The Breakfast Club - Amanda Seales Interview and More

Episode Date: July 17, 2020

Today on the show we had friend to the show Amanda Seales call in for her therapy update! They spoke on her hosting the BET awards at home, self growth, leaving The Real and more. Moreover, we also had Jade Simmons who is running as an independent candidate for the Presidential election, and Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to White House Press Secretary for fumbling her words about bringing kids back to school. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God.

What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast

Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone.

The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did

the same thing. Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records because in order to make history you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is your wake-up call. Wake the fuck up. The Breakfast Club.

The show you love to hate. From the East to the West Coast. DJ Envy. Angela Yee. Charlamagne Tha God. The realest show on the planet. This is why I respect this show because this is a voice to society. Changing the game. You guys are the coveted morning show, but y'all earning it.

Impacting the culture. They wake up in the morning and they want to hear that breakfast call. The world's most dangerous morning show. We in the mother. We in the house. Good morning, USA. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yolamagne, your mic sounds like trash. Your mic sounds like trash this morning. Oh, I thought that was yours. No, that's yours. You sound like you're in a bathroom taking a number two,

and you got the door closed. I don't know what's going on. No, you don't sound echoey to nobody else? Yeah, it sounds echoey. Sound a little crazy. Echoey? Yeah. I don't know what I can do about that on this fine Friday morning. I do know that I'm tired of being, you know, home on Zoom doing the Breakfast Club.

I'd like to be in the studio and not have to worry about stuff like that. But, you know, we're about a month and a half away from that, maybe. Who knows? We might not be back. We might not be back until 2021. Yeah, I don't think this is going to happen. I don't know if this is true or not, but they said Viacom won't be back until January? Next year.

Next year. Yep. I did read that somewhere. I'm not sure. I'm sure if that's what they put out, I'm sure that's what it is. Yeah, so if they're taking those necessary steps, I see probably iHeart doing the same thing,

which I hate, but I mean, it is protocol. I guess they're trying to make sure everybody is safe. I mean, they is protocol. I guess they're trying to make sure everybody is safe. I mean, they had a record number yesterday. Yeah, I guess you're never truly going to feel safe until there's a vaccine, though, right? Like, that's the only time people are going to actually feel comfortable with getting back to some sense of normalcy, even though normal will never be the same again.

Whatever we thought was normal in America, that's long gone. Yeah. It is, but you know the same, the thing with the vaccine is, you know, when the vaccine comes out, are you the first people to try it? Are you the first people to say, am I giving my kids the vaccine? Or do you say, you know what, I'm going to wait and I'm going to see what some of these side effects,

what happens, you know what I mean? So it's a difficult one. And also I know it's difficult for a lot of people because a lot of people gonna be like eff it because a lot of their deferments are over as a last month you know so people gonna have to start paying their mortgages and paying telephone bills and car bills and all these other bills the deferment part is up and you know i don't know if companies are allowing people to say you know i won'll give you a little more because the company's got to pay their bills, too. So it's going to be a difficult one, man.

But we can make it, man. We can do this, man. We don't have no choice. The only other option is, you know, to not be here is death. And I want to continue to breathe. So we ain't got no choice. OK, no choice. Well, we got a couple of people stopping through today.

First and foremost, a friend to the room Amanda Seals will be joining us this morning Seals I love Amanda Seals that's my heart right there I love her she has a lot to talk about you know she hosted the BET Awards and you know she

walked away from the real you know she's still doing smart funny and black and just just just all the way all around renaissance woman entrepreneur yeah and you know the the crazy thing with amanda is i seen her grind like we kind of came up around the same time when i started radio i first started serious and she first started and she started on mtv then i started on mtv and we kind of came up together just to see her hustle because she always grinded. I know a lot of people might not like her.

Some people love her, some people hate her, but you got to respect her. The amount of work that she put in in this industry and continues to put in, you got to salute to her. Well, let's not forget she was acting before all that too. Mm-hmm. Yeah, my brother and me. Yeah, she was an artist.

She's still an artist, but she was a performing artist, traveling. She did a lot, so we'll talk to Amanda Sales. Mm-hmm. Yeah, my brother and me. She's running for president, and she's running for president as an independent, you know, and I just think she has some very interesting things to say, some very insightful, thoughtful things to say. So, yes, I want to introduce y'all to Ms. Jade Simmons this morning, and she's a classically trained pianist. Okay. Very interesting person, hailing from the 843, Charleston, South Carolina. All right, so we'll talk to both of them this morning, and I got a question. I want to know if Kanye's still running. I heard he's not.

Then I heard he is, but I'm sure you give us updates in the rumors, but now let's get the show cracking. Ask me. I'm the one that's going to be secretary of state. Oh, that's right. You all going to be secretary of state. Ask me what our campaign looks like. Secretary of defense over there. All right. Well, let's get into the joints. Calip released two new records, both features Drake. So shout to everybody in Toronto. I haven't heard him yet. So let's get them the joints. Khaled released two new records. Both features Drake.

So shout out to everybody in Toronto. I haven't heard him yet. So let's get him on. Let's listen. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. That was Drake. I should say Khaled featuring Drake. It was called Popstar. He has another one that they released. We're going to play in a little bit as well. But let's get into some front page news. Where we starting, Ye?

The governor of Georgia, Brian Kemp, is suing the Atlanta City Council and Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. That's because they are requiring that you wear face masks in public places as the numbers

of coronavirus cases are skyrocketing across the nation. So the governor says no face masks, but the mayor in Atlanta is saying, yes, you have to wear face masks. Here is what Keisha Lance Bottoms had to say. We have given very clear data-driven metrics and advice to businesses in the city of Atlanta. I believe that our city mask ordinance, and I believe those across the state are defensible. And it is not just my posture, but the posture of many other mayors across the state that our policies are enforceable and they stand.

Yeah, that's insane that the governor is suing the mayor. And nor do I know how that works. I meant to ask some of my political smart friends yesterday, but I forgot. I just don't know who has the power in that situation, the mayor or the governor. I don't know. Now, my question was, so they're suing any, you have to, when you leave the house, wear a mask?

If not, you can get a ticket or a card? In public places. Okay, public places. Okay. All right. Right, so now the lawsuit, according to what Kemp is saying, you know, that he filed, he said, leads the state of Georgia in its fight against the worldwide novel coronavirus. And he has the power to suspend municipal orders that are contradictory to any state

law or to his executive orders. He said, as the mayor of the city of Atlanta, Mayor Bottoms does not have the legal authority to modify, change, or ignore Governor Kemp's executive orders. So the lawsuit is on behalf of the Atlanta business owners and their hardworking employees who are struggling to survive during these difficult times. And I really. But the thing is, you can still go out. You just have to wear a face covering. Yeah, I really want to know why I don't want to wear a mask. If it prevents you from getting sick, if it prevents you from getting somebody else sick, if they're saying this is one of the main, you know, ways to help flatten the curve and stop the transmission of this disease, why wouldn't you just simply want

to put on a mask? Don't you care about your, even if you don't care about your fellow man, don't you care about yourself and the people in your house? Yeah, no, it makes sense. You definitely should wear a mask. And I can see people having problems if people say like, hey, I go running, I don't want to wear a mask. Like I get it. Or I do exercise and I don't want to wear a mask and I can see people having problems if people say like, hey, I go running and I don't want to wear a mask. Like I get it. Or I do exercise and I don't want to wear a mask. But if you're out in public, yes, you should absolutely have a mask on. Man, my daughter back doing cheerleading practice and they

wear a mask at cheerleading practice with social distancing. So, you know, put your mask on. And by the way, they need to make the MAGA mask. The MAGA mask is what's going to make people wear, okay? Do something that's more their speed. All right, wear the red MAGA mask. The MAGA mask is what's going to make people wear, okay? Do something that's more their speed, all right? Wear the red MAGA mask. And a lot of stores are requiring that people wear masks. So you can do that if you own a business, because that's not a public place.

So they're taking matters into their own hands. And like Starbucks, you know, they're training their employees how to deal with customers who don't have a mask on. So there's different scenarios that they're actually giving to their employees so that you know how to deal with customers who don't have a mask on. So there's different scenarios that they're actually giving to their employees so that you know how to deal with it. Also, you know how stupid you have to be to be in the KKK, but then don't want to wear a mask when you're out and about? That's just because you're not used to wearing a mask in public. That's the problem.

All right. All right, well, that is your front page news. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of

water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe are in country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead.

Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullet holes, yeah. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast.

That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love

hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it

out. A crack of the bat and another one gone. A tip of the cap cause another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat.

Nine months before Rosa, it have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Wake up, wake up. Wake your ass up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this?

Good morning, this is Chris. How are you this morning, Breakfast Club? Chris, good morning. Get it off your chest, brother. Hey, I'm on my way to work, man. I just want to ask this question. I just need the people to call in and tell me why they're against this mask thing. Why they don't want to wear a mask. Let me ask you a question.

They're not saying you can't go out. They're saying when you do go out, wear a mask. You can work. You can do everything. Why would you want to wear a mask in a public place? I mean, you go to the side of a store, a gas station. Why would you want to wear the mask? I just want to know.

I'm with you, bro. I don't get it either. You got to say to them, you know what? You must be secretly in the KKK because you're not used to wearing a mask in public. I mean, I don't know what it is, man. I mean, if it's helping to save lives, it's helping you not to spread the disease, that's like it's a no-brainer. I don't get it either.

Yeah, it don't make no sense. I don't understand a lot about 2020. Like, I'm so confused. Thank you, brother. Hello, who's this? What's going on? It's Pablo in Atlanta. What's up, Pablo?

Pablo, what's happening? Man, ain't too much. I just wanted to touch bases on the topic with Atlanta and the mayor and the governor. Uh-huh. Okay. Yeah, so I just really wanted to say, like, a lot of people that's not wearing masks or really don't want to enforce the mask deal in Atlanta is because Mayor Bob has been enforcing the mask deal for so long,

and her whole household has COVID. Oh, so they're saying, what does it matter if you wear a mask? You might can catch it anyway. That's stupid. Yeah, but if you wear a mask, that doesn't mean you won't catch it. That means you're less likely to catch it.

It doesn't mean you won't catch it. Or to spread it to someone else. Yeah, to somebody else. Absolutely. That's just like saying the majority of people wear condoms but people are still catching chlamydia or still catching herpes or whatever. Or still having a baby. Because all it takes is one person in your household to get it. And what probably happened in her household is one person was exposed

and came home and gave it to everyone else. Not that the whole family was out and got it. But think about this, though. Our body needs good and bad bacteria, right? So if we're covering up all day long, we can't get bad bacteria. You're not covering up all day long, only when you're in public. You ain't got to cover up when you're walking around. You ain't got to cover up when you're driving.

You ain't got to cover up in your house. But if you're in a public place with people that you don't know where they've been, it's best that you cover up, brother. I mean, you do see the numbers rising as things are opening up, right? I do. And you would want to take every precaution possible to protect yourself

and other people. So let's not say me. Let's say the gas station workers that work at Racetrack and Quick Trip, they work 10-hour shifts and they have to have a mask on all day.

So what's the difference then? Now, I don't know if they have to have a mask on all day. They just need to put a mask on when somebody walks in the store. Or when somebody pulls up. It's during the shift.

And they don't get breaks at Racetrack and Quick Thru. So they don't even get to go eat or go to the bathroom? They get lunch and they get bathroom. You're saying, dude. They can walk outside and get a break. Yeah. Stop making excuses, okay? All right?

Stop making excuses. Have a good morning, brother. There's no right way to doing the wrong thing. Not wearing a mask is wrong at a time like this. If you're trying to stop the transmission of coronavirus, period. Get it off your chest. Eight hundred five eight five one oh five one. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Is your country falling apart, Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete.

Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe own country. My forefathers did that themselves.

What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a racket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help!

We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together.

You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages.

One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimminy, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history

Like this one about Claudette Colvin A 15 year old girl in Alabama Who refused to give up her seat on the city bus Nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records, because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to historical records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

It's your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? It's V-Pach from Rockland. What's up, brother? Get it off your chest.

All right, man. I am mad at DJ Khaled because those two Drake songs were weaker than Charlamagne's COVID-19 headline, man. What's going on with those, man? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't ever disrespect my COVID-19 headline, okay? His COVID-19 headline was kind of weak. But come on. I don't think the Khaled records are that weak.

You know what it is? They're just generic. Like, we know what a DJ Khaled record sounds like. We know what a Drake record sounds like. And it's just like, it's just mid. It ain't whack. It's just, but it ain't cushy either, though. You know what I mean?

It ain't Reggie. It's just mid. But yo, man, y'all stay safe, man. And much love to y'all, man. All right, you have a good one, brother. Hello, who's this? Anthony. I gave you the roof of your chest, bro.

Hey, I was just calling because I'm kind of frustrated with people that people, they record podcasts and they put them up on YouTube and on all brand sites. And then, you know, you can say something five years ago and then you're still held accountable for it. It's like, well, you know, people change. Okay. Welcome to my world, sir.

Yeah, it's not fair. I get you. I'm a fan of, you know, all your interviews, podcasts, individually. You know, like, I've been a podcasts, individually, you know, like I've been up there, like since the Rage interview on the Breakfast Club and then everything you guys all done individually, I could see the growth that you guys have.

You know, and the last thing I want to say before I get off the line is that we need people not like Tekashi69, but we need people that are in gangs, that see things are foul, like kids getting killed and innocent people getting beat up and robbed. To say that's not right. You don't have to turn them into the police, but these

people shouldn't be just terrorizing neighborhoods. Yeah, I think it's the difference between snitching and crime prevention. You know what I mean? I don't think there's anything wrong with seeing something and saying something. That's how you keep, you know, that's how you break the cycle of trouble in your community. All right. Get it off your chest.

800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up at any time. Now we got rumors on the way, Yee? Yes, and prayers for Tamar Braxton. There's some breaking news of her being rushed to the hospital. We'll give you some updates on what has happened. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is The Rumor Report. Talk to Report. This is the Rumor Report.

Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, right now we are praying for Tamar Braxton. She has been rushed to the hospital. They're saying that it looks like a possible suicide attempt. She was found unresponsive in her hotel room. They said that her boyfriend, David, called 911. He said that Tamar had been drinking and had taken an unknown amount of prescription pills. They were at the Ritz-Carlton

in downtown LA when he found her unresponsive. They said they received a call around 9.45 p.m. That call to the LAPD said that the female had a medical emergency listed as a possible overdose. We don't know what her condition is at this time, but a spokesperson said Tamar has had a very tough and emotional day. More information will be coming in the next few days. Please pray for her. This is true, man. This is true. You know,

this era we're living in is testing people's mental health like never before. I had two friends commit suicide last month. R.I.P. Jasmine Waters, R.I.P. Shaquille Cardi, but that's why we all have to be gentle with each other because you really don't know what people are going through and why they are going through it. And please, man, everybody go to therapy.

Go seek some help if you need it. People love to say, oh, Charlamagne, all you do is talk about mental health. Oh, Charlamagne talks about his therapy. This is why, fool. You don't know what people are going through. All right, Michelle Obama. I pray she's okay. Me too, man.

Michelle Obama has announced a new podcast that she's releasing, and it will be on Spotify and also the Obama's Higher Ground. And the podcast will debut exclusively on Spotify on July 29th. So she'll be interviewing a lot of people who are close to her, a lot of celebrities as well, and here's what she had to say. My hope is that this podcast can be a place for us to sort through the questions that we're all trying to answer, a place to open up and be a little vulnerable

and have some fun along the way. And most importantly, I hope this podcast sparks ideas and topics that you can open up with within your own circles. I'll salute to Queen Obama. Drop on the clues bombs for Queen Obama. Stay out of my way. She's competition now. Oh, boy.

Very competitive. I'm very competitive in this audio space, all right? Don't make me feel like you want some smoke, Queen Obama. All right? She's going to have Valerie Jarrett on. She'll have Conan O'Brien on. Family members. So we'll be interested.

I'm sure she'll get Barack on at some point. We've had Valerie, okay? Have you had Barack? It's not a competition. Yes, it is. It's always a competition. Have you had Barack? Michelle Obama rocked.

Huh? Huh? Not like Michelle has had Barack, but I'm sure that you've had fantasies, Envy. What is wrong with you? Bike riding. Everything is kinky with you. Hope you can believe in. Anyway, Logic has announced his retirement.

He's officially announcing his retirement with the release of No Pressure, executive produced by No I.D. That's coming out July 24th. He said it's been a great decade. Now it's time to be a great father. No, not Logic. He can't leave. The rap game needs him.

I don't think he liked you anyway, Charlamagne. What do you mean? No, I don't think he liked you anyway. No, I'm serious. The rap game needs Logic because we have a producer named Daniel, and Daniel loves Logic. Loves Logic.

Loves Logic. I don't care how Logic feels about me or what Logic has said about me in his songs. God bless that brother. But Daniel, man, eyes watering this morning because of this news. Did you know Dan has Logic tattooed on his stomach like Tupac's thug life? He has Logic. Yes.

He got mad merch, too. He got mad Logic merch. How do you feel about this, Daniel? I'm devastated. He really is. And the crazy thing is that Logic's DJ was actually up at iHeart one day and Dan went out of

his way to go meet him. I remember that. First of all, you gotta be a real, real, real fan of somebody to do a backflip over their DJ. He's not like it was Jazzy Jeff or Jam Master J, Spinderella, somebody you know that's a part of the group. Jeff Or you know like Jam Master Jay

Spinderella somebody you know that's a part of the group I didn't know Logic had a DJ Of course he has a DJ What are you talking about Alright and Nicole Kidman, Idris Elba and more are going to be reading Bedtime Stories in the HBO Max series They said during these turbulent times HBO Max wants you to just relax

So the streamer has ordered A series called A World of Calm. And it's based on the popular app. And it's narrated by some of those big names, Mahershala Ali, Nicole Kidman, Zoe Kravitz, Lucy Liu, Keanu Reeves. So each half hour episode takes audiences on an immersive visual journey into another world, building on calm's sleep stories. I love a good bedtime story. My daughters don't like for me to read bedtime stories. If I come in the room and I try to read a bedtime story to them,

they snatch the book from me and give it to my mom. I mean, give it to my wife. Give it to your mom? Oh, okay. My wife. Wait a minute. So they don't like for me to read them bedtime stories, but I will lay on the floor and listen to their mom read them bedtime stories. So bedtime stories are very calming.

Yes, that is true. All right. Well, that is your front page news. I mean, rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss. Why do you let me just say that? That's your rumor report. Because when we come back, we have front page news. And what are we talking about? Yes, indeed, we do. And we are going to be talking about the NFL,

what's happening with the new season and also the Washington Redskins for now. There are some accusations of sexual harassment from the staffers. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Where are we starting, Yee? Well, let's start with mortgage rates. I know you're going to love this. Put your're gonna love this i didn't know you guys were going up um mortgage rates have fallen below three percent for the first time ever

right now as the economy is struggling so the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage fell to a record low of 2.9 2.98 percent this past week and the 15-year fixed rate mortgage dropped to 2.48 percent yeah this is a great time to purchase a home if you can afford it uh interest rates are 2.98% this past week and the 15-year fixed rate mortgage dropped to 2.48%. Yeah, this is a great time to purchase a home if you can afford it. Interest rates are at a lowest and to refinance as well. If you have high interest rates, this is a time where you can refinance and it can save you a couple hundred dollars, maybe even a thousand dollars a month. So this is the time to do it. Yeah, it's hard though.

There's not a lot of inventory out there right now. So there's an increased demand because of these low mortgage rates, but then inventory is just not there right now. So you got to really go hard to try to find something. I don't think people realize how bad the economy is struggling right now. You know, trauma is high, money is low, and that's why it's so much violence in the hood in this present time. All right, at least 15 women are accusing Washington Redskins staffers of sexual harassment. You know they've been in the news a lot lately talking about changing their name and changing their logo for the team. Well, now they've launched an internal investigation.

There's 15 former female employees and two journalists who cover the team who are accusing these staffers of sexual harassment and also verbal abuse. The allegations were first reported yesterday by The Washington Post and former employees accusing Larry Michael, the team's former senior vice president of content and play-by-play announcer, of talking about the attractiveness of a college intern while he was being recorded for a team video, according to a newspaper. Also, they have screenshots of text messages in which Richard Manisekin, who was the team's assistant director of pro personnel, there were inappropriate sexual comments to a female employee.

He was fired in the past week. Now, the owner, Dan Snyder, and former team president, Bruce Allen, were not directly implicated, but they are saying that they fostered a culture in which the behavior was permitted. They get the justice they're seeking. Right. Well, 14 of the 15 accusers said that they had signed NDAs, so they were scared they could face litigation if their names were used. All right. And what's going to happen with the new NFL season? Well, J.J. Watt from the Houston Texans was tweeting out a list of things that players and the NFL players associations know and don't know regarding the upcoming NFL season and the interest of having everyone on the same page in terms of what we know and don't know. Here are a few things I've learned.

He said that players do want to play, but want to do it in the safest way possible. He said players still have yet to receive a valid infections, disease, emergency response from any team or league. And he did not know how often the league will test players throughout the season for coronavirus or how a positive test would affect things like contracts and roster spots. But he says the players have not been told whether there will be any preseason games and nothing has been agreed upon regarding what training camp will actually look like and how the ramp up period will work. But training camp start dates are still being negotiated between the NFL and between the Players Association. They said rookies for the Houston Texans are scheduled to report on Saturday and the Texans are scheduled to open the regular season against the Kansas City Chiefs on September 10th. You know, I would never have expected that we would be going into the fall still dealing with coronavirus.

Me neither. I would have never expected that. And our government is absolutely doing nothing. Has there ever been a time when lack of leadership has been more apparent in a position? Yeah. Like, you American people, y'all cannot sit here and tell me y'all don't feel alone out here. Like, we don't know what the end is for this thing.

They're just telling us, well, you know, it's there. Go out there and deal with it on your own. Yeah. Got to send these kids back to school. Yeah. Send these kids back to school. And like you said, even football. Like, my son started football practice, and, I mean, they're taking it serious, but it's still scary. They go to school. Yeah, and like you said, even football. Like my son started football practice,

and I mean, they're taking it serious, but it's still scary. They go to practice. They have to stand, you know, six feet away from each other. They're not throwing a football yet. They're really just running and doing exercises, and they have different groups. If they have to answer questions every day, so if a kid says he's feeling sick,

that whole group has to leave for 14 days. If one of the kids feel like they have a temperature, they check everybody's temperature every day. If one kid feels sick, if he's in sick, that whole group has to leave for 14 days. If one of the kids feel like they have a temperature, they check everybody's temperature every day. If one kid feels sick, if he's in that group, that whole group is gone. So they're trying to take it as serious as possible, but they're still trying to allow kids to at least come back and be able to talk to their friends and have some type of normalcy. Yeah, and that's so mentally stressful for me as a parent

because I'm like, okay, my daughter's back at cheerleading practice. She started back this week, but is it safe? Like they do the same thing. She gets there, they check her temperature. They got to put the hand sanitizer on. They social distance. And but it's just like, should we be here right now? I was thinking everybody else is here. They sent the email out. They sent the email out yesterday. That was like, hey, parents, we know you like to watch your kids, but you can't stay on the gate and watch your kids together. It defeats the point of purpose. You can't stay as

parents together talking while your kids are practicing. So why are we here at practice? Why are the kids here at practice then? But the parents can't stay there and watch the kids and stay together because that defeats the purpose. They want six feet distancing, you know? It's crazy. It's scary. They won't even let the parents stay to watch cheerleading practice. And then you got the,

you know, when they talk about Opening schools up in the fall You're like okay If they can't go back to school Why are we here At cheerleading practice Like it's just It's just

It's just stressful It's a very stressful time Right now man Absolutely I don't even know If I'm doing a good job As a parent That is your front page news

Alright thank you Miss Yee Now when we come back Amanda Seals Will be joining us We'll kick it with Amanda Seals Find find out everything that's going on with her. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Shalami and the guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest on the line and friend to the room, Amanda Seals. Seals. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. She's up at 6 in the morning looking all styled and fabulous so early. I tried to give y'all a little something. You know, we don't ever leave the house.

So it's like here's an excuse for me to do something with my face and whatnot. Do something with my face. Well, first of all, I just want to say congratulations on the BET Awards, because I think you pulled that off amazing. I know it's a different time for everyone, and we were like, how is this going to happen? But I got to ask you, how did that feel? You killed it. Thank y'all.

It felt good. I mean, it was trials and tribulations, you know, to, to do that. I don't think people really know the order of events that went down. Well, first, first of all, I, well, shout out to Jesse Collins who produced BT awards and he, you know, I didn't even know he was looking for me to host it. And, um, my internet in my crib was acting up felt like real Teddy Riley in verses um and so I ended up having to do my writer's room

in my car down the street from my house for the for the wi-fi to work so I was in my car for five hours every day for the for a week before the bt awards and shout to my writers yasser lesser langston kerman and sam jay um we really and uh kanice mobley we really put together i believe a unique show considering what was going on and just you know and and and thank you to j Collins and Dion Harmon, uh, because MBT, because for what it's worth, like they didn't, it, I didn't have to like get notes. Like it was literally like, Amanda, just do what you want to do. And it felt good to have that trust. Cause I really do know what I'm doing.

Um, and I really felt like I could capture the time wearing a weird ass, crazy time. We're in a beautiful time as well. And, you know, we are in a very thoughtful time and I needed to walk a lot of lines and be in a lot of spaces at the same time as be funny at the same time as be entertaining for no one in the immediate presence because I ended up having to do the join in my house yeah how was filming with no crowd like there was nobody cheering nobody saying anything how was that so the night before we were supposed to go to the studio because at least we were gonna shoot in the studio so I'd have my glam squad and you know the producer and was expecting to at least have that so then the night before they were like okay crisis one of the team one of your team tested positive for

covid oh damn everybody gotta be quarantined got to do this in your house. Wow. So I was like, cause I called Charlotte. I was like, it's going to be whack. Oh no, I'm a little corny as hell. And I had just done a bunch of press where I was like, it's not like we're going to be doing it in my house. Because also like, you know, people are always doubting me anyway. So everyone's like, it's going to be boring. She corny. It's going to be whack.

You know what they're going to do. It's going to be like her Insta story. And I'm like, oh my God, it's going to be like my Insta story. And that was really frightening to me. And so. What's the first thing I told you? I said, you're going to take it back to the days when you was in Harlem in the basement with the green screen. Okay.

Doing those sketches. All right. That's all you had to do. You were built for that. You really, you know, Jamie Foxx had talked about this, but you really just don't realize how everything you've done ends up being training for what you're doing. Sure, yeah.

That's why the process is so important. And, you know, we had already planned to do the sketches in the different BET shows. I didn't really know how that was going to end up being presented and how we were going to extrapolate that from being in my living room. We had to tape everything, set up everything. We had to do everything. So my ex had come into town the night before.

We will not name his name because he does not deserve it. But I did get him a credit because I'm a good woman. You got to protect him. And I got him a large check. There you go. Because, you know, even though if it's someone who loves you, they will help you out in that crisis just off the strength. It's like, you know, if I can get, if I can get my man some bread,

I'm gonna get my man some bread. Like that's just, you know if I can get if I can get my man some bread I'm gonna get my man some bread like that's just you know par for the course um I did end up shooting uh like I was shooting by myself he didn't help me when I was shooting so I definitely had to do my own makeup I had to do my own hair uh you know I was dressing myself like so i'm in my house like running to the bathroom on facetime with my makeup artist shout out to renee sanganoo shout out to my hairstylist nicky b and my wardrobe stylist brian javar because we put together a whole vision you know like i really hope people got it that we were doing some playing homage to some classic looks and styles you know we had the Mary J look in there we had a Dapper Dan look in there you know we gave you Hilary Banks etc so we were really trying to really do a convergence of black nostalgia and really pay respects to

just how style has played a role in this whole trajectory of black culture. How long did it take? Well, we set up the night before, and then we started at like 9 a.m. the next morning with the cameras. And then I filmed from one o'clock to 11 at night. Wow. It was an exercise in efficiency. And I really will say this, like, and this is no shade to anybody,

but I don't know who could have done it. I really don't, because I really had to use every talent I have, all of them. Like, I was running the prompter. I'm micing myself. You know, I'm checking the shot. I mean, like, producer, director, AD, talent. It was, um.

You killed it though. You killed it. Thank you. I had to cry the whole next day in true cancer fashion. You know, you're just like, I can't believe I did this. You killed it. It looked smooth on our end. I would have never thought that.

I did. I never known I had a complaining ass Negro in this house and I was doing everything by myself. And we were really, like, on janky Wi-Fi. All right, we got more with Amanda Seals when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Amanda Seals. Now, how do you think you've grown during these crazy times during this pandemic? I've learned, I've really learned restraint and the power and restraint and the love in restraint and, you know, just being able to be more thoughtful about, yes, you need to get what's in you off you, but you can practice the pause that gives you the consciousness about someone else. And I will say this, it was harder for me to do that in relationship than it was

like with friends or with business. Uh, cause in a relationship, you just feel like we can all let it all hang out. I'm gonna say whatever I need to say. You can say whatever you need to say. But when you start to really practice just the respect of speaking from a place of i like you uh versus speaking from a place of like you're gonna hear me like yeah it really does change the exchange and it creates a safe space now can we can we talk about uh the real and of course you led the underground railroad to freedom and now people are following you how does that make you feel you know without to be honest i don't want to forsake my spirit of soul or integrity for this town ever again and it's not that i went into it thinking

that because i didn't by any means i really went real, like, this is going to be so dope, so fun, so great. Because whenever I would guest, it felt like such a safe space. You know, it felt like they genuinely wanted to hear my voice, et cetera. But I don't like Hollywood. I hate this place. What was not good about it, though? Because I thought you brought, like, you didn't change. Like, you never changed.

Brought the real to the real. Say what it is. You are who't change. Like, you never changed. You brought the real to the real. Say what it is. You are who you are. Like, you never changed. I've never seen you slip. I've never seen you die. Like, you're Amanda. But behind the scenes, you know, and that's really the lesson.

I talked about this on Hollywood Unlocked. Like, you just, you're so focused on what's happening on camera. But that's the least amount of time you're spending. Right. You know, you spend, like,'s happening on camera, but that's the least amount of time you're spending. You know, you spend like an hour on camera, you know, the most of the time you're dealing with production, you're dealing with your, your executives, you're not even really, you're not even dealing with your co-hosts like that. And so you just start to see like, there's a culture in different places that you work that is toxic. And sometimes you just don't know that till you get there. The last year was incredibly jarring for me. It's just like the level of visibility that

happened last year was like wild. And, you know, some of it was associated with positivity. A lot of it was like negative things that I couldn't believe were happening. I just couldn't, I couldn't believe that I was moving in a positive way. And then like such negativity would be attached to it. When I was moving in a way to what I thought was protect women, I was lied on and just my character was completely by many accounts. People felt like my character was no longer of merit. And to this day, I'm still dealing with that simply because like a man said,

I lied. Then I, that's it. Like, there's no, there's no proof or anything. It's just because, because a man said,

I lied, I lied. And that was it. Like, and that feels that is, I'm with you here lied, I lied. And that was it. Like, and that feels that is, I'm with you here and no proof, nothing. Somebody could say anything and then people run with it and then they bring it up all the time. Anytime there's something going on, they like, well,

she did this. Well, didn't she? And you're like, and you're like, and they have, they have no proof of validity. Then, you know, you fast forward and there was a whole, any party fiasco, you know, and it was just like, I'm going somewhere to support, but it still ends up going like wild negative. And then because we're in this very visible space, it becomes this onslaught. And I have never had thick skin. I'm a cancer. Like, so it was a lot, you know, it really wore on me, like real, for real wore on me. I had like a whole nervous breakdown in March for real. And not there to pass you tissue. I know.

It's all right. I'm just thinking about it because i was in such a dark place and i know so many people like you just get to a point where you think like i can't change myself but the world hates me and so then if i'm going to continue to be myself in the world then i'm going to struggle all the time and that makes you want to kill yourself because you're like it's never going to get better so what's the point and that was a really like real place I was in and anybody who knows me knows like I'm not a defeated person and they know that I really come from a place of joy and gentleness and like I needed to make myself the passion project because I had put so much work in to my work and into, you know, not being what people think I am and proving and all this stuff.

And at the end of the day, I had started to believe what they had made up about me, which is that I'm not a loving person and that I don't deserve love. And if you're not careful, you'll let the people who know you least make you feel like you don't know yourself. And I know so many people are in that place right now, and they don't know if they'll get out of that place. And it wasn't until I started really approaching therapy. And then I started boxing because I realized I had all this anger in me and I need to beat that up, you know. And I started doing Reiki and I really just started just letting myself be open to like whatever the possibilities are for me to feel healthy again and well. All right. We got more with Amanda Seals when we come back. Don't move.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. E.J. Envy, Angela Yee, Shalameen Nogai. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Amanda Seals. Yee. In this book, you talk about when you realized that you had made it and that you were,

you know, you went out this one night and you were in routine. Black famous. Yeah, black famous. And people were recognizing you and how your friends were, you know, you went out this one night and you were black famous and people were recognizing you and how your friends were with you and they were like, you did it. I mean, it, it requires aggressive self-acceptance. I wonder why it's so easy for, for, for people to, for people to believe the negative we hear about ourselves from others, but not believe the positive we know about ourselves and tell ourselves i mean it's like you know look how quickly cancer spreads

you know and i think also you know we are made of atoms we have protons and neutrons and electrons we have positive and negative charges so it's there. I think that's why the whole positive affirmation thing ends up being so necessary because it's as if you're building up an emotional immune system to challenge those negatives because your receptors are always there just as the reality of being a being, you know, the negative receptors are there. So you got to work to build up your positive receptors. And that really does take work. And we don't put enough energy into that work. We're actually told that that work is corny, you know, or that work makes you a simp, et cetera. But it's beautiful when you do it because it starts to make it where like the negative is, it's gross. It's like, you can't even connect to

it. It feels so unnatural because you've you've done this like Sha Lin practice of only attracting positive and um even as I talk about it there's still a part of me that's like you sound corny yo I think it's because we are in a negative world so you so like the world is built to me more so to run on negative than positive. And that's why you got to make sure your world doesn't run on that. So that even when you got to go out in the world, you can come back into a space. Like I want to be in a positive space at all times. Listen, I don't want you around me if you ain't happy to be around me. And even if you going through it, check that at the door, like maybe we can, we can, not even maybe, we can make space to talk about it.

But at the end of the day, it's like, I want you to be happy in this space. And so often, I mean, I said a tweet that rubs some people the wrong way, but it's like, I said, if his eyes light up when his boys call, but they're empty when it's just y'all, focus on yourself, sis. Focus on yourself. I think one thing you said that's very important too, man. Like, you know, you have to monitor who your energy goes up and down around. Like, when I see certain people on my phone, I'm like, yes, it's my folks.

You know what I mean? And I'm at the point in my life, I only want to talk to people I love. I only want to be around the people I love. I don't have time for anything else. The truth of the matter is, like, we... I will always come back to this, like, the hardest thing that this world makes... To me, the world makes it so hard for you

to have, like, internal freedom. It does. And when you have that, you can go work for anybody, really. You know, and you're like, I'm gonna come here and do this little job and be out of here, you know? And then what ends up happening naturally is you just start moving energy shifting into spaces that are better for you and you find yourself getting opportunities outside of

you know the ones that you thought were only available to you just because you're attracting something different and I don't need more wealth I would be more than happy to simply just continue to work with my businesses and my companies and build those from the ground up in a nurtured loving space and that will feed me financially but more importantly will feed me intellectually and internally. And that is more valuable for me right now. And I understand for people who are listening, like there's privilege in getting to that space. Very much. Yes, absolutely.

There is privilege in getting that space. And I am so thankful for the opportunity to even have that privilege. But I also know that I really worked for that. You know, like that wasn't provided to me. It is available to everyone, even though everyone's journey to it may be very, very different. It is available to everyone.

And I think that for a lot of folks, it really looks like it's only available to white people. You know, it really does feel like that. It feels like it's only available to light-sk white people. You know, it really does feel like that. It feels like it's only available. It feels like it's only available to light-skinned people. It feels like it's only available to pretty people or to skinny people, you know what I mean? But it really is available to everybody. And I really, I really just, I just want us to do better at, and particularly for brothers to do better at telling other brothers, like, you have everything within you to find peace within you

so that you don't have to do the things that hurt you. And at a certain point, a lot of people, especially men because of patriarchy, their pain metastasizes into pride. And next thing you know, you proud of your pain. Yep. And what do we do with things we're proud of? We protect them.

Protect them. And that's when you start. Now you're protecting your pain. And if you're protecting your pain, how are you going to ever let it go? And leading with ego. Because ego feels strong and ego feels safe. I know about that. But yeah, you know, it's always fun to come talk to y'all because I always know there's going to be, like, self-reflection.

There's going to be career reflection. There's going to be black reflection, you know, and you all create such a beautiful space. It's beautiful watching you grow, Seals. Yeah, Seals. We love you and we appreciate you for checking in i want people to know too like as much as i just talked about how degrading and frustrating hollywood is you keep you when you find the people that rock with you hold on to them you know like

i hosted the bt award not just because i was the right person, but because the right person knew I was the right person. And those relationships for me are real. Like Jesse Collins is my friend, you know, like it is that positive love that you have from those other people. So I know that I'm, you know, as I advance in this business, I'm in more of a place of being able to make room for that authenticity. And when you do that, you just create more of a trend for that to happen. And then eventually I hope it starts to knock out all the fake and phony, you know, there's nothing, there's no air for it to breathe. Absolutely. Well, thank you so much, Ms. Amanda.

We tried to say goodbye three times. Well, actually one last thing, go to smart, One last thing. No, I'm kidding. Well, actually, one last thing. Go to smartfunnyandblack.com. You know, check out my production company, my work, my growth. You know, I want to encourage everybody who's a creative to understand that this is a process, but that you really can make a creative life for yourself. And as a creative, you're going to have to create your life. And in that, we always know that you may

get paint on your hands, you may get splinters, etc. But it's worth it. Well, it's Amanda Seals. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, we would never want to think that this is true and we still don't know what's going on.

So some people are trying to say, according to page six sources, that Tory Lanez was allegedly the person that shot Megan Thee Stallion because of a reported dispute inside of his vehicle. The sources said Tory fired the shots from within the vehicle while Megan was outside trying to leave. There is video and the police are investigating. This is a case of a man physically harming and abusing a woman. So an LAPD spokesperson is not confirming if there was video submitted. And they also said videos would not be released until the case goes to court. They said the detectives are seeking information regarding the shooting involving

Daystar Peterson, that's Tory Lanez, and the investigation is still ongoing. I'm not privileged to what the detectives have right now. Yeah, I don't know what's true, but if so, if that story is true, man, those guys in Canada shoot their shot different, and that's not what we mean when we say shoot our shot

in America, Tory. I hope not. I hope that's not true. I pray it's not true. It don't even sound real. Like, it's like, huh? Are we sure Mercury's still not in retrograde? Because every other day I'm hearing a story that I'm like, there's no way in hell that happened. Like, what?

Tori Lane shot Megan Thee Stallion in the foot? Remember yesterday we were talking about Megan Thee Stallion's producer, Little Jumei Thee B, and what he had to say Sunday night. And he threatened Tory Lanez and he said, I hope y'all don't believe he was defending her. This is a BS story. I care about my people being straight. Give a damn about some clout.

Yeah, and then I saw her bodyguard say that, you know, Meg will never leave the house again without me or without some people that do more than aim for the feet or something like that. Yep. But my thing is this. If Tory did do that, right, allegedly, because I don't know, we don't know nothing,

why would everybody be keeping this quiet? You know what I'm saying? Like, why would they be protecting him? Like, why would, you know what I mean? Well, you know, because people feel like you can't snitch, you can't tell that whole mentality. If that man shot her in the foot as she was trying to leave, nah, you tell can't snitch, you can't tell that whole mentality. But if that man shot her in the foot as she was trying to leave,

nah, you tell, you snitch. I think people are probably, well, first of all, they're probably still doing an investigation. Secondly, they're probably waiting to see how Megan Thee Stallion moves forward and handles it in respect of what she wants to do and how much she wants

and when she wants to discuss everything. So out of respect for Megan Thee Stallion maybe they're waiting for what she needs for her support. And if a man shot you in the foot how long would it take you to tell who shot you? I mean look I can't speak for her I don't know it's never happened to me so I don't know what that would feel like I know she's traumatized as she said so she's going through a lot so maybe she's going to tell what happened but she's just not ready yet publicly maybe behind the scenes she has and publicly she's not ready to be under the microscope like that yet you know I think it's more about right now her yeah I get it but the fact that we don't know um you know the full story of this situation

lets me know that it's a lot more to this situation. It's probably not anything that's being reported right now. It's probably something else that we haven't even thought about. And, you know, she might be talking to the authorities, talking to her lawyer, figuring out how she wants to handle it. That's up to her. I hope he didn't. I just pray he didn't shoot her in the foot. I pray Tori Lane did not shoot Megan Esty in the foot.

I pray that this story is not true. I don't care how many jokes y'all want to get off. Nobody wants this story to be true. No. Regardless, the truth is going to come out. The truth will come out. So we will know at some point soon, I feel like. All right, Evan Lozada, she was on Instagram

and she was talking about her relationship with Chad Ochocinco and the domestic violence incident that they had. And she was triggered because of something that he posted. Now, he was reflecting on his past actions. And somebody asked on Twitter, what's the secret? How do you stay so positive? Was it therapy, not being funny, really asking for myself? And he responded, I lost my temper for once in life for three seconds and it cost me a lifetime's worth of work.

I got it all back plus some after getting a second chance and nothing will ever get me out of that happy space again. Well, Evelyn Lozada appeared to respond to Ocho Cinco's tweet and she put up a picture of her face after the headbutt and everything happened with them. And she said this took longer than three seconds. And then she also posted this video and said, I'm sorry to my kids, my family and friends, my fellow cast members, their kids and family, the viewers and anyone else I hurt or affected with my actions. Listen to what she had to say. For this man to sit up there and say that, you know, he lost his temper for three seconds is infuriating to me. As much as I'm trying to heal from this,

it's messages like this that are triggers for me. You know, people read this on social media and then are, you know, coming at me, talking about, oh, you made this man lose his job. It's like, if you're going to speak the truth, I want you to speak the truth. It wasn't the first time.

Damn, man. I'm praying for healing for everybody involved. That's all you can do in situations like this. And I will say you can't still try to conceal some parts of yourself and claim transparency that you'll never get to a place of healing like that. You either got to tell it all or say nothing. Now, for people who are critical of Evelyn for speaking out, here's what she had to say about how this triggered something while she was minding her own business.

I was at home. I'm minding my own business. And then I have to deal with this. I have never discussed anything else that has ever happened other than the incident that people know, because I always was concerned about his kids and our kids and always having to relive this. Yeah, I think that was whack that people were critical. I mean, something triggered her. She felt the way she should be able to express how she feels. I mean, people were coming at her because... Yeah, it's stupid. And I understand that people were coming at her

because they're making it seem like she made everything get taken from him for three seconds. And she's like, that is not true. And then she also talked about how she portrayed herself on basketball- because people also were like oh well you was on there being violent so now the shoe's on the other foot and I remember when that happened and people were saying that and here's how she responded and then when it comes to basketball wives I know that people tend to connect my character on this show with what happened to him and I understand that to a certain degree I take full responsibility I know I'm the one on this show I know I'm the one that hasn't been the most positive person I know

I'm the one that has made us look bad and I'm sorry and I understand that I didn't always handle things the right way you know when people say say someone caused you to lose something, you know, for a few seconds, do we realize that you can build something up for 20 years, 30 years, and all it takes is seconds to lose it? Like, literally? You remember when your parents used to tell you trouble is easy to get into but hard to get out of? Do we not realize that? Yeah, no, listen. And it's also kind of not taking

responsibility for what you did like oh there's no three second mistake like no you did something terrible that's domestic violence yeah yeah once again you can't you can't you know still try to conceal some parts of yourself and and and claim transparency if you're going to be transparent you know transparency is usually what helps you get to a place of healing. So if you're not going to be fully transparent, what's the point? All right, and Nick Cannon is taking time off from his radio show. He announced on Twitter that he's decided to do that.

He said, morning radio family, I've decided to take some time away from my radio show so I can commit myself to deeper, more thorough reflection and education. And he plans to use this time to talk to rabbis, community leaders, institutions, and just establish an action plan towards real impactful change.

He posted a picture on his Instagram and he said, stay tuned. It's just the beginning. It appears that he's talking to, I'm not sure if it's a rabbi, but somebody that's gonna help educate him on the relationship between Jewish people and black people. And then he posted, I heard an entire community and it pained me to my core. I thought it couldn't get any worse. Then I watched my own community turn

on me and call me a sellout for apologizing. Good night. Enjoy earth. That's the problem. We care too much about what other people think in regard to how we move. It takes a strong human to admit when they're wrong and apologize. And what Nick Cannon said about the Jewish community was absolutely wrong. And if you talk to some Jewish folks and they break down why those comments were bad, you will completely understand. So there's nothing wrong with him apologizing. When you offend someone and your intention wasn't to offend, apologizing is what you do if you feel like you need to. But now somebody needs to go check on Nick Cannon because that tweet sounded crazy. That tweet sounded like somebody that is at the end of their rope.

Okay. And it's one thing, you know, to cancel somebody. But, man, you can't cancel people. You got to counsel them. I actually heard Stephen A. Smith say that yesterday. You know, so, yes, he got to deal with the consequences of his words. But we don't want the brother to kill himself. Not at all. I would hope, I would, I would hope not. I would hope that, you know, that's not what people want. All right. Well that, and everybody just,

please at least, you know, send a can of some love. I do see that he's getting a lot of support, but I know that hate comes strong and it's hard to deal with all that. When you feel like I've been doing this work, I've been a good person all this time. made a mistake I apologize for it why can't we move towards some sort of resolution you see proactively talking to people and educating himself what did I just say you can build something up for years and it takes seconds you know to tear it all down you know but once again we got to be gentle with each other know, especially when it comes to our mistakes because you don't know what people are

going through or why they are going through things. So, you know, yes, man, you don't want Nick Cannon to kill himself. Yes, he was absolutely wrong for what he said, you know, and I'm glad he apologized. And anybody that thinks he's wrong for apologizing, then y'all need to do some education. No, that's the thing. To what he said and you would understand why he felt he was wrong.

When we make mistakes, we have to apologize, be a man, and apologize and keep moving. All right, well, that is your rumor report. All right, thank you, Missy. Charlemagne. Yes, sir. Who are you giving that donkey to? You know, we need to talk about people who are underqualified, okay, to be in the positions that they're in in life.

We'll discuss. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. You are a donkey. It's time for donkey of the day. Donkey of the day, huh?

I'm going to fatten all that shit around your eyes. They want this man to throw them blows, man. They wait for Charlamagne to tap them gloves. Let's go. They had to make a judgment of who was going to be on the donkey of the day. They chose you. The breakfast club, bitches. Who's donkey of the day today?

Donkey of the day for Friday, July 17th goes to White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McAnney. McAnney? McNanny. Kayleigh McNanny. Nanny makes me laugh. You know what nanny used to mean in school. Anyway, Kaylee is a prime example of the era we live in. Someone who is underqualified to be in the position that they are in.

The primary responsibility of the White House press secretary is to act as a spokesperson for the U.S. government, especially in regards to the president. The problem with every single person in the Trump administration is one thing. They are all scared to speak out against the U.S. government, especially in regards to the president, the problem with every single person in the Trump administration is one thing. They are all scared to speak out against the president. If the president is wrong, they won't tell him. If the president makes a mistake, they won't admit he made a mistake. Okay, America, you cannot love your party over the country. It shouldn't matter which side you're on.

America is in shambles right now. Coronavirus don't care if we Democrat or Republican. Hell, the economy don't care if you Democrat or Republican. Trauma don't care if we Democrat or Republican. Hell, the economy don't care if you Democrat or Republican. Trauma doesn't care if you Democrat or Republican. Being sick physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, those ailments don't care if you are a Democrat or Republican. We have a lack of leadership in this country like I've never seen before, and it is showing.

The economy is in the toilet, money is low, trauma is high, and there doesn't seem to be any relief in sight. Now, I understand how important hope is. President Barack Obama, some people love him, some people feel he didn't do enough in the White House, especially in regards to black people. That's all debatable. Nobody is above critique, but if it's one thing that man provided is hope. Hope is important. Hope is crucial at a time like this. Hope is being able to see that there is light at the end of the darkness. Bruh, one thing that man, President Barack Hussein Obama was able to do was provide hope. He could be that light to get us through. This administration,

and I mean this in the most nonpartisan way possible, is absolutely dark. No lights on in the White House. Okay, I don't think anyone is home. Because when White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McNanny, am I saying that right? Or that's just my little inner child that keeps saying nanny. You know what nanny is? Anyway, Kayleigh McNanny was doing a press briefing yesterday, and she was asked if schools should open or not. She fumbled her notes because she was too busy sticking to that damn script that the Trump administration wants her to read. You have to watch the video to see what I'm talking about. But when she's asked the question

about schools opening, she immediately went through her script and she fumbled her lines badly. Let's listen to when she first was asked about schools opening. Listen. Yeah, the president has said unmistakably that he wants schools to open. And I was just in the Oval talking to him about that. And when he says open, he means open and full. The science should not stand in the way of this. Okay, you heard what she said. Don't let science stand in the way of this. Meaning don't listen to the experts. Don't listen to the doctors and scientists who know what they're talking about. Listen to us. Okay, well, literally seconds later, I'm not even sure she took a breath after saying,

don't let science stand in the way of this. Listen to what she had to say. As Dr. Scott Atlas said, I thought this was a good quote. Of course we can do it. Everyone else in the Western world, our peer nations are doing it. We are the outlier here. The science is very clear on this that, you know, for instance, you look at the JAMA pediatric study of 46 pediatric hospitals in North America that said the risk of critical illness from COVID is far less for children than that of seasonal flu. The science is on our side here. We encourage for localities and states to just simply follow the science, open our schools. It's very damaging to our children. There's a lack of reporting of abuse.

There's mental depressions that are not addressed, suicidal ideations that are not addressed when students are not in school. The science is very clear on this. Science is on our side here. Didn't you tell us not to let science stand in the way? Like, which is it? See, you have to listen to these things side by side to really understand why, at this point, I feel like we have no hope here in America.

Okay? Because the people who are supposed to be leading are at the wheel with a pillow and a blanket. Listen to how easily she contradicts herself in a matter of seconds. You got to hear them side by side. Listen. The science should not stand in the way of this. The science is very clear on this. The science is on our side here.

Follow the science. America, I don't even have the audacity of hope right now. Okay, I believe in me. I believe in my family. I believe in my friends. But I have absolutely no hope for our government. I have hope for what I see going on in the streets, the protests, you know, the people who are standing up against racism and bigotry and

who are actively fighting to dismantle this mechanism called white supremacy, the people who are standing up for, you know, homophobia and anti-Semitism. But I don't know if it matters, you know, what's going on in the streets because of what's going on in that White House. I have no faith because of leadership like this, okay? We have people who don't stand for anything. Kayleigh, I don't even know what she really believes. Not only is she reading off a script and fumbling it badly, listen to her back in 2015 in regards to Donald J. Trump when he was running for president. Kayleigh, how sick of polls are people in New Hampshire right now? Probably very sick, especially when they see that Donald Trump is number two and doesn't deserve to be there.

Okay, what do you think of the Trump excitement Trump excitement what do you talk that I appreciate his boldness and I think some of his rhetoric got the base excited but it is not welcome rhetoric Donald Trump has shown himself to be a showman I don't think he's a serious candidate Kayleigh this is your guy he's number two in the polls hey I don't want to claim this guy my god nothing wrong with changing your mind but yikes okay i have no faith right now okay president barack obama said in the audacity of hope we think of faith as a source of comfort and understanding but find our expressions of faith sowing division we believe ourselves to be a tolerant people even as racial religious

and cultural tensions roil the landscape. And instead of resolving these tensions or mediating these conflicts, our politics fans them, exploits them, and drives us further apart. Further apart at a time like this is an understatement. Pray for yourself. Pray for your family, pray for your friends, but more importantly, pray for America, if you want to, because I really think God is sending all America's prayers to the spam folder right now. But, yeah, pray. Please give Kaylee, McNanny, McNanny, the biggest hee-haw.

Me, uh-huh. Me, uh-huh. Y'all know what nanny is, right? What? Yeah, it's the lady that watches my kids when I'm not here. No. Y'all didn't say nanny growing up up north? My nanny, nanny, poo-poo. That?

No, ain't no banana, nanny, poo-poo. Nanny, man. Nanny mean doo-doo, like feces. No. Oh, no, I never used that for that. No, we would say sh**. No, that boy smell like nanny, ain't he? I never heard that. No, we never said that for that. No, we would say. Oh, we say poop. That boy smell like nanny, ain't he? I never heard that.

No, we never said that, no. Okay. This administration is full of nanny. All right. Okay. This administration beyond that nanny. Okay. All right.

Well, thank you for that donkey. Today, when we come back, Jade Simmons will be joining us. Now, she's from South Carolina. Explain to the people who Jade Simmons is. 843. 843, Charleston, South Carolina, Jade Simmons. Jade Simmons is actually running for president. You know, she's a 2020 independent candidate, you know,

and I just think she has a lot of great things to say. You know, her father is an activist in Charleston, South Carolina, and and you know jade is just a person that i think people should hear from you know okay so yeah we're gonna hear from her next jade simmons she's uh running for president um as an independent candidate okay all right we'll get into that next keep it locked it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee. We have a guest on the Zoom right now. She is from Charleston, South Carolina.

She is running for president of the United States of America as an independent. And she has a book out called Audacious Prayers for World Changes. Ms. Jade Simmons. Jade, what's happening? Thank you all so much for having me. From your background, right, you're a classic pianist. What made you decide that you wanted to run for president? Well, something we've been thinking about, my family and I, for quite a few years.

I would say since about 2015. And the key was when was the best time. People keep saying, why did you jump in so late? But the truth is I've been here since January. We didn't announce publicly until February because we figured if we hadn't filed with the FEC, if we didn't make it official, there was no way the media was going to pick the story up. I'm going to just let that sit there for a second. But listen, we've been here and the key for us, there were three things I was looking for to know if now was the time, if this was the time of the great paradigm shift that I believe was on the way.

One, I felt like race relations was going to be at an all-time low. I'm the daughter of a civil rights activist. I've been speaking, understanding race since I was five, six years old, and I felt like the climate we've been in for the last four years had really ripped things up to a point almost of no return if we didn't have the right leadership. Number two, I felt like we were going to have some incredible economic disparities, educational and racial disparities. I felt like they were going to be exposed beyond measure, like anything we've ever seen. And thirdly, as a Christian, quite honestly, I was getting tired of watching my faith be hijacked on the right watching people pretend to worship the same God I worship and to me completely tramp all over the principles

that teach us to honor and love one another all three of those things have happened lo and behold COVID-19 exacerbated everything lo and behold the murder of George Floyd turned things on its head and we have a unique moment in time so even though we've been here for a while and people are just finding out about us we feel like the time is right now, and we have a unique moment in time. So even though we've been here for a while and people are just finding out about us, we feel like the time is right now. Do you have a background in politics at all? Not at all, and I'm excited about that. I think the last thing we want to do is have politics as usual.

And before you say it, I know the man in the office right now ran on that thing. Has no background. But if you put the top five things that you don't like about President Trump, not being a politician doesn't even break the top five. He's not a good president because of who he is. You know, his failings have nothing to do with politics. I think we're watching him live out in leadership the same way he's lived his life. And so what I've been telling people is hold us accountable. Look at how we've lived and you'll see how we're going to lead. So you're talking to somebody who can pledge easily,

especially not being beholden to either side, to prioritize people over politics, profit, personal agenda, every single time. If this isn't a year that we need a palate cleanser president, I don't know what else is. Well, let's talk about some of your policies, Jay, because I would love to hear you tell us what are some of the things that you feel like we need, what you would want to implement and what the plan is to get that done. Yeah, you know, we have universal buy-in right now that systemic injustices exist.

It took us centuries to get here, but now we do. So we have to have now the president who's not only a president for all, which I would proudly be, but we have to have a president who's unapologetically a champion for the African-American community and for historically underserved communities. So if you go to Operation Restoration 2020 dot com, just see I'm not playing around. There's a whole page dedicated to breakthrough, breakthrough for African-Americans, breakthrough for immigrants, breakthrough for small business owners. And one of the things that I focus on for black Americans, we need something like a new Marshall Plan. You know, I keep saying we went over to Europe back in the 40s, invested $12 billion in restoring their economy. Yet we haven't done the same here.

So this is a conversation to me about restitution. We're talking about educational, law enforcement, and economic reform. Specifically now, designated to the African-American community. We've been generous in saying everything is for minorities, and that's important. You have to keep that. But I think now we have to have specificity. You've got to have funding going directly to Black businesses. You've got to have loans going directly to future homeowners, future Black homeowners. So I think this is a time where we have the room, more than wiggle room, to do some very definitive and specific things, especially for

African Americans. But again, I'm proud to be a president of all. I have a multicultural background, and I think that's what's needed right now. You know, you said something very interesting. The reason people should take you serious is the fact that you actually did register with the FEC. It blows my mind. I said this all last week. Kanye West did not even register. And everybody made it seem like he was really running for president. Even yesterday, they're like, oh, he's dropping out. He never was in. Is that frustrating? Listen, it's beyond frustrating. And what I would say first, what I won't do is accuse Kanye of bad intention because I've been on that side. People have accused me this is a career move.

I'll tell you it's the opposite. I turned an engagement down today because they wouldn't even let me mention that I was running. So what needs to be done is people have to take this seriously. Honestly, filing with the FEC is the easiest thing you can do. There are over 1,000 people right now who said they're running. What you want to check is see if this person is serious about policy. So we've been here. There is not a major publication, Black or otherwise, that doesn't know I'm here. So if Black voices matter, I'm just saying it can't be only the voices that

are telling the story you want to hear. Every outlet you can think of knows that we've been here. They've known for months and they haven't covered this story because this is a two-party system and they want to keep it that way. Republicans and Dems don't agree on much. But in terms of keeping another voice out of the conversation, in our terms, we're being accused of not only splitting the left, but splitting the right. When's the next time you're going to have a candidate that can unify and potentially address needs on both sides? You're not going to see that.

And that's a dangerous narrative, so you don't see it in the media. So thank you guys for having me on. We were, I was talking to my team. We think this is our first truly national media. So we thank you for giving us this space. All right. We have more with Jade Simmons. When we come back, don't move.

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Jade Simmons. She's running for president for 2020 Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Jade Simmons. She's running for president for 2020. Yee. As far as being a woman, right, and running for president,

because we still live in a very sexist country. We saw that when Hillary Clinton was running. We saw that when Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, just the issues that they had to deal with as they were in the running to be the nominee. So I want to know what your thoughts are and how you feel being a woman, and not just a woman, but a black woman running for president in this country. I'm going to tell you what has not been as challenging as being a woman.

What's been challenging is the lack of support I've seen from my own community. So what we dealt with in the beginning was mostly the narrative about the split vote, which I feel is one of the smartest narratives we have that keeps us hiding behind party lines. So the people who are flocking to me right now are the unexpected. We did the research on who we thought was going to be our bait, and so we're excited that many more than we thought are flocking to us. And now we're getting a lot of support from the younger black community, people who are looking at the two options and can't quite frankly imagine either of them taking us into a new era, who are saying we need somebody to speak powerfully and unapologetically about issues that affect black America. So the women piece has been the least of my concerns.

But you've got to remember, Angela, I spend 80 to 90 percent of my time in my career in rooms that are full of people who don't look like me, specifically in the corporate world, rooms that are 80 to 90 percent white men. I know how to speak to these rooms. They hear me. I'm brought in by major corporations to talk about hard hitting issues. They bring me in to make them feel uncomfortable. You see what I'm saying? And that's what we need now is we can't settle for anesthesia in this season. Status quo that let us just, you know, feel better and get over the pain of Trump. We have to push through this now and actually do better and be better. And we need bold plans of action for that and a bold voice. And that's what I'm bringing to the table.

You know, how does a limited political background put you at an advantage? You know, one of the major things that I believe the next president is going to have to have, they're going to have to be a stellar communicator. They have to hear between the lines, read between the lines in terms of national conversation as well as international. And they're going to have to bring to the table creativity and collaboration. My earlier career as an artist has me prepared for that in ways you can't even imagine. The policies that we've come up with, people are saying, we've never heard of that before. And these are longtime political people who say we haven't talked about

it that way. For instance, if you're passionate about being pro-choice and you're passionate about being pro and you're somebody else who's passionate about being pro-life, you never thought you'd see the eye to eye on that issue. But we talk about being pro-human. In other words, for my pro-life friends, if we're serious now about seeing the abortion rate decrease, you can't just say you're outraged about the baby in the womb, not care about the babies dying at the border, the people dying at the border, not caring about the knees on the neck of George Floyd and claim to be for life. If we're pro-choice now, we have to say, what about reproductive possibility? Can we make sure more black women are not dying in the birthing room? Can we make sure that there's not higher infertility rates in the VA? These are issues

that we can work together on in both. And can we take care of those children once they're born and make sure that they're okay instead of just saying, oh, you're right, Angela, how can you say you're pro-life and you take away SNAP in the middle of COVID-19? It doesn't add up. And so what we're doing is we're holding both sides accountable. Let's stop the stalemates, which people are still dying, by the way, no matter what you think about immigration, whether you're saying put a wall up or whether you're saying let's help the people. And all those two parties are doing are fighting.

People are still dying at the border. And that's what continues to happen when you have the two parties really angling for position, passing bills that are performance art. I know I'm a concert artist. That's what they're doing. They're not really producing for us. So, Charlamagne, what you said is the diversity of my background adds to the diversity of this moment. We don't need a politician who's going to talk out of both sides of their mouth.

If I came to the table, 20 years politician on one side, you better believe the other side immediately thinks I'm against them. What about defund the police? What are your thoughts on that? We have to be so careful about these phrases that get hijacked. We're talking about reallocation of funds that has been a discussion for a long time. Defund the police is nothing radical, but the way that we've allowed already the right to hijack that phrase already takes away from just the marketing and the potential for this to go through powerfully. We're talking about crisis intervention teams now. We're talking about sending the right people to the right situation. We're talking about allocating funds powerfully so that we're not fueling the school to prison pipeline. So that when you tell people,

pull yourself up by your bootstraps and be a productive member of society, they've actually got a pathway to do that. So I believe now we have to talk, we have to be smart in the words that we use. We have to not allow our rhetoric to be hijacked and manipulated against us and talk about the issues so people can really be served and communities can really be served. So it's a time, Angela, for a restructuring, a reconstruction of the law enforcement system. That includes police brutality. But if we stop there and don't do education and

the economy, then we haven't really gained much ground. The reason I wanted to have you on is because we all know in these elections, big banks, big bank takes little bank. They always say you need a billion dollars to get into the White House. But sometimes you have people who run, who just need to be heard, who have something to say, and I feel like that's you. Listen, I appreciate it. We made a pretty hardcore pledge at the beginning

that we would not spend anything close to what has been we think it's a travesty that that much money goes into the attainment of power, and everybody else who dropped out to this point, that money's just gone. And so if these are people who are saying they're serving people, do you know how many homeless rehabilitation centers we could have built

with just Donald Trump's war chest alone, with Bernie Sanders' war chest alone? The Bluebird? Come on. Here's the thing. People got upset with me because I didn't have a lot of money. You can't be serious. You're not a billionaire. But then they got upset with him because me because i didn't have a lot of money you can't be serious you're not a billionaire but then they got upset with him because he was a billionaire and got a lot of money so we don't bow down to hypocrisy in this season you know we always say if you're wondering where our money comes from you can go to operation restoration 2020.com

and donate right there because we have we have pledged to really be a campaign powered by people you're going to see me in the streets here gathering petitions. You can already vote for me in 42 other states. You'll be able to vote for me in 42 other states. But we're here in South Carolina. We had the North Carolina because those are states where we have to gather signatures. And so the funding that has come in helps us for each of these trips. But we've pledged, and I've worked with some serious corporations,

and many of them are from the demonized industry. So we didn't want to have money in our coffers that would make you have to wonder where i really stood so that was a hard pledge to take but we're sticking by and we do believe when people hear what we're saying more gravitating towards and the political spectrum that we are reaching it's astounding we believe it's history-making. Give them the website, Jade. www.OperationRestoration2020.com. We would love your support. We'd also love your help in spreading the word. We're waiting for our D-Nice moment.

You know what I'm saying? We're all over night. Everything just blows up. But we ask you to look into it because we know that the things we're proposing serves more people than ever before. So we're serious about this and we're not going anywhere. So check us out. I just want to help you keep elevating your voice, Jade, in whatever way I can, because, you know, I think that you have a very bright future in a public service. Thank you. Thank you very much. I appreciate it, and I appreciate the time.

And as things heat up, I'd love to come back and really dig into the issues. I think that's important for people to hear and also be able to hear that I can hold my own when the time comes. So I'm looking forward to it. Thank you so much. And hopefully we can do it live in studio next time.

Zoom ain't doing it no justice. That'd be wonderful. Thank you. All right. Thank you, Jay. All right. Take care. All right.

Peace. Bye-bye. The Breakfast Club. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. The Rumor Report.

Gossip. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Well, people are going in on James Harden, and he is trending, and that's all because of a face mask that he was wearing. It has a pro cop symbol on it, which I didn't know that's what that was.

I had actually never seen that before. And that is a response to the Black Lives Matter movement. It's the Blue Lives Matter. Those who display the flag and sit is to honor the men and women in blue and fallen officers. But opponents say it has become a symbol of racism. And the co-founder of Black Lives Matter, LA chapter, Melina Abdullah, said it feels akin to a Confederate flag. And so people have been roasting him.

Meek Mill said, y'all know damn well, James Harden don't know what that mask meant because I don't. He donate millions in real life to our people. End of story. Young Thug said, just so you know, James Harden is my brother. By the way, he don't have internet, so he obviously don't know what's right or wrong.

If he posted something, that's against us. But I hate when rappers get in and where's biz? Like, it can't happen to him. Okay, he said, let them clear it up. And so that's people's reaction. Trey Songz, in the meantime, did not have a positive response to the mask that James Harden had on. And he basically said, I'm going to certify clownish. I'll say it for everybody who's scared to.

Yeah, I don't think he knew what it was. Yeah, I'll be the first to tell you. I didn't know. I had no idea what that mask was, okay? I didn't study it that hard. And this is a prime example of why we need counseling and not canceling. Like, you got to educate people. If the brother's wearing something that may be going against a movement he stands for, right?

Because I know he stands for Black Lives Matter, right? So if he feels like, you know, that's going against the whole defund the police movement and everything, whatever it is, it's just like, yo, educate the brother. Don't just jump on him. Because I had no idea what that mask was. I didn't pay no attention. Alright, now Kanye seems like he's still in this 2020 presidential run. He just filed the

second set of documents with the Federal Elections Commission. So yes, Charlamagne, looks like you might have a second job here. It's called a statement of candidacy and it shows that he's raised or spent more than $5,000 in campaign-related expenses. So this birthday party thing could still be happening.

Okay. Well, Charlemagne is the Secretary of Defense. So what did you and Kanye have in common? Not Secretary of Defense. Not Secretary. First of all, I don't even want to lie. I don't even want to play like this because nobody understands sarcasm no more.

And when we said that earlier this week, it became a headline. Kanye West asked Charlemagne to be Secretary of State. Speak it into existence. Why? I don't want to do this. I don't want Kanye West to belamagne to be Secretary of State. Speak it into existence. Why? I don't want to do this. Like, I don't want Kanye West to be President

of the United States of America. We don't need any more celebrities being Presidents of the United States of America. Now, the only reason I'm even having this conversation

is because if he is starting to take steps to register with the FEC, then, you know, yeah, it's a conversation. But no, we shouldn't be fueling this fire at all. Well, Caitlyn

Jenner says that she wants to be vice president and she's already texted him about being his running mate. Would you do the breakfast club from the White House, Charlamagne? Shut up. Because it's early. You're kind of breaking news. If I ever end up in the White House,

you know, I'm not going to say that. All I'm going to simply say is we don't need any more celebrities as presidents of the United States of America. We need qualified people. I really do think they need to change the rules, meaning that they need to change the criteria of what it takes to be a president. Like you have to have some type of political experience. You have to at least been a mayor. You got to be a governor or something. You got to have some type of political office.

You should not be allowed to just run just because. No. That Oval Office backdrop would be amazing. Well, Rob Kardashian is returning to Keeping Up with the Kardashians. I'm sure there's a role you could give him as well. I hope y'all get what y'all asking for. I hope the fact that y'all keep fueling

these type of fires. I hope y'all get another celebrity in 2020. I hope y'all go from Trump to Kanye. That's what I hope for y'all. All right. Now, Monique's lawsuit against Netflix can move forward, and that is according to the U.S. District Court judge. They rejected a motion to dismiss her lawsuit against

Netflix. So, well, you know what this is all about. She says that she was offered $500,000 for a comedy special, but her counterparts, like Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle, were allegedly offered $40 and $60 million respectively. Amy Schumer was offered $11 million initially, and then it was boosted to $13 million. So, you know, discrimination is what she is saying happened. And also she was not able to negotiate. Normally you are given an opening offer and then you go back and a standard practice is for them to come

back and try to figure out some type of middle ground when it comes to how much they'll pay you. And that didn't even happen. So that lawsuit will be moving forward. All right. Cardi B has become the first female artist named ASCAP Songwriter of the Year twice. So congratulations to her. She's making history this year. Now, another thing that was happening to Cardi B was Offset gave their daughter Culture an $8,000 Birkin bag and

people were having things to say about it on social media. You know, of course they were. I'm sure they expected that. And so here is how Cardi B defended that gift. Kids only care about toys and candy. But the thing is that kids also go outside. You know what I'm saying?

Kids go to restaurants. Kids go to fancy places. And if I'm fly and daddy's fly, then so is the kid. Because if I was looking like a bad bitch, expensive bitch, and I have my kid looking like a bum bum, then y'all be talking shit. So I'm not mad that daddy bought baby a Birkin. Explain the hype to me with these Birkin bags. What's up? I don't own a Birkin bag, so I couldn't

even tell you. They're super expensive, hard to get. I know, Envy, you guys have Birkin trees in the house. Yeah, well, Birkin bag... I don't have no damn Birkin tree. Like a tree of boxes. Yeah, my wife has a numerous amount of them, but they're

very expensive. they're very hard to get and people really really like them I mean people make fake bags of them but he bought his bag he bought his daughter bag it's his money it's their money their daughter they can do what they want to do with their money who cares that's their money and the other thing I will say

about a Birkin bag is don't they appreciate in value they do appreciate in value, yes. Right, so I don't think it's like the worst thing that you could buy someone because it could be worth a lot of money especially because this was culture's first Birkin. So if you think about it in that way

later on in life. Yeah, people upset. People upset. But people were mad. Oh, I didn't know that. I didn't even pay no attention. I'm not going to be mad about what somebody else buys for their child. Who cares? Now, if Cardi had bought that little baby Michael Kors, I'd have been like, Cardi, now you don't need to have them. Stop it. That's a big no.

Whenever you want to buy your kids. And that's the problem. See? And that's the problem. And that's what Cardi said. People like you judge. If Cardi got her daughter a little Michael Kors bag, you going to judge. How you going to have a Michael Kors?

That's if it was a cute bag. You can't be mad at that. Nah, bitch. You gonna judge. How you gonna have a Michael Kors and you gotta burk it? Cardi, you not making all that money to still have them Bronx tastes for you, baby. Drop one of the Clues bombs for the burking. I ain't gonna front up with Charlamagne. You better not, Cardi. You out of the Bronx.

Anyway, I'm Angela Yee. And that is your Rumor Report. And FYI, y'all, the name brand shouldn't matter if a cute bag is a cute bag. Alright, Angela Ye y'all, the name brand shouldn't matter. A cute bag is a cute bag. All right, Angelique. Well, hey, Angelique's bae. She want a Michael Kors for Christmas. Get her a Michael Kors Christmas tree.

If it's cute, I'm not mad. You see, Coach made a comeback. Y'all used to try to dis-coach. But let me see. You know what? I'm going to call your bae, and I'm going to tell him, you want Michael Kors as long as it's a cute bag for Christmas. And I want to see you wear that, Yee, because all I see you with is Chanel and Louis.

I have bags that have no name brand at all that I've never even heard of. So I like to shop and buy things that I think are cute. Like when I went to South Africa, I was buying all kinds of bags and things. It's not a name brand. If it's nice, it's nice. I ain't never see you wearing none of those bags, Yee. You don't be out in these streets. You shut up.

All right. All right, Revolt, we'll see you on Monday. Everybody else, the People's Choice Mix is up next. Of course, we're going to start off with these two callous joints. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are the Breakfast Club. Now, we got to shout to Jade Simmons for joining us this morning. Also, Amanda Seals who stopped through. Yep. Beautiful Friday. Absolutely was a great Friday. Salute to Jade Simmons, salute to Amanda Seals.

You know, black women that just have something to say, man. I'm just happy that we can hear from them. And I'm not going to lie. Amanda Seals broke my heart when she was talking about, you know, wanting to be suicidal in March. I mean, you know, that's stuff that I knew. But, you know, when you think about it, when, you know,

I had two friends commit suicide in June, you know, Jasmine Waters and Shaquille Carty. And when you think about that possibility, like I told Amanda last night, I said, yo, I love you and I appreciate you and I value you. And, you know, that really hurts to hear your friends even be in that kind of mindset because, you know, you just never know what somebody's going through, man. Absolutely. Right.

And I just want to send some more love out to Tamar Braxton, who got rushed to the hospital this last night. And they're saying that it looks like a suicide attempt. She took pills and drank a lot, according to her boyfriend, when he called 911. So prayers with Tamar Braxton, man. We had her on the show earlier this year. She has that To Catch a Beautician show that's out right now. And, you know, we're just praying for your recovery spiritually, mentally, in every way.

Absolutely. All right. Well, when we come back, we got the positive note. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Girl.

We are The Breakfast Club. Now, shout out to everybody that's going to join me Sunday morning. I'm doing a seminar or a webinar online. The last one we had like 3,000 people. So we're going to be doing one this Sunday. We're going to be talking about real estate. We're going to have a hard money lender talk. We're going to have people, agents in different markets,

talking about the hot spots in different markets. Somebody from Chicago, Atlanta, New York, New Jersey, and a host of others. We have an insurance person that's going to be talking uh auction.com is going to be sending a representative where we get a lot of our uh our cheap properties from so if you want more information about the webinar just click the link in my bio and you can get all the information you need now um it's time to get up out of here shout out to sherry shepherd for joining us this morning. Yes, I love Sherri Shepherd. She's so funny.

Yes, so for today's positive note, I want to shout out to Buju Bonson. His album, Upside Down, is out today. It's his first album in 10 years. And one of my favorite albums was released in 1995 by Buju Till Shiloh. And so I want to quote from the song, Untold Stories, and he says,

I am living while I'm living to the Father. I will pray only him knows how we get through every day with all the hike and the price arm and leg we have to pay while our leaders play. Breakfast club, bitches! We all finished or y'all done? Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own?

I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my god. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan.

That's Escape from Z-A-Q Estan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more.

After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all. Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history.

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