The Breakfast Club - INTERVIEW: Breakfast At Patti LaBelle's For Christmas Eve With The Breakfast Club

Episode Date: December 24, 2025

Today on the show, The squad spent Breakfast At Patti LaBelle's For Christmas Eve With The Breakfast Club. Listen For More!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Charlemagne de Guy. We are the breakfast club. I thought we were supposed to be off. We are supposed to be off. Yes, Lauren LaRose is here. Yes. That's right. But it is Christmas Eve. Mm-hmm.

And we are having Christmas Eve, I guess, breakfast. Listen, only one person can make us work on our holidays. That's right. Yes. Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Patty LaBelle. Hey. Hey. Hey.

So this is the second time that we are here at Miss Patty's house. Yes, indeed. Last time it was more of a Thanksgiving feast. But this time, she's going to make breakfast and teach us how to actually cook breakfast, which Lauren needs, because Lauren needs to keep a man. First of all. Yeah, he husky. He likes to eat, so he, yeah.

Can you husky? Husky is such a bad word, okay? Don't do that to my men. But I be cooking. I be cooking. Oh, you cook? What? I cook.

Not that I doubt that you shouldn't be able to. Damn. Some people just don't do it. My grandma, you can't grow up in house and my grandmother not cook. You got to get up at a certain time of day. You got to cook, especially when you have people over the house. It better be good. Oh, it is.

Don't just cook. No, I cook from the heart. I don't cook like you, though, Miss Patty. Oh, well, thank you. I take a little cute. He told me bring some food home. Yeah. How are you feeling, first and foremost?

I feel like a queen. No, do you feel like you are? Oh, thank you. I just feel so blessed. And then I was just saying again to Kim, I said, The Breakfast Club were here again at my house, and I admire all of you guys and lady. And I'm chosen.

I know I'm chosen as my baby. Now, we're heading running around. Yeah, you get tired, though. You're just on tour. I mean, Christmas is the holiday season where they want, miss patty to cook yeah you know they want miss patty's meals they want miss patty's food miss patty's dinner miss patty's breakfast but you just got off tall miss patty need a rest too i'm tired i have to tell you that i'm blessed and tired but i still cook i have to cook i have to

cook like i said i was going to cook for thanksgiving i ended up cooking a lot of stuff for christmas i'm going to end up cooking a lot of stuff for new years i'll be doing the same so i'm i'm just a professional cook who loves to cook and i'm not never going to say that my stuff is better than your mothers or your grandmothers or you know because I cook the way I cook and I'm no better than those ladies and gentlemen who cook also but I'm happy to be asked to cook are you at the point where you're passing down recipes yet or you just like no go buy the products no I pass okay yeah but they still can't do it like I there you go clock what's your favorite meal to cook during the holidays what's one

one thing that you just enjoy cooking. And what's one thing that you don't necessarily like cooking, but everybody wants? Everybody wants my potato salad because it's so good. But I don't feel like cutting up all that stuff, you know, because you have to do fresh ingredients. So that's what they want, but I don't feel like doing it all. But I do it. I'm going to do it for Christmas.

And macaroni, instead of buying my macaroni, I have to make my own macaroni because Zori wants it. Zori is my son who said, Mom, don't buy your own stuff. Go on in that kitchen and cook. it. So I have to make macaroni for him this Christmas. Is he already old enough to cook for himself now? And guess what? Mom do it, though.

Guess what? It's different what I'm doing it. No, that boy cooks better than me. Really? Oh, his chili, his food, his roast chicken, and stuff that he just does. And I happen to have a piece of it. He only gives me a little piece, and he won't tell me what he put in it. So he's a wonderful cook.

You know, we're going to have a cook off, though. So he's the one you trust with the recipes, like, because I know it. Oh. Because you probably passed the stuff down, but everybody can't do it like you. They can't, no, he doesn't. Yes, he does it better than me. So, but I'm mad.

She said, I am mad. Talk about how being in the kitchen, just what it does for you, like spiritually. It's so, I get such a happy feeling. And I know whoever I'm cooking for, when they leave, they're going to ask for a takeout container. And that I love more than anything for them to say, I need seconds, girl, that just puts a small.

on my face. I am more of a cook than a singer. So I enjoy, well, I enjoy both of them, but I say that I cook better than I sing sometimes. Yes. Does it make you go crazy sometimes when people notice you for different things? Like I have a 22-year-old son and I told him I'm coming out here. And when I said your name, he didn't say the music. He said, yeah, all her stuff is all over Target. And he knows you from that type of stuff. But then my parents know you from your music and touring. Does that make you go crazy sometimes? It makes me feel great because they know me for both things.

And I just feel good at all the accolades that people put on me and just say that they love this and they love that. Excuse me, guys, my voice is like diminishing. It's like low. But I like it all. Singing is your passion. Cooking is your passion. Did you ever think that you could get paid off the passion of cooking? Never, I would always want to give that away.

You know, you don't grow up learning how to say this is going to cost $15 for this chicken dish. You just give it out and say, I hope you love it. But never to get paid, but I'm blessed. Especially now with all the products in stores. Yeah, I am blessed. I mean, I'm not going to shy away from that. Because a lot of people won't buy food from people, entertainers, especially because they think entertainers are lying. Most of the time, I ain't lying.

So that's why I, I love what I do. We were talking to your family earlier, and we were just saying, man, like, we don't know who Uncle Ben is, right? Aunt your mama, we don't know who that is. The people on these boxes, we don't know who they are, if they're even real. I know. I know, but you know me. Thank you so much for knowing me. Yeah, I am so happy that people are accepting my foods and my music.

you know I am happy about all of that I'll keep on doing it you know at 81 don't stop a girl at all did you ever think about because you said like people don't want to buy food sometimes from entertainers because they don't believe it did you ever think about like not putting you at the forefront of it just like doing the recipes and the mixes and putting it out there

just front of me as a business no I could have done that but no my face is better period that's right no and that's exactly how she did yeah and people you know when they see oh patty that's my girl she has food that we're going to purchase. Yeah, so no, I like it this way. And you have a bunch of celebrities who like

licensed their name, but your products always feel personal. So how involved are you in the recipes and the quality control and the business decisions? I'm totally involved in everything. Zuri, Alex, and Charles, they'll go to the people that they have to go to to see

the show my food and let them taste my food. But before that happens, I have to taste it. So sometimes we go back like 10 times making the sweet potato pies to make sure the recipe is right so i'm totally involved if there's no patty in the decision there's no food you know miss patty i want to ask you know for yourself you're like the bridge when it comes to the older generation and younger generation sometimes you don't see that sometimes you know the older generation i'm only staying with mine but i feel like you open your arms to so many different people right why is that

Because it doesn't matter if you're talking to Lauren's grandma on the phone. You're just as kind as if you're talking to a younger artist. Why is it that? Is that thoughtful of why does that mean the most of you? It means a lot to me because they trust my food and my music. Because everything that I do is from my heart. It's like I said, I would give food away. But now that it's going to sell, I'm not going to give it away.

I was selling. I mean, that's just because it's from my heart. everything I do is from my heart and we'll take time on the macaroni recipe making sure it's mine because I make it just like the one that you're buying in the store I make it like that I have to say that I have a little more cheeses in mine than in this one maybe three more cheeses yeah and I know currently you were number two behind Pearl Milling and Walmart Kroger and H.E.B. Wow, that's great. That's amazing.

And we know you. We can walk in the stores and we know exactly who you are. I mean, starting out in this and you're doing it just so easily and gracefully. Like, starting out, did you, what was the plan? Like, was it always let me, you know, go into these big retailers or, like, did you want to just feed your people? Like, what was your goal? I wanted to go into the big, the big, big places, you know, with my food. Like, what's a girlfriend's name?

You know. Oh. Shut up, the girl. Tabitha. No. Who? Martha Stewart. Yeah.

Yeah. Who did you just say? Tabitha Brown. Oh, I love Tabitha. But Miss Martha, she's doing it. And so would Tabitha if she was not a black woman. You know, so I know why the bird sings and all that stuff. So I want to be big, you know, why not?

Right. And like you say, when you look at the box, you say, oh she looks like me or she cooks like me so I'm buying and stuff I'm going to cook my own because people do cook much better than I do you know but I am happy to say that they've been buying my food you know food is deeply emotional for like the black community right so what memories or lessons from your family kitchen or put into your products my mom was making fresh fried corn off the cob you know not the can not the frozen the fresh that you shuck and then you cream it and then you add butter half and half cream

sea salt and black pepper so she was making it one day but before she made that she fried the bacon because we like bacon in our food sometimes it could have been turkey bacon but no it was pork bacon and she would fry the bacon so I tried to do it one day I fried that bacon and I have a mark on my chin that bacon fell back in the pan and it was over. But I learned how to, yeah, that grease popped up. You know, and I said, but I'm still going to cook. And then I learned to cook even more safe, you know, because there's a way to cook that you're not going to burn the house down or burn yourself up. But I learned by watching my mother and father cook everything, everything. And it was quality. Mm-hmm. What have you learned

about ownership and longevity from transitioning from the music business into retail and consumer products. It was so good to be an owner of yourself. It's just like with your music, if you own your music, you know, you're so much better than just letting a company take care of you. So I've learned with Zori, Charles, and Alex, we don't make many mistakes when it comes to now presenting our foods to the public because they're truly businessmen. And I am, whatever, I am the woman behind the, I think I'm the woman behind these three guys. Absolutely. You know, so they do the hard work.

And like I said, I'm blessed to be surrounded by smart people and people who are not going to let anyone take advantage of me. Right. And I don't think you would know that, that she, they fully own it all. Like you and your son, that y'all own it on. So every decision is from y'all, every time you put something out there, whether it's pancake batter, whether it's peach cobbler, whether it's sweet potato pie, it's all done

and sort over from you. Oh, yes. That has to be about that. There's nobody behind you or watering your product down or making sure it goes here. You get to decide everything. Everything. And we don't mind doing it because that's what we're supposed to do. A lot of people lazy out

and say, well, I'm going to go with this. So far, I'm not going to do this. I'm not going to do that. It'll just happen. Well, my voice is getting worse. and yeah we take care of everything yes we do you sound fine yeah I mean you've been working okay you've been everywhere miss Patty LeBow okay how has the tour has been on tour with these other queens how is so much fun we go back February 19th we start again and that's been fun fine I've been doing my own shows also with my bad so I never stopped I don't

want to stop, but I'm recording, so don't say, God, it's been 55 years since she had a record out. Well, it's been about 20, 20 years, and I've been working on it for the last year, so it's going to happen. So you record music right now? That's why you're talking about your voice. Ford and traveling? Yeah, there's been a lot of wonderful things that I've been doing that's working on my throat. Yeah. In the Queen's store, you guys, We were talking earlier about you guys being top 10 grossing tours for urban tours. Wow. Yeah.

That's really great. Really. And the four of us have so much fun. Although we don't get to see each other too much because we all have 50 minutes on stage. And as soon as that girl goes off, that one's on. And then that one's on. It's like a well-oiled machine the way this thing works. And then there's those beautiful little young princess.

you know the girls the babies oh that come on prior to you guys no brandy mom the boys mine's where yes okay because we saw you there oh you guys are both with a black promoters collective right yes so I mean they've been doing a great job and it's just good that you see all

black women doing it together which sometimes it doesn't happen but it's happening and it's so even it's just good it feels good and they all seeing their faces off I saw them give you all your flowers too. Yeah, but 300 roses? Yes, from Kelly Rowland and Beyonce was backstage.

As I received these roses and I, well, they talked to me about how they're on my shoulders. And if it wasn't who are like people like Patty LaBelle, they wouldn't be Destiny's Child when they were. Yeah, so I was, oh, truly honest, that night, I was a superstar. You're always a superstar. You can't be surprised when you hear stuff like that. I was when Zuri called and said Kelly wants to give you your roses. So I said, why and what? I didn't really understand that her husband called Zuri

and said that Kelly wants to do something for Ms. LaVelle. And when I went, they told me what they were going to do. I said, well, I just called me up. And it was just one of the better moments in my life to hear the ovation and to say, sees the young girls Monica and they're all coming to me just giving me love and you don't get that all the time i feel like you would like you should like this is well yeah if not you who yeah so many others you know but it depends on who they like and those little girls like patty patty

absolutely but i mean it's like you're kind of like the the last of a dying breed like it's not too many miss patty lebells left right you're you're right you wonder maybe i I can't even think of too many of them. Of course, you know, the Stephanie Mills and the Shaka Conn, which is great to see y'all all on tour together. Gladys, yeah. Gladys, yep. Gladys, yeah.

Oh, yes. It's like so many of us, but there are so many of us who aren't working, you know, which is not good. It's just kind of sad because those ladies can sing, but people forget black women quicker than they do white. So they're forgotten for the reason is the color of their skin. And, you know, but we still persevereverevere.

because I know I know that I'm good you know I'm not there's like always compare myself with my girlfriend Celine Dion with if you ask me to and I always say gosh that girl killed that with with her ratings and her sales and we did the same song the same way and I you know I got to be real it's just one of those things do I love her yes but let's get a little even stuff going around every now then you know that that would be wonderful has that been a challenge in the product business too hmm has it zori he said no anything you said no no they've been smiling lately three guys yeah so no we've like I said we have something that a lot of people work so hard to get and they don't they never stop working and nor do I so

you've got to keep on keeping on don't stop because they tell you no Miss Patty Lauren told me that you're taking a trip International she's going to Yes you are going to It's about celebrating your birthday The 8065 tour or 56th?

In Australia 8065 you're supposed to be Australian It's going to happen next year Yes not 2026 27 27 okay Okay end of 2026 Oh my gosh Patty

It's the 80 65 tour it's a celebration of your birthday but also 65 years in the entertainment business correct mhm 65 years singing um it's going to be nice the last time was in Australia it was 30 years ago and we're happy to be invited yeah we're going to do it and this is a solo tour well solo dates that you're going to do solo dates yeah this is not with the queens it's um solo dates that's 26 I was on a plane? At least 18, I think. Is it 18? It's about 18, 20. Is it 26? No, no, about 18. 20 from the East Coast. What makes you still want to talk? You don't have to. Nope. Oh, I have to for my soul. I mean,

that brings me joy. If I stop singing like today, I would do what? Cool. I'm tired of that too. You got kids. You got grandkids running around. I know I go for the babies, you know, but right now, there's never going to be a time when I could say to the world, this is my last tour. No way. When they say it, they lie. Nobody want to stop. Yeah, can't stop this. I saw this story.

Queen Latifah was talking to Jennifer Hudson about how she was ready to leave the entertainment business. And you, she didn't really go too much into detail, but she just said that you were the reason why she stayed. Like, you came into her life and she decided not to leave the entertainment business. Yeah, because, you know, I've been there where they're going. And I know once we get in, we're in. And don't stop something that you love. They all love to sing. And they can sing.

That's a big difference sometimes. Sometimes people sing and they can't. But all these young girls, they can sing. Yeah. All of them? Well, no. Don't you get Ms. Patty in trouble now. Don't you get Ms. Patty in trouble now.

All. All of them. Okay. So how do you balance just staying authentic to your roots? I just do. I just do. I mean, it's natural for me to stay who I am. And, oh, gosh, I just like being Patty.

Just basic. I'm a very boring person, very quiet, very laid back. The only thing I do that people might say why are you doing that and they better not say it because they all do it play cards oh my girl I love to play a game of spades and you said we're going to play before you leave today we're playing AC Ducey AC Ducey yes we all we're having a game tomorrow night at my house I never heard of that I said at this house okay well this was yours too oh if what you know what this is my house and I don't live here

yes at my house yeah tomorrow night that's right yeah what does pennsylvania in philly mean to you because we're riding up here i was so shy and i was telling my mom and and laura was telling her grandma she was like everybody know patty stay in pennsylvania that's her town philly's her town what is what is what is philly mean to you and why won't you ever what does philly mean to me it means that you don't have very much to do kind of boring kind of way laid back but i love that life so that That's why I'm still here. Most people say, why aren't you in L.A.? Too phony, you know, and I don't deal with pretending people, people who pretend.

And I just, Philly is my joan. My join. Did I say it right with you? Yes. Oh, my God. She said it right. Next is going to be bold. You're going to just be out here.

Wow. Right. Yes. So, yeah, I love Philly, you know, and I'm going to be here. How has that helped you, like, in moments where, like, I don't know if you've ever had the moment, like what Queen Latifah was talking about, where you just exhausted from everything, either on the cooking side and music side, being at home and there's so much family around you, how does that like, you know,

rejuvenate you on days where you're like, yo, leave me alone. Never do I say, leave me alone. I just close it, though. So they know if I'm closing the door that it's like quiet time for me. Yeah. Are you ready to tell, like, your story through, like, documentaries and biopics and all that stuff? We started doing a documentary, and we also started on doing a biopic. So there's gonna be somebody playing Patty.

Wow, you got anybody in mine? I got loads of girls in mine, but I can't tell you yet. First and foremost, do they have to look like you or sound like you? Oh no, more than anything if they sound like me. The look, they can make that makeup make me look like me. Who's even close to sound like Ms. Patty LaBelle? Oh, my God, there's so many. Well, I have a big mouth, I have a loud, loud singing voice.

I don't know. Hush, Lauren. Okay. Do you have an idea of one person? Fantasia? Yeah. Oh, yeah, okay. But she sang Sam.

But she did something for another artist, did you? Or did she not? I don't remember. I thought Jennifer Hutton, too, but I feel like... Jennifer didn't read, frankly, all right. Yeah, that and also two dream girls as well. I feel like you need someone who hasn't kind of taken on that space of like telling someone's story so that we can see them as you only.

I can't think anyone. I have a lot in mine. I just really don't know yet. It's a lot in mine. Yeah. There was a, there's a lot of like stuff that circulates from like Facebook to everywhere about you. They said that you're serious supposed to be.

like it was 16 episodes and you were producing every single episode and I was in here asking people today I was like that is not true child the stuff I've been reading about me I said really at 81 I have twins

twin real babies congratulations okay I see that one no way I didn't see that one even so many things like the homeless shelter or the hospital

yeah they said that you were creating a hospital for homeless people to get completely free services That's not true. Of course it's true. Yeah. No, none of that stuff is true. Come on, Alia.

I did say that AI is the reason for all of this false stuff going around about me. So when people read it, they call 50 times they'll call Kim. Is it true that Patty had twins? Is it true that Petty was building a hospital? Is it true that she's married? Is it true that she has this going on? it's all AI and they're doing it not just to Patty LaBelle but to so many entertainers they're catching heck because so many people believe that and it's just not true and the sooner we get the word out so people can stop doing this having privileges to just say anything about anybody you know it's not good yeah and twins at 81 that's rosemary baby sure am I that did you sell What do you think about the AI singers?

It's awful. All the AI stuff, it's not, it's just disgusting. And when people believe it, it's worse than that. Did you hear what Jemain Dupree said? Jermaine Dupree said that AI singers should have their own chart, like their own billboard for AI artists, their own platform for AI artists and their own stuff. It should not be mixed with regular artists.

They just need to shoot AI where you know. And ended. It shouldn't be too. It shouldn't be AI and then real. God, no. I know AI is like, you know, a part of the times, but for real, like, singer, singers like you who've always like your craft,

like when people talk about Patty LaBelle, it's like you can't get close to her, right? When people have the argument of like whether we should accept it or not, do you take it as like a disrespect thing when people are saying yes, you should because this is where things are going? You can't get around technology. AI? Yes.

should I say do well I'd say that they should keep going or do you just take it as a I said shoot it in the butt didn't you didn't hear really I did I got I got oh you just want to shoot it to kill it whatever you can shoot it to kill it's awful it's a waste of time yeah you got that I heard it okay maybe got it yeah I got it let's go to the kitchen man yeah let's go We'll cook for us, but listen, you can get all her products and Kroger and Walmart. H.E.B. And at my house. That's right. We appreciate Ms. Patty for joining us. Now, if you're listening right now on air, the full version will be on YouTube where Ms. Patty will be teaching us how to cook chicken and waffles. You're doing chicken and waffles? You're doing breast or wings?

I'm doing wings, but if you want breasts, I can. No, no, no. Wings is good money. Oh, you wanted wings, but I didn't want to ask. I thought it was so rude to ask. First of all, y'all don't come here and make a request. See, I didn't. I literally didn't. All right. Make sure you pick up all the products. Charles, where the products are? Yell them out right fast. H.E.B.

Walmart. Kroger. All right. What's the dumpling thing? Brooklyn Dumpling Shop. Brooklyn Dumpling Shop. Slim and Huskies. Sloop of my guys.

Slim and Huskys. All right. We'll see y'all on the next one. Y'all have a happy holidays. Merry Christmas and all that good stuff. It's the Breakfast Club. Miss Patty LaBelle. Can I say one thing?

Of course. How you guys just support me every chance you get. How great that makes me feel. Because you don't have to call Patty about you but you do we love miss patty love you we value you we appreciate no i'm not playing though a lot of people take what they get for granted i never take breakfast club for granted because you're so everything you're you're everything and i was telling this thing i've been watching her do interviews and she's phenomenal it's just that i thank you thank you miss patty you know you don't

think it's a flex why we can't get on the phone but we're going to miss patty's house right now My mom freaked out for like 30. I'm like, you got to hang up on her. She's going to hold you. Like, you're not real to some people. That's right. You're like a fairy tale to some people. That's really interesting.

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