1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: What's up its lip service. 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 2: I'm Angela Yee, Jeordie, George the key Woods, and Terry J. 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:08,319 Speaker 1: Vond Terry J. 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 2: Von in the building aka Lieutenant Governor Dunkerson. 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining us today. 6 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 2: Come love when you say that, Well, congratulations to you 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 2: because we are getting ready for a new Netflix series that's. 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,240 Speaker 1: Coming out on May twenty second. She the people, Yes, 9 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: she is the people. 10 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 2: Now, talk to me about how it feels right now, 11 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,720 Speaker 2: because this is an amazing moment. I can't even imagine 12 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 2: what it is because this is your baby, and so 13 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,120 Speaker 2: imagine what it's like to see something go from an idea, 14 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 2: a conception to actually about to be on Netflix as 15 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 2: a series with Tyler Perry. 16 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:50,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, of course, you know. It's incredibly exciting. Feel 17 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: extremely blessed. But to be honest, from the moment that 18 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: this show idea came to me, which was about seven 19 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: or six years old, I knew it was going to happen. 20 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: I just knew. I didn't know when I thought it 21 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: was gonna happen, way before now, but I just knew 22 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: that the idea was it was something that we needed, 23 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: something that I knew our community would appreciate that the 24 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: world would appreciate it's you know, it's a it's a 25 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: woman that is thriving but struggling at the same time. 26 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: Here yeah to that, a single mom like co parenting 27 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: two teenage kids and her incredibly colorful family. Uh, and 28 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 1: then dealing in the world of politics. 29 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:49,000 Speaker 2: And now because we need to see that type of flavor, 30 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 2: we can we celebrate what you can you pop this 31 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: champagne bottle? 32 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: I will, you will? You will? 33 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 2: Okay, I'm so happy for you, honestly because you know, 34 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 2: we've been watching you for I feel like, well definitely 35 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: it's been decades and I could your personality I feel 36 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 2: like comes through even in your acting. Thank you, Like 37 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,519 Speaker 2: you just seem like a cool ast person. 38 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I am a coolst person. I think so. 39 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: My kids told me I am. 40 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 2: Thank you And your kids are adorable because we've been 41 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 2: seeing that. We see them on social media too, And 42 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 2: I just want to say, you've also been fighting for diversity, yes, 43 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,240 Speaker 2: when it comes to everything that's been happening in Georgia 44 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 2: in particular, can you just give us a little brief 45 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 2: about that too, because I just want to point out 46 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 2: that not only is she lieutenant governor on this series. 47 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 2: But in real life, you are involved in politics in 48 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 2: a way. You are if you're fighting for some well, 49 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 2: if we're talking about policy and fighting for justice and 50 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 2: fighting for making that because I think a lot of 51 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 2: times people can say what's wrong, but when you're really 52 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 2: fighting to make change, that is still being involved in politics. 53 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: Yes, I do believe that we use our creativity to 54 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: make a difference, and so I do use my platform 55 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: to share the views that I believe in. I think 56 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: that there are so many people that need a voice 57 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: for them and that our community, you know, is always 58 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 1: struggling fighting. So I will continue to lift my voice 59 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: up for us at any cost. And I think that 60 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: right now, especially being a black woman, that we are 61 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: each other's cheerleaders so hard. Nobody loves us more than 62 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: we love on each other. And I think that that's 63 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: just been what we had to do. It's like we 64 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: fight for each other, we love each other hard, and 65 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: so I do that. I believe in that it's just 66 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: in me. 67 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 2: Give me, give cheers to she the people people. I 68 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 2: didn't touch his because that's bad luck, did you? 69 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: I got to put it on. 70 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 3: This So you said, you remember coming up with the 71 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 3: idea seven years ago. Do you remember like how it 72 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:26,559 Speaker 3: came to you, like what you what you were doing, 73 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 3: or like the motions. 74 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: Well, what had happened was so I grew up in 75 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 1: San Francisco, Okay, and my girlfriend, London Breed, became the 76 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: first black female mayor of the city of San Francisco, 77 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: which was oh wow, huge, that is huge, huge. You know, 78 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,920 Speaker 1: it's one of the richest cities in the nation and 79 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: the beautiful part of it. And what made me think like, oh, 80 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: this would be an interesting show was London, like me, 81 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: grew up in the hood, you know, very drug infested communities. 82 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: We all know those par. 83 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 2: San Francisco is very like rich but also the. 84 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, so she grew up in a neighborhood like that, 85 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: just like I did. And watching her work her way 86 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: up through just being in politics, and we're always watching 87 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: and cheering her on, watching her on the news and whatnot. 88 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: And when she became the when she became the mayor, 89 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 1: it was so much pushback in the city against her, 90 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: so much like they they made a special election have 91 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: to happen because she was put in the position because 92 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: the current mayor had died, and so she was superintendent 93 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: of some I can't remember all her title, but she 94 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: was to take over his position. She was the one 95 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: that would finish out. 96 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, and they act like you don't deserve it, and. 97 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: So they yeah, they made her have a special election 98 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: and all this stuff, everything that they were putting her through, 99 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: and she won anyway, and then I was like, that 100 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: is the ship. Oh my god, yes. 101 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 2: So. 102 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: What she No, he was Asian actually an agent man, 103 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: and so just watching what she went through, knowing her background, 104 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: I was like, a character like that would be amazing. 105 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:35,919 Speaker 1: And I'm a huge fan of Deep and so I 106 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: was like, that would be great from our perspective, like 107 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: our neighborhoods. It's yeah, because you come in with a 108 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: different viewpoint, fighting for your folks, but still having to 109 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: represent a city that is very much to play the 110 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: game exactly. So I just thought it was prime for 111 00:06:55,800 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: a perfect comedy and drama at the same time. And 112 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: so that's where the ideal sparked. And that was like 113 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: in twenty seventeen or something like that. I can't remember 114 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 1: the executive but so that's what sparked the idea, and 115 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: I just started like writing it down, just writing it 116 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: down over the years. Then I wanted to team up 117 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 1: with a writer. I met with several writers and finally 118 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: got to Nya Palmer, who we just get each other. 119 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: She's weird and wacky and super funny, and so we 120 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: worked on it, developed it together during then, and then 121 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: we just got busy with life, right, So I was 122 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: working acting, I was directing, and so it was just 123 00:07:40,480 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: kind of on the shelf. Urn yes, because when I 124 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: did mention it to people and try to put it 125 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: out into the world, everybody was like, no, we don't 126 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: want to touch a political show. We don't want to 127 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: do anything in politics. And I was like, okay, whatever, 128 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 1: And just whenever people say that, I don't know. 129 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 2: Because I just feel like it's part of every day, 130 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 2: like politics is. 131 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: Entertainment, Like yeah, it's unfortunately hilarious. Yeah yeah, Well that's 132 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: why I think God's divine time, because it is the 133 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: perfect time. 134 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 3: It is the perfect time to come out now rather 135 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 3: than seven years ago. 136 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 2: Even if you look at our mayor here in New York, 137 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 2: Eric Adams, and even if you look at like, look 138 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 2: Mayor Cantrell, She's a black woman in New Orleans, and 139 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 2: I feel like they target her because of that, Like 140 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 2: you know, because I've actually seen her out and about. 141 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 2: It's interesting because people will tell me, like I see 142 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 2: her getting criticism for like being out being but it's 143 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 2: New Orleans, how like the mayor should be out? 144 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: I see, Yeah, it's like, what do you mean New Orleans. 145 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,200 Speaker 1: You're supposed to be a hermit, right. 146 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 2: No, But but a large part of that is tourism 147 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 2: too in New Orleans, like a large part of what happens, 148 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:55,839 Speaker 2: so going out and supporting business, Oh, the mayor's Like, 149 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 2: if I own a business in New Orleans, I would 150 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,440 Speaker 2: be so excited for the mayor to come to my 151 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 2: established and you know and toast to me like that's 152 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:07,000 Speaker 2: a big deal. And I think New York the same thing. 153 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 2: Though I will say that because they call our mayor. 154 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 2: There's other issues there. But earlier on, like the party mayor, 155 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 2: I do think that having a mayor in New York, 156 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 2: because nightlife is so big and small businesses are so big, 157 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 2: and a lot of these establishments are small businesses, I 158 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 2: do think any mayor we have should like, I don't 159 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 2: see a problem with that, as long as you're not well. 160 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,679 Speaker 1: The thing is to me, man And also what I 161 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 1: thought would be so interesting to tell this story is 162 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: she's just a human being. She's still a woman, She's 163 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: still you know, our character. She has kids, she has 164 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 1: two teenage kids that she's co parenting with her ex husband. 165 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 1: So we wanted to make her have to deal with 166 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:51,679 Speaker 1: real life stuff. But she still has a job that 167 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: has an image that she has to uphold. But she 168 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: still has regular stuff. 169 00:09:57,320 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 2: And sometimes people will look down on you on politics 170 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 2: as a woman who is not married. 171 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, we touch on all that. We touch on 172 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: all the things. 173 00:10:07,520 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 2: Bottom's former mayor in Atlanta, so she's part of this 174 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 2: project too. 175 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: She's a yes. So I mean how that happened? So 176 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: what had happened was during the strike. When the strike 177 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,199 Speaker 1: happens in twenty twenty three, when everybody, all our jobs 178 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 1: went away in the entertainment business. I called Naya and 179 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 1: I was like, Naya, look, I know we're on strike, 180 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: but what do you think about shooting a proof of 181 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: concept now while we're on strike, So when the strike 182 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:38,480 Speaker 1: is over, we'll actually have something to show people as 183 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:42,319 Speaker 1: a pitch instead of us. Yeah, instead of just trying 184 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: to tell people how to see our vision, let's show 185 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:49,280 Speaker 1: them the vision. And so she agreed, so we got 186 00:10:49,320 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 1: to work on developing the show to shoot a proof 187 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: of concept and I was like, well, if I want 188 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: to stack it with as much gun power as possible, 189 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: I need to attach somebody that is in this space 190 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 1: to give our show some yes. So I tentively called 191 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: Kisha Land's Bottoms and was like, Hey, this is Terry Javon. 192 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: We do meet with me. She was like, yes, let's 193 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 1: meet up. Let's go to breakfast, and so we met. 194 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: I told her the idea, pitched the whole thing to 195 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: her and she loved it and she was like, absolutely, 196 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: I will join you. I want to be a part 197 00:11:33,760 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: of this amazing and so once we got her on board, 198 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:39,480 Speaker 1: it was we were able to get the funding to 199 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 1: shoot the proof of concept that we wanted to shoot, 200 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 1: and I was like, look, I only want to shoot 201 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: it if it can look like it could air. I 202 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: needed to look exactly how we wanted to be, and 203 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: so I got the team together. We have a dope 204 00:11:54,120 --> 00:12:00,200 Speaker 1: ass team of people in Atlanta. Game together helped me 205 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: shoot this, and we shot it. It came out exactly 206 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: how I wanted to see it, and once the strike 207 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: was over, my red agents sent it out and we 208 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: got calls left and right. 209 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 2: And you went with Tyler Perry and we did. 210 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: We chose Skyler Perry. Now tell me why, I mean, 211 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: and I'm not us. I just want to know. 212 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, tell me what was in your thinking when you 213 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 2: said we got calls but Taler Perry's. 214 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: And it was a tough decision not to, you know, 215 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: because this is had never happened to me before. So 216 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: I've been doing this for a long time, right, I 217 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:39,319 Speaker 1: have pitched shows I saw you, Yeah, hundreds of shows, yes, 218 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 1: And it's always, you know, the pitch. We get ourselves ready. 219 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: So I'm getting me, Naya and Keisha. We're like getting 220 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,319 Speaker 1: our pitch together. We're rehearsing it so that we're ready 221 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: for our meetings. First meet our first meeting actually was 222 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: with Tyler Perry Studios. And so we get on the 223 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: call and immediately we're ready to jump in and they are. 224 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 1: They jump in and start telling us everything they love 225 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:08,559 Speaker 1: about the show and why we need to go with them. 226 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: Oh wow. And that's so they made offer right there 227 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: in our first meeting. Oh wow. And I was like, 228 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 1: so this is like an offer, like y'all want the show? 229 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: And they were like. 230 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, because the truth is I also don't mean it's 231 00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 2: gonna actually happen. 232 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: Could keep you tied up one thousand percent. So they 233 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,200 Speaker 1: laid out all the reasons why we should go with them, 234 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,839 Speaker 1: and we were like, okay, we can. We get right 235 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,719 Speaker 1: back to you. We have some other meetings, right, and 236 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 1: so we in every meeting and after that was the 237 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:50,000 Speaker 1: same thing that we were like, we already have tables 238 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: and they were like, well, consider this offer number two. 239 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 1: And it kept happening like it kept happening and. 240 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 2: Was part of investing in doing that that it would 241 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 2: have not run that way if we did not do that. 242 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: So thank God for the thought dropping in my soul 243 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: to do it. And so after you know, meeting with everybody, 244 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,200 Speaker 1: and these are all like amazing people, people that I 245 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 1: have been wanting to work with for years, all of them. 246 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: So it was a very hard decision for me. But 247 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,520 Speaker 1: just after all the conversations, going back to what you 248 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: said about the offer and getting a deal doesn't mean 249 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 1: that the show is actually gonna happen, right right. It 250 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: could actually destroy it, can it can? It just can 251 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: hold you up. And though everybody, I think everybody went 252 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: in it with great intentions and I do think that 253 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: they were really, you know, going to push for the 254 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: show and support the show. The only one that really 255 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 1: had the power to pull the trigger and go now. 256 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: And after having like a couple of more meetings with 257 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 1: Tyler himself and how he was just so supportive and 258 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,479 Speaker 1: wanted to be collaborative and asking us all these amazing questions, 259 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: we were like, we feel safe with him. Yeah, we 260 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: feel safe with him and so and you know, this 261 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: is a part of a new entity for Tyler, his 262 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: deal with Netflix, and it's been going well, it's been 263 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: going amazing. 264 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 2: Beauty Black, Yeah, yeah, And I was like, when are 265 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 2: we gonna finish this? 266 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 1: We were the first comedy that he was bringing to 267 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: the network, and so we were it was all everything 268 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: was fresh and new and exciting, and you know, they 269 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: were the perfect partners for us. Just been amazing. 270 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 2: Well again, congratulations, But I love like a lot of 271 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 2: things that you touched on in that story, because, like 272 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 2: you said, you've been pitching, pitching, pitching, prepping things, but 273 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 2: then also having something to show, because sometimes a lot 274 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 2: of people will have ideas, but having something to actually 275 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 2: be like, here's what it's going. 276 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: To look like. 277 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, that makes all the difference, right. 278 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, facts, I think so, because when you're you're trying 279 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: to get somebody to see what you see in your 280 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: head and you're telling them you're talking. 281 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 3: Talk to imagine it. 282 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: Look at this film that Yeah, so that made the 283 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: huge difference. That made the huge difference. And then going 284 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: with him and him seeing our what our vision was, 285 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: and then Tyler adding his sauce. 286 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 2: It just it was just you know, you talk a 287 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 2: lot about mental health awareness as well, and I've seen 288 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,160 Speaker 2: that's something that you platform too. How is it because 289 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 2: I can't imagine what it's like when you're like, it's 290 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 2: like going on job interviews and you have to keep 291 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 2: on pitching yourself and then you. 292 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: Feel like, you know, you're amazing. 293 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 2: You know you have an amazing idea and sometimes people 294 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 2: just can't see it. You know what does that do? 295 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 2: Because Akim, I know you're also like, look, put me 296 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 2: on a TV show. 297 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:53,560 Speaker 1: But it is. 298 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 2: Sometimes like we can laugh about it, but sometimes it 299 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 2: is really really difficult, and it's not easy on your 300 00:16:58,800 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 2: ego too. 301 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: It's a little I mean, it's a difficult business. It 302 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:07,679 Speaker 1: really is, because like this project and many other ones, 303 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: it's like we're putting ourselves like, this is my heart, 304 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 1: this is my you know, my my voice, my heart, 305 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: my vision, and I'm giving it to you. I'm pouring 306 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 1: it out to you and you're like, Nope, don't want it. Yeah, 307 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 1: don't want it. Yeah, it is a strike to your ego. 308 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 1: But it's the business. That's why I think for everybody, 309 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 1: you've got to have thick skin, and it is super 310 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 1: important to take care of yourself mentally, spiritually, physically, because 311 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 1: it takes a toll. It totally takes a toll. So 312 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: I am an advocate of my my exercise, my mental workouts, 313 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:52,359 Speaker 1: my meditation, what I read, what I listen to, my 314 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: prayer time, all of it is is a huge part 315 00:17:56,520 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: of my life. You look amazing, Thank you. I can't enough. 316 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 2: And then also being married, Yes, how does that? 317 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: And that's stressful too. 318 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 4: No, because last night I was I was my favorite 319 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 4: restaurant and these two guys were having a little kiki 320 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 4: and one of them said that he doesn't believe that 321 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:28,159 Speaker 4: there's any such thing as a happy marriage. When you 322 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,880 Speaker 4: think about that, I mean, he. 323 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:32,479 Speaker 1: Was like, yeah, is he married? 324 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 2: He was married? Yeah, damn well he's unhappy. 325 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: Yeah he's unhappy. No, I think that I am extremely 326 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 1: happy in my marriage right now. I think it goes 327 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 1: through stages like life, like life one thousand percent, and 328 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:54,040 Speaker 1: there's there's growth. It's two different human beings, two different 329 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: journeys have come together, two different upbringings to different thought patterns. 330 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 2: And then you also have things happening in your life 331 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 2: that you can bring back into a relations We're like 332 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 2: to whole people coming into you know, kind of coming together, 333 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 2: and sometimes you might have something, he might have something 334 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 2: going on. 335 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 1: Yep, and it just kind of rocks the boat. It does. 336 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,199 Speaker 1: But it's but you have to realize that that is 337 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: just a normal progression in life. Whether you're by yourself 338 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: or you're with somebody, you're still gonna grow. You're still 339 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 1: gonna uh. You know, you used to do this, but 340 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 1: now you don't do that anymore. Now you do this, 341 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 1: but you're always gonna do that. As long as you're living, 342 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:37,160 Speaker 1: you're going to grow and change constantly. And in a marriage, 343 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 1: that's what makes marriage so difficult. It's because now it's 344 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 1: two people and everybody nobody is growing at the same 345 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 1: exact time. Sometimes you're up here and they're down here, 346 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 1: and then they come up here and they go up there, 347 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 1: and then it's about giving grace. It's about knowing that 348 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:58,440 Speaker 1: that is a natural human way of being. So let 349 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 1: me let you be a natural human and grow at 350 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: your time and I'll step back. Do you think you 351 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: know whatever it is? And I also think that people 352 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 1: go into marriage with the particular ideas of what marriage 353 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: is supposed to be. I'm like, you got to throw 354 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: everything out that you have never learned, whatever church I 355 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: told you, your mom told you. You throw it all out 356 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: and create what marriage is for you in your house. 357 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 1: That that's what I think why people are in unhappy 358 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: marriages because they're trying to fit into a box that 359 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: doesn't fit them. 360 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 2: How did you know he was the one? 361 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: I didn't. 362 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 3: He told me how long have you guys been married? 363 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 1: Seventeen years? Yeah, we've been married seventeen years. But this 364 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: is my second marriage, and so I always said I 365 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: would never get married again. I had no desires immediately 366 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 1: as soon as I said never, How long was there first? 367 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 2: One? 368 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:05,880 Speaker 1: Uh? Five years? And then the divorce started, so by 369 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,959 Speaker 1: six we were it was final. Divorce is like, it's terrible, 370 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: and that's why I didn't want to get married again. 371 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: It wasn't about the marriage. It was about the process. Yeah, 372 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 1: And I'm like, okay, so if I get married to 373 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,239 Speaker 1: somebody and I don't like them anymore, we break up. 374 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 1: I don't go with you no more. Now it's all 375 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 1: this drama in business. And I just thought that was 376 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:31,360 Speaker 1: so do we think there? 377 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was. 378 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 1: So weird. I'm not doing that. 379 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 2: But at the same time, you know, I guess that 380 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 2: part of that is like them not wanting you. We 381 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 2: got snatched, yeah, the divorced us. Yeah, but I just 382 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 2: but at the same time, I guess they don't want 383 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,320 Speaker 2: you to make it so easy, you know what I'm saying, 384 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 2: because it's not like breaking up. 385 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, because it's not breaking up, Yeah, which is. 386 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 1: Okay, so go ahead. Well it's business, so that I'm learned. 387 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: So okay, marriages the freaking business with paperwork. You got 388 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: a file, papers, you got to get a low wayer, 389 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: all the things. So that's what made me not want to. 390 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: So I met my husband in the midst of my divorce. 391 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:17,639 Speaker 1: He did, but he was done by the time I met. 392 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 2: Okay, how did you gute meet? 393 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 1: We met? I was doing a play. I was doing 394 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: a play and uh, tank was in the play. 395 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 2: And he decided a Tank, who was just in Hell's 396 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:29,880 Speaker 2: kitchen too, we came out to see him. 397 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, so they're very good friends. So when I was 398 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:34,600 Speaker 1: doing the play with Tank, that's how I met. 399 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,679 Speaker 2: Him right in his seat one day and went viral. 400 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 2: But that's another. 401 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 1: Sort I heard about that. Every time he sees me, 402 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 1: he's like, never go. So yeah, so we met during 403 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: the time we were doing that play, and I really 404 00:22:58,760 --> 00:23:01,920 Speaker 1: there was no interest. There was no spark or anything. 405 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 1: Well I don't even know if it was for him 406 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 1: neither one. No, it wasn't because they were dealing with girls. 407 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,560 Speaker 1: It wasn't even a thing. But we were just all 408 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: used to hang out. And then the more we started 409 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,879 Speaker 1: hanging out and we used to linger and talk and 410 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: we just started liking each other. Yeah, it was accidental, 411 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: always nice, and you was going through some things I was, 412 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: so I totally wasn't thinking about. 413 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:28,880 Speaker 2: Anything because then at first you think it's a rebound, 414 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 2: like it's just me, you know, trying to do something 415 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 2: to mass COUM feeling about this whole situation, and then 416 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 2: what happened. 417 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,400 Speaker 1: So I totally went and so we started liking each 418 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 1: other obviously, and I was like, look, I'm going through 419 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: this divorce and I never want to get married again. 420 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 1: And he was like cool. So when we decided that 421 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:54,120 Speaker 1: we were gonna be serious, that was still we went 422 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 1: into it. We don't need to get married, we'll be together. 423 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: I was like, I want I want more kids, and 424 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 1: I am cool with having a kid without being married, right, 425 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:05,159 Speaker 1: I'm okay. 426 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 2: We Goldie Hunt and I was good with it. 427 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: And then I got pregnant and I was like, you 428 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:23,359 Speaker 1: do got that NFL? Sure legally that like you played 429 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 1: for how many so so you're five years so youted, 430 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:31,919 Speaker 1: I think it's going to be better and he was 431 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: like yeah, yeah yeah. He was like yeah, so and 432 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:39,400 Speaker 1: now we've been together for seventeen years. That's amazing. Did 433 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: you have a big wedding or it was just a 434 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 1: we went to Vegas. Okay, that's the way to get married, 435 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: big belly, Adida sweat suit while you were pregnant? Yep, 436 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: that's awesome. Literally, I was not gonna get married. I wasn't. 437 00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: I was pregnant. 438 00:24:58,800 --> 00:24:59,320 Speaker 2: I was good. 439 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:05,919 Speaker 1: Was it a distraction? I think? And he were blue? 440 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 1: That's cut. 441 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,679 Speaker 4: So how long after you were officially divorced did you 442 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 4: get married. 443 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:14,880 Speaker 2: Uh, maybe two years, but your ex has been tight, 444 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 2: like I don't know. 445 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: Doing that, Angela, I don't know. He's a great he's 446 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 1: the father of my oldest son. 447 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,959 Speaker 2: And even though you may have moved on, people be 448 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:27,160 Speaker 2: like and their feelings. 449 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,399 Speaker 1: So this whole time, because you know, people be thinking, oh, 450 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 1: this whole time was right, We're not gonna be messy. 451 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: It's my friend. It's a great dad. 452 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:41,360 Speaker 4: What did you learn from the first marriage to the second. 453 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:45,160 Speaker 1: To uh, to really just be honest in the moment, 454 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: don't let things linger, because to be honest, I knew 455 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 1: it wasn't working. I knew I wanted to move on 456 00:25:54,119 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: at least three years, which is crazy, right, But then 457 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,359 Speaker 1: you care setting band aids on it. Okay, we got this, 458 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 1: it's fine, it's fine. Let's have a baby's house. You 459 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: keep doing doing thrown up things. Yeah, and it just 460 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,679 Speaker 1: none of it is still kept landing back where I 461 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 1: knew it was. So I really just hit things dead on. 462 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,120 Speaker 1: This isn't working. I don't like how this feels. I don't, 463 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: you know. So we talk more. 464 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's good, and then to be friends to this 465 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 2: day it is good. How is it for you? Like 466 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 2: kind of growing up in this business. I know a 467 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,880 Speaker 2: lot of people were trying to holler at you, Yeah, 468 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,000 Speaker 2: how did you How were you able to like maneuver 469 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,280 Speaker 2: through that, because sometimes it can be awkward sometimes you 470 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 2: have to be around people, like what, what's some advice 471 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:47,639 Speaker 2: you would give to people who are up and coming 472 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 2: in this business for you to be able to like 473 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 2: maintain and come through. So this is funny because that 474 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 2: that is a serious question because people ask me. 475 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 1: That all the time. Young women asked me that, like, 476 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 1: because you don't want to be a woe. I'm being honest, 477 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 1: but you want to have fun as a woman. 478 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 3: You don't want to be a home because I'm a 479 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:17,919 Speaker 3: home he's But this was not as bad for exactly exactly, 480 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:18,640 Speaker 3: so I guess. 481 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 1: And I just didn't want to be and I and 482 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 1: I felt like I was I was dating. It's like 483 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 1: I was going out and I. 484 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,879 Speaker 3: Was How old if you don't mind me asking how 485 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 3: old were you when you first like when you got 486 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 3: into the business, like when you started like booking stuff? 487 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 1: Uh so I moved to LA when I was twenty 488 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: two or twenty three like that. 489 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,400 Speaker 2: And that's the fun stage to Yeah, let me tell 490 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:50,680 Speaker 2: you what I moved there with the guy, okay, and 491 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 2: he did propose and all the things, and we did 492 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,320 Speaker 2: get engaged. 493 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: It's so much, it's just too much, too many words, 494 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,639 Speaker 1: and we called it off and then he tried to 495 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: propose again and I was like no, no. 496 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 2: No, no. 497 00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,440 Speaker 1: So then yes, so now I'm out in l A 498 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 1: and now I'm single, so now I'm just dating. Hey hey, hey, 499 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:12,920 Speaker 1: and I and I just felt like I was doing 500 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 1: way too much. 501 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 2: Hey hey, no social media. 502 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 1: We are right right right, But then that's what made 503 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,400 Speaker 1: me decided I wanted to get married. 504 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,119 Speaker 2: Right because you didn't want to get a reputation. You 505 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 2: want to got me just settled down a quote quote right. 506 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: Thing. Felt like I got married for the wrong reason 507 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 1: the first time. 508 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:32,119 Speaker 2: It really was. 509 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, So I was like nope, I know because he 510 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: was a college friend. He was my friend, like we 511 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 1: were cool as hell and we always liked each other 512 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 1: in college. So I was like, this would this works, 513 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: this works. It is he's cute, you know, this is 514 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: this works And yeah it didn't. 515 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 2: Didn't. 516 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 1: But we have a beautiful and amazing son. O this side. 517 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: You have a son and a daughter. That's perfect. I 518 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: have two sons, two sons. So yeah. So once I 519 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 1: got married to Karan, my current husband, we had two kids. 520 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,680 Speaker 1: So I have a seventeen year old son and a 521 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,440 Speaker 1: ten year old girl. Okay, and my oldest son is 522 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: twenty he'll be twenty four. 523 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,200 Speaker 2: That's amazing already of them following in your footsteps, like 524 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 2: I want to. 525 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 1: Ooh, Lola, my ten year old, she's everything else. 526 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 5: She. 527 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:29,360 Speaker 1: I didn't see how y'all doing challenges girl, that one 528 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 1: and you and I never wanted to have a girl y'all. 529 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: Only I was like, I'm a boy mom. I'm a 530 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 1: boy mom because boys are easier one thousand. 531 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 2: Girl. Yes, now you're a mess, but I was now. 532 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 1: You were a good kid. Yeah yeah. I just didn't 533 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: want to raise me because I knew me. I knew 534 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 1: the things I got in trouble for. I was bad. 535 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: I never got caught out. You don't want to you 536 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:08,959 Speaker 1: don't want to come back around dramas too much. I 537 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 1: know being a girl. I know the stuff I went through, 538 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: the insecurities and the this and the bullying. And I 539 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: was like, I don't want to, girl, it's just so much. 540 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 1: And here she comes a little you little man. Every 541 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: she is me on steroids like one thousand. But she's amazing. 542 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: She teaches me so much because she is so confident 543 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 1: and so Yep, I'm gonna be a professional ice skater, 544 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: I'm going to play ten be a professional tennis player. 545 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 1: I am going to act, and I'm going to direct. 546 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: And she can do all these things. If anybody asked her, 547 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 1: what do you want to down? 548 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 2: All those she's helping on the ice skating one is random, like, yeah, 549 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 2: so she's been ice skating since she was two. 550 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: Place second over the weekend. Uh huh. 551 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:01,000 Speaker 2: She had had amazing romedy. My I remember I interviewed 552 00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 2: him one time. He used to be Was he married 553 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:05,560 Speaker 2: to a woman who was a professional ice skating? Wow? 554 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 3: That looks dangerous. Have you seen him spinning and stuff? 555 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 1: She does all that? Think about what was that movie Gloria? 556 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:15,760 Speaker 1: Was it Flash Dance? When she was like an ice skater? 557 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 2: Was it? 558 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: And she was doing the routine but then she like 559 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 1: slipped and fell. It was like it was like a 560 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: dance movie. I don't know she was. 561 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 2: And then she was like, yeah, I think that was 562 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 2: Flash Dance. She was like a construction worker. 563 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 1: But then she was, oh, but she was a dancer. 564 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:38,760 Speaker 1: She was an ice skater. No, somebody in them that 565 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: I gotta find that dancing flash dances, not ice skating. Angela. 566 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:47,680 Speaker 2: No, listen, you're gonna eat your words. Okay, you hear me, Lieutenant. 567 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,000 Speaker 1: Okay, okay, you hear me. 568 00:31:51,120 --> 00:32:02,719 Speaker 2: Litt What actually inspired you to want to do what 569 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 2: you do, like, even at a young age, Because you're 570 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 2: talking about your daughter and how she's inspired and when 571 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 2: you ask her what she wants to do, she could 572 00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 2: run it down. 573 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: When I wasn't like that, and that's why she I 574 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: learned so much from her. So I didn't know what 575 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,040 Speaker 1: I wanted to be. I just wanted to be a 576 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 1: successful business woman if somebody would ask me, a successful 577 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 1: business woman. But I don't know what kind of business 578 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 1: I didn't know. I didn't have any you know, specifics. 579 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:32,200 Speaker 1: But when I was in college first, so I was 580 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 1: started studying advertising. I thought I was going to go 581 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 1: into I did too. 582 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:37,960 Speaker 2: I thought I was gonna do advertising and marketing. 583 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: Yeah okay. And so a friend when we were in 584 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 1: college was recruiting girls for a Miss Black California pageant. 585 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: So me and some of my friends we were like, oh, 586 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: we'll do it. Yeah, we'll do it. We've got no 587 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,880 Speaker 1: clue about it at all, but we're like, we'll do it. 588 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 1: And so I did this pageant and for the talent part, 589 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: I didn't know what I was going to do for 590 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 1: the talent part because I didn't I didn't sing. I 591 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: didn't know anything about acting at that point as a 592 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 1: career just wasn't on my radar. But my mom and 593 00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 1: my aunt we came up with the idea for me 594 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: to do a poem, recite a monologue from for Colored 595 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: Girls who Considered suicide. Of course you didn't, I love it. 596 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 1: I love it? Okay, So I did Sorry Lady in Blue, 597 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,960 Speaker 1: and I did my poem. I acted it out and 598 00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,560 Speaker 1: I had never done anything like that. And one of 599 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:39,080 Speaker 1: the judges was a producer of a play that they 600 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: were casting to tour the country. It's one of the 601 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 1: touring the touring plays. And so after the passion he 602 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 1: asked me if I would be interested in auditioning for 603 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:54,000 Speaker 1: this play. And of course, you know, listen, what are 604 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: you doing? I was like, what do you do for 605 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 1: an audition? So he was like, bring a picture and 606 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 1: a resume and come to the Black Report Toy Theater 607 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 1: in Berkeley, California, and I was like, okay that I'll 608 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:08,799 Speaker 1: be there. And so the night before my audition, I 609 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,800 Speaker 1: had my college roommate take a picture. I'm aging myself. 610 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,359 Speaker 1: It was a polaroid picture. It's okay, I still got 611 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 1: a polar raids. Okay, okay. So I had my polaroid picture, 612 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 1: and I had my regular working resume. I was working 613 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,480 Speaker 1: at the Marriott Hotel. I had worked at McDonald's. If 614 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,319 Speaker 1: it's rent a car. So that's the rest of. 615 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:27,879 Speaker 2: Yeah to marry. 616 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, that was a good listen. I'm where I 617 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 1: was working through college. So so I show up at 618 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:38,960 Speaker 1: the theater with my picture and my resume and I 619 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:43,160 Speaker 1: walk in and it's like real actors there. Like I'm like, 620 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,279 Speaker 1: they like stretching and moming on like some weird chip 621 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:53,720 Speaker 1: and I'm like exercises. Yes, right. I was like, whoa, 622 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,239 Speaker 1: this is weird. I'm gonna sit in the corner. So 623 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,879 Speaker 1: I just waited until somebody came out and called my name, 624 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,360 Speaker 1: and then I went in and I met the director 625 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:04,799 Speaker 1: and I met the playwright and they gave me some 626 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:07,600 Speaker 1: material and they said, just read this part. So I 627 00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 1: read the part and the director, his name is Paul Roach, 628 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:16,560 Speaker 1: always credit him for my career and my life. He said, 629 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 1: read it again for us and the character she's sassy, 630 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:21,719 Speaker 1: so just you know. And I was like, oh, okay, 631 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,600 Speaker 1: so you just want me to be myself basically read 632 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:28,400 Speaker 1: it again, and that night they called me and was like, 633 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,320 Speaker 1: we want to offer you a part wow. 634 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:32,240 Speaker 3: Audition. 635 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:39,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was so random's amazing for the country. Hey, 636 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,520 Speaker 1: four hundred dollars a week. I was like, period. I 637 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:53,359 Speaker 1: was that's a lot back, and she was like, well, 638 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,560 Speaker 1: when is that ever going to happen again in your life? 639 00:35:55,600 --> 00:36:00,239 Speaker 1: Go for it. So I did that play and it 640 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,759 Speaker 1: was David E. Twbert's very first player. He's still doing 641 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:15,080 Speaker 1: it with z Tizzy. But Paul wrote the director he 642 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:18,400 Speaker 1: traveled with us through the whole run of the show 643 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,120 Speaker 1: and before you know all our rehearsals and stuff, he 644 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,600 Speaker 1: was actually training us and acting. So he introduced us 645 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:29,240 Speaker 1: to Stanislawski, a hog Aga and chake Off, all the 646 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:33,600 Speaker 1: theater greats. And I loved it. I was like, this 647 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:35,799 Speaker 1: is what I want to study, this is what I love, 648 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:37,520 Speaker 1: and I just never looked back. 649 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,680 Speaker 2: That's amazing. And I think like most well known obviously 650 00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:46,280 Speaker 2: the Steve Harvey show Man that was even me sitting 651 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:49,680 Speaker 2: here talking to you right now, like it's like I'm 652 00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:52,040 Speaker 2: thinking about that in my head. Sometimes it sounds like 653 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:55,799 Speaker 2: this is amazing. Oh yeah, I love that character. Yeah, 654 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:57,960 Speaker 2: just and it was she was dope. 655 00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,480 Speaker 1: She was amazing Friday routine. 656 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:03,840 Speaker 3: If they did it, If they did it, you know 657 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:07,239 Speaker 3: how they're doing all these spinoffs reboots. If they did 658 00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:09,560 Speaker 3: a reboot of that show, and everyone everyone's like, yeah, 659 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,760 Speaker 3: we'll do it absolutely. 660 00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:17,080 Speaker 2: Although you booked and busy, you know, I will work 661 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:17,759 Speaker 2: that out. 662 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:18,279 Speaker 1: You hear it out. 663 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:22,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, and you still talk to everybody. Everybody, everybody that's good. 664 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,439 Speaker 2: We like, we like a story like that. And I 665 00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:27,840 Speaker 2: was just telling them. I was like, let's not forget insecure. 666 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:36,600 Speaker 1: They talked about it for a while. They teased me, 667 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:42,160 Speaker 1: can you tell people because I was like, Cranberry, Yeah, 668 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,680 Speaker 1: because you would be coming in watching that show. Yeah. 669 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:49,040 Speaker 1: So she was an investigative reporter. 670 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:53,080 Speaker 2: That's a real show. And she was that's like from Detroit. 671 00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:56,880 Speaker 1: Yes, so she was always looking for missing black girls, 672 00:37:57,120 --> 00:38:00,960 Speaker 1: the ones that nobody was looking for. And it was 673 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:06,480 Speaker 1: the way they they wrote it was so brilliant because 674 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,920 Speaker 1: it was truthful. It was one thousand percent truthful, but 675 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:15,040 Speaker 1: it was huh hilarious, just really poking fun at what 676 00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:20,560 Speaker 1: the world really does to us. Mary black Woman's like, dude, 677 00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:25,560 Speaker 1: these women are missing and they're like who what? What's 678 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:28,080 Speaker 1: your name? So it was just I just thought that 679 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,319 Speaker 1: was such a great and fun character, and I just 680 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:36,680 Speaker 1: loved the writing and thought it was super smart, extremely hilarious. 681 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,839 Speaker 1: That She'll always be another one that I really really love. 682 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:42,680 Speaker 1: You know. That was dope. That's like one of my 683 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:47,600 Speaker 1: favorite shows. Also, and then if into a podcast, I 684 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:51,719 Speaker 1: don't stay looking? No? Oh no, okay, y'all have we did? 685 00:38:52,160 --> 00:39:00,479 Speaker 1: How many we did? We stay looking? Men? We stay looking? 686 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:15,000 Speaker 1: It won? Yeah, looking up. It was so funny. It 687 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:15,640 Speaker 1: was the greatest. 688 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:17,920 Speaker 2: So how did you celebrate when you found out that 689 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:19,799 Speaker 2: she the People was picked up? 690 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:24,480 Speaker 1: What did you do to celebrate? I've been drinking champagne 691 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:30,359 Speaker 1: every day. I mean so many I mean I've done 692 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:33,720 Speaker 1: so many things because I'm still just overjoyed. 693 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:35,440 Speaker 3: Like, do you remember what you were doing when they 694 00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:37,120 Speaker 3: called you to tell you it was picked up? 695 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:42,080 Speaker 1: Well, we already knew, like once we got to Tyler, 696 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 1: it was just about getting the dates and so all 697 00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:50,239 Speaker 1: that anticipation was you know, is this really happening? Like 698 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:51,879 Speaker 1: is this for real? Even now? 699 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:53,960 Speaker 2: I was like a second you were like, look until this, 700 00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:57,600 Speaker 2: we don't know, but it's happening. 701 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:01,040 Speaker 1: It's on the schedule, it's happening. And I'm yes, yes, 702 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:04,879 Speaker 1: please do because I hear that that's the way that's 703 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:07,359 Speaker 1: me that they really that's motality. 704 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:09,880 Speaker 2: I am always looking to watch and from the trailer, 705 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:10,840 Speaker 2: I already. 706 00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:14,680 Speaker 1: Know to watch the first eight episodes. You gotta being 707 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:19,239 Speaker 1: it just eight episodes, it's sixteen total. May second, the 708 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:19,960 Speaker 1: first eight. 709 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:25,360 Speaker 2: Drop, Okay. He always do that to wait for the 710 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:26,000 Speaker 2: second part. 711 00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:31,399 Speaker 1: But you're only waiting to August. That's okay. The first 712 00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:32,239 Speaker 1: a year. 713 00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,239 Speaker 2: I'll literally watch it all at once. 714 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,839 Speaker 4: No, no, no, I'm saying sometimes make you wait your time. 715 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:38,239 Speaker 4: A couple of months is nothing. 716 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:43,680 Speaker 1: So I don't know how long. Second season? Yeah, period. 717 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:49,480 Speaker 2: And people always give Tyler Perry his props for money, 718 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,120 Speaker 2: like talking about like this is I asked for this 719 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,680 Speaker 2: and I got it. And you know, he is the 720 00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:57,000 Speaker 2: first person that ever gave me like my value and 721 00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:57,600 Speaker 2: my worth. 722 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:02,840 Speaker 1: What was that negotiation like for you? Well, what I 723 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:07,560 Speaker 1: what I will say is Tyler has given me my dream. 724 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,160 Speaker 1: That's amazing. He's given me my dream. This has been 725 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,600 Speaker 1: twenty years in the making. I'll see now I'll get emotional. Yeah, 726 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:19,160 Speaker 1: twenty years in the making. It's my dream. So I 727 00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:26,880 Speaker 1: have everything I want. My executive executive producer credit created 728 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,560 Speaker 1: by and I got a nice check. 729 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:37,319 Speaker 5: Every day, and I'm freaking champagne up and and you 730 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,680 Speaker 5: know what, my son got a job because my son 731 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:43,480 Speaker 5: graduated from Atlanta School of Audio and Engineering. 732 00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,640 Speaker 1: That's amazing. And when we first was having meetings over there, 733 00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:50,520 Speaker 1: they were like talking about how they're looking for more people, 734 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:52,840 Speaker 1: more young people to bring into you were like, I 735 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,640 Speaker 1: got over at the studio and I was like, well, 736 00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:57,719 Speaker 1: do y'all need people on y'all post apartment? My son 737 00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,640 Speaker 1: just graduated. They were like, yeah, bring them in. They 738 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:01,799 Speaker 1: gave them the internship and then hired him. 739 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:02,880 Speaker 3: Amazing. 740 00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:08,279 Speaker 1: It's so much younger than just the show, and even 741 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:12,120 Speaker 1: so much bigger than just the paycheck. It's like dreams 742 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:17,239 Speaker 1: being made and pouring into my family. So I know 743 00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:19,360 Speaker 1: he was so high too. I know, yes, was like, 744 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:23,480 Speaker 1: I'm just so it's amazing. It's just family vacation, be literal. 745 00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:34,919 Speaker 1: And my husband plays on the show too. Okay, lasting, Yeah, 746 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:44,759 Speaker 1: what's his role? So he plays my security, my driver security. 747 00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:47,880 Speaker 2: Listen, bodyguard remake, we see it. 748 00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:50,600 Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know what y'all talking about. 749 00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:52,600 Speaker 1: I don't know what's happening. 750 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:56,840 Speaker 2: I love that for you, you know, and you definitely 751 00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:57,480 Speaker 2: deserve it. 752 00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,759 Speaker 1: And so this is like so inspiration for all of us. 753 00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:03,480 Speaker 2: Just say, I'm thinking about all the ideas I've had 754 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,040 Speaker 2: in my life, and you know the difference is actually 755 00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:09,640 Speaker 2: like investing in yourself and implementing it and like you said, 756 00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,080 Speaker 2: going and getting a writer to work on this with you. Also, 757 00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:14,239 Speaker 2: it's one thing to have an idea, it's a whole 758 00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:15,280 Speaker 2: other thing to make it happen. 759 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:20,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I think believing. I think sometimes 760 00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:23,960 Speaker 1: we believe, we have our hopes, we have our dreams, 761 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:28,440 Speaker 1: and we believe, but then we don't believe enough. And 762 00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:31,520 Speaker 1: that's what I had to charge myself with over all 763 00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:33,520 Speaker 1: this time. I was like, yeah, I've always believed that 764 00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:36,000 Speaker 1: I knew I should have my own show. I just 765 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:40,120 Speaker 1: knew it. I just knew it. But until that moment 766 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:43,120 Speaker 1: of me when that strike happened, and me picking that 767 00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:46,640 Speaker 1: up and all those steps I made to move forward, 768 00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:49,960 Speaker 1: even when it felt like because it wasn't all easy breezy, 769 00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:52,239 Speaker 1: when it felt like it wasn't going to happen, and 770 00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,560 Speaker 1: I was like, Nope, it's happening, and I kept going, 771 00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:59,120 Speaker 1: kept going. The belief in that moment of my life 772 00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:03,600 Speaker 1: was way more than I ever had. So I've always believed, 773 00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:05,480 Speaker 1: but I felt like I didn't believe enough. So that's 774 00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:10,160 Speaker 1: what I've been telling people. Believe more, believe more. And 775 00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:14,759 Speaker 1: Tyler always says, your dreams aren't bigger. You got bigger dreams. 776 00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:18,200 Speaker 1: Your dreams aren't big enough. If they're easily accessible, they're 777 00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:21,600 Speaker 1: not big enough. I love it, and I want to say. 778 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:24,400 Speaker 2: The last thing I say about this too, is she 779 00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:27,000 Speaker 2: the people, is that this is also going to encourage 780 00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:28,880 Speaker 2: so many people to want to run for office. 781 00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:30,080 Speaker 1: Good whether or not you. 782 00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:31,520 Speaker 2: Know it, because when you see it, you know what 783 00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:33,439 Speaker 2: they always say, if you see it, yeah, you could 784 00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:35,920 Speaker 2: see it, yes, And to see somebody in that position 785 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:38,760 Speaker 2: that's like us to know that, like this is something 786 00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:41,680 Speaker 2: that could potentially happen when you see it could spark 787 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:44,360 Speaker 2: so much, you know, and young people that are watching 788 00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:44,680 Speaker 2: you too. 789 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:48,840 Speaker 1: Absolutely, all of that is purposeful. All of it is purposeful. 790 00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:52,640 Speaker 1: That's why I love what we do. I love specifically 791 00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:56,840 Speaker 1: being an actor on television where you're in people's homes. 792 00:44:57,560 --> 00:45:00,920 Speaker 1: Because you they get to know you, or they think 793 00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:03,719 Speaker 1: you know, you become a part of their family. And 794 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,240 Speaker 1: because you're in their living rooms, you're at their dinner 795 00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:09,760 Speaker 1: tables with them, with their kids, you're in the room 796 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:12,480 Speaker 1: with them, so they believe you become a part of 797 00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:14,799 Speaker 1: their family. And I learned that when I was on 798 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,239 Speaker 1: The Steve Harvey Show, because people would come up to 799 00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:20,520 Speaker 1: me and it was like they was like family. And 800 00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:22,440 Speaker 1: I was like, I don't even know these people, but 801 00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:25,319 Speaker 1: they know you, yeah, because I was a part of 802 00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:29,560 Speaker 1: their family. And so I've always embraced that, and that's 803 00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:32,240 Speaker 1: why I've always been adamant about getting back on TV, 804 00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:36,879 Speaker 1: because that representation matters. Say it matters, all right? 805 00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,160 Speaker 2: Well, She the People Part one May twenty second and 806 00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:42,440 Speaker 2: part two August fourteenth, and that's going to be on Netflix. 807 00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:45,399 Speaker 2: We are definitely going to be watching. Yay and thank 808 00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:46,200 Speaker 2: you so much. 809 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:48,520 Speaker 1: And a pleasure. 810 00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:53,319 Speaker 2: You got to finish it, oh I will, Okay, it's 811 00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:54,640 Speaker 2: your service chairs. 812 00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:55,279 Speaker 1: Thank you