1 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: It's the greatest suspose and then the same making nanke 2 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: you ward carry Champion, the Cary Champion is the be 3 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: A champion, a Champion and Carrie Champion. 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 2: They Cleary Champion and. 5 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: Carry Champion and carried Chpy greatest sport and then nank 6 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 1: you Ward. 7 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 3: Hey, everybody, welcome to the best of This is what 8 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 3: I'd like to call our year in review, our our 9 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 3: wrap up, our look ahead, all of the things on 10 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 3: the Naked podcast. 11 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 4: We started this tradition a couple of years ago. 12 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 3: When we started the podcast, it was based on Believe me, 13 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 3: it's based on the most downloads and arguably the most 14 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 3: popular moments that we've had throughout the year. But I 15 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 3: take a moment to talk about just the year in general. 16 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 3: I think so much happens, and we go through so 17 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 3: much good, bad, trauma, sad, chaos, calm, calamity, you name it, 18 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 3: and we don't ever really take stop when we get 19 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 3: to the end of the year. We always look ahead 20 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 3: to what our resolutions would be. I challenge you guys 21 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 3: who are listening right now, just write down three things 22 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 3: that you did significantly this year, go all the way 23 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,479 Speaker 3: back from January. One of twenty three, and then take 24 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 3: it full circle to January one, twenty twenty four, soon 25 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 3: to be you deserve to acknowledge all the good I 26 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 3: just said three, and that's just because my memory is bad. 27 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 4: I'm sure there have been at least. 28 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 3: Twenty amazing moments that I have been able to document 29 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 3: throughout the year. And what I mean by definition of 30 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 3: amazing moments that arguably made me better, not worse, Moments 31 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 3: that were tough but helped me grow, Moments that were 32 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 3: character building. I just got into this conversation with a 33 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 3: really good friend of mine and I was asking her, no, 34 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 3: you've been through a lot, and do you have any regrets? 35 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 3: And she said no, And I said, okay, acceptable have 36 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 3: you learned anything? And she said, I've learned a lot. 37 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 3: And sometimes I think that's the best gift. Obviously, when 38 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 3: you're going through it, you don't think it's the best gift, 39 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 3: but it's a great gift. So what I mean my 40 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 3: amazing is amazing accomplishments. And that has to do with 41 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 3: maybe you had a huge raise at work and another 42 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 3: amazing accomplishment. Maybe you and your sister are speaking again, 43 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 3: and that in itself, while difficult, it was an amazing accomplishment. 44 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 4: I'm just throwing that out there. Nothing personal about me. 45 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:32,959 Speaker 3: So what I decided to do because oftentimes as we 46 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,280 Speaker 3: look ahead to the new year, we start thinking about 47 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 3: what we're not gonna do. We're gonna eat better, we're 48 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 3: gonna exercise more, we're going to fall in love, We're 49 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: gonna be good with our money, We're going to be nice, 50 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 3: or we're not gonna curse all the things, all the 51 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 3: things to make us better. 52 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 4: We're gonna start January one dry January. I don't believe 53 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 4: in that. 54 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 3: However, I do know there are two things that consistently 55 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 3: come up among me, my friends, a lot of folks, 56 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 3: and that is what this Year in Review podcasts will be. 57 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 3: I'm gonna give you or introduce you to four highlighted moments, 58 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 3: but I'm grouping them and the first act, I'll call 59 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 3: it love and how to define it. I was able 60 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,640 Speaker 3: to have my really good friend Jessica on the podcast, 61 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 3: and she is a beautiful, single black woman, lives in Brooklyn, 62 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 3: and she had been meeting throughout the year some really 63 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 3: interesting characters. And while this story is really funny, I 64 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 3: don't want anybody to be offended. She was just having 65 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 3: a hard time finding a good guy. She has since 66 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 3: decided if you care for the update dot dot dot, 67 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 3: I'll tell you in the tag. She has since decided 68 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 3: something about love, but first I want you to hear 69 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 3: her story. I couple Jessica's story with another podcast that 70 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 3: was also in some former fashion about love, and that 71 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 3: was Maya. She is that singer I don't know how 72 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 3: to sing, so I don't even know I did that. 73 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 3: Hopefully my great editor can fix that. Oh you know what, 74 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 3: that's my version of singing. She too talked about love 75 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 3: in her latest album that just recently came out earlier 76 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 3: this year, and she also talked about not love necessarily 77 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 3: finding it, but what it means for her and what 78 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 3: it represents. And I thought that was an interesting way 79 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 3: to look at love as we head into this new year. 80 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 3: In the second act, we talked to two comedians that 81 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 3: have quote unquote made it in their own rights in 82 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 3: different times, arguably different decades, but both very. 83 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 4: Successful household names. 84 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 3: And how do you sustain success, especially in a business 85 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 3: as mercurial as being a comedian, an actress, a singer, 86 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 3: all the things. Well, these two comedians, Junior you Seer 87 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 3: and Tommy Davidson tell really interesting perspectives, obviously from their purview, 88 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 3: she being a woman, he being a man, and it's 89 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 3: really interesting how they go about making fun of their 90 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 3: lives as they've tried to pursue success and define it. 91 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 4: I hope you enjoyed this year in review of Naked 92 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 4: and Carrie Sheppy and and Carrie Shevy. 93 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 3: For those who are listening, Jessica and I hit every 94 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 3: spot in the city. We went to Seville to listen 95 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 3: to live music. We hung out with different people that 96 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 3: I kind of was interested in, and after I was 97 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 3: kind of interested in somebody, Jessica would give a quick recap, 98 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 3: like he's not the one because maybe you know, we 99 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 3: don't want to go out with him because I saw 100 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 3: him pick his nose at the table. 101 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,160 Speaker 4: I'm like, Jessica, everybody picks their nose. Why are you 102 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 4: so picky? You know what I mean? 103 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 3: Or or you know, like Jessica, love is hard to 104 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 3: find and every every jack needs a jill, every jill 105 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 3: needs a jack, every jill needs a jill, you know 106 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 3: what I mean. I was like, you can't be that 107 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 3: way now, So we decided to go to so fast Forward. 108 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 3: I'm skipping over a lot of things. We decided to 109 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 3: go to London and see Beyonce. This is going to 110 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 3: be a time. But we weren't going together, we were 111 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 3: going separately. It just so happens we were going to 112 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 3: the same concert. So I'm like, growl, I'm gonna see 113 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 3: you in London. We're gonna have a good time. We're 114 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 3: gonna have a good time. We're gonna have a good time. 115 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 3: So Jessica gets to London and just is living her 116 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 3: little cue. So like she's dancing, She's meeting all kind 117 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 3: of men. She's like, growl, man, five men last night. 118 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 3: I've met two men. The other night, I'm at this 119 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,280 Speaker 3: one man here and this one man there. And you 120 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 3: met one guy who was really sweet to you and 121 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,960 Speaker 3: it was a sign of chivalry and we were like 122 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 3: this might be it. Please explain Bachelor number two. 123 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 5: Bachelor number two, Oh what a wonderful person. 124 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 6: First of all, let me just say to the black lady, 125 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 6: if you're looking for love, go to London. They love 126 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 6: themselves a black American woman. 127 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 4: I mean they do. 128 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 6: You gotta bat them off with It's like a fly swater. 129 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 6: You're like, I can't even go down the block without 130 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 6: somebody find enough on me. I think I might have 131 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 6: to move to London. Well, I think I might have 132 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 6: to move to London just for like two weeks. For 133 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 6: that was that was, That was an experience. But out 134 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 6: of all the gentlemen, I went on several dates in London. 135 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 6: I was only there for like four days. 136 00:06:59,320 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 5: Now you did not. 137 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 6: We've moved on and now we're on to Bachelor number two, 138 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 6: number two. So that so I had several dates in London. 139 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 6: They were amazing. But there was this one guy who 140 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 6: was my knight in shining Armor. He saved me from 141 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 6: a pretty racially charged situation. And the next day check 142 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 6: what was. 143 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 4: The racially charged situation? 144 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 6: Oh my gosh, there was this gentleman who decided to 145 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 6: spew racial slurs at me and call me out of 146 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 6: my name walking out of the SOHO house and shortage 147 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 6: and you know, the PG County and me was shocked 148 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 6: and stunned. And when I got outside is when I 149 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:49,640 Speaker 6: confronted him about his disgusting behavior and just had to 150 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 6: let him know, like, don't you ever talk to a 151 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 6: black queen like that again, because I'm not the one, 152 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 6: or the two or the three. So this gentleman came 153 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 6: in between this fewed and told the guy flat out, 154 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 6: like you're disrespectful, you're wrong, and just came to my rescue. 155 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:06,880 Speaker 4: And I felt wonderful. 156 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 5: It was wonderful. I felt very valued, I felt appreciated. 157 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 6: I felt protected because I'm in this country that you know, 158 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 6: by myself. You know, I've only been there once before, 159 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 6: and it was like late at night, and I've never 160 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 6: had somebody like attack me verbally with like with racial undertones, 161 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 6: like really racist undertone. So it was a very vulnerable moment. 162 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:32,439 Speaker 6: And so he invited me out to brunch the next 163 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 6: day just to check on me, make sure I was good. 164 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 6: But this is the day of our concert. So we're 165 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 6: at brunch. We have a really good energy, a good vibe. 166 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,719 Speaker 6: He's so sweet to me, so nice, and then he 167 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:45,839 Speaker 6: wanted to spend more time, and I'm like, listen, I 168 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 6: have to get a bottle of ave for Carrie and 169 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 6: ized car ride to the concert because we're having a 170 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 6: party in the car. 171 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 4: So yeah, we're having an Uber party. 172 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 2: Guys. 173 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 3: We're driving safely that we are not drinking. I mean, 174 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 3: we're not driving. We're being show heard around by this great, 175 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 3: lovely Uber guy, and we need some champagne. That makes 176 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 3: perfect sense. 177 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,559 Speaker 5: Go ahead, But yes, we don't drink and drive over here. 178 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 4: Oh no, we don't do that. 179 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 5: You can't. Life is too important. Don't drink and drive PSA. Okay. 180 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 6: So he does the nicest things, like I go upstairs 181 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 6: to get dressed in my hotel. He's like, I will 182 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:22,559 Speaker 6: get you a bottle for you and your friend. When 183 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 6: I come down, he has another drink waiting for me, 184 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 6: doing all the things. Met me back in my part 185 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:32,439 Speaker 6: of town after the concept. Remember he spent the night. 186 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 6: No hanky panky, guys, no hanky panky, but he spent 187 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 6: the night. 188 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 4: You just did an adult You did an adult friendly sleepover, 189 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 4: which people do often exactly. 190 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 5: Oh no, right, adult. 191 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:45,959 Speaker 4: And by the way, if you didn't want to do 192 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 4: just an adult friendly sleepover, that's fine too. I mean 193 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 4: you're good and grown, like you pay your bills and 194 00:09:51,320 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 4: your taxes. 195 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 2: Go ahead. 196 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 6: So then we went out on a few more dates 197 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 6: after that, because I was there a couple more days, 198 00:09:57,360 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 6: like a day or two. 199 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:00,200 Speaker 5: He wanted to see me again, took me to dinner. 200 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 4: And on my leaf for a second. 201 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,719 Speaker 3: So he's just really into you. I want to make sure. 202 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 3: I mean to keep putting you off, but he's really 203 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 3: into you and he wants to see you. While you 204 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 3: were in London by this time I had left. I 205 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 3: had a quick stay. I was in and out, and 206 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 3: you were in the city and you were being romanced 207 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 3: by this lovely gentleman who was like your night in shining. 208 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 5: Armor, yes with a great accent. 209 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 6: And then my last night after dinner, he spent the 210 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 6: night again, no hanky panky. But in the middle of 211 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 6: the night I felt I just get a little restless 212 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 6: at times. So I rolled over and I slowly opened 213 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 6: my eyes, just you know, four in the morning. And 214 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 6: I'm not sure if I saw it, because this is 215 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 6: what I said to you. I think I saw something, 216 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 6: but I don't know if I actually saw the something. 217 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 6: But what I think that I saw that I might 218 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:48,559 Speaker 6: have really seen was him sucking his thumb. 219 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:55,319 Speaker 4: You see what now? What was he doing? 220 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 6: So what I said was is that I may have 221 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 6: potentially kind of seen him kind of sucking them and 222 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 6: metal position. 223 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 5: And I said, no, I close my I see no evil. 224 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:14,439 Speaker 6: I said no. 225 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 3: Wait wait, you said no, enclose your eyes tight, because 226 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,199 Speaker 3: you were hoping it was a fathom of your imagination 227 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,959 Speaker 3: agreement rather of your imagine Karry. 228 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,959 Speaker 5: You know, I thought I was dreaming. There's no possible way. 229 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 6: It wasn't possible, but no, because I closed my eyes 230 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 6: just really quickly, like Lord, I'm not doing this. Why 231 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 6: you got jokes up there? You got some jokes upstairs 232 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 6: by the god. 233 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:44,959 Speaker 4: From February fourteenth. 234 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 3: I know people ask you about this often, fresh fresh 235 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:53,719 Speaker 3: into the pandemic from Valentine's to day, you married yourself 236 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 3: for your music video The Truth. 237 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 4: Why did you do that? 238 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 3: That's an art for you, your express yourself. But that's 239 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 3: a beautiful, a beautiful proclamation. What made you make that 240 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:06,280 Speaker 3: the video? 241 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 5: Well? 242 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 7: I think there's this narrative and a lot of questions 243 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,719 Speaker 7: that have come about in my career, especially. 244 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 5: In my later career. Why are you not married? 245 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 7: Why do you not have kids? How come no one 246 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 7: has wiped you up? You know, there's been many proposals, etc. 247 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 7: But when my convey was a different message and also 248 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 7: a real message for me because of this fixation on 249 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 7: marriage for women and men an age for me especially 250 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 7: and what that feels like. Not all women can have children, 251 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 7: not all women want children, not all men want children 252 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 7: or want to be married, and that's okay. Everyone's lives 253 00:12:55,440 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 7: are different. But marrying myself was a physical ceremony. It 254 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 7: was in the music video, and I think what happened 255 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 7: in the press with just one picture and the fixation. 256 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 4: Was shown. 257 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 7: So why are people fixated on this idea? Because that's 258 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,199 Speaker 7: how we were raised in this particular society, that you're 259 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 7: not an honest woman. Oh you must be a liar 260 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 7: if you're not married, or some man who has not 261 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 7: swept you up with your feet. From the early movies 262 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,559 Speaker 7: that we see, animated movies where we have to give 263 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 7: up a gift or a part of ourselves to live 264 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 7: this happily ever life, I think not. So what is 265 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 7: it about this that is not resonating with me? 266 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 5: Is the question? 267 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 7: So in a spiritual journey, and I'm always on one, 268 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 7: it was about getting to the core of who Maya 269 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:02,760 Speaker 7: is and self love and committing to myself, and what 270 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 7: does that look like is the question. You can't obviously 271 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 7: think you're going to attract anything good for you if 272 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 7: you're not together. So this was about self work, self realization, 273 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 7: self love, self boundaries, and it had nothing to do 274 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 7: with anyone else. And so what that means is putting 275 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 7: in well, taking in and taking on positive energy from 276 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 7: what I tune into, what I'm putting into my body, sleep, 277 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 7: recharging as I exert myself in my life or a career, 278 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 7: making sure that my cough is full as a provider, 279 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:54,960 Speaker 7: and making sure that I also learn how to say 280 00:14:55,080 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 7: no in certain circumstances as a giver. That's what that 281 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 7: spiritual marriage was about. Physically, it was conveyed with a 282 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 7: wedding dress with the people understand most in this society 283 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 7: in particular, But that was also a song that I 284 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 7: wrote with that concept in mind, speaking to yourself highly 285 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 7: with positive words, so that you choose you in times 286 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 7: where the world might want be choosing you and you 287 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 7: may not feel worthy, or you're questioning how come because 288 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 7: everyone else is questioning you how come? It starts with 289 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 7: It literally starts with you, and everything else branches out 290 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 7: just like a tree. So what you put into you, 291 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 7: you receive back from the world. And so this is 292 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:52,560 Speaker 7: also confrontation with myself. No excuses, get it together. And 293 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:57,080 Speaker 7: that's what, in a nutshell, a spiritual marriage looks like. 294 00:15:57,240 --> 00:16:01,040 Speaker 7: And it shows up eventually physically and areas of your 295 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 7: life financially, mentally, emotionally, professionally, and now. 296 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 5: People are asking me what my secret is. 297 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 7: My secret literally is marrying myself spiritually and committing to 298 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 7: myself in all areas of my life where maybe I 299 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 7: was lacking, putting the love back and that's beautiful. Yeah, 300 00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 7: and then that allows you to gives back to the 301 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 7: world and fulfill your purpose. 302 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:31,920 Speaker 4: Yes, that's beautiful. 303 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, but people don't get that that is, so you're conceded. 304 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 4: Why did you yeah? Yeah, no, yeah, no, that's not 305 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 4: what that. 306 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 3: I understood that there was a message there, but you 307 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 3: explaining that made me think, like, why do we have 308 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 3: to adhere to what society says? If you can really 309 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 3: be comfortable in your own skin knowing that's what you did, 310 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 3: that that that translates in a lot of different ways. 311 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 3: And that's what I was going back to. You're very comfortable. 312 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 3: This is what you've decided to do, and it's work. 313 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 3: We always have to do the work. All of us 314 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 3: every day have to do the work. And I think 315 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 3: that message resonates with women such as myself single. You 316 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 3: know what I mean, I'm not married, I don't have kids. 317 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 4: What's wrong with you? And you're like nothing. I'm perfectly fine, 318 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 4: actually perfectly fine. 319 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 7: Everyone's life is not supposed to look the same, so 320 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 7: it's not supposed to look the same. Yeah, I embrace adversity. 321 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 7: I embrace the place of love that sometimes criticism or 322 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 7: we can take as criticism comes from because maybe there 323 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:41,160 Speaker 7: is a beautiful experience that other people want you to share. 324 00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 7: And so correcting my thoughts as well as I intake 325 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 7: so many opinions of the world regardless of the topic. 326 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 7: That's self correction and self assessment, which is also a 327 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 7: part of that self love journey. Not beating up yourself 328 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 7: or or I would say, being absorbed by the negative 329 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 7: city that our thoughts can immediately go too. 330 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 4: You know what that music means. 331 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 3: It means we have to pay some bills, but fast 332 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 3: forward because we're doing the best of our year in review, 333 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 3: if you will, of naked back in the moment. 334 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,879 Speaker 1: Every champion and Cary Champion is to be a champion 335 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 1: out a champion and carried Chappion, and Carrie chap Yat 336 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 1: a champion and carried Chappion and carried Shepy prad is 337 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:31,960 Speaker 1: Sports and entertainment can naked word. Every champion and Carrie 338 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 1: chappion is to be a champion. A champion and carried chappion. 339 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:40,640 Speaker 1: They shot a champion and carried chapion and carried Shepy Entertainment. 340 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 3: Nick, you were hey, y'all, we're back. This is again 341 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 3: our year in review of Naked. 342 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 4: This is act two. 343 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:50,119 Speaker 3: If you are paying attention, this is the pursuit of 344 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 3: success from the purview of two. 345 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 4: Very well known comedians. Hope you enjoy it. Well, why 346 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 4: did you want to just stay there and then day? 347 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 8: Why did you want to quot unquote do it here 348 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 8: in the States Because I'd hit a glass ceiling as 349 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 8: a black comedian in England, I'd hit a glass ceiling 350 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 8: and he made I got to a certain level of 351 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 8: fame and fourteen and I was coming out with white 352 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 8: comedians who were very similar to me talent, and they 353 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 8: were where I was selling theaters based on my own 354 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:25,360 Speaker 8: hard work. You know, I could sell out a two 355 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 8: thousand seat theater. Perhaps my white peers were able to 356 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 8: do seventeen thousand seater stadiums because they were given a 357 00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 8: lot more opportunities to be on TV. I'd always be 358 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,120 Speaker 8: the guest on someone else's TV, but I could never 359 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,159 Speaker 8: get on someone else's TV show, But I could never 360 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 8: get my own TV show as a black woman, whereas 361 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:48,600 Speaker 8: my white peers who I came up with were all 362 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 8: getting their own TV shows, which then led to them 363 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,879 Speaker 8: being exposed to a much larger audience, which meant they 364 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 8: can go and do these massive tours. And I was 365 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,640 Speaker 8: never going to get to that because the TV industry 366 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,440 Speaker 8: in England is run by old white men who only 367 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 8: give TV shows to other white men. So I'd hit 368 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 8: a glass ceiling. And for me, as a child living 369 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,160 Speaker 8: in England, I'd always known when from the age of four, 370 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:16,399 Speaker 8: I knew that England was not where I was supposed 371 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,640 Speaker 8: to be. I was supposed to be in America. From childhood, 372 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:21,600 Speaker 8: I thought American kids had a better life. You know, 373 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 8: every TV show I saw was American kids running each 374 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 8: to hang out with their friends on the beach and 375 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 8: riding bikes around town solving crimes. 376 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 2: So I always. 377 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 8: That the kids in America had a much better life. 378 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 8: So from childhood I wanted to be in America. Even 379 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 8: when I worked as an engineer, I worked for Otis, 380 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:46,399 Speaker 8: which was an American company, because my plan was to 381 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 8: transfer and become an engineer in America. Always My plan 382 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 8: had always been to come to America from the age 383 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 8: of four. So then when I started doing comedy, I 384 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:01,360 Speaker 8: was like, well, America's the whole of comedy, So one 385 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 8: day I'm going to go to America and do comedy. 386 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,000 Speaker 8: So even when I started out, even when I was 387 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 8: doing really well in England, i'd fly out to America 388 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 8: every year and just go to comedy clubs and just 389 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 8: go up and do my stuff, just to see if 390 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 8: my stuff traveled. 391 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 2: So I knew I could perform in America long before 392 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 2: I moved here. 393 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 8: Because I was out here coming out on vacations, getting 394 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 8: in New York, going to Miami, just going up at 395 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 8: comedy clubs and going I'm a comedian from England. Let 396 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 8: me go up and do five minutes. You don't even 397 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 8: have to pay me, and I just go up and 398 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 8: do five minutes. So I always knew, and I knew 399 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 8: that I and when I hit that glass ceiling in England, 400 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:42,240 Speaker 8: that was even more you know, of an incentive for 401 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 8: me to get the hell. 402 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:44,359 Speaker 2: Out, Yeah, to do what you are. 403 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 3: So you it's interesting you knew I feel like Hollywood 404 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 3: is running by white men, but you yea, you there is, 405 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,119 Speaker 3: but there is more of an opportunity for you to 406 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 3: thrive than there is one in the UK. 407 00:21:58,840 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 2: Yeah. 408 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 8: I always say that I hit the glass ceiling in 409 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,360 Speaker 8: the UK, and I was probably making at that point 410 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 8: one hundred and fifty grand a year. 411 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 4: Uh huh. 412 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 8: But when you hit the glass heel, the glass ceiling 413 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 8: for black performers in America is much higher than the 414 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 8: one in the U. 415 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 416 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 8: Do you want to play hit the glass ceiling in America? 417 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 8: I can hit the glass ceiling as a millionaire. Uh huh. 418 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 4: You know you're right, you're right, you know you're right. 419 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 4: You're me. 420 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 8: I was I'd go to America and hit that glass 421 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 8: ceiling because I'll be a millionaire when I hit it, 422 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 8: and I can cry in my money. 423 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 2: Yeah it's so. 424 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 4: Awful air, but I've got my money. 425 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 3: So then you you come here, you get on the 426 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:44,360 Speaker 3: circuit eight seventy five something I'll never ever forget at 427 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 3: the robbery, and but it is. 428 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 4: I do I know the scene. 429 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 5: I'm very familiar with how people are, like, this is 430 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 5: the societ. 431 00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 4: You're going to make it. You start working. How long 432 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 4: does it take you in terms of years, five years, 433 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 4: six years? When you where you find it to a 434 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 4: point where you are moving comfortably and not making eight 435 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,120 Speaker 4: to seventy five a show. 436 00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 2: After I moved to New York. 437 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:13,119 Speaker 8: So I was in LA for seven years, and then 438 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:16,919 Speaker 8: in those seven years, every year I'd fly to New 439 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 8: York and just ingratiate myself with all the comedy clubs 440 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 8: in New York. So I got into the Seller, I 441 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 8: got into the Gotham Comedy Club, and I just started 442 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 8: getting and that I do like two or three weeks 443 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,360 Speaker 8: in New York, and the comedy clubs in New York 444 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 8: paid decently, not as much as they paid in England, 445 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 8: but you could do a bunch of sets around New York. 446 00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 8: Get one hundred and twenty dollars here, one hundred here, 447 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:46,440 Speaker 8: eighty dollars here, So over a weekend, you could make 448 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 8: a thousand to twelve hundred to fifteen hundred dollars over 449 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 8: a weekend just doing sets all over New York, just 450 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 8: running around New York doing different comedy clubs, because they 451 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 8: paid anywhere between fifty and one hundred and thirty dollars 452 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 8: for a set. 453 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:02,880 Speaker 2: Some clubs even paid two. 454 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 8: Hundred dollars a set. So I was like, Oh, the 455 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 8: comedy clubs in New York it's it's merit based. It's 456 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 8: not based on who your agent, though is because in 457 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 8: LA so I couldn't get on it a lot of 458 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 8: the comedy clubs in LA because I didn't have a 459 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,760 Speaker 8: big name agent who could make a call and get 460 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 8: me on stage there, whereas in comedy in New York, 461 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:21,760 Speaker 8: the comedy clubs it. 462 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:26,399 Speaker 2: Was more merit based. If you're good, you got booked. 463 00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 2: So I'd go. When I was living in LA, I 464 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 2: fly to New York every year and. 465 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 8: I'd come back to LA with my pockets full of 466 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 8: that HM and I was like, Oh, if I go 467 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 8: to New York, I can actually make. 468 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:42,479 Speaker 9: Somewhat. 469 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,440 Speaker 8: I've been living in New York while I'm waiting for 470 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 8: the big break. So I left LA after seven years. 471 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 8: I'm like, I'm going to New York because I want 472 00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,679 Speaker 8: to do comedy. I don't want to I don't want 473 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 8: to go for auditions. I can't do an American accent. 474 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,440 Speaker 8: I don't want to play centre on Young Sheldon. 475 00:24:58,520 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 2: I want to be. 476 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 8: I didn't want that. So I was like a lot 477 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 8: of my agents kept sending me auditions and I was like, 478 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,159 Speaker 8: I don't want that. I'm not going to turn up 479 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,479 Speaker 8: for this audition. You know, I'm not going to learn 480 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 8: an American accent so I can be the fucking's the sassy. 481 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:26,919 Speaker 3: Or you know, yeah exactly. I know, we just need 482 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 3: some diversity in this episode, so I'll put in the 483 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:30,399 Speaker 3: like security. 484 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 8: Yeah. 485 00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: So I. 486 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 8: Refused to go for those auditions. So I was like, 487 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 8: I'm going to go to New York and do comedy 488 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,600 Speaker 8: there and and I'm just going to do comedy and 489 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 8: then from there I will try and get booked comedy 490 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 8: clubs about the country and just try to make a living. 491 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:52,600 Speaker 8: So I moved to New York, and in between my 492 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 8: on the road gigs where I'd go to comedy club 493 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 8: and whatever Philadelphia and do a weekend at a comedy club, 494 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 8: I'd be able to work in the city so I 495 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:03,960 Speaker 8: didn't have to go to London so often to do 496 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 8: the bank rates because I could work and earn my 497 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:11,000 Speaker 8: rent money doing comedy clubs in New York. And then 498 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 8: from then I started to get booked for you know, 499 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 8: I I booked my first I made. I started making 500 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 8: my own specials. So I was trying to get stand 501 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 8: up specials on show Time and Netflix and and nobody 502 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 8: would give me a special. 503 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 2: So I was like, well, then fuck you guys. I'm 504 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 2: gonna make my own special. 505 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 8: So my first special I made in London in two 506 00:26:34,119 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 8: thousand and eight, went to London, sold out a two 507 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 8: thousand seater theater, booked my own camera crew, my own director, 508 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:43,920 Speaker 8: and shot my own specials. 509 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,120 Speaker 4: How did you start in comedy? What was the genesis 510 00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 4: of that for you? 511 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 9: My friend Howard, who grew up with Okay, hey, hoaric 512 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 9: he out there? If he't out there, then you can. 513 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 9: You can talk to Monique or Bshila or Cartoon Harvey 514 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 9: or Lea Monique again. He got a lot of brothers, sisters, 515 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 9: but he's the one told me, you know, you stupid, 516 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 9: you stupid man. You don't even know you could be 517 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 9: in Hollywood right now doing movies and all that, and 518 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 9: you're happy to be an assistant chef at Ramata in Virginia. 519 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:20,200 Speaker 9: He's like, come on, man, you're crazy. So he he 520 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,880 Speaker 9: made me go down to the worst strip club in DC, 521 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 9: the Penthouse, and there was a mic available where the 522 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:29,920 Speaker 9: guy said he going to you on the stage. So 523 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,240 Speaker 9: I went there. I stood there for a while. The 524 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 9: guy turned to me and said all right, you go ahead. 525 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:35,080 Speaker 1: On. 526 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,280 Speaker 9: I turned to Howard, I was like, well, what do 527 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,199 Speaker 9: you want me to say? Howard said, I don't care 528 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:45,440 Speaker 9: what you say, just say something. And from the first 529 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 9: thing I said, people laughed. And within a year I 530 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 9: was in I was in Hollywood. Now I'm talking to you. 531 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 9: It happened. 532 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 4: Wow wow wow. 533 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 3: So wait, you were a chef at the Ramatta in Virginia. 534 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 3: Howard said, you wasting your time. Let's go to the 535 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 3: strip club his open mic. You go, you don't know 536 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:07,240 Speaker 3: what to say. First thing you say, they start laughing. 537 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 3: And then at that moment it just clicked, like this 538 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 3: is what you were going to do for your life. 539 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 9: It had been there the whole time. Assistant chef. 540 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 1: Okay, I'm sorry, hey guys, sorry, yea, yeah, yeah, but 541 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 1: I was qualified because I was working working as a 542 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:23,760 Speaker 1: prep cook since I was fifteen. 543 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 9: So the chef knew me. So when he got the 544 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:27,520 Speaker 9: big job, he took me with him because you know, 545 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 9: I knew what to do. 546 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 3: So wait, tell me more. I'll go back to the chef. 547 00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 3: The assistant chef gig in a second. So then you 548 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 3: do this at the Penthouse. You everyone loves you. Do 549 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 3: you just start performing there every night. Do you start 550 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 3: finding local clubs to go up and do open mic 551 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 3: in the neighborhood in the DMV area. What happens next? 552 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 9: It was it was an avalanche. It was an avalanche. 553 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:53,640 Speaker 9: You remember Mason, Mason Buffy had to join Bob. 554 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, Bob. 555 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 9: Up, what's you think about comedy. 556 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 3: Here? 557 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 9: And so I went so so it was like it 558 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 9: was like I ended up doing talent shows. I ended 559 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 9: up doing concerts, opening concerts, and I just it just 560 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,959 Speaker 9: started rolling and rolling. As a matter of fact, there 561 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 9: was a television show that preceded Deaf Jam and all 562 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 9: of them. The first one was here at Howard University. 563 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 9: M y oh yeah, oh yeah yeah. And that was 564 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 9: the first. You know, Andy Evans was a brilliant guy 565 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 9: who said we should have a TV show just with 566 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:43,480 Speaker 9: black comics. That was the first time, and so I 567 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 9: came from that since trifty. The first time I went 568 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 9: to a comedy club for open night, I mean open 569 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:53,959 Speaker 9: mic night, I met Martin and Dave Chappelle. That's how 570 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 9: we met. You see, to two other small names. They 571 00:29:58,080 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 9: came out of DC. 572 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 3: What kind of names. Yeah, I think I've heard of them. 573 00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 3: I read that you lived in the same neighborhood as Dave. 574 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 3: Is that true or you guys kind of grew up 575 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 3: around you. 576 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:07,480 Speaker 4: One to know. 577 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,720 Speaker 9: I lived in Silver Spring on sixtheh in East West Highway. 578 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 9: He lived a little further up, So yeah, he lived. 579 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 9: He lived. He didn't live in my neighborhood. He lived 580 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,560 Speaker 9: near it. Okay, So so where he lived, everybody went 581 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:25,959 Speaker 9: to play basketball, you know. So he basically isn't from 582 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 9: my neighborhood, but he from around the way. 583 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,240 Speaker 3: Can you point to one single moment, whether it be 584 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 3: a show, a comedy show, a TV show, a movie, 585 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 3: something that really defined your career and established you as 586 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 3: a comedian, a premier comedian. 587 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,520 Speaker 4: A part of that that og cast of greats. 588 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:53,120 Speaker 9: I think was the night that I went on in 589 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 9: the main room at the Comedy Store, which was the 590 00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,280 Speaker 9: real deal, and I got put on the show with 591 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,440 Speaker 9: Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor, and I was thinking I 592 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 9: was the host, and then he told me, no, you're 593 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 9: on the show with him. You all do it half 594 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 9: an hour each and you're You're a sandwich between the 595 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 9: two of them for four shows. 596 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 4: So amazing. 597 00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:18,239 Speaker 9: So I turned I turned it out. I turned up 598 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 9: y'all say turned up right? 599 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, the kids still say that, how amazing. 600 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:26,480 Speaker 3: Listen to look at you still say that the main 601 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:30,440 Speaker 3: room you're talking about here in La right, and you 602 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 3: were sandwiched between Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy. 603 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 9: Yeah yeah, I was doing that well in all the 604 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 9: other rooms. So it's my turn to get in the 605 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:38,280 Speaker 9: big room. 606 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 5: And I did. 607 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 9: I didn't disappoint. I was like I was. I looked 608 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 9: like Michael Vickan his first season to watch out. 609 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 4: They could catch you. 610 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 9: They can't catch you. 611 00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 2: Uh that's exciting. 612 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 9: Yeah, yeah, life. No, I wasn't because I had gone 613 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 9: from having two little cars and a job to take 614 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 9: in the bus. I ain't never I didn't think you 615 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 9: just go cast me on the bus for the rest 616 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:11,520 Speaker 9: of my life, you know. I usually we used to 617 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 9: do laundrying, go get groceries on the bus. Are you crazy? 618 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 9: So so here I am catching the bus, you know, 619 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 9: Mexican's with cowboy ats on. Somebody got to fight dide 620 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 9: to the front of the Dad Gold bus or whatever. 621 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 9: And I'm like at a bus stop. From all that, 622 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 9: from being at a bus stop, you know, and and 623 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 9: and working at working at Deli's and making ends meet 624 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 9: and staying out all night every night doing comedy. And 625 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:39,360 Speaker 9: I was about to go home because it was just 626 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,560 Speaker 9: like too much. I had a job. I go back 627 00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 9: to DC do my thing, and then I did that show. 628 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 9: I remember my mother sent me a letter in the 629 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 9: mail before that show, the week before that show, and 630 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 9: it was one of those big legal on the legal 631 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 9: yellow legal paper, you know, long ones, and she wrote 632 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 9: it little magic marker. She left for twenty dollar bills. 633 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:06,080 Speaker 9: She said, I know you need that, and don't leave, baby, 634 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 9: I love you, yep, yep, yep. And I didn't go, 635 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:16,080 Speaker 9: and man, that happened. So I called her and I said, 636 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 9: guess what happened? Because Richard Pryor for the show, found 637 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 9: me in the little room I was in and he 638 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:23,840 Speaker 9: looked up and down like I was in a strange animal. 639 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 3: He went. 640 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 9: He was a funny mother and walked away and was 641 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 9: like yeah. And I called my mother and I told 642 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:37,440 Speaker 9: the what happened. She said, I told you not to leave. 643 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:41,520 Speaker 3: Hey, everybody, So I appreciate you. Happy New Year if 644 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 3: you're listening at the New Year, Happy before New Year 645 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 3: and this Happy Year period. Thank you for paying attention 646 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,960 Speaker 3: all season long. And really being loyal. One of my 647 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 3: highlights of the year, which I bought something amazing that happened. 648 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:56,800 Speaker 3: One of the highlights of the year was that I 649 00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,880 Speaker 3: went to Paris in November. And I don't know if 650 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 3: I really really shared this with you all, but I 651 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,240 Speaker 3: went with a good group of my girlfriends. We do 652 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 3: this trip every year where we did pick a place 653 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:07,600 Speaker 3: and we go and we love it. We normally go 654 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,040 Speaker 3: on the sun but this year we got a little 655 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 3: cold and we went to Paris and we went to 656 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:16,360 Speaker 3: support Don Staley and her basketball team. That was the 657 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 3: first time that a women's program on the collegiate level 658 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 3: was able to travel overseas and host it and be 659 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,279 Speaker 3: the main attraction. And they were playing against Notre Dame. 660 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 3: And I always thought to myself, these teams are so amazing. 661 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,320 Speaker 3: I'm so excited. I love what's happening with these coaches, 662 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:34,840 Speaker 3: more specifically these black women. 663 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:38,480 Speaker 4: But while I was there, this is what the key was. 664 00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 3: While I was there, a young lady walks up to 665 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:49,120 Speaker 3: me in this crowded gym in Paris, and she doesn't say, Hey, Carrie, 666 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 3: I really love you from ESPN. She doesn't say, hey, Carrie, 667 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 3: I've seen you on your Vice show that you have 668 00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:01,720 Speaker 3: with your bestie. Hey Carrie, I know you from sports. 669 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,160 Speaker 3: None of those things, you know, came out of her mouth. 670 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:09,000 Speaker 3: What she said was, oh my god, hey Carrie from Naked. 671 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,040 Speaker 3: I love the podcast. I listened to it every week. 672 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,800 Speaker 5: What what I was like? 673 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:18,360 Speaker 4: Who is she talking to? And it was really. 674 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 3: Special because in this crowdy gym that had hundreds of people, 675 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:24,560 Speaker 3: was pretty crowded, and I was with a bunch of 676 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,600 Speaker 3: luminaries myself. She recognized me for what the work we 677 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,279 Speaker 3: do here is and for me, that was one of 678 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,960 Speaker 3: the highlights of the year. The other highlight that I'll 679 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,239 Speaker 3: give you. I didn't talk to many of you about this, 680 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:37,080 Speaker 3: but our girl Jessica, what did she decide to do? 681 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,799 Speaker 3: She decided just to be single. She's like, I'm all set, 682 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:49,279 Speaker 3: I'm just gonna take this year off. She was like, 683 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,520 Speaker 3: I am all set. 684 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,800 Speaker 4: I do not want to do it. I refuse to 685 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,840 Speaker 4: do it. So there you have it. 686 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:01,200 Speaker 3: I appreciate her essentially saying I'm a focus on me. 687 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:03,399 Speaker 3: If it happens, it happens. But I'm tired of talking 688 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:06,359 Speaker 3: about men. I'm tired of that being my focus. Love 689 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,080 Speaker 3: will find me, so that was wonderful. And then as 690 00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:12,840 Speaker 3: far as everything else, well, it's still true. I want you, 691 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,120 Speaker 3: really truly to just take the time and write down 692 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,560 Speaker 3: all the amazing things that you've done. Thank you for 693 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,840 Speaker 3: listening to Naked. Let's hope that we have an amazing 694 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 3: twenty twenty four and here's to just maybe keeping resolutions, 695 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:27,719 Speaker 3: but more importantly enjoying what we've already accomplished. 696 00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:29,759 Speaker 4: Talk to you guys in a week or so.