The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Daily Show's The Yearly Show 2018 | Charlamagne Tha God

Episode Date: December 20, 2018

Trevor and The World's Fakest News Team look back at the weirdest and wildest moments of 2018, and "The Breakfast Club" co-host Charlamagne Tha God discusses "Shook One." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This is the Daily Show, the Yearly Show, 2018 with Trevor No welcome. Welcome to the Daily Show's Year and Special. I'm Trevor Noah and theanoub. And we have a great show for you tonight. Thank you so much for coming out everybody. Our guest tonight, the to-hoast of the Breakfast Club. Shalameen the much for coming out, everybody. Our guest tonight, co-host of the Breakfast Club, Charlemagne the Gladys here, everybody.

We're going to be talking about his new book, Shook One. But first, this is our last show of 2018. We made it. We made it. And now, just so you guys know, tomorrow was supposed to be our last show, but it turns out I have to get surgery on my vocal cords tomorrow. Yeah, you guys know I've been having voice problems, right?

Well, the doctor said I need an operation on my cords, but it has to be tomorrow, because medically the doctors don't want to work on Friday. Please, don't worry about me. thii. th. the doctor, the doctor, don't, don't, don't, the doctor, don't, th. th. thi. to to be, thi. to be, to be, to be, to be, thi. to be, to be, to be, to be, to, to, to, to, to be, to be, to be, to, to me, to get and then it's like, BAP and then it's done. Or they're going to be like, BAP and then we're like, oh, sorry, I missed it. I missed it, BAP again. And then we're like, ah, BAP, one more time. One more time, you've got to take a step back from covering the news of the day and look back at everything that made 2018 the year we all want to forget And we'll start with the one guy who won't let us forget him

President Donald J. Trump now look now look. I'm not gonna lie this year we spent so much time on Trump's evilness That we didn't really get to enjoy one of his most important characteristics. And that is, the dude is super weird. No, like seriously guys, the president is a weird dude. We just never talk about it because it all happens under the evil, right? And when you think about it, a lot of evil guys, if you ignore the evil part, also just like really weird, right? Like a lot of super villains, like the penguin in Batman. If he wasn't always threatening Gotham, you're like, hey

penguin, you're a weird dude. What's with all the penguin? Is it a sex thing? Was one of your parents a penguin? I mean, if I look like a penguin I wouldn't be leading into it by wearing a tuxedo, like you know what I mean? Like I'd belt or something. Well Trump is the same way. So for a minute we're not going to pay attention to the bad things he does, right? We're just going to enjoy how weird the president is. So let's take a moment to look back on 2018, the year in Trump being weird. To truly enjoy how weird President Trump is, we have to listen to him speak. And not what he says, because that'll make you crazy. But how he says it. th. th. th. th. th. th. th, we, we, we, we, th, th, th, th, th, th, we, th, th, we's th, th, th, th, we's th, th, we're just, th th th thi, we're just thi, we're just just thi, thi, we're just their, we're just their, we're just their, we're just their, we're just their, we're just their, we're just their, we're just their their their, we're just their their, we're just their their their, their their th. their th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi's just just just thi's just thi's just thi's just thooooooooooo. th thi's just just thi. thi's just thi. thi's just just their Trump is, we have to listen to him speak. And not what he says, because that'll make you crazy, but how he says it. Because all politicians perform when they give a speech, but when Trump does it, it's like really weird. I want to congratulate the North Dakota State Bison.

Canada, Nevada, Hispanic. Any Hispanic here I think so? Any Asians, Asian, any Asian, any Asian, any Hispanic here? I think so. Any Asians, Asian, Asian, any Asian? Donald Trump's very, very large, a brain. Knives, knives, knives. You know, the windmills, boom, boom, boom. Bing, that's the end of that one. The road is no longer a straight shot. It's now, wah. Keep America great, exclamation point.

The Democrat party is radical socialism, Venezuela, and open borders. What is that? The Venezuela. Like, he's speaking, and then all of a sudden. It's like Trump is a one-man barbershop quartets. Like, he should start his speeches like with a pitch pipe. He should just be like,

DEMARDSOUSM Venezuela. Democratic socialism, Venezuela. That's why we gotta build a wall. But not a real wall. A series of artistically designed metal slats. The dude is weird. And here's another thing. Did you guys ever notice that whenever he's done using something,

he just drops it on the ground? Like he doesn't look for a place to put, it's a plan for the whole community, it's a plan that I like to unify. I think I'm sorry, like, no, here's the thing, like the umbrella I can sort of get, right? The water bottle, that's quirky, but the microphone, that's just weird. He takes the mind and he's like, I guess you just drop it. I mean, if the man with a silver tray's not here, you just drop it. And just randomly leaving things on the ground, which he will have to. Malikin just follow his trail of objects

wherever he's hiding. Trump will be like, how did you find me? Be like, I just follow the trail of staples and umbrellas and NDAs. Oh, the stapler, I was looking for that. Thank you. There you go. But here's the number one moment of, those were going on, people were protesting in the streets,

so we couldn't enjoy the weirdness of this moment. Guys, watch this, and tell me we are living in the real world. Yesterday, while boarding Air Force One in Minneapolis, Commander in chief, climbing the stairs with what appears to be, some toilet paper at to his shoe at the top of the stairs, a wave to the crowds below. Trump then turns, and it seems like he was finally freed in the pesky piece of paper. People, the President of the United States

got out of a limo and into Air Force One with toilet paper stuck on his shoe. Do you understand how weird this is? Because there's only two ways this could have happened, right? The first way is that President Trump wiped his butt in the limo, right? Possible but unlikely. But the other way is that the President of the United States got toilet paper stuck on his shoe in a bathroom, then walked past hundreds of people. Secret Service White House aides, and no one said anything? No one? He's so weird that everyone that's that's that's that's is is is is that's is that's that's that's is that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's thiiiioleted. thioleted. thioleted. thioliol-s. thiol-oom-s. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi-s. thi-s. thi-s. thi-s. thi-s. thi-s. thi-s. thi-s. thii-s. thii-s. thii-s. thi-i-s. thi-i-s. thi-i-s. thi-s. thi-s. thi-s. thi-s. thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-s possible they were like, that's probably his new thing?

But honestly, my favorite thing Donald Trump does that I enjoy when I'm not spending time being terrified is just, I don't know, he just, he has a way with words. I know words, I have the best words. From the Wright brothers to that beautiful Orion space capsicle. The federal government is conducting an aggressive investigation to be the first president to stand with you here at the White House to address. The wall is under construction, a lot of work has been done, a lot of renovations. If you look at some of it, and he voted for Obama.

Amnesty. By a sleazed bag lawyer named Aviathe. Some of it. And he voted for Obama and listening. By a sleaze bag lawyer named Aviant. Assistant Secretary Jarrah and Surgeon General Adams. Joining us from Al Jabar Air Basin Kuwait is the central command, crisp response and crisis response. We don't want you to put defensive missions and missiles. Significantly beating expectations in the house for the midtown and mid-turn year. The op-ed published in the failing New York Times by an anonymous, who were kidnapped by Boko Haram in a. Ina-Na-Ti-Na-Na-Na-Sen, who were kidnapped by Boko Haram in April of 20,14.

Merry Christmas, everybody. You know, 2018 was so insane, every day felt 10 years long. For look at all the stories that you can't actually believe happen this year. Here's Desi Leidic and Djibouki Young White. Thanks, Trevor. Jebuki, wasn't 2018 just a blur of crazy? Oh, I know. I mean, it lasted forever and we had to drink a ton just to get through it.

It was like a straight wedding. I know. Wait, but you had fun at my wedding, right? Yeah. Yeah. Hey, here's a story that feels like forever ago. Hawaii got a false nuclear missile alert. Wait, that was this year? Yeah. January. Those Hawaiians freaked the fuck out. How do Hawaiians even freak out?

Do they just smash those tiny Zoe Day Chenell gist? Yeah, yeah, thatthat happened this year. Dude was stone for most of 2018. Oh, true, true. And no judgment. I've gotten so stone that I thought, how fun would it be to shoot my car into space? And then I got more stone and I thought,

how fun would it be to have a car? It's like a Uber, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like a th th th th th that you own. Oh, here's another one. Stormy Daniels. Yes, that entire saga started 2K18. That's right. Husband's all around America pretending that this was the year they first saw Stormy Daniels. Ooh, and the Thai cave rescue this year. Mm-hmm. Trump calling Africa's shit-hole countries this year.

The 2016 elections, that was this year. The 2016 elections, that was this year. Oh, God, it feels at least two years ago. Oh, the fall of the Berlin Wall? That was this year. Also, Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone, this year. Forget the iPhone 10S. Our boy, AG changed the game back in April. Yeah. Back in January, there were still dinosaurs roaming the earth. Yeah, and then they all went all they all they all they all they all they all they all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all all the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the earth, remember that? And then they all went extinct in March. Oh yeah, right, the asteroid. Oh my god, what a year.

Trevor? No more weed before shows. Thanks, guys. We'll be right back with more of the Daily Show, the Yearly Show. Don't go away! Welcome back to the Daily Show's, the early show. You know, we found a lot to laugh about in 2018, but it was also a year of outrage.

And for a look back at the year in Outrage, we turn now to Roywood Jr. and Ronnie Chang, everybody. Oh, man, from top to bottom 2018 was a year filled with outrage everywhere you look, from cable news to Twitter to town halls, people were mad. In fact, I'm outrageded the the the thed thed thaged thaged thaged thaged thed thuaged thu-I was thu-I was also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also also tho tho tho tho-a tho-in, thi. tho-a tho-a tho-a tho-a tho-a tho-a tho-a tho-a th. tho-a th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the thi thi thi thi-a thi-in thi-in thi-in the the the the the thea thea tho'' thoo' thooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo the the th look from cable news to Twitter to town halls people were mad in fact I'm outraged right now I'm so angry so I'm angry quit interrupting me sorry so let's look at what piss herself in 2018 starting with the Trump administration and its policy of family separation this administration has the nerve to not only lock kids in cages but to lie about it every step of the way hey Trump I got a message for you you want to lock kids in cages th? th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th. th. th. th. the th. the th. th. the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I'm th. I'm thi thi thi. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I'm thi thi thi the the. the. the. thea thea thea' thea' thea' thea' thea' thea' thea' the. I'm the. lock kids in cages, but to lie about it every step of the way. Hey, Trump, I got a message for you.

You want to lock kids in cages? How about you start with your own? How about that, Trop? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, could agree more. And here's another equally outrageous moment of 2018, the dress Megan Markle wore at the royal wedding. Whoever designed that piece of shit should be ashamed of themselves. It was so boring.

This was a royal wedding, no snorrel wedding, okay? When you're marrying a prince, you don't just grab a fitted sheet from TJ Max. Oh no, I know, I don't really get why that made you so mad, but okay, I can roll with that. We all get outraged over different things. I'm so th th th th th th th th th th th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I should th. I should to th. I'm so to be th. I should th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so thi thi thi thi thi thi thi's should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should should. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm th. I'm th. I'm so. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi th mad. But okay, I can roll with that. I can roll with that. We all get outraged over different things. I'm so outraged. I'm living! I'm furious, bro, I'm furious. And here's something else that got me mad, Ronnie.

There were 12 mass shootings in America this year. Twelve, but no new gun tas out one person, they shut down all the salads, but guns are as easy to get as Clomidia. The fucking lettuce, man, it's unbelievable! Our law makers aren't listening. They need to get their ears checked, just like those idiots who said they're hearing the word yanni when we all knew the clip was saying the oral. I mean, what the fuck?

Ronnie, that's not really on the same the same the same the same the same, the same, the same, the same, that's not really on the same level as the issues that I'm discussing right now. I'm talking about gun violence. You're talking about some stupid meme. Stupid meme? Yo, you're talking like a real Yanni right now. What the fuck is a Yanni? Just shut up, okay? Look, look, dude. There were real issues this year. Real issues. Saudi Arabia murdered a Washington Post journalist, and our government is fine with it. How? How are you fine with that? Roy, of course I'm outraged about that death. Just like I'm outraged about the death of the relationship of Justin Thoreau and Jennifer Aniston. They were

perfect together. I know you're with me on that one. No, I'm not with you on that. Just shut up. Just shut up. I'm not with you on that. Just shut up. Just shut up up. Just shut up. Just. Just. Just. Just. Just. the up. Just. the up. Just. the up. Just. the up. Just. the up. Just. the up. the up. Just shut up. the up. Just shut up. Just shut up. Just shut up. the the the the the the the the the th. th. the the the the th. th. th. Just. Just. Just. Just th. Just th. Just that. Just that. Just that. Just the the death. Just the death. Just. Just. Just. Just, just. Just, just. Just, just. Just, just. Just, just. Just, just. Just. Just. Just, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. Just, th. Just, th. Just, thi. thi. the. thooooooooo's the. the. the. Just, the. Just, just just. Just, just the the death. Just. with you. Oh man, this is some classic Yanni's shit. Shut up about Yanni! Who is Yanni? And I don't know who Yanni is. Stop bringing up Yanni. Ronnie, I came into this segment today because I thought that there was no way that I could feel more outraged than I feel right now.

But you've proven me wrong, People who get outraged about shit that doesn't matter. The world is on fire, Ronnie. Unplugged from your computer, get off Twitter, and get out in the world and make a damn difference. Wow, Roy, that's fine. I also had a last outrage that I didn't get to spend enough time with the people I care about but I guess I guess that wasn't outrage enough for you. Ronnie Ronnie come back Ronnie I'll be a laurel I'm sorry like to you Trevor Ronnie come on Brone Chane the road with June everybody. All right let's let, let's move on to hopefully a less emotional take on 2018. Please welcome our very own Michael Costa, everybody.

Thanks a lot, Trevor. You know, I'm a thanks a lot of things. A son, a brother, probably a father, but most importantly, I'm a Michael. So for my year-end look back, I want to focus on all the tremendous news made by people named Michael. Yes, 2018 was a year dominated by the Michael community, from actor Michael B. Jordan who blew everyone away in Black Panther to Hurricane Michael who blew everyone away, period. But which Mike made the biggest spike? Well, let's find out with Michael Costa's top Michaels of 2018. Sponsored by Michaels. Need a popsicle stick and some styrofoam in the shape of a fucking cone or whatever?

And you're also a hermit who hasn't heard of Amazon? Then go to Michaels. All right, coming in at number five, we've got Michael Wolf, who kicked off 2018 with fire and fury, his salacious Trump White House tell-all that was an instant bestseller, totally eclipsing my book, Costas Rasta pasta, 10,000 Jamaican spaghetti recipes. You didn't know you needed, man. At number four, it's world's most annoying lawyer and mobster caveman, Michael Avonaddy,

who made headlines representing adult film star and former Trump mistress Stormy Daniels. Now, despite never actually winning a case for his client, Michael A. Spend 2018 making making appearance after appearance, pretty much anywhere that would have him. Avanati started the year unknown and ended up on television all the time and what we TV professionals call a reverse Matt Lauer. And the number three, Michael. It's the 1996 John Travolta classic, Michael.

I watched it 45 times this year, and let me tell you, it does not hold up. In the number two spot slot, it's former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. Yes, he's going to jail for three years, but he might also bring down a president. In my opinion, that would make him the Michael Jordan of Michaels. And that brings us to the moment we've all been waiting for, the Michael of this month. But the top Michael of 2018 is Daily Show correspondent Michael Costa. Whoa! That's right.

From his super viral year in Michael's segment to his beloved and sophisticated social commentary Michael Kay truly made 2018 his bitch. So here to present the best Michael Award or Emmy is Netflix's own Trevor Noah ladies and gentlemen. Seriously? You must be so proud. Oh hell yeah, I am. Thank you so much, everybody. Oh, thank you, Trevor. Thank you, everybody.

I want to thank my, uh, I want to thank Michael Johnson. I want to thank Michael Johnson. on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is co-host of the Breakfast Club and a New York Times best-selling author whose latest book is called Shook One, anxiety playing tricks on me. Please welcome, Charlemagne the God. Welcome back to the show, my friend. Thank you for having me again.

Good to see you. The last time I saw you was in South Africa. Yes, Johannesburg. Was that your first time out there? that's my first time in South Africa. the first time on that continent, period. Are you serious? Did you kiss the ground and be like, I'm home?

Um, no, but I felt that way. You know, I felt the connection, you know what I mean? I felt like I was in, I was in the right body, so to speak. You know what's interesting is? I took that for granted until I lived in the US for like, and then, and when th th th th th th th. th. th. And then, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt th. I felt that, I felt that, I felt their, I felt their, I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt. I felt. I felt. I felt. I felt. I felt. I felt. I felt. I felt. I felt. I felt. I. I felt. I felt. I felt. I felt. I felt. I felt. I felt, I felt. I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt, I felt the the the the the the, I felt the, I felt the, I felt the, I felt the the the the the the the the the the come to South Africa and I'd be like, really? Nah, I felt it. But you, you, there is a special feeling. Like, you, you, you had that as well? Yeah, and I think it's, I think it's two ways to feel, um, because my wife was telling me how she kind of felt like a disconnect, thii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. th. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. tha. tha. ta. ta. ta. to. tell. tell, tell. tell. the. tell. tell. the. the. the. the. th. Okay? We all were. Right, you know? So it's a dual feeling. Some people feel disconnected and then some of us feel like we're at home. But the beauty of it is you can always learn, right? You can learn what tribe you're from, you can learn your culture, you can learn your original

language. You can, man. And you're someone who's on a journey of,-hop, a face of you know like entertainment and what's happening in the world, but I feel like over the past few years you've been on a journey of like evolving yourself as a human being and that's what this book feels like, Shook One, anxiety playing tricks on me. This is a book about mental health. Yes, and it didn't, I didn't intend for it to be a book about mental health. Like you you know, I was literally just keeping a journal of all my therapy sessions. So I was keeping a journal of things that, you know, give me anxiety now, things that have historically given me anxiety, and then, you know, when you're sitting in therapy, you

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Like for example, you know, my father, which I just found out over Thanksgiving, my father had been going to therapy two and three times a week. He tried to kill himself 30 years ago. Wow. Wow. He had been on 10 to 12 different different different different different different different different different different different different different different different different different different different different different different different. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. the to. the to. to. the toe. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I'm. I. I. to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the to to the to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the conversation with me about it. So if he had told me about this years ago, then I would have known that it was tools and resources out there that could have helped me combat what I've been dealing with my whole life. Do you think that fundamentally hip-hop and its culture, thrown to the culture, throwns tho, th............. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. And, thin, thin, thin, thi. thi. thrown, their, thrown, tho, thi. thi, thin, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, tho, thi, thi, thi. thi, thi. thi. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thr. And I thr. And I thrown, throooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. And, tha. And, tha, tha, tha, there's a part of the culture itself that doesn't, you know, speak to that or you know, it's like a frowned upon in a way? Um, that's a good question. I think that we lean on the wrong things.

Like, it's a lot of self-medication. That's where the weed and the pills and the alcohol are involved are. A lot of times that we go through, the trauma, the pain, like we're supposed to be going through that. But then when you kind of like transcend those circumstances and you're on the outside looking in, you're like, a lot of things that we used to normalize or a lot of things that we used to go through aren't exactly normal. issues, you know, things like forget the FOMO, being black annoyed is a reality, therapy is not embarrassing, getting help is you're right, be confidence in

your own skin, and I was struck by a few things. I've always known Charlotte as like one of the most confident people out there. You say things that have half of the internet coming after you. Like every time I see you say something, like, every time I say something. that's, to say, the, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm, I'm, th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thr. Be confident, thr-a. thr-a. thr-s, thauui. thau. thau. thau. thau. thr-auania, thi. Be confident, thi stupid. Yeah, I mean, but stupidly confident sometimes is what I feel. You'll say things, and I've literally, I've seen half the internet come after you. But in the book, you talk about how much anxiety that has created in your life. I never thought that that was an issue that you faced. And a lot of people get anxiety from the internet. Have you found tools that help really found that works? Well, therapy, number one, you know, and number two, honestly, just thinking a little bit more

before you tweet things out. You know what I'm saying? Some things can be avoided if you just ask your circle, first of all. Like, I think our first instinct, sometimes we don't understand something, is just to run to the internet with it. Let me ask a couple of people that I trust, first of all, what they think about this, and then I'll give my opinion on it, on it later. It's interesting because you are a friend and someone who has interviewed Kanye West,

right? And what's been interesting this year is the journey that Kanye West has been on. We saw Kanye West come out and you know, some people said he had stopped medication to start making music again. Yes, he said that. He was in the studio, right. And then, and then we started seeing Kanye the Maga hat wearer. Kanye, like, you know, coming out and saying things about the world, you know. And everyone was like, oh, man, he's crazy. And we made the jokes. And then Kanye came out and said, no, no, no can't make the jokes. Then he sat down with President Trump and he was like, oh, I was misdiagnized.

I was misdiagnosed. I don't have bipolar. I don't have bipolar. I don't have that. It's just sleep deprivation. And then, like, wait, so we can make the jokes. And then the other day on Twitter, I saw like, like, I thrown, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, I, I, I, like, like, like, like, like, like, I the, I'm, I'm, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th, like they go like, I can do crazy things, and then if someone calls me out, I'd be like, oh, no, no, no, I've got mental health,

so you can't say anything about that. Yeah, I mean this in the most brotherly, you know, black man to black man way possible. Kanye West is full of shit, right? And what I mean, and what I mean that I mean that I mean, and what I mean, and I mean, and I mean, and I mean, and I mean, and I mean, and I mean, and I mean, and I mean, and I mean, and I mean, and I mean, and I mean, and th... th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. I've th. to th. to th. th. to tha. th you said you didn't have bipolar, you misdiagnosed it with sleep deprivation, you're off your medication, you create better without it. But when you get into a rap feud with Drake, the only way you can combat Drake in any way, the shape of form is to weaponize mental health.

And say that Drake bull Kid Cuddy who suffers from mental health and now Drake you know coming at Kanye West but to me man it has nothing to do with mental health this is about sneakers it's the fact that Drake is affecting your sneaker sales because no because in the biggest song of the year in the biggest song of the year which is sickle mode right with Drake and Drake and tra checks over stripes. And then in another record with French Montana called No Style, he said, don't weigh no 350s around me, which is one of Kanye West's sneakers. Right.

Kanye West's last couple of sneakers haven't really sold extremely well. Now, I can't chalk that all up to Drake. I'm gonna chalk that up to some of the Maga had too. But the only way you the only way you you you you you you you you you the only way the only way the only way way way way way way the only way the only way the only way the only way the only way the only way the only way that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that. that. that that. that. that. that. that. that. that. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi thi. thi-a. thi-a. thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thee. the. thi's the-a's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi mental health issues? That's whack, my brother. That's lame. What would you hope that you could change in somebody's mind when they read the book? I mean, because here's what's interesting about this book, is that I like that you haven't try to present yourself as an expert.

I'm not an expert at anything. Right, you write, no, but you write about your experiences. experiences and then you have a therapist who actually like basically has an addendum after each chapter that breaks it down like a real medical professional. So what would you hope that somebody takes away from reading this book especially people who see mental health as like, ah man you're crazy? Like what would you what would you hope that they take away? I would hope that they take away the fact that it's okay to get help? It's okay to not?. to the mental mental mental mental mental mental mental the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their to their their to to the fact. their. to to to to to to to to to to to to their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their.e.ea.ea.ea. their.ea. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their.that it's okay to get help. It's okay to not be okay. I look at mental health the same way I look at physical health, you know,

like if you get a little chubby around the middle, which we all do during the winter, you're gonna go eat right. I think it's the same thing with your brain. You know what I'm saying? Like you have to watch figure things out and work through these issues. So it's just okay to not be okay. And it's okay to say you're not okay. And if people think you're crazy, so what?

You know what I'm saying? You know what's crazy? Not going to get help for it. Thank you so much for being a strong to be back. an interesting look at Charlemagne and the God is available now. The Daily Show with Covernoa, Ears Edition. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11th, 10 Central on Comedy Central and the Comedy Central and the Comedy Central Act. Watch full episodes and videos at the Daily Show.

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