The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Kate Middleton Photo Manipulation Drama & Missing Rumors Explained, New Louisiana Gun Bill Allows 18-Year-Olds To Carry Without A Permit + More

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it can feel like we're angrier and more divided than ever. Stick to policy, don't get personal. approach, it can feel like we're angrier and more divided than ever. But in a new hopeful season of my podcast, I'll share what the science really shows, that we're surprisingly more united than most people think. We all know something is wrong in our culture, in our politics, and that we need to do better and that we can do better. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. You're like this rare air. You got platforms and partners all over the place because your demand is so high. People want to be in business with the breakfast. I don't think white people know how popular you guys are.

DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlamagne Tha God. You guys really are like the hip-hop early morning, late night talk show. Yeah, I know what y'all talking about. Good morning, USA. Guess what day it is? Pump day! That's right, it's Wednesday, middle of the week. How you feeling out there?

Bless Black and highly favored, man. Good morning, another day to serve. How you feeling? How you feeling, Jess? What's up, Jess? I hate New York's traffic and it's crazy. It's a lot going on in the roads. You don't use the Waze app?

No, I don't use no app because now I'm just so good that I don't have to use any yes but use the ways that tell you about everything tells you traffic police all that it's like lights that are out like as soon as you come out the Lincoln tunnel right and all these track the trail is like people are going when they not posted like is it felt like I am legend or something was happening right out the tunnel I was Legend or something was happening right out the tunnel. I was like, yo, what is happening right now? You're from Baltimore. You know how to deal with traffic and wheel drivers. I was going through, you know what I mean? But police, yo, somebody crashed right into a police officer and kept going.

Like, it was a lot going on. People got to get to work. That was just with the traffic report. That was just with the traffic report. Grand Jess Auto. Grand Jess Auto. That's exactly what it felt like. I wanted to know how you feel physically though

You good? No morning sickness? Yeah You feeling good or yeah morning sickness? Both How y'all feeling? I'm good Steve Wilkos will be joining us this morning

You know him from the Steve Wilkos show This is 17th season 17th season of the Steve Wilkos will be joining us this morning. You know him from the Steve Wilkos Show. This is 17th season of the Steve Wilkos Show. So we'll be kicking with him in a little bit. And then we got front page news. Teslin Figueroa will be joining us in a second. So let's get right to the show. What we start with. We play Jack Harlow every damn day this morning.

But today is his birthday. We don't start off with Jack Harlow? I'm not mad at him. He's going to have a great birthday regardless. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Jess Hilarv jess hilarious charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club let's get in some front page news good morning tess good morning dj nv jess hilarious

charlamagne the guy good morning girls let's jump right into it let's jump what's happening in haiti yeah this is a real complex story but it's really important that we know what's going on because the U.S. is involved and will be sending over more support. So the Haiti prime minister has resigned amid escalating violence. Take a listen. Where the prime minister has resigned after weeks of chaos in the country, Ariel Henry submitted his resignation Monday night saying he will step down once a transitional council is in place. My government will leave immediately after the inauguration of the council. We will be a caretaker government until they name a prime minister and a new cabinet. Haiti needs peace. Haiti needs stability. His resignation comes just hours after regional leaders met

in Jamaica to discuss a framework for a political transition. The country plunged into a crisis after powerful gangs carried out highly coordinated attacks across the capital Port-au-Prince last month. Now the United States will be contributing $300 million to assist Haiti. Why don't you take a listen to that. The United States Department of Defense is doubling its approved support for the mission from $100 million to $200 million. And that brings the total U.S. support to $300 million for this effort.

I'm also announcing additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Haiti, $33 million to further support their health and food security. So you may be saying, well, Tez, what does this have to do with the United States? Well, as you just heard, again, more money going over there. So we'll add that to the list when we talk about Ukraine, when we talk about Gaza. This will certainly we expect this to increase and there will be more support in the weeks ahead because people are actually struggling with famine. And also they put out an alert for Miami, for border agents to prepare for a wave of migration as people continue to flood Haiti. And so we expect to see more of that in the coming weeks. I expect this DJ envy to become a conversation as we go through the longest presidential election cycle that we've had in history.

Yeah. So get get prepared for that. I can I can see Trump speaking on this now. The U.S. of our folks at the U.S. embassy had to flee as well yesterday to get them out to make sure they're safe. And so the bottom line is, folks, look into this, read into it. It is a very complex issue. But bottom line line gangs have taken over because they're looking for free and fair elections and by the way uh they are very critical of the u.s getting involved in picking their prime ministers as well so 200 gangs currently run haiti they control about 80 percent of port-au-prince uh the death toll has reached over 5 000 so far so yeah no i have a couple of haitian uh friends and actually uh the person

that actually taught me how to dj clue introduced me but the person actually taught me he's haitian his name is mono mono so i say he was telling me about it and how bad it is and his family's out there his family's trying to get over here and how nasty it is over there but now let me ask you a question with all this this money that's going out and you mentioned ukraine you mentioned gaza you mentioned hey haiti you know you're talking hundreds of millions of dollars damn they're billions of dollars and then you know you see all the stuff that's wrong here and all the stuff that we need help and it just seems a little crazy that we can print the money and find the money for everybody else but home it seems

strange when you talk about it and you're driving seeing so many people homeless and you're seeing so many people here can't afford food and you talk about all these uh students that can't pay for college loans and we're talking about free college and free health care just seems like a lot well that's why i think this conversation is going to continue to bubble up you know as people are talking about you know how they want to move politically and although you know we know this money comes from two different buckets your point is uh when it's time to assist other nations the united states seems to figure it out and so you're saying you know why is it we can't figure it and the argument is always today well this comes out a different bucket this doesn't have anything to do with the you know there's

programs for the all the things that dj and be mentioned which yes we know that but again to charlamagne point what he's always putting there, people are looking at what they see in front of them. You know, they're not looking at this bucket, that bucket. Bottom line is I'm not getting the support I need. How is this money going to these other foreign countries? Which, of course, we do support that. We want to support our Haitian brothers and sisters. But people are looking at what is happening in my daily life, what is happening in violence in our own cities. Rest in

peace. My baby cousin will be buried tomorrow. She was shot and killed in Oklahoma City last week. So when you look at violence and how we deal with our own and what's happening to curb our own violence, these are the things that people look at. And so it hits home. Politics is a matter of the heart. As much as people want to say it's not emotional, it is. And so people say, what about, you know, what's going on in my own backyard? Charlamagne, you got thoughts on that? No, we actually got a rap, right? Okay.

And what are we talking next hour, Tess? Yeah, so we're talking next hour. I want to bring to your attention, obviously, no surprise, President Biden and Donald Trump have clinched their nomination. hour i want to bring to your attention um obviously uh no surprise president biden and donald trump has clinched their nomination and i want people uh hip-hop take a listen to this uh they're pushing for uh better wages on your streaming music so we're going to talk about what policy has been introduced to that so you get more money for your streaming all right oh nice everybody else get it off your chest 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open.

Again, 800-585-1051. If there's something on your chest, something on your mind, call us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's a new day. This is your time to get it off your chest. Wake up.

Whether you're mad or blessed. It's time to get up and get something. Call up now, 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning. This is Gabby. Hey, Gabby.

Good morning. Get it off your chest. Good morning. Hey, man. How are you guys doing? I've been listening to your Breakfast Club for a while now and pertaining to what's going on in Haiti. I was just wondering, America is the leader of the world.

We're the free leader of the world. We lead by example, and we're here to protect the Constitution. We're here to protect the people of America. We're here to protect the world, our allies. Now, what's going on in Haiti, to me, is priority. When we're thinking about the death tolls, when we're thinking about Gaza, Ukraine, those things. Now, what's going on in our own backyards?

We don't wake up every day to bombs. We don't wake up every day to people dying. I know we have a lot going on here, and we have systems and things in place to take care of our people. Why is it that every time something's going on outside, we're having this conversation to make it seem like we're not protecting our people but we're just funding money out outside the country i mean we have i mean i think that everyone else i think that's obvious my brother like i mean i don't know what bubble you live in that you can't see that people out here suffering like there's so many homeless people out here there's people who can't keep food on their table can't keep roofs over their heads That's bad. So you should understand.

I don't understand. I don't understand. We are human beings. We all want people. We have to speak as such. We have to take care of each other. If America is taking care of its people the best they can do and trying to also be a leader of the world.

But that's the point. America's not taking care of its people the best they can do. We all feel like America can do better. So what's the problem? The amount of money that's going into our communities, you're saying we're still not being protected? How are we spending that money? It goes back to how we spend, how our congressmen are spending the money in our community.

Yes, that's the point. So, yes, we have every right to raise hell about that. We have every right to say, hey, how do y'all have money for this but don't have money for that? There's nothing wrong with that conversation. Exactly. And just like you said that, we have different people living in this country who's also contributing to that, who's also paying these taxes, who's also expecting help. I'm one of them.

I pay a lot of money in taxes. That's another reason I'm going to keep running my mouth. I understand, man. But it's something that we all should take a look at.

Look at the bigger picture, not just one-sided. I think we are. Everyone is hurting. I'm going to be honest with you, my brother. You sound very one-sided this morning.

You sound like you're not looking at the bigger picture at all. I am looking at the bigger picture, but I thank you for taking my call. Yes, sir. Think about what I just told you.

Nearly half of South Carolina residents struggle to afford basic necessities. And he told you to look at the bigger picture over that. And I'm not mad at helping any other country. I mean, if people need help, I mean, absolutely, positively. But I just feel like we always say they don't have the budget for here

or they can't find the resources or the money. And then it seems like they're so quick to to get these and not just 10 million hundreds of millions of dollars to send and continue to send to other nations schools in our community people don't have affordable health care like they should i guess a million different issues that are happening right here in america people are homeless and i'm not saying that you don't like like yes if you go help other people. But you cannot wonder why people sometimes look at that and say,

well, what about us? Right. Come on. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get

it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? It's Brian, man. What's up? Brian, what are you calling from? I'm calling from VA, man.

Virginia 757. Get it off your chest. Yeah, man. I want to talk about how bad black women are at customer service, man. Black women are great at a lot of things, man, but customer service is not. Wow, Jess. You're just going to say all. Don't say no damn wow, Jess.

You're just going to say all of us. You can't just say like some black women are, you know. He had a bad experience, Jess. What happened, man? Tell us what happened, man. It's definitely not all, Jess. It's definitely a lot of them. What happened, brother?

Tell us what happened. Yeah, what happened? I'm just saying, just early in the morning, you go get a biscuit or something, and it's just an attitude for no reason. Like, what's going on? Like, even Jess agreed. Jess, can you help fix the mess that is black women in the customer service? You are so right.

I need to be doing that more, you know, because they going through something, too. But they also need to think about the job that they have to do because, you know, there's nothing wrong with being nice to somebody, you know. It's not too hard being nice, so I get you. It don't take much. Charlamagne, I will tell you that that's the way to get me off the couch.

If President Biden or Trump can help find a way to fix black women and customers. Goodbye, man. Listen, everybody got their own issues. Vote the country. Yo, come on, man. I can't. Listen, everybody got their own issues. Vote your interest. I'm not mad at that.

What is it? Vote your interest. Oh, okay. Hello? Whatever motivates you, King. Hello? Hey, LaMaysia? Yes, it's me.

Hey, LaMaysia. Get it off your chest, mama. I just wanted to have a birthday to myself. I'm turning 33 today. Congratulations. Happy birthday, girl. Thank you. What you doing today? Shout out to my mom, too. She'll happy birthday to myself. I'm turning 33 today. Congratulations. Happy birthday, girl. Thank you.

What you doing for your birthday? Shout out to my mom, too. She be listening to this. I'm sorry. I said, what you doing for your birthday? So I won tickets yesterday for the 9 a.m. concert women's thing on Saturday. Okay. What's the women's thing at 9 a.m. on a Saturday?

I don't know. I forgot. But I know I'm going. And I won it yesterday.m. on a Saturday. I don't know. I forgot. But I know I'm going. And I went to yesterday. I'm going here. Okay. Oh, I know. That's right.

Shoni knows. She just wanted to win. She won something, so she going. I know that's right. There you go. I know that's right. Oh, it's the luck of the banger. It's the luck of the banger.

The luck of the banger. The luck of the banger. Oh, the luck of the banger. Oh, God. All right. What stage are you from? Where you from? I'm from Patterson New Jersey

Okay alright from New Jersey I love that She don't even know what that is Well happy birthday Enjoy your birthday Bye bye bye bye Bye bye bye They say

Oh the luck of the banger Like didn't No elaboration No nothing We gave her tickets for that I guess 9am on a Saturday morning I don't even know what that is

Yeah I don't know what that is What the hell is the luck of the banger She don't know But she gonna call back up your money Like real like, when y'all told me to come there? Your food is being delivered in five minutes. The guy's on a bicycle right now bringing it, Jess. Thank you so very much.

All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now we got Jess with the mess coming up. What are we talking about? Yes, the solar eclipse is coming on April 8th, and it's very important information, so tune in. All right. We'll talk about it when we come back.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to Jess with the message. This is real.

This is real. Jess Hilarious, Jessica Robin Moore. Jess don't do no lying. Jess is going to bring you numbers. Jess with the message. This is real. On The Breakfast Club. I don't do no lying. Jess is going to bring you numbers. Jess with a message. On the Breakfast Club. I know they know the difference. Super-dope.

She watched the news last night, y'all. She was excited. Super-duper excited. Yeah, I don't need no disclaimer. Listen. So, rare solo eclipse is coming. Okay. So, a solo eclipse will be happening April 8th.

And people, not enough people was talking about this. Everybody talking about, you know, Trump and Biden and all that and the sofa and the couch. But yeah, Meek Mill, Diddy, all these people. But the solar eclipse is very, very interesting. And I have a report from, they didn't even say it was there. Oh yeah, Fox 9. Go ahead, play it for me. Next month, people across the United States are in for a special treat. A solar eclipse will be visible across much of the country for 15 states that

means the moon will completely cover the sun briefly turning day into night and there will not be another one now until 2044 now when people like when this happened in the past it literally happens for like seconds or half a second or whatever like i remember the last one that happened i was like i was very very young and it just like, it happens within the blink of an eye. But this one is supposed to be from one minute to four minutes and 32 seconds in some states. Now, the path of totality is wider than usual, which means Americans will be able to experience the solar eclipse. This is also crazy. I'm not going to tell y'all.

I'm not going to give y'all the Wikipedia one. But four minutes is a long time that is a long time everybody needs to tap into some solar eclipse rituals uh to manifest your intentions because new moons symbolize new beginnings and solar eclipses give you uh an extra boost for transformation in our lives so make that happen all right so that's the good that's the good part about it but the governments of certain states have been advising their residents to prepare with emergency prep. Like, it's people, they're closing down schools, and they're scared that it'll be a lot of tourist flocks. Like, people flying away to see this.

Like, you know, or getting closer to see it. Now, the path of totality will cover some parts of Mexico and some parts of Canada. Also, listen up. This is the 15 states here. Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, New York. Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. And listen, Delta is also offering flights for an up-close experience of the total, 30,000 feet in the air from Austin, Texas to Detroit. I thought you're not supposed to look at it, though. That's what I thought.

They must have had them glasses. Now, that's another thing. If you plan to look at the solar eclipse, you're encouraged to wear eclipse glasses, y'all. I'm sorry, Messy Visions. We dropped the ball on this. We do not have eclipse glasses, but I'm pretty sure you can find them anywhere. Do not look directly at it because something will happen to you. We can still sell eclipse glasses. All we got to do is get us

a bunch of 3D glasses. I don't know. Just tell people it's for the eclipse. Also, you're purposely trying to hurt people out there. You don't want to hurt people's eyes. But you tell them don't look directly into it. Just put them on. And you know these Americans going to do exactly what you say don't do. But that's why they want to close the schools. That's what I'm thinking about closing

some of the schools because they're like the students will be looking at the sky, but if you keep them home, hopefully they'll stay in the house. I mean, it's spooky enough that it's going to do exactly what you say they don't do. But that's why they want to close the schools. That's what I'm thinking about closing some of the schools because they're like, the students will be looking at the sky, but if you keep them home, hopefully they'll stay in the house. I mean, it's spooky enough that it's going to be in the middle of the day and it's just going to go dark. And it's going to be four minutes. Yeah, the kids are going to lose it anyway. So I don't know. I'm going to be, I plan to be in Baltimore that day

because it's not going to do that in Maryland. All right? Maryland wasn't one of the 15 states, but New York is. Kids, pets, they're going to lose their mind for those four minutes. Listen, what? Do you understand? That's crazy, y'all. So y'all just...

What else you saw in the news? Okay, listen. Uh-oh. Now, this is the headline that I'm... that I thought of. Y'all can't take nothing serious, but for real, y'all.

Because you're so excited about this. What's going on in the kingdom? What kingdom? The royal kingdom, y'all. So I talked to some friends over, I got some connects in the UK, and listen,

Kate Middleton, oh my God, just come on, listen, listen, listen. Kate Middleton, Prince William's wife, right, she had abdominal surgery in January. Oh my God, no. Yes, she did. She had abdominal surgery. Abdominal surgery. Alright, so that's on her stomach or whatever, right? And the last time people have seen her

was in December. Now, granted, it was reported that she wouldn't return to her royal duties until Easter, right? Because of her recovery or whatever. But people are realizing that she hasn't been seen since December. Oh, my God, no. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes,

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What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help!

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You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show Civic Cipher. That's right. We're going to discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people to hopefully create better allies.

Think of it as a black show for non-black people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence. And we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle. Exactly. Whether you're Black, Asian, White, Latinx, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, you name it. If you stand with us, then we stand with you. Let's discuss the stories and conduct the interviews that will help us create a more empathetic, accountable, and equitable America. You are all our brothers and sisters, and we're inviting you to join us for Civic Cipher each and every Saturday with myself, Ramses Jha, Q Ward, and some of the greatest minds in America. Listen to Civic Cipher every Saturday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So, y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast.

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Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. There are stories that she left the hospital with Prince William the same day as the procedure, but the photos only show Prince William leaving, and we ain't see her or nothing, right? Now, this seems

innocent, but this actually is interesting because people online are starting to piece a story together that Kate Middleton is either missing or in a bad condition following the surgery. Uh-oh. I don't need the sound effects. Look, now Sunday in the UK, it was Mother's Day. It's different over here, but over there,

it was Mother's Day, right? Right. And a photo was released of Kate and her three children. Major media publications initially shared the photo, but they all started to remove them with the explanation that they can't be shared because it was obviously altered. All right.

Photoshop experts determined that they were 16 editing errors in the picture. So, you know, you know how people on social media is. They see the walls moving and all that type of stuff. Right. Shortly after that, Kate tweeted an apology. Kate herself. Really? From her account.

Uh-oh. Allegedly. Okay. Yeah, I threw that in there. She tweeted an apology claiming that she occasionally experiments with editing. And she said like any other photographer. With edibles? With editing.

Edibles? I'm like, girl, where's you at? Like, you're not letting us know what's going on or nothing. But you're going to take the social media to be like, I'll be editing a little bit. Girl, please. Maybe that's her way of letting people know she's a hater. I don't know but listen this is also crazy too because a man close to kate's family committed suicide more more more in depth her sister's man this wasn't her husband this was

just her like somebody her sister was dealing with you know her boyfriend and um he committed suicide out of nowhere prince william went to the funeral, but she didn't. Kate, she didn't show up. And that's her sister. All right. People are speculating that because of these things, there's a deeper story to Kate's Mother's Day photo being, you know, being photoshopped. And then it was also, they also put out a photo where she was leaving a castle. But you can tell even by the bricks, the bricks, it wasn't like she was in the castle. It wasn't.

No, no. It wasn't given. It was not given. It wasn't. Nope. Nope. It wasn't given. It was not given. She really walked about that castle. All right. And it's also rumored that King Charles has cancer and is opting to treat it naturally. Holistic, Dr. Sebi? They ain't say that.

I ain't talk. I ain't ask my UK friends all that. Okay. Now, it's also reported that the queen left two letters behind right before she died. One for her top eight and one for her son with instructions that it shouldn't be open until 2085. I can't wait to be on the radio 2085. Listen, there's a lot going on with the royal family right now. We don't know how many of these stories are actually true, but we do know that this is a PR nightmare for the royal family.

That was Jess with the UK mess. This is, yeah. Can we drop a bomb for Jess? And I don't know if any of her UK news is real. But I did see that picture on MSNBC. I bet you it went back and it ain't on there no more because they can't be doing stuff like that

because it's been altered, honestly. But the moral of the story is even from the grave, the Queen, she still got something going on. Alright. I'm telling you guys, unfinished business. Even from the grave, the queen, she still got something going on. All right. I'm telling you, guys. Unfinished business.

The UK edition. It's like a bunch of stuff going on in the kingdom, y'all. I'm going to let y'all know as we get updates from over there. That's from her UK connects. Yes. Her UK connects. That means they're from Baltimore. They're from Baltimore.

All right. When we come back, we got front page news. And then Steve Wilkos will be joining us. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club.

Let's get in some front page news. What up, Tess? What's going on, DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. Good morning, girlie. And happy one-year front page anniversary, right? Yeah. It is. Congratulations, girl. Yes And happy one-year front-page anniversary, right? Yes! It is! Congratulations, girl.

Thank you so much. It's been an honor to serve, guys. Thank you for allowing me to join this Hall of Fame show to give a little bit of news you can use. I appreciate you so much, Charlamagne, DJ Envy, Eddie, the whole staff, and Jess Hilarious, my baby. Thank you, Ted. That's right.

Well, let's jump right into it let's talk about your your presidents biden and yes yes dj mb's uh presidents have uh finally decided to clinch the nomination it's official this is no breaking news obviously uh we know they were going to get the nomination but let's take a listen this is the first presidential rematch in 70 years take a listen the bTrump rematch is officially here after both candidates secured the delegates needed to earn their party's nomination for president. President Biden secured the 1968 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination. Mr. Trump easily won the 1,215 delegates to lock up the GOP nomination. In Georgia, the president won more than 95% of the vote.

The former president got more than 80%. Mr. Biden and Trump also handily won in Mississippi and Washington. So again, no surprise. This is what it is, guys. So folks are still having conversations about a third party candidate, who's too old, who's seen now who this is the bottom line this is what it is it will be trump versus biden period yeah the rematch nobody wants but the rematch we're gonna get and i don't you know i've been thinking about it i don't know how trump fares in the general election but then again i don't know how biden fares in the general election either so yeah so it's really a toss-up and i'll never get over the fact that a man with 91 criminal charges is able to run for president of the United States of America. Never, never, never doubt yourself, kids.

There's nothing you can't accomplish in America. You too can be charged 91 times to still be president of the United States of America. But not if you're black. I just want to put that out there. I want to give you that disclaimer. Okay. And this is going to be a very, very long election because it started so early. Normally, the general election is

after the conventions in the summer and then you get all the back and forth, but because they clinched it so early and we already know this is what it is and there's no, could it possibly change or any of that, this is going to be a very, very, very long election season.

Donald Trump been campaigning for four years if you think about it you know absolutely absolutely and these media networks don't want to admit it but donald trump is great for rating so when you say it's going to be a long campaign it's been a long campaign since 2016 trump has not stopped campaigning since 2016 very true now let's talk about uh you said streamers can make some more money on their music yeah this is a really good yeah this's a really good thing so congressional representative rashida talib and congressman jamal bowman they introduced the proposed living wage for musicians act is aimed at increasing streaming royalties for musicians online these are the type of things that

happen in congress that you don't hear much about now this act will create new streaming royalty with the aim to compensate artists and musicians more fairly at a penny per stream when their music plays on streaming services now the streaming has grown grown to represent 84 percent of recorded music industry revenue i'm sure you know you guys come in especially you dj and back in the day you actually had to buy records and people got you you know, more more for their music. But now everything's about streaming. So Spotify, the leading music streaming platform. A lot of folks may not know they only pay an average per stream three zero.

I don't know if that's three cents because it says zero point zero zero three. Meaning an artist must reach at least eight hundred thousand streams just to equal a full-time job at $15 an hour. Damn. Isn't that crazy? So this new royalty will be paid in addition to existing royalties, ensuring that the artists receive at least one cent per stream. So this is even less than one cent with an eventual cap. And so this is one of the great things that Jamal Bowman is doing as he leads this

Congressional hip-hop task force injustice task force that he's doing which will cover many other things you hear that in weeks to come But this is one of the things that they're pushing I think this is really, you know critically important so people can make money off their off their strengths what you guys think I mean, I think it's great at any anything that these are doesn't and creators can make more money off of their content i think it's i think it's amazing i think it's wow that you know you're talking about an artist can make 0.003 with 800,000 streams seems insane that's horrible seems insane but anything that helped these artists make more money i'm wet and i came out with two songs and i only probably got like 13 streams so what is that I owe money like damn yeah that's crazy um so you know as so I guess artists you know they have to continue to make their money on the road they have to continue to you know basically on the road

because you just don't make any money up what's the motivation to making the music if you make zero money you know so this is this is something that I think um hip-hop or not just hip-hop r&b anybody that streams anything yeah well most artists will tell you they don't really make money off of selling records they make money off the the road or for merch and off of other things but they they rarely make money off of actually uh selling records yo but like back in the day wasn't it you made money off cds well yeah, you made money depending on how many records you sold. And a lot of artists back then really didn't make money.

Their whole thing was always touring and shows. Yeah, I know Mary J. Blige. She said she sold like 750,000 weeks, like her first week. First week out. That is good. Like, that is amazing.

And like, doing that with the streams, that is so, that's so crazy. And she get the money, though. Think about somebody, TLC sold what, 10 million records and only ended up with $15,000 a piece

or something crazy like that. The moral of the story is the record industry been predatory towards artists. Absolutely. That's just really all it boils down to. Mm-hmm.

All right. Well, that is front page news. Thank you, Tess. Absolutely. And make sure you follow at Tesla Figaro on all social media platforms. And subscribe to this Great Shot No Chaser podcast on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network hosted by TeslaFiguro.

All right. When we come back, Steve Wilkos will be joining us. You know him from the Steve Wilkos show. He was the security guard that used to be on the Jerry Springer show. This is his 17th season. 17th. And we're going to chop it up when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. season 17 and we're gonna chop it up when we come back it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club morning everybody it's dj and v jess hilarious charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we got a special guest in the building yes indeed his 17th season on air ladies and gentlemen steve wilkos welcome back hello how are you i great. You're celebrating your 30th year in television, like on television. I know you started as Jerry Springer's bodyguard and actually the producer on the Jerry Springer show, right? No, no, no.

You were a producer on it? No, no. I'm saying your name in the credits on a couple of episodes. Well, on my show, I'm an executive producer. Absolutely. I know that. But that's, I don't produce. That's just, you know, they give you the title because if my show ever won an Emmy, if I

was an executive producer, I want to get an Emmy. That's why they do it. So I have nothing to do with the producing of the show. But I started on the spring show. I was a Chicago cop. Yeah. Oh, okay. And they just hired some cops to do security and I happened to be one of them and 30 years

later, I'm still here. Yeah, yeah. Did you ever expect your career to end up like this i was gonna be a policeman like my dad was a chicago policeman for 30 years and he retired and that's what i was gonna do you know just be a cop get my pension and retire but i kind of liked the way it worked out so you didn't retire on the job you know i had 12 years and i could have got a pension but i pulled it and 12 years was long enough, actually. Did you have to really contemplate, like, do I leave this where I could go, or do I wait 12 years, I get my pension, I'm good for the rest of my life? It was difficult because, you know, when I left, I had no idea.

I left in 2001, and I got my show in 2007, so I never knew I was going to get my own TV show. That was crazy even to think. But my wife, who's my executive producer, and she became the executive producer of Jerry Springer, I actually came home one night, and I was covered in blood in my police uniform. And she goes, this is crazy, man. You need to, you know. And she said, listen, when the Springer show's over, we're not staying, we're living on your policeman salary.

She goes, I'm a TV producer. We're going to go to L.A. or New York, and I'm going to be a tv producer we're gonna go to la or new york and i'm gonna be a tv producer and you'll find something to do and i said yeah and at that point i was kind of burnt out being a policeman you know i was tired of fighting and everything and getting hurt so i was like okay i'm okay with that now you're the second longest running syndicated daytime talk show in current production jesus and i wish all those people that laughed in my face in L.A. when I did the media tour, like, they were just dogging me, man. Like, Jerry Springer's guy, he's not going to last 13 weeks

because back then it was 13-week pickups. They're like, you're not going to last 13 weeks. And I'm like, okay, we'll see. And, you know, 30 years in TV straight with never missing a paycheck is unheard of. So what's the key to the success, though? I have two questions, a two-fold question. What's the key to success, and what did you learn from Jerry? Because he had a long career.

You know, and I'm not trying to sound like I didn't learn anything from Jerry, but there was nothing to learn from Jerry's show, because we do a completely different show, right? There's a lot of things I learned from Jerry, like being professional, showing up on time, being always ready. And he said, hey, man, when you go, don't try to be like me or the show.

Just do your own thing and you'll be fine. The really secret of my success is my wife. And I say that, and I'm not just a husband saying it about his wife. If it wasn't for my wife, I wouldn't be sitting here right now. And that's the truth because I had my problems about six years ago i had dy and you know all that like she stuck with me through that pulled me out of it you know i i was going through

things and and but even like she knows how to produce me on my show she knows how to do a lot of things she kept the springer show on the air for a lot of years. So I got the best executive producer on TV. Truthfully, and she knows me. She lets me be me. The first two years of my show were terrible. I was produced in a way that was just, I hated doing the show. I literally hated coming to work.

And that person left, and my wife took over, and thank God, because I definitely would not be on there. Did you guys ever have any fallouts about you not wanting you know of course to fight about things yeah uh you know there was like she would do shows especially there was shows like with kids and stuff you know and i hated doing those i just yeah i don't know what it is i don't like it i feel like i can't relate to kids um you know i'm not not going to lie. But my wife's like, just do it, you know. They would work, and she was right. So, like, at this stage of my career, I just, even if I don't like it, I just keep my mouth shut.

Just learn to shut up and listen. I just do it. Yeah, because those were effective episodes. Because I'm like, it'll be over in 20 minutes, and why complain? Yeah. Now, last week you reported that Steve Wilkos was in Just With The Mask, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You had taken to social media because you watched the Wendy Williams.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And you were to social media because you watched the Wendy Williams. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And you were actually the first celebrity that spoke up, besides myself, spoke up in favor of her about her treatment and how they made her look on the documentary. And I just wanted to know in person how you felt. You know, me and Wendy, like when I was launched, I did Wendy's radio show, and she was so nice to me. And then she launched right after me, I think the year after me. So I would always appear on a show, and I had a personal relationship with Wendy. I mean, I went to her 50th birthday party and things like that, and I saw her. And I really liked Wendy.

I don't watch daytime talk show, but I would watch her show. I thought it was really good. I was interested in it. And I liked the off-topic segment and all that i i really cared about wendy you know so then to show her in this you know and we were to the where was i i was uh i was in florida and we're flipping through me and my wife and hotel and i start watching i'm like oh my god this is terrible you know i think like when when i was going through my struggles and, you know, at my lowest, if there was a camera in my house filming me, like, no, but my wife would never allow that to happen to me.

Yeah. You know, she'd be like, no, we're never doing anything like that. So it's just because, you know, especially as a woman, right? What woman wants to see her wig being, like, taken off and shown in that light? Or they're showing her feet. She's that some kind of problem with her feet and you know come on man if she was in her right state of mind she would never let anybody see it and she's obviously suffering from alcohol uh you know being alcoholic or a drinking problem and you know when you're going through something like that i don't think you should be on camera. And that manager's like, oh, we're going to do a podcast with Wendy.

And she's ready. She's not ready to do anything. Come on. And she should be in a treatment facility somewhere getting medical attention from doctors and everything else. And to me, it was really exploitative. People are blashing back at me like, well, Wendy talked crap about her TV her tv show i go she's not showing anybody in their deepest and filming them like what are you talking about you know it's a tv show you know it's so crazy to me how people can cheer the downfall of another human being when's the last time y'all spoke well i think i was on

her show well i hosted her show uh with jerry when she was on on the break Well, I hosted her show with Jerry when she was on the break, and I spoke to her just before that. And, you know, she was struggling at that time. And I told her, I said, hey, listen, anytime you want to talk to me, because I've been through it. And she knew it. We talked about it offstage the last time I appeared on the show with her. So, you know, it's just tough.

And how did you get through it? Because you said you had a DUI. How did you get through your troubles during that time? You know, listen, I was drinking too much. Was it stress? Was it too much? Stress, depression, anxiety. I was using alcohol to help with depression, which is probably the last thing in the world you should do.

You can afford a driver's fee. I could. Listen, I make no excuse. I can't tell you why i drove that day or what made me get in my car and get in it i'm absolutely wrong and i knew like my life could have changed a lot worse that day other than just gonna do i could have killed somebody or i could have killed myself and uh i just said i'm not drinking anymore now a lot of people can't do that just say i'm not gonna drink anymore but i knew it But I knew it was becoming a problem in my life, and I was going to ruin everything in my life, my family, my career.

And I just said, okay, you know, I'm not 20 years old anymore. I got to take this serious and stop. And I did. So you haven't drank since? Since 2018 was the last time I drank. When did that happen? In my town, Therian, Connecticut. That's what I'm saying.

They didn't give you no Steve Wilco celebrity privilege? Well, when you're involved in an accident like I was, and they had to take me to the hospital, they had to draw my blood. So there was no taking care of me. Got you. And truthfully, listen, nobody wants a DUI, right? Nobody wants, and especially when you're in our position, it's like TMZ and you get blown up.

But truthfully, it was probably the best thing for me because it made me. And listen, now that I don't drink anymore, I'm very productive. I work out all the time. My marriage is great. My career is great. And, you know, alcohol was really negatively impacting all those aspects of my life. And I was asked about it. I mean, like, you know, I wanted to fight it so bad because I started drinking when I was 14 years old and, you know, to give up a lifetime habit like that, it's not easy, but I knew. And now when I look drinking when I was 14 years old and you know to give up a lifetime habit like that's not easy but I knew and now when I look back I go why in the world

did I ever drink like you know but a lot of people do it I mean it's fun it is the best times the best times in my life were drinking alright we got more with Steve Wilkos when we come back.

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What do you say to people when you think about Wendy Williams and how they showed her situation on television? But, you know, God bless the dead, Jerry Springer like people didn't even know he had cancer so what do you say to people who feel like celebrities have an obligation to show you the bad since you've seen all the good Jerry didn't even tell me that right like a month before he passed away he called me up and said hey because he had nothing going on in Stanford at the time you know uh Judge Jerry was over everything yeah so he called me up and he said, I'm having dinner with all his old guys. Hey, guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series,

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You know, I really want to see you. So I said, I'll tell you what. You go to dinner. I'm going to go home, rest a little bit. And then when you're done, you go meet me for a cigar at John John Starks has a place in Stanford Connecticut cigar bar so I met him there and it was crazy because we were two guys that never talked about the glory days like oh you don't remember this remember that we didn't do that he has a grandson uh and my son is about the same age and they're

both athletes and we would always talk about our sons but we and we talked about politics a lot and just what was happening currently in our lives we never talked about the glory days but that night we talked a lot about the glory days which i i didn't think anything over the time and it was kind of fun because we never do it but he never said hey steve by the way i'm gonna i'm dying of pancreatic cancer wow and mentioned it. But I knew something was wrong because I said, Jerry, like, you okay? You know, because he was like shaking really bad and stuff. He goes, no, no, I'm okay, I'm okay. And that's the kind of guy he was. He didn't even want to put that burden on me.

Because I would. I'd be sad and depressed and worried about the guy. And so we had a great time, and he got up, hugged me, I love you, Steve. And I was like, I love you too, Jerry. Of course I love you. And that was it. And then a month later, he passed away. Wow.

You know, that's the kind of guy Jerry was. I don't think he wanted to have people make a big deal about him. He didn't want to burden people with his illness. And so, yeah, I respect it. But again, just like with the Wendy Williams thing, when you're at your lowest, you know, and I think we've all been there. You know, I don't think you want a camera on you when you're going through that. Simple as that. How have you dealt with it?

You know, kind of like. It hasn't been a year yet, right? No, it's in April. It's coming up. It was almost like losing my father. And I always say no man had a personal interest in me you know kind of watching on for me being there for me than my own father and so we were very close and and jerry was so great to me and so generous and caring and you know so yeah i mean it was a big loss of my life

yeah is it true that you have a human hair collection from the jerry springer show yeah so are you trying to make a wig out of it no it was so stupid man like so women would always fight and they'd be pulling each other's hair out so one day i took the strand of hair and i just wrapped it up in a little tiny ball yeah well then after that every time there was a fight i would add that hair to the ball well it got to be the size of like a bowling ball after, you know, like 10 years. And it was so gross, man. You think about all this hair. There was all different colors.

And, you know, it was a lot of probably wig hair in there. And I used to just keep it. We had three chairs. It was Jerry, the executive producer, and me. And then my wife. So it was four chairs. And right behind my chair was in the corner. And I would just throw this human

ball of hair back there. And then I got my own show so I don't even know what happened to that big ball of hair. Oh wow. I hope nobody kept it. I was going to ask with you being an ex-police officer, what do you think about how the world is taking towards cops now? Like things have changed right now with bail reform

you know, criminals are getting out faster. It feels like cops are scared now to do anything because everything's on camera. Well, when I think in New York, then they take away their immunity. Like you can be personally sued, right? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, we didn't have that when I was a cop. And I mean, who's going to jeopardize, you know, their financial well-being to, you know.

Listen, I think I'll put it this way. When I was coming out of the Marines in 1989, I wanted to be a cop, just like my dad. And it was a good job, you know, like you got pension, benefits, all this stuff. If I was coming out of the Marines today, I would never take that job, not in a million years. So, I mean, I think policemen really are not a good job. You know, you fight all the time, and like you said, you make arrests and people are back out on the street, especially here in New York.

And Chicago's the same way. So it's not a good job. Do you have a timetable on when you want the show to run its course? I love doing the show. And, you know, I'm only 60. God, I was 30 when I started on TV. I don't think 60 is old. Yeah, it is. Come on, man. No. When you only 60. God, I was 30 when I started on TV. I don't think 60 is old. Yeah, it is.

Come on, man. No. When you say 60, see, you don't think it's old because you're not there yet. When you become 60, it sounds old and it is old. So the answer to your question is I love doing the show. I enjoy it. It provides me with a great life. So I'm never going to say I'm going to quit.

But TV's changing. It's difficult and it's tough now you know and now they're exploring all these different avenues to bring revenue into the show but I would definitely like to hit 20 I'm at 17 I'm going to season 18 nice round number 20 if it would go longer I guess I would do it because I just finished taping last Wednesday and now I won't go back to work until last week in August so I'll get a nice break oh that's amazing yeah yeah well clearly it works man 17 seasons congratulations congratulations that's right the Steve Wilco show in the 17th season and thank you for joining us again one second um what is your skin regimen you do not look like a six-year-old white man you do not I'm sorry I shave I don't do any like you don't do anything? I don't do anything

Okay You aging like a black person Yeah So I'm like You know Damn Steve Wilkos Well I'm not the

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Keep it a star. Okay, I thought this was going to be covered in front page news, but I got my good sis back. So, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry approved 11 bills last week. Some of these bills include expanding death row execution methods and legislation that eliminates the option for parole. Now, nitrogen gas and electrocution were added as methods to carry out the death penalty. Now, one of the biggest changes is that residents 18 and older can carry a concealed handgun without a permit that's crazy yes I seen that yesterday in the news 18 years old there's no way yeah right and this goes

into effect on July 4th like the 4th of July there ain't no firecrackers going off there's gonna be a bunch of purging right you know what I'm saying like it's a setup so you don't need a permit you 18 years old you can go to the store and buy a firearm yep you don't need a permit to purchase you don't need a registration uh of firearms you don't need license to own and you don't need a permit to carry nope you don't that's gonna end well yep uh louisiana reportedly uses slave labor in their prisons i mean this is what we know for people who don't know that's some news i just dropped on y'all and NOLA is the sixth most six most dangerous city in the world per capita this is so intentional that I wrote that I had to

say I'm let me just say this is so intentional right this quote right I'm sure maybe doing this but this is a meaningful one okay a phoenix Shakur said America will give you all the tools that you need to destroy yourselves oh wow that's crazy that's facts that's very much yeah that that just trumps any any other quote he ever said that's what happens when jess can't go to sleep and she stays up and watches the news all night long this is how we get an effective news day you know cook and i just think it's crazy and i saw one lawmaker that said this is gonna lower the crime rate what no. You know? And I just think it's crazy. And I saw one lawmaker that said, this is going to lower the crime rate.

What? No. You know what I mean? They're intentionally setting kids up, setting, you know, black people up. I don't care. This is crazy. I just think at 18,

to be able to have that much power in your hand and not necessarily be grown, I think it creates a big problem. The biggest problem is that there's no background checks whatsoever. Number one, you're only 18. Yeah. But you know, like clearly they're not doing any type of mental competency test, nothing. Like you can just walk into a store and get a gun.

Nobody knows what your emotional well-being is, your mental well-being, nothing. But you're not even grown yet. Just imagine the things that you did at 18. Yeah. Right? You're getting into fights and you're doing stupid ish. You're not even grown yet. Just imagine the things that you did at 18. Yeah. Right? You getting into fights and you doing stupid ish. You're not even mature. But now you have a firearm in your hand that you feel like gives you even more power.

There's a lot of teens that are still angry and have so much built up anger at 18. You get what I'm saying? And now, listen, it doesn't cover, you know, you can't get a rifle or a shotgun, only handguns. You know how easy they are to get already? Well, you usually could get a handgun, I mean, a rifle, a shotgun at 16 usually, right? Yeah, but nope, this doesn't cover that. Say a note for that. That's wild.

But only the handguns, yeah. Crazy. All right, so that's the recipe for disaster. Happy July 4th, y'all. And then not only that, when the police pull you over and you got a handgun on you, now that's another thing they got to worry about. Mm-hmm. Well, not there, because it's clearly legal, right? You show your

license and registration. And then the fact that if you have enough time to pull out your license and registration if a police pulls you over with a handgun on you. And then the legislation that eliminates the option for parole, they're setting them up. They're literally setting them up to be killed and

thrown in jail forever. Okay. In other news, Jennifer Lewis almost died after setting them up to be killed and put thrown in jail forever instead okay I'm in other news Jennifer Lewis almost died after falling 10 feet I saw that man I know Jennifer Lewis had a ball for two years ago that almost took her life she recently spoke about the incident and an interview with Robin Roberts and this was she said I saw the infinity pool out on my deck. So I went out and I'm walking. And all of a sudden, I had fallen 10 feet into a dry ravine full of boulders and stones and sharp rocks. Robin, there was a knot sectioned off and there was no sign that said caution.

My right hip took the impact My shoulder went up against the stone in pitch black. I didn't know I was falling nothing would move And that yep, and she was vacationing in Africa after wrapping a film or whatever right and so It sounds like she was reading like a good audio scripted original yes like Maya Angelou or something I was like oh my god this is so nice but it wasn't because she also said that she thought that she would die there are wild animals because when Lori shined her flashlight down there She didn't know there was a Cape Buffalo 10 feet away. When Lori ran to get help, I heard a lion roar. My last thought, because I am Jennifer Lewis, was what a headline.

The king ate the queen. I'm glad she can laugh about it because I was ready to say, listen, next time she come up here, she ain't going to be hitting no splits. Listen, Jennifer Lewis ain't no liar. I'll tell you that much. She's a great storyteller. Yes, she is. I think a little bit of hot sauce might have got put on that story. Just a little bit. Just a little bit.

Girl, she said I ain't lying now. Listen, both of them, man. They both walk past our heads. Do they exist in the same terrain? I don't know. A buffalo and a lion? In Africa, you know, things be different. She's saying in Africa, things be different.

I'm just saying, if I'm the lion, I would rather the buffalo. Yeah, but listen. Not necessarily. Not if somebody's just laying there and you ain't got to fight them. Buffalo wings, though? Shut up, man. Yo, she fell in a whole ditch of rocks and boulders. Sharp.

Ten feet. She said the fall was like boom. And her friend would flash that flashlight down there and she saw the buffalo. like boom and her friend flash that flashlight down and she saw the Buffalo oh yeah I'm looking at mad videos of buffalo and lion fight and she read and she ran to go get help oh my god she heard the lion roar how do they get them for the wings how do I would have been easy to eat. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. And the buffaloes ain't no joke. They're big as hell. They have horns. Look at the person that's not moving. How did they get them for the wings? How they what?

What? Nothing. You know what? You are dumb. That is not what we doing here. Buffalo wings do not come from a buffalo. Come on, let's wrap this up. That was just with the mess for the second hour.

Crazy. Oh, my goodness. All right, Mr. Buffalo Wing. buffalo we're giving your dog a t-shirt oh i need a woman named jennifer lynn rossi to come to the front of the congregation we would like to have a word with her please okay she is a prime example of why you don't mess with nobody churn but as parents uh we got to make better choices when people do mess with our churn we'll discuss all right we'll get to that next it's the breakfast local morning it's gonna be a donkey because right now you want some real donkey it's time for donkey of the day so if you ever feel i need to be a donkey man hit it with the hero did she get donkey today please tell me i have become donkey of the day at the breakfast club breakfast club, bitches. We're donkey.

Yes, donkey of the day for Wednesday, March 13th, goes to a 45-year-old Texas mother named Jennifer Lynn Rossi. Salute to Jennifer Lynn Rossi. She's a mother, and I understand going above and beyond for our kids, okay? We all should, all right? Don't let nobody play with your churn. You have to be willing to go scorched earth. You have to be willing to burn everything to the ground to protect your child.

But you don't want to put yourself in a position where you go too hard and end up in jail. OK, because if you do something to protect your child and it causes you to lose your freedom, then you won't be able to protect your child anyway. So it defeats the whole purpose. All right. It's so easy to get tricked off the street as a parent, because if somebody messes with your child god forbid somebody hurts your child that is a good enough justification to knock always but the law is still the law so if you you know go to seek parental revenge because somebody messes with your child and you break the law then well you're going to jail that's what happened to jennifer rossi see her son was getting uh slightly bullied meaning somebody was stealing from him at school. Okay, stealing his drink, to be more specific. So Jennifer decided to take matters into her own hands and teach this thief a lesson.

Let's go to ABC7 News for the report, please. You know, also new this morning, a mother from San Antonio is behind bars after she allegedly tainted a Gatorade for her son's classmate. Court records say that the 45-year-old mixed lemon juice, vinegar, salt, and Gatorade together in a sports bottle before instructing her 10-year-old to give it to his classmate who had stolen his drink the day before. But shortly after the child consumed the drink, he became sick and was taken to the hospital. Now, though the drink was non-toxic, Jennifer Rossi was still charged with injury to a child causing bodily injury. Now, let me tell you something. It was non-toxic, though, right?

It was non-toxic. But let me tell that young man something. You could have swallowed a lot worse. Pause. Okay, yo. Lemon, salt, vinegar, Gatorade, that ain't nothing but ingredients to clean a sink. Okay, you chased that down with a shot of apple cider vinegar.

Now you have created a concoction for steady and healthy weight loss. But think of all the other things that could have been in that drink, like bodily fluids. Okay, it could have been other things that could have been in that drink, like bodily fluids. Okay, it could have been urine. It could have been vaginal discharge. It could have been the semen of an eight-month-old Siberian husky. There's a lot of different things mama could have put in that drink. You're lucky she didn't hit you with some good old-fashioned roots.

Yes, voodoo. Say voodoo, Jess. Voodoo. See, I know some women. I know some women. You play with their kids. They're going to give you something to drink that will make you fart uncontrollably for duration to set spell. Okay, not no normal farts either.

The kind that are never silent, loud, aggressive, probably even burn a little when it passes through your anus. Can you imagine never being able to silently fart ever again? And every time you fart, it hurts. That's what would happen to you if you play with the wrong person's kid so you kind of got off easy okay lemon salt and vinegar that ain't nothing but a douche excuse me no it's not you put some salt in you yeah right pooch you'll be on fire okay no it's just vinegar it's vinegar and something else but it ain't no salt okay now what's now Jennifer's a nurse and she like you just said in, she said she knows the mixture to be non-toxic.

Correct. But the victim still got sick. Okay. You know why the victim got sick? Probably dehydrated. Little boy probably didn't have enough water in his system. That salt and vinegar dried his ass right up. But once again, you're lucky you didn't end up somewhere coughing up a frog, young man.

Okay. Stop stealing from people, young man. But that's not why we are here. We are here because as parents, as adults, we must make better decisions. We must make better choices because we must believe in the golden rule. Yes, what you do to someone will ultimately come back to you.

You shouldn't do to someone else's child what you wouldn't want done to yours. With that said, there was other ways to handle this situation. A phone call to the principal, a phone call to the teachers, a phone call to the child's parents. Better yet, pull up to the school and complain call to the teachers a phone call to the child's parents better yet pull up to the school and complain see the child's parents uh see the child's parents face to face and figure it out i know that sometimes you can't wait for others to do it you want to take things into your own hands i agree with that unless that thing

you're taking into your own hands is somebody else's child because now you got smoke with me as a parent okay i know that my son was a d head and he had no business stealing your child's drink but you don't have no business doing something that could potentially hurt my child now i need a piece of your hair okay i need a piece of your hair to take it to my doctor you know and one little mix one little mix walk up to you right after school and now i'm gonna have you sexually attracted to golden retrievers for the rest of your life or the duration of said spell please give jennifer lynn rossi the sweet sounds of the hamilton's fleece

oh now you areggie of the day. Yee-haw. Yee-haw. You got that stupid look on your face, Emory. You are totally wrong. Okay, talk to me. Okay, thank you. You gave the little boy who was hospitalized too much smoke.

First of all, what if he was poor and didn't have his own juice? You don't even know the situation. Why are you stealing from my kid and bullying my kid, though? Yeah, you can't steal from my kid. My kid ain't got no Gatorade. He thirsty all day long. Could you steal? We said bullying.

Bullying. That's what they call it, slightly bullying. Oh, because he stole a Gatorade. I guess he had been harassed. He always harasses the little boy. Oh, he harasses my son. He always harasses my son. My son a little short, little kid, can't fight back, can't do anything back.

I don't know if the little boy is short and all that. And if he said harassed, that means they probably complained before if he was harassed. So now I complain. They don't do nothing. And this little kid, your little son is still bullying my son. Stop stealing from people. I got something for you. Okay.

Now you're going to diarrhea all day. So this is built up. Yes. From, okay, the sort of little concoction. She probably complained and they did nothing. Okay. By the way, you shouldn't do stuff like that anyway, though. Anyway, what if of little concoction. She probably complained and they did nothing. Okay. By the way, you shouldn't do stuff like that anyway, though. Anyway, what if he was allergic to vinegar?

What if he was allergic to, like, what if he was allergic to any of this? Well, he shouldn't be stealing from my son and bullying my son. But she shouldn't be trying to hurt the other little boy, too. There's other ways to handle that. Jesus. She's a 45-year-old woman. This is 10-year-old kids we're talking about. Or teach your son how to kick him in the gonads or something.

That could work, too. You got to teach your kid to stick up for himself. He's trying to raise a little science and serial killer. Yeah, but what happens if I start with a little short little son and they're just big-ass football playing? I got to kick him in the nuts and then he drag my son all through the playground, make it worse. Well, you ain't kick him hard enough, dude. Were you bullied as a kid?

I was. Okay. Okay. You can't tell. I can now. Oh. Okay. You can't tell. I can now. Oh. Lord, somebody stole his juice. All right.

The mom messed up. The mom shouldn't have said, give the boy. The mom shouldn't have said nothing. The mom should have just... Yeah, like you can't do that. But you know he's going to snitch on you. Yeah. You know he's going to snitch and shouldn't have said nothing.

Like, I don't know what was in that Gatorade. He should have stolen the Gatorade. No, the mom shouldn't have did that to the little boy at all. Little boy. Ten-year-old child. The boy shouldn't be bullying my child. Sure, but there's other ways to handle that. All right.

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Thank you. Ernie will be joining us when we come back, of course. Winston Zettelmore, Ernie Hudson. They're relaunching Ghostbusters. It comes out next week, and we'll talk to them when we come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. That's right. The brother, Ernie Hudson. Welcome. Thank you.

Thank you. It's great to be here. Ghostbusters is back. Frozen Empire, March 22nd. That's right. The brother Ernie Hudson. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you. It's great to be here. Ghostbusters is back. Frozen Empire, March 22nd. That's right. Yeah. I saw it a couple days ago, and I'm excited about it. It's a good movie.

I think it's what the fans have been sort of hoping for since the first couple, I think. It's a big movie, and there's a lot going on, but I feel good about it. Now, let's talk about the legendary role in the Ghostbusters. Now, how did you get that role? We've seen you in the A-Team. We've seen you in Dukes of Hazzard. But how did you get the role for Ghostbusters? How did that come about?

Well, you had a movie called Space Hunter with Peter Strauss and Molly Ringwald back in 82. We shot in 82, came out in 83. And it was a big studio movie, but it didn't get the traction like a ghostbuster ivan reitman produced that movie harold ramus was one of the writers and a year later they were doing ghostbusters um i thought i'd automatically be able to get an audition but they refused to see me because the character in space hunter was just very different character he was bigger than life my head was shaved, you know. So I couldn't get an audition.

It took me months before I could get an audition for the film. And finally they saw me after it seemed like they'd seen everybody. And I knew I sort of did really well in the audition, but they had me come in maybe about six times, put me on screen test three times. And eventually, you know, I guess I just won out against a whole bunch of other folk who, you know, it was one of those things where you feel like people would rather have somebody else. But in case we can't find anybody else, we got Ernie over here.

And I always say by the time I got the part, it was like I couldn't even celebrate. You know, I'm like me and the kids were waiting to put you through everything so yeah I'm like you know yeah you know agents aren't you excited you got the role yeah but I mean it's been you know in three months did you feel like they wanted another white person or did you feel like it was race back then no well as a black man everything that's ever happened in my life I can attribute it to race on some level in my mind. I could do that if I wanted to, you know. But I also realize it's much more complicated than that.

I knew that they wanted a person of color because I think originally they thought about Eddie Murphy. Eddie had worked with Danny Aykroyd and that's what would have been. But Eddie was doing, I think, Beverly Hills Cop. So he was busy. So then it became, well, let's get some. So a lot of my, you know, Hispanic friends, it was seeing pretty much anybody. But so, yeah, so they were definitely wanted person of color. But the thing was in Space Hunter, the character is bigger than life.

And he was kind of a take charge guy. And I think they felt that wasn't the character to be with in this movie because he had to be, you know, that fourth man on the team and not, had Eddie Murphy done it, it would have been

a whole different, you know, different thing. So, you know, I don't know. You know, I always, in Hollywood,

I always say, you never know when you're working, you don't really know why you're working. And if you're not working, you'll never know why you're not working

because nobody will ever tell you the truth. Yeah, because the first bunch of advertisement, we didn't see the't see the brother right yeah we didn't see that brother at first we see the three white guys with the ghostbusters yeah yeah later on we started seeing the brother pop up so i was like that's what always made me feel like damn was it supposed to be another was black people don't sell overseas yeah no there was always an excuse you know um but i i've always attributed the work i do or in this business like when i was growing up you know trying to get a girlfriend you know sometimes you you know the girl she will let you sort of you know come over to the house but she ain't never gonna as we say she ain't

never gonna give you nothing but you ain't you ain't that guy you know what i'm saying but you think you are you keep going over there and hope. And I think with the studios, especially at that time, they kind of wanted you around to do your job, but not necessarily to be that front person because all the excuses, you know, sold overseas or whatever. So you're not intended to be that guy. It's not necessary to put you on the poster. It's not necessary to include you in the promotion. And that just was, you know, taken for granted. When did that start to change?

Because we've seen it change a little bit. And why did it change? Yeah, a huge change. And certainly in the past 15 years, you know, because, I mean, I see things on TV that if when I came out here in the 60s, you couldn't have even convinced me. You know, I see, you know, brothers and sisters producing. And, you know, not only sisters producing and, you know, not only was it not done,

we didn't even think it would be possible. So the assumption was they ain't never going to, whoever that big they is. And that was a big thing to overcome. It took a lot of younger generations

to come along and show us old guys that, yeah, no, no, you can ask, you can step up and it's possible but it took a while it felt like back then um it was it was it was much more organic too like now it feels like a lot of forced diversity yeah well you know once you sort of get an idea oh let's open it up then you go oh well yeah so everything is sort of um that's the original

that's that's you know what's serious and then you get a bunch of people imitating oh well if they made money doing that we don't oh if they did they had a black guy starring the thing then we can get one too but they got a creative guy they they there was a reason for him being there now it's just a matter of it wasn't just because he was black. Oh, we'll do that show and we'll get anybody. And sometimes I feel like the demand for skill and talent in some areas isn't as high. You know, some of it has to do with content. I mean, they make a lot of movies and TV shows. I don't know how people find stuff on TV.

There's a lot of it and some of it isn't very well thought out. That's very true. How did that ever get made? And who is this person and why is he where did he come from? So you're going to get a lot of that and maybe that's not a bad thing but the real creative stuff you know it you can feel

that you can see it and I hope we don't lose that because at a certain point that the people who will demand excellence and also I think sometimes I'm just speaking as an African American, sometimes we will, in the old days, we would do, well, if that's what they want to see,

I can do that too. And so we do a lesser version of our own story because we think that's what they want to see. So a lot of this changes. It's a lot of play, but it's moving, but it's, I think, moving in the right direction. And hopefully it doesn't change. We did Roots.

When Roots came out, it was the biggest television show in history. I mean, it was huge. And we got all excited because we thought, this is going to open the door. We're going to work now. And the door closed. Why do you think that was? After you've proven the success with the ratings, why wouldn't they make more of that? Yeah, you would think.

I don't know. I think it's a fear of losing. Fear of, we open that door and they're going to come through. This is just, you know, people ask me things and I answer, I don't know, I'm just telling you what I think. So it might be whatever. But I think it's a fear. It's a big fear of if I let you be all you can be,

then who's going to want me? Fear of a black planet. Yeah. I mean, it's like, you know, I mean, if the girl wants you, then why would she want me? You go, because you bring something too. You know,

it's the lack of confidence in what you bring. You know what I mean? You don't, that you, you're creative. You don't have to steal everything. Yeah.

The colonizer's going to colonize. That's right. You don't have to steal everything, but I can't help you. That's right. That's't have to steal everything but I can't help you. That's right. That's my nature. Andrew, let me get an education.

I'm not gonna kick you out of the space program. I mean, it's like, we can all play. All right, we got more

with Ernie Hudson when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy,

Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Ernie Hudson. He's from Ghostbusters movie that comes out next week. He's the brother. He's a black guy in Ghostbusters. When you got the script for Ghostbusters, what was your first reaction?

These big packs on your back and you're shooting ghosts. I don't know if you believe in ghosts or not. Did you say, this ain't going to do nothing? Or was it one of those things like, this could be a hit? Oh, man. When I got the script, I've been... Because you come out. You're always looking for that thing that that one you know that role

and i was a single dad after two sons i was raising and uh and you're always hoping for them you know dad is dad's going up for this dad's going up for that i got this script and i thought man if i get this role i mean it was a it was the role came in the very beginning of the movie and it was all the way through it was a great of the movie and it was all the way through. It was a great role. You knew it was a sequel. You knew this was going to be long-term.

I know this is going, I don't care if, we just do this. If they let me do this, the world is going to be a whole different place. And, I let my boys read it

and we all excited and I knew when I went into that audition, I'm, you know, it was one of those things where I'm, this is,

this is my moment. Then I went in and killed it. This is mine. This is yours. And then when it didn't happen, it was like, oh, you want me to come back again? It's like, I don't know what I could do different. So the original script was that.

Now by the time we got to the movie, the character had been basically cut down and there'd been a lot of changes you know and suddenly that wasn't a thing i signed up for so that was really disheartening remember what you got paid the first the first one yeah yeah i i don't think it's probably any secret and and i'm saying this because i look back on all this ghostbusters stuff as a real learning experience it was exactly what i needed to do to be able to be where I am now. So whatever

minimum was, I think probably for Ghostbusters I might have made $40,000 for the whole movie. What about merch? Y'all had toys. Y'all was on lunchboxes. I've seen my face everywhere, even to the point where you take my history, my personal history, and put it on the box.

But you sign these things, unless you know my personal history and put it on the box but you know you sign these things unless you got a real good attorney who can nail some things down you'll never see that money damn even for the merch would you like this yeah no you have you man get a proton pack let's shoot the studio up man come on you'll never see that money you never you'll never never see any of that now uh i will say the other guys in the movie, they had good attorneys. And so they have made a lot of money. You know, and now the audience don't know the difference. You know, they just assume certain things.

Relatives assume certain things. But then you but it's how do you make peace with yourself? I mean, how do you go? OK, I didn't handle that well, but how do I still feel good about myself? How do I still get up in the morning? How do I still, you know, keep stepping forward? And I think that's, you know, the key to, I have a lot of friends, a lot of people I've known who come out to Hollywood and after a few years they leave angry, you know,

and what the studio did and didn't do. And, you know, but that's not how i want to live my life you know i mean i want to you know i'm 78 years old i'm still want to be able to get up feel good and you know i want to have a good life and be an example of what's possible but so much of that brother you said 78 78 you look amazing you look good black man thank you thank you i uh whenever i say that and people don't say anything i have to say no, yeah, I'm very blessed. But I also know that we when I was a kid, my grandmother taught me that Jesus says he's the light of the world, but we're all the lights of the world. And so we have a responsibility to be an example of what's possible.

So whether I'm in this business or just in life, you you want to show up you know showing what's possible you know that you know and uh you know you see it and you glow and whatever and that yeah that's what god can do as opposed to you know in this country maybe in the world you know people of color certainly african-americans africans um you know we we try they try to sell on how much less. So you definitely want to step up and be all that you can be in spite of what the circumstances look like. I want to ask about what, what did you think about the all women's Ghostbusters? Well,

reviews weren't too great. Well, I, you know, we had a different time when, then I grew up, you know, and it's a lot about empowering women.

And I, I, I don't have a problem with that. I think that's a good thing, but how we do it to be, you know, discussed. I, I, I didn't mind the all women that. I think that's a good thing. But how we do it could be discussed. I didn't mind the all-women Ghostbusters as much as I didn't think it should be a reboot. Just make another movie.

I mean, it's been 30 years. You don't got to do the same story. So that was my biggest complaint. All the women in it were brilliant and funny, and I'm a fan of all of theirs. I just thought it was executed differently than I would have done it. And the fans were expecting something different. I don't think it's a terrible movie.

Actually, it's kind of fun, but I don't think it was what the fans were expecting. And I think the movie after that, movie Afterlife, Ghostbusters Afterlife, was kind of a reintroduction to the original idea of Ghostbusters. And I think in this one coming out is now we're into, we step further into it. How is it continuing of Ghostbusters. And I think in this one coming out is now we're into,

we step further into it. How was it continuing the Ghostbusters franchise without Howard Ramis? Well, you know, Harold was, Harold was the glue. He was the magnet that held everybody together because everybody had their personalities and people would sort of go in different direction. But Harold just had that way of pulling, keeping things on course and keeping things together. And for a lot of things that came up for me,

a lot of that sort of learning we talked about, Harold was always a guy who would just go, hey, Ernie, just, you know, and he would kind of explain things. So, yeah, you know, for me, Ghostbusters, I started, we talked about how the movie was kind of disappointing

because they cut a lot of the parts. And over the years, what I do like about the franchise is Winston, who sort of came in looking for a job. The line was there, steady paycheck, and I believe anything you say. To, you know, over the years, he's become a billionaire. And now he owns the Ghostbusters franchise. And he's now kind of the nick fury of the ghostbusters and he's taken into another level uh he's interested in the science of what's really behind the ghosts and so there's a another level to winston that i appreciate the fact that they introduce and uh it makes him more of an

interesting interesting guy to play so what is the Empire about? And for some of the younger generation that might not have seen the original Ghostbusters, do they have to see the originals to understand Frozen Empire? No, no, I don't think so. I think it's definitely for the fans. But yeah, no, I think the movie stands up, you know, on its own.

Obviously, we're the legacy. Us old Ghostbusters, you know, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Annie Potts. We're sort of there. But there's a new team, a new family that we met in the Ghostbusters afterlife. But it's, yeah, it's kind of blending the two. It's kind of a nice. But I hope this opens the door to move into other areas.

I mean, every culture has its ghost stories. And, you know, all over the world I'd like to see that. And I'd like to see some serious ghostbusters where we could deal with some not-so-funny demons that a lot of people believe in and live their lives

by. So I'd like to, I think it has a lot of possibilities. We'll see what happens. Do you believe in ghosts? Yeah, well, I believe that there are other dimensions. I think we only have five senses senses if it doesn't show up in one of those five senses we don't even know it's there so there's a lot more going on i think we all know that i agree we're finding rays and things that we didn't even know existed i don't know how the telephone gets through the walls but it's it's happening so as we discover more but yeah i believe that uh i don't believe this is the end of our existence you know yeah i've you know i grew up in a culture that believed

uh and i've always believed that i'm i've been guided by you know ancestors you know family you know i think we i think i think we're not in this alone and i think unfortunately some people don't understand i think if people believe that they would probably make better choices oh 100 i always want to know the theme song yeah ray parker ray parker jr that theme song was so big it's probably one of the biggest theme songs when it came down do you know how that came about or was that just the producers or it had so much soul back then i mean it was yeah yeah no i well i don't think you can separate the movie from the song no way at all i mean i think the studios probably would have liked to have done something else but it's just it you know it's in the dna you know and ray parker you know who wrote the song i i think he and i don't

know the whole deal but i think maybe the studio didn't expect it to be the song and probably gave him a lot more of the rights than they expected. He's doing very, very well. So, you know, I can walk into his foyer of his house and I go, okay, you got paid. You got a better deal than I did. No, I've seen some stories about Ray Park and that song. He made some money oh yeah yeah he'll be in town actually he'll be in town so uh he's a good dude too so i'm very happy he's right i think he wrote mr telephone man like he's he gets busy yeah yeah well we appreciate you

joining us i know you got to go and good luck the movie comes out march 22nd indeed ghostbusters the frozen empire ernie hudson thank you for joining us i appreciate you guys thank you for having me yes sir thank you it's you. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. We are The Breakfast Club. DJ MB, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the God. And let's get to Jess with the mess. Okay, y'all.

After getting off the phone with, you know, some of my people at MRI. It's the hospital in Manchester, Royal Infirmary. Two women died after being served chicken mayo sandwiches at a hospital in 2019. Now, they died from listeria. Both women had underlying health issues, and they died days later. This all happened while there was a nationwide alert for a listeria breakout. For those who don't know what listeria is, I'm coming, I'm coming. It's a bacteria that contaminates food.

Listeria itself isn't fatal, but it can cause an illness called Listeriosis Which can be Which can be fatal for people with weakened Immune systems alright So the source of the bacteria was linked To an external food supplier Not the hospital kitchen because I know y'all probably like Well if the sandwiches came from inside The hospital that's exactly what I thought but

After you know meeting with my team Of researchers there right It's not going It's not going in. It's not going on the hospital because they get is going going on who they get their food from an external food supplier. North Country Quality Foods, not the kitchens at the hospital. They're putting together a jury of five men and two women, which began on Monday. So it's still going on now. North Country Quality Foods supplied the chicken to the good food chain, the sandwich makers. All right.

So they are the sandwich makers. And look, the good food chain made up to 40,000 sandwiches a day, supplying around 70 hospitals. Now, listen, the victims. One victim was a Jamaican 56-year-old retired nurse with breast cancer. She died two days later sorry yes absolutely and her healing energy it can't you can't send a healing energy listen listen or family he met her family oh my god england okay listen the other was an 84 year old retired chemist shop assistant she had a weak immune too. Neither of them had any other notable reasons

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Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was called a moment. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts yeah i'm sorry for that family and their losses but why why that story from 2019 what what i'm just asking because all right listen so it links to the recall world y'all hysteria has is trying to take over again right okay okay

that's what i'm saying that's why i don't understand let it finish okay on donkey today do i chime in on what's going on? No, I'm just asking questions. No, only when you ask me questions. I didn't ask you nothing. So the recall world, and this may affect your household too. Shredded bags of cheese from the Sargento brand is being recalled to because it contains Listeria as well. Got you.

Yep, the turkey sausage. They put turkey sauce. What the hell? From the Johnsonville brand and the Dole salad kits. Yup, the turkey sausage. They put turkey sauce. What the hell? From the Johnsonville brand and the Dole salad kits. They're all containing Listeria. Got you. So now I'm picking up what you're putting down. So you've been picking it up.

I don't know what's wrong with you. All you have to do is listen. Just have to listen. It's not a finish. And then it's like, why is there so many recalls on our food supply? So that's also telling us something as well. I believe it's population control and it's other ways for the um what is this come on pregnancy senses don't take over right now

hospital to make money okay to make more more more money okay okay right i like the i like the tin foil poo shysty mask you got on right now thank you so much yes yeah so be proud of me and just shut up all right that's just what it is, y'all. So, you know, prayers up to their family. But y'all need to really, really think about the stuff that y'all are shopping for. Because I don't know, like, why they're contaminating our food so much. That's what we really need to be worried about. We feed Sargento cheese, bags of shredded cheese, the Mexican cheese, like, to our families, our kids, and all of that.

They care about capitalism. So, you know, everybody's just trying to make money. So they're throwing all types of products and everything in the food. All types of chemicals and all kinds of other stuff. It's just really, really horrible. I like your UK sources, though. Thank you. I'll be back with more UK news tomorrow, Charlemagne.

I hope this ain't just London feeding you stuff. What? London. Who's London? Anyway, Portia Williams. So I have a theory on what's going on. You know London? Anyway, Portia Williams. So I have a theory on what's going on. You know, my opinion. Portia.

Yes, Portia is experiencing some type of karma right now. I know she's going to be mad. Karma. That's all right. Karma. Karma. Yeah. Fallon Painter used to be, you know, Fallon Goubadia, right?

She was married to Simon Goubadia before Portia. Fallon and Portche were on the real housewives of atlanta together most people believe that porsche played phelan to get next to her husband because when they was introduced phelan bought porsche to her house right and whole time she was out to get her husband okay okay now porsche is experiencing the same thing porsche's divorce is with simon even isn't even final what the hell is y'all writing porsche's divorce with simon isn't even final and people are already connecting him to another woman right but now this has not been like this hasn't been confirmed or whatever he was on a boat chatting with a woman or whatever

but apparently that's his next victim and this is a woman that a lot of people because he's not telling these women that he is a scammer. Is he? Okay, allegedly. Okay. That's what, you know, with my sources, I feel like, but this is my thing.

Portia, you were so happy to get married to this man or whatever, and you didn't find out what he did. Now, I understand. That's why, at first I thought it was for a storyline for her to come back to the Real Housewives of Atlanta,

but I feel like she just didn't check she didn't know she was so happy you know they had like four or five weddings who paid for that you know she's on vacation

every week who's paying for that you know all types of stuff is going on you know you didn't like what do he do

now he said that he works in oil and all of that right but it's just giving scam all types of scam and now that she's married to him and he's in all this debt you know no I'm not gonna put because i'm a little bit of nigerian too and i don't appreciate

you saying that okay you know but now that it's coming out he got all his debt and stuff she's married to him so she don't want any of her money being taken away and i'm like that so she bounced yes she bounced but she wouldn't be going through this had she gotten to know the man before she married before she married him instead of just wanting to be in that lifestyle. You know what I'm saying? That's what it is. So that's my theory and y'all don't have to say nothing. And that is just with the mess.

You know people are going to say something. They're going to be all in the comments. Well, that's on them. Well, it doesn't matter. I have sources. Alright. Well, that's just with the mess when we come back we got the people's choice mix let's go you're checking out the breakfast club it's woman's history month and we're celebrating the most influential women in

history check out this phenomenal woman morning everybody is dj nv jess hilarious charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club is women's Month, and we are repping Young M.A. today. Yes, I love her name, look, so I'm going to say it again, Katora Casanova Marrero, better known as Young M.A. Alright, so she has been repping the rainbow flag proudly. In fact, she told us, The Breakfast Club, that she knew she was gay around the first grade the Brooklyn native has been rapping from the age of 9 and has released two mixtapes before her 2016 single

Ooh we love that song we love that song about her no that's not what we say we just say Ooh

that's it that's pretty much it the song peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went platinum five times I love her so much

I really love how you rapping for the studs this week. Absolutely. It is definitely a stud week. People don't really acknowledge the studs like they should. They don't give studs the respect they deserve, even though I think studs are toxic. You know what I mean? You think all studs are toxic?

Not all, but man, have you ever seen two studs in a relationship? Two scorned studs? That is not. What do you mean two scorned studs in a relationship? Who do you know? You know these people? I know scorned studs. Who've not... What do you mean two scorn studs in a relationship? Who do you know? You know these people? I know scorn studs. Who been in a relationship with each other?

With each other, man. Oh, my God. You don't see that? No, that's like Young M.A. and Snoop going together. That's what I'm saying. So imagine how that would be. Can you just imagine? I don't want to imagine.

No, no, no. That's crazy. Well, salute to Ellen DeGeneres who you gave... You rep Monday. That was Monday. Tuesday was Snoop. It was Snoop, who you gave, you rep Monday. That was Monday. Tuesday was Snoop. It was Snoop, yeah. And today is Young M.A.

Young M.A. Can't wait for tomorrow. Yes. I can't even tell you all tomorrow, because this one is a real good one. Okay. All right. When we come back, we got the positive notice. The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. It's time to get up out of here. Charlamagne. Yes. I want to remind y'all,

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JessalarisOfficial.com. Crazy part is, I think they can only get tickets for your tables. Oh my god. Yeah, it's only tables, so it's only like tables. Okay, Crazy part is, uh, I think they can only get tickets for your tables. Oh my God. Yeah, it's only tables. So it's only like tables. Okay.

Y'all. So, um, my new manager just yeah. Well tell people, stop calling you. I came in here early.

I was like, Hey y'all, y'all, I'm about to do shows. And I just got booked in Columbia, South Carolina. He was like,

I know they caught me. Boy, I call you. That's how you post everybody around the world. They Carolina. He was like, I know they called me. Boy, ain't nobody call you. They did. You ain't supposed to know. Everybody around the world. Boy. But they said, how can we get to Jess Hilarious? Because she's been down there before.

But I guess the old manager isn't there anymore. So the new one don't have... I used to belong to another agency, but they merged and they went all over the place. So that's probably why. They didn't know how to get to her. Child, that's what you want to be so bad.

I'm like, no, I'm not giving you no money. I just connected them to our manager. Okay. Thank you. Positive note is this. People grow when they are loved well. If you want to help others heal, love them without an agenda. Have a nice day.

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