The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Will Smith Finally Addresses Jada Pinkett Onstage, Gucci Mane Denies Fan Who Tried Rapping For Him,Jussie Smollett Enters Rehab After "Extremely Difficult" Past Few Years + More(Guest Host: Jess Hilarious)

Episode Date: October 19, 2023

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But what better place than here? I think everybody should go on The Breakfast Club and start with that if you want to shake it up. Good morning, USA! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It's Thursday. Hey, Jess Hilarious is back. What up, Jess? What's up, y'all? How y'all doing? Good morning, Jess Hilarious.

Oh, you got another little thing going? That's a cup. So, this is a cup. But you said every day you're going to switch it? Every day I'm going to switch it up and have my cup match either my nails or my outfit. Which one to match today? Your nails. Yes. Your nails. What's the R stand for? Oh, my God. Rutgers for or my outfit. Which one did Mitch do? Your nails. Yes. Your nails.

What's the R stand for? Oh, my God. Rutgers for you. Robin. My middle name. Oh. I can look like a dumbass. Did you say Rutgers?

Rutgers. Oh, no. Oh, Rutgers. Oh, that's what it really stands for? That's what it really stands for, but I thought you could, but your middle name is R, so that's why you got it. Oh, all right. So it's going to be for Robin today.

Shut up. I didn't know that's what it was for. I got this at a rest time. Yeah, Rutgers, because Rutgers in Jersey So it's going to be for Robin today. Shut up. I didn't know that's what it was for. I got this at a rest stop. Yeah, at Rutgers. Because Rutgers and Jersey. That's like the big college in Jersey. I went with my boyfriend to work one day, right? Because, you know, he drives trucks or whatever.

And then, yeah, we stopped. Y'all just went for a drive. We stopped. What'd you say? Y'all just went for a ride then. No, we didn't. He was working. And I was just there with him.

Yeah, I just wanted to see what it's like. You know, I would never bring him to work with me. How far did you go? I just wanted to see. How far did y'all go? Jersey. That's the only place I can go. From D.C. to see what it's like. You know, I would never bring him to work with me. How far did you go? How far did y'all go? Jersey. That's the only place I can go. From D.C. to Jersey.

That's it. And then back. Real trip. So that's a Rutgers University Cup. Yeah, that's Rutgers. Oh, yes. Go Rutgers. I didn't even know that.

Is that HBCU? No, it's not HBCU. I already knew. I was just making sure y'all. Oh, my goodness. Yo, look, real quick. Yes. Yo, the Jenkins community is definitely canceling.

No. What happened? They protesting you? Yo, yes. First of all, I made fun of someone's divorce. You didn't make fun of nobody's divorce. You were talking about making fun of a black last name. Yes.

And I'm like, first of all, I'm black, so I can do that. And, you know, make fun of a black last name. It was like, it's hella Jenkins in my DMs. Like, oh, yeah, we hope you da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Jenkins is pissed off at you? Yes, all the Jenkins, a lot of Jenkins. And I'm like, wow, first of all, I can see if the Asians had a problem with me, but not the Jenkins. All I saw was a bunch of Fergusons and Washingtons upset because they said they got the blackest last name.

No, Jones, Jones was real mad. Like, the Joneses was like, whoa, how you going to? See, Jones is, I think white people, I think Joneses. Remember they always say you want to keep up with the Joneses? You know what I mean? You think middle class, suburban. Mrs. Jones. That's what I was saying.

Yeah. And the Joneses is just the real popular black people. The real popular black people. You want to keep up with the black Joneses. I think Washington, Jenkins. Jackson. Jackson. Washington, Jenkins. Jackson. Jackson. Jefferson, too.

Really, all the names after presidents. Oh, my God. Because we all come through the slave masters. You know what I mean? Most of the presidents have the president's last names.

Jackson, Johnson, definitely. Jackson, Johnson, Washington, Jenkins. Yeah. Now, Jeannie Jefferson. Jeannie Jefferson would be crazy. Uh-huh. Yeah.

I'm like, uh-uh. Uh-uh. You have to take his last name. I mean, her last name. Uh-uh. Don't even do that to her. Jeannie Jefferson. But no, I was not making fun of anybody's divorce.

I don't do that. I don't do that. I give everybody who's going through a divorce grace. You didn't. Yep. She lied. No, she didn't. She was just talking last names.

Now, Malcolm Gladwell will be joining us this morning. He just released a six-part series on his podcast, Revisionist History. That's what it's called? Yes, and it's about gun violence, actually. It's about what America gets wrong about guns. Just don't think Malcolm Gladwell know anything, but we'll talk about it. Whoa. I did not say that.

I just said he's Canadian. He's Jamaican. He couldn't really yeah that too still not American but he couldn't really answer what we needed he's one of the most brilliant people in the world I didn't say he wasn't I just asked him some questions he's a very thoughtful person so it's like when you ask him certain things he thinks about it or he'll just let you know, that's not me. I'm Canadian. Yeah. Or sometimes he'll think and then just still won't answer the question.

Yeah. Jesus Christ. All right. Great interview, though. Well, let's get the show cracking. Front page news. Tesla Figaro will be joining us. It's the Breakfast Local Morning.

Oh, my God. This is my song. More than anybody. You got to see SZA in concert. I know. Me and Nile were supposed to go. I went to the SOS tour two weeks ago. Fantastic.

You really be up in these concerts, boo. What? My oldest daughter was a big SZA fan. He always liked to put it on the floor. Nah, nah, nah. He be fronting sometimes because he was supposed to go see Beyonce. He ain't go see Bey. No, I wanted to go see Beyonce.

But if you leave it up to me, I'm not going. But my daughter is at that age where she like to go to concerts and stuff. And you leave it up to me I'm not going But my daughter is at that age Where she likes to go to concerts And stuff And you didn't go to Renaissance? No Are you going to the movie? Because you know she's dropping

The whole movie situation I might For the people who Did not go to the movie I'll probably see I'm sure Beyonce Is going to keep her tour going next year Just out the country

I'll go check it I'll catch it somewhere Okay Alright That's how you talk When you got money I'll catch it No that's not true I'll catch it in Australia You know what I mean When she's in South Africa I'll catch it somewhere. Okay. All right. That's how you talk when you got money. I'll catch it. No, that's not true.

I'll catch it in Australia. You know what I mean? When she hit South Africa, I'll check it. I'll catch it in Nigeria. I'll be honest with you. South Africa in 20... What was that? When she did Global Citizen.

Talk that talk. I know. That's right. And I still ain't get the Turks yet. All right. Y'all go ahead. All right. Good morning.

We are The Breakfast Club. Jess Hilarious is here. And let's get in some front page news. What up, Tiz? What's going on, DJ Envy? Good morning, gorgeous. Jess and Uncle Snacks, Charlamagne Tha God. Peace, Taz. Alright, now last night, the Aces beat the Liberty. They are a two-peater, so congratulations to the Aces, Los Angeles, or Vegas Aces.

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Now Biden is giving some money, huh? $100 million? Yep. $100 million. America has obviously figured out how to send more money overseas. Some folks agree with it, some don't. But he announced $100 million will be going to humanitarian relief, which some folks are pleased about that. And he also pledged his loyalty to Israel.

Let's take a listen. Today I'm also announcing $100 million in new U.S. funding for humanitarian assistance in both Gaza and the West Bank. This money will support more than one million displaced and conflict-affected Palestinians, including emergency needs in Gaza. I'm here to tell you, the terrorists will not win. Freedom will win. So let me end where I began.

Israel, you're not alone. The United States stands with you. Listen, whatever you have to do to keep global stability in America, do it. But when I hear... A hundred million. When I hear the president say things like, you know, we can take care of both, you know, Ukraine, you know, and Israel, you know, and Palestine. Because they're Palestine getting it back, too. I'm like, well, can somebody take care of America?

Yeah, that's what seems so crazy. When you look at how many people are homeless and you look at how many people are struggling, how many people lost their jobs and can't get by, and you see the president talking about $100 million. I don't have, listen, take care of other countries, you know, for global stability. I'm cool with that. But can you take care of America as well? You know what I mean, I'm starting to realize American foreign policy priority is not everyday American people's priority.

It's really just that simple. Yes. And Republican presidential candidate Governor Ron DeSantis disagrees with sending the money for different reasons. But I want you to take a listen to what he had to say. And I want to give you some more information on the warning that President Biden entered to Hamas. But let's listen quickly to what Ron DeSantis had to say. He's sending $100 million to the Gaza Strip for, quote, humanitarian assistance. The problem with that is Hamas runs the Gaza Strip. That is going to be commandeered by Hamas. And oh, by the way, Hamas is still holding people hostage. They're still holding Americans hostage.

I would not send that money. And I've actually challenged all the other Republican presidential candidates to step up to the plate and join me in saying, don't send money to Hamas. Hey, man. Oh, go ahead, Ted. Go ahead, Charlamagne. No, I was just going to say, you you know you got money for war but can't feed the poor like pock said you know the money spent on the military money spent on foreign policy all of our tax dollars that could be used on struggling americans like i said i'm all for

you know doing what you got to do to keep global stability in america but you got to take care of home first man absolutely home is not being taken care of first so while he's encouraging presidential candidates to step up to the plate and say don't send send the money remember the actual republicans that can actually probably stop this or vote against this still don't have a speaker of the house so i just want to remind you of that you know every day uh jim jordan he tried yesterday again to be voted in the speaker of the house and actually did worse than he did on tuesday 20 people voted against him on tuesday yesterday 22 people voted against him so uh he is not growing in popularity. So again, no speaker of the House. I want people to, I keep saying it every day, guys, because I want people

to understand that if we, this government shutdown, we're in the middle still of a shutdown. That was just a pause that we had and it will affect, it will trickle down and affect jobs. And so this is a big deal to not have a speaker of the House. And also, President Biden, in that clip you heard earlier, he went on to issue a warning to Hamas, saying that if Hamas diverts or steals any of the assistance, because this is supposed to go to the Palestine people. He said this will demonstrate once again that they have no concern for the welfare of the Palestinian people and they will end it as a practical matter so again a lot of conversation about that saying you know you're sending it over there but then you're also saying that if hamas intervenes the people the citizens won't get the help that they need so there's a conversation about that was saying well you know are you why won't you continue to help the people regardless of what hamas is doing which people consider a terrorist group so uh there's a lot of people feeling a lot um what you guys said would have make sure you send money to american uh pro-palestinian people are

saying you're doing this with strings attached so you're really not trying to help palestinian people and then of course republicans are saying don't do it at all because uh it's no point and question where do they send that money when they send it to palestine they cash out people they can send it to the government probably send it to the government or the humanitarian aid, whoever's the aid out there with the hospitals or supplies. I guess they break it down to a bunch of different places.

I just wonder, how do they know the money is given to the people who actually need it? They didn't Venmo it. They didn't say Venmo. You sure? I'm positive.

You sure? Crazy. I'm not sure. I know. All right. Well, that is your front page news. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051 if you need to vent hit us up right now again 800-585-1051 is the breakfast club good morning

this is your time to get it off your chest 800-585-1051 we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. for what's happening. Hit him in it. Why does that sound like Jeff talking? Because that's what it says. How you doing? Oh, man, look who they done dragged up this morning. Look who they done dragged in this morning. Hey, Jeff. Mm-hmm.

And what's that? What you got to say about it? Ain't got nothing to say about it. Not now. Maybe tomorrow. Okay, okay. Because I got something

to talk about right now. Okay, I want to talk about Young Jock. Oh, my God. What Young Jock do? Who that be Young Jock? One thing I don't do is ever call men And speak on behalf of entire communities But today I'm calling them

And speaking on behalf of the entire Gay, bisexual Whatever you are community Why you didn't say the alphabet Why you didn't say the LGBTQ The entire LaVicatia community The entire LaVicat community. I'm speaking on behalf. He said that

he can't perform for the LGBT community because he is scared that men are going to be looking at him with lustful eyes. So I'm speaking on behalf of the entire community. Young Joc, nobody's looking at you with lustful eyes in the gay community.

Meet me at the band. Don't perform your song. It's going down. Y'all think nobody will pay you no money. I mean, if you do his, if he do say it's going down now, what would you think, Trav? Ain't nobody looking at Young Jock like that. I promise you, Trav, you can come perform.

Everybody's going to party with you, and you can go home. Right. All right. Right. I'm sure Young Jock appreciates your vote of confidence, Trav. I know he's getting up getting ready for his

morning show that nobody's gonna listen to, but that's what we can do. People do listen to Jock's morning show. His morning show does well in Atlanta.

Oh, okay. All right. Jock and Miss Shanika. And that's the right place. That is, I wonder how they feel about that in Atlanta when I think about that.

They listen. His radio show does great. His radio show does great. What you mean? I wonder, they feel about that in Atlanta when I think about that they listen his radio show does great his radio show does great what you mean like I wonder because Atlanta's a very gay city yeah

well I he probably his phone line is probably going I know I will say this but a lot of hold on one second Alex

go ahead a lot of alright so a lot of gay men I mean a lot of straight men do think that gay men always want them that's not the case that's not the case but, a lot of straight men do think that gay men always want them. That's not the case.

That's not the case. But here's the thing. Straight men think all women want them, too. You know what I'm saying? Well, yeah. You know what I mean? So it's the straight men. It's the straight men fault.

Yeah, it is. Straight men just think everybody want them. Everybody want them. Charlamagne want me. That's right. You ain't straight. Listen. You ain't straight.

How you doing, Alex? You're actually crooked. You crooked. And you dirty. too crooked, niggas. This is crazy. Oh, God. Hold on, Alex, man. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

If you need to hit us up 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. The Breakfast Club. How you guys doing? I'm good, brother. Get it off your chest, Alex. All right. So I just want to know, because I'm currently in the U.S. military. I'm a veteran. And that $100 million kind of triggered me, that vitamin. And I should probably be saying this, but I'm going to say it anyway. The VA hospitals just don't, you know, look out for us veterans that actually went overseas

and protected the United States. It's crazy as hell that you just give $100 million and never take her care home or even leave the veterans. Listen, man, and that's why when Donald Trump says things like America first, you know,

whether he believes that or not, whether he's really telling the truth about that, it hits. People do. It hits, you know what I mean? The fastest way to lose support is when you're not taking care of home. Period. Yeah, exactly.

And I just have one more thing before we hang up. So I'm a good candle guy as well that drops off the candles. I'm also the veteran and stuff like that. I did an HBCU and a mental health candle that I want to give some of the proceeds to like HBCUs and mental health can do. I want to give some of the proceeds to HBCUs and mental health. I just want to know if y'all be able to help support it. Are you the guy that made the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants can do and everything? Yes, he is. Yes.

You got to do something with your wick. You don't really have the little, when you light it. It's called a wick. Yeah, it doesn't burn too good. Yeah, the wick ain't long enough. Yeah, I changed the w. It's called a wick. Yeah, it doesn't burn too good. Yeah, the wick ain't long enough. Yeah, I changed the wick now to a wood wick. Yeah, I need a longer wick. Charlamagne needs a longer wick. He said he got the long, thick

wood wicks. You want the... No, that's what he said. Charlamagne wants the long wood wick. Man, shut up, y'all. That's what you said. I put the thicker wood wick in it now because I was hearing those things. I got a hoodie on because you said you do what?

I do the candles. So, I did a mental health candle with some fave. No, we heard that before. We heard that before. We were talking about the wicks. Oh, the wicks. I put, I got now wood wicks. Okay.

The wood wicks. That I put in the candles because it's so it can burn evenly and stronger. He needs a stronger wood wick, sir. Oh, yeah, he got the strong wood. Yeah, bring it up here, bro. Yeah. Bring it up here. Bring the wood up here, bro.

The strong wood. No wood to burn it out. All right, brother, you have a good one, man. I love candles. Y'all have a good one. I'm at that age where candles are

a very meaningful gift. Yeah. Salute to the young ladies who gave me some candles at the Mental Wealth Expo. I can't remember their names right now. Shout out to y'all tomorrow. All right.

Well, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now, we got rumors on the way. What are we talking about? Oh, my God. It's so crazy. What? What are we talking about?

We're going to find out right when we come back. That means she ain't even put it together. She ain't ready yet. She ain't going to freestyle. That's all right. It's all good. That's what we're going to do.

Jazz with the Mess is coming up, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. We're working on any beat. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. We're going to be on any beat. The Breakfast Club. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you.

Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best and you're gonna 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. own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe owned country. My forefathers did that themselves. 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!

We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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, entrepreneurs, and more.

After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens so if you love hearing real inspiring stories from the people you know follow and admire join me every week for post run high it's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all it's light-hearted pretty crazy and very fun listen to post run high on the iheart Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, this is Justin Richmond, host of the Broken Record Podcast.

Every week, I or my co-host, Leah Rose, sit down with the artists you love to get unparalleled creative insight. Now we have a special series where we speak with the artists behind one of the most influential jazz labels of the 20th century, Blue Note Records. You'll hear from artists like nine-time Grammy award-winning Noah Jones, John Mellencamp and Madonna collaborator Michelle Indegiocello, and from the legendary Ron Carter, former member of the Miles Davis Quintet, who's also played with Herbie Hancock, and on Gil Scott Heron'sons the revolution will not be televised join us over at broken record to hear stories behind the legendary label listen on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts

so y'all this is quest love and i'm here to tell you about a new podcast i've been working on with the story pirates and john glickman Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records

brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.

Check it. 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. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God, Jess Hilarious. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to Jess with the mess. News is real.

I'm Jess Hilarious, Jess Hilarious, Jess for Robin Moore. Jess don't do no lying. This is the Rumor Report. I don't do that. It's just for the mess. On the Breakfast Club. I don't do that. Stop. It's just for the message. I know it's a rumor. On The Breakfast Club. I know they know the difference.

Stop. Okay, so Tyler Perry is building a five-bedroom home for a 93-year-old woman fighting land developers who attempted to bully and intimidate her into selling her family property. That's right. That's in South Carolina. Yes. We talked about that a couple months ago they were trying to take a property away because they wanted to build something on it a roadway or a highway or something they were trying to build on it i believe and yeah that's dope tyler perry salute to tyler perry yes how's that guy he is that guy i just want to know why this 93 year

old woman needs a five bedroom home grandkids it's the grandkids that's what no for us yeah it's the grandkids for the grandkids i was ready to say i'm ready to move i'm not hey you know i'm blessing i just want to know i'm like okay what he putting up united you might not want to spend your last days in one room you might want to go from room to room but it is for the grandkids though yeah okay okay so it's okay so y'all did cover this before when no not this but the woman who was getting yeah we covered that before yeah that they were trying to take a property and doing everything to try to get get a property out of there yeah my guy macari sellers is representing her so i've been following that kid where do people so what do you do when people do that

though i mean i know that happens in certain states but like well you you there's nothing you can do like well you gotta fight it out that you gotta fight it and most times people can't afford an attorney so you know the people that are trying to get that property to build whatever they want to build or whether it's a highway a roadway or a duplex or whatever it is because she's on a great piece of land and most people can't afford it so bakari is he's doing a pro bono right i'm gonna be honest with you he's doing a pro bono i just don't remember the details of the situation yeah i just know what they're doing to her is wrong okay people are intervening even if she owns her property though they still can

i don't know if it's as property or the taxes don't give me the line because i don't remember okay okay no i mean just not even specific to the story i've heard stories like this before like they can actually take your property even if you own your house. I can't remember what the law is but if they need that land for

some type of development a lot of times they can take it and move you someplace else. You gotta fight it. America. Alright.

Will Smith says he'll support Jada for the rest of his life. Yes. Jada participated in Brown Lecture Series at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore last night. She was there to talk about her book, Worthy. And Will was there with their kids. Will was in Baltimore?

Will was there. He was all on stage. How you make it sound like Will can't be in Baltimore? I just seen a video. It looked like he was in Iceland or one of those places. He got a plane. Okay. Yeah, a couple.

Yeah, you know. But, yep, he was on stage with his wife and their kids last night. He was standing there supporting her. We have audio. Here's what he said. Can you love somebody forever no matter what? Dang. Old boy was like, eh.

I saw you, man. I saw your face. no matter what hey oh boy was like you know can you show up and love somebody for the rest of your life even when you don't agree with there ain't nobody on earth except you mommy you want me mama Except you, mommy. You, mommy. My mommy. Almost messed up. Almost messed up. Jade is the best friend I have ever had on this planet. I am going to show up for her and support her for the rest of my life. Well, they already told us we ride together, we die together, bad marriage for life. They told us that already. They didn't say bad marriage for life. They did say that already. They didn't say bad marriage for life. They did say that.

They said that on Red Table Talk, and then they gave each other a pound. They said bad marriage for life? Yes. Bad marriage for life? They said we ride together, we die together, bad marriage for life. Yes. I can't believe you. They was trolling.

I don't care what you believe. They was trolling. I'm telling you the truth right now. So it's up to you whether you believe me or not. But you should believe me even when I'm lying. But here's the thing. We don't know these people. We only get bits and pieces of their life life so we truly don't know their dynamic

but it clearly works for them so god bless yeah i mean yeah it clearly does uh jada was it was actually a video we only hear the audio here but the video um that you know the three kids are to the left or the right of them or whatever and then j will and jada and it's right there he's saying what he's saying and jada's looking up like, okay. It's so funny how they're looking. But when he asked the first question, he asked the crowd, can you love someone forever no matter what? I don't agree with that. I think that love without limits thing, unconditional love, there have to be some conditions, right?

He means what he says, though. If you hear it, can you? And he repeats it. And he looks in the eyes of the people. Like, yo, can you really love somebody forever, no matter what? I think you can love the person, but that don't mean that you and that person necessarily are still good for each other in a relationship. Or in love, but you can love somebody. That's right. You might separate from the person and still love them.

But you don't have to be in love with them. Yeah, because even the crowd was like, no. We can't. We can't. They in Baltimore. They like, no. We can't. I think you can love them, but that don't mean you got to be with them. You know what I mean?

Or still share space with them in a relationship. You can still love that person. Right. But you don't have to be in love with them. Yeah. You might even still still share space with them in a relationship you can still love that person right you know but you don't have to be in love with them yeah you might even still

be in love with them you just might not be in a relationship yeah yeah it was interesting to see you know

their kids there and they were happy and all smiling as families are supposed to do you know what I mean but it was interesting because an insider

of the Pinkett Smith family reported that Jayden and Willow feels bad for their dad because of all the stories about their relationship in the blogs, you know, being told by their mom. But

I don't know how true that is because they was right there. Like, you know, I'm not saying that they still support their mom regardless. They might not like it but they still gonna be there to show up for mom. Yeah, definitely gonna be there to show up for mom. But, um, I don't know. I don't know, like,'t know how Willow and-

What don't you know, Jess? Willow and Jayton, if they- If they- If they what, Jess? Really feel bad for their dad. Yeah, leave Jess alone. I mean, it's like, because listen, they get to see everything. Right.

They see, I don't know if they still live in the house or whatever, because they grown now, so they can very well live outside of the house. But I'm saying, they seen everything. They seen their mom. They seen their mom. They seen their dad. They seen everything. I think they probably seen almost everything.

Almost everything. There's mother and father dynamics that the kids don't necessarily see. There's things mothers and fathers do with each other that the kids definitely don't know about. You'll never know

the true inner dynamics of your parents' relationship. Of course. You just won't. Yeah. I mean I guess that's why on Red Table Talk Willow she was just finding out some stuff too that her mother was saying but i'm telling you she i know that they they've seen some stuff in the house and i i just feel like

they probably like all right they rolling with it i don't feel like they feel bad i just feel like and and if we ain't never hear them say that dang said the insider of the pink family said that i hate when they say insider. Yeah, I don't know. Who else inside the house? Okay. No, yeah, nobody. If they didn't say it,

I think they, nah, they straight with it. That oldest son, probably, I got my own mother. We good. Are you stupid? Nah, we know.

God bless my old siblings both. That is just with the mess. The moral of the story is go buy Jada's book. Worth it. Right. Yo, Wayne got time for Jussie Smollett's story? go buy Jada's book. Worth it. Right. Yo, we ain't got time for Jussie Smollett's story.

We can do it next time. All right, all right. All right, when we come back, we got front page news. Tesla figure will be joined. A lot of producers telling me, look at my phone.

Hold on, what they saying, man? We ride together. We die together. Bad marriage for life. See, they trolling. They laughing. I knew it. I knew I was right.

They trolling. See, here's the thing about me. When I know I'm right, I don't try to convince you. And when I know I'm lying, I don't try to convince you. Yeah. It's trolling. I'm like, whatever. Bad marriage. Alright. For life. Okay. Tesla and Figaro's up next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Your mornings will never be the same. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Jess Hilarious is here. I am. And let's get in some front page news. What up, Tiz?

What's going on, DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God, and Jess Hilarious, the queen of The Breakfast Club. Hey, girl. Now, congratulations to the Vegas Aces. They beat the Liberty last night for a two-peat, so congratulations to them. That's right. We salute to Asia Wilson, South Carolina's own, Metro's own, 803, and she was the finals MVP. Asia's a whole legend. Asia got a statue

outside Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina. So, salute to her and all her continued success. Absolutely. And NFL, the Jaguars take on the Saints tonight at 8.15 in New Orleans, and you can watch that on Amazon Prime. Now, let's talk about Netflix. Netflix is increasing its prices.

Yep, again. Seemed like we just did this story. Well, we did. But get ready to pay more for Netflix. Now the streaming giant hiked the monthly price up from its basic plan from $12 from $10 and its premium plan goes from $20 to $23. They're getting tired of the

password sharing and all of that, which we talked about earlier this year i believe netflix they also uh added seven dollars uh for the ad supported plans and the price hike will take immediate effect now the last time they raised prices was in january 2022 they issued a statement saying as we deliver more value to our members we occasionally ask them to pay a bit more. Our starting price is extremely competitive and more than what you will pay for a single movie ticket. They also said that they're doing this due to the economic pressure and from password sharing. But the math isn't mathing because yesterday looks like there's no pressure at all. In fact, Netflix profits bumped up 12 percent.

So they're doing quite well, you know, from adding, you know, adding these extra costs. The company reported a boost in subscriber growth as well and again they're uh cracking down on the password sharing as well now uh by the way actors just kind of want to put that update now they are still on strike which you guys i'm sure are aware of they had a meeting on october 2nd with netflix disney warner brothers discovery to talk about AI and to get better deals on the streaming, you know, on the residuals. And so that did not work. And so they're still kind of sitting on the fence with that one. And Ethan Hawke, you remember him from Training Day. He says the longer this goes on, the more angry and frustrated he is becoming. Yeah, Netflix is in a great space. And the reason they're in a great space is there ain't nobody getting rid of it. We're like at a monopoly.

It's literally the new cable. Because even if you don't watch it, you still pay for it. And we flip through Netflix now looking for something to watch. Just like we used to do cable. And that's the thing, though. I already watched everything,

so now Tubi is the thing. But Netflix, what are we paying? Like, what is it? Like, all together. Because I haven't, I don't know what I've been paying for months. I don't know what I pay either. Like, what is the price? Netflix might be charging us $ don't know what I've been paying. What is the price?

My $100 a month. I have no idea. Right. Well, yeah. Um, let me see. It's going from,

it's $12 for the basic plan. Okay. So I got different plans. I want to say, I feel like it costs a little bit more than that, but maybe, maybe I'm wrong, but that's what they're saying here on the report.

That's $12. I honestly don't have a problem with, with them raising the price a little bit. If everybody use it right but if they only say four people or four tvs can use it that's the problem and you're raising the price and you're tired of you doing those but they're tired of you uh doing the password sharing you can use it in the house but you know people been password sharing giving it to their cousins and mamas and i'm not mad at that yeah i'm not mad at the password sharing no i'm not mad at them cutting out the password sharing yeah you cut into their profits they still a mad at the password sharing? No, I'm not mad at them cutting out the password sharing.

You're cutting into their profits. They still a business at the end of the day. They want every household to pay for Netflix. I ain't mad at that. Yeah, but if they raise the price a little bit and allow you to share your password with your family members, I don't have a problem with that. Are you talking about, because we want to be clear, because I remember we talked about this before on the password sharing. So just for people who are listening. In the house, people can use the password. They're talking about giving it to in the house people can use you know use the password

they're talking about giving it to somebody I'm about to say every household they want every household to pay for Netflix I'm not mad at that every household

I'm not mad at if that was my company and my business I would want the same thing I would want people sharing well London you need your own account now damn

she be using mine for years yeah London's like my manager my cousin right there there, boom. London, you ain't buying your own Netflix?

Yep. London said she can't do it. She can't do it. London said she can't do it. Can't do it. Netflix ain't going away. Netflix is in hotel rooms. Yes.

Netflix is on your remote at home. On the remote, yo. Yeah. That's what I'm saying. They really have a monopoly. There's nothing, when it comes to the amount of movies,

the amount of flicks, the amount of pictures, the amount of shows. Netflix is culture. And what's crazy, Netflix might not even have the best programming right now. Like, I think Disney Plus

got better programming than Netflix. You think what? Disney Plus. Disney Plus? VT Plus, you scared me. You stupid. Well, somebody in the room has a movie on VT.

Jess? Somebody in the room has a movie. It's VT Plus, though. It's not even Jess T It's the last What is it The last what It's the

The last samurai It's the side The last The first lady of BMF It's a Lisa Walsh story Yeah Y'all book Vivica Vivica Fox

Want to come up here Book Vivica Let's do it You coming with Judge Mathis I don't know Cause he did it He was in there too Judge Mathis played Big Meech, don't he?

What are y'all talking about? Y'all stopping right now. Leon was Big Meech. Front page news. No, Leon was Tanisha Favre. Let's talk about Rite Aid. Rite Aid is closing some stores now. Yeah, I want to give people an update on this.

Rite Aid's bankruptcy announced earlier this week came to close. And so they want to make sure everybody knows the stores will be closing. It is due to lawsuits over the company fueling the opioid epidemic. They were filling illegal prescriptions for painkillers, so they had a lot to do with bankruptcy, and now they'll be closing 38 stores in Pennsylvania, 31 in California, 20 in New York, and 19 in Michigan. They said they will transfer prescriptions to nearby pharmacy to avoid interruptions.

Is that their fault though? Wow. If I go there to get a prescription filled, isn't that their job? To fill the prescription? Yes. But they were filling the legal prescriptions. I was ready to say, that got to come from the doctor, right? Maybe they wasn't checking, cross-checking.

But I know they got... And again, it may not even be the liability may not even really be the issue the bottom line is fighting all those lawsuits you know obviously put them in the bankruptcy so i can look more more into that to see exactly why you know what happened with what but it's the the report here is saying it's because they had to fight all those lawsuits from the financial and from slow sales you know not a lot of people just i mean how many people do you know go to Rite Aid? Yeah, I know.

I'm not lying. CVS, Walgreens. CVS, Walgreens. I don't really be seeing that many Rite Aids anymore, honestly. I really don't. I wanted to put it out there because there's still quite a few stores, I guess, that people still use. I get my cholesterol medication from CVS.

Oh my God, you want cholesterol medication oh my god oh my god oh my god no alright well that is front page news thank you Tiz

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guns. We're going to talk to him next. I love Malcolm Gladwell. You know, his book, The Outliers, and Blink, and David and Goliath. Like, you know, I'm sure that if you're like me, you've read a lot of Malcolm Gladwell. Alright, we'll talk to him next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Now you can relive the greatest moments from our 2023 iHeartRadio Music. Yep. The world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Jess Hilarious. Envy had to step out for a second, but we have the great Malcolm Gladwell here this morning. Good morning, brother. Good morning. Morning, morning, morning. He just released a

six-part series. Revisionist History is back. What is the series about, man? It's about gun violence. Okay. I decided to do sort of an extended look at what we're not talking about when it comes to guns in this country. It ranges all over the map. We start out by

making fun of the Supreme Court, which is surprisingly easy to do. There's this one case that they had two years ago, which is this big, the New York City, where they struck down a New York State gun law that had been in place for 100 years. There's an exchange where the justices, two of the justices, Alito and Kavanaugh, are arguing with the lawyer for New York State. And their argument is that we would all be better off if we could carry handguns on the subway. And the lawyer for New York State is like, have you ever ridden the subway? Do you know what a gunfight on a subway would look like? And they're completely oblivious.

I went on and on about this, like, imagining it's a bunch of guys. One of the guys, Alito, is like a rich kid from suburban new jersey yeah if he has ever ridden the subway in his life i'd be very surprised kavanaugh's like a rich kid from suburban dc like you know the closest he came to the subway was his mom's minivan and they're having this surreal conversation where they legit think that if everybody on a on the a train had a glock we would be safer like it's just like that level so that's that's sort of one of the early ones and then tell a bunch of a one story about a crazy story about a guy in alabama who had a shooting in his home and what happens when ambulance doesn't come because they think the kid who got

shot is black wow and um and then I went, the last one is the, one of the most moving ones I've ever done. There's a guy, an ER doc at the University of Chicago hospital called Abdallah Price, grew up on the South Side, goes to med school and then practices on the South Side. And that's, you know, obviously one of the epicenters of gun violence in this country. I mean, I just sat down with him.

I went to Chicago. I sat down with him. And he's sort of talking about the experience of when you don't know. People are wheeled in on the gurney on a Saturday night. And he'll know, chances are, he grew up with that kid. Told me, I think, 15 people he grew up with have been killed by guns. I got so many questions based off what you just said. Back to the subway thing real quick.

Yes, I don't think handguns, everybody having a handgun on the subway will make things safer, but people do feel safer when they see police officers with handguns on the subway. Absolutely. How do you explain that?

Well, because a police officer knows how to use a gun. The problem, well, I mean, the problem with a handgun is so hilarious. You talk to people who actually know a lot about guns

and they will tell you it is so hard to hit what you want to hit with a handgun, particularly if you're not an expert and you're terrified. So like,

if two people have a shootout on a subway car, they're going to hit everybody. They're going to be like, it's going to be mayhem. This idea that everyone is cool

under pressure when they're making a life or death decision with a hand is nuts. Even police, well, even police officers don't always hit what they're supposed to hit. I had a really fun discussion with a prosecutor in Brooklyn on this very question. And he was like, you know, I've been doing this for whatever, 20 years. He's like, yeah, even cops rarely shoot straight. So why would we want to introduce more guns into a closed steel box running under the East River, you know? Like, it's just the thing that's weird is just how out of touch.

My real point was not to get into an argument about guns on the subway. It was the idea that our policy is being made in this country by a bunch of people who are completely out of touch. Are they out of touch, or are the gun lobbyists just too in their pocket? Because, I mean, when you look... It's probably both. Yeah, yeah. You know, it's...

They're just making these sort of abstract legal arguments. And I sort of wanted to... Why are they even debating gun control in Washington? Why don't they, they should take that show on the road. Let's put them on the A train at 8 o'clock at night and show them, okay, let's what do you think would happen if six people

in this car right now were carrying a handgun? I mean, there's just, there has to be we have to do something to kind of reconnect the conversation. Why do you think we as Americans are so obsessed with guns?

Well, you know, I'm Canadian, so. That's why I say we. I know. As Americans. I'm looking at you. No, no,

I was going to say, I didn't mean that to you. No, no, no, I got you, I got you. But like, you know, we're just to the north,

settled at roughly the same time, by people from Europe and, you know, and whatever. But like, you know, we're just to the north, settled at roughly the same time by people from Europe and, you know, and whatever. I mean, the history is parallel, but we're not obsessed with, I've never been able to wrap my mind around why. I don't have, what I'm saying is I can't answer that question because I grew up in Canada and where there's no guns. I didn't see a gun.

Right. Till I. Till you got away. Till I got over here. So I don't know. I mean, you could i suppose there's all kinds of complicated historical reasons for that but it's weird how kind of gun focused is it the legislation you think i mean i mean i don't know the gun law in canada so

yeah well i the so if you watch this is a not an answer to the question either but if you watch there's a category of canadians. So the same idea, some guy out on the range in the frontier bringing justice. In Canadian westerns, the Mountie, not a sheriff, but he spends all of his time pulling dogs out of the river and helping little old ladies. He doesn't even carry a gun. Oh, wow. In the Canadian fantasy of the Wild West,

it's like somebody lost a cow. Oh, man. In the American fantasy, it's like people are shooting each other. So there's something about the fantasies. Right from the beginning, there was a weird set of fantasies that get attached to...

I think TV... I did an episode of this series on... This gun series on Revisionist History that was all about gun smoke. It was the longest running Western. Absolutely. And one of the things we did is we calculated...

So gun smoke takes place in Dodge City in Kansas. And we tried to calculate based on the TV show what's the homicide rate in the fictional Dodge City in Kansas. We tried to calculate, based on the TV show, what's the homicide rate in the fictional Dodge City? And the answer is, it's like 80 times higher than

the highest homicide rate in a real American city. So in our fantasy world, we create an America that is infinitely more dangerous and scary than the real America. And by the way, Gunsmoke was on TV for 20 years. It was on for 20 years. It's one of the most popular TV shows of all time.

And it was peddling a kind of vision of American life that was, again, out of touch. Do you think that is because the media is always leading? Like you would say, if it bleeds, it leads. So we think that America is way worse than it actually is because of the news. Yeah. I do think, well, it's, you know,

it's an odd thing. I got really, you know when Ron DeSantis was running around lecturing New Yorkers on how dangerous New York is? Meanwhile, New York and New York State

are so much safer than Florida. Florida, you want to go someplace and put your life in your hands? Go to Jacksonville. Jack and Kim! Wow! The idea that the governor of

one of the most violent states in the country is lecturing New Yorkers. New York City and New York State, by the way, one of the safest regions of the country. The idea, and nobody, he got a free pass. Everyone was like, yeah, New York must be more dangerous than Florida. No! It's totally the country. The idea, and nobody, he got a free pass. Everyone was like, yeah, New York must be more dangerous than Florida. No!

It's totally the opposite. So it's like, it is a fascination with this kind of violence coupled with a set of completely unexamined assumptions about what's dangerous in America, where the danger is.

Google Jacksonville, and then you will never go to Jacksonville again. I don't danger is. Like, Google Jacksonville, and then you will never go to Jacksonville again. That's all I need to know. I don't know why Malcolm's shooting at Jacksonville this morning, but something happened to Malcolm in Jacksonville. Damn. But I should say, I have been to Jacksonville many times. Parts of Jacksonville are quite lovely.

But, like, the governor of Florida should not be lecturing us about violence is all I have to say. Damn, Duval, your city caught one this morning. All right, we got more with Malcolm Gladwell. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know

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Charlemagne? You said that people, the conversation we're not having about guns. What is that? Is it about the people? Because I feel like they always have conversations about gun control, but they never talk about the people who actually own the guns. There's that. There is, well, there's all kinds of sort of weird things that we're not talking about. We're not talking about the fact that hospitals, trauma centers should be where the victims of gun violence are.

And we have a system right now in this country where we don't always, sometimes we do, we don't always put medical facilities where they're needed. We put them where they make the most money. And so that's one thing we don't talk a lot about, when we should. It's a huge issue. You know, one of the episodes in the series,

I looked at the question of a homicide rate, a murder rate at any given time, is a function of two things. One is how much violence there is and the second is how good how good is the medical care right if you get shot and you get taken directly to the hospital and they save your life you're not a homicide victim if the same thing happens and you don't get to the hospital time and you die you are a homicide victim right so a lot depends on how good your hospital system is.

Yeah. And a huge amount, if we have situations, like in Chicago, they did a study and they showed that if you were black, you traveled a lot further to a trauma center than if you were white, right? Like, that's something. Yeah. That's the kind of thing you should talk about.

A big something. You know, you could save a lot of lives if you cite. Another thing. Maybe they're not trying to save them. Maybe that's the point. Yeah. about big something you know you you could save a lot of lives if you cite another thing um maybe they're not trying to save maybe that's the point yeah it's i think it's indifference more than or just like the the amount of oxygen like i said before the amount of oxygen that gets taken up by our obsession with mass shootings when they're a terrible thing but they are they are so a tiny such a tiny tiny part of the problem the idea that that's all we kind of talk about and discuss about it is just weird.

Also, the idea that in every profession, when anytime people have an area of specialized knowledge, they're usually invested in making sure that not any kind of, if you're a doctor, you're powerfully invested in the idea that you've got to go to med school before you can practice medicine. You don't want any Yahoo practice, you know?

But gun owners will simultaneously go on and on and on, legitimately, about how much knowledge you need to handle a gun safely and fire it accurately. And at the same time, they're like, but everyone should be able to get one drop of a hat. That's just dumb. It should be the gun owners who are supporting

restrictions around gun use because they're the ones who are aware of how legitimately difficult it is to handle a gun safely and appropriately. I don't get it. I don't understand why gun control isn't being pushed by gun lovers. You know, I'm a big runner. I'm the last person who says everyone should run. Running's hard.

You've got to take it seriously. You've got to know what you're doing. You've got to, like, prepare for it to know what you're doing. You got to like prepare for it. I don't say you have a right everyone should have a right to run 10 miles in the morning. Maybe gun lovers

are in a bubble because they know how to use their guns. They you know they go to the gun range all the time. People around them probably know how to use

the gun range. So in their mind they're just assuming if you have a gun you know how to use it. You know how to. I think that's probably maybe they I spent one of the episodes i go down to north carolina and i

hang out with this guy um uh greg wallace who's a he's a he loves guns he's a does competitive shooting and he gave me a kind of we fired up uh an assault rifle and he gave me a tutorial on how to do it and just from spending an afternoon with him, that's the thing I came away from. It's like, it's hard. There's a lot of, and, you know, the amount of caution he took, like when I picked up the assault rifle and picked it up the wrong way,

he was like, ah! You know, like, don't, you know, like, it was fascinating just to see how in their own little world, they're super cautious around. How'd you feel when you fired that thing, though? How'd you feel, Malcolm? Huh?

Did you get a rush? Jesus. I did get a rush. The first time I've ever picked up a gun in my life. Yeah. First time? First time. Okay.

I was in a shooting range in rural North Carolina. I had an AR-15. It's really loud. It was creepy at first. And then you can't help it. You get a little rush. Yeah. It's like these things are big and heavy.

Yeah. Like the idea that you have in your hands something that you could kill someone with is just strange. You've never held a gun before. Have you? Have I shot a gun? Yeah, I never shot an assault rifle, though. Like an AR-15 or anything like that. Yeah.

But, you know, handgun. Yeah. Like a little one? The little... I mean, we got a.357 at the house, and a Glock at the house. Oh, okay, okay, okay. What are your thoughts on assault rifles now,

after using one? Well, I did that episode, and it was the one that got the most mail basically saying i think assault rifle bans are a dumb idea and they're dumb because they're not actually banning assault rifles and assault rifle is a kind of platform and what assault rifle bans do is identify if you accessorize your gun with a certain number of cosmetic things we think that's bad and we want to ban them but they it's a semi-automatic rifle with a large magazine. They're still legal in many states that have assault rifle bans.

So it's kind of weird that why are we identifying a class of weapons because they look ugly and saying we should? But the other thing is like... What's the amount of damage they can do? Well, they can't do... Because most mass shootings are used by the S&P. I know, but we're not banning... So semi-automatic rifles are a very lethal weapon.

We're not banning semi-automatic rifles with an assault rifle ban. We're banning a tiny subcategory that happen to have a certain number of cosmetic features that we don't like. So it's like, we're not solving the problem. And then I sat down with this trauma surgeon in D.C. who had studied mass shootings.

And he's like, what you're worried about is mass shootings. Actually, the most lethal weapon used in mass shootings is our handguns because a handgun gets into the deep sort of grizzly but you with an assault rifle you shoot once the person goes down and because it's boom right so with a handgun you shoot once and sometimes the person doesn't go down so you're more likely to be shot twice if you're shot by a handgun. And the guy gets up closer and shoots you a second time and he's more likely to kill you. So you're more likely to die from a handgun

than an assault rifle in a mass shooting. Which just says guns are dangerous. They're used in different ways. And to spend all of our time and energy trying to remove one tiny subcategory of guns from the equation in the hopes it's going to change things, it's just dumb. It's just like the problem is much bigger than that. You're not solving it by taking a pair of scissors to one page of the gun manual. We got more with Malcolm Gladwell when we come back.

Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlemagne Tha God, Jess Hilarious. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Malcolm Gladwell. Charlemagne?

So what is the solution? How do you get in control of America and get so broken? How do we fix it? He's from Canada, so he can't tell us anything about America. Yeah, I know, but he's done a lot of research. He is. When I talked to that guy, Abdullah Abdullah Price in the last of the episodes, one of the things he does

is he goes into elementary and middle schools in the south side of Chicago and hands out first responder kits and teaches the kids how to administer first aid

if they're the first. Because it's a reality. That's terrible. I mean, it's just, when he was describing it, it's just like, it's so heartbreaking.

For children. What he would say is, and what he talked about, it's just what he was describing that it's just like it's so heartbreaking. And for children, what he would say is what he talked about was, you know, a lot of gun violence is disputes between young people who don't know how to resolve their disputes peaceably. And you have to teach people a kind of an emotional vocabulary that allows them to have an argument without pulling a gun. But that's a whole other six-part series. Now you're talking about mental health and social and emotional learning. Yeah. Maybe if we just put the gun control conversation on hold and said, all right, we'll get back to this when the time comes. It's important, but it's not as important as what you're just talking about.

You've got kids, you know, Abdullah Price was talking about in the neighborhoods where he works. It's, you know, we're talking about multi-generational beefs. Like, you shot my cousin, so I shot your brother. Like, you have to unravel that cycle. And that takes a lot of time and a lot of care and a lot of attention. And, you know, if we just focus on trying to unravel that takes a lot of time and a lot of care and a lot of attention and you know if we just focus on trying to unravel that for a while and see if we make any headway that strikes me as

being a really productive way to kind of attack the problem yeah you know why that makes so much sense it makes so much sense because you probably can get people to move on that faster than you ever will get them to move on actual gun control yeah Yeah. That's a point. I don't see any reason why people on both sides of the political fence shouldn't, couldn't rally around, around that.

Like, why do we choose a fight that we know is the most divisive fight we can possibly have and that has zero chance of getting anywhere? We're not getting anywhere

with the court we have with gun control. It's not happening. So, like, why do we just bang our heads against the wall? Why don't we do something that would have more...

Would be effective, yeah. Six-part series. Tell us what... You got a book? You still working on the next book, too? Well, now I put my Tom Bradley book on hold, which turned into a book about anger and all this kind of stuff.

So it's not about Tom Bradley anymore? It is. But what I got really interested in is... He got mad. I got interested in what strategies are available to the angry. Because it turned into this book

about what it meant to be black if you lived in Los Angeles in the 30s and 40s. And this group of black guys who all go to UCLA in the 30s, Tom Bradley, Jackie Robinson, Wally Strode, a bunch of people who go on to have

a really big career. Wally Strode was a huge actor in Hollywood. A guy named Washington who was a big NFL player. And they're like the only black people on the UCLA campus. They all live in South Central. And they all have different strategies for dealing with the fact they were all on the UCLA

football team and the big game was against USC. And they got hung in it. Basically, a fraternity on the USC campus has a mock lynching of the black players on the UCLA team. And they hang them in effigy outside the frat just before the big game between USC and UAE. This is what's going on in their lives right so I've turned the book into an examination of what are what are the strategies available to you if you're in that kind of situation you're angry they're angry yeah right as you would be if you grew up in LA black in the 1930s and each of them of the people I'm profiling has a different

strategy for dealing with that anger you know there, there's a, one path is confrontation. I just start shouting. And there's a woman living in South Central, it's an incredible woman living in South Central who I write about, who's, that's her, that's what she does. She just stands up and starts shouting. And then the other path is the Tom Bradley path, where you take all of your anger and you button it up and he never this is a man right you know first black mayor of los angeles endures the most unspeakable experience racist experiences come trying to come to political power in la and never once you know lets on that he's been affected by i mean he just is this serene. And that's another strategy,

is you just pretend it doesn't exist, right? You turn yourself into someone else. That's not good either, though, right? Because it's like you're suppressing it. Well, they're all, what I'm interested in is there's no perfect strategy. Each strategy has a set of costs and benefits, and it's up to the person

to figure out what the right, right? And, you know, you've all done this in your life, right? You have sat down on some level, maybe not consciously, but you've sat down and you've figured out, how am I going to deal with the baggage I'm carrying, right? And you've made compromises that, you know, to yourself, to those around you. You have other times you've said, I'm not compromise I'm gonna be right that's the I want to describe that process because it strikes me as being anyone who has ever been on the wrong side of a power equation has had to go through that process everyone right I want to kind of write a kind of guidebook to how you do that but you

know what you said. You talked to any psychiatrists and therapists because before I started going to therapy, I would just either suppress, like, those emotions or conform, you know, in a lot of occasions. And that was actually a big life lesson that I learned dealing with an individual. Like, yo, I'm never compromising myself for anyone. So did you talk to any psychiatrists and therapists or people that did the work? I mean, in that book

I'm only halfway. I'm just doing the part where I'm describing the, like I have a whole chapter on the whole group of, there's a whole group of comics, comedians, living in South Central

in the 30s and 40s and who are allowed to be in movies in LA only of course if they conform to a certain stereotype, right? There's the guy who has to play this kind of stupid butler, right?

And he has little opportunities to kind of fight back, but he has to, those are the rules. You want to be... A certain model to be in, yeah. You've got to... That, he's the mayor of Central Avenue. He's this huge figure in South Central in the 30s and 40s. And known, he's one of the most

he might be one of the most famous black men in America. If you went to a white person from Iowa in 1947 and said name three black people, he would be one of them. It'd be him and Joe Louis. So he's

a huge figure. We've forgotten him now. So I tell his... One of the chapters is about his extraordinary story. That's interesting because some people will say that that hasn't changed. Like, you know,

if you're black, you still have to play a certain role, whether it's in hip-hop, movies, or whatever, in order to have success. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

I know. That's absolutely true. Well, listen, I know Malcolm Gladwell has to leave. The six-part series, Revisionist History, is out right now.

I love Revisionist History. I haven't gotten a chance to listen to the six-part series, Revisionist History, is out right now. I love Revisionist History. I haven't gotten a chance to listen to the six-part series, but I reference your McDonald's episode quite often. You know, quite often. But thank you for coming, my brother. Thank you. Thank you so much, guys.

It's Malcolm Gladwell at The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Jess Hilarious is here. Put your helmet on, Envy. I'm glad you finally got a helmet in your hand. I've been telling you that you need a helmet for a long time.

I'm just holding up this helmet because of the sweatshirt you're wearing this morning. He don't even know what he's wearing. He got to look at it. A clown. Salute to Howard University. Even though I'm a South Carolina State alumni. I got an honorary degree from South Carolina State. I'm a doctor.

Take your hoodie off. No. Why? A little hair growing South Carolina State. I'm a doctor. Take your hoodie off. No. Why? A little hair growing back? I don't have a haircut. You don't have a haircut? You have a bald head. I'll let you see.

You want to make fun of people with alopecia? Oh, alopecia. I got alopecia. You ain't got no damn alopecia. You ain't got no damn alopecia. You're making fun of alopecia. Jada out here making it the way we don't have to hide no more. You know what I mean?

But you out here making fun of alopecia, Jada out here making it the way we don't have to hide no more. You know what I mean? But you out here making fun of us. Oh, wow. Me, Tupac, Jada, Pinkett Smith, and every man and woman out there with a receding hairline has alopecia. No, no. So explain why I was boy-ed last year.

Why you was? Exactly. Because you had alopecia. No, I had wigs, a bunch of bad wigs that I kept ripping off. Don't blame me, ladies. Y'all are made to.

Y'all are made to. Let's get to the rules and get to Jess with the mix. But it is called androgenetic alopecia. This is real. We got to swear. Come on, you got to come with the message. But it is called androgenetic. Y'all just real. We got to play with the message. Mine is just a lot of noise.

That's going to be no fun. That was a thing that had to do with it. This is the rumor report. I don't do that. It's fine. It's just for the message. I know it's just for the message. On The Breakfast Club.

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Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Jussie Smollett enters rehab after extremely difficult years. Okay, so TMZ reported Wednesday that Jussie Smollett will be starting treatment at an outpatient rehab facility. Okay, so I didn't know that he had a drug addiction. Okay, I didn't even know that. Jussie has had an extremely difficult past few years. He has quietly been working very hard for some time now. We know why he quiet, but we are proud of him for taking these necessary steps. A rep for the actor said in a statement to TMZ,

okay, so that's good. I'm all for somebody rehabilitating themselves. That's good. I didn't know that. Yeah, I'm sure. I thought, I ain't gonna lie. I thought he was saying

he was going to rehab because he lied. Yo, shut up, man. I was gonna say, come on. Because that could be tough. You said he lied about going to rehab? No, no, no.

Hey, yo, what if that is a lie? No, it's not a lie. Exactly. I'm sure he's had a rough couple of years because, you know, regardless of whether you believe him or not believe him, the backlash that he received from everybody. It was crazy. Yeah. That's a lot for anybody to do.

But has he got back into acting? Have we seen him in any movies, any roles that we can remember since? No. And to be honest, I don't know. That could probably be why he got on drugs. I don't know. Because I've never heard of it. You never saw him on Tubi?

You watch Tubi a lot. Jesse ain't going to go to no Tubi. He ain't going to go from him. He can't go. He ain't going to do that. He's still a great actor. He's still a great actor. And you know, Jesse did a lot for the community, too.

He gave a lot of money. He donated a lot. So I hope he's able to get over this and know Jesse did a lot for the community too he gave a lot of money he donated a lot so I hope he's able to get over this and get back to what he loves doing cause I honestly in real life

did not know that he was on drugs but I you know had a drug addiction but I'm all for the rehab and I'm sure that I don't even gotta

look at the comments and I'm sure that there's people who got sympathy for him in the comments but then there's people that still beating up on him

in the comments too of course they part of the problem oh now like you said 2B now Chris Stokes might put him in a movie

Chris Stokes got some good cameras he got some good cameras he got a couple good actors but he got some real good cameras Chris Stokes been doing his thing

when y'all watch 2B that's what y'all look for who got good cameras you daggone right I can't wait to make my 2B I can't but I don't be

wanting them to be too good I can go to Netflix for that I need the bad stuff that's what i'm saying make a 2b movie that's bad on purpose i'm telling you well cast me as cast me as little meech all right anyway listen kanye west claims his car accident made him i said oh my god when they gave me the story i thought they were saying kanye west had claimed that the kardashians made him autistic. Oh my God. When they gave me the story, I thought they were saying Kanye West had claimed that the Kardashians made him autistic. That's why I took the story. I can see why you say that. That's why I thought that. Yeah, because yo, and then it's the New York accent.

The producer, she was like, so Kanye claims that the car accident made him. I thought she said the Kardashian made him autistic. I don't even want to report it now. It's a car accident. Can a car accident make you autistic? If you bang your head a certain way. I have no idea.

Either way, we don't know. Please Google and find some BS. Most people know that he was in a car accident 20 years ago. It happened in 2002. He was texting Elon Musk and he was saying

to him, I'm not not bipolar i have signs of autism from my car accident um and kanye asked his friend eon connor to post this well it says autism by definition is a developmental condition which means it is present from birth therefore a brain injury does not cause a autism in adulthood so okay so it can't be true because he got into that accident i mean i don't okay so it can't be true because he got into that i don't know if it can't be true i'm just reading what you know the google says why you just want to go to the doctor to see instead of just diagnosing himself i don't know because it's true that is true 2018 he said he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder but in 2022 he stated that he was

mentally misdiagnosed that's true go to Go to the doctor. See what your actual condition is. Don't be diagnosing yourself like that. Yes. Taye Diggs' ex-wife speaks on how race impacted their relationship. I didn't even know that he had a white ex-wife. I didn't even know that. Taye Diggs is a white woman.

Alright, that was a joke. Alright, stop. Put a community, come at me. Alright, whatever. What community? The white community? I don't know. So many of them. Black men who identify as white women? Yes. We have audio for this.

What does she say? Adina Menzel. Taye Diggs is who you're talking about when you're speaking of your ex. In fact, both of you are actors, and one is having, first of all, you both were incredibly successful, but one is having a surge of success. How did that affect you? There's lots. It's very complicated. I mean, the thing that came into play more, I would say that affect there's a lot it's very complicated i mean

the thing that came into play more i would say and he's talked about it too is the racial interracial aspect of it because now in his case he's people's what is it 50 most beautiful people or he's on the cover of essence and ebony and being interviewed by all these black journalists. And I think it seemed like there was disappointment in the community with him because he was married to a little white Jewish girl. So it's less about being successful and more about just that kind of stuff. Hey, it's something to that, man. Dr. Umar and social media have been breaking up happy interracial homes for at least the past four or five years now i'm telling you after the black

lives matter movement black people with white significant others didn't want to hold their hand in public yeah i'm telling you i mean i kind of do understand i kind of understand what she's saying though you know on her white side you know i mean yeah but if they're in love they should stand on it right they shouldn't have to worry about what people think yeah that's what it is you know what I mean stand on your business you're right but if they in love

they should be able to stand on it stand on business what what they say stand on business I don't know who say that

I don't know that's somewhere down south they be saying that I don't say that stand on your interracial business but if they in love they should be in love

they shouldn't have to worry about what a reporter says or what the internet says if they in love they in love right oh love. They shouldn't have to worry about what a reporter says or what the internet says. If they in love, they in love, right? Oh, that's the girl from Rent. They met in 1995 when they both starred in Rent on Broadway.

You wasn't even born in 1995. Yo, Rent is... I was three in 1995, thank you. And Rent is one of my favorite musicals. I love Rent. I've never seen Rent. Well, either way, whatever. Leave Taye Diggs alone.

Whoever he is with is who he is gonna be with I am totally against it Stop That's Dr. Umo He just comes out of nowhere Stop Last story Stop

I sentence you To 500 lashes Jesus Christ You know what We gotta go, Jess We gotta go No, no DJ Envy was a video vixen

On Joel Santana And Lloyd Banks' music video That's true The name of Benzo Bentley I saw that on Wikipedia Video vixen? You was a vixen on Jewel Santana and Lloyd Banks music video. That's true. Beamer Benzo Bentley. I saw that on Wikipedia. Video vixen? You was a vixen?

He was a video vixen and Lloyd Banks and Jewel Santana and Beamer Benzo Bentley. First of all, he was laying out on the hood of the car. I was not in Beamer Benzo.

He was an ebony video vixen? I just learned that he was all black. So you was an ebony video vixen? I was in Back to the Crib with Jewel andony video vixen I was in Back to the Crib With Jewels and Chris Brown

I know you was topless in that one You said you was in the back of the crib with who? Psych yo That's some destiny And me was topless in the Chris Brown Jewels Santana video In the back of the crib With the niggas I hate y'all

I hate y'all I hate y'all. I hate y'all. I hate y'all. Oh my God. Charlamagne gave me this story. He gave you that story? No, I didn't. He did give you that story. DJ Envy.

He used to be a video vixen. Yo, you ass. Speaking of Cribs. What you giving that donkey to, man? We got four squatters that need to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with them. All right. We'll get to that next.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings the front of the congregation. We like to have a word with them. All right, we'll get to that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams.

I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself.

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 guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show,

where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire,

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Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. 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. We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, this is Justin Richmond, host of the Broken Record Podcast. Every week, I or my co-host, Leah Rose, sit down with the artists you love to get unparalleled creative insight. Now we have a special series where we speak with the artists behind one of the most influential jazz labels of the 20th century, Blue Note Records. You'll hear from artists like nine-time Grammy award-winning Noah Jones, John Mellencamp and Madonna collaborator Michelle

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A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records.

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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. I'm not making these people do these things. Called Donkey of the Day, and it really caught me off guard. Damn, Charlamagne. Who got the donkey of the day today? Well, Jess Hilarious, Donkey of the Day for Thursday, October 19th, goes to the Anthony Maddox, Jeremy Wheat, Kelvin Hall, and Taraji Ford. Okay, four young men from Atlanta, South Fulton, Georgia.

I don't know if South Fulton is Atlanta, so all of our ATL listeners don't get mad at me talking about South Fulton. I don't know if South Fulton is Atlanta, so all of our ATL listeners don't get mad at me talking about South Fulton. I don't know if South Fulton is Atlanta or not. I don't know. Apologies if I let you down, Amaretta. But these four men were arrested in an Atlanta housing community

for squatting in a house. Now, here's the thing about squatting. I have grace for squatters who actually need housing. The definition of squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatters does not own. I mean, look, we know the homeless crisis in America is out of control and some people simply can't afford to pay rent because inflation is through the roof.

That's why folks get so pissed off when they see America sending, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars, billions of dollars to other countries. You know, God bless Ukraine, Israel, Palestine. Do what you have to do, America, to keep global stability all over the world. But can you take care of home first? We got money for war. We can't feed the poor, said Tupac Shakur. OK, hate to break it to you, but the American foreign policy priority is not the average American Americans priority. OK, really hard for some folks to care about what's going on in other countries when they can't even eat here, when they can't even afford housing here. So once again, America, do what you got to do to keep global stability but could

you also take care of home first okay take care of home because in our home some people don't even have a home to go to but here's the thing there needs to be some rules and conditions for squatters if you're a squatter you are doing something illegal it might be something illegal we can understand okay like i said if you can't housing, we get it to a certain extent because some squatters are just folks who didn't pay their rent. And even in some of those cases, I can understand because times get hard. I just told you all that. People lose their jobs, can't afford to pay bills.

I get it. But the only thing I would tell squatters is if you a squatter, you got to act like one. You can't be in the house acting like you own the joint simply because you don't. But these four squatters in Atlanta didn't get the memo. Okay? They didn't get the memo that they might need to lay low. Let's go to WSB TV for the report, please.

People who live in the Thaxton Reserve community say they've lost plenty of sleep the last four months because of the nightmare neighbors in this home. A lot of partying. They had an illegal strip club on the weekends. They say there was piles of trash at the home. A lot of partying. They had an illegal strip club on the weekends. They say there was piles of trash at the home. People there raced in the streets. They say the air often reeked of marijuana. There was sporadic gunfire and horses.

They would get live horses. One day they had live horses. They say they complained to police, but nothing happened. Then Sunday morning, neighbors watched as a SWAT team marched toward the home. Officers went inside and one by one. That's number four. Arrested four people.

There was a weapon, a stolen weapon that was recovered from the residence. Police say the home was a mess inside. Neighbors say they learned squatters lived here. They say it took police a while, but they are extremely happy their sleepless nights are over. We were out walking this morning. We all looked at each other like, oh my God, we finally had a good night's sleep.

Four squatters in Atlanta. They were called the neighbors from hell. Okay, the neighbors said that the yard reeked of marijuana. There were random gunshots. They ran into the Ledger Club on weekends. Street raced up and down the street. Occasionally had live horses roaming the yard. We just need to get to it.

You want to play a game of guess what race it is? Hit the intro. Yo. All right. Four squatters in Atlanta. Okay. They were called the neighbors from hell. I just told y'all.

They said the yard reeked of marijuana, random gunshots. They ran into the Ledger Club on the weekend. Street raced up and down the street and occasionally had live horses roaming the yard. DJ Envy. Guess what race it is. I'm going white. Okay. They said the horse.

Live horses. Live horses made me think of, you know, country and white. Yahoo. I can see why you say that. I can see why you say that. Yeehaw. One of them. I can see why you say that. Yeehaw! One of them. I can see why you say that.

Jess Hilarious, four squatters in Atlanta. They were called the neighbors from hell. They said the yard reeked of marijuana. Said there was random gunshots. They ran into the Ledger Club on weekends. Street raced up and down the street. And occasionally had live horses roaming the yard. Jess Hilarious, guess what race it is!

Mexican. Mexican? Okay. Okay. Okay Okay Okay DJ Envy says I could ask her Why

No don't ask her Don't ask her Please don't ask her Don't ask her We don't need a follow up DJ Envy You said white Yes

Larry said Mexican I want y'all both to know Let me show y'all the picture First before we show y'all the picture I want y'all both to know That you both are absolutely wrong Oh my god Nobody is black No they are not black This is pure Uncut Let me show y'all a picture. I want y'all both to know that you both are absolutely wrong. Oh, my God. You're black?

No, they are not black. This is pure, uncut, unapologetic nigga. Oh, my God. Man, powerful nigga Dre at work. I didn't even want to put that on as live horses. I really don't even want to say the N-word anymore. That is so surprising for me. That is so surprising.

I don't want to say the N-word no more, but I couldn't even finish the story if I didn't. Yeah. This is why all the money going to foreign countries. When Dave Chappelle and Rick James uttered these words right here. They said another day of you niggas money. Somebody vowed to never make that mistake again. Somebody in a high place somewhere said, now you listen to Rick James. I mean Dave Chappelle.

I mean Dave Chappelle as Rick James. We not giving these niggas money anymore because look how they act when they don't have none. Imagine how they're going to act when they do. And clearly these young brothers had money. They just didn't want to spend it on housing. They wanted to spend it on everything but rent. They wanted to spend it on live horses and strippers on the weekend.

It was only a matter of time before they got them some podcast mics. If you ask me, the SWAT team infiltrated at the right time because I'm telling you, the half a homeless homies podcast was on the way. Yo. The moral of the story is defund niggas. All right.

Oh, my God. Please let Remy Ma give the Anthony Maddox, Jeremy Wheat, Kelvin Hall, and Tarasha Ford the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw. Hee-haw. You stupid mother f***er. I'm shocked. Yo, I am too. I'm still in disbelief over here. Like a vape?

You turned a vape into an amusement park? A vape? A vacant house. I was like, vape? That's why I be asking all you black. Like, how did you not know what a fake is? Oh, my God.

I just want you to know behind the scenes, I had to show Jess Hilarious at least 30 pictures of me as a kid growing up. You got to show 30 pictures to prove you black? You ain't black. Yes. I just asked everybody in this building yesterday, is Envy really black? I had to. Yeah, what are you talking about? You're not.

You're Dominican. I'm not Dominican. I'm black. Yup. He is black. No, he is black. He just showed me a baby picture and, you know, if his parents wasn't if his African American parents

was not in the picture with him, I would believe your theory that he is adopted. How you can prove it? Because he looked like Alicia Keys when he was a baby. He did look like Alicia Keys on Cosby's show. Yes, yup. I remember that when Alicia Keys was on Cosby's show. Yup. He did look just like that. Alright, BET, we'll see you out of mall. Peace, BET. Bye. Yeah. I remember that when Elyse Q was on Cosby Show. Yeah. He did look just like that.

All right. BET we'll see you out tomorrow. Peace BET. Bye BET. Me no here tomorrow. Me no here. All right.

When we come back 800-585-1051. Will Smith was in Baltimore and he said this when he was talking about his wife. Can you

Can you love somebody forever no matter what oh boy was like you know can you show up and love somebody for the rest of your life, even when you don't agree with them. There ain't nobody on earth, except you, mommy, you, mommy, my mommy. I almost messed up, I almost messed up. Jade is the best friend I have ever had on this planet.

I am going to show up for her and support her for the rest of my life. All right. Let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. So I guess the question is... Could you love somebody no matter what? Could you love somebody

no matter what for the rest of their life? That is the question. Even if you don't agree with them. Correct. 800-585-1051. Let's discuss. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Jess Hilarious is here.

Hey y'all. And if you're just joining us, we're talking about Will Smith. They were actually all out. The whole family was out in Baltimore. Of course, Jada Pinkett Smith's book was out and they were at a book signing and this is what he said. Can you love somebody forever, no matter what what oh boy was like i saw you man i saw your face you know can you show up and love somebody for the rest of your life even when you don't agree with me there ain't nobody on earth except you mommy you mommy my mommy jade is the best friend i have ever had on this planet i am going to show up for her and support her for the rest of my life. So we're asking 800-585-1051.

Can we love somebody no matter what for the rest of their life even if you don't agree? That is the question. Yes. Start off with you, Jessalaris.

Hmm. It all is dependables. You have, it depends. I don't, because that's such an open-ended question. I mean,

because yes, you, I do, I can love somebody no matter what even if I don't agree with them. But when you're looking at, in the Smiths case, you got to really be, I don't know. So I don't know. I can't say yes. I can't say no.

I don't know. I can say yes. You can love somebody. And especially for them, they will always be connected, especially because they have two kids. For sure. They have two children. Yeah. So you can always love somebody and especially for them they're all they will always be connected especially because they have two kids they have two children yeah so you can always love somebody you can always show up for them regardless of right or wrong you don't have to be in love with them yeah but you could always show up for somebody you know i mean say you take your parents and your kids out of it because that's a different type of love yeah the relationship yeah you could always show up for somebody even if uh whatever whatever it is that hurts them you can always show up for somebody, even if whatever it is that hurts them, you can still show up for them.

Yeah. I think so. Well, you know what? I think I'm thinking more so in terms of just intimacy, just love your love. Because to be honest, that's how I feel about Rome. That's how I feel about my baby father. You would show up for him regardless? No matter what.

Your brother being dead. Even when I don't agree with him. Yep. When I don't agree with him, no matter what. But if he needs you, he there. That's my best friend. Yep. so you can yeah yeah Charlamagne uh yeah there are plenty of people I could love no matter what even if we don't agree but that doesn't mean I'm gonna have a relationship with them

there you go that's what I think I was gonna mean they gonna still be in my life right no I can love you from afar you know it's people that I will love all my life there's people that I love right, but they're not in my life anymore. And they never will be. Because he said he'll show up for them, but you won't show up for those people. Show up and support is what he said. So you won't show up for those people. Absolutely not.

Everybody in Baltimore said the same thing when Will asked that. Everybody in Baltimore was like, nah. That's the difference. It's showing up for them. It's love them enough that even though you don't agree, you might have to show up for them. Yeah, I ain't doing all that. Not for those people,

but I mean, there are, I mean, of course, God forbid, it'll never happen, but if that was like my wife, I would always be there for my wife. Regardless,

that's what I'm saying. Regardless of what it is, you're going to show up for her. Yeah. Regardless. What's that little space for? I mean, this is a tough question

because you never know what bridge you're willing to cross until you get to that bridge. Until you get there. So it's all this is a tough question because you never know what bridge you willing to cross until you get to that bridge so it's easy to say yeah i'll be there no matter what until you get presented with a scenario you know what i'm saying like you know you don't know you might it's a lot of different scenarios that you'd be like yeah i love you but you gotta stay over there with that right you know i'm saying right let your new dude right you know handle that business yeah that's all that's all I'm saying Let's go to the phone lines

Hello who's this What's going on brother This is Leon from Georgia Leon from Georgia Talk to me Leon Yeah man So in reference to your question I'm going through something

That's kind of similar I've been in a marriage For 14 years And I believe that It has to come to a point Where you walk away But you can still love them From a distance

That's right I think it's a It's a toxic thing that we've been taught in our community like just hold on regardless of what it looked like and what it feel like and a lot of times it's to our detriment man so in some situations you just gotta love them from a distance i don't have to tear them down but i have to understand that if it's breaking me down i can't keep staying in the same place that's right i got you got you. Thank you, brother. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning.

Peace and blessings. How you doing today? Hey, Sean Stone. What's up, brother? I'm good, brother. I want to chime in on the topic. Good morning, Jeff. Good morning, Sean.

Go ahead. Good morning, Sharla. Peace, King. I'm in this loud-ass truck, so I had to turn it off real quick. Yeah, I think Will Smith be tripping, man. I don't want to really talk on their relationship like that, but I don't really feel like you could have unconditional love with somebody when they

continue to play you out. You know what I mean? See, that's the thing. We don't know what their conversations are behind the scenes. You know what I mean? We're just assuming, but they might be comfortable

talking about this. Take it out of them, though. What Sean is saying is true because you can have unconditional love for a person, but that don't mean you still got to deal with that person. I can love you. I don't think I got to deal with you. Yeah, but take it out of Will Smith and your relationship.

Take it out of Will Smith? I will. Yo, pause. Pause. Listen, man. You had this lady sit down at the Red Turb table talk talking about August blowing her bike out, right? Yeah, yeah. I'm just excited for your relationship, man.

And if I was in Will Smith's shoes, I would not stay with Jada, man. But time out, time out. That's a great point. You, not Will Smith. I know that. Sean, I don't know if you've ever been in love. You might be in love with a person

who made a mistake. Just like a man might make a mistake. You want that woman to forgive you. You might be willing to forgive that woman if you really About that's all I'm saying they might have an open relationship Ptolemy we do make mistakes and we should give each other grace but when mistake and mistake after mistake That is true. And Jeff, I wanna say this real quick. You know that guy

don't like you that called up on the radio show. He wish he was you. Who you talking about? He wish he was you, Jeff. The guy earlier? Yes. Yes, he wish he was you. He be hating on you on the low, for real. Him and Jeff got beef. Oh, okay. No. I'm team Sean. He really don't like you. He don't like you He be hating on you On the low Him and Trav got beef Oh okay No I'm team Sean

He really don't like you He don't like you He told me I can hear it all In his voice That he don't like me Trav don't like girls Sean

That's what's up But you could You could compliment Jess on doing her thing On the radio show If Charlamagne And Envy Gave you an opportunity

To come up on the Breakfast Club And you co-host Don't be saying that Jess and Jason Lee gave you an opportunity to come up on The Breakfast Club and you co-host, don't be saying that Jeff and Jason Lee is your daughter and your son. Come on. Be appreciative of the opportunity. And he's right for that. You're right.

Trav. Go check me out, too. Sean Stone TV on YouTube. I ain't no Trav. Right. Because that really did hurt my feelings. Now that he bring it up. Did it hurt your feelings?

Sean got a whole transcript of what Trav said. Yeah. Jesus. Right. Thank you. 800-585-1051. The question is, can you love somebody

regardless, for the rest of their life, regardless of how you feel about them or what they do? That is the question, correct? Yeah, no matter what. Okay. We'll take your calls

as the breakfast slow. Good morning. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club. Let's talk about it. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

Jess Hilarious. Now, if you're just joining us, we were talking about Will Smith. He was in Baltimore yesterday with Jada Pinkett Smith and the whole family. Talking about their book. And he had this to say. So we're asking 800-585-1051. Could you? Could you love somebody regardless for the rest of their life? I'm missing something in all of this because I don't know what all the stipulations are with love.

When y'all just talk about the feeling of love. Yes, I can love a person. But that don't mean I got to deal with you. But he also says show up for them. Okay, see that's the part I missed That I'm not doing But then it's To me it's a case by case basis

It's something It's people that I genuinely Love right now Who not in my life no more But I ain't showing up for them You ain't showing up for them Yeah You know what I mean

Yeah Love you from afar You gotta handle that It's the same Hello who's this This is Ashley from Detroit Ashley what up though What up

So I was gonna comment on this topic about the, can you stay with somebody if you don't love them or whatever. And I feel like a lot of people get married for stability and not love. I was talking to a guy, and he said he was married for stability. So he's not necessarily in love with his wife, but they have a home, car, insurance, all that, that is required for him to live and required for her to live and so they stay together she cooks meals for him he do work around the

house or whatever he feels like a man's role should be filled in that situation and she filled the role as a woman and that's how they exist and they're going to be together forever and they're both okay with that they're both okay with that she she won't necessarily say it in the way that he says it but she says it in the way that says i'm not necessarily in love with this man like this is not the man of my dreams however this is what he provides this is what i provide and this works so we have peace in our homes for the sole sole fact that we don't have to worry about certain things financially or with the kids or we don't have to worry about where we're gonna go we're gonna be or struggle about certain things because we work together yeah so they just settled thank you my stability

that's just what it was hello who's this what's going on ace and billy rapper crew ace and billy talk to us hi jess hi jess i gotta say that first. How you doing? I'm good. I'm good. But nah, I think women and children get loved unconditionally, but not Jada. Dang. Wow. Y'all, Will's looking crazy. Man, could y'all stop that?

Y'all got to understand that Will was that guy, bro. Will was that N-word. He still is that guy. She treated him like he was on stage and Chris slapped him and told him to sit down. Man, can we talk about you? Could you love somebody unconditionally? Stop worrying about Will. Could you love somebody unconditionally no matter what?

Yeah, I mean, I could. But, you know, relationships is transactional. You know what I mean? It's about how you make each other feel. And as long as we make each other feel, won't you? As long as we make each other feel. I don't believe relationships are transactional. Why not? Because I don't believe relationships are transactional. Why not?

Because I don't like that word transaction. Transaction means I give you something and you give me something. That's not how I base my relationships. I love you.

But you gotta be realistic at the end of the day, man. A lot of people getting divorced is because of transactions. I don't mean monetary reasons.

That don't mean I don't love that person, though. I'm just choosing not to be in this relationship no more. Okay. I can see that. I can see that. I can see that. person, though. I'm just choosing not to be in this relationship no more. Okay. I can see that.

I can see that. I can see that. Well, what's the moral of the story, guys? To me, the moral of the story is stop fumbling good people. Like, if you know a good human's in your corner,

cherish that, nurture that. Stop acting like people are disposable and replaceable because I love hard. So if you're in my life and I grow to love you, I'm going to stand on that.

If you do something to me that makes me not stand on that anymore, I'm going to move. Going to always love you, but that don't mean I'm going to stand on that. If you do something to me that makes me not stand on that anymore, I'm going to move. Going to always love you, but that don't mean I'm going to still be standing here. Why are you looking at me like that? I'm just listening. Oh.

That's all. I'm just listening. I'm just a skunk. Why? Well, Jess. Y'all, I just feel like. Listen. No, I'm giving you a second because we got Jess with the mess coming like listen no I'm giving you a second cause we got

Jess with the mess coming up and I'm giving you a second to know what you gonna talk about oh my gosh I wanna hear her moral of the story though

alright the moral of the story is just no the moral I mean I mean oh

I ain't okay Jess with the mess what we got I'm trying to guide her into safe into safe zone and you just let her go go ahead I mean, ooh, oh, I ain't. Okay, Jess with the mess. What we got? I told you. I'm trying to guide her into safe zone, and you just let her go. Go ahead. The moral of the story is you just don't be with somebody unless you really, really love that person. Like, you can't be sitting there and saying, are you willing to stay with somebody no matter what, no matter what they do?

Because I don't care. Jada was looking up like, okay. Like, she was looking up like she didn't even agree with what he was saying. I don't care. I don't care. stop sitting here doing this for these people stop that's why i hold bottom like you pick here you could have done this why are you talking like this to us we don't even care like like we know we see what's going on we know jada's struggle we know we should have done we're just with the mess i told you just with the mess. I told you. Just with the mess. What we got? More Jada and Will. That's what we got when we come back. For real?

You sure? I don't think so. I don't think there's no more. Don't even read the book. I don't even think there's more. Don't nobody else need to even read the book. All right. We'll get to that next.

It's the breakfast. The Breakfast Club. It's topic time. morning everybody it's dj envy charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club jess hilarious is here hey y'all and if you're just joining us we're talking about will smith uh they were actually all out the whole family was out in baltimore uh of course jada pinkett smith's book was out and they were at a book signing and this is what he said can you love somebody and love somebody for the rest of your life, even when you don't agree with them? There ain't nobody on earth, except you, mommy, you, mommy, my mommy. I almost messed up. I almost messed up.

Jade is the best friend I have ever had on this planet. I am going to show up for her and support her for the rest of my life. So we're asking 800-585-1051. Can we love somebody no matter what for the rest of their life, even if you don't agree? That is the question. Yes. Start off with you, Jessalaris.

Hmm. It all is dependables. It depends. I don't... Because that's such an open-ended question. I mean, because yes, I do.

I can love somebody no matter what even if I don't agree with them. But when you're looking at in the Smiths case, oh, you got to really be. I don't know. So I don't know.

I can't say yes. I can't say I don't know. I could I could say yes. You can love somebody. And especially for them, they will always be connected, especially because they have two kids. They have two children. So you can always love somebody. You can always show up for them regardless of right or wrong. You don't have to be in love with them. Yeah. But you could always show up for them regardless of right or wrong you don't have to be in love with them yeah but you could always show up for somebody you know i mean you take your parents

and your kids out of it because that's a different type of love yeah the relationship yeah you could always show up for somebody even if uh whatever whatever it is that hurts them you can still show up for them yeah i think so well you know what i think i'm thinking more so in terms of just intimacy just love your your love because to be honest, that's how I feel about Rome. That's how I feel about my baby father. You would show up with him regardless? No matter what. Your brother being there.

Even when I don't agree with him. Yep. When I don't agree with him, no matter what. But if he needs you, he there. That's my best friend. Yep. Yeah, so you can. Yeah.

Charlemagne? Yeah. There are plenty of people I could love no matter what, even if we don't agree. But that doesn't mean I'm going to have a relationship with them. There you go. That's what I think I was saying. That doesn't mean they're going to still be in my life. Right.

I can love you from afar. There's people that I will love all my life. There's people that I love right now, but they're not in my life anymore. And they never will be. Because he said he'll show up for them, but you won't show up for those people. No. Show up and support is what he said. No.

So you won't show up for those people. Absolutely not and support no is what he said no so you gonna show up for those people absolutely everybody in Baltimore said the same thing when Will asked that everybody in Baltimore was like nah

that's the difference it's showing up for them it's love them enough that even though you don't agree you might have to show up for them yeah I ain't doing all that

not for those people but I mean there are there are like I mean of course I mean God forbid it'll never happen but if that was like my wife

I would always be there for my wife regardless that's what I'm saying regardless of what it is you're gonna show up for yeah regardless

what's that little space for I mean this is a tough question because you never know what bridge you willing to cross until you get to that bridge until you get there

so it's easy to say yeah I'll be there no matter what until you get presented with a scenario you know what I'm saying like you know you don what until you get presented with a scenario you know what i'm saying like you know you don't know you might it's a lot of different scenarios that you be like yeah i love you but you gotta stay over there with that right you know i'm saying right

let your new dude right you know handle that business yeah that's all that's all i'm saying let's go to the phone lines hello who's this what's going on brother this leon from georgia leon from georgia talk to me, Leon. Yeah, man. So in reference to your question, I'm going through something that's kind of similar. I've been in a marriage for 14 years. And I believe that it has to come to a point where you walk away, but you can still love them from a distance. That's right. I think it's a toxic thing that we've been taught in our community.

Like, just hold on regardless of what it look like and what it feel like. And a lot of times it's to our detriment, man. some situations you just gotta love them from a distance i don't have to tear them down but i have to understand that if it's breaking me down i can't keep staying in the same place that's right i got you thank you brother hello who's this hey good morning peace and blessings how you doing today hey sean stone what's up brother i'm good brother i want to chime in on the topic good morning jeff good morning sean go ahead good morning charla peace king i'm in this loud ass truck so i had to turn it off real quick yeah i think will smith be tripping man i don't want to really talk on their relationship like that but i don't really feel like you could have on good

unconditional love with somebody when they continue to play you out you You know what I mean? See, that's the thing. We don't know what their conversations are behind the scenes. You know what I mean? We're just assuming, but they might be comfortable talking about this.

Take it out of them, though. What Sean is saying is true because you can have unconditional love for a person, but that don't mean you still got to deal with that person.

I can love you. I don't think I can deal with you. Yeah, but take it out of Will Smith and your relationship. Right now. Take it out of Will Smithith and your relationship right now will smith i will yo pause but listen man you had this this lady sit down at the red turd table talk talking about august blowing her back out right yeah yeah for your relationship man and if i was getting will smith shoes i would not stay with Jada, man But time out, time out But hey, that's a great point

You, not Will Smith I know that Sean, I don't know if you've ever been in love You might be in love with a person Of course Who made a mistake Just like a man might make a mistake You want that woman to forgive you

You might be willing to forgive that woman If you really love her But we don't know who's Who's Will Smith was He might have been blowing somebody back out Like you don't know what their relationship was about. That's all I'm saying.

They might have an open relationship. Charlamagne, we do make mistakes. And we should give each other grace. But when mistake and mistake after mistake. Come on, bro. Your grace gonna run out. That is true. And Jeff.

Yeah, what's up, man? I want to say this real quick. You know that guy don't like you that called up on the radio show. He wish he was you. Who you talking about? He wish he was you, Jeff. Yes, he wish he was you. He be hating on you.

Oh, okay. I'm team Sean. He don't like you. He told me. I can hear it all in his voice that he don't like me. Yeah. That's what's up. don't like you, Jess. He told me. I can hear it all in his voice that he don't like me. Yeah. Trav don't like girls, Sean.

That's what's up, but you could compliment Jess on doing her thing on the radio show. If Charlamagne and Envy gave you an opportunity to come up on The Breakfast Club

and you co-host, don't be saying that Jess and Jason Lee is your daughter and your son. Come on. Be appreciative of the opportunity.

And he's white for that. You're right. Trav. Go check me out, too. Sean Stone TV on YouTube. You're right. Go check me out too. Sean Stone TV on YouTube. That really did hurt my feelings. Sean got a whole transcript of what Trav said. Jesus.

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I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history.

Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. 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. It's topic time.

Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club. Let's talk about it. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club, Jess Hilarious. Now, if you're just joining us, we were talking about Will Smith. He was in Baltimore yesterday

with Jada Pinkett Smith and the whole family talking about their book, and he had this to say. So we're asking 800-585-1051. Could you? Could you love somebody regardless for the rest of their life? I'm missing something in all of this

because I don't know what all the stipulations are with love when y'all just talk about the feeling of love yes i can love a person but that don't mean i gotta deal with you but he also says show up for him okay see that's the part i missed that i'm not doing but but then it's a to me it's a case-by-case basis it's something it's people that i've genuinely loved right now who not in my life no more but I ain't showing up for you. You ain't showing up for me. You know what I mean? Yeah.

Love you from afar. You got to handle that. It's the same. Hello, who's this? This is Ashley from Detroit. Ashley, what up, though? What up? So I was going to comment on the topic about the, um, can you stay with somebody if you

don't love them or whatever. And I feel like a lot of people get married for stability and not love. I was talking to a guy and he said he was married for stability. So he's not necessarily in love with his wife,

but they have a home, car, insurance, all that that is required for him to live and required for her to live. And so they stay together. She could live for him.

He move, work around the house or whatever. He feels like a man's role should be filled in that situation and she filled the role as a woman and that's how they exist and they're going to be together forever and they're both okay with that they're both okay with that she she won't

necessarily say it in the way that he says it but she says it in the way that says i'm not necessarily in love with this man like this is not the man of my dreams. However, this is what he provides. This is what I provide. And this works. So we have peace in our homes for the sole sole effect that we don't have to worry about certain things financially or with the kids or we don't have to worry about where we're going to go.

We're going to be or struggle about certain things because we work together. Yeah, so they just settled. Thank you, mom. Stability. That's just what it was. Hello, who's this? What's going on? It's Ace and Billy rapper crew. Ace and Billy.

Talk to us. Hi, Jess. Hi, Jess. I got to say that first. How you doing? I'm good. I'm good. But nah, I think women and children get love unconditionally,

but not Jada. Dang. Wow. God, Will is getting crazy. Man, could y'all stop that? I got to understand that. Will was that guy, bro. Wow. Got Will looking crazy. Man, could y'all stop, man? I gotta understand that. Will was that guy, bro. Will was that N-word.

He still is that guy. She treated him like he went on stage and Crips slapped him and told him to sit down. Man, can we talk about you? Could you love somebody unconditionally? Stop worrying about Will. Could you love somebody unconditionally no matter what? Yeah. I mean, I could.

But, you know, relationships is transactional. You know what I mean? It's about how you make each other feel. No, it's not. And as long as, you know what I mean? We make each other feel. As long as we making each other feel. I don't believe relationships are transactional. Why not? Because I don't like that word transactional. Transaction mean I give you something

and you give me something. That's not how I base my relationships. I love you. But you gotta be realistic at the end of the day, man. A lot of people getting divorced is because of transactions. I don't mean monetary reasons. That don't mean I don't love that person, though. I'm just choosing not to be in this relationship no more. Okay.

All right. I can see that. I can see that. I can see that. Well, what's the moral of the story, guys? To me, the moral of the story is stop fumbling good people. If you know a good human, then your corner Cherish that, nurture that Stop acting like people are disposable and replaceable

Because I love hard So if you're in my life and I grow to love you I'ma stand on that If you do something to me that makes me not stand on that anymore I'ma move, gonna always love you But that don't mean I'ma still be standing here Why you looking at me like that? I'm just listening

That's all I'm just listening oh that's all why well jess y'all i just felt like listen no i'm giving you a second because we got just with the mess coming up and i'm giving you a second to know what you're gonna talk about why don't you hear her moral of the story though all right um the moral of the story, though. All right. The moral of the story is just... No, the moral... I mean, shit. I mean, ooh. Oh, I ain't...

Okay, Jess, what you mess with? See, I told you. I'm trying to guide her into safe zone, and you just let her go. Go ahead. The moral of the story is you just don't be with somebody unless you really, really love that person. Like, you can't be sitting there and talking about,

are you willing to stay with somebody no matter what, no matter what they do? Because I don't care. Jada was looking up like, okay. Like, she was looking up like she didn't even agree with what he was saying. I don't care. I don't care.

Stop sitting here doing this for these people. Stop. That's why I hold Baltimore like, you pick here? You could have done this for Philly. Why are you talking like this to us? We don't even care. Like, we know. We see what's going on we know jada's struggle we know we should have done it with just with the mess i told you just with the mess what we got more jada and will that's what we got when we come back for sure i don't think so i don't think there's

no i didn't read the book i don't even think there's more well it don't nobody else need to even read the book we'll get to that next. It's the breakfast. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God, Just Hilarious. And shout out to Malcolm Gladwell for stopping by. And don't forget, check out his podcast, Revisionist History.

And you can check out the full interview on our free iHeartRadio app. You can download it now. One of my favorite podcasts, man. I love Revisionist History. It's one of those podcasts that you listen to, and then you end up having a bunch of random facts in your head. You'll be like, yo, you know why McDonald's french fries taste different? It's because back in the day, they used to fry them in the fat.

I can't remember what it's called, the technical term for it, but they used to fry it in fat. That's why McDonald's fries used to taste different, and then they started frying them in vegetable oil. Now they don't taste the same. I think people sued or something like that. Yeah, used to fry it in fat. That's why McDonald's fries used to taste different than they started frying it in vegetable oil. I think people sued or something like that. I need to listen to it again. But the moral of the story is Revisionist History is a great podcast.

So you did not know the fact that you just was trying to spit. Somebody said lard. I guess it was lard. One of the producers said. I don't know if it was lard, but boy it tasted good. Yes, you're going to be in Detroit. Yes, November 7th, 8th, and 9th at Punchline.

Y'all get y'all tickets. That's a midweek show. These are midweek shows. I'm doing a pop-up, working on some new stuff, getting ready for my El Special. So I'm going to do it in Detroit. I mean, November 7th through 9th at Punchline. I'm doing it. Go to JessHilariousOfficial.com. Yes, to get the tickets. Or you canth at Punchline I'm doing it go to

jessalarisofficial.com yes to get the tickets or you can go to punchline.com but definitely go over to my website jessalarisofficial.com and also order your

Doctor Who while you're over there because we extended the 50 what is it London the 50% off sale it was her idea not mine

but 50% off all my fitness gear shop Doctor Who y'all need to do that go to my website oh that's fitness gear yeah it Doctor Who. Y'all need to do that. Go to my website. Oh, that's fitness gear. Yeah, it's fitness gear.

London is wearing it right now. That's crazy. This whole time I thought you was advertising glasses. Oh, I have that too. I know you got those, but I thought those were glasses commercials. Oh, my God. I didn't realize that. I just thought you was wearing spandex or whatever it is. No, no, no, no.

That's really good. That's really good that you thought that. Would you like outfit? I do. You need some. You know my wife would love that. Yes. Oh, my God. Yes, yes. And she's fit, athletic. no, no. That's really good. That's really good that you thought that. Would you like an outfit? I do. He needs one. My wife would love that. Yes. Oh, my God.

Yes, yes. And she's fit, athletic. So, yes. Give one for Chalamet's size, too. He's about a large. Definitely. Come on, man. I'm the thickest person in this room.

He's a large? I'm the thickest in this room. His backside, he got big hips. And? Yeah. And ass. And? He got no ass.

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waist slim ass fat what's up ahhh yes oh my god oh my god I'm so done with y'all Charlene and Env, I am done. All right. When we come back, we got a positive note.

It's a breakfast club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God, Jess Hilarious. We are The Breakfast Club. It's time for the positive note. That's right. And the positive note is simply this, man.

Never be in a hurry. Okay? Do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever even if your whole world seems upset y'all have a great day breakfast club bitches y'all finished or y'all done hey guys i'm kate max you might know me from my popular online series the running interview, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High,

is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this.

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That's Escape from Z-A-Q-a-stan. 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-War. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show Civic Cipher. That's right. We discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all 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. We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other. So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, my undeadly darlings. It's Teresa, your resident ghost host. And do I have a treat for you. Haunting is crawling out from the shadows, and it's going to be devilishly

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