The Breakfast Club - Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker Inter

Episode Date: June 29, 2015

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Weekday morning, 6 to 10. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. I'm a blast off in your head. Weekday morning, 6 to 10. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. We got two special guests in the building now. Our intern has really done his homework. We have, I'm going to try to pronounce his full name, Boris Frederick Cecil Tainate Ofotwe Kojo.

Almost, almost. Almost. It pains me in my heart. Boris Frederick Cecil Tenate Ofuate. Well, that don't count, Nicole. You're supposed to know that. I don't have Nicole Ari Pozo. She had to study that.

Thank you. Before we got married. Over and over. I tried. Thanks for having us. Absolutely. Now, you guys have a TV show coming on Fox, a talk show. Yes, daytime talk show. Now, what kind of relationship advice coming on Fox, a talk show. Yes. Daytime talk show.

What kind of relationship advice could I get from a beautiful, rich couple? How can y'all relate to us regular folks? See, let me tell you something. My wife actually answered it best this morning when asked the same question. You want to repeat? No, I don't remember. She wasn't a day. She don't remember. It was like six in the morning. When it comes to oatmeal in the morning, putting sneakers on the kids, checking

the homework, everybody's the same. We all got the same stuff going on at home. It doesn't matter where you live, it doesn't matter what color you are, it's all the same. And that's what we want to talk about. We want to talk about stuff that everybody's passionate about, everybody's worried about, concerned with, whether it's current topics, issues,

or whether it's parenting, love, relationship, sex. That's the kind of stuff that we're going to have on our show every day. But what about if there's a problem in the household and one goes one way, one goes the other way? Who wins? Do you really have to ask that question? Come on. Is that a wedding ring on your finger?

Yes, wedding ring. You know the answer. Do I have to answer? You know what? We accept it. Absolutely. We accept it. Absolutely. We accept it. That's what we sign up for.

And we're learning how to communicate every day. We're getting better at it every day. Like guys have to learn how to be more present. True. How to listen. How to listen. Women have to understand that we became parents the exact same second. Right.

Right? Because they sometimes treat us, we don't know. This is how you got to do it. This is how you got to feed them. Don't you understand? I do it my way. It doesn't feel like that, though. It doesn't feel like as a father you become a parent at the exact moment.

We do. I mean, we do by definition. Do you have kids? Yeah, got to say. Oh, so were you there at birth? Yeah, absolutely. Well, there you go. That's what I'm saying.

You are right. So you became father the same exact time she became a mother. Technically, but I don't feel the same attachment probably not until later. Okay, well, but maybe that's just your individual feeling. I mean, I, for one, when my daughter was born, she came out screaming. They sort of washed her off. They put her down. She was screaming.

And then I started talking to her in German, and she recognized the voice. She opened her eyes and stopped screaming and looked at me. That was my first connection with my daughter. And that just literally turned me into a man right there. So I guess everyone has their own experience, but I feel that as it pertains to parenting, we're equal. I mean, like, so if... You don't think we're equal?

No, because whatever they say wins. Like she just said No, it has nothing to do with parenting. That's that is that's your relationship with your wife. I'm just talking about as a parent Yeah, yes. Yeah. Well, I think as a wife I needed to stop caring so much about the way he did things like he makes Pancakes different than me. Yeah, he combs the hair different than me and they're good as hell But I'm actually my pancakes are good. They are I'm gonna pancake. I just sit here and be all perfect? Boris said he makes perfect pancakes. Now, let me ask you something.

Recently, Zoe Saldana was on the news talking about last names, and her husband took her last name. Would you ever have considered being Boris Parker Kojo? No, because it doesn't sound good. It would just mess with my rep until there's pancakes. Nobody would believe me making great pancakes if my name was Boris Parker. That's true. Plus, no, no, no, seriously, though.

My heritage, my African heritage, we go through a lot because we earn our name, right? So when we named our children, we had to go back to Ghana. We had to talk to the elderly. My father had to approve it with everybody so that we could name Sophie Tenaki Lee. Tenaki means firstborn daughter. There's a whole process in naming your child. And that's how I was named as well, as you can see with my name. Even though Kojo means like Monday.

I probably wouldn't take the Parker name. But I don't care about that kind of stuff. I really don't. I think it makes sense for the kids to have both names. Two individuals made these people, like the Jolie Pitts, like Brad and Angelina. The kids' last names are Jolie Pitt, and that makes a little bit of sense if you're going to try to combine it. I am, however, considering changing my name after 10 years of marriage. There you go.

There we go. And I'm trying to figure out. I want to take a little poll here. Nikki Kojo. Nikki Kojo is a nice name for a show of marriage. There we go. And I'm trying to figure out. I want to take a little poll here. Nikki Kojo. But you hyphenated. The Kojos is a nice name for a show, though. The Kojos. Oh, I like that.

Did your wife take your name? Yes, she did. Wow. Do you think I should take his name? Yes. Yeah, absolutely. As a woman, do you think I should take his name? I think you should keep yours, too, though.

I think you should do it like Nicole Ari Parker Kojo. That's a whole lot, though, on the Oscar. There you go. I mean, it's kind of hard though Nicole Ari Kojo would you that's a compromise only you know the only reason I like her keeping it is because she's famous and she's had her name and people know her by that name and that's the reason no she's a wife yeah but she would still have his name but why can't she keep hers And then add his after I think that's a great thing to do You know honestly I didn't really Think too much about it but

I did think like what if I did all that Change my name and then It didn't work out Well we can't Well look at Kris Kardashian I mean Kris No no Kris Jenner Look at Kris Kardashian. I mean, Kris. No, no, Kris Jenner.

How do you know that? He changed his whole gender. Come on. Plus, he knew that 30 years or 40 years ago he was going to do that. Look, I think we earned 10 years puts us in a category where we're pretty safe for now. For now, okay. I mean, if I would have gone somewhere, we would have done it like after two years. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We kind of in it to one and out. I mean, see, we want to be here. Yeah. I think that's the basis of a good relationship, that you actually want to be here. I don't need to be here. She don't need to be here. By Kanye West logic, 10 years, you've earned a menage to. See, now you start and start.

Now, that's Kanye West logic, start okay not everybody else come up today like somebody else do we want to go on a date with do we want to go on a date with dinner and cheesecake like a double date wow who would y'all swing with I don't know we aren't there yet see the problem with swinging let me break it down you should do Will and Jada no but a lot of married people

open up the stage for other things to happen and I don't I haven't gotten there look here the problem with swinging there's many different cultures in the world

they live their lives in many different ways. There's polygamy on both sides. There's arranged marriages, which actually last longer than Western marriages on average. So I don't judge. I just feel that whatever you do, your partner has to be on the same page. So when we're talking about swinging, somebody always loses out mmm somebody always loses out name any couple will and Jada okay well somebody will lose out somebody lose out somebody always loses out like somebody like you'll go sleep with the girl when your

wife's not around no no no my point is that that that one of them is always less attracted to the other person than the other so they're one of them always feels like yeah you know you got it you got you and i'm over here like not enjoying myself so there's always going to be trouble you're always going to lose your wife though you wouldn't want that you wouldn't want will sm smashing your wife. I just need to know, why are we talking about this? I love Will and Jada. I do not want to smash either one of them. I don't want to smash Kevin Kanye. What about B and J?

Okay. No. You thought about B and J? No. B and J. He is in love with B and J. No, no. Bay and Jay. Bay and Jay. He is in love with Bay and Jay. Please don't activate that, okay? Listen, let's talk about the fact that we made it to 10 years in Hollywood.

Yeah, let's celebrate that. Okay. For the most part, you guys are like an under-the-radar kind of couple. How do y'all stay out of the news? You don't hear things about y'all. Like, oh, Boris was doing that and Nicole was doing this. You know what it is? It's priorities.

Yeah. Well, it's the kids. Our family is priority. And everything else comes second. And I think when you make that decision, rather than trying to balance everything, you know, people are so concerned with the image. You know, I can't say I'm married. I can't say I got a girl.

All that stuff is way too much. Look, you got to live your life. And our life is our kids. And when we prioritize that way and we instill good values and principles in our kids we don't have time for all the other stuff how personal will you guys get on the show you're going to talk about like everything that goes on at home or do you feel like it might be difficult and affect your marriage well it's not a reality show it's a talk show yeah it's a talk show and we're going to have guests i mean

there's going to be a lot of time hearing from other people. I think our challenge is not going to be talking about, you know, what underwear I wear to bed, but more so. Not a bad topic. Well, she don't wear any, so it doesn't matter. That's the kind of openness we want to hear. My wife don't wear underwear. I don't care about you. I got to talk to her. But, you know, it's going to be like a give and take.

We want to hear from other people. And the challenge is going to be able to host that show and give great interviews. Now, let me ask you this. This is something that we've been debating a lot lately. And this is also in the news. Chris Rock and his wife are getting divorced. They've been married almost 20 years. He's worth $70 million.

And people are going back and forth. Well, she should get half his money. No, she shouldn't. That's his money, even though they were married for however long. What do you think about that? Does a woman deserve half if they've been married 20 years? Prenup is no longer valid. I think they passed that mark. Why do you say

woman? What if the woman has $70 million? Well, she hasn't worked and she said that in this particular... No, I'm saying in general. No, but in this particular case, she also hasn't worked. She sacrificed her career, she said, to raise their two daughters. I think that's the point right there, what you said. I think she sacrificed a lot. I think, like, my wife is my backbone.

I'm hopefully her backbone. So we've been on this journey together. So I feel that, and Chris is a friend of mine. I don't want to stab him in the back. Chris used to be a friend of mine. You started running your mouth in the breakfast club. No, but look, look, he deserves all the success. He's incredible.

And I think they've been on a journey together, so they have to figure out what's fair. I'm sure that Chris is a fair person. I'm sure that he wants his wife, who gave birth to his children, to be able to sustain a lifestyle for her kids. Money doesn't even matter. I think custody is going to go both ways. So I'm sure that he's going to look out. Always take care of the mother of your children.

Not only that, also, like, I don't negotiate with my nanny. Yeah. I don't. I ask her what she needs and that's what I'm going to give her because she takes care of the most prized possessions

that I have, which is my kids. And I feel the same way about divorces. When you divorce your wife or you divorce your husband, you want them to be as comfortable as you possibly can

because it affects your life. It affects your kids. And so I don't think there's going to be an issue with Chris at all. He's a great guy. And trust and believe, he's still going to make another $35 million. Absolutely. He'll make it back if he has to split that $70 in half. Plus it's an investment.

It's not like he's giving, you know what I mean? He's not throwing any money away. It's going back into his life. His children and his life and everything else. Now, Charlamagne talks about fat people all the time and how he doesn't respect them. Oh, oh. First of all, I've never said anything of that sort.

I say that when you're fat, it shows that you don't really care about yourself the way you should. Okay, okay. Now, how do y'all feel about weight in a marriage and somebody gaining weight? First of all. Boris actually said that. Let her finish.

Oh. Because he got in a lot of trouble for that. But you can't generalize like that. I'm sorry because everybody has their own medicine. Some people is Hennessy. Some people is hamburgers. Everybody medicates their pain. I ain't forgetting you from Baltimore.

Some people is. Some people. Some people is. I don't know if you want to say wines. You go Hennessy. I ain't forgetting you for a while. Some people is working out. The healthy way. Whatever. The two things you named, Nicole, were unhealthy. I'm just saying, when you go and do something, when you medicate yourself with weed or alcohol or food,

this is what I do. When I see somebody who's extremely overweight, I always assume I'm seeing progress because they might have just lost 40 pounds. That's how you see a glass half full. Yeah, you got to always give them the benefit of the doubt.

Absolutely. They know what their struggles are, getting on planes and getting through tight spaces. No, I sat on a, I got on a plane yesterday. I mean, we got here two, three days ago and I sat down and I had two

extra double belts in my connected to my chair. Because somebody was before me, they had to expand the seatbelt. And I was out here with it And I was like wow I can't imagine what that person must have gone through Just trying to get in that seat and having to ask for those two extensions, so you can't you can't No, no, no look I think I think there's two words

Oh, sorry Can you hear me there's two words compassion and understanding and I think Oh, sorry. There's two. Can you hear me? There's two words, compassion and understanding. And I think whenever you talk about something that you can't comprehend, you have to try to meet the person where they're at. Yeah. And figure out what their struggles are before you. He wants to know about how you feel about it in the marriage, though. In the marriage?

You said it was unacceptable for a woman to get fat. And the way you described it, you made it sound like they were transgender, transracial. No, they're fat. No, no. What I was saying was that I think when you get married, you make a commitment. And you make a commitment. Oh, here we go. You make a commitment to be the best version spiritually, mentally, and physically for your wife or husband

yes right and I didn't make a commitment for two days I made a commitment for life that's what we say before God right so I expect my wife to uphold the same commitment that I made so what happens so he's 40 pounds well again my wife remember made by the whole she was very eloquent about this she said she said look uh sometimes you you struggle and whether that's physically or spiritually mentally we all struggle we all struggle on all those three levels so as a husband it's my duty just as i made my the commitment to be the best version of myself to help her and support her in her struggles whether it's physically spiritually or mentally so if she gains 40 pounds i will address that with her and i will say look obviously you gain 40

pounds what's going on i have to take responsibility too because she's married to me so get her gaining 40 pounds i'm sure it has something to do with me as well or it could at least i have to consider that so i have to give her the help that she needs in order to be her best version again or be healthy and be happy because oftentimes when you gain 50 pounds there's a very very specific reasons for that and oftentimes i don't care. Keep eating. That's just a symptom.

But, you know, I wouldn't care if she gained 40 pounds. I would try to help her lose it. That's my point. Work out together. Yeah. Eat healthy together. There you go. But she wouldn't make her feel bad.

I wouldn't make her feel bad. And it goes both ways. Men can't get fat either. Of course. We can't just get fat and get sloppy and expect y'all to still be famous. Sean, man, you lost a bunch of weight. I lost 30 pounds. Did your wife say anything to you when you had gained weight?

Nah, she didn't have to. I can look in the mirror and tell her I'm not where I want to be. That's the key. If I'm not the best version of myself, I can't be the best version together for us. That's all I said. Now let's talk sex a little bit. Recently, Lala released a scene.

She's on Power and they released a scene with her having sex with another guy and her ta-tas Would y'all swing With Lala and Mello How are you gonna go There from that Okay no my guy Hold on

Repeat that What happened I'll show you She did a topless Basically she's topless In a scene in power And they're both saying They would not want

Their wives to ever do A scene where they are Topless Showing on TV She is We've already crossed We met topless We met topless naked.

How did y'all meet topless naked? On Soul Food. We're all up in the... So you wouldn't mind if you had to do a nude scene? Well, he recently did that movie, Addicted. That was very sexual. I heard it was very sexual.

And he had many very sexual scenes with the beautiful Sharon Lee. Let me show y' you a lot of that. Get out of here, Sharon. It threw me for a loop. You know, even though I'm used to it, we're both in the movie business. This happens.

Not a big deal. I know what it's really like on set. There's cameras, a guy holding a microphone. It's not that sexy, really. But it was so hot. I felt very uncomfortable. This looks believable.

You got the video. Look, this looks believable. I'm sorry. I can't My wife enjoy You close one Boris's face Oh I just want to know what we're talking about. Yeah, really? This is Lala. Oh, there they go. This guy.

Imagine he's Lala's friend. I can take that. You reconsider swinging now, aren't you? No, no. I'm just saying. Wow. I mean, after the first three seconds, they're boobs, okay?

We all got them. We all seen them. So I don't really... I'm not that crazy about nudity. I think when he is squeezing them and putting them in his mouth, that's like, you know... Next level.

Okay. That's a little too much. That's a little too much. You can fake it You know Pasties Yeah you know how to fake it Yeah

You know how to fake it Like we have a rule We don't You gotta talk to the mic Oh shoot We have a rule We don't do nipples and mouths And mouths and nipples

Okay And we don't do tongue But you know what He went all the way To the edge of that line In this last movie That he did There was like the mouth

I don't know It got all the way to the areola. No, I didn't. No, there was no, no, no, no. Did it turn you on a little bit?

Turned me on. Not at all? No. Not like, I gotta get my man home? I had to like, put my head down. You slapped me so hard.

I was sweating. You slapped me in the neck. I did not know that I would feel this way. We go on set? No, at the premiere. No, you don't come on set. I didn't come to,

no. No, come on now. Wow. It's what we do. It threw no wow that's what we do you know we know it's what we do and it's not sexy but again that stuff isn't sexy there's 30 people around it would have been worse if i would have called him and he was in sharon's trailer you know where there's no cameras like that's that's a problem but it happens on set with people that they go off camera it's the off camera stuff that you worry about. You know? Yeah.

I don't know. Is it hard being faithful as a sex symbol, boss? These girls have been throwing it at you for years. Well, Nicole, I mean, probably there's a sex symbol as well. Thank you, baby. Yeah, they do throw their panties at you. But you know what, though? Again, again, I want to be here.

I don't want to be anywhere else. I want to be here. There you go. That's a good one. And that's all that matters. No, I'm serious. What's it going to get better? I mean, so what? So what. I want to be here. There you go. That's a good one. That's all that matters. I mean, so what? So what? I got to handle my business. I got to make sure that I represent. I got to make sure that

and sometimes it's annoying when people don't want to take no for an answer and they get really ugly. You know, they start yelling at you and start calling you names. You're going to give me some of that dick, Boris. We're going to just use that. We're going to isolate that and that is you names. You gonna give me some of that dick, Boris. All right, we're gonna just use that. We're gonna isolate that.

And that is the headline. We're using that. That's the headline. So clearly. You did that to yourself. Thank you guys very much. You did that to yourself. Now we know.

Now we know which couple he wants to smash. Charlamagne comes out on The Breakfast Club. What's your wife's name? Jessica. Jessica, you and I will just back out. That's why he was asking all those swinging questions. I know. There we have it.

Let me tell you something. Let me tell you something. Sometimes women will walk up to you and say, look look come to my room blah blah blah and you say no and they say well don't matter

I'm gonna tell everybody I did it anyway and that's it's hard to stay calm because it's not cool you know it's not fair

it's not cool but we're in this business somebody really has said it to you I'm gonna tell everybody he did that that's a great excuse.

I had paternity lawsuits from people I never met. You know, anybody can accuse you of making them pregnant and you have to get it. You can only do that when you're a sex symbol.

No, no, no, but listen, a lot of these cats, a lot of these cats, they drink, they do drugs and stuff and they don't know who the f***,

they don't remember. So that's what they're counting on. So they just take a chance. Well, Nicole, did you ever in your head say, think any of those allegations were true or for a second say, what if he did do that? No, I've met Boris with 8,000 women screaming.

You know, like this is how it's always been. And I don't think we could have made it if I was a crazy, jealous type. But the one, not because I'm so perfect or anything or so confident that I didn't, you know, trip. It was more on him. And I tell men this all the time. You're the ones that make us crazy.

You're acting weird on your phone and hiding it and taking it to the bathroom, whatever. He never acts weird or shady. I just take my phone because I take selfies when I'm in the bathroom. And it's a little different now. You got an excuse to take your phone in the bathroom because of social media. The Twitter and the Facebook. Is that what you tell Jessica? I'm tweeting.

I'm doing business, woman. We actually saw a picture. We saw a picture of Charlamagne on the toilet with his phone. He locks the bathroom door to tweet. Yes. Now, did you take Boris serious when he first tried to holler at you? I was a little snobby because he was the model you know and i was the serious actress and he was hired to play my boyfriend so i was a little like

oh but then with him you know he wasn't even acting he was just a pretty boy discriminating yeah oh big time so what made you let your guard down uh you know what the thing you was talking about Oh, yeah, for sure gotta reveal who you slept with for sure Yeah, I revealed that she was a little secretive about and I found out after a while In New York hanging out walking down the street at some club or something. Oh, no. He was like, oh, Nicky Love. I was like, whoa, Nicky Love? Who's that? What is that? What?

Anyway. And she's like, ah, ah, ah. Exactly. That's exactly what she said. Moving on. Anyway. That was a long time ago. That was a long time.

That gotta suck, though, because you get famous, and now it's like a bouncer. Everybody wants to claim, right? I don't know what that was about. What about disciplining your children? How do you guys discipline your children? We do, definitely. It's important.

Because kids need structure. They need a schedule. They need structure. They need discipline. Because it gives them a sense of safety, you know, confidence. And I grew up in Germany, German mother. So, boom, boom, boom. Everything was on time.

And dinner at this time. And so I was i was raised yeah he's kind of the drill sergeant but i was really i was disciplined and i and i don't i haven't spanked my children yet but i do how old are they she said yet how old are they 10 and 8 no that's pretty good no but i jacked up oh yeah yeah i yoke up. Because sometimes you just have to. It's not about abuse. It's about you're almost saving them for the real world. Like, listen, watch yourself.

Pull yourself together. Because, you know, someone's going to watch your mouth. Now, did you two pitch this show or did they come to you and say, you know what would be a great idea? No, it came from us. We conceptualized it five years ago as a radio show. And then we couldn't do it scheduling-wise. And last year we looked at each other and said, the timing is right.

We'll do it right now. We've got to do it now. And we went to Fox. And they were excited about it. Yeah. Yeah, we were excited about it. Now, Boris, you also said one time that infidelity is justified in certain cases. Whoa. What was it?

Hold on. What was the context? Was that in a movie? That's very out of context for me to say. Do you remember what that was? Nicole looking like, when did he say that? He said it's justified in certain cases. I was going to ask you, what are those cases?

I don't know what that context was. I know. Where did you get that from, sir? Please quote your sources. Next question. I don't know. I don't know what I know. Because I don't think it is. No, i don't know what i know how would because i don't think it is um

no i don't i don't remember that i said that i mean that's not a good answer if i'm on the talk show and i raise my hand and i say hey mr kojo is infidelity justified well you didn't ask me that you said he said it okay boom let's start over mr is infidelity justified in certain cases yeah well i don't think so but you would have to give me a case that I would understand that to be. But generally speaking, I would not agree with that statement. Got you. Now, correct me if I'm wrong. Are both of y'all products of interracial relationships?

No. I'm just light-skinned from Baltimore. Got you. That's it. I wish I could say I was half something, but I'm not. So you can't play Rachel Dozal in a lifetime movie? But you know that. You see us all over Twitter that say I should play her in a movie.

It's hilarious. Now, I want to ask you guys one more question because we had a very heated argument behind the scenes about this yesterday. Now, this young lady was on Instagram. She posted a picture of somebody that was her coworker, I guess kind of above her at work. And she had quit that day. and she put out there that she quit because she was tired of the BS, you can only take so much,

and she was tired of pretending like this fool is a good person, I couldn't do it anymore. And then she put out there that her boss cheated on his wife, got the intern pregnant, had a baby, so on and so forth. She put all the business in there. She put all of that on Instagram. With the name. Yes, and a picture

of him with the baby. All of it was true like I guess. If it is true, he did have a baby by the intern and she said, I refuse to put up

with this BS for another round not in my place of business. That's unacceptable for a person to make my work environment uncomfortable because they can't keep

their D in their pants and so on and so forth. Do you think that was a bad move or do you think she's okay to do that because and so forth. Do you think that was a bad move or do you think she's okay to do that because it's her experience? I think it's a bad move. I agree.

Oh my God, there's no... Because social media is very dangerous. I mean, it can be very detrimental to your life, really. And I think that she cannot possibly know the whole story. I agree. Now, whether he did what he did or not, it's none of her business. Exactly. And there's other ways to deal with a boss who's abusing you.

There's H&R. There's a department that deals with all that. And she could have handled it professionally to solve her issues. I think that social media has given credibility to millions and millions and millions of people that do not deserve it. Credibility is a strong word. Well no credibility. It's giving them a voice but I don't know if it's credible. No but as soon as somebody tweets something it becomes news. I don't care who they are, where they are, what they're doing or if they have anything if that they don't back up their stories.

True. That's why I don't think they're terrible. And I include ourselves in that discussion as well. Because I have no business talking about certain things. I'm not an expert. I wasn't there when it happened. I mean, I can have my opinion, but I preface it saying this is just my opinion. And that's how it's going to be on the show.

We're not trying to be experts. And also, I think that when you make statements like this, you have to be accountable and a lot oftentimes people that tweet have like a picture of a balloon or whatever they're not accountable they don't take responsibility for that for their statements this and that's very dangerous private that's very dangerous because because i don't mind stating your opinion but then be man or woman enough to to be accountable and be responsible to say look it's me how long you been married 13 years my wife's in 16 Wow yeah focus he's those two boys

how old are they 13 11 2 in 1 again you took a little break and then came right back we just love kids love kids it wasn't easy it was you know up and down you're gonna tell us do you think it's beneficial so what is somebody like you what working dad big family 13 years what would make you tune into a new talk show what do you want to see um with married people being you know what it is just real life conversation i think the best thing about the breakfast club is is we're real if something happens in my relationship with my wife good or bad we talk about it there's somebody going through the same problems somebody going through the same heaven the same hell and sometimes hearing that lets somebody else feel like i can work through it or i can get through it as well and y'all have

to draw off your own experiences i'd like to hear from'all. I'd like to see y'all be transparent as opposed to just telling everybody else what to do. No, absolutely. I mean, we relate everything to what we have gone through. That's what we want to hear. You know, whenever we,

whenever somebody asks us a question, we always bring it back to, you know, what we went through and what we have done, what we haven't done, what we have learned, what we're still learning, what we don't know

because we're not experts. You know um so all we can be is real and you know sometimes you think you're the only one going through something right absolutely and then somebody says it on the radio or on tv you're like oh my god i cannot believe that like with kids especially or you think your kid's the only one that googled kissing or sex on the computer and then you talk about that and you realize it helps to share that kind of information you can help each other how did you deal with that what is the age-appropriate way to deal with something like that you know let's go back to a lot so you think starting a relationship before social media was

present probably is a beneficial thing because it's way harder now. So it seems with the Twitter, with the Instagram, with the Facebook and all of that. Absolutely. Absolutely. Social media is a great thing because it's liberated people. It's helped people voice their concerns. And, you know, the whole Middle East has changed because of social media. But I also think that it can be, like I said, detrimental to relationships especially because we get so isolated and insulated by social media. We don't take in people anymore.

We don't communicate the same way. We don't look at people anymore. We've got people walking down the street like this and bumping into you. I do that sometimes when people do that. And I hold them. I say, hey, you would have just missed me. Look, it's me. Voice code job. Put the you know. Look, it's me, Boris Kojo.

Put the phone down. Look what you're missing. Do you want to smash me in my way? Now, when is this show premiering? July 6th. July 6th.

Right after the 4th of July on Fox. And we got to give a shout out to Pete Diddy, my man, and JB, who have been holding it down with revolts.

Congratulations. Congratulations on everything and to you guys too. Congratulations on all of this. Congratulations on everything. And to you guys, too. Very nice. What if you're on stage and somebody stands up and goes, Yo, Nicki Love! Yo, Nicki Love! Now they might.

You try me. Try me. Security! Out back right now. I'll meet you out back. Six, we appreciate you for joining us. Thank you. Say Boris' whole name again. I'm going back right now. I'll meet you out back. July 6th. We appreciate you for joining us. Thank you. Say Boris's whole name again.

I'm going to try. Boris Frederick Cecil Tenete Ofute Kojo. Okay, let's do it real quick. Tenete Ofute. Tenete Ofute. There you go. Yay! It's the Breakfast Club.

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