The Breakfast Club - Kevin Hart interview and more

Episode Date: June 15, 2021

Today on the show we had Kevin Hart call in where he spoke about his film 'Fatherhood', Originality In Comedy, Bill Maher Comments and More. Also, they also spoke to scholar, teacher, and leading public voice on race issues Dr. Peniel. In addition, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to Lara Trump for telling border citizens to "arm up ". Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not.

No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan. on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs,

and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself.

It's okay. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts. Breakfast Club. Everyone just kept kept telling the prep for this one word to describe the breakfast club would be black impacting the culture people watch the breakfast club for like news and really be tuned in man i don't even know what it's called the breakfast club it's like brunch envy ye and charlemagne wake that ass up get out of bed, and listen to The Breakfast Club. I'm waking up. Good morning, USA. Peace to the planet, it's Tuesday! Yes, it's Tuesday.

What's happening? Good morning. I was just thinking, last week Hennessy sent me some flowers. What happened to them? I told you we was going to re-gift them. What happened to my flowers? I didn't re-gift them. No one even took a picture, sent them to me. I don't know what they looked like. I took your picture to the car. I sent you a picture to the car. I said, can I get a picture of the actual flowers? Somebody might have thrown them out, though.

They might have... Somebody took them out. When was that? What day was that last week? I want to say Thursday. Yeah, so over the weekend, they probably was all rotten and stuff. So I might probably throw them away. You was here yesterday? Yeah. Yeah, he was here yesterday. Yeah, so I might probably throw them away over the weekend. Custodians. What?

Alright, thanks, guys. I couldn't even get a picture to see what they look like. I sent you a picture of the card so you knew what it was from. The card? I wanted to see the flowers. They were beautiful. Thank you. They were.

They smelled great for the moment. Yeah. All right. Anything else? No, that's all I was wondering. I thought get it off your chest was after Front Page New. I guess we starting early. Okay. All right. Well, Kevin Hart will be joining us this front page news. I guess we starting early. Okay.

All right. Well, Kevin Hart will be joining us this morning. My guy, Kevin Hart. How I miss Kevin Hart yesterday, man. He's still in Budapest? Still in Budapest. Yes, he's in Budapest. He has a movie coming out on Netflix, Fatherhood, this Friday.

That's right. So we're going to be kicking it with Kevin Hart. That guy never stops. Never. Nope. When you talk about people having a bunch of irons in the fire, he has a bunch of irons in the fire. You know, Father's Day is on Sunday.

Yeah, nobody cares about us. We just out here. You know what I mean? We're lucky if we get a happy Father's Day, maybe a card. I'm not going to lie. I thought I missed it. I was like, should I just miss Father's Day? That's what I'm talking about.

Nobody cares. Nobody cares about us. Our job is we're just here to protect and provide. I mean, that's fine. You know, I hate that I try to buy my father nice things every year and he never uses them. Like I bought him some like brand new nice sweatsuits with matching sneakers. All he does is wear these old promo t-shirts. He refuses to wear the things that I get him.

I got him a Gucci wallet. He won't use it. He uses his old wallet with a rubber band tied around it. He's comfortable. He knows what's in that wallet. He owns that rubber band. Keeps his wallet closed and safe. So he's good.

He used that car I bought him, though. And he said that was too expensive. He really didn't want that. He wanted something a lot less. You know, the truth to the matter is fathers really don't want anything, though. You know what I mean? I just like to know that I'm loved. I like to know that I'm valued.

I like to know that I'm appreciated. There's nothing I really, truly want. That's the truth, though. I got a beautiful wife. I got three beautiful daughters. I got everything I want. I really don't want. There's nothing I want physically.

It's not about what you want, though. It's a gift. That's why I like to give people gifts that they wouldn't get themselves. I think that's a great gift. Like, I would have never bought this for myself. Thank you. It's like a splurge. But what if I don't?

I mean, what if I get it and I'm like, thank you. But then I really don't see no use for it. It's the truth. No, he'd be thinking he's like, too dressy or something. I mean, it's a hard one because,

I mean, anything that I want, I get myself. So it's like, it's words. It's nothing, you know, I don't really need anything.

Just give me a little piece. Well, then I don't want to hear y'all complaining about Father's Day. Y'all don't want nothing. Well, I just complain about the fact that, you know, nobody really truly cares.

Nobody cares. You know what I mean maybe it's our fault maybe it's the energy we put out oh we don't want nothing we don't care the energy is terrible

y'all just put out till we get it back I don't know I just try to offer all kinds of things nice things oh I don't want that I hear you say nothing

but a bunch of stuff your daddy don't want man say he don't want no sweatsuit don't give me another one he didn't say he didn't want it I'm just saying

that he continues to wear these beat up old clothes maybe he likes them buy him some more I will say that I don't mind I wouldn't mind a good sweats't want it. I'm just saying that he continues to wear these beat-up old clothes. Maybe he likes them. Buy him some more. I will say that I wouldn't mind a good sweatsuit. That's what I'm saying.

Sweatsuits are nice and easy to wear. Yeah, yeah. I'm cool with a good sweatsuit. I'm not going to lie. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get some front-page news.

Now, NBA, the Hawks beat the 76ers last night, 103-100. Great game. The series tied 2-2. Great game that was. Clippers beat the Utah Jazz, 118-104. They tied that series 2-2. And tonight, the Bucs take on Nets at 8-30. I told y'all Bucs in seven.

The way it's looking right now, Bucs in six. But I'm going to still stick to Bucs in seven because I feel like Kevin Durant can have one monstrous game and have some help from his supporting cast and maybe pull one out. I'm going for my Brooklyn Nets. Let's go. Did they say when James Harden or Kyrie's playing? James and Kyrie not playing game five. Both of them.

Alright, now, a dispute over a mask on Monday at a grocery store led to a shootout that left an employee dead and two people, including a sheriff's deputy, injured. The suspect entered the Big Bear supermarket that was in Decatur, and there was an argument with the cashier over a mask. They gave a few details about the argument, but said the whole thing was over a face mask. The suspect then shot the employee and she died from her injuries. And then a reserve deputy working security at the store fired at the suspect who returned fire.

Both were injured and taken to local hospitals. All these stories of people doing too much just escalated. You told one story of somebody doing too much, then told another story of somebody doing too much. Got anything else? Did y'all see the video of, what was it, the security guard at Lenox Mall getting shot? Two 15

year olds, a boy and a girl, shot the security guard at Lenox Mall trying to get to the Apple store. That's what they say to 15 year olds. When they was dressed in all black and they had the gun pulled out of my side. How crazy is that? They're saying that this year is last year was a lot of shootings

but they're saying this year is already outpacing last year. Because people are starving. They've been hurting financially for a year and some change and they're out here in these streets. I was in Miami this weekend and I had people running up on me saying you got to do something in Miami to talk to these kids. These kids are getting these PPP loans and investing in hits on folks. I was like, Jesus Christ. Alright, well, speaking of that, they're saying this is the summer of quitting

and a lot of people are quitting their jobs and not coming back to the office. So they said more than three point nine million people quit in April. And that's the highest quit rate since the agency started collecting that information back in 2000. The number of job postings has also hit a record high with six hundred and ninety five thousand more open positions than unemployed workers. So that's the trend right now. I guess a lot of people are starting their own businesses, doing what they want to do. You know, people are getting all kinds of benefits right now,

so we shall see what's going to happen to get people back in the workplace. They're getting those PPP loans. And then, you know, it's the whole talk about everybody being independent and, you know, wanting to own your own thing. And a lot of people have pivoted during the pandemic. One person said after a year of unprecedented stress, a lot of people have been also burnt out and reexamining how to live their lives. People have had epiphanies over the past year. We all want to pursue life, liberty and happiness.

And many of us have realized our job is not the best way to get there. And people probably feel like they don't want to depend on anybody else in case, you know, the bottom falls out. You know, last year when COVID happened, people got laid off. They couldn't make ends meet because they didn't know how to make their own money on their own. And these jobs ain't paying. Let's be honest. I'm not going to say that. They're paying.

They may not be paying what you want, but they're paying. Not a living wage. Repeditory. I mean, some people are like, I haven't had a break in 10 years. You know, they got their master's degree. They got a good job, but they don't want to burn themselves out. Quality of life is important to people. Some people have gotten some good savings during this time.

They have financial cushions because of the stock market. You know, there's all kinds of reasons why. I always tell people you could do both. It's 168 hours in a week. You know what I'm saying? So if you're working, let's just say, 40 hours a job somewhere, at least you know you got that. Like, you got that little safety net. And then you can pursue, you know, you got 140, what,

eight other more hours? No, let me see. 40 hours, 128 other more hours to pursue your dream. Some people just don't want to. They don't want to work. They don't want to do the work. All right, well, that is your Front Page News. Get it off your chest.

800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. Phone lines are open. It's 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. Hello, who's this? Good morning. I wanted to give a shout out to DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy, and Anthony. What's up, brother? What's been the struggle about the car show? Oh, you want to put your car in the car show? Oh, just email me. trying to understand how you wanted me to like go about uh in influence as far as answering it oh you want to put your car in the car show yeah yeah oh just email me email me um djmvcarshow at gmail what kind of car you got first of all brother i did brother but i ain't got no response

i got a uh 2019 zl1 one le i don't even know what that is i don't even know what that is all right when we check me out, man. All right. When we check it out, email me this morning. I'll make sure my assistant gets you back today. All right. That's it. Appreciate it, man.

Peace, man. The car show is July 3rd in Atlanta. I can't wait for you guys to come sit. You sure it's not in Chattanooga? No. Mine is in Atlanta. The story you did was in Chattanooga. Hello.

Who's this? Who's in Chattanooga, though? Hello. Who's this? Yo, it's Dre. Dre, what up? Get it offanooga. Hello, who's this? Who's the Chattanooga, though? Hello, who's this? Yo, it's Dre. Dre, what up? Get it off your chest. Hey, man, I got a few things to say.

You started. Don't y'all ever, ever, ever, ever, ever start the breakfast quote with all that negativity in the morning, man. Ain't nothing came out your mouth good. You got the Uzi out this morning, so you never know what's going to happen. It's the news, man, the news. The news is not good right now. I mean, when is the news ever good, though so you never know what's going to happen. The news is not good right now.

I mean, when is the news ever good, though? Drake go. They say when it bleeds, it leads on the news, bro. Hey, man, that was crazy, man.

I want to send some peace and positivity to the world. All this love. I love y'all. Be positive today on this

Tuesday. We didn't have Charlamagne yesterday, but we got him today. One more thing I want to say too. Y'all play the same stuff every hour. I thought we were doing positivity. Yes, it's great to see you. I'm giving y'all donkey a day for that. Hold on, slow down.

This was all positive. Don't mess with Gator's one, bro. Gave everybody love. Now you want to switch it to negative? Well, it's the radio way, too. Put the Draco down. Yeah, put the Draco down. You starting to bleed on people who didn't cut you.

Right, right. It's not that time of the month. I'm tired of hearing the same thing every morning. Dre, just duck and get out the way, man. I'm the same way. I don't like hearing the same thing every morning, either. But it and get out the way, man. I'm the same way. I don't like getting the same thing every morning either,

but it's the radio. Let's put a new CD in. Put a new CD in? How do you think this works, bro? We're digital. We digital now, baby. It ain't a new CD,

but I feel you. All right, well, have a good one, Dre. You sure you don't want to get it off your chest? No, I'm really annoyed this morning. Yeah, we about to close

the Get It Off Your Chest segment. I'm really annoyed this morning. Yeah, we about to close the get it off your chest segment. I'm really annoyed. Say it now, if I ever hold your piece, she. Alright, well,

we have rumors on the way. You want good news or bad news? However you want to give it to us. Well, let's talk about In the Heights,

right? There's an apology now and some people are upset about the movie and we'll tell you why. Alright, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete.

Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong?

No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go.

Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more.

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

It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love.

I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast

Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk in the heights. It's time, time, time. She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, over the weekend, In the Heights made $11.4 million. It did not get the expectations they thought it would at the box office. As you know, Lin-Manuel Miranda actually did this movie. He's the one that did Hamilton.

And John M. Chu, who directed Crazy Rich Asians, directed this movie. He's the one that did Hamilton. And John M. Chu, who directed Crazy Rich Asians, directed this movie. Now, the whole point of this movie was to show that Latin Americans are not a monolith, and a lot of the people who were part of the cast felt like they did a good job as far as representation, but during an interview with The Root,

there were some conversations about darker skin, Afro-Latino representation, and people do feel like In the Heights fell short of representing that. Now, talking to The Roots' Felice Leon, John M. Chu did notice that they missed the mark when she questioned him. She's a black New Yorker of Cuban descent. What are your thoughts on the lack of black Latinx people represented in your film? Yeah, I mean, I think that that was something we talked about and I needed to be educated about, of course.

In the end, you know, when we were looking at the cast, we tried to get the people who were best for those roles, and that's specifically, and we saw a lot of people, people like Daphne or Dasha, but I hear you on, you know, trying to fill those cast members with darker skin. I mean, first, first about the box office, I was very confused about where to watch in the heights, because for some reason I thought it was on Netflix. Then I saw it on HBO Max and I saw it in theaters. So I was confused on even how to watch it. So I guess it's in theaters and on HBO Max. Yeah, HBO Max and in theaters.

And I think it kicked off the Tribeca Film Festival and the Puerto Rican Day Parade was actually they kind of led the Puerto Rican Day Parade. They did a small one. They had a Puerto Rican Day Parade? I thought it was only virtual. That's what I thought. Yeah, it was mostly virtual but they had a little small thing in the Heights. It was just a few blocks. Alright, now Lin-Manuel Miranda actually wrote on social media,

I started writing in the Heights because I didn't feel seen and over the past 20 years all I wanted was for us, all of us to feel seen. I'm seeing the discussion around Afro-Latino representation in our film this weekend. And it is clear that many in our dark-skinned Afro-Latino community don't feel sufficiently represented within it, particularly among the leading roles. I can hear the hurt and frustration over colorism, of feeling still unseen in the feedback. I hear that without sufficient dark-skinned Afro-Latino representation, the work feels extractive of the community we wanted so much to represent with pride and joy. So he did say he is truly sorry.

He's learning from the feedback. But why does that feedback have to come from social media? Like, these productions go through a lot before they hit the big screen. Like, you know, you mean to tell me that nobody saw this beforehand? Like, all these folks that work on these productions? I mean, just in casting alone, someone had to see this, and someone should have said something, right? Yeah. I mean, just in casting alone, someone had to see this and someone should have said something. Yeah, I mean, that's the point.

But now people, you know, once they've seen the movie are responding and there it is. I feel like a lot of times these movies get it wrong, too. It's like an ongoing thing. Which is crazy because a lot of people involved before it actually hits the big screen. All right. Now, Wendy Williams and Gary Owen were spotted at dinner. I don't know if it was a date or what, but they were at the reopening of Scotto's in New York City. And insiders are saying that the two of them were having a good time.

You know, he had a very flirtatious appearance on the Wendy Williams show. And that's why some of this reaction has been like, OK, what's going on with the two of them? Here is Wendy Williams. Would you like to have dinner? Because here's what I'm thinking, right? We go to Fresco by Scotto, you're going to melt. No, he's not saying yes. I'm not saying, listen, what I'm not going to,

I'm not saying yes or no on the air. That's how more rumors get started. Yeah, but I can clear this up. I got the purple chair every day. Oh, that's right. So it's like, yeah, you saw me ask him out we went to scotta we had a good time then he took his uber back to his hotel and i took you know my car back to my apartment right yeah yeah okay yeah that's awkward now she also did an interview with interview magazine don lemon interviewed her and she opened

up about life after her divorce he asked about if her being so open about her private life affects her on air persona. And she said, definitely when we were married, I was very happy. But I had to make sure that when he and I divorced, my life wouldn't suffer because if my life suffered, then that meant my son's life would suffer, too. I loved Kevin and he loved me, but I was probably too much for him. I guess he found somebody who was just regular and who would cater to his every need. I tried, but hell, I got to get up in the morning. The idea that the show wasn't called The Wendy Hunter Show was a big source of problems. If somebody called him Mr. Williams, all of a sudden a sunny day would turn into a storm cloud. I'm disappointed in him,

but I quickly got over that because anger causes wrinkles. Now, she also talks about her issues with past addictions. And she said the reason why Kevin had her in a sober house was because the girl he had an affair with was about to have a baby. And he needed to put me someplace where I couldn't watch TV. He took away my phone. He took away my cash. He took away everything. So that is Wendy Williams in Interview Magazine. All right.

Now get ready for some concerts. So are you all ready to be back out and about at festivals, at concerts well there's gonna be a three day show and Kendrick Lamar is gonna do a one off show leading the day in Vegas festival lineup, it's a three day hip hop festival that's gonna be in Vegas November 12th

to the 14th with Travis Scott, Tyler the Creator and Kendrick Lamar's nightly headliners, they're gonna be names like Lil Baby, Da Baby, Doja Cat, and SZA also on the bill. Lil Uzi Vert, Saweetie, YG, Polo G, Ari Lennox, Jasmine Sullivan. Sounds pretty dope. Now, Mr. Lamar doesn't just step out. No, he does not.

So if Mr. Lamar is headlining a show, when is that? It's going to be November 12th to the 14th. They're saying it's going to be his only live performance of 2021. So should we assume that a new Kendrick Lamar project is dropping around that time? Now, the festival art makes it very clear that it's going to be a look back at his catalog, not something to promote a new album.

Hmm. Shot your stuff all down. I don't know, though. I don't sound like Kendrick. You know what I mean? I don't think Kendrick would just step out for no reason, even though it probably is a celebration of his classic catalog. I don't think he would step out for no reason.

It's got to be something. Isn't Baby Keem on that lineup, too? Mm-hmm. Maybe Baby Keem's album is dropping or something. Yeah, Baby Keem. And Baby Keem's also on Made in America. Hmm. Just FYI.

Baby Man is just performing his own catalog. I expect Baby... No, Kendrick don't move. Kendrick and Top Dog, they don't just move like that. Not when it comes to Kendrick. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. Something else around this.

All right, well, we got front page news next. What are we talking about? Take two, Nelly's Sports Bar in Washington, D.C. We're going to talk about what happened after a bouncer dragged him. Are you sure? I did the story myself, okay? Are you sure it's Washington, D.C.? I'm positive.

You sure it's Nelly and not Chingy? I did my own research this time. Okay. All right. Well, we'll see when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

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How y'all feeling this morning? Y'all all right? Man, listen, I'm blessed, black, and highly favored. You hear me? I hear you. Okay, God is greater in me than my enemies in the world. Okay? Kumbaya.

The Lord is my refuge. So who shall I fill? I don't have any enemies. Hakuna Matata. Do we need to sage the room? Yeah, let's sage the room. Can I bring any of my things? I don't know if I bought any sage. I might have a crystal for you. Hold on, let me see.

I need to call somebody to a prayer. Let's get Ray J in the line. Where's Ray J when you need him? I don't know what's going on in this room today. You good? Yeah. Why am I not good? I'm just making sure.

Don't shoot at me. Why would I not be good? I'm just asking. I'm just saying you're good. I'm not giving you my smoky quartz, but it's for me and my protection. I'll wave it around you. Wave it around. You're waving it around?

I'll wave it around you. I'm waving my smoky quartz around you. Let's see if it works. Let's get some front page news. All right. Now, let's start NBA. Last night, the Hawks beat the Sixers 103-100. Great game.

The Clippers beat the Jazz 118-104. Both series tied 2-2. Now, you have front page news. You don't want to mention that the Bucs are playing the Nets tonight? Oh, the Bucs are playing the Nets tonight at 830. Let's go Nets. Bucs and Seven. I don't want to piss you off. Come on. Nets! Bucs in seven. I don't want to piss you off.

Come on, let's go Nets. I feel good about this one. It'll probably be Bucs in six, but I'm going to still say Bucs in seven because that was my original prediction. Nah, nah, nah, nah.

I'm thinking the Nets still got it. You're crazy. The Nets about to win the whole thing. You're out of your mind. Tell us the story about Chattanooga.

I mean, D.C. Go. All right, now, a viral video of a young black woman being dragged out of Nelly's Sports Bar sparked a protest on Sunday night and caused to boycott the establishment.

Keisha Young, she's a 22-year-old college student at Morgan State University, has identified herself as the woman in that viral video. It shows a security guard dragging her down the stairs headfirst. And it's not clear from the video why she was dragged down the stairs and removed. Now, on Monday, Nelly's did say they fired the independent security vendor that they hired for Pride Week, and they are investigating the matter. They said it's ongoing and we will cooperate with any law enforcement investigation. However, we do not need to wait for the investigation's conclusion before we take decisive action. We offer a heartfelt apology to all who witnessed the horrific events of this past weekend. No matter what behavior occurred prior, nothing warrants mistreating and disrespecting one of our guests.

Here is what Keisha Young had to say. There was an altercation in there. They were trying to get some other people out because somebody else brought a bottle in there. Somehow I got mixed up in an altercation because I looked like somebody else and I got hit right down the step. I didn't do nothing wrong.

And that's all I was doing. It's first walking up the steps and getting dragged right back down the steps. I didn't do nothing wrong. And I was first walking up the steps and getting dragged right back down the steps. That is so crazy. Yeah, I love those brothers who jumped on that security guard. I don't care what that sister did. It was another way for security to handle that. And if you see a woman being dragged down the steps by her hair, you should absolutely positively intervene.

Absolutely. Come on, that could be your mother, your sister, your daughter, you know, your friend. Like, come on. That establishment, I know they fired security, but they should pay for that young lady, that young woman's college. She's at Morgan State. I don't know how many years she has left. Pay for that and set her up for the future. She was embarrassed.

She was dragged out your establishment. That video went viral. She's going to have some type of trauma. Take care of that woman. She did nothing. Well, she is pursuing a lawsuit and she will file a police report against the security guard. And this is not the first time Nellie's has come under fire for concerns. The activist group No Justice No Pride

organized a boycott in 2018 after patrons noticed a blue Live Matter flag flying above the establishment. And they did apologize after that, too. And so they learned a lesson about racial inclusivity and they were planning to make the space more welcoming. And that's emotional trauma she has to live with forever you know how many years of therapy she's gonna have to go through just having to relive that moment over and over

especially because it's viral no urban no nobody black or minority should go to that establishment there should be no dj that should be allowed to dj in that establishment no artist should perform in that establishment and today take care of that young lady. All right. Now, a woman in South Africa has reportedly given birth to 10 babies. At one time? Yes. And that's a new world record. She actually gave natural birth for five of those 10 and then five via Caesarian section. I don't believe it.

She did. That was no in vitro and none of that? That was just natural? I don't know what she know, what she did, but she gave birth to the 10. I did this one myself. You sure? I did this one myself.

You sure she don't have 10 kids over a span of 30, 40 years? She has seven boys and three girls. At one time? I am emotional. I can't talk much. If you see the picture of hers,

I mean... How much do these kids weigh individually? They gotta be small. They gotta be like one pound, two pounds. One South African official confirmed the birth to the BBC. And so, yes.

How do you feed all? You cannot possibly breastfeed all those babies. A human cannot physically breastfeed 10 children. And they beat out that couple that they have a show on. Yeah. There's a couple that has a show on. I believe it's TLC or one of them shows. And they have, let me get their name, Dion Dorico, the Dorico family.

What about Octomom? How many she had? Eight, right? She has eight. But her husband's in vitro. The Dorico family did all this natural. But not at one time, though. One time is crazy.

Well, last month, another woman gave birth to nine babies. At one time? Yeah. Oh, my God. Octomom kids should be grown now, honey. Yeah, they should be grown up. birth to nine babies. At one time? Yeah. Oh, my God. Octomom kids should be grown now, honey. What a reality show. Alright. Well, that is your

front page news. Where's the Octokids reality show? Why are you so obsessed with Octomom? I'm just asking. I want to know where those kids at. I want to hear their story. They should be old enough to talk now, right? I'm so sure they're old enough to talk. There's actually Octomom kids now. Really? Alright should be, yes. I'm so sure they're open enough to talk. I'm sure they can speak now. There's actually an Octomom Kids now. Really?

Mm-hmm. Oh. All right. Well, when we come back, Kevin Hart will be joining us. Kevin Hart has a new flick that comes out this weekend called Fatherhood,

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Club. We got a special guest in the building online. We got Kevin Hart. What's up, sir? How are you, man? How's everything with you? Oh, brother, I can't complain. Same old, same old. Drinking milk, getting tall, making it do what it do. And whatever it did, it doesn't. So that means that I'm going to get it done. Did that make sense? Now, where are you right now? Wait, hold on. So you don't have a lactose intolerance intolerance right now I do not have a lactose intolerance my stomach is definitely not right though I've been meal prepping so you know I'm on this uh this green and like uh protein so I'm definitely I'm definitely running back and forth a little bit I'm in Budapest though I'm in Budapest what are you filming out in Budapest right now. Budapest. What are you filming out there? I'm filming a movie called Borderlands,

a movie for Lionsgate based off of a video game, a very successful video game that has Borderlands 1, 2, 3. I mean, they got about between 50 to 80 million users that actively play this game, and they decided to create a movie out of it. So it's myself, Cate Blanchett, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Jack Black. We are the leads of the movie.

Ariana, Flo, I mean, we got a great cast, directed by Eli Roth. It's good. It's exciting. Something else that I can throw my audience on a loop with. It's a different... Budapest, for people that don't know, how is Budapest? If you had to describe it, because I've never that don't know how is budapest if you have to describe it because i've never been there so like what is budapest budapest is in hungary and it's

two separate places so you have buddha and pests it's actually separated so you got buddha yeah then on the other side is pests uh but the scenery out here the architecture out here the history is unreal so the locations that you find the film in are are just like nothing you'll ever see you know it's a it's a movie that's kind of got a sci-fi twist to it so these locations play a very significant part is that the movie you were training with navy sales for yeah i am responsible for all action in this movie i am playing the character called roland and roland is a soldier so the director wanted to throw the audience for the loop. He wanted to cast me.

And in casting me, we agreed that I would take this serious and go a completely different route. So I trained with some Navy SEALs. I did some high-intensity weapons training and really got down with military. So in this, I really am the role of a soldier. high intensity weapons training and really got down with military. So in this, I really am the role of a soldier. I'm combat, hand-to-hand weapons, et cetera.

So I can't wait for people to see it because it's going to have a major impact. And that's what we wanted with the part. That is very exciting though, to be able to have those abilities now. Yeah, I'll f*** somebody up. I know some stuff. Fatherhood. Fatherhood.

First of all, I've been missing the kids. If you're in Budapest, when was the last time you seen the babies, the kids? They're out here with me. I haven't come out here with them. Yes.

Kevin's got, I don't know if you noticed, but Kevin has a lot of money and he can, yes, bring family. Once school stopped, I had the family come out you know i mean when you have the opportunity to film in these type of places i think it's important to try to give your kids experiences that they can hold on to so my kids love working on sets when i'm on sets uh my daughter's interning for me right now my son he's in love

with the world of action and stunt development and choreography. So I had my son come out, work with the stunt team a little bit just in learning and understanding and just watching what I do. So it's one thing just to see the star that's attached to the dad. It's another to really understand the work that goes into it. So I've worked very hard on just making sure my kids understand how movies are made, how they break down, and how significant the roles are that the entire crew and cast play. In this case, they get to see it firsthand.

But it's a great time. You know, this movie, Fatherhood, is one that's very near and dear to my heart. It's a true story based off of this guy named Matt Loglin and a crazy turn of events that he had in life. He was married. Him and his wife were at the happiest point of their lives. She was about to deliver a baby. After delivering the baby, his wife passed away on the delivery table. And it sent him in a crazy whirlwind where he didn't want to live.

He didn't know what his purpose was in life. And the journey of his progression as a father and his love for his little girl through that progression is a story that he wanted to tell and is one that we put on paper and made a movie about. And when I found out about the movie and the role, I wanted to make some changes to it, of course, but I wanted to stay as close to the story as possible

and we all agreed on the changes. And I loved the story and the opportunity because I felt it was the best, it was a better time to change the narrative attached to a black man as a father, on the big screen. When we're portrayed on the big screen, we're always on drugs, off drugs, in jail, out of jail, not around, can't be found, or we show up last minute. And there's a story of why. And, you know, this is one that kind of has a positive,

positive message and through story, right? Where you, you root for this guy, you understand the guy, but the love between he and his child are what really give him reason and want to go on so um it's a drama it's it's a it's a real it's a real change for me it's something that my audience is going to see and once again have the opportunity to go wow it's me checking another box in my career and uh just trying to stay on that road of progression so i'm excited for people to see it it's going down it's really a bear fear jerker, just watching all of that. And it brings up so many things. Like we've been talking a lot about maternal health care too, right? And women dying, you know, during childbirth, after childbirth and how dangerous that is, especially for black women.

That's something that we've been having all kinds of conversations about. And then of course, like you said, just being a single father and raising your daughter, what kind of connections did you have with your onscreen daughter while you guys were filming? It's insane because a lot of the emotional strings that I had to tug and pull from, you know, I put myself as close to the position that Matt was in. And, you know, I can only imagine. I can't. I can only imagine. I can't. I can't imagine. But I tried to, you know, put some type of picture in my head as to what it would be like if it were me, if it were me and my little girl. And, you know, a lot of those tear-jerking moments are because it's real. It was real for me in those scenes.

And I really went there by thinking along those lines. And, you know, Melody, my co-star in this film, the little girl, she was so good in our chemistry on camera and off. It just kept getting stronger and stronger because we spent a lot of time together. But that bond, that bond between a father and daughter or just a child in general, when worked, it's unbreakable. It's a bond like no other, man. And I can say for me, I used a lot of my real life experiences as a parent to pull those emotions, to help me stay true to this storyline and make sure that I was in a grounded space of reality where people could believe and really relate. And I can say confidently

this is my best performance on screen in my career. This is pound for pound the best work as an actor that I've done thus far in this movie. Alright, we got more with Kevin Hart when we come back. It's The Breakfast club good morning morning everybody is dj envy angela yee shalami nagar we are the breakfast club we're still kicking it with kevin hart now how do you balance being a

dad and all the work that you do right because when we're coming up you want to you want to make as much money as possible to support your family right but then when you make money it's never enough but then you look at your kids and you're like, I have enough money to chill, but I still want to continue to make money. So how do you balance the, I'm a dad, and then I need to make all this money because I'm setting up a future for legacy. How do you balance that? I think that all of those tiers that you just talked about are ones that you have to experience ultimately to get to the point where you see what's really important, right? And as a guy that chases after success harder than anything, that chases after W's, multiple wins, that wants it in all aspects, when it comes to this thing of family,

you get to a weird space where you start to understand that the time that you think you're giving to your family isn't as much time as you could be given. And you then go, you know what, I need to prioritize my family the same way that I prioritize my will and want for success. And it's a weird thing because you feel like, well, if I don't hustle and I'm not chasing after it I can't get the money to take care of my family which is true which is why you need some success to make you see and understand what that is and what that feels like but when it boils down to it time can't be replaced and you can't get back and as you get older you realize. And that time that you kind of miss with those kids, you can look back on it and go, damn, you know, I missed a lot. You know, even though I was around, I missed a lot.

You get to a place of just understanding that you're giving your time to and that you're giving that energy to. So I got to a place of understanding that that's what really matters. The money's great. The success is great. But, you know, I was in that room in the hospital. That money and success wasn't there. You just got the people that kind of are with you and that matter in that box with you. So when it comes down to you being in that box, or when it comes down to anything happening that puts you in a position of a box,

who are those people that you're going to share that with? Who are going to be there with. And that's where I prioritize my energy and effort now, like in making sure they know their worth, they know their value. And I'm about to be 42, still figuring this out. It's a never ending puzzle game that you got to just learn how to play correctly. And it's the best for me as a father, as a husband of figuring it out is new. There's no handbook that comes with it. There's no tutorial. There's no study guide. You got to figure it out as you go. Now, Kevin, just to shift gears for a second. A big topic. We saw Cat Williams and Cedric the Entertainer going back and forth about stealing jokes. Right. And it's a fine line because sometimes there are certain themes that are very common

and you might feel like somebody took something of yours, but it could be just that they had a similar joke. Has that ever happened to you where you felt like, did this person steal my joke or is it a coincidence? You're in a pool where you got a million comedians. And, you know, I hate to say it, it's sad, but what material is that original today that you haven't heard in rendition of?

You know, we all are doing our best to make things our own, but, you know, it's the same topics for each of us, right? In the case where I've had things that have been similar and I've seen somebody do something, get a new one, you know, move on from it. It's not that serious. I've never made it that serious and I never would. You know, it's too many of us. It's too many of us out there.

And because of that, you know, you have to be understanding too. Sometimes it can be accidental. Sometimes it's not malicious. Now, if somebody is out there and they're doing what you said, word for word, that's just, that's just a blatant level of stealing. But if it's the same topic sometimes and people have done it, I've never looked that deep into it but that's another reason why i try my best not to watch comedy i don't i don't really watch a lot of comedy i produce a lot um i make sure that i develop a lot but i don't sit back and watch it because i i don't want to be in the same space of another comedian's ideas or another comedian's thoughts so i try to remove myself from that as best that

I can. You think the world is getting soft? And the reason I say that is, I know you're a big basketball fan and you watch basketball now and everybody gets a foul and they're thrown out the game. You know, if a comedian makes a joke, they want to cancel and cancel coaches so fast. Do you think everybody's getting too sensitive and too soft? I mean, look, it's a conversation that can go either way. And do I understand the reason for some of the conversations that have been had and the changes that need to be made? Absolutely. Do I think that we all need to raise the bar on simply respecting and understanding one another and understanding the lines that shouldn't be crossed or that can be crossed. Absolutely. But do I also think that there's a world where we're losing the idea of what a joke is or what the intent of a joke is done for, right? Like it's not done with the intent and purpose to hurt,

it's done with the intent to get a laugh. And the risk in doing that is sometimes you don't get a laugh. That's the risk. That's the biggest risk. The reward is getting a laugh. I think that it's up to our job now as talent to just understand the respect

level that we're supposed to have for people in general and trying to, you know, trying to do our best and be an example of the change that we want to see within our world. I will say that flat out. Now, everything doesn't need to become a conversation. Everything doesn't need to become a war of opinions. I think people are just forgetting that it's very easy to just not support something. It's very easy to not be a fan. It's very easy to change the channel. It's very easy to not watch that movie.

It's very easy to say that this person isn't for me i think we forgot that and the same way like it's easy for you to make that decision it's very easy for other people to make the decision of like it's very easy some people like coffee some people like tea it's a choice it it doesn't matter it's not it's not that serious and i think we think we're forgetting about the decision. We're forgetting that just because you don't like it, it doesn't mean that you'd have to voice or express your level of dislike in a way to where it now is destructive, in a way to where it's now offsetting

to others that do like, that now creates this conflict that sometimes doesn't need to be had. So, you know, I think eventually we'll get back to a place of just remembering who you're fans of and who you aren't, right? It's very simple. I mean, I don't dislike country music, but I've never listened to it. It doesn't mean that I'm not a fan of it, but I can't tell you a song. I can't tell you his can't i mean i can't tell you his music i know who he is i know uh you know the song that was a hit but i'm saying it doesn't mean that i didn't like it it's just not for me

i've made the choice to say that's not my cup of tea it's nothing wrong with that it did like it's nothing wrong with making those choices so it's like there's this big divide in everything today. There has to be a conflict of divide. It's me versus you. And if you don't like what I'm telling you you should like, then you stupid. And I don't get it. You can respectfully disagree. Yeah, like you think he funny? You dumb.

He the funniest. He not. It doesn't matter. It's a person-to-person choice. All right, well, don't move. We got more with Kevin Hart when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Kevin Hart. Yee? I saw the Bill Maher situation where he weighed in on something that you said about white power and being at an all-time high. He took it very literally. I meant what I said, though. I wasn't wrong about what I said. It wasn't a thing. And if he felt

that I was, that's fine for him. But Bill Maher can't speak from a position of knowing what the black community is going through still today. Like you can't speak from a position of never experiencing and never being a part of and acting as if you do and if you have. Right. Where I mean, I looked at a video today with more cops beating a young guy's ass. They broke this kid's ribs, eight of them holding him down, they're nailing the ribs. It's still happening. So to my point of what I was saying to Bill Maher, there is a high level of white privilege that we're still seeing on display.

There's a high level and it's at an all-time high. And today, it is. And today we're still experiencing it as if it's no consequence. To me, that still seems like the white privilege that we're speaking of. If we're saying, oh, God, these senseless murders are happening. Oh, my God, this black man died. Oh, my God, this black man was killed. Oh, my God, this black woman was killed.

And then you still continue to see it. It's almost as if, so what, there's no consequences. So that's what I'm speaking of. When you see the white women that are now confident with saying to black people and black women, you **** **** you go back, you black. It's a reason for that. That confidence that I can do this and there is no consequence is what I was speaking on behalf of. Right. So, for Bill Maher to act as if he's ignorant or blind to that, I felt was ridiculous.

I didn't think that that made sense. We're witnessing that we shouldn't be seeing in today's time. That's what I'm saying. Bill, you know that. Yeah. You ever think he goes back and forth, insisting to gaslight you to get this conversation, to get that? Well, I don't. I mean, I'm the wrong person to do it because i'm not gonna i'm not gonna give it that much energy this is just love of making sure people in general understand what

what just needs to be what needs to be verbally said on a regular right right? And that's, if the goal in the world, this is very simple to me, if the goal in the world is about equality, right? That means we have to understand the unfair gap in between that's prohibiting, that's prohibiting the surge of equality that we're all looking for, right? Because we feel like there's a significant disadvantage. We're starting way from behind and we're not getting any help to close the gap. So because of that, we're frustrated, we're angry. Because of that, we feel like we're being suppressed still.

That's a part of the problem. Help us close that gap this is what minorities black and brown people this is what we're talking about about from the start there was a significant advantage for the white culture you started out way ahead there's no reason why I'm still giving financial advice in Black communities about a checking and a savings account because all we have is check cash in places and liquor stores. That's not a coincidence. We're set up to lose. We're not set up to win. So when you get older and you start to see this, you speak on it so that you can try to make other people more aware. That's all it is. So when you say things that show that you're still unaware,

by going back and making a reference like you did and taking what I said so literal and equating it to the days of water fountains for blacks and hosing black people down and sticking dogs on them, well, you're making my point. Right. You're making my point. But it's one where I think we are seeing more corporations take responsibility in making sure that they have a diverse identity in house.

We're seeing more board changes where there's black personnel that's being involved. You know, in a lot of the place of business that I play in entertainment, I'm seeing much more color on sets, much more opportunity. We're seeing women progress. We're seeing change. Yes, we are. But is it anywhere near where it needs to be yet? No. It's not where it needs to be.? No, it's not where it needs to

be. What do you tell your son back to fatherhood? What do you tell your son now? He's a teenager. He's about to get his license. He's about to start driving. He's about to get on the road. And you know, what do you tell your son? I know the neighborhood that I live in and seeing me drive through that neighborhood is okay because of who I am. but they don't know my son they don't know my daughter right so the attachment to my child in whatever vehicle is not the same as if it's me and and those conversations with cops are different they are they are different I don't care I don't care. I don't care what you say. It's not the as if it's not a true matter that really needs to be not just handled, not just addressed, but change for the comfort, for the comfort and safety of people and their loved ones and their kids. Like that's a real thing. The gamble of,

all right, man, my baby driving his car at night. They go on the set thing. Please, God, don't let nobody stop them at night. And I think it's a situation where, you know, they go to ask for papers and registration. And my kid's the one that reaches. And it becomes, why are we thinking like that? Why is that the immediate thought? And is that even a thought for the other side? It's not? Not at

all. Not. And that's the problem. That's what we're saying is a problem. That's what we're saying is an issue. And that's the frustrating thing that I think that I think the high volume aren't truly allowing you're not letting it register. You're not letting it register. You're not letting the discomfort register through the real actions that we're seeing on display. And yes, the internet can take it and blow things up. And, you know, we see a lot more than maybe we would have ever seen. But I swear to God, it is a consistency behind the same narrative.

And that's a problem. That's what I was speaking on. Nothing more. During the pandemic, I seen you picked a bike ride. Yeah. Now, what got you on the bike? And when are you coming to New Jersey

to do some real riding up the real hills, not the flat lands that y'all do in LA? No, you know, we got canyons. We got some real canyons out there. We got real canyons out there. Schaefer and Fred told me you wasn't like a hilly hill guy. No, Schaefer right now is, Schaefer honestly was in the space where I wasn't f***ing with Schaefer.

I said, Schaefer, I'm going to leave you alone until I'm ready. But, you know, I can go do a comfortable, I can put up anywhere between the 27 and 30, 32, 34 with some, with some hills and stuff in it. Now, you know, if you guys got a crazy cadence and, and, you know, y'all got a different rhythm, you know, like I'm gonna have a conversation. I got no problem with saying, get me to text me to trail. I got, I got the pack. I got everything I need. I got my kit. I got my repair kit. So if I'm out with some people that need to go, you go, but what I like the calm that's attached to it. Like I'm,

I'm looking for the hobbies that act as, uh, as, as meditation, you know what I mean? Like same thing that running was for me. Running is you, yourself, and just a calm. That bike is the same thing. You get out there with a nice group. Everybody ride. The trail you go on,

the road you go on, if you're out there at the right time, it feels like it's just you. You get to be in your own space, man. I just like shutting off. And that's what the role is. Do you have the gel shorts? Do you have those gel shorts? I go the whole nine.

I'm out there. They make fun of me all the time. I'm like, you need the gel shorts or your ass gonna hurt. I'm out there. I'm out there in the whole nine. Leotard, framed up. That's right. Giving you what you wanted and like.

I'm confident. I'm good. Now, when you guys get off the bike, are you walking funny? No, man, it's a thing. If you're part of this lifestyle, it's a thing. There's no shame. You're good. It's good. You can't even let the straps down on a leotard after a ride. Feel good about it.

Throw your flip flops on. As if you're clicking in. I'm also a fan of the flip flops. It's good. You can't even let the straps down on a leotard. And feel good about it. Throw your flip-flops on, you know, as if you're clicking in. I'm also clicking in. I'm the real deal. I'm out. I've seen you fall.

I've seen you fall. I definitely did. Getting in was tough. Getting in was tough. I was in that driveway. Oh, man. But Brotherhood is out this weekend. Make sure you go check it out.

And we appreciate you checking in. Be safe, man. It's in the family. I love it all out, man. Brotherhood is out this weekend. Make sure you go check it out. And we appreciate you checking in. Be safe, man. It's in the family. I love it all out, man. Yeah, Kevin, we do always appreciate you checking in with the Breakfast Club. It does mean a lot to us because, you know, you are going to be a billionaire by the time you're 45. Hopefully you'll still be checking in at that time. Listen, I'm never going

to change. I'm not going anywhere regardless of the success. I love you guys. You guys have been riding with me forever, which is why I'm going to do the same in return. And to all the listeners or the watchers, please, guys, Friday the 18th is going down. Fatherhood, I promise you, this movie does not disappoint. I promise, I promise, I promise you're going to walk away with an amazing message, with an amazing amount of feel good at the end of the day. And lastly, I really do mean when I say live, love and laugh.

We don't have that much time, man. Wasting our time on this goddamn earth and doing it in a negative space, it does none of us any good. So try your best to adapt that good energy, man. That positive energy is the best flow. Point blank. Fatherhood. Just in time for Father's Day. That's is the best flow. Point blank. Fatherhood. Just in time for Father's Day. That's right.

Kevin Hart, Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. I hate interviews on Zoom. I just hate it. I do, too. Especially when it's our guy, Kevin Hart.

Kevin Hart's energy is always pure. It uplifts everyone around him. I'm mad I missed that one. Alright, well let's get to the rumors. Let's talk BET Awards. Listen up! It's just in. The Rumor Report. It's the Rumor Report.

The Breakfast Club. Well, are y'all ready for the BET Awards? Taraji P. Henson is going to be hosting. And Queen Latifah is getting the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. So get ready to watch that on Sunday, June 27th at 8 p.m. So it's going to be live. Those are two very good selling points.

I'm already sold. Taraji P. Henson hosting and Queen Latifah getting a long overdue Lifetime Achievement Award. I'm there. All right. You can also now vote for the 2021 BET Awards Viewer's Choice Award. The theme of this year's show is Year of the Black Woman

in honor of their contributions to the culture. Okay. Dropping the clues bombs for black women. All right, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have been pictured kissing as the return of benefers here. There were paparazzi photos in the New York Post that showed the two of them kissing

while enjoying a meal with members of J-Lo's family at Malibu's Nobu Sushi Restaurant. They just picked up right where they left off. I mean, they have history. They were engaged. He don't deserve that, though. Especially after how he ruined Batman.

I'm serious. Just the fact Ben Affleck ruined Batman, he don't deserve J-Lo. especially after how he ruined Batman. What? I'm serious. Just the fact Ben Affleck ruined Batman, he don't deserve J-Lo. Why you get a prize for ruining Batman? I mean, they've been together before. I'm sure they're very comfortable with each other. He saw an inn and he... Went in. That's what happens.

That's why you can't slip up, guys. All right, Bernie Mac's daughter is talking about two actors who she would like to play Bernie Mac in a biopic. They did announce at the Tribeca Film Festival that that movie is going to be coming. So the two people who Denise McCullough said that she would like to play her father in that movie are Aldous Hodge. You know Aldous Hodge. He played M.C. Wren in Straight Outta Compton.

He's also going to be playing Carter Hall Hawkman in the upcoming DC Extended Universe film Black Adam. Yeah. And he was in Underground, Jim Brown, and One Night in Miami. He was in Hidden Figures. So she said, Aldis Hodge. And she also said YouTube star Mark Phillips she would like to see play her dad, Bernie Mac. I don't know Mark Phillips. He has 4 million followers on YouTube. And I saw that he saw what she posted and said,

he said, honored to even be considered as someone who could possibly play the role of the legend Bernie Mac. Well, if she knows him and he got that many followers on YouTube, I'm sure he's a star. Because boy, them kids love those YouTubers and TikTokers. They definitely do. Keep backing like they don't matter out here if you want to. Yeah, she said that she loves Mark Phillips and she feels like he would be a great candidate. And she said the energy that he has on YouTube reminds her of her father. And a lot of people on Twitter agreed with that.

Oh, I got to go check him out. What's his name again? Why'd you say it like that? I don't know if he's single or not, but yeah. Knock it off. You're saying his energy is like Bernie Mac? Mark Phillips is his name. Y'all are ridiculous.

We ridiculous. Yeah, I want to see his talent, okay? If Bernie Mac's daughter is saying that this man reminds her of her father, that's a big claim. I want to go see. Ooh. Y'all are ridiculous. What?

All right, now Kenya Barris is going to be making his feature directorial debut. It's going to be a Netflix comedy film starring Jonah Hill, and Jonah Hill and Kenya Barris are going to co-write and co-produce the project. So it should be interesting to watch. It's going to be the first time he's doing, like I said, a feature debut. But he does, of course, have directing experience with some episodes of Black-ish. And he also was supposed to direct the Richard Pryor biopic. And he's going to be writing and co-producing that with Richard Pryor's widow, Jennifer Lee Pryor.

All right. Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine are opening a public high school in L.A. That's pretty dope. It's called Regional High School No. 1. So right now, that's the name of it. It's not clear if that's going to change or not. Students who don't live in that area will be provided with transportation. Now, Jimmy Iovine spoke about this in the L.A. Times.

He said this is for kids who want to go out and start their own company or go work at a place like Marvel or Apple or companies like that. Dr. Dre said his desire is to inspire the younger me. He said this is something new and different that might excite the kids and make them want to go to school. So it's like a like an art school or they said it's not necessarily it's not a music school or anything like that. It's about to it's trying to help bring out creativity. So it could be in anything that it is that you want to do and that you're passionate about. I love anybody that opens a school, man.

Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine, you know, Jalen Rose, LeBron James. I think owning a school, I think Diddy owns a charter school too, right? Yep. Owning a school is a different level of bossness. That's different. Yeah, you know, so congratulations to them. You got to help Dr. Umar, man. I'm serious. I want Dr. Umar man I'm serious

I want Dr. Umar in that conversation he said he just needs some brothers to help build out some of the stuff he just needs the infrastructure man he needs some electricians, he needs some plumber, he needs some contractors he said he'll pay for all the supplies he just needs some brothers to help with the labor

alright well that is your rumor report. All right. Let me pay my meter. All right. Charlamagne, who you giving that dog to? I need a Laura Trump. I don't know if it's Laura or Laura. Laura.

Laura. Laura. But I need her to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with her. All right. We'll get into that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Come on in.

Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States. Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out. He's fired. He's fired! Trump, please step up to the congregation. Yes, you are a dog. Love, doubt, Trump.

When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. He's a jackass. Hello, hello. Dog here today for Tuesday, June 15th goes to Laura Trump. Who is Laura Trump?

She is the daughter-in-law of the former twice-impeached celebrity and chief of the United States of America. And it's safe to say Fox News is willing to use the Trump name for ratings, regardless if there's a Donald in front of it or not. Okay, if it bleeds, it leads. If it's Trump, ratings jump. Hey, let's just be

honest with each other, okay? Whether you agree or disagree with anything that comes out of a Trump's mouth, they move the needle, okay? I don't even know what that means but it's provocative it gets the people going and laura trump is no different okay she was on fox news and her appearance well it got the people going what was she talking about well she was discussing border security and what did she say well let's just say she chose violence for 500 alex let's go to fox news for the report disgraceful to see and i don't know what you tell the people that live at the southern Well, let's just say she chose violence for 500. Alex, let's go to Fox News for the report. Disgraceful to see.

And I don't know what you tell the people that live at the southern border. I guess they better arm up and get guns and be ready. And maybe they're going to have to start taking matters into their own hands. It should never happen. These people should never make this dangerous journey here. Let's listen to that one more time.'s talking about she's talking about border security okay and then what she thinks should happen to migrants i guess listen it's graceful to see and i don't know what you tell the people that live at the southern border i guess they better arm up and

get guns and be ready and maybe they're gonna have to start taking matters into their own hands it should never happen these people should never make this dangerous journey here. This is where we are. This is where we are. That is awful. This is who we are. That is disgusting. This is what we are.

America, got to stop lying to yourself. I know, I know. We love to say America was built on faith and freedom, but the reality is America was built on violence. Good old-fashioned white violence. There's a great book written by Herbert Shapiro titled White Violence and Black Response from Reconstruction of Montgomery. And in the book, Herbert speaks on the fact that we are taught that America is a society based on respect for the law and orderly procedures and that the Constitution stands as a safeguard of individual freedom. And the courts and the police are supposedly established to enforce the law.

When a controversial issue arises in the American fabric, it is to be resolved, not in the streets, but through the democratic processes of elections. I think we all have been alive enough to know that this may be true for some, but not for everybody. Okay. Urban Shapiro also says in the book, the courts have most often stood silent in the face of racist violence.

I have turned their wrath against the victims, not the perpetrators. The police have protected the mob rather than the mobbed and have often either aided the lynchers or displayed amazing inability to identify them. Where race is concerned,

legislative or judicial action to deal with controversial issues has often come late and been partial in nature while white violence has continued to terrorize black Americans without hindrance. This is true,

but it's not just true for black Americans. The same rule applies for anyone who isn't white. And Laura Trump just proved that. This is why I'm talking about Herbert Shapiro's book this morning, because this is what he's talking about. Violence generated by white racism in news media and other institutions that fail to educate Americans about the oppressive social conditions that have

root in these criminal acts. Okay. Herbert also discusses the irony of America associating violence as a behavior of black people. When we all know in the history of America, white racism has generated more violence than anything black people have ever done or thought

about doing. By the way, can you imagine if a black broadcaster got on TV and said that black people need to pick up arms and take matters into their own hands in regards to anything we don't like. What's crazy is the migrants aren't doing anything but seeking a better life. It's not like they're coming across the border and breaking into people's homes that live on the border, at least not that I know of. If that was the case, by all means, protect yourself, protect your family, protect your home. That's what the Second Amendment

is for. That's why I say when you're black, a legal firearm in america is a form of self-care but laura trump didn't tell people to take up arms because they are under attack under attack because their lives are being threatened she's simply telling folks to take up arms because she doesn't want migrants crossing the border imagine if i told black people or any oppressed group they better arm up and get guns and be ready and maybe they will have to take matters into their own hands to take matters in your own hands. Part. Do you realize what would happen if oppressed people in this country ever took up arms and took matters in their own hands since the government and other institutions in this country have never wanted to give us real justice? Can you imagine this type of call to action geared towards white supremacy and racist institutions in America. Can you imagine a black or Latino person on TV calling for oppressed people to get guns and take matters in their own hands in regards to a group of people? Well, what's crazy about this is, you know, it's a blatant direct call to shoot migrants crossing the border.

But if someone at the border would actually take Laura Trump's advice, she would say she didn't mean it like that. She would blame it on fake news, even though we all heard her you know the privilege amongst us don't do accountability and what laura trump did is uh stochastic terrorism at its finest the public demon demonization of a personal group resulting in the incitement of a violent act okay laura trump knows exactly what she's doing and why she's doing it matter of fact play play the clip again drum let's play it one more time disgraceful to see and i don't know what you tell the people that live at the southern border. Stop right there. Stop right there. Stop right there. I don't know what you tell the people that live at the southern border.

Laura, that's where you should have left it. That's where anyone should leave it when they simply don't know what to say. When you don't know what you should say, the best thing to say is nothing at all. That's right. Because silence can never be misquoted. As soon as your mind says, I don't know what to say, I don't know what to tell you, leave it.

Okay? We live in this era where people feel like they have to speak, they have to be heard, but you should not talk unless you can improve the silence.

Please let Kathy Griffin give Laura Trump the biggest hee-haw. Please give this giant jar of mail the biggest hee-haw. Man, what's so sad is that who wants to really have to leave the place where they were born? They've known their whole lives. Nobody wants to have to do that.

It's a dire situation. Like they said, it's dangerous. And a lot of times people are even sending their kids, right, because they want to make sure that their children get a better life because they have a better chance of their children being able to get in and seeking asylum than whole families is a difficult awful decision to have to make the journey is already a death sentence right this is it's something that you may not make it make it through and then when you get here you get shot imagine being so so scared for your lives that you send your

children without you because you want to make sure that they're okay and then you try to meet at s awful and by the way I don't know what to do with the border. I'm not sitting here acting like I have, you know, the plan to get the border in order. I just know shooting them is not the answer. Not at all. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey of the day.

Now, when we come back, who are we kicking it with? Oh, my God. Peniel Joseph, man. Dr. Peniel Joseph is an author. He wrote a book that I read called The Sword and the Shield, The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. And I personally have never seen Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

humanized in the way that Dr. Peniel Joseph humanized them in this book. It's an amazing read, and it's been out for like a year. I'm late on it. I just read it this year, but I can't wait to talk to Dr. Peniel Joseph all about it. Yep. The brothers from Queens, New York. We're going to talk to them when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club.

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That's right. Dr. Peniel Joseph. Man. I just found out he's from Queens, New York. Yes, absolutely. I read an amazing book called The Sword and the Shield, written by Dr. Peniel Joseph. One of the best books I've ever read. I got around to it about a year late.

I know it came out last year in March, but I got to it about a year late. But it really explores the revolutionary lives of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Brother Malcolm X in a very humanizing way. Like what made you want to explore them the way that you did? Well, I've always, you know, I'm going to say what Muhammad Ali said about Malcolm X. He said, I fell in love with Malcolm X when he was debating people and talking to people about black history. So I fell in love with Malcolm X by the time I was 8, 9, 10 years old. The Eyes on the Prize documentary series came out. This is before Denzel's brilliant movie came out in 1992.

I was 19 when that movie came out. So I've always loved Malcolm X. I think my love for Dr. King has come as I've gotten older, as I've become a father, as I've become just a deeper adult. Because you see, one, how Dr. King was radicalized in part by Malcolm X. But I've also come to see that certainly we need self-defense, what Malcolm X talked about. But we also need the beloved community, what Dr. king talked about so my my whole thing was seeing how they they went from being rivals and adversaries to being each other's alter egos what did you learn a lot of this

because you know in in school especially growing up power 105 so deep like it was i have a dream speech it was a little bit of malcolm x so what made you want to learn more about these characters malcolm x and martin luther king and you know it was growing up these characters, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King? You know, I was growing up in New York City and, you know, my mother was part of a hospital workers SCIU 1199. And so we grew up in a city where we talked about social protest. I was a freshman in high school when Michael Griffith was was was murdered in December of 86 in Howard Beach. A white mob chased them out into the highway and the brother was just destroyed by by by a fast moving car and was trying to figure all this stuff out in New York City. So this is before David Dinkins. This is when Eleanor Bumpers, who is a black grandmother, was murdered by the police in her own home. And so all of that got me interested. But then certainly Eyes on the Prize premiered in New York in 1987, 88 on PBS, Channel 13 over here. And we grew up in a New York City where Channel 5, before Fox News,

we used to watch the drive-in movies. And you think about Wu-Tang, they talk about Shaolin. 3 p.m. on Saturdays this is before cable this is before everything we used to watch you know kung fu movies right so is this idea of you were watching kung fu movies hip-hop run DMC lived on Hollis right up the hill so we used to see run DMC we used to be able to go to shows they used to play at times right in ps-34 Park but there was all this racial segregation ed Koch was the mayor racial segregation ed kotch was the

mayor of new york uh ronald reagan was the president all that got me interested in malcolm x first time i read about malcolm my mother had um the autobiography of malcolm x in the house and i read that and that just got me going how old are you because you were talking like you 50 something you look like you and your late 20s he was born in. OK. Yeah, I'm 48. OK. Wow. Man, what you vegan? A lot of water. A lot of water. A lot of been practicing yoga for 23 years. OK. OK. And yeah, all that good stuff. Now, what does the metaphor in the book's title, The Sword and the Shield, refer to? I'm glad you asked that. So we usually think about Malcolm X as the political sword of the black freedom struggle.

And I even write in this book, Malcolm served as black America's prosecuting attorney. So he was prosecuting the United States for crimes against black humanity that dated back to racial slavery. Dr. King is usually thought of as the shield. He's America's apostle of nonviolence, where Malcolm is Harlem's hero of self-defense. We think about the ballot or the bullet speech. We think about Malcolm with a rifle by a window, and that's an iconic picture. What I argue in The Sword and the Shield is that both Malcolm and Martin are both. Malcolm X is not only the political sword of the black community, he becomes our prime minister who goes to Africa, the Middle East.

He becomes El Hodge Malik Shabazz, and he wants to build a beloved community as well, but one that's rooted in truth, and the truth of not just racial slavery, but our West African and our African heritage. So Malcolm is a pan-African all day, every day, but he's also a Muslim. He's also a radical internationalist. King is not just somebody who's a man of peace. He's a man of

peace. He's a man of God. Both of them are men of God. But King is also this nonviolent revolutionary. King becomes so revolutionary after Malcolm X's death, he's no longer on speaking terms with the president of the United States because he comes out against the Vietnam War. And he starts to say things like all white Americans have unconscious racism. He says the halls of the U.S. Congress are running wild with racism. In April 4th, 1967, at the Riverside Church in New York, he says that the greatest purveyor of violence in the world is the United States of America. So that's the revolutionary king who goes to places like Marks, Mississippi,

and tells poor black people that during Reconstruction, they were promised 40 acres and a mule. They didn't get their 40 acres and a mule, but he's going to lead a poor people's caravan to go to Washington, D.C. until they get the 40 acres and a mule. That's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. So he's both a sword and the shield. But Malcolm is as well. And what I argue in the book is that the person who most influences Dr. King's radicalism is Malcolm X. You know, they all you know, Charlemagne always talks about how Malcolm and Malcolm X and Dr. King's Dr. King spoke. Do you think they were assassinated because they were possibly going to join forces and come out together and that would just be too much power? Well, I think they definitely are assassinated because they represent a threat to the American political system.

I think that they would have gotten together. They spoke together once on March 26, 1964 at the U.S. Senate. But one little known aspect that I get into in the book is that Malcolm saw King in Harlem, December 17, 1964. He was sitting next to Andy Young, Andrew Young, a former mayor of Atlanta, a former U.N. ambassador. And he heard Dr. King give a whole speech after King won the Nobel Peace Prize. And not just that. He speaks about that speech in Harlem a few days later and says that it was a terrific speech. He's impressed. And he goes to Alabama to visit with Dr. King and Dr. King's in prison. And he visits instead with Coretta Scott King, Dr. King's wife and really political partner. We think of... correct us got king is just his wife she's a brilliant organizer political partner intellectual she's his his is is better half let's let's face it

and so when we think about malcolm malcolm was ready to join forces with king but on his own terms he was a good to do the same thing he malcolm always believe in black dignity uh... king believed in black citizenship overtime they both come to believe in black dignity. King believed in black citizenship. Over time, they both come to believe in black dignity and citizenship. And Malcolm X defined black dignity

as the end of world white supremacy. All right, we got more with Dr. Peniel Joseph. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We're still kicking it with Dr. Peniel Joseph. Charlamagne? Let's dig in on that a little. We're still kicking it with Dr. Peniel Joseph. Charlamagne? Let's dig in on that a little bit more because I love the concept of radical black dignity. It's weird because I've read the autobiography of Malcolm X a few times. Love Message to the Black Man by Elijah Muhammad. Swear by those books. But I don't remember that concept explored as much as when I read The Sword and the Shield. And I even incorporated a lot of the concept of radical black dignity in a commencement speech I gave for South Carolina State, you know, about a month ago.

But can you dig a little deeper on what that is? What is radical black dignity? Radical black dignity for Malcolm X is radical black political self-determination. So what that means is that Malcolm absolutely had this external critique. He critiqued white supremacy. He critiqued institutions that were brutalizing black people, the police, the whole deal. But he also expected a lot of ourselves. So Malcolm defines radical black dignity as black people coming to understand and love themselves through have to not be as hard on ourselves as we usually are, because Malcolm criticized us for loving white people and loving white supremacy too much. But what that meant was that we weren't able to face how we had been subjugated, how we had been subjugated during racial slavery. Reason why Malcolm X goes to Africa three times, because

people don't talk about the 1959 trip to Africa where he's in Egypt. He's in the Middle East. He meets up with President Vice President Anwar al-Sadat. He meets up with Prince Faisal, Saudi Arabia, the whole deal. Malcolm went there to the Middle East and to Africa even before he takes the Hajj because he knew that black people had a history before the Middle Passage. so part of that dignity was we understood that yes not only had we been uh kings and queens and obviously not all of us were just kings and queens in africa but we had a history before the u.s we had a history before european uh i won't even call it conquest but being captives here and really recreating Western civilization through our own protests. Another part of radical black dignity is black beauty and black love.

Malcolm, following Marcus Mosiah Garvey, believed in the beauty of black people intrinsically. Black women, black men, black children, black babies, black neighborhoods. So when we think about this idea of self-determination and my my final point is, this is why Malcolm has a critique of racial integration. Not because he doesn't want an equal society, but Malcolm was horrified by the fact that it took troops to bring black children to school in Little Rock seven whereas king writes a little of a telegram to president eisenhower applauding that in september nineteen fifty seven malcolm is angry and and mad about that why it's a sick society where our children little black girls and boys have to be guarded by troops and go into a high school or elementary school

and that's why malcolm says American democracy is nothing but American hypocrisy. Very famously, he says, you can't put a knife nine inches in a person's back, take it out three inches and call that progress. You haven't taken out the knife and you haven't even acknowledged the wound. So black dignity is us understanding our own struggle, loving ourselves through the joy and the trauma of that struggles. Remember, the reason why Malcolm X is the best order in American history, and I'll say Dr. King's number two, the reason why Malcolm's the best, Malcolm has a great sense of humor. He actually forces us to confront this through different parables. And when he talks about house Negroes versus field

Negroes, he's talking about black dignity, but he's also talking that we have class tensions in our own community. Sometimes you'll have historians and scholars who say, well, the house Negro field Negro is more complicated than that. Malcolm's given us allegories that everyone can understand. That's why he says make it plain. So the house Negroes were black folks who had more identification with white supremacy and white masters. And that's why Malcolm says when the white master got sick, the House Negroes said, we sick. Right. And field Negroes, Malcolm defined them like he defined himself. Black people who were catching hell every day and who were bold enough to resist against white supremacy. So black dignity is huge, huge, huge.

And this is why when we think about the malcolm and martin the dichotomy and the convergence it's only because of malcolm x that dr king starts talking about black dignity dr king starts saying black is beautiful and it's so beautiful to be black dr king by 1967 tells us that they even tell us little white lies are better than black lives black lives that's dr king only because malcolm x had taught all of us about black dignity before malcolm we were all negroes who turned into black people because of malcolm in the book you lay out how they each become the other's alter ego essentially to me that's what the book is ultimately about can you

explain it absolutely when we think about malcolm Martin over time, Dr. King becomes much more of a radical and a revolutionary speaking truth to power in an unapologetic way in the tone of Malcolm X. My great example there is when Dr. King is in Marks, Mississippi, in 1968, organizing the Poor People's Campaign. He tells the poor black folks in Marks, Mississippi, that 1968, organizing the Poor People's Campaign, he tells the poor black folks in Marks, Mississippi, that the way they are living is a crime. That's the exact language that Malcolm X used to use about this crime against black humanity that had occurred. For Malcolm, it's the ballot or the bullet speech. The ballot or the bullet speech is the first time Malcolm X acknowledges the need for radical black citizenship. He had always acknowledged the need for radical black dignity. But Malcolm hedges. He doesn't believe

in American democracy. Never does. He believes in what black people. He says the reason why I think we should do the ballot or the bullet is that I want black people to have a chance to utilize this political power and see where it gets them. Remember, Malcolm X had been in prison. Malcolm X, his father had been killed early. He always felt it was a white supremacist attack. His mother had been institutionalized. Malcolm had seen what I call the lower frequencies of the United States of America. So he was always skeptical about democracy working the way in which white people pretended it worked. Right. But what he did was he had faith in who black people. He was schooled by his mother, Louise Norton Little, who was from Grenada. So Malcolm has Caribbean blood as well as the African African-American blood. He was

schooled by his father, Earl Little. He was schooled by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. But he was also schooled by all these revolutionary leaders in the Middle East and Africa. Right. So when you think about Malcolm becomes closer to King through this acknowledgement that we need to end worldwide supremacy, not just through self-defense, but we're going to need that beloved community. But Malcolm Hedges, he says, one, I only believe in black people vis-a-vis this democracy thing. But two, he says that white people, and his language is this, sincere white people can be part of the movement. What did he define as sincere? He defined it sincere as what Du Bois called

abolitionist democracy. White people who are going to be willing to put themselves on the line, right, to transform the entire world. So Du Bois always said, and W.E.B. Du Bois is the intellectual who was the founder of the NAACP, one of the most important intellectuals ever. But what he wrote in a book, 1935, called Black Reconstruction, was he wrote the true history of reconstruction. He pushed back against the lost cause history that had said we were apes and monsters and we were raping white women. He showed how black people tried to reimagine American democracy. And the only reason the country exists in the form it exists now is because of our labor, our sweat, our sacrifice, our love, our patriotism. Right. And so when we

think about Malcolm and Martin, Martin becomes closer to Malcolm, where he becomes this unfettered revolutionary, becomes a pillar of fire, an Old Testament prophet. He's Amos. He's Jeremiah. He's Moses by the end of his life. And Malcolm becomes closer to King, where he starts to say that not only is he a prosecuting attorney, he becomes black America's prime minister in the last year of his life. Malcolm X had an office at the United Nations. Malcolm X could go and speak to Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana. He could speak to Nnamdi Azikiwe in Nigeria. He could speak to Mohamed Babu, who's the Prime Minister of Zanzibar. So that's when he becomes closer to Dr. King. So they really converge. And you could

see the love and admiration that Malcolm has for him when he tells Coretta Scott how much he admires her husband in Selma. And when you read the statement that King sends after Malcolm's assassination, he expresses his admiration and says what a great man Malcolm X was, who was constantly changing. So you can see the convergence between both of them, even in their lifetimes. Let me tell you something, man. His name is Dr. Peniel Joseph. The book is The Sword and the Shield. I'm not even exaggerating when I say it's one of the best books that I've ever read in my entire existence on this planet. I think everybody should go out there and get The Sword and the Shield right now. It explores the revolutionary lives of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I can't wait to just read more

of your stuff, Dr. Peniel. Well, thank you, Charlemagne the God. It's been great. It's an honor. It's a pleasure to be here. You're an icon. No, stop. So I'm really appreciative of this opportunity and to chop it up with you, to dialogue, especially as somebody from New York

City, a native New Yorker. It's Dr. Peniel Joseph. It's The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. On The Breakfast Club. Why you sounding so depressed when you said that?

He was sad we had The Breakfast Club. Yeah, good morning, everybody. All right. He got some bad news for us. Yeah, good morning, everybody. All right. He got some bad news from us. I don't know what happened. We finally took the barricades down. Barricades. That's what I call them, the barricades.

The border. I can actually see you guys now, clearly. Yeah, it's not looking good. I'm depressed. All right, now let's talk about Black Twitter reacting to Destiny's Child's Cater to You. 17 years after it came out. They feel like this song is outdated and not good. Listen to some of the lyrics.

They're saying, this is just too much. This message isn't aging well. Now, I do want to say this. When I listen to the song in the hook, right, she does say, let me cater to you because, baby, this is your day. So I'm feeling like this is a day that she's doing all this for him. I guess that's Father's Day, huh? Running his bathwater. Yeah, Father's Day is coming up.

Now, the one thing I had an issue with in this song, listen to this part. Which part you want? The next one. I'm not helping anybody put their do-rag on. I had to draw the line at that. Now, run the bathwater, do all that other stuff. I'm not putting your do-rag on for you.

Well, I mean, here's the thing. That's the way. That's a very personal thing. I'm not going to tie it tight enough. Yeah, and that's the way they choose to cater to their man. Like, each man's needs are different. Women can cater to their men however they want. That's the way. That's a very personal thing. I'm not going to tie it tight enough. Yeah, and that's the way they choose to cater to their man. Like, each man's needs are different. Women can cater to their men however they want. That's crazy.

We had a conversation about a 17-year-old soul. Yeah, but I, you know, I do. Wait till they discover 90s hip-hop. I do think that there's times your man is going to cater to you and times you're going to cater to him. Yeah, and I think that. I actually enjoy doing that. Yeah, and I think these people are trolls.

Either trolls or people that are bored doing social experiments because there's absolutely nothing problematic about catering to you. Catering to you works both ways, as Angelia just said. It just so happened women made a song about it. And she said it's your day. So it makes it seem like today I'm going to do all this for you. Can we get into scrubs and pigeons next? Can we do that one next?

And by the way, if you're not catering to your man, it's probably because you simply haven't... Did you just All Lives Matter the song? If you're not catering to your man or your significant other, it's probably because you simply haven't found your soulmate. When you find that one who is committed to you in a real way, catering to them is nothing. Right.

That's life. Okay, now Joe Exotic is launching his own cannabis line from jail. So if you guys want to get that, you know, you can get some of his Joe Exotic cannabis. Would y'all want to smoke on some of that Joe Exotic? No. No, that's not the Exotic I like smoking on. Probably got meth in it. Definitely probably got meth in it.

Yeah, I'm not messing with that. All right, now James Harden has been appointed to the board at Saks. He's an independent member of the board. He has made a minority investment in the company, so he's going to bring his expertise to help grow high-potential consumer brands combined with a unique perspective as a notable fashion enthusiast. Smart. Yeah, that's dope.

He's going to need something to do because they're bucks and seven. I didn't even know Saks was still open. I thought they were closing Saks. A lot of them did close down, but there's still some open. Maybe they're regrouping, but, yes, they have closed it in some locations. Like three. All right. Now, Chrissy Teigen has issued an apology after this whole bullying scandal that she had.

If you all remember, she first apologized to Courtney Stodden, TV personality Courtney Stodden. And this is for some things that she said to her back in the 2010s and into 2011. Stodden, when at the age of 16, married 50-year-old acting coach Doug Hutchinson. Stodden is non-binary. They're now divorced. And Stodden was saying at a child, you know, back in retrospect, it was clear during their marriage that she was being abused by an adult man, but she was widely considered to be someone ridiculous and mockable.

And people called them the child bride. They made a lot of jokes at their expense. And Chrissy Teigen also harassed and bullied her and Courtney Stodden pointed this out. This happened when she was only 16. She said, at a time when I needed help, I was being abused and she talked about the tweets that Teigen sent to her.

She said, I hate you and Stodden said it really did affect her at the time when you have somebody like Chrissy Teigen being a childless and bullying children. Now, since then, Chrissy Teigen has apologized. She got off of social media. Now she's written another apology letter called Hi Again. And she said, I've apologized publicly to one person, but there are others and more than just a few who I need to say I'm sorry to.

I'm in the process of privately reaching out to the people I insulted. It's like my own version of the show. My name is Earl. I understand they may not want to speak to me. I don't think I'd like to speak to me. The real truth in all of this is how much I actually cannot take confrontation. But if they do, I'm here and I will listen to what they have to say. And she did go on to end it with, I was a troll, full stop, and I am so sorry. Now, Michael Costello, who is a designer from Project Runway, he says that he was also bullied by Chrissy Teigen. And he posted, I didn't

want to do this, but I cannot be happy until I speak my mind. I need to heal. And in order for me to do that, I must reveal what I've been going through. I wanted to kill myself and I'm still traumatized, depressed and have thoughts of suicide. He said that Chrissy Teigen actually also sent him messages. There was some posts that accused him of being a racist, but it was photoshopped. And Chrissy Teigen then he posted the DM conversation. She said he said, Chrissy, can I call you? Because she posted it thinking it was real.

And she said, no, I do not have anything to say to you. You will get what's coming to you. And he said, Chrissy, I've never called anyone the N-word. Those fake images were photoshopped from a former disgruntled employee. And she said, good luck with that, LMAO. Hope that story keeps your already dead career going. And good racist people like you deserve to suffer and die. You might as well be dead.

Your career is over. Just watch. Lord have mercy. All right. So she hasn't apologized to him directly yet, but we'll see how she responds to that. Well, that's a prime example of everybody gets a turn. Like, you know, at some point,

this cancel culture comes for everyone. That's a fact. All right. Well, that is your rumor reports. All right. Shout out to Revolve. Everybody else to mix us up next. Let's go.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Yes, we are. Shout out to Kevin Hart for joining us this morning. Mm-hmm. Fatherhood is in theaters and Father's Day, by the way, is this weekend. That's right.

I mean, not in theaters, but on Netflix. It's on Netflix. Great content for Father's Day weekend. Very good place in Kev. Juneteenth is also this weekend. Yep, Juneteenth is this Saturday.

Yep, June 19th. And you know what? There's this huge event that's going to be happening. It's going to be live streamed, but in person at Brooklyn Bowl with Earth,

Wind & Fire performing. You know, I love that. Nile Rodgers and Chic, India Ari, Darius Rucker, Aloe Blacc, Amanda Sills is hosting it and, I love that. Now Rogers and Chic, India Arie, Darius Rucker, Aloe Blacc, Amanda Sears is hosting it, and J.B. Smoove. Amanda going to be in New York?

Yes, apparently. She'll be there. I think it's going to be at Brooklyn Bowl. They're filming it on Wednesday, and then they're going to stream it. Okay. That's dope. And also a shout-out to Peniel Joseph for joining us. Man, Peniel Joseph, if you have not read Sword in the Shield,

or if you want to listen to the Sword in the Shield on Audible, please do. It's about the revolutionary lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, and it just explores their humanity in a way I haven't seen their humanity explored. So, salute to my guy, Peniel Joseph. Okay. All right, when we come back, we got the positive note, so don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Now, Charlamagne, you got a positive note? I do, man. I want to salute Queen Anita

Kopex. She has a book coming out called Shallow Waters. It is the second release on my book imprint, Black Privilege Publishing. It'll be out August 3rd. It's a young adult fiction book about the African mermaid, Yimmy y'all but uh i saw anita kopach's post this morning um a quote that i think is incredible and she said you can't

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