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Episode Date: September 29, 2025Today on The Breakfast Club, DeVon Franklin, Serayah, and Tyler Lepley talk about preserving biblical stories in their new film Ruth & Boaz. Michael Blackson also joins us to discuss open relation...ships, respecting his women, and why he thinks America is 'f*cked.' Plus, Charlamagne Tha God gives Donkey of the Day to a dentist defending a joke about refusing care to patients who don’t support Trump. Listen for more!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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What's up, guys? How was your weekend? How was your weekend, Jess?
It was good. Indianapolis is definitely dope. Definitely is dope as hell. We, me, D.
D. Ray, Earthquake.
Tony Roberts also was funny as hell.
We had a show.
And then Amber, damn, I forgot the comedian's last name,
but she's from Indianapolis.
She's funny as hell as well.
We all had a show.
It was dope. It was real dope.
Routique came through.
It was a lot going on in Inde this weekend.
So Naptown was making a lot of money this weekend.
But it was really dope.
Shout out to the promoter, DJ Gino.
This is the 40th anniversary.
Oh, dope.
This is something that he does every year.
The first show started at 730.
Second show started at 11.
I was sleepy as hell
Yes, all the comedians were
But especially earthquake, the type would go out there and say it
So you're like, I don't know how you're up
Like, I'm sleepy, it's all right now
But it was still fun
It was everybody came out
And it was a nice time
It wasn't Amber Ruffin, was it?
Amber, no, I don't think her last name was Ruffin
Amber something, I'm not sure, but she's really, really funny
That was your first time in that town?
No, that was my first time in five years
But it's my second time
Yes, I did Morty's Comedy Club last time
But this was at the Closed Memorial Theater
It was dope. Nice venue. It was cool.
Salute to nap time. Yeah, absolutely.
What up, Charlotte. How was your weekend, man?
My weekend was fantastic, because I did my favorite thing that I do, which is absolutely nothing.
The only thing I want to tell y'all is that the NFL has to do something about these Sunday night games that started 8.30.
Okay. Because when these games come on TV at 830, between the commercials and everything else, they're there to, we're there to like 12.30.
Okay.
Well, I fell asleep about 930, 10 o'clock. I have knocked out.
I was in basically.
in bed all day yesterday. I'm between the couch and the bed.
So I'm watching the game in the bed. And I'm just
sitting there like, told my wife, I said, this game's
going in the overtime. Because our defense, the Cowboys'
defense can't stop a goddamn thing.
Okay? And yes, that's exactly what happened.
I almost started to come in today.
But then I was like, you know what? It's not a good enough reason
to do the show from home just because the game
was on late. So I was like, you know, let me be responsible
and wake up and come to work.
But the Cowboys have that kind of effect on you. It's a very
emotionally draining thing. And then
the game stays on so late? No.
But you guys tied. You guys didn't even win.
Who ties anymore?
People tie all the time.
There's probably a tie every year,
more than at least every year
for the past decade that I can remember.
It's been at least one tie in the league.
Jesus.
My Ravens sucked last night, too.
I'm so pissed off.
We haven't ever win this bad.
What?
Yeah, my Giants won.
Oh, great.
I ain't pay attention to your boys, but okay.
Nobody does right now, but it's okay.
Well, congratulations.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
That's not normal, so it's great.
Hey, watch your mouth.
All right.
Let's get the show cracking.
Michael Blackson will be joining us this week today.
I was going to say this weekend.
Today he's going to be at the New York Comedy Festival,
November 7th through the 16th at the Beacon Theater.
So we're going to be chopping it up with Michael Blackson.
And then the cast of Ruth and Boaz will be joining us.
Devon Franklin, Saraya, and Tyler Lepley.
Really dope movie.
I watched it over the weekend.
It's actually really good.
I didn't get a chance to check it out.
I'm going to see it this week.
It's top 10 and Netflix.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
Okay.
It's number one, actually.
Oh, okay.
I know it was in top 10.
Yeah, it is really good.
So we'll kick it with the cast, all right?
All right, when we come back, we got front page news.
A lot to break down.
A lot went on during the last couple of days.
So Mimi will break that down.
So don't go anywhere as to Breakfast Club.
Good morning.
Morning, everybody.
It's DJ NV.
Jess Hilary.
Shalameen, the Guy.
We are the Breakfast Club.
Let's get in some front page news.
Start off with sports.
The Giants beat the Chargers, 2118.
Eagles beat the Bucanaires, 3125, Bills beat the Saints.
Jaguars beat the 49ers.
The Bears beat the Raiders.
The Cowboys and Packers, Tied.
Chiefs beat the Ravens.
37, 20 Rams beat the Colts, 2720.
The Lions beat the Browns, 34, 10.
Patriots beat the Panthers,
Texans beat the Titans, and the Falcons beat the commanders.
All right, tonight, and Monday night football.
The Jets take on the Dolphins at 715,
and the Bengals play the Broncos at 815.
Look at Mimi Brown, looking like she's about the headline the forum tonight.
Don't she go ahead, she got the show?
Absolutely.
Go ahead, Mimi.
What's up, Mimi?
Good morning, good morning.
All right, y'all.
So there's a lot to get through today.
MV are right.
So much happening over the weekend.
And sadly, we start this morning with news of another mass shooting.
This one at a church in Michigan.
Police say at least four people were killed and eight others hurt after a gunman drove his truck
into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blank Township.
That's just right outside of Flint, Michigan.
Yes.
Authorities say the gunmen opened fire on hundreds gathered for Sunday service, then poured gasoline
inside and started a fire.
And that chapel is now a total loss.
And investigators believe there are still more victims inside that burned out building.
Now, police have identified the suspect as 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, a Marine vet.
He was shot and killed by officers just minutes after the attack.
The ATF says explosive devices were also found at the scene.
Witnesses describing chaos, but also bravery as church members were shielding children and others were trying to rescue the elderly.
Let's listen.
So we were driving away.
We were trying to gather as many people as we could.
There was a couple of elderly ladies that we were trying to get into safety,
so we got them into our car.
I saw the active shooter come out of the building,
and at that point I just started trying to drive away.
He pointed his gun at our car and fired three shots.
Two of them went through a windshield and just missed me,
and luckily everybody else.
I think this is just glass shrapnel that got me,
and then we got out, and then that's,
Now we're just trying to kind of find out why and how and what happened.
You know, when I was young, my daddy used to say jokingly that some people so crazy that they will shoot in church.
And now in my big age of 47, that seems like it's the norm.
People are always letting off in the church.
This is crazy.
Sorry, sad.
It's crazy.
Very, very, very sad.
So the FBI is calling an act of targeted violence.
There's still no motive.
They're still trying to investigate why this happened.
And this comes less than 24 hours after news of another mass shooting, also by a Marine.
vet who opened fire at a bar in North Carolina, killing three and injuring eight more.
So two mass shootings over the weekend.
Ms. was cold and calculated, but man, you know, you said he was a veteran, right?
Yeah.
I'm telling you, they don't be giving these veterans the psychological help they need when they
come home from these deployments a lot of times.
Yeah, not only that, but it's going to get to a point where all synagogues, all churches,
all schools are going to need a security guard, like an armed security at the door to make sure
that you're going to have metal detects
that go in churches as well,
but you're going to need some type of security
in all these places to make sure that you're safe
when you're praying and you're worshiping
and you're going to school, which is crazy.
Although they don't have, you know,
the help that they need is like,
why I do that to a church?
Why I go and do that?
I mean, you have sense enough to know,
like what you're doing, you know?
So, I don't know.
I just, I think it's sad on both ends.
Yeah, but it's definitely a lack of mental health services
for these veterans.
Because if it's not this,
it's high suicide rates amongst veterans.
Like, I really don't think they take care of these veterans psychologically when they come home.
Like, where did they go?
Very sad.
There's nowhere to go.
All right.
And from Michigan to Oregon, where protests are once again in the spotlight on Sunday,
President Trump ordering 200 members of the Oregon National Guardants of Federal Service for a 60-day deployment,
saying Portland was, quote, war ravaged and that federal facilities were, quote, under siege.
Now, by Sunday afternoon, protesters feel the streets of Portland's ice building near Portland.
ice building. The demonstrations were noisy, noisy, but mostly peaceful.
Federal agents with long guns were seen on the rooftops, while Oregon's governor and state
leaders quickly filed a lawsuit to block that deployment, calling it unlawful and insisting
that Portland is not a war zone. And there's a similar situation playing out this morning
in Memphis. Starting today, federal agents and National Guard units are being deployed there
as part of the administration's broader crime crackdown. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee says
13 federal agencies will be involved, including the FBI, the DEA, the ATF, along with 300 state
troopers.
Now, the guard will only serve in roles.
They will not have guns unless the police requested.
Governor Lee called it a generational opportunity, while Memphis mayor Paul Young, he
acknowledged that residents are concerned on both sides.
Lauren was actually in Memphis over the weekend, and she spoke to the mayor about how
the city is preparing.
Let's listen to them.
Well, we are preparing.
And, you know, I've been trying to articulate to people that we're different than Chicago and L.A.
Because our governor has said yes and the president said yes.
So as mayor, I don't have a say in whether they come or not.
So what we're doing now is working to align how they come, where they're going to want to show up, what their assignments are going to be.
So we're putting together the whole strategy of how we engage.
And we've been having positive dialogues with the national law, our major,
and all of those folks.
You know, my goal is to try to keep them focused on violent crime,
not petty crimes and things of that nature.
Who's deciding that these people need the military, Mimi?
Like, what's going on in Portland and Memphis that they need the military?
Even when I was seeing people at the CBC last week in D.C.,
they was showing, you know, videos of like the military
just sitting in front of downtown restaurants in D.C.
Doing nothing.
Yeah, doing nothing.
And in Portland, there's video of them riding their bike and jump rope in and just,
literally sitting on the grass reading
a book. Meanwhile, Trump is sending the National
Guard. So, you know,
there's, I think
everybody, even the mayors of the
cities are really trying to understand what is behind
this. And this is
specifically in Memphis, if you want more
information, they have launched a website that has a
question and answer section
that I really think will
help you if you're in Memphis or you have a love
one in Memphis. And really quick, that website
is Memphis t.
n. forward slash
safe and clean. So again, Memphis
tn.gov
forward slash safe and clean.
And if you want to hear the full interview, it will be
on Lawrence podcast today. You can check that
out with Mayor Paul Young.
Some interesting stuff there.
So coming up at 7, though, the world's busy
airport just left $37 million
on the table and we'll tell you
why and what's behind that decision.
All right. And everybody else, get it off your chest.
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Hello, who's this?
Hi, my name's Bobby.
Hey, Bobby.
Hey, Bobby.
Hi, I've called him.
I want to say, first I want to say hi to Dad.
I love you, Jeff.
Good morning.
I love you, too.
I want to say hi to Lauren.
Is Lauren there?
She's in the back.
Oh, okay.
And hi, DJ Envy, and hi, Charlemagne.
I love you all.
Good morning.
You appreciate it.
Just not every day.
But I did want to say, DJ Envy, you hung up on me a couple of times.
That tracks.
That sounds exactly right.
Yeah.
Yes.
And Char Domaine, I would call it because I had been wanting to get sort of to say something to you
about your visit
on Laura Trump's show
and how on there, you know,
she told you that the view had
like all these less-leaning guests
and they didn't have any right-leaning guests.
Yep.
And then he came back the next day on the breakfast club
and repeated that and how wrong that was and stuff.
And I just want to say like that that was a total why
and I can't believe that you listen to Laura Trump on that
and I mean I was just about to Google
like bright leaning guests on the view
because I can only remember one off of the top of my head
but I'm sure there were more
and I know that Chris Christie was on there
and I do know that they have had
bright leaning guests on there
and I believe that they have invited
other to refuse to come on their show
so I don't think that's all their fault.
Well she was talking about the first
seven months of
2025 and I mean based off all of
the research and you know studies
I've seen yes the view in the first
seven months of 2025 had a hundred and
two left-leaning guests and zero
conservatives and that was according to the media
research center oh okay
yeah not in the I don't know I don't know not in the
history of the view but in the first seven months
of 2025 oh
I thought it was just talking about
like since Trump or
no no no
she was talking about the first seven months
of 2025 they had a hundred and two left-leaning guests with zero conservatives and that's
according to the media research center and yes i do think that's ridiculous you know what i mean i
but how but was that because they didn't invite any of them i don't know that's a great question
i really don't know yeah i did um also want to mention one more thing what's up bobby you said who
hear me yeah i wanted to mention one more thing before i go um
I'm from Pittsburgh.
Okay.
And there's a local group out here, but they're on YouTube and everywhere.
They are called One Hood Media, and they do a lot of stuff, but one thing that they do that I enjoy a lot.
It's called This Week in White Supremacy.
Damn.
And they write down a lot of stuff that the Trump administration,
is doing and how it's going to affect people and they call themselves the truth
tellers and I really love it if you guys would check them out okay and if there's anything
that you guys can do to like yeah I don't know just check them out and see what you think
we will do that you said you said one hood media oh I'm looking at it right now yes
One Hood Media Academy.
I'm looking at their website.
Onehood.org.
All right.
Yes.
Get it off your chest.
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If you need to vent, hit us up now,
it's the breakfast club.
She didn't hang up,
and we hung up on her.
I definitely don't know.
And she called and complained
that you hung up on him before.
I did.
You definitely hung up on him.
I watched you.
I'm sitting right here.
He said he watched me.
I'm sitting right here.
I saw you.
I watch your little beige hand.
I watch your little beige hand sneak right over there
and drop the call.
Sometimes you get red a little wink and he dropped the car.
Either way, y'all Latinos are in cahoots.
Okay.
Hello, who's this?
What's going on?
This is Jimmy from the BX.
Jimmy from the Bronx.
Get it off your chest, Jimmy.
Yes.
I want to get off my check.
I want to get it.
I know it's early,
but I'm looking at the dark-headed day
that Eric Adder's the New York City mayor.
Mr. Flipfop will be going on podcast
and say he's going to be doing things
and he does the opposite.
Eric is something else,
and he literally went on flagrant.
What did he say when he went on flagrant?
That he wasn't, he promised he was going to run as a Democrat.
Yep.
And then like a date.
And now he's running as a pendant.
Like, you know what's a sad part about it?
I voted for this man.
He came on Breakfast Club Thursday and said he is not dropping out of the race.
He was not dropping out of the Saturday.
You see the breaking news.
I was like, oh.
He's up out of here.
Yeah, he's up out of it.
He folded like a cheap suit.
Damn.
A chief suit?
A cheap suit.
Yeah, he pulled it up, baby, you know.
Oh, okay, got you, got you.
All right.
Well, thank you, Jimmy.
All right, gentlemen.
Have a good day.
Be blessed.
All right, man.
Ask a question.
Why do people say that?
Like, expensive suits can't fold or something?
Like, what is that mean?
What people say that?
I don't know.
Hello, who's this?
Yeah, because they fold cheap.
Hey, you hang.
Hey, this is Vern.
What's up, Burry?
Get off your chest.
Hey, um, I spoke with you guys last week, man.
Hey, good to hear from you all this morning, man.
P.
Chalabay, it's Charlemagne, Mala Rosa, and J.
What up, Byr.
Hey, so last week you invited me out to the mental health awareness.
Mental Well, we'll be there.
Yes.
October 11th.
Yes, sir.
I will be there.
And with my friends and all.
man, you know, for no the new youth.
Hey, it's a free event.
So Saturday, October 11th, we'll be at the Joel and Diane Blume Wellness In Inevent Center
in Newark, New Jersey from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
It's free and open to all ages. So, you know, you can go to Mental Wealthexpo.com and
register you and all your friends.
See you there, Vern.
All right, get hurt.
All right.
All right, brother.
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Now we got the latest with Lauren coming up. What are we talking about?
We are talking Super Bowl because we now know who headlined the 2026 halftime show
at the Super Bowl, we're going to get into the
conversation. Oh, you ain't going to be able to tell Puerto Ricans
nothing. You giving it away.
We'll get into it next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.
The Breakfast Club.
Hey, man, you ever had Shishimi?
Shishimi. Yeah, you ever had Shishimi?
Shishimi. You ever had that?
Shashimi, not Shishimi. What's it called?
Shashimi? Yes. You ever had that?
Yes. The raw fish? Yes, absolutely.
Man. I had that for the first time Friday.
For the first time ever, man. I want to salute the rest of
called Twin Tales in New York City.
Salute to my good sister, DJ Cuppie.
We went to dinner Friday night and Shashimi.
Shashimi.
Shashimi.
I never had it before.
Yeah, amazing.
Yeah, very good.
Raw fish.
Yes.
You don't eat sushi?
I do eat sushi, but I ain't ever seen a raw fish.
Like, it comes, it's like they bring the actual fish with the head.
It's a little different.
Yeah.
It's not like sushi.
No, but it's raw like sushi.
I don't want to talk to you.
I don't know.
There's some reason I decided nasty when you said it.
I don't know.
That's my goodness.
I'm the latest with all.
Let's get to the latest.
I don't know like how you say that.
Lauren becoming a straight fact.
Tell us, man.
She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.
She gets to detail.
I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything.
She'd be having the latest on this.
The latest with Lauren La Rosa.
Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details,
sometimes you have a little bit of everything.
Well, it's the latest.
On the breakfast club.
Talk to me.
So the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show performer has been announced.
Drum roll, please.
it's bad bunny
bad bunny
bad bunny
yes bad bunny will be
headlining the
Super Bowl halftime show
in February 8th
2026 which will be airing on NBC
it'll go down in a Santa Clara
California
he's gonna kill it
this is dope especially being that he said he wouldn't do
no shows in America
because he didn't want ice to target
his concerts
yes and I'm actually
like really really
looking forward to the performance because when I was
in Puerto Rico, his residency was
happening there. Everybody there was
talking about how amazing his stage performance
because I didn't get a chance to go see it. It was
so sold out and what they had available, the tickets was
like $1,500 and upward
price-wise because it ran up because so many people were
excited to see it. Pay soles or dollars?
American dollars, but I don't know how
that converts. Yes.
Now, Red, I'm going to need some help. We put together a little
playlist. Why? Ask me. Because you're
Dominican and Red is Puerto Rican. You like fake
whatever it is. Yeah. Now,
We put together like a little playlist of like what the songs could potentially be
because Bad Bunny got a lot of hits that he could run down.
So we put together a little mix.
Who is we?
Me, Red, Vicky.
It wasn't me.
I'm not Spanish.
Red is Puerto Rican.
Is she?
Is she?
Is she?
Puerto Rican.
Dominican.
Okay.
Well, I trust them.
I don't know about envy.
I am black.
I have no idea.
To be getting awards and I don't even understand why you're there.
So let's take a listen to some of Bad Bunny's songs.
Red.
You got to cue them in because I can't even pronounce it.
All right.
Here's my way.
It'll be a good show.
That's fair.
Yes, it's a good show.
Well, rumored before the Bad Bunny announcement to do the Super Bowl halftime show
were Taylor Swift and Adele.
Oh, thank God we ain't getting either one of those.
Drop one of the clues bombs for God not giving us any of that casserole.
We're getting them a fun bowl.
I don't want none of those casseroles.
You hear me?
Although I love Adele.
I don't see a Super Bowl at a time.
Yeah.
Taylor Swift would have killed it, though.
Teller what Taylor would kill me.
I like Adele, too.
I want for Taylor Swift doing it.
I want to set by it in no rain during no Super Bowl halftime before.
And the Taylor Swift rumor, Roger Goodell
was actually on, and he was talking about
Taylor Swift and the possibility of her doing the Super Bowl
Habitsons show. So that, like, kind of revved up the
anticipation thinking that something would go down, but there were reports that
there was like a contract situation with her, but I think Bad Bunny is a better choice.
I'm sure Bunny's the perfect choice. No shade. I'm sure Roger
Goddell whispered the Rock Nation, like, you know, is this the year we can get Taylor
maybe? She's got an album coming out. And it's like, no, man. Impanatus for everybody.
Impanadas for everybody.
Yes.
And Bad Bunny,
for the NFL,
released a quote on the announcement.
He says,
What I'm feeling goes beyond myself.
It's for those who came before me
and ran countless yards
so I could come in and score a touchdown.
This is for my people,
my culture, and our history.
Then he said something in Spanish
that I am not going to attempt to read.
What you said?
Try it.
Bellae to Abuelo.
All you guys do is hit the tranceley button
and tell us what I know about his grandmother.
Yes, I know Abuela, that's Grim Quaid, said almost,
El halftime show del Super Bowl.
Translate.
Just hit Translate.
Give it to read.
It's in a doc.
It's in the word, I just know.
Right here.
Tell you where I'm a man.
He's probably.
You can't read in Spanish?
I give it to me.
I'm going to give it to me.
I'm going to give it to English.
If Brad can't even read English, you definitely can't do it.
I got it.
What's wrong with y'all?
It's the last line.
The last line.
Okay.
Well, I don't see it.
In Gray, the quotes.
I don't see it.
Type out, Ritado.
I don't see it.
Oh, my God.
Give me.
Give me.
I don't see it.
Come on, come on, come on.
I don't see it.
You're not Spanish, and you're little dyslexia.
All right.
This is Benito.
That's what I say to Nabuela.
That's it.
Bad Bunny is absolutely the right choice.
Drop on the clues bombs for the angry rabbit.
I can't wait to watch.
His grandmother.
Yeah.
That's what he got.
That's what he got.
All right.
It's a good streak.
It's a good streak.
Rock Nation hasn't missed yet with the halftime shows.
Not at all.
And Jay Z says, you know,
what Bad Bunny has
done and continues to do for Puerto Rico
is truly inspiring. We are honored to have him
on the world's biggest stage.
I wonder how was it hard to convince
him because he was adamant
about not doing any shows in the U.S.
because he didn't want to take to target the concert.
It's the biggest stage, though. It is a big stage, but I also think
too you got like Rock Nation to work with
and if that's a concern, they do a lot for people
in like the community space, so maybe there's
like a bigger initiative that they might roll out around this
too if that is a conversation. But yes.
So in other news,
so we reported on
Ray J. in those Kim Kardashian
Chris Jenner RICO claims
a while back. We received a statement
from the Kardashians attorney, Alex Spiro,
who says Ray J's claims
about any RICO involving the Kardashians
are not true.
That's an update there.
Yes. That's all he said. That was
clear. That was it. Claire.
That was it. That was it. But they are not true.
Now, in other news, so this is
actually unfortunate news. So
Terrence Crawford,
fighter Terence Crawford, was celebrating. He was
celebrating his win in his hometown, and he was also, you know, celebrating his birthday
over the weekend. And on the way, leaving the birthday celebration, he was actually pulled over
by police and held at gunpoint. Let's take a listen to the video.
Stepping out. Mize it up. Sea belt.
We tell you step out. I'm opening the door.
I'm opening the door. I'm keeping my... I'm not reaching for no gun, bro.
Step out. Can I move my phone?
Yeah, that's crazy.
All that serious, I mean, serious.
Yeah, dude.
It's serious.
Not that you.
Yeah.
It's a damn shame that a brother like Terence Crawford who Omaha absolutely loves.
If you was watching Instagram this weekend, you saw all the, I mean, the sea of people
that were out there for Terence Crawford.
People of all races, people of all ages just coming together.
just coming together to celebrate their hometown hero, Bud,
and you got a couple of cops who just wanted to ruin his night for no reason.
Yes.
Which makes no sense, right?
There's only a population of 455,000 people there.
Like, they know who Terrence Crawford is.
They know who Bud is.
They know where Bud was going.
He had armed security, licensed armed security.
It's just foul.
They said they pulled him over for reckless driving, right?
Yeah, so the police say that before 1.30 a.m. local time in Nebraska,
officers stopped the vehicle that he was in,
and they said that the vehicle was driving recklessly.
During the traffic stop,
the police officers say that they observed a firearm
on the driver's side floorboard,
and for safety, all of the occupants were ordered
out of the vehicle at gunpoint.
The driver of the vehicle was identified as Terrence Crawford,
and he was issued a citation for reckless driving.
All four occupants in the car were legally permitted
to carry firearms, including a member of Crawford security team
who was carrying his own weapon at the time of the traffic stop.
Police officer and a lieutenant have also responded,
also responded to the scene
and I do know the mayor
released a statement
he said that
you know he learned about the police stop
and he was you know disheartened
after learning about this he said that he spoke
personally to Terrence or to Bud Crawford
and he says that he acknowledges
the seriousness of what occurred
and how trust between law enforcement
and the community is important
and shows that this needs to be
that they need to be vigilant
about building this relationship
the mayor is saying that the police chief
a guy named Todd Shadmere
has pledged an internal
investigation which the mayor says
He fully supports because they want to be full and thorough.
They plan to gather all the facts and be transparent with the public about their findings when it comes to this stop.
He says that his heart dropped in learning that this is how the day ended.
It was an otherwise wonderful day for Terrence.
He was celebrating in Omaha, Nebraska.
You know, he was celebrating being World Boxing Champion.
And then there was, you know, the parade and his birthday.
So for the day to end like that was just heartbreaking for him.
And then you know it's Terrence Crawford.
You've been watching him all day, right?
I would just assume that he has the same security team.
you know for the most part so you i would think that if you're a police officer in this city
you would know him and you would know all these individuals and isn't nebraska open carry
so why would you react like that to if you see if you saw a firearm in the car
especially with terence crawford driving like come on that sounds crazy man like yeah i don't think
there's a need to react by drawing your guns and telling them to get out the car very scary
situation all i know is what i've been told and that's a half truth is a whole
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Yeah do your job
He feels like if any
If they were to move to any way he could have lost his life
Yeah
You know you got to do your job as a police officer
But come on man
It's Terence Crawford driving
and you just saw this big parade he's having
and he's with his security,
why would you ever assume anything negative was going on?
I'm not for sure, but, I mean,
they're going to have to definitely make sure
that this is going to have to be explained.
So hopefully, you know,
they're going to have to give some answers.
So we'll be, you know,
keeping up with what happens.
But, you know, he is okay.
Thank God.
Yeah, thank God.
And check that police officer's parley's.
Let's see if he lost any money.
I'm saying this.
Not this being about a parlay.
You never know.
That's crazy.
You never know.
Check his parleyes.
Go check everything.
His draft kings, his prize picks, everything.
Let's see if he put any money on Canello.
He might just be a little salty because he lost.
Damn.
All right.
Well, that's the latest with Lauren.
Now, when we come back, we got front page news.
So don't go anywhere as the Breakfast Club.
Good morning.
Morning, everybody.
It's DJ NV.
Just hilarious.
Salomey and the Guy.
We are the Breakfast Club.
Let's get back in some front page news.
Sort of for some quick sports.
Now, last night, the Falcons beat the commanders,
the Giants, beat the Chargers.
The Eagles beat the Buccaneers.
beat the Titans, Patriots beat the Panthers,
the Bills beat the Saints,
Jaguars beat the 490s,
the Lions beat the Browns, the Rams
beat the Colts, the Bears beat the Raiders,
the Packers and Cowboys tied
in overtime, of course.
The Chiefs beat the Ravens 3720.
Now, tonight, Monday Night Football!
The Jets take on the Dolphins at 715,
and the Bengals take on the Broncos
at 815.
Now, Mimi...
That's too late, man.
These games come on too late.
They got to start these games
two hours early, bro.
There's no reason for games
to be starting 815, 815, 8.
30. Yeah, I think that's late with you, too.
I mean, like I said, I felt a steep on the Cowboys game last night.
What's up, Mimi?
Good morning, everyone. How y'all doing this morning?
Blessed, black, and highly favored. How are you doing, Mimi?
Good, good. Thanks for asking. Okay, so to this story that everyone's talking about this morning,
we're going to start with a dramatic turn in the New York City politics with Mayor Eric Adams.
He's officially dropping out the race in the race for a second term, just five weeks before election day.
So, Charlemagne, let's flash back to last week.
in a minute into his interview on the breakfast club.
You asked him if he was dropping out.
Let's listen to that.
You know the question that everybody keeps asking,
are you dropping out of the marrow race?
And you know what?
I answered that a hundred and one times.
I said, no, I'm not.
Our goal is to finish this race.
You know, over the past weekend,
you didn't attend any public events
while a lot of the rivals were out campaigning,
and people used that to fuel more speculation
that you're preparing to drop out.
So how do you respond to that?
Sixteen mother, Charlemagne, no matter what I said, they did it anyway.
So you're pulling in fourth place right now.
Yeah.
What makes you think you can still win?
What I must do in these campaigns is I need my money.
He gave him several times to answer the question, Charlemagne, and he said each time that he is staying in the race,
well, by Sunday, his tone had changed, and in a nearly nine-minute video posted to X,
set to Frank Sinatra's My Way, Adams admitted he can no longer see a path.
to re-election. Let's listen to that.
I cannot continue
my re-election campaign.
The constant media
speculation about my future
and the campaign finance
board's decision to withhold
millions of dollars have
undermined my ability to
raise the funds
meeting for a serious campaign.
We knew that, Mayor Adams.
And this is what makes politicians look ridiculous
to us, to we to people,
because we see
what we know we see
and y'all be trying to tell us we don't see it
and then things like this happened
and now you got to admit we were right the whole time
but you never admit we were right the whole time
yeah pretty bad I mean he was pulling
forth I think I think everybody knew he was going to drop out
but he said he was going to fight to the end
so the end was Sunday
he told us on Thursday he's going to fight to the end
with Sunday and with Sunday
the end was clearly Sunday and so his exit now
clears the way for former governor Andrew Cuomo
running as an independent while Democratic
Socialist is Ron Mondami
He is a clear frontrunner.
A new poll has him up 20 points
with affordability, crime,
and economy topping voters' concerns.
Mondami came out blasting
both Adams and Cuomo saying
billionaire donors will not dictate this election.
And Republican nominee, Curtis Lewa,
he skipped over Adams entirely
insisting he is the only one who can beat Mondami.
And Cuomo, meanwhile,
praising Adams for putting the city
above personal ambition.
And just one thing to note,
Adam's name will still be on the ballot because it's too late to remove it.
But his campaign is over.
So do not be confused.
If you see it there, he's out of the race.
You want to make sure that your vote goes to a candidate who is still in the race.
Well, billionaire don't is about to put everything behind Cuomo.
So I hope Mondani is ready.
I hope Mondani is ready for every single, you know, personal attack that is going to happen to him over the next couple of months.
Yeah, it's definitely coming.
And we're just now one day away from a possible government shutdown.
and the Trump administration is raising the stakes.
President Trump is threatening to lay off thousands of federal workers permanently
if funding runs out tomorrow night at midnight.
And the White House Budget Office has directed agencies to prepare plans identifying programs
that will lose money on October 1st if Congress fails to act.
Now, in the past, shut down workers, they're usually temporarily out of work and brought back
once funding is restored.
But this time, the Office of Management and Budget is signaling that many of those
jobs will be cut off for good, which is a sharp break from precedent. Now, lawmakers, they do
remain gridlock. Democrats insist any funding deal must include the Affordable Care Act subsidies
set to expire at the end of the year. While Republicans argue that those discussions should wait,
they want a clean bill to simply extend the funding. Now, Trump is expected to meet with
congressional leaders at the White House later today, but with the deadline looming tomorrow at
midnight, the risk of a shutdown and the possibility of mass layoffs is very, very real.
That's where we are with that.
And lastly, if you travel through Atlanta Airport often, this story is for you, the world's
busiest airport just turned down $37 million in federal funding to stand firm on its commitment
to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Now, that money was part of a larger $57 million FAA package for restroom upgrades, taxiway repairs,
and sustainability projects earlier this year, the Trump administration, they added a new rule
that airports taking federal money must declare their DEI efforts will not conflict with federal
law. Well, cities like New York, San Francisco, and Boston, they sued. But Atlanta tried to strike
the language from its grant agreement, but the FAA refused. And so city officials didn't sign.
And days later, the federal government confirmed the money was off the table. So Atlanta says
the trap that this money will not make a difference. You will not notice.
it. They point that federal money
only makes up 10% of their airport's
$10 billion capital plan
and they will find other ways
to fund upgrades without disrupting passengers
but they did not want to get rid of their
DEI programs.
Well, salute to the Atlanta, I have. That's dope.
Yeah, so that's your front page
news. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me at
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Thank you, Mimi.
Thank you.
Peace, me, me.
All right.
When we come back, we have the cast of Ruth and Boaz joining us.
Devon, Franklin, Saraya, and Tyler Lepley.
And we'll talk to them next.
So don't move.
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It's DJ Envy.
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We got some special guests in the building this morning.
Yes, indeed.
Devon Franklin, Soraya and Tyler Leapley.
Welcome.
Hey.
How y'all.
If you call her Soraya.
I'm sorry Serraia.
I'm sorry, Saraya.
I need something.
Sounds like something I gotta go to CBS for.
I got to get something for the Soraya on my own.
If you just read it, I'm right.
You are told to me about reading?
Oh, oh, don't let me.
Because I got a lot better, don't do that.
Thank you.
This is a dying film.
Hey, man.
Good morning.
Welcome to the family.
Thank you.
They have a movie on Netflix called Ruth and Boa.
Roof and Boas, right?
And, you know, if you know anything about
Ruth and Boas, it's a biblical story.
So what elements of the original biblical story
of Ruth and Boas did y'all preserve for this film?
Man, we preserve the, a lot of the element.
I mean, when you go and you read the book of Ruth
and then you look at the movie, you know,
everything that we did in the film
was basically rooted in the word.
You know, her journey, you know, with Naomi,
how she finds Boaz.
And we really wanted to say, okay, this is what the scripture says,
but then how do we make it modern?
And so everything you see in the film, I think we did a pretty good job, you know, of making sure that anything that you see in that film, you can go back to a verse and say, this is where we got it from.
Was it difficult modernizing the story, though?
I mean, there's no rulebook on how to modernize a Bible story.
So it was challenging, but then there were certain things that were pretty easy because the story itself lays out like a movie.
You know, and that's one of the reasons why I wanted to produce it.
This is why I wanted to make it is because when you see how Ruth and Boas come together, they're not looking for love.
they're actually looking to be of service.
And as part of that commitment, they find each other.
And so when you see it, it was like, okay, you know, well, what would Moab look like?
Well, maybe that's like the Atlanta music scene.
And what would, you know, Bethlehem look like?
Okay, well, maybe that's like Pagram, Tennessee.
So it was difficult, but ultimately we just had to kind of take those creative license
and hopefully the audience will enjoy it.
Now, you have a deal with Tyler Perry.
How did that come about?
Man, so listen, so about a couple years ago, after I did my film Flaming Hot,
I'm sitting at home and I didn't have a production deal.
So if you know anything about Hollywood, in order to have a production company, you have to have a production deal with the studio because that's how you have employees and that's how you make your films.
So even though Flaming Hot did very well, I did not have a deal.
And so I was sitting at home and I was like, okay, God, what what do you want me to do?
And out of the blue, my phone rings and is Tyler Perry.
Wow.
And he said, hey, man, I hear you're making a deal with Netflix.
Now, I had a meeting at Netflix a few months before, but I didn't know there wasn't really a whole lot of follow-ups.
I wasn't sure what was going on.
But he called me and said, yo, I hear you have your, you're a, you're a, you're a, you're a little.
making a deal with Netflix, let's partner up and do it together. And I was like, yes, let's do it.
And so we negotiated a three-picture deal with Netflix. This is the first of its kind. You've never
seen, you know, two black men of faith coming together to make content of faith, you know,
with the biggest streamer in the world. And that to me, like, when you look at Tyler, like,
I don't know why God put that on his mind. But here I am trying to figure it out, boom, and there was
the answer. And to be able to make Ruth and Boas, I mean, to be able to make it the way we wanted
to make it, to have the creative, creative autonomy and the authority and to be able to put it
together, you know, with such an incredible cast, it all came from the partnership.
Yeah.
How did it feel?
Because when the screen opens for the movie, it's your name, and it's Tyler Perry Studios.
And I was like, that is so cool.
How did it feel for you the first time you saw that on school?
Listen, if this is what faith works, that's how it felt.
It felt gratifying.
You know, as a kid, I always had the dream of making my own films.
That's why I came to Hollywood.
I wanted to have my own production company.
And to see that on screen, Devon Franklin Entertainment, Tyler Perry Studios, and Ruth and Boas, it's like, wow, dreams do come true and faith work.
So it felt good.
So, Soraya and Tyler, did y'all know the story of Ruth and Bois?
Soraya.
Soraya, I'm sorry.
Him.
I'm sorry, Saria.
I knew that, too, my dumb ass.
I'm sorry.
Soraya and Tyler.
Did y'all know the story of Ruth and Bois?
I did, like, roughly, you know, just growing up in church, you hear of Ruth and Boaz.
but I had never really explicitly read the book of Ruth
until doing this story, getting more information on it.
Yeah, I mean, not to sound like a heathen,
but I didn't grow up in the church or nothing like that.
But I have heard about, you know,
I have heard about the story of Ruth and Bowies a little bit.
So when it was time to actually dive into it,
once I, you know, once I had booked it,
you know, I read up on it a little bit to, you know,
just at least have to have some type of foundation
in terms of, you know, finding the truth
and how we're going to figure it out.
After you read it,
how much of Ruth's story
could you relate to?
Personally, I mean, she went through so much.
She has a lot of baggage and trauma there,
deep, deep traumas.
But I do resonate with her on having, like,
an instinct to reroute
and change things in my life
and maybe stepping out on faith
on things that I'm not necessarily sure
is going to work out.
But, hey, I want to be an actress.
That sounds pretty far-fetched to a lot of the world
So I can get where her fire and her passion is coming from
How are you?
I'm good
I'm good.
Mommy, her looks good on you.
Well, thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
It's your mental, everything is good.
I mean, because you're working.
You had that baby.
You're working out.
You know, you're mommy, but now you're still actress, singer, mommy.
How does that all fit?
It's actually one day at a time.
Yeah.
You know, and just having that grace for myself that I don't have to have it all together.
No.
It's been the biggest, I guess, lesson for me throughout all of this.
But it's been great.
Thank God.
I mean, you know, after that first month where I was like, you know, now it's just like, I can use some sleep, but that's about it.
I'm good.
I'm good.
I want to ask, you know, when doing a faith-based movie, right, growing up as a kid, when you hear anything faith-based, you're thinking it's going to be nothing but Christian singing.
And it's going to be that type of thing.
Did you have, did you ever think about, well, maybe I don't want to do it because it's faith-based, or did you just dive right in?
Personally, no.
I mean, I feel like God has always been very much a part of my life.
And I do think that.
Why are you laughing?
Something made you laugh.
Yeah, because Devon, actually, we worked on kingdom business together, B&T Plus, which was also faith-based.
And I really feel like sometimes God is funny in the way of presenting me with character.
that I kind of like in life
are a little bit mirroring
as far as like their relationship with God
so it's kind of funny for me
to have played Rebel and Kingdom Business
and now Ruth and Ruth and Boaz
right so that's why I laughed
but no it really did not deter me at all
if anything deterred me was the music element
because I played so many music characters
so that was the part that I was like I don't know
I was like come on Saraya
she said no at first well she didn't want to come in
to audition because it was a little music driven
so I had to hit her up and I was like yo trust me
you're gonna want to do this come on in and so
thankfully she did so what was it mirroring
in your life Surrey because
you know this is like this story is about God's
timing and divine orchestration
so what was going on in your life
when you got the call for this? Oh my goodness
so much
but I could say that
love was also on the brink
for me like I was in a new relationship
with this
role I found out I was pregnant
like during while filming
there was a lot of things
kind of with Ruth that I was in
in the script and some of the things she says
kind of just rang true for me
what about you even
did you dive right in
yeah I think
I think for me you know
when I got the call
I was just in the space
last year I mean even before last year
you know like I said I never grew up in the church
but it was something that I was always seeking
you know it was sought after for me
and you know it started spiritually but then I
you know then I kind of wanted to go to church
more and um you know just
just show up in the place of worship not just
to kind of feel it on the inside
so I think for me um outside of the artistry
me wanting to be able to tackle a role like this
I've never done a you know a love story before
um you know the aspect of it being a faith-based film
is actually something that was kind of right on time for me
you know I had just uh I just proposed
to at the time
you know my girlfriend
we were obviously my fiancé now
so even just thank you I appreciate that
but but even
to enter name miracle
but even you know making a choice
to go ahead and and honor
our union under God and you know making that choice
and walking forward in it or
you know I've just I've had
I've had some issues in life where
you know choosing to handle it with
with grace
is something that's continuing to be on the forefront of my mind and whatnot.
So it was just a, it was just perfect time.
And so I actually, I actually love diving into the, to the faith-based aspect of it.
Love that.
I was working with the icon, the legend, Ms. Felicia Rashachia.
Oh, my gosh.
Talk about it.
She said something really cool.
I mean, it was amazing for me.
I think we all have really cool stories about her.
She, she brings this ore and this presence and this groundedness.
And she's also very humble, like to be the icon and the person we're speaking
about she's like oh thank you like
you know let's talk about
you now and I think that's really cool
aspect to her
we many times in our cast chairs we're just
talking about like relationships
and just different
things like she's she's a really
really dope human being
y'all did use a stunt double when she got pushed down
like that was up around
I would know so okay just make a
thing about her is she was cool with being on the ground
no oh so she did
she was yes
The thing about her is that
She was like, y'all, stop it.
Like, I got it.
So she did do, she didn't get the hit part,
but she definitely fell on the ground.
She wanted to.
She wanted to.
And that's, I'm telling you.
Yeah.
When I said, she fell, you know, far enough to make it.
It was enough.
My heart, I was like, oh, my God, why would y'all do that?
Yeah.
Because it's like, this is Felicia Bichad.
Like, you cannot just put her on the ground like that.
The reason why she is that way is because she takes her craft seriously.
Yeah.
And not only that, I mean, to what Sarreya was saying.
you know every day that she was on set her aura you know she brought you know excellent she
brought grace she brought um a sense of calm and peace and i'll never forget you know one day we
were shooting at the location for her house and it overlooks a lake and so in between setups you know i
hear this voice saying you know divine come here and i turn around and it's miss felicia she's
sitting on a bench she says come here and she pats on the bench she says sit down and i said yes
she said you know you're working really hard this is your movie but you got to breathe you got to
to take all this in.
Wow.
Don't just, you know, rush through the fruits of your labor.
Take it in.
And I said, wow.
Took a moment to breathe.
And then we started talking about, you know, our histories and, you know, sharing stories.
And I said, wow, this is what it's like to have an elder in your presence.
They see the potential and they see it.
But they also want you to know, hey, life is a is a marathon, not a sprint, relax and enjoy.
And so that's a moment that just speaks to who she is.
Do you ever get imposter syndrome in those moments?
Like when you're doing a film and you ever think yourself like, oh, man, I'm doing
on a film for Netflix. I got Felicity. I got Talileverley. I'm with Tyler Perry.
No, I don't get imposter syndrome. I mean, because, you know, I've been working in
entertainment since I was 18 years old. And I've been working specifically, you know, in film
ever since then. And so when I'm making a movie, you know, I'm making a movie like from a place
of experience and expertise and nobody knows how to make a movie of faith that's commercial
better than me. And so I, and that's not based upon arrogance. That's just based upon confidence
and experience and having done it time and time and time again.
And so when I'm on set, you know, if anything, I'm like, okay, what am I not thinking about?
You know, is there, and then also, you know, wanting to make sure that they're good, you know,
at the end of the day, I can do all things I can do.
But at the end of the day, if the talent doesn't feel, if I'm saying, hey, I want to make
movies of inspiration and faith and the experience behind the scene isn't inspirational
or positive, then I think it kind of undermines what I'm trying to do.
And I make sure that they're good.
Now, I'm glad you said that because the film portrays these ideas of worthiness and acceptance,
especially in regards to Boaz's, like, evolution and transformation.
Yeah, yeah.
It was important.
That was really important because I really wanted, you know, any man watching this movie, any woman as well.
But, you know, specifically, you know, any man watching this movie to see themselves in Boaz.
And I think one of the things that's so, you know, noble and a powerful and also the way that Tyler plays Boaz is, you know, with the care and a tenderness.
And he's not looking to get from Ruth.
He's looking to give to Ruth.
you know and i think that that is that's a different dynamic and i really wanted to make sure that
that was articulated and portrayed because that to me is where love is yeah you know love that comes
out a sacrifice like and i'm not trying to get from you he didn't he didn't need anything from
her all he really i mean what was cool about ruth all she provided him was a was a safe space
to be able to talk to be able to communicate to be heard and that is how she expressed her love
and he expressed his love through giving you make sure she knew she was okay so that was important
to me. As far as casting went, right? Like, did you say, because I feel like every role that Tyler
plays and every role that Saraya plays, it seems like it's specifically for them. They just
do a great job with you. Did you know who you had in mind when you were, when you said,
okay, I want to do Ruth and Bowen story? When I started the process, I didn't. I just was working
on getting the script right. Mike Elliott and Corey Tynan wrote the script and our amazing
director, Lana Brown, you know, directed the movie. And so once we got into the cast,
process, that's when I said, oh, this is Saraya.
And so I kept hitting up her team, like, hey, when she coming in, when she coming
in audition.
And then that's when I finally, you know, ultimately called her and said, hey, come in.
And then when she auditioned, it was like, oh, well, there's root.
But with Boaz, I didn't know that Tyler Leppley was going to come in.
I knew, like, I wanted a guy who, you know, had the gravitas, who had the sex appeal,
but also had the heart.
But I didn't know that he was, you know, I didn't, I didn't even, it wasn't
even the thought.
Right.
And then we had a couple guys, we were chemistry reading with.
Saraya and at the 11th hour Tyler Leppley sends in a self-tape and I watched the
self-tape and I'm like well there's Boas yeah I mean without any direction he just
dropped into the essence of the character and we were like okay we did it and we
brought him in did a chemistry read and it was evident that they were the ones
destined to play these parts you know this is playing that's right I had to
finish real quick you never know God's plan because Tyler said that it was
right on time from because he was already talking to the Lord all right my baby
I was going to say, how did you know this one was for you?
Could you send in that tape immediately?
So how did you know, like, this parts for me?
Um, I think, I think it really dawned on me.
After I, after I had, uh, sent the tape in, we did the chemistry read, which is funny
too, because we were actually on a different set shooting something else together.
So, um, you know, that was, that was a unique experience.
But after I had, right, after I had booked it, um, we had a scheduling conflict with, uh,
with this in P Valley
we're shooting at the same time
and you know
there was a period of time
where you know
per the line producers
these are the ones
who deal with the schedule
this wasn't going to work
so there was a few days
like even me and Devon
were kind of chatting back and forth
on the text and like you know
the energy was kind of like
all right well you know
I'll see I'll see you
I'll catch you next time
and it was like damn
that's what I was
that's kind of one of
that's what I said
man I said there was something
about this that just
it just felt special
because kind of what I was talking about earlier
trying to get in touch with the Lord
and then, you know,
it just felt like this was going to be special
and I was like, man, I ain't going down without a fight.
I played baseball for one year
and I was always striking out
but I was always going down looking.
My mom told me like, man, at least if you're going down,
you've got to swing.
So I was like, all right, well, let me pick the phone up.
Let me call Devon and let me call Couturi
because, you know, everybody at the studio
is saying they can't figure this out.
And, you know, really, really, it was because of you and Coutori, the reason that I was, I was blessed enough to be able to step into this role.
You know what I'm saying?
So as I look back on it, you know, hindsight is always 20-20.
When I look at how, you know, God orchestrated it, it was like, man, it was, I was right on point.
This is something that I felt like I was destined to do.
So, man, I appreciate you.
No, absolutely.
I would just interject on that.
You know, what God has for you is for you.
And so, you know, Cotori and I, you know, got on the phone and went through that schedule and said, okay, you need, you need him.
here, I need him here. Okay, I can't give you that date, but can you give me that date?
And then we went to the line producers and then the studios to say this is what it is.
And a lot of times they're like, well, you got to have insurance.
And said, nah, me and Katori, a brother and a sister, we worked it out.
Because he needs to be able to do both.
I love that.
So whatever is for you, just stay in it and keep fighting for it.
Yeah.
Because when it's meant to be, it'll be.
You know, the secular ambitions that that roof has, right?
But the spiritual calling she's dealing with, too.
have any of y'all ever had to
deal with that in the industry?
And if so, how did you resolve it?
I'm sorry, what was it again?
The secular ambitions that Roof has,
but also the spiritual calling she's dealing with.
Have y'all ever had that battle
with your personal experiences in the industry?
It's been a long week.
Break it down, secular in layman terms.
What's that?
Secular is worldly.
Non-religious.
I don't know.
That's a perfect example.
That's a perfect example.
Be successful.
Like, buddy.
car, jewelry, I love you, but God are saying, no, I don't, I want you to be over here.
Yeah, yeah, for sure.
I would say, I would say for me, when I was coming out of, now I'm from right outside of Philly.
And I was, you know, on my own level, I was, you know, making a little bit of money.
I was, I was kind of doing my thing, you know, at least so I thought.
But nothing made sense for me to go out to L.A., you know, but something was calling me.
I felt like God was, you know, God was pushed me in that direction.
And it was, you know, it was a battle to leave everything that I've ever known, you know, to chase something that I've never seen.
You know, but I feel it.
And so I do feel like I can connect with Ruth on that because I forget what the actual line is, but, man, like, it's one of those lines, one of those memorable lines where she talks about, you know, God is leading me somewhere else.
And it's nothing that anybody else around me may really be able to understand.
But it's something that I feel and it's something that I'm going to honor.
You know, so I really connect with Ruth on.
on that aspect for sure.
What about you, Serra?
I don't know if I've ever felt
like I was being pulled away
from what God wanted for me
or what I felt like innately inside of me.
But I could say that it is hard to navigate
when you do have that voice inside of you
because there is a lot to
there's a lot to be involved with when it comes to our industry
so when thinking about it from that aspect
I can say I said no to a lot of hangouts and dealings with people
and thank God I did because I didn't really know
why I was saying no but I just knew I didn't feel necessarily comfortable
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I felt like a weird vibe, so I just decided not to be out and about
and doing different things.
And now looking back on that, I am grateful that I kind of followed that voice because there are a lot of situations that realize that, oh, yeah, that person was definitely up to no good asking me to do A, B, and C, you know what I mean?
So I think that there's definitely a lot of that while navigating this industry for sure.
What about you, Devon?
Because you have answered your calling, spiritual calling.
Yeah.
But you still have, you still want to be successful in this business.
Sure, sure.
I mean, for me, it was like the ambition always has.
been to go to a secular environment, right?
When you look at Hollywood, you know, some may argue it's one of the most secular environments
on the planet.
But for me, you know, when I first started, I didn't know I was going to be making content.
That would be inspirational or faith-based at all.
But I did have a sense of, I don't want to compromise my soul to open the door of this
business.
So like at 18 years old, you know, first internship interview, they asked me, you know, this is
for the company that managed Will Smith.
And they said, is there anything else you want us to know?
And I said, well, you know, I observe Sabbath.
So if taking this internship would require me to work on the Sabbath, I won't take it.
So at that point in time, I wasn't really doing it consciously.
I was just saying, this is my conviction, you know, like I don't want to compromise who I am and my identity for this business.
And then what happened was they said, sure, no problem.
And I got the internship.
And every job that I've ever had goes back to that internship.
And so what that showed me is that you can be in a secular environment and still maintain your spirituality.
Because I don't believe that God would ordain success for any of us that requires us to compromise who we are.
Because if it's like, wait, if it's God, no, honor who you, he has created you to be.
And if that door opens, walk through it.
But if it doesn't, do not conform yourself to get that.
Because what's on the other side of that door is you're going to need the faith that you left in the identity you left outside the door to be successful.
That's the scariest part.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, so for me, it was just about incorporating the essence of who I am and the identity and the spirituality and being a Christian and allowing God to navigate my path in this, you know, secular environment.
Earlier, Saraya, when you guys were talking about, you almost not answering the call to do the role, did you say it was because music was involved?
So you don't, that was something you didn't want to do anymore?
Well, yes and no.
I think that there are like, I think because of the last few roles that I have done or been a part of had.
that female who was
you know navigating
but also had a music element
and I am
also like putting out music and so I
wanted to just be mindful of
just where that was placing me
but honestly like Devon
said this this
film is a lot
more than the music it's not just the music
and I hadn't
I didn't know it at the time but I got to work
with Babyface so that was amazing
So, but yeah, that was kind of like my reasoning behind.
Behind it.
Just wanting to, you know, play different characters.
That's really all it is in expanding my creativity and things like that.
You ever tried to help a person and then you realize they are the reason they have problems?
Nothing external.
Is them?
How do you convey that?
Well, that's funny.
Charlotte made it hilarious.
Can you ask the questions again?
I'm just saying, you ever tried to help a person?
And then you realize they are the reason they have.
problems ain't nothing external yes yes I have been in that situation and the thing
is to be compassionate you know compassion because a lot of times it's very easy to well
let me put it this way it's very hard for all of us to look in the mirror and and actually
hold and look at what we see because we don't like to look at the parts of ourselves
that we want to change that we're not happy with
And so in those situations, it's like, okay, before I was like trying to call the person out or anything, I'd say, okay, let's just have compassion.
You know, and like, hey, the problem you're trying to solve, it may be because of the perspective that you have.
Okay, well, why do you have that perspective?
Well, let's talk about it.
Because I think just creating an environment where there's no judgment and there's acceptance and that there can be communication.
Because trying to unpack something, whether it's trauma or tragedy or disappointments or things that you may have gone through years ago, trying to unpack that takes time.
and I think sometimes we get so mad at people for not being where we want them to be
and we're all on a journey in this thing called life and we're at different stages.
So I just try to approach it with compassion and still clarity.
You know, if someone comes to me for help and they're asking my opinion, then I will give it.
I will say, hey, you know, I think the reason why, you know, you may have been going through
different relationships is because, you know, you keep bringing that mentality to each relationship.
Instead of being the love you want to receive, you're looking for this person too.
who provide you with what you're not doing for yourself.
So, you know, I'm still going to be honest,
but I'm going to do it hopefully in a compassionate and loving way
so that then they can actually take it in.
Because if I come with the sledgehammer, you know,
and I come with, why aren't you doing this?
Then the help that I could have provided them,
I missed the opportunity.
Exactly.
Because I'm trying to impose my process on them
instead of being compassionate, loving.
Hey, here's some things you could look at.
And then everyone then has to make a committee of one.
to make the decision.
You know what?
Okay, I'm going to make some changes.
And I'm going to do the work
because I want the reflection
of my life to change.
So be compassionate, boldie.
Baptism is actually...
Why are you checking your head, man?
Cutting people off.
I mean, go ahead.
He said, so little empathy.
Don't cut them out.
I know you ain't talking.
I said me.
I said you.
You know me?
I'm like, I'm like,
I'm like, I'm like,
all right.
All right.
Well, we appreciate you guys for joining us.
Thank you so much.
Make sure you check it out.
It's on Netflix now.
And Pete Val is three on the way.
Period.
That's right.
Yes, you're waiting.
Devon, Franklin, Saraya, and Tyler Leppley.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
I got your name.
I made sure.
I was in my head.
It's the Breakfast Club.
Good morning.
Morning, everybody.
It's DJ NV.
Just hilarious.
Shalameen, the guy.
We are the breakfast club.
Let's get to the latest with Lauren.
Lauren becoming a straight fat.
Tell us.
She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.
She gets to detail.
I'm a home girl that knows a little bit about everything.
She'll be having the latest on this.
The latest with Lauren La Rosa.
Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details, sometimes you have a little bit of everything.
Well, it's the latest.
On the Breakfast Club.
Talk to me.
So Young Thug had a pretty busy weekend.
You waving at the screen.
There were a few interviews with him that dropped.
But also, he did a pop-up performance outside of the courthouse.
Did you guys see the videos from outside of the courthouse?
I did.
I did.
That was definitely part of his parole, right?
So you'll remember when he was released on conditions, he said that he would do certain things in the community.
And they mentioned doing like a couple of podcasts.
pop-up shows that would give back or whatever.
Some people thought it was crazy that he went
and performed outside of the courthouse, but there was a
message. So there was a live stream.
He performed several songs, but the message
was, this is not where you want to end up.
This place changed my life. You don't want to end up here
unless you're on the other side of it. So that's what that was about
to answer your question, Charlemagne.
Yes, and that was at the Lewis R. Slate in
courthouse, which is where
the YSL trial went down.
Now, Young Thug, also on this press run
and the interviews I mentioned, he sat down
with the guys over at the pivot.
And he talked a lot about how his life has changed since being released from a prison.
And one of the things he talked about is dealing with depression or identifying it now
because he's talking about his feelings more.
And he says that he doesn't see a need for a therapist nor for his girlfriend to go see a therapist either.
Let's take a listen to that.
You mentioned well or not.
You didn't know if you were depressed or not.
You ever considered therapy, though?
I ain't never really considered it.
I always felt like I had, oh, jeez.
Like, I always tell him you the same that you already know.
I feel like a therapy is going to do the same.
I feel like we know better.
We just got to do better.
You know what you don't supposed to do.
Like, you don't need me or now one of them
or no therapists to tell you, like, if you tell your therapy,
man, I'm going back and forth with my wife, bro.
I'm just trying to, they're going to say,
let her be heard, shut up sometimes,
listen more to you talk.
They're going to say the same.
It's just like, man, that's another bill.
Me personally, I feel like it's a weakness in that
because I feel like, she's going to listen to my girl.
It's really a slap in the face to me.
You know what I'm saying?
I just was telling my girl that, like,
I don't think you need a therapist.
I don't think I need a therapist.
need a therapist. I feel like I'm not a man if my girl get a therapist. Damn, you actually
call somebody and listen to what they got to say over me instead of just listening to what
I'm telling you. Because you don't know what the hell you're talking about. But that's why you shouldn't
knock it until you try it in regards to therapy. Because it's not just about, you know,
knowing better and doing better. It's about giving you practices and techniques that help you
deal with, you know, internal issues. Your unheeled trauma. Yeah, but that mentality is a mentality
for somebody, like you said, that does not know, right? Yeah. Because I can imagine myself saying
that probably 10, 15 years ago,
like, nah, we don't need to go to no therapy.
What? They're going to say the same thing I'm going to say.
They're just going to say, listen, but unless you know
and understand the techniques and tools used to actually help
somebody, he probably should try it first.
Especially when he said he's talking to this girl.
He said, you're going to listen to somebody else before you listen to me.
Yeah, because you're the source of my issues.
You know what I'm saying?
You got a lot of unheeled trauma that you haven't dealt with.
So once you deal with your trauma, then maybe I'll listen to you a little bit more.
I was with him until he said that he don't think that Mariah needs one.
I mean, because you can't really say nobody else needs therapy.
I mean, but like I said, I was up, I was with him up until he said that part.
Because he seems like, you know, it's right from wrong.
You know what you're not supposed to do.
I mean, everything he said was right up until that.
He said to your point just that he's in a new space.
This is the first time that he's even talked about his feelings.
And he points back to the interview with Big Bang.
He said he's never had conversations about his feelings to even understand.
People have told him that he probably was depressed, but he's never understood it.
But I think that comes from, too, like the whole thing with,
right, a scientist, I think a lot of times men feel like
what happens at home, supposed to stay at home
and they're supposed to solve everything. And you can't as a
person, you can't solve everything, but I just think it's a new
space for him. He's learning, and of course
when this clip went out and people saw it, there were a lot of people
reaching out to him, trying to have conversations. He also did say, too, that doing these
interviews with people he respects has been a form of
therapy for him. So I think he'll slowly
arrive to where people want him to get to.
Maybe, but I will say this. Once again,
it's not about knowing right from wrong. It's about
dealing with your unheeled trauma. And if you
don't deal with your trauma, your trauma will
ultimately deal with you.
Yeah, I mean, he...
I will say the set downs
that he's been having, though, he's
telling the truth.
Open it up. He's letting it out.
He's being vulnerable.
You know what I mean?
Yes. People making fun of them and all
of that, but I do see
somebody that's vulnerable
who, and a lot of people are... He's saying
a lot of things that people wouldn't expect
to say. He's being real about it.
And these interviews, I see somebody that needs help.
Yes. That's what I see in these interviews.
Professional help.
Somebody that needs help. He's talking about him being
depressed that he, if he didn't have kids, he wouldn't
want to be here. I was like to say he's been tweeting
a lot of things that are a bit disturbed too. Talk about not
wanting to be here. Yeah. And I think that's
what it is. It's a start. Now he also did
an interview with Big Loon over
at the Ips Up There podcast.
The full interview is not out yet
but there is a clip that dropped
and it's, you guys remember
when Young Thub dropped the album cover. He was
white face, blue eyes. Everyone's like, what
does this mean? You, Y, Scotty, right?
So he explained what the album
cover means. He says if you go, if you want to go
big, you go white. Let's take a listen.
Let's talk about the UY Scootty album cover.
Explain to your fans and to the people
what message you were sending, if any,
and what's the thinking behind the album cover.
I think it was just like some funny shit,
but it's still like serious to the point where it's like,
I went with it, you know what I'm saying?
But it really just some fun.
You know, in our hood, we always joked and played.
You know, I got a lot of white friends.
But we always joked and played in my hood.
Like, you want to be the biggest, go white.
And that's why I said when I put the album cover out,
hey, if you want to be the biggest, go white.
So over the, you know, since the album has dropped,
he also posted photos of a lot of the features on the album,
Whiteface with Blue Eyes, Cardi B, Mariah the Scientist,
Little Baby, yeah, Wai F and Lucci as well.
I thought this was Central C, but it's 21 Savage.
He looks like Central C.
We saw that play before, though.
Donald Glover did that.
Remember when Donald Glover wrote that poem back in the day called,
I think it might have been called Big and White.
and he used to say, you know, if you wanted...
I forgot what Don, I'm paraphrasing,
but he was like, if you want to be big,
you got to be white.
He was like, Will Smith is white.
Beontzi is white.
Remember when he came on birth club
and we were arguing about that?
And I was like, why do you relate
everything that's great to whiteness?
So this is all, it's a whole play.
I think that's a complex, honestly.
It needs to be studied.
But T.
T.I. looks no different.
at all.
T.
T.I.
The I just look cold.
T.I.
That's all. T.
It just looked like he's freezing in New York.
somewhere at Chicago.
Yes.
And I also, too, I don't have time to play it,
but I did watch Wife and Lucci's interview over the weekend,
and he talked about...
With Wallo?
No, not that one.
There was another one with...
A young lady?
No, I'm gonna get his name.
Sorry, hold on.
Let me tell you what he talked about.
Well, I got that.
So he talked about how...
Because, you know, people were surprised
to see him and Thub collaborating on music.
And he talked about how that came about.
And he said it was 21 Savage that put them on the phone
and was like, yo, y'all need to have a conversation.
And then a song came about.
with, he sat down for Serious XM
and Pandora with Fly Guy DC
in Atlanta and I thought
that that was dope to hear that 21 is
you know behind the scenes we hear so much about
and we heard the phone call with 21 Savage
and Young Thug and him kind of like getting them straight
a bit so you know good to hear
that that was the glue like hey y'all need to move
forward and then the song came about so
every time I hear 21 talk all I say to myself is
21 the smartest out of everybody
that whole scene to me well I'll say
the wisest the wisest
I think they all just know they got a lot
They've talked a lot this weekend about
They know they got a lot to lose
I'll say the smartest
Yeah, thugs said that at the courthouse too
Like it's too much to lose
For them to be out here beefing
So they're working together down
And try and help other people save their laws
And I think 21 figured that out a long time ago
Yeah, absolutely
All right
Well that's the latest with Lauren Sholomay
Who did that down to do?
Man, four after the hour
We need a dentist named Dr. Harleen
Gruwell to come to the front of the congregation
We'd like to have a word with her please
All right, we'll get to that next
And don't forget Michael Blackson
We'll be joining us comedian
So don't move.
It's the Breakfast Club, come morning
Damn, the he-haw again?
It's time for donkey of the day.
I ain't trying to be donkey today no more.
They should be embarrassed by what they already did.
I'm not making these people do these things.
Called donkey of the day, and it really caught me off guard.
Damn, Salome, who got the donkey of the day today?
Well, just hilarious.
It's donkey of the day for Monday, September 29th, goes to a dentist in Sarah, no, Santa Clarita, California, okay?
Santa Clarita, California.
her name is Dr. Harleen Gruel.
Now, Dr. Halene Gruel is an avid Trump supporter,
and I have zero problem with that.
I have zero problem with Trump supporters.
The problem I have with Trump supporters
is when they have problems with me.
Okay.
See, we live in a country where it should be possible
for us to have disagreements.
We should be able to be in different political parties,
being different religions,
and not want to hurt each other because of these differences.
Okay, I have a level of respect
for every single human on this planet
and that level of respect
is based on this simple principle called the golden rule.
Remember that?
We learned it in elementary school.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Simple concept that I live by.
Okay, treat people the way you would like to be treated.
That's it.
I'm not going to do anything to a person I wouldn't want done to me.
If we all live by this simple concept, the world would be a better place.
But nope, we live in the divided states of America.
When people believe their differences give them the license to hurt those, they don't agree with.
And that's when it goes too far.
And Dr. Halene Gruel is one of those individuals who believes because you share a different political view than she does.
She can cause you pain.
Let's go to ABC 7 for the report, please.
As Santa Clarita dentist defending herself over a video that's now gone viral,
the clip shows her joking about giving different care to patients who aren't Trump supporters.
So I have a secret hat I use sometimes.
It says, make your smile great again.
So I wear that when I work in my patients.
So when they look horrified or complain, I quietly cut back on the laughing gas.
Dr. Harleen Graywall's office posted the video two years ago.
Recently, it began circulating on social media.
Dr. Graywall said the controversy is being driven by someone trying to, quote, cancel her.
They asked me if I had said that, and I said, yes, I said in one of my roasting speeches at a women's Republican group.
Why can't we just take a joke lightheartedly?
But that was taken to cancel me.
And the dental board did an investigation.
They cleared it out and said there was nothing they could find that proved any of that.
Some of Dr. Graywall's patients emailed us saying they're changing dentists.
Dr. Graywall says her patients are her family and that this is all a politically motivated smear campaign.
So it was a joke.
Why didn't I laugh?
I didn't.
You know what I'm saying?
Like, listen, I missed the days when we didn't.
talk about religion and politics.
But then there's a part of me that's glad we talk about religion and politics
because then you can choose to support someone or not support them.
But my thing is, those shouldn't be reasons not to support people.
But it absolutely is if that person is on BS like Dr.
Harleen Gruel is.
But you have to ask yourself, where does it in?
Because the only thing that keeps our society civilized is trust.
Okay, we all have these circles of trust with each other as humans.
Okay, you trust the pilot.
to get you to your destination safely when you on a plane.
You trust the bus driver to get you to your, you know,
destination safely when you're on the bus.
You trust the person at Starbucks making your coffee not to poison you.
Okay?
You trust the person making your food at ShakeShack to not skeet and your banana pudding shake.
Okay?
It's all about trust, okay?
Okay, it ain't be mouthwatering.
So what happens when we can no longer trust each other?
Now, I know you're saying yourself,
What are you talking about?
Uncle Shala, do you see the world we live in?
Folks don't trust each other now.
That is not accurate.
I know there's a lot of BS in this country and bad things happen all the time.
Okay, there are people who absolutely violate this circle of trust that we have in this country every day.
But for the most part, the bad and average of trust is pretty good.
Okay, this thing could really go off the rails.
And I know it often feels like it is.
But for the most part, we stay on track.
But for how long?
Okay.
When you have a dentist, like Dr. Harleen Gruewell, not only exhibiting this kind of behavior, but proudly letting you know this is what she does, even in a joking manner, then I have to say we are reaching a real tipping point because this is what I don't understand, Dr. Harleen Gruewell, you love being Maga more than you love being a dentist.
Like you spend all this time, countless hours in school, studying, having your own practice, you put all this working just to lose it because you want to discreet.
against people based on what political party they are in.
Now, I'm not the highest grade of weed in the dispensary, but as far as I know, you can't get
your license taken away for being prejudiced.
You can't get your license suspended or revoked because, you know, saying that you cut back
on the laughing gas, if someone isn't MAGA, is absolutely professional misconduct.
And I know that they did an investigation and, you know, everything turned out fine for you.
But why would you even risk your whole livelihood over a red hat?
Okay.
Even if you don't lose your license, you're losing customers, okay?
Because people just simply don't trust you.
Okay, does MAGA have a support group for you when you lose your job?
Is there a pantry you can go to to to feed yourself when you lose your career over a temporary moment in politics?
You want to be a MAGA influence that bad.
Please give Dr. Harleen Gruel to sweet sounds of the hamletones.
Oh, now you are the donkey of the day.
You are the dokey of the day, y'all.
And I get it.
She said that, you know, somebody's just out there trying to cancel her
because the video is two years old, but...
Ain't nothing funny about that?
Those were your words.
That's right.
You know, it's those are your words.
All right.
Well, thank you for that donkey today.
Now, if you're up and about and you're on your streaming service,
you can check us out on Twitch.
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We'll be chatting up with you guys.
If you want to hop on right now.
And everybody else, Michael Blackson will be joining us when we come back.
Comedian Michael Blackson, so don't go anywhere.
It's the Breakfast Club.
Good morning.
The Breakfast Club.
Morning, everybody is DJ Envi.
Just hilarious.
Salamaine de Guy.
We are the Breakfast Club.
Lawn LaRose is here as well.
We got a special guest in the building.
Donald Trump's favorite African.
Oh, my goodness.
Michael Blackson, ladies and gentlemen.
Welcome.
How you feeling, man?
Good morning.
brought up.
How do you think I'm
Donald Trump
Free of African?
Got to be.
You don't think so?
Well, you know what?
Oh, Elon Musk.
You know what?
You're right.
Wow.
Elon Musk didn't Michael Black.
No, I'm all about
whoever's in office
you got to work with them
one way or another.
And I see you guys,
I mean, I see DLDL killing Trump
every day.
I'm like, listen, that's not going to help us.
You want to help us?
Tell this what we need.
Don't go bashing him and all
that stuff.
I'm all about whoever's in office
try to get where we get out of them
instead of just killing them every day
and making fun
going hard on them
it's not going to help
I know DEL doesn't reach out to you a few times
Yeah he did
And that goes back to
Even Africa
Like, you know
In Africa
The leaders are the ones in charge
They are the rich ones
They're the one that you have to like
Work with
If you won't get anything done
You know
They just had
My confidence band
So I just kept that same energy
Anywhere I go
I wasn't off
You got to find a way to work with them
You can't just go
roasting, you know, bashing them every day.
You're not going to get shit out of them that way.
You get a lot of flag for that?
For what?
For your opinion on Donald Trump and how you can.
I mean, I don't talk much about it online because my fan base are like, you know,
majority young black people and what's my fan base?
So I try to keep that, you know, give some stuff to myself.
Well, how are things at home?
You just had another baby?
Well, I mean, I haven't had one 18 years, so all of a sudden, you know, a new one comes out.
18 years, your twins are 18?
Twins turned 18 and we're going to college, yeah, man.
It was a big mother
Six years there when he came here
Wow
You just got out child support
Now you got to support man
Just finally
Finally fling my last payment
A whole new n*** comes out
But you know
Here the thing with child support
You know
Having kids
When you're 25, 26 years old
You know you were struggling
I think
Man money is not an issue
So when there's money's not an issue
Nothing bothers you
I think the most important thing is money
Yeah
And you know I don't have money problems anymore
What
Listen, what made you want to start over?
I mean, I didn't want to start over.
I mean, I just got lazy with my polo game.
Damn.
I didn't want, you know what?
So the baby was, you know, the twins, it was really bad experience as, you know,
co-parenting with the mom.
We had a really big, we couldn't get along with the court fighting.
We were fighting from the day they were born all the way to like 18 years old.
Damn.
It was really bad, you know what I mean?
And Rada didn't believe how bad it was until, like, the last six years.
I had to take over the family wizard.
So when you are in family court
and you can't get along with your other,
there's an app called Family Wizard
where you communicate on the app.
Yeah, there's a family app where you communicate
where you don't have to talk to this lady.
And then, but the court watches it.
So it's like, what's that for like baby moms
and baby daddy type?
Yeah, exactly.
But, I mean, court is over now, so I can stay now.
But I had, I say, you know what,
you don't believe you think I'm the problem?
I'm going to have you act like you or me.
and you communicate
with this lady
and she found out
what I'm looking for
meticulous?
No
manipulative
I went to
public school
you have to excuse me
and she found out
she's like
damn this woman was really nuts
so I had to communicate with her
for the last five years
I didn't
I'm like you know
I'm paying you
to talk to this lady
I don't want to talk to her
and then she realized
that I wasn't a problem
you know
I just had a really
great
you know
I don't want to talk much
about the big mom
because after all
she did a great job
raising my boys
they all eight students in college
and I'm very proud of them
and that's one good thing she did
but she did ruin the bond
that I have with my boys
I mean at least the last five six years
really because y'all were always together
I was always together but I mean you got the point
when she got remarried
got married not remarried
because I never married her
thank God
when she got married
and when the relationship was over
she went back to getting on my nerves again
that's why please it's always best
like let them find some
because
come with me down.
You know what I mean?
Like me and me and Rada will argue
and I'll give her some shit
and then she backed her loving
and being normal again.
And Rada is still your fiance
are you going to marry her?
You got engaged a pair.
Yeah, I did.
I did engage in a pair.
Well, she said engagement is expired
and now she needs a new ring, okay?
But I mean,
every time you look at somebody
getting divorced every day, I'm like,
you know, I don't be part of this divorce.
So you're just going to keep proposing.
Yeah, we should keep proposing.
And looking for a new proposal
Come back, so y'all are in a relationship
Yeah, we're still together
Because you know the back and forth that you had online
And kind of confuse people
Because, well, you, you had to come out too
When she posted it like she's like
She's alone, she walks alone or talks alone sometimes
And then you reacted, then you retracted
What you reacted with it?
And you talked about FaceTiming her from the road
And that was a
Well, that was about something else
And I'm not ready to talk about yet
You know, I'm not going to say she's using
Postpartum as an excuse
You know, because the way she made it same
And me, I try not to read too much comments
You know, I just knew when it came out
I had people hit me, like, you know, why she acting like,
you know, why she's acting like, you know,
So without I mean reading comments
Or even reading her text message, I went in the defense mode
And like, you know, hey, I'm like,
Don't talk about the hands that feed you, whatever
And I kind of, that's probably, I went a little hard, you know,
but we recently, I was bored
The last couple of years
And I, you know, I did the, I did the TV show at Topbury Studios
Which is the four episode pilot
And now we've been waiting for like when we won't do this again because this show is probably the most amazing thing and I've done and I'm like okay
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I took on love and hip-hop Miami and it's actually coming out November
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People like to know where you're going through.
So I, you know, and my reply was more to like, you know what, let me make a little bit more famous.
Let me go online, just talk shit and let her reply back.
Let's go back and forth.
And I said, you can make a whole lot of money being reality.
So after the fact, I told her, I said, listen, it was, I wasn't, this can't come up bad place.
I'm more trying to, like, help you become reality famous.
That's why I said, I was hoping we went back and forth.
You know, I didn't tell it.
Let's go back and forth on purpose.
I were hoping we went back and forth.
But, you know, my team, like, my, you know, post-parum is a very serious thing.
So don't play with it, don't talk about it.
I kind of like...
I mean, you can talk about it.
You just have to, you know, you got to be there for her.
But do you think with her, if she is, you know, going through postpartum depression,
is she okay with film?
You think she's going to be cool on the show?
I mean, the show is a lot more going to come on.
Did y'all shoot?
You shot the show, right?
Yeah, we started right.
We started.
We started, but they started, but it goes on through January, and then, and then, um, did he see?
side, you know, on the next season.
But it's a lot more coming on the show
that probably had something to do
with the postpartum thing. But I couldn't
talk about it. I'm a ruin the show.
What did you mean when you said, if you think making a
baby with me will turn me into Russell Wilson, you better
try again by the soccer.
Well, you know, come of
Russell, real soon as everyone must drink.
And maybe instead, she ended with a Stefan Dix instead.
Jesus.
You got a baby on the way that Cardi hopes
he'll be there for? Michael. Was that?
Jesus. She picked the wrong football
Playing him.
What the
fuck I got to do with this?
God.
Well, I mean, she
knew from the door
who Michael Blackson was.
You know what I mean?
You didn't...
So who is Michael Blackson?
When it comes to the ladies?
I mean, and then
when I became honest with myself,
which was after I broke up
with the girl before, Rada,
and I realized that I just
can't be with one person
and I've been honest from the door.
Mm-hmm.
You know?
is it the African
in you?
I don't know what it is
You need to have more than one wife
I mean more wife might be
I mean I'm not
You know
I mean to have more than one wife
It's either a religious thing
Or some type of a chief
There's a lot to have that
I mean I love to have more than one wife
But it sounds like a lot of problem
You know
I'm okay
You don't want to marry nobody
You just want to have them there
I just I mean I don't mind having a one
Great woman that I know has my back
And she's a one
She's the one that has my back
and does everything for me
and do things right.
But once in a while, you know,
I like to do whatever.
Is she okay with that?
Yeah.
You got work in Ghana?
What do you mean?
Ladies.
I had somebody in Ghana.
Somebody.
So just one person.
I had somebody gone,
but she's a little scam.
Potential scammer.
I'm not sure.
Jesus, she's suspect.
I'm not, you know.
What she gave me?
She got your credit number?
No, no.
She.
just full of shit, man. I don't want to get into
detail. But let me ask you, I don't want you to take this wrong way.
But everything going on with Diddy, you didn't say,
you know what? I don't want to have these multiple
relationships outside of my relationship.
No, I'm just saying, because you got caught him on some
that's what I'm saying, it's like, because
you, with all these women and now,
all it takes you want women to be like.
Two, three, the whole lot, that's a whole lot. A month, two, three,
a month is a lot. No, it's the same people.
He rotate the same women.
I'm the same people. You never want them to be like,
oh, no, I keep my circle clothes. I try
keep my circle clothes and intimate.
that way knows.
And I'm very,
I treat every woman with respect.
I think that's the most important thing.
You treat them more respect
and always have receipts.
You always have receipt.
And I have a nephew that plays in the NFL
and I got a lot of young guys that plays in NBA.
And I tell my soliciting guys,
be careful.
You need receipt for everything you do.
If a girl comes and visit you,
you know, you walk that girl to the elevator.
You give a hug.
The camera's always watching.
And when she gets home,
text and make sure you got home to say,
always keep a receipt.
You know, never leave room
for anybody to accuse you of anything.
You know, how your rape is going to hug you at the elevator.
You know what I'm saying?
So besides that, I treat everyone, every, every person that I'm with, I treat them well and respectful and, you know.
That's the key, man.
You got to treat women right.
Be honest, be honest and treat them white.
But see, that was the thing that Ryder had a problem with because she's like, yo, why are you so nice to the girls that?
I know you got two and three, but she's like, yes, that's where.
feels like a relationship because you're keeping
contact, keeping in contact with these girls
after you're saying, you only say them a few times out the year
but like, you take care of them.
Like you're taking them to breakfast. That's what she was
meant to me about.
But you just don't need to eat.
Damn.
You know what I'm saying?
That was one issue we had with
her most hated side chick of mine.
Oh.
It was in Vegas and
I was playing at this particular
casino and they offered me like dinner
and like STK or whatever.
And I'm like, okay, I took her to go eat
That's a nice-ass restaurant show
And then, you know, the manager of the
The manager of the club happened to be a good friend's Rada
And then this, like, you know
Doing some fucking guy coached texting Rada here
Mike is here with another
Another, you know
That's his girl though, you're looking out for her
What I did, you know
That's your girl too
Even when I'm in public
I don't like being public with another woman by alone
Because I'll hear somebody to pictures and get along
So I always make sure I invite two or three
Whether there's homies or girls
I make sure it's more than just me and this person
So one of my homies I invited one of my homies
Come to have dinner
I say I'm gay come on dinner
I'm east S.K. Rich, come on.
So it's even me, him and her
You know, Ben and he's like this little
Middle East shit texting her
Here with another woman
So we're sitting there and I'm trying to sneak
Video to send her
And then the girl caught on to her like cursing him out
in the rest of her
You know
It was a bigger scene
It became a much bigger scene
SDK is a big deal though man
They got the bag of donuts
And the truffle fries
And the freaking waggo
You just have the most lone steak
That's man
You can't be going to snitch
You don't go snitching another
Would I?
Yeah
Um
I don't know
It depends
Like you said that was his home girl though
Yeah but still
You know what I mean
Like I'm not
I won't put that kind of stress on my home girl
Was he?
no no he wasn't good you're good right
because that's what thing that said
I knew got a question
now you said you were in loving hip hop Miami
who else was on the cast
because you're new cast member
same thing you know
it's trick daddy of course
it's still there you got trainers there
Amara is still there
so you're the new
I'm like I'm the new one
me
of course
um Rada
now I'm a watch
did you really miss the birth of your son
because you went to go get coffee
yeah so
yeah I did
he didn't try to deny
So, mind you, I wanted this kid to be born on Monday.
I went to this kid to be born on Monday.
I'm cold joke.
Cold joke is you're born on Monday, you're a cold job.
So the goal was the be born on Monday.
So we did Monday all day, went for this little shit to come out.
There's no African, Chinese, no one come out, right?
And I'm like, it's freezing in the hospital.
I hate the cold.
You know, I'm African warm blood.
It's over the night.
Now when the money's over, not Tuesday.
I didn't want a whole new name now.
You know, because you're Tuesday.
you are like Quabena.
That's the name for the boy if you're Ptoosy.
For the Quabina,
no disrespect to any Ghanes out there with Quabina name.
In fact, one of my homies who's ex-presidents' son-in-law,
his and Miss Quabina.
He actually lives in Jersey from Jersey.
And shout out to you, but I'm not named my son,
Quabina.
It just sounds too, you know.
Tuesday.
To what?
Sounds too Tuesday.
Girlie.
Quabina sounds girly, right?
So now we don't miss fucking Monday.
We miss Koja, and now I didn't know what is Quabena.
I'm like, and when is Quabena?
I'm, you know what I mean?
So I'm waiting.
It's freezing and then I'm like, I'm going to grab me something to,
um, get out here, go grab something to eat and a drink, whatever.
I'll be back.
And I left out, the hospital, drove like 20 minutes to go find something.
You drove, you didn't even walk.
Oh, no, hell no, I drove.
Got in the car, drove, we ain't got something to eat.
And then she texted me like, hey, the baby might be coming soon.
I said, okay, no problem.
Let me put this hospital name in the GPS.
And I put it in GPS, pull up, and is it wrong.
hospital. I get to find out there's six
of this fucking name. The hospital has
six different, there's six locations with the same
name. So now I'm even further away.
As soon as I walk in the hospital,
we're out. He's crying with a little
breath mark on his stomach.
What really happened, Michael? What was her name?
Dang, seriously. I was in a whole different
I was in Arizona. That's where she lives.
It wasn't home for me. I ain't got no bitches in Arizona.
You really was mad, upset.
Like, you know, like the cold hospital?
I stepped out to get some. To get some, he
He didn't just go.
It was so cold.
When I got in the car, I didn't even turn the air on.
It was 100 degrees in Arizona.
Yeah.
And I kept the,
air off.
I just wanted some heat bag in my fucking body.
And I came back and I went to the wrong hospital.
Would you have a show there that weekend or something?
No, I just went there for the baby's birth.
She lives there.
Oh, she lived, okay.
Yeah, we have a place in Arizona.
That's what she's at.
That's what she says.
Yeah, we don't live together.
What do you mean?
What do you say it like that?
Time out.
I need my space.
We don't live together, man.
This is 20-25, man.
she's going to be all right when she see this interview
the way you know he it is she's seen worse interviews
oh she did so you live in florida she live in i live in i live in los angeles
so y'all don't live with each other at all never live together
she comes over you know i go over there because you and you
asked for her hand in marriage yeah don't mean we got
she wanted but he asked for her hand in marriage because she wanted to get married
he didn't want to ever get married
you know that you told me on the show this is what it is we have therapy
We live in different, you know, I prefer living.
So how often do you visit?
We see each other quite often, at least every, at least every other week.
California, Arizona is right here.
Miami, I have a house back in East and Delaware, so we all over the place.
You got a house in Delaware?
Yeah, I was raised in Philly.
I built my house in Delaware like 2007.
When we'd be in the mall, you live, but when I used to work in the mall.
She's from Delaware.
Yeah, people used to always be like, Michael Blackson was just in here.
We'd be like, no, he wasn't.
I'd be like, yes, he wasn't here all the time.
We just never see you, but we don't dare.
You don't want to be in Delaware?
No.
You never had no work in Delaware?
I did one point, but not in serious.
My work is mostly like L.A.
You screwed your face up.
Delaware and got some baddies.
I mean, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't, I didn't
I didn't see that part of time.
I didn't, I didn't see that part of the time.
I didn't hang out at the Delaware clubs.
You know?
Yo, jeez.
Chill out.
I didn't see.
I didn't see.
I didn't hang out of the Delaware.
I mean, at the mall you probably.
you could see something here and there, but I didn't have
nobody. Why are you looking at my chest?
You always got it out. I just
always out there, I don't know.
I see you in Delaware. I'm something.
I don't even be here.
Michael Blackson, ladies and gentlemen,
you can catch him at New York Comedy Festival,
and we always appreciate you joining us.
Thanks for having me.
Michael Blackson, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.
The Breakfast Club.
Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV,
Jess O'Lari, and the Guy. We are the Breakfast Club.
Let's get to the latest with Lauren.
Lauren becoming a straight fat.
Tell her, man.
She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.
She gets the details.
I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything.
She'd be having the latest on this.
The latest with Lauren LaRosa.
Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details, sometimes you have a little bit of everything.
Well, it's the latest.
On the breakfast club.
Talk to me.
So we just got a news update.
I just spoke to a rapper, Detroit rapper, Dang, Big Dang.
You know the Big Dang?
Yes.
What up, Dow?
Yes.
She was a story that broke that she had settled her lawsuit with Lyft.
And I've confirmed that that is true.
She has settled the lawsuit with Lyft.
You guys will remember she filed that lawsuit because she said that she unless she was denied a ride because of her size.
Right.
So she has settled.
She couldn't say too much to me, but I did confirm that it was a monetary settlement.
She says that she is happy.
She is in a good place with everything.
The conversations that they had brought her to a good place.
And I asked her, so would you ride lift again?
where you request a lift car again
she says she would
I saw her getting into a sprint
the other night
I did
that's a good size
on her Instagram
yeah
yeah yeah
well yeah she says she
all this
she said all is good
what lift
I don't know
I don't know you could do that
I'm glad big dang
you got her check
I actually am excited about that
did they pay like she
weighed though
wow
they paid like she weighed
and she came up
that's why she dropped
the goddamn disc record
because little
little stuff like that
no that's my girl
And I saw her say that she getting her stomach cut off.
No, don't do that.
When she was here, remember she said that she wanted to go through the surgery and different things,
but she had to get to a certain way to do it.
So yet she's still on that journey that is going to be something that she does.
But she was working with, remember the woman that was up here with her doctor?
Yeah, the wellness doctor because she had to get to a certain way in order to do that.
So she is getting ready to and preparing to do that as well.
She also told me she has a new song out with Scarlet called Big Girls that she says,
it's going crazy right now.
She wants you all to go listen to it as well.
Where it's a scallop ain't big.
What?
It says big girls.
It's sorry.
It don't sound like,
Dane's going to be big no more either.
She ain't going to be big Dane no more.
She get her stomach cut off and keep coming down.
Remember when she was here,
she said she don't want to be like super, super skinny.
She just wants to be healthier and kind of like lose a bit of the weight.
Okay, good.
Yeah, so.
But she has to get to the weight where she could actually do all that.
I'm moving for you, Big Dane.
Get your stomach cut off.
Do your ojimpic, the Mount Majaro or whatever you got to do.
I'm with you.
What is oljimpic?
The Mount, what?
What was it called?
Mount Monjaro, was it called?
Don't ask me.
Not Mount Monjaro.
It's just called Monjaro.
You got the whole Zimpic.
And then they have a new one I seen a commercial for the other day too.
The G-1?
No.
Oh, it's apparently, it's also an injection, but it's better side effects.
Do what you got to do, big day.
Yeah, shout-out to her.
Glad that's over.
Now, in other news, Kai Sinette, he has finally, a big congratulations to him.
He has hit one million subscribers, correct?
I'm not a bomb for Kyle.
Speaking of the biggest.
Yes.
He has broke, which is, it was actually his own subscriber record,
but he has broke the subscriber record.
He is now at 1 million subscribers.
So this means LeBron James at some point will come on the stream and cut his dreds
because Codd is said in the beginning of Mafia Don 3
that LeBron has to come on and cut his dreds if he reaches the $1 million.
Yes.
Oh, dope.
Okay.
So let me ask you a question.
He has a million subscribers.
All of those paid?
They pay 99 cents a month.
I thought it was $5 a month, so he $5 million.
I don't think all of them are paid, though,
but I wonder how many of them are paid.
Or maybe he does have all-paid crops.
I'm not sure.
I can't answer that question.
Eli is in there going crazy,
and he's saying y'all don't know what y'all talking about.
Eli, come out here, Eli.
Well, why Eli gets here, I do have some audio because,
well, first of all, when they hit the $1 million,
they're playing the Millie,
Kai's mom is there, his sister is there,
everybody's going crazy.
Phantom is there, all the guys are there,
and then they put on the motivational speech music
for Kai to give his motivational speech.
Let's take a listen.
This year was about helping people,
helping the ones around me,
just locking in a lot of hate after hate after hate i could have quit any time i could have stopped
i could have took a break but something told me to keep going if i didn't have jesus in my life
none of this would be possible let's go kai amen let's go kai yes without him there's nobody big with
nobody else lebron raymond james to come to the house and cut off my locks bro so i say that i say all
All that to say this, do not care what anybody think.
Remain being you, remain being humble, and move forward, bro.
That's it.
Dropping the clues, bonds for Kai.
O'io, Eli, on the stream.
So people on the chat saying it's $6.99, 799.
What is it, Kai?
Ovi-o-E-L-E-L-E-L-E-Ly.
The way it works is you get, there's certain brackets for gifted subs.
So you could gift like five subs, 50 plus subs, 200 subs.
Shout out to Snoop Dogg.
He was gifting that for the $100, for the $1 million.
And so Kai just made history
is the first
Twitch streamer to reach 100.
How many people are paying
with the subscribers?
So if he has a million subscribers plus,
how many people actually pay monthly?
Well,
the way gifted subs works
is let's say I do
5 plus gifted.
That means that the gifted
subs are,
they're just spread randomly
for people to subscribe.
So it was like $30,
I think,
for 5 gifted
and for 200,
it's like 60.
So the million subscribers
people don't pay like a monthly fee?
Don't they pay a monthly fee?
No.
Some of them do.
You could do like through Amazon
prime you can do that or you can pay like I think
it's like $8 or $15
per month but gifted subs
is different but they both go
into the bracket of
subs. Yeah, they confuse us.
And people are saying on the stream that why you ain't let people
know that we were actually live on the stream, why are you sending
a notification? It does if they're
subscribed, if they're subbed or if they follow us
on Twitch. Somebody that he don't know
what he's talking about either. Eli don't know
nothing about nothing.
Eli is a compromise. I don't know. I don't know even know
I'm just nervous because I'm
somebody said, man, after chat, man.
Chat, let us know chat.
Somebody said, I didn't get no notifications.
Eli lying.
Eli lying.
Eli lied.
I don't know either.
Somebody said, Eli made that sound so complicated.
That's what you sure did.
He just said, well, we are.
Somebody said, cat.
All right, fine.
Somebody said, Eli just thinking about Drake.
Damn.
They know Eli well.
All right.
Well, we got it right now.
Somebody said, fire him now.
Damn.
Somebody says all page subs.
I know it's not
If you sub are different
I'm subscribed to Kai and I didn't pay for nothing
Yeah exactly
Or you could buy gifted subs
It's not if you buy gifted subs
That's not you subscribing
That's you giving away five subs
I know Snood was on there spending money
Because he kept seeing it
And he was shouting on Ray J too
For all of his help and his push
And it's like a whole hype train going down
Which is basically a whole bunch of people in the chat
Who are watching live
They buy the gifted subs
Which adds to the pot of
It said the subs make you watch the screen
Without ad somebody else in the chat
said if you get a gifted sub, if you get a gifted sub, then it's free for a month,
and you can pay the next month if you want to continue it.
I got a long, we got a long way to a million, but we're here.
Kai making this money.
Yeah, shout out to Kai.
It's telling my mom, the first stuff, she did FaceTime.
Baby, how do you do this FaceTime thing?
I keep looking at my hand.
Like, yeah, that's what we sound.
All right.
Well, that is the latest with Long.
That's why you don't got no screamers now.
What do you call them?
What are they call them?
First of all, I'll be watching Eli's stream.
There will be two people on it.
Yeah, it'd be you and Eli.
Don't nobody be on.
Eli's screaming. He'd be shaking ass.
When I tell you, Eli, he'd be shaking ass.
What you mean? He'd be twerking. Going crazy.
Like, it's a million people watching.
I don't be shaking those ass, pause.
Man.
Yeah.
My Twitch is at OVOE Live.
Yeah.
Oh, every day and you be doing.
Oh, what is it?
What are I, miss?
Yeah, let me see the drink dance.
Oh.
Yeah, Eli, I play dance and like to drink y'all.
All right.
People's choice mixes up next.
It's the breakfast club.
Come morning.
Just the port lights.
out the breakfast club morning everybody is dj nv jess alaris shalemay we are the breakfast club
salute to all the hbc u's homecoming season is around the corner my first stop is this week and you know
i do an hbc u tour i like to touch some of the uh hbcc u s school so i'm gonna be in dayton ohio for the all black
affair this weekend and then i think we touch uh gho we touch hampton uh i think we're in south carolina
i think we're in howard i mean we're touching all the colleges it's probably my favorite time
to DJ because it's just
homecoming. It's just everybody, alumni,
we're just having a good time. So hopefully
I get to see you at homecoming to
some of your schools this year. We're supposed to go to Delaware
State. Me and Lauren, I don't know whatever happened to that, but
Well, they might have closed the school.
Oh. But, South Carolina
State got their homecoming this weekend, too. And I've been
meaning the salute South Carolina State, man,
because you know every year,
well, you know, I have a, well, maybe you don't know.
I'm talking to y'all like y'all know, but I have a
Ford Family Foundation
Endowed Scholarship
at South Carolina State University.
So every year we give out
scholarships to people
that's either major in
communications
something in the mental health space
or something in communications
and we just gave out
two of our scholarships
recently to Makaya
Leak. She is a senior speech
pathology and audio
audiology
audiology. Audio
audiology major. Yes. Senior speech
pathology and audiology major. Say it again
Jess. Audioology.
Audiology major from Spartanburg, South Carolina
and Tyrone Pond, he's a senior professional
English major from Abbeville, South Carolina.
So, you know, they just received scholarships, man,
for their academic achievements and leaderships
and commitment to their community.
So salute both of those individuals.
And, you know, I just love doing stuff like that.
I told you all the other day when I saw Jeff Basel's ex-wife,
her name is escaping me right now,
when I saw her give $70 million to HBCUs,
I'm like, yo, that right there is...
That is incredible.
So, you know, that's that when you have a little bit,
I think you should give a little bit.
Yeah.
I can't reach you.
I get to that level
and be able to donate
70 million to a HBCC.
But until we get to that level,
we do what we can.
Yeah, we do we can.
And that's why we have
the Ford Family Foundation
Scholarship at South Carolina
State University.
So salute to Mackay and Tyrone.
Now, salute to Michael Blackson
for joining us this morning.
Absolutely.
Also, the cast of Ruth and Boaz,
Devon Franklin,
Saria, and Tyler Lepley.
Yes, it's the number one show
on Netflix right now.
That's right.
Number one movie.
Yeah, number one movie
on Netflix right now.
And it's actually good.
So I watched a movie.
over the weekend. It's dope, dope, dope. Do you have something to do this weekend?
No, but October 11th and 12, your girl, Jesselaris, will be coming to upstate New York, Albany and Syracuse.
I will be there at the Funny Bones. On Friday, we got two shows in Syracuse, and then on Saturday.
I've been right over to Albany, New York, and I got two shows at the Funny Bone Comedy Club Saturday.
So get your tickets if you haven't yet. I will be doing meet and greet. Upstate. I can't wait to see y'all.
All right. Now, Solomon, you got a positive note?
I do, man. The positive note comes from one of my favorite pages on.
on Instagram, The Healing Guide, man.
The Healing Guide said, and they posted this nine hours ago,
allow people to have their moods and allow their moods
to have nothing to do with you, okay?
Not every shift in someone's mood is about you,
even if it feels that way.
People carry their own struggles, their own scratches,
and emotions that spill over at times.
When you stop taking everything personally,
you give other space to feel what they need to feel
while protecting your own peace.
Have a great day.
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