Welcome Home Christmas!

it's is so bad, like nothing is helping. So we just need to get straight to I'm so excited because this week my movie that I filmed during the pandemic, essentially it's called Welcome Home Christmas on Lifetime. It's going to be airing this Saturday. And so excited because we have a few of the cast members joining us today. And let's get right to it with the one and only country superstar Craig Morgan. Welcome, Kras, What up, buddy, It's good. It's good to see y'all. It's good to

see you, Manna. That makes it better for me. I gotta be honest, absolutely, I'm super uncomfortable around Janna. Why he used make me nervous again, I make you nervous. You're so like You're acting is so good that I feel I feel inferior, and generally I'm really good at everything else. I do you know what I mean that, Craig, that that's how I used to felt until I married Joanna, And now I'm to care about everything I do because I'm like, man, I used to be the best at

this until I met my wife. And I used to be a stud till I got married. You are crazy because well, first of all, I just have to say, I just have to, um, you know, give Craig a lot of um love right now, because he's been the nicest country star of all of them that I've ever met. Um always so welcoming, You're so kind, um obviously, I mean I grew up listening to your music and then I knew that you did a few acting jobs with um. It was it was what's that called is? I don't know,

I always say it wrong, is? Oh? And what was that called? Zsolian Isles? I always forget the name of that one. Um, but you were I'm not sure You've done a few other movies and I remember reading a Welcome Home Christmas and I was like, Craig Morgan has to play this role like he's just because you're an Army veteran yourself, and the movie revolves around army veterans. And so I mean, do you do enjoy acting because you're really good at it? Oh, you're so sweet? Thank you.

I'm I love it, I gotta tell you. And mainly because there's no band, there's no crew, there's no headache. You know, you just said in a trailer and wait for him to come and get you, and you pretend to be someone else. Uh. You know, before I started, they asked me, you know, have you ever done any acting? I said, I've been pretending to be a singer. So I absolutely love it. I was. I was always nervous

though about getting into it. The Resolian Isles was the first piece that I did where I really had a true character role. I wasn't playing a country singer or Craig Morgan, you know what I mean. I did the Army Wives, but I was a country singer, you know, I played I played a country singer and we did some stuff, had a few lines here and there, and uh so when I did Resolian. I was it was exciting, but I was also a little nervous because you know, I'm like, you might not be cut out to do this.

You just don't know. And I hate not doing something well. I hate doing I try to avoid things that if I'm not gonna be able to do it, I just avoid it. And you know, and it ain't like I won't try to learn something, but I you know, I felt like I wanted to do well at it, you know, uh, especially after Resolian. I was you know, then it then you get the bug and it's like I just I really did. I enjoyed that and they were great, they

were really good to me. And then we did another Lifetime movie and had a had a great part in that, and it just I do love it. I just want to do it well. I don't want to be the guy. Yeah, well, I don't want to be the guy that everybody says, oh, you're really good and then they go home and they go you know, no, I'm serious. Everyone was kind of

everyone was talking about you. You're behind your back and the best of ways being like, he's really good and you played the part perfectly, so I just you made it you made it exciting to go to work, especially during that nervous time. You know, Craig, I've always wondered how it is to transitionto something like that, I mean, goring to have a you know, perfect candidate with my

wife being able to do it. But I feel like there's this relationship right amongst entertainers where every professional athlete wants to be an actor, every actor wants to be a musician, every music right, and it's a cycle that we all just like appreciate what the other one does because really, you're living the dream I wanted to live. I might be living the dream someone else wanted to live.

And so how was that transitioning into that, be having this name and this brand as being Craig Morgan, you know, the performer, into something where you're back to the bottom of the total poll you're trying to prove yourself. Like, how how was that going into that? And was that something that you pursued or did someone start to pursue you into acting? Man, there's a there's a few questions,

but those are I love what you said. First, let me say this about how we all kind of you know, like I want to be a football stud You know, I want to be a baseball player. I want to or I want to be a copper. I want to be this. You know. I think we all have that almost like a type A personality. But there's multiple subcategories of those type a's, and we all actors, UH, law enforcement officers, fireman, soldiers, entertainers, athletes. We all share that. Now we have a different we might be in a

different subcategory, but we are driven. I think that is it. I think that's what we do. Now. You ask how how I transition, I'll tell you what I tell people. They asked me how to transition from the military into the music, and I say, I'm working on it. How long did you serve again in the military, Uh, seventeen and a half total years, had almost eleven of active and then almost seven of active reserve. Thank you again

for your service. And I there was a story that you told me when we were filming that your guys didn't know that you wanted to be this country singer. Is that my memory correct on that? No, yes it is. Um I was sitting around in the barracks and play music, but you know I was, I was an n c O. Especially when I started playing music more. I grew up in and around. I was born in Nashville, so music was always My dad was a musician growing up, so

it was always kind of a part of my life. Um. But when I was in the army, it was just for fun. You know. It's kind of like sitting around in the evenings when you're off and and and we do hang out and play music what have you, especially you know, uh, when you're away from home. Um. But I don't know that I read that. I don't remember ever sitting down until towards the end of my military

active duty time. I had to make a decision do I was at that mark, you know, almost halfway to the retirement, and it was like, do you stay here and retire of the army or do you get out and try this? And I remember talking to my wife and talking to some of my buddies, my commander. I literally went to my commander, who to this day as

a dear friend. He was a full bird colonel, and I sat down and I said, I'm thinking about pursuing the music industry, and I'd just like to get your take because I was due to re enlist, you know, and go for another two or three years, and uh, he said, I think if you stay in the army, you'll be the startain major of the army someday. He said, but I also think that you have a very special gift, and I think you should try. It was that guy's

advice solely. Uh, you know, my parents, my dad was trying to get me to do it, and friends were saying it. But that guy's advice. I'll never forget that because he felt like I could be the sergeant major of the army if I stayed in And yet he still thought that I should pursue this. I never would have done it. I don't think if it hadn't been for him. So um, you know, it's all he's kind of been there. But but like I said, I'm transitioning. So how am I transitioning into the acting thing? I'm

working on it. Man. I'd like to get better. I want to be really good. I want I want when people, uh like I was. I was lucky because of the entertainment, because of music and my success and that I achieved enough notoriety that someone who was a friend of mine said you should come to resultiing ills, you know, And it was Angie. You know, she's the lead. And so when she said it, they said, okay, and we'll try it. And you know, and I did well enough that you know,

brought me back. But and then you do something else, and one thing leads, as you know, Jenna, one thing leads to another. So I'm always I just tell you everything that I get to do, I'm super grateful for it. Uh. And and anytime, you know, when my son died, I made a decision that I wasn't going to pursue or do anything anymore if it wasn't didn't feel like it

was good for everybody that was involved. And so you know, this movie is basically it's like, for me, this is a very important this is just a cool thing because I have a lot of friends that are those guys still to this day that are coming home. I have guys that have been home for a few years that are going through what this movie kind of talks about. What your character is is alluding to. You're the person that's trying to help these soldiers, uh come back and

get back into society. And and and so for me, that was that was really really cool. It's kind of like, if I get to do a Disney movie and my kids get my grandkids get to see it. You know that so true. This is a personal thing for me. So it was really cool. Yeah. And I remember too, you said that you didn't even think you were going to do music ever again, that you didn't know if and then obviously you ended up writing The Father and My Son and the Holy Ghost, which is I remember

moriically that for you in the kitchen. Um, I was like, oh my gosh, I just wrote the song about a son, and I mean we were I was bawling, like in the kitchen. He was just like his eyes were all swelling, and it's just it's such a powerful song. And I just I can't even imagine what you went through to write that. And I know I do. Remember you said something about your wife, how she came out, and if you want to tell that story, yeah, she Uh you know,

I got up about four thirty. Uh And my wife is one of those people goes to bed at eight o'clock and I probably won't get up till at least six. I mean, she's a good looking woman. Uh so she gets her beauty rest. But I had gotten up at about four thirty and and literally in my head. I was singing some singing in my head some of the lines in that verse and the course. It was really weird. So I went downstairs and did something that I have not had not done since my son had died, and

that was I started writing by myself waking up. I mean, and Jenny, you've had some things wake you up, and you want to write it down. I used to when first started this, I would wake up with an idea and go, I need to write that down. I won't forget that you go back to sleep. What was that I was thinking about? But then I got started where I would write things down. If something woke me up, or if I had a great idea, I would write it down. I got a little hook sheet, just like

all songwriters do. Um. But for some reason that morning I didn't just write it down and go back to sleep. I went downstairs and got my guitar. Uh and literally the melody, the lyric verbatim that is on that song. It's what I wrote in that three and a half or four hours that I was there. And my wife when I came upstairs, Uh, she asked me if I was all right, because I mean, I'm ain ashamed to say.

I just cried the whole time. And obviously I think she heard me, and I said, yeah, I wrote the song, but I didn't ask her if she wanted to hear it, because I just I just didn't want her to to go through that hurt. She was hurting, I know, listening to me. I mean, since our sun died. I just don't. I try real hard not to get too emotional around my wife because she's carrying enough hurt anyway. She don't need to carry my hurt, you know what I mean.

And people say that's wrong, but I don't really care. That's just kind of the way it is. That's what I do. Um And and after I finished it, you know, and like I said, we were kind of talking about she didn't say, you know, let me hear it. What are you know? All she said was are you okay? And I said I'm fine, I'll be all right, you know. And then I thought, I thought, man, this is not just something that's you know, so personal to me. There's

something about this song. So I literally called my daughter and told her, and she's like, send it to me. And because she's a writer as well, and I've I've did a little work tape of it, and I sent it to her and she's like, you know, you gotta record this that of course she was crying to you know, She's like, you have to record this, And I never cary. Even then I'm like, no way, I won't be able

to do it. And then I think I called my tour manager Jerry, and I told you, man, I wrote something, you gotta hear this, and and and I think Jerry's like, you gotta let the guys everybody hear this, you know, and played it for management, and before you know it, it was the label and I'd already finished my album done, turned in picking the first single. We were, everything was done, and the label heard the song and said, this is the first single on the new new project. So what

do you do with that hurt? You know where you said if other people that are going through loss as well, and you said that you know you have the hurt, would it like, how do you cope with the hurt still in your in your chest and your body? Boy? You said it, girl, it's it is in your body, it's in your chest. Uh. I pray a whole lot. I mean literally, I pray off and on all day,

every day. Um. But but and and then there are every once in a while, I wail, I say, well, because I sound it's horrible, I sound like something wrong with me, you know. But sometimes you just gotta let that out and it's just draining and you just you know, and you get it out of your system and you pray. And what I've learned is in something I heard a priest say, and it, man, it's just given me so much confidence in my emotions is that it's okay to

have sorrow and joy. They will coexist. Uh, Sadness and happiness do not coexist. So it's okay to be sorrowful. It's okay to feel sorrow because you can feel joy at the same time you can't. You know, I'm not always gonna be happy, it's just life. But I can still be joyful even though I might not be happy at that moment. I can still find joy. And my son's Jerry is gone, and it hurts every day. Um, and that's that that that hurts, and I'm sorrowful for that.

But I still find joy in things that happen in my life and my other children. I'm sorrowful that my son is not here. But I'm also joyful that he's in heaven. And I'm fairly confident. If you ask me if I knew for sure, i'd have to say no. And the reason is because I'm not God. I don't know, but I feel like, based on everything that God has told me and showed me and then my son's life,

I feel confident that he's there. Well, I mean, that was that was the question I had to And it's just, you know, to to see you be able to talk about that, Craig, and you know, that's motivating to hear from you and how you're handling that, and I think it's got to be encouraging to people out there who have also had similar losses and that there is hope to enjoy your day to day, you know, because you know, people a lot of people can't imagine that haven't suffered

such unfortunate laws. So to know that there is some light at the end of tunnel is as long as you're doing the things that kind of you're talking about and you said it's okay to you gotta let that that stuff out sometimes, you know, you gotta let those emotions out and kind of cleanse your soul a little bit. But yeah, well we all have we all have we all have a cross that we must bear, I mean, and and something that I've learned m learn for the most part is, for one, I never compare my pain

to anyone else's pain because I don't know. I don't really know their heart and how their hurt is. Um, So I don't do that. But but what I do know is that we all have certain pain and we just have to find a place. And for me, it's through my spirit and through my God that to know that it's okay, it's okay to feel that pain, uh, and and and know that there is joy. It doesn't mean that you'll ever get over it, but what it does mean is that you can live through it very

wise words. For sure, I gotta imagine to your wife, because you know she's dealt with a lot of your transitions as well. I can't imagine being an you know, an army y and our military wife and then you know, now, you know, going on the road because you guys have been together for was it thirty years? Thirty something years? Yeah, you better get that. You better figured that part out.

But you know, I mean, she's that's incredible too. With it with all the transitions that you guys have had through military, through you know, you being chart topping, insanely famous country artist. Um, you know to now doing acting and everything else that you want to do. What's U what's something like? Is it your wife's just independence or is it just what kept you all strong and together?

Well we've been married. It is thirty two years, and in thirty two years, we've probably really seen each other like twelve years. Uh. You know you've heard that I was saying, absence makes the heart grow fonder. I believe that all of our children were born during uh leaves of absence from the military, or born they were conceived during a happening. You're gone for nine months to come home, it's like whoa. So I think the spontaneity, the excitement. Uh.

And she's, like I said, she's super cute. So that makes it easy. Um, you keep it fresh and and and you can't take each other too serious. Communication is important. But I when I talked to young soldiers, especially guys that have experienced a lot of trauma overseas and combat stuff, I gotta tell them, you know, you gotta not be too honest. Uh, there's just certain stuff that uh, that

certain that that people in your life don't need to hear. Uh. There's other people you can share those things with, and you need to find those other people. It's okay to have those other people in your life. Um. Love is the most important thing, man, I mean, that's it. Uh. I'm a Catholic now, you guys. I I grew up my whole life a Baptist. But one thing I've learned

is that love overpowers everything everything, it really does. The more you love, the less time you have for anger and hate and envying all of those other things that get in our way. Uh. And and and and Jen, I say this, that's one thing I've always felt like when we were around you, and and I talked about it all the time. You always have this joyful love that it's almost like you see through all of the u uh, the imperfections or anything else you make. Uh,

you make people feel good and loved. And that's a very special trait. Uh. Not everyone and not not not all humans have that. In fact, I would venture to say that there's a very small percentage of people. But my wife is one of those people. Like my wife will kiss someone on the lip she's a limp kisser. You don't know him, You're just Maddie. She's not not in a not in a sex with in a loving way. She just has so much angelic love. But how do

we stay together? It's all of those things, uh, overlooking our our insecurities, are imperfections and getting beyond it. And after after so many years, you know, stuff bothers. She lives and as a man, I learned to shut my mouth at certain times and not say what I really think. I'm still learning that, Craig. I'm still I'm still trying to learn that piece. It took me a long time and there's still days where I can't do it. I gotta tell her I love you because it because there's

that thing when arguing is not a good thing. But there's almost always the positive after that. Are that make up stuff? There's a silver lining to it. For sure. You have an album coming out right. My album's out. It is out. We haven't pushed the physical product yet, but we released it through all of the anywhere music can be downloaded, you know that commercial anywhere music can be download arkay, okay, then everyone download um Craig's new

album is there what's what's the album name? God Family Country, God Family Country. Everyone go down Craig Morgan's new album and then watch him on a Welcome Home Christmas, which premier is November seven, UM eight seven Central on Lifetime. Craig, it's such an honor. We love you, Thank you for coming out. I love you, guys. Karen. I was telling on who I was talking to this morning, and she said, we've got to have them out, so you guys come out. We would love to end to your house in Alaska too,

so he can go fishing. I'll show you all the pictures from Alaska and have you come out there. Okay, Well text me and let's get something on the on the books. Akay. It took every part of me not to go. It's what I love about Sundays. Such a good song and then ridd Nick Yeah, as the kids say, it's so good. He's he's just one of those staples man and such a great person. Losing a child. I cannot imagine, Like that's the one thing I don't know

if I could physically handle. No, I don't even like thinking about it because yeah, it bothers me, but just I love his energy around it Yeah, just that's what I was kind of commended him on that because just seeing his energy around it just reassuring you that you can still have happy days and that's okay. You don't have to feel guilt, you know, around that. So he's an amazing person. He really is. You know, I've got to know him a little bit with you over the years.

You know him very very well, and he's just one of those people man that just makes you know your day better when you're around him. One percent. Yeah, I just adore him. So that was awesome. Alright, guys, so excited because up next we have my other costar, um Tim Reid and his wife Daphne Axwell read all right, we are so excited, Mike, do you want to do? By the way, before we even start, am I allowed to say aunt Viev? Am I not allowed to say aunt Viev? Girl? If you say aunt Viev, I'll salute you.

She's the real ant Viv And that's how it's going to introduce her. If you guys don't know those voices, you will when you hear him some more. But we have Mr Tim Reid, who's most famously known to our generation as the father Ray Campbell and sister Sister and then the real aunt Viv Miss Daphne Maxwell read herself, thank you guys so much for coming down. We're so

excited to have you on Wine Down. Just a little background, I had the pleasure of working with Tim reid Um on the movie that comes out this weekend called The Welcome Home Christmas on Lifetime, and you know I and he's married to obviously the beautiful Daphne. And you know,

I just said this in an interview last week. I said you were my favorite scene partner because you just you just come with such grace and and in the beginning, I have to say I was a little intimidated because you know, I was like, oh god, I hope he likes me, and you know, he looks mad or angry, and I don't know what to do with this energy, so I was I was scared. But the more I got to know you and your personality and it was just you were just so fascinating to me and I

just loved hearing your story. So thank you for you know, for just being so kind and such a great scene partner as well. Yeah, I was very upset when when Janna, you know, told me that she was able to work with you, Tim, and especially the days that she was shooting with you, because this whole pandemic thing ruined you know, family and friends to come on and see. You know. I only came one day, and it was a day

that you guys ended up shutting down production. So I was like, you know, this is such a waste here. One time she shoots in Tennessee, like an hour away from our house, I was looking forward to being there and being around people like you, and I couldn't go. So but yeah, she had nothing but great things to say about you, and and so we're excited to talk

to you guys. And you guys have been married for thirty eight years, So how how have you managed to stay married but also have your careers, especially in such a demanding and also you know, with being on sets and just being around other people, being able to get away too. You know, we have our careers and we also have our own interests, and we we have the freedom, uh to travel individually altogether. And uh it's you know,

you need that that debriefing time. You need to be able to get away and come back and get away and come back. And uh that's certainly been one of the parts for for me personally. And we have a big, sick level of love and trust and support for each other that we want each other to expand with whatever they're dreaming about, and we support that. And supporting that is making compromises and you know, making decisions according to what you want and what you know your partner wants,

and then learning how to fight fair. That's so we're working on that. Is there a part when you guys have been together so long, we're earlier in your marriage because you have that same you know, occupation where there's a maybe a hint of jealousy here there. You know, obviously ultimately you love and support each other, but there's got to be some of that at some point. Now, we worked together for many, many, many years at the beginning of our relationships, so there was nothing to be

jealous about. We were both tired. You do you do reach a point where you where you say, because after a while we said, you know, it's time for us to work separately. Know it's and it's not so much of us, it's a it's the business itself. This business you know, it's don't have to tell you it will it will put you in a box as quick as quickly as possible because it control the box. And I was never ever, I never was raising a box, never been around that kind of structural light. So I don't

know how to adapt to it. You know, I'm still trying to figure out what is the husband. Uh, you know, it's it's you know, it's freelancing and uh, if you have the freedom and the respect of your partner and you have the freedom to freelance a little bit, it helps. And I think that's really been People ask me sometimes, like I'll be traveling and my friends said, well are you going. I said, I'm going to Brazil. I'll be

going for a few said keep going to Brazil. But he said, your wife, let you go to Brazil, and I'm going. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I don't know how to answer the question, because it's basically how you started the relationship. I was traveling when I met her, we were dating. I took her with me. Sick seeks to travel through Europe and in South Africa. So it's not like all of a sudden getting married and I can't travel. That makes no sense. So that's the way it's been.

We've always been a traveling team or any body that's very cool and speaking of like being put in a box, tim is as actors and as you know, the kind of shows that you all really I make up that reached that next level of fame in y'all his careers. That's I make up that it's such a type casted role,

right with that family friendly comedic role. How was that for you too, as as professionals in your occupation to kind of get out of that and do those projects that are outside of that type cast Oh, no problem at all. Whoever calls and says we got a job for you, We're on it. For me, it was it was I've always was taught. Like I said, I've never had structure. I don't know what a family structure is. I've never had because I was a bastard child. Was

I didn't know. My father was so late in life, so I never had the structure was never Oh it's dinner time, Aossey Inherit to me was like an alien show. I don't know when he was talking about so um with that. I think my my thing is to keep aggressively facing change. Uh. If I felt like I was being like when I was doing sitcom and I was very successful at sitcoms, had quite a few. After KRP, the sitcom business went. People forget it went't bomb, sitcoms died.

You couldn't get anything. I don't care who you were. If it wasn't for Bill Cosby and The Cosby Show, that we wouldn't be the term sitcom would not be existing in our vocabulary. He saved the sitcom business. However, what do you do? You came out of sitcom, You're trying to get a job, and that all there is these our comedy style shows like Heart to Heart, Life Sign and Its Sign. So I had to restructure myself at the structure of my body. I started went to

the gym, worked out. I wanted to become somebody who could work in our show. And guess what I got, signing and time and that. But I say it was it was. It was changing my whole structure. Then all of a sudden, those shows began to die. And guess what was happening this new thing in comedy, sort of dramatic comedies. I quit the show and I started uh searching,

and I ended up with Frank's place. So I'm saying is that you have to be able to ignore the box, you have to creach your own reality right now, the reality that the world and we all exist in. One of the things I want to say about this Love Your Lady, who stars in this movie that's coming out, is we had a lot of difficulty in making this movie. They had left people with acting on the crew. It

was COVID nineteen. We were one of the first films to have to deal with the the restrictions that were put on us by the unions, and not restrictions, but rules and good rules. By the way, wearing a mask, all those things. No one had ever gone through that before and make it and the cost every third day we had to be tested every third day. They sticking stuff up your nose, the whole crew, I mean. And then we were on lockdown. And as you mentioned, so

to see the talent and the crew. It's eighty degrees, we're planning like it's snowing. And yet um, those those workers, that crew with masks, they had to wear mask every time they on the set and eight degrees struggling with lights and stands. Everybody gave a hundred percent And I appreciate that kind of work ethic and I think it shows in the movie from what I've seen, you know. Yeah, so you gotta keep changing, you gotta adjust. I do

agree with that, Daphany. I want to go back to something you said, um about how you're learning how to fight fair. What does that look like to you in a marriage with fighting fair? Fighting fair is learning how to listen, um, not just talk. And we still stru go with that sometimes. But we know some basic ground rules that you just it's not a do or die situation. They're going to be there tomorrow, take a pause, refresh,

and move on. I like that. And Tim, you know you you touch on it just a few minutes ago. But you also talked to Brandon and I about this on set, about how you were raised and it was a tough neighborhood you you know, like you said, um, what you said about you know, your upbringing. Yeah, and can you can you tell the story about Martin Luther King? Oh? Yeah, Well, Um, I have had the pleasure and the incredible experience of having um interaction with Dr King at a very early age.

This was before he was well known internat internationally or nationally. I was in the late fifties and he was coming to our church to speak, uh, and talk about this they can called the civil rights. Well, this was before Montgomery, and I had gotten in some trouble because I was running with the pretty rough group of people, young people of which all are dead now but myself and one other.

But and we had gotten some trouble and it was a matter of me going to reform school or somebody standing up for me and my grandmother at back of the day. As usually the black family, they took me to the pastor of our church and said, uh, talk to him, because we're gonna lose him if we say, if he doesn't listen. So the pastor looked at me, so you one of those top kids and juvenile, deliquid, nos on that cup at all. I just you know, I find myself to survive hanging out of these guys.

I got a job for. I want you to beat the body God for this young man coming in called Dr Martin Luther, the King and he's going to speak, and I want you since we need a tough guy. And I was like what, So myself and another young man who was a brilliant student in school comes from a will well to do black family. Um, he put he and I together to be Dr King's bodyguard for a full day. He got there in the morning and we stayed with him until he left late that evening,

and he spoke. We were constantly when he was impressed we were standing there next to him. And I will never forget the experience because I've never been around anybody like that. I've never seen a rock star. This man had craped us. His whole being was common to me. I don't I can't even explain it now. It's like, I don't know. I've never been in the presence anyone that had that kind of effect on me. And the young kid who was with me between between us, we um.

We had an experience that I'll never forget. And after that was over, we talked about He talked to us about the sort of rights movement coming and what he thought the world was going to have to do to to give rights to us. And after that, I began to think about that. And when I finally changed my life and ended up in college, I joined the Civil

Rights Era. I was a leader of a couple of organizations, and then I went and marched on Washington in the nineteen three and I was beside him for a brief period of the March when I stood in the tree, I was on on a more militant side. At that time. I was a president of a group offshoot of Smith and uh what. I listened to him that day and he gave them teach and again he changed my life. Again.

I took the non violent approach, went back and joined the became president of the c D College chapter, and it again changed my life. So on two occasions, he his words and his being had such an influence on as he here man, That's why I am where I am today because I was certainly going in the wrong again. Yeah. I love, by the way watching Daphne because she just

loves you. You can just tell, Like Daphne, you're just over there smiling and listening to your man, Like you can just tell there's so much love between the two of you, Like I just right just smiling. Later, when we're done with this show, Jan is going to be like,

why don't you look at me that way? I want you to look at me the way Daphney looks at Tim's is on camera, right, You know that I appreciate you sharing that, Tim, And you know from from y'all's experience not only in the industry, you know, being in it so long and being together in it for so long.

How have you seen things as of recent as to African American actors in the industry, are you feeling the need to take responsible reality as in like helping to educate people or explain things to people, or how like what is your personal take on on changing the temperature and the environment of your occupation and just societies in general moving forward. We have been around for so long that people ask us questions and ask us ask for our guidance, and Tim is great at teaching what you

need to know about the business. I am one of the ones who help inspire people, young people to take a path. Sometimes they only need a push to get started. But we both have some basic advice that we give to young people. And changing what's happening now is not for us to do. This is not our time. This is young people's time and we need to keep up

with them. At this point, all the technology, all the platforms that are available now, there are a lot more opportunities for UH young people to get involved in this. We just would like to make sure that they get involved with it with a sense of responsibility for the images that they're creating. And that's what Tim is very good at teaching. Okay, thank you. Uh. I'm in my legacy period of my career. I'm going through the three quarter life crisis, trying to figure out what I want

to be when I grow up. And I've decided that talk is just that talk. Everybody's got an opinion. That's what keeps Facebook and Instagram and all these things alive on Twitter because everybody's got an opinion. What we need to do is we need people to do things. And I give us a whole lot of opinion. Make change, and you've got to do that by doing so. My game is to get into games to keep busy too.

You know, I'm starting a new Why I'm up in Maryland now because I'm talking to people about creating a new show, trying to give people opportunities. I launched a new television channel streaming service, Legacy of the People Network, and it's global and it's on the Internet. Use these new things technology to to be a part of the action. Sitting back complaining and opinionating and criticizing is it doesn't work. It may soothe your ego, but it doesn't do anything

to bring prosperity to you people around it. So the thing is to keep busy, to keep doing, and that's about do. I work with young filmmakers around the world. I have associates and on the continent of Africa, so countries. I have associates in England through the British Film Institute that I've been a lot of young filmmakers and so we're now working together and a lot of the content I have on a network coming from them. And so is to keep busy. You know, I act right to

do someone talking. So it's to keep busy. That's the only thing I know to do. And I'm not allowing this reality that's been thrown on us to be my reality. I'm busier now and I was before. And uh, you have to create your own reality. Don't buy into this reality. That's because it's all opinionated. No, I don't really knows who's gonna win election, who's not gonna who cares? Just

get busy. Vote, you know, you want to change things to vote, You want to do something, get create something, create jobs for other people, create opportunities for the people. That to me is the phone I'll die doing that that. Yeah, I'm I'm motivated to go create something. I'm ready to come. I'm fired up. Let's do it. Tim and Daphne, thank

you guys so much for our listeners. Don't forget to watch um Welcome Home Christmas starting My Beautiful Wife and Tim Reid and among others this Saturday, November seven, and then Daphne, be sure to catch the Fresh Prince Reunion show on Thanksgiving weekend on HBO Max. Oh, it's gonna be FUNKYA And my Christmas movie is on December one. It's called the Business of Christmas and it's gonna be on b E two. Oh heck yeah, getting the Christmas

stare at everybody. And you can go to my channel l L G C y of a people network dot com and that will take you to the platform to show you all the content. We got a lot of contact, a lot of content. I love it. Tim, Daphanie, thank you guys so much, love you, thank you, thank you for your time. Okay, ah, that's the sweetest people. Yeah. I just want to like not even happy about Tim though too. Like I just every time we were in a scene together, I was just like, will you tell

me a story? Daddy, Grandpa tell me a story. Like I just I was like, what book should I read? What should I do this? And I told him one time to us in there and he was asking about comedy. I was like, oh, I'm not funny. I can't do comedy. And he was just like, don't say that. He's like, you're very funny. He's like, I think you're so funny. I thought you only did comedy and then you know, and then he was like, you inspired me to do comedy.

It's like he's just so freaking inspiring. He speaks with such wisdom and calm charisma that is just like you hang on every word that he says. But I just I love what he just ended with the like don't make the reality your reality. Yeah, He's like, don't worry about what everyone else is saying to do and just do what you do. Just go do it. I love that. Do you see how though in the beginning, I was intimidated by him just because he's so I'm always like that.

So I was like, oh, yeah, he hates me. I was like, but my mission was to get him to like crack a smile filming, And I remember the one time I got to smile. I was like, I got you. I was like, I'm just made. I'm done, I can quit. But he's just so fascinating. I just oh, man. I loved working with him. And he plays my general in the movie. Um General Patton and Chloe was my character. We're just kind of were buds. But I also I really respect him just as I do as a person.

So hopefully y'all will see that connection. Two very very beautiful people inside and out. Tim and Daphne just wow, very very very cool to talk to them, um, and it's like aunt viev like, it's so cool. I grew up Flashing Fresh Frints. That was my favorite show might be of all time. So wow, we spoke to just some legends today, legends in their games. Mark, how are you feeling over there, dude, because I know you're a fan of Tim. I am a fan of Tim. I

mean honestly, you guys have him from sister sister. For me, he's w Carappy in Cincinnati use Venus fly Trap and that show is a big part of why I'm in radio today. So absolutely super exciting to talk to him. Yes, he was wild. I agree. I think he's so cool. Um, I mean, what a great show. Guys. Yeah, you can't really do any better than that. Those kind of guests. Mark, what are you doing this Saturday? You're gonna make some hot chocolate for your wife and sit down and watch

a Welcome Home Christmas. That's right, I am. Of course it's Jenna Night's going to do it. Yes, i am. I've got the guy locked off on the calendar. Oh, you're the best Seastern Thanks guys, you know you know hear Jane's plans for it. Shut up. So they're having she's having a girl's kind of getaway weekend, like twenty minutes away. They got like an airbnb hearing some of her friends and they're gonna have like a little watch party.

And I was actually looking forward to watching it with Janna, and she's like, well you can still come like just you know, we'll get a center for the kids and you can just come down and you know, like take pictures of us watching it and like serve us hot chocolate and give us some wine. I was like, So, I was like, you'll may be like your movie Pitch and there's like take care of you and all the girls while you watch it. Heyes, anybody need to re feel Okay. I was like, I think that you're in

an apron and nothing else. Yes, yes, or maybe a little bow tie little boat. Yes, Oh my god, that sounds amazing. So that's what Janna wants me to do for the movie. I mean, and I was like, well, we're gonna try and get some other guys so you can come down to we'll have a guy watch party. You won't watch it then, like, guys, I gotta watch the beginning, the middle of the end so I know what happens. It would be like that time. I think, did I tell the story before? And here? When I

had a summer summer reading project. At the end of the summer, my mom was like, all right, tell me where the book was about. And she was like, what was the main character's name. I was like, oh, he didn't have one. She was She turned over the back of the book. It said the main characters name on the back of the book. I didn't even read the back of the book. I was like twelve years old. So this would be like that with the movie. She'd be like, yeah, so did you watch a movie. Yeah,

what was my character's name? You didn't have one? Did you just called you therapists. Yes, that was so funny. Alright guys, well, love you, great show and tag team next week.