The Breakfast Club - The Breakfast Club BEST OF( Kevin Hart, Andrew Schultz, Donnell Rawlings Interviews)

Episode Date: January 5, 2026

Best of 2025- Kings of Comedy - Kevin Hart, Andrew Schultz, Donnell Rawlings Interviews. Recorded 2025. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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. What's up, Jess and Larry? Sholomey Nica. It's Monday. That's right. And it's all about comedians like Kevin Hart, Andrew Schult, and Donnell Rongs. Man, we had great conversations with all of them last year. I don't even know.

I feel like Kevin came to the breakfast club a couple times last year and Donnell. That's right. Am I tripping? Yeah, definitely. Always a great time when they pull up That's right When I say when Donnell comes Somebody always cries

Is either him or us One of us I was talking to Donnell A couple of days ago And he was crying On my phone about something Was he? I don't even remember

What it was Because you know Donnell the type person To call you And be venting And you just put the phone On speaker And walk away

And do something else They come back And he's still crying Somebody can call me When Donnell on the phone And I can click over And don't even tell him I'm clicking over

I just click over Talk and come back And he'll still be talking Jesus. Well, what kind of friend of you? You don't listen to what he said? Some of it, but I get the gist of it. Donnell's a repeater.

He repeats himself over and over, so. Oh, my God. He can't repeat himself. I get there. I know what the context of the conversation is. Then I just come back and be like, that's crazy. That's crazy. Damn.

For real? Let's get into those interviews, so don't go anywhere. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. Ray, Ray, Ray. Yo, Sala Man. Envy, what up? Are we live?

This is your time to get it off your chest. I got it. indoor pool, our outdoor pool. We want to hear from you on the breakfast club. We can get on the phone right now. He'll tell you what it is. We live! Hello, who's this?

Hello? Hey, what's up? Is this the breakfast club? Yeah, who's this? This is Mike. Mike. Mike? He's from Arizona.

What's up, Mike? What's up, Mike? Oh, my God. My butt boys. We got your butt boys. What's up, man? Yes, sir. How are you, Mike?

Yes, I'm great. I'm a huge fan. Just hilarious. love you. I love you. Thank you. You say my butt girl. I don't know.

Wait, what was that? Nothing. Nothing. But no, I'm just a big fan, and I just wanted to get my mom a shout out. What's the name? I'm being proud of me because I just moved to Arizona to start my new life. And I hope I'm making her proud of everybody else in Chicago, Indiana. What's your mom name?

Brenda Campbell. Shut the Brenda Campbell. You know her? Mm-hmm. No, he doesn't. I know Big B. Everybody know Big B. Oh, man.

You know, you're kidding. You don't know. But y'all are very inspiring. I'm thinking about starting my new podcast home. But I appreciate y'all for everything that y'all do every morning. Okay. Even though Donald is a little overboard with the gayness. But, you know, that's my boy.

That's your boy, boy. All right. You have a good one, man. You all want me to be gay so bad. You is you. Hello. Who's there? Yeah, good morning.

This is your boy, Prince. Prince, what up, bro? Get it off your chest. Ain't up, man. Good morning, breakfast club, family. Charlemagne, chess, and DJ, Envy. What is that, baby? Yeah, man, I got a question for you, Envy.

Yes, sir. Your trip to China. Yes, sir. You said it's very clean over there, right? Yeah, it was very clean. Absolutely. I've heard different. And I was like, is he sure he's not talking about Japan?

Because I know Japan is very clean. Sir, I went to Makai, China. Yo. I went to go see two basketball. games and a DJ. Like, you're going to get the location wrong. It was very clean, sir. It wasn't Japan. By the way, China's a big place though. Makai, that's what I'm saying. Like, you might

like, there might be parts of China that are dirty. We landed in Hong Kong and drove to Makai, China, which was about a 35, 40 minute drive. And when I was walking through the city, which I did, because, you know, Ben's had me walking around checking out the actual city, the country. Ben's looked eight feet tall over there, by the I mean, her foot looked so goddamn big.

No, you don't understand. They were running up to her taking pictures because they thought she was a WMBA. Her foot looked like transportation. I'm surprised them Chinese people didn't trying to ride her feet some. Oh, my goodness. That's actually a really good one. That's crazy, though. Yeah, but Makad, China, which is like the Vegas of China,

where they have all the casinos, is actually bigger than Vegas, and it's crazy. But, no, that was very clean, sir. Well, that's cool. Because the Japanese people, I heard they're very particular. They like everything in the right place. You know, it's got to just be perfect.

And China, I know it's a little different. But, um... Yeah, no, I've been to Japan, too. But this was my first time in China. They're both pretty clean. but China was definitely, like, I couldn't even find a cigarette butt on the floor. Like, it was that. They had people walking around with, like, that's crazy looking for cigarette butts on the floor.

You stayed looking for butts on the floor, boy. You're a nasty. You're a freaky-ass boy. Because people smoke, and when you walk, you see the cigarette butts on the floor. You're a little power ranger. You looking for a cigarette butts. Oh, my good. Goodbye, sir.

You know what, man, I'm glad. Hey, real quick, I just want to say I'm on my way to work, and I'm 15 minutes late just like Justin Sholomey. First of all, damn, boy, here. Thanks, sir. All I can say is damn, boy, they're saying. No, it was him. I don't know what are you talking about.

Get it off your chest. 800-585-105-105-1. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. I'm telling. I'm telling.

Hey, what you doing, man? I'm calling you. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-105-1. We want to hear from you on the breakfast club. Hello, who's this? Hey, it's Tony Gaines from Anderson, South Carolina.

Hey, what's up, Tony? Get it off your chest, Tony. Yeah, all right. Anyway, I went back and I watched the Dave Dash interview you guys had, and he made a comment about how gossip is something females do and stuff like that, the Charlemagne is insulted. So I want to ask Jess Salarison if Lauren is there, tell him in her opinion as well, like, what do y'all think about that?

Like, do y'all think that's messed up that men, associate gossip of being negative and that it's only something that women do when we all know that dudes like pillow talk and dirty back and stuff like that too. I don't think gossip is only for women. I mean, it depends on what you're doing. You know what I'm saying? But I don't everybody tell each other's business. Everybody, you know, whatever you do it online, whether you do it in the privacy of your

home with your friends and a group chat with your guys, whatever. I don't really think it's a feminine trait. It's whatever. You got something to talk about. You got somebody to talk about it too. Go ahead. matter to me. And a shout up to you, Charlemagne. I appreciate

your podcast with a brilliant audience. It's good. And shout out to you, DJ Envi, for all you do to your community and stuff like that. You guys take care. Thank you. Why do men act like we don't gossip? Everybody loves some good gossip. Yes. Everybody loves some little debited tea, man.

Okay. Hello, who's this? What's my, envy? What's up, Trave? Yeah, Jeff, Jeff. Treve, what's up, baby? I'm doing good. What's up, Salomey. Peace, sis. You're that booty blood off your sneakers yet oh my damn you know so crazy I'm actually

going into surgery today man y'all he had cut a tendon in my hands I can't move my pinky oh yeah he had each other like you know put a little prayers up they put me asleep later somebody did what they pinky what did you say now no he said it's me he cut us in my hand he cut my tendons they got they got to go in and repair my tendon okay okay okay I bet you would never hang with that friend again lord I mean it wasn't really hurt for I was really hurt fault so I can't but he, like, you know, put it on her. I can't put it on her.

It was just he protected her for a phone. I hope the doctor don't got to go too deep in your tendon, man. Wow. Hey, man. I hope not either. They got going to repair it, though. It's busted. Yes, sir.

Go, Travis's crazy, y'all. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. But, I mean, put a little prayers up for you, boy, man. Yes, sir. All right, trial. All right, tribe. All right, tribe.

That is true. It's a lot crazy. It's busted in your surgery, man. Get it off your chest 800-585-105-105-1 If you need to vent phone lines are wide open It's the breakfast club, good morning Morning everybody

It's DJ NV, Jess Hilaria Sholomey and the Guy We are the Breakfast Club Lauren La Rosa is here And we got a special guest in the building Havikai Walker Hello everybody Andrew Sheltz ladies and gentlemen

Welcome How's it going? How are you feeling? I feel good man I want to talk about You had all of us thinking that that poor girl's family died The Portia Williams I was terrifying He's looking at this note

And then I see her looking at the note And then I'm like, damn, somebody died And the only thing I'm thinking is Is she going to stop the interview? You know what I mean? There's this moment where you're like Does she care so much about fame? She's like, well, they're already dead.

They ain't going to be born. It wasn't a deaf. She started to get teary eye And the way she looked at her sister, I thought somebody died too And I'm like, oh, all I was thinking is we are getting exclusive. You're saying what I'm saying?

She worked in me. I'm just trying to get a laugh. I was like, I'm just trying to get a laugh. She's trying to get a, you see what I'm saying? This is a major exclusive right here. You know it's funny when Shultz walked in,

Shultz looked at that couch and he was like, yo, that's the whole couch, Big Danks at all? I didn't know the sessions. He said Big Dink made a small. Now the couch is the, I mean, I remember we were on Brilliant Idiots when we first saw that and,

you know, oh my God, and I don't know, Charlotte said, said, why is she calling a lift? She should, you know, she, no, yeah, yeah, yeah, why didn't she call a four? Why did she call a forklift?

And she lifted a fork enough. Yeah. And then she came on. It was really funny. Like I was watching the episode. And she's quite endearing. She's just like a really, really endearing voice. But when you guys moved the couch up and I walked in, I was like, oh, that's the famous

couch. And I didn't know that there are three pieces. So I thought you rolled the whole semi-circle out. Oh, you know, we pulled the whole thing up? Yeah. And I was like, she filled that thing out. There's no way she's making it into a Honda Civic. Like there's no way

She said she could get in a PT cruiser Yeah I don't know Yeah maybe Well God bless her I wanted to know You know with this day and age With comedy right

We've recently seen Damien And said he's not going back Out on the road Because they will cancel you for everything But you are somebody That don't give a F what you say What people think And why is that

Yeah I don't know that's a good That's a good I don't know why I don't really care But I think that the days Of canceling are done Like I think it's changed I think that kind of like

pendulum is swung and I think people kind of have a sense of humor now or they feel like less effective and there's their ability to cancel. I think you don't care because you through what could have been a Hail Mary or it could have been a well-coordinated play. It turned out to be a well-coordination. Which one? Yeah.

Because when Hollywood, there was a period and I remember this vividly. One time Andrew comes in the studio and Andrew was saying how his agent told him that Hollywood does not want white straight male. No, they try to gay me. White straight male. So they They gave me.

They gave you. They gave me, man. Tell me every day with me. They wanted you to try dating me. Oh, they tried you. No, no, they gave me. And they made my character gay. I remember the guy who, uh, it was his show.

He put me in the show. Paul Reiser, remember Paul Reiser? Yeah. He, uh, I mean, he was making a million dollars an episode on his show on, uh, sitcom back in the day. And, um, we were doing the show. I think it ended up on Hulu. And he called me. He was like, listen, man, you know, there's a lot of white people on the show that took place in the 70s.

It was about the Johnny Carson show. he's like two weeks before he started filming he's like hey man we got to make your character gay so uh I was he was like how gay and he's uh he's I was like why do we have to make it gay he's like ah you know it's just a lot of white people on the shows we got to find a way to mix it up they made one guy crippled that was the most hilarious thing

that's the EI too no but it was like they couldn't make us all gay so like one guy got to be crippled and I was like why aren't you ask you know what I'd rather be lipping around this shit than butt you know what I mean So, and... That's funny, are you getting buck-fitting you to blood? Both were up in this to the group.

So, that was so cute. We're here, guys. That's so cute. I love that. See, you all asked the questions. So, uh, so, yeah, so they made it, it was crazy. Like, I had to change one of the script. It was two, one of the guys, it got two gay.

They wanted you to kiss them by me and guys. Wait, what's two gay? They wanted me. They weren't, they, they had, so they had, so they had, like, this is one script. I got it on the day. They're like, yeah, it'd be really funny if you were, like, walking into this room,

there's three guys behind you. And I was like, man, let me tell you what's not going to happen. All right? Y, yeah, yeah. Y'all taking this DEI shit too far. I want you to get with the train. And it was like in the 70s or like,

it was like AIDS. You know what I mean? Like, there was no protection for that shit. And now we got three different guys following me into a bedroom. So that was in the script? That was in the script.

I was like, I don't think my guy would do that. So what did you do? There's a seam where apparently now like my hands are on the wall and then like Johnny Carson show that was the Johnny Carson show yeah yeah yeah yeah but nothing I don't do anything but the audience is gay

for thinking about it y'all are gay not me I just had my hands on the wall but all I was simply saying was there was a point where Andrew was like look I'm gonna go out on my own terms you know what I'm saying so if everybody's going this way

I'm gonna make the kind of comedy I want to make and if it works it works if it doesn't it doesn't but it ended up working I did I did my thing was like I saw a lot of people kind of watering down there for what the TV networks were putting on. I got empathy for the people that work at the networks too. Like you see you got a kid

who's in private school. You want to build a pool at your house or whatever. You're not trying to lose your job because I want to make some crazy joke. So, but it felt watered down and I didn't want to change the comedy. So I was like, where can I put out the comedy? And honestly, like having the pod with Charlemagne and we're putting out like brilliant idiot stuff and we're saying crazy

jokes and like people really seem to like it. And I was like, I think there's an appetite for this shit online. I saw your guy's success, like just seeing your guy's show kill it on YouTube. It just kind of reminded me, like, people are consuming stuff on YouTube. They're consuming high quality content, long form.

What if we just started putting stand-up out there? And I think knowing that there was this place for it made me feel way more confident. I didn't really care if it was like on a network. I just wanted to do the comedy I wanted to do. And you pissed a lot of people off. You ever got threatened? Yeah. Did you or does he?

I said, Diddy. No, I'm in Ditty. I was saying Diddy. But what I was asking, have you got threatened to a point where you was like, I got to chill out. Because you go to anybody anyhow. I got punched on stage. I used to get beer bottles throwing to me. Can you fight? No, I mean.

You box? Yeah, I used to box. Like, I wasn't like, but I'm not like some like try to fight everybody tough guy at all. It's like box and do Pilates. Yeah, there you go. That's better. Yeah, yeah. If we're organized and we're in a ring, I'll probably fuck you up.

If on the street and shit, I'm like, I don't really want to go do a lot. But yeah, yeah, I used to go through that kind of stuff all the time. But I just wasn't really funny enough back then. that's the way you know like you have the ideas you just don't got the skills to execute it it's not silly enough yet and then eventually I think you could develop the skills and then you could say even wilder jokes but in a way where people find it kind of funny and you talked about the censorship era being good for comedy because it set like certain boundaries like whatnot to be naughty yeah but so having those boundaries and then you're saying you look back up your old tape you weren't as funny so you had to develop so you have like there's a whole system behind you of like you sit and watch your highlight tapes and you use all of that to kind of yeah I also think censorship like in a weird way, I don't believe in censorship, but the fact that it exists makes you have to be sharper. We're in the air of you could say anything right now,

and comedy will probably get a little bit more like absurdist and irreverent. Because you could say anything, so there's nothing that's like too edgy. Does that make sense? Yeah. So now comedy usually gets like a little like weird and out there. You know, like, remember Zach Galfinakis, remember him? Yeah, two firms.

Yeah, yeah. I used to love him. Yeah, no, Zach's great. That type of comedy where it's not like here's a political take, but it's more like he's a character and it's a little weird. That type of comedy gets popular when you can say anything. And then when censorship comes back, usually the guy's like a Chris Rock.

I mean, just these like historic figures. But that's why I think well-crafted jokes, that's why the life special is actually special because well-crafted jokes have to make a comeback now because we live in a world where everybody just says any old wild shit. But what's the joke? How are you packaging it? I agree.

You know what I mean? Yes, yeah. And people will give you that liberty. Like, if it's good, if the joke is good, they'll let you rock with it, even if they don't like the topic or even the opinion. They, you know, they're like, oh, okay, I know what you were trying to say. Also, the life one is just, like, so personal and it's so vulnerable. I think I get a little leeway with the other. I had to watch it twice.

Oh, I'm going to hold you. No, I don't think going to, like, celebrate it. But, okay, so the first time I watched it, maybe because it was so personal, like, I was like, okay, where's the, like, I wasn't laughing at everything. Oh, really? Yeah, but it was because I was trying to. to follow the story and I'm like wait like low-key you like that was that had to be tough for you yeah and then I went back again and I watched it and it was funny and I was like okay but I'm like

I don't know why I had I've never had to do that I brought that up because I'm wondering like is there is that on purpose well there's a there's an interesting thing that like so the beginning of the special I say we had the baby specifically for that reason is that I felt like the audience would be too concerned and distraught so if you paid attention to the beginning you might have felt better. Well, I did hear that in the beginning, and I watched you a brilliant idiot, so I know you had the baby, but I think it just, it felt so heavy because you don't necessarily hear men, and you talked about this in a special, like men talking about, okay, we couldn't have the baby because it was my fault. Like, you know what I mean? Like, and I'm

like, he's laughing and joking, but like as a man, that probably, it probably still strokes your ego a little bit when you talk about it. Honestly, no, like it's weird. At first I dealt with it, right? Like, so my sperm, my sperm doesn't swim. That's like the issue that I talk in the, I heard the joke that Taylor dropped to him. You know, Taylor killed me. She said, yeah, because I beat her in a race, and then I was saying something to her. She was like, yeah, I run fast in your sperm.

Yeah, it was bad. I remember that. And nobody knew it. We knew at the time when he was dealing with. But the people online didn't know. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, so I remember that too, but go ahead. So it was like that's a tough room over there.

Oh, no, it was brutal. But the joke was fantastic. Like, you got to keep it in. So, yeah, so it's like, when I thought it was my wife's fault, which is what every guy thinks that's going through fertility. is I felt uncomfortable talking about on stage because that's like her very deep personal business and a lot of women feel incredibly insecure, right?

About that, right? It makes them feel less of a woman, et cetera. Right. Once I found out it was my fault. Immediately after that, I actually wanted to like beat the system. I was like, no, I think I could do it anyway. Like I got like really competitive. And then every time that we would try,

and it didn't work, my wife would like cry. And I felt like it was really selfish if we just didn't go through this other process. Second we went with the other process, I felt really comfortable talking about it on stage. Like, actually, once I found out was me, I felt comfortable talking about the stage. Because it wasn't, like, my wife's issue, and I'm, like, exposing her, like, deep, dark secret. Right. And when I started talking about on the stage, man, the amount of people that would, like, come up to me and send me these DMs, like, these beautiful things about, like, what they're going through.

And, like, eventually, eventually having kids. And, like, when you talk to IVF couples, you are, or are talking to the people that face the reality. they might never bring life into this world. And then, by the grace of God, we're able to see this thing that they've cherished and maybe we're trying to make for years. So you have the most gratitude for your child. It's a tight-knit community.

Like, most people don't necessarily realize. Like, you know, I got six kids. So the first four, bang them out. God damn. We were trying to have the fifth one and we couldn't get pregnant. So we tried IVF. Oh, really?

Yeah, we tried IVF, paid for it because assurance didn't cover it. That's expensive as a mother effort. Yeah. To the point when when we had the powerhouse concerts appear, I would have to give my wife to shot because you have to give her a shot at a certain time. And you got to make it. It's like a cocktail.

Yes, like at home, they're giving you syringes to... So in the middle of the concert, I'm in the back, doing the shot, this and the other, and it still didn't work, so we was like, we took it as, well, maybe God said four is enough. But at least you had four. Imagine the one that had zero. But it's just got one. It happened. It happened, bro.

Naturally, which was the craziest thing ever. Sometimes it's the stress, like, I know it's the dumbest thing, and you guys probably, I mean, you know about this just because of all the mental health stuff, you do but like the way that your brain can play tricks on your body that you got you put so much pressure on like having a kid and your body reacts negatively like that like there's a lot of people who try IVF it works and then the next kid they have naturally and it's just your body goes all right it's kid time like now you're not so stressed you got one and that might be it you guys

went all right you know if we're supposed to have four that's what we're supposed to have said no more forget it don't want and then you stop trying and immediately bang I'm glad you spoke about it because so many people dealing with it like we talk about in the book that when you do it So many people hit you. You'd be surprised and shocked. It's the last taboo thing and people feel so insecure about it because you don't want your partner

to be embarrassed. So like, I'm telling you it was easier that it was me. If it was my wife's ovaries, I don't think I'd ever talk about it. Right. Because it could be humiliating for women. For dudes, yeah, it's humiliating for me.

But like, as a comedian, I think I'm a little, like I find the joy in that humiliation. Funny in anything. Yeah, it's just, it's easy for me to deal with. But I'll tell you, after talking about it and seeing all the other people going through it, it's like,

yeah, that's why, honestly, when we had Trump on there was like three things that I want to ask him and one of them I wanted him to say publicly that he would he would protect IVF so let's talk about that how did you meet Trump how did y'all get the like how are y'all together they reached out and they were like do you want to have them on and we're like

yeah we want to do in the studio and then they were like ah we can't do it and the studio like you know shalmy knows it's like it's a you guarantee the assassination it's like windows everywhere it's like I don't even know why we were trying like you walk right out the elevator it's

windows everywhere. Right. Right. Right. But, right. I hope that doesn't happen. But, you know, but we were really pushing for that. And then, and then when we did the pod, yeah, I, like, spoke to his kid for a while before. And I spoke to Dana White. Which one? A junior. And I was like, yeah, just tell me some stories. And, like, I just kind of wanted to. The party. You talked about the party. Oh, yeah. So he told me about that one. He told me, yeah, yeah. There's a part I didn't say on the interview, but, uh, because I said he just went up to the roof and kicked everybody out. But, like, what Jr. told me is he was in his underwear.

So, like, just imagine Donald Trump in his underwear? No, the junior, for the people who haven't seen the interview, Schultz in the group, they talk about Donald Trump Jr. had, like, a huge party. Yeah. And then they had to throw everybody out because Trump found out about the party. Well, yeah, he wasn't supposed to be back.

Yeah, he wasn't supposed to be back. It was kind of like something on, like, a movie. Like, dad comes home, but he, like, never mentions it. Yeah. So Trump Jr. is like, almost like it didn't happen. Exactly. But we didn't know he was in his underwear. So that party got real crazy.

Yeah, that was the first time he addressed it in like 40 years or something like that. He never addressed it with his kid. You know, there's a guy in this room, a young black male who said, he watched Trump on Flagra, and he goes, yo, that Flagrant interview is going to get Trump elected. That guy that you're talking about, he's been maggot for a while. He was waiting for that moment. Okay, new year, fresh start. And honestly, I'm starting with dinner.

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Listen to Crimless on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast I thought the same way that was the first time I looked at him as like a person I was like why am I like I was like oh my god he's a granddad he cares about his kids but it was like y'all made him

he was having a good time the goal it's the fault yeah it's my fault that and the commercial where another young black guy in this room did a commercial that Trump used and played over I met the guy who made that commercial

it over again you know what do you say yeah he was like hey thanks Charlotte man really helped us I mean, that commercial was unbelievable. So it's awful. It's really crazy that the election was decided in this room right now.

We don't get enough credit. But do you get that response from people, though? Like, yo, y'all humanized somebody that, like, we low-key. Even when he got shot, I felt like people were like, oh, we don't want that to happen. So what I'd say to people, and I have, like, a way more humble take than I think most.

So, like, I don't think that we had any impact on the election. I don't think that any of the podcast, like, I think that America, I think what America had decided is a lot of America weren't voting for Trump. They were rejecting the current administration. They just didn't like what was happening. And I think the way that the current administration was campaigning, they're basically kind of saying, hey, everything's good. We're going to kind of keep doing this.

I think a lot of Americans were like, I don't really feel like it's good. So I'm going to go for anything but this. But I think the idea of Trump is always, he's a population. so if you vote for him, it means you love him and you're obsessed with him and you're mad until you die. Where I think a lot of it

is really just rejection in the same way that when people voted for Biden, they ain't really vote for Biden. They voted against the chaos of Trump. Now, what do you think about everything Trump is doing now? Well, what specifically?

There's a whole lot. I mean, there's so many orders. You love the ice between... Oh, I love that. I saw that on Joe Rogan, right? I think it was Megan Kelly. Okay. But yeah, I love the Gulf of America.

I mean, it's North America. It's North America. Central America, South America. Why, we call it the Gulf of Mexico. It should feel like the Gulf of America. It's not the Gulf of North America. It's just the Gulf of America. But again, what I like is just like, I like saying audacious shit.

I'm an American. Americans in general, like in our DNA, we like we like risk takers and we like people who are brave. And I think that's, like, the tricky thing for Democrats right now. And keep in mind, I'm like a lifelong Democrat. I grew up in an arts family. Both of my parents were dance teachers. Like, I live in New York City my whole life.

So what I need is some energy on the Democratic side. We talk about this all the time is I need some like talk. I need some bodacious shit talk. And I think the thing that really Americans care about right now is that things are expensive. And I think Democrats need there build the wall. And whatever that is, it has to tap into what people are struggling with right now. So if it's- They first have to build the team. Well, exactly.

But, yo, it could just be one outsider. Like, I think it's dollar eggs. Like, eggs are a dollar. I think you just start saying like that. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to do it, but you start to do it. but you start saying something that's going to resonate with people. And that's the only way. And I think that if they make it a class issue,

they win this election pretty easily come the next election. But they're afraid to do that because a lot of them are in the pockets of the billionaire class and the corporations. So they make it about identity politics. It's all these people that go to like Harvard and Yale that like pretend to give a fuck about you guys. They don't actually give a fuck about you guys.

But they get patted on the back for pretending to do it. And now they're in this situation where the rest of America is like, I can't afford eggs so I can't really care about the bathroom. Like I don't give a fuck about who goes in a bathroom because I need to buy eggs. Until I can buy eggs, I don't worry about the bathroom. So you've got to start addressing people where their problems are. You like Javan and Crockett, though.

I love that girl. But, like, that's the type of language that I want to start, I want people to start using. Like when she said, you're Putin's ho. I don't agree with that sentiment, actually. My favorite sound bite from her that night. But I like the, I like the energy. Because what people like about Trump, despite him being like a billionaire who got money from his dad, right? He doesn't talk like them.

he talks like me and you the Indian journalist is asking him a question dibble dabble dibble dabble and then all of a sudden dibble dabble dabble and then he goes I don't know what the hell that guy just said that to me is the most relatable thing

I've ever seen in my entire life I go yeah that's what I would have said that's what he would have said that's what you would have said if we were just hanging around on the corner talking I want to ask too because you talk about walking a line you walk a dope line because you have white fan base

and black fan base. Is that difficult for you? Because your jokes go everywhere with it. I got the most diverse audience in comedy. It's not even close. Like, it's just like you come to my show. It looks like the UN. So it's like, in my experience in my life,

I'm a pretty curious guy. So like, if I find out something about your culture, where you're from, whatever, I like talking about it. And I'm going to make jokes about just because that's my way of communicating the world. What I found is, is like when you make fun of people

based on things that they're proud of or they haven't realized about themselves, they don't feel offended. they feel kind of seen, they feel noticed, and they appreciate it. So all these different groups who start coming out to shows, you know? And I was like, oh, this is really cool.

And whenever it comes out to the show, we all kind of submit to this idea, like everybody's going to be made fun of. We are all going to laugh at each other. We're going to laugh at ourselves, and it's a cool little beautiful thing. So to me, it's never been like, black people found out about me before white people.

Like, I'm doing brilliant names with him, like guy code, to be honest, black people were on way before white people. I mean, eventually towards the end seasons of the guide code, I think it like just crossed over. But early on, MTV2, was more like hip hop related. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And then I think it was the Rogan. Rogan, I think white people started to find me. And then, like, you know, Indians found me. Obviously, I'd do the pot with Akos, but also some stand-up clips that would go viral out there. Albanians, when we've seen me from some clip. And, like, all these different groups would come out. Yeah, it's my favorite thing of looking out in the audience.

But I used to go to comedy clubs when I was on tour and the owners would be like, because it would be all black people for the weekend. They would think I was like Gary Owen or something like that. They were like, what the fuck is going on? Yeah, I never called you like, man, What's the secret, man? How do you get white people to f***?

I got black people, Dad. How do I get white people? I do also want to ask, do you still want to make love to Kendrick Lamont? I mean, like, honestly, it's hard to say no to that. You find him attractive? Yeah, man. Did you see him in them Celine Jean?

When I saw those jeans, I was like, boom, bop, beam bop, boom, bap, boom, bough. You got to stop. Stop. Put it up, stop. How do you even ask him that? No, no, no. No, they were really upset about that. That was a joke, but why do you think people got so upset about that?

You know, people made that shriacism so fast. I'm just saying he's little. Like, I hate having to explain jokes. He's itty-bitty. So why is he telling he's going to kill my friends? The biggest thing about this whole shit that nobody, I didn't even care that he said the shit about, like, me not saying jokes. Like, that to me is like a million people who said not say jokes.

The next line where he goes into the N-words that Coon and the N-Words being groomed slide on both of them. What does slide me and y'all? Take you out, but that's because... Oh, no, I ain't no explaining here. If you were enemy, you were in it. If you say, kill my friends, everything after that is fine. You took it there. If you say, kill my friends, because a lot of people thought that was Charlemagne and Alex Media.

So if you go the next line, you tell your fans to kill my friends, you get made love to. Listen, I appreciate my friend trying to stick up for me, but I don't think he was talking about it. I don't think he was supposed to know. How we know he wasn't talking about Gary Owens? That's a good point. There ain't nobody to... We don't know. I didn't know.

Gary, Gary, was the first person to jump out. I'm not about the twist that. In that moment, we knew exactly what he was talking about. Because I heard and I knew exactly what he was talking about. I didn't think it was, I didn't think it was me. I was like, why are he was talking about me? Because of the stuits and giggles and all the laughs. I thought he was talking about Matt, right.

Yeah, maybe you were talking about Matt right. I didn't know. I don't know. And everybody kept saying he was talking about me. And I was like, wait, if he's talking about me and is he telling people to kill my friends? Well, I got to do something about that. I got to do something.

I got to do something. Like, I'm not a tough guy. You know? I'm a certified lover boy. Oh, my God. And Solution. Kendrick, because Kendrick does what he wants to do and he gets rewarded for it. Like, you can do that.

This whole thing got blown out of purport. Like, honestly, I think he's, like, obviously a prolific rapper. And I have a lot of respect for anybody that puts something out for judgment. I think there are a lot of people who, like, they just make reaction content. Right. So they don't really know what it's like to, like, create a piece of art and put it out there in the world and let the world judge it. They have to deal with that. That takes balls.

And I admire people that have balls. Boles. So I can feel about Trump's trans executive orders. What would he do? His executive orders. He got rid of trans. He got rid of trans what? Women. They're not around anymore? According to him, he says, man and woman. But that is

how it is. Isn't that how it is? Every day, the sun don't shine, but the sun still come up. Well, here's the thing. I think there are trans people. No, there are, but Trump doesn't recognize. Yeah, but that he's allowed to Like, you can't force me to recognize He's allowed to not believe

But that don't mean that it's not true I was watching Squid Game If they didn't have the numbers I don't know if I'm recognizing What? You know what I mean? Like, if they didn't number them I don't know if I'm recognizing

Everyone What they got to do it, train? I don't know really I don't really know what I'm saying right now Listen, let me apologize before an Asian rapper comes from me. Jen, I'm sorry, Jim.

Jen, I apologize. Jen hits me up all the time. Oh, I get what you mean by the numbers now. Oh, my God. Don't ever watch comedy. I took her to watch the comedy. The life is out right now. The life is streaming right now.

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We got a special guest in the building. Who refuses to stop. Ladies and gentlemen, Kevin Hart. Welcome back, Kevin. He just won't sit there. Just won't sit down. How you're feeling? Come on, how you feeling?

I'm feeling good, man. Life is great. No complaints, man. Here to talk about more shit, which means great shit is happening. Still moving, still tracking, still working. Still doing the same thing, but bigger. Talk to us about this new two-part documentary,

you got. Number one on the call sheet. Congratulations, first of all. Shout out to Jamie Fox, man. This is a Jamie Fox idea that he came to me with at Heartbeat. And, you know, it was a concept about being the one on the call sheet and the good and bad of it, right? He's like, you know, a lot of people experience it, but it doesn't do the same for everyone, you know. And whether it's the ego, whether it's the money, whether it's the idea of the money, whether it's the thought of my career is now about to be.

And it doesn't become like, there's so many different concepts attached to it. I thought it was a great idea, man. You know, Fox is a brilliant mind. And I said to make it real, like, we got to go out. and, you know, of course, tap into all our relationships. So what started off is just the idea for men, like we were heavy on the men's side, and then we were like, yo, it's dope.

If you have it to where, you know, there's a male version, and then we go and we tap into a female version as well and really just expand the conversation of success or lack thereof. And it's dope to hear all these people talk about it. So I think people are going to be blown away by hearing the good and the bad.

Like, everybody doesn't with the concept of it, you know? Well, being number one on the, Calls me? Everybody doesn't f*** with it, man. When did you become number one on the call sheet, and what does it mean to be that? I've been number one for a while. But when was the first time? Like, I love it. I love it.

Like, I don't want to make it very clear. I love it. Now, you never left the road. Why is the road so important to you? Because you control it. You own it. And you do small venues, you do big venues, like nothing better than stand-up comedy. There's no job better than the job of live entertainment, live audience, your fans, your

connection, your relationship, it doesn't die. If you treat it like a plant and you forever water it, the plant is never going to die. So if it can grow and you have good seasons, bad seasons, it's always going to be there. And those fans are just going to ride with you forever. So I'm very

adamant on staying true to state of comedy. Nothing takes the place to stand-up comedy. I don't give what I'm doing, the level that I'm doing at, I will go and do comedy clubs. I will come in New York for months on a time and just do a run of pop-ups. That's my muse. That's my stress relievers so did you hear daman way say that uh he would never do uh stand up anymore because

he's like people are too sensitive no he said people are stupid well yeah he's stupid dumb basically you know he says anything people get offended too fast and it's like it's just not worth the distress i understand i don't see it the same way because i don't have that level of give of i don't want to do the thing that i love to do because i'm caring so much about what everybody else is thinking about what i'm doing like i don't i think he meant that on you know how the wayans used to be like they no limit like you talk about anything but now that since the new trend is being offended and a lot of people are just you know and it is what it is though like it's not going in the years i mean dame is dame is a legend like if dame wanted to go on stage and

f***ing around dame can do what he wants when he wants the idea of people being upset or triggered if you're thinking about that like then you're you're going down a crazy spiral i'm not doing comedy and thinking about the thought of what you think about what i'm saying I have the things I want to talk about. I know the direction I want to go in. I'm not here to offend. I'm not here to aggravate or piss people off. I'm here to do my craft.

Have you apologized yet to Delaware State University? For what? When you went to HBCU, you don't let it go. Come on. Let it be known. Where did you go, sis? She didn't. Here's your shot.

Oh, I thought I was trying to. Delaware State University. There you go. Let it be known. It is. What do you mean? I know what Delaware State is. That's a serious shot.

That's just a bunch of. You're not your knick is on campus. We are part in a day. Shout out Delaware State. Don't listen to you. That's a bit of Delaware. Why would I find that? Deshawn Jackson said you were sorry.

Huh? I mean, first of all, it is. All right. But it's like smart people there too. What are you mean? We're talking about. Delaware State knows I have no ill will towards them. I love you guys.

But it was a funny bit. This is a lot of sly the shit is out there. You got your animated show out, little calves, and talk about your life growing up. Yes. What made you want to do that? Animation style. You know, crazy, this has been a, this is a crazy development, man.

This is, I'm going to say, like, seven or eight years in the making. Before we could actually, like, do it properly, shouts out to Scott Mills over there at BT, man, for understanding, like, my world of want and allowing me to do it the way I wanted to do it. You know, it's an adult animation. And I wanted to, like, flip the story of the conversation attached to the hood, right? Like, everybody talks about the hood,

point of view. You know, the hood is the hood. And people like, the hood is up. It's so bad. Just what you're in the neighborhood. Yeah. And I think that there's a, there's a positive side to it. You know, there's a role that everybody plays in the hood, especially when it comes, the kids, families. Like, everybody's a part of the village. Everybody's

raising everybody's child. Everybody is aware. Everybody's in the know. Everybody's trying their best to service and need a good. And even bad is happening, you know, when people find out, there is an energy attached to trying to try to solve it and make it better. And this is a way of just flipping the conversation on the hood upside down.

So it's about me, my upbringing, being in the hood, but having such a high level of love for the hood, for my family, and for all the people around it. And Jess Lairis is in it, keeping her away from Breakfast Club. Come on. Just don't listen to that. I don't. Yeah, that's ridiculous, first of all.

Thank you. I want to make something very clear when people say, like, Kev, thank you for giving people a job. People earn them job. Like, I'm not giving just anything. I'm not out like, hey, here, just, here's a gift. Like, that's just, that's her team. That's people working and saying, hey,

This is a good thing to possibly put Jess up for and just in the process. I mean, you could say no, but when people are talented and earning things on their own, it's happening the way it's supposed to be. I'm not in the space of no of everything, and I'm handpicking people and doing, like, that would mean that I'm, I mean, the time in a day to do that and do it and do it, and that means that the people around me aren't doing what the fuck they're supposed to do. So it's your job to, like, properly package and put people in places to make these projects good. and it's my job to see it at the end stage

of going, wow, this is a great cast. These are great personnel, great roles. I like this. I like this configuration. But, Justice Erna, thank you. And you know, you do take the time to pour into the next generation. You know, Druski was up in. Drusky said that you gave him and Kajanaat a bunch of movies to watch.

Yeah. Told him, whatever your stupid asses is doing right now, watch these movies. Yeah. And prepare for the next level. That's right. I like what the younger generation is doing. It's crazy I'm saying that.

Like, I'm really am a part of a, like a time of old. How old are you now? Forty-five. Damn. Well, it doesn't look it. I did that for Don Cee. You know, that older generation of like how we approach the business, how we approach the craft, right?

Like, and I think it's dope as fuck to see this new generation navigate differently. Like, the comedians of today did not go and work at it the same way that we did. Like they're breaking new ground, finding ways to be the personality's first and then get to the stage after. And the way that they're engaging with their audience and the way of the audience is responding to them, I think it's dope as f*** and being a fan of it, I feel like it's my job now to figure out ways to, like, grab this personnel,

when and where I can and, you know, try to push them forward. With Kai and Druski, Kai is such a monster, man. I told him, I said, look, man, I want to show you guys ways to, like, give your audience more and ways to do more. So I came up with some dope-ass ideas, concepts for us to rock in together, but stay true to the space of what they're doing. So, Drusky, I know he came and he was like telling you guys about the movie. I don't want to tell y'all what it is, but it's a big idea that we're working now.

But I was like, to do it, you guys got to educate yourself on things in this space. So it wasn't homework. I was like, understand production, understand how movies are made, understand the look and feel. I want you to be a part of the process so you can understand the process. And after you do this with me, go do it yourself. Go do it and figure out ways to, you know, do it with the other people that you're around. Drewski said you actually set them up

in that stream with that little kid. A little fat boy. He said it was you that actually set them up. That's what you said. You did, though. You did start it. He said, you started out. And they followed you leave.

Because you're the OG, they follow your leave. First of all, what you need to understand is where the cameras are at all times. What I said, Drewski was in his hair. I said something in his ear. Okay, nobody really knows what I say. He knows what I said. And then he took the least.

liberty of going and saying very harsh things by the way you know things it shouldn't be We see you more walk right out like you see I mean I don't want to be around that I've seen a lot of people getting fights I've seen when it's about to happen I go like I shouldn't be here

right I shouldn't be here they're about to start shooting By the way he's got the gun I see it I'm gonna leave right now Yeah so I just exited the room Because I think at the time I had to go to the bathroom actually and then a lot of stuff From what I was told

From what I was told The kids start crying and stuff like that And I came back and I'm like, I came back and I was like, what's going on? At that time, I'm the adult in the room trying to calm shit down. Like, hey, man, what's happening? And I think all the cameras caught me saying that, which is good for me legally. So I was never attached. Drewski said he felt like he could make those jokes because he's fat and y'all were teasing him all day about being fat.

Oh, Juski, first of all, calling people fat is, that's aggressive. Well, you saw the big dank interview. Yeah, I just want to. I don't know where cameras are. I just want I just want to say that's it yeah it is

the effort the effort that's a half word yeah is Drewske big is he a little bigger yeah right does he have problems

breathing when he walks up steps yeah of course but but you know that little kid I think was on his way to a healthy lifestyle

you gotta support that right the little kid because he was talking I think the little kid was talking on exercising and stuff which is good

and I'm always glad to just be on the positive side of conversation That's what I'm about That's right You know I'm a beacon of life Joy

Kevin and sure At the level of success That you are Being an actor Do you still Have to audition for roles Or Absolutely not

Okay What are you talking about? Man He said that he does No I think Martin said He had to He pitches He still got a pitch project

Oh pitch that Yeah That makes sense If he's pitching things I mean Am I really pitching Things I think I'm pitching

Ideas to my team I'm more in the business of creating the things that I think best service my want and my direction in the business like when you think about

the dramas you think about all the things that I've done the series like that's been me so true story I was like

I want to kill somebody on camera I think it'd be dope and I went and found a guy that created narcos and I was like it'll be dope as

if we can collab and talk but we developed it and then I was like okay this is great let's go and take this out like that's developing it and then going to sell it

um fight night that was me will pack and Will telling me you had to write and I'm saying, hey, to do it, this can be dope but let's do it this way and put the right people in it.

So, like, the creative side from start to finish is where I'm playing it now. But, like, auditioning, I'm not really auditioning. I think people, if they have a project, they're like, oh, Kevin will be good for this and I'm getting those calls. Hey, we want you to do. And then I got a decision of if I want to do it or not.

Like, fans is the upside. That's still one of my favorite movies. You and Brian Cranston, they already saw you for that role and just called you. They said, we want to do the remake. and we see you and Brian Cranston doing this. Are you interested?

And I was genius. Absolutely. And Nicole Kittman. I was like, absolutely. Hands down. But it's coming out and having an ask. Not to say that I wouldn't audition. You would?

No, he wouldn't. I was trying to clean it up. I was trying to clean it up. I was trying to, because I know y'all got cameras here. I just wanted to look in and make you just look like, I'm willing to do. Right? I'm not. What about, like, social media backlash?

Because everybody, for whatever reason, was highly upset when you hosted a NBron All-Star Weekend. There was a section of the internet that was acting like they were. You know, you know, what energy do you give that? I'm a partner to the NBA. Like, I understand what that means. I'm not coming on to be Kevin Hart

and have funny moments to the NBA. The NBA has been a servicing aid to my career for over 15 years. Like, you go back and you'll look at how much I've been on NBA, T&T, and All-Star Weekends, Celebrity Weekends, all these events like this. you're not looking it's it's almost host adjacent right like the personalities that we lean on

because we're familiar with family and we know how they work that's what that is so the all-star i'm not going to the all-star game and trying to create a big moment for me i'm there because the energy of the all-star game comes with chuck ernie kennie myself shack like we've been doing this for years like just talking and playing with one another bantering on camera that's not an easy thing to do they make it look fucking easy they make it look great that's not an easy that's not an Especially between you and Shaq. Yeah, that seems very easy. That's not a easy thing to do.

Like that chemistry, that rapport, it comes from, like, having a real understanding for how TV works. So you can't just throw new things in there because it gets weird. People don't understand the times. People don't understand the cuts. How much time you got to go? Cut back to the game. They're trying to do so much new shit.

They're trying to discover it. So why they're trying to figure it out, here's personalities that we can lean on so at least we don't have dead space or dull moments on camera. That's what that is. So when you understand the technicality behind it, then you, you're not. you understand my involvement. I don't feed into that. Like, I know why I'm near.

Partnership. Do you ever tell Shaq to, like, really back up off you? Because he'd be kind of sexually assaulting you in a little bit. What? Shagg. Well, come on. Just a little. What?

There's only one time when Shaggy's done some crazy shit. Okay. Oh, I was uncomfortable. And what was it? Okay. New Year? Fresh start. And honestly, I'm starting with dinner. This year, I'm being smarter about where my energy goes.

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Honestly, it feels more like a high-level prank than a crime. Who catfishes a city? And meets some memorable anti-heroes. There are thousands of angry, horny monkeys. Clap, if you think, she's a witch. And it freaks you out. He has X-ray vision.

How could I not follow him? Honestly, I got to follow him. He can see right through me. Listen to Crimeless on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. I'm real husbands. That whole thing that's on the Internet that they... Oh, yeah, yeah.

That wasn't scripted, right? I wasn't scripted. It was a moment, and honestly, I'm going to be real with you. I couldn't do nothing about it. They got a cut. You know, this is before I put a little size on, not to say that I could do something to shack,

but I didn't, you know, it was a very frail version of me. And, you know, this is when, Shaq was like when they were like just talking about Shaq being a cop and he really was a cop. We thought it would be funny as Shaq pulled me over on real husband's Hollywood and you know like Shaq is like

basically about to arrest me. You know, everybody can't improv. Say what he did. I'm not going to, I don't need to be it. Tell us what he touched you. That's great and you don't even have to say this. We're not even going to discuss it. For people who haven't seen it, we're not going to be a great show you should watch it. It's a great show. But it's online. Yeah, but what we're not going to do is make it seem like

something that it wasn't. So, so, what What he did was he grabbed me When I got out the car And he just tried to get a little physical Right It was like Pat you down Yeah

But it's like Like everybody doesn't improv The same Comedy is crazy Comedy is an art Like you ever see comedians When they try to like improv And some of them go too far

Or they don't know when to stop He's like hey man We got to end the scene Like you can't go over there I'm like oh yeah Well you're like well You can't bring up moms Because we don't know

Who our moms are In this scene It's like I just googled it What happened And it says Hashtag Paws of the Week Hey, yo.

Nah, Shaq, you scraed by, Lady Kevin Hart. You literally took that man to pound town. Did he? Well, this is, what you're doing is ridiculous. That's actually, that's actually nuts. Nucks? No, that's nuts. That's nuts.

He grabbed me, throws me over the car. And he, like, he starts humping me. Humping you? So I'm like, I remember. Hold on how long he turned you around, bent you over. Wow. He did do. You got to look at Kevin's face and to say you can tell.

Let me tell you what I can tell Charlemaine is. Charlemaine is perfect. He is. Like, he's a nasty man. He is. Like, in this brief time, I just found out a lot about him. By the way, he starts describing stuff, you're a very graphic nasty man.

Yeah, I just told him. I was describing what Shaq did to you. He grabbed me and he throws me over the car. He's like, you don't know what I can do. He starts helping me. I remember Ralph, he's directed an episode. I remember I looked at Ralph. I'm like, hey, did y'all, did y'all, is it big pages?

Did something happen? Right. And they was like, uh, they were like, all right, uh, nobody wanted to say, Shack. like, all right, we got it. Let's just move on. We just moved on. Did you talk about it after?

No, we ain't even addressed it. I was like, man, just like, everybody just shut up. I tried to get you again on the start weekend. Everybody just shut up. No, he did. Did you get tricking a little bit? I saw you. He was creeping up behind.

That's a very young. I'm older and I'm in a much more controlling state in my life where I, you know, I would say something to say, you know, don't do that. Right? Don't get it. No. Hey, hey, you got to stop it, right? Like a firm, stop that, right?

But in that moment, that was Shaq trying to be funny. That's my, that's my, shouts out to the big dummy himself. I want to go back to number one on the call sheet because Sterling K. Brown did an interview where he said that people wanted to put him number one in the call sheets, but he was superstitious about it because he'd been successful enough not being number one, so he was okay with being number two. What do you think of that? I don't mind that.

You know, I mean, that's somebody that's been there. When you're there and you've experienced whatever the conversation attached to it is, it's not the same level of important, right? Like, it's not important. Like, I was joking around earlier about the idea of number one on the call sheet, but it's not that important to me. I don't give a f***. I don't care about top billing.

I don't need my name to be first. I don't need my name to be the biggest when they first put the movie or the TV show out. Like, if that's more important to you, I'm like, all right, let them get it. So when you and the rock do a movie, who's the number one on the call sheet? I let him get it. But he's, DJ's an ass. Damn.

Yeah. He's an ass. You let him get it? No, I'm joking. Yeah. No, DJ, by the way, he trumps me every time. What do you mean? It's not even a conversation.

I don't even bring it up. No, you're number one on this way. What is the thing? Because the box office numbers? Like, how do they? I think he deserves to be number one when we do the project. He's a international superstar. Not to say that I don't have international success,

but I don't think that we're equal in that guard, I think that his movies have performed and done crazy business internationally. And when we do the project that we want to appeal to the world, you should be first. I'm coming in and I'm on that train with you. I'm adding

value to it, but I'm not bumped by you being first. We put an amazing cast together to help us get those audiences when we do. But I don't feel any type way about that. I think he deserves it and he should have it. Congratulations too, man. It was announced that heartbeat isn't working with

the faces. Yes, heartbeat it. To be the official cultural curator to provide entertainment and live experiences for fans in the Indianapolis community. First of all, what does that look like? It's an opportunity for our company, right? Like, our company is a creative engine for any resource that allows us to be.

Right? Like, we are a business. So our business thrives when we can implement ourselves in places to create or elevate a brand, a company, an entity, And activation, whether it be live entertainment, storytelling, et cetera. Indiana, with the Pacers and the fever, have an attraction coming.

I think they have an All-Star coming up. But it's more about, they're like, look, we're looking for ways to expand and elevate what we've done. They spent a lot of money on a new facility. They have a team that's thriving, a younger team, the fever are thriving with star power, et cetera. So they're like, how do we elevate? How can we better tell our story? And I'm like, that's what we do. I'm looking to be a better partner for the NBA.

How do we better tell stories for your brand? How do we better promote and market you? How can we amplify or activate differently? Like, these are words in the business that companies desperately want to hear the potential partner. Will a heartbeat call Mike Epps? To do? Absolutely.

I told him Mike that when he was in. I said, knowing care if he's going to call you to do something. Absolutely. I mean, me and Mike's relationship now is, we're 10 times back. It took a long time to get to where we are now. but I'm happy at the road of like dumb shit because it got us to a place of real grown man and we're not we're not doing the dumb like tweets and shit no more

like Mike call me I'm calling you and we we talk so you know when I did Mike was the first one we got on the phone we had a conversation and me and Mike are very much on the same page and I think you know a lot of the disconnect was from assumption that's the realization that came about but I have no ill will no beef towards anybody damn sure not Mike and you know right now the priority between me and Mike are

figuring out the thing that we're going to do together and you know I told Mike like it's a it's a real thing like we've haven't done it because of this disconnect in our relationship we've never been on screen together we did real husbands together in the beginning Mike did an episode

and that's the only time where we've ever jousted on camera and I was like at this point in our career like we're we're not for nobody but ourselves. So, you know, how do we make it work? And he's like, yeah, Kev, like, how do we make it work? And it's a mutual understanding. And I think now having that as a priority, his fans will be happy.

My fans, I think it'll be happy. And I think it'll be dope for the culture when we do it. Yeah, where is that version of Harlem Knights for this era? It's hard to happen because the idea of it being just one is what people can't let go of. Which means? Like, there doesn't have to be just one star. But Harlem Nights wasn't just one star That's why I worked

That's why it worked Richard didn't give a f*** by Eddie Eddie didn't give a fuck by Richard The two biggest comedians Minus the boy shit The only person that was missing That should have been in that Cosby in some degree

Right A showing of him But they had Red Fox Robin Friars Like if you go on You look at the names Delaware Like you look at the names

And the people in Harlem Nights You looked at a conglomerate cast Of hard hitting comics of color We don't have that to date And even when it comes to like the Younger Comics, man It's been a few of like DC Youngfly Has countless scripts that he has

And he's trying to get all of us Like in this generation But egos and I wish she gonna be getting And who gonna be the main character up I ain't working with her or how he you know what I mean So the problem with the younger generation of comics man I made money so fast Good money not little money

They made money so fast So it's definitely the idea of doing that for that. I'm over here getting, it's like the idea. It's barely come here now. I mean, listen, just made money, still making money, right? Like, just understands that road money. That road money is a different type of money. These comics or new comics, Influencers Turncom, are making real money.

So until you get to a point where you understand, the money isn't going to drive your next stage of success. If your next stage of success Or want for success is attached To IP projects, whatever You cannot do it by yourself You gotta tap in That's what people are afraid to do And they're afraid to do it

Especially in our culture Because we feel like there can only be one And that younger mindset In this business today Is a cash driven mind The money will come I'm telling you the money will come The ideas don't

The relationships and the partnerships Don't That's the difference I mean I don't Kevin Mother's Hart man. That's great energy. Great energy.

Great energy. Little Kev, I'm excited about it. Adult animation, BET Plus, once again, shouts out to BET. Shots out to my amazing team and heartbeat, man. This is a piece of IP that I worked on for a long time

and to have it finally come to light as dope as f*** as funny as it's raw, it's edgy. It's a true testament to my mom and dad who aren't here. So RIP to the hearts upstairs and maybe down, you know, my dad, they say he could be.

Man, cut it out, man. They say, I don't know. So, you know, just in the middle. Hey, my dad is in the middle. That's been the same show. Shout out to Pops, wherever you are.

Yeah, I don't know what side. This is a... You don't want to assume. I don't want to assume. No, I don't want to assume. If God ever close the door, my dad might have been on the outside.

No, my God. But it's a testament to them. So I can't wait if you guys enjoy it. BET Plus. Watch it. Lock it in. Number one on the call sheet. Shout out to Fox.

Lock it in. I'm done. That's it. It's the breakfast club. It's Kevin Larch, y'all. So if you ever feel I need to be. Get donkey, man. Hit it with the hero.

Did she get donkey today, please tell me? I had become donkey of the day. At the breakfast club, bitch. Mm-hmm. Man, donkey of the day. Donkey today goes to a 55-year-old Georgia woman named Cheryl Cole. Now, Cheryl was convicted Monday of murder and aggravated assault in the death of her husband. Yep.

Oh, Cheryl was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after she smoked her husband. Okay, her husband name is Luther, Luke Cole III, and he was shot and killed after his wife drank four or five angry orchard hard ciders. I never heard of that brand until this morning. Not a good way to get introduced because I don't really drink like that anymore, but when I do, it will never be angry orchard hard cider. Now, Cheryl told the police she was just trying to protect herself, told the police she thought her husband was an intruder and claimed she didn't realize she shot her husband until he reportedly said, Cheryl, you shot me. Well, that story was a lie. Would you like to know what happened for real? Okay, let me read you the headline.

Everybody pay attention. Woman shot husband dead after he wanted to add new rules to their open marriage. I repeat, woman shot husband dead after he wanted to add new rules to their open marriage. Now, that's the headline. And I know when you heard that headline, you immediately blame the man. You immediately think, look at him being greedy, already got an open marriage, but wanted more. No, it was actually her. See, investigators discovered that they was having issues in their marriage.

Okay, a series of text messages they discovered showed the couple beefing over their open marriage. Cheryl Cole asked her husband for permission to see another man later that week. That's respectful in an open marriage. I would just assume those are the rules. We can see other people, but just let me know what's going on. Let's just be honest with each other. But then the husband asked her, does she also plan to see a second. man the same day.

To which the wife replied, L-O-L. The victim, Luther Luke Cole, who is now dead, reportedly said her response turned his stomach. Of course it did. Okay, I mean, I know we got an open marriage, but you don't have to be a whole whore about it, okay? I mean, how

much vagina do you have to give? Okay, I'm still your husband, so I need a piece. Okay, you got another dude who's getting a piece, and now you handing out slices to someone else? Well, there's no pie left for me. Okay, you're just out here acting like your poom-pum is bottomless. Like men can enjoy unlimited refills of that 55-year-old snatch, not to mention, okay?

No one woman should have all those UTIs. Yes, multiple sexual partners can increase the risk of developing urinary tract infections. And you just out here bringing that cloudy and foul-smelling urine in the house? Yes, your husband has every right to feel sick to his stomach. Okay, I know we got an open marriage, but don't run out now. Okay, how many people are you going to let travel through our love tunnel? By the way, this is the plot of many a Twa movie. Okay, let me tell you something.

For anyone who wants to engage and having their marriage open are slightly ajar, watch a Twa movie first, okay? They're on Tubi, all right? Fine early 2000s viewing, and all the Twa movies explored the consequences of a married couple's decision to engage in a threesome, and there was always some dangerous or nut-ass complication that would happen. InV, you told me that your favorite episode was when you were. when the college student turned into a male prostitute

and he fell in love with another male escort and you said that episode really made you think what did it make you think about? Lies! I didn't say that. I never seen that when I said guys. No, I said lies, lies, lies, lies. The moral of the story is when you married, just leave Pandora's box

and your marriage closed. What's the point of being married if you're gonna leave your marriage open at all times like a Waffle House? Okay, Cheryl said she suggested they end their open marriage because it was causing issues. You think? But he reportedly wanted to keep it going with more ground rules.

Yes, a two penis minimum. Okay, mine and your little boyfriend. Okay, but now you want us to be the locks and bring it a third member. Your vagina will not be a group project as long as we're married, ma'am. And then the police report says that Luther got even more upset when he found out his wife was talking about their issues with a friend. My God, we already got an open marriage and you're telling the world how that Poon Pum is on a world tour. She claims she shot her husband in self-defense.

she reportedly said he came storming into the room and tried dragging her out of bed and when he left the room she grabbed the gun fired a warning shot what she said made him angry uh before pulling the trigger the second time she said she was just trying to hit the wall behind the tv so it would scare him off and make him leave but she actually shot and killed him he's dead now okay all because she was out there sharing her lady bitch like a buffet at golden corral and by the way even though buffets are labeled all you can eat they will impose restrictions if you If your eating behavior is deemed excessive or disruptive to other customers. Cheryl, your excessive sexual behavior was disruptive to your husband. Okay, it was excessive, all right? He said something, and now he's dead, and you are doing life behind bars. Let me be the first to tell you, okay? Or maybe the second after the judge, you deserve. Please give Cheryl Cole the biggest he-ha.

Yo, that's crazy. Insane. Shot him and killed him. All because he just simply didn't want you to be out there with two guys. Uh-uh. That had to come from somewhere else. It sounds a little deeper. You wouldn't.

Like, come on, we already have an open marriage. Okay. Now, I changed the rules and you shoot and kill me. Because you're being greedy. You're running out. You're running out. I know greed is evil, and that can lead to a lot of different crazy consequences, that even murder, but come on.

This has had to be deeply rooted in other problems that they were having. You want to play a game? You want to play a game? Yeah, let's do it. Let's play again. Let's play a game. Let's play a game of Guess what race is!

All right. Cheryl Cole was convicted of murder and aggravated assault in the death of her husband. She shot her husband because he wanted to change rules in their open marriage. DJ Envy.

Yes what race he is! This is a tough one, but it's not tough, right? Why? Cheryl and Luther feel like black names. Uh-huh. But this situation seems white. I'm going to whites. Okay. Okay. Just hilarious.

Cheryl Cole was convicted Monday of murder and aggravated assault and the death of her husband. She shot him because he wanted to change the rules of their open marriage. And please pay attention to the fact that I said she drank four or five angry orchard hard ciders. Oh, wow. Just hilarious. Guess what? Racist. Angry orchid white all over. Now, Luther might be black.

They could have had. Luther might have been black. It could have been a biracial. I mean, you know. marriage, right? Let me pull in a picture. Luther was black. Cheryl was white.

It's white all the way. Mm-hmm. I don't think Luther was white. White all the way? White all the way? DJ Envy and Jess Alarish, you both are absolutely correct. Cheryl Cohen, Luther,

absolutely Caucasian. Okay. Capital right, white. All right. January 6th, insurrection, white. All right. Oh, my goodness. All right.

Dix and Hazard white. Oh, my goodness. That's right. Look at them girls with the day to do. Oh, my goodness. All right. Everybody is DJ Envy. Just hilarious.

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clinic's catastrophic collapse and the patients who banded together in the chaos that followed. We have some breaking news to tell you about. Tennessee's Attorney General is suing a Nashville doctor. In April 2024, a fertility clinic in Nashville shut down overnight and trapped behind locked doors were more than a thousand frozen embryos. I was terrified. Out of all of our journey, that was the worst moment ever. At that point, it didn't occur to me what fight was going to come to follow.

But this story isn't just about a few families' futures. It's about whether the promise. of modern fertility care can be trusted at all. It doesn't matter how much I fight. Doesn't matter how much I cry over all of this. It doesn't matter how much justice we get. None of it's going to get me pregnant. Listen to what happened in Nashville on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever

you get your podcasts. Have you ever listened to those true crime shows and found yourself with more questions than answers? And what is this? How is that not a story we all know? What's this? Where is that? Why is it wet? Boy, do we have a show for you?

From smartless media, campside media, and big money players comes crimeless. Join me, Josh Dean, investigative journalists. And me, Roy Scoval, comedian, as we celebrate the amazing creativity of the world's dumbest criminals. We'll look into

some of the silliest ways folks have broken the laws. Honestly, it feels more like a high-level prank than a crime. Who cat Fish is a city. And meet some memorable anti-heroes. There are thousands of angry, horny monkeys. Clap if you think she's a witch.

And it freaks you out. He has x-rayed vision. How could I not follow him? Honestly, I got to follow me. He can see right through me. Listen to Crimless on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Donnell, come on.

One of the most left-on comedians of our generation, Donnell Rollins, man. Donnell. What's up, Donnell? How are you feeling, man? I'm feeling the air. How you feeling? I'm feeling good. I feel like I just got this product and it works wonders.

It's supposed to remove negative energy. Oh, there's no negative energy here, man. It's a positive energy here. It's a polisanto spray and it works wonders for people to have... Well, how are you feeling, man? How's your son? I've seen you on the river. I've seen you really enjoying life, man.

I appreciate that, man. It's horrible. Really? Yeah. And it's got even worse since you recommended a therapist for me to go see. me to go see. Oh, yeah, you started going to therapy. Yep, and he gave me horrible advice.

What was the advice? It was a situation with me dealing with, like, baby mama drama. Okay. And I say, sometimes I get to a point where I'm just frustrated. I don't know what to do. And then he said, what would you do? If you were doing a comedy show, right? And you wasn't, the audience wasn't engaged, whatever, what would you do?

I said, well, I've had that situation where I had to fall back, regroup, speak a little slower. you know what I'm saying and it started all over and he said why don't you do that in your relationship and I try that and it still didn't work

so thank you for giving me the worst therapist in the world to the day I'm not saying it's bad what happened when you tried it why didn't it work it just didn't work

I think we I don't know it just didn't work I saw you post your son's birthday though it seemed like y'all are but that's the son that's not the mother

of his child yeah but you posted with her so I figured all the co-parent and stuff was going well it is going well it's a tough thing

I tell you for anybody this through co-parent. It's tough, especially when you still may have some emotions involved, whatever. But I will say this. I dated this. Oh, you still have emotions? No. No, come on.

It's okay. Open us. All right. Can we have rules? Can we have rules of engagement? What do you mean? Like, you're going to have to raise your hand. You're going to have to do something different.

All right? The way you communicate, I don't really like it. And I was trying to explain. I dated this girl some years ago, right? And she got separate. She was separate. Her parents divorced, when she was divorced when she was. was young, right?

And I also, I used to always see, you said raise his hand when you have the question. Do you still have a motion? But still you got to let me finish. You have to let me finish my son's. Is this about the mother of your child

or this is another one? It's about what I wanted to be about. Okay, okay. Yes. I'm just asking. All hairs together, guys. So I used to see, the woman I used to date,

her parents were still together. They would do Thanksgiving. They would do dinners and do all this type of stuff. And I used to say they must be smashing. No way they did. they are that connected to each other. But as I got older or had this situation in my life, I was like, no, they was just trying to give

or create the best family situation as a co-parent they could do. So that's what I do, I imply it in my life. And we do do a good job. But you wish I asked if she let you? No. So you don't have emotions is what his question was. No, I don't.

I mean, I don't think she still likes me. But I, what? So what's emotions? Because you said this emotion is still involved. You said that. That's what you said. You say it can be hard when emotions. When emotions are to the ball.

Thank you. Thank you for the clarity, Jess. Well, no. So you still have emotions. She still has emotion. Nobody has emotion. We are raising a beautiful young man. And, I mean, this is one thing I say about my co-parenting situation.

A lot of times when mom and dad are not together like that, it's separate. It's like my mother and my father. You know what I'm saying? But my son, whenever he talks, he speaks on us as a family. As parents. As parents, it's not like I'm going to my mother's house or my father's house. So we've done a good job. with that, and Austin is a beautiful kid.

Do you regret anything? Did you cry for a time? What? Do you regret anything in that situation? Of the relationship? Yeah, because you said before that you were the one that messed it up, correct? I didn't say I was the one that messed up. I can see that, though.

We can see you being the one that messed up. What were you saying? So when you go on stage, do you talk about, you know, your past relationship or your co-parenting relationship with your son's mother on stage? Oh, yeah. Has she ever heard about that? Oh, yeah. Does she like it?

Is that? No. That's what you were wrong. No, it was, I'm going to tell you. She knows me. My life is going to go on stage, right? Yeah. She understands that.

But sometimes with people get in your head, you know what I'm saying? Like what she throws are funny jokes. One of her girls come, uh-uh, I don't believe he did that and he gaslighting all that stuff. We had that situation. But, you know, I mean, you dated a comedian. That's what it's going to be. My life is going to be on stage. But I'm always, I never would do or say anything to put her in a bad light or anything.

Because at the end of the day, she gave me the biggest gift of my life. So I'm forever grateful for that. And I even said, you know, there's a certain, it's a certain amount for someone to have your kid. It's a certain amount of love. I think you're going to always have. Yeah. Does that mean getting back together or rekindling anything? It doesn't, but it's a certain amount of love and respect.

I always tell. The next question. Did you ever ask, like, how it affects her when you go on stage and talk about it? Because that could bring trauma. Did you ever, like, get to the bottom? No, I don't, I can't. Man, if I go. So you said you care.

So if I care, but I don't care because I. Damn. That didn't come out of therapy. That was, that was disgusting. That was disgusting. Can you call on me, please? Yeah, go ahead. Do you think that calling yourself?

And my brother said, the gays don't really like you the way you think they do when you said that you know that's what he said when you say he said get over yourself when you say dating a narcissist speaking of not being able to get over yourself when you talk about dating a narcissist do you think that's triggering for the mother of your child I didn't say date absolutely you don't know who the narcissist is you clearly how you know that's me because of what you just said because she didn't sign up for that part of it right all right this is just too much going on right now you can't track all right we're going to slow down so so so either way it's triggering because whether or not

she had to date you who's the narcissist or you're calling her a narcissist that is gaslighting it's up to this up to the interpretation of who think i don't know who the f***er i don't know what the gaslighting calling her i don't know what the narcissist really is right all i know every time i use it it come up in my algorithms the minute we argue about something it's always if the narcissist woman would do this i don't know what the fucking narcissus is yeah i just think it's a word that you use to um sell books and make my money on the side i feel bad for her because, you know, she didn't sign up for that part of it. She just sits there trying to raise her child, and you just talk about her own hand.

You are the narcissists. Yes. Now, Donna, you've always been raw and unfiltered. Has being too real ever cost you opportunities in this industry and in your personal life? Oh, great question. Has been, no, because I am who I am. I don't act like I'm anybody else. And then with me is what you don't like the version of you.

I don't really care about what people like. If I'm presenting myself the best way I can and I'm putting it out there like, I want, I want to, I can't care about people like, I can't let, I can't let I can't let, uh, I can't let people control what I'm doing on stage or off stage. Yes. Do you think, you know, why you're so quiet? I'm just

Yeah, raise your hand. Oh, me. Yes. You know, I'm just in here observing. I just, you know, it's been a while observing. Observing. What do you see? What do you see? What is observing? From your perspective. Is it a V or a Zurbid. I think he's having a hard time tracking because, you know, as he gets up there,

too many people have one time. What does get up there mean? Up on the chair where you sat down at. Oh, okay. What? Question. Do you think that, you know, you lost your edge now that you change, you play pickleball, you're on a river, you do white things more than... Pickle ball gives...

You do white shit. You was riding bikes for bikers shorts on, son. You did that for six months. That is true. You have the shoes that go into the thing. You were doing that shit, sir. You know the shoes that you put inside the pedal thing? The bike shoes.

I lost my edge a little bit. That's my asking you. You did that for three weeks, so you put that in the garage. You got your photo app. You probably got a sponsorship for that. And he was like, okay, on to the next. That's what you did, sir.

We were thinking about you earlier. Thinking about something that Sholome and I were talking about that, you know, since we got to this age, it's very enjoyable. Have you ever thought about getting a bidet? No. Why?

I just don't. No, that's not my thing. That's the gateway. The gateway to what? A clean booty? A clean booty? That's a gateway to your lifestyle. A clean booty.

That's what it is. You wouldn't be who you are right now if you didn't your first boudet. First of all, there's nothing wrong with a boudet. I'm not here for all over a way. Have you ever been gay? Have you ever been gay for a bidet? Oh, you had gifts.

No, I'm sorry. This is unfortunate. It's not a thing. It's not a, just right here. It's because I've had, and there's nothing no slight on the ladies. in here, but I've had a history with these guys

for so many years. You came up here with gifts for them too. What is this? What is this? It's a gift. Oh. Oh, Oh, shit. Get a close up. Get a close up. Get a close up.

Yo. Get a close up. Wow. Look, get a close up. You got me a pair of gay force ones. No, no, no. It's how my greatest moments of fucking with y'all. This is print. Those are lit, Donnell. That is I appreciate these gay force ones.

Now I understand why me and Jess don't have them. These are dope. You should have the pink shoelace. I do apologize. I feel bad about it. They should have the pink shoe lace. Yeah, my guy, Akeo Evans out of Baltimore. Guy, artist out of Baltimore.

This is a very thoughtful gift. But no, it's not, it wasn't supposed to be thoughtful. It's supposed to be insulted. It's not. I just wanted to see the memories. Today is my birthday and I'm going to wear them. Yeah, I'm going to wear them this weekend. These aren't even the same pictures on both of them.

Nah, that's crazy. This is amazing, Donna. This is very thoughtful. Does that say Did he? Thank you were thinking of me I thought I saw Diddy on the other side of it Let me see No, I would love to

No, the other shoe Yeah, Diddy would be on his Because he sat between Diddy's legs I didn't sit between Diddy's legs I slipped Oh, it's a puddy king I slipped in a puddle of what Of oil

All right No, I was I'm not gonna revisit that That's a part of my life I'm not going to read the Jews skit I thought that was hilarious That one was spot on Yeah

I'm gonna always be insulting to you guys I loved it actually don't know how frustrating is it right when people are not taking you serious because you're a comedian it's interesting because i really for what we do i don't really want people to take me serious i want them to find me to be funny you know what i'm saying people take you too that's not that's not your question that's not your question you raise your hands right you know that's not true you like to be taking serious yeah that you actually get very frustrated when people don't take you as serious as they sure what makes you think I get

frustrated because you told me that verbatim you remember when you told me that remember when you yelled at me over the phone and I didn't realize that you were playing I thought we were playing and then you was like no you don't ever take me serious and I that that's that's a horrible impression of me a real interview I know you said I would like to get a real interview for once like every other that come no I remember no it's a gift and a curse of you want to say yeah you know because it's times you want people to understand it you're serious but at the end of the day as a comedian I don't want

people to take me that serious. I want people to, you know, think I'm funny and laugh at the jokes. Yeah, but in times when you are really serious, you know, like we were talking about your dad, you know, and how he priced and everything. You're trying to trigger something. I'm not. I just want. I just said the timing sometimes. And there's times that I have moments. And I was having a moment that went viral and you laughed and you laughed. And I thought that was very insensitive. Yeah. What did we laugh at? Now, what's the biggest childhood trauma that bothers you?

You want to know? Yes, sir. I don't even know I can say this. And y'all are going to laugh at me. I'm not going to laugh at you. I promise you, we're not going to laugh. When I grew up, right, and I remember. I was trying to explain a part of my life.

And I think that it was very insensitive. that's only because we laughed before you got to the part about your uncle what about it was it was about my dad it was his dad not his uncle he didn't give a friend no it was the part about that no I thought he laughed about your dad passing away another time what the other part when you was talking about being grown up I said when I grew up I was trying to go back to a story of my childhood oh I thought that it was related to the relationship that I had with my son and then when I was doing that that's when y'all left but I you know that

I've gotten past that you know your brother spent a lot of time with your uncle? More than you? Who's your uncle? First of all, my brother, who happened to be a part of the letter community, said that the gays don't like...

What is trade? Trade is Charlemagne. Yeah. Trade? He comes off as like, not... But he said, but he said, he said, you are not trade. Oh, so that means you plan. He said, you're not, he said you're not trade, and nobody's...

checking for you. Trade is a masculine, potentially straight-identifying man who engages in same-sex activity for various benefits like money or companionship. So what I've been told is that I'm not trade. I'm actually a butch queen. Oh. So ask your brother that. Call him.

He sounds very trady. A push-que queen. I have heard that one. Call your brother in the definition. Since I'm not trade, does he think I'm a butch queen? I don't think he said, Butch queen. That's like a double negative?

don't my brother decided to text me back and this is what he said because I need to have an understanding and his voice this is what he said okay nobody in the black

LBGT community thinks he's straight all right trade would never have his eyebrows and when was he elected the spokesperson for black people I must have missed that meeting

he's still my boy he's still my boy asking if I'm a butch queen though can't ask him Call him again. Call him over this. Is he a butch queen? FaceTime.

Hello? Whatever. So I have Shardaman here. He had a question for you, Chuck. Okay. So you don't consider me trade? No, boy. No, come on.

What about a butch queen? Yeah, absolutely. Oh, his brother said absolutely. But what is a, what is a, what is a, what is a bitch queen? What the kids who call Shaulamane? The Y. No, not the why it is The older ones

I don't know what to... And Donnell would be a bear, right? And what am I? What is a bear? Envy won't be something. What am I? A fragal maggot. Just this plain old frackerelman.

That's Envy said, what is he? I don't really know what they put the light skin people. Oh, it's a whole different category because of your complexion? There's rules to this. What are the rules? I've given them to you. Okay, I'm here to listen.

Listen. What else you want to you to just ask? What would Cholome would not be trained? But which Queen, absolutely. Is Charlemagne the top of bottom? I'm a power top, clearly. I'm more versatile. That would be me.

I can see that. I can see me being versed. Flexible. Could you leave your brother alone? Last thing, last thing. His brother, I mean, tell your brother that he loves doing tricks on the bidet. What is that? Oh, Charterman loves doing tricks on a boudet.

What is that? Being prepared, being well prepared. Okay. I told him that was, I told him that was the gateway, the gateway. But the getway, the gateway, but thank you for giving me a little bit more acknowledge on who this motherfucker really is. Thank you, Chuck. Anytime.

You're not taking it easy. All right. Take it easy, Charlemagne. I was just, this was walking my attention, a comment that somebody put. posted. You were on Kill Tony. I was. Yesterday with Rob Snyder. Oh, you went back? Okay, nice. And somebody...

Me and I went back. So you're made up. Everything was... Made up. Keltoni? I never had an issue with Kill Tony. It was really bad for you on there at one point. It wasn't bad. It was. You got booed and...

Booze. What are you talking about? I didn't get booed on Kill Tony. Oh, that was another place. I got booed on Rose Battles. Oh, man. Y'all got to get your boots. No, no, no. You walked off of Kill Tony.

I removed myself from a negative situation. That guy was killed. I didn't say I had a got to. Could y'all please stop? You walked off because the guy was killing you so bad. I did not walk. They didn't move him, though.

Javante, what happened? Javanta, I'm sorry, Javanta. What happened? I didn't. Come here, Javanna. Come to the mic. He crashed out. What happened?

Okay, so. What? What? What is the problem? Don't get you. Don't be scared. I'm scared. Why did you?

Blink if you need help. Blink if you need help. I just don't want to come on here and act like. Dona, I love you so much. He's a great representation. Blink if you need help. And work ethic.

Tell us what happened to kill something. Not last night, but the time before when he walked off. Well, he has a tendency to crash out. And so at that point, Don't know. Don't look at him.

He was already gone. He was already gone. He was already gone. Okay. He was already gone. And he walked off. What do you think happened at the last one? The last tape because there's a really negative comments that I'm about to read.

No, Donnell killed this last night? Yeah, he killed it. Killed it. There was nothing wrong with that. There's a comment that says Donnell Rawlings' brand of comedy is so bad to me. Like, watching a train wreck, Charleran is going to have a field day tomorrow. Damn. Jesus.

Wow. Jesus. But see, those are your type of people. No, they're negative. They're negative. They're negative. Those are your type. You love that.

Nothing to do with you. You went through everything. You went through every part You're showing me this And then First of all I did Was type your name

And it was top Of the I didn't even go look for it And she called you a top That's crazy That's crazy I typed your name in on X And then it just was like

Probably like top three tweets At least he didn't get booed He didn't get booed again That's the moment That was good on stage Yes he is He's amazing on stage Okay

I don't like him booing him no Okay The thing is I did kill Tony Some years ago Yes Five years ago actually And I was

on that stage for two and a half hours and I had something to do and I told Tony I'm not going to be here forever two and a half hours is a long time it's a very very long time you had a sushi date I just didn't have a sushi date it was one of those sushi spots where it takes a year to get a reservation

they sit six or eight people it's not like going to sushi samba sushi stop like to go it was one of it I don't even know the name of it it's a speak easy joint I wish I felt bad that I'm it's like one of the best place in Austin Texas I had to go and what happened was they did a video where they showed me

having gone at with this comic if you look at the video you'll see it's one shot one comedian it's another shot so they edit I know you explained it last time you know if you're explaining you're losing I just want you to know that no no no you're explaining you're losing I know that is not what that means this it does this comment right here says

what do you say it says somebody named allegedly Drew I don't know who that is he has a checkmark because you were hilarious but Donnell Rawlings is the worst guest I've ever seen stereotypes are so real. That's what you said to Rob Snyder. Wow. But the thing is, that base, and I will say Tony has created a platform for people to get on. That's one of the biggest YouTube shows, whatever. But the people

that watch that, they just, like, they are a lot of, I say 75% in the people, they are trolls. They live for moments like that. They live to try to get on your skin. And they do, every time. Does the troll never get on your nerves? So it does. You said they do. Sometimes, but I'm getting better. Do you want to hug? Ignore it?

No, I don't want a hug. Well, I I love you. I don't know what I want. You have shows at the Stress Factory, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Yes. Is it six shows or five?

It's two shows, Friday, two shows, Saturday, and one show on Sunday. I do well in that club. I'm pretty sure it will sell out. Gary Owens said he sells out before he became a base. They don't even have to talk about this show. Okay, well, that's Gary Owens. I don't give a fuck.

You know, I can't get you about it. Yo, what I can't get you. Yo, so what I don't give him. So, fuck them all. You sell your tickets the way you sell your tickets, and I will sell my tickets the way I sell my tickets. Next question. I like the new fashion forward.

I mean, my fashion never meant backwards. You don't want to need a stylist. Do you ever look at you? Put the glasses on. I like the fashion forward. We appreciate you, Donnell. We appreciate you. You dress like August.

I've seen a boyfriend at the bottom? A school t-shirt at the top. The fact that you. have all these gay references just ready. Anything gay, you got a whole speech about that shit, top bottom. You don't even say pause and pause situations, sir.

That's how free you are with yourself. You would just let it go and you were only that I know will unpause or pause. Do you think comedians are afraid to joke about sexuality because they're scared of how people will label them? Yeah, 1,000% they are scared to talk about it. That's why you are in touch with yourself. That's why when people call

you and it's me, it's fruity-toity or booty band, which you don't affect you because you're in touch with your sexuality. Booty Tootty, Tootty, Rootio, whatever it is. Do you think black men in comedy

get boxed into certain stereotypes about masculinity and sexuality more than others? 100. I believe 100%, 100%. But I also believe that, you know, that people's way of thinking have

evolved. You know what I'm saying? Like, you know, black men, period, are just for the most part, naturally homophobic. But now That's not true. Don't generalize all black men like that. You just gave me props for being in touch with my sexuality. So don't label all black men as being homophobic.

You're not a regular shit, though, son. What kind of is he? He does his eyebrows. No, I don't. Yes, he do. Yes, you do. You definitely do. There's no way, I'm like, I don't believe that you just naturally wake up with your eyebrows.

Don't get mad at me because you got to feel yours than everyone. Wow. But I just think, I just think, the way people think is, it's, totally different now. At some point you gotta be like who gives a you just keep it moving.

What's the wildest assumption people have ever made about you and your sexuality? And how did you handle it? I've never had no wild situations about my sexuality. That's a lie. A f***es.

Somebody thought you. See, that's a fucking old car. Yo, that's all right. Somebody thought you a gay before. I don't know who that could be. At this stage in your career, do you feel like you've gotten everything you deserve

or are you still fighting for your flowers? I'm not fighting for my flowers, because whatever flowers is going to happen, it's already, it's already laid, it's already laid out. I'm not fighting for anything. I'm not, I'm not fighting for any more fame or any of that. I just like the path that I'm on. I like the fact that I've been doing it over 30-some years. I still can pull an audience. I'm still funny.

You got some people that come and they go. I'm still standing. I'm still one of the, you know, dopest comics out there. There you are. Yeah. Nobody really gave me. Somebody. Well, we appreciate you too, Donnell.

Thank you for joining us this morning. He said, what did he say he gave you his flowers? That's my God. And Donnell even mentioned him one time. Because we didn't, we, well, I... Yeah, that's a little... Hell said, we know what we do. Well, Donnell, Roll us, thank you for these beautiful sneakers that you gave us today.

Thank you. Thank you for them. We're going to put them up there. We appreciate you, Donna. This is crazy. Look, that's... That's... and Charlemagne like this is nuts.

Look at this one. Crazy. Oh my god. You got your daughters on there. That's cute. That's not my daughters. That's me and Charlemagne. Oh, shit.

Spreading. It's the breakfast club. It's down now Rollins, ladies gentlemen. Thank you. It's time to get a fatty of Sholoman. You got a positive note. I do. Positive note is simply this.

Learning how to leave people alone and go on with your life is a needed skill. Master it. For the sake of your own dignity and peace of mind. Have a great day. Breakfast club, bitches. You're all finished or y'all done. Woke up, wake you up. Wake that ass up.

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