The Breakfast Club - From 'black-ish to 'freak-ish

Episode Date: May 13, 2016

FRI 5/13 - Comedian/actor Deon Cole from the hit show "black-ish" talks about writing for Katt Williams & Conan. Sexologist Michelle Hope talks about kitty kats and bonin'. Welcome to Freaky Frida...y. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:03:45 Good morning, Angela Yee. Hey, good morning,, 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, for you. That's right. What's it, 22 years? No. Hold on. Pretty close. 15. Okay. 15 years. Does she know about the surprise unicorn you got her? No, she doesn't know, but you just told her. Oh. Happy anniversary, baby.
Starting point is 00:03:51 You got a surprise unicorn and then lubed the horn of the unicorn. What's in your mouth, though? That's the real question. A unicorn horn. Now, on today's show, we have comedian Dion Cole.
Starting point is 00:04:03 Talk to us about Dion. Now, I know you probably don't know Dion Cole. Charlie from Black-ish. Now, I know you probably don't know Dion Cole. Charlie from Black-ish. Right. Oh, okay. Alright, Anthony Anderson's black friend at the job. Alright? Smart guy. Good, funny guy. And he's on the show Angie Tribeca also. Yes. Okay.
Starting point is 00:04:15 We also have our resident sexologist, Angela Yee's best buddy, Michelle Hope. Michelle Hope. She helps me actually with a lot of things that I have questions about. And she's made me realize certain you know know, I'm not even going to say that. I'm going to say certain diseases aren't as bad as they seem, but. What? I don't know.
Starting point is 00:04:32 It's weird. Why are y'all having a conversation about certain diseases not being as bad as they seem? Because we were just talking about certain things. And, you know, in your head, you're like, oh, my God, that person has herpes. I would never. What? Yes, you should never. But then she says, you're like, oh my God, that person has herpes. I would never. What? Yes, you should never. But then she says, you know what? The thing about
Starting point is 00:04:47 herpes is some people could have it and never ever have an outbreak in life. And she said you could have an outbreak one time and never get it again. And I didn't know that. I think that when it comes to that, you need to go seek a second opinion. I don't think Michelle knows what she's talking about when it comes to that. It is true. But we're going to talk to her in a little bit.
Starting point is 00:05:03 Alright, now, shout out to our newest family member, Boston, again, Jamie945. Good morning, Boston. What up to you guys? Now, tell them why you're mad. 800-585-1051. If you're upset,
Starting point is 00:05:14 you need to vent, you can call us right now. We'll put you live on the air and you can tell us all your problems. So, again, 800-585-1051. Tell them why you're mad. It's The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:05:23 Good morning. Hey, yo, this is Matt Rappler. Good morning, yo, for real. I'm going. Tell them why you're mad. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hey, yo, this is Matt Rappaport. Good morning, yo, for real. I'm going to tell you why I'm mad. I'm going to tell you why I'm mad, for real, man. Hey, yo, my girl keep coming home smelling like Polo Cologne. Like, that ain't for girls. Like, I know something's going on, for real.
Starting point is 00:05:36 Like, I'm heated about that. And I need y'all to tell me why y'all mad. Why you mad on The Breakfast Club, for real. This is Stephan from Jacksonville, Florida. Hey, what's up, bro? Tell them why you mad. Yo, I'm mad when people be coming to work, want to add light to the manager,
Starting point is 00:05:51 and you getting paid the same minimum wage we getting paid. You got to tell them to relax, bro. I'm going to tell them like you tell them. Just shut the F up forever. That's all, man. Sometimes you just got to tell people, shut the F up forever. Just hope you can fight if you say that, though.
Starting point is 00:06:03 I'm not worried about it. Okay. It's a second job. It's a part-time job. All right. Hello, who's this? Yo, what's good? This is Mike.
Starting point is 00:06:10 Mike, tell them why you mad. Yo, I'm at a job, man. Every time I got some ish, every day I call y'all. Y'all know I put my ish on the radio, man. Well, here you go. It's supposed to be the world's most dangerous radio. Why would we want to put ish on the radio? What you mean?
Starting point is 00:06:24 Tell them why you mad. I don't see... I don't know why it's a place for feces on the radio. Well, tell them why you mad, man. Go ahead. Hurry up. I ain't mad, man. I'm just saying. Oh, my gosh. You just wasted your tell them why you mad for nothing. Exactly. Exactly. Hey, Yee. Hey, Yee. Yes? I love you.
Starting point is 00:06:40 I love you, too. I love you, too, baby. I heard you, man. That ain't me talking, so you ain't heard me. Hello, who's this? This is Mr. Clemens calling. Hey, what's up, bro? Tell him why you mad. I'm mad because we're dropping signs and left and right.
Starting point is 00:06:54 All this stuff's happening in the world. Nobody can understand it. What do I got to write it out for you guys? Come on. You want me to elaborate? Yeah, write it out. Elaborate, go ahead. Plane crashes, you got this, you got that.
Starting point is 00:07:05 And lack of better words, you know what I mean? I don't need to elaborate? Yeah, write it out. Elaborate, go ahead. Clean crashes, you got this, you got that. And lack of better words, you know what I mean? I don't need to elaborate on that. See, just me talking about it's getting me amped up. I'm all pissed off. Yo, drop one of Clues bombs for this modern-day Nostradamus we have. You know what I'm saying? Nostradamus was actually a predicting world event. His brother here said, we got this, we got that,
Starting point is 00:07:19 and we need to look out for this shit that's coming. I'm with you, my brother. All right, my bro. One time for this new Nostradamus. One time, one time. You know how to reach me, right? Nope. I don't care how to reach you.
Starting point is 00:07:29 Hello, who's this? Amazing. This is Tad, Cincinnati. Hey, tell them why you mad. I'm mad because every morning on my way into work, I lose the station that plays y'all's show. The closer I get to this area called Blue Ash I work in, it's gone. And I'm trying to tell my coworkers to listen, and they Ash I work in, it's gone.
Starting point is 00:07:45 And I'm trying to tell my coworkers to listen, and they're like, what, this country station? Well, you know you could also listen on the app. Yeah, just turn on the iHeartRadio app, and you won't lose us at all. That's what I do once I actually get in, but it's a small delay. So by the time I want to call and tell y'all why I'm mad, y'all already on rumors. And you said it's a town called Blue Ash? Yes. So it's a bunch of dark-skinned, ashy people
Starting point is 00:08:05 there. A bunch of people so black they almost blue. And they're ashy. Well, I'm here and I'm, you know, nice and chocolate so I think I'm like... So you're ashy, just not blue ashy. Not that ashy. You have a good morning in the blue ash, mama.
Starting point is 00:08:22 Oh, yeah. Hello, who's this? Tell them why you're mad, mama. Oh, yeah. Hello, who's this? Man, this is Sonny, man. Tell him why you mad, Sonny. Birdman? No, man, I say Sonny, man. Sonny Black, man. Free Cardell, man.
Starting point is 00:08:33 Why should we free Cardell? Because it was self-defense. If somebody tell you, look, stand up, matter of fact, the issue that happened on White Man Can't Jump. Did you just bring it to White Man Can't Jump? The movie? I like movie references. Go ahead. I like movie references. Go ahead.
Starting point is 00:08:49 Somebody tell you, say, bro, wait till I come back. I got something for you. You gonna stand right there and wait till you come back? Come on. Hey, hey, hey. That man let that thing go. You can't be mad at him because he let it go? Yes, I can. Because the police use this same logic all the time. I felt threatened.
Starting point is 00:09:06 I felt like he may have had something. So I killed him. And they get off all the time. And they get off all the time. So where can I get off? All right, you're right. I ain't clogging you. No, you're right about that.
Starting point is 00:09:15 You're right. Tell them why you're mad. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent. Call us right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hey morning. The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:09:28 Hey, hey, hey, yo. Hey, yo, good morning, yo. This is the Mad Rapper, son, for real. I'm mad and I stay mad. I stay angry. I stay heated. I stay pissed off. Tell them why you mad.
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Starting point is 00:09:47 All right. Guess what? What? This year's our year. No, it's not. Oh, gosh. No, it's not. Hello, who's this?
Starting point is 00:09:53 Hello, this is Christine from Houston. Hey, Christine. Tell them why you mad. Okay, so my homegirl tried to hook me up with her boyfriend's friend. He walks in and he looks like Rick Ross. I'm like, okay, you know, who the hell is a Rick Ross fetish? Well, he come in, we get to talking, he sit down.
Starting point is 00:10:09 Why he break my couch? Breaks my couch and feel like he don't need to pay it, but he still want to ask me out. I'm like, are you serious? Like, really, dude, you need to pay for my couch? I'm really thinking about taking his ass to Judge Matthews or something. And you should have told him that Rick Ross ain't fat no more, so you don't look like Rick Ross no more.
Starting point is 00:10:26 Well, he was the old one. Something's going on, and I'm in need of my couch replaced. But then you're going to call me and tell me what I found you a couch. You want to give me a random couch. Like, are you serious? Now, what kind of couch was it? Now, maybe your couch was on his last legs already. Sound like a cheap couch.
Starting point is 00:10:38 But you know what? It was on all four legs, but your fat ass sat down, so it don't even matter. You need to replace it. Thank you, mama. Hello, who's this? I'm mad because I'm mad at you guys, Envy and Angela Lee and Charlamagne, because y'all don't never answer the phone when I call.
Starting point is 00:10:53 We just answered the phone. I know, so you can't be mad anymore. You got it. You got it. Yeah, you got it. You got it. But Harry's coming on the 29th. I really don't know how to feel about that.
Starting point is 00:11:02 Yeah. Because you still got the Caucasian man in the back of it. So what? So it's like we really didn't accomplish anything. But I guess the thought is what makes it different than not doing anything at all. But that's just to be quiet for a minute. You know, Charlamagne is the ignorant person that talks. But he tells the truth.
Starting point is 00:11:21 It's just the way he says it that jacks it up. But he tells the truth. You know, it's just the way he say it that jacks it up. You know, but he tell the truth. Oh, wow. It's his delivery. It's his delivery. Yeah, it's the delivery. That's what it is. But he keep it real, though. God working on me.
Starting point is 00:11:35 He keep it real. God working on me. Hey, amen. And I'm going to say a prayer for you, brother. Y'all have a great weekend. You too, man, mama. Hello, who's this? Yo, it's your boy Rick Williams, man, representing New Orleans
Starting point is 00:11:45 504, man. I'm mad as hell this morning. Why are you mad, bro? I'm mad about a few things that happened
Starting point is 00:11:51 over the weekend, but you know, I want to get to this. I got, man, I'm mad as hell for Chief Keith, man,
Starting point is 00:11:57 for two cities in Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, man. I look at that rider, man,
Starting point is 00:12:01 that make me scared, man. I got to get extra hotels, man. I got to get this. I got to get this, man. I got to take care of radio, man. That must make me scared, man. I got to get extra hotels, man. I got to get this. I got to get this, man.
Starting point is 00:12:06 I got to take care of radio, man. I'm a girlfriend. I have for her girls. I have for free tickets. I'm mad as hell, man. I got to pay for them, man. Well, that's your fault. That's your fault because, you know, I don't want to stop.
Starting point is 00:12:17 I don't want to stop nobody from getting their money. But you know what Chief Keef represents. He represents a lot of crime. I know, man. He's a super predator. That rider, man. That rider is crazy, man. I gotta get F security. I gotta get that, man. I gotta get this.
Starting point is 00:12:30 I gotta get these. Well, put it like this. You think about it like this. You'll make your money back, right? Oh, yeah. I'm doing good. All right. Then don't worry about that. Don't worry about that. It comes with the territory. You gotta work a little bit. You'll make your money. You'll make your money back. Somebody will get shot in the club. It'll probably be a fighter, too, but it's all right. I don't say that, Sean. I don't say that, man.
Starting point is 00:12:45 I need a good day, a good night, man. Well, let's hope he shows up. Yeah, man. You know what kind of energy you're investing in. Tell them why you mad. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent, call us now. It's The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:12:57 Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hey, yo, this is DMX. You know what makes me mad? When people ask for the truth but can't handle the truth. Now tell them why you mad on The Breakfast Club, bitches. It'll be a good night, man. Don't worry about it.
Starting point is 00:13:13 Hello, who's this? This is MC Sniper. I'm just calling to find out how do I watch you guys live, man? I don't even know how to watch you guys or anything. Where are you at? What city are you in? Revolt TV, bro. I'm at Maine right now.
Starting point is 00:13:25 Maine. Revolt TV. You got Revolt on, bro. I'm at 9 right now. Maine. Revolt TV. You got Revolt on your TV? I don't think we on in Maine yet. What kind of cable do you have? I don't even have cable. I just use internet. All right, well,
Starting point is 00:13:32 then you need to use the iHeartRadio app and you can listen live. Okay, the iHeartRadio app. Okay, gotcha. I'll call and make some comments when I get on. All right, we can't wait.
Starting point is 00:13:42 Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Johnny, man. Calling from Charlotte. Johnny, Charlotte. Tell them where you're at, bro. I get on. All right, we can't wait. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Johnny, man. Calling from Charlotte. Johnny, Charlotte. Tell them why you mad, bro. I'm sorry. Yo, I was about to slip up and cuss, but... Hold on.
Starting point is 00:13:51 You got a sexy voice this morning. Is this how you always talk? Yeah, this is my real voice. Don't gas him, man. You got a more hype and stuff. Call him with your quiet, strong voice. What you want, man? Why you mad?
Starting point is 00:14:00 All right, boo, go ahead. Nah, it's not like... You giggle too much to have a deep voice, man. We're going to be on that weak stuff, though, go ahead. Nah, it's not like... You giggle too much to have a deep voice, man. We're gonna be on that weak stuff, though, for real. You giggle too much to have a deep voice like that, man. It sounds like you woke up high with your thumb in your butt this morning. That's what it sounds like. Nah, it's not like...
Starting point is 00:14:17 I wake up listening to New York Larry in the morning. And we appreciate that. I don't have my thumb in my butt. I just be taking my S-Wig. Well, that's good to know. We don't judge where you put your thumb, bro. Nah, man. It was like, um, and one more thing, though.
Starting point is 00:14:30 Madea on the Rock was, um, down here or whatever. Oh, no, we didn't know that. That was a play. That's a play. We didn't know that. Madea on the Rock. Madea on the Rock was down here, and they did a little tribute for Prince and everything. Oh, that's nice.
Starting point is 00:14:42 So, you know, shout out to the Prince or whatever. Did he say shout out to the Prince? You should have just requested an Angel of the Year song. I want to hear it back to sleep. Oh, that's nice. You know, shout out to the print or whatever. Did he say shout out to the print? You should have just requested an Angelina Jolie song. I want to hear it back to sleep. Oh my goodness. Hello, who's this? This is Mike.
Starting point is 00:14:51 Mike, tell them where you're at. I'm selling one of my cars. So I was on my way to take some pictures by the beach on the parkway. Okay. Rolled up a nice little Marley, a little two gram. My girl called me and she starts complaining
Starting point is 00:15:04 that I'm out too early and what am I doing? I posted a Snapchat driving. You know how it gets crazy. And I went to Ash and I dropped my Marley out the window and it completely ruined everything. Why do you keep calling it a Marley? Because you're on the radio, you think you can't say blunt or joint? Yeah, I figured I couldn't say. I could say blunt or joint.
Starting point is 00:15:23 You're not helping us out, but you could say blunt. Oh, that's very nice. Thank you for helping us out. But you could say blunt. You dropped your blunt on the highway. Did you stop to go get it? I pulled over, but when I pulled over, there's no emergency lane because it's where the helicopters take pictures of you if you're speeding. Well, I don't feel sorry for you because you shouldn't be smoking and driving anyway. I don't know why people act like smoking and driving is okay.
Starting point is 00:15:42 You're still impaired, inebriated, under the influence, whatever. Yes and no. Some people disagree. Some people say they drive better on it. Yes, you are, man, regardless. You are. You're high in driving. You're not supposed to be high in driving.
Starting point is 00:15:54 As far as the law is concerned, yes. All right. Well, I'm glad you're making it to your destination without being high, sir. That was actually God taking that blunt from you, by the way. Tell them why you mad. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent. Call us right now.
Starting point is 00:16:10 It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hey, yo. This is DMX. You know what makes me mad? When people ask for the truth but can't handle the truth. Now tell them why you mad on The Breakfast Club, bitches.
Starting point is 00:16:25 Hello, who's this? Hi, I'm Alann in Atlanta. Hey, Alann, tell them why you mad. I'm mad because I've been trying to get divorced for over a year, and my husband won't move out of the house. Oh, my goodness. So, um, is the divorce taking a really long time for you two? Like, it's not happening.
Starting point is 00:16:45 He doesn't want to get divorced. Yeah. He keeps stalling it. And, um, he tells me he doesn't have enough money to move out of the house, but he's got two girlfriends. Oh my gosh. Your boyfriend got, your husband got two girlfriends. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:17:00 So why are you complicating this? Just be the third. You were the first. So just be a part of the team. Don't even listen to that. So what are they saying in the court? Well, I haven't managed to get there because his lawyer keeps stalling it and moving things back. So I haven't managed to get there.
Starting point is 00:17:16 Why don't you bring your boyfriend to come live with you? No, you can do that. No, I don't even have one. Let me ask you a question. Why do you think you deserve better? What? Maybe you're in the position God wants you to be in. Me?
Starting point is 00:17:27 Why are you giving up so easy? You're just going to let two girls take your man? Well, it's been over for a long time, but... You got fat, didn't you? Did you get fat? No. No, I didn't. No.
Starting point is 00:17:41 What's your Facebook? Why are you trying to make it seem like it's her fault that her husband's a cheater? What's your Facebook? Because I know you don't got no Instagram. Oh, stop. I do have Instagram. What's your Instagram, boo? Why?
Starting point is 00:17:51 I'm not going to tell you on the radio here. I want to know what you look like. She don't want you to know. Tell him you look good. That's all. That's all he needs to know. You look good. Allegedly.
Starting point is 00:18:00 I do look good. I do look good. I'll tell you. Yeah. I don't know. I think that you don't. I don't think you should be a quitter. I think you should listen to Lemonade album, you know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:18:07 And be as strong as Beyonce and forgive your man for any infidelities he may have done. All right. All right. I'll trust what I can do. Why do you encourage people to be quitters? Now, tell them why you're mad. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent, you can call us.
Starting point is 00:18:21 We'll put you live on the air. And when we come back, we have comedian and actor Deion Cole. Now, he's from Black-ish. And what else is he on? Charlie from Black-ish. And he's on Angie Tribeca. He's a writer for Conan. Alright, we'll kick it with him when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.
Starting point is 00:18:38 It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. That's right. You see him on Black-ish every week. My man, Deion Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. That's right. You see him on Black History every week. My man, Deon Cole. What's happening? Morning, sir.
Starting point is 00:18:48 What's going on? Charlie. Charlie. Hey, man, Chicago's having a moment between you and Lil Rel. It's like all you black Chicago Negroes on TV. Network and that. Oh, it's crazy. How'd that happen?
Starting point is 00:19:00 I don't know. I don't know. It just blew up. Y'all came up together, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Lil, no. It just blew up. Y'all came up together, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Lil Rel was, like, under me or whatever. I came up with, like, Corey Holcomb, me, a couple other comics. Yeah, we all came up together in Chicago.
Starting point is 00:19:14 But, yeah, Lil Rel was up under me. D-Ray was up under me. I raised D-Ray. And so, yeah, yeah. It's amazing how you got started doing comedy. Because a lot of people would be like, oh, you're funny. You should try stand-up. Or a lot of people think they can do stand-up. Yeah, absolutely. Like, see, the thing about Chicago comics are we more like characters.
Starting point is 00:19:32 More than just comics. You know, nowadays you can't just be funny. You know, you got to be character within yourself and have your own identity. You know what I'm saying? Not like a gimmick where you're like, I'm hilarious Henry. You know what I mean? You don't want to be like that. You know what I'm saying? Not like a gimmick where you're like, I'm Hilarious Henry. You know what I mean? You don't want to be like that. You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:19:51 You just want to be your own guy. Like, Busta Rhymes is his own guy. You know what I mean? Like, it's, you know, like that. You're a mozzie. I was growing up in Chicago, because Chicago's pretty rough. How do you avoid not getting shot, especially always telling jokes? Man, pimps.
Starting point is 00:20:08 Pimps used to be like, they used to be like, they used to give us passes. Like, if they knew that you was in arts or you studied or whatever, they'd be like, yo, yo, let him do his thing. And they'd, like, leave you alone or whatever. But my mother moved me from the city to the suburbs. And I ended up fighting more out there. Really? Yeah, because it was all white out there and I was fighting more for racial equality
Starting point is 00:20:28 more than gangbanging fights. The jokes weren't landing in the white neighborhood, huh? Nah. I wasn't even, you know, no joking stuff, man. I was like, you know, I was real, very observant, really chill. I was a super chill dude, you know what I mean? Did you start comedy on a dare for real?
Starting point is 00:20:45 Yeah, dude bet me like 50 bucks. Told me to go on stage. Were y'all in the club or y'all were hanging out? Or you just was like... No, we was watching, actually we was watching Eddie Murphy's Delirious. And my boy was like, I bet you can do that. And I was like, nah, I can't do that.
Starting point is 00:21:02 I bet you $50. I was like, alright, let's try it. $50, I $50. I was like, all right, let's try it. $50, I can do it. Yeah. Y'all went to a comedy club or something? Yeah, yeah. It was a comedy club called All Jokes Aside in Chicago. Yeah, we went down there.
Starting point is 00:21:14 How old were you? 22. You remember any of the jokes we said? Like, I mean, because you didn't have a set then. Nah, I had this joke called, it was a Sunny Delight joke, where it's like the white kid opened the refrigerator and all his friends drank all their juice, and I was like, that wouldn't be in the black neighborhood.
Starting point is 00:21:34 You had to drink out of a water hose or something like that. I don't know. It's probably funnier when you did it. Yeah. That's why it was my first joke. I don't know about that. All right, what's next? You've come a long way, Leon. All right. That was my first joke. Yeah. I don't know about that. You've come a long way.
Starting point is 00:21:49 That was my first joke. Did they boo you? Did they boo you? No, man, I did. Man, my career took, when I first started, it was crazy. I was like getting like standing ovations and people was loving me and everything I got on Def Jam like Ten months after I started I was on Def Jam but I heard you got kicked off I was about to say what make you is what break you I got kicked off cuz I only had like 14 minutes of material and I did seven on TV and then when he went on tour they asked me to do 25 and I
Starting point is 00:22:22 Was out there doing knock-knock jokes and anything. Anything to stretch the time, you know what I mean? But... I know, I was. Black man, white man, Chinese man. Walk into a bar. Yeah, yeah. So I was like,
Starting point is 00:22:40 you know, but when they kicked me off, that was the beginning of me writing, too. I was like, yeah, I gotta start writing. So, hold on, so they kicked you off of Comedy Jam the beginning of me writing, too. I was like, yeah, I got to start writing. So hold on. So they kicked you off of Comedy Jam, but then I heard you went to go perform on Conan. Yeah, yeah. So you took those seven minutes to Conan? No.
Starting point is 00:22:53 So after that, I started writing and writing and writing and writing. And then they asked me to go on Conan and do some time. And I did like four and a half minutes on Conan. And two weeks later, Conan came to me and was like, man, I want you to come start with me. Conan to do some time and I did like four and a half minutes on Conan and two two weeks later Conan came to me it was like man I want you to come start with me I'm gonna buy you out everything and I mean like we gonna take you out all your contracts and you come start here and I'm like being the only black African-American to write because they never had no black writers yeah so I'm
Starting point is 00:23:22 sitting up like okay what do you want me to write? And they was just like, just come on board. So when I went over there, you know, I almost left because I knew I didn't fit in because there was so many white writers and they all went to like Brown University. They had Emmys and all of that and didn't think I was going to fit in. And I tried to write like them
Starting point is 00:23:40 and it just wasn't popping off. So after a while, I just started thinking of situations that we did clash on and started writing like that. And then he was like, man, you should go out on stage and do it. And they was bringing me out, and they was writing me in TV Guide as, you know, next star and all this stuff. And then Jay Leno happened. What happened with Jay Leno?
Starting point is 00:24:02 After that and the Jay Leno situation happened it was like yo wait a minute like like I'm thinking like yo we about to take off and Conan was like he was gonna leave and we was like man so they banned him from TV and so I was like all right let me just go on the road again because you know I'm just like man okay but I knew that I paved the way for a lot of black comedians to have another avenue which is late night television. And then they still weren't hiring black writers. So I still was trying to keep that door open too. But then all of a sudden, Conan wanted to go on tour
Starting point is 00:24:36 and he took me on tour with him. We toured. Next thing I know, I was nominated for two Emmys. It worked. It's not like the traditional route that people go. There's never a traditional route. Everybody paths different. Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Starting point is 00:24:52 But when you're sitting in the room with all these other writers and you're like, okay, these are all white guys. They went to Brown. They went to all these schools for writing and all know each other. That's definitely not traditionally what he was looking for. Nah, nah. And he never said what he was looking for. Nah, nah. And he never said what he was looking for. He just was like, come on board.
Starting point is 00:25:09 So it got to the point where it was like we're sitting in a room and they was trying to write a joke about Andy, the co-host Andy Richter, about him going to Oktoberfest, which is a German drinking day. I didn't know what it was. And they had to explain it to me. And I remember I was like, black people don't have no drinking day. I didn't know what it was. And they had to explain it to me.
Starting point is 00:25:25 And I remember I was like, black people don't have no drinking day. We need our own drinking day. And they was like, write that up. And I went and wrote it up. And they was like, now go perform it on stage. After they seen that dynamic happen with me and Conan, where he's out of line with black culture in a sense,
Starting point is 00:25:42 it became like NBC was like, ah. What's our drinking day? Yeah, let go out there and explain. No, what is it? What is our drinking day? Oh, what is our drinking day? Oh, April 15th. Why April 15th?
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Starting point is 00:26:05 You wrote the Nick joke? No, no, for the White House. No, I ain't writing that. You told Barack a Nick joke. No, I ain't writing that. No, no. I just wrote one line. It was one line that I wrote. When he did the White House Correspondents, then I had to think about LL Cool J that he did.
Starting point is 00:26:21 That was it, but yeah, we... You can put that on the resume. Yeah, that goes on the resume. You're damn right. You're damn right I do. All right, we got more with Deon Cole when we come back. Keep it locked.
Starting point is 00:26:31 It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We have Deon Cole
Starting point is 00:26:44 in the building now. Charlamagne? I remember you said Steve Harvey told you that if you could make an audience quiet, that's just as good as laughter. That scared me. Nah, that's real, though, because it shows that you're in control. You know, you're in control, and you can handle an audience. You know, like, if I could sit there and
Starting point is 00:27:00 be like, hey, check this out. Like that, that means I can dictate where I want to go. They listening. Yeah, you know, and so it's just something that he taught me. He was like, man, that's just as good as making, like, a whole audience laugh. That's so true. I went to a comedy show at Caroline's one time,
Starting point is 00:27:18 and one of the opening acts wasn't that great, and when I tell you, everybody was just talking, eating, all you heard was food. Sports was clinking. People having conversations. That had to be the way. I felt bad. You should talk about Donnell Rollers like that.
Starting point is 00:27:31 It wasn't Donnell. Shut up. It was Donnell. Definitely not Donnell. It was an opening act. But I feel you on that because you can have people just listening, waiting to hear what you're about to say, and they're so paying. Because it is hard to get people to not talk to each other. They're having drinks and ordering.
Starting point is 00:27:45 Yeah, if you can get them to be quiet, it's just as good as making them laugh or whatever. Because they're listening. Sometimes when you're laughing, you're missing what I'm saying next. So, you know, that's just a good trait to have and learn if you're doing stand-up. Now, what was your worst show ever?
Starting point is 00:28:01 You had to have a battle. Besides the first one, what was the bomb? Ja Rule, Indianapolis. You remember that clip. Ja Rule booed you? It was a brisk night. I ain't even lying. No, I went in and opened.
Starting point is 00:28:19 I was opening for Ja Rule and I went out there and they just was like booing me and they were throwing like boring me. And they were throwing stuff at me that shouldn't have been at rap concerts, like golf balls and coat hangers, like a wooden coat hanger. I remember, so I was like, who got a wooden coat hanger here? Then they was throwing concession stand drinks, not just like pops, like cans with the concession joints.
Starting point is 00:28:45 Yeah. The lids pop off. And when they hit you, Jack, you just be sticky. You got to sit around. What the hell did you say that they got so mad? Hi?
Starting point is 00:28:57 They wanted Ja Rule. They wanted Ja Rule. They don't, they didn't care about nothing I had to say. And I was like, I ain't leaving until y'all listen to me.
Starting point is 00:29:06 Then all of a sudden I hear the promoter going, get your ass on stage. And I was like, damn. Had to leave. And, man, yeah. But I still remember that. Like, it was just that time. Have you been back there since? Just for your ego?
Starting point is 00:29:21 No. You traumatized? I want to, but I just not, I have not been back there. I just, you know, I just haven't been back there or whatever. Has life changed since the sitcom? Because when I say Deion Cole, people be like, who? And I be like, Deion, you know Charlie from Black-ish. Anthony Anderson, black friend of the job.
Starting point is 00:29:38 They like, oh yeah, he's funny as hell. Yeah, no, absolutely. Like, right now, it's a tripped out time, man. I done went from zero to 60 because I got like an audience that's kind of like different. I still like my Conan audience because I still do bits on Conan or whatever. And I have another
Starting point is 00:29:55 show that I'm on called Angie Tribeca, which is on TBS written and produced by Steve Carell and Nancy Carell and Rashida Jones. Yeah, and Rashida Jones. And we have a show on TBS and actually a new season coming up. And with that and juggling Black-ish at the same time, it was kind of difficult.
Starting point is 00:30:19 And coning, like doing coning bits like when I can or whatever. Yeah, but it's changed now. Like going from not doing anything to in a couple years, you're on three different TV shows. Are you coming back to Black-ish? I did already. Oh, okay. Yeah, like I came back and did the four.
Starting point is 00:30:37 That's what I had to do. I had to leave and go do Angie because everybody was going crazy when I left. But it was like I had to go leave. Because I had Angie Tribeca before I had Black-ish. A lot of people didn't know that, so I had to. I just went to Black-ish to write. I wasn't even supposed to be on Black-ish. The guy that was supposed to play Charlie didn't make it.
Starting point is 00:30:58 Who was it, you know? Nah. He's like, I'm not going to. He's like, I'm not going to say it. He said, no, that's such a lie this white man can't lie he said
Starting point is 00:31:08 nah did you cheat nah nah I just got hit that ain't cheating nah but yeah I went and
Starting point is 00:31:19 man and I went and played that character and it just it just took off man one of my favorite episodes is the one with Amber Rose. Did you really try her?
Starting point is 00:31:27 She was your girlfriend on the show. Or your ex. Did I try her? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Man, Amber was so fine, man. I ain't going to be lying. Like, we was messing up on purpose. Shout out to Amber.
Starting point is 00:31:39 Yeah, yeah. I just kept going, okay, no, I forgot my line. Okay, let's do it again. Do it again. She was actually good, though. Yeah, she was good. She was good. And, like, I mean, surprisingly, she played that, like, fantastic.
Starting point is 00:31:53 Like, a lot of people was like, man, how's she going to do it or whatever? And I was like, nah, y'all need to see Amber. Amber really got it in, you know. So, yeah, shout out to Amber, man. She did that thing. When you're in those situations, do you got to flush, like, all the lustful thoughts out your mind before you can do your thing?
Starting point is 00:32:08 No. It probably helps. That's the perk of it. You just have to act accordingly, but your mind can go wild. All right, keep it locked. We got more with comedian, actor Deon Cole when we come back.
Starting point is 00:32:22 It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ MD Angela Yee. Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We have Deon Cole in the interview. In the interview.
Starting point is 00:32:33 We have Deon Cole in the building. How was Barbershop? Oh, Barbershop was crazy, man. Just, I was the least famous in the whole movie. It was crazy. It was so many entourages and makeup artists and all these people on the set.
Starting point is 00:32:50 All I had was Carmex. I just would do this and go action and not go out there and do my set. But yeah, Barbershop was crazy, man. It was,
Starting point is 00:33:03 shout out to Cube and everybody. But yeah, that was, that was insane. That was worse with all those entourages because you had so many was crazy, man. It was, shout out to Cube and everybody, but yeah, that was That was the spirit. That was the worst with all those entourages, because you had so many different people, so many different artists, so many different celebrities. Yeah, but you know what? I thought it was going to be, like, really, really
Starting point is 00:33:13 crazy, like, ego-wise, but it wasn't. Everybody was, like, just chilling in their own little world. Everybody would be on their phone, or we'd talk and conversate and kick it or whatever. We even went out a couple nights And went to a party But it wasn't like I thought it was going to be
Starting point is 00:33:28 I did I was thinking like Yeah, everybody's going to have kind of egos And bugging But nah, it was I still love Is it hard being a writer? Especially being that you're on TV
Starting point is 00:33:38 And because you do stand up Like just writing for other people Is it hard to give away that good ass material sometimes? Yeah, sometimes it is Especially when you're doing, like, I'm in a very unique situation that a lot of people don't even realize to have the networks be cool with me
Starting point is 00:33:54 working on different shows. You know, that's very, very unusual because once you're on the show, you're on that show. But for me to work and do all those shows when I do get a chance to write and go out or whatever, yeah, it's hard for me to kind of, like, write like I used to, you on that show, but for me to work and do all those shows when I do get a chance to write and go out or whatever, yeah, it's hard for me to kind of like write like I used to, you know what I'm saying? And when I do give people
Starting point is 00:34:11 material, it's like, you know, like, I be feeling like, man, you better cherish that. Like, you know, or I could keep it, you know what I mean? But, yeah, it's hard. Do a lot of other stand-up comics ask you to write for them? Is that frowned upon? It is in a sense, but a lot of other stand-up comics ask you to write for them? Yeah. Is that frowned upon? It is in a sense, but a lot of them,
Starting point is 00:34:29 like, you just don't even say who it is. You know what I'm saying? Like, you don't say who their names is or whatever, and you, like, throw them a little bone or whatever every now and then or whatever. I used to write for Cat Williams, though. Really? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:34:43 I wrote for Nick Cannon. I wrote for Cat. I wouldn't admit to that. No, it was quick. It was quick. It was quick. It was real quick. And Cat never used nothing that I wrote for him. Oh, he didn't?
Starting point is 00:34:55 How did you end up writing for Cat? No, I wrote a gang stuff for him, and he was like, I'm going to do it. But he never did it. How did you end up writing for Cat? Man, this dude named D. Milliton asked me to come on and write for him, and I was like, all right, cool. I'll go over there, and I'll write some stuff for him, whatever. It was wild style, boy.
Starting point is 00:35:15 Everybody always tells me that Cat has always been this way. We just not seeing it. Cat always been. Well, what y'all seeing now, I don't know what's going on, but I know Cat, Cat good people, he a brilliant dude. You don't know if he just doing that or if he not. Like, Cat be on a whole nother level of marketing and whatever. Like, I remember one time Cat had a surprise birthday party at his house.
Starting point is 00:35:41 And everybody was like, yo, we're going to surprise him and cut the lights on. And I was sitting there like, nah, that ain't a good idea. I was like, I'm going to hide behind the grill because everybody cut the lights off. I might pull out two nines and just let everybody have it up in there. I was like, nah, I ain't doing that. No, I said I was thinking that.
Starting point is 00:36:03 I was like, what if they do that? What was crazy, like, when everybody was like, no, I said I was thinking that. I was like, what if they do that? When they surprised him. What was crazy, like, when everybody was like, it's quiet. And it was like, cut the lights on there. It was like, surprise. And he just stood there. And he looked at everybody. And then he walked right to his room.
Starting point is 00:36:17 What? Everybody was standing there with streamers and hats and balloons. He wasn't too happy. Everybody was just looking around like. He went right to his room. That's crazy. He wasn't too happy. I was looking around like he went right to his room. That's crazy. He never came back down?
Starting point is 00:36:29 He came back down about an hour later and sat in a throne and opened gifts and when he was opening the gifts he'd take the paper It's like a baby shower.
Starting point is 00:36:38 He'd throw the paper and these girls would catch it before it hit the ground. What? God damn. You sound crazy. Cat.
Starting point is 00:36:46 Yo, Cat on a whole nother level, Jack. Shout out to Cat. You wrote for Nick Cannon for your stand-ups? They wrote Gigolo. I said I wrote Gigolo. Yeah, I went. You know his stand-ups were terrible. Me and him got together and I wrote some stuff.
Starting point is 00:37:06 You would be terrible if you get caught cheating. He never used anything that I wrote. Now Nick never uses any of that stuff. Those were dope. Those were dope. Man, I be writing good stuff, man. I be like, here. If people don't use it, do you still get paid?
Starting point is 00:37:20 Yeah, yeah, you still get paid. My first writing gig, honestly, was Ricky Smiley. I wrote for him when he was doing a comic view or whatever. Yeah, you still get paid. My first writing gig, honestly, was Ricky Smiley. I wrote for him when he was doing a comic view. But yeah, you still get paid. Can you admit that? Say you wrote for Nick. You watch his stand-up special. It's whack.
Starting point is 00:37:33 And you'd be like, man, you should have used my stuff. But what if it was good? Because you'd be like, all right. Could you just give it up to him? He'd be like, OK, I get it. I would be like, man, you did it. Way to go. But Nick didn't even use it.
Starting point is 00:37:44 Nick was like this. Oh, man, that's fire. I can't wait to did it. Like, way to go. But Nick wasn't even, Nick didn't even use it. Nick was like this, oh, man, that's fire. I can't wait to use it. And then I'll watch him later on and he'll never use it. And I'll be like, man. That had me going, what am I doing wrong?
Starting point is 00:37:56 All right, we got more with Deon Cole when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.
Starting point is 00:38:05 We are The Breakfast Club. We have Dion Cole in the building. Is Delirious your favorite stand-up since that's kind of how you got into this? Man, what's so weird, though? I love Delirious, but I also love Ellen DeGeneres and George Garland, Stephen Wright. I like a lot of comics that's kind of left That's the kind of Comedian I try to be
Starting point is 00:38:29 I came up in an era where you needed A catchphrase You needed a suit with shoulder pads In it You know in them big green suits You need to come out and Alright now Come on y'all
Starting point is 00:38:43 Come on let's do it. Come on. Like, I came up in that era, but I was more like a dude that was just on some different stuff, man. You know, I used to, a lot of people know me from using my notepad on stage. I used to, like, check off jokes and read them and check them off or whatever, because I used to be so high. I can't remember.
Starting point is 00:39:03 Damn. I used to have a notepad. You still smoke that crazy or no? Nah. Uh-uh. Damn. I used to have no passion. You still smoke that crazy now? Nah, uh-uh, no. I quit. You had a bad trip? Yeah. What happened?
Starting point is 00:39:10 Man, I got super, super tore off. This comedian named Honest John brought some Cali Bud and had me in a whole nother world, Jack. And I was like, nah, I can't keep doing this. Was there like one bad thing that happened? I just couldn't, I was paying attention to my breathing. You know, you ever do that? You be like.
Starting point is 00:39:33 You having a heart attack or something? Yeah, yeah. Inhale, exhale. I was doing that and I was like, nah, I can't keep doing this. Was it just weed or was it something in it? Nah, it was just weed. It was powerful Cali weed. Yeah, it was that Cali.
Starting point is 00:39:46 Man, yeah. Smoke regular. Like I was doing that. Everybody want to smoke loud? Turn the volume down a little bit. I know, I know. But no. See, I didn't even know.
Starting point is 00:39:54 That was the first time I smoked or whatever. And I was like, you know what? I'm done. I'm good. I had a good run. Do you feel like, I know sometimes for people, smoking helps them with their process. Yeah, and they used to do that with me too. But I had to quit.
Starting point is 00:40:09 Like, I had a problem. I was spending like $2,800 a month on like weed and liquor and cigarettes and all of that. I was getting too old. The cigarettes, yeah. The liquor, moderation. Weed ain't too bad. Yeah, see, I'm the type. You have to cut it all out.
Starting point is 00:40:24 We gonna do it. We gonna do it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We gonna do it. We gonna do it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We gonna do it. And we gonna do it. Let's get it. You can't just have one drink. No.
Starting point is 00:40:32 Why we doing that? Why we even start? You did a cold turkey on your own? You went cold turkey on your own? Yeah. Yup. I went cold turkey. I was supposed to go to Chicago one day for Thanksgiving.
Starting point is 00:40:45 I was on break from Conan, and I was like, you know what? I'm going to spend these two weeks just kicking this. And I went and bought a carton of cigarettes, threw them all away, kept one, and locked myself in my place for two weeks. Damn. Just didn't do anything. So no weed, no alcohol, no cigarettes now? No.
Starting point is 00:41:02 Like, don't get me wrong. Nah, I might smoke once every six months. Something like that, you know. But it's enjoyable then, you know what I mean? But not on a constant basis. You feel like your head is clearer now? Yeah. Sometimes I feel like I'm a little lame. But at the same token, I still feel like I'm sharper, though.
Starting point is 00:41:26 Right. You know, but when I used to get high and drunk, I didn't care a lot, neither. So now I got memories I remember. You know, that's all. I got memories I remember. I remember that. I'm serious. Now you're going to be at Caroline's all weekend long.
Starting point is 00:41:42 As you finish it, as you've done. Yeah, I know, right? Yeah, Caroline's all weekend long. You finish it, you're done. Yeah, I know, man. Yeah, Caroline's all week long. Yeah, I got an hour special on Comedy Central, too, June 25th. What's the name of it? It's called Cold-Blooded Seminar. Capitol Hill, right outside Capitol Hill. So, you know, I'm just trying to stay afloat, man.
Starting point is 00:41:58 And thank y'all for having me, too. You're doing fine, bro. Get the money, have sex with all the white women you can. Enjoy your life, man. Have sex with all the white women you can. Enjoy your life, man. Have sex with all the white women. I know you have sex with a lot of white women. Between Conan and Black-ish? It's a lot of white women around.
Starting point is 00:42:15 Absolutely. It's a lot of white women around. Absolutely. We appreciate you joining us. It's Dion Cole. Thank y'all. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Starting point is 00:42:25 Charlamagne, say the gang. Don Breakfast Club. Good morning. Charlamagne say the gang donkey under the shade. Charlamagne. You are a donkey. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkey of the Day does not discriminate. I might not have the song of the day, but I got the donkey of the day. So if you ever feel I need to be a donkey, man, hit it with the heat. It's The Breakfast Club, bitches.
Starting point is 00:42:45 Who's Donkey of the day today? Yes, donkey of the day for Friday, May 13th Goes to Dr. Malachi Love-Robinson Now, I'm not gonna lie I respect this young man Okay, he's 18 years old And has been charged with posing as a doctor Yes, Dr. Malachi Love-Robinson
Starting point is 00:43:03 Posed as a medical professional and he treated patients in West Palm Beach, Florida. Now, this isn't the first time. Last year, he allegedly posed as a doctor at St. Mary's Medical Center. He was 17 years old at the time. And even though he got caught in a pregnant woman's exam, he said he was simply shadowing physicians.
Starting point is 00:43:21 How'd he even get in the room? Then several months later in October, Malachi received a cease and desist order from the Department of Health when they discovered he was working as an unlicensed massage therapist at a local rehabilitation facility. Drop one of Clue's bombs for Malachi, love, Robinson.
Starting point is 00:43:37 This kid is a borderline genius, okay? I absolutely respect his hustle. I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, well, if you respect his hustle, why are you giving him donkey today? I'll get to that. But let me keep giving you some of this story. Now, Dr. Malachi Love Robinson was arrested this past Tuesday and accused of practicing medicine without a license. OK, he was the head of his own practice. According to his Web site, he was the, CEO, and founder of his own practice.
Starting point is 00:44:05 Now, the way he got taken down was an undercover officer visited his office and Dr. Robinson gave him a physical and provided medical advice to him. Are we keeping score here? At 17 years old, he gives himself an internship and shadows physicians.
Starting point is 00:44:21 He wanted to learn how to give massages, so he poses as a massage therapist. This kid at 18 years old opens up his own practice, went and got his own office, had a website, patients coming. He had a lab coat, a stethoscope.
Starting point is 00:44:34 Only thing he didn't have was a medical license, but who cares? Drop one of Clues' bombs for his ambition. All right? So many of y'all out here pretending to be things
Starting point is 00:44:43 that don't contribute anything to the culture. This man was pretending to be a doctor. What'all out here pretending to be things that don't contribute anything to the culture. This man was pretending to be a doctor. What about you guys who pretend to be drug dealers and gangsters? Grown-ass men pretending to be Crips and Bloods at 30 plus. I have to respect young Dr. Love for at least having the right energy. He's just going in the wrong direction with it. Now, he sat down with WBTV, and they put the young man under pressure.
Starting point is 00:45:05 Let's hear it. Are you a doctor of anything at all? I do currently hold a PhD in what I don't feel comfortable disclosing, because that is not the issue here. But the teen who goes by Dr. Love does advertise an array of treatments on his medical center website, including phototherapy, food and air therapy, and naturopathy. Are you a fraud? Because it seems like everything you're saying to me
Starting point is 00:45:29 is either evasive or an outright lie. I don't appreciate your tone. I don't appreciate the way you're portraying this interview to actually be. Are you in big trouble? I mean, it seems like you've spoken to a lawyer who's prepared you for not only media, but the police as well.
Starting point is 00:45:45 I don't know where you're receiving this information from, but it is inaccurate. I'm sorry, I'm going to have to cut this interview short. I'm going to have to cut this interview short. And that's exactly what he did. Look, forget all those questions. My first question would have been, where did you get the money from to do all this? Okay, I need to know where you got that money, because there's growing-ass people out here who can't find money for bills and rent, this 18 year old kid had money to start his own
Starting point is 00:46:06 medical practice. Once again I respect this kid's hustle and I love his energy. He's just going in the wrong direction with it. My brother Malachi. All the time you spent pretending to be a doctor, using money to open up offices, all of that energy you spent trying to deceive people could have simply been used on you
Starting point is 00:46:21 actually going to medical school. Kids there are no shortcuts. There's no escaping the process. If you want to be a medical doctor, hmm I got an idea. Could it simply been used on you actually going to medical school? Kids, there are no shortcuts. There's no escaping the process. If you want to be a medical doctor, hmm, I got an idea. How about you do what all these other doctors did? Go to medical school for it. Okay, you kids want everything so fast.
Starting point is 00:46:36 Slow down. Simmer down. Don't hurry. Trust the process. The crazy thing is you're going through a process regardless. It's just the process you're choosing to do is the criminal one. So why not take the energy and transfer it through the right process, which is medical school?
Starting point is 00:46:53 Hey, Dr. Malachi Love-Robinson, I respect the energy of your hustle, but I don't respect the actual hustle because, to me, you're hustling backwards. Stop trying to figure out how to manipulate the system you want to be in and actually put yourself in the system you're trying to manipulate. If you want to be a doctor, you can actually do that by simply going to school. Give Dr. Malachi Love Robinson the biggest hee-haw, please. Did you know that he's also a reverend? We don't. I doubt it. That's probably he's pretending to be that.
Starting point is 00:47:18 No, he's a reverend also. He was ordained and everything in 2014. Who said that? I can't believe this man. He's been lying about being a doctor, so I refuse to believe anything else you tell me. Now, the bishop who's the head of the missionary chapel and seminary said that they have temporarily rescinded his credentials and church charter pending the outcome of these other charges. That's crazy. If you say that you specialize in phototherapy and air therapy. If your dumb ass goes to see a doctor
Starting point is 00:47:45 that specializes in phototherapy and air therapy, I don't even know what the hell those are. I specialize in Photoshop. Is that... No, that's not... What's phototherapy? That's not the same thing? That's when you gotta take five selfies a day
Starting point is 00:47:55 to make yourself feel better. Okay, thank you for that donkey today. Now when we come back, it's Freaky, Freaky, Freaky Friday! And we have our resident sexologist, Michelle Hope, offering up some tips in sex ed when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:48:09 Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. It's Friday, so you know what that means. It's Freaky, Freaky, Freaky Friday. We have our sexologist, our resident sexologist, Michelle Hope in the building. Good morning.
Starting point is 00:48:25 How you doing? That's why it's Freaky, Freaky, Freaky Friday. She's a sexologist. I know you're thinking, what is a sexologist, our resident sexologist, Michelle Hope in the building. Good morning. How you doing? That's why it's Freaky, Freaky, Freaky Friday. She's a sexologist. I know you're thinking, what is a sexologist? Those don't exist, but they do. They do exist. Yes. I work more in the ology.
Starting point is 00:48:34 I can do sex, but I am not a surrogate. You can do sex? Okay. Yeah, I'm not the one that's going to sit there and watch you have sex with your partner and be like, you know what? Maybe go a little faster or maybe go a little slower. I do kind of the before and after. So, like, how do you tell your partner? I really want? Maybe go a little faster or maybe go a little slower. I do kind of the before and after. How do you tell your partner?
Starting point is 00:48:47 I really want you to go a little faster. You know? You gotta say things in a positive way. I did, yeah. What was the degree? Sex. There's no degree in sex. Sex studies. There actually are some places that there's like two universities that Indiana University has a good department.
Starting point is 00:49:03 Indiana Howard University. Yeah. UPenn has a good department. Indiana Howard University. Yeah, UPenn has a good university. But the idea is I studied human development, and I also did some work with marriage family therapy, specializing in African-American family studies. I'm really fascinated at how our community looks at sex and sexuality and what are the implications to our community as a whole. When you look at rates of STIs, single motherhood, domestic violence and sexual assault, it's extremely disproportionate in comparison to other races when you look at the African-American
Starting point is 00:49:37 community and our black and brown communities, especially. So I think that there's conversations we need to start having to improve, you know, how we are all living as a people. You know, we oftentimes hear people talking about manhood and how do we, you know, teach our young boys to be more responsible. Well, how do you do that when you have 1.1 million fathers in the prison system? Right. How do you teach a man to be a man if they're only men he's seeing and only images of men he's seeing on television are aggressive, are angry. Well, men like to have sex
Starting point is 00:50:12 with other men too, though. And that's, I like that too. I mean, I'm open and I think that, but are we showing images of us doing positive things when it comes to sexuality? Yeah. I am not always the biggest fan of some of the things I see women doing, but I definitely want to shout out Amber Rose for the slut walk.
Starting point is 00:50:32 Okay. Kind of pushing against the idea of slut shaming, because we have to stop that, because that's what perpetuates rape culture. Yeah, I think it's always so taboo, and people are so shocked when women talk about sex. And I feel like that's been an issue. That's why we had you on the lip service podcast.
Starting point is 00:50:48 But that was the whole point of doing that is to give those conversations. Because where do you learn about different things? And where do you learn that what you're doing is not disgusting or shouldn't be talked about? Well, that's one of the reasons people like the Amber Roses of the world. Because they're not afraid to talk about sex. And, you know, we always have a theory that is quote unquote good girls are jealous of Amber Rose because Amber
Starting point is 00:51:10 is free with her sexuality and they would like to be. But I think that the conversation should be shouldn't we all be free and doesn't sex and sexuality and what sex looks like come in a lot of different forms. Yes it does come. So yes it does no pun intended but I think that you know with Amber Rose being so free she also gets a lot of different forms. Yes, it does come. So, yes, it does. No pun intended. But I think that, you know,
Starting point is 00:51:26 with Amber Rose being so free, she also gets a lot of backlash, right? And then for women who feel like they're stifled in their sexuality, they might not get as much sex. But it seems like kids are having and indulging in sex a little too early now because they see it more.
Starting point is 00:51:41 I remember as a kid, you didn't see that much sex. It wasn't on television. There wasn't too many strip clubs. You could have just go online and look at porn free. Exactly. You're talking about Pied, right? Porn-induced erectile dysfunction.
Starting point is 00:51:53 Oh, yes. It's a real thing. I read it in Time Magazine last month. You see that more. And kids are starting to have sex a lot younger now, which is very scary. Well, I think that what we have to focus on is thinking about how are we educating these kids to sex? So if it's out there already, right?
Starting point is 00:52:11 Why aren't we doing federally mandated sex ed K through 12 age appropriate? Right. Like, hey, yes. Okay. But in K, we're not talking about sex. We're talking about who are the trusted adults in your life. If something happens and you need to have a conversation. We can avoid a lot of child molestation, a lot of child trafficking, if we could start having conversations
Starting point is 00:52:28 around values when it comes to healthy relationships. True. All right, shout out to Michelle Hope for joining us. We have more when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.
Starting point is 00:52:38 It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We have our resident sexologist, Michelle Hope, in the building. She'll help you out with all your problems and needs. I'm always a big proponent of, number one, knowing your status, and number two, communicating, right?
Starting point is 00:52:53 So just as much as I would say, you know, I really like it when you pull my hair, or I want to be able to say, when's the last time you were tested? Right. Let's talk about that. That's interesting. My homegirl hit me the other day, and she said that she doesn't want her future baby daddy to have sickle cell or lupus. And she was asking me,
Starting point is 00:53:11 is that wrong to ask a man that when you're in a relationship? Like, when you first start dating a man, like, do you have sickle cell genes or lupus genes or something like that? No, I don't think at our age. I mean, maybe, like... She's young, too. She's, like, 22, 23.
Starting point is 00:53:22 Oh, well, I mean, is she looking to have a baby right away? I don't know. So I think that those kinds of questions aren't off the table. I'm a firm believer that you should ask, like, you ever had an STD? I think if you're sleeping with somebody, you should be able to ask them anything you want to ask them. That's what, hey, if you're about to
Starting point is 00:53:37 put their fingers, mouth, and penis in places, you know... Why am I scared to ask a question? Do you have sickle cells in your family? Right. And if you're trying to make a baby, you're laying down with somebody, you know. Why am I scared to ask a question? Why do you have sickle cells in your family? Right. And if you're trying to make a baby, you're laying down with somebody, you're not using protection,
Starting point is 00:53:49 you should really be able to ask, right? Like, you want to be able to ask, like, hmm, when's the last time you were tested? And if you really want to do Netflix and chill, just pop right on over to your local drugstore, pick you up an OraQuick test, and be like, bam, we can do this right here. You can get OraQuick, HIV tests, rapid tests.
Starting point is 00:54:09 I'm going to tell you why that's not a good idea. It's not a good idea because if I haven't been tested in a while, last thing I want to do is take an OraQuick test when I'm about to watch season two of Unbreakable with Kimmy Smith and I'm positive right there on the couch. Like, that's not good. You're absolutely right. But maybe not for you, but for the woman who's about to have sex with you, that's
Starting point is 00:54:27 absolutely positively good. Well, it's good for you too because now you can get the help you need. Don't you want to know? Yeah, but I don't want her to know. So you don't have to do it. You can go in the bathroom. I'm going to take an oral quick test right before we're about to watch Dead Devil. It's positive and she's just going to be like, oh, cool.
Starting point is 00:54:44 She's going to tweet about it immediately. Snapchat. You have to do it right there in front of her, but at some point, you can agree to do something. When you leave that night, she'll know. I think that for me, the idea is maybe not on a Netflix date, but that you can have access to finding out.
Starting point is 00:55:00 It's right there. It's $39. Also, there are a ton of clinics that you can go and get a free HIV test. You know, as African Americans, we make up approximately 16% of the population, but we make up over 50% of the HIV positive population in the United States. Yeah, I read some crazy stuff this morning from my hometown of Charlottesville, Carolina. It's like disgusting.
Starting point is 00:55:20 Yeah, and it's interesting because places like South Carolina, where they don't mandate sex education, are also places that have higher rates of STIs. Wow. Now, if you are HIV positive, how do you tell somebody? Does that mean that you shouldn't be even trying to go out and have sex? No, because we have things like PrEP. We have things like
Starting point is 00:55:38 PEP. If you're on your meds, you're taking your antiretrovirals. Like Charlie Sheen said, it was undetectable. Yeah, just like Magic Johnson. That's what I would do. I'd show up in a Magic Johnson jersey and put on two and a half men, Like Charlie Sheen said, it was undetectable. Yeah, just like Magic Johnson. That's what I would do. I'd show up in a Magic Johnson jersey and put on two and a half men when Charlie Sheen used to be on.
Starting point is 00:55:50 She'll get the hint. Right, like, hmm. Just keep coughing. But no, I don't want people to get the idea. That is a misconception and a myth. And those are the myths we're really trying to squash.
Starting point is 00:56:00 The idea is that, you know, if you're undetectable, that means you're undetectable. And that also means that you have a lower likelihood of passing the virus on to another person. Your viral loads are so low that it's not showing up in a test. Right. So keeping yourself healthy is fine. And this is something you can live with.
Starting point is 00:56:20 It's a manageable disease like a lupus. Yeah. Right. It's very manageable. Lupus is a manageable disease. like a lupus. Yeah. Right? It's very manageable. Lupus is a manageable disease. HIV now is a very manageable disease. If you know your status, you get
Starting point is 00:56:31 tested, and then you're using condoms with your partner, it's very manageable. And if you have a partner that is HIV positive, I would advise you to go to the doctor and get on the prep. You know, I had people one day saying that I was HIV age shaming because I think we asked the question,
Starting point is 00:56:47 would you have, because after Charlie Sheen, would you have sex with somebody if they told you that they were HIV positive? And I was like, no, I wouldn't. I mean, it's up to every individual person what they want to do. But if you're using a condom, right?
Starting point is 00:57:03 And you are, and that individual is on their antiretrovirals, you have a very low likelihood of contracting HIV. Is it impossible? No, it's not impossible. But the likelihood is low. So is it like Powerball numbers? Like if I play the lottery?
Starting point is 00:57:19 It's low. I could say comfortably it's probably lower than 10% if you're using condoms, also dealing with somebody who's on their meds. Alright, well we have more with Michelle Hope when we come back. The sexologist. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:57:39 EJ, Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We have our resident sexologist Michelle, in the building. Now, what about trying to talk a guy into something? There's a lot of guys that are really funny about their anal area. I'm talking to Michelle here. But they don't understand how much pleasure it could potentially give them. Now, I know women who say they do this to every guy they're with.
Starting point is 00:58:02 Guys love it. And they do it to disrespect them. I hear your friends talking. They act like they're doing it to give us pleasure every guy they're with. These guys love it. And they do it to disrespect them. I hear your friends talking. They act like they're doing it to give us pleasure, but they're disrespecting us. You're looking disrespected right now. Angry. You have been with a couple of your friends
Starting point is 00:58:15 this is it. But I think that, you know, first and foremost, the back door is not for everybody. Second of all, second of all, don't knock it till you try it. Right. Right? And number three, it does not make you a gay person or a gay man if you like a little bit of anal play.
Starting point is 00:58:34 It makes you a freak. Like, you have the prostate gland, which can be accessed through the rectum. And there are so many nerve endings on that prostate. And they're never stimulated. They're prostate, and they're never stimulated. They're never touched. They're never stimulated. Nothing. So the idea is, like, when you touch a part of somebody's body
Starting point is 00:58:51 that's got some feeling that doesn't normally get touched, too. Right? But have a clean butt, though. Please. Like, please have a clean butt. Wipe your ass. I don't mind a tongue, but a whole finger, that's a bit much for me. I mean, you work your way up.
Starting point is 00:59:04 Right. If you like a tongue, you'll like a finger. Just a little bit. Now, what about squirting? What about it? Squirting is like a trophy. Okay, what you're seeing on porn is probably urine. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:59:14 Because when it's shooting across the room. That doesn't really happen? But the splash, like a... I got the splash, but I've never seen... I've been going for the shoot across the room. That can't happen. That's not a shooter. That's regular in my life.
Starting point is 00:59:26 The shoot across the room? Never mind. My wife wouldn't want me talking about it. Did your wife want us to know this? Right. I was like, this is getting real. I can't get the shoot across the room. I get the splash.
Starting point is 00:59:33 I get a little. But I want the... But yeah, my vision or thought with that and what I've seen in porn, and this is another reason why I think our society sexually is just askew. We've been watching too many porns. And it's so easy to access that people really start to believe that the sex we're seeing in porn is the sex that we're having. And it's not. You ain't lying.
Starting point is 00:59:56 I hurt my back this weekend watching a porn. I was watching this porn called Black Families, right? Black Families. I can't. It was a black father. He had a black wife, two daughters. It was one white dude. It started off with one white dude having sex with one of the daughters.
Starting point is 01:00:09 And he was trying to sneak out the house. So as he's trying to escape the house, he ends up bumping into the mom, having sex with the mom. You really had this story? I know people just watch the sex part. You watch the whole part. I'll just fast forward then. I'm watching it. So my grown ass, well over the age of 30, tried that.
Starting point is 01:00:26 Man, please. You tried to stay hard? My back was hurting so bad. Like literally, like literally the next day I was walking up the steps. I'm like, oh, what the hell happened?
Starting point is 01:00:35 It was all that good loving. Yeah, black family pool. Right. Black family. Yeah, I mean, you have to understand the average sex, it only lasts
Starting point is 01:00:43 three to five minutes. What? That's really, yeah. The studies show it's lasts three to five minutes. What? That's really, yeah. The studies show it's like three to five minutes. Three to five minutes. So if I get six minutes, I'm above average. But see, the problem, though, is we don't do enough foreplay. Yeah, that's a problem.
Starting point is 01:00:53 Because we don't take the time to talk about what we like. Right. So we don't know, like, maybe somebody into a little popping. Like, what happened to the days where somebody, like, took pride in getting to second base? Mm-hmm. Second base was the finger. Wait, what? No, it wasn't your boobs, right?
Starting point is 01:01:07 Oh, you're right. Your kiss. You like totally. When did people stop loving mammaries? And I always say that people don't do that anymore. They don't. And I always say that. And that's too bad.
Starting point is 01:01:17 Because they don't like it no more. No, we do like it. One, and two, you have to understand for a man, it takes a man like two or three minutes to be ready and hit that plateau phase of the sexual response cycle. It takes a woman like 10 to 15 minutes. So what's the right way to rub? Because I tend to do it like a DJ.
Starting point is 01:01:32 You know, DJ. What's the right way? There is no right way. Just rub it. You're going to be so mad. That's not how you DJ. I think. Is that how I DJ?
Starting point is 01:01:40 But yeah, I think that the way to rub is the way to, you have to understand. So it has a hood. By the way, she flipped her dress a little bit when she did that. I ain't gonna lie. For a reason. Because I'm thinking about, so it has a hood for a reason. The reason is because in the clitoris, there's like 5,000 nerve endings. So the hood is there to protect kind of like an uncircumcised penis.
Starting point is 01:02:02 Like, did you know uncircumcised penises are more sensitive than circumcised penises? I didn't know that. I heard you say that. You got a little extra skin on yours. I had a little skin bridge. It's no longer there, though. I got a cut in my 17. Oh, what'd that feel like?
Starting point is 01:02:15 I don't know. I miss it, though. Yeah. I've been thinking about it lately. I don't know why. You know, you could regrow it. Really? Yeah, you could regrow it.
Starting point is 01:02:22 Plant some seeds? Yeah, so the idea is that it keeps it from being overexposed or overstimulated because then it can become painful. There are some contraptions in some devices. It's just skin stretching. So you would stretch the skin. You could do that to your whole penis maybe. No, but I was fully circumcised. I just had like a bridge
Starting point is 01:02:38 from like real small. Oh, yes. So you have a little leftover. So the hood is there. So if you kind of pull the hood back to expose, but you definitely would want to have a little moisture on your finger. Lube it up. Uber Lube is a great lube. A little goes a long way.
Starting point is 01:02:54 Uber delivers a lube. No, it's a German lube. It's like medical grade silicone lube. You can remove eye makeup with it. Sometimes I use it for flyaways in my hair. You got to come up here more often. On all my social media at mhsexpert, www.mhsexpert.com. All right, shout out to Michelle Hope for joining us.
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