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is the lifts favorite that you want to revisit. So your first take a listen, kill folks like your slip all folks that we did it this. Do what you doin no, do what you do, nokis do what I do. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to laugh and learn. I know we're a little late. It's my fault, y'all. No, actually, it's not Lauren's fault. It's my fault. Life is kicking our asses today. Yeah. I looked over to the lamb. Yeah,

so let me tell you something. I'm a little out of the loop today and I'm gonna be very honest transparent. Because they had an altercation at my daughter's school today. They had to put everybody on lockdown, so I was frazzled. I'm just I'm the reason we're late, because I'm just running back because my daughter was having in the closet at the school. I don't know what's going on with these damn high school kids and all this bullying and all this foolishness, but somebody they thought they had a

gun at at the school. Now they're saying that it was fireworks firecrackers, but my daughter said it wasn't firecrackers, and they had the helicopters and the police, and oh my god, I had my baby. My baby was trained by her daddy, though. I said, get your ass to a closet and be very quiet, texting me, don't even call because I don't want them to hear you. Because, let me tell you something, sometimes these shooters be angry because you're black. And I reminded her you are black

all day, so had your ass in the closet. She did just what I told her and was very quiet. So that's why we late, y'all. I'm sorry, So laur I'm gonna take the lead because I'm a little traumatized. That's what you should use. Traumatic for that was traumatizing. Well, I'm just saying that, I'm we can help say publicly that duddies. Okay, though she did what I told her to do. When it's something you go somewhere and you get quiet and you had and you text me, don't

call because they hear you talking. Yeah, baby, because you don't never know. And I'm telling you that it's terrible because you send your kids to school to learn and to make friends or whatever, and it's the world we live in. Well, I told you too, and I've said it before on the podcast that I had a similar situation when I was in high school. There was a kid that was bullied really badly, and he was like, I'm bringing a bomb to school and it was a bomb threat and our school had to shut down for

three days. But he was supposed to be bringing a bomb and a gun to shoot up all the people that bullied him. I didn't my name. He had a list, he had a list. My name wasn't on the list. I was nice to him, so, but yeah, it's it's it's scary, you know what I mean. And I know and and I you know, my mom isn't here anymore. But she used to say all the time, like she wouldn't send me to school and the climate that we're in right now because it's just so scary, you know

what I mean. She was like, I would homeschool your ask because there's a lot of crazy kids, lots of and not so much that the kids are crazy, but the environments that they live in crazy and the situations that they deal with every day because we don't know what's happening to them in their homes, but anger when they act out is they're acting out from what is pops possibly happening in their home. So yeah, that's why

we late, y'all, so please forgive us. I had to go to school and check on my baby because you know I was going to me and the shooter would have had jewel, you know it's in my purse. I would have shot that baby and me and that shoot would have had okay at the corral baby shoot out, the okay corraling man shoot. So we're sorry again, Like Joel, let us restart, welcome to laugh and learned. We're so glad that you came to join us today. We've had

a long week, but today was just a morning. And then Lauren has stuff going on this morning, so but we are here just for our flame mats and for you. So thank you guys for joining us. We're here face no case. Yes, I definitely one to face no base today. I got on some lipstick and some pounder everything but my face. Kendall put a filter on this episode, okay, because y'all who was rough anyway? But did you so

Grammy's we gotta talk about Grammys? Yes? I did, and I watched and I didn't want to watch because after the last week's episode, I was kind of over the award shows. But I went back and forth because I did catch Trevor Noah, who I definitely am crazy did I wanted to see his opening monologue, which was good. Uh that jacket and that shape Trevor. Uh, but would she be coming from people? And they wait? We talked about this on the phone, like you got leading people along.

Sometimes you get a little pudgy in the winter and then when you haven't taken up on the side, so you have a shape. Because Trevor looked like a box. But he was so good hosting and every child who impressed me. Her name was Brittany, Oh, what's her name? Y'all the country music singer. She's sang um with the Ryanstone jacket or she played piano and I fast forward. She was very good though long. I actually enjoyed um

what's her name? Last night? Billie Eilish, she did a fantast brother because usually her music made me wouldn't want to lay in the confident and just cut my rears for real. Brandy was her name. She was fantastic. Ah, you're talking about Brandy Carlyle. Oh she was so good. Okay, so Brandi Carlisle is a legend. So I didn't know that's what he's referring to. So I apologized publicly. I didn't know you were talking about Brandy Carlis. Oh my gosh, she was. And I love the song out of Time

or nick Time. It was really and because I paid attention, I was with the Lord and h. I loved I love, love love Little nos Ex's performance. He was so great. It was great. I do have to say I agree with you. I loved Billie Eilish's performance. She did a beautiful tribute to Taylor Hawkins. You know, he was the drummer and the food fighters that just recently passed. So it was a beautiful tribute to him. And then little n X, Yes, gave a little spice and naked and

didn't get naked, didn't kiss nobody in the mouth. And yes, I'm looking very very Janet Jackson the male version of Rhythm name. It looked great, great job. Who else did I enjoy? Of course I enjoyed Bruno Mars and Uh Anderson Anderson Pack, saying, so the group is called Sulk Sonic, but it's Bruno and Anderson Pack. They wont for Record of the Year. I enjoyed Magan the Stallion and the other blind lady. Yeah, they had the blind the Versati outfits.

I enjoyed that. Megan and Jasmine Sullivan. Thank god, I'm just saying, yes, can we huge shout out to Jazz and Souldier. She assists getting her flowers. She's finally gotten two Grammys, Like, I'm so elated for her, so happy for her. That voice needed a Grammy years ago. But she talked about, you know, her trials and tribulations, and with this album hotels meant to her. So congratulations Jasm

and we are so happy for you. And to the awards and all this, all these awards shows and everybody else. Y'all wouldn't have issues on the award shows if y'all would give it to them when they deserve to win. See if we would have got it when he should have won for Muhammad Ali or seven pounds or the Pursuit of Happiness, the slap never would No, he would have been seen people as he would have get it

the night he should have won, y'all. Mind you, he was good in King Richard, but this was not his Oscar winning role to meet my opinion, really, no, no, no, he was really good at King Richard too, but he could have won for Ali. For me, he could have won for the Pursuit of Happiness because the way he was as a dad, he could have won for that one. See if y'all would have given it to him on one, none of this would have happened. But we're not gonna

talk about one more. But I'm still tamed wheels. Yeah, but but I will say I'm happy with the folks that one, you know, Sissor and Doja Cat got a Grammy.

And when one was the backlash with Doja Cat because I saw a lot of people at her, it wasn't backlash, So she had gone to the bathroom when her category was being presented, so she literally had to do a mad dash to the stage and like, I think she was trying to cover up her snack with the dress because she was literally like, I've never pissed so fast in my life. Yeah, she went to the bathroom and then siss As pourself was on crutches but still had

heels on. Much respect to us? Is it? Because if I was on a crutch, I'd be in a sneaker or a flip flop. The other night, I gotta go to Laurence pitt page she had. She got a glad Award. The other I did exactly producing for a movie that she did, and she looks so nice, head on, some beautiful heels and everything. She was tall as hey. You know she already tall, but at least she had on in here because you know she did have a custard. Listen,

you know, I get dressed when I have to. I will put on I will put on a fit and get dressed when I have to, but y'all, I will definitely go for a slide or some sneakers. But anyway, another performance. So I want to say that I really enjoyed was Jon Batiste, and he got Yes, he's very eclectic and different, but his you know, his performance brought so much joy and you know, it was almost like peace. It was colorful, it was exciting. Can I say that

he looks very normal for a musician? What you thought? That sounds stupid, right, But he had them be a little extreme. He just his face, his hair. He looked normal. I know it sounds up to say, right, but he looked And I enjoyed his performance too. He was great. But he looks like a normal person. He really does, as opposed not like to like the other people look like.

He's not eclectic and well, well that's I think. But I like that he looks even with him being eccentrical or eclectic, his colors and everything, he just looks like a regular guy. Like his face or his style, his face and his head that looks regularly. He was over to talk with this suiting every day. All that was good to dance, but he looked regular. You know how someone be looking at a little extreme. He didn't look extra.

He looks okay, he did. He looked real. He looked like he hadn't had The edge is done in that real regular very me. Um. Who else did we enjoy in the night? I loved nas performance and actually didn't know my uncle was on piano with him, Rob glasper who's happened all that? I enjoyed NAS. He took it back, he didn't gain't weight, look at me, look away police if y'all need the captain of the way, police right here, right here, wait police. But no he Naz gave a

great performance. Um, and her performance was a little different. I love that she had, you know, Jimmy jam and Terry Lewis kind of kick it off, and then she had a rock element with Travis Barker and Lenny Kravitz and kind of closed it out. I will say though, I have much respect for her because she's a real artist. She can play a variety of instruments and she can sing. She's a true artist. I have so much respect for people that can actually that they're multitalented within the music space.

I have so much respect for that. I enjoyed her performance, especially when Lindy Kravitz came out and he was getting you know, I love me a good TIS solo. I really do. If you listen to me on Love Lounge I always play Summer Breeze because I love the good Tis solo in there and Lenny Kravits cut Upny Kravis did he did? He was hoping that his pants busted in the middle, like the I was looking that. That's who, I said, between the shoes and the pants, I said,

who just could be a disaster way to happen. But he held it together. I was there, I was. He still looks really great. Um. Yeah. The plus for the for the Grammy's being such a good show last night was that it it took away from all the fooler read that happened last week and now we can talk about something. But yes, but it's snowballing. I don't want to talk about will anymore. But just people are receiving backlash that are talking negatively about Will Well. I never

did from day one because we mentioned Lenny Kravitz. You know, Zowey's Kravitz career is like, we're not her career. I shouldn't say that, but you've seen all the backlash that she's been getting for her car. Again, like I said last week, some people should not speak on things that that some people don't even have the right, like Jim Carrey.

Jim Carrey didn't have the right to say anything. Jim Carey, Jim Carrey, that woman committed suicide behind you given her four STDs, one of which she could not get rid of. She wrote to that all you gotta do is google it. You should have nothing to say about that. And I'm not saying that everybody that's not having opinion. But when you know you're living in the glass house and your wonder pain is a real thing. Well apparently that's the

thing because they're talking, they're calling crab it to a pedophile. Yeah, because she was at the Jade and when he was like five and I had no idea. That's the one thing like when you talk sometimes your business be like you know, coming to light. When they just bring they remind you of some ship. People bring back old ship that you have done. That's why I'm real public with a lot of my ship because y'all, what you're gonna

do tell on me. It's it's the safety thing. It is just ridiculous that everybody, and I'm sorry, Will is human. I'm not giving Will the pass. I don't promote the violence, but Will is human and ship that should happened last week and it's over. It did wonders for Chris Rock's career, though let me just say that it didn't wonders for his ticket sales and his career. So yeah. But circling back to I wanted to talk about the fashion really quickly. At the Grammys. I think this year, I gotta say

Tiffany was my favorite, our our boss. When they talk about eyeballs, My girl Tiffy looked like the Oscar last night. She looked regal, beautiful, elegant, and I love the white hair on her. It just it's it's a vibe. It is really a Vibey has been killing the last these last two war shows. Tiffany showed up and showed the funk out and she said, this is what money looked like. That's what fame looked like. This was success. It looks like they said what you when your book coming in?

And look at what they looked like. She said, that one ain't coming, but I dare you to what I dare you to pass for something hunt. Tiffany is on it and a lot of y'all don't know, y'all sleep on Tiffany. But Tiffany is a very bright woman, very bright woman, and she looked absolutely gorgeous. She was definitely my favorite of the night in terms of best dress. So I'm trying to get anybody else have on anything that I liked. Not for me. I wasn't even looking

at the fashion I really want. And because the it's not my I'm getting old, y'all. This really is not my music genre. The only song that I actually knew out of all that music that they played last night outside of nas doing something his old stuff was m brunad mars and and and still Sonic. That was the only song that I knew because that kind of resonates with my demographic age wise. But a lot of the other stuff I did not know, but they got what

they did. They think sissors just was scissor. Sissan need a chicken sandwich. She's still skinny, not scissors. Those are catch those you catch that body is that thing is tiny? I bet you that thing. Oh let me stop. This ain't love now? Antie who Well. The last thing I will say on the Grammys um that I think that was beautifully done was the Memorium tribute. I love that they had. They forget people. Maybe they just didn't qualify I don't know. But look on the Grammy, on the amis,

on the oscars last week, they forgot um. But I'm saying, well, I don't they do it the year before? Well no, because Sidney Party, Dad Win December or this year and they put Sidney Party. Yeah, well I'm okay. Well, aside from them forgetting people, I think that the tribute was still beautifully done. I love that it was a four part harmony. I love when there's live singing with the tribute. I mean it's beautiful that the first guy I didn't know that he looked he looked so different. I love

that he could change his look. Yes, I was in a movie with him, but the movie never Again, we never never came out. Yeah, that was before I met you. I was with him and uh Goodie Hans daughter um Kate Kate Hudson. The movie was untitled. That audition, got the part made, the film, got the check, and the film never came out. That's how I met him. You got the check, that's the most I did get the check. So but but yeah, I think it was beautifully done.

Um Cynthia Rivo's voices Beauty full and the little Skinny girl in the readdress. First of all, I loved her again. Yeah, that was beautiful. That was beautiful, Yes, but it was just it was beautifully done. Um. It was a good award show. That was a great four part harmony law. And what I liked about what nobody trying to oversing nobody they all were in unison was great. They were truly harmonizing together. So that that was that was and we needed a good calm show. And and and and

Trevor was cute. Tvor was a oh yeah, and he was really with the slap jokes. Never mentioned the name. He never even mentioned, was very ambiguous. It was his best interest. He had been watching news. How to be koy. I think I think some of the writers probably said, oh, let's change this, let's adjust this so we don't have any problems. Yeah. I recognized Leslie older. He looked different

to me. But they sounded great. It was a good show. Yeah, definitely, And said they had a bunch of queens from Las Vegas. They're a bunch of Coco Montres was there, um um, a bunch of the girls from RuPaul's drag Race, Trinity Cabon was there. I think they were just like ce Fielders were. They were there and all done up and Coco came in Janet character with her braids. It was it was nice. It was just really a nice event and we needed a nice event after after some other

things that happened. Okay, what are we going on? Well, I will say too, And I did the attending GLAD Awards on Saturday, which it ain't got nothing to do with me. I don't know. We can talk about it for next year. But um, the GLAD Awards was also done very nice. Um. Bob the Drag Queen hosted, and Eureka and Angela your girls Angela. Yeah, so it was

it was beautifully done. And also Michayla j Rodriguez got um the Vanguard Award and gave a beautiful speech because I didn't know that was actually the same room where she received her Golden Globe. Yeah, so they were saying, Um, Andrew Garfield actually presented her with the award one of you know, one of the spiderman um, and he said, you know, let's give her this moment because she didn't get to give her full speech at the Golden Globe.

So she gave a beautiful acceptance speech. Um, and just you know overall it was a really good award show, and like you said, I did. I got a special recognition award from GLAD too, and they need to send me my trophy. What is GLAD stand for? Don't put me on the spot. I don't know. It's Gay Lesbian Alliance something. Yeah, y'all tell me you don't put me on the spot. I was like, never know nothing. The only acronym I know it's E B T A UM.

But just saying all that to say, yeah, like Awards show season is officially back and in full effect, and it's it's nice, you know what I mean? And I feel like we all need that outlet into acknowledge and recognize those special people in their various industries. UMR was saying that she don't want to be recognized as m J right Reguz anymore. Yeah, I got that tidbit while I was there. It's no longer m J. Rodriguez and it's me Kayla J. We're going to respect Gay and

Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Thank you, Bobby Clifford. Shout out to GLAD. Thank you, Bobby, Thank you all so much. You know, I don't know you don't ask me that acronyms. Whoo, too many of my brains, baby, that's an acronym. No. So so are we switching into politics. We're gonna get into the heavy stuff a little bit. They've been paying hand to be in my asset that I'm not doing

no politics. So that's do politics. Well. Today is the day that we will find out if the Honorable Katangi Brown Jackson is going to get confirmed, and which would be a great day to happen because this is also it's not the anniversary, but it is the death of Dr mar Luther King. He was the assassinated Dr mar Luther King on this day fifty four years ago. Yeah, so on this day at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. And you know what, you know, I I saw the

comments today from Ted Cruz. He was talking about it. You know, if she gets appointed to this position, I think she'll be the most radical judge we've ever had. You know, she's a far leftist. And just seeing his usual crap. This coming from somebody who is completely idiotic, who ran away from his state when they got got up under water. He was going to help his daughters

and they gave you not gonna help his daughters. He was escaping to Mexico for a vacation because he didn't want to be in He didn't want to be in the flood, and she had to go take a suitcase to the daughters or something was something scrip right, He didn't want to be a part of all of that. But um, i've seen comments about him. Oh did you see what the Washington Blade ran on Lindsay Ram No,

please tell it. They ran an April fool's joke on Thursday of last week and it says it's a big old picture of Lindsay Graham and the headline says, Yep, I'm gay. That wasn't the April fools. That's everybody fools on Thursday. Oh my gosh, I cracked up. I thought that was hilarious. It wasn't it was true. Well, I'm just saying I don't know. I ain't never been with him, but I know plenty of boys that I know in a different capacity. So but but anyway, back to our

good cyst in Black Girl Magic. But yes, she's supposed to be confirmed today. There might be a bit of a delay, um, because there's one senator from California. I can't remember his name, his flights delayed, and they're trying to get him in so that the way they can actually hold the vote today. So, um, all I'm gonna say is they better confirm my good sis. She's the most qualified person everybody, any justice that's currently sitting on the Supreme Court. She is more qualified than they are.

So you know, the fact that her qualifications have come into question, She's been you know, attacked for critical race theory and to ask what's the definition of a woman. And you know, just the level of ignorance and the level of the insecurities that's coming out of these white Republicans is baffling. And I really have to commend, you know, Katangi Brown Jackson for holding her composure throughout all of this, because I really would have if it were me, I

really would have cust them out. Trust me, they would have gotten like they would have gotten cussed out. It is and I understand too, because it's no different. I remember when people wanted Michelle Obama to like run for politics, and BARAQ was like, Michelle got the mouth for this. She she she was he was saying like she would cut everybody out. She she can't control her mouth because she'de Chicago Bay very good, Michelle, because because the level

of stupidity for some of these senators. And then the first thing you say, oh, gosh, angry black woman, you know what I mean. So it's just the word traumatized that's been used this last week more than we've ever heard before. That was traumatizing to watch Brown Jackson sitting there for four days, for twelve hours, in front of her mother and father, her children, her husband, and the worst rest of the world, her best friends, and they just tried to pick this woman apart with no with

no it had no weight. A lot of it was just fictitious ship that they could come up with off the top of the head to make her look bad. Y'all try to even go after her about some sexual crimes when y'all put Kevin now on the on he's a fucking judge now on the Supreme Court who was accused of sexual mis misappropriation. So it's well, let's talk about people not really being qualified because Amy Kobe Barrett has no reason to be sitting on. Yeah, that's who

did nappy here, bro? Because she didn't never condition her hand. Oh it looked dry so, but anyway, I just um for their sake and almost saying for the country's sake, I really hope that they confirm her because it's gonna be something if she doesn't get confirmed. She needs to

be confirmed, and Clarence Thomas needs to be removed because Thomas. Yes, let's talk about it, that was pushing the narrative on January six, Mark Meadows, don't don't turn it over fan the votes she was all so had there been anybody else, you know, they would have flipped that. Oh yeah, Well, the thing is he they're saying that he needs to refuse himself from any cases pertaining to January six, but apparently he doesn't want to do that. He doesn't want

to do that. Well, when he was in the hospital, weaves, don't go to hell today. Don't go to today, at least not publicly. But no, you're absolutely right. You know, Jenny Thomas was a part of, you know, the insurrectionists, just via text that should have traumatized you, the insurrection exactly. It's exactly. Oh, well, we're talking about stupid politicians. Let's

go to Alaska. Oh yeah, I didn't even see this report, but you're talking about this earlier, Sara Plens Sara apparently a congressman died recently, and so she's trying to get to seat somebody from Alaska. And so she's trying to get to seat y'all know, y'all need to make baby. Y'all know y'all got to do better Alaska. This is the same woman who pushed say no and don't do this and went after Donald Trump, I mean, went after Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. Her daughter got five kids

and fat baby daddy. So yeah, so how are you gonna push anything? And you was an idiot When Rock came out that next day and said, if you put lips lipstick on the pig, it's still Pete, it was wonderful. Yeah, I didn't even know that she was trying to run again. But peace and blessings to her. She's got a lot of family drama and she was um in Alaska spreading COVID. You saw that she was testing positive and going places and just she was spreading COVID. But y'all want her

to be here. What did she run from? Congresswomen? Peace and blessings to you'all, Alaska, Protect yourself, make a phone call online. I guess we're gonna edit this up, and we're gonna edit this part out, okay, because Timmy is getting them my mirror, you hearking, Yeah, okay, yeah, they will do not do anything Jenny Thomas, as I will say,

Saturday Night Live, there's us. We're getting all the feedback. Okay, So I will say Saturday Night Live did a fantastic job of some of their um commentary or or some of their regarding begun. I'm falling the pot over here. Yeah, the thing, I can't even reach it. She got them long arm she could read. I didn't watch that tonight, lad, but I heard they cut up with the whole Will Smith. They did a Will Smith wanted. They did it from a perspective of a seat filler, what that looked like.

But then they also did a skit about Clarence and Jenny Thovis. It was really good. I'm gonna have to go back and watch it because Michael she wrote that right. Oh, I don't know who wrote it, but it was funny. The Jenny Thomas and Clarence Thomas skit was hilarious, as well as the one where they impersonated Will Smith and showed it from this perspective of a seat fillerous How long did you know what? You know what? I'm not going to let them do in my in my on

my watch with Will Smith. You're not going to destroy this man's entire thirty five year career because of one mistake. Well you saw that's happening right. Netflix and Sony have halted all his projects and just halted it day and they just haulted. It's just right now as soon as we stopped talking about it and it dies out that she's gonna be back up and people are just like it flipped Chris Rock's career. His ticket sales went up. Will Smith's movies. But he's on tour with Kevin Hart,

which I didn't know that. Well, that don't kick off I think until June. That's the rock Hard Tour. Yeah, I didn't even know that was going on tour together. That was that was to my surprise. But I did watch the Jerry Carmichael um HBO special. It was really good and he came out it's getting real crowded. Cloud in the closet. The closet is that is he the one that did the special where he was at the Blue note. Yes, that was good. It was he was very vulnerable and he was you know what I liked

about it wasn't stand up to me. It was the conversation. That's what I loved about it. It It was a conversation. It was so but he was telling a lot of truths that were funny and some that were like damn, you know it was it was deep. I think I'm going to come out on my special come out as I'm gonna come out of my special ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, listen, we need to make sure we voted. Let me tell you something. November will be here before we know. This

is definitely a primary year. Yeah, so we gotta because we had to vote today. Democratic wis But okay, so if we're gonna talk about this, we got I don't see. I don't know. I've seen polls, you know, I'm a news junkie. It seems as though although Democrats are trending horribly, so are Republicans. I think at one point people are going to start just voting how they feel and calling it a day, or just not voting at all. That's what I really foresee happening, is people not voting at all.

And that's where the problem is going to be. But both Republicans and Democrats are not trending well right now. I think people are tired of the Republicans lad to us in our faces. I'm tired of their bigotry and the racism. And because I think what the Republicans failed to realize these gen Z millennials, there's something different. They vote, they speak their mind, and they want to be different.

And for the record, I am not gen Z. I am gen Y. Just throw that up there, because you know, you also know the Z is the last letter of the alphabets. So after we run out of Z, reset um and it's nothing negative to them. I think that it's great that they're so aware and so informed and educated. But I don't think I think Republicans underestimated their their influence. Let's go, we got we got guests in the house

to the Yeah, we got Scot. I do like that their verbal and I'm hoping we make some change because the world just seems to be going backwards to me, it really seems to be going backwards. And and like in a handbasket, because did we talk about the whole sports thing? Uh? What sports thing? With um Leah Thomas Thompson. We talked about that two weeks ago. Yeah we did.

We did. Okay, so back and so when we're talking about this, I don't mean to get off topic, but you know, a man is racing that brought this up. I want to talk about Britdy grinding because now they're saying that they're going to give her even more time or she has to stay even longer because they haven't worked out whatever kinks they need to work. Oh, they're

they're using her as a pawn at this point. And I heard you when you said it, but now it just it looked like it's just unfolding in front of our ass because they talked about she can get up to ten years. Yeah, they've been saying that, and if you look at it, she went to court and they were supposed to present the evidence and they said that they needed more time. So she has to spend another three months in jail in Russia before she can go before the court again. But I always knew, and I

said some didn't that up. It just didn't sit right with me because we it took so long for us to hear about it one so it sounded to me and conspiracy theory or not. It really felt like they were trying to figure out what the narrative was them meaning Russia. They were trying to figure out what the narrative behind her charges worse, so the way they could keep her. And then Putin knew he was going to

start the Ukrainian War, the war against Ukraine. He's failing miserably, and so you got a high profile American at this point in your custody. I'm gonna use that as leverage because Joe Biden's making all these statements NATO is like in terms of, you know, their involvement in all of this, and that's that's leverage. Put Well, well, what you just said about um Brittany Grinder and said, what did you

just say? You just said a statement. I wanted to embark on it, damn And I can't remember that too. But um, the charges and we don't notice situation. That's what I was going to say. What we don't know because I was in county jail here in the United States and it was not horrible horrible. It was bad, but it was And they're talking about over in Russia that they make sometimes they make them stand up for

twenty three hours a day. They make them stay in the imagine that led light in your face all fucking day. You could lose your vision behind that. You all kind of torture, they make them holds up and there. We don't know what kind of tortuous regime she's up under. That's why that's the ugliest partcast We don't know what

kind of situation she's in. And I did read something though that when she went into court, they did a wellness check and she seems to be okay, But okay physically, it's not okay mentally, right, you know, so you don't know what's happening to her mental psyche's And then if she's saying anything, because nobody can protect her, if she tell on, it could get worse. Yeah, yeah, it is scary y'all to think that. So y'all make sure y'all stand out some prayers for Brittney Grinder because and for

y'all get time. Why was she over? She was always going over. She was playing basketball and trying to secure her future. She was making more You make more money in Russia than you do in the United States playing basketball, and she's done it for the past I think seven years she goes to Russia, LA, there be compassionate to her circumstances because you don't know what that's like. And for her family. I see her wife, you know, post things on Instagram thanking people for the support. But you

can't talk to your loved one. Yeah, she can't to Noody because you know, and if they do, what if she is talking to him, they listened to the whole conversation, so she could she won't be able to tell us what it actually happened to her until she is back on American soil and safe. It's very scary. It's very scary, y'all. Uh, don't go to Russia no time soon, please, because and you say the Putin is losing, but according to the news, Putin is not. He's not. It's not going as smoothly

as he wanted. But it's so many dead people over there. But the people according to the news. Again, I'm not in Ukraine. I don't know what's I'm not on the ground. But apparently it's the Russian soldiers that are dying. It's not it's it's yes, it's the Ukrainians, but the Russian soldiers are dying in larger numbers is what I've seen, Like fifteen thousand Russian shoulders died in a month. Thousand

Did you see the post? And they say if the black soldiers from the United States go over there, they have to take they have to be bombarded with being called the N word. Bay the Ukraine's not bad the Russians, but bad of Ukraine. Oh yeah, the Ukrainian government in the those the same people that was pulling the black kids off the trains. And when the white kids go on, you think I'm gonna go fight for your country, You're gonna call me and digging and I'm gonna fight for you,

I'm gonna shoot you. Shit. Oh I thought you was Russian. Look at my fing We're still sending prayers and I think to award shows they're back. Like I said, they're doing beautiful tributes to Ukraine and trying to get funding. I love that. You know, we're really uniting behind this cause. But still people still got time to be racist. So but that's just the way that the way of the world at this point. So but anyway, we're gonna be reset. They're gonna gonna bring this sign closer to burn all

our asses. Up and just start over you. The first time, it was water. This time it's gonna be fire. But staying in the lane of politics, So I do have to give Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to some credit. Wait a minute, this is a historic moment. Say that again. You gotta give you gotta give less credit because after eighty attempts, eighty attempts, and it feels like two hundred years later, we finally passed the Emmett till Anti Lynching Bill after eight attempts. I don't know how many years

it's been. I said two hundred because it feels like it's been a long time, but eighty attempts, lynching is finally a federal hate crime in the United States. Madre I said that the other night on Laugh and Learn that I wouldn't be surprised if Trump trashed to negotiate to get Britney grind Over back over here. And we're not we're not talking about him, but it's we would know that it was an overplay for the underplay that's called the OK move. We're too smart for that now. Yeah,

but kudos, I gotta give them kudos. They finally did something for black people. So kudos to Joe and Kamala, and I love that. You know, Joe had a very public, you know, ceremony to you know, culminate the occasion, whether it might have been, you know, to improve his approval rating or whatever it is, but it was a very historical moment. It finally passed, and Amala Harris was actually the one that wrote the original bill, so that's why we really got to give kudos to her. This was

her doing that. She pushed and pushed and pushed and it finally happened. So kudos to them, for both of them. I'm happy for the Democratic Party finally doing something for African Americans, not even just Americans, just ended if you call them African. Everybody offended bout everything. Everybody traumatized everything. You American, you live in America, you're born American, mayor you ain't no color because ain't no coloring, none of us ain't no Everybody got a little mixture. Baby. Let

me tell you something. Everybody was getting them a little taste. The black girl magic ain't just started. It started when they cut the first kids. He black girl magic been going on along. Everybody had loved black girl man Puto, Ricans, Mexicans, the Copper Stainians, the everybody Australia. Everybody had a little taste of the black girl maid. Let's slide into our last topic and then we can bring in two flamets to kind of hear some commentary. But I got to

talk about our beautiful Governor Gavin Newsom. He's good looking and he and I'm honestly I feel like he's trying to run for president. I really do all the things that he's doing. He's made California sanctuary asylum for those that are seeking abortions. Um, he gave Manhattan Beach back to its rightful black owners. That and that's what we

got to highlight to. Our Governor California assembled a task force of nine people, all black people, nine black folks to determine how reparations should be distributed in the state

of California. And I gotta give him credit because they came to a decision that reparations would be provided to people in the state of California if your ancestors were either slaves or recently freed within the nineteenth century or before or actually up to the nineteenth century, if my facts correct, So people were outraged, like all black people should give reparations. But this was the decision made by nine educated, basically black historians about what the qualifications should be.

So because that was the parameter, I'm okay with it, I'm okay with that decision. They might have limited the scope to kind of pinpoint more so who should really be getting this money, But they did it and and it happened quick. It didn't take it didn't take eighty attempts. They assembled it in I think six months, and by month eight we had a resolution. I don't even think it took eight months. So shout out to our our governor, Gavin Knewso because Laura opened the door, let me just

step in. I don't need nobody coming time than that you black, and you identify as black because you've got one drop of black blood. You're not getting a check has to be Jack Brown, black great grandfather. Well, they're gonna trace your lineage to see if you qualify. It's not just like you can pop up and be like I'm black. She kept saying she was black. Remember her couple of years ago. Rachel, you're not getting the check girl, Not not doja that? Doja cat this is doa. You're

not getting the check. Well we know she's not black though, she's just she's white and right here, who oh, I'm brown. You're not getting a check, hi, James. Um. Yeah, So shout out to our governor. Very proud to live in the state of California because honestly, it's like, California is the safest state to live in all of the crazy legislations that's going on. We're not New York. I'm not expensed.

I think we're like in the top three. It's like New York, Miami and l A. I think it we're the three, and then Atlanta is like trying to creep up in there. But anyway, saying all that to say, um, shout out to our governor. He is doing it. He is the eye and the t and all of the above, and he's really taking care of us, and um, I appreciate it. He's also Nancy Pelosi's nephew, so period. You know, Nancy's plain girl. You know, so oh that's so nasty. Oh I just got a visual. But anyway, I'm want

to go. I'm gonna let her use it for the first part. Nasty Nancy, y'all know that already, but you know, I was always team Gavin new even when it was on that whole recall thing. I was like, I am not recalling my gol and I like my girl voting form, I will vote again exactly, not at all. Because he was good looking, he surely was Um, who do we want to invite today? I love that we had a new guest last week. We should we should be more inclusive. Um so send us glad of Wards now, she want

to be all inclusive? Said it was actually, can I tell you too? Being at the glad of Wards, I was really like, let me be careful what I say, because you know, everybody is so particular about their pronouns and how they want to be identified, and if you say the wrong things, people will attack you. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Everybody was pleasant, but I was still concerned. And you know, actually the whole cast of Harmon was there too, so Megan Good was there because they were not for a

category took. Yeah. It was actually really nice. Um, but yeah, I was a little no. I went backstage and took photos. Oh you look really cute. Thank you. Bring on jan bring on, Jane, bring on child. I don't know where we're going. We're just gonna bring on y'all, gonna wrap up the show because listen, uh, Flame needs to go be a parent and I need to go talk to my lender. So hey, I need to see you dress but dressed up. I'll d m you the photo. She

looked really cute. She looked really cute. Oh wait, hold on here, I'll do you one better. We'll do it in the middle of the show. Ready, Okay, since you asked t J, because you know Flame by playing me like I don't know how to get dressed when I need to go. When I know how to dress up, just don't like to dress up when it's important, I will get dressed. Look at the shoe, can you see? Of course you know that. Of course the pants at high end design, I'm like, girl, those pants are cut

when you get those from Ross. No, no, we had some. Well actually I got them at a discount because I was in the outlet in Florida, but that they were they were Balenciaga pants. So yes, good for you that discount given they still wouldn't given them away at the outlet. But it was at the Florida Little saw Grass outlet that I'd be going to because Flay talks crap about me, because I need to go to retail therapy. So it's discount prices. We love to see it, right, I get it.

But the outlet moms, they know what draws people there and they don't give away nothing free. Well that's true, that's very true. Did you watch your warts? I did watch the boards, and I thought, um, I thought, since it looks stunning. I liked first first outfit. I thought that was stunning. I did like some I like Sweetie. Second change. Yeah, I like the gold dress. I didn't like the purple. It didn't really do it for me. But the gold dress with her hair, she almost looked

like a different version of Tiffany. If we're gonna be honest, it was gonna give him that. Tiffany was definitely beat in beautiful dress last night. But can we talk. I'll bet she does her own makeup. She could be a makeup art. How I makeup was beautiful. Lands were perfect. My land is always crooked. You know what somebody Elso just put in the comments about Lady Gaga. I have to tell you she I like her because she's not

a typical artist. Right now, and I know she's you know, a part of the older group, if we want to say that. But she really reminds me of like the nineteen fifties singers who don't necessarily belt, but they give you like charisma and you know, not not melodic sounds, but you know, just like like vibrato. Like she almost reminds me like a white version of like a Lena Horn. She's very beautiful, very regal, but she doesn't she's not a you know, a you know what I'm trying to say.

She's yeah, she but whatever she's doing with that adventurous glamor, it's beautiful work. Yeah, at least the bitch ain't Wayne Bologny, No, because she was, Yeah, there was, there was born this way. Gaga wasn't as much of a fan. But this this guy, guy I really love, really really do Enjoe I um philistimic is sing her ass off. No, she's not to say voice was rich ridiculous, But anyway, continue, I thought other people in the chairs I thought did a good job.

I was glad to see that Laverne didn't do any off center jokes or attempt I didn't even see her. I saw I wouldn't. I wasn't crazy about her outfit last night, for real, a flaver. I'm glad you said that because I want to say, God, it made me almost grow up in my mouth. It was, yeah, I didn't like and she's usually her stuff usually be kind of cute. But I really didn't care for what she had on last night, what she was doing with the purple hair. But it's okay. I mean, you know, it

just didn't suit my talent at all. You know, it's times like this where you know who I really miss Rivers? Oh my god, fashion police would live for John Rivers, especially Danil Warze. Stand up. She didn't look a mess. I'm gonna tell you who the mess was that pink pepto bismol bottle good god, yeah, Billy Porter baby, Oh my god, oh m g G m O g oh.

And the times that's a fashion thesta I'm like that ship looked the fool so TJ Jans Other than the Grammys, what do you think in terms of honorable Katangi Brown Jackson? What are your thoughts? Um, they better confirm her. There's nobody with any more credentials than her. You know what I'm hearing yeah, I mean sitting judges, you know what. And it just goes to show you really how hard our parents and us have to work at possibly being nominated or acknowledge, you know what I mean, your life.

That's a long freaking time, you know what I mean. Um, in her temperament, I love, I love that she is just the brown girl. UM. I love the way her husband has wept openly. Um. There's no better nobody more qualified, don she I hear you? You know what I mean? Black people have lost jobs for being overly qualified. Though you ever heard that before that you not not not saying that, but they have said that you're overqualified. But you can't tell me that she's overqualified when you Clarence

Thomas sit his dumbass in this seat. And his wife has pushed this in this insurrection, and y'all got the documentation of y'all got the public record of the text and everything, and she going on in time. So I don't know what she does in her life, and she don't know what I do in my that's bullshit, that is that's doubly bs. You know. But he has history.

He was the same as boy he ran the E E O C. Here, and there have been god knows how many complaints to sexual harassment complaints filed against him doing his stinch his stint here as well as his first marriage. That that was sealed. Um, but it's amazing to me how he can say that. But she's running. She's definitely run. She came up with that with that's it, And I'm just gonna say, it's some beautiful white woman out here. I don't know what she looked like in

her youth, but she shouldn't held in age. Well, no, she looked Well, we're gonna be honest here. White women don't tend to age. Well, that's not true for all of them. It's some tend not all right, you know, they tend not to age. Well, there are some anomalies like her youth. Cause right now she's given me, you know, in the in the in the balls, the moxie to all this. She won't get somewhere and sit down, she won't stop. Well, there's nothing she's entitled, there's nothing that's

gonna happen. She's like my husband sitting on the Supreme. It's like my Drew Taylor Green. Now they're talking about taking her away because they found that because now she has a big hand in Disney, and now Disney is doing all this stuff with the with the gay stuff and so, and she's a big she has a big stock in that. They need to remove her anyway. She's just that's traumatic. She's a traumatic beach. Let me just say, and Rohn de Santis is going after Bob Chapeck like

real hard about this whole thing. So did you know that Disney had their own fire department, security and like water and power, like they have their own whole system. Like they're all little society. I found that out today. I don't know that. I didn't know that, but they have like a residential part of the park. Dad. Yeah, it's like a it's like a compound, is the best way to describe it. Yeah. I saw the I saw the layout today and it had all the different different

images on the ledger of what they have. I said, this is a little mini society that you got over here, right, And and I'll tell you once you start doing things like that and you start being getting in bed with all these politicians and lobbyists, that that's what happens, you know what I mean, That's that's what happens. So you've got a hot mess um and you're supposed to be the most feel good place on the face of the art. Uh, what you're doing when they win the super But what

are you doing? I'm going to Disney where not me. I'm going to the barbecue spot and go home and get my right. You know. I certainly wouldn't say I'm going to Disney. I certainly would not show my family at Disney. I wouldn't do it inclusive. Yes, I feel that because I have to say I did. I feel some type where I have two friends that work at Disney first and form us, so I'll be trying to be messing and get the inside scoop from them. But also too, I like going to Disneyland in l A.

Not in Florida. But Disneyland and Anaheim is fun. I was like, dang, can you all get it together so I can still go right, you know? And I'm more I'm more partial to Disney in Florida, and I don't. Yeah, I just don't like Florida to be honest. I mean, uh, I like to do some shopping there, but it's like getting and get out. I don't. I don't like Florida so no, but I guess I should also say, if you're taking your pamp to Florida for that reason, you're

not doing anything else. Is this a subliminal Zola reference? Or no, that's that's my son who when I was taken to Disney, all all he was allowing me to do is to get up, eat bruthless and head to one of the parks. So you know there was there was nothing else I did. Got you? Yeah, you know, we want to celebrate if we if cantany Brown Jackson gonnahit in their points tell you they don't. It is just ridiculous. And I need the Democrats to really step up,

step out. I need our senator or whoever it is, the congressman from California to get there, because that's what they're waiting on right there, because Southwest, because they's canting flights for the last two weeks. Help between Southwest and spirit good Gods. Well, I'm gonna be traumatized with a lot of people. Uh, and I just as much as they want to mess this up, they can't mess this up. As much as the Republicans want to mess this up.

I mean, people who are pulling out with her votes are saying, Um, I'm not going to vote for but I know she's going to be confirmed. You know, don't send up clushy landing for your constitualates. Well, I think that's a good point to make too, because she actually does have bipartisan support. Hell, George Bush loves her, okay, And mind you, Georgia Bush has kind of evolved over the years. You know, people forget he was a horrible

president because him and Michelle are cool. But it's okay, those you know this editor from Collins Fromain, you know, the Romney's, like those that kind of conteter on some issues. I think she's going to get Republican votes, the ones that we're gonna Susan Collins, I'm sor already did say that she was going to vote for her. Yeah, that's why I'm saying. Those Republicans that kind of have a moral conscience, I feel like they're going to vote for her.

It's the Lindsay Graham's and the Ted Cruises, and it's them, the incompetent old white man Stid are going to vote. So they're gonna get mad with somebody else can come in and do not only their job, but their job exactly so she's she's like we said, she's gonna get confirmed positive vibes in there, and you know, more praises and blessings to her. But it's gonna happen. It's gonna happen, because you know what, I know that I could have easily been triggered. First of all, I already know I

would have ever made it that far. But when that woman asked me a definition for a woman, I would have had to send her to the ladies room to check her panties and come back and you tell me, but you're no questions. They were all good questions, but not good questions. They were not questions for me. Well, that's a good point to make, because she said I basically, she she said in a very um grammatically correct and very professional way, I'm not answering questions that don't pertain

to me being a judge. So giving you a definition of a woman it does not pertain to me sitting on this court and being a judge. Giving you a definition of what I think of critical race theory does not affect me being a judge. You asking me about curriculum for a school of a board that I sit on does not pertain to any cases that I'm going to see being a judge, So I respectfully declined to answer. That's basically what she said in a nut show, right. She had to line them up and smack them around,

you know, down their little pink faces. It was just crazy. So you know, I hate that, you guys, this person can't get there, but you gotta. He gotta do what you gotta do. But I want them to come on because I woke up, you know, counting down days every day until we could get this confirmation. You know what

I mean, Um, let's get it done. I love I love that she showed strength as a black woman, as a woman period, but as a black woman, she did she didn't make her facial expression, and I saw a couple of times when I was waiting on Brenda or Kesha to jump out, but she realized what was at stake. There was a bigger fish to fry and losing her composure, losing her mannerisms, going off getting angry. I love that

she breathed. She yes, she she she was patient before she spoke, so she made sure that that came out clearly. But all this was done in front of her mother and father. In front of her children and her husband and all these people talk some y'all was traumatized about slap not get the funk off, Toni Brown Jackson. I love you, girl, and I was gonna see you confront and I watched you to learn from you because I will be up under the hot seat one day and

I'm gonna have to remember breathe flame. She's already given us because she showed us how to maintain our temperament. Because you know what I said, Witch, who you talking to? That's why you're a comedian not a Polician's indeed good manager. Because I would have been like you, I wouldn't. I think I would have just bought my face up and looked at it like But that's what she did. She was like this, yeah, like bitch, what are you saying

to me? No? No, I can't. I was like, oh that was that was good because and you know what poetic of her, how graceful of her? Yeah, because she well she knew that they were trying to trigger her, you know what I mean, she knew that also. That's also a great point and to let them know because they kept saying, oh they black people have been set back because of the whole debacle at the Oscars, black people ignorant. They showed to a list black actors and

comedians on two on the same level in Hollywood. One win at it one way and the other handed another way, that we are not all the same people. Honey, Will Smith didn embarrassed me, Will Smith and that Will Smith did that. Chris Rock didn embarrassed me. Chris Rock did that. Nobody speaks for me but me. Just like with the community, I don't speak for the whole community. I speak for me. No, we gotta stop taking on how they how we look in front of somebody else. How do you look to

yourself in the mirror? Right? Well? T J, you know we appreciate you as always, so thank you, Thank you, Jan Lauren, rush you out for they're gonna cut us a teenth and at the DC Comedy Law Get your tickets. They're gonna be a hundred dollars. But we're gonna have the best time. Were Q shoot, but bring comfortable shoes. We're playing cards, We're doing uh, musical chairs, We're doing the Soul Train line, We're doing all of that. We're gonna have love, lounge, love, least glasses fans, t shirts

all that well to my birthday. We have a good time. And I gotta say shout out to all the flamemets to and everybody that's watching the show. You guys have been listening to the audio more which we appreciate, and also to the YouTube videos up and y'all boys in them comments this week we got like comments we hear you about the volume, so we're gonna get the audio getting that. We're going to get on the producer about the audio being allouder. So thank you guys. The show

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