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Speaker 1: Hey there, folks. It is Monday, February twenty third, and

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Speaker 1: everybody is a buzzing right now after two very prominent

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Speaker 1: OSCAR nominated black actors were on stage at the most

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Speaker 1: prestigious acting award show in London last night and the

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Speaker 1: inward was hurled at them while they were on stage,

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Speaker 1: And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and

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Speaker 1: tj Robe. This gives people an opportunity to be outraged,

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Speaker 1: but it's also given us an opportunity to take a

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Speaker 1: beat and maybe learn a little more. This is a

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Speaker 1: fascinating story that actually has people hot, so I don't

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Speaker 1: want to downplay this. People are pissed about what happened

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Speaker 1: last night to Michael beat Jordan in particular.

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Speaker 2: Yes, when you watch the video of Michael B.

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Speaker 3: Jordan and Delroy Lindo, who were both nominated for Oscars,

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Speaker 3: as you pointed out, for their roles in Centers, the

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Speaker 3: probably one of the biggest movies of the year in

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Speaker 3: this country and around the world. But yeah, they're up

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Speaker 3: there presenting an award at the BAFTAs and you clearly

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Speaker 3: hear someone yell out the N word, and the looks

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Speaker 2: And they just paused briefly and kept.

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Speaker 1: Going, well, I gotta give them credit for that for

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Speaker 1: not understanding what was happening at the time. But I

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Speaker 1: guess BAFTA folks aren't familiar. This is the Oscars of

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Speaker 1: the UK, this is their Oscar, So this is a

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Speaker 1: very big moment. Every big star who's nominated for every

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Speaker 1: Oscar is in that room last night. So this is

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Speaker 1: a to give you an idea. Most people, I think

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Speaker 1: Robes right, are familiar with the BAFTAs. But to put

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Speaker 1: you in the context of to see Michael B. Jordan

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Speaker 1: and Delroy Lindo, two black prominent actors nominated for the

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Speaker 1: highest award awards in the world. This was the first

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Speaker 1: award of the night, Robes and they barely got the

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Speaker 1: first words out of their mouth. And yes, the inward

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Speaker 1: plain as day is hurled shouted in the room. Now, Robes,

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Speaker 1: no one, we should beak clear is coming out and

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Speaker 1: saying that's not what you heard. They're saying, yep, that's

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Speaker 1: absolutely what was said. And they were explaining that someone

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Speaker 1: more to it than that as well, Robes, this person

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Speaker 1: with Turett's is actually very much a prominent player, if

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Speaker 1: you will. In the BAFTO Awards last night.

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Speaker 3: Yes, In fact, the actor who won Best Actor portrayed

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Speaker 3: this man in a movie called I Swear that is coming,

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Speaker 3: I believe, to the United States this spring in April.

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Speaker 3: So we haven't necessarily heard of it, but it's been

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Speaker 1: And so for clarity there, how big it is. This

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Speaker 1: guy who won Best Actor beat Timothy Schallomey and Leonardo

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Speaker 1: DiCaprio for the award last night. So to let you

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Speaker 1: for Best Actor last night was portraying the guy who

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Speaker 1: yelled inwards while Michael B. Jordan and del Roy Lindo

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Speaker 1: were on stage. You can't make this shit up.

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Speaker 2: You can't make it up.

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Speaker 3: The movie, and the movie being called I Swear, is

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Speaker 3: all about this man's journey. His name is John Davidson,

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Speaker 3: his struggle with Tourette syndrome, the fact that he swears uncontrollably,

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Speaker 3: says really offensive things at really inopportune times. That's what

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Speaker 3: this movie is about, explaining it, creating understanding for this

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Speaker 3: see someone saying offensive things with swear words outbursts, and

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Speaker 3: to have it actually happen in real time on international

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Speaker 1: And that's why some people aren't buying it, because what

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Speaker 1: are the chances, right? I think a lot of people

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Speaker 1: just in some way you're tangentially aware of Tourette's, what

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Speaker 1: it is, what it's about, that people can't do anything

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Speaker 1: frankly it's made fun of sometimes in movies and skits

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Speaker 1: that people are struggling with Robes is the timing. How

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Speaker 1: much of a coincidence can it be that someone with

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Speaker 1: trets and ticks is what they're called, shout out all

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you have a Jamie Fox weighed in saying he

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Speaker 2: He said it and he meant.

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Speaker 1: It, and that is I think if you just see

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Speaker 1: that's what we want to get into in a moment

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Speaker 1: here because robes a lot of people are talking about

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Speaker 1: Clearly don't understand turetts. Don't understand what it's about. The

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Speaker 1: debate that's going on with the incident in itself. Robes,

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Speaker 1: you've seen the video as well, right.

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Speaker 2: It's shocking, you know to hear and he yelled loudly.

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Speaker 3: This is a huge auditorium and obviously you have everyone

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Speaker 2: I mean, he screamed it. It wasn't like he said it

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Speaker 3: I mean, look again, don't fully understand this disease at all,

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Speaker 3: which is not fair because these folks are actually suffering

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Speaker 2: However, the way it was yelled and shouted to.

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Speaker 3: Be heard by all, that's I question how loudly he

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Speaker 2: Could he have just said it so that the person

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Speaker 1: So that's what they heard, and that's what they tell you.

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Speaker 1: they're up. It's quiet. It's a it's an award show.

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Speaker 1: You've seen these award shows. Everybody in the audience is sitting,

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Speaker 1: are listening to Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo. We

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Speaker 1: I give them credit, Robes absolutely for continuing. I'm not

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Speaker 1: I don't know if they put together that oh, that's

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Speaker 3: I doubt they were able to think that in that moment,

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Speaker 3: that is something that yes, when you watch them and

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Speaker 3: that's filled with history and hatred hurled at you on

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Speaker 1: Yes, including Jamie Fox probably anyway, but they did. The BBC,

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Speaker 1: which put on the event, the host Alan Cumming both

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Speaker 1: they said, quote, some viewers may have heard strong and

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Speaker 1: This arose from involuntary verbal tics associated with Touret syndrome

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Speaker 1: and was not intentional. We apologize for any offense caused

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Speaker 1: by the language heard. And then robes Alan Cumming I

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Speaker 1: think at least on two maybe a third occasion during

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Speaker 3: Yes, he said, you may have noticed some strong language

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Speaker 3: syndrome shows up for some people as the film explores

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Speaker 3: that experience. Thanks for your understanding and helping create a

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Speaker 3: respectful space for everyone.

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Speaker 2: And then later and.

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Speaker 3: This is where some people I think took offense to

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Speaker 2: At least that's what I read online.

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Speaker 3: Tourett syndrome is a disability, and the ticks you've heard

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Speaker 3: syndrome has no control over their language. We apologize if

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Speaker 3: a lot of people online I saw, yeah, we were offended.

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Speaker 2: Don't question whether or not we might be certainly were.

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Speaker 1: I mean they're doing the best they can. And where's

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Speaker 1: the line about a safe space? Where is that one

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Speaker 1: guy with threats, which is awful. And some people took issue, Well,

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Speaker 1: it's not a safe environment for the black folks in

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Speaker 1: was going through, but not an understanding of still like,

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Speaker 1: just deal with it. You just got call the inward

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Speaker 3: It's a medical condition. He can't help it. I hope

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Speaker 3: it really wasn't. It was just hope if you're offended,

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Speaker 3: you can create a safe space for him to continue

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Speaker 3: to hurl insults because he can't help them.

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Speaker 1: We get where that comes from what they're trying to say.

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Speaker 1: It just as once again to a lot of black

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Speaker 1: folks were seen once again as oh, well deal with it,

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Speaker 1: we apologize, you should be okay, he has to rest.

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Speaker 1: How many times you have to hear some explanation for

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Speaker 1: why we shouldn't be offended by things that offend us?

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Speaker 1: Pisses black folks off as I'm sitting here talking about

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Speaker 1: it and didn't plan on it, but you get pissed

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Speaker 1: about that. And that's where Hannah I say I have

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Speaker 1: it here at the bottom. She is a production designer

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Speaker 1: for Sinners. She actually said. Another outlets reported there were

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Speaker 1: several other incidents of him having tics and shouting things

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Speaker 1: some offensive stuff profanity. This time it wasn't racial slurs,

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Speaker 1: but this happened throughout the evening.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he said shut the fuck up during the speech

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Speaker 1: I'll listen to them, and that's been there and been posted.

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Speaker 2: I found that interesting.

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Speaker 1: Not indicative of their personal convictions, but to hear it explain,

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Speaker 1: and there's a great dammit. I want to give this

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Speaker 1: young lady credit. Young lady that has Tourette's put a

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Speaker 1: video online explaining it. She's sixteen years old. I think

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Speaker 1: and throughout she's doing her tics and she's she's a

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Speaker 1: black girl explaining it, and damn it, I wish I

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Speaker 1: could give her credit in her name right now, which

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Speaker 1: she is just fantastic. And that's the one everybody should

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Speaker 1: go read, excuse go listen to, because she said, it's

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Speaker 1: just a misunderstanding of what happens to us and what

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Speaker 1: happens to folks with Turet's. We do not. She said,

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Speaker 1: I yelled stuff out all the time that I ain't

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Speaker 1: ever used in my vocabulary, and that is not a

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Speaker 1: part of my vocabulary. So, folks, we just wanted to

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Speaker 1: hop on this is what everybody's talking about this morning.

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Speaker 1: You will be talking about it, but I hope as

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Speaker 1: you talk about it and have a conversation about it today,

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Speaker 1: you do it with a little more grace and maybe

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Speaker 1: a little more context and understanding of Tourette's And with that,

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Speaker 1: we always appreciate you spending some time with us. TJ.

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Speaker 1: Holmes On behalf of my dear Amy ROBOC will talk

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Speaker 1: to y'all soon.