The Breakfast Club - INTERVIEW: Garcelle Beauvais Talks 'Taken At A Truck Stop: A Black Girl Missing,' RHWOBH, Jamie Foxx + More

Episode Date: October 22, 2025

Today on The Breakfast Club, Garcelle Beauvais Talks 'Taken At A Truck Stop: A Black Girl Missing,' RHWOBH, Jamie Foxx. Listen For More!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I don't know. That was so disrespectful. It was so ridiculous and out of pocket for no goddamn reason. Oh, damn. Gorsal Bouvae is here. Welcome. I didn't mean to offend you. She said, Envy, how's your family?

That said, mine. How is yours? She said, the boys are 18. I said, they're getting old. No, that's not what you said. You said, you get old. You said, get no. I met the boys are getting old.

God, damn. Lord Jesus. Luckily, I'm not that sensitive. I was talking about the boys. Okay, I believe you. Well, wine gets better with time. Yes. And you are fine wine.

Thank you. I appreciate that. How are you feeling? I'm feeling really good. I'm really in a great place. Work is, you know, pop in. I have this great new movie that's coming out. And I'm producing.

It's been really, really fun. Do you miss housewives at all? No. So you're not coming back at all? Not any time. soon. Wow. No.

I mean, it was great. It was great in terms of like I got a new audience and there were really wonderful things that happened because of the show. But I think my time was up. Yeah. So why did you leave? Because your time was up or was it contracts? Was it one more money?

No, nothing like that. I just couldn't do it anymore. It was really hurting my spirit. I just couldn't do it. Yeah, that was really it. People try to put you and pit you and bows against each other. And they thought that was the reason. I don't know why.

No, not at all. at all. I mean, I met with Bowes prior to her coming onto the show for lunch. We got along great. So, no, it wasn't anything like that. It was just, I couldn't physically, mentally, spiritually do it anymore. I'm being on discernment.

How do you know, especially in this business, when something does not agree with your spirit? You know what? I've been really great about choosing me when I'm faced with something. I've done it with, you know, relationships. I've done it in other places where I felt like, you know what, if I don't

choose me, it will probably not work out for me. Wow. Yeah. So yeah, I have faith and I just knew it was time. Now, what is Sutton going to do without you? Girl, I don't know. That's on earth. You've heard

support, you know, in a lot of ways. Yeah, yeah. You're on your own now, Sutton. My bad. When we had Bowes up here, I'd asked her about the unfollowing on Instagram because that became a whole thing. You unfollowed some of the ladies. All the ladies. All of the ladies. When I left. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, when I left.

And, I mean, the fans were commenting why they thought it happened. And she said that she thought maybe it was just like, you know, you go through a breakup, you just want to get rid of everything. That's exactly right. What was the reason? I just needed space.

I just didn't, you know, if you're, I follow people who I want to see what they're doing and I want to support. And if you're not in my life, I don't see why I need to follow you. God says, I don't want to see what they're doing. No, there's no need for it. There was also the thing, too,

of when Erica Jane and, when Erica Jane and Bowes were on Watch What Happens Live and Andy asked about you not returning to the show Did you see that clip? I saw the clip, yeah How did you feel about the answers? Mean girls

That's all What was the clip? Because me and Shalaman, look at each other So basically he asked about how they felt about Grasso not returned to the show and they were silent and it was like nobody wanted to say anything

and then when someone's when Erica said something it was like won't he do it like you know it was like a there was a weird pause and we were trying to figure out what that meant and the fans hopped in the comments when Bose was here and said that

it was, that there was no support from her to you. She said that that wasn't true, but do you feel like she supported you through that season? I really don't want to go back there, honestly. I'm here for my movie. I love this thing. I'm selling shows. I just would like to stay on a positive note. I just want to apologize for my co-host. I mean, one of them called you

old, now they're bombarded you with housewives questions. You're not here to promote two movies. This is trade. I don't know what's going on. I don't know. I don't know. How many times you go places and people are like, I think we attach to you so much on the show

because we're in your life. And she's still going. And that's what I mean. So there's no disrespect. She's not we fans of you and we miss you on the show. Thank you. I appreciate that. I understand what you're, you know,

I understand. It's also your job. That ain't me. I'm still attached to fancy. Oh, I know. And I know that you probably like, look, I ain't fancy no more either. No.

You always love. I loved. I loved that character. I loved that job. Like I had never really done comedy and meeting Jamie and, you know, us having instant chemistry. And we thought if we did 13 episodes, we would have been golden. We ended up doing 100 episodes. Like, I mean, it's unbelievable. I can't go anywhere without someone saying fancy. He says when he's out, they're like, where's fancy? So it's like, people connected with that. And that's a great thing. That's how it was when you walked in a room. I don't know if you heard me. I was like, oh, shit. Like, when you walk in, I'm like,

damn, I can't wait to bombard her with housewives questions. That's true. I'm going to be in, I'm not going to let it go. But God did it and God is doing it because you have not only one movie, you have two films, but you're up here for taking that a truck time. Which also, your production company

actually shot that as well. Yes, yes, yes, congratulations. Thank you so much. I mean, doing this franchise, Black Girl Missing Franchise has been an amazing thing. And that's what I'm so grateful for. getting the platform to be able to put out things that I think will help our community, help us. And I was sick and tired of seeing the disparity of when black and brown people go

missing that we weren't getting the same coverage. We weren't getting the same urgency or validation. And we put out this movie, the first one, thinking that, okay, if we can get people to talk about it, that's a good thing. And then the numbers went through the roof and it was trending on Twitter at the time. And now we're on to, you know, movie three. So it's been really amazing and meeting amazing journalists who say, you know what, we take accountability too. Because we can tell you who the John Benets are, the Gabby Petitos, you know, the Natalie Holloways. But we can't tell you the names of the black girls because we're not featured like that. And that's what we want people to do is to know who we are when we go missing.

The black girl missing movie subtitle is very intentional. Yes, very intentional. Absolutely. Absolutely. I'm sure you did a deep dive into a lot of the young black girls that are missing. If you can't break it down, because, you know, I'm a father of four girls. Yes. Where is the biggest place that these girls are taken for in what reason?

Is it the mall? Is it bus stops? Is it coming from school? Like, what is the biggest so I can be on more anxiety? Yeah, it's actually everywhere. It's actually everywhere. The second movie we did was called Abducted at an HBCU. And we're really trying to teach the, you know, not only girls, but boys too.

Like when you're in college, build a community, you know, so that if you don't show up for classes for three days, somebody's going to go, we're so-and-so. Like, it's about having a community, but it's also ringing the bell. And my niece has girls in college, and she was like, you're scaring me with your movies. And I go, I'm trying to scare you, you know, just so that we're all aware. So it can happen anywhere. The malls, there are guys that groom the girls. I mean, there's all kinds of ways of these girls going missing. I mean, I was just in Vegas at the airport, and I went to the bathroom. The minute I closed the stall, there's a whole signed about if you're being abducted, if you're being trafficked.

So it's everywhere. I was in Alabama this weekend. I took a picture because I just thought it was, it wasn't strange, but one of them was like, if you're with somebody who wants to offer you money, I was like, what? Yeah. Yeah. And they also target girls who, you know, sometimes are more vulnerable. And maybe there's, you know, people at home are working, so she's alone a lot or there's,

you know, all types of ways. I just took that. How about that? How about that? Yeah. You said, didn't they ask you one time when you was with your daughter? and ask you? Oh, yeah, yeah, I was on the plane

and somebody came on the plane was like, is that your daughter? And I'm like, I hope so. Yeah, but I'm actually glad they're asking, right? Just because it's so prevalent. When we're, you know, not everyone's aware of that. Yeah. In this movie, you talk about community.

In this movie, your community, your truck community shows up for you in a big way. And it's through, like, I don't want to give it away. But they show for you in a big way. Yeah. What's the importance of not finding community but knowing how to utilize it, in a high-stakes situation, like once someone goes missing,

and the cops won't help you. Right. And that, okay, that's one of the things, I will answer your question, but like a lot of families have to take it upon themselves to look for their family members because they're not getting the support they need. So with the trucking community, by the way, there's a group of female truckers

that are like badasses. And we take it for granted. These people are on the road a lot. They're alone. They're missing out on, you know, birthdays and anniversaries. and their job is dangerous. So we wanted to showcase that there's a community in every sector of life, no matter what you're doing, no matter what your profession is.

It's like let people know, you know, that you're around. I want if the female truck is called a men, they pick up lot lizards. There is that, yes, yes, yes, yes, that is a thing. But you know what? I learned a lot, like these truckers when they go to the truck stuff. Just his husband's a truck driver. That's why I see looking like that. But he is so

narrow-minded. Oh, how long have you all been together? No, I'm talking about this man sent the crossing me as a normal. I'm like, you talking about your husband. No, I'm talking about this man. How long have I been together? No, no, no.

But you weren't a lot of lizard, Jess. No, I was not a lot of lizard. No, all the light lizards were before me. Okay. Thank you. Go ahead. I'm sorry, Mr. Krolet's. No, but tell me about your husband, though.

How long has he been doing it? So he's been in the business for five years. Okay. Or whatever. But, like, I met him three years ago. So I was, he was like two years into it when I met him. And, yeah, you know, he had a couple of little out of Liz's hand there, you know. But when I came in, they laughed.

Okay. Great. Yeah. I just wanted to know what female truck drivers call the men that they pick up. That's all. You know what? I don't know if they have a name for him. I'm pretty sure she didn't do that research to do this movie.

It's not it. And how do you deal with him being on the road? I'm still trying to deal with it. Okay. You know, because the schedule, with my schedule and his schedule, we're trying to figure out, like, how we can balance. And then we have a one-year-old. Oh, you do. So we're still trying to balance that and still trying to be full-time lovers.

That's very hard. Very hard. You should. And he's Mexicans, so you know what everything going on in the world. Yo, Garcena's face, it's like, why did I come this morning? I wasn't happy. We love you. Are you talking about ice?

Yes. That's scary for everybody. It's scary for everyone. No, death husband's not really running from ice, right? No, he's not. Oh, my, but it don't matter. You don't have to run. No.

They profiling you? Yeah. Even if you're a citizen. Yeah, it's sad. Yeah, it's sad. Yeah, it's a horrible place to be. Oh, Lord. But that's another topic.

Why was it important to add the element of dealing with an autistic family member? We really wanted to, there's so much misconceptions about autism and what that looks like and what that is. And obviously, there's different, you know, there's different stages of, autism. So we really wanted to showcase a character that is functioning, but that doesn't mean that just because she has autism, that she's irresponsible. But what happened was because she's autistic, she's dealing with somebody online. And, you know, we all share too much and she shared too much. And so then she gets taken, um, kidnapped. So yeah, I was a person. And then you are the, the cool, badass auntie. Okay. You know, you know, like, what was,

Because, okay, so this is the first time I've ever seen you in a role like this. I've never played a role like this. So preparing for something so different from what you are, you know, what was that preparation like? It was really, really fun because we got to talk to a couple of professional female truck drivers. And what she taught us was really great. And one of the actress who plays my sister comes from a trucking community too. But it was just all about, like, safety and how to drive and how to get in and out of the truck,

which, by the way, the trucks are so tall. Yes. By the end of shooting, the back of my thighs were killing me. Oh, just from jumping up and down. But it was just a fun role because it was like something different for me. Yeah. Yeah. I really enjoyed it. Even the fighting choreography.

Even the fight. Listen. I loved it. Okay. That was good. How does this affect you as a parent, as a mom now? Because you have young men, the 18. that are out and about in college, in school, dating. How does that affect you?

It affects me and I'm much more aware, but I've always had conversations with my kids. One, because I have black kids, even though sometimes they look like they could be, you know. But I've always talked to my kids, especially Oliver, about being respectful if you're, the cops come to you or just being out in the world, you know, how to navigate being a black young man

and being respectful and because people will have misconceptions of you just because I remember I was in a supermodic. market with my son, Oliver, and he went to go get something, and I was in another lane. And as he's coming around, I was at the end of the aisle. And so in between us was this older white woman. And the minute she saw Oliver, she clutched her purse and she got, you could tell she got tense. And I thought to myself, if anything happened to you, he would be the first one to come and help, you know? But it's just the, it's just how we're seen sometimes. I think we should insult people when they do that. Be like, I don't want it. It's fake.

I don't see what they said. Yeah, I want a little dirty-ass. A little dirty-ass person. I mean, he didn't know. But how did he feel about that? Did he share it with you? How he felt about that in that moment? Yeah, he just kind of like brushed it off.

Like, you know, I don't even know if he realized it, but I saw it because I saw him coming, you know? Yeah. Why was it important for you guys to include the domestic violence element in the movie in a line with the trucking world? Was there, like, research that you saw that paralleled the two? Yeah, no, not at all. I think the writers just, you know, wanted to put that in. There wasn't any, it wasn't intentional in terms of like we had to do that. I think it was just to show like where Kai came from and why she was so connected to her niece

because she didn't have children of her own. And so that was really a way of setting that up. And I like the way like as the big sister, it's like the world is on your shoulders. But you're like, you know what I mean? But you're handling it. And then when you reveal certain things about yourself in the movie, it shows you as human too. Oh, thank you. Yeah, I mean, I love the fact that we had, like, that sister complicated, complex relationship.

We loved each other, but there was still friction, like, in real life. And then I also loved my relationship with my niece, too. I think there's a sweet side of how she looked up to her and their bond, which I thought, you know, was nice. When you and the producers get around the other, I would say, man, we're tackling a lot of themes, right? You got autism. You got domestic violence, stalking, the lack of vulnerability. black women like do you ever think yourself okay maybe this film got too many nuances no we didn't think of like because i think life is complex i think i don't think everything is just streamlined

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on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Without being heavy-handed or, you know, hitting you over the head, it just, it felt like it could be real. Yeah. What does it mean to you to have a legacy network like Lifetime, Amplify these black stories? Yeah, I know. It means everything. I mean, when we brought them the first. first black girl missing they got it right away they were like how soon can we can we show this and

can we you know get behind it it was really great because a lot of times people don't want to deal with the heavy stuff you know but obviously lifetime deals with right you know a lot of things but they they understood the assignment and i'm grateful for that yeah and now we're on movie three so it's a good thing do you like do you enjoy the acting part do you enjoy reality part do you enjoy the EP part. What's your favorite? Oh, my favorite is being a talk show host because I did the real for I did the real and before the real I was up for the view and I did Hollywood Today Live. I mean, that's my, that's my wheelhouse. But I love, I mean, I'm a Sagittarius. We get bored easy. So you like getting up and doing the same thing every day and all that every day that doesn't?

No. I mean, I like doing different things. You know what I mean? I enjoyed the reality for what it was. Morning everybody is D.J. I'm sorry. That's okay. I got that's okay. I don't know what. What's happening. It's because you look so good. You're setting things off in here. Oh, okay. I don't know what you're going on. Whatever they're saying to try to make you feel better.

I don't know what's happening. That was crazy. But anyways, I like doing, I like challenging myself and doing all kinds of things. But, you know, producing now, I'm really enjoying and going into a room and pitching to networks. I mean, it's a new side of me that if somebody told me when I first started this industry, that I would be doing that, I'd be like, there's no way. But I really enjoy it. Yeah. Because I didn't see that.

weren't really allowed back then. If you were an actor, you were in that lane, you know? And things are different now. So it's been really cool to just, you know. So even when you saw black producers, black writers, black directors back then, you never thought it was possible for you. No.

Wow. No. I never, I mean, I thought, okay, I'm acting and I'll continue doing that, but I didn't see another road after that in terms of producing. I don't want to direct. That's not my thing, but producing I really like. Do you deal with an element of like imposter

syndrome sometimes when you're walking into those rooms because you never kind of saw it for you I just said that to a girlfriend of mine you know I walk into like you know going into Netflix and Hulu and ABC and pitching shows and I walk it out and I'm like who the fuck do I think I am like exactly who God made you to be I guess right but I think sometimes you like I couldn't I couldn't have dream this big you know coming from Haiti not knowing the language you know learning English watching Sesame Street like I didn't know that all these things were possible. So I think that's the beauty of it is

now I'm like, wow, that's incredible. And my kids can see that I can be a mom, but I can also be all these other things too, which I think it's important for your kids to see. Absolutely. Was it stressful for you at any moment? Because you didn't only star in the movie, so you had to learn lines and everything

but you produced it and then your production company had to wear so many different hats. Yeah, for sure. I mean, we tried to make all the important decisions, obviously, before we started production and then once I was on set I was strictly an actor because that was important for me to just stay there you know especially since it's a role that I haven't done before but but yeah it's been really fun yeah it's been really kind of cool are you are you casting for any upcoming projects

yeah sure do you want to absolutely I want to okay great absolutely what do people tell you you look like um Vanessa Belle Calaway yeah you bite him I mean I see Tiana Taylor, too. Oh, that just went by that. Yes. That's amazing. And my father. And your father?

Yeah, my father. Okay, well, that's good. Yes, can you tell me that all the time? He is the father. Yes, he is the father. But I would love to audition for one of your projects. For sure. Absolutely.

Okay. What's your favorite form of storyteller? Out of the reality, I mean, out of the talk shows, reality TV, the movies. My favorite. I mean, I think, again, I think, again, Again, it goes back to, you know, hosting and talking to people because I love, I'm curious about people. And so that's, I guess, my top thing. But after that, you know, acting also.

Do you feel pressure to, as a producer, one day have to tell a story from Haiti? You know, I've wanted to. I've done, my first producing job was a short that I did about sex trafficking. And it wasn't so much about Haiti, but we shot part of it in Haiti. I would love to. I would really love to. I feel like we can't get a break. So much rich, rich history in that country. A lot of misconceptions. So much. So much. I mean, I feel like it's been decades, centuries since we've had hardship. And every time we think we're going to get to a better place, we're knocked down. So it's, it's really discouraging and hard to watch.

I didn't know you couldn't speak English when you first came to? No, I couldn't speak a lick of English. Listen, I moved in January. speak a word of english never seen white people and we moved to massachusetts in january i was like what is happening um yeah so i watched uh yeah i watched uh sesame street and learned a apple b banana and uh yeah when did you i was seven when did you discover the arts and and and what processing you know i always want i've always like would put on little shows for my family so i always had it in me yeah But I didn't discover, I was discovered as a model when I was 17. We moved to Miami because my mom couldn't take the weather anymore in Boston.

So a friend of mine said, do you want to be an extra in a commercial? And I was like, what's an extra? And he goes, they pay $75 a day. For two days, I was like, count me in. That was like big money back then. And I was in this commercial. By the second day, there was a pretty black girl that was a principal, talent and I went up to her and I go, how do I do what you're doing? Like, I don't want to be an

extra. How do I do that? She wasn't having it. So I found out she was with this agency in Fort Lauderdale. I asked my mom to borrow her car. I drove up to Fort Lauderdale. I didn't have pictures. I didn't have an appointment. I didn't know anything. But I thought somebody's going to tell me something. So I'm in Fort Lauderdale. I stop at a red light. I poke my head out to check my makeup in the mirror. So I do that. And then I'm reaching for my lip gloss in my in my back. on the passenger seat. And a hand comes in the car and scares the shit out of me. And it was the woman behind me.

She got out her car at the red light. She gives me a card and she goes, you should be a model. And it was the agency I was going to without an appointment without. Wow. Look at God. Okay? Look at God.

You couldn't have scripted it. So now I show up and I got a card. So now I'm like, and they tested me. They got pictures. I did test shoots with photographers. And about nine months later, Eileen Ford of the Ford Modeling Agency was scouting all over the country,

and they asked 10 of us to come and meet with her. And I met with Eileen Ford, and she said, you should come to New York. And I moved to New York at 17. The model's apartment was full. So I lived with Eileen Ford and her husband, Jerry, on 71st in Madison. Didn't know anything.

And that's how my modeling career started. Wow. And how did you become fancy in James Faxo? Well, I started doing it. I said fancy, like three times. She's love fancy. You can tell that. I know.

I moved to L.A. by then, and they were auditioning girls. And every time I had a modeling gig that I had to do, so I kept on canceling the audition. And finally, they were like, you've got to come in. Yeah. So I go in. And at the time, that was when the R. Kelly Download video was out. Okay. Right?

With Mr. Biggs and myself. You was Mr. Big's wife, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And Jamie came up to me while I was waiting in the lobby. He goes, you know how much I requested that video? Because that's when you had to request videos. And so I went in, we read and I thought, you know, there were other girls that were by far, you know, acting, had more acting ability than me. And so I left thinking, okay, at least I did it. And then when I got the job, I was like, oh, wow. Yeah. That's crazy. And we hit it off and we've been friends ever since. I was at Corinne's wedding recently. Yeah, he's a good man. So even back then, right, you never have like a little crush on Jamie?

Oh, yeah, we both had a crush on each other, but we said we weren't going to do anything. Okay. And I got engaged two weeks before we wrapped. And he goes, you couldn't wait. I just had eggs, that child would question. Like, I don't know they because your chemistry was like day. Yeah, we did. I want to talk about the power of community real quick because you said you moved from Massachusetts to Miami.

I didn't move into Miami and being around. more people that look like you, and I'm sure more Haitians, give you a confidence booth. It was everything. It was everything because, one, my mom wanted to be closer to Haiti so she could visit family, but going to school with kids that had hair like me that look like me. I mean, it just changed everything. But when I first went to school, they were like, oh, she thinks she's white. But that's because I learned English, you know, in Massachusetts, right?

So, but it was everything. It changed everything. I felt like I finally belonged. You know, because when I first went to school in Massachusetts, I was the only black girl. They would touch my hair. They would, you know, grab my hair. They didn't, they'd never seen someone like me.

Did you shrink in Massachusetts? I don't know if I shrink because I was so young. I don't know if I knew if that was happening, you know. But I still flourished, you know. I was cheerleading. I was dancing. So my mom made sure to keep me busy. How do your kids deal with it now?

Because it's kind of the same as when you were in Massachusetts, right? Well, it's different now. I mean, you know, they go to school with black kids, you know. Yeah, it's not a, their dad took, my ex-husband took one of my sons to a hairdresser. And he was like, only a black man's got my hair dad. I was like, I hear you. I get it. I get it.

What do you want people, the family members and the friends of people who may have been abducted and, you know, have went through these experiences. Their family members and friends, there's a level of guilt that can happen sometimes in those situations. What do you want the message for them to take from the movie? The message is really is that we want them to be seen. We want them to get help. And I think, you know, things happen. You can't feel guilty for that. You know, I think no matter how well you watch your kids, I mean, things are going to happen in life, right?

But it's really about this movie is starting a conversation, making sure the families that have. missing family members know that they're being seen and that they should be helped just like everybody else and i'm not saying we don't need to help other people i'm just saying i want us to have the same emergency the same compassion don't say let's wait for two days they'll come back because we all know the first 48 hours the most crucial yeah don't say oh they're on drugs they're runaways like give us the benefit of the doubt as well that's important to me one of the worst places that i've witnessed was l.m um if there's a missing person it seems like they will wait to the last minute.

It got to the point where my wife's friend, she actually passed, but we were calling and calling, please go by the house, check the house. They were like, we're too busy, we're too busy, we're too busy. I'm sitting there like, there's a possibility that you could save somebody. And it was just like, no, we're too busy, too busy. We had to get a family member to actually go out there and actually check. But, I mean, I'm sure you experienced that a lot when doing that homework. Yeah, it's opened my eyes a lot, which is why we need to keep doing this.

We need to keep talking about it. And hopefully one day we won't have to. Yeah, Kevin Hart and I put out a project called Finding Tamika. And it was about a younger named Tamika, Houston, who went missing in the early 2000s in Spartanburg. And, you know, you learn that black girls and women get less media attention when abducted compared to white victims. Like, this is actual data studies.

They call it Missing White Woman Syndrome, actually. Yeah. There's a big publication that just did a 10-page spread on John Bonae, Ramsey, who's been dead 20 years. And we've never had anything like that. I don't know if you've been seeing the news around Kada Scott, the young girl who was found dead in Philly. I remember when her story first broke,

it was only, I was watching it on like the local. My grandmother called me about it. And then I remember I started seeing other outlets pick it up slowly. But it was just, you know, when I was watching the movie yesterday, I thought about her story because it was, it took some time for people to even know what was happening with her. And they were begging for the public to help

and they needed help to find her. Right. Or even the documentary, I just watched not too long ago, where is Amy Bradley? Amy Bradley, yes, been missing for what? It would be now for like 20 years, you know? But not, no slight to her and her family or anything like that, but it's like we don't get documents. People don't look for us that long, you know, if they ever do. They just move on. So, yeah, that's definitely decided. Thank you for giving me the time because you guys have a great platform and we want everybody.

to watch this movie and uh let's keep talking about it absolutely like i need to get to fuck out of here okay you all right this up with wrap this up shit i don't know what happened to you called me i'm gonna tell us why you didn't end up on the view oh i don't well they just went another way okay because i didn't see and talk all day when is tempted to love coming out uh january 31st yeah the first one went out i'm like okay when it's tempted to move coming on board I like my job I know that's right How about if I come on a button on a man

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