The 85 South Show with Karlous Miller, DC Young Fly and Chico Bean - Grown and Sexy ft. Ari Lennox

Episode Date: March 27, 2026

This week, Lex P. and Drea Nicole sit down with the beautiful, soulful, and unapologetically real Ari Lennox. From getting bullied and switching schools to finding her voice through music, Ari opens up about her journey, her glow-up, and what really shifted for her when she turned 30. The conversation gets into discipline, consistency, and what it actually takes to maintain confidence on and off stage. Ari also breaks down her creative process, the inspiration behind her new album Vacancy, and why she’s no longer seeking validation from anyone but herself. Lex and Drea get into their Pour Decisions, reflecting on drinking habits, accountability, and the realities of navigating life in their 30s.  Then things get real as they dive into relationships — leaving a “good man,” trusting your intuition, and standing firm in your choices as a woman who already has her own. Grab a drink and tap in for honesty, growth, and a lot of real talk.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I love all kinds of music. I love. Every time I see it makes me loud. I'm walking through the very same. And I would leave each school every time I was about to get jumped. Why? Hey, you want to fight you? Yeah, I always

piss everyone off my whole life. Are you serious? Oh, yeah. That's not like me. Really? Yes, girl. I sold this shirt that said, Freak League and middle school, yes.

Do you drink on the plane? Do I? I'm drinking in the Uber on the way there? I do not like either when people don't know how to travel. You taking too long in the line, do I have to if you up my pockets? That's me. I'm nervous.

You can. Nervous. You can. Nervous. Not they need a nervous. I'm not dating a five. Oh, I could totally date a five. But you're not...

Because I've seen some fine, beautiful men. Like, short men, be a little angry. No, this one... Yeah. Wash the c-f with this. I washed my... Feel attack. We can't smell it or nothing.

I didn't smell your cuss. That's what you asked. I was... I can't. Let me tell you, your cuck up right now is probably at a 9.5. It's out of 10, baby. You don't make me take off my underwear.

I was... I'm a smell them, too. All right. What's up y'all? It's your girl Lex P. And it's your girl, Drey Nicole. And you are tuned in to another episode of Poor Mind. Where a drunk mind speaks sober thought. We gotta guess.

Y'all be on my ass talking about I'd be lying. But I'm not lying this time because y'all have been asking for this person to come through and we were finally able to make it happen. This woman is a beautiful, beautiful soul. We are always jamming to her music in the room. We're trying to get a little vise. about whatever you got going on. We have the beautiful singer, songwriter.

Ari Lennox, you look so beautiful. You do look so beautiful. So do you. Y'all flies hell. Thank you, girl. And let me say this, because I'm not going to lie, I was mesmerized when you walked in. I'm not trying to be weird.

Your waist is so tiny. Oh, thank you. It's snatched. Thank you. The waist is missing. I'm hungry. You are? Yeah.

You don't look hungry. Thank you. You look very, very good. Because I know, like, you lost a lot of weight. Like, not recently. Well, no, I'm not trying to say that. I'm just saying, like, I remember, like, because you were always fine, but, like, you popped out

and it was like, God, damn, she'd been in that gym. Thank you. And you look amazing, you're glowing. Thank you. So you just look good, girl. It was something about turning 30. I started paying attention to myself. Yeah.

Like, I've never had before. And I weighed myself, and I said, wow. Wow, like, this wasn't what I weighed in high school. I swear, I never weighed myself. ever, and I looked and I saw that number, and I just, I started running for my life. Oh, you were a runner? Oh, I started running, walking.

Okay. Teaming up with different trainers and all kinds of things. Yeah. Yeah, now I'm getting back into it again, hiking, running. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Like, how many miles do you run at A day?

So, oh, definitely not a day. Okay. You said, hold on now. I would like to get there. Yeah. But a few times a week, I like to run 20 minutes straight. Okay. do about three miles or two miles of cardio.

No, at least three miles of cardio in general, yeah. That's really, really good, girl. I cannot run 20 minutes straight to save my life. Oh, really? No. You can do it. I probably can. I just have to condition myself.

Right, exactly. So it starts off with like five minutes and then you'll realize once you're at five minutes, I could go five more. I could go five more unless you really can't. Like, stop, pause. But yeah, it gets easier. Yeah, that's what I try to do. I try to do five minutes, like I'll run,

then I'll walk five minutes, run, then walk five minutes. And that's better for you anyway. It's a hit workout at that point, you know? Oh, y'all are professionals in that day. Oh, yeah. I see that's going to take my pictures. I was here. That's all I got.

I do that too. Yes. You got to get the peek in. Are you the kind of person? Because obviously you're a singer as well. Like, when you get on the treadmill and whenever you're running, you like sing while you do it to help with your breath?

Hell no. Oh, okay. I need to, though, because I'd be out of breath. I have a walrus on the stage. But, yeah, at the gym, there's people around. So that would be really weird. To be. To be.

You know what I'm saying? Baby. No. That's not. That's right. And then I don't know. I say that because, you know, when we go on tour, I be out of breath on stage.

And all I'd be doing is cracking joke. Yeah. And I'd be like, yeah. I'm just far laughing. I ain't even finish what I said yet. But I'd be out of breath, girl. I don't know what to do. I mean, the breath control is important.

I definitely be out of breath on stage a little bit, too. I mean, probably not now. This is where they were about to go on. I'll probably be better because I've been working out consistently. Thank you. But, yeah, a few years ago, we was definitely out of breath. Oh. But we're going to get better.

We're going to get better. Okay, so I want to start from the beginning with you. You know, you're from D.C., right? Yeah, yeah. So talk about growing up in D.C. And, like, your background is singing, where you, like, the kid that was always around the house, singing, in church?

Like, when did you know, like, okay, I'm really good at this. So I was born in D.C. I grew up in Chantilly and Ashburn, Virginia. Okay. And I haven't been back since elementary. I'd never been back. Yeah, and then after that, I was in D.C. for Brent Elementary School in Hein.

And then for high school, I went to Coolidge, School Without Walls, Duke Allenton, Wilson, and Theodore Roosevelt. And I would leave each school every time I would. was about to get jumped. Why are you going to want to get jumped? Yeah, I always piss everyone off my whole life. Are you serious? Oh, yeah. That's not like me.

And I'm a... Really? Yes, girls. Oh, oh. People say you can't get off at me. Oh, God, for real. She said, oh, God. You see me then.

You get it. I see you, girl, same try. That means a lot. I would never guess that because you're so sweet. I know. I don't know what it is. It's got to be so... What you used to be saying and doing?

I wouldn't say anything. Like, the first time someone tried to jump me, She was like, I know you stole my metro car. And I was like, no, I didn't, I promise, I swear. And then I started crying, and she felt bad for me. Okay. Eased up. Yeah.

And the same thing kind of always happened and start crying, and then they eased up a little bit. Yeah. Well, I try to talk myself out of it, you know. But the tears work. That's your defense mechanism. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or just transfer. Mom, can I?

So you would move a lot because people would be picking on you. Yeah, but. It's not that deep. There are people who've experienced worst bullying situations. Right. I'm just a runner, Shikari. Okay, but let me add to this though. Because I'm the type of person I love when people used to like

be mean to me and now, like I kind of look back on them. I'm like, ha-huh. Like, you ever had that moment? Like, look at me now. I'm getting paper. I'm getting paid. Yeah, like, do you ever have that moment? No.

No. Okay, maybe I need to grow up. No. Okay, I thought it was been the bond. I'm sorry. I'm so we're bonding She said actually, no. Never felt toast feeling.

Oh, we? Y'all were really funny. Yeah, I'm trying to think of a time where I don't know. No? No. Okay, but that's good, though, because I know that's... I mean, I remember the people...

No, I don't think it's childish. But I remember... I do remember people that said shady things and it did stick Like one girl I remember her saying, well, I'm going to college for a real career because this singing stuff, you know, is just not realistic. And I think about her like a lot and but not in a bad way, but it's just that's why it's so important to follow your dreams because you never know. You really could make it doing the unthinkable.

But I don't think about her in a shady way. She did used to shave me. She did want to fight me that one time. She was pissed because I was wearing a wig. She was like, why, man? Because you was wearing a wig. I don't know. It was short.

It was ugly. Oh. But why you're mad at me because my wig is ugly? Right. That's what I was about to say. Why are you bad at me? That happens often. That is so crazy.

I'm very upset for you. Now I feel like I got to go out of the streets and fight for your honor. Yeah. I will. Because that is crazy. I thought she was going to say maybe like her wig was raggedy and yours was tea. So she was mad. Hers was raggedy.

That's probably why. But mine was. So you're not being bonding over that. Mine was giving party city. Okay. You know, but, you know, that's what I liked. I don't know why she cared. So were you the type of person, like, you shared your dreams with everybody.

Like, you were like, I want to sing, I want to do this. Like, were you like that? I just was always singing. Okay. So people, I guess, put two and two together. Lots of talent shows and grew up in the church singing. I grew up heavy in the church, Heritage Fellowship Church of Christ and Herndon, Virginia. So, yeah, always singing somewhere.

Okay. With you being in Virginia, do you consider Virginia the South? Because I know that's always an ongoing conversation because a lot of people from Virginia be considering it to South. But I'm like, it's way up there. How is it to South? It's Northern Virginia, I feel like, is closer to D.C.,

so I wouldn't consider that the South. But definitely 757, 954. I think that's... No, that's Florida. 8. Oh. Wait, one of them area code. Sorry.

757, Virginia Beach. I don't know what you're going on. Yeah. Yeah, that's the South. I'm just following along. That's the South. Virginia Beach. Okay.

So you should consider that area. I've been in the South. So I know. Okay. Okay. I just always felt like, I think it's interesting when people are never, like,

hiding who they wanted to be or their dreams. Because, like, I used to walk around and bears being like, oh, my gosh, I want to be on a talk show and stuff. So I always think it's amazing where people are just like, oh, this is who I am

and this is what I want to do. So talk about, you know, you graduating and that transfer into, like, adulthood and what that was like. Barely graduating. Oh, my God, it was bad. Oh, yeah. I think they just didn't want me to come back so they let me get the drama. Are you serious? Yeah, I think Theodore was like, gone, like, get out. Yeah, I got suspended. And I couldn't even go to my prom. You was bad, Ari. Why are you? I cursed the teacher. See? Okay, I got suspended a few times in high school, too. All the time. But it was for fighting. Oh, I know that's right. Yeah, but it's me

was just cursing people out that were trying me. So I would defend myself. Right. Get into some stuff, but... You got a little mouth on you. That's what I'm starting to figure out. Oh.

Because you're so sweet, but you don't fool me. How? Because I thought you were sweet. You over here getting suspended. What are you talking about? They were trying to. Don't what? They were talking about.

But I get it. She got to defend herself. I'm exactly. I think it's different if you the one that's starting to see. She's not starting to see. Now, I'm saying that's fine, but I'm saying she got a little mouth on it. Oh, how? I can just tell that sweetness going to go out the window real quick.

It does. I get real loud a vein or two. Okay. I like that. You know, I got to. Yeah, you have to. Because people will take advantage of that and they think. They do.

So you got to let them know, I'm not the one to play with. Oh, it's really bad. I try not to get there. Yeah. It might happen once a year. Okay. If that. That's good.

Once a year, we can handle that. Mm-hmm. So a lot of people, the social, the social. your music as neo soul, similar to classic R&B. What do you think your sound is? Neo Soul, Neo Soul and R&B and soul. And I like to lean into alternative sounds and jazz. It's all kinds of things.

I'd like to be pop one day. I want to expand. I have big dreams. I love all kinds of music. Red hot chili peppers I'm always talking about or a system of a down. Okay. Nickel back. Yeah.

We could go in. I love from school bag. Yeah. You do wait. We do. Really? I just processed this. Girl, I went through a whole babe.

Look at this photo grail. Every time I see it makes me loud. Don't get me started. You continue. I mean, I go out. I am shynessy and goodbye. You do the album. I don't know.

I'll do a little back on vocal. I mean, we love Daltry. We love Dautry. Oh, wait. I used to listen to Paramore. Like, I went through this whole phase. That's what you get when you let your love win. Whoa, oh, oh.

I'm going home. Yes, oh, yeah. I get it. Oh, I love her voice, Haley. Oh, she can sing. Yeah, she's going to panic at the disco. The discos. My playlist used to be elite.

Yeah. Oh, same. Yeah. Yeah. The Lime wire. That's why I really don't deserve people's streams. I get it. Because I was feeling.

Yeah. Yeah. Putting viruses on our parents' computers. Yes. And I won't tell you which supermarket, but I, well, maybe I shouldn't say. But I was like five. Everything happened when I was five. Okay.

I was in the supermarket where you could buy everything, electronics and everything. I was in there. Went off to the bathroom, and I stole me a CD player. Queen. Yes, I did. And then when I was leaving the doors, it was like, beep, beep. And the lady was like, oh, you're good. But she knew

No, but what she didn't know was Well, she assumed I was a child and I was good Yeah What CD was it? No, it was a CD player Oh, you stole the whole thing Yeah Yeah

I know it's all right We stole a few things too We don't talk about it on the show Really? I saw a lot of things A lot of shirts I sold this shirt that said Freakleek in middle school Yes

Now where you said everything My mom Now where you were going to wear a Freak shirt? So I wore it to a church event. I was always rebellious. That's how you were fixing people off. You might be right.

Now we get into the room. I wore it under a jacket so my mom couldn't see. And then when I was at that event, I was zipping that jacket down. It was cut up. I had my hat down. It was a white hat. I was like Sierra or Chris Brown in there. And yeah.

That is so funny. Now, I do want to talk about this because, you know, we have the category, Neil, so. But I saw recently in the article, Raphael Sadeek said something like they used to use that term neo-soul to kind of like separate like the black artists and things like that

they were like they used that label so we would know you know what let's not give them as big as a marketing budget as versus somebody who's like a pop artist and things like that but I think the neo-sou category it was changed because we didn't care what you call it the music is good. You know what I'm saying? So how do you feel about that title?

Do you think that's something that they need to kind of get rid of or just like, you know what, we're rocking with it, we're going to use it. I think in the beginning I was triggered by it. Yeah. Because I did recognize that, yes, certain genres get more marketing than others. But now I'm just like, I don't care. It's an honor to be received in this way, to have the co-sign that I received from Cole

because, like, my type of music, not everyone is a fan of. Yeah. And to be a part of a genre that Erica Badu has been leading in, Jill Scott, Lettesee, Vivian Green, I mean, so many legends, DeAngelo, Maxwell, so many people. We could music soul child. It's a long list. I feel honored that in my way I can contribute that in this era where it's not as common to make music like me,

but then you have people like Cleo's soul who is killing it, you know. And so I feel like she's also making the genre thrive. Yeah. So, yeah. We like that. Yeah. I like that. Me too.

So I definitely wanted to talk about your newest album, Vacancy. So what was your biggest inspiration behind the album? Um, just niggas, you know, like, just the men, niggas, being in and out of my whole soul. And also being comfortable in that space of being alone. And, you know, I'm in this hotel room, just luxuriating and enjoying. my me time. And if somebody wants to come in, you make sure you make your presence known, make it worth my while. And if it's time to leave, it's time to leave. So this is really just

a project of just like just really feeling that sensuality and individualism and freedom and all of that. I'm just for the grown and sexy. Like I'm really owning that. That was a term I was scared of like as a young in, but man, I'm grown and sexy. That's what this is. And I don't want be at no baby party. You know what I'm saying? I'd rather be at the grown in second five. That's me. We talk about that

all the time on the show, just like being in your 30s, how it really is your grown and sickly era. And I was so scared to turn 30. Were you two? No. Not really. I was scared, you thought I was bonded. She did it to you too. She did it to you too.

Uh-huh, uh-huh. It was coming. Not she got me. Got you. Yeah, she said, no, yon-yo, bitch. Yo-a-on. No, because I get what you're saying, but it's just I wasn't thinking. I was like a puppy, like super aloof, like a fish, like super aloof until, I don't know, something happened out of nowhere when I turned 30, that, oh, shit, I have to grow up. But I never had that fear of turning 30.

But it's so when I hear people talk about it, yeah, it resonates with me because I just was out of it. I don't know where I was. Yeah. Just deep in the drink or something, you know? Yeah. Yeah. Wow. I think that speaks to your intelligence and a lot of people's intelligence.

My friend, my home girl was talking about this too, just fearing, turning 30. But yeah, I wasn't thinking. I don't think I was there mentally at all. Girl, yeah, I just, I don't know. I just felt like I was just going to be old as fuck. And my life was going to be like halfway over. Oh, my God. I was just so terrified to turn 30.

Like, I just thought 20s were so lit. And then same thing with me, similar to what you said. It was like when I turned 30, I feel like this switch just went off. And my life, I just realized it's just beginning, actually. Like, these actually started to get way better for me when I turned 30. Those last few years of my 20s was real ghetto. Oh, yeah. Super.

Yeah, a few years ago. That year. A few months ago, okay, let's talk about it. I was trying to get a people in their 20s a little hope. You still get on the other kids Yeah But also I'll say that 50-year-olds are looking at 30s Like, oh, baby

Like you young You know what I'm saying? 70-year-olds, 80-year-olds Oh, please, child Like y'all youngest hit Yeah, doesn't know what I think I'm baby I'm Bailey

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Listen to Mostly Human on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or a voice. wherever you listen to your favorite shows. The industry that we're in, though, makes us feel all. It does. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, we're entertaining, so it's like they get younger and younger. The influencers are getting younger.

The singers are getting younger, everything. If you don't start what you're doing when you three, you ain't got no experience, that three. Let's talk about it. You got to start at three, ABC, one, two, three. What is your career going to be? Yeah. That is so deep.

I'm saying, though. Yeah, because we didn't really start what we were doing until I, I was in my late 20s. I had no idea. So by the time they was like, they still do that. Dang, Lex, you 36? Yes, I'm 36.

And I'm happy about it. I'm happy to be alive. It's a blessing. It's a blessing. So however old I need to be, that's a, it is what it is. But I think us, like, obviously I'm older than both of y'all, but I'm saying us being in our 30s and experience that,

you can't tell them that until they experience. Sometimes people just have to experience things and they have to go through it. Absolutely. Now, I do want to ask you a little bit about, like, your songwriting. Because sometimes I feel like when people write a song, it's like they try so hard to be deep, and it kind of goes over people's heads alike. And then sometimes things can get so basic.

It's like, I don't want to hear that. But I feel like you do that perfect of it being deep, but it being like relatable. Because you have the type of music, it's like, you're talking about sex, but are we talking about sex? Oh, yeah, she's talking about sex. The next song, we're going to cry. We're going to have a moment.

Then next song's like, oh, my God, I love this man. We in love. So what is your writing process like? Is it always from inspiration, or is it from, like, people around you, what they're going through? My writing process, it basically is just me and an amazing producer in the studio, and he's or she is making an incredible beat, and I may feel led to pull out a voice note and, you know, mumble a bit, or you get the composition book out, right, or get the phone out, right. Like with pretzel, for instance, I was just driving down 95 into 85 and had the beat, this cardiac instrumental on repeat.

And yeah, I'm thinking, okay, pretzel. And kind of also looking at the internet, like, okay, like, what are ways that people can make a pretzel and things of that nature? And then I started thinking of yoga as well, like, what are the terms for yoga? And that kind of all just made pretzel happen. Yeah. Not even necessarily a situation or a man because nobody has been flipping and folding me. Hey, no one.

That's what I thought when I heard it. I said, who is putting that thing down flipping and remit? Not a jam, so. Okay. That's all right. I was going to ask you, too, though. Like, do you, because I know, obviously, a lot of the times when people are in a studio

and they hear the beat, then they're like, okay, I have the perfect lyrics to write down for these. But then I know a lot of the time artists, too, like, they'll just already have lyrics ready for. Or a song. Like, so do you ever just write when something happens to you? And you're like, okay, I already have a song for this when you're here to be. No, because that's just not exciting to me.

I'm literally a very present person. Like, if this is on my mind, if this comes to my mind right now, or if I'm experiencing this right now and this beat is making me feel amazing or mad or whatever, then it's easy to pair those, like, situations. But I don't usually write, you know, maybe I should, though. I think that could be great for another album, especially as I'm becoming more introspective. I do want the next project to be more introspective

and in a deeper, darker way. But that's the thing. Are people really ready for trauma? Yeah. Traumatized. All right, people say, we are being traumatized. By the thousand, these men are traumatized. Yeah.

I mean, we all have a trauma story. Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, it's just funny. I'm curious to know what people really want because when I made a record like Smoke, I'm talking about how I want to fight and punch a person and smack a bitch in the face.

And people are like, oh, no, civil rights music. It sounds like the holidays. So I was like, okay. And then I dropped another record. And oh, no, this is pop music. I don't believe you, bitch. So, like, what the fuck do you want? Yeah.

And so, yeah, now I just know, follow my heart. Yeah. For sure. Trust my intuition. But the next project, there will be no more seeking any type of understanding or validation from anyone. Because I know people really don't know what they want, you know. Yeah.

And I have to lead. I have to lead. 100%. Because they'll tell you they want this, then you give it to them. But they're like, oh, never mind, we want this. They're not ready. Yeah. They say go deep.

Go deep like Shaybutter baby. and I was being fucked by a trash can, so what are you talking about? That was not deep. Yeah. I mean, it was a song that was a bar. Yes, it was a vibe, but it was about fucking.

Just like this whole album. Yeah. And that's why I said, because you get that sweet spot, so they think it's deep. Yeah. You went too deep on their ass. They didn't have said,

you meant go deep. Yes. They didn't know. Yeah. See, you got to catch them in that middle. But that's a really good point that you made about just not seeking validation. I think we all do that sometimes.

when you just have to do what's right for you because like you said, people don't know what they want and a lot of the time they don't know that they like it until you give it. Hello. Yeah. Then when you come out with it, they like, oh, okay, I actually do like it.

But I think if you tell people before you do something or you let it be known, they're going to try to talk you out of it because people like to stay comfortable, especially when they're fans of somebody. They don't want to feel like you're switching up on them. Or growing. Right.

Or evolving. Mm-hmm. And it's like I have different experiences that I'm going to share, you know, this is my experience at 34. What y'all want me to talk about? I just got a new house. You don't want to hear that, do you? I mean, I did get a new house, so yeah, I do want to hear it.

All right, fine, the next album, I just got a new mortgage. You know what I'm saying? Oh, don't sing about that. That ain't happen. But that's what I'm saying. It's just like, do you really want to hear that? I feel like that's silly. Yeah, no, I get it, though.

But I think, like, I don't know, I feel like whatever you're going through, somebody is going through it. And you just never know until you drop it. Some people going to connect and they're not. I always say, I want to connect with people who are here for me. Good, bad, whatever chapter I'm in, they just want to see me and they want to see me when. And they're going to vibe through it with me. You know what I'm saying?

It's just like life is different. We're not, you know, you're not 27, 26 anymore. It's like, things are different. So the people who don't understand it, that's okay. We can fall off. but I'm gonna find new listeners and new supporters, you know what I'm saying? And I'm leaning into that. I'm excited about that, trying to figure out how that can happen for me.

Do you feel like you have more creative control now? Oh, I feel like I've always had all of that creative control. Yeah, I just, I think the difference now is just trusting myself more. But if the album, if I feel like the album's not done or whatever, I know, okay, you can say no. Right. And that just is across the board. Like, I can actually say no. Yeah.

So, like, really building up my self-esteem in that way. Trusting myself. Okay. All right, we're going to get into our first little sickness. Oh, wow. Before we do that, of course, y'all know this episode is sponsored by Taylorport, her usual. So shout out to our people over at Taylorport. Y'all know that's the week heap up in our cup.

Isn't that cub? And, you know, what you got to... Like you always say, Taylorport, make you teleport. All the time. I'm going to teleport right now, okay? And, you know, we got to do our poor decisions. You know what I'm saying? So our poor decision, oh, oh, hold on,

got a little coconut on a little... Okay. The poor decision is just like a bad decision that you made this week or maybe in the past. It don't have to be nothing serious, nothing deep, nothing too crazy. So what was your poor decision this week? A little dreya.

Oh, girl. So something related to the gym. I know they be like, this bitch. I always talk about the gym. Okay, so normally before I work out, I always stretch and, like, do a one. The other day when I was at the gym, I just was like kind of pressed for time because I had somewhere to go. So I didn't stretch or do a warm up and I think I pulled a muscle in my leg and it hurt.

Yes, and it hurts so bad, y'all. Like even when I was walking up the stairs, when I was playing for my car, I could really feel it. When I was climbing the sky, I was like, why did I do that? I know I'm getting old. I'm not to be 35 this year, girl. I'm like, you know, you need to stretch. You're not getting old. Okay, you're right.

I'm not getting stretched. The babies need to stretch. The teens, the young adult, everyone. Everybody got to strap. That's true, but I think when you get to this age, you really need to stretch. You really do. It makes the world of a difference.

Yeah. Okay. Yeah, you do got to stretch. I'm actually about to get somebody that I'm going to hire her. She's going to come help and stretch me. Yeah, I need that. Yeah, she's about to stretch me. I'm stiff like a tree. I am so still.

Like a tree. No art. It's really hard. Oh, my God. It won't move. Remember that picture of you. That's like. The one.

Why would you bust that screen? I'm so glad you brought it. I just was really proud. I love that picture, though. I was proud of my progress. Freak Nick 95. But, yeah. That split was so funny.

I'm open. I liked it. I love that picture. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, my progress in matter. Okay. My poor decision this week, y'all, okay, y'all know I will forever be a Miami girl.

I love to go to Miami. I don't care what nobody say. Yes, it's a vacation. I don't get that it's only a two and a half hour like from Atlanta or however long it is. I just love Miami. So I haven't been to Miami in a while and I went to Miami

and I had one day where I kind of like spent by myself like I went shopping I went and had like drinks. I would just kind of by myself exploring the city like I usually do and y'all I got so drunk. Like I got, it was bad. Like I was stumbling in my hotel.

Oh, don't on me. I deserve that. I deserve that shit. And honestly I'm just like, that's my ported, I need to stop getting drunk like I'm 24. I can't do that no more. Be careful. I missed the... You were by yourself? No, no, no. I was with somebody. That was my man.

Oh, I was trying to eat it. Oh, I love them. I was just like... But yeah, so we went to Miami, but he had to work that day, so I was kind of just, you know, exploring. And then it was like, he had this plan, like, we were supposed to go out that night. Well, he was at work when I was getting drunk. Okay. So by the time he came back, he was, like,

ready to go party, and I was cooked. Oh. So I messed up, like, one of our first nights out there, because I was Oh, oh. So, moral of the story is, know your limit. Pace yourself. See, it's how I wasn't there to make my drinks right. Oh.

So that's why I messed up. So honestly, to my girlies, pace yourself. That's all I want to say. It's pace yourself. That's why I can't drink because I don't believe in moderation. See? And it's the same with candy. It's the same with bread, all of that.

I can't just have one sour patch. Like, what is that life? You got to take it to the moon. Or one shot of anything. I need the whole bottle. Like, I flew to Australia once, and I had this big old thing of Jack. Well, I don't know if I'm allowed to say it, Taylor. No, it's not right.

That's not right. Big old thing of Jack, halfway through that flight, that bottle halfway was gone. I was, and I needed the whole day to recover. Ooh. So. You was cutting up. Getting in your 30s, you don't recover the same no more. I was cooked.

Girl, the next day. It does. It's like a day and a half. Right. And it's a, right. And it's like a. choice I'm choosing to poison myself and give my body aches. I just, yeah, I'm choosing to go to jail.

Right. Oh, yeah. No more jail. Was there a certain situation that happened and you woke up and he was like, I can't do this no more? Like, was there a certain scenario? Waking up, passed out in the airport with sick and all kinds of stuff. And they had to wheel me into a hotel room.

It was embarrassing in Detroit. Wow. There were no cameras. Thank God. Oh, my God. It would have been great for TMZ, more shave room. But, yeah, luckily, no one saw that.

And there was another situation and got locked up in Amsterdam. Yeah. Yeah, that was really, really intense. And Amsterdam is a crazy city, so you must have been cutting up. I mean, the lady, she tried it. She was very, very rude to me,

and I was hurt. I was hurt. But I'll go into it one day. One day. We don't got to get into it right now. Yeah, we don't have to get into it. say that my energy and emotions didn't have to be as extreme as they were, and I really feel like alcohol heightened those emotions. I do believe I have issues with anger, but I genuinely feel like

looking back on all the arguments I've ever had and there was liquor involved, I just feel like that was the common denominator for me. It was the liquor that made everything worse. And I'm proud of you. You were around it a lot, doing what you do, you know, your premier part, because y'all, I met Ari and her premiere party. What was it, like, two weeks ago? Oh, I was about to say years ago. No, no, no, no, it was like two weeks ago. We was at, what was it?

She was about to say we did. Oh, shit. No, girl. And I was so excited to meet her. Mind you, y'all know me, big mama gets lit. I was like, Ari! I promise I got a good podcast. It's fire.

You are not like this. I was lit. You were so pretty and cool. Thank you. But after, when I woke up the next morning, I was like, oh, my God. Nobody stopped me. You know my breath be hot. Your breath.

Your breath, I was not. No, it wasn't. I know, but I just felt so. I was like, when I got home, I was like, oh, my God. No, I was just like, you're beautiful, and I was amazed by your hair and everything. Thank you. We had a time that night. But I'm saying, like, I'm proud of you because you'd be in situations like that.

Yeah. Just be maneuvering through it. No, I like my water, my hot water, my tea. Yeah, I'm cool. I love that. I just, I don't want to kill nobody. And I don't want nobody to kill me. Yeah.

And I just, I don't know what the future holds with me and drinking. Right. And I, I know that's extreme, but I just, I don't want to end up on TMZ. Yeah. Somehow, some way. Yeah. That really scares me. Yeah.

I agree with that. I think definitely every situation that I ever look back on where I was drinking and I got into an altercation with somebody, liquor just makes it 10 times worse. Because it could be a situation where if you were sober, you would have the conversation a little more calmly, or you might even walk away. Yeah. But when you drunk, you be having that liquid currie. You be like, you know what, bitch?

You got me fucked up. And it's like, it ain't even got to go there. Never. This man pulled a gun out of me. Oh, right. Yeah. Because you don't live the life. I did.

I did. Years ago. And I was, I don't know when, but a friend can vouch for me. But in Atlanta, something happened where this man made me mad. I started cursing him out. And he was like, yeah. Yeah. And I was like.

Did you use the tears for your defense mechanism? I froze, but I think I said, well, I don't care. And my friend, my friend, and that was the liquor too. That's what I'm saying. And my friend was like, come on, Ari. But it was just stuff like that. It could have happened so fast. So fast.

Like just thinking I could just talk to anybody. And so things, yeah, anybody in any old kind of way and things like that definitely. Yeah, a lot of close calls. Jesus Christ, that's going to be your poll decision. Yeah. When you see that nine-millimeter, me to meet her.

It's time of God. Yeah. You got to go. It's something to go. It's not the whole. Well, that didn't happen last week. Right, but that's all right. It doesn't have to be something.

Yeah, it doesn't have to be something recent. Oh, okay. Oh, this is great. Yeah, it can be anything. Okay, yeah, that's my foredecision. You know what I can be your poor decision, because you cut some. I knew it.

I knew it. It's something about the soft tone, bitch. It's like, be nice to me. Yeah. And I'm going to be nice to you. Yeah, you do give me that energy, you know, like, you're sweet

and your, I hope that never happens I got close on that stage on tour I got close it was coming out that was all raw Ari I think my voice Oh no my voice was high

So I wasn't that mad When it gets deep That's when it's like Like people deep and loud When I'm mad Oh I'm a whole other person for sure Oh god I can't even imagine that Because you do you just

Give so hot So sweet and so hopeful No I turn into Batman I know that's right Yeah But you got to. You got to. Because one thing about these people

that will have you fucked up so sometimes you gotta let them know. I'm not the one to be fucked with. Yeah. All right, let's go with the first topic, Dre. Go ahead and get to him. Okay. So for the first topic,

we wanted to talk about leaving a good man because you just did a interview recently on the breakfast club and you were talking about a situation that you had with one of your exes and how he wanted to pray in the moment and you just wasn't feeling it. And then it was so many people in the comments

having discourse about like, oh, why was she acting like that? That was a good man, X, Y, and Z. And a lot of the time, we don't know this man. Exactly. You don't know my relationship. And that's a bad idea of using God. Exactly. Like, oh, my God, people think they know everything.

They just can't wait to cycle, psychoanalyze. They can't wait to judge. People are so self-righteous and delusional. It's crazy. If you knew, then you would understand, but you don't care to know. Like, you're being duped. Like, you know what I'm saying? You're the one who literally can't

decipher... So I'm being manipulative. Yeah, because, man, well, I was thinking how to God cheat on me, and then, like, in the midst of us arguing, he gets on Twitter, it's like, man, God is so good, my blessings will always come to me. Right, it'd be them kind. My grandma just died, but I'm going to push through this shit.

No, my grandma. Oh, my God. They're going to pop to me. No, she got to go to. She used to cover up for his ass. So guess what? No, but they used that to be manipulative because I'm talking to God, Ari. Right.

You're going to argue and pray. And that's why I wanted to talk about it. You know what I'm saying? He's the prime example. But a prime example. Yeah, he is. You know what I'm saying? But that's why I wanted to talk about it because I feel like it's so many times

where us as women will feel something in our spirit that is telling us like this person isn't right for me. This isn't the person that I'm supposed to be with. And then people from the outside looking in, they'll look at the situation, not knowing the person as well as you do only on the surface level and be like, why would she leave that good man? That was a good man, Savannah.

Why would you leave him? You don't know this man. Exactly. But what I was saying, though, is that I feel like people are being duped when they are being fed a certain narrative. It's like you aren't even exercising critical thinking. Like, how about like the full picture of something instead of just a clip? Like, you don't know me.

You don't know what I smell like, what I'm thinking about this person. how on the first date this is the same person who jokingly said I'm gonna kill you like there's a lot and I'm realizing and I know this sounds naive but I'm realizing

believe people when they say things like that and I also feel like they're gonna be mad at me saying this but I also feel like that American dream has been sold to us and women are just now figuring out that maybe that's not for me oh you get go to college

you marry somebody, the white picket fence, and marriage happily ever after. When you're a successful woman and you've accomplished so much on your own, a lot of times they don't have much to add to you. So unless you are making me happy, I feel safe around you, I feel good. I don't care on paper how good you look.

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Listen to Mostly Human on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Because my life looks good without you. If I feel better without you, even if you are a good man, I'm okay without you. Yeah. And we have figured that out. We figured out how to make money.

We figured out how to purchase homes. We figured out how to have these bomb-ass careers. And it's like, okay, we're good. And they are hating that. So instead of them being happy for us and cheering for us that we have figured this out, they're like, oh, but you're 30-something. You've never been married. You ain't got no kids.

Happily. You can never make me feel bad about my life. They hate that we okay with being single. Oh, they hate it. Yeah. And then there are people who have been married and maybe it didn't, and work out or, God forbid, might have lost their spouse and things, and they wind up single parents.

And so I just kind of feel like it's so much disrespect around single people, single parents, and I just, I feel like it's really, it's just weird. It's very weird. Yeah, people are single for different reasons, and it's best that we are healthy and why we're single. And then you said, like, especially your mental health. A lot of times they'd be like, oh, you with this good man? Y'all don't know what goes on behind two gloat.

closed doors between two people. Let's really talk about it. You just never know, and that's why I say. But I feel like they only do that to women. Like, if women are in their 40s and single, or they haven't had kids, they're like, oh, what's wrong with you? But when a man is 40, they're like, oh, he got money. Oh, I know he's a hot commodity out here.

And it's just like, why is that? It's so weird. Because a lot of men... Because with men, with them getting older, they look at it like, oh, you're in your prime as a man when you get to your 40s. When you start getting the salt and pepper and you start aging, you ain't in the prime of your life.

And realistically, too, like, most men don't become extremely successful until I think they're about 40. Yeah. So I really think it's the 50s in their 50s. It's like, for them, as they get older, it's looked at it as, oh, you in your prime. With us as women, the older we get, we damage good. Yeah.

Could never be. Exactly. Never. Could never be. But that's what they be trying to tell us. That's the propaganda. Yeah. It really is.

It's truly propaganda because I feel like they, if we're not happy in a relationship, they make you feel like, oh, you're being ungrateful. You're being ungrateful. But if a man leaves a situation, a man can have a woman who's good on paper, right? She's successful. She's beautiful.

And they're like, oh, she got too many college degrees. I know why he left that bitch. She's probably a know-it-all-it-all. And I thought it was everything to have a house, to have just be taken care of myself. And all of these things, all of these ambitious goals of mine that I've been able to achieve,

I thought that would be attractive. And in meeting men and dating a lot of successful men, none of them would ever, ever talk about how exciting it is that I have invested in properties or would ever even want to come to see my house or at all. It was very much so, no, just come over here. Or, you know, it felt like all my accomplishments were minimized.

Wow. And so I realized, I don't know who, what I was thinking growing up thinking that, like, me being accomplished and independent would attract other successful men and, or successful men, and just realizing, wow, I think it deters them. It does. It's crazy. It intimidates them. I agree with that. Because I used to feel that way, too. Like, I used to think, he don't care that I got my degree.

He don't care that I'm successful. He don't care that I got my own shit. I pay my own bills. No, men do not care about that. I always say, just get rid of your sheet because they like girls without anything. Wow. Just get rid of your shit. If you want a man that bad, I don't want one that bad.

I'm keeping my shit. Can we really talk about it? I'm not getting rid of my big dogs. They say that's another thing that scares men away. Like, okay, fine. Yeah. I want a farm man anyway. I want cows.

I need you to like big animals. It's so crazy because it really is hard to find a man that can just really support you. you and be happy and be like, look at my girl. Like, you think that everybody wants to praise Jay-Z and Beyonce, but a lot of y'all could not be Jay-Z sitting there in the crowd cheering for her like that. Wow, that's deep. They can't. And Jay-Z be like this.

Yeah, I know. And y'all be praising, yeah, but y'all not Beyonce. Okay, but you're not Jay-Z either. Ooh, exactly. Speak on these. So if we on this level, we both getting money and getting to it, why you can't clap for me, but I'm always supposed to clap for you. It is a very strange dynamic.

So how is dating for you now? And it seems like they want you to be silent, too. Oh, yeah. And just, yeah, just look. You're not supposed to complain about anything because they're the good man on paper. Yeah. That's why I'm happy.

Like, I'm putting all of, like, my flaws, everything out there. Yeah. Because I only want to attract someone who isn't intimidated or horrified by them. Yeah. By that. So, yeah. Do you feel like it's easier to date men in the industry or outside?

of the industry. Yeah, outside of the industry, I feel like people, all they see is Ari, like the stage and stuff. I don't think they see Courtney. And then, I think men in general, I think they're fans,

they're fans. They like the idea of me, but no one is genuinely trying to get to know Courtney. And, yeah, spend some time with me, build something with me. People want me to be

an accessory to them, you know? Mm-hmm. I understand that. So are you dating right now? Is there a man? Who you texting? Hell no, there's no one. Okay.

This guy texted last, well, I called, well, he talked last night, but now I'm thinking in my mind, I'm traumatized. Like, I don't even know if I want to be on the phone with anyone anymore. Mm-mm. Because I was getting to know a guy, and we would talk for like six hours a day, come to find out, I come to a city, and he didn't want to hang out. It's a long story, but whatever.

It's online. It's online. But my point is that now I'm afraid to talk to a guy on the phone. I don't want my time wasted. Yeah. And then, yeah, yeah. So, yeah, I talked to this man last night, but I don't think he's the one. He's a Pisces.

Has this ever happened to you where the things? There's something. I haven't experienced their emotions. Really? You know what it is? I think the Pisces, man. are so emotional. They are.

They are so aloof. Really? And like, yeah, I think with this Ares, they're very surface. Oh, wow. Yeah. I feel like they feel so deeply and they're very emotional.

Like, all of the women, Pisces women and men that I've met, they're all just, like, almost to the point that they're, like, kind of bad shit crazy a little bit. Wow, yeah. Because they let their emotions

get the best of them a lot of the time. And they love Baum, too. Yeah. When they first meet you, you're the most perfect woman I ever met in my life. And then three months later, my grandma died, bitch. I got to go. Yeah.

Their grandmas do die. How many grandmas you got, away? Granny's is dying and never died before. Yes. Because what's going on? I remember, like, I dated this Pisces and I was like, oh, my God, this is my forever man. And I just thought he was the most amazing guy. I remember we went on a podcast show when I was talking about how he freed me.

Oh, no. Because he did free me. Shout out to you. because I was in the shackles of this Capricorn. But he came along and it was good, and then I realized, though, I realized maybe he was sent to me just to get me out of that, but I had to get out of him, too.

But it was very much a love-bombing situation. Like, they're so emotional, and then they're not. And then they want to spin the blog. They're too... Oh, terrible. Too wishy-washy for me. Yeah, same. So I can't do the...

And I'm not... And I'm truly not into signs like that, but that was so weird for me. I had never experienced that ever in dating. The same sign comes to me in bulk. Okay, that's the really weird. Pisces, this is the year of the Pisces or something. A few years ago, Gemini's was one year, and then another year, tourists.

It's Leo's, like, it's weird, only in bulk. That's why I believe in astrology, because how do you explain that? Why are they all coming to? What is this lesson that God and the universe is trying to teach me about this particular? son. I agree. I believe in astrology too, girl. I'd be like, it's not be, she don't be a coincidence. Yeah. I think, yeah, it's right there. It has to be rude. I just feel like, I think it's cute and funny to look up, but I'm not, like, deep immersed

in it and I'm not educated enough to, like, talk about it. And a lot of other people aren't either. They'd be like, girl, I know you're a Virgo. So that's why I'm kind of, it's far for me to get into it. But the people who are, like, really deep into it, like, I like to talk to them because they're educated on it. You know what I'm saying? It would be a big difference for me. So do either one of y'all, kind of circling back to the topic a little bit, do either one of y'all feel like y'all have ever had to leave a great guy?

Like, he was actually really a good man, but you just knew he wasn't the man for you. Yeah, two guys. But we were never together. But this one guy in particular, he just had beautiful energy, and he was so fine. So chocolate, tall, successful. A musician, he was great. But yeah, I just didn't see it. I didn't feel like we had enough banter.

I don't know. Like, that's so important to me. I want to laugh, you know, all day with my boo. But, like, I don't know. Can I have that? Am I allowed to have that from a secure energy? Yeah. Because I feel like, yeah.

That's all I'm looking for. A secure energy that is also funny. Yes. Like, I feel like people try to make me feel like these things can't. Oh, exists. Yeah. I think people do that a lot of the time because it's projection. Me personally, I feel like we can have whatever we want in this life

if you believe that you deserve it. And you just wouldn't settle. Like, I feel like why settle? If you want somebody that's funny, it's going to be with them because that can't make you laugh. Yeah, because I don't want to be with someone and be like this. toxic force in their life because I'm not happy and I'm resenting

them and I wish they were someone that they're not and I'm not a fan of changing a man, not a fan of nagging a man I'll leave, I'll remove myself because I would have if you what are we doing here? I don't want to depress you and I think I realize that too like I think the one situation

I was in where I felt like I left a good man because that's really what it was like I felt like I couldn't laugh with him. He would try to make me laugh but I was that eh Those jokes would not be hitting And it's crazy because I even think when I dated the Capricorn guy I dated him for a very long time on and off

But I kept trying to make it something it wasn't Because I thought, okay, we've been dealing with each other for this long One thing I realized is history and time don't mean shit What does it call? Cump cause fallacy? Yeah, something like that And I just, I couldn't get it And I'm like, you know what? Honestly, I do like When I think about the one man that I really, really loves

Like in my younger years, he was so funny Like he was hilarious, and even now, like, my partner, it's hilarious. All we do is laugh. And I'm like, this is my love language. Just sitting in the bed and laughing. Let's have fun. Because I'm an emo bitch. So I need that part.

Okay, this is what I need people to know. I am a bit emo if you haven't noticed. But, like, I am so funny. I'm fun. And so I would need my partner to not have that same. emo thing. Yeah. We're gonna be emo together.

Yeah, I don't want that. And just start a war outside and do things. It's like we have that balance of, okay, we're gonna have serious conversations and talk about the future and this and that. But also, we're gonna have a ball. Yeah. And I think that's hard too.

Successful men don't like to have a ball. They don't wanna work. They're gonna work. Yeah, they are. You want to deal that you want to be on the food week. Hold on, I got another call. Yeah. Like, yeah, it's like, and I think that's something

that I have been teaching my part. to balance. And he's working on the balance. So that's what I enjoy. I'm like, I need to laugh. I'm sorry. Yeah. I have to have a good time, Chad.

Let's have fun. Yeah, so you're not wrong for that. I feel you. Thank you. I feel you. It's hard for that. Okay. All right, y'all, and y'all,

we're sipping that little drink and drink. This is a mocktail. That's a mocktail, just for you. So, Todd, what are we drinking today? Okay, so especially for Ms. Ari, we have, this one is going to be called The Vacancy. And this is a mocktail. So this is a little bit tropical.

I was trying to go a little bit. You sure ain't nothing in there? It's good, huh? You sure? And everything. No liquor whatsoever at all. She liked this taste too good. I like it a lot.

So we have a little toasted coconut syrup. We have some pineapple juice, some lime juice, and then some cranberry peach as well. And then on the rim of the glass is some toasted coconut. And then I garnished it also with a dehydrated pineapple. Just put a little cute little, little, them to sip with the spring that's coming and fastly approaching. So this is the vacancy. And Lex has some with a little tailors.

I had. That was floated on top. So that's the only difference. That's the alcoholic version for y'all at home. If you want to add any spirit to it, you are more than welcome. But that is the vacancy. See? Thank you.

This is amazing. Cheers. Cheers. It's called vacancy because it's vacant of the alcohol. Yes. Oh, yes, exactly. That was a good way. I'm saying.

We got you. We're going to take care of you. That's how mistake. start from my album. See? Bacon of the alcohol. Bacon of the alcohol. Okay, so, and yeah, so it is

vacancy, and y'all know this episode is sponsored by Taylorport. Shout out to Taylorport. Cheers. Yes, period. All right, y'all, so today's cocktail is called The Sweet Escape. Because sometimes you just need

a little moment, and this drink right here will definitely take you there. This one starts with pineapple juice, lime juice, toasted coconut syrup, and a blend of white cranberry and peach juice. All of that gets shaken over ice so you get this bright tropical base. Then it's topped with a float of Taylorport,

which adds that rich berry flavor right on top. So when you sip it, you get the tropical notes first, and then that smooth, fruity finish from the port. And the rim is toasted coconut with a dehydrated pineapple garnish because we wanted to lean all the way into those vacation vibes. Cheers!

Okay, so our second topic, we're going to talk about plain etiquette because you've been very open about, you know, you don't really like to fly. Is that still an issue for you? I have a love hate. A love hate. Okay, so what's your love hate?

Well, I don't... Well, you're zooming into the sky like a rocket at 36,000 feet. Yeah. A little turbulence is happening. And you're supposed to just be chill about it. Yep. And I've seen all kinds of playing crash documentaries. Documentaries ever since I was like 10.

I don't know why I tortured myself like that, but I'd never imagined that I would ever have. have to fly anywhere. Ever again, I imagined I'd be driving or taking a boat. Like, I, my plan one day was to save up enough money to do a 365-day world boat tour or whatever, tour of the world. Okay.

That's what I wanted. That's how I was gonna see the world. Oh, Lord. But like, with success, like, that's not how life works. You can't take a boat from California to D.C. It's not happening. No, babe. So I had to quickly get to it, and that's why,

I was getting drunk as hell to get through it. That's fair, though. But I really do, on a calm day when my body is regulated emotionally, I love a good takeoff. Sometimes, like, I'm looking out the window as it's happening. And some days it's too much, and that window shield is closed. Yeah. Or whatever, it's closed.

And sometimes I'm like, whatever, turbulence. And then sometimes I'm like this. Shaky, yeah. But I haven't screamed in a long time. Oh, good. I used to yell. Like, oh, my God. Oh, that's all right, girl.

If the babies can yell, so can you. Exactly. Hey. Don't nobody be shushing in. Exactly. I'm with you on that. I'm not going to lie to y'all. Y'all going to get mad at me for this.

Oh. We need a 25 and a player. Get that fucking fuck out of here. You know, the babies are saving us. They're angels. I agree. They're not trying to take out the angels. They need to shut up, girl.

No, we need the baby. They be too loud. This is how we survive. I agree. Y'all surviving because I'm praying. Okay. Now, bow your head and prayer. And the babies are the closest thing to God.

They are angels. They are protecting us. They are lifting us up. Amen, sister, but it be too loud. The dog's barking. Their ears, honey, their ears. The altitude, they don't know what's happening. Leave them on the back of the brain.

You don't know what's happening. The poor baby. It's just like, what is this pressure. Well, you should have drove. What do you say? They should have took the boat from California to D.C. They should have drove the nation. It's too hot.

Girl, it's too cold. Ari, I can't do it. I cannot do the plane. And I'm not a mean person. I love kids. I love my nephews. But I just, you know what I'm saying? Sometimes it gets a little rowdy on the plane.

So we're going to talk about plain etiquette, you know what I'm saying? And like things that you feel like you should and shouldn't do in the airport and flying. I feel like this. I do not like either when people don't know how to travel you're taking too long and a lot do I have to epe you up my pockets

do I need to... That's me. Girls, what's in it all? Get out the way! You have beef with me! Get out of the way! That's me. I'm stressed. So I gotta take my time. All right, fool!

Did I get my phone? Is my phone out of my bag to have a ring in my pocket that's going to set the metal detector off? I still got water. See? You know? I'm nervous. You got to move out the way.

They're nervous. They're nervous. Nervous motherfuckers take y'all ass over there. Not they need a nervous TSA. Nervous lame. And the people who know what they're doing go to the right. But they kind of do with that. Do they?

I feel like that's what Pre-check is. Like TSA Pre-Chic is the people who fly all the time who know what they're doing. You've got the regular line. But people in Pre-Sometimes they do to be over there still confused. Or maybe they knew the pre-check. I'm not new to it, but I'm still confused. Exactly. Every time.

Well, can I keep my water? I remove. I have to take my time. Because I have to process what I'm about to do. Okay. Zoom into space. Yeah. Okay.

We are that close to space of there. Okay. That's a lot to process. I can't. I can't with the smoke people. Do you drink on the plane? Do I? I'm drinking in the Uber on the way there.

Yeah, we be turning up on thing. Turns up. I'll be on. As soon as I sit down, do you want some water? I want some vodka bed. Especially if it's a long flight. Oh, pass me the good. Y'all, I used to have a ball big junk.

Don't let me be in first class. I know. Give me that proscenco. Okay. I got to get out of here. Yeah, me and drag, because usually I'll be on the back because I don't get my shit upgraded. So I'd be like, drag, man.

Wow. You'd be like, I got you, girl. And I do. Hell, yeah. I don't care. I'm a party. I don't care. Put me in row 36.

We turn it up back in. No, same. You know what I'm saying? I'll be in row 36 sometimes. Yeah, I mean, I will upgrade my flight. I mean, now I have an Amex, so I get up great now. But the phone is? Yeah.

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A tailor port. Do they have minis? They need to make some. Have I ever gotten sick at the airport? Y'all did to make some easy. Have I ever gotten sick? No, but it's been a time where I think they do. I want to say it was maybe when we were headed to Turks for.

I was a day. I wasn't sick, but when we landed, I was, I was, turked. We was leaving. I landed, I was like, oh, I'm finna go drink some more. Oh, that's what happened to me once. Yeah. And that's when I got carried into the room, built into the room. Now, I will say that that's plain etiquette.

Don't get too, too lit. Yeah, I don't have a limit. See? That's why I had to stop. Yeah. Because I started early in the morning, and then I did it again at the airport. Yep. And then I was doing it on the plane.

Uh-oh. And it was a connecting flight. So I had to do it at the dag on that airport, and that's when everything I asked up. I do know my limits on the plane. I don't know if it's because, like, the altitude you have had, so you feel it a little more. So I tend to know my limits, especially now. What is your limit? She said, speaking of.

I'm not going to lie to y'all. I can drink a lot. I can. I used to. But you know what's crazy, though? You don't say. Shut up, girl. Shut up, girl.

But Dreyah knows this about me. I am a fun drunk. I'm not the kind of drunk that, like, cries and gets in my feeling. I got, now, I like to pop my shit. Yeah. I get drunk up, but, like, do y'all know who the fuck I am? You ho's gonna stop playing with me, ho'am.

And if we be like, girl, who are you talking to? These bitches. That's not in the room. When I was in Turks, I started saying, I was the first bitch with a BBL. You ho's take up with me. Wow. I don't know.

I just like to pop my shit. You look great. Thank you, girl. Oh, my God. I love a little BBL now. Oh, shoot. You weren't scared? You know, I got it so long ago.

I was scared to be built like I was for the rest of my life. Wow. I was bad built now. Oh. That's what I was afraid of. He said, that's the part that was terrified. That was terrified. I was like, I got to walk around like this.

Change is going to come. Oh, my God. Licks is so dramatic, though, because her body was nice before she had the BBA. Oh, God, have mercy. There is nothing wrong with not a lot of ass. There's nothing wrong. You know what it was? It's not that I was looking for a big dump truck.

Okay. I just wanted a more, you know, just a little hourglass. Because I like the way my clothes fit me now a lot better. You know, it wasn't like, oh, if I'm gonna get a BBL, I'm gonna attract a ball or like, it was never like that. And I think that's why a lot of women have gotten the surgery and they're reversing them now. Isn't that weird that's what attracts them sometimes?

Yeah, yeah, it is. Like, why just that? I don't know. It's so strange. And I won't say all of them, but I have noticed with a lot of successful men, it seems like there is only one body type, whether it's like really, really slender or just literally, like, surgery. Yeah.

And I think that's why, I don't know, I never do anything for, like, the male gays. Because I got a breast reduction, too, and they hate that. My, good, I'm a titty-old. I used to have to buy extra seat for them in a plane. I just know. Yeah, we had to put a hell. They say, bet, you got to buy two seats, now. No, you did it.

They was big. Wow. I tell people when I used to cook, I would burn them on the stone. No, you did it. Yeah, I can't cook. Wait, seriously? That nipple used to just be sitting on it. Seriously.

Seizzles, sizzle. Wait, did you really burn your nipple? Yeah. Wow. They was long. No, that's good boobs, though. It was a long day. No, I feel like that.

So you could lick your nipples. Oh, yeah. I can roll them up. Oh, my God. Yeah. Sometimes I would have to throw them under my shoulder. Throw them back, and I'd, I got a wash under there.

Wlipping on the side. You had to flip it on the side. Yeah, you gotta get all the angles to clean on. Like a pancake. Oh, my. They was big and hefty. Wow. What other fuck was.

They were heavy for. I didn't have no kids. What the fuck you big for? Yeah. You ain't feeding nobody. And they were gonna get bigger. They were gonna, oh, I will say, I have big ass shoulders still to this day from my brawes. Yeah.

Shout out to Lane Brian. They had some motherfucking bras in there. They did. Yeah. You're supposed to say big. Because I ain't flexing right now, Ari, I'm not flexing. I'm just saying. I'm just saying, though.

So, yeah, I did everything I did because it's like I want to feel confident in my clothes. I want to feel better. And I was like, I did this for me. So I say all that to say, I just think that it's crazy that the things that a lot of us do for the mail gays. Because it's like, these niggas going to be here and they're going to want it. If it's a hole in this wet, they're going to want it. I will never get my boobs done. Yeah, really.

I mean, but you have nice. You shouldn't. They're nice. You have to keep getting them redone. Yeah, I refuse. Yeah, that's what I'm struggling with. Yeah. Someone said you don't have to do them every 10 years.

Well, tell that to people who have their boobs get obliterated. The capular, what is it called, contracture? Yeah. Or something that happens, it's like when the silicone ruptures and then the muscle around the hardens because now it's like a foreign getting in your body. Right. Yeah. And this, you can get infections.

And this woman was talking about how her. face was getting disfigured because of the infections. Oh, my God. Yeah, I'm just, I would never. And I think some boobs should just hang the way they're naturally supposed to. Right. And I'm 34. I don't need my boobs to touch the sky. I agree with that now. Boupe fiasco, Kanye, West. I don't need, I don't need them to touch the sky. And I got them removed, so I got them pulled up today, but they still hang a little bit. They're going to hang.

Good. They're going to have a little hang now. Mine are up a little kind of. They look nice, though. They look real good. But yeah, when this comes down, they come down. And that's all right. And I love it. It's okay.

Even with implants, after a while, they start to hang a little bit, too. Yeah, I love that. I love that. He happens over time. Shut up. Honestly, who knows? If I wasn't scared of death, I don't know. Maybe I would have done something.

But I don't think you need anything, though. Thank you. Like, you have the type of body, like, you don't need nothing. Yeah, you don't. Thank you. Like, sometimes I'll be like, I'll see a little titty. I'm like, you need to reduce it. little bit. Because the bag, I'm telling

you, the bag. And honestly, I will say this, the only woman I have ever seen who has really big breasts and everything works for her is Nisi NAD. Wow. But she get, you can tell she gets things tailored. Oh, okay. Like, I mean, if my breasts, if I could have the money that I did, like

she had, I probably wouldn't have them done, but they don't make things to fit big-breasted women. Yeah. She got the plugs. She got the tailor. She got, so it looks, she carries it so well. But other than that, They're not making things for, you know, the big breasted women to feel comfortable and be the one of our clothes. So it's like stuff, I got a triangle on, the triangle look like a little mini circle. Oh, man.

You know what I'm saying? You can't fit that. Yeah. But that's all right. We live and we learn and we move on. Amen, sisters. I don't know how we got from planes to titties, but. Yes, I know.

We didn't even get to talk about the unspoken rules. What's the unspoken rule? Well, I mean, I feel like everybody has, like, their unspoken rules when you're on a plane, just things that you feel like it's common courtesy. Like for me, if I'm on a plane, you need to have headphones in. Facts. Ooh. Why are you playing your music on your iPad?

Or why are you playing your music on your phone loud to where people can hear you? Ooh. Or even if you're talking on the phone, same. Because, you know, people be talking on the phone before we take off. Loud. I do that. You do?

I do both with your hands. Yeah, you need to get on that boat. And I see. You need to get, you don't belong in the airport. I just don't feel like, I didn't feel like. connecting my headphones in. I know I was stressing the guy out. But like once we took off, I put my headphones.

All right. Okay. I also feel like, don't, if we're sitting next to each other and I got my headphones in, we don't need to talk. I don't like when the person next to me start chatting. If they fine, talk to me. Yeah, if they're cute cool, but I don't think I've ever happens rarely. Rarely.

That should just be like somebody real fine on the plane. Very, very rare. I always get set by older people. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I've never ran this to somebody fine on the plane. Ever? No. It was one time, but I just wasn't interested.

Like, we exchanged numbers, but nothing came from it. It was fine, too. It looked like he was, like, from Hawaii or something. And he was, like, six, nine. Oh. He was really cute. That's what I need. A Hawaiian man.

A Samoan. A Samoan. That's all the time of going. He did. He had one kid, but you know why I saw it out of him, y'all? His baby mama was white. Oh. And that kid was a lot.

little too clear for me. No, there's nothing wrong with that. Sometimes, you know, you like all kinds of women. Maybe. That doesn't scare me. I've dated people who've had all kinds of, dated all kinds of people. I don't know if I want someone with a specific type necessarily.

It's not a specific... I want them to fall in love with me. Yeah. And I feel so special, like, and he feels special as well, you know. Yeah. Well, I think the thing that kind of turned me from him because I don't want you to say, oh, I've never dated somebody. like you before.

Oh yeah, don't tell me that. What you mean about that? Think it, but don't tell me that. A loud, bad bitch with a fat ass, what you're trying to strike? But I feel like, how do you know that he meant black? I didn't want to ask. Yeah, my therapist would, yeah, challenge my thinking, you're right. Right, like, you probably know he meant black.

You just took it that way. I took it that way. Racist! Get off of my line. And probably had the most beautiful, kissable lips. Oh, he was fine. I think I still follow him. He should have asked him about it.

Hey, what do you mean by that? Are you racist? No, I didn't want to... You know what? It's crazy. The reason I... He probably would have never call her again, Ari. And he was definitely trying to hang out.

He was. Like, he was like, oh, I got to come to Atlanta for work. But it just never went anywhere. I don't know. I just wasn't interested. And then at the time, it was like... Well, I am. Look, I can hook y'all up.

No, no. She said, where's the Samoan men? Yeah. He might be nice for you. I would love a Samoan name. Let me not say he was Samoan. I just said he looked like it. That was someone who looks Samoan.

He definitely did. He was a cute guy, but that was a long time. I just love fine, fine, pretty people. I need to. I love a fine couple. I just said that today, because they have posted a picture of Serena and Cordell from Love Island.

Oh, yeah. I was like, that is a fine, beautiful couple. Like, they're just both really cute. Can you show me? There you are. Let me see. Where am I'm going to? Yeah.

Oh, yeah. You know what? I'm going to pull it up. Because, um... I saw that picture earlier. Yes, I feel like Serena is so cute. And then Cardell is, what's his name? Odell Beckham's brother.

There's no way this is a mock town. Oh, here, I got it. I got it. There they go. So I'd be hooking them drinks up. That's a fine couple. Oh, they're sexy. Right? Oh, they're beautiful. That was a good season of love, I'm.

They look so good. And they be on TikTok and making their TikToks together. They do. What season were they? They were season seven, six or seven. It's a lot of fine people on that season. Because Leah and Miguel, Miguel, Leah is fine. And Miguel is fine.

It's just a lot of fine. I want them to do a thick season. You know what they should? They should do that. Would you go on there? Would you go on the show like that? You would? I think they should do a celebrity season as well.

Ooh. Because I really would like to date someone. I think it could be cute if that or like love is blind. I was going to say, would you do love is blind? I would totally. If they did a celebrity edition, I would love to do that. Oh, my God. But I'd be scared.

Why? I don't know. If you like, you'd be scared. Is it because you just, I don't know, like you're talking to this person, but you can't see them? And then you don't know if you're really getting to know the real them. Right. It does feel like a setup for heartbreak unless you genuinely do meet someone, like genuine.

So it's cool when it's good, but I imagine it to be traumatizing when it's not. It doesn't work out. And honestly, I'm sorry, love, my love is not blind, baby. Is your hair line intact? Oh. I cannot. I need to smell your work. What is it rough?

I can't. Yeah. I can't. My love. My love is not mine, babe. I need to see what you looking like. I need to see your side to one. Tallness, like, I'm a tall girl, but, and I wear high heels,

so I don't care if I'm, like, taller than a man with my heels on. Oh, nice. Okay. But 5-5, if you're 5-5, I'm not dating a 5-5 man. Oh, I could totally date a 5-5. But you're not 5-8. I'm 6-1 in my heels. Could you date a 5-6?

No. Could you date a 5-7? You have to be at least 5-8. I'll do my height. I like that. I'll do at least 5'8. I'll do 5.5. How tall are you? 5, 6.

See, I mean, that's in the same area. Y'all in the same region. I'm just like, the money, the money tall, a little bit. He can stand on it. Yeah, he can stand on it, yeah. That's how I feel, because I've seen some fine, beautiful men. That's how usually is, and they be short, huh?

But I feel like short men be a little angry. No, this one, oh. Yeah. See, see, see. They'd be a little mad because they're little. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, he was very emotional and angry.

Mm-hmm. I bet. Mm-hmm. And don't let them have to look up to you. It's like I feel like they mean because they feel cheated. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

They do. They feel like I got the short end of the stick. Yeah, literally. You know what I'm saying? They don't like that shit. They want to take it out on you because you're mad because I got the height-ho-ass-nick. We don't need to go. Like, we're not doing that.

You know what I'm saying? So I think the certain, I don't, like I said, I can do 5-8 because we're in the same region, you know, area or whatever. But... I could do, like, 5, 8, but yeah. But I'm little. You can't do the same height as you.

Yeah, I can't. I can't do nobody this 5'2, no. Yeah, no, no, no. That's a little too. And no shade to the short men. We can't do nothing but swing together. We're definitely shading the short men. I don't think so, because I think there's women out there for them. Because how tall is Lynn?

Facts, facts. My best friend? Yeah. She, like, five feet. Because she's a little shorter than me. So she could date, like, a five, four men. Would she? No. She did the same way about little men.

She'd be saying they meanness in it. Oh, damn. But the reason I say that. And no disrespect, but they do the same thing to me. They'd be like, oh, you're a linebacker. You big. No.

Yeah. Oh, yeah. You're not a linebacker. I could be, though. Okay. In a witness's league. I don't give a damn. I'll go play for the faculty right now.

No, please. But I say that because it goes both ways. Just like people make fun of little. men, they make people who are bigger. I'm not trying to be funny. It was never cool to be like the tall girl or to be tall and thick and this and that. Really?

That is just something that has became a thing now, like recently. It was never like, honestly, when I used to wear heels, I used to wear flats all the time. Or like a little baby kitten heel. Then I got some point where like, well, I don't care because I like big heels. But it ain't been all, oh, my God, we're stallions now. Megan made that shit coo.

Yeah, she did. You know what I'm saying? Because usually in the industry, too, There's not a lot of tall women in this tree. Every time I go to the vet, I'm like, dang, you're small. You're small. Everyone's so small. Everybody is at work.

Yeah. People I never imagined. Yes. Yeah. Baby tiny. You ready to get into the bed? I'm sorry, I'm chatty. Yes.

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Are you like a feminine wellness product girl is what I'm in? Oh, I am just, I keep it to, am I allowed to say the time? O-L-A. Okay. I keep it real O-L-A and I just scrub really hard everywhere. Right. So my body is scrubbing. As you should.

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Okay. And then this, you can use it for your ingrown hair. Ingrown hair. I'm not going to ask you if you get wax or you shade, but you know, sometimes whatever you do the right. I do a wax every now and then. It's been a while. Yeah, but sometimes you'll get an ingrown.

shave or hair. Mm-hmm. Okay. I'm telling you, we're going to send you home with one of these. Okay. And you're going to try it. Should I be happy and be like, yeah? You're going to feel like this.

Hoo-hoo, who, who, who, who. You're going to start singing in their shower. Right. I just. Thought Xotex how is the bar. I think my coochie's fine. It is fine. Let me tell you, your coochie right now is probably at a 9.5.

It's at a 10, baby. It's going to take it to what you're going to be a house. It's going to be a house. You're underwear. I was not care. I used to be like, okay, you know, I'm fine. It is fine. But it just feels different.

It really does. Like, I always tell people and they're like, I get what you were saying. Yeah. It's like, oh, I get it. You know, it's like, I understand if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But it's like, you know, you take that 10 to a 10.5. I'm scared. Like, what if it implodes?

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and have you ready to go. Okay. So just try it and let us know if you like it. All right. We're going to send you hand with a bad again. Okay. We're going to get to the topic. So the topic for today is crying while you climb at.

You know, sometimes you have that emotional release and you be like, baby, I love you. This is my man. We're feeling to get married, okay? Like, sometimes I feel like an orgasm is, like, built up tension within the body. And then whenever you release it, sometimes it may be an emotional thing. Like, you feel like you're connecting to this person. And sometimes it might just be, like, a physical thing where you just feel like, my gosh, I had to get that, I just itched that scratch.

You know what I'm saying? So have y'all ever cried or shed a tear while that orgasm? Look like, you're about it. I am. What a beautiful mom. It's emotional. Mm-hmm. I'm Bailey Taylor, and this is It Girl.

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on the Iheart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I did. I definitely cried during sex before. It felt like that Maxwell song. Oh, woman's worth. Oh, you better say. I know. I felt it. Hurry, she's going to try to get them to food with you. Oh, please.

Come home. Let's do it. I'm going to be waiting on you at the duck. Okay. I'm like, hey, girl. I want to go to the studio. I was there yesterday. I want to go tonight. We're going to be ready. Let me know.

Yes. So in that moment, was it more of a physical thing or emotional? Both. It was bold. It was really in love with the person. But then also, you know, it was, I think for women, and we don't talk about this that much, But, you know, for most women, it's really hard to climax from penetration alone.

Like, most women always say that it usually only happens when they get head. So I feel like that was the first time that that had ever happened to me. So it was a moment where it's crying for. Oh, wow. That was your first time? That I climaxed from penetration. Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. When was this?

Yesterday. No. No, it was a long time ago. It was like maybe like five years ago. No, because this is really inspiring. Yeah. Because sometimes I wonder, like, will it ever happen for me? Really?

I've had a baby. I feel like, you know how it feels like after you come? Like that, the feeling of, what is that, pulsating? Yes, yeah. I felt that. I felt that while having sex. I don't know what that is. Like, when it, I don't know what that is.

Yeah. But I've never felt like a full-blown orgasm the way I feel like getting head or like, yeah. pleasing myself. I'm not going to lie. I think that's because I think when women, and I'm not speaking for all women, I'm just speaking for myself

because I think most of the time when women have an orgasm from penetration, there has to be some kind of emotional component. Wow. It's a mental thing for other. I have never had an orgasm from penetration. We were just like doing it and being in this. Wait, wow.

This is deep. Yeah. They have been an emotional connection. It's an emotional connection. From penetration. Yeah. Yeah. Korn to have you thinking, like, dang, I'm, like, I'm so behind.

Yeah. I'm not. Yeah. But, yeah, I imagine that, too. If I'm in a deep, beautiful relationship, maybe that'll happen for me. And, like, with my first boyfriend, like, he was the one that actually made me come for the first time, like, via head. Because I always thought it would never happen. Right.

But I, and I think that's probably why I was so into him. Like, you really did this for me. And I never thought it would happen. Right. Thank you. And one time, it happened three times. Oh, my God, in one session, it was just, wow. We're going to have to call him.

Yeah. Right, but no, I think he's about to be married. Damn, well, we see why she married him. Okay. Yeah. But I think, like, clitoral stimulation, it's a physical thing. It's a feeling. So that's easy.

You know, you get hair, you get things done to you, whatever, like that. That's 100% physical. But inside, there's not really, the G-spot is not really. I mean, it's in there. that, but it's like, it's not. I'm just so ready to explode in that way. Yes. I am so, girl.

You got to keep in mind. They be peeing. I have to be in love. Uh-oh. Who pees? What you? Oh, porn. Oh, in porn.

I'm like, girl, they don't even be climaxing for real. People be peeing. They'd be peeing. They'd be pee. Yeah. They just be drinking a lot of water. They do. So it's not even, they're acting.

It's acting. You know what I'm saying? But I do feel like. Like I said, but that's still a talent because how you force yourself to like just piss at any time? If you drink a lot of water

before you feel, that ain't talent. I can do that. Let me finish this water bottle. Give me 10 minutes. All right. I'm going to go ahead. That's going to be ready to go.

I'm going dumb. I'm going crazy. I'll try my best. Next time. I definitely think it's an emotional component, though, for sure, because that was the first. time that I really fell in love too.

Wow. You say I love you after you was like... I said it during. I was like, I love you. Oh, I'd be lying. That is so... Oh. So have you ever faked it, though?

Have you ever faked the orgasm? Never. Never? I would never, ever in my life. We was bonded. Really? Oh, sorry. But I would never.

I'm not going to lie to you. You're going to know nothing happened. But this was good. Or this was okay. Okay. But no, I would never for this. They're fucking ass. I'm not gonna lie.

When I was in my early 20s, I definitely was a faker. I mean, it's probably men walking around right now. Like, man, I used to put that dick on that feet. I'm exaggerate. It's a little loud, but I've never been like, oh, baby, I can't. Yeah. No. Never.

Because that's the reason, that's truly the reason why I feel like so many men walking around with bad Zika and they think they're good. Because the women be lying. It was my fault. I'll take the blame for that. Or like she said, you don't have to be rude about it, but I'm not going to tell you it was good. If you ask me, I'm going to be like, you know, I'm like.

Yeah. Mm. God damn it. Do you think it'll ever happen for me? I think it will. I think it will. But when you fall in love with somebody again. Yeah, I can see that.

And I think it's going to come from like you feeling like in that moment, are you, even if you're still not with that person right now, in that moment you feel like this is what I prayed for. Yeah. This is the man. I know God sent you here for this. Like you really have to feel that. And it's not you fake and being extra. That's really what you feel in the moment.

And do it go away sometimes after Well, that post-Met clarity gonna hit you a little bit Every time. Everything. But in the moment, it's like y'all have emotionally connected. Yeah.

It's just a moment where you just feel like nothing matters but me and this person. I think it's definitely going to happen for you. I think it is too. And sometimes it'd be like a mental blockage too. Like, I feel like it can't happen unless, like,

it can't happen if you're thinking about it. I do feel like anything is possible. Because I really didn't think it would happen via oral. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. The fact that it did, it was like, that blew my mind. Mm-hmm. Really, this is happening?

It'll surprise you. And always it happened. Mm-hmm. All right, y'all. You just got to find a good... A good partner. I'm not going to say a good eater. Oh, yeah.

A good beater. But that too. Eat her. Yeah. That too, that too. Okay, you want to do item of the week? Yes, let's do item of the week. So for the item of the week,

of course, y'all know that y'all can go to Muse Beauty Collection. This is www.museBee Collection.com. We're also having a buy-one get-one free sale right now. Period. Okay, so now it's time to get into the bop. Hey, the bop. Bow, the bough, bow, bow, bow, bow. So bop in a week is whatever music that we've been jamming this week.

And it's crazy because you did bring this song up, and I was like, I want to make this my bop of the week. Because obviously you told us nobody is folding you up in a pretzel. So my bop of the week is R&Linix. pretzel. Thank you. But the reason I'm making the bop is because when I was listening to it, I was like, that's crazy because women you know, sometimes a man do

be folding us up. And this is not my story to tell, but my best friend had a situation where a man was folding her up and she started crying because he was hurting her. Oh, no. He put her legs so far behind her head and he was a big guy. Oh, no. And she was like, did you tell him? Oh, no. No, she was just like, I wanted

him to finish and it was like... Oh, wait, this is so sad. It was funny as far. It was. It's a horse. You should have pulled his big ass to get up. Oh, no. Yes. I know. Wait. Was she scared?

No, she wasn't scared because it was a guy she was dating, but it was like the first time they had sex, and this is a big guy. My friend is little. She's like five, three. She's so little. And she was like, he put his hands. His hands, I guess, were, like, on her knees,

and he was, like, leaning on them, and he was on top. And she was like, it was so, it's not funny. But I think a lot of times women, you know, we getting a baby like, yeah, I'm going to put my leg. Then, you know, if you're going to only do the Ari split, you can't be putting them hands, legs behind you. You know what I'm saying? You got to.

So sometimes being folded up like a pretzel, that may be for the more experienced girls. Yeah. And if you not stretch up. I'm going to start fighting. Yeah, I'm older. You ain't fin to kill me. I'm not going to lie.

There's been certain positions that, you know, you getting a little too, hey, this doesn't feel. Hey, come on now. Absolutely not. I was shocked. I need my hips. Yeah. I said you lucky because imagine if someone would have just

her hand train or something. I think this man is so big. I was like, I am so... She's in a relationship with him? No, well, they were talking. They were dating. And I, not anymore, but I was like, he could have literally broke your head.

Yeah. Because this nigger was big as he. Yeah. That's scary and it's dangerous. Yeah. Tell him, got to tell him. Tell him. But I understand if she was afraid or uncomfortable to do that.

No, she wasn't afraid. Okay. She was just like, I just wanted him to, you know. She wanted to put that pussy on them. Oh. Yeah, that's what it. She wanted to, you know, you'd be like, yeah, take it. Yeah.

She said, a tear fell. I said, oh, my God. A tear fell. That sounds. And he thought he was because he was doing a good job. Right, right, no. We got to tell these men. We have to tell them.

We need to speak of. We have to. We have to. You're killing us. Yes, literally. So that's my bop, but we are in Lennox, the pressel, but only getting that pressel if you're capable. Yeah.

Fretzel lot. Don't let them take you out. Yeah, too much. Jerry, what you've been listening to? Okay, so I cannot remember if we said this was a bop. I think we had a guest and they said it was they bop. But today's my bop. I really like T.I.

I knew some. Let them know. Let them know. It's so good. The old niggas is back, baby. Wait, what? I'm telling you, the old niggas had to let the young niggas. It has a nice box to it.

It's nice. And it was for real. D. Oh, it's for real? You know, he do that 14. Yeah. Hold on. Let him do.

I'm going to do. Yes. Okay. That's what I was going to say. I added this to my gym playlist. Yes. It's so good. This is a bob.

I'm not going to lie. Because I feel like, you know, more seasoned rappers got to be like, okay, we coming back because you niggas ain't doing it. The girls have completely taken over the rap scene. They have. And so Tia I had to say, let me come back and show you little niggas how to do it.

Me and my vocabulary are back to obliterate you. Yes. We're ready. Yeah. Anyway, the album, I think, is about to come out soon, too. So we're exciting. Yeah, shout out to Tia. That's Bob.

Yeah. What you been listening to? Wow. What have I been, I mean, well, what was I listening to? Oh, my body all over your body face. Oh, my, L-SG, right? That's like, yeah. It's your body face.

Now, you went, that's a classic. That was a little freaky-assia. I remember when that song dropped, that video dropped. You do? Yes. I remember when the video came out and they were all of these little things. Right.

Wait, hold on. 16. 16. My body. There's no way. I do remember the video. But you're 36 and I'm 34. The reason I remember...

This happened when you were 16? No, I was... No. It came out when I was... Oh, you're kidding. I'm kidding. I was okay, Ari. I know, there's no way.

The 90s, I thought. But the reason I said is because growing up, I was so into music and while, like, most of the kids were watching, like, Pokemon and shit. I was always watching, like, Oprah. like Oprah and BET. I was watching all the videos.

I grew up watching videos galore. So when that video came out, I used to think, like, Keith Sweat was like everything. I was like, this is my husband. Oh, he is everything. I was like... I thought, and still to this day, when he gets drunk on stage,

I love a drunk-ass nigger. Oh, God. People like, I'm getting... What are he doing? He's killing me. Yeah. I love it. Out there in a scene.

Yeah. He gets drunk down. Because you know all the biggest love Hennessy. Oh, my God. So till this day, he still does it for me. I don't care what nobody says. I love him. I love cut clothes.

Oh, yeah, I like that. God, everything. Surrender, I like. Oh, don't change. So you got that good R&B in camp. Yeah, I really do. We need your playlist already. I know.

I love the nostalgic arm. Yes. Okay, what we got next, Drea? So now it's time to get into our favorite segment of the show. So we're going to get into the bottled up segment because y'all know this episode is sponsored by Tyler Port. Period. Beach.

So I fucked my favorite rapper. I low-key manifested it. I met him in September and I said, I'm going to keep getting on his nigger nerves until he fall in love with me. So then I fucked on him in February. And bitch, I love him and we still be communicating. Communicating. I don't know who it is.

How do I keep him? I want to keep him. What do I do? What do I do? That man is not for the stable, boo. A rapper? A rapper? I don't know, sis.

I mean, you probably will be in his rotation for a minute. Yeah. I don't think there's anything to do to keep a rapper. Yeah. A rapper. I feel like wanting to date and have sex with the rappers and the athletes is like never a good way to go. And then it's like, y'all already fucked. I mean, it happens.

And sometimes, I'm not going to say it's not the way to go. Because, I mean, he could end up really liking you, but I don't know if it's anything specific that you should do. Just be yourself. You can't keep somebody who don't want to be kept. You will. Yeah. You can't keep nobody who don't want to be kept at the end of the day.

Like, if he wants to still be with you and be around, he's going to be around. And when he don't, he don't. So there's nothing you can do. But congratulations on getting that dick. I'm happy for you. You know? I mean, manifestation is real.

Maybe manifest something a little more positive. next time. But I'm with you, sis. I'm with you, sis. What do you think, Ari? I think if they were supposed to be together, they would have been together by now. But she said, when they start fucking?

February, but she's been, like, going after him since September. Oh. Why are you going after him, honey? That's who. Like, it's already over. You're chasing him. He is not the prize, girl. Yeah.

You are. Well, you know, I saw on TikTok the girls were saying now what they do, I don't know what era that we're in right now of the girls being thirsty, but they'll post a really cute video of them on Instagram and they'll tag their favorite rappers and athletes and, like, hide the name. So, you know, it'll say at mention you

and they'll go look at their video. And they're like, oh, my God, girl, it works. I've had so many athletes and rappers and now they be in my DMs. It's like girls. Ew. But that's not genuine. I've been thirsty all my life.

I've been thirsty all my life. I'm tired of being thirsty. You used to do that. No, not that. But you used to like these hit on me in. I'm just saying, like, yeah, I used to slide in people's DMs, like, hey, but I realize, I don't know. It just, nothing was coming out of it. Yeah. And I just felt really, I don't know, just, it just wouldn't go anywhere.

Yeah. It's something about a man knowing that you wanted him first that just never ends up well. I don't know why. I just want someone to see me and be sure about me immediately. And go after me. And go after me. I can't chase no man. Like, that's his job.

I agree. I won't make you, like, chase forever or anything. Right. Like, I want to be sure that you are sure and in my face. Absolutely. Let's go back to being women's. Yeah. Let them come to you.

Yes. Yeah. All right. But they say, you know, you can smile. Yeah. Things like that. Like, in real life, smile, little eye contact, which is really hard for me. Like, yeah, so I don't know.

Why do you feel like it's awkward trying to make the eye contact? Because, like, what if I, like, look at them, like, dead in their eyes and then they look away? That's when you keep looking. Yeah. Keep looking? Because he probably won't live back. But what if he's just like, ah, decrepit bitch? Look away.

She's a witch! That's what I'm afraid of. Like, that he's going to get pissed and scared. But I feel like, but if you give the right man the eye, he's going to know to come and talk to you. And if not, that's not the right man for you. Absolutely, I agree. There was one guy I was just standing at this concert or whatever, and he came to me, and it was like a movie, and he was fine,

and he just walked real slowly, eye contact, never left. He just started talking to me, and it was just hot. Now, where is he now? I can't tell you. Oh, damn. Oh, it was getting juicy. Oh, it was. Yeah, he's one of the ones I let Slide.

Well, that's all right. Shouldn't have did that. That's all right. Maybe he'll spin the blog. He might be. He might see this and come back. No, he won't. It's a wrap.

Damn. Damn, Ari. All right. Last one, Shay. Ficked it up. I did. Hey, guys. Okay, so basically I'm calling because my, the nigger I'm messing with, we've been messing with each other for about four years.

Four years, we've been crack and do it, all that, you know, cool. But he's not my. nigger like i only say that as a like he's not my nigger like like no he'll never be my nigger and why do you ask because he's a bum like he's broke he doesn't go to school he's um he's he's he's kind of bummy he does he takes perks like it's just a lot going on and that's not me like like we're definitely not on the same like i'm really a suburban dude i'm really a suburban dude i'm not with all that but he got good dick so it's like i'm not my Mind y'all, I'm young.

Like, we're not girls. It's like, not that that's an excuse to be bummy, but that makes it even scarier, you feel me? So, yeah. But you keep, that, what should I do? Stop fucking him. I was like, you're giving him that ass. Why?

And he off a perky? Oh, he'd be laughing forever. I already know. No, but the dick don't, it'd be a slinky. Oh. Yeah, be a slinky when you off the drugs. Oh, it does give him like ED. Yeah, it's really terrible.

Yeah. Yeah, I would not recommend. Yeah, I think you need to stop. Because honestly, I do believe energy is transferable whenever you... You're having sex with this man for four years. You're going to wake up and you're like, damn, I quit my job. Damn, I'm a bum too. Yeah.

I don't like the word bum. Yeah. I think that's mean. Yeah. But, yeah, stop giving them that ass. Yeah, I agree. Four years is four years too long. Four years at that.

That's what she said, four years. Oh, wow. No, honey. Yeah. And nobody needs... And she says she young, but it's like, yeah. Is she? I don't know.

She didn't say. Honey. But my thing is... Oh, poor baby. I don't... I just feel like you don't need sex that bad. You don't need sex that bad.

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