WEBVTT - Ask Carlos: Reigndrops Q&A 0:00:01.280 --> 0:00:06.160 What makes a good reality star? You know what's so funny? 0:00:06.200 --> 0:00:08.760 I think nine Lee should teach a class on how 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:11.840 to be a great reality star because she created the 0:00:11.880 --> 0:00:14.680 assignment that the rest of these girls try to follow. 0:00:16.440 --> 0:00:17.160 Stay tuned. 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:20.560 We'll get into my audience Q and A right after 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:30.840 these quick ads. Welcome to Reality with the King. It's 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:35.160 me Carlos King, the King of Reality TV and one 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:39.760 of the most sought after executive producers in reality television. 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:45.000 With over ten years of production experience, I've executive produced 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:48.680 top rated programs such as eight seasons of the Real 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:53.040 House Spots in Atlanta. Additionally, I have created shows such 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:57.440 as Netflix Is Styling, Hollywood Owns number one rated Love 0:00:57.480 --> 0:01:01.760 and Marriage franchise at TV one, Hollywood Divas, just. 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:02.319 To name a few. 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:06.320 Twice a week on Reality with the King, we'll sit 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:10.640 down with my friends across the entertainment industry, recap our 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:15.440 favorite reality shows and revisit unforgettable moments that we are 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:22.119 still talking and tweeting about. Hey, rain drops, Now look, 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:25.679 I got a very special episode for y'all today. The 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:28.800 way y'all hit me up on Twitter, on the hotline, 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:32.039 on the email. Y'all have a lot of questions for me, 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:38.640 and as promised, I am dedicating today's episode to answering 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:42.440 all well, not all child because y'all send thousands, but 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:46.280 I'm going to get to the ones I feel will 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:52.120 resonate to my large audience. So today's episode, I'm answering 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:56.840 the tea the most pressing questions. This is Reality with 0:01:56.880 --> 0:02:01.240 the King Q and A. The first question is from 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:06.680 Twitter handle at all lover Anthony. The question he wants 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:11.160 to ask is about the casting process and is there 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:16.720 ever a disagreement with you and the network on who 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:22.120 deserves a spot or to come back? The answer is yes. 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:26.480 Let me go back to the first season. 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:28.880 Of Love and Hip Hop Atlanta. 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:33.560 So when I was the co executive producer of Love 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:38.280 and Hip Hop Atlanta Season one, I was involved in 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:43.280 trying to finalize who the casting candidates would be along 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:47.920 with Mona Scott Young and the other producer. So you know, 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:51.040 we met with STEVIEJ and me. Me and I instantly 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:54.399 fell in love with STEVIEJ and Mimi like love them 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:59.720 from the word go. Scrappy and Erica love scrappy. Erica 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:04.760 was okay, Erica was very normal. We had lots of 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:09.760 concerns about Erica Dixon because not everybody wakes up to 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.200 say I'm gonna be famous or I'm gonna be on television. 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:16.880 So Erica was like deer in the headlights. So we 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:20.560 all knew, like, uh, we gotta work hard on Erica. 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:24.440 Because Scrappy is great, He's a household name, he represents Atlanta. 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:27.200 But honey, it is Erica Dixon child. We gotta work 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:28.959 with her. We found life the cast. 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:34.000 We had Stevie j and Mimi Scrappy and Erica Kirk 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:40.840 and Rasheeda Kay Michelle, and we felt that somebody was missing. 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:45.200 So Carly Rid auditioned to be on Love and Hip 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:48.200 Hop Atlanta and let me just say no, I did 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:51.000 not forget about Joscelene. I'll get into that later because 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:54.320 Joscelyn wasn't a part of the original cast. So Carly 0:03:54.360 --> 0:04:01.320 read auditions and I loved Carly Red loved her. Me 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:06.520 and Mona had disputes about Carlely Mana was like, I 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:09.560 don't know about this Carli Red, I said, Mona, trust me. 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:13.560 Carly Ritt is messy. She's going to give you the tea, 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:15.320 the juice. 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:16.920 Like everything. 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:21.800 Like Carlie Rid gives zero fucks, like I promise you. 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:26.719 So the network at the time, the executives, they weren't 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:31.479 too keen on Carlie Red and I really fought for 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:33.800 Carly and she knew it because I said it to her. 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:35.080 I said, look, girl, they ain't feeling you. 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.920 We gotta like I want you to happen because I 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:40.680 feel it in my soul that you are going to 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:45.000 be fantastic on the show. So when Carli Rid episode one, 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:50.640 season one, do y'all remember when Carli Rid had a 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:56.000 birthday party and me me was there, Ringan was there 0:04:57.120 --> 0:04:58.800 and before. 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:01.120 Stevie J walked then with Joss Lene. 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:06.320 Carly Rid told me me, I invited such and such 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:11.080 and you know Stevie J blah blah blah, and me 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:14.440 me goes, oh, that's my man, and Carly goes, no, 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:19.200 he's not. I met him with his girl Joscelene. And 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:23.680 Mimi's like, no, that's his artist. And carl Ridd is like, no, no, no, no, 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.200 that's that's her man. Honey, like that's her man. I 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:29.839 saw him kiss, I saw him do all that. We 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:34.400 the producers were gagging because Carli Ridd was arguing with 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:35.559 MEMI like no bitch. 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:37.960 Stevie J is josce Lene's man. 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:40.480 I just shot with them two days ago and they 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:44.040 were all over each other. And because of that, STEVIEJ 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:48.599 walks in with Joscelene and me ME tells Stevie J. 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:55.080 She's telling me that Jocelene is your woman. And Stevie 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:58.440 J confronts carl Ridd and it's like you messy, and 0:05:58.520 --> 0:05:59.680 Carlie Redd like, no, I'm not. 0:05:59.720 --> 0:06:01.240 I saw with my own eyeballs. 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:05.080 Jos Len tells Calie Rid she's messy, and the rest 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:10.039 is history. Carlie Ridd was the messy mainstay that the 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:13.719 show needed. So that was one of the first times 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:16.680 that I felt like, look, I know what I'm talking about. 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:21.640 And fast forward to what ten years later, Carlie Ridd 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.599 is still on the show. So yes, I know a 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:29.920 thing or two about casting. My next question is from 0:06:30.320 --> 0:06:35.320 at Jukebox ares yes for the name, what makes a 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:37.440 good reality star? 0:06:38.320 --> 0:06:39.200 You know what's so funny? 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:41.800 I think Nini Leek should teach a class on how 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.880 to be a great reality star because she created the 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:47.279 assignment that the rest of these girls try to follow 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:51.919 when it comes to being a great reality star. The 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:56.839 examples I would give are Ninni Leeks, Tiffany New York, Collard, 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:01.760 Peter Thomas, Stevie J, and I would. 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:02.280 Say Ray J. 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:06.279 So those are people who I think should write a 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:08.960 class on how to be a great reality TV star 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:13.800 because they're the first of their kind, right, Like, that's 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:17.679 what you guys should aspire to be when you want 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:20.440 to be a reality TV star. So I'm gonna tell 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:23.280 you the dudes now, and then I'm gonna. 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:24.680 Get into the don't. 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:29.400 So to be a great reality TV star, you have 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:33.200 to have a big personality, not like big and boisious 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:35.720 like Nini Leaks, because some people don't have to be 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:39.120 that way. I think a good example of a good 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:43.880 reality star who isn't big and boisterous and whatever is 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:49.480 Melody Hoped from Love and Marriage Huntsville. So Melody isn't 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:55.440 like this big personality or this big character. But Melody 0:07:55.800 --> 0:08:00.520 has a star quality in the sense of she owns 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:07.360 the room, she has a presence, she's authentic, she's genuine, 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:12.280 she speaks her mind, and she gives you a bur 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:16.760 re ounce of what's happening in her life. In order 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:20.200 to be a great reality star, you have to be 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:24.920 transparent and you have to be vulnerable. And those are 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:29.800 two things that Melody Holt is, Nini Leeks tipped The 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:31.360 New York Collard, Peter. 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:35.280 Thomas, and Ray j. So that's what you have to be. 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:42.840 You have to be that level of authenticity and transparent. 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:43.959 And speak your mind. 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:47.840 The don't is you don't have to fight a bitch 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:52.680 to be a good reality star. I cannot tell you 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:55.880 how many dms I get. Oh, Carlos, I'll throw a 0:08:55.960 --> 0:09:00.240 drink in somebody's face. Oh Carlos, I'll fight somebody. Girl, 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:02.640 you better hop on that streaming app what that's allowed 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.520 like on a Carlos King show. We don't do that. 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:09.319 We fight with our words, honey, not our fist. I 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:14.120 like to work with sophisticated individuals who know how to 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:18.520 read the room and read people inside that room. That's 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:21.880 what you call understanding the assignment. The other thing you 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:25.400 don't do that When I say to you, guys, this 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:29.440 annoys me is when you sign up on a reality 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:34.480 show and the moment the episode starts to air, all 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:37.520 of a sudden, you don't like how you're quote unquote 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:43.400 portrayed and the show's ratchet. Okay, let's start with this 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:47.520 portrayal stuff. No one can add to words in your mouth, okay, 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:52.400 no one can make you do things on camera that 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:53.600 you didn't do in real life. 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:54.320 Okay. 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:58.200 I think the problem is a lot of people try 0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:01.600 to be on reality TV because they think it's easy 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:04.120 and they want the fame, which I'm ad at. 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:06.400 If you want to be on a reality show. 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:09.040 Then you should do everything you need to do in 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:11.839 order to be great on it, right, and that is 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:14.280 being authentic And if you want to be famous, I'm 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:15.520 mad at you, says do it. 0:10:15.840 --> 0:10:18.040 But the problem is when you're so. 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:23.120 Unlikable because you're trying to trick the audience into being 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:27.400 something you're not. Nothing annoys me more is when a 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:33.680 ratchet person gets on reality TV and tries to act 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:37.079 all sophisticated, and then when the ratchet comes out, they 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:41.439 blame the producers, they blame the editors, they blame the network. Okay, 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:45.760 they blame everybody but the mirror. Like Michael Jackson said. 0:10:46.040 --> 0:10:50.400 I'm looking for the man and the mirror. That's what 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.360 I'm saying. Look in the mirror and. 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:57.640 See who you are, because all television is doing is 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:02.160 putting a mirror into who you really are. And because 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:06.280 you can't stand yourself, imagine what the other cast members 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:08.720 are going through because they can't stand you either, because 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:09.640 you're not being real. 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:11.400 You're not being authentic. 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:14.080 You thought you was gonna get on the show, increase 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:19.160 your followers, promote your brand, and then leave and say like, girl, 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:23.720 I'm hot. No, ma'am, you're not okay because your intention 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:28.360 wasn't right. So those are the don't in terms of 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:32.959 what doesn't make a great reality TV star. And what's 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:37.160 funny is I'm so real when it comes to the 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:39.560 people I work with. I will tell you if I 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:42.840 think you're whack. I tell Latitia Scott after the first 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:50.200 week of shooting, Hey girl, I don't know about you, don't. 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:52.080 I don't think you have what it takes to be 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:57.320 on reality TV. You're boring, you don't say anything, and 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:02.960 seeing your voice quivers like I don't know this's gonna 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:05.000 work out, And she's like, what do you mean? And 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:07.120 I was like, I want you to be a confident 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:10.200 version of yourself, like your husband Marcella is great. And 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:12.760 I said, look t show, I think you're you're great, 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:15.520 but you have to believe that you're great, and look 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:19.319 at Tsha now she reads the girls, she addresses how 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:23.400 she feels, and because of my critique, she now has 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:26.880 been on the show for four years. So to recap 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:29.120 for all your girls trying to be on a Carlos 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:32.840 King produce reality show, this is what your boy needs 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:36.959 in order for me to cast you. Okay, big personality, 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:43.880 You gotta have an interesting life. Okay, you gotta be authentic. 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:49.240 You can't be fake. This ain't Bad Girls Club or 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.480 sixty Days in So I don't need no fights, no 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:54.280 punch is blown, none of that. 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:56.760 This in what we do over here. Boo, don't try 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:57.720 to be Nini Leaks. 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:00.360 There's only one her baby and you other girls he 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:03.720 tried to be her, y'all have failed miserably. Okay, don't 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:07.640 try to be New York. Don't try to be Peter Thomas, 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:12.199 don't try to be Stevie j Be yourself and the 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:16.240 most important thing, Baby, don't blame the edit, because baby, 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:22.800 we can only show what you give. Stay tuned as 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:25.000 I answer more questions from you. 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:27.040 This is just getting good, y'all. 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:39.840 We'll be right back after this quick break. This is 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:43.280 reality with the King, and I'm Carlos King. Let's get 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:48.040 back into my listener Q and A. My next question 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:55.080 is from at Garrett b DP Underscore. Dear Carlos, do 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:59.560 you think some shows franchises can become too invested or 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:06.120 on a particular rivalry between certain cast members that it 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:12.000 begins belaboring the point That is a very very good question. Okay, 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:17.680 let's go there. I think rivalries can start off being 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:21.360 really good and interesting and iconic, and then after a 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:25.640 season or two or three, or four or five, it 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:29.720 becomes a little bit overbearing. So let me give you 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:33.920 some examples to explore. One of the most iconic robberies 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:39.160 to me in reality TV would be me Me versus Jocelyn. 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:45.760 It was the first time that reality lovers saw this 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:51.000 sort of like polyamhers' relationship. You know, you never saw 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:57.400 like the boyfriend the girlfriend and the alleged side check. 0:14:57.520 --> 0:15:01.080 You just never saw that in terms of all together 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:06.120 on the show where they're all the main cast members, right, 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:10.400 you've never seen that. We were talking about some sister 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:13.520 wives type shit on the first season of Love and 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:18.560 Hip Hop Atlanta. So to see that beef fun fold 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:24.960 quite naturally. Because Jocelyne was a stripper, Stevie J met 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:26.000 her at the Strip club. 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:29.440 He then wanted to manage her. 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:34.560 Joscelyne was then his artist, became his whatever you wanna 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:36.480 call him, mistress, sidekick, I don't listen. 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:37.520 I'm not going to label people. 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:41.720 And then mem Me was his girlfriend at the time, 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:45.320 and it was just very messy, and their beef spawned 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:50.920 four years and was started off as something very interesting 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:54.960 because again we all heard the story of how the 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:59.840 music industry is where managers sometimes leaps with the artists 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.600 while their wife is at home. So we all knew that, 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:06.160 but hanti to watch it was a whole different thing. 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:09.640 So the mem Jocelyn beef became very interesting. 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:13.320 And then I think at some point it became played 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:17.360 out because you kind of saw everything, and at that 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:19.760 point it was like, why are you two still beefing? 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:22.000 Because Mimi, you moved on to another guy. 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:26.840 And at this point, Stevie J is like Jocelyne's man, 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:30.160 so why are you two still beefing? And that's why 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:32.520 I appreciate it that I think it was season but 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:36.680 five or six they became cordial. I even think at 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:41.280 the reunion Jocelene performed, Stevie J was giving Ike Turner 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:43.760 with the guitar in the background. Child Joscelene was giving 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:47.479 her best Tina Turner Hernandez boo at this reunion performance, 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:51.120 and then Mimi came and says something to the fact 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:54.520 of like you're now part of my family, and they hugged, 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:57.160 and at that time, I think we were all sort 0:16:57.200 --> 0:17:00.840 of relieved, like, Okay, this is now the in of 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:02.880 the Memi versus Joscelyn saga. 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:04.359 But girls, it continued. 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:08.399 So yeah, I do think some beefs should expire sooner 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:11.639 than later. I mean, look, I follow the reality, so 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:15.040 you can't put an expiration day on someone's beef. 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:18.359 But I think it's the point of trying to like 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:19.560 move past it. 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:23.679 A good example would be Kenya versus Phedra. Like again, 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:27.680 started off very interesting, it was very funny. And that's 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:31.480 why season seven, when the Girls went to the Philippines, 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:35.840 I was very adamant that I no longer am interested 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:40.639 and the audience is no longer interested in Kenya Versus Paedra. 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:42.240 We've seen it. 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:45.320 It was great on bored We got to show something different, 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:46.720 and that's the reason. 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:47.680 Why I appreciate it. 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:52.440 On that cast trip, Phadrank Kenya having this reconciliation where 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:54.600 there were tears involved and they hugged it out. And 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:57.440 that's why season nine it was nice to see them 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:01.440 be friends until all things went to when Kenya threw 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:05.840 a divorce party and Fedra exited stage left to get 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:06.640 some ginger ale. 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:12.359 That damn Faed's funny at shit. 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:17.240 Yeah, so listen, that's a point in me stepping in, like, girl, 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:20.040 I'm tired of this Kenya versus Phaedra. 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:20.840 I'm bored. 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:24.280 I was tired. You're Nani versus Kim for a long time. 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:28.440 At some point it gets boring. The other example would 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:33.160 be male versus Martel on Love and Marriage Hunts Bill. 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:37.320 The difference with that is this, they started off on 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:41.040 the show as a couple, a married couple. 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:42.359 That's the difference. 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:46.520 So the other beefs that I felt like lasted way 0:18:46.560 --> 0:18:47.040 too long. 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:49.560 It was people who truly met on the show. 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:51.280 So that's why it's kind of like, girlk it over 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:54.480 it like this, ain't your real friends, ain't your sister y'all? 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:57.639 At this point, coworkers get past the beefy because we're bored. 0:18:57.800 --> 0:19:01.040 That's hard to do when it's a married couple. So 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:05.960 the mel of Martel saga obviously was the big story 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:09.400 on Love and Marriage Huntsville, and we followed the reality 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:10.520 because that's my formula. 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:13.000 I don't script anything. I follow the reality. 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:16.479 And the reality is they had tons of arguments about 0:19:16.520 --> 0:19:19.640 Martel stepping out and then Martell accusing Melo stepping out, 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:22.359 so we followed it, and then the moment that got 0:19:22.480 --> 0:19:27.960 divorced is when the arguments escalated, and that's when I 0:19:28.000 --> 0:19:32.760 think the audience this past season was over Mela Martel 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:38.400 constantly arguing. But the reality is, if you're going through divorce, 0:19:38.640 --> 0:19:41.400 that's really what happens in real life. And because they're 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:45.160 on the show together, they're around each other more than. 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:49.359 They probably would like to be. So that was the difference. 0:19:49.400 --> 0:19:52.359 But that's why on this season of Love and Marriage 0:19:52.400 --> 0:19:57.760 Huntsville we decided to step away from that. Melody in 0:19:57.880 --> 0:20:00.119 her real life was like me and Martell don't see 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:00.440 each other. 0:20:00.480 --> 0:20:02.160 We email each other, we text each other. 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:05.919 So that's the reality that we followed, and I was like, Okay, 0:20:05.960 --> 0:20:08.720 this is good because I think the audience is over 0:20:09.640 --> 0:20:16.159 Melody Martel constantly arguing, and because you get a break 0:20:16.200 --> 0:20:20.760 from that this season, I think you'll appreciate the dynamic 0:20:20.880 --> 0:20:25.080 more of, not just their relationship or lack thereof, but 0:20:25.160 --> 0:20:29.280 you appreciate the other dynamics you get to see, so 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:33.760 to recap, Yes, there is sometimes and I'm guilty of 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:38.119 this too, we do belabor the pettiness of a big 0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:42.520 beef and we sort of tell the same story every season. 0:20:43.280 --> 0:20:44.399 But that's why. 0:20:44.720 --> 0:20:48.360 One of the good things about Twitter is you get 0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:51.320 to listen to the audience who tells you, Carlos girl, 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:54.120 I'm tired of this shit, I'm bored, I'm over it. 0:20:54.320 --> 0:20:55.040 Can we move on? 0:20:57.640 --> 0:21:03.399 And for my final question from at Camberly Liz, the 0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:06.879 question is the future of reality TV? 0:21:07.960 --> 0:21:12.560 What areas need to be better and completely removed from. 0:21:12.320 --> 0:21:17.080 The reality TV space. That's a very good question. I 0:21:17.119 --> 0:21:23.200 love that, Okay, I strongly believe people are over the 0:21:23.359 --> 0:21:27.960 violence that takes place in reality television. I'm saying that 0:21:28.119 --> 0:21:31.639 knowing that there's other shows out there that are hits, 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:34.560 whether it's constant fighting. I do think that's a very 0:21:35.119 --> 0:21:38.680 marginalized audience who just liked it, you know, And it's 0:21:38.680 --> 0:21:39.080 no shade. 0:21:39.119 --> 0:21:40.600 If you like you like it, you love you love it? 0:21:40.600 --> 0:21:41.320 Who cares? Right? 0:21:41.440 --> 0:21:46.440 But I do think people are looking for more authentic storytelling, 0:21:46.640 --> 0:21:49.600 and when I say authentic, they care less about punches 0:21:49.640 --> 0:21:55.199 being thrown and more about conversations that are relatable that 0:21:55.240 --> 0:21:56.600 you could sink your teeth into. 0:21:56.920 --> 0:21:59.360 So the example would be love and marriage. 0:21:59.440 --> 0:22:03.160 Huntsville became a huge hit due to the fact that 0:22:03.480 --> 0:22:07.240 none of those cast members ever had a physical altercation, right, 0:22:07.560 --> 0:22:10.800 but you were able to see what real couples were 0:22:10.840 --> 0:22:15.760 going through Martella and melodies and fidelity storyline. You saw 0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:19.879 Titia Marceau navigating through his wife wanting to have a 0:22:19.960 --> 0:22:24.159 voice in her marriage. You saw Kimmy and Maurice dealing 0:22:24.160 --> 0:22:26.720 with the fact that you know, at a particular age, 0:22:27.200 --> 0:22:29.240 kim is getting married for the first time to a 0:22:29.280 --> 0:22:33.280 guy who's younger than she is, and from there they 0:22:33.320 --> 0:22:36.720 had to deal with the blending of their families. 0:22:36.480 --> 0:22:40.160 Real life stuff that people go through. 0:22:40.480 --> 0:22:44.800 And that was a conscious effort for me as I 0:22:44.920 --> 0:22:50.479 left Atlanta Housewives and wanted to explore more ways of 0:22:50.520 --> 0:22:53.439 telling stories dealing with people who look like me, but 0:22:53.600 --> 0:22:57.480 also just people who I felt wanted to see something different. 0:22:57.720 --> 0:22:59.879 And that's why when it comes to me, I have 0:23:00.160 --> 0:23:04.640 my own lane when it comes to the reality shows 0:23:05.119 --> 0:23:09.040 that I produce because I make it a point to 0:23:09.200 --> 0:23:13.080 really tell a different side of what black people may 0:23:13.119 --> 0:23:15.760 be going through, or women of color may be going through, 0:23:16.119 --> 0:23:20.040 or just people in general, because I strongly believe where 0:23:20.080 --> 0:23:24.760 the world is turning right now, people are demanding more 0:23:24.800 --> 0:23:29.920 authenticity and they're demanding more realness, and that's my place 0:23:30.359 --> 0:23:33.920 in the realities guys that I hold near and dear 0:23:34.000 --> 0:23:37.199 to me, And I appreciate that people are watching the 0:23:37.240 --> 0:23:39.320 shows that I'm producing because they get to see that 0:23:39.520 --> 0:23:42.000 because that's what they want to see, and that's honestly 0:23:42.040 --> 0:23:44.840 what's working. So when you look at these other shows, 0:23:44.960 --> 0:23:46.280 you know, there's shows right now that. 0:23:46.280 --> 0:23:48.679 People are petitioning. 0:23:48.040 --> 0:23:51.720 To get canceled, or you know, there's these big altercations 0:23:51.760 --> 0:23:54.640 that happens, and you get people are in hospital, bits 0:23:54.800 --> 0:23:58.600 child and people are like fistfighting and throwing punches. You know, 0:23:58.920 --> 0:24:01.639 I think that's going on to get very old, very soon, 0:24:02.040 --> 0:24:05.800 because it's such a one trick pony in terms of 0:24:05.920 --> 0:24:11.240 constantly seeing that if it happened once, okay, that's life, right. 0:24:11.480 --> 0:24:13.440 Every once in a while you may have a knock 0:24:13.480 --> 0:24:17.199 someone upside, the hit child, that's just life once in 0:24:17.200 --> 0:24:20.639 a while. But to have that be a staple every episode. 0:24:21.359 --> 0:24:25.760 I think people are not into that anymore, and I'm 0:24:26.119 --> 0:24:32.560 hopeful that my community a reality lovers and reality producers 0:24:32.640 --> 0:24:36.560 are just showing more diversity in the stories that we're telling, 0:24:36.800 --> 0:24:41.320 and that's what I think is the future of reality TV. 0:24:45.840 --> 0:24:53.080 I have some fun answering y'all shady questions. So look, 0:24:53.200 --> 0:24:56.040 if you want your question asked, do not forget to 0:24:56.119 --> 0:24:59.040 leave me a voicemail because on a future Q and 0:24:59.080 --> 0:25:03.679 A episode, I just my play it. Yeah, let's do 0:25:03.840 --> 0:25:10.560 it me boks opinions read Email me at Reality with 0:25:10.640 --> 0:25:13.480 the King at stitcher dot com or leave me a 0:25:13.560 --> 0:25:17.840 voicemail at three one oh five nine three eight one 0:25:18.320 --> 0:25:22.400 eight eight. 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