The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Diddy Is Still Reaching For A Pardon From President Trump, Howard Stern Show Rumored To Be Ending After $500M Contract Comes To A Close + Wendell Pierce Interview

Episode Date: August 6, 2025

Today on The Breakfast Club, Wendell Pierce joins us to discuss his career journey, finding purpose, and the state of public media, including the NPR and PBS shutdown. He also shares thoughts on Trump and CLTC. Plus, Charlamagne Tha God gives Donkey of the Day to a New Jersey fire chief who told a child to 'shut the f-ck up' during a mental health emergency. Listen for more!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Ah, ha, ha, ha. Good morning. How y'all feel out there? I feel blessed black and highly favorite. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. Well, I got a delay. Yeah, you got a delay. Jeff, Eddie, if you're listening, you've got to fix Charlemagne's delay. It's about a second off this, throwing it off just a little bit.

We'll get that right. Well, good, Charlomaine. Good morning, Jess. How are you feeling? I feel good. Yeah, I feel good. Okay, all right, good. You look amazing. Where are you going after the show?

Thank you. I have to film today. I got to film something today. Oh, so you're not going to the gym with me. That's what I said. I'm going tomorrow. Okay. Yeah.

All right. Just making sure. All right. Now, we have a special guest joining us this morning. Usually we have a sheet that tells us, you know, who's going to be here, all the things that he's done and all that other stuff. But we don't have that sheet. So, Charlemagne, who's joining us this morning? Man, we have the great Windell Pierce.

Windell Pierce is an actor. He's a businessman. I mean, you've seen him on shows like The Wire. You've seen him on. Suits. You know, he's in the new Superman movie. I mean, he was in Thunderbolts this year I mean, it's Wendell Pierce

has been on so many days He was in waiting ex hell back in the day He's on Raising Canaan like he's He's Broadway What was the joint on Broadway? He was in Um, uh, uh, uh Super Bowl.

He had no idea even He started Broadway like He started Broadway Like yo, he didn't start Broadway I know, I'm being sarcastic But like he like He was like he'd been doing Broadway For a long time type situation

The crazy thing about it is Depp of a salesman Depp of a salesman That's what it is on Broadway. Yes. The crazy thing about him is... He played the lead role of Willie Lohman, he plays. He's been in so many movies, so many documentaries, so many Broadway plays.

But a lot of people just don't know his name. Yeah. Like when I was telling him who was going to be on the show. And I was like, I can't think of the brother's name. I said he's the brother. He has glasses. And she was like, the guy from suits, what are there? I said, yes.

How'd you know? She was like, because he's in every movie. Right, right. But nobody knows his name. He reminds me like an uncle. Like, he gave me, like, my uncle vibes. Like Uncle vibes? Yeah.

Okay. He's a phenomenal actor, man. He's been nominated for, you know, Tony Awards, you know, so he's just a great person to have a conversation with. So, Wendell Pierce will be joining us later today. That's right. Later this morning. We'll kick it with him a little bit. And then we got front page news more going to be joining us.

Breaking everything down, like I said, usually they tell us what she's breaking down. I know. But today is just, we're just going to rogue. So we'll get to that when we come back. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV.

J. Salari is Sholomey and the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. getting some front page news now some quick sports and some nasty news y'all better stop this I'm telling y'all y'all going to keep getting arrested and they're going to throw you all away for a couple of years another dildo another dildo now this is the second sex toy

incident in the last seven days now someone threw a sex toy on the court no it's been like four but it's the second one that last seven days oh okay okay the last couple of weeks it's been like four it's been four years someone threw a sex toy on the court and almost hit a player last night this was during the sparks and fever game Kelsey Plum

kicked it off the court. It happened again Friday as well. Yeah, almost it's Sophia Cunningham. How do we know that these doodles aren't falling out of some of these women's shorts, though? How do we know that? I'm just saying. They can't fall out because it's a strap. It's connected to a strap.

So it's like a little harness. You can't fall out. But they're playing in the game. So like the scrap and the harness aren't for basketball. You're wily, y'allie. I thought you made the audience. You are wiling. No. I'm just saying how they just keep

ending up on the court like this, man. What's going on? They're throwing them. People are throwing them. They're throwing the deal. The same color, lime, green, all the time. That's wild. That's wild. It's a great mocking for the league, though. Oh, people talking about it. I think he meant for green dildos.

Shoot, man. What? Never mind. What's up, Morgan? Oh, my gosh. I was going to say how we're feeling on a hump day, but I can see how we feeling. Let's get to this front page. All right, so more on the situation regarding the redrawing of Texas congressional maps. So Texas Republicans, again, were blocked from moving forward with their congressional redistricting plan for the second day in the row. The House convened but failed to reach a quorum after more than 50 Democrats left the state and went to Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts to prevent Republicans from advancing redistricting maps. Now, the Texas House Speaker issued civil arrest warrants for the absent Democrats, but legal experts say they're probably not enforceable outside of state lines.

Republicans' plan is aimed at adding up to five GOP seats ahead of the 2026 midterms. Now, yesterday President Trump and Republican, yesterday President Trump said Republicans are entitled to more five, to the five seats in Texas. Let's take a listen to his comments. And we have an opportunity in Texas to pick up five seats. We have a really good governor and we have good people in Texas. But in Illinois, what's happened is terrible what they're doing. And they, you notice they go to Illinois for safe.

But that's all gerrymandered. So Texas Democrats are ready to stay in Illinois for as long as it takes in their fight against GOP redistricting efforts. Texas Republicans, of course, are defending the redrawing of those congressional boundaries like State Representative Katrina Pearson. She says minorities in the state of Texas are starting to trend Republican, and she points to the border with Mexico, adding that Hispanics have increasingly been voting for Trump, the proposed map, she says, reflects that. Meanwhile, in Illinois, Governor Pritzker is, J.B. Pritzker, is considering the idea of a possible mid-decade congressional remap in Illinois, speaking yesterday and ORA alongside Texas state representatives and D.N.C. Chairman, Ken Martin. Pritzker says redrawing Illinois congressional districts isn't something he wants to do, but everything is on the table in the fight against the GOP's redistricting efforts in Texas. Let's take a listen to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. If they're going to cheat, then all of us have to take a hard look at what the effect of that cheating is on democracy. And that means we've all got to stand up and do the right thing. Democratic Texas lawmakers, of course, have been in Illinois since Sunday, again, talking about just, you know, trying to prevent those redistricting efforts.

Okay, so California has also entered the chat in this. The state Democratic leaders are preparing to support Governor Gavin Newsom's proposal. for a special election in November to do the exact same thing that J.B. Pritzker is going to do. So Newsom says he's responding to President Trump urging Texas Republicans to redistrict their 2026 secure GOP control. Let's hear more from California Governor Gavin Newsom. He's dialing for seats familiar because he dialed for votes in the last election. Here's someone who tried to break this country, try to light democracy on fire on January 6th. He recognizes he's going to lose in the midterms.

That's what's at stake. And that's why we're putting a stake in the ground. We're not drawing lines to draw lines. We're holding the line on democracy, on the rule of law, co-equal branches of government, popular sovereignty. That's what this is about. So in California, Newsom wants to allow lawmakers to temporarily regain the power to redraw congressional district maps.

Of course, it was taken away in 2008 and given to an independent commission, A polling by Democratic leaders on Sunday indicates over half of those surveyed are in favor for the special election, while 41% opposed it, 7% are undecided. Of course, California, former California governor and Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger opposes the efforts and called gerrymandering evil. And for those who don't know, gerrymandering is defined as manipulating the boundaries of an electoral constituency to favor a party or a class. it's also important to note that states do redraw their maps about every 10 years based on census data so that's why they say it's recommended that you do your census

yep yeah New York New York said they're moving forward we redistricting too I mean if they said if Texas does it then you know if Texas nucks and they're going to buck yep so that's your front page news for 6 a.m. y'all can follow me on excuse me we're not quite there yet all right y'all stick around

for 7 a.m. more front page news will get into an executive order that the president signed regarding the upcoming olympics in L.A. All right. Everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-58-105-105.1. If you need to vent something's on your mind or you just want to just clear some things off your chest, call us up right now. Phone lines are wide open.

Again, 800-585-105-1. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Ray, Ray, Ray. Yo, Charlemagne. Evie, what up? Are we live? This is your time to get it off your chest. I got an indoor pool, an outdoor pool.

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. We can get on the phone right now. He'll tell you what it is. We live. Hello, who's this? Hi, good morning. This is Victoria. I had called earlier during the week regarding the cruise.

Hey, oh, Victoria. Hi, Victoria. Jeez, Victoria. That, uh, Doc, huh? Yes, good morning, everybody. Oh, hey, boo. Have a blessed morning. I start.

That's crazy, man. Crazy, wasn't it? Yeah, if my husband, like, walked in because he was coming home from work, he was like, you ain't going nowhere without me, because we're about to head on the cruise on the 19. Well, good. Stay by your man, and your man need to stay by you. I love that. I think y'all are going to be okay. But I just, because everybody knows the doc is out right now, so everybody's going to be looking

for suspicious activity and behavior, you know, for staff from staff on the cruise. But stay next to your man, girl. And I ain't saying don't have fun. Don't get, you know, don't get drunk, but just watch people when they make your drinks, everything. You know what I'm saying? It's crazy. They were talking about how there's no cameras and how people saw her. And I'm like, mm-mm.

Well, there's cameras all over these cruise. ships now that was what an 88 or something like that 98? 98 it's still blind spots in V okay it's blind spots and then they're careful man up and down inside and out yeah they're saying that she was muggled out in the suitcase

that there's no way that she fell over no way she had a new job y'all she was going to be a big photographer so she wouldn't just jump over well enjoy your trip and try not to think about it too much thank you have a good day guys hello who's this

Hey, this is KP from Mansfield Hey, what's up, KP? Get off your chest Hey man, I want to be invited charge To these midget fights we haven't Towards August You having a midget fight? That sounds exciting Where at?

We're not the location I'm still looking for it But towards the end of the week I'm gonna let you all know some more Towards the end of August Bro, you're not having this end of August Like a midget? I'm having a midgett

I'm having envy I'm having midget fights And guess what See, I'm afraid of midgett So I feel like I'll feel better if I see them beating up each other. What? Hold on. You said the end of August?

That's a short window, brother. So, like, when do you plan to get this going? Bro, it sounds like you have it in his backyard. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that I am. Damn. No sanction. And I'm in light, y'all, and what's her name, Lauren? Bring, Lauren.

I got my cousin, she'll do her hair, nails all done up. Damn. Dope. Dope. You know, take, you know, take a little bit. That is dope. You know, the man is offering free headdews and nail techs. Charlie, man, I've seen your wigs in the back, in the back, too.

So, you know what I mean? If you want a wig, done, my cousin got. Well, you know, Lauren's old wig tech made that wig for me. I want to know more about these midget fights, though. Like, have you, do you have anybody signed up already? Yeah, how many midgets do you have? Well, I told Mansfield about it. And I told everybody to find their own midget, and they have to be off a drug.

It can't be no, they can't just smoke weed. They got to do other stuff. do a little bit of powder a little bit of stuff What the hell is going to? This is actually a great idea But I need you to stop talking about Midgets as if they're like, you know

An animal or something What you should be doing is saying Calling all little people You want to put together a little people Wrestling event Okay, so I say that Yeah, because this isn't something new Like, you know, midget wrestling is a thing

Like they got dwarfanators They got micro wrestling Like these are actually When you grow up with midges around you, you know what I mean, like the same size as you, like little kids, then you grow up and all of a sudden that people feel like the same side. I was scared. I'm like, well, why ain't they growing? Goodbye, sir.

Listen, I don't know what you're talking about, but they got extreme midget wrestling. They got midget wrestling, they got midget wrestling warriors. They got like actual leagues where people do this. So you can, you can do this. There's a lane for it. But I'm sure there is permits and legal stuff that you have to. do you just can't put up a ring and say midget's fight. Like I agree. Oh, I agree.

Oh, you can't do that. I agree. Like, like Dwarfinators is a real league. You can go to Dwarfinators.com. I'm not even Joe. You think I'm joking. Go look. Get it off your chest. 8005-85. 105.1. Just on the, what is the legal age, I mean, the legal height to be a little person?

I thought it was 4-3. But let me look and see. Wow. Let me see. Wow. Lawrence. Let me see. Legal height for men. Uh, it says four foot 10, but that seems pretty tall, don't it? Hell yeah. Four foot 10.

Yeah, you're considered to have dwarfism and refer it to as a midget if the adult height is four foot 10, but that seems tall. Yeah. And then what was the, the whole thing that if you are a dwarf, you get like a, a check from the government? I know, I try. I know. It's like you can't. I don't know.

You should. I think you do. You do. You get benefits. Get it off your chest. 800585-105-105.1. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club.

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800 5855151 Not just me I'm with the coach of feeling Hello who's this This is Dee What's up D get it off your chest D Okay so I just want to say how The pressing it is for us here

Especially here in Detroit Ever since Trump got it to office It just seems like every single day I listen to the guys every morning It just seems like it's getting worse And worse and worse and worse And at this point it doesn't seem too far fresh For him to make the annual verge at this point

I know that sounds silly But it just seems like that's the way we're doing next And then also I'm so depressed Because we had a primary election Yesterday Who's going to run off the mayor And only maybe 100,000 even about it.

Wow. Damn. In what city? In Detroit. Oh. Well, I'm sorry, Mom. I will say things would be better, but that's the typical thing that people say, right? Things would be better.

Keep praying. But I understand why you still depressed. The cost of groceries are high. The cost of living is high. And then it's like more people are going to lose their jobs with them. I'm basically taking junk food and stuff off a sex because of those people who work in those factories, those drivers. they're not going to be able to

they're not going to be able to make fresh of those things deliver to the source so more people are about to lose their job like this like we are really in dark times why not and it's so depressing well I'm so sorry that's horrible and see this is what I'd be saying

when you can't you can't lie to people like you know when those unemployment numbers come out and you know you hear President Trump say oh these aren't real you can't lie to people about what they're actually going through and what they're actually feeling we got Dexter on the line Dexter good morning

Yeah, good morning. Good morning, DJ. Good morning. I'm Charlemagne. Jess, Lauren. Good morning. I've been listening to you guys for years, man. Good morning.

Good morning. My question today is, man. Trump is doing too much, man. He needs to put his head down and really start helping the country because we hurting out here, man. We're really hurting really bad. Yeah, you know, a lady just called

and says she's depressed. He says she's tired of hearing about it every day and in times and life is hard. Yeah, it's tough. It's tough. It's tough. Small businesses are holding their chest right now. Yeah.

Yeah, we hope right now. We need some help, man. We need some help. We need some, we need something to happen, man. You know, I'm from New York, you know, so it's rough. And that's the problem, you know, when you promise day one relief and you promise that grocery prices and inflation and all of these things that go down on day one,

people are expecting that. And once again, you cannot lie to people about what they're feeling. I don't care what statistics say. I don't care what data says. The people with their boots on the ground, they know what they're going through. That's right. Well, get it off here, check. Yes, 800-5-85-105-1.

If you need to vent, you can hit us up now. Lauren, we got the latest with Lauren coming up. We do be talking a lot about Trump this morning. Speaking of, conversations between Trump and people in Dittie's orbit and Diddy's world have begun. So we're going to get into what that means and just some of the things. Because I also found out Breakfast Club is somewhere involved in the Ditty's part and stuff. Yeah. I feel like we are part of everything somehow, somehow they try to connect us.

Oh, my God. Well, listen, I got a good source that's seeing some things, so we're going to talk about some stuff. No, we connect us. We're always doing something. No, we are not Rock Nation. Blame Rock Nation. Don't blame Breakfast Club. Okay.

Well, we'll get into the latest with Lauren when we come back as the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV. Jess Salarious, Shalameen, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

Lauren becoming a straight fit. Tell her. 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'd be having the best. latest on the list. The latest with Lauren La Rosa.

Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details, sometimes you have a little bit everything. Well, it's the latest. On the breakfast club. Talk to me. Diddy's attorney, Nicole Westmoreland, she's one of the lead attorneys in his case, was on CNN yesterday, late yesterday, and she was asked about the pardon with Trump. Let's take a listen to her on Diddy pardon?

Have people in Sean Combs' orbit? Have they had conversations with? the trump administration yes we've uh it's my understanding that we've reached out and had conversations in reference to a pardon president trump when he was asked about this pardon he said quote i was very friendly with him i got along with him great and he seemed like a nice guy i didn't know him well but when i ran for office he was very hostile and the president indicated that a pardon is likely not on the table because of that break in his relationship with mr combe years ago, how is he feeling now about the chances of a pardon given the president's commentary?

I think that Mr. Combs is a very hopeful person, and I believe that he remains hopeful. Yeah, and they're really pushing this narrative about whether the pardon will or will not happen. Now, I was poking around yesterday because what I'm trying to understand is, number one, if the pardon even happens, of the way that the judges has been making sure Diddy is not coming home on bail until his sentencing. If the pardon even happens, what does that look like for Diddy once he's released? Like, what is Trump going to expect

in exchange? Because Trump has been very vocal about the fact that he doesn't really care to do this, right? And yesterday in poking around, what I was told was that poking around, Diddy? What I was told was that a big part of the issue is the interviews that Diddy

did leading up to this. One of the interviews in particular that I was told the administration has actually seen and brought up in conversation in these conversations is an interview that Diddy did with Charlemagne on Revolt TV. Oh, God. Yeah, so this was back in 2020. It was October

of 2020 during the 2020 presidential election, and this was a few months after Diddy had said the whole Hold Your Vote thing. Let's take and listen to Diddy on white men needing to be banished. White men like Trump need to be banished. That way of

thinking, it's real dangerous. This man literally threatened the lives of us and our families about going to vote. Stand back and stand by. Stand back and stand by. We're in a war. We're not taking

this like it's a war. We're taking this like, oh, we're in a presidential election. We're in a war of love versus hate. The number one priority is to get Trump out of office. Oh, yeah, no, he's not getting pardoned.

I mean, yeah, I can understand why Trump wouldn't want to pardon them after hearing that. Hold on. If you remember this conversation, it gets worse. Let's take a listen to Diddy talking about a race war. The tribe of people that have the responsibility and really should be scared to death of this man is white people. Explain. If this man is elected, we're not standing by no more getting killed. we're not scared of anybody standing up and standing by. We're on the verge of a race war.

If people in America want a race war, they'll not vote. Yeah, so, I mean. Yeah, he's not going to get that part of that. Once I, I don't think it's a race war. I think it'll be a class war, if anything. I can see that happening, a battle between, you know, rich and, rich and the poor because that's just what's going to happen when you're poor and you're trying to survive when you're poor and you're trying to survive you're going to go you're going to eat the rich that's just that's just a common sense thing that's why you should always take care of the least of you in a society yes i agree um now also in the well first of i just want to say uh after listening to this i was like whoa those conversations i don't know where they're going to end up but uh um they also talked to nicoe westmoreland on CNN about the civil cases because i think people are still forgetting that on the civil side things are still happening um let's take listen to her on

the civil cases. He is still facing around 70 civil allegations from men, from women, from people who pledged that they were minors at the time across decades with horrific accusations of being drugged, of being sexually assaulted. Each of those cases does have to play through the courts individually. So I understand that he denies them, but those are still active cases. True, but let me say this to you. This is the federal government. It doesn't really get any stronger than that. And so they obviously fully investigated Mr. Combs

and obviously through the book at him, right? And so if you think for a second, if the government really thought that there were minors out there hanging in the balance, if the government really thought that there was drugs in the baby oil or something of that nature, do you, you think the government just wouldn't have brought that up

in a full-fledged criminal trial? Absolutely not, right? So that's not even logical. And so if the government had, if there was any real evidence of those allegations, we would have heard all about it in the criminal trial.

Yeah. Question, Lauren. If they're asking for a pardon already, that means they're expecting Didi to get sentenced to prison time, right? Yep, that is what basically, I mean, you have to, Because even during the whole trial, they had appeal lawyers in the trial just watching and taking notes to prepare for an appeal before.

And there were rumors that they, and I talked to some of the lawyers in court that were saying that Diddy's team allegedly was like already seeking forfeiture attorneys too. So I think you just prepare just in general. Prepare for the worst. Yes. But I do believe that, you know, conversations and I did try and figure out who's having what conversations and, you know, they won't give me that. But I think, yes, to your point, that that's what that means. I am not confident though the departing will happen. and I'm starting to get a, I wasn't nervous for him

at the sentencing, I thought it was going to be something, he wasn't going to walk, but like something small but now, I don't know, I'm starting to feel a little bit differently. I'm very nervous for him. I'm very nervous for him. I'm going to tell you why. Because I still believe that this is, and I don't know, it just feels like they don't like him, and it feels

like this is revenge, right? Because the charge that he's been charged with, there's people that's been charged with this before and that they prove that's only gotten community service, that's only gotten a fine. It almost seems like... You keep saying that, but you've got to give me some examples. I've heard you say that a couple of times.

You've got to cite me some sources. I've heard some examples. I've heard lawyers say it. I've watched... I can say, Charlottman, I can see you the letter that the judge, when he, like, recapped everything, he mentions cases. You can look up the cases and it'll give you the breakdown. And when Diddy's team said, hey, these are different cases where these people

didn't have to do half the things that Didi is having to do awaiting sentencing. But, NB, the judge shot back. They keep... And I said this yesterday to the source I was talking to. The judge keeps leaning in on the fact that Jane and Cassie, the prosecutors, they present information and show that they believed that these women were coerced. They were beaten. They were threatened. All these things.

So that's where they're bringing in the violence. But even with the violence, he's not charged with the violence. Like him beating Cassie is the worst thing, one of the worst things I've ever seen. But he's not being charged with that. And it almost seems like what they did with OJ, right? OJ was found not guilty for murder, right? But he got 33 years for stealing his stuff back. And he said armed robbery.

and OJ didn't even have a gun. But that's what it seems like. It seems like how OJ got 33 for stealing his stuff back, which seems crazy. It seems like they're going to try to do that with Diddy. Give him, Diddy, like, 20 years for something that people that's been charged with this guy community service. Well, I did ask, you know, who specifically was having conversations with their administration? Because I wanted to know how strong those conversations would be. And I was just so because I was like, hey, is it just letters from his kids?

Is it the actual defense team? Is it like, who is it? And I was told it's not letters from his kids. They said it's not his actual defense team. but they did say that there are... Have you ever looked at a piece of abstract art or music or poetry and thought, that's just a bunch of pretentious nonsense? Well, that's exactly what two bored Australian soldiers set out to prove during World War II.

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Listen to American History Hotline on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. high-powered attorneys that they've been told to your point envy that feel the same way you do that have relationships with the administration that have been reaching out having conversations and doing things on their part so there are people behind the scenes that do feel like how you feel but I'm nervous it got to be law it got to be fair that's my whole thing it has to be fair has to be based of what he's charged with now if he was charged with beating cassie given the effing book yeah but if it's the things that he was he was found not guilty of rico found

not guilty of those main charges you got to to be fair with that, correct? Because it could happen to anybody when it comes to the court of law, and everybody wants to be in law fair, right? They want to be in court. I do agree that we want court to be fair, but if his remaining two charges are, what is it, with 10 years for one charge and 10 years for the other charge?

How is that not fair? That's the law. Like, he beat the other charges. Like, the other charges he beat. Like, he got found not guilty on all those other things. So he's facing two charges right now of what. what, prostitution, right? The Man Act stuff, yes, prostitution.

And it's 10 years apiece. So what is not fair about what he's facing right now? No, it's not what's fair. It's like, for instance, right? If you drive and you drive with a DUI, you can get, what, let me see, I'm looking it up right now. You can get five years in prison. But I don't think that we know anybody that on their first charge with DUI and now nobody ever got hurt that got five years. They got community service and you get your license taken care of.

But that one person that got DUI that got the book, at him, that just seems unfair. When everybody else that got a DUI, and I'm just using as an example, got community service. But that one person that you don't like got five years, yeah, that's not fair. Listen, once again, trouble is easy to get into. Hard to get out of.

I don't know if fair is the right word. I don't know if we're using the right word fair, but it's like, yeah, I don't know if the word is fair, but this is what he's facing. He beat the other charges right in a court of law, and this is what he got found guilty of. So he's got to deal with what he got found guilty of.

All right. Well, that is the latest with Lauren. When we come back, we got front page news. And then actor Wendell Pierce will be joining us. You know him from The Wire. You know him from suits and a host of others. And we'll kick it with him in a little bit. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV. Just hilarious. Shalomaine Nagar. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Now I just want to give some quick sports. The second sex toy incident in the last seven days at the WMBA players. someone threw a sex toy on the court. It almost hit a player as they were playing.

Now, this was during the Sparks and Fever game. Kelsey Plum kicked it off the court. It happened again, and this is like, what, the fourth time? Yeah, that's the fourth time that has happened. You know, we had a conversation about this on Brewing Nidius, myself and Andrew Shorts. We had this, like, weeks ago, way before this even started happening. And we were saying that, you know, well, Andrew had the idea of maybe they should actually have signature scrapones, right? Like, for the people in the league who are part of that.

community like imagine like the scrap on that's the same color of the jerseys that they wear things of that nature right just just for you know different merchandise type they can't sell at at the arena like what they're going to sell a jersey in the strap like you can't do that I mean it doesn't got to be sold at the arena this place you can be sold different places don't have to be at the arena so I don't know I don't know I don't know why somebody would be throwing a lime green dildos on the court at WNBA games but you know it is good marketing for the league Hello, Morgan But it is kind of crazy

Can I say one more thing? You tell that story But don't give us to score the game Who won the game? Who won the game between the Phoebe and Sparks last night? NBA, you just want the drama The Dildo won last night No, the Sparks won last night

You see what I'm saying? But we don't get the sports We don't even get the sports to playoffs On NBA or WNBA But I just, you know, thought it's crazy And these people need to stop Coming to the place with Dildo Or figure out how to pat

How they're getting How are they getting in with the tilt-tow? That's what I'm saying. I don't know. And that's how I know it's a woman bringing this into the game. Because if a woman was bringing that into the game and they patting a woman down

and they feel that, you ain't going to say nothing about it. If it was a guy, they'll be like, what is that? Yo, why do you be acting like they be just wearing them? Yo, no, they don't wear them. They probably have them in a backpack. They got to check the backpack. Yeah, yo, ain't nobody coming. Ain't no woman coming in there strapped up like that.

Like, no. All right, guys. Enough for the day. It might talk. Oh, my gosh. What's up, Morgan? I'm sorry. No, it's all good.

I'm just sitting here imagining. Can you imagine the Nike campaign behind it? It's like, just do it. Yes. Just do it. All right, y'all. Let me just get into this front page news. All right.

Speaking of games, President Trump is signing an executive order, creating a 2028 Olympics task force. It will run the Summer Olympic Games being held in L.A. The task force will handle some security, transportation, visa processing, in addition to other duties related to the event. Let's recap President Trump's remarks in part from the White House about the upcoming games. He spoke yesterday. Today I'll sign an executive order establishing the White House Task Force on the 2028 Summer Olympics,

mobilizing the entire federal government to ensure the games are safe, seamless, and historically successful. It's going to be amazing. America is a nation of champions and in July. July 2028 will show the world what America does best in this win. We're winning like we have never won before. This is BS, right? They do

all these things for the Olympics, right? I heard they got a task for it to make sure the wildfires don't disrupt the Olympics. But my whole thing is, you could have did this before just to care about people, but they when the money coming in, they got to protect that money, which is crazy. Hey, well, Trump went on to say that L.A. is a great

venue, which is crazy because, like, to your point, he's been very critical of California. And he says that he's happy that he will an office for the Olympics. Now, Casey Wasserman, the chair and president of the L.A. Olympics, released a statement thanking the president, the Trump administration, for its support.

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom have yet to comment on that task force. But to your point, Envy, Trump also says he's working to make sure the wildfires don't disrupt the 2028 summer games in L.A. He said Governor Gavin Newsom has to allow

more water to flow into California from the Pacific Northwest, and he called for the protection of the Delta smelt, which is a fish, to stop. Let's take a listen to President Trump's comments there. I've been fighting with them for a long time about allowing the water to come down from the Pacific Northwest, essentially. They have a lot of water. They send it out into the Pacific Ocean in order to protect the smelt. It's a little tiny fish. Of course, Trump again blamed efforts to protect the species for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires in January. So, but, you know, we look forward.

forward to those games coming up 2028. It's going to be interesting to see, especially considering that the administration will be in charge or the task force per se will be in charge of visa processing. So that should be an interesting feed there. Meanwhile, in other news, the Clintons are being subpoenaed in the congressional investigation into late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The House Oversight Committee issued subpoenas to six former attorneys general, two former FBI directors, former Secretary of State Hillary. Clinton and former President Bill Clinton. The subpoena calls for the DOJ to provide Congress any Epstein files in its possession with victims names redacted as well as communications related to the case between former Biden administration officials and the department.

It marks the first major major move that comes as many congressional Republicans call for more transparency around the Epstein case. And you know they're all meeting. I was watching CNN last night and they're all meeting today at

J.D. Vance's vice president residency, and they're having a conversation about how to handle the Epstein files. It's like J.D. Vance and I think the DOJ. I forgot who else they said is going to be at the meeting. Interesting. Interesting. But yes, it does seem like there is some movement and without, you know, essentially Congress being involved in enforcing the hand. But that's your front page news. I'm Morgan Wood. Y. Y. You can follow me on socials at Morgan Media. That's M-O-R-G-Y-N-M-E-D-I-A. And for more news coverage, you could follow at Black. Black Information Network. Download the free IHeartRadio app and visit us at BINNews.com. Thank y'all.

Thank you. Thank you. All right. Peace, Morgan. Thanks. Now, when we come back, Wendell Pierce will be joining us. You know him from the Wire. You know him from the Seuss. There's so many things this brother has been in. We're going to talk to him next. And he stars in Broadway on, uh, he stars in Broadway in a play called Death of a Salesman. He plays the lead role of Willie Lohman.

He plays, uh, Perry White in the new Superman film. He's in the Thunderbolt film this year, all types of stuff. All right. We'll talk to him next and don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

DJ NV, just hilarious. Shalameen the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lon LaRose is here as well. We got a special guest in the building. We have actor Wendell Pierce. Good morning. Good morning.

Thanks for having me. This is a real honor. I finally made it to the Breakfast Club. You know, I was just... I feel like you've been home before you. No, this is my first time, man. This is my first time. Wow.

It's a real honor. You know, like I was telling you, I'm a jazz head, you know, so I'm listening to jazz in the morning and stuff like that. And it wasn't until I was in London, due a death of a salesman, you know, the two gentlemen who would play my sons. Everyone's like, you don't know about the breakfast club? I'm like, yeah, I know about it. I lied.

And then they would turn me on to it, like, every day. We got every, I got all my news. That was like my, you know, my Associated Press was the Breakfast Club. You know, so that's why I was joking I should come in here with my, you know, I have my little entourage and, you know, my bag of cash. That's right. That's right.

A tree of y'all moment. Yeah, yeah. I love that. Yeah, we're glad that you finally could join us, man. I wish I could be there in studio, but I had to be out of town this week. No, I understand. How are you, first of all?

I'm good, man. It's been a real busy summer. I've been enjoying myself because I'm already back to work. Summer ended for me last week. But it's been great. I've been traveling a lot. You know, I have discovered Anguilla.

Anguilla, baby. Anguilla, baby. That is Charlemagne's favorite place to go. Oh, man, it's what I call a drop and plop. Right, you drop your bag and you plop down. Oh, man. We should be giving it away, Solomain. I've been going there for years, man.

I love it. But it's an island that you go to if you like to do nothing. That's it. That's why you say, drop and plop. I love it. So I've been traveling around and, you know, had a busy summer because I had a lot of films come out this summer and coming out. So it's good. And back to work already.

And what I said, I just have to say for, just for me personally, you do not age. Okay? Thank you. Because I discovered you on the wire. I'm from Baltimore City. So that's still my favorite show to why. It's like it just came like. It's one of my favorite cities.

I feel like it's a hometown of mine. Yes, yes. But I just want to say, man, you look amazing. amazing still. You just, it's just so gracefully. Thank you. Well, you know, they say black don't crack. That's what they say it. So I'm trying to live up to that. That's right. Unless you

won't crack. Yeah, unless you want crack. You know, you're going to crack. You will crack. Yeah, there's always exceptions to that, right? I love Baltimore, man. When we were doing the wire, you know, it was like this delayed response. So it was like

our summer camp where we would go down, work on the wire, and I had such a good time there. I saw y'all had the whole crew all the criminal side over here. We did. We had the criminals. The cops out of here. The cops, you know, we need our respect, too. That's right. But I would always go

to, there was a club called Choices. I loved Choices. And that dance, that cronk, whatever that dance was, man. Popping, all that. Oh, popper. It is I know. I look like the old man in the club. That's what I was. And I would go there

And they thought I was a cop because I would put on the suit. Choices was, you know, it was, you know. You had no business been in there with a suit. I know, I went in with a suit because choices was, you know, you didn't play in choices, you know. It was the real deal. It was no, TV criminals in there. It was a real deal sometimes. And so I put on the suit and everybody thought I was real 50, you know, and I said that would keep me safe.

Any club, you have to go through two metal detectors when you go in, you know, it's an issue. Damn. There are two, right, too. So I stayed near the door, but I loved choices. I loved Baltimore. Baltimore reminded me of New Orleans where I'm from, right? It has all the same issues that has all the beautiful stuff too, you know. Very, and to this day, a city that I love, have invested in, and is a second home.

Yeah. When you think about 23 years of the wire, what does that mean to you? The wire was the canary in the mine. it was the thing that let us know that there was going to be an American decline if we did not take care of the greatest resource we have in this country and that's its people and the thing that I'm proud of as an artist is that's the role of art it's not just entertainment it's the place where we reflect on who what thoughts are to the individual where you think about who you are what you want to be your triumphs

your failures that's what art is you know and that's what the show was it was a place where we reflect on who we are, what we're doing, our dysfunction, hopefully decide what our values are and then act on them. I was very proud of what the wire is, and the wire is a classic. And what makes something classic, it speaks to people then, it speaks to people now, and it will speak to people long after we're gone, because it speaks to that common humanity that we have. You never pass a corner boy anymore without understanding that he has a full life.

And there's a whole story behind him. So I'm very proud of the wire. You were early on in saying this, right, that the wire is letting us know what's about to happen coming. How did you know that then when you were doing it? And, like, you know, even in the earlier years, because people always ask you about bringing the wire back. Yeah.

And you've been saying it for some time. And I always said, you know, the only thing I tried to do, I tried to convince them to do a prequel of the wire because they always said, you all too old, too long of the tooth now, you know, to be trying to do a sequel. but I said we should see how it comes up and actually I talked to Sam Samuel Jackson man he was going to play the folks that

that were controlling the towers before Stringer and Avon Avon Bustdale took over right who they that battle for that territory then so David said yeah yeah that's a good idea but he always said he was never going to do it so it's like a good book I knew that it was going to be effective then

because you saw, you heard how it impacted people. I remember one walk I had in Manhattan. I was walking one time, and this little old white lady with blue hair stopped me on the east side. I said, you know, I love the wire. That's my show. A little further along this real sort of military square jar guide looked around and said, you know, I love the wire.

You know, I can't talk to you right now because I'm undercover. I'm on the job. Then I got up to like, wow. I got up to 118th Street, whatever. And this brother came up to me, man. He was looking around just like the other guy.

He was looking around. I said, yeah, man, I love the while. I can't talk to you right now. But, you know, I'm hustling. I'm hustling. I'm like, everybody. Right? So I was just like, if a hustler and a little blue-haired old lady

was still digging the same thing, we were speaking to our humanity. So that's how I knew we would make an impact then. I feel like I've never seen you do a role that wasn't grounded in purpose. Yeah, that's what I meant. Is that intentional? Well, you haven't seen all my sense. stuff.

I got some bullshit out there. You know, you can't, you can't do, you can't do, I, I'm celebrating my 40th year in the business, man. Wow, congratulations. Thank you. Thank you.

It's this month, actually. And yeah, you go back. I'm just, I'm fortunate that they bombed, right? Because, you know, just like work gets you work, uh, it gets you, but a lot of times the business, you know, they want you to make chicken salad out of chicken

shit. So, damn. I got a lot of chicken shit there, you know, but I try to pick my roles with purpose because, you know, I want to be able to look back at a body of work and see you know, a multitude of different roles

and, you know, tap into trying to come to an understanding of what this journey is all about. You know, and I was motivated to become an actor by James O. Jones and Roscoe Lee Brown, Julius Harris. You know, those men kind of set the bar high for me. I like that diversity. We're still kicking it with actor Wendell Pierce. Lauren.

On Superman, like, you're playing editor-in-chief of media outlet. Journalistic integrity and all those things are like the brand. Perry White. Yeah, Perry White, what you come with? But, like, that's so on. time from right now and all the conversations in the media. So how much do you bring into, from real life? Like, do you connect to real life when you do things?

Or because I know some actors just back away. Especially with that, you know, and even if you don't get to use it in the film, I knew that, man, newspapers right now are having a hard time. All of a sudden, how do you make it? And I said, that's kind of like the reason Perry White is always, you know, pissed off. You know, it's like, man, how am I as an editor going to keep this newspaper going? And then the biggest story of the universe falls into his lap, which is Superman. And he has an inkling that Clark Kent is Superman.

I don't care what anybody says. The glasses ain't fooling me. I do take that into account, you know, that he's probably an attitude who's struggling to keep on top of things, especially with all these different platforms out there that are killing him, you know, that are killing him. Because nobody reads the papers anymore. Yeah. So everything's online. you know and different platforms

like this so it I use that to kind of develop Perry White and what's great about it is that's something that's developing even more they're thinking about doing a Daily Planet TV show extension of that with

actually it's around Jimmy about Jimmy Olson so yeah so you know that I always take that's in the development of character also you spoke earlier about else Ben how is it working with Stephen Gold He announced that project.

Yeah. He was already in the works. So, you know, it's art imitating life, life imitating art. It was great. Stephen Colbert is fantastic. He's very talented and that was something that we had already done by the time the news happened.

Because I know he had jokingly asked you for... Yeah, I was on his show and he said, I was on his show, and he said, oh, man, I would love to come on the show, you know, even as a corpse. I said, I'll work on that, you know. I work. I did, you know, and it worked out. So I'm not saying I'm going to take all the credit, but I'm going to take the credit. I got him on the show.

And so it was really cool. And so whatever else happened was above my pay grade. I don't know what happened behind the scenes, but it was cool. So Trump keep coming for that for us because of Charlemagne, you could help us. I was going to say that. No, man, let's hearlame, you handle that right, man, you know. Thank you. Principle is principle.

You know what I'm saying? And actually, you are exercising your right of real having principle. And that's something that is your true north. So I appreciate that. I appreciate that, my brother. And, you know, when you think about all the other times, in times like this, People have given us the playbook of how to stand on business, how to stand on principle. Think of Muhammad Ali.

Man, they marched down the street against Muhammad Ali right outside this building, up and down Broadway. And nights before y'all were born, when he was fighting. Boy, they hated Muhammad Ali. On the day he died, you couldn't find anyone who hated Muhammad Ali, right? Everyone feigned, oh, you know, I always love Muhammad. but he stood on principle I think of him in the stand that you're taking

I think of you know Martin Luther King in the Birmingham jail I think of black folks in the North church you know on New Year's Eve waiting to get word about this emancipation

that we hear they're going to sign and give us our freedom right I say all of that to say that you are part of a long line of people who stand on principle

so and ultimately we know that's that's the thing that will help and that's the thing that will protect you ultimately because people will recognize that so man thank you very much brother you know that's what the american aesthetic is all about your work is so impactful though and like what's happening in media right now is like anybody who is like you know standing like you said 10 toes down right like the american revolution series that you talk about that's on pbs yeah that's going to be PBS, Ken Burns, the American Revolution. Is that, because I've been seeing so much stuff about NPR and PBS with the Trump administration, like? Perfect example of representation being important.

We're living in a time where funding is being cut. The corporation of public broadcasting no longer exists. Just think about that. Just think about that. PBS and NPR are going to be gone. and that's because in all coups you take over the media first so you can control the propaganda

and a part of it is silencing those you feel as though are going to shed light on your criminality and that's the thing that is so important to make sure that you get out there

and something like that the American Revolution think of all the Ken Burns Civil War the Vietnam the recent one he did with country music you know to show to show the roots of of country music and how impactful it was and how you know multi-racial it was you know and so all of that doesn't have a platform you know and so you have to fight against that that's why it's important to to support organizations and institutions that will be able to get give voice to the voiceless, give a stage, you know, an opportunity to folks, you know. And that's why

as an artist, you understand, you know, that this forum is where we reflect on who we are, who we hope to be. But at the same time, as an advocate, I feel as though the social justice movement of the 21st century is economic development. And that's why at this time and in this moment when there's so much funding pulling back and opportunities are taken away, it's important to create those opportunities. And that's why right now I'm very proud of something that we're announcing and launching. It's a great segue into that, which is the Coalition for Legacy Theaters of Color Fund, which I have been a part of creating to give opportunities to So legacy theaters who have been in the creative cultural economy of this city of New York for over 25 years.

And also those new companies who are giving that legacy a chance to live on. And that's what this fund is going to fund their productions and marketing. And it's a $10 million commitment that we're announcing today. The coalition for legacy theaters of color. It's a partnership that I am giving my full-throated endorsement to the Caesar's Palace Times Square project, which is a hotel and casino. I'm very honored that they are giving a commitment to making sure that those cultural institutions like that are sustained going into the future. So they listened to my proposal of supporting companies like the Negro Ensemble Company and the Billy Holiday Theater and the Black Spectrum Theater and New Heritage Theater

who have been around since 25, 30, 40, 50 years even serving communities of color with theater. They inspired to me to be an actor when I was a little boy reading about them in New Orleans, right? and then came up here and so proud to now join with Jay-Z and Rock Nation and S.L. Green and Caesar's gaming and Caesar's entertainment to bring this coalition together. And that's why they are building this project, but you know, you can do well and do good. And they understand that this project is about making sure that the community has some input and they're servicing the community. and this is something that I'm proud of is going to be right in the middle of Broadway and the Broadway community

is the pinnacle of theater in New York and the cultural economy and so I'm proud to be a part of that I'm proud to launch this fund today and give my full-throated endorsement of Caesar's Palace Times Square We're still kicking it with actor Wendell Pierce Sholomey? Is the fun

the sole reason you wanted to support the bid for Rock Nation and that's all Green Caesar Palace? I wanted to support it. First of all, I'm an artist. Right? First of all, I'm an artist and to see these companies that should be who aren't getting the attention they deserve, who are underfunded

in my eyes, who have given and created a legacy that has to be sustained. That was the most important thing to me. As an advocate, you know, I'm from New Orleans 20 years ago. We were destroyed by Katrina. And the one thing I learned is the social

justice movement for the 21st century is economic development. And that's the way you build sustainability. That's how you protect communities on all. And one of the reasons I support this is because this is clearly an economic engine that's going to develop Times Square. That's going to bring multitudes of jobs. It's going to have a halo effect of affecting all the businesses around Times Square. And at the same time, think of all the people that come in. That's going to be, coming to be a part of Caesars and to stay at the hotel and go to the casino

that's more of an influx of people who are coming to Broadway you know almost is projected to be almost you know 800,000 more people who are going to be coming Broadway now take these companies who never get the attention who never get the real quality

marketing that this is going to present there's 65 million people who are part of this rewards program that they're going to have access to. There's going to be child care. So, you know, the development has said, we're going to really put our belief into action. Child care for Broadway workers. There's going to be debt relief, student debt relief, medical debt relief, you know, health relief. And I think that's important. I'm a union man. So my union, actors equity is supporting it. Local 802, which is a musician's union. So

this is, now you see a part of me as a producer, you know, I, I'm a Tony Award-winning producer, so I understand. Here's an opportunity where art meets commerce, and so we understand the art. That's the thing that everyone shares. We have a vision of how art can impact community. We may have differences on how we build that economic engine and the commerce that will support that. But we have commonality there. The economic engine that a project like this brings, I've seen it in New Orleans, post-

Katrina. I've seen this particular company, Caesars, in New Orleans, and how people had the same concerns about whether or not we should have this casino right in the French Quarter. You know, this is the heart of our culture. And it has been more than beneficial. It has developed the French quarter. It has brought jobs there. It has brought more visitors there. So this is, for me, an economic engine and I feel as though the 21st century social justice movement starts with an economic development

and especially in a time when so much is being cut back we have to exercise our right of self-determination so I challenge the partnership to say I'm an artist these are the companies that I want to support and if you want to reach out to the community I ask you to support them too

and they said we're willing to do that. Man blame Rock Nation for all of that and as you said earlier window. That's why representation is important because you have a company like Rock Nation who cares about the communities like Manhattan Plaza in that area. They care about the folks on Broadway.

They listen to people like yourself and they bought something to the table to benefit those people. Yeah, man. Listen, you talk about Manhattan Plaza. There's a $15 million commitment there. You know, there's $20 million going towards kids and families and seniors being able

to afford the tickets of Broadway. They're subsidizing ticket purchases like that. So I tell people all the time, never lose the ability to have your concerns and your questions. Never lose the ability to be offended. And so challenge yourself and challenge anyone who wants to come and do a development like Caesars and Times Square. I say, this is what I expect. And they've heard that and they're answering that. Security, sanitation. Have you ever looked at a piece of abstract art or music or poetry and thought, that's just a bunch of pretentious nonsense? Well, that's exactly what two bored Australian soldiers set out

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And that's why I feel comfortable doing it. I've seen it done with this particular company in New Orleans. I know how important it is that a company like the Negro Ensemble Company is started by Douglas Turner Ward and Robert Hooks and so many people. The last time I saw them in the theater that they had was when I was in school in, like, 1982. It was a second production of a play called A Soldier's Play. And a young actor in it, Denzel Washington,

Adolf Caesar was playing the sergeant. And they haven't had a play on Broadway since Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, which was like 1970. It's because they haven't had the opportunity of marketing and funding. So this is a chance I wanted to bring an infusion of sustainability to them because they should have their place at the pinnacle of cultural economy in New York. And that's what this fund is all about. The Coalition of Legacy Theaties of Color.

And that's what this fund is going to be built on. and that's what we're going to be building to make sure that they get the recognition, have the sustainability, and have the marketing and funding that is needed. And that's the commitment that the Cesar's partnership is bringing, and I'm partnering with them to make sure that it's sustainable. Mr. Windell Piss, thank you, man.

Thank you for your wisdom. Thank you for your M-Sight. Thank you for your art. Thank you for your service to our people. Thank you for the Coalition of Legacy theaters of color. Thank you. Just thank you, brother. Thank you, man.

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I still saying it. Baltimore in the house, man. I love Baltimore. I love Baltimore. Thank you. Thank you. It's Windell Piss. It's the Breakfast Club.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess O'Larry. First of all, I've got a point. They see it. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. 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 La Rosa Sometimes you have facts Sometimes she have details Sometimes she have a little bit of everything Well it's the latest On the breakfast club

Talk to me All right so there are reports right now The son did it exclusive that Howard Stern's show will be, or it's to be canceled allegedly after 20 years on Series XM as his $100 million contract

comes to an end. Now, here's the... That headline is crazy, by the way. What? That Howard Stern's getting canceled. Like, that's not the accurate... Yeah, he's not getting canceled. That's not the accurate story, but continue, Lauren.

Yes. Now, let's get into the story so we can get into what they actually mean by that. So basically the conversation that's happening right now because of the son in this article is that Howard Stern's show may not be returning only because he is at the end of his five-year deal

and the amount of money, like literally in the article they say the amount of money that he would want to renew a contract with Sirius, the series that won't have it to give it to him. So in the article, one of the excerpts or quote says Stern's contract is up in the fall and while

Sirius is planning to make him an offer, they don't intend him to take it um they also say that you imagine making you you're making so much money that the company knows like look we we can't afford to pay him that anymore or afford to pay him any anything more so we know we're we're going to offer him he's not going to take right and then so another quote from the article says serious and stern are never going to meet on the money he is going to want it's no longer worth the investment now i don't think that it's no longer worth the investment i think like we just said that they can't afford to do it um and then they mentioned stephen kope And they say, after you saw what happened with Stephen Colbert, it is likely they just can't afford to keep him going.

Because there have been conversation about, you know, the CBS mentioned finances when Colbert's show was announced to be canceled coming up in May. Howard Stern was making $100 million a year. I think he worked, what, two or three days a week, two or three days a week and didn't work in the summer? Wow, that was amazing. Jump a bond for Howard Stern, man. But, I mean, he was worth it, though, because, I mean, he puts here inside of, like, radio on the map. You know, and they gave him a whole bunch of stocks 20 years ago. Yeah, like, you probably wouldn't even know.

Sir, satellite radio wouldn't have half of the success it probably had if it wasn't for Howard Stern. Now, so in thinking of what's next, in case this is true, because Howard Stern nor Sirius have confirmed any of these reports. I did reach out to Sirius. I'm tuning in at Howard Stern as morning in between breaks to see if he'll address it at all, but nothing official yet. If this does happen, there is another mention in this article that what will likely happen is, is that Sirius will cut some sort of deal with Howard Stern to keep his catalog upon his exit, which I think is also fire as well.

And then, of course, when this story broke and people started having a conversation about it, the first thing that they said was, you know, Howard Stern is very vocal about how he feels about Donald Trump. He's, you know, he's very vocal about everything. He is. But they say that there's another source in this article that says that Howard Stern's political

leanings are also not working in his favorite. The quote is, if Sirius isn't going to give Stern a good offer, I don't think it would have anything to do with his ratings. It's more likely everything to do with this political climate. But isn't it different because he's on Sirius, which is like digital, right? Like, that's

completely different than him being on like that actual. It's not just a digital. You know, Sirius is probably in every new car that's made now. Yeah, but I'm saying like his, who does he have to answer to? Isn't it different for him? You mean there's no sponsorships and things like that. Just subscriptions. I'm asking you. I don't, I thought

a political leaning. I don't know if he has sponsorships. I know, they got subscription. That's subscription based. I think he has advertised. I think his show actually has advertising. Oh, I don't know. I think so.

I don't know. But I knew though that he makes $100 million a year, so it's probably just financial. I mean, come on, look at the economic climate that we're in. Right? So, I mean, like they said, they're going to make him an awful, but it's going to be something decreased

from $100 million a year, and he might not be worth his while to want to do it. Plus, he's 71 years old. Baby, if I was at this point, I would go and just live the rest of my good life. Yeah. He might just want to kick his feet up somewhere. Who knows?

There was a rumor when I worked there that he would Thursday after his show, he would fly to the Hamptons where he had his house and he would stay there Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Monday and then fly back. And I just thought that was so dope. I was like, man, that's just living life. He would stay with his family for the five days. I just thought that was amazing.

That is dope. And by the way, this is just a rumor. Everybody could be wrong. It is. You never know. He might do a new deal, still do his two days a week. Sell his catalog like he'd been doing. and kick his feet up still.

He's living a great life. I agree. All that from doing radio. Drop a bomb for Howard Stern. Howard Stern won at life. A long time. A long time ago, by the way. He's already home.

He's been home. Well, another news, speaking of shows and cancellations and conversations, there's another reported, remember we talked about Gail King and Trump making highlight of the fact that there's a report that her CBS Morning's career may be in murky waters. Well, TMZ got her out yesterday responding to Trump.

It was brief, but that's like a listen to what she said. Ms. King, what was your reaction to seeing what Trump said last night? I'm sorry, he feels that way. I'm just going to do it. I like my job, continue to do a good job. There's a long list of people. Long list. Look, I'm in a group now with Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift, Stephen Colbert.

I'm sorry he feels that way. Yeah, she's talking about the list of people that, you know, Trump takes his shots at. I was waiting for Shalerman. He just got to that list, though. Gail just named all the white people. Dang, she didn't see you. All those colors on your face and she still didn't see you. Oh, my God.

No one was all the color. She didn't even see her best friend Oprah or Beyonce, the vice president. So once again, she didn't see the black people. Speaking up, Beyonce. But you know what's crazy, though? Hold on. The fact we are having conversation. about media personalities

potentially losing their job because they are vocal against Donald Trump let's y'all know that we are no longer in a democracy The fact that these conversations are even happening and people are normalizing these conversations lets you know that the authoritarian strategy that this administration has implemented

is absolutely working. We're in trouble. Yeah. Well, we'll be talking about Beyonce in the next hour because speaking of personalities, Megan Kelly has some things to say about Beyonce. Crazy. Yeah, and we're going to get into it. Okay, all right, we'll do that.

All right, Shulamay, who are you giving that donker to? Man, four, after the hour, we need a man named Peter Alt to come to the front of the congregation. We all have to learn to be patient with children, but he definitely does. We'll discuss. All right, we'll get to that next. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. The breakfast club.

Your mornings will never be the same. Damn, the he-ha-ha-ha-ha. It's time for you. donkey of the day. I'm 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, Salamane, who got the donkey of the day today? Well, Jesselari. It's donkey of the day for Wednesday, August 6. It is Wednesday, August 6, right? I've been getting my date wrong. Let me make sure. Yes, it is Wednesday, August 6. But donkey today for Wednesday, August 6 goes to a Long Island police officer named Peter Alt. Peter Alt has been scripted of his duties and rightfully so because I don't understand public servants

who simply can't do right by the public okay firefighters police officers when we call you for assistance we want you to protect us and serve us now firefighters correct me if I'm wrong but I think your model is always ready and another one I saw is to be useful is our wish

those are great models but we need you to live up to those models always and Peter Alt from the video I saw you did not do that okay see that was a 10 year old girl And according to her grandmother, the grandmother's daughter, who I'm assuming was the child's mother, called the police on her after she had taken away the child's phone, which caused the kid to flip out, okay, caused her to become emotionally distressed. Let's go to NBC Ford, New York for the report, please. Well, we spoke with the grandmother of this 10-year-old.

The grandma wasn't home at the time when this happened, but she said that her granddaughter was having an episode. She had become enraged because her mother had taken away her phone as punishment. The grandmother was completely stunned to watch this video to see how this first responder, now identified as a fire chief, treated her granddaughter. Expletives directed at a 10-year-old girl on a stretcher, recorded by a witness, alarmed by a first responder's language. I don't want you. Shut them out. That first responder identified as North Babylon Volunteer Fire Company Chief, Peter Alt. Maybe it was a blessing I wasn't there because I probably would have jumped all over the sky. The girl's grandma wasn't home when this happened.

She says her daughter called police for help when the girl became enraged and out of control. After viewing the video, the department says Alt has been relieved of his duties while they investigate, calling the conduct. I'm not judging, okay, but why would you ever call the police or firefighters because your 10-year-old is emotionally distressed? Trust me, I overstand having an emotionally disgraced child. My nine-year-old can go from zero to 100 over the smallest of things, okay? You're supposed to threaten them, all right, with the authorities, not actually call them, okay? Especially when you're in a public place and them kids get to carry it on. You got to say, A, now, then people are going to come get us if you don't stop all that hollering.

knowing damn well you are her don't know who them people is my point is if you have an emotionally disgraced child there are other ways to handle them than by calling authorities okay they got behavioral therapy for kids starting as early as four years old i know those things cost money but a lot of places have the sliding scale fees you know you can go to your local counseling centers you can check with university health clinics there's crisis hotlines you can call i'm just saying calling the authorities on your 10-year-old, emotionally discressed child is wild. Okay, but nonetheless, the first responders pulled up, and after putting the girl on what looks like a scratcher,

you heard one of the first responders, Peter Alt, he started talking to this young girl crazy. Can we hear some of that? Stop the fuck up. You have to be a bit. Shut your mouth. No, no. The hell?

Jesus Christ. He said, Shut the F up. It's like this with you every effing week. And then the young girl goes, I don't want to go. I want to go back home. Man.

Firefighters are there to put out fires, okay? As far as I know, they aren't there to be therapists or counselors, which is, you know, why I completely agree with mental health professionals, behavioral therapists being sent out with the police officers and firefighters to prevent things like this.

Okay, this is one of the things I was talking about on my view with Laura Trump the other day. That firefighter p. Alt, he sounded emotionally distressed. He sounded like he's got some other things going on in his life and he's projecting whatever pain, whatever hurt he's feeling onto that little girl.

Any of us with kids know, you got to be present and you have to take a deep breath sometimes before you react because these kids will try every bit of patience you got, okay? You know, and I know Peter Alt isn't some type of mental health professional, but you got to have some type of empathy, all right? You're an adult

and the kid is 10. Okay, the girl's family called for help to calm the child down. I don't know why they would call y'all. But telling the kid to shut the F up, it's like this with you every effing week. That lets me know he knows this child or has had experiences with this child. If this child is having breakdowns every week, then she needs some form of behavioral therapy. Okay, I did one Google search and AI gave me several options for free or low-cost child therapy services, you know, in the Long Island area. You got the Nassau County

Mental Health Services, you got Suffolk County Mental Health Services, Community Mental Health Centers. By the way, she's 10. Where to school counselor is at? We're the school psychologist, okay? I know it's summertime, but damn, all right. Listen, man, the moral of the story is, let's be patient with kids, okay? It's tough, I know, but we are adults. They are kids. Try

to find out a reason for the child's behavior, okay? If your child is acting out, if a child is acting out, it's probably because they're going through something. Get them some professional help. Okay, Peter Alt, you're a volunteer firefighter. You clearly not built for this because I'm listening to you talk to

this young girl, and I'm realizing you need professional help your damn self. Please give Peter Alt to sweet sounds and the hamletones. Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Yee-ha. All right. Also, why are the other adults letting him talk like that?

Yeah, somebody should have told him shut the asses. F up. Somebody should have told him shut the F up for telling the little girl shut the F up And what he mean? They do this for her every week. Like it's the same thing with you every week. What do they mean? What do you mean? Exactly. Because I'm looking at the video. There's plenty of adults there. Why nobody else grown ain't tell him to shut the hell up. This girl is

only 10. Like, for somebody who don't know the story, they would think that's her father or something. Yeah, that's true. Yeah, because that sounds like a parent talking to their child a little bit. You know what I mean? The fact that he's not even her parent or related to her or anything, it's just weird. It's like he don't even care about what she's going through. That's right. All right.

Well, thank you for that donkey today. Shal of mine. Yes, indeed. Oh. All right, so look, the topic, right? Because we've been fishing for a topic, but I think the topic should be what is one of the craziest things you've done to flex, right? Because there was a video that just hit. Shade room, right?

Shady species. Yeah, Shady species is the name of the second. Right. Somebody tried to act like they was going outside to get their dogs, you know, their dogs, but showing their house. Never showed the dogs. It was only a landscape of the house. He got to the dogs eventually.

The dogs were in their own house, basically. The dogs, yeah, the dogs was in their two little apartments, but the dogs didn't even care. We got audio of DJ Envy. This is the man that we're talking about. Oh, okay. Who hit the Shade Room recently. I didn't want to put it out there.

It was envy, but it was definitely envy. Everybody want a dog until it's this type of weather. Like, this is ridiculous. There should be no reason where nobody in this house wants to help me. Everybody wants a dog until this right here happens, right? Nobody. This, look at this. It's ridiculous out here.

He has some getting soaked. I could get an umbrella. But the thing about umbrella is I got to carry both of these dogs, which makes no goddamn sense. So like I said, I'm coming. Everybody wants a dog. Matter of fact, let's. Let's stay in here for some.

Well, no, you go. He ran out. Let me describe what happened. So that's not like a porno. Everybody wants to live in a cancer, until you got the responsibility of all these bills and all of that. My friend was like, what part of Jersey? He lived in, Lauren.

I don't look like that where you live. I said, I don't have DJ any money. That's different. Yeah. So basically he was acting like he was walking his dogs, but he was showing up. No, he was acting like he was trying to go save the dogs from the rain, which dogs love, by the way, because they ran around.

thought it was a game of catching go, right? So he was trying to show everybody that basically that he lived in a castle, but he tried to make a same like he was going out there to get the dogs because nobody would help him bring the dogs back in the house. That's not true. If you follow me on my TikTok, I bought two puppies and I showed my interaction with these puppies and raising these puppies and training these puppies and my kids wanted puppies. What I was saying in that video is everybody likes the puppies until the weather gets disgusting

and I got to do it on my own. That's what I was saying with the dogs And same thing on a TikTok I promote my car show And bust down how it is to do a car show And it's August 16th which is next week And when you did them car show videos Maybe you switched cards per video per day

The video matched the car the other day You saw the 10, you saw that video right With the 10 and the 10 card behind I said Just flexing with humility That was ivory That was an ivory color But the crazy thing is

If you were so focused on the dogs why the camera wasn't turned around. The dogs were on the grass, Envy. It was selfie style. What is the question that you guys want to ask? What's the craziest way you've ever flex? The craziest thing you've done to flex? I wasn't flexing.

I was showing, you know what? 800-5-85-1-105-1. You're first than a homie to pull out the money when the girls come around. Like, you feel like the house. I'm not talking, y'all. That's the breakfast club the morning. The Breakfast Club. They call them my phone.

It's topic time. Call 800585-105-105-1 to join in to the discussion with the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV., Jess, Alarious, Sholomey, Nagar. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, if you're just joining us, phone lines are wide open, 800-585-105-1. This morning, they have been calling me Flex Washington, Flexington, and a host of others. And why is this, Jess?

Because you made a video the other day that hit the... the shave room that made it seem like you was trying to go save your dogs from the rain. I don't know who the hell think dogs got to be saved from the rain but you had the video selfie style right to show the big castle that you live in in the back instead of showing the dogs.

The objective was to show you rescuing the dogs from the rain. I was showing them from their one bedroom apartment in your backyard. I'm talking about you want to this training the dogs. You wanted us to even see how big the cage is but he stood in the cage and DJV is not not sure. I put that case together. I got it from track of supply by the way. I didn't even think

about that, you were standing in the cage. How much were those cages? I put them together myself from Tractor Supply. And I was showing the process. I've talked about these two puppies that my kids and family wanted. We got these dogs and now nobody helps me with these dogs. I have to do it every day and train these dogs myself. Those are some big puppies.

They were born on March 9th. Imagine a plane flying over that house and seeing you in that cage and thinking to themselves. Oh my God, they got Dominicans and cages in New Jersey. It was big. Did you see the cage? crazy. Cages is not that day. I didn't see the cage. I saw

him running in the backyard, though. Man. It's what I did to, you know, to show people that when your kids say they want dogs, just know that it's all on you. Your multi-task is on another level once you hit that You could have came in here and got it off your chest about that. You did not have to make a selfie-style video to show to your house

in the back. Never dropped the phone once. It wasn't for that. It was for my TikTok. If you follow me on TikTok, I explained some of the things that I do. Just show fun. Just being fun and doing certain things. Your phone is wood-approved? What's the craziest way? Is my phone waterproof? Is my phone waterproof?

I don't know, but I'm asking you. You was pouring down raining. Yes, it works in water. Yes, it does. Tax bracket. What's the craziest way you're ever flexed? What about you, Jess? I don't do that.

Jax, every time you talk about your crib, you say, she never says her house. Yes. My estate. Because it's not just a house. And then when I'm not in a penthouse in Jersey City, I'm in my state. So I'll start there. And then look, she was talking to me about her.

daughter's first birthday, and it was very casual. She was like, so, okay, this is my house. I don't put this here, this here. I'm like, it's an aerial shot of a huge plot of land. I was like, okay, Jess, all right. But I'm not going to fake, save no dogs to show that. I'm not going to do it. What about

you, Lauren? I don't flex. You flex your hair. Hair is just a lot of flex. Like, what? Damn it, man. Lauren's head. Lauren's head. Ain't nothing flex about Lauren. Don't do that. Shout out to hair by LJ.A. That hair is stiff. This right here. Listen, that head is stiff, if you hear me.

Don't do me. This is a good two racks right here. You need to. Lauren head on flex. Hey, by L.J. This don't come cheap. This is virgin. This is a good two racks.

Don't play with me, okay? The install is installing. Hello, good morning. Who's this? Yeah, yo, what's up? This is Jay, the cable guy. Good morning, Jay, cable guy. What's going on?

Not much. What's the craziest thing you did to flex? So check this out, right? This is back in my heyday. I'd say about 2000, I was really, Jocke and this girl trying to get it to go out. She finally accepted it. We went on a date, right?

So I'm really trying to flex. I check my bank account on speakerphone in front of her. Just to watch her reaction. And I think around that time, it was about, you know, 1004,000. Ooh. And 2000. Okay. You wanted her to hear you did?

This is my contracting days, you know, with the 1099, you was running from taxes and all that. It's all legit now. Right. I did, that was the craziest thing I did to flex. What did she say when you did that? Yeah, what was that reaction? Oh, oh, the attitude changed. The attitude went straight from, you know, Willis Siddi to.

Come on. Is this something serious with us? Is this, do you see yourself going forward with this? And it was like, yeah, okay, yeah, sure, sure. What did you hit, though, bro? Did you hit, did you hit? Look, I'm not going to kiss and tell. I'm not going to kiss and tell.

Bro, in 2000, it was 25 years ago. It did work out. Okay, you smashed. You probably married her. You probably married to it to this day, that's why. No, no, hell no. Oh, all right, right. Come on, and who's this?

Yo, you know those vibes as mellow. How you doing? Mello, what's up? What's the craziest thing you ever did to flex, like your boy, envy? Oh, I'm not even, but first off, can we drop one of cruise bonds for Envy for Flexing so hard? That was fake fire. You saw the video?

You saw the video? That was crazy. That was fake fire. That was fake fire. It's all right, no, take it. But I'm not going to hold with me. Back in the days, in my younger days, I was on some drinks.

I was on some Drake time and still, you know, Nokia. I was like, yo, you want shots for the girls and order some. And, you know what I mean? I shouldn't have did that. And I had to pretty much keep ordering shots and to my direct deposit here. You know what I mean? And I feel like that's the wildest thing I've ever done

because I was sitting there for an additional hour and a half, What you would have did If the deposit was like late or like your bank You know what I mean Sometimes it'd be off Like what you would have done You're not even going to hold you We was in a karaoke bar

And I could sing I would have distracted them Period Goodbye fellow Like word I would have You know what I mean They called me

Tray Rones in the hood I'm not even gonna lie to you I don't want up the image Yeah Like play on me Hey y'all Goodbye Melo I'm being bullied today

By Jess and Lauren I was mine in my business The other day Talking to my TikTok family You posted a public video That's up for criticism Oh, yep And I was talking about my dogs

That I just, I'm raising They got them as puppies They were born on March 9th And I was showing, you know, everybody out there You know, your kids want dog Your wife want a dog And then when it's time to raise these dogs Or the weather's nice

Nobody wants to help And I was showing me Running to get the dogs from outside Bringing them inside And just said I was flexing But I wasn't feeling. Because the dogs was having a time In their life, honey.

They was not trying to be rescued They wasn't at the door clawing and scraping and scratching daddy trying to get in the nothing. They were literally out there living their lives and this man's selfie style recorded a video to show the castle that he and his family lives in.

That is not true. I was just showing me raising my dog. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Jay, man, from the 757. What's up, James? What's the craziest thing you've done to flex? Have you ever looked at a piece of abstract art or music or poetry and thought

that's just a bunch of pretentious nonsense? Well, that's exactly what two bored Australian soldiers set out to prove during World War II when they pulled off what was either a bold literary hoax or a grand poetic experiment, publishing over a dozen intentionally bad but highly acclaimed works of expressionist poetry under the name Earn Malley in an incident that caused a media firestorm and even a criminal trial. The Earn Malley episode made fools of believers and critics alike and still fascinates poetry lovers to this day. We break down the truth, the lies, and the poetry in between on hoax, a new podcast hosted by me, Lizzie Logan, and me, Dana Schwartz.

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your podcasts I want me that be doing a flat sign I'm married And I got a wife, but I play a role for my homeboys to help them flex in front of the shorties that they're trying to pull. So what we do is whenever they get around some girls, they'll text me and be like, bro, just call me real quick and ask the bar like $3,000. They put me on speakerphone. I call them. Like, yo, man, I'm how messed up right now. I need probably like three bands from you. Can you cash up it to me real quick?

and they're in front of the shorties why they're doing that so as soon as the girls said I know it ain't right and these is probably not the girls they need to be with but for some reason whenever those girls

hear me ask for that bread to borrow it's a green light for my own boys every time no shame but for 3K they're going like that's? 300,000

how low who's this? Oh I thought he said 3,000 I thought he said 3,000 he didn't say no 300 300 I just 3,000 3,000 yeah You can't even cash have no $300,000.

I wasn't like $3,000. I didn't even, I thought he said, $300,000. I need to figure. What's the craziest thing you did to flex, bro? Well, first of all, I watched that video by DJMV2, and I was looking for the dogs, and maybe it was unintentional by this to be a lot of landscape. Exactly.

You saw the football field that he lives on? I was running, sir. I was running, sir. I was running, I was looking for it. I was like, where's the dogs were about? Mm-hmm. For me, my biggest flex was, I'm not unintentional as well. I gained so much weight

and then I joined this program called Elite Technique and lost over 110 that I made their page and now low key win a one time well I guess was a one time fame

viral once for a second and that was a big flex for me I respect that though that's a real flex losing 100 pounds and getting in shape that's a dope that's a dope flex

that's a good flex that is that is that's not crazy that's actually admirable that's great yep flex I ain't know it's going to be That's actually, by the way, that's actually real inspiration.

You know, like, you know how you see, like, Meek Mill used to always post stuff and be like, this is for inspirational purposes only. That material stuff ain't inspiring nobody, inspires somebody to rob you. But you show somebody, I disagree. You show us. When I be saying, I'd be like, that's fire. It'd be like, okay, wow, all this off of something he loved to do. No, I do think it's inspiration.

I think when somebody comes from, like, a person Meek Mill comes and he works and he does it the right way, and he shows the things that he was able to purchase and buy, whether it's a home, whether it was a car or a home for his mom or whatever may be is inspiration like me growing up. So you don't think that, yeah, you don't think, hold on, you don't think that inspires nobody to be like, yeah, we're going to rob him when we see him. I mean, everybody's, I mean, people are hate us. I mean, people all hate us. Absolutely. But he didn't do it for the he did it for the kids that said, you know what?

I can get out of the world and do it the right way, just like I, just like I talk about cool all the time. Clue was my inspiration to show that he was able to get out of Queens the right way and do it and he was able to show me a different life of DJing. So for me, that's inspiration. But the haters, they're going to hate regardless. I get it, but to act like you're not exciting the wolves, too, is crazy. Yeah, I mean, you're going to excite the wolves regardless or whatever you do. You know what I mean? But I will say that people like Meek Mill, people like Hove growing up, people like clue for myself.

Like, they were inspirations because you've seen where they came from, how they did it. They did it the right way and they were able to obtain the things that they wanted. That is inspiration. Yeah, for sure. Yes, but we also have to be honest and say that showing off on social media does make you a target as well. It does. And a lot of y'all be getting robbed for stuff you don't even own. Yeah.

That is true, too. But, yeah, but it is inspiration. And, you know, they are haters regardless where you do. But there's a lot of people out there with kids that even, you know, we've inspired a lot of people to do things that, you know, for myself. I know I inspired a bunch of people. I know you guys inspired a bunch of people. I'm sure you inspired a bunch of people from South Carolina where you're home. Like, Dan, this, he came from the same place where I'm from.

Now, when you host in that video with your wife, Charlemagne, with the, you know, the um you're owning crystals crystals that made it to my chat and somebody was like yo charlemagne got like just because people see but it's inspired i do not whoa stop stop with the line because i'm just saying people see you investing in these businesses it does inspire them it's all inspiration you might not stand in front of a car that matches your shirt it's all inspiration but car by the way that's stupid but that's dope i'm not queens though you know they be matching head-toe him, clue, all of them. But you know what?

It is good for some people inspire to be like these people, and some people do inspire to rob these people because I'm telling you, Jerome was a house that my baby father. It was a house I was living in a couple years ago,

and Rome asked me, can he come stay tonight? And y'all know we ain't known that type of time. So I was like, all right, yeah, cool. He probably got put out one of his girls. So I was like, all right, cool.

He come over there. And the next morning, I wake up, he is doing a selfie video, just like Envy was in the backyard. And he was, no, he wasn't chasing no, He was chasing Poon Poon and he was like, yeah, I'm just in my new spot and all that. And then I come on my bedroom and he's like, shh, why, yo, I'm on the phone with it. And then act like he was on, like he was living in this house, this big house that he had just moved in to get this girl.

Did you get the girl? No, I didn't get the damn girl. But I'm like, yo, but that's not the first time he did that. He didn't flex with a lot of my stuff and my cars and my houses. That's why I said Rome. He went from being my baby father to my little brother and people don't get it. Sometimes inspiration means the most Like everybody has seen

Lauren start working here With the horrible looking wigs And if they see it grow from And then she evolved It escalated You mad because your shirt matched your car It's okay because they also see you Grove over there with them arms as well

You went from You know what I mean It was from stuff He's stuck to gym now So we're all elevator Yeah I don't I don't encourage flexing Okay

Flexing is not my thing Yeah I just I just think it excites the wolves too much Yeah Anybody gets excited They'll try to rob. Just make you a target.

Stay safe, envy, stay at the rain, you know. Get your license, yeah. And please, and please don't get robbed for stuff you don't own. That's the former mental illness to me. If you're walking down the street and you see somebody's phantom and you take a picture in front of it and, you know, are you find somebody's money or fake money and you holding it in your hand, don't get robbed for stuff you don't even own. That's ridiculous. No, you're right.

But let the dogs run wild and free, envy. We don't need another video like that. I'm going to show you another video. I'm going to show you the video this morning when they ran for me this morning. But we have the latest with Lauren? We do. Speaking of stuff that you own was yours,

but it's not. Megan Kelly is talking about Beyonce's body, whether it's hers or not. We're going to glam. We're going to get on into the things. All right. We'll get into that.

Next is the Breakfast Club of Water. 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 get somebody. 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 All righty y'all So there's been a conversation online That Megan Kelly Who is, you know What do I call her?

Broadcaster personality Somebody Yes, that she started So Beyonce posted a Levi's ad that she did recently this week and she's in all denim of course because it's Levi's and there has been a huge

conversation around Sidney Sweeney and who's an actor, producer who did an ad for American Eagle. Now when Sidney Sweeney did the ad the text on the ad or the theme of the ad was Sidney Sweeney has good genes J-E-A-N-S but people I'm sorry

yeah but people took it the wrong way and not the wrong way I guess the right way depending on high I don't know people were upset because they were saying and this is racially charged because what are good genes? Like you get it because she's white. Well it was

first of all I think the backlash was ridiculous but it was the commentary around the video as well because if you read if you listen to the commentary she says something about some her eyes and then it says blonde hair blue eyes or something like. Yes now I will say American Eagle came out when all the backlash was happening and they said Sydney

Sweeney has great jeans it isn't always about the jeans her jeans her story will continue to celebrate how everyone wears their American Eagle jeans with confidence there way, gray jeans look good on everyone, right? So they're like, listen, y'all are reaching at nothing, we weren't trying to be racial at all, whatever the case may be.

But anyway, so Megan Kelly gets online because Beyonce posts her photo and her good jeans, and Megan Kelly says, this is opposite of what Sidney's Sweetie's ad. This is opposite of Sidney's Sweetie's ad. Quite clearly, there is nothing neutral about Beyonce. Everything from her image, to her fame, to her success, to her

look below is bought and paid for. Screams, artificial, fake, enhanced trying too hard. Who said that? Megan Kelly. A clown. Yeah, former anchor. Wasn't she on Fox News at one point? Where was her show?

I don't know. Okay, anyway, yes, Megan Kelly. So, yeah, so that... Yes, she was. She was on Fox News back in the day. Yeah, that started the conversation because people were like, first of all, who were you to talk about anybody's body?

Secondly, now people are comparing the two ads, Sidney and Beyonce. Just because they're saying if Sidney Sweeney could have this ad and do these things and y'all want to say it's not about anything, but her looks and... how great she's doing for the brand because allegedly the stock went up,

American Eagle stock went up once Sidney's ad dropped. Why can't Beyonce do her Levi's and Megan Kelly stay out of her business? Exactly. And Megan Kelly would never be up for an ad. Never with that chisel, goddamn face. Don't play. Don't do that. Yeah, and Lizzo entered the chat as well, but this was before the Beyonce back and forth.

This was when Sidney Sweeney first posted it. Lizzo posted herself into Levi. And she said, she said if the Democrats won the election, because this turned into like Democrats versus Republican because there was a story that came out where they went and found Sydney Sweeney's voting history and allegedly she was listed as a Republican voter

and all the things but Lizzo was being funny and it was funny. I know Sidney's Sweeney is probably like, yo, I didn't even do nothing. All I did was just post a picture. Take a picture. Just I got a great opportunity to do an ad for American Eagle and this is what y'all got from it.

Yeah, literally. People are too open. I can't wait until people find out how much of this is really just social engineering. You know what I mean? Because you know who wins in all of this? American Eagle and leave us. I would do the same thing. If I did an ad, if you put an ad out and your ad don't get some type of reaction.

And honestly, backlash is probably the best thing nowadays. It probably wasn't a good ad. If you put an ad out and don't nobody respond to it in no way, shape, or form, it's probably not a good ad. Because when the last time an ad came out, and I want you all to think about this, because maybe y'all can help me, when the last time I ad came out and people just were simply like, man that was a dope ad that was great that ad was fantastic

when does that happen Super Bowl time that's probably the only time Super Bowl time yeah I would say Super Bowl time not this Super Bowl man Super Bowl ads used to be so good

now they're not they're trash now so you know I don't remember I'm saying I'm sorry so if there's not backlash

and fake outrage around your ad is probably not a good ad the last time I seen a good ad was when Chance the rapper did the Doritos ad during the Super Bowl

a couple years ago. Like years ago. I don't even remember it. Yeah, but it was lit. He was wrapping his ass off about them Doritos. Well, speaking of ads, the VMAs are going to go down

on September 7th and they announced some of the nominations. Beyonce is actually up for, with Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift. They are up for artists of the year. Period. Lady Gaga's leading with 12 nominations.

11 nominations, Bruno Mars. 10 nominations, Kendrick Lamar, including Vito the year for Not Like Us. But we're talking music and news. I saw this clip, this is like a crazy segue, but it's music. Y'all saw the video of Lotto. This kind of

is an ad for the jewelry store. Okay, what's that? Lotto was in a jewelry store and they asked her a question. I want you guys to listen to the question, see if you can answer it. This is funny. The 45th president of USA and the 47th president of USA, they both have the same parents. How is that possible?

They both got the same parents. The 45th president of the USA and the 47th president got the same parents? Yes. It's a mystery. They got the same parents because God made us all

and we all got the same hair because we're not on this 47th president it's why it is you want to know the answer

so the 45th president was Donald Trump and the 47th president is also Donald Trump I'm too bad I ain't going to hold you I ain't going to hold you you probably didn't understand

because I didn't understand what he was saying. It's like when you call one of them. Okay, Jess. Oh, no, no, no. Oh, man, please. When you call customer service and you get somebody you don't understand, you be like, yo, can I speak to humanity and ask me to somebody else?

She probably didn't understand what he was talking about. I ain't go hold with you. Not a lot of a discriminative representative at the top of your lungs. We're all God's children. Yeah. And by the way, it's always okay to say, I don't know. I don't know Is it perfectly

Yeah, either one It's perfectly fine Can you get somebody else To repeat the question? I'm sorry All right That is the latest with Lauren Thank you Lauren

You're welcome If you want to see ads Or to VMA Tune in September 7 It starts at 8 p.m. Eastern Time to be shot here in New York If you want to see ads

I know that's right Lord Jesus Christ Put a button on it Lauren be all Lauren be all over the place And then come back to something And then jump back to something

Again then come back We put a button on it That was a summary Let me rock out, little man, period. Shoot. All right. The people's choice mixes up. Next is the Breakfast Club.

Come morning. You're checking out the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV. Jess Hilary, Sholomey and the Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got to salute Wendell Pierce for joining us. You know him from the Wire.

You know him from suits. And a host of different movies and Broadway and so many different things. Yeah, salute the window Pierce, man. Fantastic conversation. I suggest that y'all go to YouTube and watch the whole thing. A lot of, uh, wisdom was dropped. You know, not just, you know,

for him being an actor, but just him being a man. Like, you know, he's lived a life. Now, reminding you guys this weekend, I'm actually in Houston, salute to the H-Town. You know, Solomon, you gave donkey of the day to a lady, you said she was from Houston, but she was in Florida. Somebody kept hitting me and was like, she's not from Houston,

she's not from Houston. She's from Florida. We don't, we don't claim her. So I don't know. Damn. She lives in Houston. Oh, she lives in Houston. Okay. Because they were all up in there. I said she was going home. My chap. Okay. Well. Yeah, so salute to H-Town I'll see you guys this weekend

I'm gonna be at the jungle and then curb me in Chapman so I can't wait I love H-Town I have a great time every time I'm in H-Town and where you're at next week and it's a lot of good food

in H-Town so eat good out there man next week I am off this weekend but next week I'll be at salsa con fuego I gotta say it right Salza ConFuego

in Bronx y'all with Rob Stableston that's my guy we got two shows so far Tuesday on the 12th and then Wednesday on the 13th get your tickets that's salsa confuego.com.

Bronx, I'm coming. I'm calling all the boroughs. I know a lot of people, they'd be trying to act like, they'd be fronting on the Bronx. Like, they don't want to come, but when I come to the borough, be in there.

So make sure you get them tickets. I love y'all. Can't wait to see y'all next week. That's Tuesday and Wednesday. It's Salsa Confuego. We got two shows so far, but hopefully it can be two per night. Love y'all.

See you, Bronx next week. All right. Now, Lauren, you got something this week? Yes, I'm going to be in Atlanta for the podcast summit. So August 7th and 8th. I'm speaking on August 8th. We'll be talking about the latest with Lauren LaVroza, the podcast, and the journey thus far.

And all the things, you can visit the podcast summit website and their Instagram for tickets. Come and join me as a fireside chat. We're going to have a good time. You got your outfit already? I do. Hey, about to be on flea. And period. And I can't wait, Charlemagne.

Like, you just, people will be looking for my outfits now because you talk so much about them. I appreciate it. Is that a good thing about it? Oh, it's a good thing because fashion week is coming in and the deposits is already hitting. Yeah, keep running it up. Why you ain't post that picture yesterday? I needed that one. The fact that you don't realize how stupid you look is hilarious, but keep running it up.

I say that about you to every day when you hear it with your feet swinging off this chair. No, but keep running. Every day when you're in here with your feet swinging. No, listen, Lauren, listen, Lauren, I don't ever want you to stop. The joy it brings me. Oh, my God. Keep going, Lauren. Lauren, keep going, all right?

Don't worry. I got you. We're going to take it to the moon. stars. Period. Don't play with her. Power 105. That means that she's going to weigh an astronaut suit next. That means

that she's going to come in here with a full NASA suit. Swin. She's killing it with some heels. Shut up. A mule. He's an idiot. Salomein, you got a positive note. Yes, but I want to tell everybody, man, everybody in Monks Corner,

South Carolina, my hometown. This Saturday, I'm doing my 10th annual back-to-school drive and fish fry. You know, we give away the free backpacks and the school supplies and I got the Jamaican food truck pulling up and I got the ice cream truck and my dad's going to be out there frying fish and scrimp and it's all free, okay, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. this Saturday at the Berkeley High School bus loop in Monk's Corner, South Carolina. So I will see y'all this Saturday in Monk's Corner

for my 10th annual back-to-school drive and fish fry, okay? And everything's free. Y'all know that already, but I'll see y'all this Saturday, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Now, the positive note is simply this. If you care about people's approval, you will always be their prisoner. You literally said this yesterday. You just said this. No, I didn't. Breakfast club, bitches!

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