The Breakfast Club - Don Lemon Says Nikki Haley Is Past Her ‘Prime’

Episode Date: February 17, 2023

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It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club. Let's talk about it. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Sean Mena Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got our co-host, Kerry Champion, joining us right now. You don't have to wear headphones, Kerry. Now, if you just joined us, we were talking about what don lemon said yesterday on cnn this violent statement he chose violence i mean he didn't give a damn about any woman when he made these comments let's hear it oh talk about age

makes me uncomfortable i think that i think it's the wrong road to go down she says people you know politicians or something are not in their prime nikki haley is in her prime sorry when a woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s that's not according to me I'm for what it depends on it's just like prime if you look it up it'll say if you look if you google when is a woman in her prime it'll say 20s 30s and 40s I don't know I agree with that so I think she has to be careful about saying that politicians aren't in their prime. I think they need to qualify.

Are you talking about prime for like child? Are you talking about prime for being president? Just say what the facts are. Google it. So we're asking 800-585-1051. What are your thoughts? Let's start with the OG Kerry champion. What do you think?

You know what? I think that was silly. Look, I know Don and know him well enough to text and talk to him. And oftentimes, maybe not even often, twice I've sent him a text and said, why'd you say that? What is wrong with you? Whatever he has said in the past, I have said, Don, you can't say that. He's like, you know what, my bad, or I'm sorry, or I didn't mean it. I think a lot of times when you're trying to be provocative,

especially in our world, which has changed the game that we live in, it's all about going viral and making statements and being relevant. And you get caught up. I don't necessarily think he was 100% trying

to insult all of women, but he did. And it's not fair. It's not fair for us because we always are limited. You guys get better as you get older. And women are done at a certain age.

If men were honest, they'd be like, yeah, that's too old for me. Like, age appropriate. Men are rarely dating age appropriate if they're dating past their 40s. Rarely. You know what I mean? I'll take a spin on what you said. I also think we live in these world of extremes where everybody is on the side, especially when it comes to politics. So Don is liberal. He's a Democrat nikki haley is republican conservative so instead of like him

looking at what she said because what she said is hey i think anybody over the age of 75 should have to have a mental competency test to run for you know president or hold a to be president of the united states of america and by the way there's nothing wrong with that there's nothing wrong with that but he can't he can't say that. There's nothing wrong with that. There's nothing wrong with that. I agree with that. But he can't say that because he's so beholden to Democrats. He's so in love with the liberals.

He's so in love with President Joe Biden. So he don't even want to seem like he's on the side of Nikki Haley, which I think is extremely well. Well, I don't think he's so in love with...

Perhaps he is, but I think he was just trying to make a point that what he said was what she said wasn't fair, but she was absolutely within the realm of possibility. Like 75 years old you must definitely to me that's ridiculous because a woman could never be president at 80 years old exactly they would never

put an 80 year old woman in the white house and trump is over 75 too so her saying that wasn't just a shot at president biden it was a shot at uh former president trump as well but he can't even have a real nuanced conversation about what she said because she's on the other side. If a Democrat would have said that, he would have went up there and he wouldn't even have talked about Carrie not being in her prime. But not for nothing.

Kiss my ass. I'm in my prime. But not for nothing. I think you take it past politics. I think you should do it for your license. I think they do though, don't they? No. I thought you... They don't. They don't. And it's interesting

that you say this because my grandmother, I got mad at me because I told her she couldn't drive. This was years ago. I was like, you can't drive anymore.

You just don't have the same reflexes. You're not supposed to be driving. And they don't make them retake the test. No. And they should.

Absolutely. Yes, 100%. So there is a pass your prime. Let's go to the phone lines. Hello, who's this? It's Black from Dayton. All right, what's up, is a past your prime. Let's go to the phone lines. Hello, who's this? Just back from dating. What's up, brother?

Talk to us. What was your thoughts on Don Lemon's statements? I don't agree with the way he said it, but I do agree with him. What do you mean? I think, well, this is what I mean by that. I think that when it comes to the date market value, older women don't hold as much dating market value. Not saying that they're not in their prime or they're not valuable as people, but when it comes to

the dating market, yeah, they don't hold as much date market value. I'm going to tell you something. When men make comments like that, they tell me they ain't got no eyes. Because, bro, if you look around right now, the OGs are killing these young girls. Every day, all day. I agree with you

run down the list angela bassett nia long jennifer lopez patty i'm not saying that those are not beautiful women that's not what i'm saying what i'm saying they are still valuable they are still beautiful women i'm saying when it comes to date market value most men are still going to prefer younger women and that's just that's just biological wiring that's how we are and that's true well i'll tell you one thing some of these men man like diddy did he need to be with a woman that can identify the signs of a stroke shut up hello who's this my name is aisha hey aisha good morning talk to us what do you think about don lemon's comments so i find it interesting that it seems that men are always expressing some sort of imaginary standard for women, like a blanket standard.

You have to be this tall. You have to be this body type. And it's like women aren't cars. You know, our value is not based on some made up metric. You know, women are people. people and i find it interesting that the age range women in our 40s you know i'm in my 30s but the older you get the higher your sex drive the more financially stable you are the more comfortable you are in your body and i feel like the more weight gain hair loss it's like you're declining sir not me sir that a man who likes men is commenting on anything about women whoa whoa or you don't like us anyway whoa but carrie do you think there's something to that i think it is and i think the men the red pill men who always got something to say about women they don't like women for real that's a whole nother topic that alpha male that alpha male alpha male twitter is ridiculous alpha male twitter is a shame i look i agree with her i think well two things one don does say things that are are that are very uh

traditionally not someone who is ever been with a woman or dating women in that way i agree with that like because i'll say don that's not that's not normal literally i remember we had this conversation me and my girlfriends were talking i agree with this caller she me and my girlfriends were talking there is a metric for women like there's this imaginary metric you guys might you are more evolved you are the you're outside of the norm in the sense of how men feel about women but they do like oh i like her but she's too this or she's too that like the littlest things and we didn't get we get judged and especially if you're a black woman you get judged at such a different rate and i and i think don listen he tried to walk it back what he was trying to do i

think more so is what you were saying he was trying to agree with the democrats period not so much in the way that he hated nikki haley but in a way that he was like she doesn't know what she's saying yeah but it's hard for us. It's literally hard for us. And I don't want to get into whether or not he's heterosexual or he's gay, and that matters, but he does sound like a man who hasn't been around a fine-ass black woman.

Reality. Do you think sometimes gay men step out of their lane and forget you still are a man, so you can't comment on women's business? For sure. For sure, all the time. You shouldn't be saying, be saying like come on you can't say a woman's out of her prime and she had a point but i don't want to i don't want to hold down to that he just says things like that all the time but let's let's take some more calls we do it when we come back 800-585-1051 we're talking about don lemon's comments have you heard him let's play a clip right fast oh talk

about age makes me uncomfortable i think that i think it's the wrong road to go down. She says people, you know, politicians or something are not in their prime. Nikki Haley is in her prime. Sorry. When a woman is considered being a prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s. What do you mean? That's not according to me. Prime for what? It depends. And it's just like prime. If you look it up, it'll if you look if you Google when is a woman in her prime it'll say 20s 30s and 40s. I don't know With that so I think she has to be careful about saying that we you know politicians aren't in there I need to qualify are you talking about prime for like child? Facts are Google it. We'll take your calls when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. I know it now. I like it.

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800-585-1051. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got our co-host Carrie Champion joining us and we're talking about these comments that Don Lemon said on CNN. Let's listen.

Old talk about age makes me uncomfortable. I think it's the wrong road to go down. She says people, you know, politicians or something are not in their prime. Nikki Haley is in her prime. Sorry. A woman is considered to be in her prime in her 20s and 30s and maybe 40s that's not according to me prime for what it depends and it's just like prime if you look

it up it'll say if you look if you google when is a woman in her prime it'll say 20s 30s and 40s i don't necessarily know i got it and that's it i agree with that so i think she has to be careful about saying that you know politicians aren't in their prime. I think they need to qualify. Are you talking about prime for like child-rearing? Or are you talking about prime for being president? Don't shoot the message drum. Just say what the facts are. Google it. So we're asking 800-585-1051.

What are your thoughts? We have Noelle on the line. Noelle, good morning. Good morning. How are you feeling this morning? I'm feeling blessed. And then I'm a Trinidadian. And it's Trinidad Carnival week.

I'm feeling blessed. Hey. So what did you think about Don Lemon's uh comments I think that Don Lemon should not be speaking on women because he doesn't even like women you have to really understand physically and mentally what a woman does before you can even talk about it and you know like he's trying to get clout but it's like you don't even really like this so why are you speaking on us you don't even know what a woman is in her prime and what she can do in her prime. I'm in my prime any age that I am. That's true.

That's tough. More than the physical. But you know what? You don't really like women, so I need you to stop saying that. Because you don't even understand us, number one. And Don said that, you know, that wasn't his personal take. But you shouldn't repeat a take that's not yours like it's yours. You can't make the statement and then say, but that's not my personal take.

No, no, no. Don't work like that. Yeah, but that's why they call hair stay in court. You know what? You can't use hair stay in court. They don't do that. So he needs to stop. And I'm like, I'm in the ATL.

It's just time to come find us. And there's a bunch of women in their prime that we could have a full circle with them. And we could talk about women in their prime. That's what you do. You don't go around and talk about all that shit willy nilly. It's insipid. Okay, thank you, Mama. And I feel like... You know what? I dare not. Men all believe this. You know what I mean?

You guys are referring to whether or not... She's referring to whether he likes women or not. Men believe this. Whether they like women or not. Not all men, Don. Not all men. Not all men not all men not all men but i have been around heterosexual men who believe that after you hit a certain age you're not in your prime and that and and literally steadfast about it and so i don't think it has anything to do with sexuality yeah we can harp on that but he just is repeating it's a man thing it's a man

thing it's toxic masculinity it is the patriarchy It's all the things in which we have been taught in this country. Don is repeating subliminally whether he realizes it or not. That's what he's repeating. KB. Yo, what's going on? This is Kaz from Brooklyn. Good morning, everyone. Talk to us.

What's your thoughts, brother? Yeah, I really don't agree with... We grew up like that, though. Anyone from, you know, especially a certain type of culture. We grew up in the fact that women kind of expire certain things at a certain age or they're not married but kids at a certain age i don't i don't understand what a woman prime is i know a lot of women 20 30 40 50 they're looking great yeah i mean you know what else man primes are changing every day because it's certain people that's making you realize like damn you can keep going angela bassett in her 60s bro

and why are we associating prime with what you look like because you do you see the physical connotation here you guys are keep saying she fine because she's 60 she fine because she we don't say that about a man he fine for 60 he fine for 50 he fine for 40 why are we associating what you look like as your prime you're right but that meant i look like that too but i think because a lot of times your uh external is a reflection of your internal so if you've been doing what you're supposed to do as far as you know your physical fitness as far as your mental fitness your emotional fitness it will reflect on on your outside so i i think that's the reason why what's the moral of the story guys what's. What's the moral of the story, guys? What's the moral, Kare?

The moral of the story is the prime for me could be anything. It could be all-encompassing. Mental, physical, success. That's prime. People don't hit their prime. Men and women don't hit their prime

until their 40s, maybe 50s in terms of really getting to the place where you're having some financial success. Hardworking folks. I'm not talking about

an entertainer or somebody who does something differently. You start to arrive where you are in your prime when you're around some financial success. Hardworking folks. I'm not talking about an entertainer or somebody who does something differently. You start to arrive where you are in your prime when you're around your 40s. It's a different level of life that you experience. And I'm not just saying that just about physicality. I don't want to associate prime with that either.

But like, because I'm fine as hell. Talk that talk, Carrie. She's 63. Yeah. And I also want to say too, this is why I hate cable news. Because it's designed to where one side of the other can't even agree with each other and you end up sounding stupid because you're

going against people just because all don had to do is focus on what nikki actually said and it's that people over 75 need a mental competency test have that combo instead of talking about whether a woman is in their prime or not