The Breakfast Club - REPLAY* The Latest with Loren LoRosa turns 100! 

Episode Date: December 30, 2025

We are throwing it back to when Loren reached her 100th episodeYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Please enjoy responsibly. I know he has a reputation, but it's going to catch up to him. Gabe Ortiz is a cop. His brother Larry, a mystery Gabe didn't want to solve until it was too late. He was the head of this gang. You're going to push that line for the cause? Took us under his wing and showed us the game, as they call it. When Larry's killed, Gabe must untangle a dangerous past,

one that could destroy everything he thought he knew. Listen to the brothers Ortiz on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Who would you call if the unthinkable happened? My sister was y'all 22 times. A police officer, right? But what do you do when the monster is the man in blue? This dude is the devil.

He'll hurt you. This is the story of a detective who thought he was above the law until we came together to take him down. I said, you're going to see my face till the day that you die. Listen to the girlfriend. friends, Untouchable, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. If you only listen to one thing to make sense of the news this year, make it this.

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Lauren came in hot. Y'all clapping up. We have made it. We are here at 100 episodes of the latest with Lauren LaRosa. This is the podcast, the daily dig on all things, entertainment news, exclusives, and all of the conversations that shake the room. Now, y'all have been tuned into your homegirl that knows a bit about everything and everybody for 100 episodes now.

But I do want to do a little recap. Let's take a look at the first four episodes of the latest with Lauren the Rosa. Yes, we are here. Welcome. This is the first episode. This is the inaugural episode. I think inaugural means first. I'm supposed to know that.

Yes. Enargo means first. This is the first episode of the latest with Lauren the Rosa, which is a podcast where we are doing all the things. Okay. I want to start this off by saying for everybody that. you know, reached out and called me or text me, you know, I made a lot of new support system and community just, you know, through people DMing me on Instagram and, you know, all that stuff, just checking in, making sure I was good, making sure Jess was good, making sure, you know,

we understood that like, yo, y'all, like, hey, this is a moment for y'all to really show the world with two black women on a major media platform who are going to be faced with, you know, obstacles and different things will still come after this, what y'all can do. and how y'all can do it for everybody who reached out sincerely and wasn't trying to get some information for a story or get a quote or just be messy. I appreciate y'all. I know that just appreciate you guys too because for the first time ever in my life, I wasn't reaching out to break the story. I wasn't detailing the story. I wasn't regurgitating a story. I was the story. Nothing could have prepared me for that more than my relationship with God that I have right now.

And I was raised in a church. I've always had a relationship with God. That's, you know, my family and all of that. Like, that's just how I was raised. But I think when you're grown and you establish that relationship yourself, it is so different. And, like, a year ago, when I decided to, like, get my apartment in New York and I was trying to figure everything out,

one of the things that I did was, I was like, you know what? I'm going to get my life to God again. Not going to get emotional. It's a good emotion. though. Y'all got me like B. Simone up here crying on this podcast about God. Like what is happening right now? But when I did that, though, I knew that it was a conscious decision.

And I told myself, I told myself then that I was like arming myself with everything that I was going to need to go to this like next level of things. And when I tell y'all, I had no idea. everything that was going to happen. And this is not about like the just Instagram live. I mean like everything. I just mean like, you know, me being blessed with the opportunity to be at, like, I left a job.

When you get on television as a personality, you don't take yourself off of TV. I don't care how imperfect that situation is. Maybe you figure it out and you make it work. And for me, you know, being at TMZ and being in L.A. And L.A. is the number one market or, you know, at least, because things change, numbers change or whatever. I know it's at least top five market. And you're on television and you're on prime time, your daytime talk show. And no one really knew who I was. You know, people knew, but like, people were, it was like, oh, the girl from TMZ, to leave that and go to a platform where, like, I was able and you guys were able to learn me,

get to know who I was. And you know what I mean? I was just like, man, God is really moving in my life. when I got on the other side of that and now the conversation that's shaking the room is about me following Jessica on live on Instagram I was like oh shit this is crazy my first reaction was like what the fuck

like what's happening right now wait what and I just knew it was something because people just kept sending me to live sending me live I'm like okay either she's on there because you know like behind the scenes I knew that like things weren't perfect I knew she wasn't the most happiest person but I think in my role I can only speak for myself I was trying to do as much as I could to make sure that things worked out well enough where

she could at least show up and do her job comfortably. Cheers warming up in here. Hello guys and welcome back. This is episode two of the latest with Lauren the Rosa. So you know since y'all don't pop my chair you already. And we two, you know, I was going to say two strokes in, but, you know, you could do two strokes on the first time. We two episodes in now. We're warming up to each other. You know, it's feeling like home. I'm excited to hear all the feedback.

Thank you for everybody that joined the live that I did when I went live with the Black Effect podcast network and told me that y'all have been watching the show or listening to the show. I'm so used to being on TV. Listening to the show and, you know, giving me some feedback. Today, I'm actually here. I have family here in my apartment as we are. recording this. I have friends. My mom is here. Y'all see my makeup is done. My makeup always be done. My makeup is done. My makeup is always done. Okay, the girl's always giving. But today,

this is like special beat, special hair, because we are actually getting ready to head to the launch party for the podcast. It's a private launch party event that we're doing in New York. And I'm getting excited as the time goes on. It actually starts at 8 o'clock. And it's about 8 o'clock right now. but we're still here we're going to do this where it comes first but that's kind of like what the setting is episode three all right all right hold on i got a cut in real quick i know we recap it but i got a cut in and it just let y'all know where my state of mind was within these like throwback episodes by episode three of the latest with la rosa i was literally running on fumes i was not used to this daily regimen of, you know, the daily podcast,

trying to figure out the video, doing the audio. I'm up late doing all the edits, doing the rundown for the breakfast club stuff. My family start tripping, like my mother, my grandmother, they're like, yo, what's going on? We ain't hearing from you. Everything was moving so fast. Everything was exploding. And I mean, I'm grateful to God that it did. But, oh, my God.

I couldn't talk about it then because I was like, I don't want to sound like I'm complaining. but even listening to my voice and listening to myself in these first probably the first five episodes of the podcast and that's why I'm so happy that all this is like documented you can just hear the wear and tear of all the things like you know breakfast club was happening

and people were excited to see me there and the podcast had just been announced and we were running with the first episodes I don't think people talk about enough about how you know When elevation happens, like we pray for good things to happen, we pray to elevate, you work hard, you're consistent, you know, I'm learning in real time, so I'm doing well, I'm failing in real time, shoot, I still am sometimes. But people don't talk about enough how just learning to adjust and unlearning what you knew on one level to relearn and learn for the first time things on this, you know, elevated level. How that like takes a toll on you mentally and physically while having to stay together in front of. of, you know, or everybody.

So, you know, as I'm listening with y'all reflecting back on these episodes, I'm like, man, you can literally hear it and feel it. Wow, episode three. What is today? Today is, no. Yes, this is episode three. Okay, yes. I'm tired, y'all.

So let me know how y'all feel on Twitter, on Instagram as you're listening to this and you tag me. But I feel like at this point, we are so exhausted by these. these Diddy civil lawsuits and all of the things and the sensationalized information that are putting these lawsuits to make them go, to make them pick up, to make them spread, that now people don't even care as much. It's like, I mean, and again, there may be people who were actually victimized in these ways by Diddy. There may be, that is alleged, we don't know until it plays out in court on both the criminal

and the civil side, whatever makes it the court. right? But it's just kind of crazy because I feel like it's like it literally feels like it like came and went. Like at one point in time, I know for me as on a journalist side, like, you know, as I'm choosing stories to do on a breakfast club or choosing stories to like, you know, actively get new angles and report on and things of that nature, I'm always like, you know, looking for like, okay, what's new, what's happening, what's happening? But the did he stop to me now? I'm just like, oh, another one? Bro, another one.

Can we just skip to the part where he'd go to court so we can see what's true or what's not? Hold up. I'm back again to pop on in. I'm popping in the flashbacks. This was so funny to me when I re-listened to this episode because I'm like, girl, if only you had known, you was going to be in court every day right with Diddy. And that was a big moment for us here on the podcast as well because we covered every day that I was in court what happened in court on the latest with Lauren the Rose.

And all those episodes are there in full for you guys to go back and listen to if you need to catch up as well. But I listened to this and I literally laughed like, girl, you couldn't wait for a court to come. You were in court every day. Tired as hell, sleepwalking again. Okay, y'all. This is the latest with Lauren LaRosa. I am Lauren LaRosa. This is episode four.

So let's get on into some things. We're taking y'all to court. We're doing a little court. You know what I mean? If there's a dun dun tailor, put that on in here. I need that, okay? It's giving litigation right now. So the first thing I wanted to talk about was Drake.

You guys know that Drake has been going back and forth with Universal Music Group over the song, not like us, even though he's positioning it and claiming that it's not specifically about the song, that it's more so about the fact that his label did not protect him and that they allowed another artist on the label, speaking of Kendrick Lamar to Drop Not Like Us

which Drake and team say is a very defamatory song it's dangerous and there's no way that this should have been supported so now he is suing okay

the lawsuit there's been a lot of back and forth but more recently the universal music group side of things said you know what judge this all is BS Drake don't really he doesn't honestly think

that we did half of the stuff that he is claiming. He's claiming that they work with bots to make not like us a bigger song than it was. He's claiming that they, you know, paid third-party bloggers to talk about it, that they paid radio, like just a ton of different things, right, that he has claimed over some time. He's claiming everything, but the song is a bop. And baby, the song is a bop. So this next episode that you guys are about to hear from like the first couple weeks of the podcast is really, really special to me because my mom was. one of the guests on the episodes.

And I've always said I wanted to do like a sit down, like some sort of content with me, my mom and my grim mom, just because I feel like the generational conversations are good. And there's, you know, there's some things that aren't so good. But I think that, you know, it could help people to see us talk through it. So getting her on the podcast was fire. My mom loves to talk. She loves people. So she was more excited to do it.

But it was also special for me because, you know, when my mom, my mom is a stage for a cancer survivor, if you guys have listened to my early episodes here on the latest with Lauren the Rosa, I've talked about that, I believe, but my mom, I remember one time we had a conversation just about, you know, my mom was just basically trying to comfort me early. She's like, look, we don't know how this is going to all work out, you know, with this cancer battle. You don't know what's going to happen. I'm not giving up.

God has a last say so, but I just want you to know that, you know, everything I've been able to see you and your brother accomplished in life has fulfilled me. If I don't ever get to see anything else, I am fulfilled. as a parent um and that it it i know she was trying to comfort me but it broke my heart because i'm like man there's so much to do still and this was years ago so having her here on the podcast and when i listened to this back to figure out whether i was going to put it here in this recap episode i cried because i'm like man like everything she's gotten a witness from that moment like two almost three years ago now um two now my mom was in new york for the launch of the podcast and i got her to

it down with me on the podcast, literally the day after launch. So take a listen. Okay. Ma, you got to clap it up. That's right. Clap it up. Clap it up. It's the energy going in here.

What's up, y'all? It's Lauren La Rosa. This is the latest with Lauren LaRosa. Now, this is your daily dig, your daily dish on everything in all conversations, pop culture, and just, you know, those conversations that shake the room. Now, I want to, first of all, thank you guys for coming right on back here with me. Y'all know, I'm the home grader. It knows a little bit about everything and everybody.

And today, in the room, we have a special guest a week. Another special guest, I got the OG who knows a little bit about everything and everybody. My mom really is, like, complete opposite of me, though. She mind her business. I don't. But my mom is here. Hey, Mom. Hey, baby.

Yes, right. My mom, Lois, is here. My family was in town because we did, like, a media, kind of like meet and greet type of situation for the podcast in the episode previous to this one. If you have not listened to that, please go and listen to it. It's a live conversation with me and Charlemagne just about, you know, like where everything started from for me, where, you know, I'm at now and where I'm going and where I'm headed. So my family was in town for that, so my mom is still here and she came to film the podcast

with me today. The way that we do it here, Mom, when we start off the podcast, is we do a check-in. So this is a grinding, you know, behind the scenes of the grind, check-in. where we just asked, how are you feeling? Good, good. I'm feeling great. That was a good opening last night. Really was really therapeutic for me.

Oh, to hear me talk about everything? Yes. How do you feel when you're sitting in the audience and like you're hearing me talk about things that like, you know, I mean, you're my mom. But also too, you live them in real life with me. That's right. That's what I was about to say. It just is the real life. and I appreciate you keeping it real, girl.

Yeah, keep it real. That's the way to do it. I congratulate you on that. No, go ahead. No, keep a real about you. And now let's get real about everything. About everything. She said we're ready to get on into some topics.

Now here is one of my absolute favorite podcast moment. So I got something really, really special for all of my lowriders today. if you've ever seen the show Girlfriends and I kind of feel like a little like a duh when I say that because who hasn't seen the show Girlfriends? But if you have or have not seen the show Girlfriends, we are going to talk a lot about it today

in this episode because we have a icon joining us, Ms. Golden Brooks, who plays Maya on the show. Hi. Hi. Good morning. Good morning. Y'all are glowed up for 9 a.m. on a Sunday.

All we all are giving. and all of y'all are glowing. I'm really excited to be here. Oh, gosh. Hi, you guys. I'm Golden Brooks, a.k.a. Maya Denise Wilkes. Golden, this is kind of like another full circle moment for you because you guys were in the African American Museum in D.C. We were. We absolutely were.

It just, you know, I think because girlfriends was so iconic, I feel so old when I say that. I'm like iconic. But I think because it was one of the first shows that actually celebrated, you know, Mara Bucca Kill, you know, hats off to her, showing black women doing yoga and eating sushi and wearing fly clothes, designer. I think that was the first time I ever heard about, you know, the, well, not really the Bergenbach because Sex and the City did it. But you had women of color wearing designer, you know, we talked about it. And I just think that on so many levels, it showcased us in a way that we hadn't seen ourselves and all of our flaws, you know. And I think that that's something that I think women of color, it opened up a whole new conversation piece on the black woman in TV and what that looks like.

Make sure you go check out the full interview. Audio in full everywhere you get your podcast. Listen, I've always wanted a talk show. And I've always said that when I had a talk show, I wanted my audience to come along with me, to grow along with me. Because y'all got to realize I'm doing this all in real time. I'm learning. I'm figuring it out. I am, you know, everything that you're seeing is happening in real time.

Y'all, it has been a journey. Oh, my God. It has been such a journey. I appreciate all of my lowriders, which are my podcast community. So whether you're watching or you're listening. you a lowrider, okay? Yeah, I'm excited for us. So appreciative of you guys, I really am.

The latest with Lauren the Rosa, like I said, it's a journey. It is a daily dig on all things pop culture to keep you guys updated. But it's a labor of love and a passion for me. I love to talk. As y'all can tell. I love to talk. But I also love just being able to come in here and figure it out with all of you guys, all of my lowrider community.

So thank y'all for tuning in. Make sure you continue to tune in. Weekdays, everywhere you get your podcast. The latest with Lauren La Rosa. Tell a friend to tell a friend. If they're not listening to me, I don't know what they even doing. I'm Lauren the Rosa everywhere. I will see you guys in my next episode.

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Please enjoy responsibly. I know he has a reputation, but it's going to catch up to him. Gabe Ortiz is a cop. His brother, Larry, a mystery Gabe didn't want to solve until it was too late. He was the head. of this gang. You're going to push that line for the cause. Took us under his wing

and showed us the game, as they call it. When Larry's killed, Gave Must Untangle the Dangerous Past, one that could destroy everything he thought he knew. Listen to the brothers Ortiz on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Who would you call if the unthinkable happened?

My sister was y'all 22 times. A police officer, right? But what do you do when the monster is the man in blue? This dude is the devil. well, he hurt you. This is the story of a detective who thought he was above the law until we came together to take him down. I said, you're going to see my face till the day that you die.

Listen to the girlfriends, untouchable, on the I-Heart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. If you only listen to one thing to make sense of the news this year, make it this. The final episode of this season of Next Question pulls together the most important conversations of the year. You'll hear David Graham on Project 2025. Liz Oyer on the plethora of presidential pardons.

Tina Brown on the year's biggest scandals here at home and across the pond, plus much, much more. It's a crash course in the last 12 months, how we made it through the year and a look at what might be coming in 2020. 26. Listen to next question with me, Katie Couric, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an IHeart podcast. Guaranteed human.