's not the whole reason that people are around you. Come on. This isn't complicated. Mario, probably by way of his legal team, as well said, I wanted to bring. And this was like, I think one of the technologists just came first came out now that Tyler and his team are saying, oh, you know, gold digger. This is another one. I mean, Mario's people said, I want to briefly respond to what's being said about me right now. People are pointing to messages where I was delightful, grateful, or vulnerable and trying to use that to discredit me. When someone has influence over your career, your income, your future, you don't feel free survivors often stay cordial. They often ask for help when they feel desperate. That does not mean abuse didn't happen. Those text messages were sent at a time when I was especially vulnerable as can be seen from the context continued financial support and access are not inconsistent with abuse. They're often part of the power dynamics that follow it. I mean, I guess we'll see what happens. Yeah, anything can be true. All of that is very possible. And this goes back to my original point of why would you Tyler Perry billionaire be exchanging phone numbers with somebody who had a bit part in one of your shit movies. Why would you be doing that? There have to be quite a number of people underneath you. Right. That your past member literally could reach out. Literally, right. Staying in contact with aren't even say things like this. Why are these young men that look very similar? I could eventually attract. Why do they all have your phone number? It doesn't make sense to have people underneath you. You don't let them write anything for you, but I know that they do other things like a machine over there. Somebody's answering the phone. See, man, have your phone number. Right. Somebody's answering the phone over at my type, which it's just so funny that that's the name of your protection company, because it would be your type, wouldn't it? But wait, it is. Isn't it my T-Y-P-E like Tyler Perry? Isn't it? My type. I'm honestly feeling like I'm choosier than Tyler Perry is when it comes to giving out my phone number. And I don't make no fucking sense, because. Wait, wait, wait, wait. I told you. Like, what do you mean? I told you, but yeah, I, um, I, yeah, I feel like it's harder to get my phone number than Tyler Perry's. If you got abs, not for real. And then big man, muscle titties. I feel like that's all he looking for. Pecs, pectoral muscle. Yeah, that's, there we go. Man, I'm going to call them now. Yeah, big man, muscle titties. Yeah, um, so yeah. Yeah, we'll see what happens. I mean, is it absolutely impossible that these things could be money grabs? Of course not. They could be. Is it also possible that Tyler Perry had incredible and obviously inappropriate relationship with people in his team? It is. Yeah. It is. Yeah. It's very easy to believe. Yeah. I mean, yeah. Because how many women who had small little known name parts in a movie, in a Tyler Perry movie, have his phone number and just be texting him about. That's an interesting question. teeth or whatever the fuck else. Right. I'm betting the number is very close to zero. All the women who have Tyler Perry's number are fucking Taraji and Jill Scott, you know, like, yeah, very successful, well established. I just would be willing to guess. So. I mean, Aaron Magrude basically said this in like 2006. And didn't lie. And it just like, it, it gets truer as it seems. Yeah. It seems to get truer as the days go by. Are Kelly. Yeah. Yuck. All right. That's it for hot tops as we we're going to take a brief break and then we're going to come back and listen to your mess. Hello folks. We are back and it is time for your listener letter. Yes, it is. Send your questions to ask the [email protected]. We may just read them aloud on the show. Glow! - Sorry to God, let's dig in and see what is up first. Oh, here we go. This letter comes from Porsche. Who says, "Dear kid, if you're in crystal, "I fear I am in a romantic horror film "where the villain is my own hope." - Wow. - I'm a later in life lesbian and this is my first time dating another woman. - I don't have life lesbian. - We started dating six months ago and she's everything I've been looking for. Gorgeous, kind, emotionally open, affectionate and genuinely cares about me. We have amazing chemistry and great dates which always turn into what we call overnight with laughter and intimacy and real connection dikes. She tells me how special I am and how much she adores me and feels so blessed to find someone like me. - Oh my God, this is so cute. - All that being said, she doesn't want to be monogamous, which to be fair. This is something that she has said since the very beginning. - Okay. - When we first started talking, I thought that was fine. I've been through the ranger relationship wise and I told myself that I don't need traditional commitment. Turns out that was a lie that I convinced myself to survive my previous heartbreak because now I am deeply embarrassed singly in love with her and I want to be chosen like somebody's first draft, not an add-on. - Okay. - Okay, yes, fuck, even the way you worded that was so right. - God, okay. The emotional collapse moment happened during a date when we went to one of the bars she frequents. I've been out with her at her spaces before and met quite a few of her friends. She's never hid me and is very much into PDA and isn't shy about showing that I'm special to her. However, this time, a guy approached her and asked if I was her girl and she says sometimes. (gasps) That word has been haunting me like a ghost will wi-fi. I really don't-- (laughs loudly) - That's how I'm stealing that. (gasps loudly) - That was incredible. - I really don't want to leave her and she's told me that she doesn't want to lose me. Being with her feels so good but underneath I feel this constant ache like I'm loving it full capacity and a container built for half measures. - I'm gonna throw up. (laughs loudly) - Right. (laughs loudly) - You might as well just send us a link to your Amazon e-book or whatever. - Right, where's the fucking wedding website? Okay, when we talked about it afterwards, she told me again that I'm special and important to her and said that she was sorry she couldn't give me what I wanted. She said she wanted to reassure me of my place in her life and that she'd do whatever she could to make sure I knew and felt that but that she is still not looking for a monogamous relationship. We were fine after that and she asked me not to quote unquote switch up on her but I already have internally. As time goes on my feelings for her continue to grow. I've been feeling like my heart wants security and exclusivity now but I don't know how to hold that truth without losing her. What should I do? How do you walk away from someone who loves you just not in the way your heart is begging for is love enough when the structure is wrong and why do I keep wanting people who feel like home but don't make space for me to move in. Help me please I am tired and dramatic. Yeah, you are. - Yeah, yeah, you are. - Thanks, Portia. Okay, 'cause one of people who feel like home but don't make space for me to move in it's just a little too poetic for this fucking pop culture park. - The whole thing. (laughing) - The whole thing. - Oh, you are in your feelings, Portia. This is gay as hell. - Woo, Jesus. - I figured you had on a couple of things in this. First of all, I think that you, this is like a classic case of I'm so infatuated with this person at the beginning. I'm so infatuated with this person, I'm so locked in that I will not only just like pass these red flags, I'll collect them and make a little count. - Oh yeah. (laughing) - You see. - Because I don't believe this idea of like, oh yeah, I don't knock at me. - Why? - I don't believe that that was ever T for you. I think it was an adjustment that you made to stick with this person you wanted to stick with. They were day serious. (laughing) - Why you were not? - She really meant that. (laughing) And yeah, so here we are. - Do, right. - But I could not help but bookmark this moment where you said that poetic just Christmas work about. Why do I keep having this experience? I think that's something to dig into first. Possibly with a theory boost. But if this is something that you recognize is not new or unlike you and your behavior and relationships, I think that you really need to address that verse. Because even if let's say you break things off with this one, you can both go your several a's, all amicable, who just say that you won't get into another relationship with someone just like this or with similar tempo. You have to figure out what that is. First, but I wouldn't even go on that quest for understanding with the goal of like, and then I'm gonna be with this bitch. (laughing) Maybe you will, maybe you will not. But I think that that's something to dig into for yourself and then see what comes out of it on the other side. My guess would be that you are going to be pretty certain in how you would like to maneuver in relationships, monogamous, probably, and yeah, probably having as much confidence and, I don't know, just confidence and boundaries around how you feel relationships the same way that she does. She's like, you obviously matter to me, I will boost things up a taste so you can feel that you're my bottom bitch. But I'm not gonna start. So what then? It's just like, especially when she's that from the beginning. She's not. Yeah. I mean, it could be Porsche that, you know, this didn't, you've been in this situation before and things didn't work out because you were trying to make it work with men and that wasn't your portion. And so now, you know, you were like, oh, yeah, I don't need monogamy because you were still dealing with a heartbreak. You were still, you know, your feelings were still hurt. And so you were like, yeah, I've been through a lot, whatever, I don't need traditional commitment. And now you know better. And so it could just be that you learned the lesson of, I'm not the polyamorous type. See? Yeah, now granted, y'all have only been dating six months. And the fact that you feel this strongly about her is just, again, really getting, really same sex of you. This is very same gender loving. But it could just be that you've learned the lesson that people who say they're non-monogamous are not for you. And maybe, maybe it's just that. Maybe you take that lesson, you wrap up this connection, you spend your time grieving. And then you go right back into the dating world, knowing that when somebody says that up front, that's not for you. Of course, what Kim Fury said about it is constantly a pattern and all that. Maybe you need to explore that more deeply or enlist the therapist to help, of course, that's valid. But yeah, I mean, how do you walk away from someone who loves you, but not in the way that you want or need? It's difficult to do. It might be the hardest thing to do because it's like, damn, there's really nothing wrong with this connection. There's nothing wrong with you like you're an ideal partner except for this one very important thing that actually is a deal breaker. So it's challenging, but I would remind you, if I were your friend, I would say, you know, the longer you wait to separate, the harder it's gonna be and the more it's gonna hurt. 'Cause she is still 30 toes down on not wanting monogamy and you still want her to be your one and only. So again, the more you drag this out, the hardest, I don't want you to still be crying come Christmas time. This is what I'm saying, like if you do it right now, then when summer roll around, you'll be ready for pride. Oh, bitch, you ain't never had a pride before. You ain't never had a pride. Preach. Baby, you want to be single during pride, okay? (laughs) Or you might fuck around going to pride and be like, you know what, this polygamy shit is teed because I got about three, four, five mojos. So you let me know what time it is. So actually, I think March is a great time to break up 'cause you still have enough, the weather's still kind of shitty. People not really in the street. I mean, maybe in LA, they out there partying. They live a different life than the rest of us do, but you know, anywhere else, this is still at home time. And you can get over the hump. Yeah, and you can spend the next few months cleaning up your feelings and then pride roll around. Are you ready to hit the streets with the girls? I agree. I'm just saying it is difficult, but sooner than later, babe, it's only gonna hurt more the longer you wait. 'Cause your boo baby got her calf stuck like Morgan Price. She's a flat, yeah. I don't know what I'm gonna do. - Yeah, but good luck to you. This is just okay, God damn. - Yeah, cute, but also like, girl, just right. Like, who was you trying to impress? - And I bet you, this is, Porsche's like, it's just naturally how I feel. It just came out like this. - 1,000 people. (laughing) - She didn't even try to do it. - She didn't even try to be a hamlet. But it was just, I wanna be the first draft, not an add-on to your value meal or whatever. - What? (laughing) - You could be haunting me like a ghost for a while, fine. - Debra Cox. - So much. - Oh, God. To have my first girlfriend again, actually you couldn't pay me to go back to that. - Actually. - I was like. - Oh my God. - Oh my God. - That crazy relationship that was often on for like seven years, no thank you. - No, fucking thank you. Good luck babe. Our next letter comes from Lano, who says, "Hi, crystalline kid fury. I'm a black gay male in my early thirties, and a few months ago I started seeing a guy who is 40." He never officially asked me to be his boyfriend, but after only a month of dating, he told me he was in love with me, gave me a promise ring, and talked about marrying me after I finished school next year. It felt intense and a little fast, but I tried to just take everything at face value. One night after leaving his house, I got home and received a notification from Apple, saying that an air tag was detected near me. I went back outside and used the find my app to ping it, and I could hear the sound, but it wasn't inside my car. It was coming from outside near the driver's side tire, with the help of some neighbors. (laughing) We found it. Yep. Yep. (laughing) - That was diabolical. We found an air tag hidden inside my front bumper in a disguised black box with adhesive. We actually had to partially take the bumper apart to get to it. How the fuck? The next day I filed a police report and told them where I had been, but I said I didn't know who could possibly do this. Later that night I used Apple's feature to see more information about the air tag, it showed a serial number, and the last four digits of the phone number, it was registered to. I looked at those last four digits more closely and realized they matched the guy I was dating. I texted him and asked directly if he placed that in my car and he denied it completely, saying that he didn't know how to use air tags. Which. - Maybe it was a coincidence, like that miles. - Like some. Anyway, the fuck is wrong with these digits. - He acted all concerned, bought cameras and a flood life for his house, and helped me investigate. I started doubting myself. - Wow. - I was wondering if it was just a crazy coincidence. A month later we were in his car after dinner and got into an argument. He admitted that he had recently driven around my apartment complex for hours when he didn't see my car and waited there until I got home. - Oh, why the fuck would he admit that? - He even told me which car I parked next to and what time I arrived, which upset me deeply. In the middle of that heated conversation, I asked again, if he put that air tag in my car, and this time he shouted, yes, I did. After that, I returned the gifts he bought me. The next day I sent him a firm message telling him not to show up at my home, work, or anywhere else I am, to not follow me or wait for me or to tamper with my vehicle and that I would involve law enforcement immediately if he did. He replied, okay. It has now been two days of no contact. In a strange way, I feel lighter because he had expected constant check-ins when I woke up, left work, and got home. But I'm also scared of him because he knows where I live and he has already demonstrated stalking behavior. The level of planning it took to buy, set up, disguise, and install that air tag feels calculated and invasive right. My friends think I should update the police report now that I have his verbal admission even though it wasn't recorded. I don't necessarily want to ruin someone's life if I don't have to, but I'm also concerned for my safety. How would you move forward in a situation like this? Would you pursue further police involvement and how do you process and move past this kind of violation? I'm struggling with a mix of anger, disbelief, and fear. A part of me almost feels empathy for him until I remind myself of just how much he violated me. Any advice would mean a lot. Thanks, Lano. - Lano, get a restraining order. - E. - I don't even. - Immediately, baby. Fuck that, if he, no, I'm sorry, go ahead, go ahead. - I can't even. - No, I'm going ahead. - First of all, I would have been out the door at the moment that he said, you know, sometimes a girl needs to know that she's appreciated for all the things she does, with some sort of token of love, 'cause without it, our young heart won't know. Like, bitch, you're forty giving me a promise ring? Some's not right. - Immediately, immediately, get me outta here. - Not only did he place an air tag on your car, which is terrifying. That's you from Netflix. That's American Psycho. That's misery. Like, but not just like, oh, I use some Scotch tape. A black box? - Yeah. - Like a bowing? - And the way he went to great lengths to hide, like you didn't just throw it in the fucking glove compartment or something, that nigga did his best to conceal that air tag from you. Like you wouldn't have- - It looked like a car, but yeah. - Yeah. - I would immediately be getting papers on this nigga. This isn't even just like, oh, we had a bad break up because I called this nigga out for cheating. And so now he stay outside my house. That's still something to call the law. - Oh, yeah, it is. - But this person did some like really, really alarming stuff. - Right. - We really have to get back. We have to back up from being like, oh, but I don't want to inflict stress or inconvenience or possible criminal charges on this fucking dangerous deluded criminal. - Like, I don't know what more we need to do. This person needs to be very far away from you. And I think that the law should make it so. - The fact that he admitted to stalking you. - Right. - It's like terrifying. 'Cause most stalkers would just not tell you or they would do it from afar. - You know, like the girls would like leave a letter in your mail bar, like send you a picture of you somewhere, which is still terrifying. - Right. - But how many bitches would be like, yeah, I'd be driving around your complex and I know where you park and what car parks next to you? What else does he know that he ain't telling you? - Too much. - Right, right. If that's what you're willing to admit, then what are your secrets? - I agree with Kim Fiery. You're not the one who would be ruining his life. He is because he is the one going around stalking people and putting tracking devices in their fucking cars, okay? You're not, you can't, it can't be your fault that he is held accountable for the fucked up things he's doing, like that's just not true. He don't get to violate you and then just go on about his life, like it don't mean nothing. I agree with your friends at the bare minimum, even if you don't go to the links of getting a restraining order, absolutely update that police report saying that you know who did it is such and such person. So, I mean, just bare minimum that, although I do think the restraining order is also a great idea, but. - I probably suggest one. - But, right, right, the police are gonna be like, so while you hear form 82, 8-9B is the restraining order document, like, let's go ahead and get that filled out as well. I mean, or they might not take it seriously because it's same sex relationships and they don't tend to take domestic violence and other issues like that in same gender relationships very seriously, so it could not be the way. But, um, I do understand, I understand your feelings, 'cause I've been in this same position where nigga put their hands on me and I was like, oh, I'm not gonna press charges, 'cause I don't want your life to get worse. And in hindsight, I wish I had done that, but I also have a lot of empathy for me and just the fact that I was going through something so traumatic and so fucked up, you know, I was just doing my best at the time, so. - Right. - You are, you're dealing with a lot of fear right now and anger with somebody that you thought, you know, you could potentially build something real with the red flags, again, like you just kind of, you wanted to believe that things could just be this nice or things could just be unfolding this quickly, but the promise ring was the sort of thing, it's kind of like with the last letter with Porsche where it's like, soon as somebody is doing something like that four weeks after we met, first of all, promise rings are for children, but even if they weren't. - Girl, Tiffany Evans was like 12. - Yeah. - I'm so wrong. - Promise rings are for adolescents to give to one another. They're not for people in their 30s and 40s. At that point, we're literally just getting engaged. - Isn't it so cute that we're like in love as seventh graders and we can't like legally get married and have a token of that, but here like, this means that I promise to be good to you and you promise the same thing. It is literally for children. Yeah, telling you that he was in love with you and giving you a promise ring. these are kind of red flags that you know in the future not to ignore this is a sign this person is not everything's not screwed to tie it up there because why would you behave this way and also you knew in your gut when you saw that the air tag was registered to that phone number you saw that yeah you knew you knew in your spirit but you wanted to believe that there was a chance that it wasn't and you let this nigga go through the rig of my role and the absolute ridiculousness of buying blood right security cameras to do what nigga check to record you going to look at you like nobody who will do something like that pretends to help you look for something that they did or something oh no you take my life screaming yeah yeah I know what you did not even last summer yesterday yeah I don't want like no absolutely not I understand that it was a surprise when he pulled out that small velvet box with pink ribbon tied and you wondered what was inside he said I promised not to hurt you I promised not to lie but then he did both of those things yeah girl yeah adults just I would call the Avengers keep this bitch away from me very far and I mean if you see him anywhere I don't care if it's the parking lot at a bar called the law e media girl put a ring camera or something on your door so that you can catch the commons and goings in your home whatever you need to do make sure all your friends and family know that this person if anything happens to me y'all can't get a hold of me find this nigga share your location with some people you trust things like that you had to speak the bumper apart insane oh my god to that tag that is terrifying and the gag is that would have been appalling and unbelievable yeah they were like 23 yeah at 40 and and early thirties inexcusable and excusable is something wrong with that man but that's not your problem take care I'll be worried for the next person that day yes it's like are is your life in danger and and this is why I would encourage you to do whatever you can legally but in order to not just protect whoever yourself and whoever you date next but whoever he might run into next make a paper trail so that when somebody goes with him they say uh what is this about stalking your ex and installing tracking devices in his car with the fuck is this police report this is what is this like just something for the next man to see wants to prevent him from continuing to do it to you or someone else it be faces no consequences so I hope you do do that but even if you don't plea at the bare minimum set up some security for yourself and and stand on it if you see him anywhere near you yeah and I agree about telling family and friends as well oh yeah got to but but do your best to protect yourself we it's so this is what's so scary about dating like you really don't know who you gonna fucking meet girl and even if you have girl let's say it was a month in and he said oh I love you here go a promise room and you were like oh you're out your mind goodbye yeah he might still have been stalking you might have still been doing like because at that point even though y'all only been seen each other for four fucking weeks something in his mind has him thinking that this is the right way to behave or an appropriate thing to do like whatever he got going on that that's not for you to worry about you your first priority has to be your safety so if I can pour into me again I'm so glad I don't like Niggas this might never ever yeah yeah I get it all right good luck Lano um seriously do everything you can to protect yourself babe our last letter comes from event who says my mom received some money two years ago and wanted to start a clothing business with it the initial idea was to sell clothes for special occasions weddings red carpets etc and I was with it however things started to decline rapidly as she met with some difficulties in her search for clothing suppliers imagine my shock when she started purchasing dresses on pretty little thing but I said all right uh oh then she paid thousands of dollars to have a website built the designer was not meeting deadlines or understanding my mother's vision of the website so I had to pick up the slack and met up with him for weeks to get everything done two years later and out of the 100 pieces of clothing she's purchased maybe 10 have been sold all to family and friends in real life my mom purchased a credit card terminal that has barely been used so to avoid additional fees I had to call the merchant and take care of the return process for the card terminal since my mom said that doing this was too complex for her now she's using AI models to update her website and I have to constantly when it was gonna get to the head and I had to constantly help her with this and that whenever there's a technical issue with the site I have to take care of it but when I try to give her advice which is backed by my experience working in communications I'm accused of not seeing her vision or speaking failure into the business yikes well what could have turned into an extra mommy what could have turned into an extra source of income has just become debt and I'm tired of having to help with a project that I plainly dislike but I also feel bad for not encouraging for not encouraging her as much as I could what should I do or say to distance myself from this endeavor while still being supportive or do you all think I should be supportive at all thanks even this one's a little tricky it depends a lot on like your relationship with mom history with mom is this just like oh I love mommy so much and I'm so proud of her and I really want to support this it's a lot of work and I don't think that she's getting like the direction and how some of this works and that's really frustrating because it's not my business and I feel like I'm running it right but I just love my mommy and I want to support her then there's like I feel obligated to this because it's my mom I want her to feel bad but this business is a fly I don't believe in it I mean it is just like pressure and you feel like you're doing it to you know to appease her you feel obligated to it I guess distancing yourself I honestly can't think of anything crystal decides just out loud saying the boundary I'm not doing it girl yeah I can't I have my own stuff that I have to do honestly it like I don't really have the time to like micromanage and stuff there's anything like really big you have any questions about so you can text me email me or whatever but like I genuinely can't I don't know how well I would approach it because what you're supposed to do realistically like it sounds like your mother had an idea for a business without having any business know how or acumen or she just thought oh people need nice things for a special occasions but she had mommy why would they come to you right like I don't I'm trying to be kind of out it but like of all the places to buy clothing and especially if it's something we can get off sheen or pretty little thing pretty little things right it's like this is very it's giving fashion Nova why would I pay our markup to get it from you you know so it at this point it is debt which is a shame because this was money that she came into and yeah I'm sure everybody it's been two years y'all would love to turn a profit here but for me the I think if you read about like it depends on your relationship with your mom and it does sound like you're fucking tired of it because it's not just that you're being asked to handle all this other stuff is that she doesn't value you outside of the thing she asks you to do yes so that is why I would be retracting my support because it's like I'm if you would listen to me I wouldn't have to drop the things I'm doing to come bail you out every five or six days but you don't even listen to me and then I still come over here and help you and one of the things I noticed in this letter event is that you kept saying I have to help her with this I'm constantly doing that I have to do this you do not have to you really don't and it's important to remind yourself of that that you are not actually forced to do this you feel a great attachment to your mother or you feel a deep sense of obligation to her and so you are choosing to do that because of those feelings but you don't actually have to and so telling yourself that may really help illuminate for you whether this is something you can continue to do because sometimes you tell yourself I don't have to do this and so it's like okay I don't have to but I'm choosing to I want to help mommy or you can say I don't have to do this and I'm fucking not going to let girl I'm tired of this because again if you if you calling me every time something go wrong with the website because you don't know how to log in the WordPress or whatever then how is it when I'm trying to give you advice on these things all of a sudden I'm I don't see the vision or I'm speaking failure into the business I don't have to speak failure into the business the business is failing. Yeah, this is failing. You have not, you have not turned a profit not one month. That's not me speaking failure into it. The failure is already in there. I'm, you, if you cannot be coached or helped, then how is the business going to grow or change or start doing any better? Because if you knew every goddamn thing, then why do you need my help? Again, it's just your mother's not being rational. Yeah. Your mother's not being rational and nobody would do this for her, but you. Exactly. Because I'm sure you're not being compensated for your time and effort and energy and all. I'm sure you're not. So nobody would be volunteering their expertise in this way like you are. That's why she continues to, I don't want to say take advantage of you, but she keeps reaching out to you knowing because you're going to keep doing it. So, yep, I would, I would say quite plainly. If you can't take my advice, then you can't take my help. And that can feel wild, because they can. Most people don't do this. So it's like not many people have the training or preparation to with their parents, right? Set clear vocal boundaries. So yeah, it could feel really strange or unnatural, but you just have, I would say you have to do that. Not you have to update right? Because now you use the AI models. Okay, people know when I go to a website and I see AI models or like just clothing floating around, I know for a fact you don't have them close in stock and ready to ship. I just know you won't. You don't have physical clothing items that the girls can put on and take pictures in. I'm not trusting your website. And then it can be for this special love and occasion. Again, if you're, if your sources stuff from pretty little things. So, I mean, like selling a couple of things and then being to family members and stuff. Like, yeah, businesses take a while to get off the ground and a lot of those types of things do start, you know, with people that are closest to you. But like, we just have the difficulty here, the stumbling block, if you would know, is the fact that this lady doesn't know what she's doing. She's not listening to criticism. Yes. Are helpful advice. Right. I'm like, does she watch Bravo? Because there's a whole lot of a way of man who are just like, yep, so nail polish. I just said I'm going to start a business. That's how I just started a business. And it's like, okay, well, there's actually a little more complicated than that. And it's not like way more. And everybody either needs help or needs to be coachable. If kind of body tell you nothing, then you need to be able to execute it on your own. And your mother 1000 clearly cannot. So she needs to be coachable. She isn't. You're going to have to set those boundaries so that you don't blow up at your mom and say some things you don't really mean or something you would would work. Don't even body damn dresses. So you sell 10 dresses in two years at the truck at a car when I was getting my hair blown out. So don't nobody. You literally came into shop with them cheap ass dresses on a hanger and they paid you $20 with them dresses. They feel bad for you. Like, you don't want it to go down. They can't sleep for a minute. Yeah. That's feeling like shit. Yeah. But you, you got to say something for your own piece of mind. And you know, maybe you'll say something and she'll say, my daughter, you are correct. You do have a background in communications. This is what you do for a living. I will listen to you and take your advice because that's not something I know anything about. And then you would feel a lot less resentful about helping her. Exactly. So, but you got to say something and then it would you do she's probably going to throw a fit and then you'd like, all right, first of all, somebody else to run your website, think with these AI models and you're going to, you're going to you're going to upload some sort of bugger virus into your website. It's a matter of time before you do it. And I will not be there to clean that shit up girl. I'm not. You're not listening and you really next thing I should go on Google the wrong support line or fake support line. Now she even bigger and yeah, yeah. So yeah, good luck to you. If it again, that can be a challenging conversation, but it's definitely one worth having. All right, so we are going to wrap up the letters right there. Again, if you have a question for us, send it to [email protected]. We'll take a quick break and be right back. We are back. It is now time for the titular segment of the program. Another one I like. Yeah, you just want. I'll just start us off because all I really have to say is wow, interesting how many of you red hats are now kind of shivering and gagging. I again, don't really understand what it is you expected. So you're you're you're fucking 20 year old children going to just what the fuck is going on. Yeah, yeah, this is not good. And the girls are gagging. John Stewart. Oh, Iran is just just blowing the girl. Just shoot all over. No, no shit. No shit. I'm sorry. Well, well, I mean, because if the girl jumped me, I'm amazing. Like, baby, they said Tel Aviv gone burn like guys did. And I said, well, let me get out your way. Oh, is that a new drag race? I'm so sorry. You guys have fun. I hate this bitch. I hate this bitch. I hate that he's just turned the planet into the apprentice. I hate the fact that Latoya Jackson Nini leaks were once sitting across from this bitch to have a fake job. And he is now. All I really had is I don't have a read. I hate this bitch. I hate that so many people continuously broke their vocal cord shouting, hey, don't do this. And then again, hey, we know better. We should do better. But y'all hate Black people in Latinos, Mexicans, and Africans, and anybody that ain't a crack of so bad. I should like, yeah, whatever it takes. Now you hungry. You'll teeth falling out. And we back in having a forever war fierce. I hate, like, the hatred is. It's undescribable. And as horrible as indescribable. Yeah. That's that. And then, um, gen alpha. Oh, my sweet babies. I love you so much. What is the six seven? What is what is this? Not six seven is over. Is it? Yes. Are you just not finding out about it? I found out about this like a week ago. Six seven is late. My friend's baby who's like about to be four. Not a little. We were like having like a Sunday, like dinner-type thing. Air Daddy was like, sorry, come here. What's the six seven? And she was like six seven. How is this? And why does this baby that just got here know this meme? I have no idea. And I was just like going around the table. What does it mean? I'm not really sure where her daddy was like, I know six seven in terms of basketball. But I don't know why she knows this. So it doesn't mean in here. It's just the children being. That's a Google said. Yeah. It's just kids being young and having their young dumb shit. But it is on its way out. Like, you do six seven now and they looking at you like, okay. And that's how I know I'm elderly. I found out about it in the past five days or something. And now I'm finding out that it's late for the children and played out. It just happens to you. There's no it's taking it. Yeah. Like, damn. Oh my god. Google says popularized in 2025. Yeah. By Jen Alpha, it is often considered a word of the year. It is largely meaningless. Yeah. Content. But carries a specific feeling. Oh God. Yeah. This was well children. I'm glad you're having fun. I love that it's a three-year-old who puts you on because like, yeah, it would be a three-year-old still doing it. And when you Google six seven, six Google does this. Oh, so Google is in on it. That's too cute. Yes. It does. Probably because the Jen Alpha person has offered her to do it. Ain't they like 16 now? I think the oldest Jen Alpha. Yeah. It's probably 14, 15, something like that. Yeah. Not somebody over there with their daddy like, uh, do do do. Make the people like this. That would be hilarious. And that's how you know with somebody daddy that did it because it's still doing it. Yeah. Oh my god. My babies. It really does. I want the future for you. It does. Oh, that's so cute. When I first googled it, I jumped. Yeah. I was like, oh my goodness. You know what it reminded me of? when I work. Why do the fucking apples, there's only a flash of a second though, in my defense. Okay. But I worked with the fucking apple store and uncles and aunties and abuelos and shit would come in there with the iPhone first generation or second it'd be like the the apps are just moving. They won't stop shaking and I don't understand why they're doing it and I would just always be like, Oh, grandma, I know that she felt like he was probably going to be here in hours. Let me for hours. Let me blow your mind. Yeah. Okay. That's I think how I felt for a flash of a second, but I Google six and it started doing this. I was like, happened to the computer. Oh, wait. I remember. Sorry. Did it. And she subscribed. Oh, my God. Oh, it just happens, but you know what? It's beautiful. Yeah. It's like my perspective. It started last summer. That's what I'm like. I love that you like you just not finding out about it. That is incredible. Yeah. There we are. Six seven. There was once a time where I knew something when I was a part of it. Yeah. Yeah. I was a part of it. When it happened. Now it's no longer. It's not even just outside my business. The gates are closed. Let me play some games like we are a gay king in the wrong bullshit because the children are like, get away from us with this. Right. And that's why I was. Yeah. I can't believe you just now hearing about it and I had to retire the number 67 from their ticketing system. Are you fucking kidding? Oh, no. You can't. If the score is like 66 in a basketball game and somebody shooting a free throw and it goes to 67, the kids were going nuts like it was everywhere. They'd literally stopped calling out 67 in and out because of the kids and the six. I mean, I am one of the few adults who thinks it's adorable for kids to have their little brain rot dumb shit. No, that's exactly what I love it. I love it. But it doesn't, you know, you try to make it make sense if fucking won't. And well, they're two. I don't have to. They're 12. I don't have to make sense of it. Right. I think you just hit the nail on the head. It's like, this is just some fun dumb shit from you. And good. Yeah. And it pisses off adults. We'll see. And that's the thing. It made adults mad. So they kept doing it. And then adults started joining in with just how the children started to die. Because once we started doing it. And they moved on to something else and we'll find out what that is in a few months. Yep. Yep. It literally was time. It's a circle. So yeah, children, I just wanted to reach out. Now that, you know, your mom is turning the pockets on. I want to just reach out and acknowledge you and also reinforce the fact that we really don't know what you're talking about. But I know that's how you prefer to congratulations for having your things, your culture. I personally find it really endearing and I kind of love being lost in it. You know, it's nice to know the streets. I know more. They are not my people. They really not. You know, and it's like, I want to, I, there's a part of me that's like, I can't be old. But I am old. But it's like, I can't be. I know. I really am. Midlife is the worst age. I think it's just, it is trash, just getting one part of the other is just to actually hard to believe. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's also sexy. Midlife millennials. We're giving it up. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Let me say it. I'm finished. Okay. Anything serious. That's what I'm excited about, and I want Donald Trump to, like, I don't even want like a violent death because then, martyr, dumb, and I want like, they don't treat him like Charlie. Aneurysms. Exactly. It just falls out. He's very clearly. Did you see that rash on your head? You keep saying that. What is that? Must be injecting the stencils or something and people like, like, I don't know what it is. Baby blood. Because he's, he's rotting. He's right. Right. But, you know, my ideal situation is that he just falls down. Yeah. Doesn't ever get back up. And then they will still obviously have, like, a tour and, you know, they'll have like a mega, an annual convention. Yeah. But I'm ready for her to go. I'm ready for her to go and I want it to be soon. I hate that bitch so, so bad because what are you doing besides sucking that in Yahoo's dick? Well, I'm threatened to kidnap him and I'm like, well, do y'all need the address? It's easily good because then he got a house in Florida to check that one for. I'm about to say he's probably in Florida. But come get him. I won't stand in your way. If there's anything I can do to be a traitor to the nation, please let me know. Yeah. If you need any information and help, if we see something, we will say something. That's believe it. Tom and Gator couldn't care less, please come get this bitch girl, I will not stand in your way. I hate him. And while I'm on the topic, girl, fuck that movie, bitch, did you really think she was going to come in anybody's Facebook audio with that PG 13 piece of bullshit, like you really just wanted something to do, huh? Girl, fuck around. Sloppy as bullshit. Anyways, now I'm fitness. Okay, I've been trying to think of like which thing I'm going to talk about this week, like of all the dumb shit that has happened. I'm trying to decide which one I'm going to talk about this week. And I think it has to be this Jim Carrey is a clone thing. Oh, wow. I should like watch the news or what are you talking about? So Jim Carrey has had some work done, look like cheek fillers or something. And he was at the Cesar Awards in Paris last week. And he doesn't look, you know, like we're the same, right? And so the conspiracy theories immediately started swirling with people saying there's no way that's Jim Carrey. It's a body double. It's a clone. I don't know what y'all talk like that, the y'all, he's learned too much and now the government is replacing Jim Carrey and they've, they've just so fucking stupid. What happens to like, oh, if you play two-pot backwards, then a ghost will appear in the mirror. Like stupid. It is. It really, really is. And so I want to say, first of all, have y'all never heard of plastic surgery? It is not unheard of for famous people even men to go under the knife and have something done to change the way they look. I think it's almost, uh, it's impossible to imagine that he didn't get something done at him cheeks. But that's it. And I want to either remind or inform you girls that cloning is not like on family matters where Steve Arkel went into the transformation chamber and came out of stuff on our kill. Okay. That's not how cloning works. Cloning. That wasn't even cloning. That was just transformation. Right. But you don't put Jim Carrey in a room and press a button and then another Jim Carrey materializes. That isn't what happens. The DNA is what is cloned. And so if Jim Carrey had been cloned two or three years ago, like y'all claim, then that Jim Carrey would be a toddler right now. It would. His body doesn't get duplicated and then sent back out into the world. And if it did, he would have that old face. You see how no matter how you slice it, this is stupid. Yeah. You see how no matter how you look at it, this don't make no goddamn sense. Instead of what is right in front of y'all spaces, what is so glaringly obvious, which is that this man went under the knife. And I mean, I can't say I'm a fan of this work. You really should have called Lindsey Lohan or Christina Aguilar and see who they went to because when I tell you them bitches, he raced the clock. I don't know how Lindsey Lohan did it, uh, in particular, I mean, it's looking like 2001 Lindsey Lohan all over again, that bitch is just incredible. You should have called one of them, seen what they did. I don't think this was the best possible work. But choosing to believe that this is some decoy of Jim Kerri or that Jim Kerri was cloned and this is the clone and he, the original Jim Kerri had to be destroyed because he knew too much about the F-10 files or what, like, y'all, uh, he should just make a movie. Okay. So I googled. First of all, I put Jim Kerri into Google and the second result was in the face. Yeah. First was 2026. I'm looking at it. I'm looking at an image of now. And yes, he looks, this is not good plastic surgery in my opinion. He look like Mickey Rourke, but he doesn't look so unlike himself that I'm like, that's not him. Right. It just looks like he got worked on it. And it's not great. I get that sometimes we don't want to believe the things that are right in front of us. And with famous people and rich people, we're a lot more likely to believe that, you know, fucking thing is possible, but he really just looks like an old man who tried to turn the clock back a little bit, and maybe the face is not done settling or whatever, because doesn't he have a much younger wife or girlfriend, something like that? I think he does. - Maybe. - So I wouldn't be surprised, right? I wouldn't be surprised if he wanted to look younger because he's with someone younger. I mean, I just, I'm guessing, but the idea that this is not actually him is really just ridiculous. I want you to think. - He's 64 years old. - Right. - Right. - And it's not unbelievable. - It's really not. - Like I was saying that someone who is on camera for a living that is incredibly famous would go, I feel a way about my appearance. Let me check that out. Like, and I think you're also saying, like maybe they're gagged because it's a man. - Yeah. - A man touching his face and getting botched plastic surgery, no way. He has to be a clown. Like what? (laughing) - Yeah. Jim Carrey was like, these motherfuckers asked me to do Sonic 8, and I'm just like, okay, I can't look my age. (laughing) I wonder how old his wife is. - But sometimes you have to go back on camera anyway before everything settles. A lot of the celebrities have been caught with this plastic round, cheek look because they went and got something done. That just is what it is, babe. So. - I feel like they're done. - There are. I feel like they're settling. - I appreciate it. And you know, I'm trying to be nice about it. But I do appreciate a good conspiracy, a good would have you. Like I love it when it's fun, you know? - Yeah. - But when even I, when I can look at a situation and poke holes until y'all's very obvious observations, that's when I feel like we need to go ahead and wrap it up. This is very, very stupid. Tell your cousins to stop saying this. (laughing) That old man just wanted to look better, okay? That's it. - He doesn't. - He's right. - Yeah. - Which is not new. - Yeah, that's really it. - Yeah. - Oh. - He looked like Billy the puppet. - Also, there's something we're going on with the WNBA and the Players Association. I don't know. I'm not sure what's going on. You know, let's just hold and wait to see what happens with that. But I'm not sure if the executives over at the WNBA need to be cussed out or what? I don't know what's going on. But it's looking more and more like we're not going to be having a season or it's going to be delayed or the girls are going on strike. It's looking more and more like that every day. And I really hope not because the New York Liberty has been charging me every month for my season ticket holder. (laughing) - No, I bet. - They have been charging me every month for my season tickets. And I know that Jo and Clara don't want to have to run me my refund. So I really hope we can figure things out in time. But you know, I'm going to wait and see if some more details coming out because that story's still a little bit too new for me to really talk on it. I don't have quite enough details just yet. But yeah, we'll see. That's it for me though. - It is wild that they're even taking those players through there at the way that they work and the way that they have blown the entire league association out the water in the past couple years. - Yeah, and you know, unsurprisingly, it's looking like the NBA is part of the real problem here, which would make the voice. - That's okay. Yeah, that does make sense. Jesus. - Wouldn't it make sense that a man is really at the root of all the problems that are really going on here? It's like Adam Silver, really not getting enough smoke for what's going on. But as always, and regardless, I stand with the players. And if they feel like this is some bullshit and they would rather strike them play, then I'm completely with it. It is. - If they didn't want to wear certain brand of shoes or just like, they're the ones carrying. They can only wear shoes that the league has a deal with. They can't wear with shoes. - Of course they can. - Yeah, you have to wear, yep. So Nike's Adidas, and I don't know, probably one or two other brands, but you can't just wear whatever. They did a whole story. I think it was Erica Wheeler or somebody's. Ferrant came out with a line of shoes and she wanted to wear her friend's shoes and literally couldn't. I think I find her something for wearing like shoes that are not anyone, anyway. The restrictions y'all put on these women for them to make the $80,000 is just crazy. But all right, we don't see what happens. And yeah, I think that's gonna wrap up this week's episode of the read. We have a fun announcement coming for you next week. So hang tight for that in the meantime. Check us out. This is the read.com, our website. You can follow us on social media at this is read. You can find my advice show, Crystal's couch at Crystal's couch. We're having a good time over there just trying to help the girls out 'cause it's a lot going on in this world. So. - And in your daughter's marriage. - Join us over there. - They're car cheese. - Oh, I'm not gonna get over that. - The girls in depth help that we can't get into. - Right, right. We need more time to really unpack these things. So you can follow us at Crystal's couch to learn more. Any news or updates from you this week, Yuri? - Sure. Episode two of Furious Thoughts podcast is out with Brandon Kyle Goodman this week. Shad his hand for joining. You can find us on socials if Furious Thoughts pod. You can also find the video at the Furious TV on YouTube. That's while the bits don't still call that. And of course, yes, we're on all your pod platforms in patreon.com/kidfury for more. - Yes, you're playlist and so on and such as. - Yes, playlists and exclusives and my titties. - All right. All right, girl, please. - My breath. - Only he's gonna breastfeed someone on camera this month. So go subscribe. - No, mostly you just wanna see Link. And you do for like five minutes. - She's like, all right, there you go on that damn computer. - Yeah, I'm gonna go sleep in my Versace. She sleeps in the Versace bed finally. - Finally. 'Cause I mean, girl, Versace, you better, if you don't sleep in that thing, I am. Somebody getting in this damn bed. - No, I did, Lucky. I don't know how this worked. I put a bunch of my socks in it. - Oh, that's all. Yeah. And then after like a day or two, she was just knocked out in a bitch. I took the socks out, she sleeps in the wrong time now. - I put Laney's bed under my computer desk 'cause I'm there working so much. - Yes. - And so she's like, this is perfect. I get to be one person under you. (laughing) - That is one person, I don't even know why you think of it. (laughing) - She's like, oh yeah, right next to you is exactly where I wanna be. So this feels correct. - You know what's disgusting? When I would have like, take your child to work there, my mother would pick me up early from school if she worked in like a cubicle. Do you know where my favorite place was, do you? - Not under the desk. - Under the desk. - Yeah, it was a little short. - It was, yeah. When my mother taught at my elementary school, so when school was out, I would just walk down the hall to her classroom. - Beers. - And she was the speech pathologist so she had two rooms. So me and my brother would go into the back room and play computer games, bitch. - I would be in that room. - Wait, y'all just be chilling in the other room just together? - Yeah. - I play a number of munchers and shit. (laughing) - You're different from my child. - Yeah. - Well, do I remember a number of munchers? - Number of munchers. - They need to bring that back. - They do. - Nintendo Switch. What are you waiting on? She's right there. - 'Cause the kids cannot add, so please help them out. - Remember when you weren't allowed to have a calculator in glass? - Remember when you had to figure it out and show your fucking work? - Long division. - Now the kids are expected to use a calculator on there. - They chat G-P-T their math homework. Don't ask me how I know. (laughing) Anyway, this is TheReed.com. Thank you all so much for tuning in. We will see you next week.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Morgan Price achieved the first perfect 10 in University of Arkansas gymnastics history, highlighting her excellence and groundbreaking performance as a Black woman in collegiate sports.
  2. The NAACP Image Awards featured moments of unity and empowerment, with Regina Hall celebrating Black excellence and solidarity, especially in the face of past racially charged incidents.
  3. A discussion about Jalen Brown’s trademark of the “Brownie” logo sparked commentary on branding, privilege, and the disparity in opportunities for Black athletes, with calls to support young Black talent and challenge systemic inequities.

Summary:

The program highlights Black excellence through the achievements of Morgan Price, a trailblazing Black gymnast who earned the first perfect 10 in University of Arkansas gymnastics history, symbolizing both athletic prowess and representation in elite sports. It also celebrates the NAACP Image Awards as a moment of visible Black unity and resilience, where Regina Hall underscores the importance of community solidarity and emotional validation in the face of racial tension. A key social discussion centers on Jalen Brown’s trademark of the “Brownie” logo, sparking debates about privilege, branding, and equity in sports—especially how young Black athletes are often overlooked or underrepresented despite their talent.

The conversation extends to broader themes of systemic injustice, with calls to support Black youth and empower them with opportunities. Additionally, the segment addresses the emotional complexity of relationships, such as a lesbian couple’s struggle with non-monogamy and a Black gay man’s experience with stalking after being targeted with an air tag, emphasizing the need for safety, boundaries, and accountability. These stories collectively reflect on the ongoing fight for dignity, visibility, and equity in Black communities across sports, media, and personal relationships.

FAQs

Morgan Price is a Black female gymnast and a founding member of the University of Arkansas gymnastics team. She achieved the first perfect 10 in the program's 24-year history and has won multiple national titles, including back-to-back all-around championships.

A perfect 10 in gymnastics is extremely rare and difficult to achieve. Morgan Price's flawless execution of a 'yourchenko' move during a competition against Kentucky marked a historic milestone, especially as it was the first perfect 10 in the program's history.

At the NAACP Image Awards, Regina Hall and Delroy Lindo celebrated Black excellence by acknowledging the importance of solidarity and mutual support, especially in the face of racial bias and disrespect, turning a potentially negative moment into a powerful display of unity.

Regina Hall's moment of calling out the need for applause for both Michael Jordan and Delroy Lindo highlighted how Black communities often don't need to explain their feelings of hurt or discrimination, showing a deep sense of validation and emotional support among Black people.

Jalen Brown filed a trademark for 'brownie' in relation to his brand, which sparked discussion. The conversation noted that while the move may seem extreme, it reflects broader issues of branding and representation in sports, especially in relation to family and legacy.

Lano discovered an air tag in his car, which was later admitted to be placed by his partner. This raised serious concerns about stalking, invasion of privacy, and emotional manipulation, prompting him to seek legal protection and safety measures.

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