The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Hov Bets $1M on OKC for NBA Finals, Kenya Moore RHOA Rumors, Diddy’s Courtroom Behavior Draws Judge’s Warning + Taraji P. Henson Interview

Episode Date: June 6, 2025

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Peace to the planet, it's Friday. Hey. Good morning, how y'all feel out there? I feel blessed, black and highly favored, happy to be here. Another day to serve our beautiful listeners. What's happening? That is right. It's Friday.

I'm excited. I'm happy. How you feeling, Jess? I feel good. I'm excited. I'm even more excited that it's Friday. Now, your mom is getting married this weekend, right? Yes, my mother is getting married.

Are you part of the wedding? Because you can't be a flower girl. Yes. I am the. You're the best man? I wish I would. What? No, my daughter is actually a flower girl.

This is gonna be our first wedding obviously. She's walking now, right? No, no, no, she's trying to. Okay. She's nine months. She will be the flower girl on the 20th. But yes, I am the maid of honor. Okay. I've never been the maid of honor in a wedding. It is stressful. My mom is like Bronsilla, ready to kill everybody. So I just can't wait for it to be over. I'm happy for her though. I am. Who's walking her down the aisle? Her father.

Oh her father, okay. I don't know why I feel like Marley two years old boy. God dang. I know right. I know. Well she look one already. You know Chris tall so she tall. She a long baby for sure. Yes, she is a big nine month. Like my daughter is because she fat too and then she's tall. And salute to everybody who went to bed too early last night and missed the great finish in game one of the NBA finals. I was one of them. My God. Yeah. Jesus. Oh man. Well, like Shalime said, if you haven't seen the Indiana Pacers pulled off one last night, I went to sleep and I

thought OKC had it. OKC was up the whole game. I was like, I'm going to sleep. Well, J.A. from Indy, salute to you. I'm sure he'll be calling in. I still got OKC in five, but man, I will say that, that Holly Burton, what the holly I mean, yeah, yeah 14 points last night everybody But he had 14 last night, but he closes out salute to the pace his team They had like six or seven players and double figures last night. That's what wins ballgames, but hollyburton closes out He knows how to close out a game. He closed out on a couple of times There's a lot of there's a lot of stars in the best. There's a lot of stars in the NBA, there's a lot of stars in the NBA

that doesn't want that clutch shot. He takes that clutch shot. He does look good in the clutch, but if you're gonna be the face of the league and have people putting you in that conversation, that's what some idiots are saying, that he could be the face of the league. You gotta have more than 14 points in the NBA finals game.

That's all I'm saying. Is there really ever just one face of the league? Because there's so many places. It depends it depends it's been you know you had Magic Bird you had Jordan in his era. Kobe Fallow, James. James who? LeBron James. Oh LeBron James yes you have to say LeBron you don't start with James. I was gonna say everybody's last name Jordan. No way. All right well let's get the show cracking Taraji P Henson will be joining us. Oh my god She's in a new movie straw Tyler Perry straw, which is out today And it's good. I need to get it. I need to watch it. No Eddie crazy. It's a mind-bender All right

What now? Glorilla released a record today. I thought we'd have it but we don't have it yet. It's called type Oh, and I will have in a little bit. We'll get it in the system in a little bit. But we do have Mariah Carey's new single. Yes, cause she's performing at the iHeartRadio Festival. Yes. It's iHeartRadio Music Festival. She'll be there this year.

Why you say oh yeah like that? Shut up, man. Play Mariah Carey. Stop, Jess, don't follow him up, cause he's silly. She's performing at the iHeartRadio Music Festival this year. Mariah Carey We got a new record what is called type dangerous. Yes. It's the Breakfast Club. Well, let's get in some front page news. Good morning

Mate paces beat the thunder last night if you went to sleep early like Charlamagne said a little bit you missed it Okay, she was up 14 at one point They were up 6 with 2 minutes left, but the Paces came back and won last night 111 110 to lead the NBA finals game one. What's up, Morgan? What's up is this bromance breakup that appears to be happening between President Trump and Elon Musk, snatching wigs and edges and all types of stuff. But look at it.

All right. So maybe we could get a little bit of right. Yes, the girls are fighting. So President Trump says he doesn't know if he and Elon Musk will continue to have a great relationship. His comments in the Oval Office came days after Musk criticized Trump's so-called one big, beautiful bill. Now, it's important to note that the president's comments came early in the day and the drama between him and Elon Musk progressed as the day went on. But Trump initially had here's what Trump initially had to say yesterday regarding Elon Musk and those comments that came out. You saw the words he had for me the words and yes was a lot of money for electric vehicles.

Elon and I had a great relationship. I don't know if we'll well anymore. Yeah, Charlemagne, you called it. You called it about those EV vehicles. You said he's what is he gonna be mad at? It's gonna be one of two things. Now Trump said he and Musk or Trump said he asked Musk to leave his administration. Trump said Musk was upset that he was ending the EV mandate, which will cost Musk billions

of dollars. Now Trump also said the Tesla CEO was disappointed. Trump did not or he decided not to go with his preferred head of NASA. And the president threatened to terminate, as we said, Elon's government told subsidies and contracts. Now Musk said Trump's so-called big, beautiful bill was never shown to him and passed in the House in a deal and in the dead of night. He also reposted an image showing old tweets from Trump that appeared to contradict his

spending bill saying, where's this guy today? Musk has been highly critical of this beautiful bill since his time ending as a special government employee for Doge. Now, the Tesla CEO also made a post claiming the reason the Jeffrey Epstein files haven't been made public is because Trump is in them. Musk posted a time to drop the really big bomb before saying Trump is in the files. Now, the financier and convicted sex offender died back in 2019 by suicide, and the public has long called for the release of the documents including a Contact list of names now the Tesla CEO Elon Musk also claims that Trump would not have won the election without him

Musk responded to a post calling for President Trump to be impeached saying yes Yeah, so what do you guys think about all of this drama? Oh,, even though I said this is gonna happen months ago, I don't particularly believe this right now. I think it's all wrestling. Like Elon has lost like a hundred billion dollars since December. He lost like 26 billion yesterday. I think that a lot of this is just to try to rehabilitate Elon's image to get his companies back on track.

But I think that's a wrap. Elon is gonna have to step down as a CEO. I won't believe this until some of those government contracts actually get pulled. Like threatening the government contracts to get pulled is one thing, actually pulling them is another. That's when I believe like some of this is real. That Epstein-Files thing to me is a nothing burger.

Yeah, that was just a shot. But the problem is, is like Elon Musk, he gave Trump what, $277 million for his campaign. The problem is with a lot of those EV companies, and this is the F-ed up part, he gave Trump what? $277 million for his campaign. The problem is with a lot of those EV companies, and this is the F-ed up part, Joe Biden put it into play that a majority of your fleet or the majority of the cars that you sell have to be EV, I think by 2026. So a lot of these manufacturers changed to EV, we're trying to sell EV. And if you look at all these lots, nobody wants to buy EV. These these cars are not selling they're practically giving them away to the fact where a Hummer during COVID was like $1,500 a month if you

wanted to lease it now that same Hummer I seen yesterday for 400 and change like they're just trying to give these cars away nobody wants them and these people are gonna be losing billions and billions of dollars yeah but Trump said Elon knew that that was gonna be in the bill so he said he said Elon knew that was gonna be in the bill the whole time. Elon said he never seen the bill. Well, people need to start reading. That's what I think. That Epstein files thing is really a nothing burger because you know the flight logs of Epstein's plane came out and Trump was on those so was a lot of other people.

Well he seen pictures on with. Like Bill Clinton, Trump and Epstein have been in, they got video of them in parties together picking out girls. And plus Trump is already president. So what is Trump and the Epstein have been in, they got video of them in parties together picking out girls and plus Trump is already president. So what is Trump and the Epstein files going to do? I don't know. I'm making it worse than what he already does. What? Donald Trump?

Listen, Donald Trump is Teflon. Come on, stop. Like when he said I can walk in the middle of whatever street and shoot somebody in the head and nobody will care, He was absolutely positively right. He won a whole election. Nobody is going to care that Donald Trump is in the Epstein file. All right, y'all. Well, that's your front page news for 6 a.m.

Stick around at 7. We'll talk trade in China and immigration. Everybody else get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club.

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Get it off your chest. Yeah, I wanna know why these grown ass men like to play games. What happened, who stood you up? Nobody stood me up, but it's been happening over and over where men, when they want to be in a relationship and they're ready to settle down, then the game's a relationship, all they wanna do is play games. So once again who stood you up man? What happened? So who are you talking about? You talking

about somebody in particular? This happened to a homegirl? Yes. Oh okay sure yeah. You gonna call up early in the morning to speak up for your home girl, huh? What happened? Tell us what happened to her. That's our friend's dude. What's his name? I can't get his name. So what happened? So they got together and he's going to be like,

what the hell, you wanna marry her? Then all of a sudden, he's not ready for it right now. There's too much going on. Did she let him hit? She let him hit? Of course. Oh, okay. Well, listen, man, let that man go back home to his family Of course. Okay well listen man let that man you know

go back home to his family man stop disturbing that man and his family's peace. Wow. He's disturbing your ass anyway. Well you should have know you know you probably knew you had a family from the start or maybe he lied to you but either or let that man go back home to his family. I'm sorry you going through that mama. It's not her. Okay. Thank you. Alright mama. I would say I'm gonna pray for you but I'm not not, because you ain't had no business sleeping with that lady husband. Hello, hello, who's this? This is Pay.

Hey, Tay, good morning. Get it off your chest, Tay. Pay, sorry. Oh, Pay, sorry, Pay. I am so excited that Elon Musk told on Trump. What did he tell on Trump about? Because, well, he said that he wouldn't have won the election without him. Now, see, that's a bigger conversation conversation because you remember everybody was saying that you

know put and I'm just throwing this out it was a conspiracy theory that you know the election might have been rigged and you know Elon had something to do with it that right there is a little bit more of a telling statement than the Epstein files one. It is because I wish Kamala had requested for a recount a revote or whatever you call it. Yeah, but even but you know what though even Because he bragged he bragged on CNN about Senate Elon Musk to Pennsylvania and how he's such an awesome guy and he checked out the voting machines and Three seconds letter he said did you see how fast those votes came in and the whole country like turned red over night yeah and you remember when uh joe rogan uh joe rogan was saying that uh

elon musk had developed some type of custom app and he knew the results of the election before before yeah you know so i mean to me that's a bigger thing than you know the the f-team file but you know we get so caught up in foolishness, we don't actually pay attention to what people be talking about. But even when he ran against Hillary, there was interruption from Russia. So he didn't win that election either.

He rigged it. But that's his history. He always deals with us. Oh, we can't say for sure that it was rigged. Thank you, mama. You know? Get it off your chest, 800-585-1051. If you need the vent, hit us up now.

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How about that? How about y'all garbage trucks get out people away in the morning. Stop blocking streets. Why would we do that? You can't say you're rock with the garbage garbage people and then talking bad about the garbage people. Make up your mind, Charlamagne. That's not talking bad about the garbage people. That's telling the garbage people to have some respect for that long line

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the garbage truck is huge. You mean the guys that's on the back. You see, you're not listening. How would we do that? How would we hit the guys on the back? Hey yo, hey, shot of me. Go to YouTube and type garbage. The garbage business is the most dangerous job in America, bro. Don't type in YouTube. I'm not disputing that, I'm not disputing that, but I want y'all to stop blocking the street. But anyway, anyway, Jess,

shout out to your mother getting married, man. Thank you so much, Shawn. And also, I want people to go check out my new single. It's called Good Lovin' on my IG story page. Jess, you need to go check that out. Please. Okay. Sean Stone TV.

Do you sing it on there? Yeah, Jess, you never know. I could sing, Jess. Okay. I did not know that. I didn't know. I want all Caribbean people to go support at Jamaican. Because some people on the YouTube page, Sean's studio is a fake Jamaica.

I could never be a fake Jamaica. I lived there for 18 years. I was born there, people. What do I talk about? Sean, do you get offended when people say your music garbage or do you take it as like a, you know, they paying homage to your day job? Damn.

Well, at the same time, people don't listen to my music, they say it's garbage. They gotta go listen to it first and then give me a critique, you know what I mean? But you not listening to it, you just saying it's garbage without even listening it that's why what's your YouTube page again Sean? I'm gonna send everybody there to put trash cans in there man no no no no garbage men this ain't public Sean Sean TV on YouTube on IG

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I want to talk to these brothers out here that ain't got no hair in their head, bar here, brothers like myself, yo. I just wanna tell y'all, embrace that shit, man. Don't even got down, worry about what these women say, how they feel, you gotta embrace that, man. And like, I'm, I really took a minute to really embrace mine, but once I did, yo, like, the women start **** like crazy because they like a confident man. You feel

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and then when he got to the alley they said they didn't know what it was Didn't they try to say it was it was a gun in his hand and then they couldn't it wasn't right? They say they speak under the rug. They said he was a truck driver or father. Yeah CDL driver Yeah, a member of the city's North End community. Yes. Wow. I just want to put the mic to that. I appreciate y'all I've been calling since then to get through them. Well thank you for calling and keep us updated. And if you want to look him up, his name is Dye Sean.

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Get it off your chest 800 585 101 if you need to vent you can hit us up now we got the latest with Lauren coming up Yes So I heard y'all talking about the finals last night and I know y'all said people want to sleep But somebody stayed up because he put a million dollars on the series We're gonna find out who it is and how that money is looking after game one. All right, we'll get into that next It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

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On The Breakfast Club. Talk to me. Well, I know you guys know game one went down. The Indiana Pacers won 111 over Oklahoma City Thunder 110 but Jay-Z has reportedly bet a million dollars that the Oklahoma City Thunder will win the finals and game will win the finals. Now here's the issue so he places million dollar bet with the Fanatic Sports book which is you know Michael Rubin's company and if you win these company too I didn't know that Jay-Z own part of it yes so well he

placed the bet with their company and if he wins he will profit 2.3 million dollars but he'll also so 3.3 listen so he'll profit 2.3 million dollars on top of what he already bet so it'll be a total of 3.3 million dollars Yes now win 2.3. He get his million dollars back. Yes. Okay. Yeah, so total be 3.3, but the profit will be the 3.3 Yes, so this but this means that the Thunder can't lose more than one game of the seven game series Huh? He won that the OKC won in five. Yes. So yeah, so yeah, like I said Great promotion for fanatics, you know Company you can do that That's why I was a little confused I didn't and maybe that's why I was reported that way cuz in the reports it all runs back to Michael Rubin

But oh Jay Z places bets with the gambling side. He owns. I mean, it's good business like, you know, like I mean It's there's public knowledge that he invested in fanatics not like it's a secret. Well, it is But what I'm asking I mean, well, I guess I'm not asking, but I didn't know that you can do that. Like if you own something, isn't that, what would that be? Conflict of interest? He can vet and he own the company?

I don't know. I don't know if that's a problem because he doesn't own the teams. Yeah, it's not like you control whether or not the teams win or not. Win or lose, yeah. Gotcha. I don't know how that bet is gonna turn out though.

OKC would have to win four games in a row. Straight. I don't know if that's gonna happen. I don't think you have to last night in Indiana is a very solid deep balance team like No, no, Charlie. You said on brilliant idiots that uh, Halliburton would never be the face of the league No, he won't you still feel like that. Yes, the face of the league. No He's been in the league for six years already one of the nicest plays in the league, but he's not No, no Already one of the nicest plays in the league, but he's not let's take a listen to Charlotte I'll bring your idiots. I don't have a problem with Tyrese I just have somebody who loves Tyrese and thinks he's the face of the league and I'm like there's no he's not Tyrese can

Win the next two championships and wouldn't be the face of the league. Okay. Why do you think because he just don't have the Anything about the face of the league conversation face of the league already is anointed upon you on your first day. It just... I'm Andrea Gunning, host of the podcast Betrayal. Police Lieutenant Joel Kern used his badge to fool everyone. Most of all, his wife, Caroline. He texted, I've ruined our lives.

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on iHeart True Crime Plus. So, don't wait head to Apple Podcasts and subscribe today. I don't care if you coming out of high school, I don't care if you're coming out of high school, I don't care if you're coming out of college, there's a light on you that is really just yours to fumble. It's a fact. He's not even the most famous Tyrese now. People heard me saying that the first 30 seconds of probably thought I was talking about Tyrese Gibson from Fast and Furious. Yeah I mean you got Joker, you got Luca. None of those guys that have been in the Facebook League, they're not from here. They're not from America. They still could be facing the league. I reached out a better chance of being in

because it's facing the league because he's from America. No, Luca would be close. A foreigner will never be facing the league. What are you talking? No, it would already have happened. Will it be Yamu? Will LeBron still in the league? Well, he's American.

Steph Curry's still in the league. American. But they're about to retire in the next couple of years and then there has to be a new face in the league. A foreigner will never be facing the league. If that was the case, Joker would have been facing the league. Giannis would have been facing the league. Yonis would have been facing the league. These guys have already won championships, MVPs.

But still not bigger than Braun and Steph. Because Braun and Steph are American. Well, I saw people yesterday reposting Paul George's comments when he said, this was a couple days ago, though. He said that he thinks that he is the face of the NBA. He is the number one option. Well, we shouldn't be listening to Paul George. I mean, I don't know who we should be listening to.

I'm just telling y'all what I saw. These are all opinions. Opinions are like butt holes. Everybody got them. I just, I mean, listen, I just don't see. Tyrese is a great player. He does, he is. Super in the clutch.

He's just not gonna be face of the league. Face of the league, you think LeBron, Steph Curry, historically Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Tyrese not gonna be that. He's gonna be a good player though. I think a foreigner can be the face of the league. No. Well, game two is set for us Sunday, this Sunday at 8 p.m. So it'll keep going. In other news, I broke a story yesterday, Portia Williams, I'm sorry, Kenya Moore. You remember Kenya got that

suspension off of World Housewives of Atlanta for the remainder of this current season. So yesterday, Kenya posted a statement to her Twitter and she basically was taking accountability for the whole showing the photos thing, not showing the photos thing on Real Housewives of Atlanta. But it made people start asking if she is going to return back to the show. And I was told by a source close to Real Housewives of Atlanta production that Kenya Moore is not going anywhere anytime soon. The statement that she actually posted, she took accountability but the last line of it it said, I will see you guys back on Bravo very soon.

So that got the fans going. And the person I spoke to said, I mean, rightfully so. And there was also stories out there that she, Kenya Moore was supposed to be doing like a sit down conversation separate of the reunion because she wasn't allowed to film the reunion with Andy Cohen. But that didn't end up happening. But for the people that are wondering, you will see our girl back on Bravo. I don't know how she'll be brought back in because she missed majority of the season, but she will be back on the show. Okay. How you feel about that? Because also Brittany Edie posted yesterday too.

That's the girl who alleged or they were alleging that Kenya posted those photos about during the season that she wasn't even in the photo. She just found out that she was not even in the photos that Kenya got suspended for. She wasn't over. If she wasn't in the photos, then why she get suspended? So this is a now the conversation that I had to take and then had to make a statement apologizing. Yes, come back. I mean there were photos shown but now Brittany is saying that it was not her in the photos.

Brittany also is was reportedly and mentioned not being at the reunion, the filming of the reunion yesterday. But I don't know what Bravo now will have to do and what they will have to say because there wasn't a whole investigation that happened. And for all this time we believe that those photos were of Brittany and that, you know, was alleged revenge porn type of thing. And that's why she was, Kenya was removed from the show. So yeah, and this statement that Kenya actually made, I'm also told she made that statement

prior to her even finding out about the whole Brittany not being in the photo thing and Brittany making her statement. Right, because then what would my apology be for then? We'll find out, but we will definitely find out because she ain't gonna wear it anytime soon from what I'm told. Right. The baby sleep Jess?

They need to bring back Nene. Is the baby sleep Jess? Are you doing that, the baby sleep, are you doing that Janet Jackson whisper thing again? I'm definitely not doing the Janet Jackson whisper nothing. Yes you are. I'm definitely not. But they need whisper thing. I'm definitely not. But they need to bring back Nini.

That's just what it is. I mean, so it can be interesting again. It's really not interesting. It's just caddy. The new girls are such fans. They wanna be down so bad and it's played. So it's like. That's the conversation right now.

Is Nini, Portia, Kenya back for the next season? Yeah, like, yeah. Yup. Yeah, I don't know if that works, but it seems like a structure. It seems like these new, the newer girls and the newer people that's on these shows are trying to do things to stay relevant. That's how it goes. Instead of letting it happen.

A lot of the older shows, things just happen and it seemed natural. Now it just seems like it's forced, but... That's how it goes. You take a shot at whoever got the peach. Right. And it seemed like everything is fake and everything like you're letting like just for storyline Well, I did see Nini comment on our report yesterday. She put some hearts under our report And we talked about the fact that she said that her relationship is good with the network So I don't know we'll see but I'll tell you one thing if it does happen you guys might hear here first

I even might you're you'll hear it here first. All right. Well, that is the latest with Lauren. Thank you Lauren. You're welcome. Stronger. Don't watch none of the house Why no, no Ladies is talking sometimes you just shut up and hush appreciate it. So you envy Jess y'all get to it I broke up with yesterday. He needed his housewives talk. So you some level I will say though Amy got broke up with yesterday. He needed this housewives talk. Sending you some love boo. I will say though, the only person that can determine whether or not Nini comes back is Andy Cohen. That's what she got to make it right with. Yeah. You can have all the conversation she want amongst the young ladies and on social media,

but Andy Cohen got to be the one to build the bricks. But she said she's worked with the network though. She's not, I mean, not even said, we've seen it. She's done little things with the network since then. You don't really care. You care. Not that you said all that and then I don't really care. You then I don't really care if we came back girl you'll be watching You'll be up here saying her one-liners. Yes, you would not be in here acting like I watch the show with y'all We got front page news and then to rise EP Henson will be joining us also on Friday Charlemagne does Yeah opens up the phone lines and allows everybody

to give anybody you want donkey of the day. So if you wanna give somebody donkey today, you can get on them phone lines right now, 800-585-1051. You got the Glowrilla in? All right, let's get to that Glowrilla. We play Top of the Hour, then we got Glowrilla's new joiner, it's called Typer, it's the Breakfast Club, good morning.

You're checking out the Breakfast Club. Morning everybody, it's DJ Breakfast Club, good morning. You're checking out The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy, we are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Now last night, the Pacers beat the Thunder 111-110. Now, the Thunder was up pretty much the whole game. They were up 14 at one point, up six I think with two minutes left, and the Pacers came back

and won last night 111-110. Olivertonton had the last shot which got them over that hump. The Pacers really just don't quit I mean they're one of those teams that just refused to die it's like herpes like they do they never go away and they just keep flaring up flaring up flaring up and they play great team ball like you know Halliburton only had 14 points last night but they had like seven figures in double digits. Yeah seven players. Like six or seven players had like double figures. And if not six or seven, one of them had close to double digits but they're a very very deep team. Yeah and also Aaron Rodgers he signed with the

Steelers. He did a one-year deal with the Steelers. What's up Morgan? Hey y'all hey let's get back into this presidential news. So Trump says he feels like trade talks with China are in very good shape. Speaking from the Oval Office as he welcomed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Trump confirmed he spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday morning. Let's take a listen to Trump's comments regarding that conversation. In a very good talk. And we've straightened out any complexity.

This is very complex stuff. And've straightened out any complexity. It's very complex stuff and we straighten it out. We're going to have Scott and Howard and Jameson will be going and meeting with their top people and continue it forward. But no, I think we have everything. I think we're in very good shape with China and the trade deal. So Trump described trade talks between the two countries as having a lot of complexities. And the president also said teams from China and the US will meet soon, referencing Treasury Secretary Scott Benson and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick. He added that Xi, President Xi, Chinese President Xi, invited him and the first lady to come

to China. And he also extended the same invite to President Xi to come here. Meanwhile, President Trump is banning travelers from dozens of countries citing security risk. The proclamation signed on Wednesday evening fully restricts and limits the entry of nationals from 12 countries. That list includes Afghanistan, Iran, Haiti, Somalia, Sudan, and others. People from seven countries will have partial restrictions, including Cuba and Venezuela. The president said

there's different levels of restrictions. Let's take a listen to his comments. The list is subject to revision based on whether material improvements are made and likewise new countries can be added as threats emerge around the world. The strength of the restrictions we're applying depends on the severity of the threat posed. So as previously reported, Trump was back and forth on the decision with Sunday's anti-Semitic attack in Boulder, Colorado, putting things into quicker motion. Now that suspect was in the in the US illegally from Egypt, but Egypt is not one of the countries included on the travel ban elsewhere. Immigration advocates are speaking

out after President Trump signed an order banning travelers from those dozen countries. Florida immigration coalition Thomas Kennedy calls this un-American, restrictive, and racist. Let's take a listen to his comments. I think this is highly disruptive to the family life of thousands and thousands and thousands of people who live in our community, particularly here in South Florida, but really across the country. I would suspect that this would get ultimately enjoined by a court because of its broad scope, because it's likely to be found discriminatory. Florida Immigration Coalition's Thomas Kennedy, he says many people are literal life-

lifeliness to their family in their home country, so you know the move is expected as he said to face dozens of legal challenges. And the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is calling for ICE detention oversight after migrants at a Miami detention center sent out an SOS message yesterday. Now CHC chair, Representative Adriano Espea of New York says they are going to hold the for-profit prison detention centers accountable. And Representative Sylvia Garcia of Houston, Texas says she's deeply concerned about the conditions at detention centers like Chrome. Let's take a listen to their comments. So this is a crisis where we must determine whether these centers are motivated by the profit margins that they make and whether due process is being dramatically and vulgarly

violated. And making sure that we use the powers of oversight to protect the rights of all. This is not happening at the moment. What is happening in my view is just sinister, cruel and inhumane. So CHC members, that's the Congressional Hispanic Caucus members say they refuse to allow the Trump administration to tear families apart by locking up parents

married to American citizens. Chrome, which is one of those detention centers, ICE detention centers operated by a private contractor has faced long scrutiny of overcrowding and poor conditions. So it's amazing how a lot of these stories are starting to be relative, whether it's, you know, the Howard, excuse me, not Howard, but the Harvard immigration students and the ban on them and then the judge blocking that ban and how that affects immigration and how immigration then turns around and impacts what's happening with ICE and the travel ban. It's just a lot. So I would just say, you know,

happy Friday and enjoy your weekend if you can. I know you give a donkey of the day or you allow people to give a donkey of the day. If I had an opportunity to do that, I would just go ahead and give it to the whole government donkey. He ha. Okay. Well that's your front page news ahead and give it to the whole government donkey. He ha okay But that's your front page news follow me on socials at Morgan Media and for more news coverage follow at black information network Download the free I heart radio app and visit us at BIN news.com Because yeah, you're supposed to be working for the people and what is going on Morgan put her bid in so, you know We do that every Friday, every Friday is the people's donkey so 1-800-585-1051 you can call up and give somebody the credit they deserve for

being stupid today. That's right. Thank you Morgan. A lot of asses in here. Thank you. Now when we come back Taraji P. Henson will be joining us and don't forget like Charlamagne said if you want to give somebody donkey of the day you can 800-585-1051 Taraji P. Henson is next at The Breakfast Club.. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DEJ, Envy, Jess, Hilarious, Charlamagne, the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Lauren LaRosa is here as well. And we got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed.

The icon. The legend. Taraji P. Henson. Welcome back. Thank you. I can't tell that I'm a legend because I'm not on this wall. Can you get the wall? We got something special for you. It just wasn't done yet. I'm telling you. I need to be on the wall. It's gonna be bigger than the wall. And it's gonna be something that's in the studio because you know we love you,

Angie love you. Watch you'll see. Watch. Just watch. It's gonna be worth it. Since you know I've been I've been told them put you up here. You know what I'm saying? Then what he say to me as soon as I walk in here? The legend. The legend. Holy sh**. You sound like a Hollywood exec right now. Hello, legend. But I don't know, we looking for somebody else.

Right. Nobody says that to you no more, though. What? That they looking for somebody else. It's just the whole Hollywood of it all we love her we love her well where is my check one thing I know about you and OGs like Mary J Blige y'all over it you know the thing is the older you get I just can't do to be like just be real with me that's all I'm a grown. A** like, just be real with me. That's all. I'm a grown ass woman.

I can take it. Just be real. Don't be blowing smoke. Like you called me. How are you feeling? We didn't even ask how you're feeling. You are a legend. How are you feeling?

We didn't ask. I'm feeling great. I am feeling amazing to be quite honest because I'm not dealing with nobody's unhealed son or daughter. Yes, I can do it. That's right. I love Yes, I can do it. I can't.

You're not on your healing journey. I can't help you, baby, because I can't take on your trauma while I'm trying to get over mine. Yeah. And you're not trying to heal yours. I can't help you. I'm not qualified. So now you're loving on yourself.

Oh my God, the peace that I found. Like, you know, even somebody asking me to come out, the first question I ask is, is it gonna disturb my peace? That's right. Cause you know when you're young, you just, you can have FOMO a little bit. It's like, I gotta go. And then you find yourself going, why did I not,

why did I just stay home? You know, no more of those moments. Cause I'd rather be home with my fat Frenchies. You know what I always want to ask you, has being an advocate for mental health ever made you feel more exposed than being just a public figure in Hollywood? More exposed? Yeah, because you tell more of yourself being a mental health advocate, because you probably,

if you was just Karaji in Hollywood who wasn't that, you wouldn't have to probably give up so much. That's true, but I kind of always been that, so I wear my heart on my sleeve. So I just I don't know if I feel any different I'm still looking at this wall. Well, go ahead You get to the point where you don't have to come out for the BS, right? It's weird. We just had this conversation the other day where it was like I got to a place a couple of years ago Where I just say no before it was like I felt like I had to do it. I had to show up I had to go and, I had to show up, I had to go.

And sometimes things F up your piece. But now it's to the point where if I feel like the energy's gonna be off or I just don't, nah, I'm not going. No is my favorite word. I love saying that word, no. And that's it, I don't owe you an explanation. Like when I was with our forever first lady,

Michelle Obama, doing her show, she was like, no is a complete sentence and it absolutely is. When did you get there? When did it click? Which Bali trip was it? The first one. The first one when I went alone. The first one because that refocused me, re-centered me.

I was, I didn't, I felt outside of myself before I went to Bali. That was a well-needed trip because I was literally losing myself. I didn't even know who I was. The joy, I'm the one that brings the life to the party, you know? And I become, I was like tight all the time and not happy and complaining a lot. That's just not me. Even my team noticed. They were like, is everything okay? You seem a little, you know, and that's just not in my DNA.

So I had to unplug and just go away and be with myself in the middle of a rice field. Well, it made you want to share that with the world. middle of a rice field. Well, it makes you want to share that with the world. That's all the CNN. Because I feel like people need to hear that. I think sometimes when they see public figures, they think we have it all together because we've, you know, we've found some money or whatever. You know, people think that money heals and money will bring you more problems than you

had when you were broke. I often find myself saying, damn, I missed when I was broke and dreaming. Yo. Because everything seemed possible. You know, but then when you make it and you get behind the Wizard of Oz curtain and it's like, oh, this ain't what it seems. You're here for Straw. Yes.

Girl, very moving film. Thank you. You saw it. Yes. Listen, what did you channel? Because you are healing, you mean your healing journey, but to put yourself in a role like that, you had to go back. That was a trying day. So the movie was like, it took place one day. To deal with all that in a day and to have to embody that much trauma. Cause I don't want to have to embody that much trauma. Because I don't want to give away the ending. Right.

The ending is going to f*** you up. What did you pull from? Did you have to go put yourself back where you were, where you were going through everything? Show me some bull**** Hollywood executives. No, no, no. I am a single mother. I moved to Hollywood with my son who was a toddler at the time, $700 in my pocket and just a pocket full of dreams and Jesus.

You know, humans, we all have, can have a moment where we can snap. You know, I think what made me different from Jani is that I've always had a support system. So I have a sister circle where they'll talk me off the ledge, you know what I mean? But have I ever got to the point where I wanted to snap? Yes, that's why I went to Bali. You know what I mean? So, but she didn't have the resources, she didn't have the support, so all she had was the voices in her head. And she literally reached her point where she just couldn't take it anymore and things just got out of control and she got blessed her heart.

She was just trying to do the best she could with what she had. You know, and I in particular, I am drawn to characters who are voiceless and need a voice because I am such a big personality. I like to breathe light into those characters because I feel like those characters are real. You know, Tyler Perry didn't just pull us out of the sky. These women exist, these people exist, and they need to see themselves and they need to know that they're not alone and that people do see them. Does it make you mad when people tell Tyler Perry to stop showing those women on camera?

I think that's their own traumas triggered because in the community, black community, we don't deal with it. You know what I mean? So if you're forced to look at it often, you will be triggered. So the first thing you're going to want to say is, I don't want to see it. But there are people out there that need to see it. He's forcing real conversations in the community. That's why I'll never stop working with him.

So for a person that doesn't work on themselves the way you do when you gotta go on an intense emotional journey for a four day shoot, what is your approach to that? Like how do you prepare for like those inevitable triggers? I have trained, well I think out of necessity I've trained my instrument, my body is my instrument just like you know a musician has a guitar they know how to hit the notes. I have an on and off switch and I think that's because I was a mother very young and when I would work and come home, I didn't have time to process and deal with the character that I portray because now it's homework, he got to eat, I got a side-sphere project, you know what I mean?

So I had to turn it off. So I'm just trying, I literally, you ask anybody that I've worked with, I could be in the middle of a scene balling my eyes out and they'll yell cut. And I'll be like, we're the fried chicken. You know what I mean? Or I have these games that I play on my iPad because I have to separate myself from the character. I cannot stay, again, that is that character's trauma. I can't take that on.

Right. I just can't because I have my own to deal with. So literally when they yell cut, I'm back to Taraji just like that. We're still kicking it with Taraji P. Henson. Laura Roses here with us as well. Jess, somebody in the movie said it's more expensive to be poor. Oh my God. Okay. So prime example, Tyler said when he was homeless, he called his mother and was like, can you send me $20? She said, you need to bring your black ass home because it's gonna cost me $15 just to send you $20. Damn.

And I don't think people really understand that. I wanted to know, without giving too much away, what's the message in straw that you hope sticks with people after the credits roll? So there was women unity, there was so much about it. What's that one message that you want people to get and understand? That we should move with grace at all times because you never know what somebody's going through.

Never judge a book by its cover because you never know what battles a person is, are fighting. You just don't. And really see people. Don't just throw, how you doing? Really wait for a response and really ask the question to want to know. Connect with people, say hi, how are you? And really mean it, because that could save a human's life. Just that human interaction, especially for people who feel unseen.

I wonder when Tyler even was casting you for that role, did he even know what you had went through? Because if I write a role about somebody getting to their breaking point, knowing somebody already had got one, it feels kind of... Tyler and I are friends of hers. And so we talk all the time about personal things.

And so he knows a lot about me. But he said when he started writing he just had to he was going through his own thing and he had to get it out and on the page and then he said as he was writing he saw me and he'll bring me a lot of projects and I'll be like you know what Tyler I don't think this is for me I think this is somebody else's blessing you know and then he'll just keep writing and when he got straw he said he hit me he said I got one for you and he sent it to me and I read

it I said this is it this is the one so that's kind of how we operate. How do you not fight somebody over Tyler? How do you not fight because they attack Tyler a lot. Not like security? No, not like that. But online because he does so much for people and he's so good to, especially our community. And I think a lot of times people don't see that. And even people that he doesn't know, he helps so much. He talks to, he guides, he mentors. And you guys are so close. How do you not just say, you know what, sometimes I got a black out on somebody.

Because his action speaks louder than the haters. Because this man owns a studio, which you got. Every raise that I've gotten, whenever I'm treated the best in this industry, it's always by him. Every raise that I've gotten has come from a black man, Tyler Perry. He doubled my quote and straw. Four days of work. Which is so important for when you go on to that next step. He understands that.

That man has helped. He does so much that we don't even know because he's not even talking about it. Yeah. You filmed two movies at the same time, Fight Night and Strong, right? Did you find the two characters bleeding into each other or is it? Not at all. Totally different. He was the first director to challenge me in that way

because I was in the thrills of Empire when he called with Acrimony. And I was like, Tyler, I don't know, I spained the thespian, I don't know if I can get into this character. He was like, girl, with your instrument, you can do it. He was like, you gonna come down here, we gonna shoot it in five, I was like, five days?

He said, you can do it. If anybody can do it to Roger, you can do it. And he challenged me, he knows I love good challenge that's I lean into roles that scare the sh** out of me because I have to grow in some way or change or be transcended or something and that's what I want from my audience and if I'm not doing it as the artist and how is the audience gonna transform so I lean into challenges and he knows that about me because he's a Virgo as well. And so now I'm a pro at it because of Tyler.

So when he called this time, I didn't even think about it. I was like, great, four days in and out, okay, let's go. You think the industry is finally catching up to your range, are you still underestimated in certain roles? Just as an actress? No, I think they get it. I think I'm at a really particular point in my, a special place in my career where I've done so much that I can't just do anything anymore.

Because y'all will be like, why she do that? You know what I mean? And so, you know, it's just looking for that right material and it doesn't come like that so that my fans are frustrated because I'll post a pretty picture They like that's you when your next movie coming out It's like I have to be very particular about what I'm choosing now And some of this stuff doesn't exist and I have to create it and so that takes a little longer What age were you when you did Empire? I? That was 10 years. It was, I was 45.

It was 2015. The reason why I asked you that is because I saw your interview where you talked about your overseas and how people received you overseas and you, you realized then how big us overseas were like that whole thing. And I'm wondering right now in your career, you just said you can't do anything and the, you get into these different levels so early in your career, even though you've been our Taraji forever. What are new experiences that you're having just in your celebrity life at where you are right now in your career that we might've thought that

you've already experienced before? I don't know. I guess for me, it's always, because people always go, do you not know who you are? Like I went to this, I still like to go to the grocers, don't buy my own damn produce. Yeah. Like by Empire, I still like to go to the grocery store and buy my own damn produce. Like by Empire, you were iconic to us already. Okay, thank you. But you know, after so many years of being told by the industry, oh, no one knows you overseas,

and then I get overseas and they're like, didhajee, please, please, picture, picture. That still throws me. Like I just came back from Cannes and it's the age range for me. It's like the grandma all the way down sometimes to the great grandchildren. And I'm leaving Cannes and I forget, you know, I'm overseas. I'm like, nobody know me. All of a sudden I get crowded by this group of people.

And then over in the corner I see these young boys and it's like a soccer team or something. They're standing there with their camera. And I just- Hey, Miss Hanson. No, they're saying, I don't even think they spoke fluent English, but they knew exactly who I was because one of them said, that's Tito Shee. And I was like, babies, come on.

And they all gathered around. I'm telling, I'm like, maybe 10. But that always throws me when the babies know who I am you know I'm just like dang I'm still relevant tell people my age okay because I hate that women we feel ashamed of age and women make a have beer bellies Young thing on their arm and we let that pass and we have to be ashamed of our age?

No, I'm not doing it. We're still kicking it with Taraji P. Henson, Lola Rosa is here with us as well. You feel appreciated, Mo? I do. I do. I don't look, you know, it's like it's interesting because you go, I didn't get nominated for this award. Again, that's, did you see the powerful talk

that Denzel did about how he got bitter? I mean, that was me. That was me. And it particularly happened after Hidden Figures. I was like, what do I have to do? Like, y'all didn't see the range there? Yeah. I'm still playing Cookie, and then I gave you a rocket scientist like what and

That hurt a little bit. But again, it hurt because of the power I placed in man's hand But if you step back from that and take that power back Look how many black girls are coding now not even black girls young kids kids period Like so that's what I always wanted and that's what I asked God. I said I want longevity and I want the work that's going to affect lives in a positive way. I want the work that people are going to study long after I'm gone. Like I did the greats that came before me, you know, and when you ask that, that's specific. It may not be the awards, you know,

I figure if I keep working that s*** will come. But what's rewarding to me are when fans come up to me and go, babe, that last, it touched me. It made me change the way I, you know, think about things. Like that's rewarding to me. You know, it's funny, that's what we were talking about yesterday. We were talking on the phone yesterday

and she was just saying how much of a fan of you she is. I mean, Jess is well aware, but I'm just like, there's nothing wrong with expressing that, share that with her because you just existing provides that inspiration. Absolutely. And then she shamed me because I was just like, I was like, you damn right, we saw Taraji, I saw Taraji in the theaters for Baby Boy

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and reexamining the culture of fatphobia that enabled a flawed system to continue for so long. You can listen to all episodes of Camp Shame one week early and totally ad-free on iHeart True Crime Plus. So don't wait. She made you feel old in the crowd. I've never thought about baby boy in a movie theater. I've never thought about it on BET. Which is crazy. How old are you? Are you a legal child? She said oh you're legal.

Two years older than my son. But I don't know just how you feel, but I feel like wanting to be in entertainment, be in television, like it's, you think of you because you're able to be, it always seems like you've been able to be yourself. So when we, like I know for myself, when I heard you talk about that, before that first Bali trip, not feeling like enough, I'm like, wait, what? Like she's been the, this is how you can be the girl

from where you from, around the way, whatever you want to call it. But like you're in Hollywood and you're graceful and your career impacts. So I'm glad you're out of that because I was like, what, this is the Taraji P Henson. It was actual burnout because of the work. You know, people go, you work a lot. I too, because the math ain't math and the zeros ain't adding up, you know? And so because you see

somebody working a lot, a lot of times when it's us, it's because that one job is not going to cover you for the year. I wish I could just do two films and be like, I mean, I'm kinda to that point now. You know what I mean? But there are actors out there that just one job a year, because that's how they get paid. And I don't think people really understand

the breakdown of the math. You know, 50 cent, if somebody goes, they made $10 million, right? You gotta remember Uncle Sam is coming to take half of that off the top. And then you have to pay your 30 or 40%, whatever you're paying your team off your gross. So you're not taking home $10 million.

I know it sounds amazing, but you're not taking it home. Somebody gets paid one million for a film, they not seeing that one million in their bank account, due to math. You know, so that's why, so I think a lot of it was burnout and frustration because once I lifted my head and was like, why do I have to work so much? You know, I just got burned out. I became bitter. You know, a lot of people thought you were kicking Tyler and Oprah's back in during the

color purple. Oh my God, why would they think that? I guess because they were the producers of the film and they thought that when you were complaining about the pay. You know they had bosses, right? That's what I was thinking. Thank you.

Yeah. Yeah. And when have you ever seen me drag another woman, particularly a black woman, ever? I'm ten toes down for us. Never. And then the fact that blogs, and I think it was just a campaign so that this black movie wouldn't do well. Right? Because to stay, I even saw

some bits about it was my fault that the film didn't do well. Oh yeah, I saw that as well. What? How did, how? They tried to say that you because of the conversation you raised about the money and things that weren't right it pivoted the focus to people aren't going to go see the film they care more about what is Taraji saying is it true or not? That's you know that's total BS right? No I know it is but I'm just telling you what the conversation what you're referring to or telling Jess what the conversation is. And me and Oprah I have such a love and a fondness

for her she just texted me the other day, commending me on a job well done in straw. So that was all fictious. And to draw a wedge between us, but see I'm not gonna let you do that, because I went to her defense right away. Y'all not gonna do that to this woman. All of this, what she does, I mean like stop it.

Stop that, it's disrespectful. Even with Tyler, Tyler's the person that pays you the most. What? I'm never gonna not work with Tyler. That's the person that pays you the most. What? I'm never gonna not work with Tyler. That's insane to me. I enjoy working with him. I really, really do. We have fun on that set.

I love that he challenges me. I understand, I'm never gonna turn my back on us. People that go to the Tyler Perry films, there's a huge population of us. Like, so for me to say I'm not gonna do a Tyler Perry, that's me turning my back on us, but never. Speaking of black women in relationships, your character, Astral Janiah, during her like worst moment,

black women in the movie still like, get around her and huddle around her, even almost like forcibly but like not really because they identify with her. Absolutely. What is, you know, not even the importance but like, when people watch those moments throughout the movie, what do you want them to take from that? That we are we need each other.

And we're more powerful when we support each other. I'm a huge you know how I am with the sister girls, you know, and I told this to the Spelman lady graduating class of 2025. The last thing I said to them was like, ladies, like we are more powerful in numbers. We need to support each other. Do not air your grievances with another sister in public. You got a problem with her, pull it to the side. That's between you and her to fix.

That is not for the public to weigh in with their shallow opinions I said as black women we take too many bullets from society why why would I be another obstacle for another sister to get over I'm just not gonna do it My band, we here with you. We here now. We here now. Please Jesus. We had a woman earlier today. I needed to depend on her. How we've had, yes. I'm glad that's beautiful and that's growth.

And more of that. But it breaks my heart when I see sisters go at it in public. It does something to me. Because we have enough to overcome. Why should it be another sister? Like we got the same struggle. Yeah. And this is my last question. Are you happy? I'm so happy. I can't, it's like people go, you're glowing. Yes, because I am not dealing with nobody's a hill child. I am at peace. The peace that I have been fighting for I have it and it has nothing to do with anybody

No other human it's all in me. I love you. I love you. Do you even tell the unhealed people anything anymore? No No, because sometimes they ain't ready to hear it. I will say I hope you hear I do say that I you know, I just kiss sometimes they take that You know, so this is for you to discover sweet. Well, thank you Is out this Friday Netflix definitely check it out and wait till you see what we do for you in this building You see is it a bust? Yes, it is a bus like a Wait till you see what we do for you in this building. You'll see. Is it a bust? What does that mean? Yes it is. A bust like a sculpture.

Yes it is. Actually, yes it is. Is it? Yes. Don't put no bad ass wig on it like that. No. No. Oh my God.

No. It is a, it is a. But since you, yes, it will be a bust. Oh, okay. Where? In the center of this table? In the hall. Don't put me. In the hall? Because people will see it whenever they walk by. Oh, okay. Where? In the center of this table? Or in the hall? In the hall?

Because people will see it whenever they walk by. Oh, okay. So you have to go by Angie's studio and come in again. Please can it look like me don't like? Yes, you'll see. You ever seen the Wade Wade statue that don't look like me? No, no, no, no. Please don't do that to me.

No, the one that the Jadakiss has to watch. Okay, yeah. Yeah, cause that, okay, nevermind. And I'm gonna thank you for your career. Thank you. Not ending the interview yet. Thank you for that. Thank you. Thank you for you thank you for your career. Thank you. Not ending the interview yet. I thank you for that. Thank you.

Thank you for you. That's right. I appreciate your career. You the person that you are, because your career has given you the platform to be out here being the mental health advocate that you are. And I think that that work is gonna outlive probably anything you're doing in the acting world.

Oh, I hope so. Yeah, that to me feels like probably why God set me up to be a public figure, to get to that. Absolutely. Yeah, so grateful. Thank you so much, guys. This was beautiful. How's it be handsome, ladies and gentlemen?

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren becoming a straight face. Tell her, tell her, man! She gets in from somebody that knows somebody. She gets into details. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything.

She be having the latest on this. She say I'm the biggest. The latest. The latest about everything and everybody. She be having the latest on this. The latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes she have facts, sometimes she have details, sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Oh, it's the latest. On The Breakfast Club. Talk to me. Well, y'all, yesterday in court with Diddy, they finished up the testimony from a woman named Brianna Bungalowlands.

I don't know if that's how you say her last name. Probably not. But she's a stylist that was a I don't know if that's how you say her name, probably not. But she's a stylist that was a friend of Cassie's that I told you guys about. She's the woman who alleged that Diddy hung her over a 17 story balcony and threatened her, right? Now- I love hanging people.

Remember they said it was speculation that he hung Wale over a balcony too. Yep. Yeah, Wale said that wasn't true though. He said that recently. I don't think he ever told us whether he was dangled or not. He said he was. Yeah, recently he was on that wasn't true though. You said that recently. I don't think he ever told us whether he was dangled or not He said he was yeah recently he was on he was on L'Oreal shows

So he said it wasn't true. Yep. Well my bad Lauren go ahead No Well, I mean because of that testimony and her cross-examination on the sandwich is where did these attorneys are asking her questions Did he got in trouble yesterday in court the judge threatened to kick him out of the courtroom for the remainder of the trial because the judge alleges that Diddy was nodding to the jurors and just making motion to the jurors with his head while her cross-examination was happening. Now here's what- He said he was nodding vigorously. I don't even know how you do that.

He has this thing that he does. I've seen him do it where he's like, it's kind of like a, like he's turned around to his family when I've been in court and did like a. You can't look at jurors? I didn't know that. So you can look at jurors, but I'm gonna read the judge's exact words. The judge was like, I wanna make sure you're not flirting.

Okay, you in here making eye contact with people bricked up. Somebody must have complained beforehand and said it felt like it was intimidation. I bet you that's what it was. Well, so here's the transcript. So the judge put the jurors on the break, so they're not in the courtroom, and then the judge asked for a minute with Diddy's attorney, Mark Agnifilio, right?

So he says, the judge says, I was very clear this morning that there were not to be any facial expressions or other attempts to have any interaction with the jury whatsoever, any influence on the jury whatsoever, and I could not have been more clear in terms of what I said. You heard me right? And his attorney says, I did. So then the judge says, well, there was a line of questioning where your client was nodding vigorously and looking at the jury and there was a subsequent moment. We had a sidebar and I looked and I saw your client looking at the jury and nodding vigorously

during that line of questioning. This is absolutely unacceptable. Is it going to happen again, Mr. Agnifilio? And then he says it's not going to happen again. And then the judge says if it does happen again, he won't be allowed in this courtroom for the remainder of the trial. Why do they make jurors public? Why do they even let anybody see the jury?

I feel like jurors should have some type of an anemone. I don't know. I will say too, during the jury selection, there was one day we were all in line getting our cell phones together. And I'm like, if any of these people was picked, I'm just right here. We're media, we're right here with them.

But not only that, think about this. Some of the actual people that are testifying don't have to put their stuff out there, right? You don't know who they are, they're anonymous. But the jurors, you know who the jurors are through the whole trial? That's crazy. I mean, we don't know their names and all that stuff, but you see them. It's hard to find. But if you're a know who the jurors are through the whole trial. That's great I mean, we don't know they're like names and like all that stuff, but you see hard to find

But if you're a person of the media, there's a certain trust between the attorneys in the court People like regular people just be a do but the judge doesn't they they have these whole things that they go through before they start Like here's what we the court expect of you while you're here and this is what we ask you to uphold they say the same thing to the jury as well so there's just like a i ain't go for it did he try to look like a bus station oh my god look like the marter bus station anybody can see anybody somebody got kicked out the other day i heard yes that's my girl though i don't know her name but when they when my old girl tried to run down on me she she called me in the elevator after that and was like, cause I was ready to, she be going off.

She's actually a sweetheart, but I don't know what that outburst was about. Even the Jane Doe thing, right? Yes. What's the point of letting somebody be a Jane Doe if everybody in the courtroom sees who it is and goes online and tells everybody who it is? I have no idea because that happened yesterday

with Jane Doe who testified. She was one of Diddy's most recent ex-girlfriends and she barely even got through a lot of her testimony, but she talked about some things and by the time she started going through her testimony, I'm watching live tweets and then I started seeing photos and I'm like, you're not supposed to do that. So what did she say?

Did she say anything? She just talked about the fact that they were really in love. She was madly in love with him and with Diddy and she said that they had nicknames for each other, Bert and Ernie. She was Bert. she said that they had nicknames for each other Bert and Ernie. She was Bert and Ernie. That's me and Envy's nickname. Why can't you take me and Envy's nickname?

Y'all got nicknames? Bert and Ernie. Jess did you know that? I used to be as Bert and Ernie. I know that but in the Diddy situation who was Bert and who was Ernie? She was Bert and Diddy was Ernie. That's why 50 posted that yesterday. He posted a picture of Bert and Ernie yesterday.

I don't know what you're talking about. I did. Rubber Duckie with Diddynie yesterday. I don't know what you're talking about. Rubber Duckie with Diddy is nasty. That is just crazy. Rubber Duckie, you're the one. Baby oil so much fun. I'm sorry. Y'all have done this before, huh? Look at you all tickled in pink over there, Charlamagne. Evie, why are this bitchin' juice out? Now you act like you're not solo.

Stop. What? Diddy, back to Diddy. You always go too far. All right, so Jane Doe on the stand, and her testimony is actually going to speak to, or is supposed to be speaking to sex trafficking, forced coercion, all of those things, but they, you know, they have to prove that all this was done under threat. So far, everything she said is that she was super in love with Diddy at the time. She didn't know anything about freak-offs

But one day they were in there were together and he they were talking about fantasies and he talked about bringing another person in And she was like, okay cool. I'll try that she said she got up went to the bathroom She alleged by the time she came out the bathroom Diddy was on a phone call making it happen. So she's like, okay Well, here we go. It's happening sooner than I thought Wait, you already had the people on standby. Yes Craigslist. Period. And then they talked about her career and stuff because at one point she says that she was thinking about making the OnlyFans and he encouraged her not to allegedly. There have been some talk because she's an influencer. Why that's funny. That's hilarious. I want

to talk to you about my career. I'm thinking about starting the only thing. Girl, if you don't go to the trade, go learn to trade. Well, she's an influencer online. Goddamn trade. Well, there was one, there was one point that a lot of people were bringing up of like, you know, when they first went on like their first away trip or whatever, you know, I guys be like, well, how much you making that work? Don't go to work for these couple days. I'll whatever. So she alleged that she didn't go on this, didn't go to work for these couple days, whatever. So she alleged that she didn't go to work and their first date lasted like five days and Diddy allegedly gave her like $10,000

to make up for what she had missed at work. People started breaking it down, like yo that's like seven to $800 a day. A five day date? That's $2,000 a day. That's my five day date, okay, removing Diddy out of the situation. We're not spending five days with you for $10,000.

That's a coke binge by the way, guys. Okay, I know a coke binge when I hear one. I would, okay, I wouldn't do coke, but I would do five days, like you just taking me away and we just having a good time, yeah. No coke, no Diddy. You the person that's been to these trials every damn day and you know what comes with that,

but you still wanna go do it. It depends on the man that you're going with, I'm sure. Okay. Jess, you ain't never met somebody just like going with the wind. Oh, yeah, most definitely Right, and just try to mean don't look at me Back in my day you thought about my oh wait, you said your freak off days. Yeah, not these kind There's no levels to freak off if you go use that term no, no, no did he gave freak off a whole new meaning yo No, I've been about freak off I've been there about freak-offs. I bought more freak-offs all the time.

Baltimore freak-offs. But not like that. See now y'all been so, y'all ears are conditioned right now. They probably got a good seafood menu at those sites. There's a lot of fish. A lot of fish. Yeah. But she also talked about too that, you know, being with Diddy, she was happy.

She wanted to make him happy. So she did a lot of things. And she alleges that she had a $20,000 a month allowance while she was his girl so they're gonna get that was the beginning of her testimony she was the internet right about who that person was yesterday I cannot confirm nor deny that I just think it's silly if you know you let somebody be a Jane though but everybody in the courtroom and then they run the social media like I don't it's just it's weird to me what's the point of being Jane though yeah put them behind a wall or something so nobody can at least

see them or something but then the jury wants to see I mean I guess the jury would be different they could see it then because you want to see facial expressions you want to see body language you want to know attorneys want to see that too because you know the line of questioning and you can tell where people are going or not going and all it's so much different art to this stuff yeah oh yeah wait I want to say we're headed to LA for the BET Awards guys we'll be bringing you content from say we're headed to LA for the BET Awards. Guys, we'll be bringing you content from LA.

We're doing the Radio Room Saturday and Sunday with the Breakfast Club in LA. This with Lauren LaRosa. And yeah, so we're going to be talking a lot to some people. Yes. That's for sure. Good job. Yes. Lauren will be out there.

Thank you. You said good job. Did you hear that? Yeah. Could you stop? Cut it out. Jess, you were supposed to be on your way out there with me, but I know your mom's getting married this weekend, right? Yeah, she's getting married, so gotta be in the wedding. Jess wasn't going out there.

That's not like people like that. Jess was not going out there sitting in nobody's radio room. I know. No, I hate that. But that is definitely for Lauren. Right up her alley. Yes, the words will be Monday night at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on BET. Nah, be safe out there, Lauren. Are you styling and profiling? I know you're gonna be out there wearing, you know,

you're gonna be showing them. Leather shorts. We see them out there. Yeah, we got some outfits, we got some things. I'm excited. Okay, I can't wait. And I told you, you're not ashy, so don't go out there acting like you're ashy. I appreciate it. I spent so much love this week, Jess.

I appreciate that. I had a hard day and she texted me and said, you said you not actually I was like, I know that's right Somebody got a texture tell you that you not asking that mean that you are usually asking Most of the time no you tell her she's ashy every day. And I'm like, I have to remind her that she is not. Oh, tough place. All right. Well, that is the latest with Lauren. Donkey today's up next.

All the men is the people's donkey. That's right. 800-585-1051. If you want to give somebody donkey today, call us up right now. We got you at the Breakfast Club. Good morning. You're checking out the Breakfast Club. Call us up right now, we got you at the Breakfast Club. Good morning. You're checking out the Breakfast Club. It's your time to nominate a donkey of your own.

Remember that, that is how they choose. Call in now, 800-585-1051. Yes, Donkey of the Day for Friday, June 6th is the People's Donkey. On Fridays, we like to open up the phone lines and allow you, the listeners, to give people the credit they deserve for being stupid. So hello, good morning. This is Princess calling from BK. I'm putting Zayquan Barclay as Donkey of the Century.

He's an Uncle Tom kissing up to that white racist double Donald Trump by playing golf with him and flying on the Air Force One where the other team members Renig for meeting with that white racist double that's in the office Well, okay, that's what donkey today is for but I'm obligated to pass this phone call over to cash for town What's your name and phone number? Okay, good luck. Okay. All right. Have a great day Good morning, who's this? Who's the deadbeat?

I'm back. This is who's the deadbeat? It's Rod man from Rod's Lose the Deadbeat. I was on here last Friday man. Oh how are you sir? Who you want to give the donkey of the day to this morning? I wanted to give the donkey of the day to sister Scott for sweeping parental alienation under the rug. For who now? Your phone was to get a license. I'm going to be able

to get a license. I'm going to be able to get a license. I'm going to be able to get a license. I'm going to be able to get a license. I'm going to be able to get a license. I'm going to be able to get a license. I'm going to be able to get a license. I'm

going to be able to get a license. I'm going to be able to get a that. I'm about to look it up right now. Parental alienation. Yes, you need to educate yourself. Women target fathers a lot. You know what I'm saying? A lot of women make them dislike them. Okay, I'm looking at psychology today right now.

Parental alienation occurs when a child refuses to have a relationship with a parent due to manipulation, such as the conveying of exaggerated or false information by the other parent. I never heard of that, ever. Yeah, that's a lot of parents and that's out here suffering in silence, man.

So we can change that. Mostly there's gotta be some people that's not affected by it, gotta understand what it is. The world. Thank you for calling. I got more questions. I wanna do people like, what do you do? Like you go to therapy for that because it's on psychology today. Like you know, I mean,

that can be a tough thing when you want to see your child but you're the other parent isn't letting you isn't letting the child see you because of you know, lies. Good morning. Who's this? William Clay. Hi, William Clay. Who do you want to give donkey today to this morning, sir? To my wife. Jesus, you gotta say her name. Don't be a sucker, say her name. I'm gonna say Yody. Yody?

Yes. Okay, why are you giving it to her? Uh, for being such a narcissist and leaving me and my kids to be homeless. Jesus Christ, I didn't expect that. You still calling a woman your wife when she left you and your kids to be homeless? I'm still married to her legally. So let me ask you a question. I love that woman.

You're the man. The man is supposed to protect and provide. How does the woman leave you and the kids homeless? I don't know. I've been trying my whole life. I've been here for 13 years. I've been busting my stuff trying to take care of her and my five kids. I don't have no help.

I'm just lost in his own. I called a chien and my five kids. And it's just, I don't have no help. I mean, I'm just lost in his own. I caught a chin and took it back. And just trying to do the best for my family. And it's just not working. And she left the kids too? Left the kids too. Man, I'm sorry to hear that, my brother. I can't even sit here and act like I know,

I even know what to tell you right now. I understand that. All right, so we gonna give Yodi the biggest he-ha. I do wanna hear the other side of the story. So if Yodi calls up here to give Yodi the biggest he-haw. I do want to hear the other side of the story. So if Yodi calls up here to give her side, you got to let her talk. Yes, sir. All right, my brother. All right, man.

All right. Boy, people be going through it. Good morning. Who's this? Hello? Good morning. Good morning. How are you?

Peace, beloved. Peace, beloved. Who this? How are you? I'm Bless Black and Holly Faber. This is Nikki from Neptune. What's up, Nikki?? Who you wanna get the biggest he-hall to? To that government. What government?

And then whoever, our government, that white government. The American government, the federal government, or the state government that you live in? All of them. Okay. They don't come out and sue you, but they want you to vote for them. This orange man, he's running mocks around people.

He want to cut the PBA money, but how about whoever's coloring him, his hair and face, they need to cut their money. That is interesting. So you think that the person who colors Donald Trump's hair, that's wasteful spending? You think government tax, you think taxpayer dollars are paying for that? Have a hope. It's wasteful spending. You think government, you think taxpayer dollars are paying for that? Ever.

Who's being, he's doing everything else and they talking about, how come they not cutting that parade? Cutting that what? The parade, his birthday parade. Oh, I thought they were cutting that. They're doing that? I didn't hear that they were doing that.

I heard no confirmation they were doing that. I didn't hear no confirmation that they were doing that. Well, they are, oh no, they are doing the Army's birthday bash. You're right. What's for the Army? I don't freaking know what's going on. Yeah. Thank you for calling.

It's so much going on that I didn't even know that they were actually doing the military parade. Good morning. Who's this? This is Dominique, man. What's up? Dominique, what's happening? Where you calling from? I'm calling from Columbus, Ohio.

All right, man. Who you want to get the biggest he-hall to?, man We want to get a big as he hard to What are you hating on' on you for? Let me talk to AW, man. Give him the phone. Well, I ain't gonna manage no more right now. I ain't gonna bother him. Nah, you're scared,

cause you know you gonna lose your job. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. But go file a formal complaint, sir. Don't call a donkey today. No, we gonna do both. Okay, okay, okay. Thank you for call for calling sir. Alright. Listen we do that every Friday man it's the people's donkey you can just

call up give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid every Friday we do that here on the Breakfast Club. Alright thank you for that donkey today for everybody that called now. No no no no no no no now now this is what we're gonna do okay we have to take Envy to Breakfast Club Court, switch the music, right? We gotta take Envy to Breakfast Club Court. Damn, what happened? I don't know. Envy did something so out of pocket, Jess.

Now, I've heard people say congratulations to folks when they aren't even pregnant. They just fat, or bloated, because it's their period or something. I don't do that no more. You've done it. I've heard people, you know, do your mama jokes. The people whose mamas are dead, we didn't know. You know what I'm saying? You just let one fly and they let my mama dead. I've heard people, you know, do your mama jokes the people whose mommas are dead

We didn't know you know, I'm saying you just let one fly and they had my mama dead. I'm sorry my bad elementary Okay, those are all want to get away moments, but I heard a new one this week When envy said happy pride to someone who's not gay when he just assumed they were Because they might have a little zest to him to him. They might have a little bit. Listen to listen listen listen listen Hello, who's this? I'm DJ Envy. This is Stacy. I'm the one who brought up the cupcakes for y'all. Hey, happy pride What? Wait, why you said that to me? I'm just saying Happy pride and your cut. Wow

Is the craziest sayings like swallow right now cupcake and oh god Right now cupcake Yes Salute to my god, Stacy. What's up, Stacy? Drop one of those days you remember Stacy, right Jess? He came up You baked this cupcakes because y, you baked us cupcakes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because y'all ate my cupcakes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Stacey's just a cool dude, regular dude, never even thought about what he was into. And here

go Envy talking about happy pride. I'm Andrea Gunning, host of the podcast Betrayal. Police Lieutenant Joel Kern used his badge to fool everyone. Most of all his wife Caroline. He texted, I've ruined our lives. You're going to want to divorce me. Caroline's husband was living another life behind the scenes. He betrayed his oath to his family and to his community. She said you left bruises, pulled her hair, that type of thing. No. How far would Joel go to cover up what he'd done?

You're unable to keep track of all your lies. And quite frankly, I question how many other women may bring forward allegations in the future. This season of betrayal investigates one officer's decades of deception, lies that left those closest to him questioning everything they thought they knew. Listen to Betrayal on the iHeart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Have you ever thought about going voiceover? I'm Hope Woodard, a comedian, creator, and seeker of male validation.

To most people, I'm the girl behind VoiceOver, the movement that exploded in 2024. VoiceOver is about understanding yourself outside of sex and relationships. It's more than personal. It's political, it's societal, and at times, it's far from what I originally intended it to be. These days, I'm interested in expanding what it means to be voiceover, to make it customizable for anyone who feels the need to explore their relationship to relationships. I'm talking to a lot of people who will help us think about how we love each other. It's a very, very normal experience to have times where a relationship is prioritizing other parts of that relationship that are being naked together. How we love our family.

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Have you ever mistaken someone for being gay? Because in your eyes, they had a little zest to them? Yeah, yeah. And I get mistaken for gay. But you were at one point though, that's different. Yeah, but I get mistaken more now than ever. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Alright, well maybe I'm not talking to you.

But for everybody else, for everybody else, I see y'all doing this with Carl Anthony Towns now, how you just gonna tell a man happy pride? For no reason! And Stacy had the right answer, What you telling me that for? My bad Stacy. Why did you even assume that? I mean, but the names of the cupcake show, like he says, he really do got cupcakes, swallow it up and eat it from the back.

That's just sexual! But, you're right. You're right, I was wrong. And his voice was just mad, listen to his voice. Nah, nah, nah, nah, you didn't mess with me bro. Okay, okay, so the voice. The voice did hit me a little bit. No, no, no. See, you thought so too.

No, no. Stacy, I'm, I'm. You met Stacy bro. My bad Stacy. But can you at least shout out his cupcakes so people can order some cupcakes? And the cupcakes are good. Pause.

I don't know the name of the cupcake. Nah, you in court bro, you in court. Yeah, don't worry about you. Call us right now, 1-800-585-1051. Have you ever done what Envy did? Have you ever mistook somebody for being gay just because they, because in your eyes, they had a little zesty, because you got a queer eye.

You looking at everybody else gay, huh? Call us right now, it's The Breakfast Club. Damn. The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy Jess hilarious, Charlamagne the guy, we are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Yes indeed, and we got Envy in Breakfast Club, good morning. Yes, indeed.

And we got in the Breakfast Club court this morning because he just did something out of pocket. Now we've all had our wanna get away moments, you know what I'm saying? Where you, a woman might be a little bloated on her period and you say congratulations to her as if she's pregnant. You know what I mean? I did that one time.

It's happened, you know what I mean? We've all had that moment in school where you, literally, your mama joke fly and that person be like, man, my mama dead. And you'd be like, damn've all had that moment in school where you literally your mama joke fly and I personally Like my mama dead and you'd be like damn No, you didn't know but this one I never heard this one envy told a man Happy pride and the man wasn't even gay. Let's play the call. Hello. Who's this? I'm DJ envy this is Stacy. I'm the one who brought up the cupcakes for y'all. Hey happy pride Wait, why you said that to me? I'm just saying

Happy pride and your cupcakes are the craziest the craziest things like first of all Stacy came up here a few weeks ago Stacy, you know, they baked cupcakes for us. It's just somebody find me the name of Stacy's cupcake company Oh you texted to me. They came up here man. Oh, what's the name of Stacey's Cupcake Company. Oh, you texted to me? Stacey came up here, man. Oh, what's the name of Stacey Cupcake Company? Eddie sent it to me just now. It's called- That's crazy. Oh, what's the name of this cupcake company?

He came up here, all he did was bring us cupcakes. Right, what up, Stacey? And the cupcakes got like sexual names to them, right? Yep. Stacey's Famous Cupcakes. Stacey's Famous Cupcakes. There is nothing. I don't even know what gay looks like.

I guess I do sometimes. Shut up. But there is nothing about Stacy that gives off zesty. Why would you tell this man happy pride? His voice was just mad light and then he had the weird names. I was wrong. I could be wrong. Because of the name of his cupcake?

People say you gay all the time. I don't care. Me neither. But that don't have nothing to do with you saying happy pride to this man that you barely even know. I think that's disrespectful. I've been seeing them do that to call Anthony Towns too. What'd you say Jeff? And then he try to play it off like,

I'm just saying happy pride. Yeah, you know good and damn well you don't say happy pride to nobody that's not celebrating pride month. Why y'all, why? That man got a wife, kids, sons who gonna hear this you know i'm saying man let's let's go to the phone lines hello who's this this is nika yeah hey what's up nika help me out all right i was confused a little a couple days ago when you had ricky smiley up there and he brought his son because i always thought he was gay first of all ricky smiley is not gay

and that's not his son so you just wrong all all, Ricky Smiley is not gay. That's not Ricky Smiley's son. And that's not his son. So you just wrong all across the board. Chris is not his son. Why would you think that? Cause he was talking about his kids, wasn't he? No, I'm saying why would you think Ricky was gay? He seemed like one of the old school gays. Like he was raised in a religious home,

so you not ever gonna come out. But everybody know. I hate people. Man, salute to Ricky Smiley, man. Y'all just being ridiculous. Good morning, who's this? Hi. Hey.

Ashley. Yes, Ashley, have you ever mistaken somebody for being gay? Because they had a little zest to them? Yes. Okay. Yeah, so there was this guy when I was in high school for freshman year, he used to hang out with all the girls. And he never hung out with none of the boys and he always was playing on lip gloss so I went up to him and was like hey

why come you don't say that you gay yourself like I never seen you talk to 20 boys and he was like I'm not gay but when we graduated high school he ended up transitioning so I wasn't wrong I just chatted him out too early. Well, no, he transitioned to a what? A girl. So female. So he was transgender. He wasn't- Yeah, he wasn't gay. No, in high school, he was a boy born by his boy name.

Yeah. Putting on lip gloss and saying that he was not gay. And I thought that he was out and open. But you can transition and still like women. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, no, he's transitioning like men. It's changed his government names. Oh, gotcha, gotcha.

He's got different names. Okay. And he's like, he's peaches, you know? He's not marco. So maybe he wasn't gay in high school. Maybe he figured out what he liked later in life. I'm not doing this with y'all on this Friday. No, I'm not with y'all on this Friday.

If it wasn't for the way that he used to pop his lip gloss, you would have known he was in the closet with anything. He figured out what he liked later in life. I'm not doing this with y'all All right, so so look you say he with a man now right like he would a man right no no no no He is a female but he's with a man though. Yes. Right? Yeah, so he wasn't gay. Cause he just wanted to be a woman. Like he wasn't attracted to men as a boy. Let's go to the next call. That math problem just messed me up. I'm confused. I'm not doing it.

That felt like that new math my kids be bringing home. I don't know what the hell. Go ask your mama. Good morning. Good morning DJ. Henry Dyslator me how y'all doing. Have you ever mistaken somebody for being gay just because they was a little zesty? Yeah I kind of do all the time. Especially with my guy friends. Like you know sometimes some guys may talk flamboyant but they're not really gay. They just talk that way and

then it's like you can't really ask because it's a tempter. So it's kind of like busy or is he not? And if you ask you know either way so tempter. So it's kind of like, is he or is he not? And if you ask, you know, either way, so I usually just keep it in my mind and try to find out another way. But it happens often based on how you carry yourself. I actually don't mind you keeping it to yourself. The problem I have is when people like MBB,

like Happy Pride, the people, you don't know what these people's sexuality are? Leave these people alone. And a man, a man is not about to be flamboyant if he not gay. Well, 800-585-1051, if you just joining us. Have you ever mistaken somebody for being gay because they're a little zesty? And we come back, we gonna play some calls,

we'll play some moments from Carl Anthony Towns because I'm tired of y'all wishing him happy pride for no damn reason too. Now see, it's a little, I need to see what his person is It's the now a little zesty is different from flamboyant. He just said Some of his friends talk flamboyantly, but yeah gay. I gotta hear true. Yeah, I gotta hear I gotta hear it I gotta hear what he mean now if you just joining us Charlamagne is giving me hell this morning

No, I'm not I got you a in Breakfast Club Court because you had the nerve. Our guy, Stacy, Stacy from Stacy's Famous Cupcakes, all Stacy did was bring us some dope cupcakes up here, tasty cupcakes that had like sexual names to them. Swallow it up. Yeah. N*** from the back. Yeah, you know what I'm saying?

Which is fine. But for whatever reason, you decided to tell this man happy pride. I'm sorry Stacey. My bad. Play the call real quick for those who just joining us. Hello, who's this? I'm DJ Envy. This is Stacey. The one who brought up the cupcakes for y'all. Hey, happy pride. What? Why you said that to me? Why you said that to me? Exactly. Why you said that to me? And I said that to me, exactly. Why you said that to me? And I'm gonna tell you why else that has messed up.

Cause a lot of these people, and I'm not saying this about Stacy, some people may just not want anybody to know, cause it's nobody's business. And here you go outing them for no damn reason. Happy Pride. You know what I'm saying? Now let's play some of Carl Anthony Towns moments,

because for some reason y'all wanna wish him happy pride all the damn time, damn time too now cuz outside looking in like we was like damn. It's total chaos in it was right now for sure You ever see that just like a train. We're no grace. I was like, oh my god They really did. Center basketball conference at SEC. SEC. What you mean? It's crazy because after all that, they took him off the court to put him even closer to the locker room.

First of all. I salute the cat. I spoke to cat. That man's name is cat. I spoke to cat a couple of times. And you can say he has a light voice, he has a light voice, but he's not gay. His nickname is cat. That man's engaged to Jordan Woods.

Kat out here living his best life, okay? And y'all probably walking up to him wishing him happy pride just because of the damn internet. Don't do that to Kat. Go to the phones, man. Yo. Hello, who's this? This is Erin. Hey Erin, come on and talk to us.

So I worked at a barber shop in Birmingham this year. This guy kept saying, my partner partner my partner and I was like I'm actually oh so your husband and he was like no my wife and I've never been so embarrassed But why would you just not say my wife? And I just call him I'm like it was just a sale appointment after that I was like I'm going there Well, you can't you don't have to be, first of all, a partner don't mean just a wife. Yo, but I get what she's, yeah.

I know, it doesn't, but I just, I'm in the area too, where it's like very, you don't, I don't know if you know Michigan, but like, we're very like, you know, Ferndale, all that. We're very open and we have a bunch of flags around our shop. What? You can't use that word on the radio.

He said flags. Oh, oh, oh, oh, I was like, okay, my bad, damn. I was like, now you wildin'. I would never. Oh, okay, just making sure, god damn. I'm like, see, y'all just going crazy for Trump back in office. No. Hey, yo.

No, I would never. This guy's crazy. Okay. Yes, I understand. But partner is a gender neutral term. Not really. When you say partner, you automatically assume same sex. No, I don't automatically.

See, that's your problem. You keep automatically assuming. You keep making a ass out of yourself because you want somebody in yours. Nobody, yo, who I'm watching now. But nobody ever says my partner. You say my wife. Like, do you say your partner, Jess, or you say your husband? I say my husband.

But look, usually gay guys do say my partner. They don't say husband They don't say they usually say that when I was at the hospital I had a nurse and whatever he kept saying his partner his partner and that that's how I knew he was gay other than that I wouldn't know when he was gay. He was like, yeah I'm and then he was like I'm very spoiled by my partner and I was like, oh, I get gay But before that I couldn't detect the zest. What about you know, if you're in'm very spoiled by my partner. And I was like, oh, like, yeah, he gay. But before that, I couldn't detect the zest. Well, what about, you know, if you're in Atlanta and somebody be like, that's my partner.

You know what I'm saying? My partner from, you know what I'm saying? They ain't gonna say that's my partner. My partner with a partner. Oh, yeah, I've heard. Yes, they do. They say that in the street. That's my partner then.

Listen, man, the moral of the story is stop doing that to people. Don't be assuming that people are anything, okay? Mind your damn business, all right? If you don't gotta say happy pride, just because you feel that way, because you might be outing somebody that don't wanna be outed,

or you just might be offending somebody because they're not gay. Like why you calling me, why you should be happy pride? Sorry Stacey, go support Stacey. He makes cupcakes, dope cupcakes. What's his cupcake line and everything? Stacey's uh- Stacey. What's they go go support Stacey? He makes cupcakes dope cupcakes. What's it? What's this cupcake line and everything? Stacey's uh, Stacey's famous cut. It's his famous cupcake Stacey's famous cupcakes. Hello to you Stacey All right when we come back we got past the orcs Nila will be joining us. It don't move. It's the Breakfast Club Good morning the Breakfast Club

Morning everybody is DJ envy just hilarious Charlamagne the guy we are the Breakfast Club. It's time for pasta What's up, Nila? What's up, guys? How are you? Nila Simone, Big Nila, what's happening? Yeah, yeah, all that, all that good stuff. What's up, guys? I want to start with honorable mentions of songs we're not going to get into, but dropped today.

Glorilla, Drive Typa, which samples Keisha Cole, Love. Doing the type is hard. Yes. Little Sims dropped the album. One of my favorite spitters from the UK is Carl Lotus. Sexy Red dropped the track, and Ty Doasign also dropped the song called All In that samples a few different rhythms Why you ain't play Little Sims? I want to get into Little Sims cuz I saw somebody some I don't know It's funny you've said that cuz I randomly I saw a video yesterday of a bunch of people bigging up Little Sims like Little Kim

I mean a little Kendrick Lamar busting rhymes. Oh really? Dochi, it was just a bunch of artists bigging her up saying how that's like they new favorite rapper. Now just now I'm finally glad everybody's catching on. The videos were old though because Kendrick Hale was even short. Okay, okay. Nah, Sim's really been that girl over there She spits crazy, but the album just came out today, so I gotta listen to it But honorable mention to drop today makes you guys check that out I'm gonna start in Atlanta with some R&B. It's a new artist named Destiny Brianna and the song is called Special.

I like that. That's real vibey. It's cool, I like it. It's cool, I feel like I've heard it before. Okay, okay. Keeping it in Atlanta, Swave dropped a new tape called Billy Two on May 9th and Billy One was a R&B tape.

Billy Two is a rap tape for all of the fellas personally I love Billy one, but Billy two has been actually going up in Atlanta The song Bishop is doing really well followed by the song destiny that samples destiny child, but the one that Jermaine Dupri Reposted is called off the leash which is a play off of Gucci man off the leash and is doing really well. He's snapping He's snapping Snapping okay He's snappin'. Snappin'. Okay, okay. It's cool though, you know what I'm saying, Off the Leash is such a classic record though. It is a classic. That's a classic record, so it's like, you know, when you said it I'm listening, so I'm waiting for that energy. I get what he was doing as an interpreter, what do you call it, an interpolation. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You know what I mean? But it was cool, it's cool. Yes, okay. But the whole tape is fire, so definitely check it out. And Jermaine Dupree liked it so much that he invited him to the studio, so I'm looking forward to see what they cook up, because I've really been enjoying these producer tapes that's been going on. Especially when it's the OGs and the younger artists. I like that. Yeah, yeah.

It's a good way to bridge the gap. Because the OGs know how to make records. A lot of times the younger artists don't necessarily know how to make records. Yeah, well if the OGs weren't trying some of the younger producers, they're more than willing to learn. It's totally different now though. Before it was 16 hooks, 16 hooks, 16 hooks.

Now it's a lot less than that now. Some of these songs only be two minutes long, a minute and 40 long, so it's totally different. This is true. Well another producer artist tape that's gonna be dropping on the 20th is Kenyon Dixon and Terrence Martin. It's called See You Later and it features Rhapsody and one of my favorite upcoming singers OG. The song that I want to say

today is called See You Later. Ooh, so you say the best for last, huh? That ain't even last. Yeah. I did though. She hate us up for that. Now I gotta look that up. That's hard. Who is that? You said? That's Kenyon Dixon and Terris Martin. So, but that's just the singles. They got a tape that's coming They have a crazy record on there called not like that and another one called only real ones survive They seem to take us all see you later. You said yes Girl downloading now. Okay. Good. All right, we're gonna keep it R&B since you guys are feeling that I was gonna hit this little Wayne joint cuz you know, he dropped Carter six But let's keep it R&B. This one is an R&B artist named Akia

She's signed to Since the 80s with Zeke and Barry and I'm actually gonna be DJing their showcase this weekend BET weekend in LA But this song is called pajamas. I love this song She gave me Normani. Yeah, I've heard that one too. I feel like that same formula that they do with a lot of the girls. Fine. She ended it with Terrence Martin. Okay, okay. I ended it with that one because of the segues.

It goes based off what y'all said. Y'all like joint tapes? Alright, cool. I got one for joint tapes. Anyway, if you guys like what y'all hear and if you guys want to actually tap into some of those other records I mentioned Glow Rilla, Sexy Red, make sure you guys follow me on the gram at Nyo Simone that's N-Y-L-A-S-Y-M-O-N-E-E-E click the link in bio I have all the songs in there on the Certify playlist Certify Vibe is also having a battle of the Beats next week in partnership with 24-7 Artists and Timbaland's Beat Club.

So tap in, producer community. We had so many submissions, but we narrowed it down to a good bunch. So I'm excited for that. And yeah, if you guys are in LA for BET Weekend, I'll be out there doing the Since the 80s showcase. So pull up on me. Where is that at?

I don't remember the venue in LA, but yeah, it's somewhere out there. All right, well be safe out in LA. Thank you. All right, when we come back, we got the People's Choice Mix, you know, we throw it back on a Friday, so let me know what you wanna hear. It's the Breakfast Club, good morning.

Wake up, wake up, wake up, you're locked into the Breakfast Club. Morning everybody, it's DJ NV, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the Guy, we are the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Yes indeed man salute to everybody that's headed out to BET Awards weekend in LA. That's right. Lauren LaRosa Naila Simone I look at y'all and I say to myself go young people go. Okay.

I didn't live that life. I'm so happy that I don't want to do it. It's gonna be fun though, you're gonna love it. I've done BTWords a couple years, but I was talking about on the podcast, this year is different, because I'm doing it with the show with you guys. And you're in the radio room,

you ever done in the radio room? I've been in the radio room with Town That, but not actually doing it. And they got, you know, we got a whole breakfast club set up in the radio room, and I'm doing something on the pre-show carpet. So it's just a different level of doing it this year. I'm gonna be tired, but I'm definitely gonna have a good time.

Well, the beauty of it is all the artists that you've spoken about may or may not be there. You know what I'm saying? So just be ready, just stand ten toes down, because all you're doing is your job and reporting the news. And it's the first time we ever been in a radio room. We've never been in a radio room before.

No, that's not true. Is it? That's what I was told. We never been there, you ever been in a radio room? No. Me neither. No, okay. All right. That's what I was told. We never been there? You ever been in the radio room? No. Me neither. No.

Okay. All right. Yeah. But I'll be there. It's the first time the Breakfast Club will be in the radio room, so you'll be representing us. Yes. I'm excited.

I feel like everybody's going to be really excited to see the Breakfast Club set up. Because, you know, they walk through like a cafeteria. They're going to be so excited to sit down. You're wearing your natural hair? No, I actually have my hair styled. She lands in about a couple hours. We have a couple things we're doing. Oh, Lord.

Okay. I will do this for a day, but the. She lands in about a couple hours. We have a couple things we're doing. Okay. I will do this for a day, but the vibe gonna look a little different. Okay, we'll rep us, all right? When we come back- Don't, don't. Rep us depending on what you wear. I feel like your rep us was a little shady, and here you come.

What's up? Now you repping us. Now Lauren gonna do a good job. Just be prepared, that's all. Truth be told, forget the outfits, forget the hair, because they're gonna look terrible anyway. Focus on what you do best, which is your craft. That's the number one thing to think about

in that radio room. Because everybody in that radio room is really gonna be focused on their craft and they're really gonna be in their bus and after. I remember being in the radio room one time, this was way, way, way back in the day. Actually, I was working with Wendy Williams at the time. And you know, of course, Wendy had way back in the day. Actually, I was working with Wendy Williams at the time. And you know, of course,

Wendy had done her radio room days. So she sent me to do the radio room. And you gotta think about this, this is like, oh seven. So I remember Janet Jackson came and they made every other artist get out and they cleared everything just for Janet Jackson. Like that's what type of era that was. The type of era where Kim Kardashian could just walk

around by herself because people- No, I didn't really know her. At all. That's crazy. I remember I had a, I had a Ray J, it was some Ray J single that was sitting, you know how they had the CDs? It was some CD single sitting on the booth that I was in

and Kim grabbed it and threw it. Those were good times, man. I had a good time. Oh, different era, different era. Well, I don't know who I'll be talking to, but I'm excited to be in conversation. Oh, different era, different era. Well, I don't know who I'll be talking to, but I'm excited to be in conversation. We get a pre-list, but you know, radio room get crazy. Anybody can walk through it anytime.

Get a lot of content. Get a lot of content for your podcast, The Latest with Lauren. Get a lot of content for Breakfast Club. That's right. It's going to be a good time. You're going to enjoy it. Like we tell our kids, don't be embarrassing us out there now. I don't ever embarrass y'all.

She already is. She said she's bringing her wig ladies. You already know where that's going. I don't ever embarrass y'all. She already is. She said she bringing her wig ladies. You already know where that's going. My hairstyle is natural hair as well. Oh, OK. That's what she needed to do. Damn it, man. To the natural hair.

It's time to get up out of here. But before we do, make sure you check out Straw, Tyler Perry's Straw. It's out today starring Taraji P. Henson, who was here earlier today. Yes, it is, man. Make sure you go support Scrawl, my guy Tyler Perry, and it's another movie I want y'all to support man.

Ballerina, okay, from the world of John Wick is in theaters today. It stars Anna de Armas and Lance Reddick and Keanu Reeves is in it as well. Sleutha, my guy Basil, Basil Iwanek, okay, that's my production partner, but his movie Ballerina is coming out today. It's a spin-off of the John Wick films, man.

So, you know, if you're in theaters, you can go see Scrawl, you can go see Ballerina, one of the two. No, is Scrawl in theaters? Scrawl is not in theaters, Scrawl is on Netflix. So you can watch something on Netflix, then go to the theater. If you feel like a movie going experience,

you can go check out Ballerina in theaters today from the world of John Wick. All right. You got a positive note? Yes, man. I do have a positive note and it comes from Albert Einstein and this is something that I think everybody needs to remember. Try not to become a person of success.

Listen to what I said. Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value. If you become a person of value, then the success will come. Have a great day. Breakfast club bitches. Why is a soap opera Western like Yellowstone so wildly successful? The American West with Dan Flores is the latest show from the meat eater podcast network.

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