The Breakfast Club - Mixed Company ( Jemele Hill, Steve Wilkos, HaHa Davis)

Episode Date: March 29, 2019

Today on the show we had friend to the room Jemelle Hill stopped by where she spoke about her new podcast, working at ESPN and more. Also, do you remember the security guard from the "Jerry Springer show" Steve Wilkos? Well he has his own show and a new season and stopped by to speak on it. Moreover, because it is Friday, why now have comedian HaHa Davis to start your weekend off Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Good morning, USA! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo! Good morning, Angela Yee. Hey, good morning, TJ Envy. Charlamagne Tha Guy. Peace to the planet, it's Friday! Yes, it's, TJ and V. Charlamagne Tha Guy. Peace to the planet. It's Friday. Yes, it's Friday, and we got a bunch of special guests joining us today. I'm going to be out in Baran.

Nobody asked you that. I'm telling you that. Baran is where you're going to be. Baran. F-Y-A. How do you say it again? Bahrain. Bahrain. It sounded like you said you'll be giving brains.

You'll be somewhere giving brains. You've been kinky all week, man. I don't know what's wrong with you. It's his life. What's going on? You know what somewhere giving brains. You've been kinky all week, man. I don't know what's wrong with you. It's his life. What's going on? You know what? Never mind. Today, Jemele Hill will be joining us.

Yes, Jemele Hill. She's launching a new podcast called An Unbothered Podcast on Spotify. So that's what she'll be here discussing this morning. And also, Steve Wilkos will be joining us. You know his Steve Wilkos show. That's right. Former security from Jerry Springer. Been on TV for 12 years with his own show.

And not just a former security, but he also used to be a 12 years with his own show. And that's just the former security, but he also used to be a cop in Chicago, and he was a Marine. Right, so we'll talk to all of them. And get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. It's 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? What's up, man? Spooky from Arlington, Virginia. Spooky. Get it off your chest, Spooky.

What's up, DJ Envy? Uncle Sharla, Ms. Yee. What's up? Good morning. What's happening? Just wanted to get off my chest, man. I just found out my baby mom, well, excuse me, my ex-wife baby mom is pregnant with another man's child. We just

split up three months ago. Damn. Yeah, I know. I know it's jacked up. You know, I'm a cancer like you, Sharla. You know what I'm saying? We sensitive. Yes. Emotional. But emotional, all that. Like, I tried everything in my heart to, like, get over

it. Like, clean the car, get shoes, shop that meeting, like I tried everything in my heart to like get over it, like clean the car, get shoes, shop, like, you know, but I see, I can't seem to get over it. And I just want to, you know, but you know, it's funny because I still got love for her. Like, even if she's going to have enough, because like I'm saying, we lost a baby together and we have another child with each other. You know what I mean? You know what I'm saying? My son, he was four months old.

We lost him when he was, you know, you know what I mean? You know what I'm saying? My son, he was four months old. We lost him. You know what I'm saying? He passed away. And, you know, I felt like, damn, I thought we were never going to split up. And what I'm trying to say is, you know, it just hurts like, damn, man. Man, can you leave away six months? Damn.

You know what I'm saying? Well, you know what that usually means. She was over you a long time ago, bro. Yes, sir. It was over a long time ago. Yeah, women break up before we officially break up. Yeah, man. She been emotionally checked out a long time ago, bro. Yes, sir. It was over a long time ago. Women break up before we officially break up. Yeah, man. She been emotionally checked out from you, bruh, bruh.

Alright. Pick your heart up off the floor, my G. I felt that heart drop to your toes just now. That's the feedback I needed. That's the feedback I needed. It's just funny, though. When you break up with somebody, why everybody want to talk crap after the fact?

I ain't talk crap after the fact. But we didn't know. You probably wasn't telling nobody how things were in your relationship when y'all was together, but now that thing's over, you letting everybody know it wasn't all good. Yeah, it was probably over a long time ago, bro. Right. All right, man.

Well, here's the thing, man. You know, take pride in the fact that that good poom-poom was with somebody else. At least you know somebody else out there is happy. You know what I mean? Oh no, stop it. Where you from, bro? I swear, yo. I swear I'm gonna smack the fire out of you when I see you. Now I'm playing, I'm playing, no I'm not. I'm playing, I'm playing, no I'm not.

You're a little crazy, man. You be alright, bro. He's a little nutso. Alright. Alright, bye. Damn, poor guy. Love y'all, love y'all. Love you too, man. Love you like that new guy loves your girl. Stop it. Damn, poor guy. Love y'all, love y'all. Peace. Love you too, man. Love you like that new guy loves your girl. Stop it. Hello, who's this?

Mika. Hello, good morning. Good morning, Mika. Get it off your chest, mama. I was just calling. I wanted to tell my mother out. About like six months ago, we found out she had stage four kidney cancer. And this last week, she told us that they said

since December, they found it in her hip as well. Damn. You can get cancer in your hip? Yeah, they said it's in her hip. Damn. Shout out to your mom for being a survivor, right?

Absolutely. In two years, I just want her to stay positive and know that she's going to be good. All righty, mama. Thank you. All righty. Hello, who's this?

This is Karen. Hey, Karen. Good morning. Get it off your chest. Hi. I'm so happy to be talking with everybody on the line. DJ Andy, Angela, D. Hi.

Hey. Hi. I'm so excited. I listen to you guys every single day. The Breakfast Club is my alarm clock at 6 a.m. Okay, we appreciate that. I love your show. Nobody can call me.

Nobody can talk to me until 10 a.m. every single day. That's what it is. I love hearing, good morning, USA. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. And with that being said, I would truly appreciate it

if all of you could get to work on time every single day. We are. We've been doing pretty good. She said, with that being said. No need for us to lie to you. Now, we've been doing good this whole week. This whole week, last week. And at the start of the year, you guys were on point.

I loved it. Maybe like two, three weeks in, everybody started taking vacations and having events. That is not true. Not true. Stop lying. I haven't taken a vacation. Well, you know taking vacations and having events. That is not true. Not true. Stop lying. I haven't taken a vacation. Well, you know what? Yes, you have.

I did take a couple days in February. You took a couple days in February. I'm actually going on vacation tomorrow. Yeah, he's taking a couple of days this month. Actually, these are my first two days off this year. Yeah, now I didn't take no vacation. Even when I was on the road, I went to work. I'm going to be honest with you, man.

Sometimes we got to take some time for our mental health. Or at least for me, mental health breaks every now and then. You know what I didn't take no vacation. Even when I was on the road, I went to work. I'm going to be honest with you, man. Sometimes we got to take some time for our mental health. Or at least for me, mental health breaks every now and then. You know what I mean? That's all. And we have vacation days. We got to use them. I absolutely love it. Charlamagne, I love the fact that you're bringing mental health awareness to the black community. Thank you. I know so

many people who suffer and have no idea what's going on with themselves. And you saying it on the radio every single day is making people more comfortable talking about it. Well, thank you. I appreciate that. Thank you very much. Well, thank you for calling, Mama. All right.

Y'all have a great day. Thank you. I'm really looking forward to this vacation. It just made me think about that. Oh, my goodness. Get it off your chest. It's 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up right now.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So you better have the same energy. Britt, get it off your chest, Britt. Good morning.

Hey, y'all. Good morning, mama. Okay, so here in North chest, Britt. Good morning. Hey, y'all. Good morning, Mama. Okay, so here in North Carolina, I do taxes. And when I do taxes, I always tell people, hey, you can pay me after. I have no problem with that. But when people get their freaking money and they tend to pay me when they want to,

it becomes a problem. And it's really working my nerves. Who owes you money? Oh, who don't? I learned this from someone in Texas two weeks ago, and they still ain't paid me. So wait a minute. You do people's taxes, and you say, just pay me when you get your money back from the IRS, and they never come back?

Right. Damn. So my husband's going to have to pull up, hop on, and pop out. So why not do contracts with people? Do contracts with people, and they won't play with you like that. That don't mean that they still going to pay you, though. Right. So next year

I told them, I said, if it's not nobody that I trust I'm not doing it for them. You should take people's can you take their credit card information when they do their taxes? Yeah, take their money out the refund. Is that possible? No, they actually give me an account number to put it in their account. So if I be, I'd be wrong if I put my account information in there.

Yeah, you know, you can't do that. No, you wait. You better get your money. How long you know, you can't do that. No, you ain't. You better get your money. How long you been doing taxes? About six years. Oh, yeah, you should have figured that out by now. I'm sorry, mama. Well, you got to make people pay before you. Oh, they just stopped paying you this year?

Yeah, it was like three people that came new and then they wanted to procrastinate. Damn, they get over on you, mama. I know when you get your money. They going to need you next year when it's time to do them taxes again, so they got to pay up. Hello, who's this? Natalia.

Hey, Natalia. Get it off your chest, Natalia. Yes, I'm calling because I'm originally, first of all, I want to say good morning to you all. Good morning, Charlamagne. Good morning. Good morning. Angela, yeah, that was me tweeting you the other day,

but I've been trying to get through to you all. Oh, yeah, you made it through finally. Yes, ma'am. So I'm calling to tell my story about black love and how love exists. I'm originally from North Carolina, from Goldsboro. However, I moved to Florida and Charlemagne they are crazy down here. I moved to Orlando

about four years ago. In 2017, I met my boyfriend Terrell on a dating site called Plenty of Fish. Plenty of Fish. It's a popular dating site. About three months into our relationship,

I found out he was a twin. Him and his twin brother were adopted. They had no recollection of their family, what their last name was, what their mom name was. As we started to grow, I felt as though if we ever had kids, I would want my child to know where his father came from.

So I decided to, you know, reach out and try to figure out what we could do to try to get his information about his adoption. So long story short, we reached out to the agency. They told us it was going to be a month before they were able to gather all his information. They got back to us on a Monday, and I think it was June or July. And because I was staying at Sanford at a time, I didn't get to Orlando to pick up the information until a Friday. I looked over the information. I saw that there were names in the booklet. So, um, what I did was reach out to one of the names in the booklet and I wrote them a message. I wrote like the same message to four different people

with the same name. And I was like, Hey, you know, I'm trying to get in contact with my family. Literally like 10 minutes later, they hit us back and was like, yeah, we know your mom. We know your brother. And literally the next day, we found his brother. We found his sister. He has a brother that was in prison at the time overnight. And they had told us they had been using Ancestry.com to try to find him for over 20 years. Wow.

And next Thursday, yeah, next Thursday, his brother that we met in prison will be coming home after his service. Did she just get disconnected? Well, congratulations for finding the man's family. Oh my God, that's an amazing story though. Absolutely. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up at any time.

I thought she was going to say that it was like her brother or something she found out. Oh. Well, we didn't get into the story, but we're hoping it's good. All right. Get it off your chest. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Everybody, it's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. Jamelle Hill. Hey, what's up, y'all? A lot of congratulations.

I've been noticing since the last time we saw you. I know. Let's see the ring. The engagement, of course. Congrats. You got named Journalist of the Year by NAB. NAB. NABJ.

NABJ. Oh, you say the J. I thought the J was solid. The J was solid. I really did. National Association of Black Journalists. Which was dope because I was in Detroit. They actually honored you and you're from Detroit.

It was very dope. And I joined NABJ actually when I was in Detroit. They actually honored you and you're from Detroit. It was very dope. And I joined NABJ actually when I was 16. And I joined it in Detroit. So that was the first time the convention had been there since I was a teenager. And so for me, joining NABJ was life changing. You know what I find very dope about you? The fact that you worked for such a big company at ESPN. And everybody was like, oh, why would you ever leave ESPN?

There's nothing after this. And I feel like your name is bigger than that now. Well, that's a big compliment because ESPN is, you know, still in terms of sports media, is still the premier destination. But I just felt a pull and a calling to do more and to do something else. There is a different sense of freedom that I have now that I didn't have before. Did you have a plan? Was it a plan? It was like, this is the plan I'm going to follow? Or was it one of those things

where I'm just going to make it happen? I had a plan. You know, I had sort of been thinking about life after ESPN for a while. Like, at least, you know, it's like in a relationship, they always say that by the time you actually break up with somebody that you've been thinking about it for at least six months.

Especially women. We've been broken up. You know what I'm saying? We left the relationship a long time ago. You ain't even dating us no more. You dating like our clone. Well, tell these fellas how they know. Because they don't know what's going on.

There's definitely two for women. They still bring you flowers and stuff. I thought. How do we know? You still bring me flowers. You was okay with me cheating. You just dating somebody's tevid and don't even know it. It's like you dating a hologram and you don't even know it.

You're just like, what's going on? So I guess I just started to kind of see things a lot differently. I know a lot of people look at the stuff that happened with me and Donald Trump as the reason that I left. And that wasn't it. It actually had a total opposite effect where an awakening occurred within me because of that. And so I was like, huh, there's other content that's out there. And so I had already started a production company with one of my best friends. So in order for me to be able to produce and create, I had to be kind of free from ESPN to do that. The podcast is something I hadn't really thought about.

Really? That was the one that was a bit of a curveball. I hadn't, in this grand plan, my podcast wasn't really in there. That's interesting, though, because you got the Unbothered podcast now, but you and Michael Smith

kind of popped off because of his and hers. I know. I know it seems odd to say that, but I hadn't really been thinking in that direction. And then, you know, as the opportunity kind of arose to work with Spotify, I thought, oh, yeah, that does kind of make all the sense. What got you back in that direction? What made you think about, you know what, I'm going to go back to that podcast.

That podcast is starting to sound good. Well, one, I'm a podcast fan, you know. So I always think that it's a much more intimate platform than I think even being on a radio show. I mean, you know this too as somebody who podcasts. When you sit down with people and you have them in this kind of enclosed environment and you guys are just in there kicking it, you learn so much about people and who they truly are. And so I wanted to be able to kind of delve into that and also just have some of the crazy

conversations, much like you guys have on here every day. In fact, I guess to pay you a huge compliment, I promise you I'm not sucking up to you just because I'm on your show, but what I had in mind once the podcast became real was a Breakfast Club type of atmosphere. Like a messy room.

A messy room, no food. The problem with podcasts is you can get too comfortable. You can get too comfortable. No, you can't. Just because the environment just lends itself to that. You don't have the commercial break stopping you. Nobody with a bleep button. Right, and now you can say anything.

You can say anything. That you want to say. Unleash on people. Because I've definitely, when we had the His and Hers podcast, I definitely told some stories on that one where now I'm just like, I probably shouldn't have said that. But, hey, now you know. Because it's also an opportunity for people to learn, you know, about you too. Would you have Donald Trump on your podcast?

To do what? Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, as a guest? Oh. No. No. I don't want to do that. I've never been about that.

So it's just certain people that are just banned from ever being on there. But, yeah, I mean, like, I don't want to do that. I've never been about that. So it's just certain people that are just banned from ever being on there. But yeah, I mean, like, I don't know, like Candace Owens, like, I don't think I'd ever have her on. What's the point, right? It's not about, you know, and there's a ton of conservative viewpoints I respect. Like, I love Essie Cupp. Like, I think she, even though I don't agree with everything she says. See, that's the difference, respect, though, because I respect that. But it just feels to me that I just don't think that she really is that thoughtful and that it feels to me like she's playing a role,

so I don't want to be a part of that. You don't just disagree with somebody like Candace. You feel like her comments aren't genuine. I just feel like they're not thoughtful, and I think she does a lot of trying to punch up to try to boost herself and her platform and I'm just, I would feel like she would be trying to use

what I'm bringing to the table to boost herself in a way that I didn't think was credibly adding to the conversation. Well, you just gave us 60 seconds. She about to tweet you right now. I don't care about that woman. So it's like, look, get it how you live, all right? That's not my responsibility. I'm not trying to take any money out of her pocket because I'm sure she will survive quite well without ever being on Unbothered.

All right, we got more with Jamil here when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast

Club. We have Jameel Hill still in the building. Yee. Now, you recently wrote an article also about NFL players knowing their power. Do you feel like things are changing now within the NFL, like genuinely changing? Well, I still think that until they get fully guaranteed contracts, it's going to always be a certain struggle.

But, look, I know a lot of people didn't like the way Antonio Brown left the Steelers. It was messy. You know, that was a really messy breakup. But at the same time, you have to understand the method to why he did it. And, you know, he didn't have any guaranteed money coming over the next three years. People have to understand that doesn't mean he wouldn't be getting paid,

but it does mean that he could be out the door at any time. And we have all this energy for these players when they decide to leave or when they do what he did and force a trade, but there's no energy when an owner will cut somebody halfway through their deal. For business reasons. For business reasons. That's considered shrewd. That's considered, you know, doing what's in the best interest of the team.

I mean, Justin Houston, I mean, he got cut by the Chiefs. I mean, he's halfway through a deal that was worth $106 million. And everybody said that was smart of Kansas City because he had been injured for the last couple years. So I think now NFL players are starting to get it. And what's really interesting to me is that they're looking at NBA players, and specifically they're looking at somebody like LeBron James, who has become his own empire.

And they're trying to figure out, hey, how can I do something like that? So it was to me, and I wrote about this, no coincidence that Antonio Brown was on the shop. And then all of this kind of unfolds because I feel like a lot of NFL players, not just him, are trying to figure out how can we get this NBA money. But how can you, though, when the NBA's contract is structured totally different?

Well, to me, look, we will know if they're really about that life when that CBA is up. Because what happens is when the CBA is up, everybody starts thinking about, like, ooh, I don't have any checks coming in. You know, they out here living like they're going to make this money forever, right? And so they tend to fold at that time.

And unfortunately, in the NFL, they've created a hierarchy system so that the players are almost fighting with each other. Like, I thought it was just real disrespectful that Le'Veon Bell's own teammates kept trying to jump in his pockets. You know, he's trying to hold out for something bigger. You know, his position is undervalued. He's one of the most dynamic offensive weapons in the NFL. And to have your own teammates basically say you shouldn't be fighting for what you're worth, that's how they get undermined. Because they have figured out a way to divide and conquer.

When you have quarterbacks making so much more money than everybody else, it's going to create a natural crabs in the barrel system. And the owners have been successful. I just hope the players understand what the game is. And so when that CBA comes up, they need to stand together.

You know, I'm sitting there. Why wouldn't you keep doing the His and Hers podcast? Because you were so successful with His and Hers podcast with Michael Smith. Why not keep that going? Look, I can't talk about players still under contract. One of us is at ESPN. One of us is not. Logistically, we get it.

You guys know how I feel about Mike. And we never, you know, when I said goodbye to ESPN, I think we always had the sense we would work together again. And I still think that'll happen at some point, but a lot of people who were fans of our podcast have asked, is there going to be a reunion of the podcast?

Are you going to have Michael Smith on? I'm like, I would love to have Michael Smith on, but that's not up to me. Or is it up to Michael Smith? That's up to ESPN. But no, I don't, while he's still working there, it would be very unlikely that we would be able to do that. Is it up to Michael Smith? That's up to ESPN. But no, while he's still working there, it would be very unlikely that we would be able to do that. Is it hard to give honest opinions about somebody like LeBron now since y'all do a little business together? Let me clear something up.

I have never received any check on it that was signed by LeBron James, okay? What about Maverick? Not Maverick, not Rich Paul, not Gloria James. You want to get to the kids too? None of them. The kids, nobody. Savannah, none of them. None of their names have ever appeared on any check that I have.

But look, I told this to the Atlantic just to... Because it was something I agreed to do before I went to work with them. So that's the other point to make. But I told them, look, I trust you guys. And if LeBron does something and I come with a softball opinion, you guys will know it when you read it. And you wouldn't run it. And for that matter, I would have every, you know, you'd have every right to give me a firm talking to if I did it.

But to give LeBron some credit, he's savvy enough, understands how the media is. He knows that if I had to write something critical about him, that it wouldn't be coming from an unfair place. I mean, I would feel like any criticism I would have for him, and this has always been the case whenever I've talked about him, has always been fair, right? And so I think most athletes, they can handle criticism as long as you're fair

and you don't, you know, sort of punch below the belt. It's that personnel. It's just about the game. Precisely, as always. With that being said, LeBron, the Lakers, people are saying it's not a good fit and anything about maybe LeBron should be on the Lakers. No. Look, I'm

not going to lie that they told me. First time he didn't make the playoffs. In a long time, but I'm not going to lie. They definitely didn't make the playoffs In a long time, but I'm not going to lie They definitely didn't meet expectations They were playoff bound before he got hurt I think he was probably more hurt than people Probably knew And he didn't tell me that, but that's just my guess I think that

They will do some significant retooling Once this season is officially over And I fully expect Next season that they will make the playoffs. But it was just, I think it was just different as a basketball fan to see him in that place. Because not since his early Cleveland days have we seen that. I mean, these playoffs are going to be different to watch without him in it. Yeah, without watching him lose again.

That's the truth to the matter. Look at the teams he has gone against, man. I get it. You beat him once, I'm just saying. You know what the media does? The media overhypes LeBron, right? The media sets a bar for LeBron so high. They don't overhype that man.

Go back and watch when he signed to the Lakers. They were like, he's going to win 50 games and they're going to go to the Western Conference Finals. What about that roster made you think that? I would not have gone that far, but I did think they were at least a playoff team. Yeah, I think they were a playoff team. And I think we're just so used to LeBron creating something out of nothing, which he did a lot of times in Cleveland, that I think most people are wondering,

and I had this thought myself, is this when the slowdown starts? Because he's defied the injury odds for the majority of his career, hadn't lost a step, but I have to say when I watch him now, I mean, he looks a little slower. I think some of that is, again, because he's more hurt or was more hurt

than people knew, and it's just age. It happens to everybody, right? Does Melo retire? Or has he yet to retire? Nobody knows. I think the game might have retired him. Isn't that just sad, though? Well, it is kind of sad to see him go out that way because I think—

He's not trash. He was still dropping, what, 16, 18 points? He's not trash. He is not trash. But they're making it seem like he's trash, which is foul. I think what it was is that for the role that maybe he wanted to play, the role of being sort of still the star player, that wasn't sort of possible anymore.

No team, no? I think people just assume that if he isn't playing a significant part of the offense or if things aren't revolving around him, it's going to be hard for him to adjust. I hope he is able to come back because given how other players like we talk to other players across the NBA, they love him. Like he's very revered and he deserves a farewell tour. All right, we got more with Jamil Hill when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. 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.

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We are The Breakfast Club. We have Jameel Hill still in the building. Charlamagne? So, are you getting that Russell Turner? Because he referred to the player King as Queen. What was that about? So this coach, I mean, a lot of people, we've obviously had a lot of conversation about coaches and their behavior toward players.

You know, Tom Izzo, you know, the way that he interacted, I think it was with his freshman, Aaron Henry, that became a big story. And, you know, I covered Tom Izzo for six years and known him for longer than that. And what people don't understand is that Tom Izzo is okay with his players coming back at him. I witnessed him and Mateen Cleaves having many an argument

on the sideline. Him and Zach Randolph, many an argument. And him and Draymond Green, same thing. He respects players that fire back on him. So he's okay with that. With this coach, the reason I thought this was really egregious is and admittedly, I'm more sensitive

to it just because I'm a woman, but it seems like in sports whenever coaches want to motivate young men, they do it by degrading women. You play like a girl. You play like a girl. You whine likeing women. You play like a girl. You whine like a girl. You cry like a girl.

You're doing this like a girl. Why do we always have to be the example of weakness? I get that men are physically stronger than women. I understand that part of it. But even when it comes to mental toughness, last I checked, women were the ones out here

having babies, right? Like pulling very large human beings out of places and crevices that, you know, we won't talk about here. So women are tough. And so for, and just even what we would stay in every day in society. And so for that to be your go-to insult, you know, it just, I just thought it wasn't befitting of a coach. On top of the fact, why are you talking to somebody else's players anyway? Like, that's a real big no-no. You, you know, sort of heckling somebody else's players or even having any conversation with

them at all. So I just thought it was a bad look for that coach. And you know what I'm saying? A woman plays like a girl isn't like an insult, though. Because, I mean, if you ever watch the WNBA, they're so fundamentally sound. If that's the case, Tim Duncan played like a woman, too. He didn't mean it insult, though. Because, I mean, if you ever watch the WNBA, they're so fundamentally sound. Like, they're like... You can use it as a... Tim Duncan played like a woman, too. He didn't mean it as a compliment.

They're fundamentally sound. It's not meant as a compliment. You know, I hear you saying that because Tim Duncan is the bank shot king. Is that why? He's just the big fundamental. The big fundamentalist.

So you're like, no, you can use it as a compliment, but I just rarely hear it, you know, said that way. Because, like, one of... That's not what he meant. He didn't mean it that way. That's not what he meant. I think it was in a lot of rap songs

I've heard this, a lot of hip hop songs, when they say jealousy and pettiness, that's a female trait. What? Man, oh my God, y'all petty and jealous. Nobody more petty. This guy's name is DJ Ammy. But I'm very petty.

That's right. I'm like, how did we get the characteristics of being the only petty and jealous ones or whatever? So it's just that stuff, it really grinds my gears. I get it. I never even understood when guys call other guys ****. I enjoy ****. I love it. You know what I'm saying?

So why would I? I'm trying to degrade you. I'm just going in a whole other direction. I'm trying to degrade you. Why would I call you something I enjoy? Yeah, we should call you a D. Right. Well. I was so fast on this.

So what can we look forward to on Unbothered? So, I mean, well, you can look forward to more of me. There's that part of it. But great conversations. I got two amazing co-hosts which we'll announce later today.

And we hope to have great guests. In fact, I'm putting Charlamagne in the hot seat. I'd love to be there. Of course. He'll be a guest

on Unbothered. So, we, you know, just a lot of the things that, you know, you guys observed, a lot of things people are talking about, you know, we want to So we, you know, just a lot of the things that, you know, you guys observed, a lot of things

people are talking about, you know, we want to bring that, you know, to the podcast environment. And, you know, people know my personality. I mean,

they see how I am on social media. And so you'll get that, you know, some spicy hot takes. You'll get that as well. And so we're going to cover the gamut of,

you know, sports, news, politics, pop culture, all those things, and just hopefully create an environment that's like a hang. You know, you guys have created a hang where people feel like, you know, even though it's very early in the morning, that I'm at the bar with some of my best friends. And, you know, we're discussing some of life's issues.

We're yelling at each other, but it's all communal. And, you know, at the end of the day, everybody walks away with a good feeling. So I hope to recreate something like that. Your rhetoric causes you to get a lot of threats. I do. It causes a lot of controversy. Do you ever think you'll get to a point where it's no longer worth the risk?

No, I don't think so. I think if you have a truth to tell, if you have, you know, something that is like really seeped into your spirit, that you have every right to expose and to tell that truth. And a lot of the things

that I say, and I bet you're probably at this point too, is that I'm so shocked at what people think is controversial. Oh my God. I feel like I don't even say

anything all that controversial. They're like, oh, the next thing I know, because I can always tell when Breitbart writes about me. By the way, nobody from Breitbart will ever be on the podcast or Fox News. So there you go. There's two more to add to the list. Gotcha. But no, it's just whenever I say something, I'm just shocked at what people consider to

be controversial. Like I was, you know, we were talking about the Electoral College on Twitter and that conversation was going. And I said, well, you know, part of the reason the Electoral College exists, it was to preserve slavery. I thought literally everybody knew this. It's been written about a billion times. Historians, you know, constitutional experts have all written this. And yet it was blog post after blog post of me, you know, saying this about slavery. And, you know, whenever you invoke anything about slavery, it's just a controversy.

So I guess, you know, for me, it just I don't really care about the controversies I create, because most of the things that people consider to be controversial, I consider to be saying, hey, this iPhone cord is white. It's like, oh, okay, I thought everybody literally knew this. What'd you say about white people? It's always the things you didn't think was going to cause any problems that cause problems. And the things you think are going to

cause problems, people just don't even care. It just makes you be like, let me just not even write anything. I feel like that about Twitter. That's why I don't be on Twitter no more. Sometimes I want to say stuff and I'm like, you know what? They're going to misinterpret what I'm saying. Let me just not even bother. It's not even worth it. Well, I mean, like I.

That's what I do because I'm just like, this is just going to be stupid. Especially. I don't feel like dealing with it. Because people, that's the one downside of Twitter is like it does not allow for a certain amount of, amount to be context, a certain amount of context, you know, to be had. I mean, I thought probably the most controversial thing I've ever said is that Scarface is a trash movie, right? Oh, my God.

I was about to say rapper. No, no, not the rapper. No, Scarface is trash. Yeah, but everybody loves Scarface because you have, when you look at the list of actors that are in it, you know, you got Michelle Pfeiffer, Al Pacino. I mean, it's just F. Murray Abraham. It's an incredible collection of actors.

If I told you this list of actors is in a movie about a drug dealer trying to make his way out of Miami, even though he in love with his sister, and he was. So y'all can at me, fight me, whatever. He was. So if I told you what the movie was about and who was in it, you'd say this movie is going to be outstanding. But you watch it, and I just have always thought that movie was trash.

Yes. Trash. I was trash. I've never liked Scarface. It's trash. I can name every Black Hood movie is better than Scarface.

So anyway, Jamel got to leave. They've been tapping me for the last 20 minutes. She's got to go. That's my hottest of takes right there. I saved that all

for you guys. Well, thank you. Thank you, Jamel. When does it launch? It launches April 15th. All, it's the Breakfast Club. I'm bothered and married. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ,

MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Degas. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Steve! Steve Wilkos, welcome. Thank you. We missed you last time. I think it was the last time. It was a snowstorm or something. A snowstorm, yeah. So it would have took us about five hours to get down there, so we passed.

So what is it now? Season 134 of this new show? We just finished season 12 yesterday. We had our wrap party last night. I'm only able to be here this morning because I don't drink anymore. Oh, wow. No more drinking at all, huh? No, not after that DUI, man.

That put a kibosh on that. You stopped drinking at all? Totally. Totally. What's the status of that case? Is it hard to get thrown out? Yeah. So like anybody, if you're a first-time offender, I had to go to 10 court-mandated classes.

I had to do Mothers Against Drunk Driving. I had the breathalyzer on my car for six months. So my court date now is just my lawyer showing up. I completed everything and it's totally thrown out, expunged, whatever. Insurance must be super duper high now. Goodness gracious.

Well, let's not talk about that because they haven't caught on to it. But at least nobody got injured. You know what? Listen, I mean, I make light of it now because it happened. I made a terrible, terrible mistake, and I make no excuses. But you're right. It could be a lot worse. I could have ran somebody over, could have got into an accident.

Thank God. I didn't even really hurt myself. You crashed? Into a few poles. Yeah, three telephone polls and my car, if you saw my car, you can Google it. It's amazing that, you know, I'm here. The Wilders headline, I saw

a headline that said, Steve Wilkos amidst the line about car crash. Who tells the truth? First of all, who did I lie to? They say I lied to TMZ and I'm like, when is the law that you have to tell TMZ anything? First of all, somebody gave TMZ my phone number.

TMZ got everybody's number. Harvey called me the next morning. Well, I did have some brain injury. I had bleeding on the brain. So he called me the next morning. I don't even remember talking to the guy. So what I said to him, I have no recollection. But then he was like, oh, well, you lied to me.

And I'm like, well, who the fuck are you? And I've been nice with Harvey. I've been cool. Like, our show's launched at the same time. But I'm like, it's like Steve Wilco's lied. I'm like, OK, I went to court and I pled guilty in front of a judge. So I didn't lie to anybody, right? He's not your judge and jury.

Exactly. So it's interesting to go from covering all these stories that are in the headlines and then now to have to be a headline yourself. Yeah, it's embarrassing. You know, because I've never been in trouble in my life, you know, other than being a kid. You know, I do a show where I try to be a role model and, you know, people look up to me. And to have that kind of letdown, it was tough. You know, and for my kids to be exposed to that, that's the letdown, it was tough. And for my kids to

be exposed to that, that's the worst part of it. Were you going through anything that night or was it just a recreational decision? No, in fact, I knew I'm 55 now, so that was a couple years ago. I'm not an alcoholic. I'm not any of those things. I've never

done a drug in my life. But I knew alcohol was becoming an issue in my life. You know, just drinking too much. Never drank before shows or anything like that. But on the weekends, man, I'd just drink too much. And I just gave it up. Yeah. Well, that day, my kids were gone.

My wife went to work. And it was like the championship day where the two AFC, NFC games. And I was going to have a card game at my house. And I bought alcohol for my friends to come over. GameC games and I was going to have a card game at my house and I bought alcohol for my friends to come over game fell apart I was home alone and I made a terrible decision to start drinking that day I didn't drink in over

a year I got really messed up and truthfully I wish I could tell you where I was going where I was coming from I have no idea I was dead drunk you said also that you were dealing with bouts of depression from. I have no idea. I was dead drunk. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's crazy. It said that you said also that you were dealing with bouts of depression

at times. Well, I have been for probably like the last 10 years. Really bad, crippling depression. Like when I first moved out here 10 years ago, you know, the move

from Chicago to Stanford, the pressure of the show. At that time, I only had one year left on my deal. You know, you worry about a million things. So, I mean, I weigh 250 now.

Well, then I dropped under 200, which looked like I had cancer. And I've been battling it on and off. But the good thing is, since I've stopped drinking, no more depression. Wow. See, that's interesting. So people have to be aware of what they put in their body. Because a lot of times that does affect your mental health. Since I've gone through this, and listen, man,

if I could go back in time, I would never do it again. But I made a mistake, and there's life. If you can't move past your mistakes, I regret it, but like you said, thank God I didn't hurt anybody else. I can deal with the fact that I just screwed myself up.

But the truth of it is, I struggled with sleep, pressure, dealing with the show and everything of this nature, and I probably dealt with a lot of it with alcohol. Well, now that I gave up alcohol, I've never been happier in my life. I sleep great. So a lot of these things that caused me problems, it really cleared up since I stopped drinking. Any therapy? I did see a therapist for a while. I went and talked

about things. Some of the issues were getting to me on the show. We deal with a lot of child molestation. Really hard cases. Yesterday we did a show about this little kid that the father broke the two-month-old baby's ribs.

Baby ended up dying. It's so hard to have to... It gets heavy at times. You know, the father broke the two-month-old baby's ribs. Baby ended up dying. That's so hard to have to. So it gets heavy at times. And so it's like everybody's talking to me, and they want their problems solved. And I, like, I didn't even realize it. Well, you don't got nobody to talk to. Right. Like, you know, like, who's going to help me, man?

Always, yeah. Who does the go-to person go to? So, yeah, so some good came of it because then I realized, hey, man, I need to talk to someone, too. Yeah, I was thinking that there's a lot of issues that come up on your show that I'm sure you have to think about after the show as a human being. You try to. You try to turn it off, but it's hard. Just like when I was a policeman, I really never really took the job home. But there was times you do.

Like, you see such horrific stuff where you hear, and it plays in your brain, and it does take a toll on you. I saw the case of Alexis Scott because that was a huge case. Yeah. And she's missing. She was missing. Right. And she actually, the family had to come on the show, and one of the people that was a suspect. Yes.

So we did that. We just taped that probably two or three months ago. And, you know, and the good thing with the family, we're helping them. We ran into some PSAs. But, you know, and the good thing with the family we're helping them we ran on some psas and but you know you do those type of stories and uh and the worst part about is you know i have this crazy thing that when i'm hearing these stories and i think about like my own kids and like oh my god if this happened to my and oh i hate that give you anxiety like a mother right you know and then it's like you gotta you to say stop that because it's not happening.

It's not, you know, because if you think that way, you drive yourself crazy. I do that all the time. I call it parental paranoia. Like I'll see something on the news happen to somebody else's child and immediately start thinking about my own kids. If that happened to you. Absolutely. And then how would life go on? All right, we got more with Steve Wilkos.

When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hey, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hey, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Steve Wilkos. Now, what's going on in Chicago?

You're an officer in Chicago. Yeah. What's going on with the Jussie Smollett case? When you see that, it just seems like Chicago. Well, I'll tell you, when this first went down, I said, man, that case is bullshit, man. Because it just makes no sense. But everybody's so outraged about what's happening now but he didn't kill anybody right he didn't rob anybody so my

thing is like like what they're saying is like this is the way we handle a lot of cases 5700 cases and it's true i know people are pissed off and everything but like the guy he's gonna pay a price no matter what you know so like you're not gonna put the guy in jail's going to pay a price no matter what. So you're not going to put the guy in jail. So do you really want to put this to a trial and waste any more time on this? I guess it's a high-profile case for them. But right, he's high-profile. If he was Joe Schmuckatelli, nobody would care about this. And I don't care about it.

I mean, like I said, this guy, when you're, like I said, my own situation, right? I have the OEI, the DUI. But, you know, it is what it like I said, my own situation, right? I have the OEI, the DUI. But, you know, it is what it is. I mean, you're trying to move forward. He's going to have a hard time moving on from this because he's convicted in the court of opinion, right? The public opinion, yeah. Public opinion. And Rahm Emanuel, you know, people don't realize his brother

is Ari Emanuel. Ari Emanuel. Biggest agent in Hollywood. And I'm with that agency, so. Imagine that dinner meeting. Rah Ron pissed off and Ari's like, ah, don't worry about it. But yeah, I mean, I don't see a problem with what they did. Like, first of all, the one thing they should have got

him saying is, you gotta apologize, right? And we're gonna make this all go away. I didn't have no problem with that. But he's saying he still didn't do anything wrong. But see, the one thing you'll see, he's not, first of all, who's giving up 10 grand if you didn't do something? Absolutely. I dropped. But see, the one thing you'll see, he's not, first of all, who's giving up 10 grand if you didn't do something?

Absolutely. I ain't giving up 10 grand. And then you're doing community service. Well, you know you did something, right? And then the other thing is, if this is true,

like he was railroaded, the cops did this, wouldn't you sue? You'd be suing the city because everybody sues the city. And if it was true, wouldn't their brothers

be in trouble because they attacked him? Right. They're being very quiet. They sues the city. And if it was true, wouldn't their brothers be in trouble because they attacked him? Right. Because they're being very quiet. They're not getting arrested. And, you know, this is all going to go away. Part of the KCO. Right.

But if he really got railroaded, he'd be suing the city because everybody else. Well, he ain't suing the city. Now, you were an officer, too, when the first R. Kelly tape came out. You know what's crazy? Our old executive producer in Chicago, they brought R. Kelly in in out. You know what's crazy? Our old executive producer in Chicago, they brought R. Kelly in in the late 90s. They were talking about some deal about doing a show with him. Like a TV show?

Yeah. Really? This was like 1997, 98. What, The Catcher Predator? Shut up, man. But what was crazy was, here I was still on the police department when I was working on Springer,

and all the guys that worked under me were all cops. And we're all like, what the hell is this dude doing here? And back then, we knew he was a child predator. Right, it was a well-known thing. And I was like, hey, man. And I was like, if

anything goes down with this guy, like they do a show, I don't want nothing to do with it. Like, I'm not running security. I'm not running security. I'm not doing anything. How was he protected for so long, though? It's crazy, man. Yeah, because everybody knew, but he was just... Well, why was Michael Jackson protected? You know, I mean, I guess if you...

I mean, truthfully, if you're rich, very, you know, successful, and people love you, I mean, you can do whatever you want, right? I think Michael was innocent, though. I mean, maybe, but he's certainly guilty of having underage children sleeping in his bed. Yeah. At the very least.

Who does that? Yeah. Whose parents allowed him to sleep on the floor. But he always said he would sleep on the floor, though. That's the thing that people would fail to realize.

First of all, we're grown men, right? Are you going to have an 11-year-old buddy that's not your son? No. Exactly. Who hangs out with children?

And then you know already that people are watching you for those things. So wouldn't you say, let me just stop doing these things? Well, right. After the first trial, you go through that, right? And you're found not guilty. Woo.

Hallelujah, right? Let me chill out. Why would you ever go back to hanging out with kids after that, right? Like, I mean, I watched that Neverland series with those two guys. I mean, they come across as very credible. But they lied before, though. Weren't they lying for him? Now, kids lie all the time, right?

But they lied twice. He lied to his kids and lied again when he was 27. Or allegedly lied. You don't know. And that's the thing. But then the girl who took the stand against R. Kelly lied for him also. Listen, R. Kelly's still alive.

So if he did a crime, you can punish this guy if he committed a crime. Michael Jackson's dead. There's no punishing this guy. So it's kind of beating like a dead horse. You think R. Kelly

will get away this time? Because it seems like they're dropping the case and dropping the ball again. I think it's going to be hard to prove. Really? They got full witnesses

and tapes? No, they did two before. But these tapes, he's saying they're ages. Like the girls, allegedly, they're on the tape. And he can say I was role-playing, right? I mean... But we also failed to realize the first time he was on trial for child pornography. This time he's on trial for actual sexual assault.

I just, I would... If I was a buddy man, I'd say he's going to get off. Wow. Now, listen, let me ask you this. We see the interview that Gayle King did with R. Kelly. I didn't see it, but I heard. Record-breaking. Would you have had R. Kelly on the Steve Wilkos show?

Damn right. Him, Justin, get them all on. Is there anybody that you would say, I would never talk to that person? Probably not. If it's that where you would say that about somebody, that's a ratings booster, right? And then listen, man, my show, like any show, if you're in it for the ratings, I don't care what anybody says, so, you know,

you get somebody like that, that would be a huge... First of all, nobody like that's going to come on my show and take a lie detector test. There ain't no way in hell. I mean, not just these drop charges. Come on my show, take a lie detector test, whether you set this up. He would never.

How credible are lie detector tests? Because people always say they know how to beat it. Well, put it this way. My son did a school project, science project, right? So he did that lie detector test and he came in with my guy, Dan Ribicoff, and he did the, you know, tests and stuff. And it was 100%.

You know what I mean? So like, would I ever take one? Hell no. I mean, I I ever take one? Hell no. I mean, I would never take one. Why? What are you hiding? Why would you hide? What are you hiding, Steve?

It's not that I'm hiding anything, but, like, if it came where, like, you know, would you let anything in your life that's important to you fall into the hands of a lie detector test? Nah, not if it's not accurate. That's what I'm saying. Like, I'll say this. I did beat a lie detector test when I was younger.

I had to take a lie detector test and I lied on that thing. What were you lying about? I really don't want to get into that right now. We have to know this. Harvey says you lied, Steve. You're a habitual liar, Steve.

I said you lied, Steve. After I had bleeding on the brain, I just got the test. Who knows what I said. But, yeah, so I took a lie detector test, and I beat it. You know? How'd you beat it? Because they tell you, like, if you breathe normally.

So I'll tell you this. I was a young guy, and I was working somewhere, and something went down. I was not involved, but I knew what happened. Right. Okay? I knew what happened. So the company came in, and they brought in a lie detector. So I came into work and they're like, oh, you're taking a lie detector test.

Well, immediately I crumbled. I'm like, oh my God, you know? But like, so they called in like three or four other people before me. And then when it came to me, I was already calmed down. So then when I got in there, the guy goes, I had my high school jacket on and he goes, oh, you go to Lane Tucker? I go, yeah. He goes, oh, I went there too. So right off the bat, the guy's putting me at ease,

you know? And then I just went on. I lied. You lied to that nice guy. I lied because I didn't want to be a rat. No snitching. I didn't want to be a rat and I just really didn't even want to be involved. And some of the dudes that I would have to say about, they were scary guys, right?

Gotcha, gotcha. And I didn't want nothing to do with that. It's like a blue wall of silence thing? Cops don't take a lot of talk to us. Really? They've never had to do that? No, I was on the job for 12 years. All right, we got more with Steve Wilkos.

When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Steve Wilkos. What do you think about snitches, too, with you being a cop?

Because you just said that. Because I know a lot of cops feel like maybe you shouldn't snitch if you did a crime, too. Well, here's the thing. And I'll be honest. When I was a cop, like, I saw stuff that was wrong. But I also didn't want to... In the police force. Right. But, I mean, honestly, I didn't want to look over my shoulder my whole career either, right?

You know, like, you go on some crazy thing and then you end up with a bullet in you. You know? So, I wasn't... You know, I... I could sit here and tell you, honestly, I never did anything wrong as a cop. I never brutalized anybody. I never did anything wrong as a cop. I never brutalized anybody.

I never took money or anything like that. But yeah, I saw funky stuff. But I just kept my mouth shut. Does that bother you to this day? Like, man, that's kind of messed up that somebody ended up in this situation. And I know it was wrong. I never did anything where it put somebody behind bars or anything or restricted somebody's freedom. Nothing like that. But I don't have any

regrets. I did what I needed to do to get through that job. Congratulations, by the way, on your success for your show and for yourself. Absolutely. Will you and Jerry talk about the success that you've had? Well, yeah. And it's great for Jerry because he gets paid off my show. Because obviously I got spun off. he gets a piece of it.

But it's crazy. It's like if you had a security guy out here, and then all of a sudden he would have his own show. He actually does have a security guy who has his own show. It's happening. It's happening. It is a crazy story, right? Like, you know, I went there to work one day.

How many people thought it wasn't going to work? How many people were like, oh, yeah, it'll never work? The only person who probably believed in it was me and my wife. Not even Jerry? You know what? At that time, I don't even remember talking to Jerry about it. Like, that's how, like, it was a whirlwind. Like, one day I was, you know, security guard pulling people's pants down.

And the next day I know a security guard pulling people's pants down, and the next day I know you got your own show. And that time in my life was such a blur. You know what I mean? You're promoting a show. I get on tape, and I was going on streets of Chicago, taping street segments, then getting on a plane and going to Knoxville, Tennessee to promote the show. So that time in my life, I don't have a lot of vivid memories

because it was just a whirlwind and a blur. Who do you remember talking to, Steve? Why were you pulling people's pants down? Because Springer Show, it was like being in high school, right? I mean, we'd do any... It was so much fun because there was no rules. You didn't come in. There was no script.

You just did whatever. And I remember there was this big fat guy. He was standing on the edge of the stage. And I went behind him. And I pulled his pants down. And he had no underwear on, man. Oh, my God. But he ended up suing.

Wow, you got me too? Yeah, basically. There's a lot of things you can't do now. The lawyers came in from New York. And I had to sign this reprimand. When they asked you why you did it, what did you say? I said, because it's the Springer Show. That's what we do.

People got to sign a disclaimer. We don't know what might happen. And then I ran into the guy that I pulled his pants down. I ran into Kansas City. He pulled his pants down again. He pulled your pants down again. Was that awkward? And then he pulled them back up and left my hotel room.

Why didn't he have on underwear? All right, Steve. Now we know how you've been on for 12 years. Why didn't he have on any underwear? That's weird I mean, come on, man That's the thing about the Springer show It's like, why did anything happen?

I mean I think back now, and I'm like How the hell did we get away with that stuff, man? I mean, we had people Defecate on themselves on stage One girl's tampon fell out. How did that happen? You know.

You tell us. I don't know how your tampon can fall out. Why didn't she have underwear on, right? Right. Come on. Unless it was so bloody it slid out. Oh, right. I feel like ever so often you question all of this, Steve.

You're like, what the fuck is happening? I say all the time, when I think about, like, I was just saying out here, when I was on the Springer Show, and I eventually left the police department, so I was just working on a Springer Show, and me and my wife had a condo downtown Chicago on the Gold Coast. We lived within a mile of NBC Tower where we taped the show. The show was the biggest show in the world at one time. I mean, that was the funnest time of my life.

I mean, and I didn't have pressure on me because it wasn't my show. I was this goofball that was getting paid a lot of money to be a sidekick on the show. So I just had fun all the time, you know? And it was the best time of my life. So you haven't had fun in 12 years is what you're saying. It's not the same kind of fun.

You have responsibilities. And I wouldn't even say it's fun. It's my job. It's work. Yeah. So you got an exit plan? He's good. No. I wish I did.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I don't have one because I, you know, I work two days a week. I finished taping yesterday. I don't go back until August. Okay, so. What do you do during that time?

I go on vacation and have fun. Okay, so. What do you do during that time? Go on vacation and have fun. Well, my son's a baseball player, so he's on three different travel teams, and I'm going to be traveling all summer with him, watching him play. My daughter, you know, I have a 16-year-old daughter. I have to keep, you know. You're about to go to college soon. Yeah, we're doing that now. We're doing the college tours.

Yeah, I did the college tour last week. Yeah, so. What HBCUs do you want to go to?'re about to go to college soon. Yeah, we're doing that now. We're doing the college tours. Yeah, I did the college tour last week. Yeah, so. What HBCUs you want to go to? She wants to go to California. Oh, okay. She wants to go to USC and UCLA. And it was funny. We were at dinner right before Christmas.

My daughter wants to go there too. And the guy goes, well, you got to write a check for $250,000 other than the tuition. And I said, no, man, I'm not doing that. Did he really say that to you? I'm like, no, man. He was about to be on the news with Becky. But I'm like, no, man, I'm not doing that. I'm like, no, man. You were about to be on the news with Uncle Becky.

I'm like, no, man, I'm not writing that check. I'm like, you know, so. Who was the guy? They asked you that plain out? It was a buddy of mine who was dealing with Singer. Yeah. But Singer was so busy. You almost got caught up. No, because I said that. I know. I didn't even know what was going on.

I sang right the check. You're like, come on, that's ridiculous. You got to just get in. If you got to pay, she probably shouldn't be there, right? Absolutely. Like, what's the point, you know? I didn't know they just straight up asked you for the money like that. Well, he was saying that this is the way it goes down. Right.

Wow. I wasn't really asked, but they were like, okay, if you want your daughter to get in USC, this is what you got to do. And some parents might have been like, okay, so put me in touch. Like, how can I make sure? Nah, not me, man. I wonder if they only do that to celebrities or is that how it's going down with everybody? They need to make sure it's people with money.

No, it's people with money. I think it's people with money. It's people with money. It don't have to be a celebrity. It's just anybody that has money. He's not a celebrity, but he's very wealthy. So when you saw that whole scandal happen with all of them, you was like, that's what Well, I told my buddy, I go, man, you almost got caught up.

Yeah. Because his son is ready to go to college now. And he showed me, he goes, he sent me the thing. He goes, this is the guy I'm dealing with. And it was Singer. Sheesh. But Singer was so busy, he couldn't even deal with my friend at the time. He was getting so much other money.

Right. Yeah. I mean, you know, so... He's turning down checks. You think Singer's a jerk for that? Is he what? A jerk for that. I don't You think he's a jerk for that? Is he what? A jerk for that. I don't know if he's a jerk.

Yeah. I mean, listen, man, money screws people up. It definitely does. I mean, the guy's pulling in $25 million or whatever it is. I mean, I don't know how much he was keeping because I know he had to pay a lot of people off. But, you know, again, it's like going... Like, yeah, I feel bad for the kids that got passed over

because some rich kid got them. But, you know, if you're making $25 million a year or something, you're not killing anybody or selling drugs. I mean, probably pretty powerful attraction there. Yeah. Well, Steve, thank you for joining us. Steve Wilkos. Steve Wilkos.

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Donkeys of the Day, ask Charlamagne. I'm a Democrat, so being Donkey of the Day is a little bit of a mixed question. So like a donkey. Keyhawk. Donkey of the Day. The Breakfast Club, bitches. Now I've been called a lot in my 23 years that Donkey of the Day is a new one. Yes, Donkey of the Day is going to Chiquita Jenkins and John Chapman of Alabama.

Now, who in here don't play about their food? Raise your hand. I don't play about my food. Okay. Yeah, I love food. All right. Only certain kinds. I don't like when I got something to eat and somebody asked me for some, especially if

we in the same restaurant. If you like what I got, then you should have ordered it. You damn. I tell that to my kids and wife all the time. It's the worst. I like sharing. My food is my food. I'm very protective of my food, but I thank God

I've never been in a position where there wasn't enough to eat for everybody. Because I can see where that can lead to problems. Food is essential to life, okay? We all gotta eat. And when people are hungry and it's not enough to eat for everyone, that's how problems start. Sometimes those problems can be violent.

This is the case with Chiquita Jenkins and John Chapman, who are enjoying a meal at a five-star restaurant in Alabama. Alabama. Okay. Alabama. Okay. Enjoying a meal at a five-star restaurant in Alabama called Meteor Buffet. All right. Dropping the clues bombs from Meteor Buffet.

Never been there, but it sounds amazing. I love buffet restaurants. I grew up off them. Okay. Golden Corral, Ryan's. All right. What you know about that? All right. Plates who are $10.98 at the Meteor Buffet. And it must have been crab leg night. Let me tell you something. If you go to a buffet

where crab legs or garlic crabs are being served down south, you might need to bring your pistol. All right. Because things can get hectic. And this story I'm about to tell you is proof of that. Let's go to WHNT 19 News for the report. There's a woman who's beating a man. Plates are shattering everywhere. A fight was happening in the food line. The sound that Officer Johnson was hearing was tongs clashing. The Meteor Buffet diners were eagerly awaiting the next tray of crab legs coming out of the kitchen. Everyone was saying that they cut me in line. Police arrested John Chapman and Shakita Jenkins, who was eating at the buffet with her kids.

They had been waiting there for the crab legs for a good 10 plus minutes. So when they finally came out, it's very heated, especially if someone's taking more than their fair share. Chapman is looking at a disorderly conduct charge. Jenkins is facing third degree assault. Both people could end up paying a few hundred dollars in fines, which is well above the 1058 a plate charge at Meteor Buffet. Dropping the clues, boss, for life. I love life, man. Life is just amazing to watch. Now, I've never been a big crab laid guy. I know that sounds crazy coming from a black man from I love life, man. Life is just amazing to watch. Now, I've never been a big crab leg guy. I know that sounds crazy coming from a black man from the low country of South Carolina,

but I've never liked fighting to get in my food. It's a struggle to get in those crab legs, okay? I like my crab meat already deshelled, all right? It takes a lot of work to crack the code of those crab legs. I understand why people do it because, you know, it's a good bonding experience. You're sitting around, you're cracking the crabs open, you're talking, you're dipping it in the butter. I get it but I just don't like fighting to get in my food and I have never fought over my food. Now I really shouldn't have to explain to my audience why this story is stupid. I shouldn't have to explain why they are getting the credit they deserve for being stupid by getting donkey of

the day today. These people went to jail. The money they will use to pay bondsmen, lawyers, fines, could have been used to buy crab legs for the whole hood. For your whole family. Call it crab legs at that. Learn to share, people. It's a buffet. Look out for your fellow neighbor. If it's ten crab legs, you get five

and I'll get five. If you want more than five, then go to the grocery store. Y'all growing as hell. Fighting over crab legs. It's never that serious. How do you as an adult explain to your kids that their mom and dad, aunt or grandpa, is in jail because they had combat over crustaceans? Some donkey of the days just sell themselves. Please give Chiquita Jenkins and John Chapman the sweet sounds of the Hamilton's. Oh, now you are the donkey

of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Yeehaw. I get it, though. I mean, you get it because you understand crab lates. You know what I'm saying? Angelina's never had crab lates. Never. I mean, seafood. It's the reason that onates. You know what I'm saying? Angelina's never had crab lates. Never. Only seafood.

You know, but it's a reason that on Revolt TV we didn't show the pictures of the people because today is a great day to play Guess What? Racing! All right. You got a few clues here, people. Okay. Chiquita Jenkins. So black.

John Chapman. White. All-you-can-eat buffet, Alabama, $10.58 a place. Guess what race it is. Angela Yee, let's start with you. What race do you think Chiquita Jenkins is? I'm going to say they were African-American. Oh, you think both of them, Chiquita and John, were African-American?

Yes. Okay. All right. Envy, what about you? Chiquita, definitely black African American. Yes. Okay. All right. Envy, what about you? Jekita, definitely black. Okay. John, white. And I'm going to tell you what happened.

Jekita was waiting in line for 10 minutes. John tried to jump in front of her in the line. White privilege. And Jekita gave it a business. That's what I think. So you think it's an interracial skirmish? I do. Okay.

All right. Let's see here. Let's see who's right. Well. Come on. DJ Envy, you are correct. Yes! I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! See, that's the only reason you gotta fight for your food. I'm standing in line for ten minutes and this

old man trying to cut me and just gonna try to take my food? We got their mug shots up on Revolve. I knew it! I got fooled because his last name was Chapman and I thought Tracy Chapman and she's black. Why would y'all think that Chiquita Jenkins was black though? I don't know. Chiquita! It was a guess. You're only a black person would name their child

after a banana. That's Chiquita. And the Jenkins at the end. That's a common slave master's last name. I knew it. Chiquita Jenkins. I knew it. Sorry. You know what you say. Itita Jenkins. I knew it. Sorry.

You know what you say. It's not a stereotype if it's true. Damn, damn, damn. Chiquita Jenkins and John Chapman. Chiquita's black. John is white. See? I'm not mad at that.

Yes. Don't try to cut me in line. I've been waiting for 10 minutes, me and my family. For this crab night. They only do crab night once a month. That's right. All I want is some crabs. Do I come to your quiche night, Mr. White Man, and bull guard your line? When it's a bunch of mayonnaise quiche?

That's right. Out on the buffet, huh? Don't try to cut me. You're going to get these hands. All right, Charlamagne, thank you for that donkey of the day. Yes, sir. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. EJ, Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy, we are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Ha Ha Davis. In real life, when things happen to you, do you say, this is going to be so funny when I go on Instagram and post a video? Like when you had unprotected sex and you was burning. Did you say, this is going to be so funny on social media?

I don't laugh. No, it was a video. You got burned before? I ain't been burned before. Not yet. Not from wood. Me neither. Not yet.

That's not wood you're knocking on. Oh, this ain't. This is marble. It's not marble either. He wants you to knock on some wood. Knock on fake granite. You kinky, man. Hey, Charlamagne here acting unusual.

You kinky, man. You kinky, bro. He acting unusual. You kinky, man. You kinky, man. He's flabbergasted. You kinky, man. You kinky, man. You kinky, man. You kinky, man. You kinky, man. You kinky, man. You kinky, man. You kinky, man. You kinky, man.'re kinky again, man. You're kinky again. I'm flabbergasted. Oh, man. You're acting unusual.

But do you think that? Because I know sometimes things happen and it could be a bad situation, like being high on edibles, and you think to yourself, this is going to be funny later on. To be honest, I don't laugh at myself. I don't find myself funny. Not all the time. Some stuff I watch back,. To be honest, I don't laugh at myself. I don't find myself funny. Not all the time. Some stuff I watch back, I'll be like, that's funny.

But I'm saying in real life, things happen that could be unfortunate things, but it's actually funny, like in your head. Because I know it has to be something in you that says, okay, this is a crazy day I'm having, but this is going to be funny when I put it on social media. Yeah, yeah. It's relatable. Yeah, yeah, definitely.

I done been on that level of high to where I thought I was going to die. I couldn't feel my chest. I couldn't feel my throat. I'm like, bro, that's relatable. Yeah, yeah, definitely. I done been on that level of high to where I thought I was going to die. I couldn't feel my chest. I couldn't feel my throat. I'm like, bro, that's hilarious. Because when you come down from that high, you nervous at the time. When you come down, you're like, man, that's funny. I was high as hell. I'm not mad.

So, yeah, definitely. Who you was smoking with? I was smoking with the best of them. Snoop. Snoop. I can't smoke with Snoop no more. Yeah. Yeah, because Snoop and his weed not from here, though.

Like, yeah, you feeling like an alien or something. You can be outside waiting on a UFO or something. Like, Snoop weed just different. It's different. You met Snoop via social media, right? Yeah, I met all the celebrities through my social media. And y'all like, y'all cool, cool. Yeah, Snoop like my mentor.

So anything I need, like any information I need, like if I'm finna go do something, I call Snoop. Like, hey, Snoop, should I do this? And he be like, yeah, nephew, you should do that. You ever get worried about telling jokes now with everybody being so sensitive about things now? Yeah. Anything you stay away from? The jokes we, like, if you nephew, you should do that. You ever get worried about telling jokes now with everybody being so sensitive about things now? Yeah. And you think you stay away from them?

The jokes we, look, if you heard some of the stuff me and comedian Blackberry talk about at home, we'd be wondering why we can't say that on stage because we know people are not going to accept it. So you got to keep the jokes clean because people are real sensitive. They are sensitive. But back in the 90s, early 2000s,

you can say whatever the hell you wanted to say. How do you know? I mean, just watch the shit that Bernie Mac used to say. Bernie Mac ain't had no filter. He said what he felt. You know what I'm saying? But now you can't say something that people be like, oh, why you...

Yeah, the climate change. It was a culture shift, really. Yeah, so you got to keep it clean. It's interesting because there was a point where internet comedians didn't get respect from the more traditional stand-ups. Now the more traditional stand-ups are utilizing the internet more what do you think of that um for me like that's why i step off into stand-up when i first started because i didn't want them to think we

just we just thought we can jump on stage after they've been putting in that ground for 15 to 20 years and they still they still feel they type away about us coming off the internet as fast as we did two three years on the internet. Now we, we, we celebrities now out of nowhere. So, um, for me,

you know, I try to, I try to, I still respect the coach because comedy dying. Like we, comedy is dying. Why y'all be saying that? Comedians are the richest motherf**kers out here.

No, I just feel like. Only the top echelon ones. There's a lot of people who are striving to be in that space. I want to know why you think comedy dying though. I don't know. I just feel like it ain't what it used to be. I just don know why you think comedy dying, though. I don't know. I just feel like it ain't what it used to be. I just don't feel like, like, what's, like, I don't remember.

What's the last hit sitcom you've seen on TV? Sitcom? Blackish? Blackish. Yeah, I would say Blackish. Okay, Blackish. Okay, Blackish. Brownish?

Name one more. I mean, you can say Roseanne, but I wasn't into that. You know what I'm saying? And I think, I mean, look, Marlon had his series. Marlon, Gerard, Carl Michael. I mean, I don't, but those weren't necessarily hits. You know what I'm saying? Fresh off the boat. Marlon had his series and Lil Rel. Marlon, Gerard, Carmichael. I mean, but those weren't necessarily

hits but they were good. I'm talking about like, I mean, I can't say I was in that era but I'm talking about like when Martin was going on, Jamie Foxx, Fresh Prince.

Martin is still a classic. All of those you can still watch. Martin still come on to this day. I think that ended like 1990. That's almost 25, 30 years ago. Yeah, but I mean,

the genre of comedy has moved on to something else. Like, Kevin Hart is killing it out here. They still are killing it. Chris Rock's still killing it. It's moved on to what y'all doing. I think he's talking about sitcoms and things like that. I'm talking about, like, TV-wise.

Yeah. Like, the internet popping. Like, there's no internet popping. You got Rel on right now. I'm saying all these shows. We should have way more shows on TV. Exactly. It should be way more than what. And they should all these shows We should have way more shows on TV. Exactly. We should be way more

than what And they should be huge. They should be huge. I mean it depends I don't know what y'all call sitcom. Like you got Insecure you got Atlanta

I think he means on basic television not on cable. Is Insecure a sitcom? So if you're talking about basic television I don't think Atlanta's a comedy.

Atlanta's a comedy for sure. If you're talking about basic television then you had Rel you had the Carmichael show, you had Black-ish, you had Fresh Off the Boat. I never seen Fresh Off the Boat. Yeah, those are good shows. I got to check that one out.

I got to check that one out. But for me, I just feel like it ain't what it used to be. I don't know, I guess because when you see all these shows that still air from 25 years ago, you just, man, what happened? I'm not going to sit here and argue with you and say that the quality is the same as it was back then. I just like the new wave. Like I said, think about somebody like Jess O'Larris.

Think about DC Young Fly. Think about yourself. Oh, yeah, the last OG is on. Like, it's a new wave of comedians. I mean, the internet is the new sitcom. All the comedy is on the internet now. Yeah. And DC and Jess on TV now and in movies.

Shout out to them. You and Jay doing a movie. Me and Jay got something special coming, too. See how he tried to throw that out there? Yeah, I seen it. He tried to figure out what's happening. I seen it. He tried to figure it out.

Now, you talk about stuff like the Jesse Smollett situation and R. Kelly situation on your stand-up, but nah. No, I stay away from that type of stuff because I don't know how people are going to take it, especially with the R. Kelly situation. You really don't know how to, you know what I'm saying, come off with that. Women are so sensitive. Well, you know, back in the day, we used to make all the R. Kelly jokes.

And, you know, you look at like Chappelle's show with the pee on your statue. Certain things that we had to go through, it is sensitive. I know. I'm going to tell you what tripped me out because I never thought about it like this. We used to make jokes thinking we was making jokes about R. Kelly. We had Lisa Van Allen on the show and we asked Lisa, like, how did she feel when she heard everybody making all those jokes? And she was like, yo,

it was frustrating because people was really getting peed on. Yeah, girls were really getting peed on. So you don't think about that perspective. That's totally different. I ain't got no word for that. He's like, yeah, let's move on. Let's move on, move on. Let's move along. I saw you post five years ago.

You posted your first video on Facebook. Yeah. It had one share, one like. One share, one like. Who liked it? Who liked it? One of the homies. Who shared it?

One of the homies liked it and one of the homies shared it. He's still with you? Yeah. How does it feel when you look back on that video? To be honest with you, I ain't had a chance to take it all in because it's happening so fast for me. I think 10 years from now when I'm probably on the lake with my beer belly out,

I have a chance to reflect on everything I've done. But right now, where I'm at, I ain't had a chance to really sit down and take it all in because it's happening so fast. Why do you think you're going to have

a beer belly in 10 years? You're only going to be 36. I want a beer belly. I want to be on the lake watching my son run. You want a baller belly. Yeah, I want a baller belly. I got a little something already.

Get the baller six pack. No, no, no. That's when you know you're really living. I don't think women really like skinny men like that. They out of style. We like men who are fit, yes. Well, I'm talking about like scrawny men. Like skinny skinny.

Yeah, like skinny skinny. Women aren't as into looks as men are into looks when it comes to women. Like, we like personality and presence more. Yeah, I like pretty women. I don't care too much about the body part. If you're a pretty woman... You like the face. Yeah, I'm a face man. I ain't really no ass. We don't care about size or anything. No, I ain't really no ass

or s***, man. I'm a face man. If you pretty, I like you. You my type of girl. Alright, we got more with Ha Ha Davis. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Ha Ha Davis, comedian, Charlamagne. You got groupie groupies?

Yeah, I got a lot of those. They be in your DMs? They be in there heavy. You ever been catfished? Yeah, I've been catfished before. What happened? I've been catfished before. This chick, this chick had hit me up, and she was cold, too.

Clean face. This is when I first started popping a little bit. Like, she had hit me up, like, yeah, send me news on Snapchat. So I got to sending her news on Snapchat. Then the news got out all over Snapchat. So look, like three months ago. Why you put her news on Snapchat? No, she put my news on Snapchat.

Oh, you sent her news. So wait. I sent her news. Now, slow down. Let's back up about these news. You got to go through it fast. Ha ha, hold on. I got to ask some questions.

Vinyl. About these news that you sent. Did you have your face in them? I didn't have my through it fast. Hold on. I got to ask some questions. Vinyl. About these nudes that you sent. Did you have your face in them? I didn't have my face in them, but I knew they was me. Okay. And did you have lotion on at least? No, I was ashy, ashy, ashy on there too. Was it erect or was it?

Why are you so kinky? Or was it flaccid? I'm just asking a question. Heart Davis? Was it flaccid or were you flaccid as in limp or were you erect at least? Or semi-erect? No, no, I was hard, hard when she asked for the picture because, you know, some of us got to be hard for it to look like something.

Oh, you were growing like me? I'm a girl and not a show. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I'm a girl and not a show. So did you have that picture in your phone already or was it one that you had to? No, it was one she asked me to send it to her. So I was like, all right, cool.

So you had to masturbate? No, I didn't even masturbate. Like, when she asked for it, for some reason, it turned me on. This turned a lip service. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, this is turning a lip service. This is turning a lip service. But no, so when she asked for the news, it just turned me on.

So I'm like, boom, took the little picture, sent it to her. Were you shaved? No, I wasn't even shaved. I'm asking questions. Because I'm just thinking of the proper way you're supposed to do these things. So I want to see if you follow protocol. And he didn't follow protocol. No, look, it was the middle of the proper way you're supposed to do these things. I want to see if you follow protocol. He didn't follow protocol. No, look,

it was the middle of the summer back there. It was all bush. Oh, man. Okay. You know, the bush makes it look smaller in the picture, too. I know.

Like he said, I'm growing out of shore. It had to be all the way hard for me to send a picture. This is awkward. So right after I sent the picture, she's going to say, she said,

yeah, you know what time it is. I said, hold on, what you mean? She said, you've been catfished. So I said, damn. Oh, it was it is. I said, hold on, what you mean? She said, you been catfished. So I said, damn. Oh, it was a dude. No, I didn't. We don't know that. I still don't know if it was a dude or not.

But I knew like three days later, my news was all over the internet. Sheesh. No. So somebody hit me up. People still hit me up like, yeah, I got your news. You got to pay for them. I said, listen. You have to pay for them?

No, they said they want me to pay so they don't put them out. Okay. So I'm like, listen, them news been out here for? No, they want me to pay so they don't put them out. Okay. So I'm like, listen, them nudes been out here for the last three years. Y'all can have it. Remember that happened? Your face is in them? No, my face wasn't. No.

So I wouldn't claim it. I got my tattoos right here. My tattoos are all there. Oh, got you, got you, got you. So you learned your lesson. Now, do you still send nudes out? No, I don't send nudes out. I'm through with that.

You could Google it and send it to them now. They can send me nudes, though. Google it. They can send me nudes. I would never understand that about the young men. Oh, that's what I was talking about comedian Blackberry. He the one who taught me

how to do stand-up, though. He called on that stage. He the one who got your news? Charlotte, man, that was a terrible segue. You did that. He kinky-kinky. You did that, though.

That was a terrible segue. Charlotte, man, this is behind me. She was talking about your news. You said, that's what I'm saying, and you pointed to him.

He just walked in the door. Oh, I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. You still be sending nudes? Hell no. I ain't never sending no nudes. I can't believe it. I don't understand why young men do that. Everybody send nudes before Charlamagne. Keep it real. I've never sent nudes. Never. You not even to your wife? No. For what?

Come on, Charlamagne. Especially to my wife. We sleep with each other every night. He said especially not my wife. Especially not my wife. Why would you send nudes? I can't believe that it was so easy for you to send news out. You got to value yourself a little more. I was young, young, dumb, and full of ****. Okay.

Young, dumb, and full of ****. And just trying to, you know, trying to get my rights. She just asked and you just sent it to a stranger. Does that turn women on you? If you send it right. I just think if he would have shaved, maybe people would have liked it better. So do it turn y'all on like when guys just pop up in your DMs and just send you pictures? No.

What? That ain't the one. You got an email. You got an email full of penises. Yeah, pretty swag. You know, a lot of people have sent them. Look, she's going to get 100,000 more. 100,000 more though.

Because me and Envy look at them and we like, oh, this one's nice. She lying, lying. Look, Envy said he ain't going for that. He lying, lying. You ain't never heard the story about Envy in the Snapchat? When you got caught up? When the guy was telling him he like nine and a half inch dildos? That happened for real?

Yeah, he like toys, toys. It kind of happened, but it didn't happen like that. No, it didn't happen. It kind of happened. It didn't happen? It did happen. I'm confused. Y'all be getting catfished like crazy.

I got to go now. All right, enough of that. I gotta go. He got a hard out pause. Hey, hold on. To all the ladies here, y'all can send nudes to my DM because freak man, freak man.

Yeah, that's me. You gotta be careful with that in this era, though. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? It's better really to be a faithful black man than find one woman and settle down. I'm with my girl. Me and my girl together,

but we like women, too. Oh, you and your... Y'all do that together? Yeah. There ain't nothing wrong with that. That's not cheating. Yeah, that ain my girl. Me and my girl together, but we like women, too. Oh, you and your... Y'all do that together? Yeah. There ain't nothing wrong with that. That's not cheating. Yeah, that ain't cheating, because me and my girl like women. You just got to tell her.

You can't just pop up with... Yeah, no, no. She has to know about it. She got to know about it. But I've been with her a year and a half. You let her choose the women? Yeah, she choose the women most times. Okay.

She from Detroit? No, she's from L.A. How does that work out, though? Is that like a healthy relationship y'all got? Yeah, I mean for me. For me. For me. Forget her.

I mean she ain't never tripped about it. I mean she don't got no problem with it. Did she propose that you guys do that or was it your idea? The first time it was my idea. How'd you ask her? How was that conversation? I was like, man, I want something different. She's like, what you mean? You only been with her a year. You want something different? like that I'm like yeah I want to try something different with somebody

else you like what you mean you wanted to be with another chick I'm like yeah I don't know man what you mean so she like yeah okay let's try she wanted to make sure that she wouldn't she wouldn't care so we end up doing it and then we just been doing it when you find the first girl in LA LA LA all the women inA.? L.A.? All the women in L.A. is freaky. You ever get jealous when the other girl is f***ing your girl out better than you?

No, I don't think nobody can eat it better than me. That's a lie. I'm going to eat it either. A woman, you can't eat better than a woman. Some women, probably not all women,

but some women, I didn't watch me eat better than some of these women. Really? You didn't watch me eat? You watch yourself eat? Teach me that trick. And then they're telling it. It's another one of the ha-ha out here.

No, because... I mean, I feel like in my heart, I eat better than some women. In my heart. No. And you know he's young, so he don't eat the butt. You who?

Who? Oh. He from Dallas. You said you who? Y'all gonna have me out... You who? I'm gonna be a meme out here. You said you who?

I mean, we grown, like, we all, like, we grown men. Like, we done been down there. You goddamn right. I mean, we grown men. We done been down there. You're goddamn right. I done been on that side of town. You eat ass. Say it.

What's the rules when you have a threesome? Are you allowed to have sex? Like, sometimes there's rules where the man is not allowed to have intercourse, but he can have intercourse with his woman. No, no, no. We have intercourse. We do all that. Are you allowed to eat the other girl's butt?

No, no. I don't eat her. No butt or no. Is that a rule or you just don't do the other girl's butt? No, no. I don't eat her. No butt or no. Is that a rule or you just don't do it? That's disrespectful. No, I just don't do it. It feels wrong. You've never been raw.

It's all. Yeah, it's all protected. We ain't out here raw dogging them. Okay. I just beat them. Well, we'll learn more. Not beat them that way. Just, you know.

We know what you mean. We know you're not beating up anybody. Yeah, okay. 100. You got to clarify it on these days. Yeah, that's right. You a**hole. So, how are you beating up Dwayne?

That's it. Well, we're going to learn a lot more about HaHa Davis, and then he's at Caroline's all weekend, so make sure you go check it out. You can go to carolines.com. My girl out there, she's sitting out there somewhere. Oh, yeah, you got HaHa working with you. You got to put them both on stage.

That white girl? No, no, no. That ain't no... HaHa got a white girl. That ain't no white girl. God damn, you sell out. No, no, no. You told you sell out. You ain't even get girl. God damn, you sell out. No, no, no. You ain't even get on on

and you selling out already. I told you, Charlo Bane acting unusual. I told him, you know how to address that? I told him on the first Detroit person you showed up.

That's not true. You usually ain't here for the D. Yep. I mean, he ain't here for the D. He early for the D. Look at him. Look at him. He early for the D. Yep. I mean, no. Not that D. He ain't here for the D. He early for the D. Look at him.

Look at him. He early for the D. You're being pushy-pushy now. You're being pushy-pushy now. Okay? Damn. But you usually ain't here for the Detroiters, though, but I'm glad you're here today. I held it down for Detroit.

I had to. You brought your gun gun with you? No, but I need a gun for it. You had it in your Instagram video? No, listen, I told you, look, I'm a pretender, and if pretenders don't work, we all in trouble. He's trying to get you locked up. You know you can't handle guns here in New York.

You can't handle guns in New York? Hell no. Why would you tell me that then? He's trying to set you up. Oh, he's a fan, man. Go straight on Charlotte, man. I'll see what he's on. He was about to pull out his ID, okay.

Oh, my God. He acting different. Well, it's High High Davis. He's going to be at Caroline ID. Okay. Oh, my God. He acting different. Well, it's Ha Ha Davis. He's going to be at Caroline's all weekend, too, man. Caroline's all weekend. I'm sorry. Caroline's tonight. We sold out.

Hey. I'm going to get to see me. I'll see y'all next year. But we sold out all weekend. Let me show you what you got. That's dope. I'm only doing two. Okay.

I'm only doing two. That's a big deal, man. Yeah. It's going to be dope. It's going to be dope. Congratulations. Well, it's the Breakfast Club. It's Ha Ha Davis.

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's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia.

Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tried my 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 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.

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. 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 high is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their 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 I heart radio app Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same.

I tried the new flavors of Orange Vanilla Coke and Orange Vanilla Coke Zero Sugar. Yeah, you heard that right. And I have to tell you, it's a great combination of Coke, Orange, and Vanilla flavor. Head to have to tell you, it's a great combination of Coke, orange, and vanilla flavor. Head to your closest retailer today and try it out. Yo, you ready? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. First of all, pull your damn pants up.

My pants up, man. I'm not about to look at your red-ass briefs while we do the Friday stuff. It's Friday. It is freaky, freaky, Freaky Friday. There ain't no Freaky, Freaky, Freaky Friday until you pull your pants. My pants are up. You ready? I'm ready.

I'm always ready. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. There's a stranger in my bed. Come on. There's a pounding in my head. Come on.

Glitter all over the room. Hey. Pink flamingos in the pool. Hey. I smell like a mini bar. Hey.. Glitter all over the room. Hey. Pink flamingos in the pool. Hey. I smell like a mini bar. Hey. DJs passed out in the yard. Hey.

Garbage on the barbecue. Is this a hickey or a bruise? Pictures of last night. Hey. And get up on line. I'm screwed. What you say? Oh, well.

It's a blacked out blur, but I'm pretty sure it rose. Damn. Last Friday night. Yeah, we danced on tabletops. And we took too many shots. Think we kissed, but I forgot. Last Friday night. Yeah, we messed our credit cards.

And got kicked out of the park. So we hit the bullet bar. Last Friday night. We went streaking in the parks See me dipping in the dark And had a menage a trois Last Friday night Yeah, I think we broke the law

Always say we're gonna stop But whoa, oh whoa What we do? Do it all again The singing in unison is amazing It's amazing Here we go Do it all again. The singing in unison is amazing. It's amazing. Here we go.

Do it all again. You out there in your cars. I need you to sing along. We'll be right here. Trying to connect the dots. Come on. Don't know what to tell my boss. Come on.

Think the city towed my car. Hey. Chandeliers on the floor. Woo. Ripped my favorite party dress. Yes. Warren's out for my arrest. Think I need a ginger ale ale that was such an epic fail

pictures of last night ended up on line I'm screwed, what you say? oh wow it's a blacked out blur but I'm pretty sure it grows, damn last Friday night

yeah we kissed on tabletops and we took too many shots Damn! I'm streaking in the park. See me dipping in the dark. Then I'm a nausea. It's why last Friday night. Yeah, I think we broke the law. Always say we're going to stop. Oh, what? Oh, whoa. Do it all again. I think we better than both of us. I think we better than both of us.

Do it all again. I think we better than Fifth both of us Do it all again I think we're better than Fifth Harmony We're better than Fifth Harmony You ready? T-G-I-F-T-G-I-F T-G-I-F-T-G-I-F T-G-I-F-T-G-I-F T-G-I-F

Woo! It's Friday It's Friday It-F. Woo! It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday.

It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. It's Friday. Hey. Friday. Hey.

Friday. Friday. Friday. Friday. Friday. Go, bro. It's not officially Friday until you hear this one, bro. You hear me out here in these streets?

Do you hear me? I don't care if you're in Houston. I don't care Friday until you hear this one, bro. You hear me out here in these streets? Do you hear me? I don't care if you in Houston. I don't care if you in Columbia, South Carolina. I don't care if you in Newark, New Jersey. Wherever you can hear the sound of my voice, I'm Charlemagne Tha God. That's DJ Envy. Together we are No Direction. Should I get him? Get him, girl. 7 a.m. waking up in the morning. Gotta be fresh. Gotta go downstairs. Gotta have my bowl. Gotta have cereal Seeing everything, the time is going Ticking on and on, everybody's rushing Gotta get down to the bus stop

Gotta catch my bus, I see my friends Sitting in the front seat, sitting in the back seat Gotta make my mind up, Which seat can I take? It's Friday, Friday Friday Everybody's looking forward Are you ready? Come on! Friday, Friday

Friday Everybody's looking forward What are you doing? Partying, partying Hey! Partying, partying Hey! Fun, fun, fun, fun What are you doing? Party and party and party and party and party and party. Fun, fun, fun, fun. Come on.

745, we're driving on the highway. Cruising so fast, I want time to fly. Fun, fun, fun. You know what it is. I got this, you got this. My friend is by my right. Hey, I got this, you got this. Now you know we're kicking in the front seat. You got this. My friend is by my right. Hey, I got this. You got this.

Now you know we kicking in the front seat, sitting in the back seat. Got to make my mind up. What seat can I take? Friday, Friday, Friday. Friday, Friday, Friday. Friday. Friday. Friday. What we do.

Party and party and party and party and fun, fun, fun, fun. That's an absolute fact, Rebecca. Today is Friday. It absolutely is, and I got some cognac, Remy Martin 1738 on me. We so excited. We so excited. We gonna have a ball today. Tomorrow is Saturday. That's how it works, Friday, Saturday.

Comes after words. I don't want this weekend to be hard. Rebecca Black. Welcome to the weekend officially, y'all. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, you guys have a great weekend.

Charlamagne. Yes. You got a positive note for the people? Yes, man. I mean, I got a positive note. I want to say salute to y'all. Enjoy the weekend. But I want to tell you, man, don't waste words on people who deserve your silence. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all.

Remember that this weekend. Breakfast Club, bitches! 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. 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. 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.