The Breakfast Club - Viola Davis Interview

Episode Date: April 29, 2022

Today on the show we had the icon and legend Viola Davis stop by for the first time, and she spoke on her new book "Finding Me", her relationship with parents, Michelle Obama and more. Also we had TV Personality Ziwe stop by where she spoke about her show Ziwe getting a season 2 Iconic Celebrity Interactions, Industry Roots and more. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to a student that sent a racist prom invitation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.

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I don't like 95% righteousness. This is becoming the most prominent forum. Wake your ass up. It's early in the morning, but they tell me it was y'all. I say, oh, hell yeah, I'm getting up. The world's most dangerous morning show. DJ Enfi. Your people's choice.

Angela Yee. I'm a sweetheart, but I'll cut you. Charlamagne Tha God. Prince of Prince of People. I can't believe you guys are the best, kid. Collectively known as Breakfast Club, bitches. Good morning, USA! the week, man. Weekend is here. Even though it sucks to be in New York, New Jersey, soothe everybody that listens to us all around the country. I told y'all I was in Orlando all last week

wearing short pants and white t-shirts. You know what I mean? Now we up here with hoodies on and sweatshirts and jackets. The hell is happening? Who says short pants? Isn't it just shorts? I wear short pants. What the hell is short pants? I'm from South Carolina, okay? We wear short pants. What the hell?

The hell you mean with the short pants? Short pants, nigga. Pants that are short. Nobody says short pants. You just say shorts. There's short pants in my book, okay? I've been calling them short pants my whole life. I ain't going to stop calling them short pants now. That's like saying a short long sleeve.

Like what? That's just shorts. It's short sleeves. Short sleeve shirts. Tell us what you're talking about. You know what? Short pants, all right? All right.

But. Okay. Long story short, pants. All right? All right. But. Okay. Long story short, pants. I was wearing them last week. All right? I'm glad you wore pants. And now we back in the cold. It don't feel like winter to you?

It does. Come on, man. They say it on the East Coast, those 70 degrees the weekend. Come on, man. Tomorrow, Sunday, is going to be in the 70s. Just when your testicles start hanging, they go right back up close to your body. You know what I mean? I got time for that. I'm old.

All right. I like mine to hang. Well, good morning. You see where this show's starting this morning? Until he's out and he's starting talking about testicles already. Oh, you're not here today? No, he's not here today. Oh, okay. We got an iconic show for you this morning. It's an iconic. That's right. Drop on the Clues Bomb for the show that we have planned for you today.

Yes. We have two very special guests. Yes. She has a show on Showtime that premieres this weekend. It's called Z-Way. Z-Way is absolutely out of her damn mind, okay? Yes. I call her a whole fool market. If you've never watched her show, you are clearly missing out, and she will be joining

us this morning. Yes, she will be joining us this morning, and also the icon, the legend. Come on now. Viola Davis will be joining us this morning. And also the icon, the legend. Come on now. Viola Davis will be joining us this morning. Let me tell you something. Her book, Finding Me, which I have in my book bag right now. I've read it. I've listened to it.

I actually enjoy listening to it more because she narrates it herself. Yes. This is absolutely positively one of the best books I've read this year. Really? Oh, man. It's very triggering. Very open. Very triggering.

Very transparent. You grew up a certain way if you had to deal with a lot of certain issues, but we'll talk about it. Okay. I think her book is going to really help people in their healing process because it really is an exploration of her inner child. Okay. Yeah. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking.

We got front page news. Canada is going to lift restrictions on gay men donating blood. Oh, see, you kind of just left me with the dot, dot, dot I just wanted to know what the restrictions on gay men were What they're restricting gay men from doing We'll talk about it No backdoor access I need to know I knew you was going to like that story

I'm just saying you could have left that dot, dot, dot I picked that story for you You gave it away Come on, man Damn it, man That ain't even as exciting as I thought it was going to be All right, well, let's get to some new music. Future's album is out today. This is all

Future's album. It's called Wait For You. Okay. And this is Future featuring Drake. I heard nothing from Future. Let me hear it. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. That was Future Drake off of Future's album. His album's out today. It's called Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. That was Future Draco for Future's Albums.

Albums out today is called Wait For You. The album's called I Never Liked You, right? Yes. All right. Well, let's get in some front page news. What do we got? NBA 76ers beat the Raptors 132-97. They advance to the next series.

The Suns beat the Pelicans 115-109. Chris Paul had a perfect game, 14-14. He scored 33 points. I watched that game. That was a phenomenal game, great game. And Chris Paul did not miss a shot. They said that was the second, let me see, the second time that's happened?

Yep. With Wilt Chamberlain. Wilt Chamberlain, yep. And the Mavs beat the Jazz 98-96. Yesterday was also the NFL draft. Do you know who your team picked up? I have no idea. I was watching basketball last night.

I mean, it don't matter, you know what I'm saying, because we're going to the Super Bowl. So as long as we picked up some offensive linemen, did we pick up some offensive linemen? I don't know who we did. As long as we picked up some offensive linemen, we're going to be fine. Dallas Cowboys.

First pick went to the Jaguars. They picked up Trayvon Walker from Georgia. All right. Now, one ticket, one person won $473.1 million. That was the Powerball jackpot. And that ticket was sold in Arizona. So if you got family in Arizona, you live in Arizona, give them a call right now. The winning numbers were 11, 36, 61, 62, 68, and the Powerball number was 4.

Salute to that person, man. And I hope that Arizona has that thing where you can remain anonymous because don't nobody like rich people. Okay? Be stupid. It's a fact. So remain anonymous, okay? Now, Health in Canada, they're saying Canada lifts restrictions on gay men donating blood.

And a prime minister of Canada said this is good news for all Canadians, but had taken too long. They've been trying to lift the ban for the last 10 to 15 years and been having problems. So after research, they said there is no difference, of course. Duh. So they are lifting the ban on gay men donating blood. I didn't know that they had a restriction on gay men donating blood. Yeah, now this is what I don't understand. FDA announces a proposed ban to ban flavored cigarettes and blunt wraps.

What is the difference between flavored and regular? Is it worse? Because it's bad anyway. Don't ask me because I don't smoke either. It just doesn't make sense. Where do they ban them for? What's the reason? They say it's the combination of tobacco and the artificial flavoring that they use.

Does that make it more dangerous? Make it more dangerous than what it does already? It already causes cancer and all that other stuff. I don't know, but they said they are banning it. We need to lift the ban on putting sweet stuff in your mouth. Okay? That's what we need to do. Since Canada is lifting bans on gay stuff there's candidates candidates lifting bans on gay stuff

we need to lift bans on gay stuff you should be allowed to put anything sweet in your mouth that you want to all right and lastly this is crazy a florida sheriff was forced to make a heartbreak and arrest while hunting local meth suppliers his own daughter he had to arrest his own daughter she was a meth supplier and he had to arrest her in a sting she was a meth supplier, and he had to arrest her in a sting. She was a mother of three. She was delivering a large quantity of meth, he said. She was arrested last week for trafficking and possessing cocaine.

Drop one of Clues' bonds for that police officer for doing his damn job. He said, I felt terrible about it, but I also knew that the quantity of drugs she was selling was unbelievable and that she had to be stopped. That's right. You are here to protect and to serve, sir.

And that woman is a threat to our community. They said, did it feel good? He said, no, it didn't feel good, but it had to be done. Clean up these streets, starting with your own home. That's what I'm talking about. You know how they say, if you want to really make a change, you got to start in your own home. That man is starting in his own home. Drop on a clues bomb for that police officer.

Okay? You're going to jail. Guess what? Because I don't. As soon as you said meth, I knew what race it was. Okay? As soon as you said meth, I knew the caucasity of that situation. You're not going to give your daughter a heads up though?

Like, look. No. Because you know why? Because you're messing up the family business. You know I'm a police officer. Look. Okay? You got to get out of Dodge for the next couple of days.

Nope. Just trust me. Nope. Don't ask any questions. Nope. Go to the family business. You know I'm a police officer. Look. Okay? You got to get out of Dodge for the next couple of days. Nope. Just trust me. Nope. Don't ask any questions. Nope. Go to Disney. Nope. You're going to jail.

Because you know what happens in a situation like that? He's jeopardizing not only his livelihood, he's jeopardizing his freedom. Because if they find out he was helping her in any way, shape, or form or giving her any type of heads up, he's going to end up going to jail. You don't think he'd beat that in court? That's his daughter. I mean, listen, man. White people can do a lot of different things. So you tell me, do I think he'd beat that in court? That's his daughter. I mean, listen, man. White people can do a lot of different things.

So you tell me, do I think he can beat that in court? Sure he could with the right attorney. But I respect the fact he did the right thing. All right? You're going to jail, man. You're going to jail. All right? You're going to jail, little girl.

You're going to jail. And I always told you if you didn't act right, you was going to end up here. Okay? Didn't I tell you if you didn't act right, you was going to end up here? Now look at you. Okay? That would be a good conversation if he had some open breaks. Would you arrest your daughter and send her to jail?

Hey. That would give her a little heads up. It just depends. I'm not mad at him for what he did. I don't know what I would do. I don't know what I would personally do in that situation, but I'm not mad at him for doing his job. All right. Well, that is. That lets me know he's an honest police officer.

That is true. You lock your own daughter up. She ain't going to lock up anybody. That's what I'm saying. Sheesh. He ain't taking no money on the side. Nope. What?

Nope. All right, well, that is front page news. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. Phone lines are wide open. 800-585-1051. It's Friday, damn it!

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. 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 gonna 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. 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 Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh, my God.

What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast.

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

So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, who's this? This is DJ KD

from Fort Lauderdale. What's up, brother? Get it off your chest. What's up, DJ KD? What's going on, DJ Henry? Shout out to my name, the God. DJ Henry, how do you do not know

what short pants is? Tell him again. We don't say short pants. We just say shorts. That ain't true. Man, listen, listen. They say short pants, long pants,

short sleeve shirts, long sleeve shirts. How you don't know that? That's right. Man, listen, listen. They say short pants, long pants, short-sleeved shirts, long-sleeved shirts. Now, how you don't know that? That's right. Talk to him, King. Where you from? I'm from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Maybe it's a South thing. Maybe that's just something we say down South.

No, I don't know. Even if you go in the stores, they got short pants and shorts and stuff like that and stuff. That's what I thought. So, you know, JCPenney, things like that. So, you know, DJ Isma, man, you know, you shut up north, you got to get down South, too, man. That's what I thought. So, you know, JCPenney, things like that. So, you know, DJ Envy, man, you know, you shrug up noise, you got to get down south too, man. That's right. I got to get myself some short pants then.

Thank you, brother. All right. You have a good weekend. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Tay-Tay from Greenville. Hey, Tay-Tay from Greenville. Tay-Tay, what's happening? Get it off your chest.

I want to say thank you, DJ Envy, for that book. Me and my fiance, we're getting married. And it's helping us a lot. Get it off your chest. I want to say thank you, DJ Envy, for that book. Me and my fiance, we're getting married next Saturday. And I want to say you and your wife made a great book. And due to the pandemic, we had to push back our honeymoon. But, you know, this has been a great read for us. And I just want to say thank you. Well, thank you so much.

That's the reason why we wrote the book. We thought we could help a lot of couples and a lot of people thinking about getting married. And as you see, we've been through a lot, but we've been able to work through it. That's why we say the magic that holds it together. And, you know, we've been together since 16 and 15, so it was our evolution. We grew together, but I think we grew to a great place for ourselves. We always say we crack the code for our relationship and things are a lot better.

And you know, all the questions and everything that really helps. Also, you know, can I get my catch up out so we could get help with our honeymoon? Yeah, go ahead. Okay.

Thank you. So it's dollar five, K-A-T-A-E-L-O-V-E, 10-11. And I just want to thank all of y'all at the breakfast club. Have a great day. Thank you so much. Bye-bye. Hello, who's this?

Good morning, DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God. This is OG Rob, top of the morning. My guy. What's happening, sir? OG Rob, you got some balls for us this morning? Everything is good. All is well. Hey, look, man, before I start anything, I just want to say congratulations to you, Envy,

and the missions on the bump. Thank you so much. And continue success on that to you. You know what I'm saying? And shout out to everybody. They said the second restock in Barnes & Noble sold out as well. So they're restocking today. So we are grateful and so thankful, man,

that so many people are out there supporting the book. If you haven't picked it up, pick it up. You can pick it up on Amazon or the Audible. All the bookstores

should be restocked. And I just want to say thank you so much, man. You guys are showing out and I'm so humbled and appreciate it so much, man. That's good, man. That's a blessing

to have that. And it's a blessing for y'all, man, to be listening to me calling in, man. But you know what it is, man. It's hashtag Balls for Breakfast. Let's go, Balls for Breakfast, baby.

Friday morning. Let's get some. All right, check it out. And check the paper route. With skills unmatched. Unparalleled. OG. Setting a tone.

Placing that price well. Unbelievable. On that stage, they can't touch him. He unsigned, but they think it was paperwork and discussion. Just not checked. Getting my feet wet. I have a steady state of social relationships on my character as I dominate through these slums of ground zero. I'm forced to meditate before I violate me a hater or broke wings to hit with 25 to L at the shot.

And I'll regret later. You know what I mean? Okay, okay, okay, okay. I'm your idol. Your highest title. your number uno. I'm not a Dominican, but I'm speaking so that you know. You definitely Dominican. And understand I got the gift of speech, and it's a blessing. So listen to the lesson I preach.

Ooh. Boss. What you got, Sean? Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Yo, rapper Envy stepping to me. What? He want to get some, but I'm not gay, so you know the outcome. What?

How did we get there? What you mean? What you mean? Yo, bye, OG Rob, man. What's wrong with you, man? What do you mean? Shout to OG Rob for the bars every Friday. Always calling, man.

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. Let's go. This is your time to get it off your chest.

Whether you're mad or blessed. Say it with your chest. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, let it out. Hello, who's this? Yo, good morning. It's Greco. I'm back.

We're good. Envy and Charlamagne. I know it's ye out. Peace, King. What's happening? Get it off your chest, brother. Yeah, we got some new music. I heard you mention Future and Drake.

That was hard, but I got some new music, too. I got a new album, Ladies Night, dropping. Like I said, I got live from the 718 that's popping right now. I got musical rollercoaster jumping on Spotify. Okay. You know, the real underscore ancient Greco. Let's get it shaking, man. It's Freaky Friday.

Let's get it. Oh, oh, I got another one for y'all, too, real quick. Y'all probably ain't gonna like it, but it's gonna be funny. But when y'all going back to Canada? Canada. Yeah, so y'all can donate blood. I thought y'all was... Hello, who's this? Good morning, it's Jack Jack from High Street Society

How y'all doing, Texas Club? Hey there, what's happening, queen? Nothing, I want to shout out Two amazing females One being my niece, Jaden Winfield She's graduating from Jackson State tomorrow. I'm driving from Chicago to Mississippi to go see her right now.

So I want to shout her out. And two, my nine-year-old daughter started a dog treat business called Bonapartique Dog Treat. Y'all check that out on Instagram. And we have some gangsta bites. And we got to get you some, DJ, because I heard Chuck Norris a little punk ass. A little punk ass, because I heard Chuck Norris, a little punk ass.

A little punk ass dog. A little Chuck Norris, a little punk ass. That little punk. We got to get you some, Envy. Yeah, send me some of the treats. Matter of fact, if you can, what's the link again? Her Instagram is Bonaparty, that's A-P-P-A-W-T-I-T, dog treat, on Instagram.

And at $3 for a five pack, y'all make sure y'all check her out. She just started. She had her first pop-up last Saturday, and she is so excited. Hey, make sure you send those up here for that punk-ass dog, NB God, okay? We gonna get him some gangsta bites. We will. Thank you so much. You're welcome.

Have a good morning. I'm telling y'all, y'all better leave my punk-ass dog alone. Hey, Gucci Man says it's a punk-ass dog. I believe it's a punk-ass dog. Hello, who's this? Hello? says it's a punk ass dog. I believe it's a punk ass dog. Hello, who's this? Hello? Hey, get it off your chest. Man, I want to talk about these people, kids in Houston, man.

They're going crazy stealing these catalytic converters, man. They got me this last night. Not just Cadillac converters. They've been stealing Honda converters. I don't know what it is with these converters, but they've been stealing converters like crazy. He didn't say no Cadillac. He did say Cadillac converters. I thought he said Can-a-lin-ic.

Thank you. Thank you. Uh-oh. He said it's a Cadillac. It ain't just Cadillacs. It's Hondas. It's Hondas. So they got your converter?

They got me, and I couldn't get to work. I'm over here in the Uber right now, man. They done got me. Damn it, man. Yeah, they got our camera guy, Nick, up here. They took his converter as well. Damn. What are they stealing them for? I don't know what they getting Damn it, man. Yeah, they got our camera guy, Nick, up here. They took his converter as well. Damn. What are they stealing them for?

I don't know what they're getting for them, man. Exactly. They're selling them for parts. They said those converters get anywhere from $500 to $800. What, are they more expensive now or something? I don't know. Man, can I throw my cash out about that, man? Sure.

Go ahead, brother. It's dollar sign Mr. Wayne with two E's. Mr. Wayne. All right, brother. Good luck. I really want to know why y'all stealing Cad with two E's. Mr. Wayne. All right, brother. Good luck. I really want to know why y'all stealing... Converters? Cadillac converters.

Yes. I would like to know. Fuel line converters? I don't know. Catalytic converters. I have no idea. Anyway, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

He from Houston, too. Damn it, man. If you have a problem, you need to vent. You can hit us at any time. Now, we got rumors on the way. What we got? What we got? What we got? You know Envy don't be doing the rumor reports,

so he don't know what the hell about to happen. Taylor! It ain't like we got no new rumors. It's the same stuff y'all seeing online, so we'll figure it out for you, and we'll be back. We'll just talk about it when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk 50. She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club.

Well, when you owe 50 money. I had an anger problem. What is that? What is that? Who is that? When you owe 50, who got an anger problem. What is that? What is that? Who is that? When you owe 50, who got an anger problem? I don't know what order that was. Well, when you owe 50 money, you better have his money.

All right? Now, 50 Cent and his lawyers are telling Tierra Marie, I want my money by Monday. They were back in court. This has been going on for years. Yes. For years. Now, this happened over a lawsuit that happened where a sex tape involved

with Tierra Marie, it went viral. The clip was shared by 50, and she accused 50 of putting it out, which he said he didn't. It was already out. And attorneys in the end, the judge awarded 50 $37,000. Tierra Marie says she ain't got it. 50 said, you better find it. And they've been in court for the last two, three years for 50 kids' money.

I see people saying, why is 50 still on her about this? If somebody owed you $40,000, wouldn't you be on him about that too? Yes. And I don't want to hear, oh, 50 got money. He got all these hit TV shows. Money is money. When you owe me, I want my bread. Nah, I feel the same way.

And guess what? If the roles were reversed, you think she wouldn't be on his head like that? Yes, she absolutely possibly would. Okay, then. Knock it off. Business is business. Get your money, Fiff. Now, Lizzo, she talks about doing a versus, but not necessarily rapping or singing with food.

Random combination of food versus who wins, Lizzo versus Saweetie. Y'all just think Saweetie eats random combinations. It's not that uncommon. People be eating like that. It's just don't nobody talk about it. Okay. Because she'll do like ramen. Hot Cheetos with the ramen.

She puts in a Capri Sun sometimes. Yeah, Capri Sun, hot Cheetos. She freezes it. I don't know if you've done that before. She's on to something. Right? Told you. My food combinations are f***ing disgusting.

Told you. I do mustard and watermelon. We not the same. I do s*** that is unthinkable. Right. I'm the vegan version. That's it. I've heard people talk about mustard and watermelon before.

So Lizzo, Saweetie, food battle. Who wins? I mean, I don't know. I've never So Lizzo, Saweetie, food battle, who wins? I mean, I don't know. I've never seen Lizzo get down like that. I'm gonna have to go with Saweetie from what I've seen. Lizzo vegan too. What kind of weird combinations can you really put together with vegan? Yeah, I'm with you. Saweetie puts

together some nasty combinations to me. Cheetos and ramen noodles? All it sounds to me like is the toilet's going to win in that situation. That's who's going to win that versus the toilet. Okay? The toilet's going to get the best of Lizzo and Saweetie after that versus. Yes, it is.

Now, Lizzo also talks about having an anger problem in that same interview. I had an anger problem. I really did. I had an anger problem back then and I would fight, you know. Really? Yeah.

I think I had, like, a lot of pent-up anger in me because I wasn't expressing it the right way. Even through my music, I wasn't really tapped in like I am now to where I can just, like, let it flow. Because I think I had written Truth Hurts in 2017. Yeah. let it flow. Because I think I had written Truth Hurts in 2017. So that was like the beginning of me even realizing, oh, music can truly be therapy for me. I'm not an out-of-control type fighter. I'm a get you. I'm a get you.

Calculated. Oh, yeah. Yeah, Lizzo looks like she'd get down. Also, I know people will probably think just because Lizzo was bigger, she probably would win that versus battle with Saweetie, because they probably think she's been doing a lot of wild food combinations her whole life. But just because you got that weight on,

you don't mean that you've been eating wild food combinations. Correct. Probably just been eating large portions. It's a difference. You know what I mean? Yeah. I guess. Now, also, let's change gears.

Steve Harvey, he was on E! News, and they asked him about Michael B. Jordan, if he would give him relationship advice. What relationship advice would you give to Michael B. Jordan? Really? None. I mean, you know, you know, he's going to have to earn it. I'm not going to help. So, you know, but he's a nice guy you know it's very respectful so family's really great it's a great family man i know it's father personally so it's going good for them you know just relationships are hard especially they they're young and they're in a hollywood type relationship and i'm cheering for them you know yeah i'm not giving you no advice on how to

continue to do whatever it is you're doing with my daughter. But if he's a good guy, don't you want him to- That's all I want you to be. That's the only advice I'm giving you. Be a good guy. Be a good, respectful human to my daughter, okay? But don't you want to help him out if he's a good guy? No.

Make sure he's, you know- No, I just want him to be a good guy. Once I know he's a good guy and he's a respectful human to my daughters, that's all I care about. I ain't giving you no more advice other than that. Figure it out on your own, young man. Damn other than that. Figure it out on your own, young man. Okay? Figure it out on your own. You wouldn't want to help the man if you like him, but like, well, let me help him. That's a cheat code. Steve Harvey's

done enough of that. He wrote that damn book, okay? All right? He's given enough cheat codes out. I'm not giving out no cheat codes. I want you to, you know, continue to earn your position in my daughter's life the right way. Plus, you know, she got to make all those choices on her own, regardless. Wouldn't you rather your daughter, you got four of them, I got four of them.

Correct. Wouldn't you rather your daughter know the real person as opposed to me giving him little cheat codes here and there. Oh, you know she likes this, you know she likes that. Hey, you should do this, you should do that. Wouldn't you rather him be himself and she grow to love that person on their own? Not because of the cheat codes? You put it like that then, yeah. I'm not giving him no cheat codes. Yeah, well,

Steve Off, he also talks about his stylish ways. How does it feel to have so much drip? Can I tell you something? I've had it my whole life. Even when I was wearing the big suit, you know, that was really urban, man. That's what we wore. I was talking to Magic

and Michael Jordan one time. They said, man, we should watch you at night on Showtime and DePaulo to see what you was going to wear. And we go out and get it made. You know, I've always loved colors, man. You know, when you're a game show host and a talk show host, you know, I tried to dress more, you know, more mainstream. It's not a lie.

You see Michael Jordan's clothes back in the day? They all wore them baggy-ass suits. You're right. They all had on dry-fit, baggy-ass suits. And that was the style. They just didn't know when to stop the style. Like, you know what I mean? Like, they got a time when you got to stop.

Steve be clean, though. Now Steve is clean. And Steve outfits be like Saweetie's food combinations. I saw Steve had on a leather suit. Really? Like a leather shirt suit. Yeah. Steve ain't no joke. Salute to Unc, man.

Unc be putting it on. Unc be having everything, man. Steve ain't playing no games. Not at all. He's the OG and the legend. Alright. And that is your rumor report. Now when we come back we gotta talk to your president, Joe Biden. Who you talking to? You talking to the audience? You too? I mean, when we come back, we got to talk to your president, Joe Biden. Who are you talking to? You talking to the audience? You too.

I mean, I voted for him, but you know. I mean, by the way, every president is our president. You're right. Trump is your president too, regardless whether you want to admit it or not. I'm still trying to figure out

whose hand he was trying to shake. That's what I'm trying to figure out. Whose hand he was trying to shake. Somebody tell me that. That's my president. Whoever's hand he was shaking, that's my president. We'll talk he was shaking, that's my president. All right, we'll talk about it when we come back.

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Let's get some front page news. Let's talk your president, Joe Biden. Now, Joe Biden says he is not considering $50,000 in student loan forgiveness. He says, but I'm in the process of taking a hard look at whether or not there will be additional debt forgiveness. I like this because you're going to tell another story in a minute that connects

all of these dots. The campaign promise was they were going to get rid of student loan debt. It was going to give everybody that was in student loan debt like $10,000 a piece, I think it was? Correct. Okay, but now they're not talking about that at all. Now they're not talking about that. Now watch this, watch this. He's not going to give you

$50,000, but now your president, Joe Biden, is asking Congress for $33 billion in Ukraine aid. More money for Ukraine. That's right. We have audio. We've almost exhausted what we call the fancy phrase the drawdown authority that Congress authorized Ukraine in a bipartisan spending bill last month. Basically, we're out of money.

And so that's why today, in order to sustain Ukraine as it continues to fight, I'm sending Congress a supplemental budget request. It's going to keep weapons and ammunition flowing without interruption to the brave Ukrainian fighters and continue delivering economic and humanitarian assistance to the Ukrainian people. They're asking for more and more money for Ukraine, billions and billions of dollars. But when it comes to something like student loan debt in this country, they are taking a hard look at it, not promising nothing, even though they promised on the campaign trail, they're just going to take a hard look at student loan debt now. But they ain't got no problem asking for money for

a whole other country. $33 billion. Come on, man. On top of what they've already given them? Let me just ask you a question. He just said they ain't got no more. They always say they ain't got no more money until they need more money. I'm just asking a question. If we started an airstrike with, let's just say, with Putin, just to go get Putin, how much would that cost?

Don't ask me. Why are you going to ask me some type of question like that? I'm some geopolitical expert that I know how much an airstrike costs on Putin. I don't know. It would be less than $33 million, I'm assuming. Man, ask me things that I know. Ask me how much the number two is at McDonald's. How much is the number two at McDonald's? Well, back in the day, it used to be...

$3.24. With tax. With tax. Yeah, with tax. Yes, it was $2.99, $3.24 with tax. This was way, way back in the day. Now we have more... Because you know we were born in the 1900s.

The 1900s. Now, Biden also asked for additional funding. This assistance would provide even more artillery, armored vehicles, anti-armored systems, anti-air capabilities that have been used so effectively thus far in the battlefield by the Ukrainian warriors. You know, it's going to deliver much needed humanitarian assistance as well as food, water, medicine, shelter and other aid to Ukrainians displaced by Russia's war and provide aid for those seeking refuge in other countries from Ukraine. It's also going to help schools and hospitals open.

It's going to allow pensions and social support to be paid to the Ukrainian people so they have something, something in their pocket. No disrespect to anybody overseas, but I feel like we're helping all these issues that other people have, but we have these same issues here. We always talk about schools here are not funded enough. They don't have computers. They don't have books. Hospitals aren't up to par in certain areas. Not up to par.

Our military, our retired vets don't have the service and treatment that they need, but we're quick to ask for $33 billion. That just sounds wild to me. Yeah, and when you hear things like this, you know, I hate to say it, but we're quick to ask for $33 billion? That just sounds wild to me. Yeah, and when you hear things like this, you know, I hate to say it, but you have to agree with Donald Trump, right? Because Trump repeatedly said the U.S. provides too much cash for NATO

and things like that, spending big on maintaining military defense systems across Europe, and he wanted Europe to pay their fair share instead of us paying all of that damn money. So I have to agree with him on that. And lastly, something that I was excited about. Google said now that it's created a form that users can submit to take things

off of Google. Like if you have private information on Google, whether it's home address, a login credentials, personal images, or anything, any documents that can hurt you, phone numbers, addresses, anything like that, Google may remove your personal information,

which is pretty good. It's too late now. They already got it. Yeah, that is true too. But for now on, they're saying that they will have a form that they can take all that information off. But they said, Google said it won't automatically remove the results and that there must be a threat of abuse for the request to be considered.

So, I mean, I think that's a good thing about time. Now, listen, man, everybody straighten up. OK, yes, there's a queen that is about to enter this room. Legend. OK, she goes by the name of Miss Viola Davis. Yes. She has a book out called Finding Me. Yes. If you have not read Finding Me Me If you have not listened to Finding Me She narrates it herself Do yourself the biggest favor

And go do that this weekend I guarantee you, you will want to After you hear this conversation that we're about to have But yes, Viola Davis is about to join us Yep, and we're going to talk to her next So don't move, it's The Breakfast Club, good morning The Breakfast Club Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. A queen, an icon living. That's right, Viola Davis. Welcome. Good morning. 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 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. Well, thank you for taking time to come and sit with us. This was so exciting. It's a little ragged show. On the schedule of Viola Davis, Finding Me. Yes.

Thank you. Man, 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 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 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.

You know, 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 didn't 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, life is 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 um 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 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 um 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 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 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 um 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, of course, 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 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. Okay? 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. Good morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Viola Davis. Charlamagne? I love how you 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 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, their people. And we really demonize black people. You know, 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 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 they

especially on us especially on black folk. That's all we had. I know. That's all we had. 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 who and what 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 don't. 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 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 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? someone could take you from A to A plus, from A plus to D, from D to, you know, to M, 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 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 special as a dark skinned black woman and could speak my truth about what that means? The isolation that of that experience.

OK, because it comes at you threefold. It comes at you through, yes, white America. It comes to you through the experience and the culture of America. And it comes to you through even black culture. I'm just going to say it. Because it's called colorism. It's its own different sect 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 different level. There was some mean women. Ugly inside. True. But you consider it a value. 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, 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. way why are you gonna spread that mm-hmm how do you think people gonna receive that mm-hmm 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 gonna 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 found 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 cancel 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 know 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, I mean, I say towards the end,

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? They even open their mouths. And I think that that I feel like that has to be acknowledged as an incredible character trait. All right, well, we got more with Viola Davis when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are

The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Viola Davis. Charlamagne. Have you had some conversations with your mom before this book came out about? Yes. Because I know I saw you talking to Oprah about that. So even afterward, like after she read it, what did she say? My mom has not read it yet, but I talk to my mom all the time about it. Once again, there are qualities I love in my parents that probably are not the qualities that I elevated. And the quality that I love in my mom is she likes to tell the truth. And I know that that sounds like really simple, but there's not a lot of people like telling the truth. A lot of people are very comfortable with telling a great, beautiful lie. She's not afraid of that, of leaning in.

I like my relationship with my mom now as an adult because I can ask her some pretty racy questions. Yeah, I want to ask you about a quote. And it came from a sit down with your mom when you was telling her, I guess, when you first about the first when you was experiencing abuse, you told her for the first time about all the abuse you experienced. And you said success pales in comparison to healing. Yeah. Could you expand on that? I think, you know, the point in the book when I when I wrote that and it took me a long time to write that part is I mentioned that you know I'm living in this big house I'm definitely living the American dream or whatever

and I think that people feel like once you hit that then that's it every your life is sown you've made it and it's not it I think that's man-made meaning. The real meaning is healing. It really is. It's healing from the wounds. It's the journey to healing, especially because, you know, once I told her that, once again, I expected a response that I would see on Thursday night lineup on ABC. and how can you expect that with something as complicated as sort of any kind of sexual assault that happens within families in this instance my brother and I'm telling my mother this and this person this brother came out of her body there's a simplicity in which we approach humanity. And I think that human beings are way more complicated than that. So the path to healing is difficult. But for me, it's everything. It's not healing or healing has been the one thing that has gotten in the way of everything in my life.

Either gotten in the way of it or has released it. Ability hasn't even released things in my life. Awards haven't released anything in my life. Healing and whatever has happened, happening internally in me has been everything, has been the driving narrative of my entire 56 years. You think you can ever get to a place of wholeness? I talked to my therapist about this. I don't think you do. I think you, because you have triggers, right? You'll think you're fine with something,

and then next thing you know, you're triggered by it later on. Do you think you ever get to a place of wholeness? And I talk about that with memories, that memories are deathless. I don't know what that means. I feel like I'm whole. I do. But I feel like life is an absolute journey. Just like you don't know how many people are going to love you, you don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. And you don't know how you're going to react to

it. And once again, Thursday night lineup on ABC. I think everybody wants a TV response. I don't think that life is a destination. Life is about driving the car and sometimes your tank is completely full. Sometimes your tank is empty and you're standing by the car waiting for AAA to come and get you some gas. Sometimes your tank is a quarter full. You're constantly learning. You're constantly in process. But you hope for, one of my favorite quotes is, I don't know the definition of grace, only that it meets you where you are and doesn't leave you how it found you. You want some grace in your life because you're never going to arrive

perfectly at any place. Two more minutes, guys. Let me get two questions. This is me. But you spoke about out of body experiences in the book. And, you know, you had them when you were younger. I totally understand that because I had those two. But what do you think those experiences were trying to show us about ourselves? infinite power we have in our minds, infinite power to transport ourselves,

to explore our imagination, which is an infinite field where we can redefine, reimagine, and the power to relieve ourselves of the burden, sometimes of negativity, that everything we have is within ourselves that's what it it taught me now I can't do it anymore so I don't know what that means it seemed like a thing that happened when you was young when you get older it don't happen anymore exactly I guess you know when I you know the world gets at you hmm and the world

begins to put up barriers around your life and boundaries that you didn't have when you were younger. Yeah, but I think that's what it teaches you is that everything you have, you have within you. And the secret, silent shame. Why that chapter? Why do you think we as black people think we're doing ourselves a favor by keeping secrets? For me, and it's just my opinion, I feel, especially as a black woman, that if I think shame is a big thing with black folk, and I think it's post-traumatic slave syndrome, that there's a lot of things that we weren't allowed to do. Look a white man in the eye smile look at a white woman there's so many things that we were punished for but more importantly as a black woman I feel like a lot of times when I

keep things in it's because I know I'm not going to be protected I know that there's not going to be anyone out there that's going to rescue me I'm saying I'm not saying that I need rescuing but you know what we need each other we really do and the lack of adoration the lack of protection makes you keep things within and makes you try to just muster through and and strong back even if you're broken inside. And who cares about the inner pain of black folk? You better care. Because certainly the culture in the past has not cared. And we have an aversion to therapy as black folk.

I think that's changing. I do think it's changing too. I completely agree with you. But I think that's why we keep things in. Blinding Me is out right now. And there's so many great topics in this book that I know we can go in depth on at a later time. Fibroids, that's a topic we're always talking about up here

with black women. I know you have the docuseries Hungry for Answers that I'm excited to talk about, too. So, you know, hopefully we'll get to continue the conversation about those things, too. And, you know, hopefully we'll get to continue the conversation about those things too. And I love how you end the book because I've never heard somebody talk about their eight-year-old self protecting them now. It's always the other way around. So I just want to know how you even got to that point.

Where you feel like the eight-year-old you is protecting you now. A therapist told me that. He said, I don't think you need to heal the eight-year-old. I think the eight-year-old was pretty tough. She was a good cusser. You a good cusser, you know. I looked at the audible version, I'm like,

you like Samuel L. Jackson level cussing. You know I love it, right? Well, congratulations on everything that you have going on. It's out right now. Pick it up. It's Vi going on. It's out right now. Pick it up. It's Viola Davis. It's The Breakfast Club.

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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 man morning everybody it's DJ Envy Angela Yee Charlamagne Tha Guy we are the breakfast club man make sure y'all go give Viola Davis's book fine to me I I I read it but I also listen to it that's my thing nowadays I like to read and listen to the book at the same time. She narrates it herself. Phenomenal,

phenomenal, phenomenal read, man. I think it's really going to help a lot of individuals with their healing, but it is very triggering if you grow up a certain way. But it's a great read. Alright, well let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Kardashians. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip.

The Rumor Report. Gossip. With Angela. Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. All right, let's start light. Let's start with Travis Barker. Now, they're saying, what the hell?

They're saying that Travis Barker went to Robert Kardashian Sr.'s grave to ask for permission to marry Kourtney. He said he wants to get married. Of course, the dad passed away, so he went to the grave to ask for permission. Listen, man, I understand why people go to grave sites, you know, but the grave site is really the symbol. Like, a person's

spirit still exists. You can talk to a person's spirit anywhere. So he didn't have to take that traffic. I mean, nobody has to do that. I understand why you do it, because, you know, you buried your loved one, so you go there to, you know, pay homage to the grave site, but it site but it's just like you can talk to the spirit of somebody anywhere all right well you remember a couple of months ago kanye was talking about getting the laptop back from ray jay when he was sitting down with jason lee from hollywood unlock

that's right let's listen you know how you gonna bring me to SNL and kiss the dude you dating right in front of me and everybody's like, oh, that's that's cool After I went and went and got the laptop from Ray J myself that night Right and then got on a red. I met this man at the airport then got on a red I came back Delivered it to her at 8 a.m. In the morning and then i gave it to her and she cried when she saw it well of course uh keeping up with the kardashians uh they have a show i think it's on hulu right on hulu so the episode last night kim k talks about it and she's actually crying and all that other stuff so kanye flew him last night and he came back this morning i want to show you guys what he got me he got me all of

the such tape bodies oh my god and he oh my god oh my god and i went with ray j at the airport and got it all back oh kim oh my god that's amazing i I know Kanye did this for me, but he also did this for my kids. I want to shield them from as much as I can. What Ray J said. Ray J said they're lying. Ray J said cap. What Ray J said. Read what Ray J said.

Where is this coming from? That's your fault. That's mine? Let me see. Oh, that is mine. That's your fault. Okay. All right, go ahead. All right, let me see oh that is mine that's your phone okay alright go ahead

alright let me let me rephrase that Ray J said cab he said all of this is a lie shaking my head I can't let them

do this anymore so untrue I would like to know what Ray J is talking about but what I also found interesting in that clip if you watch that clip

is that Kim said there was nothing on those tapes like she said it was like them at dinner and them doing like regular stuff so like why do they keep calling them sex tapes if there's nothing on yeah and why would y'all hear that in the clip or my trip listen can you play that clip again unless Taylor might have cut it but at that and it's in there right oh let me just the end part we gotta pull it up pull it it up. Pull it up. Pull it up. No, I said pull it up.

No, that's not it. Oh, never mind. There you go. Let me hear it. So Kanye flew home last night. And he came back this morning. We can't fast forward. No, no, no.

Ten more seconds. All of the sets take back. Oh, my God. And he flew home and got home. The computer was on the hard drive. And he met up with Ray J at the airport and got it all back for him.

Oh my god. That's amazing. I know Kanye did this for me. And he also did this for my kids. I want to shield them from as much as I can. She keeps talking and she says there's nothing really on the tape. She's like, they're at dinner

and they're, like, doing regular stuff. Couple stuff. Then why is she crying? Man, I don't know. It's because it's TV. That's why. If there's no sex,

then why is it so emotional? Because it's TV. If we just going to get dinner and just hang at the beach. It's TV. Why is it so dramatic? It's TV, okay? Why is it so, like,

why was it so, I hadn't got the tapes. Listen, first of all, stop questioning the best who ever did it for reality TV, okay? All right, drop on a Clues Bonson and Kardashians. All right, we've been talking about them for 10 years. Okay, all right. So you mean there was nothing, no other sex?

They were just having dinner? Unless I heard wrong. I thought I heard her say that they were just dating. It was just regular stuff on there, like them at dinner and them doing some other stuff. And why cry? And I don't know. I don't know. Maybe she thought them doing some other stuff. And why cry? I don't know. Maybe she thought it was something else, but it wasn't. I don't know.

So he met him at the airport to get a tape of them eating dinner? I don't know! Ray J said they all lying. Okay? He said, Cap! Alright, well. Get Ray J on the phone. And some other Kardashian news. People are upset at Kardashians because they're saying they're receiving special treatment in the courtroom.

And this was with their battle with Blac Chyna. They said they're getting special entrances to get in and out of the courtroom. And also they have private rooms to sit and talk. They said this is not usually what people do, but because they are the Kardashians, allegedly that's what's happening. Okay. That's all you got, man. That's Kardashian news, man. Kardashian news, man. First of all, at first I thought, you know, well, they are celebrities

so I understand that, but then like, nah, we've seen celebrities walking out of court surrounded by cameras, so yeah, that would be preferential treatment. But that's all you got? Yeah, that's it. That's it. That's Kardashian news. I'm just curious. They really cried over dinner? That's all you got? Yeah, that's it. That's it. That's Kardashian news. I'm just curious. They really cried over dinner? That's all you got? Cap!

Lord have mercy. All right, well, that is your rumor report. I wish I had more. I thought it was another part of the sex tape, but you were just telling me they just going to dinner, chilling on the beach. Don't listen to me. I am. I'm just talking.

I just be thinking I hear stuff. Okay. I thought I heard that. You thought I heard that? I thought I heard that. I'm going heard that? I thought I heard that. I'm going with you then. All right. Well, who are you giving your donkey to, man?

Man, four after the hour, we really need to have a conversation about how people don't know how to communicate with each other no more, especially men, young men when it comes to women. You know what I'm saying? And trying to highlight women. You know, we grew up in the 1900s. You know what I'm saying? We grew up in a very romantic era.

The last decade. Come on now. We grew up in a very, very... No, that wasn't the last decade, sir. No. A couple decades ago. For the 1900s. I don't know what you mean.

For the 1900s. You know what I mean? But yes, we'll talk about that for after the hour. I'm sorry that this young lady in Chicago had to go through this, but we'll discuss it. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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And iHeart Radio Station. I was born a donkey. It's the donkey of the day. It's the donkey of the day. It's the donkey of the day. It's the donkey of the day. It's the donkey of the day. That's pretty funny.

Charlamagne the devil? The Breakfast Club. Well, donkey of the day for Friday, April 29th, goes to a student at a high school in Chicago. The high school is called Burlington's Central High School and Central Community Unit School, District 301. That's a long-ass name for a high school.

Okay, I want to salute one of the students at the school, a young sister, a young queen by the name of Kayla Haynes. Drop on the clues bombs for Kayla Haynes, please. I guess it's prom season in a lot of places. It is. And it's prom season in Chicago. And folks is choosing, okay, trying to see who they want to go to prom with, trying to see who to ask to go to prom.

And one thing's for sure, two things for certain, y'all don't know how to talk to no women. Okay, listen, youngins, this is your Uncle Charles talking, okay? Brother Leonard, I am 43 years old. I was born in the 1900s. Drop on years old. I was born in the 1900s. Dropping the clues bombs for everybody born in the 1900s. Okay? I didn't pass the ball, but I know a little bit,

and I know that social media has made a whole generation of people socially awkward. Now, I'm a person that deals with heavy anxiety, so interactions with humans are already awkward and have always been awkward, but growing up in the 1900s, I still developed great social skills because I had no other choice okay I had to talk to people I had to look people in the eyes when I talked to them I couldn't hide behind an avatar I stay in my room on YouTube all day communicating with people through phones and computers in fact we spent hours on the phone actually talking to people think about that okay I am an individual who hates small talk. I hate

trying to force conversation. So think about growing up in the 1900s and being on the phone with a person for hours just talking, OK, words, hearing them actually speak their voice. Think about the people used to sit around and just kick it with laughing, joking, crying, fussing, whatever it was. You learned a different set of communication skills. Okay. You understood how to read body language. You knew when someone was being sarcastic. Okay. You knew when they were just joking. If it came to a debate, you had to know what you was talking about on the spot. You couldn't Google things and copy and paste them. Okay. Before you post. So you sound smarter than you are. All right. You couldn't go online and

see what everyone thinks about a situation. then run with those talking points we didn't spend so much time discussing what we think about things we spent time actually critically thinking okay smartphones have made a generation of dumb people emotional intelligence is at an all-time low people don't have any comprehension skills and that is why we don't know how to talk to each other and you youngins definitely don't know how to talk to each other. And you youngins definitely don't know how to talk to women. Now, I'm not sitting here saying we knew how to talk to women either. Okay, I mean, I grew up on Uncle Luke and Death Row Records in the 1900s.

But I also grew up on Jodeci. Okay, I grew up on Love Jones. All right, Unc knows how to be romantic. And I'm going to tell you something. One thing I was always good at was a note. Oh, those handwritten letters. Oh. Oh, man. Oh, those handwritten letters. Oh, me too. Oh, man.

Those handwritten letters used to be game changers, weren't they, Envy? I used to drop right in the locker. Come on now. When a human takes the time to write a letter, pass you a little note whether it's, you know, will you go with me? Check yes, no. Or maybe. Gotta have the maybe. Always the maybe because rejection hurts. Okay, so you gotta have the maybe. Alright. Oh, and Aaliyah,

God bless the dead, came out with a four-page letter. Okay, so you got to have the maybe. All right. Oh, and Aaliyah, God bless the dead, came out with four-page letter. Man, when you write someone a four-page letter and then you enclose it with a kiss. I mean, I never did that. Women do that because of the lipstick and that lipstick print on that four-page letter. What I used to do was spray cologne on the paper. No cologne. I used to wear Obsession back in the day. Dropping the clues bombs for everybody who used to break a load on the break room

when they used to write a little sweetheart a letter. Okay. And I've always had a way with words, which explains why God has me in the profession as I'm in now. But all I'm simply saying is we understood the power of our words because that's all we had. Okay. I grew up in Moscow in South Carolina. I ain't had no damn money. Okay.

All I had was the gift of gab and you had to put real thought and real feeling into your words. And you had to walk up to that woman, looked him in the eyes and slipped him that note. And he said he slipped it in the locker. OK, but one thing's for sure. Two things for certain. When you saw them later and got that note back, they wrote you a note back and that number was on it. You know, you had to have at least minimum three hours of conversation. So when you got home from school and you took that phone from the kitchen and stretched that cord into the living room yes kids we used to have cords on the phone when you stretched that cord from the kitchen to the living room so you could watch rap city you were talking to that individual for at least three

hours until your parents came home then your parents come home and fuss at you because they've been trying to call and the line was busy this was was before a call waiting. Bro, the 1900s was wild. We ain't, who did we call for emergencies when everybody was on the phone all the time and you get that damn busy signal? All I'm saying is, y'all don't know how to communicate with each other. Okay?

Y'all don't know how to communicate with each other without these smartphones and laptops. And I'm sorry that poor Kayla Haynes had to go through what she went through. But Kayla was asked to go to the prom and her promposal has people in this district of Chicago outraged. Let's go to NBC5 Chicago for the report, please. The post on social media left Kayla Haynes disappointed and surprised.

How could someone in their right mind post this and think it was okay? A classmate at Central High School in Burlington posted this for an online prom proposal. It reads, if I were black, I'd be picking cotton, but I'm white, so I'm picking you. She is just as wrong as him for her to even take the picture and sit there and say, yeah, oh my gosh, I would love to go to prom with you with this racist poster. Kayla says while some may see it as a joke, she and many of her classmates do not. She recently met with the principal about the post. It's not just a black and white issue. It's also Asians, Indians, Hispanics being affected by this too and that needs to be talked about. Eric Monroe Haynes is Kayla's dad. When I read it I said wow she handled

it very well to me and I think the problem now is how the school is going to handle it. Kayla says she'd like both of the students to apologize for that post. Meanwhile, the school district's not saying what, if any, punishment the students could face. If I was black, I'd be picking cotton, but I'm white, so I'm picking you. That is so disrespectful. This is why you have to have critical race theory in the schools. Okay, young man, I don't know what you thought the conditions were when black folks was picking cotton in this country. I don't know what misconceptions you have about that act of labor that made this country rich, but let me be the first to tell you that ain't it.

Nope. Okay, that wasn't the move. Those weren't the words to use. And the fact that you made it like it's a poster board. So he put thought into it. It's poster board. He got actual cotton for the words, all types of stuff. And then somebody took that picture for you, and then you posted it online.

Where is the filters? Where is the checks and balances? There's nobody that says, what are you doing? And then when you tell them, they don't say stop. Okay. Somebody took the picture for you and let you put that online. I mean, come on. You might as well have said to her, hey, you look like trash.

I need to take you out. Okay. Like I know when we was kids, we would probably, you know, act like we didn't like a girl when we really liked the girl. But trust me, when I tell you insults never worked, you will attract more flies with honey than vinegar. Not saying women are flies is just a figure of speech. OK, in fact, women are sugar. And you should tell a woman, are you sugar? Because you're sweet and I want to spoon you. That ain't it. OK, what about are you powdered sugar? Because you're sweet and I want to spoon you. That ain't it?

Mm-mm. Okay, what about, are you powdered sugar because you're sweet and fine? Mm-mm. That ain't it either? Mm-mm. What about, baby, I just poured some sugar on myself. Are you ready for a sweet ride? That ain't it either?

Mm-mm. Okay, my brothers, well, y'all just need to get some money, man. Just get rich. Because maybe we didn't know how to communicate in the 1900s like I thought either. Okay. But what I know is we was better than this. Yes. Alright. Please give that young man in Chicago the biggest hee-haw. Are your feet tied? You've been running through my mind

all day. Okay. That's a good... That hit in the 1900s. Now, I know y'all listening out there and y'all like, that was whack. But that hit in the 1900s. It did. In the 1900s. That hit. Okay. That hit in the 1900s. Now, I know y'all listening out there and y'all like, that was whack, but that hit in the 1900s. It did. In the 1900s. Woo! That hit.

Okay? Yes. What else you have for them? I'm trying to think of some good ones. I can't think of none. See? And that's when Google comes in handy. That's when Google comes in handy.

Oh, man. All right. All right, guys. Well, thank you for that donkey of the day. All right, when we come back, Z-Way will be joining us. Who the hell is that? Z-Way. That's what I say.

I don't know what the hell you just said. It's not like you had a stroke. Z-Way will be joining us. What did I say? I said Z-Way. Z-Way. It sounded like you said zebra. But Z-Way will be here.

Season two of her show premieres this weekend on Showtime. And she's a whole fool market. We'll talk to her when we come back. Alright, well don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Mornings will never be the same. Morning everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee,

Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. An icon living. Z-Way. Hello. Good morning. How are you Z-Way hello how are you thank you for coming I'm so beyond excited to be here this is hallowed ground I've watched every interview maybe yeah you guys are fantastic you said that before so I believe you are you finished are you done? She threw me off. She said, are you done? Are you finished? I was like, what?

She's here because season two of Z-Way premieres today. April 29th. April 29th. Today. Today.

And guess who is our first iconic guest? Who? Charlamagne. No, no, who's iconic? The first iconic? Man, shut up. I said what I said.

Okay. Now, if you've I said what I said. Okay. Now, if you've never seen Z-Way's show, she has very interesting questions. She'll be like, what percentage of white women do you hate? Okay. What percentage would you say? I'm an equal opportunity lover.

Zero percent. Zero percent. Okay. She'll ask, what do you hate more, slower walkers or racism? You know, some people said slow walkers. I can understand that.

I know. I was shocked, too. It depends what you deal with every day. I mean, we know that. Dan Lebowitz says on the show, slow walkers. Iconic answer. Iconic answer. I can walk around a slow walker.

Yeah. I guess I can walk around a racist, too, though. Well, that'd be... Because if you get rid of racism... This isn't Marvel Power. Some people can use arrows. I walk around racism. And that's brave. Well, if you get rid of racism, you got to hate systemic racism more. Some people can use arrows. I walk around racism. And that's brave.

That's brave. I love that. Let's talk about your background before you got this show. Because you started off with doing this show on your own on Instagram. Yeah. Right. So how did that even start? The pandemic was wild.

Everyone was breaking, like they were making bread. That's so, I don't do that. And so I started doing this live show on IG Live where I would talk to people like Caroline Calloway or Alison Roman or like Rose McGowan about race and it just kind of blew up. But I've been working through this idea since like 2016. Was it that moment that made you discuss race?

No. I think that it's inescapable, right? Since birth, you have to deal with that. I don't want to deal with that. I want to talk about, like, contouring. I don't want to talk about race. This sucks. Who wants racism?

That's horrible. Yeah. But it's when you're a kid, you're confronted with it. And suddenly, okay, I've learned to process it as an adult. Now, Ziwe, has anybody ever, after an interview, asked you to take anything out? No comment. Has that happened to you guys?

Yes, all the time. It happens. Let's be honest, okay? You know, and the thing is, sometimes you have to say, what, I can't hear you. You hang up the phone. Sometimes you do that.

And then sometimes you do want to save people from they self. Or if you know what's going to go out, it might hurt other people. I see. I am never in the position where I'm trying to be malicious and ruin people's lives. That's not fine. That's not entertaining to me. So I'm just trying to have good conversations.

So I really believe in consent in the interview. Who was your best interviewer? Don't say Charlamagne. I will never say who my best... My interviews are like children. It's hard to pick a favorite. Could you pick a favorite? Yes.

Really? You have a favorite child? I would not endorse that. I could never pick a favorite. Really? I can't pick a favorite. Could you pick a favorite? Really? I would not endorse that. I could never pick a favorite. Really? I can't pick a favorite. Chet is so different than Mia Khalifa, which is different than Katya Zomolochikova,

which is different than Charlamagne. Everyone has a different energy and it's like for all these different audiences and because we're coming together with different POVs to make one beautiful POV. You know, sometimes before you interview somebody, you have a certain view of them. Yes. Oh, yeah.

And then after you sit down, you're like, okay, that person is completely different than I thought they were. Can you give us an example of when that's happened for you? Every single person has surprised me. I'll say about my crew that when the Chet Hanks interview, we do a two-parter interview, and then we do his workout app called HanksFit. And so the first part Hanks interview, we do a two-parter interview and then we do his workout app called Hanks Fit. And so the first part of the interview, it's

so tense that he walks out and it's pins could drop. You don't hear anything. It's quiet. He's like, really? You guys aren't going to say anything? It's quiet. And then by the gym segment, the way the crew turned on me in support of this famous baby hurtful, hurtful, hurtful.

And so it's like the the energy we're working through it together right and so i wouldn't say the crew expected what they what we got out of it together in that interview right did y'all have any problems booking people for the second season because people saw the first season was like oh no i'm not going on there well you tell me you're a guest well i actually felt that during the interview i said did? I said that. You did say that. I literally said to her, I watched this show because I'm a fan of it. And I said, I don't know how Z-Way's going to get guests for the second season. And here go my dumb ass.

I'm just going to tell. Great line. That was wild. That's wild. I mean, here's the thing. You're cool. And like, I think it's about being, why did you make that grimace? Because he said he's cool.

I think that it's cool. He's cool. It's cool to come onto the show and be open and be vulnerable and like make something together and make it have an interesting conversation. That to me is compelling.

Like that to me is valuable. You guys have interviews every day. You are the most iconic black radio station. Like what are you talking? You guys have a hit day. The most iconic black radio station. Like, what are you talking about? You guys have a hit show for a decade. Like, it's a huge thing.

And every conversation has a different energy. And the really good conversations have people being honest. And are you finished or are you done? Yeah. That's iconic. I'm just trying to have cool conversations. And I think the episode's hot. So for people that don't know I'm just trying to have cool conversations and I think that what we, I think the episode's hot.

So for people that don't know, what was your breakthrough moment that got you this deal? Because there's a lot of women out there, a lot of people out there that want to do what you're doing. So what was your breakthrough moment

that got you in position to get you your show? What was my breakthrough moment? Honestly, it takes 10 years to become an overnight success. Like, mostly my issue

or rather my solution was just continuing to do it and taking time to focus on my art and invest in myself. And like I was working as a hostess and then I was like working at a comedy as like an assistant and like you kind of move up the rungs. But I just spent time on being like not following any trends and trying to be the people who are hot but just being like what do i like what is my perspective what can i do endlessly where i feel like oh i don't hate this and the resolution was that i created this like interview genre because it mixes like my love of like housewives and then my love of like i don't even

know daytime television daytime television and news. Oprah, Ellen, Regis and Kathie Lee throwback. Like old school. Even Tempest. Oh. Even Tempest. Wow. We love, we love, we love.

Wow. So that's what I grew up on. I was born in the 90s. And so as a result, yeah, I made something that I'm really proud of and I'm really happy with. But time, time is the answer. You've been in the business for a minute though you were a writer

on Desus and Mero I was a writer on Desus and Mero what else I wrote an episode of Our Cartoon President I wrote an episode of Dickinson

I wrote for Robin Thede way back in the day on the BET yeah and then Onion before that and then I was an intern

at Comedy Central so that makes sense so you were already in the CBS Viacom family. And then Onion before that, and then I was an intern at Comedy Central. So that makes sense. So you were already in the CBS Viacom family with Desus and

Mero. Yeah. And then what, somebody saw you doing the Instagram thing and was like, you know what, this would

be a good show. I think, yeah, a lot of people saw me doing the Instagram thing and thought that. Yeah. So before you

did that. Because you said you were one person. Like, I'm very happy. All right, we have more with Z-Way. That's right, Z-Way. Like I'm very happy. Yeah. All right. We have more with

Z-Way. That's right. Z-Way. When we come back, her show is on tonight on Showtime. 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.

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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 fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We're going to talk to Simone when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Z-Wave.

Her show is on tonight on Showtime. Charlamagne? When you had dreams of being a talk show host, is this the kind of show you envisioned for yourself? Yes and no. Honestly, I did it. This show came about organically. So the show could not have existed

when I was dreaming about being a talk show host. Because it's influenced by Eric Andre and Zach Galifianakis and Ellen. So all those people. But I always wanted a talk show as a kid. Like there's always going to be a facet of my career that interviews people because I just love talking to people.

You seem like a conversationalist. Like you seem like the person that was having random conversations with people. Definitely. I was definitely a weird person in the corner like, hey, do you like Naruto? What? You guys don't know who Naruto is

okay exactly what is an anime joke? that's a deep cut I'll make you uncultured firstly uncultured show change okay

you should try to seem like me okay yeah Naruto is an anime character who's lovely we were just talking about you the other day

Saucy Santana was up here material gore shenanigans so he was excited about that icon character who's lovely. We were just talking about you the other day. Saucy Santana was up here. Material Gore! Shanann Abbot! So he was excited about that. Icon. Bob. I'm so thankful. I'm so thankful to have that song in my trailer. I think it's absolutely fresh.

It's so cool. Is everybody an icon to you? Yes, everyone's an icon. Because what I like about the word icon is the icon is subjective, right? Because to some people, Martin Luther King is an icon. But to other people, like Robert E. Lee is an icon. And everyone has a different POV. And that's back to my thesis.

POV. POV. POV. So do you believe it right or wrong? Yes. Okay. What do you think about a sociopath? I don't know what I'm asking.

Because it's all about perspective. I'm not committing crimes. Because I feel like you can't murder people, well, unless See? Unless. That's what I'm saying. No, you can't murder people. That's bad. And I don't condone that. What if it's in defense? What if it's in self-defense with somebody trying to kill you? Are you threatening me?

Sounds like it. He's waiting for the interview to come out. No, no, no. Do I believe in right or wrong? Objectively, yes. I can say, I can stand by and say I have morals. I have ethics. Not to flex.

Has anyone ever... You also drink water, too. I drink a lot of water. I do working on my fitness. How was Charlamagne's episode? Charlamagne's episode is Charlamagne's episode is, we sent it to y'all. It's great. You did not send it.

I did not send it to you. I did send it to you. Oh my God. What did you get out of Charlamagne? I'm looking at my list. What did you get out of Charlamagne that people might not know, if anything?

I mean, you're going to watch the interview and find out, but we talk, I mean, we talk about a litany of things. I enjoyed it. What was the experience like? For me, it's always a great experience when you actually like a show.

Yeah. And then you're on the show. Yeah. And the show feels like? For me, it's always a great experience when you actually like a show. Yeah. And then you're on the show. Yeah. And the show feels like how when you watch it. That's why I said in the moment, like, I cannot believe I'm sitting here getting caught up in all of these questions. He gets caught up, but it's beautiful.

It's beautiful. We talk about Black Women. We actually use clips from the Breakfast Club. So we promo the show. Yeah, we do. Because they're iconic moments. Yeah. And then it's the editing. How could we not? Lil Mama, hello. Yeah, we do. Because they're iconic moments. Yeah.

And then it's the editing. How could we not? Lil Mama, hello. Oh, God. Hello. Monique, Leonard, hello. Yeah. But Z-Way's show is about the edits, too, though. Well, at one point, Charlamagne says,

please don't stop this and say, Charlamagne hates Bob. She's just asking for trouble. No comment. Well, I watched the show, so I know that, though. I see it. It's iconic. It's great.

Like, you're going to it's really fun. How much of the Z-Way character is actually you? How much of it's a character? The Z-Way character is so rude. I wouldn't ask as many questions in real life. Like, I would be a little more like I wouldn't be so nosy. She's a little nosy. She's doing her job.

She's doing her job. So, yeah, she she's a woman about her business. Whereas Ziwe the person is, I mean, I'm just chilling. But I bring my I bring my humanity to the character. And so that makes it funny. So in the interview, you get a real connection into the respective guests of Charlemagne. It's like, they're really surprising moments. And you've been doing interview for decades.

But there are questions that you've never been asked before. A hundred percent. Yeah. So it's just like, but that character, look, I'm not sitting here being like, how many black friends do you have? Like, that's comedy. That's a good question.

But how many black friends do you have? How many black friends do you have like that's that's comedy that's a good question how many black friends do i have i don't know i think you're answering the show how many white friends do you have a few how many asian friends do you have wow okay you guys are really in the bait i was not trying to be young i don't know i've never thought about it wow this is wild because i feel like I've never seen either one of them with an Asian friend. Okay, we're moving on. We are movingon.org

moveon.org Make sure y'all watch the show. It premieres today. It premieres on Proud Mountain Plus and everything first, right? Yes, yes, yes. Showtime is Monday at 11. Showtime is Monday at 11. Showtime is Monday. Showtime is Sunday at 11.

Sunday at 11. But it starts streaming on Showtime as well as Paramount Plus, Amazon, Hulu, on Friday, April 29th, which is today. Yes. What are you guys laughing?

Are you laughing at a black woman? No, we're laughing with you. Your energy is infectious, Z-Way. Well, Z-Way, thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. We can tell you love what you do, so I think that's amazing. Well, it's Z-Way. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Who am I having? On The Breakfast Club. Now, Future released his new album, I Never Liked You. We've been playing the joint with Drake all morning long. Wait for you.

With that new Future sign, I'm like, who heard it? I haven't heard it yet. Anybody in the room heard it? Not as of yet, but he has features from Kanye West, Gunna, Young Thug, of course, Drake, ESTG, Kodak Black, and a host of others. So definitely check that out over the weekend. We got a joint from anybody in here? Her future.

Come tell me now. We got a snippet of the one featuring. Yes, let's hear it. Wow, when that beat drop, it sound like that's hard. Okay, I gotta go check that out later. Absolutely. Action Bronson, he released a new joint. It's called Cocodrillo Turbo. Damn, I ain't heard that name in a minute.

It's Action Bronson. He lost a lot of weight, too. A lot of weight. Kalani, she has a new album weight, too. A lot of weight. Kalani. She has a new album out. It's called Blue Water Road. Every time I hear Kalani's name, I think somebody's about

to say Kalani. But they say Kalani. I'm definitely checking out Kalani later today. I know you got some of that. You got some of that. Let me hear some Kalani. Let's do it.

That's blast. You know what's so crazy? That record is too cold in New Jersey for that record right now. No, it's going to be 70 degrees. I need to hear that record when it's warm out. No, it's going to be 70 degrees this weekend. Salute to Kalani. All right, Pooh Shiesty released Shiesty Season Certified. Turn that on.

I know we got it. We got any of that? I ain't got none of Po got any of that? I got another Pooh Shiesty in there. No, she ain't put no Pooh Shiesty in, but his album is out this weekend.

Also, Lil Baby, he got a new joint. It's called Frozen. That's from the Frozen 3 soundtrack. Also, that's what it says on the sheet. Are they for real? Yeah. No, I don't 3 soundtrack. Mm-hmm. Also, uh... Mm-hmm.

What? That's what it says on the sheet. Oh, they're for real in here? No, I don't know. I don't know. I'm just saying. I'm about to say. I didn't lie to myself and was right.

No, no, no. Oh. Also, uh, Baby Tate got a new record called Dancing Queen. Okay. Where you at, Art? Art, where you at? Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Art, where you at? Where you at, Art?

Remember Art was twerking with Saucy Santana yesterday? Art gonna lose his mind at that one. Dancing Queen? That's what Art is. That's all those Dancing Queen. Let's go, Big Art. Now, Givion has a new record. It's called Lie Again.

Queen was hard. I ain't gonna lie. Yo. Who that is playing now? Givion. Sleuth to Givion, man. Let's go back to dancing. Yeah, listen. Givion makes good music, but I swear, it'd just

be sounding like the windshield wipers is going and it ain't raining. Every record has a tone to it. Sleuth to Givion you on though eddie i want to hear that whole dancing queen start to nine o'clock i'll be there bobby schmurda got a record called they don't know let's hear that all right well that is some of the new music that came out uh today also wale has a mix All right. Well, that is some of the new music that came out today. Also, Wale has a mixtape out. It's called More About Nothing.

You can definitely check that out. That's a re-release, though, right? That's the one he put out with Seinfeld back in the day. Is it? Yeah, that's what he did. That more songs to it or something? I'm sure he did. Okay.

All right. Well, let's hear a snippet of that. That Dancing Queen was hard. That Dancing Queen one more time. I ain't gonna lie. All right. Well, let's hear a snippet of that. That Dancing Queen was hard. That Dancing Queen one more time. I ain't gonna lie. Who you say this was? Baby Tate. Baby Tate.

Turn it up. Turn it up. How do y'all niggas need to do dance more? Y'all ain't gonna shoot each other and do drugs. Okay? How about do drugs and dance? Jesus Christ. How about don't do drugs?

Just dance. Yeah, I'm just saying. There's nothing wrong with little drugs or a little marijuana or something like that. You know what I mean? But I'm just saying. It's just like, yeah, dance. I like that dancing queen. That dancing queen go hard.

All that other violent stuff you was playing. Have you seen me in here with my polo shirt on? I just want to cool out. Well, I gave you give me on and you almost fell asleep. Well, it ain't got nothing to do with me. And everything to do with give me on. All right. Okay.

Salute to give me on. Have give me on been up here? No. Mm-mm. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. All right. Up next, the People's Choice Mix.

You know we throw it back on a Friday. 800-585-1051. Again, don't forget, June 19th, Father's Day weekend. Of course, my car show goes down

in Houston. Houston vs. New York car show. If you haven't got your tickets, get your tickets. And then, July 9th,

we're coming to the A, Atlanta. So, shout out to Louis V, Mono, all the DJs on the station out there. Scream.

We're going to have a lot of fun out there. Can we start to mix off with the Dancing Queen? And you did Giveon dirty, though, because you should have never played Giveon with all them records. You know Giveon has a certain tone. Okay? It's a certain vibe.

Can't play Giveon with Dancing Queen and Lil Baby and everybody else. Well, am I supposed to play it? I don't know. Do you think I play it or I don't? No, I'm just saying. It just sounded off and that. That was new music. I can't do that. Play Dancing Queen so I can dance. We don't No I'm just saying Not It just sounded off There was new music I can't do Play Dancing Queen

So I can dance We ain't got the full version We gonna play You wanna hear Snippet again You wanna scrub the ground again Why not I'll play the Snippet again Then we'll get to the mix

Go Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey

Hey Hey Hey What all that man Tell Art come do that little dance. That little dance he did with Saucy. Hey, hey. Who's this you showing me?

Oh, that's Dancing Queen? Oh, she really got Dancing Queen in the video. All right. Them niggas is cleaning out for real. That's stupid. All right. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. What up, y'all? It's DJ Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. What up, y'all? It's DJ Envy. Make the switch to the general insurance, and you could save over $500 on your car insurance. Imagine what you could do with that money, right? Call 800-GENERAL or visit thegeneral.com.

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Charlamagne Tha God, we are The Breakfast Club. Now we got a shout out to Viola Davis for joining us this weekend. Pick up Finding Me, great read. You can pick up The Audible, so many a shout out to Viola Davis for joining us this weekend. Pick up Finding Me. Great read. You can pick up The Audible. So many great books out. Viola Davis. Van Lathan has a book out.

Van Lathan has a book called Fat, Crazy, and Tired. Toray. Toray Roberts has a great book called Balance. Of course, Real Life, Real Love, Me and My Wife's book. That is out. So you can pick them all up. And I know they do a bundle pack on Amazon, which will give you a cheaper price if you pick them all up. Charlamagne's books are still out there.

You still got Anita Kopach. You still have Tamika Mallory. Tamika Mallory paperback actually comes out Tuesday. The paperback version of State of Emergency, How to Win in the Country We Built, it's released this Tuesday coming, May 3rd. Absolutely. So definitely do that.

And Z-Way. Z-Way. Could you stop messing up her name? The hell is Z-Way? Z-Way. Z-Way. Z-Way. Could you stop messing up her name? The hell is Z-Way? Z-Way. Z-Way. Sorry, Z-Way. Season 2 of her show premieres today.

That's right. So you can watch it on Paramount+. You can watch it on Hulu. And then it comes on television on Showtime at 11 p.m. on Sunday. I'm actually on the first episode of Season 2. If you've never watched Z-Way, Z-Way is hilarious. Z-Way is a nut. Okay? There's nobody that doesn't abuse like Z-Way, Z-Way is a hilarious. Z-Way is a nut. Okay.

There's nobody that doesn't abuse like Z-Way. All right. Right. So, so check her out. All right. All right. When we come back,

we got the positive notice, the breakfast club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are the breakfast club. And let me shout out to one of my publicists, Ernst. Ernest, he's ErnDukes on Instagram. And let me thank iHeart and also Abrams. A lot of people have been coming up to me and says that the rollout for the book has been amazing. That's because, you know, I try to keep amazing people around me. So I just want to say salute again to Abrams. Shout to Ernest.

Shout to Chanel. Those are the publicity people that really did their damn thing. Shout to iHeart for helping me out. Courtney and everybody else that put their hands in this book and really wanted to get this book out to the masses. I just want to say thank you again. You guys are appreciated. Now Charlemagne.

Yes sir. You got a positive note? I do man. You know we spend so much time talking about who did us wrong and not enough time saluting the people who've done us right. So I just want to tell everybody this weekend, it doesn't matter who hurt you or broke you down. What matters is who made you smile again. Pay attention to the people that make you smile, man. Breakfast club, bitches!

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