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Speaker 1: She's kind of like she's a little bit more advanced

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Speaker 1: She's a popular stand up comedian, film star, amy winning

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Speaker 1: television co host on The Reel, and this past summer,

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Speaker 1: she was the first woman to host the SS Festival

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Speaker 1: in New Orleans, Louisiana. She's on the show to talk

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Speaker 1: about her talk show The Real, her new book, talk

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Speaker 1: about Cafe Mocha, and her new holiday Ashley Stewart fashion line.

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Speaker 1: Please welcome to money making Conversations, Lonnie Love. Just love her.

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Speaker 1: This O tell you something before we get started, Lonnie Love,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna be talking dead serious and she's gonna make

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Speaker 1: They have to keep a camera on you because your

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Speaker 1: You know, even every day or even every week, just

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Speaker 1: you know they're happy times, a sad times. It's important

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Speaker 1: anything is possible in this country. And I say people

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Speaker 1: like you, Rashan McDonald, where you worked hard and you

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Speaker 1: cracked the code in Hollywood, being a major player in Hollywood.

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Speaker 1: It's like those are the type of lessons that we

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Speaker 1: need to understand and know about because we're very smart people,

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Speaker 1: were very creative people, and we just like to share

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Speaker 1: our creativity with people. So this is what it's called.

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Speaker 1: I tried to change so you don't have to. You

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Speaker 1: can pre order it at Lonnie love Book dot com.

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Speaker 1: Lonnie love Book dot com. Again, that's gonna be in

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Speaker 1: my cyber drop. Also give me a banner or some

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Speaker 1: man to the executive producers shows right now, all this

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Speaker 1: able to push success, and I'm part of your team,

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Speaker 1: and so I acknowledge that. Now I want to make

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Speaker 1: a quick announcement that because The Real has been renewed. Correct,

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Speaker 1: The Real to Talk Show has been renewed. Yeah, how

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Speaker 1: many seasons? This is season sick and it's been renewed

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Speaker 1: for two more seasons. I congratulations, congratulations. You know the

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Speaker 1: thing about it, and you know, it's really interesting. I

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Speaker 1: look at my life and I looked at so many

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Speaker 1: I'm doing now because I'm actually doing what I want

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Speaker 1: to do. You know, you can somewhere in life allow

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Speaker 1: the process, even though there's massive amount of success. You're

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Speaker 1: really doing what the process is telling you to do.

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Speaker 1: And and when I watch you, I'm always smiling. I'm

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Speaker 1: always you can the radio show are you know? There's

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Speaker 1: so many different levels that you allowed to communicate your

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Speaker 1: when you talked about Ashley Stewart opportunity that has happening

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Speaker 1: now you hosted the show. Okay, when you talk about

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Speaker 1: hosting Essence Festival for the first time, I saw you

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Speaker 1: on that stage hosting that event, and you were incredible.

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Speaker 1: You were funny, you were irreverent, you know, you were

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Speaker 1: back to be the professional host that you are because

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Speaker 1: and then you just come back so cool, like like,

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Speaker 1: why y'all laughing? Why y'all laughing? We're serious. Hit your

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Speaker 1: I just want I just want to let you know

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Speaker 1: that that that that that talent. You know, the book

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Speaker 1: so you don't have two comes out officially May fifth again,

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Speaker 1: where can they go and buy the book on pre

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Speaker 1: sale right now, Lonnie Lonnie Love Books dot Com. Lonnie

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Speaker 1: Love Books, come cool, and you're gonna get some ad

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Speaker 1: banners to me so we can start promoting your fashion line,

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Speaker 1: the holiday special that's going on right now, holiday season

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Speaker 1: fashion line, the Loney Love with the Aston Steward. You're

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Speaker 1: gonna get that. So We've been promoted on my My,

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Speaker 1: my social media format and my cyber money. Lonny. You know,

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Speaker 1: I love you because I love you because of who

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Speaker 1: you represent. I love you because of the authenticity of

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Speaker 1: what you do on television, and you stay true to

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Speaker 1: who you are. Keep winning. Okay, please and thank you

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Speaker 1: for calling my show. I appreciate you. Rashan, take care, okay,

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Speaker 1: Happy holiday, Happy holidays, Thank you, Bye bye