1 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: Where y'all West Epics ware up with Angela. Yee, I'm 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: here with Jazmine Brandon manou Mano and we have an 3 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: exclusive in their first ever interview from Love After Lockup, 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:20,120 Speaker 1: Monique and Derek your favorite couple. Hey, y'all, Okay, so 5 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: this is our first time in New York City. This 6 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: is my first time in New York City. Yeah, okay, 7 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: what about you, Derek, first time in the city. So 8 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: this is a big deal. Angela loves y'all. She's been 9 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: talking about this and it is like, want to interview 10 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,239 Speaker 1: y'all forever. I know she's so excited. I am, just 11 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: because the story is so um well, first of all, 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: they always post your clips the most on social media. 13 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: Yeah right, and then Monique, you be deleting stuff, posting stuff, 14 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,919 Speaker 1: then deleting it. I'm like, yo, what is really going on? 15 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:50,160 Speaker 1: And I know sometimes we're a little behind as we're 16 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: watching what's happening on the TV. Y'all have already lived 17 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: that in real life and our past certain things right now, 18 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 1: so let's get into it. You're from Love After Lockup? 19 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: Um so, Derek, let's start with you. How you do? 20 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: How you doing? I'm good? So you and Monique met 21 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,119 Speaker 1: because she said she was scrolling through and you guys 22 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: became pen pals first. So long story show. I was 23 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: in at the time, like in the fifth volt six 24 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: years so I was new to social media. So I 25 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: put my name out there, pictures out there. I want 26 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: to get out there, like for I meet new people, 27 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: gone to the Facebook group. Monique reached out. Okay, I started, 28 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: Were you dating anybody else prior to that when you 29 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: first got locked up? No, I wasn't in relationship that 30 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: at all. I ain't no baby mothers, no kids. No. Uh. 31 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: I was just getting to it when I was in 32 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: the streets. You know. That was just part of the chase. Okay. 33 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: And you're from Cleveland, from Cleveland up two one six, okay, 34 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: and then Monique you reached out. Was he the only 35 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: person you reached out to? He was the only person 36 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: that I reached out. What attracted you to him? I 37 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: mainly like what he said, Like it wasn't like I'm 38 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: looking for a girlfriend and mary like he was basically 39 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: saying like he wanted a friend, you know, somebody to 40 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: you don't talk to. And I was interested. I didn't 41 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: reach out to him as soon as I seeing his profile. 42 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: It took me like a couple of days prior to that, 43 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: you were in a relationship, Like how long before that, 44 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: you know, I've been single. I was single when I'm 45 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:24,359 Speaker 1: at him, but I was also dating at the same 46 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 1: time too. Yeah, because you do be going out and 47 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: Derek did not like that going out with your friends now, 48 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: all right, So then you guys started talking, and then 49 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: when did you guys decided to take it to the 50 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: next level. It was after we like we was in 51 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 1: a great area, so I was like out dating and 52 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: still dealing with my eggs, and like Derek used to 53 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: kind of get upset about it. So it was like, Okay, 54 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 1: we're gonna make it official because we were, you know, 55 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 1: kind of arguing about not really knowing what we were with. 56 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: We know we cared about each other, but I was 57 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,119 Speaker 1: looking at us like he's locked up, he got some 58 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: time lives, and I didn't really want to, like I 59 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: still wanted to have home. He had two and a 60 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 1: half years left right when you got Yeah, okay, that's 61 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: also ask how much how much time he had left 62 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 1: when you started talking. She met me up, She met 63 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: me when I was in the fist. I didn't finished 64 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: enough my time in the state. I had, like a 65 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: dude senders had to fair time first and follow with 66 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: the state. How did you keep the relationship going while 67 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: he was away? And you know there those two and 68 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 1: a half years you want to take the league. We 69 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: talked a lot on the phone. Um, we email row letters. 70 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: Did you ever see him a person? We didn't because 71 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 1: we met at the start of COVID. Oh so okay. 72 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 1: It was like FaceTime, video chatka and texting. I would 73 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: able to text things like that, so it kept it going. Letters, 74 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 1: just keeping a communication high. Everything like letters, texting, emails, 75 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: phone calls. I might have the whole team phone and 76 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: just be on the everybody's phone making show talk to her. 77 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: We build that relationship up emotionally and spiracually first, and 78 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: we got to know each other through and through. You 79 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: know a lot of people don't understand how one from 80 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: the outside can connect with somebody on the inside, right, 81 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 1: So I understand I did ten years myself, right, And 82 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: when I look at y'all, see like y'all really connected 83 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: and really bonded before you even got outside. How was 84 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: the transition when you got out? Was it easy for 85 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: you to keep that going or did you fee yourself 86 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: being pulled in other ways? Me? I asked a tough questions. 87 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: I wanted those person. I'm gonna ask you tough questions. 88 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: That's who I want to be with. So some of 89 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,559 Speaker 1: the questions I asked her told me she was uncomfortable asking, 90 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: but just be honest. I'm sorry. So like like we'll 91 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: make her smile, will make her happy, to make her sad, 92 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: will make her mad, like these things I can't really 93 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: see because I'm locked up. We have the experience that, 94 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: and we didn't had an opportunity experience that. That's why 95 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: a lot of that you see a lot of the 96 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 1: old TV y'all seeing first incident, like this is our 97 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: first interview, this's our first time traveling to New York, 98 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: so it's like the first So the world was seeing 99 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: that for the first time. So that was just like 100 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: they seeing it first. You know, we're living it. They 101 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: seeing it first. So we were living and learning in 102 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: this space because we already did the prison relationship. We 103 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:28,839 Speaker 1: was in prison, but we wanted more and that's where 104 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: we got right here. That's what I'm saying. Not to 105 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: cut you off when you do nine years, that's a 106 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:37,839 Speaker 1: lot of time, right, So certain things, there's certain experiences 107 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: that you didn't have socially before you went to jail. 108 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: You was a certain age and then your life kind 109 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 1: of stopped. Yeah, how over you when you went in? 110 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: I was twenty, but I became a man. So I 111 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 1: did a lot of things at twenty A lot of 112 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 1: man my age then, dude, because I used to ask 113 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: ques like you ever met somebody who did such a 114 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 1: such A lot of people said no, So I knew 115 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: I was different. I was ahead of my time growing up, 116 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: you know. Right. So, but once once you got out, 117 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: did you find it hard to adjust to, or rather 118 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: adapt to being in a relationship in a way that 119 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 1: you had never been prior to that? Because now you're older, 120 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 1: you're a man, you got responsibilities, and you just you 121 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: got this gap in your life of nine years of 122 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: time that's just been going and you're thinking about marriage. 123 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 1: Ask your question, most definitely. Yeah, it's a challenge, right, 124 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: it is. Every day is a challenge. Every day. It's 125 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 1: a challenge. Things I've been through and I wasn't in 126 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: that a serious, a dark relationship prior to exactly, So 127 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: now I'm we learning and we live in that experience 128 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: and like my trial and error, like what's working for 129 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 1: us might not work for yours, right, And she respect 130 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: that and I respect that too. Simnick, you were honest 131 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: about the fact that you were still dealing with your 132 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: AX when you were talking to Derek and you were 133 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: out with your friends. He knew that you still had 134 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: other things going on. At first, yes, okay, And then 135 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: what made you decide, you know what, I'm getting rid 136 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: of him and I'm trying to work on this. It 137 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: was more so because I was searching for any emotional 138 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: and mental connection with someone and there gave that to 139 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: me rather than the men that I was dating. And 140 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: it was just more so just like sexual, like we 141 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 1: didn't really connect on a deep level. So that's the 142 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: reason why I was like, Okay, I'm gonna just stuck 143 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: it out with him. I would like to answer, and me, 144 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: I just highlighted the differences between them and me, you know, 145 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: and it spoke for it. So I'm action based. So 146 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: if you you was getting that prior to me, and 147 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: I'm showing you this when I'm in there, so he 148 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: glagin when I can show you when I get out. 149 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: And she felt that now Monique were you concerned with 150 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: the fact that he was locked up for nine years 151 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: and then maybe when he comes out, the relationship is 152 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,119 Speaker 1: going to be different, because it is different when he's 153 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: you know, talking to you all the time, dealing with 154 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 1: you all the time. But then he comes home and 155 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: now he's gonna go out and go places and do things, 156 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: And so were you concerned about that before he came home. 157 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 1: I was very concerned about that because I was very 158 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: honest with myself. I know he missed out on a 159 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: lot of times, and I know when he got home 160 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: he wasn't gonna experience different things, which is kind of 161 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: why I was kind of being overprotective of him and 162 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: like not really wanted him to do things to go 163 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: back to prison or make him forget about me per se, 164 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Right, Like, so you setting 165 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,160 Speaker 1: up I'm sorry, we saw you setting up the cameras 166 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:28,200 Speaker 1: and everything. Right, So it's just like what you just said, 167 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: like when you went to jail. When you went to jail, 168 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: you missed out on so much, right. I know when 169 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: I came home, I know all the stuff that I 170 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:44,679 Speaker 1: thought to the SPEs that was wild. Do you find 171 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 1: it hard to balance trust? Right? Because you don't want 172 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: a man that missed out so much on his life 173 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: and may need to experience things. Right. So, in essence, 174 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,200 Speaker 1: when you come home from prison after doing that much time, 175 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,839 Speaker 1: you're still trying to show so certain things that a 176 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: man wants to do and he may be getting pulled 177 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: in certain areas. Are you still you know, hard on 178 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: him as far as the trust, Are you still spying 179 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:16,959 Speaker 1: on him because the cameras in the house. Secretly that's 180 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 1: a lot better, or are you not? I'm trying to 181 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: give him a little bit more leeway, Like we're not 182 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: really sharing locations currently at the moment, because it's like 183 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:30,599 Speaker 1: I want to trust you, Like I don't want to 184 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: be driving myself crazy checking to see where you're at 185 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: in the middle of tonight. So I kind of lighted 186 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: up a lot because because we see each other a 187 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: lot more. Now, all yay, let's keep it real, all right, 188 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: since you keep it so real. But there was a 189 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: situation where you did get caught and even watching the show, 190 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,280 Speaker 1: like when you watched back, there was a car chase 191 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,400 Speaker 1: that everybody was talking about where you know, he said 192 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: it was his sisters at first, and then he was 193 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 1: actually like he didn't know who it was, but then 194 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: come to find out it was a CEO who I guess. 195 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: You know, you had a prior situation with and you 196 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: told us before you really told her, Like you was 197 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: on TV and you was having a conversation with her 198 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 1: on speaker, knowing exactly what was going on, but you 199 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: was in there like, I don't know who this is. 200 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: He was acting. Yeah, he was carried. Trust me. Had 201 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: I known it, I definitely pulled over right. But at 202 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 1: that point when I was when we were in the car, 203 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: I'm like, I know these saying her sisters because they're 204 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:29,719 Speaker 1: just driving too crazy, like because at first I thought 205 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 1: it was some guys on the back seat because he 206 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: was just coming home. So that's why I was like 207 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: scared and screaming like that because I'm thinking I maybe 208 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:37,719 Speaker 1: some slody trying to rob us. So I don't know, Yeah, 209 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: that is scary, and somebody I think I said that 210 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:43,000 Speaker 1: you had just got your license, Like, yeah, that's scary. 211 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: Then now you're in a high speed car chase that 212 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:46,960 Speaker 1: just got your license. You don't know who it is. 213 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 1: And I was a little disappointed in you at that point. 214 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 1: Why was that just because I'm like yo, like because 215 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: you were lying. That's why I can respect that going 216 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: to happen, though. Yeah, and I knew, like I feel, 217 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,719 Speaker 1: control the situation because I was in my city. I 218 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: knew want to waite out of me. I didn't knew 219 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: who it was. I feel like it could have got 220 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 1: worse if if the car was stopped. But Monique was crying. 221 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: She was scared, like she really didn't not that I 222 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:16,839 Speaker 1: had her though I had her. She I just he 223 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 1: didn't want to get caught it because the situation with 224 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 1: that situation wasn't what I wanted. I'm talking about four 225 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:30,439 Speaker 1: as a situation with the CEOU. It wasn't what I wanted, 226 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: what she wanted. I wanted this. I wanted Monique, and 227 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: you know she wanted the CEOU want them more, and 228 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: I told her it wasn't that right. Do y'all watch 229 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,079 Speaker 1: these episodes together, because I'm sure there were some things 230 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: that you saw for the first time, and I'm sure 231 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: for you Derek too, there were some things you saw 232 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: it for the first time when y'all weren't filming together 233 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 1: and watching this episodes. Do you guys watch them together 234 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: or how does that work? Yeah? What I most we 235 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: watched most of the episodes together, and so are there 236 00:11:54,960 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: times when you're like, oh, I didn't know all that happened. Um, 237 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: it was on a couple of instances where I didn't 238 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: know about some things he was saying. Didn't give us 239 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 1: an example, Um, I didn't knew his family knew about 240 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:16,400 Speaker 1: the CEO when he was sitting there. I didn't know that. Yeah, 241 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 1: got you. Yeah, there was anything that you didn't know 242 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: that you discovered or you know, kind of were surprised 243 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: when you watched it about something that she said or 244 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 1: something that you saw about her. It was it wasn't 245 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: like it one that it was something. It was like 246 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,840 Speaker 1: so small to remember him, Like the conversation had with 247 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 1: her sister, like you're gonna speak speak a little bit 248 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: more highly of me to your sisters, though you know, 249 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,839 Speaker 1: I'm a little bit better with what your sisters think 250 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: about me. And that's right now. Do you feel like 251 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: you all are edited fairly on the show? They get 252 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: theirs in, ain'tnae they get theirs in because I ain't 253 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: gonna lie on another thing. That's crazy. Uh, When she 254 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: was doing her interview, I ain't think that was gonna 255 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: be on the show. When I was closing him out. Yeah, 256 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 1: I didn't know. I was just like going off, like 257 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: I'm talking about when to show you that we break, 258 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 1: was like, hey, we're on the b I called them 259 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 1: so they get everything, and I was really with the homies. 260 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: Nobody sitting next to you as you told them move 261 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 1: out the way. It seemed like it was only because 262 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: I feel like the phone died or something or something 263 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:31,400 Speaker 1: like something happened. I was like, it was a great 264 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: ain't gonna lie. I put instant replaying there. I couldn't believe. 265 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 1: I'm like, wow, that was crazy. I don't think it 266 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,079 Speaker 1: was not feeling it all right. Now, let's talk about 267 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: this too, Moni, because your weight has been a topic 268 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: of discussion. I saw you going back and forth on 269 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 1: social media, like why would people think that Derek wouldn't 270 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 1: like you because of that? Because it does feel like 271 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 1: he's very into you. So why do you think that 272 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: people criticize that and really try to act like this 273 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 1: isn't possible. I think TV really don't show a plus 274 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 1: size one woman being love correctly, especially by a man 275 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: who's attractive. You know what I mean, Because I've never 276 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: been well, I've been insecure when I was younger, but 277 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: in my adult years, like I don't have a trouble 278 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:17,319 Speaker 1: finding a man. People think like I was really pellowing 279 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 1: through penpower websites to find a man. Now, I just 280 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: having came across Derek, and I pretty much was more 281 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 1: interested in what he was saying rather than what he 282 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: looked like. So and Derek and Yarby have some people 283 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: feel like Monique is too good for you, like she 284 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,000 Speaker 1: just treats you too good. They also feel like she 285 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: pays for things and that you're out here doing you 286 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,000 Speaker 1: and she's holding you down. She held you down while 287 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 1: you were locked up. Then you came home, she's, you know, 288 00:14:43,520 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: handling things. I know at one point they thought you 289 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:48,240 Speaker 1: paid that crazy bill for dinner, but it turns out 290 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: production paid that five hundred dollar bill. Is that correct. 291 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:56,160 Speaker 1: I don't like how that became a big thing, Like 292 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 1: this is the man I love and I care about. 293 00:14:58,440 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 1: Even if he didn't want to come home and he 294 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: want to try everything on the menu, I will get 295 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: that for him. I'm not gonna deprop him of anything, 296 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, because right so it's like 297 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: if he want to say you want to have wham chops, 298 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: crab legs, whatever the case may, we go ahead and 299 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: get that. You let anybody catch report When I came 300 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 1: on with nine and no body catched that, No, I 301 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: didn't care. We definitely will be talking about I was 302 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: in the bank for a minute. They could we TV 303 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,280 Speaker 1: couldn't even believe it, right, How you do that? So 304 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: you put nine thousand dollars that was none of my 305 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: money money, Yeah, that was his home money. He came 306 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: home and oh, okay, got you and look And that 307 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: is true though, because I also know, you know, it 308 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: is hard when you first get out too to also 309 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: even be able to like be properly situated. Sometimes you know, 310 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: you gotta get a job, you gotta get someplace to live, 311 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: all of those things that I know. It's not easy 312 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: right away. You gotta kind of get back on your feet. 313 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: So how has that process been for you? It's been smooth, 314 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 1: Cup and playing for my release date ever since I 315 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: stepped in, Like I was, like I said, I'm gonna 316 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: keep something. I was ahead of my time, like growing 317 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: up period, so I'm always thinking about the like the future. 318 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: So that being said, I was playing on since day 319 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 1: one when I got my sentence. I knew I had 320 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: to give myself together so I won't be back in 321 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: that same situation. This is prime example because I don't 322 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: know if y'all gonna ask, like how we got on 323 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: the show. I didn't want to be in the show. 324 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: How did you get in the show? Organically? Go ahead, 325 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: speak on it. I ain't sign no application of it. 326 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:34,200 Speaker 1: I know that much. Yeah, we didn't apply for the show. 327 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: Actually I was about to face but like prison wife 328 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 1: girlfriend group, like what other prison? While I was in 329 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: there and like I guess, like one of the casts 330 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 1: and directors was in there, and she like inboxed me 331 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: and we were talking. We were communicating, and she liked 332 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 1: our story. And Darren really didn't want to do it. 333 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: He thought they were the fits like street Street, this 334 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,520 Speaker 1: is real, real life, like they're looking at it. I 335 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,920 Speaker 1: know my story, you know, and then I know her stories. 336 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: So I'm like, and nobody just want to get into 337 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 1: because I had one some way from my my area. 338 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: The Fears was recording then when he was shooting his documentary, 339 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 1: that was a fair So I'm like you seriously, So 340 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: I had to really take a look into this. It 341 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 1: took us like like six ninety days. Really just say yeah, 342 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,479 Speaker 1: we're gonna do this. Yeah, because for people who don't know, 343 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: they might feel like y'all are just in a fake relationship. 344 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 1: Sometimes people think that because a lot of reality TV 345 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:27,479 Speaker 1: is not for real reality, right may No, it's not reality, 346 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: and so sometimes people think there's all these like made 347 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: up things and y'all together just to get a check 348 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: to be on TV. But this was them approaching you 349 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:37,639 Speaker 1: because you was in this group. So it wasn't like 350 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: y'all applied to be on this and like let's pretend 351 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 1: to be in a relationship. This was a real thing. 352 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: This was real, like some people do got to sign up. 353 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 1: I don't knock him for that. Yeah, everybody, I didn't 354 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: own story. Y'all say until you stay, we ain't have 355 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: to do that. Have you noticed now that you're on 356 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:53,919 Speaker 1: the show that you all both get more attention, Like, like, 357 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: I'm sure there are lots of many your dms, lots 358 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:57,640 Speaker 1: of women in your dms. Now that you're on the show, 359 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,399 Speaker 1: you guys noticed more of that. I feel when I'm 360 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 1: a person in the streets and people come up to 361 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 1: me like you're all so relatable, y'all, Like, y'all, we're 362 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 1: telling other people's stories though, and it's so real, like 363 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,520 Speaker 1: I'm gonna keep you know, we're gonna keep doing it 364 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: for y'all. We're gonna keep you know what I'm saying, 365 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: being that motivation inspiration. When they be hearing our dms, 366 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: I'll be feeling it. You can probably hearing my voice. 367 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:22,679 Speaker 1: You know, I'm like showing love. So Monique and her 368 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 1: showing love to me. It's like we're doing it for 369 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 1: like the culture. So I respected all day, so I 370 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:30,199 Speaker 1: got it most definitely, you know, get some credit to 371 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: my supporters, like we got supporters that supporters for real, 372 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: not most definitely, I'll feel it right And Monique, I 373 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 1: saw on Life After lock Up there was a cliffhanger, 374 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: right if you're pregnant or not? So can we have 375 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: a drink or no? Y'all find out tonight. I'm like, yeah, 376 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 1: were having a sty regardless of the whatever the or now? 377 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,120 Speaker 1: Are you all interested in having children? Are you open 378 00:18:58,200 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 1: to that? I'm open to having kids alway, We talked 379 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,119 Speaker 1: about it alway. You want to have kids? So what 380 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: about marriage? Working on that? He got that ring, baby, 381 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: you're working on that. My jeweler still my jeweler is 382 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: still open. It just a glitching and Google too. I 383 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,280 Speaker 1: got him on that and say it's clothed. We look, 384 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: he's still open. Okay, Now, let me ask you this 385 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: family because it seems like that causes a lot of 386 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 1: issues and the relationship on both of your side. Now, Derek, 387 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: I saw your sister was on Live and she was 388 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: trying to say that you guys had uh. You know, 389 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 1: we're abusive toward each other physically, right, So what is 390 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: the situation with that? We ain't putting our hands on 391 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,880 Speaker 1: each other. We we have our arguments, but we ain't. 392 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: It ain't coming to physical blows. And I'm like that, 393 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: how do you feel about your sisters because I know 394 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: that's a difficult position to be in. Your sisters clearly 395 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 1: don't like Monique and Story and Return. She clearly doesn't 396 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: like them because of you know, how they treat her. 397 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 1: So how do you move forward like that? Like if 398 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 1: you won't for if you ain't for us, you ain't 399 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: for me. That's how I've been moving on. That's what 400 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: anybody family friends whoever, because she loved me. You will see, 401 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: like my father saw, they loved her. She was like 402 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 1: she was born in the family. But no, that's how 403 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,479 Speaker 1: it is. You know, my mother sawed. They ain't so 404 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: much embracing the situation because they feel like I got 405 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: a type and then I looked at it and talked 406 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,919 Speaker 1: to him out, you know, my core supporters and my 407 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 1: family like, I'm looking at my old line up, like 408 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: I did have a type, but that was then. That 409 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 1: was when I was twenty, you know, and younger. The type. 410 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 1: The type was like light skin, you know, taller like 411 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:40,080 Speaker 1: probably like five eight, with the long hair, light eyes. 412 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: I'm just being real, that's what the you know, that's 413 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: that's what the steel typical. That's what my family was saying, 414 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 1: spoke on like, she's not what I usually go for 415 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: far as the superficial, the surface. They don't know the 416 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: inside what I know, they don't know the character. That's 417 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 1: what I'm going on. That's what we standing on because 418 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 1: we haven't been through a lot because I didn't had. 419 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,879 Speaker 1: I have had them come around when I was locked up, 420 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: but guess what, they were short lived. They were short lived. 421 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: They would probably be in my they probably be in 422 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: a mail boxer on a couple of months. I'm I 423 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 1: just did eight years till months. Friday Day for day, right, 424 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 1: and I still told That's why I got that right 425 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: there with me when I stepped in. That's how that's 426 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 1: the statement of reasons, not for public disclosure, where this 427 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: is a whole breakdown, where you break down your whole sentence. 428 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 1: This is not this only posted the judge, the prosecutor, 429 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,399 Speaker 1: and your lord to see this. Nobody else right this one. 430 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 1: I'm embraced from my city right here because I was twenty. 431 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,359 Speaker 1: I was really. This is the transcripts too. That's what 432 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: I know with New York life. You gotta have your transcripts. 433 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 1: But listen, Yeah, yeah, for sure, I just I just 434 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: went down there. But that's what she she noticed, Like 435 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: she knows my kids know I'm a good person, and 436 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: she knows I'm sending home principles. She gave me love 437 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: and loyalty. She was real. I just returned that same 438 00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: energy because I gave it out in the streets to 439 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: the homies, to the gang, to the members, and I'm like, 440 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 1: I grew up. No, I didn't grew up when I 441 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:16,719 Speaker 1: was in the fidds. I didn't grow up and lurk 442 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 1: so much. I'm gonna get that same energy to my girl. 443 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: Anybody else who's standing on that, gonna love that and 444 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: embraced that. That's what's going on, repet see that. That's 445 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 1: that's the difference. Now, you know, I'm I'm just speaking 446 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: because this is I learned a lot from trial and error, 447 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: a lot of the things I was doing just living 448 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: and learning. I was bumping my head and now like 449 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: it's look at all these doors, open them now while 450 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,520 Speaker 1: doing the right thing. How long have you been out? 451 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 1: But non sense? August twenty one And nick sisters don't 452 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:53,200 Speaker 1: you Yeah, and nick sisters don't seem to like you either. Now, 453 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 1: how is that situation? That's what it's the family sometimes, 454 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: that's like so many issues. It's up and down, it's 455 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: up and done. It's good and bad. You know. But 456 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: my sisters don't get too much into my business like 457 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 1: her sisters. Right then my del voice the opinion, and 458 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: then mony gonna do whatever she gonna do. You ran 459 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 1: over one of his sisters. She fell on the ground. Yeah, 460 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 1: blighty crazy, just dramatic. Yeah, what about when you found 461 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,960 Speaker 1: out that Derek did cheat though, right, and you did 462 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,640 Speaker 1: admit that you did cheat. You stepped out. You said 463 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 1: it was early when you had first gotten home, so 464 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: how was that for you? Getting over that? Because we 465 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 1: still he went really hard to try to win you back. 466 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: It definitely was hard to get over it just because 467 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 1: I'm like, I didn't did so much for this man, 468 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,399 Speaker 1: Like we didn't been through so much, and it's like 469 00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 1: a week out you're already cheating what she didn't. On 470 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: the flip side, for like we was in a great year. 471 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,880 Speaker 1: It's that same area we was in before we got together, 472 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: so I like, and then she helped me look at that, 473 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: like even if we're in the great, I ain't cheat, 474 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: So what's the great? What do you mean? Where we 475 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:10,440 Speaker 1: had like like arguing and it's like it's and it's 476 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:12,440 Speaker 1: like it wasn't clear. I felt like and that was 477 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:14,919 Speaker 1: the first week out you guys were because but it 478 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:16,640 Speaker 1: wasn't so much to us though we love each other, 479 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 1: we loved, but it was her my family, like it 480 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:22,120 Speaker 1: was causing straining on all relationship and you will see 481 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: the core we want to walking about each other. We 482 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 1: argue because we just took place with my sisters. Then 483 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 1: outside noise, right, a lot of arguments only come from us. 484 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: It comes from outside noise. And that's why once we 485 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,720 Speaker 1: move right along we'd be good, were small and happy day. 486 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 1: But it's the outside noise, right, So y'all in one 487 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: city now, No, but I come a lot every week, 488 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: like every other week. So then I stayed for like 489 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: a week or two. How were you able to forgive him? Though? 490 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 1: For that she's working on it. I'm working on it. 491 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,959 Speaker 1: I haven't completely over it. So with the fact that 492 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 1: you knew that he'd been in jail all that time, 493 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: and you know, it's kind of likely or realistic to 494 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 1: understand that a man may make a mistake or three. 495 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 1: I wasn't. I wasn't in denial about cheating. I was 496 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 1: more so hurt that it happened so soon, Like it happened, 497 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 1: you know, a week out while I was in his city. 498 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 1: Like it was. It was. It was bad. It was 499 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:27,719 Speaker 1: a bad look, but like I said, the only thing 500 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: and I ain't really trying to want to make excuses 501 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 1: about flight we left on were like we separate on 502 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 1: bad times, you and the person that you cheated. No, 503 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,679 Speaker 1: it was arguing, but it was arguing with my sister though. 504 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: It was like my sisters, my family like causing, putting 505 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,280 Speaker 1: a strain on us, and she like, wait, we had 506 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: an argument we never had before it was on TV. 507 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 1: It was kind of crazy. Yeah, I don't even get 508 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: like that, be like wait cool, But I was just 509 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: so much going on because a lot of the time 510 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:55,359 Speaker 1: I ain't talking about the jail. I ain't trying to 511 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 1: be in the violence and around none of that, because 512 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 1: you know, I've been there, I've done that, so I'm 513 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 1: trying to stay away from that. And I ain't trying 514 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 1: to put her in horns away either, So I'm like, 515 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 1: come on, we gotta move better than that. Even if 516 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:13,720 Speaker 1: people like being negative, we can't. We can't match that energy. 517 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 1: Then she like sometimes you can, Like I'm like, no, 518 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: I'm cool because my my negative is totally different, you know, 519 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: because I've been in you know, prisons at level seven 520 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: and it's totally different. Like y'all can talk and it 521 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: be done, No with I just seen when talking and 522 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 1: ain't done to know with, escalate it, get it get bloody. 523 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,919 Speaker 1: So I'm like, y'all can get over that, like my 524 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,919 Speaker 1: sizen in. But she keeps saying they can't. I'm like, 525 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: how y'all can't? It's just words and it escalated. Then 526 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, when you guys do get married, you think 527 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: your sisters will come to the wedding they're not invited. 528 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:53,879 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, won't too. For they all reason they won't 529 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: as definitely won't too. Would y'all film it? Would it? 530 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 1: Would you like like a wedding special or something like 531 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 1: that to do that every everybody, We're gonna make it. 532 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: We're gonna make it. They gonna they gonna want to 533 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 1: definitely feel that. Ye are y'all going? Would you like 534 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: to do y'all have your own show or do something 535 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: separately off off of this? Could I'd be waiting for y'all. Second, 536 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:17,880 Speaker 1: Come on, I'm like, I'm just waiting for them. Tell 537 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,119 Speaker 1: them you want to what you want. I mean, we appreciate, 538 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: you know, we TV the opportunity and everything, so we 539 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: want to continue to work with them and possibly opunities. Yeah, 540 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,679 Speaker 1: most definitely. Now, Moniquet saw another issue that you were 541 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: concerned about was Derek if he was using drugs? Right? 542 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: I sew you saying I just want to make sure 543 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 1: you're not going and doing all of that, And you know, 544 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 1: why did you even think that? I never thought he 545 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 1: was using drugs until he was on the phone with 546 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: his the PO asking him like drugs. Yeah, so it's 547 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:53,760 Speaker 1: like when he was saying all the things, I never 548 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:59,440 Speaker 1: knew he did that, So that was like no information. 549 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,359 Speaker 1: But I mean he's been cleaning and sober while he 550 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:05,560 Speaker 1: was in prison. He didn't have a choice, right, and 551 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 1: you got choices the show. You got choices. You can 552 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: go either way you want to go. It's available in there. 553 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:17,280 Speaker 1: Like I'm gonna just say, you know, I'm gonna just 554 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: say this though. You know, I got some of the 555 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,879 Speaker 1: best lawyers in the in the city though, so okay, 556 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: you know, you know so because he hadn't understand that, 557 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 1: Like she's like, why, you know, why are you saying that? Like, 558 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: you know, it's just how something you got to be. 559 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 1: You know how they treat you in Cleveland. Now they 560 00:28:31,960 --> 00:28:34,360 Speaker 1: treat me good. They treat her good too. They called 561 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 1: her sister all that. You know, you think it would 562 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: be like a lot of hate, but they call her sister. 563 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 1: They think, like telling how you just just cleaning? How 564 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 1: they was streaming, Yeah, I was in the store and 565 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 1: that was like, oh, you're really out here. We thought 566 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:49,360 Speaker 1: how was fake? Like relationship. It's like we were together 567 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: before TV, like and I don't think people realized you 568 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,400 Speaker 1: alread together before the show. You know, yeah, you know, 569 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 1: y'all were already. We were already, but we didn't applied 570 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 1: to me on this show, right and we had our 571 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: trials and relationship before the show. Right now. The first thing, Yeah, 572 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: what was that like? The first night together? It was epic. 573 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: Ain't gonna lie. They ain't catch that, you're all court 574 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 1: that I ain't catch that. You cried out the joy 575 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 1: of being home. Man, it was everything. When I left 576 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:32,200 Speaker 1: where I was, that where I know where I was 577 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 1: going to go. It was everything. I couldn't believe. I 578 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: cried in funner, but it was just so real because 579 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: I knew what we've been through, what what we got. 580 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 1: Other people to understand what we got her hurt like 581 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: that her mother could say no, not him, and guess what, 582 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: We're gonna still be like this because they just don't know. 583 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: Because her mother and her husband know what they got, 584 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: they just don't know what we got. And we've showing 585 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,960 Speaker 1: them everything what we got. We showing each other every 586 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: day what we got, so it hit different. What about 587 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,480 Speaker 1: a couple's counseling. Have y'all done that, because you know, 588 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: people always say that in order to stay together. Sometimes 589 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 1: it's necessary to bring in a third party to really 590 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:18,080 Speaker 1: help out. I was doing counseling for my you know, 591 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,880 Speaker 1: parole and all that too, So I'll definitely think it's good. 592 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 1: So would you be open to it somebody relate to 593 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,640 Speaker 1: I'm a most definitely speak on that because some people 594 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:30,959 Speaker 1: trying to have an opinion, they just come in with 595 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 1: statistics in and like textbook book read like come for me, 596 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 1: like if you can been through some things, so you 597 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: can understand that in that moment, how how it was. 598 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: Because I don't be like, oh, that's wrong, because in 599 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,280 Speaker 1: that moment it might have been right. You know, I 600 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 1: don't think people even understand all the pain that you've 601 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,800 Speaker 1: been through before, even before you got locked up. I 602 00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 1: saw your whole story with your mom, and I know 603 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,040 Speaker 1: I saw that she had gotten killed and then you 604 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 1: felt like you never had a chance to properly grieve 605 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,240 Speaker 1: before you ended up getting locked up. What did you 606 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 1: learn about yourself and counseling things I've been through. It 607 00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,479 Speaker 1: made me a man, you know, It made me stronger, 608 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 1: It made me smarter, and I feel like I always 609 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 1: had to be strong for my my family, so it 610 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 1: just made me better. You know, I had to be 611 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 1: better for those who you know, who weren't here and 612 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 1: who who wanted who I wanted to make problem. You know, 613 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 1: my mother would be happy to be here. You know. 614 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 1: I just sent away something going through She be right here, 615 00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 1: so you know, I'm just doing it for those who 616 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 1: I know, Like right now, they're smiling, you know. So, Monique, 617 00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: what are some things that you feel like people don't 618 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: know about you before all of this that you wish 619 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,480 Speaker 1: they would that maybe they didn't get a chance to 620 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:53,480 Speaker 1: see on the show. But I'm not so crazy. I'm 621 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,560 Speaker 1: also about insecure like people may think, they think like 622 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,760 Speaker 1: I'm just like smothering dark And I don't want to 623 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 1: have a relationship with his family. I don't mind him 624 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 1: having a relationship with people or let along his family. 625 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 1: I just want them to be a positive influence in 626 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,160 Speaker 1: his life that will stare him in the right direction. 627 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 1: So that's all in retrospect, though. Do you think the 628 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: cameras Do you think that location, location, on the phone 629 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 1: and all of that, you think that's successive. I don't 630 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:30,960 Speaker 1: think there's anything wrong with Sharon locations. What about them cameras? 631 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 1: Derek is sneaky, So let me ask you this. Yeah, 632 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 1: I get it. I get it. What's the craziest room 633 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 1: where y'all heard about each other or yourself or whatever? 634 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 1: Since you've been doing the show, and it's so many 635 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: The craziest one I heard that I was married and 636 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: I don't take care of my son. I got a 637 00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: son somewhere. What's the craziest you when you heard about yourself? Oh, 638 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:09,560 Speaker 1: my sister was some uh some partner of miss she's 639 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 1: so overprotective of you. Like if y'all look at the show, 640 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 1: let's say Derek sister, you know she had a transition. Okay, 641 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: But the think about it though, like what about those 642 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 1: that I embraced it? You know, I love who you 643 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 1: want to love be who are you on the beach? Right? 644 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 1: I'm grown? She had to transition? Yeah, like he's saying, 645 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: you know so when I'm saying, then I embraced it, 646 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: so like that's that's supposed to be like happy, like right, 647 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 1: you know that's who she is and whatnot. So I'm like, 648 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:42,040 Speaker 1: I ain't reading the caption and say, Derek sister, I 649 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:47,880 Speaker 1: was just like, I far fetched. That's my sister. That's it, right, period, mother, 650 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: that's my mother's daughter. Right. Monique is very forgiving of you, um, 651 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: and she's patient with you, and I'm sure you paid 652 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,120 Speaker 1: with her. If anything was to ever happen where she 653 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,560 Speaker 1: maybe stepped out, stepped out old or you know, could 654 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,440 Speaker 1: you forget? Yeah, would you be able to be asked 655 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:08,800 Speaker 1: forgiving as she is to you? That's a great question. No, 656 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,200 Speaker 1: I mean you say that now, but you know she 657 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,200 Speaker 1: did have to deal with a lot and forgive a lot, 658 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,360 Speaker 1: and you did have to really win her back. It 659 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:21,160 Speaker 1: could have been a situation where you did what she 660 00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,759 Speaker 1: was doing and then maybe she was feeling unloved and 661 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 1: y'all had a break. Like you said, it was a 662 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: great area of a gray area because it was like 663 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 1: a month right that y'all didn't speak. I'm gonna try 664 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 1: to not make this mistakes so she won't be to 665 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,200 Speaker 1: do that what I did. I'm gonna do anything I 666 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 1: need to do, give her all her said, if her 667 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 1: wanting her knees, and I'm gonna actually I do it good. 668 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: I take care of you as opposed to so it 669 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:50,880 Speaker 1: won't happen, so it won't be like that. Yeah, I'm 670 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:53,080 Speaker 1: holding it down. I'm holding it down. I'm out, I'm 671 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:54,719 Speaker 1: holding it down. She held me down. I'm holding it 672 00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:57,040 Speaker 1: down up. You were here on now back for the 673 00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:00,080 Speaker 1: guys that you was locked up. Where are they like? Yeah, yeah, 674 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 1: the man they most definitely they might support I got. 675 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,240 Speaker 1: I got the jails and prisons to feel. They watching 676 00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:08,840 Speaker 1: me every Friday, they're getting ready for me. You know, 677 00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: they making their little cook ups. You know they they watched, 678 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,239 Speaker 1: they tuning in. I was really there because I was 679 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,239 Speaker 1: really there. I was really there in the trenches. Yeah, 680 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:19,759 Speaker 1: And it's so funny, right, I don't even watch TV. 681 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,279 Speaker 1: I ain't. I don't even watch TV. But they because 682 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,279 Speaker 1: they can relate, Like whether as I was in the 683 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:29,239 Speaker 1: streets with him from the neighborhood, playing football, went to 684 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,879 Speaker 1: high school. People couldn't relate because they know me. They 685 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 1: know my story. Now it's really highlighted because on TV 686 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,160 Speaker 1: and I was just I just left prison, stay and fellow. 687 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,759 Speaker 1: So it's like he can do it. He could stop, 688 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 1: he could stop doing what he was doing in the streets. 689 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:47,840 Speaker 1: Because now y'all know, I ain't want to be in 690 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,839 Speaker 1: the show, because be honest, if I if I wasn't 691 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 1: on the show, I'm gonna be all the way. I 692 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,799 Speaker 1: probably was still be in the streets right because that 693 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:59,160 Speaker 1: tempt tasting is so it's wicked, and I was getting 694 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,000 Speaker 1: to it. I was high level when I was out 695 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:05,799 Speaker 1: at twenty, I wanted just on the lower levels. So 696 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:11,759 Speaker 1: so now and career wise, what happens next. So we 697 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,840 Speaker 1: build a team. We're trying to like explore, you know what, 698 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:20,200 Speaker 1: our own show, doing that my fitness. I'm going to 699 00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:22,520 Speaker 1: school and be a personal training of physical therapist something 700 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,640 Speaker 1: of that. And I got some things like opened up 701 00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:32,200 Speaker 1: my own ventures with podcasts and I'm like into life 702 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:36,799 Speaker 1: being active in my community, nonprofit, like I got an 703 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:40,680 Speaker 1: organization I'm working on with the youth through sports and athletics. 704 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:43,239 Speaker 1: I was being on that growing up. So I'm doing that. 705 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,520 Speaker 1: And I had some opportunities to play some parts of movies. 706 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:48,680 Speaker 1: I want to do some documentaries too, by my stories 707 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,840 Speaker 1: and my city. Things like that. My stories and a 708 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,000 Speaker 1: lot of my falling soldiers who ain't here no more, 709 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:56,640 Speaker 1: you know, the ones behind the wall, They got stories. 710 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,680 Speaker 1: Everybody got a story. I ain't even believe in my 711 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,319 Speaker 1: soul into I got it wrong. Someone who've seen something 712 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:06,879 Speaker 1: to me that I didn't see myself. And I see 713 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 1: that in a lot of people now that's great paying 714 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:13,000 Speaker 1: it forward. And Monique, what I know you already have 715 00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:16,719 Speaker 1: a job, but like, what's what's next for you? Um 716 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,840 Speaker 1: working through my white law surgery. I'm also looking to 717 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:23,920 Speaker 1: expanding like the hair business through cosmetics like lip kids 718 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,759 Speaker 1: Abroad kids, So that should be coming out soon, okay. 719 00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,760 Speaker 1: And it's somebody gonna move somewhere. Somebody gonna move to Cleveland. 720 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:35,640 Speaker 1: Some ain't gonna move to Chicago. To me, it might 721 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:37,640 Speaker 1: be next week, so we could come back from New York. 722 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:41,880 Speaker 1: So locking it in. It's a good month. It's a 723 00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:45,680 Speaker 1: good month, all right, well tuned in to life after 724 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:47,239 Speaker 1: lock up and then I can't wait to see what 725 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,160 Speaker 1: you guys have coming up next. But I did want 726 00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:51,160 Speaker 1: to bring y'all up here just because people act like 727 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:54,239 Speaker 1: this relationship isn't real for some reason, you know. So 728 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:55,840 Speaker 1: I just wanted people to see because when I watched it, 729 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,480 Speaker 1: I could see, especially when you were trying to wear 730 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,880 Speaker 1: her back. You know, you was going, so how are 731 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:02,319 Speaker 1: you buying the candles? And it's a little bit more too. 732 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,719 Speaker 1: They didn't get that eight what else? What else? What else? 733 00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:10,520 Speaker 1: Listen listening? They're so cute everything always holding her, grabbed her, 734 00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:15,840 Speaker 1: hand whatever you feel like she needs him. What do 735 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:18,680 Speaker 1: you mean? You know what I'm saying. They they get this, candles, 736 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:23,000 Speaker 1: the flowers. That's why we're still good because it's a 737 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,280 Speaker 1: little bit more. I'm doing a little bit more, always 738 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,600 Speaker 1: a little bit more, alright, all right, Well, we are 739 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:31,920 Speaker 1: definitely rooting for y'all. So you can't come up here 740 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:37,480 Speaker 1: and did not work out, right, But Monique and Derek 741 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,560 Speaker 1: love after lock up, life after lock up, and then 742 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:44,279 Speaker 1: marriage after lock up. We can kids after lock up, 743 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: babies after lock up, and then yeah, speaking in two weeks, 744 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:49,839 Speaker 1: that's what's been going on. It's been working for us too, 745 00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,239 Speaker 1: all right. Well, thank y'all so much for coming through. 746 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,320 Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys really travel here to do this interview, 747 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,080 Speaker 1: to give us this exclusive for the first time, and 748 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,600 Speaker 1: hopefully it was a good experience for you. Yeah, thank 749 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,719 Speaker 1: you for having us. Appreciate you all. Thank you all. 750 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:12,719 Speaker 1: Nice Me and y'all. Where y'are m h