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Speaker 1: Welcome to Allow with Giano Caldwell. Thank you for joining

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Speaker 1: me this week. I want to share with you something

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Speaker 1: that's extraordinarily personal to me. This conversation, I believe is

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Speaker 1: the most impactful discussion that I could ever have. On

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Speaker 1: this podcast. We will be discussing me and my guest,

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Speaker 1: the ugliest word in the English language. I would argue

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Speaker 1: this is the ugliest word in any language. That is

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Speaker 1: the N word. You may have used this word yourself,

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Speaker 1: You may have friends that have used it. You may

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Speaker 1: be a Caucasian American who have used it in rap lyrics.

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Speaker 1: You just repeated the lyrics, No big deal, right. You

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Speaker 1: may be an African American who uses this figuratively in

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Speaker 1: a form of love. You think there's nothing wrong with it,

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Speaker 1: But let's be clear, there's something very wrong with this word,

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Speaker 1: even if you're using it and rap lyrics, even if

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Speaker 1: you're using it as a sense of love, even if

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Speaker 1: you're African American and you're a descendedtive slave, there's no

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Speaker 1: right time, no matter who you are, to use this word.

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Speaker 1: I want you to listen to this audio, which I

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Speaker 1: think is very important. It's a conversation between rapper Jay

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Speaker 1: Z and Oprah Winfrey, and he talks about his rebranding

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Speaker 1: of the N words. Not being a big fan of

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Speaker 1: rap music because of misogynist lyrics and because of the

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Speaker 1: use of the N word, you obviously feel differently and

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Speaker 1: a little bit a little bit a little bit and

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Speaker 1: tell everybody why. What we discussed is is more of

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Speaker 1: uh words. People give words power, and for our generation,

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Speaker 1: what we did was we took the word and we

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Speaker 1: took the power out of that word. You know, we

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Speaker 1: turned a word that was very ugly and hurtful into

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Speaker 1: a term of endemment. So I mean, even when someone

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Speaker 1: says it's still intention behind what you say, but um

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Speaker 1: pretty much took the power out of the word. Because

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Speaker 1: if we just start removing words from dictionary, just make

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Speaker 1: up another word the next day, so we don't dress

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Speaker 1: the problem. The problem is racism, right, That's really the problem.

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Speaker 1: You know, jay Z, I've in Georgia music absolutely, but

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Speaker 1: I wholeheartedly disagree with you. I disagree with many figures

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Speaker 1: within the black community, within cultural communities who believe the

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Speaker 1: usage of this word is okay if we want to

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Speaker 1: be honest about it. And for people who may not

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Speaker 1: even know the history of the word. It was the

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Speaker 1: summer of sixteen nineteen when a ship arrived in the

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Speaker 1: port of Virginia carrying around twenty Africans who were chained

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Speaker 1: up to be sold as slaves. It was the first

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Speaker 1: documented arrival of slaves in the US, and Africans were

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Speaker 1: referred to using the Spanus and Portuguese words for black,

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Speaker 1: which was the N word. You know, And I have

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Speaker 1: admitting to this, but I have to be honest as

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Speaker 1: we have this dialogue. I've used the N word. I

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Speaker 1: grew up in a household where the use of the

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Speaker 1: South Side of Chicago. I've had experiences with friends where

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Speaker 1: we thought, hey, let's collaborate, let's talk, let's share and love,

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Speaker 1: and we'll use the the N word to show that

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Speaker 1: we like each other, that we respect each other. We

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Speaker 1: tried to do this rebranding thing is jay Z just mentioned.

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Speaker 1: It was flawed. It's a lie. It's something that we

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Speaker 1: should never do. And I'll be honest with you. I

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Speaker 1: had a situation when I was a young teenager a

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Speaker 1: Taking for Granted How Conservatism Can went back to the Americans,

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Speaker 1: But that was the first time that I really felt

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Speaker 1: the anger, the hate from that word. But yet and

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Speaker 1: still I used the word why because society said it

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Speaker 1: was okay. Hip hop culture said it was okay. But

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Speaker 1: I want to say that it is not okay. You

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Speaker 1: can't say black lives matter and still use that word

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Speaker 1: why because the word is still filled with hate no

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Speaker 1: matter how much you branded. And I'm gonna tell you,

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Speaker 1: I'm talking to every rapper, every cultural influencer, politician, business person,

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Speaker 1: white American, Asian American, Latino American, Indian American, and yes,

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Speaker 1: every black person. If you use the N words stop now. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I'm talking to you Cardi B. I'm talking to you

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Speaker 1: jay Z I'm talking to you, Killing Mike, I'm talking

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Speaker 1: I'm talking to you, Big Pout, I'm talking to you.

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Speaker 1: Charlemagne to God, I'm talking to you, Dave Chappelle. I'm

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Speaker 1: talking to you, Nicki Minaj. I'm talking to you, Drake Beyonce,

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Speaker 1: Colin Kaepernick, Joe Biden, even who's used the word in Congress.

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Speaker 1: This is never appropriate, absolutely not. You can never say

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Speaker 1: black lives matter when you're disenfranchising black lives by using

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Speaker 1: the N word. And that's important for everyone to walk

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Speaker 1: away with. There's never an appropriate time to use it,

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Speaker 1: so stop. Now take a listen to this very important

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Speaker 1: conversation that I have with the billionaire founder of Papa John's.

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Speaker 1: It's one that you will certainly want to share with

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Speaker 1: your families and listen to throughout the week. This is

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Speaker 1: Outllied with Gianno Calledwell, John Schneider, Welcome to Outline with

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Speaker 1: Gianno called Well, How are you doing today? Thanks for

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Speaker 1: having me, No, It is honestly a pleasure to be

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Speaker 1: able to have an open, honest dialogue on all things

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Speaker 1: considered in this In this episode, I want to begin

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Speaker 1: by asking you about your resignation from Papa John's, which,

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Speaker 1: of course you found it and became a billion near

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Speaker 1: by way of back in when you were the chairman

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Speaker 1: of the company, you were on a conference call receiving

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Speaker 1: public RELATIONSHI training from an outside marketing firm called Laundry Service.

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Speaker 1: While doing a role play in exercise to prevent future

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Speaker 1: PR issues, you reportedly said Colonel Sanders called blacks and

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Speaker 1: in word it was the full word. I believe before

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Speaker 1: I complained that Sanders never faced public backlash, Can you

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Speaker 1: go back to that day, what exactly happened and what

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Speaker 1: were you thinking at the time. Well, the comment was

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Speaker 1: made and taken out of the media context and and

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Speaker 1: and contrast the you you kind of just did it yourself.

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Speaker 1: Colonel Sanders called black people the N word. I never

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Speaker 1: And it's not a vocabulary, as we'll talk about a

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Speaker 1: little bit later. I don't want to end of vocabulary

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Speaker 1: with regards to me, with regards to the media. The

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Speaker 1: second thing is jabbow is the contrast, Um, there's there's

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Speaker 1: certain nose, you know, there's there's no there's hell no,

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Speaker 1: and there's no way you know, and there's no and

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Speaker 1: in this case, it was, hey, people are using this word.

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Speaker 1: Don't use the word. I never used the word. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so are you saying that inn word the N I

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Speaker 1: G G A or n I G G E R.

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Speaker 1: You never used the actual word you said in word

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Speaker 1: said on the conference call. Is that what you're saying? No, no, no,

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Speaker 1: I said, Colonel Sander's uses the word quite frequently. I

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Speaker 1: didn't understand why they would pay me in the same

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Speaker 1: John or when I use the word debacle, that's the

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Speaker 1: word I really was referring to. If you read again,

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Speaker 1: you did the same thing the rest of me. He's

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Speaker 1: doing you you're taking it out of context. I said,

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Speaker 1: Colonel Sanders calls black people the N word. I never

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Speaker 1: use that word. What I don't understand is he uses

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Speaker 1: same phone in the John Drew again, Giotto. It was

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Speaker 1: a contrast and it was taken out of context, just

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Speaker 1: like you did. You said it twice now one call. Well, no, no, no, no,

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Speaker 1: I want to I want to understand because I haven't

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Speaker 1: trying to understand because I'm not going to use the word,

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Speaker 1: this was, Hey, you know, colonel Senators called black people

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Speaker 1: Colonel Senators called black people in I, G G A.

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Speaker 1: That would be a distinction. So that's what I'm trying

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Speaker 1: ascertain in this moment. Well, there's a transcript out there

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Speaker 1: that is the latter to your point, and the is

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Speaker 1: you know, the word in some place is a still problem,

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Speaker 1: which is uh runch total uh contradictory to everything that

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Speaker 1: Colonel Sanders used the word, used it frequency frequently, and

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Speaker 1: I never used the word and still don't use the word. Okay.

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Speaker 1: So in that sen As you're saying you don't use

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Speaker 1: um as an example providing context to what Colonel Sanders

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Speaker 1: as if you as to if you use the word

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Speaker 1: to just provide the context. So if you're saying, hey,

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Speaker 1: Colonel Sanders used the let's use it for example, if

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Speaker 1: it was the B word, Colonel Sanders used the B

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Speaker 1: saw the transcript beforehand, so I know, but there's been

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Speaker 1: a lot of conversation. But we'll well, we'll we'll move on.

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you this question. You said in an

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Speaker 1: that I would say with regards to me. The words

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Speaker 1: you've done it three times. You take things out of

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Speaker 1: context where hey, Colonel Sanders called white people the N word.

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Speaker 1: I never used the word. I'm confused why we're confusing

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Speaker 1: debacle with the N word and having all this negative publicity. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so in other words, you never use the N word.

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Speaker 1: You use the word debacle instead. No, I said, Colonel

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Speaker 1: since what I was referring to is for some reason,

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Speaker 1: we got stirred up in a situation, uh that was

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Speaker 1: divisive with the words to raise on the word debacle,

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Speaker 1: the word. I use the word debacle in the context

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Speaker 1: of my guys. Goodell, Roger Goodell, the commissioner in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Let's let's get our act together here. We have to

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Speaker 1: solve this to the owners and players satisfaction. That's your job,

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Speaker 1: and it's now it's been a color of the boxing.

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Speaker 1: but first let's go to break. I'm ask you this

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Speaker 1: very direct question. Have you ever, in any context used

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Speaker 1: so involved with UM COVID and small businesses and just

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Speaker 1: doing what little we could do to help them, you know,

427
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,639
Speaker 1: stay on life support. So our goal that will come

428
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Speaker 1: out of COVID, it's gonna shift from more of okay,

429
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Speaker 1: what can we do for small businesses? We'll still keep

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Speaker 1: programs alive, will still do educational things, will still give insight,

431
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:26,480
Speaker 1: will still give advice, UM, and hope, hope to help

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Speaker 1: the small business uh, men and women because they're the

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Speaker 1: heartbeat of the entire country. And then we'll we'll turn

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Speaker 1: to how do we cancel council culture. These people that

435
00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,880
Speaker 1: run canceled culture, Giohno, to your point, I mean they're

436
00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,199
Speaker 1: even I mean they're cruel. I mean they they do

437
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,000
Speaker 1: hate hateful things to other human beings. Um. That really

438
00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:51,480
Speaker 1: is an injustice. If somebody's going around and just stabbing

439
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:53,920
Speaker 1: people with the night, they would be in jail because

440
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,160
Speaker 1: they're hurting other people with their actions. And cancel culture

441
00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:02,359
Speaker 1: hurts people. Again, it's it's ecopathic, it's sociopathic. It's sick.

442
00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:05,680
Speaker 1: And they set on their computers and they make things

443
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,680
Speaker 1: up and they twist and they turn and they take

444
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,720
Speaker 1: things out of context and and for you know what,

445
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,880
Speaker 1: did the story somebody that's a good person, And that's

446
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,960
Speaker 1: just wrong. And if we can have a little influence

447
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,920
Speaker 1: to make media uh. In this case, we'll go back

448
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 1: and pick on Forbes again. If Forbes has just done

449
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,840
Speaker 1: their homework, if they if Papa Johns would have just

450
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,680
Speaker 1: done a proper investigation, they had come up with what

451
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 1: Louis Free came up with, and then we could have

452
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,040
Speaker 1: had the dialogue that you and I aren heaven, which

453
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,479
Speaker 1: is okay, he was using it in the context of

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00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:38,320
Speaker 1: he never uses the word, nobody's used the word. Let's

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00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 1: stop using the word as a society. And I know

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00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,919
Speaker 1: you stand for that. Absolutely, I do stand for that.

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Speaker 1: And since you mentioned council called, I want to ask

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Speaker 1: you do you believe a person should be canceled for

459
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,520
Speaker 1: using the N word? Um depends on the context. I mean,

460
00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:57,320
Speaker 1: when somebody says, okay, he or she used a racial slur,

461
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Speaker 1: you know there he is, what's the racial slur? Give

462
00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,520
Speaker 1: me the exact words and BS is what's the intent?

463
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,240
Speaker 1: What's the intent? And to me, if it's a racial slur,

464
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,800
Speaker 1: it's got a negative intent. When you and I are

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00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,560
Speaker 1: having the conversation we're having, we have a positive intent.

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00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 1: We want people to stop using the word. Just like

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00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 1: I said, Hey, I never used the word. What's going

468
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:25,760
Speaker 1: on here? So? UM? You know, the cancel culture UM

469
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:30,680
Speaker 1: is problematic because it jumps on a partial truth or

470
00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:34,960
Speaker 1: a half truth or mistruth and it destroys people. Now

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00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:40,919
Speaker 1: there's some cases where UM people actually do wrong. And

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00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,840
Speaker 1: in that case, I think they need to take the

473
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,840
Speaker 1: hint and let the chips lie where they lie. The

474
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,280
Speaker 1: truth is the truth. As I told your own a conversation,

475
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: they quoted what I said when I missed, misconstrued the

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00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,919
Speaker 1: media using the vocabulary with regards to me with the

477
00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:02,399
Speaker 1: word my versus my. Um, that's okay because I said it.

478
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 1: So let me either correct it or explain or tot

479
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:08,960
Speaker 1: look in the next sentence because it was just false.

480
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,560
Speaker 1: But you know I said it, so I have to

481
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,280
Speaker 1: explain it or apologize for it, or correct the record.

482
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 1: It's the problem with the media is when uh, they

483
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:20,439
Speaker 1: twist and they turn and it's not truthful, like they

484
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 1: did with with the president President Trump in Georgia. You know,

485
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,400
Speaker 1: they went all out and said, you know he said

486
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,760
Speaker 1: what he said. You know, he got murdered for it.

487
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,439
Speaker 1: It comes to be they had a tape and he

488
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 1: didn't say that. And by the way, this is a

489
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,760
Speaker 1: week or so before elections. Well that's just not right

490
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,920
Speaker 1: for the media to completely fabricate something and hurt the

491
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Speaker 1: president and hurt the outcome of election in Georgia. Now,

492
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:46,840
Speaker 1: and I understand that point of view, uh, completely and

493
00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 1: just to to to recount what you just said right now,

494
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 1: and you and I'm not actually used the word in

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00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:56,480
Speaker 1: this conversation. I've spelled out the word two different versions

496
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Speaker 1: of it. The one some black folks think is except

497
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 1: for rap music, which I disagree, um and others, that

498
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 1: has been used, uh in the form of real strong hate.

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00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 1: It comes by way of slavery. Slavery Um, the first

500
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 1: slaves came over into the country. This is what the

501
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 1: Portuguese used to describe them as being black. That those

502
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,800
Speaker 1: are much different distinctions there, But in terms of a

503
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Speaker 1: person actually being canceled due to using that word a

504
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,960
Speaker 1: person and I understand you're saying people with nefarious intent,

505
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,160
Speaker 1: I get it. I understand that. So someone who's legitimately

506
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 1: being racist. I had to experience years ago when I

507
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 1: was a teenager. I was in a store called Von

508
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 1: Dutch and I was looking at some of the merchandizing

509
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,760
Speaker 1: and the supervisor came and he said get out of here.

510
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,840
Speaker 1: In word, he didn't want me in his store, and

511
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 1: he really ran me out of the store. That obviously

512
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,360
Speaker 1: is a very sinister use of the word. But I

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00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,200
Speaker 1: think any use of the word is completely sinister. No

514
00:29:56,240 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: matter who's using it. So in in your estimation year, Um,

515
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:06,480
Speaker 1: if a person uses it, white, black, whatever, and cancel

516
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,600
Speaker 1: culture comes for them. They're on tape using the word

517
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 1: or whatever the case is, do you believe that person

518
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 1: should be canceled? Well, again back to the being consistent

519
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,479
Speaker 1: and not being hypocritical and being truthful. As you know,

520
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 1: Como use the word. Joe Biden used the word three

521
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Speaker 1: or four stams in Congress referring to a black so

522
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 1: and they were canceled. Um, should they been canceled? I

523
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 1: think that's for the public to judge. Should they said

524
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Speaker 1: what they said? Absolutely not. But as you can see,

525
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 1: there's a prejudice, there's a bias, the hypocrisy that I'm

526
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Speaker 1: in a training session that says, don't use the word

527
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,880
Speaker 1: because I never used the work. That was the point,

528
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:55,040
Speaker 1: that was, that was the intent. Joe Biden bloods it,

529
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: blakes it out, and all of a sudden everybody forgets it,

530
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,240
Speaker 1: and Como bladed to it out on national radio and TV.

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00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,160
Speaker 1: I think it was a radio interview if I get

532
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 1: on TV and with no repercussions. So you see, to

533
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 1: start contrast between the way one person is treated and

534
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,640
Speaker 1: the way the other people get treated. Now, I want

535
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 1: to go to Papa John's. Here. Shaquille O'Neil is essentially

536
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 1: the face of Papa John's. Now, UM, do you agree

537
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 1: with having this athlete promote your company? Doesn't make sense.

538
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 1: He's obviously this incredible black athlete that's been around forever.

539
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if he was a part of the

540
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 1: company while you were there, or if he came afterwards.

541
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:38,959
Speaker 1: How do you feel about this? I think the timing

542
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 1: was Shaquille is excellent because of the environment we're in. Um.

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00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 1: I don't get the demographics and uh, the feedback on

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00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:50,440
Speaker 1: how the public feels about this. Um, So I'm really

545
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 1: not qualified to say I think. Um. I think he's

546
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,480
Speaker 1: well known. I think he's established. I think he does

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00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,240
Speaker 1: a lot of brands, and that may be a little

548
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: bit confusing. Um, but I think the proofs in the

549
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 1: pudding with regards the Papa John's. Let's look at what

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00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,080
Speaker 1: happens to sales when colder goes off, you know, when

551
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,760
Speaker 1: COVID shuts down or dissipates. Let's see what happens, and

552
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:14,640
Speaker 1: then I think that would be a fair barometer whether

553
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 1: he's the right or wrong. Spokesperson from Papa John's, why

554
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 1: she wish Shakil if she kill sits on this board.

555
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:26,000
Speaker 1: And the Border directors at Papa John's, they know exactly

556
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 1: what they what they did. They have the transcripts, transcript

557
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 1: they now have the tapes. It's a plane of his day.

558
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,360
Speaker 1: It's simple that the launder service, UH set me up?

559
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,560
Speaker 1: And Shaquille is going along with the farce. UM. I

560
00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:42,880
Speaker 1: know he's a big guy. I think he's seven one,

561
00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:47,840
Speaker 1: three hundred pounds. But when you watch somebody steal a

562
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 1: man's company and they do it, they use race to

563
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,719
Speaker 1: do it, and you stand by that. Um, I'm not

564
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 1: sure that's a real man. Do you believe he's being

565
00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 1: used as a prompt? The word I use in the

566
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: interviews I do is I think that Papa John's Border

567
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:08,239
Speaker 1: Directors is using Shakil as an instrument to cover up

568
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 1: the dirty deeds they did. The most unfathoable thing John

569
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 1: know about this whole thing is that Papa John's Border

570
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: directors and executive use the black man, used the black woman,

571
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 1: use the race, use race to steal the company. That's

572
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,720
Speaker 1: unfathoble out away with it. Is it right to say

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Speaker 1: that they're using a form of racism and propping up

574
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Speaker 1: someone uh to steal your company. That would be my

575
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 1: point of view. That's in fact really interesting. Let's continue

576
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:43,960
Speaker 1: from there in a moment after a quick break. Now,

577
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,320
Speaker 1: let me ask you this question, because you've accused Laundry

578
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: Service the marketing agency on the call of conspiring against you.

579
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,160
Speaker 1: In fact, you filed the federal lawsuit against the firm

580
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Speaker 1: a legend they begin discussing how to ruin your public

581
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:58,920
Speaker 1: image immediately after the call. Can you tell us more

582
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 1: about what you're accused using laundry services of? And do

583
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 1: you blame Papa John's at all for what happened? And

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00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 1: I think you just really did well, Yeah, we'll get

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00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 1: to Papa John's. We see there's there's two tapes. There's

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00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:16,320
Speaker 1: the tape that the magistrate in Delaware saw the courts

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00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 1: hal Um in Delaware under deb the wall. He's the

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00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 1: one who presided over this. He saw one tape that

589
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:27,800
Speaker 1: has the training session. By the way, we had a

590
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:31,640
Speaker 1: training session for forty five minutes, you know, and they

591
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:35,720
Speaker 1: didn't make one suggestion or one comment on anything I said.

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00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:38,319
Speaker 1: Other words, it's training session with no feedback. So it's

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00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 1: really not a training session. It's a bait session. It's

594
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:42,680
Speaker 1: you know, how can we bait him in the same

595
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 1: something and if he does say so something sort of wrong,

596
00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 1: we'll do what they did is we'll just give half

597
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:49,840
Speaker 1: truth or part of the the a lot of the

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00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:51,840
Speaker 1: folders and make it sound like you said something he

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00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 1: didn't say. The thing that the problem for Laudery Service

600
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 1: now is there's five or six minutes after the call,

601
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 1: the training call, and by away, all celebrities, all everybody

602
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: that goes on news, as you all know, has trained.

603
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,800
Speaker 1: You know, the public doesn't realize that. Um. Maybe you

604
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 1: just think you just show up and you do an interview.

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00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:12,080
Speaker 1: You have to you have to know what you're going

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00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,040
Speaker 1: to talk about. You have to, you know, especially when

607
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 1: you're dealing with something as sensitive right now in our

608
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:21,360
Speaker 1: environment and our society. With grace and so here we

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00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 1: have a so called training session was actually supposed to

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00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,399
Speaker 1: be a brand session. They switched the last minute, trying

611
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,600
Speaker 1: to trip me up in order to get me to

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00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 1: say something they that I would say so they could

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00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 1: tape it and hurt me with it with no coaching. Um.

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00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:38,480
Speaker 1: The last six minutes of the tape which is the

615
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 1: second tape which the magistrate, uh for Chard is not

616
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:46,799
Speaker 1: seeing that tape. It's clear we hope John gets sent

617
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,959
Speaker 1: out to f and pasture. We'll make sure he didn't

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00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:54,279
Speaker 1: have a job or work by Sunday. Um, let's set

619
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:58,400
Speaker 1: him up with a we have a gentleman ideal rebel

620
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,879
Speaker 1: I think that's the name that uh we got him

621
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 1: on the sidelines, will take this viral will will will

622
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:09,960
Speaker 1: hurt this guy. So the ill intent um and what

623
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:14,040
Speaker 1: they expressed on the tape frankly shocking and it's chilling.

624
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 1: Here's how bizarre this is. We hired an agency. We

625
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 1: paid them eight million dollars this year. That year they're

626
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 1: paid to enhance the reputation, to make me actually look

627
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,080
Speaker 1: in the true light I am. When behind the scenes

628
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 1: they're taping the conversation, they're setting it up, they're surprised.

629
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 1: They're trying to provoke me, and all along they had

630
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 1: ill intent. They did a complete one what they were

631
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,760
Speaker 1: hired to do to help me and actually did everything

632
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:45,240
Speaker 1: they could to hurt me. Now, with regards of Papa John's,

633
00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:48,240
Speaker 1: the question before the house is was Papa John's actively

634
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:52,320
Speaker 1: complicit in the set up or were they passively complicit?

635
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 1: I don't have the answer to that right now. The

636
00:36:56,120 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 1: way their behavior is, um, I think they were part

637
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:02,319
Speaker 1: of this, At least a couple of the directors were

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Speaker 1: part of this. And if that's the case, in other words,

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Speaker 1: if the board of directors intentionally set the spokesperson, the founder,

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Speaker 1: and the chairman of the board up on a false

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Speaker 1: narrative with regards the race, it never explained that in

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Speaker 1: the bolds that to Wall Street. I think they have

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Speaker 1: personal culpability. So yes, I think, um, I think Papa

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Speaker 1: John's is extremely vulnerable here and I think they're guilty.

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Speaker 1: Do you ever plan on getting your company back? Is

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Speaker 1: there is there a way forward for that? Well, we

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Speaker 1: talked about a higher power, and you know, things always

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Speaker 1: happen for a reason, and the universe is alive and

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Speaker 1: everything you know, things always you know are perfect. And

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Speaker 1: so I mean, if I was going to take a

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Speaker 1: break for Papa John's, what a nice time to take

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Speaker 1: a break this last two years. I mean with COVID,

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Speaker 1: I mean, you're in the restaurant business and you're dealing

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Speaker 1: with something as contagious and inspectuous as COVID nineteen, and

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Speaker 1: you're trying to run a restaurant company and you're trying

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Speaker 1: to get the people to work, and you're trying to

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Speaker 1: get that you know people, the peeps out the door

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Speaker 1: made right. So um, we'll see. I'm gonna leave it

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Speaker 1: as an option after COVID dissipates, we'll find out how

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Speaker 1: Papa John's does, see if they can stand alone two feet.

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Speaker 1: But frankly, I've really enjoyed the last few years. I

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Speaker 1: was really running Papa John's for thirty four off and

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Speaker 1: on for thirty four years. You're on a hamster wheel.

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Speaker 1: As you know, it's brutal um and it takes you

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Speaker 1: away from things that are really important, you know, like

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Speaker 1: you know, taking good care of yourself and taking good

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Speaker 1: care of your kids and in my case, grand kids.

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Speaker 1: Getting to spend more time with quality friends, quality family,

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Speaker 1: and you know, doing little things like we talked about

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Speaker 1: helping the entrepreneurs with COVID relief and doing videos on hey,

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Speaker 1: you know, how do you get through this as an entrepreneurs.

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Speaker 1: So I think it's been a great two yurietus and

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Speaker 1: I'll keep my all my options open moving forward, and

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Speaker 1: that includes Papa John's. Before I let you go, if

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Speaker 1: you wouldn't mind. What are two or three most important

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Speaker 1: bits of advice you'd be willing to give you? Entrepreneurs

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Speaker 1: are going to start their own companies. Don't give up.

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Speaker 1: Don't ever give up until somebody tells you it's a

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Speaker 1: dumb idea, and then know you're onto something. When tell

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Speaker 1: people tell you you can't do it, Um, you know

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Speaker 1: you're onto something. UM. Unsuccessful entrepreneur, here's no Forarner Times,

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Speaker 1: And he says, okay, the answer is no. A guy

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Speaker 1: no for Warner Times and we know the answers yes.

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Speaker 1: So don't give up at last, and at least keep

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Speaker 1: will come out the other side in a great place. Well, John,

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Speaker 1: I want to thank you so much for spending this time.

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Speaker 1: I hope that the folks who listening to this we'll

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Speaker 1: really and truly move this country forward. And I appreciate

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