The Curious Case of a Clash Concert

Do you want me to yank his ass? I ain't scared I will straight yank his ass You want me to? What's that from? The color purple That You didn't even try that Harlem Nights! Harlem Nights No, it isn't from Harlem Nights Oh, okay, then I don't know for real It is directly from who can play that game. Welcome back, everybody, out in the world. And, you know, the rest of the galaxy. Because I do believe that some of y'all out there are listening and you just laugh like, oh my God, these people are so good and stupid. We're baddies. Or other places. Yeah, we are. Welcome to the show. I'm Vivica Fox. And I am back in the studio, away from my hell puppy. And I could not be happier. She's a hell house. Oh, I didn't even think of that. She is hell. Oh my God. But this is the read. Thank you for tuning in. Jesus. It is indeed. Here we are in Black History Month. Mini month. The shortest. Indeed. So let's get our shit off while we can. While we're allowed to. Before they turn this into National Mega Yacht Month. Let's start with some Black excellence, shall we? This week, I would like to give Black excellence over to one Reed Curry. Now, this report is actually quite old. I didn't hear about it until recently. And I haven't spoken about it on the podcast. So, Reed Curry is an engineering student. He goes to school in Florida. This is good news out of Florida. Amen. Thank God for small favors. Somebody going to school. You know, that's all we can even ask for. Big steps. Big steps. Down in the sunshine. Wonderful. So, Reed Curry was making some waves on the social of the media recently because he needed a way to get to school. Didn't have a car, money for a car. So this gentleman decided to build a motorcycle, all electric, out of wood that he got from Home Depot. And I am dead ass serious. Two by fours made of cedar and a dream. No way. This nigga made a real murder bug with wood from the Home Depot. So what are you doing with your 24 hours, you lazy bitch? What the fuck are the rest of you niggas doing with your day? Is you ungrateful? This nigga really got a wooden bike, but like... Made. Made. Excuse me. Didn't get. Right. Created. He constructed. Wow. Holy shit. Fully automobile. I had to Google this because I just knew you was shitting. No, this nigga made a wooden motorcycle. And here's the guy. He got a little truck on the guy. He basically was like... Oh, that's where the motor, that's where the brakes are. He said, like... Oh, in the back? That's not even, like... Oh, I thought that was... Yeah, that's another contraption for... Wow. Operating things. Oh, put him in an engineering school right the fuck now. He is in an engineering school. Okay, look at God. Look at God. Because what? And the gag is, he was... He really... Here's the biggest fucks. He essentially said that this isn't, like, a passion project. He just needed a way to get to school. He said on Instagram, this bike isn't a masterpiece. It's not even my main project. It's just my daily commute. I've been riding on this rig for over a year. It's still a work in progress. Is it? You get to and fro. Not from what I just watched. It seems like a working vehicle to me. But I'm not an engineering nothing. I'm not even sure I can spell engineering properly. When I say I'm just a guy, I'm no genius. Anything you see that's good in me came from God. Please understand this. Thank you for all the support. Oh, that is so sweet. Isn't it an amen, brother? Thank you for bringing the state something sunshiny. Yeah. This nigga really... Reed Curry, Miami, Florida. Are you from the same city as me? I hit a thousand miles today. What? In the wooden bike? On the wooden bike that he fucking made. And the Florida police ain't pulled him over and harassed him yet for this. That's what's really. What's illegal? Well, they're going to say like, oh, the bike's made of wood. They don't need a reason to pull you over. It don't have to be legal. Don't have nothing to do with it. But wow. The fact that he was like, I didn't even really try with this. You guys, I just had to go to school. And I have to try to take the bus in Miami. It don't work. So I had to figure something out. Oh, that's incredible. Go off. Oh, I love seeing it. Rely on the bus in Miami. Miami Transit, you might get to your class 72 hours after it. You're not going. You're not going. You are simply not going. It's not Miss 115 coming. It's Miss 1. Right. Two hours. You just don't. That's not. Yeah, it's the same in Oklahoma. So I just, this is incredible, though. Wow, wow, wow. if I could do this sort of thing and have it just be like no big deal like this is not even one of my main projects I swear y'all would not be able to tell me one fucking thing you really you wouldn't have time no you wouldn't have space time or opportunity to tell me it's like yeah I made a bike because that was fast there would be zooming by you on my hoverboard made out of sprite cans you fucking ungrateful bitches you stay your ass at home and watch Love Island oh man right while you bitches are sitting around I'm talking about, come get your baddie chain. I'm actually using the brain and the body that God gave me. So, wow. This is really incredible. Hats off to you, our helmets. All right. So let's get into the pop culture segment. He got a life on everything. This nigga. Oh, yeah. He's not. He made a vehicle. He did. Like, he's not. Yeah. I'm sorry. I can't get. I just am all over his Instagram because this is incredible. But yes, we can move on. I'm going to close the window. I'm gagged. I'm gooped. I'm gobsmacked. Oh, he calls it the wooden horse. Yeah. Well, that's probably like some smart-ass reference that I don't get because I don't know history or engineering. It could be like a literary reference. It probably is. It's a giant book. I was just kidding. Oh, and he has a... Oh, he had a fundraiser, but then it was... Oh, yeah, they took it down. The man said, I just needed a way to get to school. And I have it now. Yeah, so... Thanks so much. Not looking for a hand clap. Didn't even think that this would go viral. I just needed to get to school. Amen. Oh. Oh, ingenuity at its finest. Under God's living eyes. Isn't that so sweet? Every now and then you look at something on the news. You see how he didn't start texting a bunch of women talking about, are you taking me to school? No. He figured it the fuck out. Incredible. Yeah, gonna get that degree. We really are onto my uncle's now. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Leaning into it. let's get into a pop culture segment that we call you were motherfucking right casual kamara matches stevie wonder with most back-to-back grammy wins stevie wonder pretty big deal braids on the back um legend and icon okay where's this going nothing I'm finished okay um so this this brother Kendrick Lamar um won five Grammys on Sunday I didn't watch no I was in the club okay I was. Thank you. So yes, now 27 plus wins to his name. And that was for me. I don't care. You guys don't have, you don't need to have ever heard of God to be real. You're just doing yourself a disservice. so yeah congratulations to him for winning these awards that he deserved and for being up there with legends at this still right to a young age shout out to him for going up there with a pick in his head I liked that record of the year back to back is really crazy well I did see the clip of Cher announcing and saying that Luther Vandross won because the song's called Luther and I guess she got confused it's actually an honor and if you think about it he kind of did win too he kind of did right I mean again they wouldn't be no song without Luther Vandross as a state allowed on the record right you can hear it all over the place oh Luther Vandross oh wait okay that's not him that's walking up here oh no no no She said, no, no, no, Luther, Kendrick Lamar. She is an icon, though. So it is, yeah. That just made the show all the more better, I'm sure. Shaboozy won Best Country Duo slash group performance and is facing Black American backlash because he said during his speech that I didn't hear, that he wanted to dedicate. I mean, I didn't fucking watch it. I'm just reading the news. Okay. He said in part of his speech that he wanted to dedicate is one to immigrants who literally built this country. Shmoozie is American of Nigerian descent. This is no, you know, lockdown, bunkered up secret. But, you know, some Black folk were like, um, hello? You forgot somebody. Excuse me. Shaboozy posted an Instagram story press release. IG. He said, first and foremost i want to express my deep gratitude to everyone who supported celebrated my journey as an artist i also want to acknowledge the conversations surrounding my acceptance speech to be clear i know and believe that we black people have also built this country my words when I've intended to dismiss that truth. I am both a black man and the son of Nigerian immigrants. And in the overwhelming moment of winning my first Grammy, my focus was on honouring the sacrifices my parents made by coming to this country to give me and my siblings opportunities they never had. At the same time, winning this award on the first day of Black History Month and becoming the first black man to win the best country duo is Black History. It stands on the foundation laid by generations of black people who fought, sacrificed and succeeded long before me. This moment belongs to all of us. My entire career has been rooted in lifting people up, honoring where we come from and expanding what's possible. I'm proud to be part of this legacy and I intend to continue doing that work for the rest of my life with love. That's it. Thoughts? Well, I mean, he was incorrect in saying that, you know, immigrants built the country enslaved people were certainly not immigrants. And my parents are immigrants. Right. So that's just not correct. I can understand, though, getting caught up in the moment of winning your first Grammy and misspeaking. I think that's really what happened. I can understand that. I completely agree with that. He is close to, he wins this award, he goes up there, breaks these barriers. He's probably thinking of his family. He's thinking of his heritage, and he's thinking of what it means for them to have come over here and him have this opportunity. I think he misspoke. He misspoke. And I think that this, uh, IG press release also kind of gets me that. Because let me tell you what a lot of a lot of Caribbean niggas. Oh, yeah. A lot of African niggas. Would have otherwise told you to hold their nuts. They're nuts. But yeah, I think it was like, oh my God, I'm hype. I said something wrong. So I, you know, I saw the backlash and all the controversy about it. I saw these apologies. I think this, I mean, it's not even really an apology. It's more like just clearing things up. Again, I think his explanation here makes sense. And so that's fine. I think people would have appreciated a flat out I misspoke or whatever or something like that. But yeah, I get being so excited. Speaking of excited, I'm sure you saw that clip of Duran winning his Grammy and running to the stage and being so overcome with emotion and just having the best speech and embracing his parents and all that. I can understand being so caught up in that moment that you just kind of say shit and, you know, you're riding on an adrenaline high that most of us will probably never know anything about. So as long as we all understand that enslaved Africans forcibly brought to this country, built this bitch for free, as long as we all understand and acknowledge that, then, you know, I have no interest in picking apart a black man for this, you know, otherwise. And I think that that can be true simultaneously with immigrants having a lot to do with the, like, sustainability of the group. Because there really is a lot of immigrants who have come here and basically helped keep things afloat alongside the indigenous people and enslaved people who created the foundation for it. So it's not as many immigrant people who have just been coming over here and chewing gum. But what he said was not correct. Right. I mean, you know, immigrants come over here and work hard and deal with racism and all that. Like, sure. All that's very valid. It's just what you said. And you said it during Black History Month. So niggas is extra sensitive right now. You have to understand that we really not standing for anybody getting our history wrong during our month. So I completely understand everybody's feelings about it. But I, you know, I think this statement goes a long way towards clearing up where his mind was. And this was certainly not deliberate or intentional erasing of, you know, Black American history. so also super proud of Durand my god oh his speech was so good and then his parents up there with him I almost cried from skyping with this nigga in our parents house to God's destiny that we both knew was always there congratulations Bonnie I could not be more proud of you you didn't deserve this and it's just the fucking beginning if they didn't know. They know now. Yay! That's her ever voice. That doll baby. That original baby. Okay. Kiki Palmer told E! Online, oh no, she said on Today that she, even in marriage, has no desire to live in the same house as her romantic partner. She joins many black diva who have said these uh very same words she in fact uh cited one whoopie goldberg saying i just feel like whoopie goldberg said it once and she said i don't want nobody in my house and i feel that she said you can be in the guest house we can even be on the same land but i'm over there and he's over here at best separate rooms um Lakeisha and Paul why don't I make her I simply agree bitch and you know what yes he has his towels I have my towels absolutely girl at best is giving you know I'm on this floor he's on this floor and I think that's fine and I would even assuming it's like, oh, I plan to be with this nigga for the rest of our days. I still want to spend the majority of time with you. Like, I don't ever want to see you, but I also, it's like, woo, is that 8.30? Is that 9 p.m.? Well, you might as well go in here and go home. Well, it's getting to be that time. Big yawn and stretch. Woo! Well, I have to get up early. Don't know about you. What you doing? what you finna do now that the credits are rolling for this latest heated rivalry I feel like we might as well just get to bed it's kind of times that just go on no I mean I should get to my bed you should get to yeah going to my bed in my home yeah I don't think I need separate houses but um I would prefer a house big enough to where we can both have our own space yeah you have your own room for you to do things in I have my own room for me to do things in. There's a separate office for business-y things and then a bedroom. Like, I'm thinking at least four bedrooms and then we ought to be able to make it work. But, you know, Kiki's very rich. She probably can have a compound with a couple of little houses on it. She's like, I'm staying in the big house. You stay in the casita. And I see the house. Oh, I'm sorry. There's no argument. This isn't a democracy. so it's Barbie's dream house not Ken's mojo dojo oh my gosh she was getting Ken together yeah she was and she wasn't even on purpose and so sweetly you want to come over for you want to spend the night to do what to do she said oh but it's girls night and he was like oh yeah girls night is every night and she was like right Greta was dragging that nigga wanted to spend time with her so bad she was like but why why don't we hang out I saw you all day today we beached yeah we beached I'm finna go brush hair with President Barbie and stay up with the girls we're gonna have a dance party and then go to bed what do you mean that movie is so fucking funny when the little girl asked where the Ken's live? And she was like, I honestly don't know. It never occurred to her that she... To even think about it. That's me. I think that's the last one. I don't know where that nigga go. Ken has a home? I never thought about Ken living somewhere. I don't know. Oh, that was a good move. Fierce. Very cute. It really was. Okay, so So you remember when Kayla and Nicole dressed up as Tony Braxton for Halloween or some shit? And I guess the Swifties got... How could I forget? Oh, he wasn't mean to me. Well, you could recently find video footage of the same Kayla and Nicole dancing as part of Tony Braxton's backup for He Wasn't Man Enough. Toni Braxton had Kayla Nicole get up on stage with Toni Braxton and tell these white women that they can kiss both of their black titties. I just... This was so great. This was so great. If you haven't seen this video, you have to go find it. It's so good. Pettiness aside, this show looks teat. Yeah, it does. I'm like, how come I didn't know that Toni was on tour? Like, do I need to get tickets? Right. Tony Braxton still looks incredible. Also, on top of everything else, you know, sounding good. And she coming to Newark on February. She'll be at Barclays on March 14th. There it is. There it is. I think you need to go. I think I do, too. But yeah, that moment was so cute. She was, Kayla Nicole was just so excited and honored. I mean, who wouldn't be like, it's one thing to do a TikTok. It's another for Toni to call you and be like, girl, come be on stage with me. But yeah, you know, she killed her little choreography. She had a cute little moment and all that. It was, yeah, it was great. Toni posted on her Instagram, too, and said, thank you. I am Kayla Nicole for everything. You are spectacular, niece. Imagine you dress up as this icon or whatever. Get stupid, unnecessary, mad-ass reactions for it. And then said icon invites you to come do some of the sickest dances I seen in a little minute on the stage And then refers to you as niece No, I'll just evaporate. Thank you so much. You just dress up as this lady that we all love. And now she's your auntie. And now she's your auntie. Yeah, and you are just right up there in Toni Braxton history. I live. Yeah, y'all really would not be able to tell me shit. This Toni Braxton tour is actually new edition. Boys to Men and Toni Braxton. So it's going to be all the old hoes. What? Yeah. Yeah. I'm going. I am going, bitch. Boone's Farm and every cut. I live. That is going to be the day. Yeah. Oh, God. Of course, it's mostly sold out. But anyway. And I guarantee she already did it. this was probably the LA one yeah it probably was cause I'm sure Kayla Nicole lives out there I don't ever get to have she's gonna be in Oklahoma City on the 6th oh that's cute yeah Chicago tonight I'm seeing all of that I do believe you have missed out on Los Angeles I do believe damn this lady is gorgeous what a moment that's really cute congratulations to everybody involved it was giving me like it was giving me like um what do you call the what do you call those girls in the yes flapper girls it was giving me like fossey yeah a lot of shimmying yep yep a lot of draping materials and all that. It was very cute. Bob Mackie. There you go. Little shimmy. You're saying all the names. Okay, so let's discuss how Lil Wayne is preparing for the NFL's big day. And by big day, I mean Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Licks halftime performance. And the Super Bowl game, too. Why would he be preparing for that? Oh, because he has a big performance that's going to take place just two days before. Oh. On February 6th. He will be having a show at the Clash Royale Arena. Now, you might, like myself earlier today, be asking yourself, what's the Clash Royale Arena? That was exactly my question. Thank you so much. Because I thought that was a video game. It is absolutely a mobile video game. Wait, is he performing in the video game? Crystal, I wish I had an answer for this. I really do. When I tell you, I had to actually just move on because I was like, I have other shit to do. I don't know. This is... Folks, if you haven't heard of Clash Royale, it's one of them app games that have a commercial. This is like saying Gucci Man is performing on Candy Crush. It is. I don't know how this is going to work. So, you download the app and then there's a tab where you can just click and watch Lil Wayne. I guess. Why would they call it the Clash Royale Arena? That's not a place you can go to. That's the name of the game. But... But... But I don't know... But... Crystal, okay, he said, music, sports, and gaming all in one place. Y'all know how much I love being at the center of the culture. Clash Royale's at the center of the culture? Does Clash Royale... I'm turning... Do they stream music on that? I have no idea how this is going to work. This is for kids. I'm turning the Clash Royale arena into the most lit concert of the week. Tap in February 6th to see what we got in the store for y'all. tap in literally because what do you mean yeah and so what you just download clash royale i'm i'm gonna do it i'm gonna do it i'm gonna do it on my business why because i need to understand how this is supposed to work do you have to subscribe do you have to like pay something to see this or is it just gonna be i think clash royale arena is free epic multi no but you i'm sure they have in-app purchases. So maybe there's like a, if you want the Lil Wayne concert, you know, it's $20 or whatever on the in-app purchase. But how the fuck is this concert going to work? Is this going to be a streamed concert? Like, he's on a stage and then they just stream it? Because why would they do that on this game? I legitimately don't understand. Like, I really don't get this. I can't believe he didn't give no other context. He's just like, yeah, that's it. Figure it out. I will not be involved. Like, the gamer. I have an embarrassing amount of games in my library. One day, maybe I'll announce the number, but it's sick. And I will not be 10 feet near this. What are you talking about? Fortnite has concerts quite a bit. They had an Ariana Grande concert. They had a Travis Scott concert. I feel like Blackpink or somebody did it. With the real people? It wasn't like little Fortnite people? No, but it's like animated to look like the celebrity. And Fortnite is a more 3D open world map. So they could actually... The Travis Scott one was actually so crazy. I actually was very, very impressed on how they did it. But if you have ever seen Fortnite, you could probably make out. And it isn't real people. They just animate like, oh, here's Ariana Grande. Here's an animated Travis Cot. And they put them on a, like, digital stage. Oh, nice. And then usually there's a whole bunch of, like, bells and whistles to make it, like, more than just a regular concert you could see in person. But that's Fortnite. Like, if you were saying that... Because, yeah, they play their music. I mean... It's like watching... It's not even live, though. Like, this is... It's just like a recording of them doing, like, a mashup song. Yeah, those aren't... They're like, oh, it's gonna take place at the... this time but of course it's all right it's all pre-recorded before the you know and i imagine the same thing will probably be the case here i just cannot i can't picture see how it's going to work with this game because i've never played this or why i've only seen i've only seen like commercials and screens or i'm playing some other game and then here come an ad for this one and i'm trying to find the X, but you gotta wait 30 seconds. It's a top-down tower defense game. Yeah, I don't get it. Okay. I am gonna figure it out. Auntie's uncles. I'm gonna figure it out. This is like... This is like fucking 8-Ball and MJG performing on Gallagher. This is Trina performing on Miss Pac-Man. What are we talking... I don't understand. Maybe Noah can explain this to me. how this is even possible. I doubt she can. I bet you she can't. I just don't get it. I bet you she can't. She not gonna know what. She's gonna say, what's Clash Royale? Who's Lil Wayne? Damn. Young money need money. Sha'Carri Richardson and Christian Coleman got locked up. Sha'Carri for speeding Christian Coleman for resisting arrest and having weed on him that he dropped, I guess. Well, So, separately or coming from the same incident? Okay, so Sha'Carri was pulled over. They said she was going over 100 miles per hour. There's unfortunately even body cam footage of her about to go to jail, the cop talking to her and stuff, and she's just like crying and begging she was going to get arrested or go to jail. She did. Now, Christian Coleman, her boyfriend, got arrested because apparently he pulled over when she got pulled over and got out the car. And when he got out the car... Why did you get out the car? Girl. Niggas. Why would you get out the car? Not only was he not supposed to get out the car, the police apparently told him to leave. He did not. Oh, my God. I guess at some point when he got out of the car, they say that he dropped drug paraphernalia, which by the description, it sounds like it's just like a weed bowl, like a glass bowl that you smoke weed on. Oh, nigga. So he got arrested for, I guess, possession of that and resisting arrest without violence, which I'm assuming could either be because of the refusal to get back in his car and leave. But resisting could be as simple as they putting handcuffs on you and you move your arm because it's uncomfortable. But again, resisting arrest, especially without violence, could be a million things. Anyways, they both went to jail because of this. I think they were bonded out for $500 or something, then they have to wait for an arraignment. Sha'Carri, be careful, miss girl. Over 100 miles per hour is wild. Begging you to come. But you look great in this mugshot. Amazing skin. Great complexion. The braids are fresh. You look good. You need to come. Please be careful on the road. Real bad. Real, real, real bad, girl. Do you know how dangerous driving is? Do you know how dangerous driving incredibly fast is? It's not just you. You're in a wrecking ball. You could kill so many other people, girl. So many other people. It happens all the time. The back tire was underinflated and that's why she was speeding. Girl, 100 miles of power! That's what she said to the car, which makes it worse. Why wouldn't you be going slower? that's what i'm saying right this is it this is it and then this nigga like have you never had an interaction with the police i would have pulled over too but i would have remained in the vehicle and just recorded everything and then and then once she's getting arrested uh hello officers i'm with her can i know what station you take her to or whatever what precinct like why would you get out and try to plead the case nigga they clocked her going 100 miles an hour she's getting arrested you're not they're not letting you off with that higher than falcon titty and then you get out and what your your bong falls out nigga first of all I thought Sha'Carri was gay what happened to that oh you know she said I'm queer so my switch is flipped right now leave me alone maybe that's the problem maybe you need to get back with you need to get back with that yeah get back with that young lady because this is you and this nigga every time I hear your name it's something ridiculous getting into shit at the airport and oh man um okay well you know you're on my heart you know what I mean let this be a lesson so he's he's 29 she's still only 25 yeah I'm telling you Sha'Carri she's like she's like She's like that dumbass that's fucking around with Papoose. What's her name? Oh, Clarissa Shields. Yeah, she's like Clarissa Shields where it's like, I just get the same vibe from them that like you made it to an incredible place after some really fucked up shit happened to you when you was young. And worked hard to death there. And now you're dealing with being rich and famous and having all of your shit that's coming up and you trying to manage it on top of everything else and you're not really doing that great of a job, I want both of y'all to get therapists. Real bad, girl, because it's not... When you're in the news, it's like not great headlines, baby. I really do want better for you. You got to work through whatever you got going on. You know who I didn't know was gay? Portia Williams. She not. Don't worry about it. Okay, thank you for terrifying. Because I'm like, Portia, what? I'm sure she didn't say she was gay. She probably got a little girlfriend, but she didn't say she was gay. Okay. She does have a little girlfriend. Yeah. A lot of the girls get girlfriends. It don't mean nothing. Sorry. No shade to the girlfriend. This nigga is cute. Yeah, she is. So like, I could definitely see. So, you know, when the girlies be like, oh my God, and they need to, you know. Yeah. A fine little somebody with a backpack. Right. Yeah. It's very easy to fall. It is. But until Portia says, out of her mouth. Meeting this person made me realize that my sexuality is more complex and I now identify as bi or, you know, whatever else. That's a great point. I'm not putting that on her. So, no. Good for you, though. I mean, again, she is cute. Yeah. She really, really is. Well, who we know is gay is your statty, Queen Latifia. My dad! Who? Not statty, that's sexual. Oh, yeah, you just say dad. That's my dad, yeah. Yeah, that's right. I forgot what you called him. She had a beautiful congratulations for her lover, her partner. My stepmom. Ebony Nichols, who I guess was part producer of the Grammys this year. She said on Instagram, Ebony Nichols. that's how you know that they love each other I couldn't be more proud of you for being a producer on this year's Grammys I love watching your dreams come true baby major shout out to these other people you are all elevating the biggest night in music to a whole new level with pictures of her lady I love it they are really sweet together and seeing my dad finally feel comfortable enough to openly you know, talk about Ebony and embrace her as such an important part of our lives is just, you know, it's heartwarming for me and my family that we're at this place. And even her daddy posted like on Instagram, the, um, like her pictures and stuff from the Grammys. And the caption was like 20 years of cover girl. And I'm like, I literally remember 20 years ago when my dad got that deal. And still now is like, just, oh my God. Can you believe we're that old? Can you believe we're that old? Holy shit. Time on a blast from the past, bitch. Skinting. Still on CoverGirl payroll over there, okay? Taking care of all of my school bills, etc. But yeah, this is just really sweet. Again, I love Stepmommy Ebony so much. So I really do love to see it. It's a great job for her. Your parents are really good. Yeah, this set of parents, they're doing great. Yeah, this one. I mean, I really am happy to see Queen Latifah in this place that so many queer elves didn't ever get to do. I just love it! And that she gets to do it her way. And I love that the queen did it on her own. Yes! I was exactly about to say that. Yes! That she was able to do it on her terms when she felt comfortable. Y'all wasn't gonna force her out the closet. Yes, everybody knew, but y'all still was not going to force her hand and make her say or do anything she wasn't comfortable doing. It's literally all been on her terms. And what you can do is sieve. I love it. I'm so happy for her. Me too. For both of your dad and your stepmom. My dad and my stepmom. She's the best. I'm going to wrap up the hot tops there. Okay. We just ended on something positive. Yeah, for once. For one. Usually not. My God. I can't tell you how many. I was looking at shit today, and I was like, I don't feel like it. No. Girl, please. I was just like, so many things. I was like, this is some negative bullshit I really don't want to talk about. This is some stupid ass shit that I don't want to talk about. Okay, Nikki's brain is somewhere in Wonderland still great. Oh, my God. I'm just like, I'm not talking about any of this good evening. I saw the Nicki Minaj shit yesterday and I was like... I just don't care no more. It's something new constantly with that bitch. But yeah, it's... Yeah, it's like every week. She's not... I mean, what else can even be said? But yeah, you got a lot going on with the NBA trade deadline and everything. So I'm sure you've been busy in all of your time. Oh my God. So busy, I can't even tell you. The amount of, like, boots-to-the-ground research that I've been doing and reporting and journalistic work in general. Yeah. It's really crazy because this particular year in sports has been just such a hectic and monumental one. I don't know what I'm gonna do with my price. You know, the girls already can't afford me, but... Either way, you girls at home can expect nothing but the truest, rawest, and most factual coverage of sportball athletes' graphs. Do you know where Giannis is going? Or Draymond, for that matter. Up. Up and up. Up the ladder and through the roof. In Jesus' name. All right. I don't even know why I asked. And with that, we're going to take a break. A fool. Hello. We're back. It's time for your listener letters. Indeed. Send your questions to asktheread at gmail.com. We may read them aloud on the show. Our first letter this week comes from Macy, who says, I've been seeing my current therapist since I was dealing with postpartum symptoms after giving birth to my second child over two years ago. In that time, she has been instrumental in my growth around so many things, including the loss of my dad and taking my mama off the pedestal I put her on and just seeing her as a human being. That's a big one. I really cannot overstate how impactful my therapist has been to me. She informed me today that next year she will be stepping into a more clinical role where she will be helping aspiring therapists access the tools necessary to break into the industry so she won't be seeing clients anymore. Honestly, I think that's perfect for her, and I told her if that meant there were more social workers like her out there, then I couldn't be mad at that. But honestly, I'm devastated. I'm already grieving the end of our time together, and I'm not looking forward to having to start this process all over with a new therapist. I'm considering just ending my therapy journey altogether when she steps away, but I'm not sure if I have the tools necessary to do so. Have either of you ever been in this situation? Any tips or encouragement would be much appreciated. Thanks again. I have loved the show since the beginning. Take care, Macy. Ah, Macy, Macy, Macy. Sweet girl. I get it. I get it. I love that you acknowledged the benefit of what your therapist plans to do, right? Because that's exactly what I was thinking. Like, oh God, this sucks for you as a client someone who's benefiting from therapy. At the same time, this thing, she's not like, she didn't leave because she's auditioning to be in like cats. You know what I'm saying? Right. The streets could use more people in the theater. Real bit. I think I had a similar experience when I moved to California because I had to get a new therapist. Psychiatrist specifically. because I need people to write scripts. So I had to get a new therapist slash psychiatrist, and I damn near cried blood. I mean, I was just like, how am I supposed to leave this lady? I don't want to start all over. What is even the point? And in the way that that lady was like, my fairy godmother. My therapist now is like my fairy goddad. Love him to death. So, all that to say, I get it. It's fair. It's not an unreasonable or irrational thing at all. I think this is something a lot of people feel when they have to change therapists, especially therapists that they really like. But I don't think you should be discouraged, especially if you feel like it's you need it or you're really benefiting from it or it's been really helpful i'm always going to encourage you to stay in therapy um it sounds like you might have some time to find someone else that you know fits for you or someone else that you're comfortable with i wonder if you get a good referral because that's what my psychiatrist did in new york they helped me find one here um so yeah I think it's fair for you to feel and maybe even talk through with your therapist in preparation for finding someone else but I think you should give someone else a a chance at helping you because I think in the long run you'll benefit and you'll build a new relationship with a great person who loves you and uh you know wants to help you figure your stuff out yeah yeah So it's great that she gave you so much time to like get ready for this transition. I agree with everything Kifuri just said, but also don't be afraid to ask her for a referral to other therapists. And don't be afraid to ask her when y'all get down to like the last couple of months or so. Ask her if you what she thinks, like, does she think you need to keep going or does she think you're in a good place where maybe you can spend the next three to six months or whatever, you know, trying to figure things out. or just see, you know, if you're in a place where you don't really need that kind of weekly support anymore, she would have probably some great insight. It sounds like this has been such a wonderful relationship for you. And the way you feel about your therapist has so much to do with whether therapy works. Like the provider-client relationship is really, really vital in the therapy process. So hopefully she can refer you to somebody that you also end up feeling this same kind of great bond with. But I've never had this happen as a client, but I have been the therapist who had to cut things off with clients. And yeah, I mean, that sucks. It's hard. I high key wanted to keep seeing people for free even after I graduated it had to be like girl if you are not going to go take these exams and then start working on externship you cannot I just didn't want to stop seeing my clients. You know, they were doing great. So it's hard for sure, but I think you have some options here for either finding somebody new or maybe taking a break and then getting back to it if you want to do that. All right. Good luck, Macy. Let us know what you decide to do. Our next letter comes from Amira, who says, I'm a 28-year-old woman who was recently dumped by a guy I was dating. Long story short, I jumped to conclusions about two different situations and said some things that I should not have said while I was upset. This man had already told me before that that type of behavior was a deal breaker for him, and after I did it a second time, he did indeed end things. I got my ass down on bended knee asking for a second chance, but he wasn't having it. He said that while we were a match made in heaven when my feelings aren't hurt, he didn't think we were aligned overall. I know I was there wrong for how I acted. Growing up, I saw my mother exhibit the same type of toxic communication pattern, and it's something that I know I need to work on. My feelings for this man are so strong that when he ended things on Tuesday, I immediately booked an appointment to talk to the lady on Thursday. LMAO. Work! Do you guys think there's any way I can work on myself and work on being a better communicator to convince my boo to give me another chance? Or should I just take this L and move on? Thanks so much, Amira. First of all, not LMAO. Yeah. LMAO. Amira, I think that you should take a piece from both of those options. I think that you should do the self-reflection and the work and the accountability and the evolution. And you should take this hell and never talk to that man again. Yep. You really should. You really should. Because, first of all, you should not be doing any of that work to get a nigga back. Like you tossed me out the window over there. Like, baby, that's not what that's for at all. So you get that out of your mind. Please do. You get that directly out of your mind. You go and get help for yourself. And the fact that you even referenced your mom having traits like this, negative traits like this. you're acknowledging that there's like a younger you in there that reacts to certain things because that's how she that's what she was taught that's what she lived around so you do that for you so that you can be more at peace and you can learn more about yourself and do better by yourself and then the next person who enters your life from a romantic standpoint, you'll be better prepared for those types of things. But this nigga let him go into the wind, baby. You said you 21? 28. Girl. Oh, 28 still. Shit. Yeah, 28. You said you was 40. Yeah, Amira, if you're going to therapy in the hopes that one day this man will take you back, no. Because the goal of therapy needs to be happiness, peace within yourself. living a good life that you can be proud of, being the type of person you want to be, working through your shit for yourself. Doing all this with the hopes that, like, after a few weeks, you can call him or text him and be like, oh, my God, I've been in therapy. I'm doing so much better, blah, blah, blah. Asking him to come to a session with you and all this. I actually am... If I were you, I would honestly be a little embarrassed that a man was more mature than I was. I would honestly be a little ashamed. But... Shit. It sounds like this nigga knows his worth and he's not playing no games. He told you the way you acted... That's what it sounds like to me. ...which childish and ridiculous. He told you it was a deal breaker. For whatever reason, you let yourself get swept up by these fantasies you had in your head again, jumped to conclusions, said things that were based on the conclusions you jumped to and not in reality. And that nigga said, I'm actually not dealing with this. That's great for him. Mind you, after the second time... Right, right. Which means you crossed the boundary before, picked him off, and he decided to pay it and keep moving forward and you did it again. And he told you. He told you. This is deal breaker. He wasn't even overly strict, girl. Because I would have cut you off the first time. He wasn't even overly strict. He was... I would... The shame of a man being more emotionally mature than me would probably send me to therapy. I'd be like, we have to talk. Because how come this nigga is better at taking care of his feelings and having boundaries than I am? Yikes. And on top of that, outside of, along with discussing your reactions to things, your temperament or whatever, I would also talk to this lady about why I am so goddamn attached to this nigga or any other one on earth. That this, you know what I mean? my attachment to them is specifically why I'm sitting here today. Also, in hopes of getting it back. Yeah. I would really urge you to speak on that as well because there's something to, there's something in there. Tell the therapist that when he broke up with you, you got down on bended knee and begged him to take you back. Boy, listen, bended knee? When she, listen, when you read that, I was like, God, I hope this is a metaphor. I hope she's just, She said, I am on my knees. If you physically got on your knees, my God. Ask it for a second chance. You mean a third chance. That man had already gave you a second chance. He told you this was not cool. And you were in that situation that probably felt uncontrollable. Again, bring this up to your therapist. I'm sure if you had been in your right mind thinking clearly, you wouldn't have done this, but you weren't. So you need to ask yourself why you take things that far mentally. Why do you jump to conclusions and then act off of those assumptions before you know the truth? Why do you do that? A therapist will help you get to the bottom of that. But again, that's something you need to do regardless of whether this man takes you back. If you ever want to be in a healthy relationship, then you're going to have to figure that out. Do you want to have good friends? This ain't no three-strike program. No, it ain't. It's really not. We're in a no-goddamn call center. One strike? Yeah. Or what is it? Fool me once. Shame on you. Fool me twice? No, girl. You will not get a... You simply won't get a third chance. No. Because that means this is just how you act. And when you get mad, you're going to use this as an excuse. Like, well, sometimes when I get mad, I just do blah, blah, blah. I hate it. It ain't. It's simply not acceptable. You're not going to treat me like that. I don't know who you finna do all that with. Maybe your mama. You go to your mama's house and do all that, but you're not finna do all that with me. Shout out to him. That nigga said, I know my worth, and I'm adding tax, Amira. Figure it out. So, yeah. I think you got to just... Stick with the lady. Mm-hmm. And watch how all aspects of your life improve, not just dating. dating like things will clear up for you in so many different ways but you got to call that lady and be real about what went wrong okay we are wishing you the best of luck our last letter comes from robert who says i'm a 33 year old black gay man in a relationship with another black gay man who's the same age the other weekend imagine that i'm sorry the other weekend i went out with some friends to a bar. I'm a person who loves to have fun and twerk with friends. This particular night, I was drinking quite a bit because it was an associate's birthday. Uh-oh. I was really feeling the liquor and a few of my boyfriend's friends were also at the bar. Uh-oh. I was dancing with everybody, child. I danced with them and another guy that my boyfriend and I both know. I'm well aware that I was probably having too much fun drinking and twerking and it probably looks like the dancing was something more than what it was. Of course... Girl, come out and say it. Why is she dancing? I'm sorry. Of course, me twerking on everybody got back to my boyfriend through his best friend who loves to exaggerate shit. My boyfriend spent two days ignoring me before we had one five-minute conversation where he said that he was ignoring me because I didn't tell him I was going to the club and because I was dancing all over some guy and everybody saw it. I'm usually pretty good about keeping my boyfriend updated on my whereabouts, but when it comes to Friday and Saturday nights, it's more of a challenge because wherever I'm going is usually not planned out, so it slips my mind to tell him if I decide to go out. Knowing my whereabouts makes him feel secure, and I try to respect and honor that, but if I don't, it's hell to pay. It's now been five days without contact except for that five-minute conversation. My boyfriend, his friends, and I have all been out together before, and I've danced the same way with them, and even arguably worse. Sure, those friends were girls, but it's still the same. I think the difference is the embarrassment, quote unquote, of people seeing it and the extra seasoning that I know his best friend put on that story. Not the extra seasoning. She put a little complete. She did a lot with that. I feel horrible that I made my boyfriend feel embarrassed, but I also feel misunderstood as usual because he's treating me as if I fucked that man on the dance floor. I did speak with my friends who were at the club with me and they confirmed that I was just twerking all over the place like I usually do, child. Do y'all have any advice? Thanks, Robert. Hmm. This is interesting. It is. Because he said, based on what Robert is saying the boyfriend said in the five-minute conversation, it isn't about him dancing on these people which i was wondering okay and then he's like you know i've danced on them like this arguably arguably worse when he was with the boyfriend so yeah it sounds like the reason he's upset is because this was happening when he wasn't there and people were in the position of saying you know this nigga was dancing with such and such when when you weren't there. So, I mean, I get how he feels. I think five days of not talking to you behind it is a little much. It's too much. So, I suppose my response to this would be a flat-out text or a call or voice note or whatever the fuck that's like, we need to sit down and have like an extended deep conversation about what's going on here because you know me you know what my intent is and like it isn't to harm you or fuck you up or run your names through the street so like can we just have a conversation because this is going on for too long I think that's what I would do in this position and if I still get the cold shoulder or what have you. I would just assume I'm single. Yeah, once you go three days without talking to me, I am single. So I don't care. No, I'm not. Well, maybe I don't care, but I am single at this point. We had one five minute conversation and then you went back to ignoring me, not speaking to me because you so mad. I don't care that you're mad because I was at the club twerking on somebody. Like, I'm sorry. I don't consider that to be a big deal. Like, you know I do, and we've never cared about it. Right. That's weird. So I don't care about that. Yeah, this idea of, like, there's hell to pay if you don't tell him about your whereabouts, I don't like that either. Because what do you mean? Right! I'm grown, nigga. What do you mean? I don't have to check in with you. I don't have to ask permission. Like, this honestly sounds like a long-distance relationship. it sounds like he wants to be kept up to date because he's not in the city. Because why else would you be tripping? But did Robert say that? No, I'm guessing. I don't know for sure. I'm assuming that's not the case because I feel like he would have... I feel like Robert would mention it. Probably. Don't you? Yeah. It feels like this nigga is just controlling. It does. Because you also pointed out a huge red flag. Yeah. Like, police sirens. This nigga talking about, oh, I need to, he needs to be aware of my whereabouts or he's uncomfortable. The only GPS going on over here is the girl police system. You're not going to tell me I'm like, you need to know where I'm at. Bitch, are you cool? Yeah. Do I look like somebody's 13-year-old daughter? He feels insecure when he don't know where I am. That's a him problem. Bitch, goodbye. Right. Can I recommend growing up, healing whatever your attachment issues are? stop trying to control me out of fear or whatever else like that. I'm sorry. That's weird behavior. Why would you crash out or have a meltdown because you don't know where I am? Knowing my whereabouts makes him feel secure. What? I'm sorry. There's just certain things where if I feel like I'm genuinely in the wrong or I can see why you would be pissed, even if I'm not in the wrong, then I'm much more willing to have a conversation, give some grace here. But I was at the club twerking, twerking. Not you saw me kissing. Not you saw me fucking. Not you even saw me giving out my number or flirting. You saw me twerking in the club drunk. And you're not talking to me for five days. With people I've done this with. No, bitch. The answer's no. That is so answered out. With people you know. It ain't no way. Mm-mm. I'm not tolerating. He's trying. Now, outside of controlling your whereabouts, he's trying to manipulate your feelings and make you feel guilty, even though he probably don't even care no more. But it's just like another position. No, dead ass. It's just another position of power that some people just get off on to control your feelings and make you feel bad and feel guilty. And you do. Because you're writing into two of the rudest Black niggas in the world and asking us for advice about it. I would advise that you question this nigga on who the fuck he thinks he is on this blue and green. bitch are you like who are you talking to who are you talking to you need to know my whereabouts only whereabouts I need to know about are links there is now I'm walking around like where the hell is this dog where the hell is this dog I don't see her come back around this bitch poking her head out from underneath the bed why are you under the bed and why did you scare the shit out of me when I was calling you It's cozy under there. She was playing games. You know you're cute. How did I know it wasn't prowlers? Yeah. Somebody could have tucked you. Remember what people call my- Prowlers. Prowlers, yeah. I do remember that. Oh. Yeah. I need to know your whereabouts. That is a giant red flag. I'm not having that. That's a huge goodbye. I'm not having that. No. You, y'all had a five-minute conversation, and then he went back to not talking to you for another three days. That is so weird. Yeah, no, I'm single. I'm single as fuck actually and I'm going right back to the club this weekend I was just about to say that I was just about to say that I am back in the bus another club another club bus another club yeah and I'm going live on TikTok too since y'all don't like me twerking it's finna be all over the fucking place what? throw that ass in a circle yeah I mean I'm going I'm leaving Back to the function. I'm not taking it. I'm not. And now I'm twerking with intent. Right. Because how are you embarrassed over that? Like, I'm sorry. I just, at this massive age, I can't fathom being embarrassed because my partner danced at the club drunk. Like, I just don't care about that. I really, really don't. I don't. I don't. You have to actively cheat for me to care. Right. If you would have called me and been like, you know, such and such was over here, throwing ass on such and such. I've been like, girl, why did you call me for that? Oh, I'm watching Wonder Man. That's exactly what Robert do, child. Every time, I can't take that nigga nowhere. That nigga twerking the Kroger. He twerk at the fucking shape. This is a part of him. He just twerks. Just let him have it. He just twerks, baby. Thank you for telling me. I appreciate you looking out. You a good friend, but... Don't let me be that nigga because I'm from South Florida, baby. We came out. Soon as those legs unfold, we are twerking. So... It's just not something that I feel insecure about. at all I don't care about it like you said if your friends called you and were like I'm talking about tongue down esophagus right they were kissing for but then I might be like why do you have people busting down my phone telling me that you kissing people how are you yeah no kissing is a line you can't cross with me but dancing is fine I'm just not and then we talk about it for five minutes and you go back to me ignoring me okay girl the five minute conversation I won't I mean, I think it's an issue when people don't talk to you about when you're in a relationship, especially. And you have something, you know, there's something like this going on. He's mad about it, but he won't say nothing to you about it for two days. And then he's like, OK, well, I'm at you for these reasons. And then go back to not speaking. Like, so at what point were we supposed to communicate about the issue? At what point were we supposed to hash it out and figure out where we stood with each other? Because we could have had this conversation three days ago and definitively broke up, and I could have been back in the club two nights ago. But now I'm over here hanging in the balance waiting to see how you really feel and if you're going to hit me up. You don't get to ignore me for days because you mad at me. You do not. Sorry. I will be single so fast. And over something so damn dumb. Right. Over something so stupid. something dumb right they didn't call you and like oh my god I saw him building a bomb out the bed like he was doing what he always do bitch please yeah it would be different if you caught me cheating in the club and your friend sent video of me you know rubbing up on some dyke in the club talking about what's in that backpack let's go out back you know that would be different that would be different like TMZ did to that divorcing light skin man like TMZ did to that and whoever that lady we still ain't really figured out whatever the fuck that was supposed to be whoever that lady was that lady said girl I just met him at the club and he was fine that was that right you ain't never made out with nobody in the club weird you niggas lame that's literally what you said that's how she reacted yeah my advice is to just go ahead and send him a you don't get to not talk to me just because you mad this relationship is over. Text and then block him so that you don't have to worry about him responding and then make plans to go to the club. That's what I would tell you to do. Because you got me fucked up with this silent treatment shit, nigga. Fuck no. Fuck no. But good luck, Robert, if you do decide to try to work on it with this nigga because it sounds like he's deeply insecure and this is going to come up again. so I'm manipulative as fuck if you wanna start rearranging your entire life to make sure he always feels secure and never is worried about what you're doing then you feel free to put all that work in I'm not doing that you either trust me or you don't and I'm just not gonna give you a reason to distrust me but I don't think dancing in the club is a reason to distrust so um alright babes good luck with you and your man let us know what you decide to do. That is going to wrap up the letters this week. Again, if you have a question for us, send us an email to asktheread at gmail.com. We'll be right back. We have returned. It is now time for The Read. I will begin because mine are truly short. We'll see. I don't know. That might have been a lie. One, Nintendo. Oh, non-nerds, which is most of y'all, you maybe could just skip your head, I don't know, like 60 seconds because you either not gonna know what I'm talking about or you're not gonna give a fuck. Nintendo. What are you doing taking all these people's money and giving us nothing in return? Why have you not upscaled so many of these games? Many exclusive Nintendo games for the Nintendo Switch 2. You just released a Switch 2 version of Animal Crossing like two weeks ago. That old ass COVID era game. that she should have launched with a Nintendo Switch 2. What are you talking about? Ultimate Alliance 3, there's so many Nintendo Switch exclusive that should be upscaled to the Switch 2 by now. But instead, every day, you got some AI hentai bullshit up on the Nintendo eShop. Why is that even allowed to be up on the damn stove? AI games every two seconds everywhere you look. But nothing to the... Y'all getting on my nerves. Why did I buy this system? Day one. For what? I'm finished with that. Secondly, with all due respect, I can't with the, like, earnest glorification of that white man who went to go get Don Lemon. I'm glad that the nigga is not his girl. That's cute. The way you niggas have been glossing this Caucasian up. Yeah, we have. We have. We have. Girl, get out of my system. We have. I cannot with this. Like, what? What? Now we're shimmy-shaking over the white girl scooping us up? I'm lost. Because I feel like if this is your husband, you locked up over some disgusting, horrendous injustice. Bitch, you better come get me. What was he supposed to do? Kick it? Bitch, you better go get your nigga and you better be pissed about it. Why? Why are we giving this gas? We did. Why are we giving this gas? We did a lot. We did a lot. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I don buy it He should have went to go get his husband and he should have been pissed Many of us were pissed and we not married to the nigga Yeah Bitch, I'm about, oh, if my man don't beat me up from jail looking like this, then he ain't my man. That's because your man would never come and pick you up, bitch. He'd probably be in there with you. What are we talking about? You want to kick sparklers and fireworks out for this Caucasian? It won't be me. I'm finished. As one of those ones. I won't hear it. I'm kidding. It's really the looks on they faces. It's like perfect. It's meme perfection. It really is meme perfection. But we have been giving that white man a lot. He is human. And Don Lemon. Looking like a little guy. Don Lemon is like. He tucking his 30-inch bust down behind his ears like. Right, sticking his tongue out like... Thank you to my man. It really... Thank you to my man. Yeah, I get that the facial expressions were a part of me. Yeah. But there were like meme jokes. And then there was like... Oh my God. Get you a white man. Yeah, it's like, okay, now y'all going too fucking fast, girl. Girl, shut up. Stay focused. Yeah. Catch the plot. Yeah. I'm done. It was... Y'all, we have been given that white man a lot, y'all. We have. But... He was supposed to go get that nigga. He absolutely was supposed to use every drop of his white privilege, financial privilege, whatever other privilege he got to get Don Lemon out of jail and fight whatever the Trump administration is trying to do to him. But I did enjoy it. I had a good time with that. He walked out there looking like Sailor Moon in tuxedo. Oh, Lord. He was keeping white. Sorry. It really is. Don't get too close to my man now. It's the little smirk on his face. Like, mm-hmm. Yeah. My daddy can't get me. I knew my daddy was gonna come get me. Well. Like, hair flip. Tremendous hair flip. Girl. Stop. My daddy wasn't gonna come get me. But, amen. Mm-hmm. Amen. What the fuck did you? I know why, but. It was fun. It was fun. We had a good time. Yeah, it was. A lot of them were funny. So as for me, sorry. First of all, America officially took over TikTok and now TikTok is just. What? Please, please. I don't know. Yeah. I don't know. TikTok has really fallen off drastically as far as like the For You page, excuse me, and all that over the past week or so. And I don't know if it's the Trump administration's fault or if everybody just decided to delete their TikTok after these new Times of Service came out because it was like, yeah, you will be giving the American government all of your data, including your exact location and your sexuality, your gender identity, your social security number. So it's like, yeah, a lot of people are just off of it. But, I mean, TikTok was genuinely my favorite social media app, and I am devastated by it. Why does America keep fucking with your clock at it? It was bad enough. And honestly, it ain't been the same since that first shutdown a few months ago, where it was like, oh, yeah, the word Trump threatened and all that. And we was gone for like 24 hours. And all the rest of the app was like, oh, my God, we missed the Americans. It honestly has not been the same since then. But there has been another shift over the past week where it's like, y'all really just don't want me to use this app no more. Like, it's sad because it's my favorite. But anyway, that's not my real read this week. Can I say something real quick about that, though? Of course you can. T.T.T. is one of those apps now where people are getting, here's the hard truth about these fuck bitches, like immediately. Yeah. Like the second of. And oh, would you like the history? And then it's even white people who got the little background with like Black history or like, you know, indigenous Americans and how they could smell these white people from miles away. Like all of that. Yeah. So I'm not surprised that America is fucking with your clock up because they want to, you know, get the streets together. Yeah, you know, they want our data and they're going to do horrible things with it. And I should probably delete my accounts, but I'm also supposed to be like promoting my shows. It's like, I don't know, probably should keep it, but at least not scroll on it all the time. I don't know. I don't know. But it's sad because I do genuinely like TikTok has been great. And so what's the for you page looking like now? Well, mine is giving me weird religious stuff. Oh, yeah, there it is. Sounds about white, yeah. And like rage-baity stuff. And it's just like, take me back to my old, old algorithm where it was just like gay shit and Steven Universe and, you know, random ticked dog videos and stuff. It's just gotten weirder. Steven Universe lo-fi. the key to my so good oh yes yeah um but uh the epstein files are out i have not looked through them i will not look through them um because i know that they are too much for me to handle i will wait for journalists to report on these stories a lot of them have been extremely disturbing the Deepak Chopra shit, the Stephen Hawking shit. It's just the... Anyway, I don't even want to get into details. Andrew Schultz, who... Oh, God. I know. I don't even... And actually, I don't even think he is doing this because of Epstein files. I think this is because of that white man who got murdered in Minnesota. But Andrew Schultz recently went on... I guess this is Brilliant Idiots. He's with Charlemagne. but yeah that's probably brilliant so he starts talking about how he never thought any of this shit with trump could happen and he always thought that the systems in place congress and the constitution like would check trump and he would never do anything this crazy and now ice is out here killing white men well he didn't say that part but obviously like ice killing a white men affected Andrew Schultz in a way that none of the other shit Trump has done actually came through and made an impact. But you saw, I talked about how the liberals, it just makes all the liberals and their catastrophic whining and crying that they did before the election, all of a sudden it makes them look like they are completely reasonable, rational people, and they were making total sense. And I just can't defend this anymore. You know, I thought these people were out of their fucking minds, but actually you validated everything the liberals said about you by, you know, using ICE to do this and not deporting any bad guys. You're going after citizens. And just basically saying that Andrew Schultz now understands what anybody with half of a functioning brain has understood since 2016, that Donald Trump is a lying piece of shit who is going to use America to make as much money as possible. And if that means bankrupting America, then so fucking be it. He don't care, but he is going to sow as much chaos, confusion and turmoil on this country as he possibly can to better his own bottom line. Now, again, this has been very fucking obvious for a very fucking long time. But since this video came out, countless people have tagged me talking about Crystal Ben told y'all. I can't wait for her to say something about this. Crystal told y'all Andrew Schultz wasn't shit, you know, 10, 11 years ago. True. I did. Andrew Schultz. I actually did see one of those. Andrew Schultz is... He is... In the new Street Fighter? I'm joking. Let me... Isn't he? Isn't he like Waluigi or something? Yeah, he's in there. Waluigi. Chris will just keep going. I don't think that was a joke. I didn't keep going. Waluigi. Yeah. In like Smash Brothers or something. But anyway. Andrew Schultz is unique because he has the money and the platform to, you know, interview Trump and help Trump get elected. He has the influence to sway certain people to also support Trump or support Trump's ideologies. It's crazy to me that he's that popular. I honestly had no idea until I could. Oh, he's huge. I had no idea until the... What was them niggas? The British niggas. The in it niggas. And they went on his show. They went on Andrew's show. And Andrew starts... Oh, I don't know their names. Schitts and gigs. I didn't know Andrew was that fucking popular until the Schitts and gigs shit happened. And then Chris Morrow was like, oh, Andrew Schultz is... He's out of here. He's up there with Joe Rogan and shit. I had no idea. So he's unique in that way. However, there are a lot of people who have been pro-Trump or trying to tell us, more importantly, that we're doing too much. We're overreacting. We're just being crazy and sounding the alarm and being extremists. And it's not going to be that bad. And our institutions will save us as if we don't have eyes and have not already experienced this shit before. Like, it's not even new. It's not even new. You campaigned for this nigga recently after his first term in office. He was bad then. I don't know why y'all thought he needed the space and opportunity to do even worse. Be bad again. But there are so many people. The history of the planet. Yeah. Just major question. Yeah. And you will not have an answer that makes sense because for all of you, it boils down to ignorance and bigotry or both. Yeah. It really does. Because you're both stupid. You either don't know what you're talking about or you willingly embrace some of the horrible shit that he says and believes in and does. Or both. So I don't want to discourage other people from coming over. Well, and I won't even give him all that because I can't say that I believe that Andrew Schultz is genuine in this. Like, I think he means what he's saying, but I don't think he's going to turn around and start, you know, being a leftist and campaigning for, you know, ending capitalism or whatever. I think he's just realized that you there is no defending the ice shit. And it may even be having some sort of impact on him financially at this point. I really don't know. But I don't want to discourage all the people who are now trying to divest from Trump to from doing that. I do indeed want y'all to get off Trump's dick, stop supporting him, start getting out here in these streets, connecting with your neighbors and caring about other fucking people. But you have to understand that the rest of us are going to have something to say about it, okay? People going to get it off their fucking chest. We're going to get it off. Because this was so goddamn avoidable. Uninvoidable. And yes, you can sit there and take, and I told you so or two, when you reelected this nigga and put him in the position to do this shit now. Right. You can take it. You can take a, well, goddamn, how is it, how is it that a white man had to be murdered by ICE for you to decide to start giving a shit? That's a fair question. And you should have to answer it. You don't get to be mad at us for saying, well, what the fuck took you so long? Or rolling our eyes at you, bitch. Look at what we're dealing with. It's horrible out here. Everything is worse. All the shit y'all said y'all cared about that you were voting for Trump. All of that shit is worse. Groceries, worse. Gas, worse. Rent, the worstest. It's all, healthcare? Y'all seeing your premiums go up two, three, four times what it was in previous years. Taxes through the roof. Regular everyday people not getting tax returns no more. And you just now realizing it. All of a sudden you make $48,000 a year and you got to send the government more money at the end of the year. And you wonder what the fuck happened. It's Andrew Schultz. It's Theo Vaughn. It's Joe Rogan. It's other white men with microphones on podcasts having this sort of influence, not caring what they do with it, actively advocating for somebody who is going to harm the majority. And you simply didn't give a fuck until somebody who looks like you was on the wrong end of the gun. So, no, I'm not glad you finally got it. I'm not like, oh, yeah. Oh, Andrew Schultz. Yes. Yeah. No, I'll be I'll be on your show. Let's talk about it. Let's hug. No, it's still fuck you, girl. Because we didn't have to be here in the first place. And I'm not even going to say that all you had to do was listen to black women because, duh. All you had to do, but genuinely, all you had to do was open your goddamn eyes and pay attention from 2016 to 2020. How was the insurrection not enough? How was grappling by the putt not enough? If the sky were to crack open right now and the chariot came through, Black women would be the first. They would still be like, I told you, bitches. I told y'all. I told you. So suck it up, buttercup. It's not even, you don't even have to listen to us. You could have just looked at what happened the first goddamn time. I mean, I thought that's what was going to happen, but. The fact that he was even allowed to run again, much less have this much support. Like y'all. I mean, work. Yeah, you gonna get every bit of this. Wow, nigga, the fuck took you so long. You gonna get every bit of that from me. And I don't feel bad about it. I feel like people should be like, oh yeah, of course. Because this, I don't even know. Anyways, I'm not a white person. So I guess. Because my black ass would be like, oh yeah, I'm gonna get dragged with for this for a while. Because I was stone cold wrong and we're all in hell. But I do want to see you dragging yourself and talking about how stupid you were for this and how much you regret it. I do like that. You can keep talking bad about yourself and what a fucking idiot you are. That's great. But it won't be no open arms. Oh, come over. Oh, yes. Oh, woo, woo. We don't have to talk about the things you did. Wonk. Let's hold hands and work together. It won't be none of that. It won't be none of that. you need to do your work to undo the bullshit you did or try to repair the bullshit that you did I've been over here you think Kamala would have had ice going around picking up American citizens shooting people in the fucking face falling out of coconut trees so yeah fuck Andrew Schultz still still good for this one thing but I don't even like I said I have my doubts about whether he's even being completely sincere about that so I'm never gonna give a white man well other than Don Lemon's husband I gave him a lot but but he's the only one damn it Tim is it and that time has passed did you see that SNL sketch from this past weekend of the Which one? Oh, it is. I think it was the first one of the show. It was. What's that tall white? It's a tall white actor. Some man. I forgot his name. I think it's Swedish. But. Oh. I think you're talking about Alexander Skarsgård. Yes. Skarsgård. That's it. So, but anyway, this sketch was like a Trump supporting mom who is trying to tell her for her, like, millennial kids, Gen Z kids, that she is changing her mind about Trump. And now she's realizing that, like, it's one line of, like, the way they talk about guns is different for different people. And they... Yeah, I didn't see that. They wanted me to get mad about trans people, but now I'm realizing I don't see what the big deal is. And the kids are all, like, trying not to go, like, they trying not to drag the fuck out of the mama. but then she throws a big temper tantrum and she's like you gotta let me have my space do you want this to be real uh give me grace like she's throwing a fit because she just wants to be able to say oh yeah i was wrong and nobody pushed back at her or talk about the harm she has it's so funny it's so funny i think the girl's name is ashley padilla she is so good yeah i think i legit think it was the the first sketch of the night um it should come up pretty easily but that they say lie from new york at the end no no no it's not the intro it's like a real sketch oh you mean like the sketch after the model yeah yeah yeah the sketch after the monologue yeah so here it is mom confession yeah i'm gonna watch so funny no it's so funny but that is basic i am her children screaming back at Andrew Schultz saying, how could you not know he was going to do this when he explicitly said he would do this? You platformed the man. You sat down in front of him, but gave him a big laugh and endorsed him. You voted for him. You didn't read Project 2025. You didn't pay attention to what that nigga is actually about. You were thinking about yourself. I bet Trump smell like panties you're a rich white man Kamala Harris would have raised your taxes that is the longest short of it you didn't want to believe that he would do all this evil shit or you wanted to lie to yourself about it or you just want to say something to us now so people will get off your dick about it because I'm sure you're getting harassed all the time about your support of Trump whatever it may be you gonna get this pushback. You gonna get this what the fuck took so long because you deserve it. Tell people the fact that you have to understand that these are groups of people who are tired of not being heard. Like, niggas are tired of screaming into the clouds, hey, hello. And it's just... And being ignored. And then you get to like, oh, common sense. And you want fireworks. Bitch, if you don't shut the fuck up, it's just like, What do you expect people's reaction to do? It was right there. It was all written out, published on the internet for you to see. Donald Trump, every time he opens his mouth, said something hateful or ignorant or that was going to be going against the majority of the American people. Like, all you had to literally do was read or listen. You just, you had to even remotely want to know what the fuck was going on. The nigga was in office before. Y'all don't remember that? I do. Okay. Okay. All right. So now here we all are suffering like fuck because y'all wanted to ignore what was right in front of your faces. You, Andrew, at least had a financial incentive. I don't know what the fuck is wrong with the rest of them crackers. The broke ones. Y'all scared of trans. Like the late, wait till you see the sketch. Oh, I'm watching this as soon as we go. She was like, I think maybe drag queens are hilarious. Anyway, that's it for me. Yeah, I was trying to think if there was anything else that came up. But no, I've seen a lot of allegations about some other people in the Epstein files. Again, I will not be looking through those to see for myself. I will be checking respected journalistic news sources for the breakdown on all that. But I will not be going through that for my own best interest. In my own best interest. For my own mental health. I will not. You just started looking at some of it. No, they said there's like 2,000 videos. There's a lot of. No fucking thank you. I actually don't even need to read that shit. Nope. whoever was out here forcing themselves on the kids you can go ahead and throw them in a burning pit of whatever's burning. You can go ahead and do that. That's how I feel about all of them. Go ahead and do it. Whatever's burning. Okay, and I think that will wrap up this week's episode of The Read. Check us out online all over social media. We are at ThisIsTheRead on all social media platforms. Our website is ThisIsTheRead.com. I want to thank Dr. Joy for being my guest this week on Crystal's Couch. I love Dr. Joy. Answering some of your more clinical questions, things where I was like, whew, now I know I got a degree, but let me wait until a licensed clinical. I have my towel. Right. She has her towel. You know, it's very important to know where your own limitations are. So I just said, you know, some of these I'm going to bring in the big guns. So thank you so much, Dr. Joy, for donating your time. You can find all episodes at crystalscouch.com. Any news from you this week, Kid Fury? You can find both of my titties at kidfury.com. You can also come over to patreon.com slash kidfury, where you can get a piece of our monthly playlist. We're doing monthly streams. And also, I realized the other day that at my big age, I've officially been this kid named Fury for 20 whole years. So... Oh, my God. Two decades into the frame. Wow. If you would like to see footage of me reacting to my first ever YouTube video and trying not to plug both my eyes out of my head, patreon.com slash kidfury. Yay for me. Happy anniversary. Yes, indeed. The original baby. the OG baby that reminds me of Duran's Grammy speech when he said he's been doing this for over 20 years I'm like you don't even look like you old enough to have been doing this for over 20 years but of course you have and now look at the both of you so very successful all these years later so congrats look at you thank you that's it alright girls and boys and everything in between take care of yourselves we'll see y'all next week Thank you.