Keep it Positive, Sweetie - From Peloton to Prime Time w/ Tunde Oyeneyin

Episode Date: March 8, 2026

Crystal Renee welcomes Tunde Oyeneyin to the Keep It Positive, Sweetie Show to talk about stepping into acting as Madison Truitt on Tyler Perry’s Sistas, joining a series in its 10th season, and what it takes to be ready for a fast, one-take set. Tunde shares how she and Chris first connected through Peloton and later met in person, then reflects on pivoting publicly—from 16 years in cosmetics to cycling after a life-changing first class, to becoming a New York Times bestselling author, and now a series regular. They discuss ambition, being a successful Black woman who’s sometimes misunderstood, balancing strength with vulnerability, and choosing not to shrink your life for a relationship. Tunde also talks about soul care, guarding her peace as visibility grows, and upcoming projects, including Sports Illustrated Swim.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen to Doubt, the case of Lucy Letby on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Calling all my sweeties to the forefront, I'm your host, Chris Renee Hazett, and this is the Keep It Posit Sweetie Show. Welcome to the Keep It Posit Sweetie Show, a space where we slow down, reflect. and grow through honest conversation. Today's episode features a powerhouse, author, athlete, and now leading actress. I'm so excited to be sitting down with my sister, Tunday O'Yenayan. Tunday is a New York Times bestselling author, Peloton instructor, Global Nike Athlete, Motivational Voice, and now a series regular on Tyler Perry's sisters.

Known for leading with intention in what she calls soul care, Tunday has inspired millions through movement, and now she's bringing that same death and authenticity into storytelling on screen. Stepping into the role of Madison Truitt, a confident entrepreneur, navigating ambition, identity, and connection, she represents a woman learning to balance strength with vulnerability. Beyond the titles and accolades, what sends out most about Tunday is her commitment to growth, not just as an athlete or an actress, but as a woman who continues to show it with honesty and purpose. Today's conversation isn't just about a new role.

It's about preparation, courage, and what it feels like to be seen while still becoming. Kids family, please give a very warm welcome to my sister, Tunday. Tunday. First of all, radiating. I'm just trying to keep up with you. Honey, as soon as you walked through the door, I was like... I'm just trying to keep up with you. No, you are...

You look stunning. I wore white because I thought you were going to wear white. You know, as women, we have the plan and that we deviate the plan based on how we're feel in that morning. Absolutely. I was going through and I was like, should I wear this, no, I'm going to switch this up. I was like, just keep it how I was.

So we went with how we scheduled it, but you look beautiful. Thank you. Yes, thank you. How are you feeling? I feel blessed. I'm super excited to be here. I woke up this morning and I was like, I get to talk to Crystal today. Like, our story is, I think it's just, it's crazy how we're here,

and I'm sure we'll get into it. But it's just a crazy story of meeting and then now being in this moment, the shared space together. For sure. Now, we're definitely going to get into that. because I want people to know how we met and all the good things. But before we get started, I want to do a quick rapid fire little game with you. I love a game so much.

I love a game. Perfect. All right. So I want to know ride playlist or silence to reset. Ride playlist or silence to reset. Yeah. Oh, God, that's so difficult because it depends on what energy I'm trying to call in. I love silence.

Yeah. But this, I have a pop ride next week. Okay. This morning I got ready listening to that pop playlist. So part of it is resetting, but then it's not truly resetting because it's also me kind of doing work because I'm like, let me make sure this flows. Right. So it's kind of too, too. Too close.

Yeah, I love that. A cardio day or strength day? We just talked about working out. I would rather lift over cardio. Yeah. Yeah. I love a good run. Same, yes.

Peloton live ride nerves or filming a scene nerves. Oh, Peloton live ride nerves any day. I'm not nervous when I'm doing, when I'm teaching Peloton. I'm excited. Yeah. And when I'm filming, I'm excited, but it's also a nerve of just like making sure I'm doing my due diligence and showing up for the person that I'm missing with and the entire production crew.

Exactly. So it's not just me in that moment. Yeah, big difference. Glam on set or a athleisure off camera? glam on set or ath leisure off camera yeah can I do both can I be an athleisure in my face beat period yeah that's my yeah that's my kind of look you sure can what is a song that instantly shifts your mood there's a song it's by georgia smith i love her and it's called finally i love that that shifts the mood no you this must okay put me on

You must. Because I love her, yeah. Got it. And then the last one is one affirmation you whisper to yourself before a big moment. My mother used to always say a prayer over me when I was a little girl. She would always say, may whatever Ye'A Tune say be the right thing to say. May whatever Yeh Tune Day say be the right thing to say. And what that prayer did for me was when I would walk into a room or into a space,

I would know that nothing that I was going to do was going to be wrong. Even if what I did was technically wrong, it would actually. actually be right because in some way that wrong would prove itself right later. Absolutely. And so before I have, before I go on stage or before any really, really big moment, I always say, may whatever I say be the right thing to say. I love that. I love that.

That is amazing. All right. So we are warmed up. First of us talk about how we met. So I remember KJ and I used to ride to you. This is before we met. Which is crazy. 2020 during COVID.

KJ was living in Los Angeles. I was in Atlanta. Wow. And we would do the. You know how you can like FaceTime on the screen. Yes, yes. So we would FaceTime each other. We'd like it.

I'm happy that y'all use that feature. Not many people use it, actually. Yes, I love it. And Angie Biencea and I would do the same thing. She's on Sisters as well, plays Pam. She and I would do the same thing. But we would ride to you when we were trying to just stay in shape. Because I gave the COVID 20 pounds.

Yeah. Okay. I think mine was a COVID-15. Yeah. It was, you know, it was a time. It was a time where I was wearing sweatpants every day. And when we could actually leave the house. I was like, oh, I didn't put some clothes on.

Can't put any. any clothes on because I can't fit them. Listen, listen, didn't need to put any clothes on them. Yes. And that's why nobody knows they were gaining weight, myself included. Exactly. So I went and got me a Pelotone. Everyone was like, Pelotan was all the rave. And it was you and Allie Love that really just like, you just grabbed me. And I was like, I like, I like these two girls. And you inspired me. And the way you talked to us through the screen, I was like, man, I just felt like I knew you and I really drew to you. But then we met through our friend Alex Tucson, who's also in Pelotan. We were at a cookout. And that's not when we met.

No, we made it woman evolve. We met the woman in power. Strength of a woman. Strength of a woman. That's what we were at first because she was like, girl, an outfit. You, and it's so funny because my manager Kim is here. And we were joking about this last night because you walked past me with such a regal radiance.

You smelled good. Your skin was beaming. The outfit was like on, like little did I know. Like, that was you just like, you know, barely doing your thing, right? Because I didn't know you at that time. But you just, you were, you didn't even walk past me. You floated past me. And I grabbed your hand and you grabbed my hand back.

And it was just that natural thing that black women do. We just did our thing where we were both just praising and showering flowers over each other. And so that's where we met. That's what it was. I don't know why that was the moment. Because we was just talking about the outfit. I didn't realize that was, that was the moment. That was the moment.

And then we met again at the cookout. At the cookout. Yes, and that's one really connected. And then I got a call saying we're going to do a table read and a chemistry read with Tunday for this character. Madison that's coming on Custis. I was like, I only know one Tune Day. I was like, Tune Day, Tunday. And they were like, yes, I was like, oh, my goodness.

I couldn't say anything. And then finally when I saw you on the screen, I was like, finally I can text her and say, oh, my gosh. And I have to say this because that meant so much to me in that moment because I, get the audition, and then I get the callback, and they tell me that it's going to be with you and DeVal. And one, I was so nervous, and two, I was also just so excited for the callback. But I was just nervous to be, like, I was like, can I do my callback with somebody that's less intimidating than the stars of the show?

Like, give me the, you know, the person who opens the door, I don't know, an extra. And so I was nervous to go into that scene. but when I saw that beam of a smile and the support that I felt through the Zoom, like I just felt wrapped in love and I felt so safe in that audition. And I remember you text me or you called me after. And I was like, ah, you're so good!

So it just felt, it was so supportive, and I thank you so much for that moment. Absolutely. Take me back to the moment. You got the audition. You put it on tape. You get the call back. Was this something that you always wanted to do,

like, or that she was like, I'm going to get this? Like, how did you go into this? moment. Oh gosh. There's two parts of that question. Like, how did I feel with the callback? And then did I always see this for myself? I mean, I was excited. I was excited for the callback. I was nervous for the callback. I was in disbelief for the call back. And it kind of, I took myself back to my mother's prayer. May whatever I say be the right thing to say. And I just reminded myself that they liked something that they saw the first time. Definitely. Now I need

to go in there and just claim it as mine. Do the same thing. Again, I kept just telling myself, do the same thing. Do the same thing again. I'll never forget. I just left my acting coach's place whenever I got the call that I'd booked the gig. My manager called me, and anytime my manager, whenever there's an agent, she says, can I three-way insert ex-agent's name in? It's always good news. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's good news or it's bad news. Some good or some bad.

So she said, can I plug Fat Mata in? And I was like, oh, my God. I remember I was standing in a CVS. And I remember I was taking mental snapshots in that moment because I knew that what was coming next was about to change my life. So it was like snapshoting. I remember the lady at the register.

I remember everything in that moment. Is this something that I saw for myself? I can't say that I did. But Crystal, I don't know if there's any... I don't know if there's all the blessings that are in my life right now, everything that is present in real time right now. I don't know if I saw any of this.

Wow. I knew that I was capable of... doing great things with my life. But did I know that this is how the story would unfold? Did I know that these would be parts of it? No. I think that my greatest gift is that I move in trust. Even when I don't believe, I trust.

That's true. That's real, yeah. I trust. I do a monthly newsletter. I'm shared this with you before, but I write a monthly newsletter. and I just kind of happened to go back to old newsletters. I was trying to find something, and I stumbled across my May 2020-3 newsletter.

And in that newsletter, I had talked about, I had just booked a small part on a show. It was just like I shot for like two days. It was it. And it was amazing, and I had the greatest experience. And in the newsletter, I said, I'm going to start beefing up my time with my acting coach. Like, this is something I really want to just put my feet in and see what happens.

And it was, that was May of 2023. May of 2025, so exactly two years later, I was on set shooting season 10 assists. Wow. And so it's just like, did I see this exactly? no, not, maybe not for a grand amount of time, but a few years ago I said I'm going to try. And I've put in, I don't even know if that makes sense. I put trust in.

I just, I've put in trust into myself. This is something that I can try to do. Yes, and you're doing it. You are doing it. You're talking about 10 seasons. 10 seasons coming into a show that has been on, it's built a legacy of it's on it. What did it feel?

like stepping into that and where you like, oh my goodness, like this is something that I'm stepping in that's huge. And how did you walk into that space? Well, first and foremost, I think you and the other four women and all of the actors on the show, the entire ensemble, for creating legacy for me to easily be able to step into and walk alongside with you. So thank you. I think for any show to be in its 10th season is profound, any show, much less a show that is telling black stories. Yes, female stories. And so it really is a monumental moment in time.

I think KJ said this yesterday when we were sitting down and we were in an interview. And she said, like, thank you, like person interviewing us. Thank you for continuing to be interested. And calling us and say, we want to talk to you. I'm just so. Yeah. Fans, thank you for continuing to be interested. I'm just so lucky that I get to join the legacy that is already in motion.

Yeah, I love that. Now, you have transformed bodies, millions of bodies from the bike and from your workouts on Pelotine. What did it feel like to transform into a different space publicly of your own? What did it feel like to transform into a different space? publicly on my own. I think I'm in transition now. But I think that I've also become familiar with with pivoting publicly.

Because you call it yourself the Pivot. The Queen of the Pivot. Like I'm a public pivoter. I started in the cosmetic world and moved from Texas to L.A. to pursue my dream of becoming a makeup artist. I was in that world for 16 years. And we see it, honey.

That's it. It comes in handy so much. Like not having to pay for a glam is really... Give you some on it. Listen. Save your coins. Save your coins. Listen.

I... Yeah, so I was in the makeup world for 16 years. Yeah. I loved that world. I loved that job. I loved what I did until I didn't. Like, I often say I, you know, I was in the cosmetic world. I was an educator.

So I was a trainer. I would fly around the country training makeup artists on everything from their artistry skills. into how to teach and talk about a product and also how to sell it. And so there were so many people that would have, you know, literally push-shuffed and killed to have taken my position.

Absolutely. I fought for that position. And I will never forget the day. I was on my break at work. I took a very long break in the restroom. You ever go to the restroom? You sit on the stall doing nothing. I've done that.

Listen, just to escape, just to get away. That's where I was. I went to wash my hands. I'm looking at myself. in the mirror, I splashed water on my face. I said, Tunei, do you love this job? Or do you love the title? Do you love the job or do you love the respect

they give you when you walk into a room? Yeah, wow. And that was just this real honest moment where I, also I felt guilt. It was something that was difficult for me to admit to myself at that time because I had prayed for this job. I had worked hard for this job.

And now I was saying that I didn't want the job. And so there was guilt. in that. And it was just, it took me time to acknowledge that. I love, I love sharing the story because whenever I share this next story, it puts me back in gratitude because I remember where I was. And it reminds me to be so grateful for where I am. I was on a business trip.

I'd flown from L.A. to New York. I lived in L.A. I flew from L.A. to New York for a cosmetic conference. And I was like super on my... I was wearing, you know, the watch. You have to try to close the rings on the walk, to whatever after the workout. And I was like on a super kick.

Okay? I remember one of my friends. I took the watch off one day because one of my friends was getting married. She was like, you're not wearing that watch to my wedding. You're like, oh. You're not doing it. So I took the watch off.

I don't wear it anymore. But when I was wearing the watch, I wanted to close my rings. I'd flown seven hours, landed in New York, went downstairs to the hotel. gym to workout. Wow.

Treadmill was busted. Couldn't get a workout in. There was like a hula hoop in the gym. I don't know what they wanted us do with that. So I've never taken a cycling class before, but I remember it at the time. Kelly Rippa was always talking about how she would go cycling. Sometimes Beyonce would show up. Kelly Rowland would be there.

And so I was like, what is this indoor cycling thing? Let me go try it. Maybe Beyonce will be there. Right. So I went to the cycling class. Completely judged myself for paying $40 for $45 minutes. experience, but three minutes into the class, I'm in the state of euphoria. Yes.

Where, like, have you ever done something and within your first time doing the thing or maybe even meeting a person, you feel so connected as if though you've been there before? Yes. I felt like I'd been there before and I was returning to where I was always supposed to be, maybe. Wow. And so I leave the cycling class and walking back from the class to my hotel, my walk for turns into a skip, my skip turns into a hop

and within a matter of five seconds, I feel this wave of blue energy move from my fingertips into my toes. So that was my very first cycling class. Right. After that class, walking home that day, I had this blue light vision, this divine download of

information where within a matter of five seconds, I knew that I'd be cycling for the rest of my life. Not only that, but within this vision, I see myself on a platform so I know I'm going to be teaching it. And beyond that, without even knowing what Peloton was at the time, I knew I was going to be able to impact the lives of millions of people by virtue of a bike.

Wow. I say that to say, I was in this space where I felt guilt about no longer being in love within that relationship, cosmetics. Yeah. Then I have this profound vision. where I know it's what I'm supposed to do. Lots of imposter syndrome came in. Lots of voices of after that vision,

when I got back to L.A. and actually tried to pursue what I said to myself, you don't look like, walk, like, talk like, move like an instructor. I battle with my weight my entire life. And so I thought to myself, nobody's going to look at you and be motivated and they're going to say, what is this girl doing up here?

Like all the things. I was. Like, give me your body. But all the things you tell yourself, right? That's a real thing. Yeah. And so insert the first pivot, going from Cosmetic World into

cycling. Insert, hey, I decided I wanted to tell my story. So I wrote a book. It became a New York Times bestseller. Yes, you did. Thank God. That was the second pivot while still, you know, doing the full-time job. From that pivot, I've done jobs in hosting. I am a 2026 Sports Illustrated rookie. And then now insert like this world, acting you, sisters. And so, yeah, I think that I've become, to answer your question finally, I've become comfortable publicly pivoting. I think that I'm really fortunate that I have a really just beautiful, devoted base of people that, no pun intended, ride with me.

Literally, yeah. And so I'm just fortunate and lucky. And I think that so much of what I do, like so much of the pivots that I've, found myself in, placed myself in, it's due to the support. Like, I feel the hands on my back.

Oftentimes, like, the number of women, specifically black women that come up to me and they say, we see you, keep going. I'm rooting for you.

I'm proud of you. This is so much bigger than you. You're doing it for all of us. My daughter sees herself in you. My sister, you help change her. Like, it's not just me. It's not just me.

It's not just me. For sure. Every single time, I try on a new hat. I try it. on, I try out a world that I have no business being in. I remind myself to dare to have the audacity to trust because this is bigger than just you today.

Wow, that's amazing. And that was a perfect way to answer that question. That was so good. I love the backstory because people need to hear that. They do. I'm sure a lot of people feel the guilt of like, I'm appreciative where I am, but I don't want to be here anymore and how to move past that and then honor the next space that you're in. Yeah, I love that.

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Let's get into Miss Madison Truitt. Hello. So you came in, I think it was episode four of the new season and just everybody was like, oh my goodness, who is this beautiful woman? You are so poised, you're confident, you're a boss. and I think you joked about saying, I am Madison. So when you got the character breakdown and you started studying the scripts, how did you step into that and how were you able to use Tune Day to build out Madison? And let me be very specific and saying, I am Madison as she is written today.

We don't know where she will go. That is so true. It can change. I relate to Madison in that. she has focused the last several years she has focused on her career. Yeah.

She has put business at the forefront. And while it's paid off, right? Like she's now seeing the fruit of the work. She's also in this pivotal moment in her life where she's wondering, did I like miss the other stuff? Do I still have time for love? Do I still have time for children?

And so I relate to Madison. I'm 40 years old. I just celebrated my 40th last December. And I'm in this space where I love the world that I'm in. I am blessed with incredible friendships and opportunities. And hello. Hello. She wants love.

She does. And so, yeah, I was able to pull a lot. And we'll see as the season progresses. But I was able to pull a lot of what I'm going. through in my own world and put it into the character. Maybe not all of her but a lot of her I find

in myself. I think what's beautiful too about the way that Madison is written we're in this space in time where women are bosses. I think I read something recently where the number of single female owners for the first time homeowners, the number of single

female homeowners is greater than male owners. that are single for the first time in history. And so it just goes to show like women are the faces and the head of these businesses. And so I think that it's relatable in many ways. It's so relatable. It's so funny you gave that statistic because when I bought my latest house, I... Come on, latest house.

Latest. You're so funny. More than what? More than one, plural. I had an older woman, a... actually a friend of mine, it was her mother who said, are you really going to buy that big house? Like, no man's like basically telling me it's going to be even harder to find a man

being that I went ahead and bought this house. And I was like, you know, I'm not going to wait, you know, because what if that never happens, you know? So I don't want to be in like a holding pattern. There are things that I'll like be like, I'm waiting for my husband on that. But like where I live, that's my sanctuary. That's where I'm like my safe place where I can let my hair down. Like, I don't want to wait on that.

You know, I still got to live. Right. And I still got to go to sleep at night. So at least go to sleep in the house you want to. Come on a comfortable bed. Chris, I was told the same thing. Really? Really?

Really? What is that? Tunday? When I was younger, a girlfriend of mine told me, and she was speaking to herself at the time, she was saying that she wasn't going to buy because if she were to buy, if she were to meet a man, a man wants to, he won't be able to see where he can insert himself because there's nothing else to build.

because you've already done it. A man wants to come in and be able to provide and provide. And so I held on to that thought for so long. Yeah. And I remember when I bought my home, I mean, I'll rewind and keep it all the way, you know, real with you. When I was younger, I, you know, you asked me, did you have all these plans? I knew I was capable of greatness, but I don't know that I desired or long to do it on my own. I always said, I want to work like three days a week.

I want to meet me as a successful man. I always thought I would be a kept woman. But that was somewhat the plan. She never said she was a gold digger. No. But I thought that the man would be, you know, he would provide. I think that's kind of how we were raised. I'm from the South.

Right. Yeah, you were too. Right. So we were kind of raised that way to think that way. Right. Yeah. And then reality said, and I was like, oh. It's not to say that I don't want a man to step in and be a man.

Exactly. Like, please, step in and be a man. But that shouldn't be at the cost of me minimizing or downplaying. who I am and what I'm capable of for you to do. Right. That is so true. And I said in the understanding and the confidence of knowing that whoever God brings into my life will know, he'll see where he can fit himself in. And he'll see where, okay, she's lacking in this area.

Come on. Let me build in this area. You know, it may not be the house, you know, but I see something else that's cracking over here that let me mend this and fix this up. So I feel like the right person would do that. Yeah. I love that. I'm so happy that Madison touches on that because so many women are dealing with that.

And that's what I love about sisters. Sisters touch on so many stories that people are actually living. Real stories. Have you had people walk up to you and say, oh, my goodness, I see so much of myself and you or heard the stories of, like. I haven't experienced that yet with Maddox. I don't know that we've seen the evolution of her character enough yet, but I see it when it happens with you, Crystal.

I see it when it happens with Minion. I've seen so many interactions with Minion when people say. I see Danny in myself. So, yeah, I absolutely understand that. Yeah, I love that. Shout out to our writers and directors, Coraeine Glaude and Armani, for helping us build out these stories.

Something that powerful, ambitious, and self-assured women, we often get labeled as those things before we're actually understood. And I feel like we carry this persona, which we have to, because we're wearing a lot of hats in order to be successful. But how do you feel when, sometimes you don't feel understood as a successful black woman.

How do I feel when I don't feel understood as a successful black woman? Oh, I feel hurt. Yeah, I feel hurt because I feel hurt because I know my intention. Yeah. And when anyone puts out anything and it is not received in the way. they hope for it to be received, it's easy to feel hurt or disappointed. I feel hurt, but then also there's reflection

in that I think to myself like, how could I have said that differently? How could I have managed that differently? How could I have handled that differently? And so on the same breath that I feel hurt, I often ask myself, like, real questions of what part did I play in, the misunderstanding.

And sometimes it's not. Right. Right. Sometimes it's not. Sometimes people will misunderstand due to jealousy or something else hidden in them, right?

But it doesn't mean that I don't also in that moment ask myself that there's something that I put out unintentionally. For sure. You said that Tyler's fast-paced shooting style reminded you of Pelotan Live Rise. No.

second takes, no second chances. How did your preparation help you from riding to stepping on to set knowing that you get one shot? Well, I think that like in order to have competency in anything, like to feel

in order to be confident in anything, rather, in order to feel confident in anything, there has to be competency. When you put in the time, the work, like learning the craft or like studying. For me, it was like learning those lines.

Yes. Feeling the character, feeling the scene. Yeah. At that point, again, like I keep going back to this word trust. Like,

if you're prepared, you can be confident because you trust the work that you put in. Exactly. And so while everything is fast, and while I wish I could redo things for sure and try again and do it differently,

I'm going into what I know that I'm also as I am as prepped as I can do. given the circumstance, like given whether it's the time allotment or anything else outstanding. Like, I am as prepped as I can be. And anytime I go into anything prep,

whether it's on set or behind the scenes, like if I'm prepped, I feel more confident. Same. Absolutely. That's so important. Same question. Back at you. Oh.

Let's see. Listen. For me, in the beginning, see, Tyler was directing in the beginning. So that was an added, like, pressure. Yeah, it's like, I want to make him proud. Like, I got to make sure I get this right.

And rising to the occasion for this man who gave me an opportunity. So in the beginning, it was, I was new to this. It was a dream come true. So I'm living out so many different emotions at once, you know. And I believe that once I settled into who Fatima was, got used to the fast pace, trusted myself, stop second guessing, stop judging the character. That's when I was able to really just live in the scene, feel it,

and react versus like, okay, I've got to remember these lines and I've got to make sure I get it right and I only got one chance. It can be a lot of pressure, but once you just relax and Tyler always said that just relax, tell the story, you know. And I think once I did that, everything just started to come to life. Yeah, and I was able to enjoy it, you know, versus be like, okay. Yeah, yes, yes.

It was a lot of those moments in the beginning. Yeah. I remember at the end of shooting, my energy was very different than, The beginning. The beginning. Yeah. I felt like I felt like I started to breathe a bit more. Understand who Madison was.

Yeah, that helps. A bit more. Yeah, for sure, for sure. I love that. I want to know at what point did you realize this wasn't a role, but it was actually a part of our cultural conversation. Ooh. At what point did I realize that this was not a role in part of our cultural conversation?

Just a role. I would say, honestly, just watching season nine. Mm-hmm. watching season nine. And everything that Karen went through. Yeah. And it's just so relatable and so real. It's a story, unfortunately,

that so many black women who are going through childbirth live. Yeah. And she did such a beautiful job portraying that story. And it was so beautifully written by Courtney. Yeah. Yeah, I think that that set me up for what I was coming into. Absolutely.

And we talk about how fast-paced everything is. Tell people what the environment feels like, because we're all moving around, but what does the environment feel like on set? And when you left set, going back to your dressing room the first day, how did you feel? Everything is fast. So, like, Crystal, I know how, I knew how that end of, it worked because I was a makeup artist.

Right. And so I'd worked on set. Like, I knew action, cut, step it. Touches, yeah. Yeah. This was something else, baby. I remember, like, my first day on set, Armani director welcomes me. Everybody cheers. Welcome, Madison. We did our first scene. I think my first scene was with DeVal.

He yelled cut. He came in, he gave me a note. We redid the scene. He said, cut, great job. That is the first and only time you will get a second tape. You're like, what? And then, you know, cut to later in that day, Monty, who plays rich, we're getting ready to, for our scene.

And it's just, you know, to know what scene is coming up. And then to remember, okay, Tunei, you would have just have come from the juice bar. you were sad when you left, go back into this sad space because we're shooting in different places. One scene you're shooting, you're super happy and excited.

The next thing you're shooting, you're mad. The next thing you're shooting, you're sad. And so to remember energetically where we were. And then we've got these curtains up where each actor

is within their own, you know, tent of a curtain changing. And he and I are playing our lines off of each other. Absolutely. As through a curtain, as we're changing, walking out,

dapping it up, looking at each other in the eye saying you got this going out there delivering the scene quickly changing somebody's touching the wig somebody's redoing a lip somebody's pulling up spanks scams whoever

you know so it was just there was everything was go go go go and then you you're done for that moment of the day and then I would go back to the dressing room or back to my little Airbnb and prep for the next day doesn't stop and then it was just like

washing off that previous day letting it go. And then, so I honestly, now that I'm saying, this is the first time, I'm actually really pressing this, so thank you for this therapy session. But I think that that's why I was so emotional, the last day,

because I went through that 10 days of filming, nonstop inputting, inputting things into my brain, asking my brain to shuffle things and store more, store more, store more. Not dealing with the motions of that day, whether it was like a high or a load, not dealing with the emotion of the day, going into the next day,

being on. Not dealing with the emotion of that day, so it was just like stacking. So then you get to the 10th day and then finally I was able to breathe. Finally I was able to say, good job. It's almost like during the game,

like if you're playing basketball, while you're playing, you're not saying good job to yourself. You're saying, no, focus on the game. Keep going. Let's focus on like, you know, the next quarter that's ahead, right? You can't celebrate a new. until it's over or else somebody else is going to score.

Mm-hmm. I couldn't celebrate, not that there was somebody else to score in this metaphorical situation, but I wasn't able to celebrate. I just needed to finish the game. Yeah. And then so finally, when we wrapped, I was finally able to let everything out,

and I was just so proud of myself, Crystal. Because it was so hard. Yes. And I was so scared. Wow. And it was just so much unknown. And I think what the most beautiful gift that I was given within this experience has been

just like the support of the other castmates. Like everyone was warm. You're coming into season 10. Like you don't know who's going to be, who will be going to be who. Who are you not supposed to talk to? Who are you not supposed to look in the ad?

You know, like you just don't know. Yeah. And I walked into what was just like a beautiful environment. I remember I came back and I told my Peloton teammates. I was just like, everybody was so kind. And the, the, the, energetically, it started

from the top and it trickled throughout the entire production team. No one was above any task and no one was unwilling to help and resolve and get the job done. It was just, I remember my first day.

It was before my first day. This was like during onboarding. I had to do an HR onboarding meeting. And the onboarding meeting started with a prayer. I texted my boss at Peloton and I said, they started with a prayer. Yeah. I don't play about there.

I was like, I like it here. This was, I just was like, wow. Yeah, you know, he starts every morning with it. Yeah, and I have to say this too, just like, seeing so many black people working. Like, everybody says that they're like, I've never seen this many black people working. When you come to that Tyler Perry studio, girl,

and you're driving in the security, the policeman that says hello to you, black, person behind them, black. You get to the gate, the guy with the dog, that's about to inspect your car. Black? You drive for the gate, the person that smiles at you, black. You walk in the door. The lady and resertion desk. One white guy. Black, right? The cafeteria, the golf cart, the camera. Like, it was just beautiful to see so many people of color. Working during a time when most people in the entertainment world within this business are not. Yeah. It's steadily changing and evolving.

it's just, I'm so grateful because a lot of our peers are not working. So to be there and to see us working and shout out to Tyler for constantly creating new projects and keeping us employed. Thank you so much. And creating something that the fans want to see. He has a core audience that loves everything he puts out. And I'm just grateful to be in the number. Come on.

Facts. Seriously. Yes, thank you, Tyler. VET has created this safe space called We Got You Sis, where we build activations and we keep the conversations going beyond the screen into our culture and community. Have you had a chance to sit in on any of those activations? Next week. Next week.

Okay, so you are in for a treat. Let me tell you, it's where the fans will now, you'll probably, this will probably be the experience where you get to see fans that'll say, I see me and you, and I'm so happy that you're on the show. But the questions that they ask when we have these activations are so touching and lets us know that the stories that we're telling are important. You know, a lot of times we look on the screen and we don't see ourselves, you know, and it can feel defeating.

It can feel like we're still climbing an uphill battle to, like, make it in this industry with TV and film. But I love what we're doing. I love that BET has this so that we're able to actually talk to them and hear how the show is impacting them. Yeah, I love that. So I'm excited for you to get that. You talk a lot about soul care.

When you walk into rooms that feel collectively the energy of black women supporting each other, what does that nourishment do for your own soul? God, what does it do for my own soul? It makes me feel full. Yeah. It makes me feel for my soul. I feel not alone. It makes me feel seen.

It makes me feel of use. makes me feel good. Yeah, I love it. Okay, last, we're going to close that, but as you continue to evolve, what do you feel in this season is most important to protect for Tune Day? Because you're pushing more and more.

You've been on the bike, now you're on the TV, expansion is expanding, and you're like, ooh, like, what is Tune Day protecting? You know, it's really funny because a friend of mine, one of my teammates,

his name is Maddie. Oh. It was like something negative. Someone had said about me online and other people chime in and chiming and more people like it. I'm like, oh my God. Like all these people agree with this person's nasty thing that they said about me. And he said, Tune Day, as your star continues to rise.

Yes. Because you're only going to continue to expand. Yes. He goes, more and more of this, unfortunately, is going to come in. It's only going to expand as you expand. And he said, you have to protect your space. Yeah. Oftentimes in class I always say you are the gatekeeper to your own piece.

And now I'm in this moment where I'm being tested, like to remind myself of the words I put on everybody else to remind myself of that. Like I have to be the own, I have to be the gatekeeper to my own piece. And that means like not. allowing, like not putting myself in situations where I see negative thoughts or words about me. And then also being in a space of not allowing myself to accept negative thoughts. You know what I mean? Yeah.

And so, wow. I trust that I know who I am. Shame on me if I allow a stranger to have me consider anything. different. Yes. Yeah. And so in this season, you know, yeah, I'm just, I have to remind myself that I know exactly who I am. Yeah, I love that.

You actually answered my next question. What was the next question? My next question was on Keep It Positive Sweet. We often choose light and positivity even while we're still becoming. And what does Keep It Positiveuity mean to you in this season of your life? But I feel like you just answered it. Yes. Tunday, thank you so much. Yes, this has been a beautiful conversation like I knew it would be. I appreciate you taking time to talk with me and I know our audience is going to enjoy this. I appreciate you.

Yes. Is there anything else that you have coming up that we can support? Is your book still on the shelves? Can we still buy that? Listen, absolutely. Let us know all the things. Speak by Tunday Oguide. Find your voice. Trust your gut. Get from where you are to where you want to be. There's something I've been working on for the last year, a project that is fun. finally going to come to light. I can't share it yet. But it's coming. And then Sports Illustrated swim will be out soon. I can't share much there either. Well, keep looking out. Keep looking out. Your Instagram tag. We're going to have it on the screen. Make sure you guys follow Tune Day. We will support everything. We'll get the book. Make sure you get the book now. We're going to keep it a New York Times bestseller. That is incredible.

Thank you so much. My goodness. You are doing all the things. I'm inspired. I'm just trying to keep up with you. Let's go. We're trying to keep up with each other. How about that? I love it. Thank you so much. Thank you. Wow. This moment was so special. It is a reminder that growth doesn't ask us to become someone new. It simply asks us to trust who we are becoming. Watching Tune Day step into this chapter with discipline, purpose, and heart is powerful of witness. You reminded us that positivity isn't about perfection. It's about presence and choosing to grow,

even when the path feels unfamiliar. Thank you guys so much for tuning into this special episode of the Keep It Positive Sweetie show. It's season 10 for Kips and sisters, so make sure you watch new episodes every Wednesday on BET at 9 8 Central. Be sure to subscribe

and share this episode with someone who needs it. And if you need advice, positivity, or just want to share something with the Kips family, please email us at Keep It Positive Outcomes at gmail.com. As always, stay blessed, stay encouraged, and keep it positive, sweetie. See you guys next.

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