The Breakfast Club - Jenifer Lewis Interview "Chapter 4 "Dick Diva"

Episode Date: May 15, 2018

Tuesday 5/15- Today on the show we had "The Mother of Black Hollywood" Jenifer Lewis stop by and she brought all her energy during the interview. She spoke about the chapters in her book, especially chapter 4! She also spoke about loving herself, and even spilled the tea on Bill Cosby. Also Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to Youtube star Nicole Arber for re doing Childish Gambino video "This is America". Also, we did "Shoot Your Shot" where a listener shot her shot at her boss.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Yes, it is. Some of us are well-rested. Some of us aren't. I can tell. Yeah. No, I actually got a good night's sleep last night. You got a good night's sleep. I just went to the club, and I took a nap here before I had to get on.

I got 67 hours, so I'm good. Oh, not me. I was in New, so I'm good. Not me. I was in Newark yesterday. Shout out to everybody in Newark. I was at LaRouge and we were doing this whole women's entrepreneurship and real estate panel. So shout out to Benedict who brought me out there. It was packed in there. A lot of people came out who want to learn about real estate and investing.

It was great. I had a great time in Newark. Okay. What'd you do yesterday, Shelby? Anything? Work. But nobody cares about that. Okay. Did'd you do yesterday? Show me anything? Uh, work. But nobody cares about that. Yeah.

Okay. Did fun stuff like catch up on United Shades of America on CNN. Drop on the Clues bombs for W. Kamau Bell. Okay, they was in my birthplace this past Sunday. Charleston, South Carolina. Talking about that Geechee Gala culture. You know how you say it? You know how you say it, boy?

Barks you in your mouth, boy. Didn't anybody watch Basketball Wives last night? Absolutely not. No, I didn't watch that. No way. your mouth, boy. Didn't anybody watch Basketball Wives last night? Absolutely not. No, I didn't watch that. No way. No way, Jose. I didn't watch that at all. I didn't get home until like 1130, and I was like, you know how it reruns?

I was like, hmm. I watched the beginning of the game. Who won the game last night? I fell asleep. Warriors won last night. Okay. 119-106. We'll give you the details next.

When I watched it in the first quarter, Houston was up one. Yeah. No, they was busting their ass for a little bit. I think they finished the quarter up one, then they finished the second quarter. They were doing good in the first quarter. Houston was up one. Yeah. No, they was busting their ass for a little bit. I think they finished the quarter up one and then they finished the second quarter. They were doing good

in the third quarter. Oh, by the second quarter, I was over. I was out. I was snoring by second quarter. Da-dun-dun. Yeah. I was with the kiddies all day.

You know, like I said, my nanny is not here. She has two more weeks until she gets back. So it's really day. Countdown. Yeah, it's a countdown. So Gia's doing one thing

with the older ones and I'm with the younger ones. It's a lot of fun. I have a lot of fun with the babies. So maybe you'll just not even bother having a nanny come back. Nah, B, I'm tired. It's called parenting. I'm tired.

I'm tired. We got five. I'm tired. All right, well, let's get the show cracking. Jennifer Lewis will be joining us. The black mother of Hollywood. Drop one of the clues, mom, for Jennifer Lewis. I think it's the mother of black Hollywood.

The mother of black Hollywood. Or the black mother of Hollywood. Same difference. Mother of black Hollywood. She's still black, and she's still a mother, and it's of Hollywood. Drop one of the clues, Mom, for Jennifer Lewis. I think it's the mother of black Hollywood. The mother of black Hollywood. Or the black mother of Hollywood. Same difference. Mother of black Hollywood. She's still black and she's still a mother and it's still Hollywood. You got it all there. Yes. And also, Baron Davis and Paul Pierce.

Of course, ex-NBA players. We'll kick it with them this morning as well. And we got front page news. What are we talking about, Yee? We will be talking about the black student we told you about who got interrogated for falling asleep, and she's a Yale student, and we'll tell you what she has to say now she thinks should happen

to the student who called the police on her. And I think it's the season finale of Black History Night if I'm not mistaken. Yes. Jennifer Luce is right on time. Alright, so we'll get into all that. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ N.V. Angela Yee. Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news.

Now, NBA last night, like we said, Golden State Warriors beat the Houston Rockets 119-106. It was close the first half, and in the second half, Kevin Durant just was like, I'm going to stop playing with you guys, and he was busting ass. I don't think he missed anything in the second half. He was busting ass last night. So, Golden State leads 1-0 in that series. The Cavs play the Boston Celtics tonight at 8.30. Now, let's talk about that black student that was, I guess they called the cops on her because she was taking a nap?

Yes, Sarah Brash is the person who actually called the cops and complained about her. And what happened was, if you guys don't remember the story, Lola De Ciambola was taking a nap. She's a Yale student. And the woman, Sarah, called the police. Now, the video shows police questioning her for nearly 20 minutes, demanding that she prove her enrollment, even though she had already unlocked her dorm room door in front of them. And here's what she had to say on Good Morning America, because she does feel like Sarah should be held accountable for just calling the police on somebody just because they're black. I don't think that if I looked differently, that it would have gone any further than that. Someone who uses the police in the way that Sarah used the police should be held accountable.

There needs to be punitive measures for people who, you know, act out of racially motivated, you know, bias. None of this is really new. If she was white, Sarah would have woke her up and said, hey, do you need a pillow? Do you need a cover? See, Ambola said that she was aware of at least one other incident where Sarah had also called the police on another black student, and another black graduate student said that the same woman called the police on him about a month ago as well.

So they're saying their situations are examples of racial bias within the university's police system. And I agree. If this person just keeps on calling the police on you just because you're a black student and questioning whether or not you're supposed to be there, then yes, there should be some type of disciplinary action. Absolutely. Could somebody tell Sarah that black people are at Yale and not just in a worker capacity? Obviously she doesn't know that, right?

Could somebody tell Sarah that? It's funny because I just got a tweet from a guy named Mike DeBlasi and he told me to go F myself because every time he turns on the radio I'm saying something prejudiced and I'm like, no. Every time you turn on the radio it's something prejudiced happening and it's me speaking out against it. Okay? All right.

That's super duper sad. Well, there's been another incident on Southwest Airlines. A jet had to make an emergency landing over the weekend. This is the third incident. Don't feel sorry for nobody involved. Why? Because it's Southwest Airlines. A jet had to make an emergency landing over the weekend. This is the third incident. Don't feel sorry for nobody involved. Why? Because it's Southwest Airlines. Charlemagne almost killed us, Yee.

He put us on Southwest. Charlemagne put us on Southwest. Never. Oh, my gosh. Well, there was a pressurization issue during the flight, and the oxygen mask popped out and everything. They were traveling from Denver to Dallas on Saturday night. Don't feel sorry for them.

And the cabin began to lose pressure. So that's the third known scare in the past month on Southwest. Now, by the way, if you walk on Southwest and you can pick your own seats, when the oxygen masks fall from the ceiling, do you pick anyone you want? Or you got to pick the one that falls? No, just grab anyone you want. You grab anyone you want? Anyone you want.

Okay. You guys never have to deal with those oxygen masks. And they tell you when you have those masks, if you have kids on the flight with you. Put yours on first. Put yours on first. And then put your kids on. I can guarantee you there's no oxygen in the mask on Southwest. have kids on the flight with you. Put yours on first. Put yours on first and then. I can guarantee you there's no oxygen in the mask on Southwest. All right.

They're just masks. They're just masks. Just for show. Put yourself on. Put them on and kill yourself. Oh my goodness. All right. And that's front page news.

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent, hit us up right now. Maybe you had a bad night, bad morning, whatever it may be. Or maybe you're scheduled to fly on Southwest. Wow. Yeah. Who hates you? Yeah. Who hates you in life? Or if you want to spread some positivity, 800-585-1051

is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Before we go to the phone calls, I want to say I'm mad because I didn't know Disney was that expensive. You know, Disney is super duper expensive.

Why don't you get a hookup? Oh, my gosh. Now, you know, my kids turn five and four next month, and I was like, I'm going to take his time to take him to Disney. So the price of Disney, I'd rather go to an island than go to Orlando. No disrespect to Orlando, but I'd rather go to an island than pay all that money for Disney. Disney's expensive as ish. Well, I wouldn't know. I've never been.

Why are you just figuring this out, man? I don't know. What did you think Disney was? I don't. I'm thinking it's Orlando. Yeah, the flights is like $2.53. I knew that. It's Disney World, one of the biggest attractions in America, not even America, in the world.

That's crazy. Yes, Disney. You know you got to get like those VIP stuff so you don't got to wait online. You got to get that for everyone. That's not even included in what I'm talking about. Disney is super duper. I'm going to go to an island because I'm sorry, kids. The kids want to go to Disney World. I'm going to put on a Donald Duck costume or Mickey Mouse costume because Disney's too expensive.

It's expensive. And by the way, it's very expensive when you got five children. Okay? I only got two. So don't say, don't jump out the window like it's super expensive for everybody. It's 70 of y'all. Well, I'm going to say three children because two is going to be under the age where I get in free. They both going to be one.

They let people in free at Disney? I think so. I don't think so. No? Not even if you're one? No. If you won? I don't remember so. No? Not even if you're one? No. If you're one? I don't remember that policy.

Let's Google that. Wow, because I'm definitely going to say they want to get on the flight because I know if they're under one, they fly free. So they're definitely going to be under one.

Are you sure they're under one? They're under one. Your kids do not look like they're under one. You got to prove it. Who can prove that my kids are not under one? You can look at them.

Nope. They're walking around going to school. They got a mustache there. Disney expensive. He plays basketball. Hello, who's this? This is Najee from North New Jersey.

Najee from North, Brick City. Get it off your chest, bro. Yo, I'm so freaking nervous. Yo, I've been calling forever. Nah, I'm a rapper from North New Jersey, and I wanted to get y'all a pin or something. All right, let's hear it. Oh, boy.

Check out a market. I'm trying to get my stakes up in the market, so I got to go in like a cartridge. Trying to go boss. I go bossing. Staying off and get a boss. Get real, real quick. If I can't go and sign the deal, get that advance and I flip it.

Get my McCrae up in the hands and pull out of the package. If I can't get my... Yo, yo, yo, yo, my brother. Roz Baraka's creating a lot of new jobs in Newark, New Jersey, man. You need to go get one. You know what I'm saying? Hey, progress is a mission. If I gotta

keep on working to get better, I'm just gonna keep on working to get better. Keep it pushing. Yeah, keep on working. How old are you? And on top of that, I'm only 19. I just turned 20. There you go. So go get one of those jobs that Rob Baraka's handing out in Newark, and you can work on your reality and deal with your dream at the same

time. Yeah, rap on the side. Yes. Hello, who's this? All the way on the side. Like, way over there. What's up, bro? Good morning. Good morning.

What's up, bro? Get it off your chest. All right, for the last, my utility bill I just got was $826. I live in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, right? Now, I go to work from 6 o'clock in the morning to 6 in the evening. My lady goes to work from 8 o'clock in the morning to 8 o'clock in the evening. There's nobody in the house. While my light bill is $826, I'm not sure, so I did some research.

North Carolina and everybody that lives in Elizabeth City, check this out. North Carolina, they denied a software that would fix this problem because they could not go in there and manually change the meter readings for the system without any backtracking. So there was a new company called Edmonds out of New Jersey who was going to face this problem. But Elizabeth city, North Carolina declined it for this reason. Now,

if anybody else in this area, if y'all got this problem and y'all got four, five, six, $800 light bills, go up to the utility company, ask them with demand that you get a meter reading by a professional, uh,

by professional worker. And they have to give you an accurate meeting reader meeting, but they're not, it's not going to be the same at the end of the month. You have to give you an accurate meeting, reader meeting, but it's not going to be the same at the end of the month. You have to add those up, and then if it does not match, go up there for reimbursement because they owe you money.

Yeah, $800 is a lot. That's a whole lot. That sounds crazy. You're not even home all day. That's a whole rent. That's whole rent on utilities. That's a whole rent. That's crazy.

I love this type of information, though. Good information to give out this morning, so. Absolutely. Don't get got. Thank you. All right, good luck, bro. All right, now. Get it off your chest.

800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Let's go. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed.

Say it with your chest. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, let it out. Hello, who's this? Yo, what up, DJ Envy? What's up, bro? Get it off your chest. My girl just got diagnosed with cancer, you know what I mean?

A couple weeks ago, man. Today's her first day of chemo. Okay. I just want to let her know that we're going to make it through this. You know what I mean? All you people out there that's fighting cancer, stay positive. You're going to make it through it if you don't. It's what happens.

God loves you. Stay strong. Keep moving. Keep pushing. Prayers for her, man. Thank you. What's her name? Kaylee Renee Magnus, man. Let's throw some positive energy out there for Kaylis, man. God bless her.

What type of cancer does she have, bro? She got lymph bless her. All right, y'all, man. I love you, too, man. What type of cancer she have, bro? She got lymphoma cancer, man. It's in her neck or whatever. Okay. And where you calling from? I'm calling from Indianapolis, man. Naptown, Indiana. West side of Outday, Hardin Street.

Y'all know where it is. All right, we send some prayers out definitely to her, brother. All right, man. Thanks, man. Y'all stay positive out there. You, too. Stay on their neck, bro. Stay on their neck.

You already know, my brother. Hello, who's this? This is John from Houston, Texas. Good morning, neck, bro. Stay on that neck. You already know, my brother. Hello, who's this? This is John from Houston, Texas. Good morning, good morning. Hey, good morning. Get it off your chest. Well, my son was murdered December 12th, 2017. His name is Fabian Fable Smith.

He's in a better place. But I took all the negative energy he had inside of me and opened up a web space called Houston Unsolved space, a place called Houston Unsolved Homicide. That's Houston Unsolved Homicide. People in Houston are reaching out to me to get some type of aid or, I'll say, closure to the murders that are happening in Houston without young black and Latino kids in the street. Oh, I like that. That's like a safe space to snitch. Right.

I don't like that. I don't like that word snitch when it comes to stuff like this, but you know what I mean. It's a safe space to tell on people that are out here killing folks. Well, if you get out, how would you feel if your child was going to school and someone grabbed your child and kidnapped your child or murdered your child? I'm with you 100%. This is something positive in the community. Yes. Trying to get the streets cleaned up. Oh, my gosh. Because a lot of police, they're not really out there doing what they need to do to get these people in the community. Yes. Trying to get the streets cleaned up. Oh, my gosh.

Because a lot of police, they're not really out there doing what they need to do to get these people off the streets. And it's time for the community to get together and start forming together as one. Absolutely. I would love that to happen. Get the streets cleaned up. Is that what happened to her? She was kidnapped? No, he was 22 years old in college.

He was shot. Well, okay. See, that's the problem. That'd be the problem with the community, though. Somebody will get shot. Nobody will tell who shot the person. That shooter goes back into the community and shoots more people. Yes, and you're 100% correct.

So this Facebook page, Houston, I saw a homicide. People are reaching out, just putting their loved one's picture on their site. Just hopefully one day someone can say, you know what? I've seen something, I heard something, I know about this crime. You goddamn right. Hey, man. Hey, it is what it is. I also went to City Hall and spoke to the mayor

about the situation, and they were pleased with what I'm doing. So I thank everybody in the city of Houston, and I thank you guys for having me on the radio station today, and I really love you guys, and thank you for all you're doing for everybody in America. Thank you, brother. Good luck, man. today, and I really love you guys, and thank you for all you're doing for everybody in America. Thank you, brother. Good luck, man. I don't want to call it a safe space to snitch,

a safe space to crime solve. Yeah, crime solving. A safe space to provide information. Yeah. You know? Absolutely. Get it off your chest. Yeah, crime solving.

800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up, or if you want to spread some positivity, you can as well. Now, Yee, we got rumors on the way? Well, we'll start with some positivity this morning and some love. There's been a lot of love in the air. So we'll tell you who wants their ex back. We'll tell you who's writing love letters online.

And we'll tell you who got engaged. All right, we'll get into all that when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are The Breakfast Club. What's happening? What's going on? And shout out to Quest Love. I just got a copy of his book, Creative Quest. So I'm excited to read that. All right. I don't want to read that.

I got that. I didn't know that was a real book. You chose a Facebook? I saw it the other day. I thought somebody sent that and made the cover. I didn't get it. It's a real book. Oh, okay.

All right. Well, let's get to the rooms. Let's't get it. It's a real book. Oh, okay. All right, well, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Taraji. She's spilling the tea. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, congratulations to Taraji P. Henson. She is engaged to Calvin Hayden. Now, she posted, he started with the Cartier

Love bracelet, but that was my Mother's Day gift. And then he dropped to his knee and I almost passed out. And then she wrote, she is officially off the market and she is so happy. God is. Well, drop on the clues bombs for Calvin Hayden taking that queen off the market. Yeah, congrats. Smart move, sir.

Yeah, so that's exciting. And she posted, Hubby Bear, you have made me the happiest woman on the planet Earth. I promise to love you in this life and the after. I love you deep and I promise to protect your heart. Just treat her better than Lucius, my brother. That's all you got to do. Well, as long as Lucius, if he would have treated her better from the beginning.

She treated Lucius really well. In the beginning, yes. Yeah. She went to jail for him and everything. She supposed to. You know that's fake. Whoa. But anyway, go ahead. All right, Amber Rose. In the beginning, yes. Yeah. She went to jail for him and everything. She posed to him. You know that's fake. Whoa. But anyway, go ahead.

All right, Amber Rose. She still loves 21 Savage. Now, she did a post for 21 Savage. I love this man so much. I know the internet portrays me to be some heartless person or they feel like I'm incapable of love, but I love him so hard. He's not only one of the most talented people I have ever met,

but he is so real, humble, and smart as hell. I don't care who you see me in a picture with or who the internet associates me with, because the internet is fake AF, and they pull stories out of their asses for clickbait. It's the price of fame, I guess, but it's not real life, because in real life, Shea is my heart and soul. He's the only one that has ever supported my slut walk and my feminist views, but no F's given. He loves my son and I love his three beautiful children so much. God brings people in your life for a reason and God brought me him.

I don't care if you call me thirsty, a hoe, a gold digger or whatever. I love him. Put your pride to the side and tell the person you really love how much they mean to you today. Because life is too short to care about what anyone else says. And did the great 21 reply? Please tell me he replied, I like hot sauce on my chicken. Well, you know he did. He posted a picture of himself and he put, you crushed me once, it's F you for life. Drop one of Clues Bum for 21 Savage.

God damn it. I love that young man. Now they say Amarose posted that because there was a picture of her and Lil Purp and they said she was I thought it was Lil Pump. A Lil Pump? I don't know. Lil somebody. He got a little in front of him. Maybe Lil White Boy or something. I don't know. He got a little somebody. He got a little in front of him. He got a little in front of him. Maybe Lil White Boy or something. I don't know.

Lil something with tattoos. On that tour bus at the Rolling Loud Festival, and she was lighting his cigarette or something. Oh, I saw that picture. Yeah, and they were saying that she was dating him, and I think that's why she posted it. Drop one of Clues Bomb for 21. You stick to your guns,

and you remember your last name is Savage. All right? All right, well, we still have more. Nikki Bella and John Cena. Now, John Cena was on the Today Show and he misses his ex-fiance. They had broken up and here's what he had to say. I had my heart broken out of nowhere. And anyone who's experienced that knows that it comes with a series of bad feelings.

I've looked at myself every day and I've tried to evaluate myself and the woman that I love and for anyone out there speculating on like what I'm doing with my life now, I still love Nicole. I still would love to marry Nicole. I still would love to have a family with Nicole. There was an unfortunate set of circumstances where our relationship ended. Why do you sound

like that? Well, Nikki Bella gave a very 21 Savage response to this when she was asked about it on Extra. She said she liked hot sauce on her chicken too? No. Here's what she said. I have hope. And I think it's just, I'm at a point in my life where I feel like I kind of lost me and I want to find me and work on me.

And I just want Sean and I both to live, you know, happily ever after, whether it's together or separate. And I just don't want us to go like down the road in life and have regrets of like you know I did this for you or you did this for me and so I think it's okay in relationships to take that moment I just the day I say my vows I want to say them once and I want

to fully mean them and so that's what made me hesitant it's a no for me dog yeah that's basically Nikki way of saying I'm going through my whole phase okay I'm about to go I'm about to go partaking three to four phase. Okay, I'm about to go. I don't know if that's what it is. I'm about to go partake in three to four other penises and then maybe I'll be back to you. I don't know what it is.

I don't know if something happened between the two of them or he did something that she's now having some regrets. Who knows? She's going to sleep with other guys.

I don't know. I'm telling you that. I can hear it in her voice. That's what every other word meant. I'm going to give you some other penises. You don't even know why they broke up.

Okay, when I get these other penises, I'll be right back to you, John Cena. Okay? Okay, Charlamagne. All right, Charlamagne. why they broke up. Okay, when I get these other penises, I'll be right back to you, John Cena. Okay? Okay, Charlamagne. All right, Charlamagne. Oh, shut up.

You know what I'm saying? Well, okay. It's early in the morning. I haven't had my green tea yet. Leave me alone, please. I'm Angela Yee, and I guess that's even more hot sauce in your rumor reports. All right. All right, when we come back.

We'll be right back. From Black-ish, we have Jennifer Lewis. We're going to kick it with her when we come back. Tonight is the season finale of Black-ish as well. All right, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Everybody, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. The black mother of Hollywood, Jennifer Lewis. The mother of black Hollywood. Hi, guys. Welcome. How are you? I'm good.

I'm good. I've been traveling around the country a lot, you know, touring, you know, Florida. Went over to the Parkland, talked to the Parkland kids. Just left Detroit. Went over to Flint. Talked to the Water Warriors. It's just not a book tour. I'm trying to do something out here, you know.

You really out here putting in that work, huh? Oh, yeah. You know, Black issues on hiatus. Oh, we just got picked up for a putting in that work, huh? Oh, yeah. You know, Black-ish is on hiatus. Oh, we just got picked up for a fifth season. I'm rich, I'm rich. I'm rich. Are Bo and Dre gonna stay together? Uh-uh. Y'all just gotta keep watching.

He's so devastated by that. Well, we've been picked up for a fifth season, obviously. I do love that you started the book talking about getting on Black-ish and just basically you almost retired. Yeah, I was about to retire. I didn't get oranges. I auditioned for oranges and new black,

and my girlfriend, Lorraine Toussaint, got it. I auditioned for getting on on HBO. My good friend, Niecy Nash, got it. And I was like, okay, this is a... So I was out in my yard, but, you know, I love them, and I'm. Nash, got it. And I was like, okay, this is a... So, I was out in my yard, but, you know, I love them, and I'm always happy for other people. You know, I work, so come on now. Got more talent in my

little toe than... Anyway. I'm kidding! Okay, let's get that right. Cut that! Cut that! I don't want my peers to think I think I'm better than everybody, but I do. Yeah, so I was sitting in my backyard. You know, I come from poverty, so I saved my money

so I wouldn't have to need too much. You know what I mean? I'm an alpha female. Anyway, where the f*** was I? We're talking about you almost retiring. I got so much s*** in my head. Yeah, so I was pruning my roses, and I said, I'm going to retire.

I walked over to a 25-cent wheelbarrow that I had bought at a garage sale, and it's full of geraniums. And I said out loud, not even me can stop me. I gave up many times in my life, but I didn't quit. You got to be in it to win it. You got to stay up. I wrote that book for the millennials because I saw them lay down in the streets, but there's a beat they miss. What's the beat? You got to feel your feelings. If you feel and hopeless feel that, whatever you're feeling, feel your feelings. Then move because you'll carry the rage with you. You'll carry the confusion with you.

You'll carry the chaos with you. And then we don't get anything done. Feel your feelings. They are shooting our babies. Yeah, I heard you. You're very passionate. You feel like all the players should be kneeling. I want them to all go down at the same time.

If you take away America's fun, these are the great warriors of our time. These are the gladiators. You got to go down. Your great-great-great-great-grandmother went down on two knees and her hands. She wasn't just picking cotton. She was raped while she was doing it. So with the ABC episode of Black-ish that they didn't air, which was about the kneeling,

what was the reason they didn't air it? You know, I got to tell you something. I wasn't around for all of that, so I'm not going to speak to it because I don't know what happened. But we all know what happened. It was too much. It could have been the temperature and the temperament of the country

where it might have been too delicate. But I don't understand. ABC is let us say everything else and address all these needed modern day issues that people can walk away from the television and sit down and discuss. There's a lot of depression in this country.

The N-word, police brutality. Kenya Barrett sits at the helm of the show. He's brilliant. He's a young genius. I admire him so much. So I don't really know what happened with Disney or ABC. But with what's going on in this country right now, they might want to speak to it all. And if it was about the kneeling, let me tell you something.

These basketball, football, baseball, I don't care what you play. You are a gladiator. We pay your rent. You have to honor what's going on. They pulling our babies over and blowing their heads off. And you're going to run around and throw a ball or hit a ball. And they pulling our babies over and blowing their heads off. And you gonna run around and throw a ball or hit a ball and they pulling your son over. I don't care who you with. I don't care if you with a white woman, the baby might look white. You gotta inch of black blood, they black

and they gonna kill them. And you go to work and throw a ball around. How you go to bed when your son is out in the street going to the club? What made you decide to write this memoir and tell all these stories? Because it is something that, as I was reading it, I read so many memoirs from men who tell all of these stories about themselves, but it's very rare that I read women telling stories like this. I wrote this book, first of all, for me, but then I wrote it for the next generation.

Because I want them to know that no matter what, you can come through the fire. You got to love yourself if you want to come through the fire. I have an expression. I say, love yourself so that love will not be a stranger when it comes. And it will come if you take care of yourself. Self-care. I'm stressing self-care out on the road. Tell all them black women,

stop eating fried chicken every day. You used to do that too. You talk about it in the book. You used to eat fried chicken every day. Yeah, I know it's donuts. But you got to stop. You got to get sick and tired of being sick and tired. You got to stop, you know, sitting in those rooms.

You know, I'm bipolar. I'm bipolar still. I take my meds and my got to stop, you know, sitting in those rooms. You know, I was, I'm bipolar. I'm bipolar still. I had to take my meds. My daughter was like, you got your meds in? I want to talk about it. I got it in this morning. When did you first realize you had a bipolar disorder? Okay, so here it is real fast. The book. Born and raised in poverty. I'm the baby of seven

children, so I didn't get a lot of attention. So I spent my childhood going, see me, see me, and then that turned going, see me, see me, and then that turned into, see me, see me. That lasted a long time. And then it turned into the deep. Oh, you

gonna see me, bitches. Ah! And they saw me! But look at this. You get tired. It's a mask. I mean, I was talented as hell, and I had a good heart, but I was sick, and I didn't want to admit it. So they came down after I got my ass in therapy.

It's a journey, y'all. It's called the journey within. That's what my friend said to me. She said, Jenny, there's no greater journey than the journey within. I went, there's a journey within? It sounded exciting. So I took it. So I opened up my palms

and I educated myself. And now y'all want to know what my hands are doing? What are they doing? Hi, everybody. Hey, baby. Yes. I'm Jennifer Lourdes. That's right. I'm from St. Louis. Actually, I'm from a little small town called Kenlock, baby. Yes. I'm Jennifer Lewis. That's right. I'm St. Louis. Actually, I'm from a little small town called Kinloch, Missouri. All black. It was one of the first all black self-governed townships in America.

So I was born and raised there, you see. So this little town sits on the border of Ferguson, Missouri. Oh, so Ferguson is too hard. Ah, come on now. So even as a little girl, I was warned never to go to Ferguson alone. So when it exploded, I wasn't surprised. But see, and here is the power and the glory.

Ferguson had a movie theater, and Kenlock did not. Now you think I was going to let white folks back there keep me from my dream? I would go over there every Saturday morning. My mother would have killed me if she'd known I'd go over there. Get my little popcorn, sit up in the balcony, and imagine myself on the silver screen. Hey. And now 68 movies later.

Wow. 452 episodic television shows, four Broadway shows and concerts all over the world. Don't quit me. I was going to ask you, you know, did you feel like the bipolar hindered you any in the business? But clearly not, did it? Well, here's the thing. The mania, understand, bipolar is manic behavior.

That's that cousin at the family reunion up on top of the table, drunk, cussing with his fans down. So that's bipolar. You don't have to go and say, with his pants down. So that's bipolar. You don't have to go and say, you think you're bipolar? He's bipolar. The other polar is depression. Now, listen very carefully to me. Bipolar disorder. The mania is the rush. It's dangerous. it's rageful, and it's out of control. It worked for me on stage. But baby, when the curtain comes down,

you want to talk black and dark and sad and lonely. You hide in a dark room, eat yourself to death, sleep yourself to death, get high yourself to death. And then you miss that one line in the Constitution, the pursuit of happiness. So what sustained me was having a passion. We have more with Jennifer Lewis from Black-ish. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now from Black-ish, we have Jennifer Lewis in the building. Now let's talk chapter four of the new book.

Diva. Diva. Oh, y'all. I had so much sex up in these streets. I had a sex addiction I didn't know. I was just being in my 20s, early 30s. I had a sex addiction. I didn't know. You know, I was just being in my 20s, early 30s. I'm not going to lie. Whenever I hear guys say that, I always think it's bullshit. I'm just like, man, just say you was cheating.

You like ****. But you know what? When I was reading the book, before you even said that, I was like, yeah, because it seemed like you didn't feel like you were complete unless you had somebody. No, it was a need. It was, yeah. This was a drug.

What it felt like? I had to have that right after I came off stage. Shh. I get me a good looking man. He was my type. You like them red boys? Yeah. You like them beige?

No, they're just a little high yellow. I liked them with the fro back then. You know, pretty lips. Does he look like your Miguel? That was her true love. No, he doesn't look like Miguel. Let me see if anybody in here look like Miguel. Miguel was Dominican. He had he doesn't look like Miguel. Let me see if anybody in here looked like Miguel. Miguel was Dominican.

He had your skin tone a little lighter, and he was precious. I am not Dominican. He's a man that you wouldn't think would have been the love of my life, but he was brilliant. He was a mathematician.

Met him in New York? I know I met him in college. I met him when I was a freshman. He was brilliant, and he was sweet, and he was very spiritual. And I was fascinated with him. And he called me a Yennefer.

What's that mean? Oh, a Jennifer. He said, what's that mean? What's that mean? No, he would call me Yennefer. Now, before you started going to therapy and stuff, your bipolar was the therapeutic? Oh, yeah. Well, the drug was the drug. Are you kidding?

An orgasm? And when you bipolar, you got multiple orgasms. I mean, I blacked the out. Was it anything? I loved it. I would. Was it like a relationship? Or was it just random?

Child, let me tell you. Security guard. Yep, I had them all. But I was selected as a star. I was going to be a star. I can't say I couldn't sleep with everybody. Everybody couldn't say they slept with me. And that did tame me.

Once again, it was the dream that stopped me from being killed. I had the knife to my throat. It was the greatest performance of my life. I talked myself out. And this was just some boy coming off the street. He'd seen me in the paper with a white bikini on. I was on page six of the Post or the Daily News. It's all in the book.

Oh, yeah, please tell. That was a horrifying experience. Oh, we don't want to go in that. Y'all read the book about the boy putting a knife at my throat. I talked myself out of rape. The boy came into my house with a knife. Oof. It was the greatest performance of my

life, talking myself out of it. He cried. And he said I just got out of jail and they put me in for something I didn't do. And he just wanted to hurt somebody. He wasn't mean. He didn't come in like this because I'd have kicked his ass.

I went to therapy for 17 years twice a week because I wanted to live. You spend 33 years in depression hurting yourself. You don't want all those men on me. Come on, I wanted to love myself. I wanted to enjoy my success. I was a Broadway star. I had no business running around picking up guys in clubs.

I didn't want to do that. How'd you get over it? I went to therapy. You had to go to therapy for the sex addiction? Yes, sir. Wow. You even went to an acupuncture, she said, and she said she could tell you had two men in one day.

Oh, my God. I walked in some room, and this Asian woman, you know, I had bronchitis, and she gave me the needles all over. I looked like a porcupine when she finished. And right before I walked out of her office, she said, how many boyfriend you got? One. She said, how many boyfriend you got? One. She said, how many boyfriend you got? I said, two. Because I had slept with a guy that morning,

and then I slept with another guy that night. That was the only time I ever did that. She looked at me. She said, two men with one woman make one woman poison. I'm like, I don't know how she knew I had done that in New York and I had gotten to L.A. I was like, okay, baby. Yeah, you, yeah, alright.

But, yeah, when Walter Cronkite came on the news and said everybody you slept with, you've slept with everybody they slept with for the last seven years, I told my girlfriend, I said, bitch, book me a trip around the world and put it on a credit card because I'm a dead bitch. You know?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, AIDS stopped us all. Oh, AIDS stopped us all. I went, stop! I was in Monaco. I remember, and somebody had called me and told me that Luther Vandross had AIDS.

But it was because he had lost weight. He didn't have AIDS. Anybody that lost a lot of weight back in those days, you just... Either had AIDS or he was on crack. Right, right, right. And so, you know, I loved me some Luther. And that went through my head over there. I was just getting ready to sleep with some French boy.

He was gorgeous. I'll never forget. Anyway, very nice. But anyway, hey, but I put on the brakes that night. I said, I ain't doing this no more. I don't want to die. Did every

make you cum or did you already know your body so much from maybe masturbation or something? I didn't need no man to make me cum. I used men. I discarded them like tissue paper back in those days. I was a brick house. 36, 24, 36. I didn't f*** around.

I should have, my lord. Kick my leg up. Anything I wanted to do. But yes, it was a need. It was a drug. I didn't do hard drugs. I was at a party with the San Diego Chargers when I was touring country with a Broadway show. And they were passing around a brown box. I said, what's that?

He said, that's coke, baby. I said, how you do it? He said, well, just, you know, put a little right there, snort it up. And thank God I asked this second question. I said, and then what happens? He said, well, you're going to feel a drip down your throat. I said, my throat? I got a

fucking matinee tomorrow. I ain't putting shit on my throat. And thank God, but once again, the dream. See, if you really want something, you ain't going to mess yourself up too bad. Go ahead, baby. I'm sure you took an HIV

test at some point in your life. Oh, honey, I don't sleep with a man no more unless we go. Oh, yeah. The first one you took after all that sex, what was that like? You married. You don't sleep with a man no more. Honey, I've never been married. You've been engaged four times. I've been engaged four times. I have four rings, but I never

went through with it. I'm married. Listen, I married my career and I have four rings, but I never went through with it. You got more rings than LeBron. I married, listen, I married my career, and I have no regrets. I have a beautiful daughter here that I met in the Big Sister, Big Brother program. I was her big sister for five years, and then when she turned 12, her mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and was unable to raise her. So I adopted her, and she's 30 now, just pretty as she can be. I'm so proud of her, Charmaine. Hey, Charmaine. Hey, Charmaine. Laura's over there too. Yeah, Laura and my other baby. Yes. But you were relieved after you took the

HIV test the first time? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I actually got real stressed out when I first moved to LA. You know, Robert Wax brought me out there. He was a manager. He managed Eddie Murphy, Arsenio, Chris, and me. So, but I wasn't ready. I didn't know who I was. I would crumble at auditions, cry myself to sleep, sing myself to sleep with tears. Bipolar disorder ain't no joke.

If y'all know somebody suffering with mental illness, reach out. But I tell people when I'm on the road now, reach out about three times and then leave their ass alone because they will kill you. That's real. You understand? Who had your back as a child? I'm looking

at everything that you've been through. My mama. No, it wasn't my mom. At one time you didn't speak to her. So who had your back as a child? I'm looking at everything that you've been through. My mama. No, it wasn't my mom. At one time, you didn't speak to her. So who had your back? Who gave you that encouragement? My teachers, my professors in college, and I went in search of mothers.

I tell my daughter now, if I'm not good enough for you, then you go find some more mamas. I had about five mamas. I talk about them in the book. That's ironic that you became the mother of black Hollywood, they call you. Well, you know, I got to tell you, working with Tupac and Whitney and Taraji and I've been there with Kevin and Gabrielle. You know, I've been everybody's mama.

I didn't have any kids, but I got my baby. So I had to learn how to be a mama. They didn't have any kids, but I got my baby. So I had to learn how to be a mama. They calling me the mother of the movement now. Because 25% of my life is show business now. 75 is the resistance. All right, we got more with Jennifer Lewis. Of course, Black-ish season finale tonight.

So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We have from Black-, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. We have from Black-ish, Jennifer Lewis in the building. Charlamagne?

You talk about getting molested by your pastor, too. Oh, yeah. I was molested by the pastor of my church. I was 15 years old. You know how when choirs visit churches, you know, a visiting choir is coming? Well, we were on our way home, there was no room in the truck because, you know, we used to ride in the back of the truck in those days, like a hayride, you know. So I said, I'm riding with the pastor. I was so happy. And halfway home, I said to him, hey, Pastor Hurd, do you think I can be a star? He pulled over, leaned over, tried to kiss me,

but I clenched my teeth, and he circled his tongue, and then I felt his hand on my breast, and I resisted profusely. I was, like, pushing him back. But you got to understand, this was the man of God. I couldn't, like, punch that motherfucker. You know, we had been taught to revere him. No, I couldn't.

I'll tell you why. Because it was pounded in our heads to revere this son of a bitch, toere him. No, I couldn't. I'll tell you why. Because it was pounded in our heads to revere this son of a bitch. To worship him. So I resisted. And he saw that that wasn't going to happen. So he started the car, pulled off. When we exited the highway,

I opened the door to spit him out of me. I'd been holding it in. And when he grabbed my arm because he thought I was going to jump out of me. I'd been holding it in. And when he grabbed my arm because he thought I was going to jump out of the car, I couldn't even say, don't touch me, you son of a bitch, because I was speaking to a man of God.

Ran in the house, told my mama. There was no Oprah Winfrey in those days. You understand what I'm saying? Women back then, they didn't know how to confront that kind of stuff. There was no therapy. No Time's Up, Me Too movement.

Hey, now. So it was never discussed again. But you did end up having to ride in the car with him. Oh, yeah. But that let them read that I want to stay on this molestation. He took everything from me in seven seconds. Your faith, everything. Took God, because he was a faith, everything. Took God,

because he was a man of God. Took my career, because I was asking about it. And took my mother. They don't have to rape you. If you've been touched inappropriately, tell somebody. And if they don't listen, go tell somebody else, and then you tell somebody. And then you stand

out in the street and scream his or her name. Yeah, Pastor. I'm surprised you didn't... Yeah, for out in the street and scream his or her name. Yeah, Pastor. I'm surprised you didn't... Yeah, fuck them for sure. Oh, well, that's the chapter. The chapter on the molestation because 33 years later after I'd been in therapy, I called him. I got real drunk. I was so scared.

And he picked up the phone and he said, hello, Jennifer. We're so proud of you. You're on Fresh Prince. You're on television, Jennifer. I said, it ain't that kind of call, mother. You read the book for the end of that. I won't talk about that.

Definitely pick up the book. The Mother of Black Hollywood. Jennifer Lewis. There's so much more she can get into. She was on Bill Cosby's show. You don't want me to go in on Bill. Did you see anything back then? Yes, I saw some suspicious.

Yes, I did. Yes, I did. What'd you see? Don't ask me what room I was in. I think I was auditioning for something. I don't know what it was, but I was here in New York, and there was a young girl in there, and she's thin. I hope she's watching. I don't know who she was or what, but I was here in New York, and there was a young girl in there, and she's thin. I hope she's watching.

I don't know who she was or what, but we were in that room, and I was going on and on about myself. What else? Talking, talking, talking, talking, what I'm doing. And I said, we were having a good time, me and this girl.

We're just talking. And I looked out. I remember looking out the window at the Hudson River. I remember it like it was yesterday. I'm talking out, and I said, and next week I'm doing the Cosby show. And I didn't hear her say nothing because we'd been laughing and everything. I turned around, and her whole shit had changed, had reversed in a second,

just from hearing his name. I said, what's wrong with you? You hate me. You know, back in those days, we revered Cosby, and she was a pretty little thing, so I thought in my head, oh, girl, she done gone up, you know,

auditioned and slept with him. You know how we used to think. She mad. We didn't think nothing of it. She mad because she didn't get the job or, you know, and here now these many years later. I mean, let me tell you something. There's some shit you can't fake. Now, why would this child roll up and say something like that to me?

What year was it? I think it was 94. You can look on IBM and see when I did the Cosby show. But, yeah, that happened. Once again, he didn't come for me. But he did when I went to his dressing room after the show. I had a girlfriend with me, and he slapped her ass when we left the room. He didn't know her.

No, he didn't know her. She told me when we stepped outside of the door, she said, He hit me on my ass. I went, you know, we were kids. That's all I'm going to say about that man because once again, y'all, compassion. So you're not surprised? I don't hate, look, I try not to hate anybody,

but these sick pedophiles, there's one thing to have a sex addiction. There's another thing to be evil and take advantage of children and all these men in power. You think they're supposed to suck your dick because you got money. Trump himself. Stormy couldn't have made that shit up. You know when somebody's telling the truth, all you got to do is look in their eyes.

You're not surprised by nothing you see in Hollywood now with the Time's Up meeting. Oh, I ain't surprised. Nobody came for me out there. I had too much talent. Not that, you know, I ain't trying to say that they didn't come for me, but, you know, I came in the room loud and bold and ready, and I'm not sucking your to get a job.

Are you insane? Not after the work I did on myself. So, because you like it? the work I did on myself. So, because you like it. Well, I don't know. I really wasn't into that a lot. She did tell one guy he was too little. Oh, yeah, that was a little Ethiopian man in Boston. Why you hurt that man's feelings now?

That motherfucker pulled out something. I was like, honey, you're going to have to put that in my ear. Oh, my goodness. And also, and the next day I had rehearsal, and they were giving us new steps. I was like, honey, you're going to have to put that in my ear. Oh, my goodness. And also, and the next day I had rehearsal, and they were giving us new steps. I was like, huh? Oh, bitch, I can't hear you. Oh, my daughter's here.

That's just a lie, baby. You know mama always jokes and carry on. Jennifer Lewis, the mother of Black Hollywood. Give me a hug. We appreciate you for joining us. We're so grateful and thankful Thank you guys And please pick up this memoir

It was really incredible It was great for me to read As a woman But for everybody I think this is something Yeah and I think everybody Know somebody That is mentally ill

Somebody Speeds in a car Talking too fast Walking too fast Being rageful all the time And they disappear for weeks. Come on, y'all. We all got a little bit.

I go to therapy once a week for anxiety and all kinds of stuff. My baby. PTSD. I hear you. Good for you. Absolutely. Good for you. Go take care of yourselves.

Self-care so your arms will be strong when the people you love fall. But you guys, go to Jennifer Lewis For Real, Facebook Jennifer Lewis For Real on Instagram and Twitter. And look for the schedule, the book tour. So you can come out and hear some good stuff. All right. It's The Breakfast Club. It's Jennifer Lewis.

The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hey, salute to that big energy boat that just came through here named Jennifer Lewis. Absolutely. Drop one of Clues bombs for Jennifer Lewis, damn it.

Definitely check out the full interview. It's on YouTube, our YouTube page. Definitely want to check that out. And go check out her book, man. And her book as well, yep. The Mother of Black Hollywood. Yeah, very fascinating book. I couldn't put it down.

All right. Well, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Willow Smith. Listen up. And her book as well. The Mother of Black Hollywood. Yeah, very fascinating book. I couldn't put it down. All right. Well, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Willow Smith. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. The Rumor Report.

Gossip. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Well, Willow Smith and Jada Pickett Smith, they were doing their second episode of Red Table Talk, and they were talking about losses,

and her daughter was talking about her biggest loss, and Willow said that she lost her sanity at one point, and here's what she had to say. It was after that whole wet my hair thing, and I had just stopped doing singing lessons, and I was kind of just in this gray area of, who am I? Do I have a purpose?

After the tour and the promotion and all of that and it was like they wanted me to finish my album and i was just like i'm not gonna do that and then after all of that kind of settled down and it was like a a kind of lull like i was just listening to a lot of dark music and like it was just so crazy and i was just like plunged into this like black hole and I was like cutting myself she was only 10 years old by the way when whip my hair came out now how do you get yourself out of this dark space here's what she said I was experiencing so much emotional pain but my physical circumstances were reflecting that. So would you say that was part of the reason, like, the self-harm makes the pain more tangible?

It's actually visible, something you can see and put your finger on. Literally. One night I was just like, this is actually psychotic. And after that, I just stopped. That's good to freaking know. It's been like five years. Willow, I had no idea. Damn.

Both Jada and Jada's mom, Adrienne, said they had no idea. They were completely unaware of what was going on. They never saw any signs of anything. So this is the first time Willow has publicly admitted that she was cutting herself at that time. No, you never know what people are going through. You got to talk to your kids, too. Not to say that that wouldn't help, but you got to know what's going on in your kid's life. I talk to my kids every day about the smallest thing.

How was school? What's going on? How was lunch today? Did you sit at the lunch table? I want to know everything. So if I feel like something is going on, I can be there to help or I can get help. I just think she's only 10 years old and she was going through a lot. A lot of eyes on her, a lot of pressure to play at 10 years old.

And you think that just because she's the kid of rich parents that her life is all good. But I mean, it's got to be a lot of pressure to be willing Jada's seats. Absolutely. All right. Now let's talk about Donald Glover, a.k.a. Childish Gambino. This is America debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. OK. And in addition to that, he got a 419% gain in album sales for that week

because he did that Saturday Night Live, and then he put up This Is America and the video as well. So basically three of his songs ended up back on the charts. Oh, he used that SNL platform to his advantage, as he should have. Yeah, it makes perfect sense to me. Now, he also has been working with Beyonce on the Lion King remake, and he said it is a little intimidating. He said that being part of the Lion King is probably the safest thing

just because everybody who's involved is a fan, and everybody who is involved knows it really well. So even though it's intimidating, he knows it's a safe thing for him to be doing right now. We got audio if you want to hear it. Oh. You know, it's a little intimidating from my point of view, but it's probably the safest thing just because everybody who's involved is a fan. Everybody who's involved knows it really well.

They're like, so here are the lyrics. I'm like, I know the lyrics. So it's actually been really great, and just hearing her do it, it's been like, man, this is a really special thing. You know, I have to see The Lion King one day. It's a shame, man. You've never seen The Lion King? You've never been to Disney World?

You've never been to Lion King? Who are you? There's a lot of things I haven't done. Your parents don't love you. You a virgin? Yes. Mm. Not.

All right, Joe Button has signed a deal with Revolt TV. Okay. And he's going to be doing his own talk show, State of the Culture. Drop on the clues bomb for Joe Button. So it's official. He's been working on this for quite some time. So it's gonna be him just dissecting the happenings

in the world of music, movies, and pop culture. And that show is supposed to start this summer. Now we know Robert, vote fired 50 people. Sometimes you gotta break some eggs to make a goddamn moment. Well he said he's hiring some people. He's got no choice but to hire people because they're vote fired everybody. They have no choice but to hire people because Revolt fired everybody.

You have no choice but to hire people, Joe. Shout out to Joey. Okay. And salute to all the employees from Revolt that was D-Rod and Diddy for no reason

and still got fired. Oh, stop it. Listen, shout out to our family at Revolt because some of those people that were let go were our family members.

Oh, y'all better go to break soon. This is Petty Murphy. Let's get out of here. All right, now let's talk about Cardi B versus Naya Lee. How did all of this happen on social media? Well, Naya Lee decided to post some private messages that were in her DMs between her and Cardi B.

Now, Cardi B hit her. This was on April 7th and said, I find it funny how you be on my DMs trying to get close, but you be doing shady-ish. Eat a D, hating ass bitch. Peeping the funny-ish. Keep the same effing energy when you come around me. Who said that?

Cardi B to Nylee. Cardi, go ahead, baby. Relax. And then Nylee responded, girl, bye. Ain't nobody shady. You deserve what you have because of your consistent hard work. I don't like your flow and delivery, and I have the right to my own effing opinion. So get out of your pregnancy hormones, bitch, because

you know I'm far from the one to play with. This is crazy. It's just a season, man. It happens. Everybody was loving Cardi when she was on her rise. Now that she popping and she established she's going to get the hate. When she get through this, they'll get right back to the love again. That's all. Always happens. It's fine always happens it's fine Cardi

now Cardi told Naya Lee bitch you was always trash and you still trash that's why you still at where you at my delivery sucks but you begged me to do a song

with you and Cash Doll and it went on and on from there but Naya Lee said she posted it because she said it's just so troubling to me that the same

people we praise for women empowerment are the same ones tearing others up and up and coming female artists down. The media oftentimes brushes things under the rug for their face, but this literally hurt me to my soul. I don't know who Nylee is,

but drop on the clues bombs for Cardi B and Cash Doll. And could y'all please leave Cardi alone? These messages are brutal. Cardi's gonna be fine. Okay, all Cardi gotta do is get through this little hate storm and she'll be fine. That's just the way the game goes. They love you, then they hate you, then they love you again.

I have to say, man, I really do hate seeing women fighting and arguing like this when everybody is so unnecessary. Cardi's going to drop that baby. Cardi should be able to respond. Cardi's going to drop that baby. She's going to hit that road again. She's going to see all the love that she's getting on the road. She's going to go shoot a movie, and then y'all are going to be right back on her D.

They're about to work the new record. I like it like that. In time for the summer. She good. You'll be fine. She got that baby. Positive energy up for Cardi B, goddammit. Well, she took to Twitter after that and she said,

to all my fans, I will be putting out two visuals this month from Invasion of Privacy. I have more upcoming projects. In the meantime, listen to Invasion of Privacy. Baby dropping, movie coming. Drop on the Clues bombs for Cardi B. Atlantic check still clearing for the Breakfast Club. Don't say that.

Shut up. People start believing it. You better stop, man. I don't give a damn what they believe, okay? All right, Bickenhead. He's petty over there. All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. She did call you a Bickenhead.

She called me a Bickenhead? She did. All right. Is my Bicken cheesing? Is my Bicken seasoned? Chalabain! Yes. Who you giving that donkey to?

Well, speaking of unseasoned chicken, we need Nicole Arbor to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with her. I know you have no idea who she is. Yeah, I was going to say, who's that? But she's a YouTube star who decided to take soul food and make it a nice mayonnaise casserole. We'll talk about it for after the hour.

Oh, boy. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. This don't be a donkey, because right now you want some real donkey. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Don't be a donkey, because right now you want some real donkey shit. It's time for Donkey of the Day.

So if you ever feel I need to be a donkey, man, hit it with the heat. Did she get donkey in the name, please, tell me. Absolutely. I have become donkey of the day. It's The Breakfast Club, bitches. You're a donkey. Yes, donkey of the day for Tuesday, May 15th goes to YouTube star Nicole Arbor. Now, I had

no idea who Nicole Arbor was before yesterday. And according to Wikipedia, she is a Canadian actress, choreographer, comedian, dancer, singer, and YouTube personality and former cheerleader for the Toronto Raptors. Now, you can look at that bio and say to yourself, either she's a jack of all trades or she's

just trying to figure things out, throwing a whole bunch of stuff against the wall and seeing what sticks. And that's fine. That's fine. Never limit yourself to one hustle. Okay, I'm not mad at her for working, but people are mad at her for her latest work because Nicole Arbor just released her own version of the number one song in the country, Childish Gambino's This Is America.

Now, we all know what the original version of this song sounds like, right? The video has been viewed on YouTube over 117 million times. But if you've never heard it, let's get a little refresher. This is America. Don't got you slipping up. Look how I'm living up. Police be tripping up. Yeah, this is America.

Guns in my area. I got the strap. I gotta carry them. Yeah, I'm America. Guns in my area. I got the strap. I gotta carry them. Yeah, yeah, I'ma go into this. Yeah, yeah, this is Gorilla. Yeah, yeah, I'ma go get the bag. Yeah, yeah, or I'ma get the bag. Yeah, yeah, I'm so cold like that.

Yeah, yeah, I'm so cold like that. Do you hear the soul in that record? Do you hear the soul in that record? You can taste the Spice classic seasoning all through that tune. It's garlic salt and onion powder, crushed red peppers, paprika, black pepper, chili powder. You can taste the collard greens with the turkey neck bones, the fried chicken, the okra, the black-eyed peas, the yams, the fried fish with the Texas Pete hot sauce, the oxtails. Nigga, we got it.

Okay. The mac and cheese, the mashed sweet potatoes, the ribs. Oh, my God. Woo. The barbecue ribs, and they season to perfection with some light brown sugar and the sauce, a little vinegar, some yellow mustard, and the best part about it is they're beef, not pork. Oh, man.

Drop on the Clues Bonds for This Is America. Okay. This is America. You hear me? Black America. Whole different world over here. Okay? Well, in true colonizer fashion, Nicole Arbor couldn't leave the wonderful dish that this is America is alone.

Okay, nope. Nicole Arbor took this beautiful three-piece spicy meal from Popeye's with the red beans and rice, the mashed potatoes and two biscuits, or as I like to call them, cookies. All right, Nicole Arbor took that soul food, threw it in the trash, and decided to turn this is America into a casserole. Can we hear some of it, please? This is America.

Who say North America? Look how we living now. The boys could be tripping now. This is America. Got rape in my area. You got a dream? Yeah. The roofies got into your cup.

Farts, please. This is America. I can't. Louder. Are you watching the video? So terrible. I saw it. More ass gas.

More ass gas. In order for you to really hate it, you do have to watch the video. You got to watch the video. Oh, you should. She created a meal. She created a meal for the palates of people with no pigment. In order for you to really hate it, you do have to watch the video. You got to watch the video. Oh, you should. She created a meal. She created a meal for the palates of people with no pigment. Oh, it's a lot of casseroles on this menu.

Chicken nuggets and mushy vegetables and minimal to no spices and lots and lots of mayonnaise. Okay. Play it one more time. Play it one more time. Oh, my goodness. I want them to taste this again. This is America. We'll say North America. Look how we live in here.

The boy could be tripping now. More ass-dash. Had a lot of mayonnaise for dinner. Let it out. All right. Okay, listen. I would like to salute a young woman named Annalise Griffin. I read an article she did on Quartz.

She titled, White People's Bland Food Isn't Just an Internet Meme, It's a Centuries-Long Obsession. And she starts the article off saying humans love flavor. Okay? And she explains that archaeologists have found that hunter-gatherers in Stone Age Europe used garlic mustard seeds to season their stew 6,000 years ago. So what happened?

How did your European ancestors season your food for 6,000 years? 6,000 years ago, but now in 2018, why does your potato salad have no flavor? Why is the chicken unseasoned? And why do you think mayonnaise is one of the five food groups? Okay? Or are there four food groups? I don't know. Anyway, look, Nicole, I know you remade this record because you wanted to make an ode to women.

All right? In fact, she released a statement, and I'm not going to read this whole thing, but she said she was just trying to bring to light women's experiences in a tongue-in-cheek way to give additional glory to what I believe is the most impactful piece of art in recent years. Nicole, that's cool. Your intention is great, but your version is just whack, all right?

You can't give me Chick-fil-A, all right? You can't give me a Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich, all right? A beautiful boneless breast of chicken seasoned to perfection, hand-breaded, pressure-cooked in 100% refined peanut oil, served on a toasted buttered bun with a dill pickle, and then take that away from me and hand me a white bread sandwich with two slices of crab singles and a whole lot of helmets. All right?

That's not how this works. Not to mention Nicole Arbour. She once tweeted out. She really tweeted this. I'm so sick of people mad at slavery. There's nothing else to talk about after this, but I will continue to tweet. She said, I'm so sick of people mad at

slavery. It's the past. We weren't there. We didn't do it. What we can do is fix economic slavery. Focus on the now. Oh, she really tweeted that and deleted it. And when she got called out for deleting it, she replied, nah, we making them videos now to really get into it.

There's a gotcha culture that screenshots little bites in hopes of putting people down. It's lame as F, man. Nah. You know what's lame, Nicole? Eating mayonnaise out of a jar with a spoon. All right. And this remake you made of This is America. All right.

Play that miracle with melody one more damn time, please. Play that miracle. This is America. We'll say North that Miracle with Melody one more damn time, please. Play that Miracle. This is America. We'll say North America. Look how we living now. Fart! On that record. This is America.

Ass gas on that trash. More ass gas on the trash. Listen, man. Listen. Mm-hmm. Mm-mm-mm. Listen, man. I don't want to be negative. So I'm going to tell you the benefits of a bland diet. Oh, man. I don't want to be negative.

So I'm going to tell you the benefits of a bland diet. All right? They can help treat ulcers, heartburn, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, okay? And gas. And you may also need a bland diet after stomach or intestinal surgery, okay? A bland diet includes foods that are soft, not very spicy, low in fiber, low in fiber, and heavy on this lame-ass version of This Is America.

All right, please let Remy Ma give Nicole Arbour the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw, hee-haw. You stupid mother-fucker. You dumb. That was horrible. Listen, at Nicole Arbour, N-I-C-O-L-E-A-R-B-O-U-R.

I think we should go have a petty party in her mentions. Okay? What you want to put it in? You can say whatever you want. She turned her comments off. She did? Just FYI. She did?

Yes. Man, that ain't no fun. Why people don't want to play with me? I don't want to play with you. Nobody want to play with you, man. Why can't we play? You too petty. You are too petty.

She also once tweeted out that anyone who thinks, she actually tweeted this last week. She said, anyone who thinks Kanye West is anything but a new MLK after watching the See the God interview is just in denial. Jesus Christ. Oh, my goodness. All right. All right.

Hoffa, who this woman? All right. Thank you for that donkey of the day. Now, when we come back, shoot your shot. You want to holler at somebody you work with? You need the Breakfast Club to help you out? Huh? Well, we'll do that when we come back.

Shoot your shot. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Are you ready? It's time to shoot your shot. It's time to shoot your shot. With the Breakfast Club.

You just need one chance. Don't mess it up. Mess it up. Mess it up. We got Rachel on the line. Rachel, good morning. Good morning. Hey.

Who you want to shoot your shot with, Rachel? Well, it's this girl, Marcy. She's my boss, actually. But I just, I got a new job with a new company. So I handed in my two-week notice. Before I leave, I kind of want to shoot my shot at Marcy. I mean, I have nothing to lose

right now. Do you know if Marcy's gay? Do you know if Marcy likes females? Well, I think so. Give me your Instagram. I'll tell you if you got a shot. What? Oh, she's trying to get some woman. Yeah, there's her boss. She's leaving the job, and she wants to shoot a shot with her boss.

Good shot to take on the way out. But how do you know? How do you get that feeling that she likes females? Does she flirt with you? Yeah, I mean, she's always been kind of flirty. It's just body language and stuff. I just kind of feel it. There's definitely a vibe.

So I just didn't. While I was still working there, I didn't want to do anything. But now I'm out, so. Have you guys ever, like, gone out for drinks or grabbed something to eat or anything? Well, we've gone out with, like, everybody. Like, when everybody goes out to get a drink, like, on a Friday or something like that. But it just doesn't, it just feels like something else. You can just tell.

All right, well, let's hope so. I think I'd love to hear and see what happens. Okay. All right, we're going to call it when we think I'd love to hear and see what happens. Okay. All right, we're going to call her when we come back. Good luck. And you know what? You ain't got nothing to lose because you don't work there no more. So you might as well just go hard.

Yeah, I know. I'm out the door. I mean, really, it's good. We're all good. All right, we're going to call her when we come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We have Rachel on the line. And now she's about to call Marcy. Hello? Hey, Marcy, it's Rachel. Hey, how are you? I'm good, I'm good.

I'm actually, I'm calling you with a little bit of help from, yeah, well, you were listening to Power 105. The radio? Yeah. So they have this thing they call shoot your shot where you, like, if you want to just go for it and ask somebody out. And so that's what I'm doing right now. I'm calling you. I feel like there's a vibe between us. Like, I don't know your deal. I don't know kind of who you like or what you're doing.

But I just feel like there's something between us. Well, yes, Marcy. Rachel's trying to say that the Breakfast Club, all of us are on the line with you guys right now. And we're paying attention. She's trying to eat your box, Ma. She already paying attention. She's trying to eat your box, ma. She already exposed us. She's trying to eat your box, ma. You with it or you're not?

You want to give her a shot? You want to give her a chance? Oh, my God. She wants the fur burger, ma. So we're on the radio now? Yes. Fur burger, hold the cheese, because that could be a yeast infection. Stop it.

Are you interested in women, Marcy? You know, I have never been with a woman, but she's beautiful, and I think she has a great ass. Okay. Okay, so you've been checking her out. This is good. This is good, man. You know, we would have to take it slow. It would be different and new for me, but I would, I can't believe I'm saying this on the radio, but I would love to go on a date with Rachel.

All right. Love Rachel. Rachel, hey, Rachel, Rachel. It looks like you caught a lick, literally. Well, good job, guys. Hopefully it works out well. And Rachel, take it nice and slow. That was the easiest one ever.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Got it. Were you guys going to eat? You know yet where you're at? Not yet. Maybe some seafood? Oh, gosh. All right. All right, but I'm bummed. Okay. All right, don't worry about it. Where you guys going to eat? You know yet where yet? Not yet. Maybe some seafood? Oh, gosh. All right.

All right. But I'm bummed. Okay. All right. Don't worry about it. I see what you're doing there. Yeah. We don't know yet.

All right. Well, guys, we'll talk to you later and let us know how it works out. Okay. Okay. Thanks. All right. Shoot your shot. There you have it.

We got rumors up next. Don't go anywhere. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hi, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hi, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get to the rumors.

Let's talk Hov and Prince. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Well, there's been a lot of legal drama between Prince's estate and the title platform. And now they have finally resolved some issues, apparently. And the Prince estate and title, Jay-Z is going to be putting out Prince's next album. So that's great news. I'm excited to hear. That's great.

Prince's music. Jay-Z said, he said, our only goal is to share Prince's music with his fans as he wanted. After thoughtful and honest conversation with him, he chose Tidal as his partner for Hit and Run Phase 1 and Hit and Run Phase 2, and we will continue to respect and honor Prince's enduring legacy and wishes with this new collection. Are these records that Prince actually wanted out? Yeah, I guess he's saying that they had that conversation,

and he chose Tidal as his partner to put those albums out. So I would assume that means that that was the plan. Yeah, I don't know why people wouldn't respect that, especially being that Prince was big enough Tidal before he died and had his music on Tidal before he died. But he's a part owner of Tidal, I thought, right? Yeah, I think part of the issue was some of the songs that were put on there were older songs from his catalog and not the songs.

Oh, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. I think that has something to do with what the issue was. So this Prince project will have music from his archive of vault recordings, and it will stream exclusively on Tidal for 14 days, and then it will be available for download seven days after it is debuted. Okay, I'm here for that.

Right, so there you have it. All right, Ryan Coogler, director of Black Panther, is saying that he would love the opportunity to do a spinoff movie focusing on the women in that Black Buster movie. That would be dope. The Dora Milaj. In the comic books, they actually have a spinoff comic book

called The World of Wakanda, where the women are front and center, so that would make sense. Right, so he's already doing the sequel, but he said he would also love to craft a spinoff story that revolves around the women of Wakanda where the women are front and center. So that would make sense. Right, so he's already doing the sequel, but he said he would also love to craft a spinoff story that revolves around the women of Wakanda. He was at the Cannes Film Festival and said, oh man, that would be amazing if the opportunity ever came up.

That would be dope. Or a TV series starring Nadori Milaj, like a Netflix show, Hulu. That'd be dope. Wouldn't be mad at that. All right, Pharrell, he has just bought a brand new house, and guess whose house it used to be? Who?

Tyler Perry. He just purchased his estate for $15.6 million. They just closed the deal on May 11th. A house in Atlanta? No, it's in L.A. L.A.? I wonder what that smells like on the inside. Now, Tyler Perry had bought that house last year for $14.5 million.

He tried to flip it, and originally he had listed it for just under $17 million, but he did settle for $15.6 million. So we got $1 million off of that house, 17,000 square feet, 10 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, and all of that. Nice. Pool and tennis court and an outdoor dining terrace. Congratulations to those rich Negroes. I know. Okay, drop on the clues bombs for both those rich Negroes just living their life, making a measly million dollars

off the sale of their house. Now, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are getting married on Saturday. Are you guys going to be watching the royal wedding? No. Wow, y'all don't care about this? Is Mona Scott Young producing it?

No. No, definitely not. As a matter of fact, Meghan Markle's father says he's not even going to go. I thought he's not going now? No. Early in the week, he said he was going.

He was going to walk her down the aisle. There's all kinds of drama. I don't know if you've been following this story, but apparently they found out that he'd been hiring paparazzi to take pictures of him getting ready for the wedding. And that's a big no-no, obviously. They're very secretive and private about all of these things. So now he said he's having serious chest pains.

And he said the pains have been triggered by emotional upset. So he's been having some issues. He that upset that his boy marrying a black woman? No, this is Meghan Markle's dad. Meghan Markle's the black woman who's getting married. Her dad is the one that's not going to marry. But is her dad the white dad? He's white.

He's white. I don't care. When the real Royal Wedding offset in Cardi B, man. That's the real goddamn Royal Wedding. When is that going to be on TV? I don't care. When the real Royal Wedding offset in Cardi B, man? That's the real goddamn Royal Wedding. When is that going to be on TV? I don't know. So a lot of people are excited about this because, you know, it's breaking all kinds of traditions. It is.

Basically with Prince Harry marrying Meghan Markle. Ain't Meghan black? Yes. That's the reason why we care so much. Well, she's mixed. Half black, half white. I don't care. But God bless her.

All right. So I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Reports. All right. Now, shout out to Revolt. We'll so I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor reports. All right, now shout out to Revolt. We'll see you tomorrow. Everybody else, the mix is up next. If you want to hear something, 800-585-1051. And also, don't forget, after the mix, we have Paul Pierce joining us and Baron Davis.

So we'll kick it with them. We'll find out about what's going on in your favorite basketball team, if the Knicks are ever going to be good, if Cleveland's going to take it all, all that. And we'll talk basketball vibes. We do? I'm kidding. All right, it's the Reckless Club.

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