The Breakfast Club - INTERVIEW: Pretty Vee Talks 'The Pretty Victory,' Advice From Tory Lanez, Keeping Her Faith, Career Success + More

Episode Date: February 20, 2025

The Breakfast Club Sits Down With Pretty Vee To Discuss 'The Pretty Victory,' Advice From Tory Lanez, Keeping Her Faith, Career Success. Listen For More!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody. It's DJ NV, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Who we got? Pretty V! My baby!

What's up, V? Hey guys! New book, The Pretty Victory, 100 Day Guide to Resend to Yourself and Find Your Purpose is out right now. How you feeling? I feel so good. I feel blessed black and just obsessed with this book now.

I'm just excited for this journey. It came from a text message via social media posting, and now just having my own book. It's just an amazing feeling, for sure. It makes sense for you to have a devotional, a book full of affirmations, because all you do is send us devotional affirmations every day.

I know. Yes. So it makes sense. Yeah. So it's completely on brand for you. On brand. Yeah. And you know what I love about it, because we just going to jump straight into it, because my sis got other press.

So, you know, what I love about it is you had said in your, in the, it's not really a chapter, but it's a segment, how to use this book. You said it took you 100 days. Yeah. Right. To start thinking new and doing new things. What are some of the things that you felt like you had to work on in those 100 days? What were the hardest things that you had to overcome?

Well, just not entertaining social media. That was one of it. So it was like a fast. Yeah, I was like literally in my closet writing this. Like I literally was just like, I was giving snippets on social media. I was like, I watched T.D. Jakes. So when I seen T.D. Jakes' sermon,

he's like, stand on what you know. And for me, I'm a mind person. You know me, I be all in my head over thinking things. But it was more of like, okay, let's separate from what I know that I'm familiar with. Doing the skits, on the table, entertaining, checking the social media, checking the DMs, engagements. So like, girl, you just have this book deal and you need to get to it.

So I was really in my closet. I had to separate, just sacrifice the social media, take that away for a little bit and get locked in my closet and just start writing. And I would just throw in little snippets on social media to see how people's gonna react and it just became a book. And I just had to literally write, write, write each day. You know, shout out to Nikki, shout out to Frankie, like just for helping me because I still wanted to add like the comedic side and you know, wanted to, you know, Charlamagne

like yourself, asking y'all for your quotes, like what makes you guys victorious? Trying to put it all together and not just be your typical devotional because everyone is not religious and everyone doesn't understand, you know. Spirituality. Yeah, so and I believe in Jesus Christ so you know I didn't want to dumb that down either. I needed to throw him in there. But it's for everyone. It's a unisex book. It's for the it's for the women as well and I just wanted to really like tap into the other side outside of being funny for sure because there's so much.

Did you ever get frustrated while you was uh you know doing your 100 days and like flip that table you'd be dancing on? Like Jesus. Did you ever? Come on Flippy, Tippi, the Tippi. Yeah, no, I didn't really, I didn't get frustrated. I just said like, I got a mission to complete.

Like I was like, I wanted to shut this book down and like, let's get on the table and like, let's do what I gotta do with my friends go out. But I was like, they on me, I know that the ministry's in me when it comes down to speaking life, I gotta get this done. And remember I told you about it at Sharla's thing, like, do I need your quote, can I put it in there? Because like I said, we have our group chat

where we send in the devotions and- Constantly, every day. Every day, yeah. Yep, and then sometimes you'll even explain, you'll go further into it and even explain exactly Why this is why this is the one that you picked? Yeah, to send us today, you know God will lay it on your heart Yeah, and me and B sometimes will feel like you know what we go, you know

I'm sorry, you know what we're going through, but that's the that's the best part about you why this for your first book though because Davana is a Person that wears many hats you you are not just funny you do so many other things why not a memoir like you said why not even I a lot of people don't know you are Devonna XL. Who you say, who you are in the book. I ain't trying to spoil it.

But you do say in the book, I'm going to save who I am for the next book. Yeah. OK. Why is that not the first one? I just for me, I just feel like I just have so much work to do. Like, that's not even there yet. Like, I just need to like do some so much more. I'm just not there yet. And I feel like let's put something out where the people could appreciate, you know,

and I was like this devotion. Someone told me I had an interview. They were like, okay, well, we just be like the funny be like this is just the book is so serious. I was like, girl, you haven't even got the book, but not even I am. Like, you know, like I want to give you guys a part of me. And if this is what I have to do, I'm gonna be still.

I remember when I had, we had COVID and I reached out to Charlotte one day, I was like, oh, Charlotte, I'm overthinking. We ain't gotta work that. Charlotte said to be still. I remember when we had COVID, and I reached out to Sharla one day, I was like, oh, Sharla, I'm overthinking, we ain't gotta work that. Sharla said to be still. I hated when Sharla told me that. I was like, be still. I hate the word still because I get to think,

I get to be in my head, but that's one of the things that's to answer your question in the beginning, like I had to be still, and I hated it, because I was like, this has to be written, and the only person that's gonna write it is me, and whoever else we hire to help me put it all together.

So I mean, I just wanted to put a devotional out because I'm like, it's just necessary. Like you said, it's on brand. And I just want people to hear my story. Everything that I've been through, delay is never denial. I talk about Hollywood in here, just don't change. And just keep going and don't be afraid to walk alone.

The relationships I have, friendships and people I've dated, like how you just don't have to walk alone in your pain. You need, God will send help, he will send angels. I talked about it in the beginning when I was so hungry in college, I had no money, I had no food, in Missed Inga, shout out to St. Augustine University, hello North Carolina.

He helped me, gave me $50 and laid on his heart. God said you didn't eat, and here's the money. I just talk about all the propheticness that's in here that brought me to this day. So I just hope it, I know it's gonna help us all. You feel me? The mission is I don't look at the numbers. I look at like, who am I touching in this season?

And if that's what it is, we gonna rock out. And when I say be still, I'm quoting the Bible verse Psalm 46, 10. Yeah. Okay, be still and know that I am God. Yeah. All right, which means that you should trust in God and recognize that God is the controller of all circumstances

Come on on things. I just hate it at the time because I was like, let me work That's right. I was like Colby. Why you close your eyes? Because you're a clown like it's hard to take you serious up here It's the be still and like God Lord I thought you were about to speak in tongues Just close your eyes

I'm like what? I close my eyes because you're a clownor. I cannot take you seriously at all. I wanted to ask you, now your mother's a pastor, correct? Yes, she is. So she instills a lot of this into you. So talk about growing up with your mother being a pastor and you still doing the funny skits and the outlander skits, but you still are so close to your faith. Yeah.

My mom, like, again, her mission is to do what she has to do in ministry. But it's a thing. We're doing ministry, okay? We're healing. Laughter is healing. Outside of what we do is a gift. You know, what Jess does on stage, I can't do what she do. That's up there 15 minutes, 20 minutes, 45. I'm over here like, Can we do some magic tricks? But that's what you do. Yo. I want to do some magic tricks, y'all. Y'all want to see it?

Like, that's me. You know, like, can we do some magic tricks? Come on now, like, let me put the pink robe back on. Like, that's just, like, I commend them for being in their purpose and walking in their purpose and being the legend that she is. Me on the other hand, I'm like, I'ma jump on some tables, I'ma be a personality, these characters that I have, and there's no judging. Just walk in your gift, and when God steers you

some other way, go do that too. But right now in this season, I'm just doing both. I'm balancing it all. I mean, people may take it serious, may not. And some people may not take it serious, like, okay, should we trust in this character that has been doing this stuff for years? Now she's writing a book, I don't believe it. So that's why everybody face,

I'm posting every day about it. I ain't on the table right now. I'ma just let y'all see what's going on because respect this avenue. You know, we're doing a lot, but respect this calling until I decide to say, all right, it's been five months now, let me get back to what I'm doing,

and still carry with it because it's my brand. But my mom, she loves me, she doesn't judge. She's like, if this is what you're doing, just don't do nothing that's gonna take you away from God. That's it, that's all. She not that type of mother for sure. And you started out your first show last year when you did Charon.

Oh, Charon the Bike Yacht. Charon the Bike Yacht. That was very different. You was in Atlanta at the, where was you at? What was the name of the video? Center Stage. Center Stage. Yeah, we was there.

You sold that out? Hurry. She ain't never say Charon sell out. Charon the Bike Y'all. Yes, and that's the thing, and we putting her on the road too. You're like, you know, we added more characters. I was actually scared about that.

She should put her on the road like it's not her. Like, she's gonna put her on the road. Right, and that's how she gotta talk about it. We gonna put Charon on the road, you know, this year. So I'm excited about that. I was just trying to just make, get this book going, but Sharon deserves a stage, like more people to see her. New York for sure, this is the pit of Bad Gyal,

Jamaican people, so I wanna bring her out here. But yeah, I wasn't afraid. My mom came up, she seen me whining, she seen me talk about people, she seen me up there carrying on. So yeah, we just wanna walk into that. You know, the interesting about that, you talked about Jess and her gift of being able to do

stand-up, like you know, stage plays have been around forever, you know what I mean? There's people that have made multi-millions of dollars off stage plays. Of course, we know the Tyler Perry's, the uh, not uh, what's the other brother name? Dang, you know I'm talking about. Who? For the play? Yeah, the Black Stage plays. Whoopi did it too. No, I'm talking about the guy that puts your mom. David Talbert, I think.

Yes, David Talbert, I think. But that's a lane that a lot of people, especially your generation, aren't in. You could easily be producing stage plays. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And everyone tells me that. I just got a text. I think, shout out to Tory Lanez.

I know you, you feel me? Shout out, free. Shout out, free. Free, free. Free, free. That's what she said. Tory Lanez, I know you, you feel me? Shout out, free. Um, yeah. Shout out, free. Free, free. That was his name. Tory Lanez, like, he DM'd me the other day and was just like, yo, you could be producing plays.

Like, you're just so. And I'd be like, nigga, how you know? You know? But. He'd be like, yo, you feel me? Like, and one thing about. Megan Thee Stallion just unfollowed you too, man. Well, she wasn't following me in the.

From the jump. Oh, okay. Yeah, she wasn't following me from the jump. You trying to stone stone? You trying to stone stone? You know what I'm saying? Baldi. Oh, no. Ah. She wasn't following me from the jump. She wasn't following me from the jump. She wasn't following me from the jump. She wasn't following me from the jump. She wasn't following me, but I love Meg.

I love Meg, but I'm just telling you what he told me. Shout out to him. Hey, I think you should do that. And of course, Charlotte told me too. I brought the idea to him. I want to do this, I want to do these plays. I want to get my characters involved. But my thing is, I sent him out the devotion. I said, look, thank you so much for that advice,

but we gonna act on it. We gonna act on it. But I just wanna make sure everything is right. And someone told me, just do it. I think I'd just be scared of people just like, are y'all gonna show? Like, y'all gonna come out and support me? And that's how I was at Sharon.

I was like, y'all gonna buy a ticket? Like, you know what it is. And I was so nervous that day, but- You know faith and fear can't coexist, man. I know, I know, I know. So that's why I just, I went at it and just did it. Yeah, David E. Talbot. That's his name David it's moved to J. Kyle to J. Kyle does Now with all the long list of everything that you've been doing you also received your honorary doctor

Ism yeah, I say that word right, humanitarianism last year. They was on your ass a little too. I know. Jess said it should be a certificate, y'all. I was like, Jess, a certificate. I knew you was coming, I knew it, I knew it. A certificate, Sissy. Now, I know you are proud of that.

I'm extremely proud of you. You went to college in real life anyway. You got real degree, you know what I mean? But not taking anything away from your honorary doctorate degree but did that moment when people were coming for you or you know the backlash that you received from it did that take away from like the enjoyment that take away from you know the fact that it was a victory for you that was still a victory yeah that you received um it did but it didn't okay right because like said, I wasn't the only one who received it.

My mother received it that day. My brother received it that day. And I feel like there was there's a process. It wasn't like, yo, what up? Can we honor you? You're going to get your doctors. No, I had to like for the whole moment out, I had to get in this class and do work as it's put work. I had to just do the whole thing before I got it.

So it was that that moment dragged out for the longest. I was like, why are we still talking about the doctors? I never told y'all niggas I was getting a white coat. I didn't say Charlotte come to the graduation and just be here at five and envy bring your wife and kids. Like, I didn't say that. I said, I got a many tickets. I got six tickets. You know what I'm saying? I know. I didn't even say I was getting a white coat. I got something that the community respects and honored and I was like feeling great about it. Like all these great people got it. Usher, Missy, Michael Jackson, I guess because I'm not in that caliber.

It doesn't matter and she's on the girl, she's doing the skits and like we're not taking it serious. Like, oh, they're just giving out this title to everybody, whatever. I was like, whatever, I got it. They seen me, they acknowledged me, they gave me my flowers, they shouldn't change the name, it shouldn't be a certificate, Jess, but at the end of the day, it is what it is, you know?

I got it and I stood on it and I know my friends were happy. I know you guys were like, yeah. I definitely was happy for you. I know y'all was just like, let's get it, let's go, you know? So it's just for the next person, you know? Like they may call you and say, Jess, we want you to be in honorary Delta. I'm like, I'm all for it, I love that for you. Our doctors as well, you know? Like they may call you and say, Jess, we want you to be in honorary Delta. I'm like, I'm all for it.

I love that for you. Yeah. Doctors as well. Not with all that pink and green. Excuse me? And she might be an AK. AK, AK, AK. Yeah, AK may call her.

We like, Jess, do you not know I did a whole video for you when you got this position for Breakfast Club? The whole video was represented around Jess Hilarious because this is awesome where you're sitting. Thank you. Like this, it was no other person. I was, I hit Shalala, I said, oh you, that's Jess seat. Like she deserves that seat. So even when you went gone, but missing for the baby, I'm like, okay, we're Jess at, you know, but again, things had to come in and fill in for you, but this is

your seat. So as a person, as a pretty V, a B Simone, a Jess Hilarious, a Drew Ski, a Marco, these are accolades that we're like, whoa, we're getting like, a B. Simone, a Jessalys, a Juski, a Marco, these are accolades that we're like, whoa, we're getting. And I'm just happy that I got it. And I'm happy that it's on my house, did it up, and I'm like- I'm happy for you and mine. I'm excited. It's amazing.

Your family. I got one from South Carolina State, Jess getting one from Baltimore City Community College. First of all, oh my God, what? No, I'm not getting anything from Baltimore City Community College. No, they didn't send nothing here. They tweeted. They didn't.

They don't even have Twitter. It's a community college. Don't do them like that. They don't got no damn Twitter. They said they want to give you honorary doctorate. You didn't hear that? Shut up, Beeson Mo. Baltimore City Community College.

And if Jess get that from the community college, we lit. You know what's great? You don't have to look that up. He had to look that up. That's the way it is. Such a clown. BCCC. See, I told you he looked that up. He had to look that up. You know what I mean? He is such a clown. See, I told you he looked that up. Anyway, you talked about, you said earlier that, you know, you talk about people you've

dated in the book and stuff too. Yeah, I ain't say no names. Oh, you know what I'm saying? Ain't no names in the book? Ain't no names in the book. Ain't no names in the book. I actually called to make sure I could throw a little slip of the tongue in here. But other than that, yeah.

Where's the love life now? Since you're doing all this work on yourself and you had a hundred days to change and to think newly. Yeah. Where's the dating status today? Single and not ready to mingle. We is focused. We is getting to it.

I mean, we are on a mission right now to just focus on a pretty victory, focus on all the great things, whatever I put down, I'm picking back up in the season. I feel like, like I'm just growing spiritually more, I'm asking God to cover my heart, be open to new connections, but cover my heart, cover my borderlines, of my ear gates. I'm just really intrigued, just having fun. The skits, the comedic side,

and I'm running what Charlotte told me. He's like, yo, you're an all purpose entertainer. I'm running with that, doing everything I could possibly do, whatever I put down on picking back up. So right now I'm single, you know, I hear whoever like, you feel me? Like Miami Dolphins, Eagles, what they do, like whoever I am.

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So I can't wait. Listen and subscribe to Greatest Escapes on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. You working single. I want to ask both of you something, you and Jess, right? Because in day 19, you talk about following God's instructions, right? So I want to ask you, how do you know what instructions are God's instructions and what's not?

And I wonder about that in regards to relationships. Like does God say, you know what, that's who you should be dating or that's who you should be dealing with? Like, don't let me, you said that God tell me that this is my person. This is the person you should be with. Absolutely. I feel like God sent me a man after his own heart. You know, me and Chris, we pray together.

That's my partner. This is the first time I've been in a relationship where I actually feel like we're doing the spiritual growing together. You know what I mean? And other relationships, I'm not saying that I was dating atheists, but I would initiate the praying.

I would initiate, yo, let's read together. When you sent me two of these, he took one and he's like, yo, I didn't know she was doing the Daily Devotion. I said, yeah, well, she sends me. He said, I didn't know she was turning into a book. And he started reading it. He's very, very spiritual. He's a Christian, God-faring man. And yeah, I do feel like God has spoken to me

and told me this is the last person that you're gonna be with. This is the last and final relationship and this is the one. This is what I was preparing you for. I do believe that wholeheartedly, yes. I believe that for you. So what about you, VF?

God told you, look, I don't want you dealing with nobody right now? See, God is like the author of confusion. So whenever it gets a little rocky for me, I know that's not him. I've been in spaces where it's been confusion, manipulative, I talk about that, conniving, just controlling, and that is not of God.

Now, God will put you in a situation for you to learn. It's a lesson. Like a warning does come for destruction. I mean, I can't understand what that means. Like it comes for destruction. So I think in this season, God is saying, be still and be patient, because you have tapped into different relationships

whether it wasn't good for you. You have tapped into different friendships that held you back. So I think in this season, He is telling me to be still and wait on Him. Seek He first, the kingdom of God. I keep hearing that. Every time somebody called me, they're like,

oh, you were in my spirit and this dropped in it. Matthew, you need to time somebody call me, they like, oh, you were in my spirit and this dropped in it, Matthew, you need to read it. So I'm like, okay, what am I doing that is moving too quick and not bringing God along? So, and waiting on his answer. So that's why I said in the beginning, I'm just waiting on that soft whisper to move. So in this space that I'm in, I'm like,

if it ain't of him and if we ain't doing what we need to do, I don't want you. I don't care how much money you got. I don't care if you got the G Unit chain on. I don't care if the jubose is to the ground. I don't care if the Timbs is flapping. I don't want it. Yeah.

We want a New York nigga, that's what it sound like. The G Unit chain, Timbale's, jubose. What up? So what's the most important chapter? Of course, each chapter leads you to the person that you feel that people should be or that you are. What's the most important chapter? Of course, each chapter leads you to the person that you feel that people should be or that you are. What's the most important chapter to you?

If you wanted one person to say, I wanted you to read this one chapter because I think this chapter is whatever. Yeah, I love you. I love you. And why? Because we don't hear that enough. The household I grew up in, my mother said it, but my dad was very slim to none. You know, Caribbean man, very hard,

very like straightforward, you don't hear as much. And then when you do, it's like, I have to say it. All right dad, did you hear me? I said, I love you. Oh, I love you too. Ooh, my father showed, he loved us for sure. But it wasn't like, I want you to tell me that. Because the trips and the gifts and the Christmas stuff

and the Spect to school clothes, that's cool, but I need to tell you who I fell in love with and they broke my heart. I need you to understand that I'm hurting right now and I don't need to call my mentors in the industry to ask for advice, I wanna call you first. So I Love You is my favorite day of the book. I don't know what day that is, but that's one of them,

because we don't hear it, I didn't hear it. How has that changed you as a person? Do you say I love you to everybody now because you missed that, you didn't get that like you wanted? Mm-hmm, I do say I love you to a lot of people, but I also, I think my heart is warm to people. It's like more open because my father was very closed.

Gotcha. Yeah, like again, it was just all about making sure you're dependent, you're this, you become a lawyer, you become a realist. He didn't care about the comedy. He was just like, that ain't gonna, whatever. Until I showed him that I could turn funny into money. Until I showed him that I could do these things

about my first home and help the family, as much as I can. But I Love You was not, he didn't say that as much. Where is your relationship with your dad now? We're good, we locked in. That's my daddy. Yeah, official. But it's just, being a dad now? We're good. We locked in. That's my daddy. Yeah, for sure. Being a Caribbean person, everything's hard.

It's just like, alright, books. Make sure you're in there. Make sure you become who you're supposed to be. Don't do this, don't do that. But me and my dad's like my best friend. Have you had those talks with him? We had a moment one day in Miami and we was back and forth. And I was in his space. You need to respect, da da da da.

So he texts me. And my dad, I don in his space, and you need to respect that, da da da da. So he texts me, and my dad, my dad don't even know how to text. I was like, is it my little brother doing this for you, or this is from your heart? And he was like, we just have to work on communication. That's the first time he understood my side, and I understood his side.

You know, so yeah. How did you pick who you wanted to do your, to help with devotionals? Talk to me? Like it says, you know, it's, you have friends and mentors in the book, like Shaq, Issa Rae, Duval, Tiffany, Jess, myself. Like how did you pick who you wanted to have in there?

The impact that you guys put on my life. I mean, before like I knew what rap shit was, Sharla was just like, yo, this show would be great for you. You know, the advice that I've gotten over the years from him, like keep going, you know, I'll text Sharla and he'll be like, yo, this show would be great for you. You know, the advice that I've gotten over the years from him, like keep going. You know, I text Charlotte and I'm like, love you, keep going, ah, ah. You too, V, keep striving.

It's just the impact. Jess, I watched her growth. I'm inspired by her walk. Again, I guess I can't do what she does. I think it's inspiring to me. Issa, you know, taking a chance on me to be a part of her show, and still speaking to me after the fact,

like checking up on me, and you know, she was gonna be one of my moderators, you know, for the book tour, but her scheduling, for people, this is what I'm saying, people who would've come out they way to do things. Like this is a pinch me moment for me. You know, I don't take this for granted.

Like everything to me is like pure and genuine. I love it. And Shaq for giving me the best advice. Every time I would respond in the blogs, Shaq would hit me like literally two minutes after. You know I had to call you like, yo, tell Shaq, don't block me, alright? Like what's going on?

You know, so I think for me it's more of like, him giving me the best advice. Don't respond. You're a queen. You don't come off your throne for them people. And I didn't understand because I want to explain so much. And he's like, no, we're not doing that. And Duval, like that's just my dog.

Kierrasheer helped me when I was in, you know, in my head during COVID. She gave me her aunt's counselor, you know, therapist so I could talk to her. So shout out to Kiara Sheer. I was really in a bad place in 2020 and she was just like, you know, look at the Bible. Everybody in there had committed suicide, overthinking. You had this in the Bible. You're not the only one walking through this space, V. Keep your head up and I'm gonna give you my auntie's counselor so you can talk to them. Because I was afraid of it.

Like I was like, I'm a church girl. Like all you gotta do is pray and da da da, you'll be all right. But no, you actually need somebody. And I talk about- What put you in that space in 2020? Just the COVID, you know, and I had COVID. And COVID hit me mentally, it didn't hit me physically.

I was just in my head a lot. The brain fog, overthinking stuff, like just doing the most. And I kept calling my mom, I think I need to go talk to somebody. And she was like, it's COVID. Like it was bad, 2020 was bad. Everyone was passing away at that time.

And I just didn't know how to center myself. And I think in that season, it's like getting your word. Like God's pulling on you with some things. He wants to talk to you spiritually. And that's when I reached out to Kiki and she was just like, you know, I'm gonna tell you right now to keep going, but you know, this is gonna happen but get in your word and I'm gonna give you my auntie's, you know, counsel so you can talk to her.

So everyone plays a part in my life, even the Victoria Tish, Tashina, you know, Tish Campbell, like just everybody in here. So be Simone, like everyone's in this book. When you said when Rapture got canceled? I was. I was like, yo Issa, you good? You got something else I can be a part of? Like what?

I'm sorry to hear that but what's going on? I'm sorry. I was like, yo, EC, you good? You got something else I can be a part of? I was like, what? I'm sorry to hear that, but what's going on? I'm sorry to hear that, but what's up? Yo, EC, it was one of those moments, but I respect it. I got the email. I spoke to her, and on to the next thing. She's a genius. You don't come up with it. How did that call go?

Did she call you personally to let you know? It was a text. It was a text, and I was like, thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of this. I was like, I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy.

I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy. I'm so happy. She's a genius. She don't come up with it. How did that call go? She call you personally to let you know? It was a text. You know, it was a text. And I was like, thank you so much for allowing me to be

Deja and all that good stuff. And she was like, for sure, keep going. And like, you know, it was very intimate. And then I seen it doing the emails and stuff. So yeah, but he's just always coming up with some stuff. But I was like, yo, sorry to hear that. What's going on? Easy.

Like, what's the next joint? Because she probably looked too like, yo, sorry to hear that. What's going on? Easy, like what's the next joint? You know? What's the next joint? Cause she probably be looking too like, sorry, we gotta keep moving. She probably in her mind like, we done with Insecure, we done with this, now to the next. And now she has a movie with- That movie, yeah.

The movie is at Kiki Palmer. Amazing too. That shit made like $40 million. That's what I'm saying. We were supposed to have a show. I remember me, you and B were supposed to do a show with Nick. Oh my God. I know it was a lie.

Excuse me? I did not mess it up. Well, Nick. Yeah, it was. What was the show gonna be on? It was fire, though, man. It was. If people went through with that, it was gonna be lit.

We even shot like. But you know what's so crazy, Jess? You was in a season where this was happening, too. Yeah. So we were trying to figure out how you was even gonna make that work. I would've figured it out, and we moved on.

We moved on, yeah. We would have figured it out. I figured we could have just did those four episodes and we'd have done it. Yup, bust it out like we would. Stop being too late guys. Stop acting like it's too late. It's not too late. I mean it's just like Nick got like ten shows right now. Yeah Nick got a lot going on.

Nick got ten shows. What happened with the show? I don't know. It just never took off. It was so cute. It just never took off. It even got close to, I know, it even got close to contracts. We had shot the, what would we say, a pilot. We had shot the pilot, had a couple episodes in a can. Like good energy, me, B, and V.

It was great. But then we just couldn't figure it out. You got a midget in your corner over there that does television production that can do it. A midget. Oh, Ninja Turtle. Oh, trial. I'm the average height four man in America, sir.

Yeah, Ninja Turtle. We just gotta come up with some stuff. I'm sure Nick probably own the rights to it. No, we don't have to do the name. It was pretty hilarious. Yeah, the name of it was pretty hilarious. It was a clip show though, right? Yeah, it was a clip show, but we can change the concept. I mean, sorry.

I'm doing, we doing movies. We ain't doing movies. Who's we? What you mean, who's we? I'm saying, no, you doing movies? Yes. We doing movies. Gosh, okay.

Lord Jesus, all right. Yeah, so shout out to Issa, man. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, she's dope. And I actually auditioned for that movie too. I was like, yo, with a poor hat. You auditioned for Good Days? I did, I did.

Oh, okay. Yeah, I did, I didn't know that was that. You know that we telling you. Yeah. But I definitely auditioned for that Days? I did, I did. Oh, okay. Yeah, I did. I didn't know that was that. You know that we telling you. Yeah. But I definitely auditioned for that, which was good. You know, I tried to, you know, slide me in, slide me in. They like, nah, where the talent at?

You know what I mean? Like. Yo, let me ask you this. When you audition for Rose and you don't get it, do you still watch it when it come out? I do. Oh, alright. I don't, yo. It took me so long to watch Queen and Slim because I was supposed to be Queen.

And then my brother was like, why you in audition for Slim? First of all, don't ever play with me. I mean, I can play both, you know, but don't ever play with me. But yo, I be mad when I don't get stuff and so now I feel like a hater while I don't watch it or whatever, yo.

But I actually watched it and it was fire. You chose the right people. You know, SZA, but I didn't watch it or whatever, yo. I actually watched it and it was fire. You chose the right people. Of course it was fire. You know, SZA. But I didn't go in doing SZA or Kiki's role. It was somebody, another role. You know, sometimes they add it and take it out and fix up some things, but Desi was in there.

So that was great to see one of our kinds and the people in the building. That's what's up. Issa, again, like I said, that's how I chose because she's just so supportive. So thank you for setting that up and that connection, Sharla, because Issa is like, she's just a sweetheart and I just respect her in the business.

And I'm sad rap shit gone though, because I was fired. It'll be plenty more. Yeah, absolutely. Look what you're doing now. She don't, yeah. The pretty victory. The pretty victory. An author, honey.

And what's so funny about this book is it may not make sense to people now, but as you continue to grow in this business and people get to really know you, they gonna understand, oh, this makes all the sense in the world. Because for us, we know this would V do all day every day. Every day.

And that's what Nick said when we was in LA. Nick was just like, we, because you know, we were promoting the Wild'n Out tour and all that stuff. And he was like, the ticket sales may not be good, but one thing we gonna know, V gonna send us a motion. Read that! The ticket gonna go up. Right, no matter what.

But I'm extremely proud of you, Cecily. Even the back, you so cute. I know. It's my boy. Look at that little face. Nah, this is so on brand for you. Yeah, I'm so excited about it. I really am.

And again, it's for the men as well, you know? So I speak about, you know, who are you, King? You know, I speak about, you about, I love you, King. Everything's in here, just for, that's my brothers as well, so y'all can tap into it. It's not just for the women. People just think, oh, she talking about, no. I'm actually giving y'all y'all flowers as well too,

because y'all deserve it. Let's end on this. You say, if you're starving, you'll eat anything. Ooh, Lord. Right there now. If you're starving, you will eat anything. It's just plain and simple. Again, you gotta wait and be patient.

Like I just said, if the opportunity come for me to do something that's off brand and I want it and I feel like I'm not doing anything at the moment and I feel like I need the money or if I feel like I want to be at a place just to show the people that I'm working, I'll do anything. Down the line, it starts tinting things

and tinting the brand and making you look crazy when you should just wait. Be patient in this season and just wait. That's the thing. Opportunities have come to me to do certain things and I've said no, no, no. And I know I needed the money. I know I needed to do certain things.

I know I wanted to put it towards a share on shore, just my craft, but if I would've said yes, I'm just doing anything just to do it. I'm not waiting on the process. That's what I just said. And I think day two, there's a process before the promise. And the thing about it is we'll just go through, try to go straight through that promise,

and it ain't doing nothing. It's just, you just did it just cause to seem, to show your fans and your followers that you moving and you working. I'm out here with da da da, but they got you doing all these roles. I remember a producer hit me and said, yo, I want you to be a stud

and be like a lesbian stud in one of my movies and I was like, you straight? Like, I don't wanna do that. I'm bigger than that. Like, you know, like no shade. Like I don't wanna put like, you have a big stomach out, like y'all straight, like I'm good.

Like I don't wanna do that. Did you tell him I would do that? Wanna be a stud You wanna be a stud? Jess would have killed me. You already know. You already know I ain't good study on these niggas. I just study on them. Like a lesbian, she a little butchie.

A pregnant lesbian? And she like wife be the one, pick in the hair. What? I'm like I don't wanna do that. You don't see that for cheese? I see it for Jess. But I didn't wanna do that. You're a fowl.

You ain't passed out a lot. You're a fowl. You don't see it for me. Oh my God. I don't see the pick in the hair with the afro. I don't see the wife be the one with the stomach out and I'm a lesbian. I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to do that.

And that's just not me. That don't match with devotions. But that just doesn't match where I'm just trying to go. No shade. But at the end of the day, if I would have said yes, and then down the line, if somebody was trying to see my reels and see certain things and whatever the case may be, if I would have said yes, and then down the line, if somebody was trying to see my reels and see certain things and whatever the case and be, if it was Raunchy, whatever, I don't know

who the people was, it was just like, it's a no for me. So if you're starving, you'll eat anything. You're not waiting on your process. You're not going through your process. Well, nevermind. Day 69 in the devotional. You're starving. You're starving, you'll eat anything.

You're starving, you'll eat anything. I didn't, just wait, basically just wait. Just wait for when it's the right time 69 and the devotional Just wait they're basically just wait just wait for you when it's the right time when God say move He said I ain't trying to eat another girl what you mean? I ain't starving that bad I want to have a pick in my head find me something else You know like get down in the rolls get get know, like get down in the rolls, shovel up some things. That's right, boo. Well, the book is out now, The Pretty Victory, and I think it's only right we leave with a prayer. Yeah, a pretty prayer, that's close.

A pretty prayer. What a pretty prayer, boo. Is it like a long prayer or are we getting- It's up to you. It's up to you. Because my sister got pressed, so it's up to you. Close your eyes and you go. Because you got to go.

Okay, period. Well, that other press is tomorrow, but I don't know. So Father God, we just thank you so much for today, little guy. We thank you that you are to go. Okay, period. Or the other press is tomorrow. So Father God, we just thank you so much for today, Lord God. We thank you that you are so worthy. We just thank you that you are so massive. We thank you that you are so powerful, Lord God. Father God, I want to say thank you so much for what you're doing and what you're about to do, Lord God, in these last and evil days, Lord God.

The seen and the unseen, the heard and the unheard, Lord God. Father God, we thank you for all the doors that you are opening, but all the doors that you are closing, Lord God. I thank you for every soul who's around this table, Logot. Just Logot. Keep her in perfect peace, Logot. Let us know that she's seen, Logot. Let us know that she's heard, Logot.

Every cry that she's cried, Logot, I ask that you hear her touch down on her heart, Logot. Purge her into her greatness, Logot. It's so much things that she wants to do, Logot, in this season, Logot. So give it to her, Logot. Give her the weedy inventions, Logot, to do it, Logot. Bless Envy, Logot.

Keep him going, Logot. Allow him to be the best father he knows how to be, Logot. Let him quiet the noise, Logot. Whatever he may be dealing with that we may not know in keep him going, Lord God. Allow him to be the best father he knows how to be, Lord God. Let him quiet the noise, Lord God. Whatever he may be dealing with that we may not know in his secret place, Lord God. We just ask that you cover him under the blood, Lord God. His kids, Lord God, Father God, do a round of protection over his kids, Lord God, even his wife, Lord God.

Many opportunities, Lord God, will fall with his family, Lord God. Bless Shalala, Lord God, keep him in perfect peace, Lord God. Anxiety, anything that he may be thinking about, overthinking, Lord God, anything that he may be feeling like on the days that he may not express, little God. Father God, we just want to say thank you, little God. Keep him, little God.

Father God, we just ask that you catapult Charlemagne's career, little God, to higher heights, little God. It's never too late, little God, to do it, little God. Father God, whatever he's writing down in his journal, little God, whatever he's thinking about, little God, him and his wife shall do, little God. Even his kids will eat off of those benefits, little God. And Father God, the generations to come and to come. And every soul that's a part of Breakfast Club's team,

Lord God, bless them now and forevermore. In Jesus' mighty name, amen, amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. See how intentional she is when she pray. That's right. It's pretty free.

The pretty me, the pretty victory. It's the Breakfast Club, good morning. Wake that ass up. Early in the morning. The Breakfast Club. Wake that ass up. Early in the morning. The Breakfast Club.

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