The Breakfast Club - The Breakfast Club Rewind Featuring Viola Davis & Damson Idris

Episode Date: July 6, 2022

Today we throw it back to some of our favorite interviews! Today we got Viola Davis and Damson Idris on the showSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God.

What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast

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

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

Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop.

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And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was called a woman. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone. Apple Podcasts, or wherever you

listen to podcasts. Breakfast Club. What the hell is this, man? Breakfast Club, bitches. I'm glad they put y'all together. Y'all are like a megaforce. Y'all just took over every... Wake your punk ass up. This is Chris Brown. I've officially joined the Breakfast Club. Say something, mother... I'm with it. The world's most dangerous morning show.

Breakfast Club, bitches. Did you know who we are? The most dangerous morning show. Get some respect on. The Breakfast Club. Wake up, wake up. Wake your ass up. This is your time to get it off your chest.

Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, how you doing? It's LG. LG, what up? Get it off your chest, brother. What up, man? I'm a car transporter, man. The way the cars out here, man,

they don't respect us, man. When you see a big truck on the road, you got to move to the side. Everybody trying to cut us off. Not giving us no respect out there on the road, man. Now, I'm gonna be honest with you, man. Lately, I've been feeling like them trucks been driving like they cars. I feel like it's been like that the last

few years. They be pulling up. They be cutting over on the side of the road like they driving regular vehicles. Hey, look, but sometimes you gotta bully your way in out there, man. Nah, y'all too big to be bullying your way in. All right, you got a Mack truck, bro. You fool around and hit somebody. Hey, look, I ain't even got a Mack truck.

I transport cars and everything, so I got a three-car service. Big baby, you know what I mean? No, I don't. But when you try to fool around, you try to get to the side, you know? Like, don't nobody want to get over. Yeah, I don't like that. I agree with that. People do try to not let trucks over, and sometimes trucks got to take that

because people will speed up, drive in your blind spot. So I know that's not an easy thing. I've seen it happen. I've probably done it. Yeah, trucks do the same thing, though. I don't like that. Y'all got, because y'all already got command of the road. You know what I'm saying?

Y'all can really hurt somebody. Like, you can't just swerve over into another lane when you're driving a big-ass Mack truck. Yeah, but cars gotta be careful, too, because cars be disrespectful to them trucks and just hop over

and think the truck could just slow down. It goes both ways. It definitely goes both ways. That's a lot of weight on the road, man. All I'm saying is, when you see a truck,

just be respectful and respect what you deserve. You know what I mean? Like, we out here every day with a lot of weight. It's a lot of responsibility. You know what I mean? You in your truck out here every day with a lot of weight. It's a lot of responsibility. You know what I mean? You in your truck now, brother?

Huh? You in your truck now? Uh, no. I'm actually about to head. I'm heading to work right now to go get my truck. Alright. I was going to ask you to blow the horn, but alright. Thank you, brother. He wants you to blow something. You're always doing that. When I was a kid, that was the coolest thing. We used to drive to Disney back in the day, and you see a truck, and you get the truck driver to blow the horn. That was the coolest thing. Okay

And ever you don't know I showed them yeah your breasts that's right If you want to signals truckers to blow you do your thing King Yeah, you never been to Disney that's why you never did it hello this Angelina Y'all taking too far. What? Yeah, you never been to Disney. That's why you never did it. Hello, who's this? Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Angel Lee, strong name, the guy, DJ Envy. What's up? What up? Get it off your chest, brother.

Today's my birthday. I'm 26 years old, man. Happy birthday. Congratulations, King. Happy birthday. Yeah, I woke up early this morning just to call you guys and say, yo, I'm so happy. I'm a long-time listener, first-time caller from Florida.

Happy birthday, brother. How are you going to sell it? No. Cash money blazed $2.96. Now, I'm going to be honest with you. That's not enough for nobody to want to put nothing in your cash app. You're not the only person with a birthday out here, sir.

I mean, if anybody feel generous, anybody feel big ball, I don't know. Thank you, Charlamagne. No, I ain't got it for you this morning. I'm going to be honest with you. What you doing for your birthday? I heard you guys gave that girl steak dinner.

I was like, oh man, me and my wife are going to love it. She had a better story than you did. And I think it was something to do with her children. I'll send you a book, though. I got a copy of Anita Kopach's Shallow Waters. I'll send you that for your birthday. All right. I got you.

Happy birthday. It's yours. Well, you have a good one, brother. You got it. Thank you, DJ. Hold on. I'll get your address. Hello, who's this?

This is Dee Dee from the D, Detroit detroit dd what up dd from virginia and detroit no the d oh the d from detroit dd from the d dd from the d what up dd so i want to get it off my chest. Hey, y'all. I am very respectable. I was born in 81. But I am so sad of my mama. Sorry, mama. My brother. And my baby daddy. Everybody, just please leave me alone.

It's okay to say no, right? Yes, it is. It's called Boundaries. There's a great book called Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Tawab Glover that talks about that. Yes, I am simply the side of everybody else. And people, I wish y'all could call them the Breakfast Club with your f***ing app. Like, get out here and do it. I do whatever I need to do.

I live in Detroit. I hustle. I survive. Stop begging and get it together, please. That's all I want to say. And rest in power to Donald Gillespie, my father. I love y'all, Breakfast Club. I listen to you every morning Gillespie, my father. I love y'all Breakfast Club. I listen to you every morning.

Thank you, DeeDee. DeeDee from the deep. Have a good one, DeeDee. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when

the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired, depressed, a little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country.

I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia.

Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe, my country, my forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets.

Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for

you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves, for self preservation and protection. It was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay.

Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show, Civic Cipher. That's right. We're going to discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people,

but in a way that informs and empowers all people to hopefully create better allies. Think of it as a black show for non-black people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle. Exactly. Whether you're Black, Asian, White, Latinx, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, you name it. If you stand with us, then we stand with you. Let's discuss the stories and conduct the interviews that will help us create a more empathetic, accountable, and equitable America. You are all our brothers and sisters, and we're inviting you to join us for Civic Cipher

each and every Saturday with myself, Ramses Jha, Q Ward, and some of the greatest minds in America. Listen to Civic Cipher every Saturday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey there, my little creeps. It's your favorite ghost host, Teresa.

And guess what? Haunting is back, dropping just in time for spooky season. Now I know you've probably been wandering the mortal plane, wondering when I'd be back to fill your ears with deliciously unsettling stories. Well, wonder no more, because we've got a ghoulishly good lineup ready for you. Let's just say things get a bit extra. We're talking spirits, demons, and the kind of supernatural chaos that'll make your spooky season complete. You know how much I love

this time of year. It's the one time I'm actually on trend. So grab your pumpkin spice, dust off that Ouija board. Just don't call me unless it's urgent. And tune in for new episodes every week. Remember, the veils are thin, the stories are spooky, and your favorite ghost host is back and badder than ever. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same energy. Breakfast Club.

This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? This is Keisha from Fayetteville, North Carolina. Hey, Keisha from North Carolina. Fayetteville. Get it off your chest. This is for you, Andy.

Yes, ma'am. I'm so proud of you and Gia with this book. Y'all going outstanding out here. I thought her name was Gia. It is Gia, but that's all right. It's good.

She had good intentions. Go ahead, Mama. I said Gia. I'm sorry. It's all good. But I went to book my tickets for the car show and I know that

the $20 tickets was out. But can you start doing family tickets because most of us have kids out here. How many kids you got? I want to see this show. I got three and a husband.

How old are your kids? Three and a husband. That's like having a kid. 17, 14, and 10. 17, 14, and 10. I try to get the tickets, the first 1,000 tickets. Try to do them as inexpensive as possible.

But you hold on, and I'll send you a couple tickets, alright? Alright, thanks,, like 1,000 tickets. We're trying to do them as inexpensive as possible, but you hold on, and I'll send you a couple tickets, all right? All right, thanks, Amy. Hey, Char. Peace, Queen. To what car, Char? Atlanta. Atlanta. That's July 9th. Okay, we'll set you up, mama. Hold on, all right? Thank you. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Kiana 803, man. Country Cuts. I'm back.

Take us on speaker. You hear me now, man? I can hear you better. Yeah, why you sound like you in auto-tune, brother? Man, I'm driving, man. What's happening, King? Ain't nothing. All I'm talking about is positive, man. And I heard something about every time I go in this man,

what's going on with all this? He was talking about Dick's Sporting Goods, the store, King. Man, the sports store where you go get you the baseballs and basketballs and all that equipment. Come on, get your mind out the gutter, King. All that equipment. Oh, okay. I know you've been driving trucks all night, but come on, get your mind out the gutter, King. And we appreciate you, too, as a truck driver.

No, I ain't no truck driver, man. I'm driving my car. Oh, I thought he said he was driving truck. No, man. I drive. I got to go to work, man. Oh, okay. Where you work at? I he was driving a truck. Oh, okay. Where you work at?

I feel you. Well, I'm happy you got a job, King. Um, I don't know. I don't know. We got to figure it out. I think the closest we've been is North Carolina, but we're going to get back to it as soon as this is over. Y'all did do a seminar in Columbia before. Yes, you did with Chris.

Oh, yeah, we did one a long time ago with Chris. Yeah, we sure did. That was early on. Yeah, we sure did. Y'all did one in the 803, Sleuth of My God, Chris. Yeah, you missed that one, brother. Hello, who's this? Hi, guys.

Good morning. Good morning. What's your name? Ashley. Hey, Ashley, that one, brother. Hello, who's this? Hi, guys. Good morning. Good morning. What's your name? Ashley. Hey, Ashley. Get it off your chest. I'm tired of working. I'm tired of going to school. I'm tired of working for somebody else while they're living their best life because I want to live my best life, too. So basically, Kim Kardashian

was right. Well, she a little bit right. You tired of working. You don't feel like that today. So you feel like you need to get off your ass and work. Huh? I'll tell you a good story, man. I mean, listen, I can never tell somebody what to do,

but I met a young lady this weekend. Her name was Julie. She's in Providence, Rhode Island, and she was tired of getting laid off. Like, during the pandemic, she got laid off. So, you know she launched her own restaurant. She's got a restaurant downtown in Providence,

Rhode Island. So I don't know. Maybe it's something that you can do. Maybe it's something you want to do. I'm in school trying to open up my own doctor's office but since the road to get there is just too much for me. It happens though. It's not easy. It's not easy though. And to be an entrepreneur is a lot of work. It is be an entrepreneur is a lot of work.

It is. And school is a lot of work. Like, you get up every day and, you know, you're exhausting a lot of mental and emotional energy, physical energy. None of this is going to be easy. I think you're probably just having a day-to-day. But I promise you, when you cross that finish line, you're going to think it was all worth it. Aw, thanks, guys. That's all.

Have a good one, mama. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good a good one, mama. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. You know him from Snowfall and a host of other things. His birthday is one day before mine. He's a fellow Virgo. Oh, God. Damson Idris.

Welcome, son. How you doing, man? Welcome, son. Welcome, sir. He's a son. Why'd you call me a son? Damn, son. I didn't know your birthday was the 1st of September.

No, you were the day before me on September 3rd. Oh, 3rd. Okay. I'm the 3rd, yes. Okay, a buddy of mine is the 3rd, too. Actually, the showrunner of Snowfall, Dave Andron. Same birthday, yeah. Virgo's the best, you know.

Absolutely. They had us on New Year's. There you go. Now, the first thing you said was I love New York because I love Jamaican culture. Yeah. What do you love so much

about Jamaican culture and what do you love? Obviously, the food. Dirt chicken. Oxtail. I'm an oxtail guy. Oh, you and me both. Yeah, oxtail.

Actually, I like to dabble in both. I like to steal food from whoever I'm eating with. Plantains. you guys say plantain or planting I say planting I say plant I feel like that's the right way to say it I feel like I've been saying it wrong my whole life you had to switch through all different times of ways to say different kinds of ways to say things so oh yeah yeah that's that's a part of my life Impersonating people You don't have amazing Jamaican restaurants in London Or in LA where you shoot, no?

Nah, there's none man Not at all Out here, I like Miss Lily's I actually wrote on a gram yesterday I was like, where can I go People said Footprints Oh that's in Brooklyn First of all, the best Caribbean food is in Brooklyn.

We got footprints. We got suede. We got Caribbean social. We have... This is New York. We have chili. Oh, we have Negril. One called Negril.

Negril, yes. There's another one as well. I can't remember what the other one's called, but I'm going to try all of it today. That's impossible. Oh. I saw you talking about how John Singleton told you to stay humble though amongst everything yeah for people that don't know the first time we actually met you you were up here with John Singleton yeah he don't remember you though he's like this is the first time I met you in the play

oh man no no no there's a couple asking guys in the DSS but yes how has that been for you though because obviously Snowfall is such a huge show you guys There's a couple asking guys in the DSS. You're in there. How has that been for you, though? Because obviously Snowfall is such a huge show. You guys are in the fifth season. We've watched Franklin grow up, and he has got a lot of big things happening. But in real life, you've grown up, too, and your star has grown up as well. Yeah, yeah.

It's a testament to John Singleton. He really believed in me. And although I fought for the role like crazy, I auditioned like nine times. You know, he took me to South Central, opened up the car door and said, if you survive,

you got the role. And I was like walking around, had to be in character. You walked around South Central. Oh yeah. How was that? Bring down that experience. Man,

so I get to John Singleton's office and I think I'm going to read the, I'm going to audition, right? It's like audition number eight or something like that. And then he's like, yeah, no, we're not going to read anything. We're just going to take a walk. So we're walking around, and he's like, don't break character. And he's introducing me to people. And, you know, Singleton was like God in his community.

People would be like, yo, John! And then they'd come up to me, talking to me. They're like, yo, what's up, little homie? I'm like, yeah, yeah, what's up? I'm just pretending that I'm from there. And then his mom came. And you know, I'm British, so I'm saying a bunch of British stuff in an American accent. But he didn't know you were British, right?

Oh, no, he knew. What were you saying? What kind of British stuff were you saying? You Oh, no, he knew. Oh, okay. What were you saying? What kind of British stuff were you saying? You know, like you guys say elevator, I say lift. You guys say trash, I say bin.

Plantain. Plantain, exactly. So I'm talking in an American accent and his mom comes like, oh, how lovely your hair looks today. I'm just going to go over there

and throw something in the bin. And she looks over at John and she's like, uh, ain't from here huh i was like man mom just took this role for me were you scared walking around south central i wasn't scared man i was with john you know that's my big brother that was my big brother man i miss him greatly but as far as i get in this in this industry and on this journey'm always going to honor Singleton for being my foundation. Well, let's talk about the new season. So you're also producing on the new season. How did that come about?

I forced them to give me a producer credit. No, when you've been doing this show for so long, you pick up different traits, but at the same time, you want to be challenged and my circles are so bossy today that they inspire me to want to be more of a leader that's the truth it's like if you hang around with certain types of people having certain types of conversations and they're like yo bro you should go in and then you ask and they're like okay you know i've been watching the yay doc you know and hove was like you know close mouth don't

get fed like you know like it's true you know ask and you shall receive and and i asked and and they gave it to me and you know above all things i'm not the i'm not saying my level of producing is at the level of my acting ability my acting ability is quite horrible um i'm not the i'm not saying my level of producing is at the level of my acting ability my acting ability is quite horrible um i'm just saying i'm saying i'm being a sponge and i'm being given an opportunity to learn so that i could use my platform and my brand to create more opportunities all right we got more with damson idris from Snowfall when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Are you still taking piano lessons?

Whoa. Damn. So let's break this down. Where were you taking piano lessons? Where did we see him playing piano? I don't know. Juilliard. Juilliard? No, no. Where did we see him playing piano?

I'm just asking. I saw you were taking piano lessons or something like that. Oh, damn. I did see a video of you. It looked like you were good with your hands. Oh, my Lord. Was that Sweetie's piano? Wow. Who's Sweetie? I don't know.

No, no, no. Me and that woman. You're blushing. I'm not blushing. I'm not blushing. I know Dawson people are blushing. I'm nervous. No, no.

Me and that queen are just friends. She's a great piano player. I didn't say you guys weren't. I was just asking about the piano lessons. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's a great piano player. And I didn't know she could play piano. I didn't even think the world knew.

So I was like, oh, this is a cool moment. I just posted. But people thought it was something else. Let me ask you a question. I don't know if Angelina you could play the piano cuz I'm not her to learn I don't know if Taylor who's over here producer knows you know I don't know if she can play the piano so how did you get to Saweetie's house to see that she could

actually play the piano so she's a huge snowfall fan right and that day we were at lunch I think talking about how we could collaborate because we actually wanted to get her. Oh, you were on a date before? No, it wasn't a date. It's work, he said. Guys and... Talking about collaborating. You know guys and girls could be friends.

Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. I agree with you. That's exactly what me and D.R. were. We were friends. Okay. All right, so go ahead. So y'all on a date eating... Oh my gosh.

Eating lunch. Yeah, but... Or was it dinner? So we're Eating lunch. Yeah, but... Or was it dinner? So we're having lunch. And then she wanted to show me her new place because I love CB2. And I was going to give her some ideas about furniture and art. And then, boom, we went.

And then she was playing the piano. That's it. I was in there for like five minutes and I dipped out. You also talk about that Denzel is your idol as far as acting oh yeah so when you see i don't i don't i don't mess up the young lady's name but when you seen the young lady uh interviewing denzel and she mentioned your name and he didn't know who you were break that down when you seen it and how you felt like you watch the tv like oh denzel and he was like who that is and then he asked the white guy the white guys oh i don, I don't know who that is.

No, it was insane. So I was at home, and my phone was blowing up. Your house or Sweetie's house? Wow. People like to start ruling. I'm at my house. Okay, your house. I'm at my house.

By yourself? By myself. All right, just ask him. Yeah, by myself. And my phone's like blowing up. And it's like a bunch of articles and stuff like that. And people are calling me. And it was like, yo, Denzel's like talking about you.

I'm like, oh my God, this is crazy. So then, yeah, he didn't know who I was. And he called me that's an address. But that was funny, though. That was funny. But hey, man, it's a new day. It's a new day. And you could bash getting notoriety through social media.

I'm not going to lie. A lot of my existence has been on that through my work and through just being me. And some people from the past still don't respect that um but look what social media has done for so many people today we have to start moving in the direction of the future but above all things and all of that noise denzel washington is my idol he's like a god to me. And I'll never have anything bad to ever say about him. What's next for you?

What is some roles that you want to do? Wow. Is there something that you're like, I would love to do that role? Like, that's my dream role. Is it an action figure? Something musical. I love playing real people. So I'd love to play Eddie Murphy, murphy uh sydney poitier fella cootie um i'm i'm actually i don't know i don't know am i allowed to say um uh so do you know who rich paul is yeah yeah i'm

about to play rich paul really really rich paul the agent yeah yeah he said do i know who rich paul is he has a show come something about him coming out, or it's in something where Rich Paul's a character? No. Does he? No, I'm asking you. It's something where he's. Does he? I don't know.

He's asking you. Yeah. I don't think he has a show coming out, but he's a really good friend of mine, and there's people behind this window like, why did you say that? But he called me. He was like, tell the world.

And I think we should. It's time we start cherishing black moguls. I agree. And Rich is someone that people need to know. This guy has completely changed the game. I'm happy and fortunate to call him a big brother. And I can't wait to honor his story. That's great.

He actually, right here, approached LeBron in the airport selling jerseys. Exactly. I know his story. That's crazy. And that's how they met each other. Yeah, yeah, that's insane. And then he's, as a black sports agent, he gets looked at in a completely different way. The white sports agents were so angry that he was able to come in and get, like, the

biggest NBA player. Yeah, yeah. That'll be a good story. It's going to be amazing, man. And I'm really excited. We should start telling the stories now while they're alive. Yeah. That'll be a good story. It's going to be amazing, man. And I'm really excited. We should start telling the stories now while they're alive. Yeah. I just hate sometimes when we wait until somebody passes away to tell their story.

But Damson has to leave now. Oh, man. All right, good. I would try to get a couple of spoilers out of you. I know. You're really good, though. But I think I did well. But we appreciate you for joining us, brother.

Bless you. Congratulations. No, we really do. And good luck with everything, man. I love the fact that you're producing. I can't wait to see what else you have coming up. Just because we met you so, like, a few years ago, and I think it's just amazing to see where you are

and where the show is now, and a large part of that is because of you. Wow, man, that means so much, man. Thank you. Thank you so much for having me. Well, it's Damson Idris. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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Call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the Breakfast Club. Let's talk about it. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. If you're just joining us, Damson Idris stopped through yesterday and he was talking about his relationship with his ex. Let's listen.

We're still really close, really good friends. I was with her for a very long time. I met her when I was 18 years old. Who knows, man? Who knows what could happen in the future? She's very much still in my life. We talk like every single day. You know, people struggle to keep relationships with their exes.

But I am at a place in my life now where I, everyone I meet, I want them to be in my life forever. I know that's a woman that I'm going to know forever. So 800-585-1051. And hell no is the answer. Could you be with somebody that talks to their ex every day? No, unless the person has kids with the other person, or unless they got some type of very lucrative business together, there's no reason for you to be talking to your ex every day, if at all. I'm with you.

Hello, who's this? This is Shakima from Brooklyn. Shakima from Brooklyn. Now, Shakima, could you date somebody that talks to their ex every day? No, I could not. I like that. I like that. I like that. What they talking about every day?

Word is born. If you're not talking about every day, then y'all might as well just try to work it out again. Word is born. I'm in a wedding. That's what I'm talking about. I'm in a wedding. Ain't nothing to talk about every day, okay? Ain't nothing to talk about every day.

Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. I mean, don't get me wrong. There is a lot to talk about every day, but you shouldn't be talking about it with him or her. Not at all. Hello, who's this? Antonio. Antonio. Antonio. Now, who's this? Antonio.

Antonio. Now, what happened in your situation, Antonio? He hit. So, me and my ex broke up, like, almost two years ago. And we talked about every day, still trying to put together, trying to move on, but it made it hard to move on by talking too much. And to the point where he moved back, we got back together, like last week.

See, now you're back together. That's exactly what talking to your ex every day does. It's like having a pilot light on. Eventually, it's going to catch flame. Somebody's going to turn the damn heat on. I think I said that right. Somebody's going to turn the damn fireplace on.

Okay? Because that pilot light was lit. I thought you were talking stove. But yeah, I get what you're saying. Same thing. Somebody's going to turn the stove on. Something with some fire is going to happen is what I'm trying to tell you.

Hello, who's this? This is Marcus from Columbia, South Carolina. 803. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going.

That's what my podcast, Post High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real inspiring stories from the people, you know, follow and admire join me every week for post run high. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it.

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What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help!

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, Metro, what's happening? Now, Marcus, what's going on with you and your wife, bro? So my wife got a baby daddy at her ex, and she's a nice lady, so she tends to try to be communicated with him because before when i came along he wouldn't talk to her so i allow it to happen i said all right you know maybe y'all can bring some communication for the kids but now it became a

problem yeah he's calling every day uh it ain't about the kid. And it's either he's trying to get some advice from her or he's just trying to hold a little small talk. He's trying to get some advice and some ass. That's the truth, though. I don't know about that. But, you know, and he has his own issues. I'm like, hey, let him deal with his own issues. And when he decides that he wants to deal with the kids,

he can communicate. But as of now, that got stopped. So they got, hold on. They have kids together. Is he in the kid's life? No. He's in the kid's life only when someone pushes them on. Like, he don't call and say, hey, I want to see the kids.

And he's forced. Bring the kids by. He just, his mom or call and say, hey, I want to see the kids. And he's forced. Bring the kids by. He just, his mom or her would say, hey, the kids want to see you. Or they've been asking about you. And he'd say, well, okay, you can bring them by. I think that in a situation like this

it's still tricky only because that is the baby daddy. And you know, you still, you know how important it is for a father to be in a child's life. So she might still be holding out hope that he gets his stuff together so he can be in his child's life. Yeah, she says that, but I keep telling her, I say, if it took you to leave him, that should have been a wake-up call.

That's real. And even all through these years, like even his older daughter, he talks to her, but they don't have a father-daughter communication like a father and his daughter should. Yeah. Yeah, I'm with you.

Let's cut him off. Are you stupid? Block tell her she got a block. What's the moral of this story? I don't know if there is a moral. Everybody got to do

what works for them, but I'm just telling you what works for me. That don't work for me. You know what I'm saying? Unless you got a business or you got kids together, there's no reason for you

to be talking to your ex every day. What you got the pilot light on for? You don't even use that fireplace no more. That fireplace don't work. All right. You got a new stove. It's electric.

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We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. A queen, an icon living. That's right, Viola Davis. Welcome. Congratulations. Good morning. Thank you so much.

Good morning. How are you today? You know what? I'm pretty good. I'm well rested. I feel alive. There you go. Alert. Okay. Thank you for taking time to come and sit with us. This was so exciting.

It's a little raggedy show. On the schedule of Viola Davis, Finding Me. Yes. Thank you. This book is such a beautiful exploration of your inner child. When you started the journey of writing this book, did you know you would go on that journey with your inner child. Like when you started the journey of writing this book, did you know you would go on that journey with your inner child as well?

Yeah, that was the whole point, that I needed to find that inner child. And my inner child was one that needed both healing and needed to be celebrated. She was a survivor as well as someone who, you know, held a lot of trauma. But I felt like I had to explore it because we were at that period of time.

I wrote it during the pandemic. The George Floyd of it all, the Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor of it all, everything, dealing with the COVID, with the election. I felt like I was having a crisis of meaning, and it was my way of pressing the reset button just to understand, man, Viola, what are you supposed to do from here on out? It just was a big wake up call personally and, you know, culturally.

So that's why I wrote the book. I had to go back to the beginning of me. Did you start during a pandemic or this was something you were doing beforehand and you were just so many projects. You was like, I'll get to it. This was pandemic. This is what I want to do. Well, I want to do nothing during the pandemic. But I did start during the pandemic. I had just finished how to get away with murder. I literally just ended it that March. And then I started writing the book. It was something to do because otherwise I was going stir crazy. I wasn't the person who settled into the pandemic. I felt everything that was going on

around me and I felt the chaos of it and I internalized it. So this book was great therapy. So when God made you sit still during the pandemic, what did you see about yourself that you hadn't saw in a while? I saw a lot of things. I saw Viola as a survivor. I saw, you know, I keep telling this story ad nauseum. I know I've told it a lot, but I've always said you got to leave a legacy, right. So I said, you know, it's life. It's like a relay race. It's what you do with your dash of time and what great runner you pass that baton, you know, off to you, pass it on to the next generation. They pass it on to the person, you know, who's after them and after them. And I realized during the writing of the book is those great runners are you at a different age.

The six year old who survives it and, you know, may survive it really messy, may have been inappropriate. But she ran her leg of the race and pass a baton on to the 14 year old Viola who said, I want to be an actor. In the midst of all the poverty, the abuse, the bedwetting, the sexual abuse, all of that. She wanted to be an actor. She saw a way out. And 14-year-old passed it on to the 28-year-old who said, you know what? I need therapy because I want healthy relationships in my life. I want to be happier.

And I don't know how to do that. And she passed it on to the 34-year-old Viola who got married to the 44, 45 year old Viola who then became a mom. And then now I'm 56 and I have the baton in my hand. And now what? You know, what am I supposed to do with this part of my life? Because I would say at 56, you're a little bit past midlife. So that's what I learned. It's like it's a constant reassessment of where do you want to be? What are your life?

What do you want your life to sort of look like? And I keep coming back to this because I know that I know that I know that the number one regret of the dying is they didn't take risks. They didn't become their ideal self. I don't want anyone to think that I wasn't brave. And I think that sometimes people hold off braveness and courage because they don't want to risk failure. And they don't want to risk shame. And I think you got to risk it. And that's been my biggest discovery in writing the book. You say in the book that memories are

powerful, right? Some people like to forget memories because it's so painful and so hurtful, but it seems like you use it as inspiration to push yourself harder. Why is that? I think the pain, the trauma is equal to the joy and the peace in your life. I think that they're one in the same. I don't think that the pain and the trauma and the hard times are a detour from life. I think it's a part of life. And I think that when you refuse to lean in to all of it is you refuse to become connected to yourself. And that's why no one can connect with anyone else. Because the only time we want to meet is with great stories of overcoming and winning. And then when someone feels like they're not overcoming and they're not winning and they're not waking up happy every day,

then they feel like they need to hide in the closet, not come out, not open their mouths, not say anything. There's no one to share with. There's no sacred space to be you. I count it all joy. Now, when I say I count it all joy, it takes some time sometimes to count it all joy. But I do believe that it's all a part of life. I've been in too many spaces where I haven't been able to connect with people.

You just never know what people have gone through to get to where they are today, which is why a memoir like this where you were so open and honest about everything, it really helped us to see where you come from when you're acting. And I wanted to ask you about your relationship with your parents. Because in this book, you talk a lot about things that happened to you when you were a child. What did you realize while writing this book about your father and about your mother?

I realized they did the best they could with what they had. That's what I realized. Because it's so hard to forgive your dad. I know you talk about how abusive he was to your mother and things that you had to witness. So was it hard for you to even forgive that? Yeah. Forgiveness is, to me, I feel like forgiveness and faith are equal in terms of they're the hardest things to achieve. They're so abstract.

So it comes down to choice. I forgive for myself. I forgive because I don't want to carry that weight. The weight of vengefulness, of regret, and all of that, for me, it blocks everything from coming into your life. And I don't think that anyone wants to see a 60-year-old or hear a 60-year-old sitting in front of their therapist saying, I, you know, haven't been able to make my marriage work or this work in my life because what my dad did when I was five. At some point, your life becomes yours. That's wild that you said that because my wife was up here the other day and

she was like you know when she forgave she forgave for herself and i didn't understand it at first because most people think when you forgive you're forgiving the person that hurt you but it's actually to to to not to to take away that pain from yourself so you don't have to deal with it anymore that is that what you're saying when you say i forgive for myself? Well, yeah, that's part of it. I do believe it's a sort of prison and not to get too philosophical, but I believe that when you get to the end of your life, you're not thinking about all the people that you hated and all the people that did you wrong.

I don't think that you're thinking about that when you're taking your last breath. I just don't. I think all of that goes away and I think everything of that goes away. And I think everything comes into sharp focus, which is probably making amends, probably being with the people that you love, probably sewing everything up, probably holding someone's hands. But I don't think that we're thinking about all of that. I think that once again, the only person you could save is yourself. That's the only thing that you could do. You can't keep backtracking as what wrong someone did to you or whatever. You got to figure out how to heal that. It's like you don't you haven't met all the people who are going to love you in your life yet. And so when you meet all these people who are going to love you, they do not want to

meet a vengeful person. OK, because they're going to get the overflow of that vengefulness. As a matter of fact, they're not going to get the overflow of that vengefulness. They're going to get nothing. They're going to go so far with you and then it's going to stop. I've been with those people. They're called emotionally unavailable all right we have more with viola davis when we come back don't move it's the

breakfast club good morning i love how you you know held your father accountable but also humanized him did you always see the humanity in him or was that something that happened as you got older with you know with the more work you did on yourself. Absolutely. The more work I did on myself, the more I saw his humanity. The more I could connect the dots. You know, I thought life was like a Disney movie. People were just good or bad. That's it. The evil villain who just comes out just wants to destroy everyone.

I didn't know that people acted because of specific memories, once again. Trauma in their lives. They're people. And we really demonize black people. You know. And the way you wouldn't even be doing what you're doing if all those things hadn't happened to you as a child. Absolutely.

Because it was such an escape for you to be able to turn on the TV. You said it was Cicely Tyson, right, that you saw that made you even say, this is what I want to do. Absolutely. That woman and that performance was everything. I remember the moment I saw that performance because it was like magic. It was like it was a magician pulling a rabbit out of the hat. If you've ever seen the performance, she aged from 18 to 110.

And you could not even believe it from the first frame of that. It was a miniseries. And literally the wind stopped blowing. The sun came out and I saw a portal, a way out of the poverty, the trauma. I just felt like if I could do that, I could make a life. I think sometimes you got to see it, you know, and I know everybody just puts faith on people, especially on us, especially on black folk. That's all we had. I know.

That's all we had. And but it's a lot. You know, you go up to young black kids who are coming from really challenging backgrounds and people come up to them and say, you know, you could be what who and what you you want to be. You just have to dream big. And then once you make it, you come back, you bring your family up, you bring your community up. And I'm sure if that kid had a language, he would say, how? That's a lot. You just thought. And then you got to work 10 times as hard you throw all of that on their lap and then at 15 if they can't even get if if they can't achieve it at all if they feel like they want to give up then we just berate them it's a lot that we put on them so sometimes sometimes you got to see it. You got to hold it. You got to somebody's got to throw you a rope. They do. I was going to ask you, what was you talk about,

Cicely? What was some of your positive influences? Because, you know, you talk about, you know, your parents and how you looked at your dad and you talked about, you know, going to the white school and the white kids chasing you on the bricks and you talk about all those things. So what positive influence did you have? What was your safe haven as a kid if there wasn't there was no one safe haven for me what life becomes about is how someone could take you from a to a plus from a plus to d from d to f you know to to m for to m to you know there are people who can carry you at different points in your life. It could be a teacher. It could be a parent. It could be a relative. It could be a stranger that gives you one word. I had a lot of teachers, even the first teacher who

looked at me and he was an acting coach who looked at me and told me I was beautiful. That meant a lot to me. And the first person who just came into science class because he was a teacher and I called him in the middle of the day, he was an upward bound teacher. And I said, I was having a panic attack. He came to the school. He interrupted science class. He said, I want to see Viola. The science teacher said, you can't do that. He said, excuse me, sir. I'm going to do it. Anybody, anybody who throws you a rope and sees you and likes you.

There is something about someone looking at you and liking you. Right. And even seeing your potential when you can't see it. Absolutely. Because sometimes you talk yourself out of things. Yeah. Right. Because of fear.

But then someone tells you like your science teacher, listen, you need to apply for this. You can do it. And you tell yourself, I can't do it. Why would they take me? Why would they accept me? But somebody else believing in you and giving you the tools like you can't make excuses anymore after a while. And you know what? Very seldom am I in a space.

And I know y'all can say the same thing, but am I in a space as a dark-skinned black woman and could speak comes to you through the experience and the culture of racism. And it is destructive. Because what you tell women in general is that beauty is a value, which it's not. Listen, I'm one of those people. I think everybody's beautiful. And I really do. I don't talk about stuff like that. Even the bullfrogs? Oh, yes.

Well, the bullfrogs, that's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real inspiring stories from the people, you know, follow and admire join me every week for post run high. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to post run high on the I heart radio app Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Is your country falling apart?

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

Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tried my country. My forefathers did that themselves.

What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh, my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help!

We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment

of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. and empowers all people to hopefully create better allies. Think of it as a black show for non-black people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle. Exactly.

Whether you're black, Asian, white, Latinx, indigenous, LGBTQIA+, you name it. If you stand with us, then we stand with you. Let's discuss the stories and conduct the interviews that will help us create a more empathetic, accountable and equitable America. You are all our brothers and sisters, and we're inviting you to join us for Civic Cipher each and every Saturday with myself, Ramses Jha, Q Ward and some of the greatest minds in America. Listen to Civic Cipher every Saturday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey there, my little creeps. It's your favorite ghost host, Teresa.

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And with someone who you feel has value, you pay attention to them. You pour into them. You think that they're smarter, more valuable, more everything. So when you go up to little chocolate girls who are darker than a paper bag and you're constantly telling them they're not as cute, they have bad hair, they have this, that you're putting negative connotations. And then you can now you can literally Google people who seem to have had press conferences to talk about how unattractive they find darker skinned women. I mean, here's the thing. Even if you feel that way, why are you going to spread that? How do you think people are going to receive that? And we know how difficult it is to get a leg up, you know, in the black community, the lack of opportunity, what we're running from. And then you're going to put that on us. And so and when you can't speak your truth in a room, then you feel like you have to hide yourself.

It's very it's like physically painful. I want to ask you a couple more questions about your father, because I find that dynamic so interesting. and you said something in the book and i'm paraphrasing but you said your father was an abuser who became a good partner yeah in this era of cancer coaches some people couldn't even imagine that happening can you explain he did and i think he always had it in him i think he was wrestling you, I always feel like you got two people that you wrestle with, right? And it's who you feed. And I think he fed the more violent aspects of himself. I think he was running from a lot. But in the last several decades, I think since I was probably in my 20s, he helped my mom raise a lot of my relatives' children.

And he loved my mother. He was always there, rubbing her feet. And towards the end of his life, and when I say towards the end, the last couple of days of his life, my mom would always say every single day he woke up, even when he was suffering from dementia towards the end, he would say, you know, May Alice, you know, I'm sorry about what I did to you. Wow. I'm sorry. I feel like that's everything. I mean, how many people do you know that even make amends, that even open their mouths and I think that that um I feel like that has to be acknowledged as an incredible character trait I will open

we got more with Viola Davis when we come back it's the Breakfast Club good morning watch out for Florida the craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida yes Yes, you are a donkey. A Florida man attacked an ATM for a very strange reason. It gave him too much money. Florida man is arrested after deputies say he rigged the door to his home in an attempt to electrocute his pregnant wife. Police arrested an Orlando man for attacking a flamingo.

The Breakfast Club, bitches. Donkey of the day with Charlamagne. I don't know why y'all keep letting him get y'all like this. It's not me. It's really not me. It's absolutely y'all. Donkey of the Day for Monday, May 16th goes to a young lady named Jania Douglas of Florida. Now, what does your Uncle Charla always say about the great state of Florida?

The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida, and today is no exception. I got a question for you. It's a simple one. What's on your bucket list? I don't have to explain to you what a bucket list is, do I? It's simply a number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime. I don't think I've ever technically called things that I've accomplished

bucket list items. I'm more of a vision board type of person, but we all have things we want to do in life. Okay. Some can be career oriented. Some can be personal, but we all simply have things we have historically wanted to do. And once we did them,

we scratched them off their list. You know, we scratch them off our list. Angelique, what's been on, what's been something on your bucket list that you scratched off? Um, what is something on my bucket list that I scratched off?

A long time ago, buying a house. Buying a house. Okay. Envy, what's something on your bucket list that you scratched off? Traveling to South Africa. Going to South Africa. See? Those are real goals.

Those are accomplishments that make sense. They're productive. They're positive. Okay? They give you something to work towards. But people's bucket lists vary for a lot of reasons. And I can almost guarantee that Jania's bucket list is different than a lot of people's. All right. See, Jania was recently charged with fleeing and eluding authorities and failure to obey an order from a law enforcement officer when she refused to stop.

OK. On last Thursday morning in the Florida Keys. Let me paint the picture for you. Jania was driving a Toyota sedan. All right. She was speeding and driving reckless near North Key Largo at about 747 a.m. An officer turned on his lights and siren, but Jania did not stop. Okay. And she continued southbound until stopping at a three-way intersection. That's as far as that Toyota sedan could go.

Now, what was she fleeing for? Did she have a warrant she knew about? Did she have a car full of drugs and guns? Was she under the influence of any narcotics or alcohol? Was there a dead white woman in the trunk? No. Her reasoning, her motive, was that she told the deputy

that getting arrested had been on her bucket list since high school. What? I repeat, Jania fled and eluded deputies and said she did it because getting arrested was on her bucket list since high school let me tell you i think she's 19 years old if i'm not mistaken let me be clear yeah she's 19 years old of homestead florida listen yes what

first thing i want to know j, what else is on your list? Okay. I know it's your personal bucket list, but you need to let somebody read over it to see what else is on there. Because damn, man. All right. I also need y'all to know something. Hey, Uncle. Oh, okay.

Uncle Charlotte is old. Brother Leonard is old. I'm 43. My body different. I'm breathing different. If you don't know a line that movie from, you ain't black. But I'm saying all that to say, I don't understand what's happening no more, man. I don't understand this generation.

I have no clue on what is happening anymore. But I'm not going to generalize the whole generation. We live in a world where we have to rely on the most unpredictable thing on the planet to keep us all safe. And that's human behavior. The only thing that keeps us relatively safe on this planet is keep us all safe and that's human behavior the only thing that keeps us relatively safe on this planet is the actions of each other and we are living on this third rock from the sun with people who want to scratch getting arrested off their bucket list so between this and folks who just wake up wanting to commit mass shootings we doomed

but you need i want you to know something. You clearly can do anything you put your mind to. Now, other things you might set your mind to do, other things you might put on your bucket list might be a little more difficult than getting arrested, but I believe in you, and I hope that this situation lets you realize that anything you put on your bucket list, you can absolutely do. Anything you set your mind to, you can absolutely do. You just need to make some adjustments to your little bucket list, okay? Once again, I'm sitting here trying to understand

the logic of something that is illogical, but it's not illogical. It's just Florida. Please give Jania Douglas the sweet sounds of the Hamilton's. Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day.

Yee-haw. You want to play a game? No, I don't, actually. You don't want to play a game? I don't want to. You know what? All right, I'm going to humor you to play a game, okay? Let's play a game? No, I don't, actually. You don't want to play a game? I don't want to. You know what? All right, I'm going to humor you to play a game, okay? Let's play a game.

Here we go. Let's play a game of Guess What Race It Is! All right, let's do it. Florida woman, 19 years old, driving a Toyota sedan, accused of fleeing a deputy, says arrest was on her bucket list since high school. Angela Yee, guess what race she is! Well, she's definitely not black, because I don't think that's on our bucket list. high school. Angelina, guess what race she is. She's definitely not black because I don't think that's on our bucket list.

Oh, okay. That's never been on our bucket list. Angelina is definitely not black, so what do you got? I guess white. Okay. DJ Envy. Please arrest me. I was doing something wrong. Can you please arrest me?

DJ Envy. A woman driving a Toyota Sedan, 19 years old, of Florida, wanted to get arrested because she said it was on her bucket list. Guess what race she is. Damn it, man. I was going black until she just had me thinking for a little bit. Because black persons don't want to get arrested, right? We're trying to avoid that. Yeah, we want to avoid that.

Black people got to beg to be arrested. We don't want to avoid why people got a bag to But My gut told me black earlier though See what y'all always feel to realize when we do guess what race it is we have different categories Maybe one day I gotta just run down the category. What's the category? But there's white white, you know, we have Asian Spanish Latino and we have Asian. Asian. We have Spanish. Latino. Latino. And we have black.

Black, right. But we also got niggas. Oh, boy. What? Engineer Douglas is what we call a young nigga around these parts. Oh, man. Powerful niggas at work. Damn it, man.

That's all this is. Okay, powerful. Who raised her? Niggas. Because of niggas. What are you talking about? The words of T.K. Kirkland. But she can grow out of this.

Okay, we all have our nigga face. And by the way, the nigga face is not just for black people. There's white niggas too. Okay? They just can't use the word. This was an act of niggatry. The Breakfast Club. Come on.

Need relationship advice? Need personal advice? Just need real advice. Call up now for Ask Yee. Keep it real. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

It's time for Ask Yee. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Nicole. Hey, Nicole, what's your question for Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. It's time for Ask Yee. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Nicole. Hey, Nicole. What's your question for Yeezy? So, the situation is, I've been in a relationship for maybe, like, 17 years. And during my relationship, he had, like, different sexual interests. And I thought, I'm like a doctor, doctor-natriarch.

I really, like, control in the bedroom and um he seemed like he was into it i'd like to turn them out but i don't really like when they're into it so i've been noticing more and more where they are um he is like tooking his booty out or it's like hanging and I'm kind of not interested in it no more so I want to know how do I bring up

the conversation with him without hurting his feelings or emasculating him so so wait let me

so the problem is that you're a dominatrix right but he's enjoying it too much I want to say yes that is the problem is that you're a dominatrix, right? But he's enjoying it too much? I wouldn't say, yes, that is the problem. Okay, you want him to be like... It's not what he wants anymore.

It's like, are you really now interested in that? Or, you know? Okay, so in the beginning, he wasn't enjoying it. No, he was... Like I said, I like to turn him out. So he was like, heck no, stay away from that area. What do you think this is? Kind of like.

Okay, so you mean with anal, like putting something in his. Yeah. Okay. All right. Well, first of all, you said the goal is to turn someone out. It worked. Yeah, it did. So now that you turned him out, you're bored.

But the thing is, we are like partners. And I don't know if this is going to mess up our actual relationship. Well, as a dominatrix, maybe you need to find something else to do to him next to turn him out on. Collaborate. I mean, okay, look, what other things do you do as a dominatrix in this relationship? Because I guess the dynamic now is messed up, right? As a dominatrix, he's supposed to be like, dynamic now is messed up, right? As a dominatrix, he's supposed to be like, no, I don't want

that, I don't like that. He's resistant. But now he's like, yes, bring it. Do it to me. Peg me. Yes, and I guess that's the dad. I noticed that he took the booty out before I'm ready to actually take it, and I'm like,

mmm. Right, now this is, now this feels like something we both enjoy and it wasn't supposed to actually take it. And I'm like, hmm. Right. Now this feels like something we both enjoy and it wasn't supposed to be like that. This is so wrong. So are there other things that you do to him in that situation, that relationship to, you know, maybe there's something else you could do where you're stepping on him with the high heels, maybe a little light whooping, anything like that? Yeah, we do a little role play of, you know, I want to stay asleep or patient. We do like a little role play. But like I said, it's just more of now.

Like if we regular doing regular sex, he's ready to shoot his pussy out. This is so wrong, man. What if you use a bigger dildo? What are we talking about? She did. This is so wrong, man. What if you use a bigger dildo? What are we talking about? She did. This is so wrong. Why is it wrong? Men, do not let women play in your butt

unless they're willing to make a real commitment to you. Okay? Yeah, I mean, he gave you the butt and now all of a sudden it's too far. This is bad. Guys, this is FZ, okay? They're not married, right? Actually, we are married.

What? He gave you his butt and now you're saying it's too much you mad because you turned me out because i like it you know that but the problem is that you did turn him out and got him to like something that he was resistant to at first and now you don't like it say to him, I don't want to do it anymore. And like I said, I'm the one that started this whole. Right, yeah.

But. But. Oh, maybe you could do the opposite now, right, and torture him by not doing it. Oh, man. What you don't do to another man's butt, somebody else will. Somebody else will. I mean, is it that you don't want to peg him anymore at all?

Correct. What if he acted like he doesn't like it now, moving forward, and you let him... Should I ask him to like resist a little bit more yeah tell him like tell him like look

the dynamics of what this was is not what it is now and this is what I need you to do for me to feel turned on he might actually enjoy that too

that's not fair mama if he likes something and now all of a sudden y'all supposed to be a couple y'all supposed to enjoy each other well she's not enjoying it but he is right but he might enjoy also doing the role playing Fair mama. If he likes something, and now all of a sudden, y'all supposed to be a couple. Y'all supposed to enjoy each other. Well, she's not enjoying it.

But he is. Right, but he might enjoy also doing the role playing of acting like this is his first time doing it. He didn't want to do it in the first place. But he broke down for her to do it. And now when he actually likes it. If he wants it, he might have to play along. You know why a lot of men don't like butt play? Because they feel like it makes them feel like less of a man.

It makes them feel like a sucker, right? So now I've been vulnerable with you. You turned me out. And now you're telling me to stop acting like a bitch. Well, guess who turned me into one? Tell us how you feel. I'm just saying. Anyway, have you communicated any of this to him?

Slight hints, but not very direct saying you know this is how I feel at this current moment how can we make a change well be direct you're a dominatrix be direct

okay and tell him look this ain't fun for me no more before it was a resistance situation you ain't want it now you tooting it up

toot that thing up daddy make it roll what if I'm not seeing it in our regular household situation? It seems like I have to take control of everything. And is that from the way our bedroom action is? I don't want to call him bitching out. I don't want to downplay who he is. He's far from a female dog, but

he's very now soft or he's not taking control as I think a man in the household can be. He might think this is what you want. And if you haven't communicated that you don't like it, he might think this is the dynamic that you wanted.

Charlamagne did say something real true. What you don't do, somebody else will do. Stop it, guys. It's the truth. You turned him on to it so he likes it, he enjoys it. Listen, you need to let him know that this is not working for you and this is not what your intention was so he can take charge in certain situations again.

This is why men don't open up our hearts or our butts to people because of situations like this. But the main thing is that you're not telling him what it is that you need. You got to let him know. But she wanted it at first, and he didn't want to do it at first, and then he finally opened up and did it. And it got turned out.

And now she's treating me like a bitch. Just be quiet. Why you doing that? That's foul. All right. So listen, talk to him, okay? I'm soft, man. You got to work through this.

You begged to play in my butt. I let you play in my butt. Now you looking at me like I'm soft. Let's just keep that. This is crazy. This is crazy. This is toxic femininity. What's his number?

We need to call him. No, stop it. This is toxic femininity. I don't think I want to put him on the spot. Yeah, don't do it. All right. This is toxic femininity. We have no problem answering any questions.

That's foul. This is foul. He opened up for her. He enjoys it now and now she's just going to take it back. Y'all say y'all can't get men to communicate. We open up. Then y'all tell us y'all don't like what we say. You say we don't share our emotions.

We open up our hearts. Y'all break our hearts. Y'all say y'all don't like butt play. We open our butts. Now, look. You guys have been too into Asky these past crazy yeah yeah this is crazy this is foul he's toxic we need to protest morning everybody is DJ 585-105-1 at The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. So we are on vacation.

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