1 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: I'm a homegrowl that knows a little bit about everything 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:06,600 Speaker 1: and everybody, you. 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 2: Know, if you don't lie about that. 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:12,399 Speaker 1: Right, It's Laura Rosa and this is another episode of 5 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: the Latest with Laura Rosa. This is your deadly dig 6 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,479 Speaker 1: on all things pop culture, entertainment, news, and all of 7 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: the conversations that shake the room. 8 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 3: Baby. 9 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 1: All right, y'all, hoppen right on in behind the scenes 10 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: of the grind. Who we have almost made it through 11 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 1: the week. No, we have made it through the week. 12 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 1: It's Friday. 13 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 2: Oh lord, y'all. 14 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: It has been a long week, coming off of that 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,200 Speaker 1: travel from uh, the you know, south By Southwest speaking 16 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,560 Speaker 1: engagement where you guys heard me and Sierra talk about 17 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: you know, her song one two Step being used in 18 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: the one to prep commercial in Texas, and then heading 19 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: on over to North Carolina for Out of the Bands, 20 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: and then landing right back here after doing the show 21 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,119 Speaker 1: from North Carolina, and then waking back up again into 22 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: the show, and then all week long. Ah, I am 23 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: a child a weekend, don't owe me nothing. I can't 24 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:15,839 Speaker 1: wait to see and get to this weekend right here. 25 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: But I am so grateful though a lot of you 26 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: guys have been hitting me up, dming me, people tweeting 27 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,399 Speaker 1: me as well my low writers who listen to the podcast. 28 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:28,959 Speaker 1: I love to see how we connect from the podcast 29 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: over to social media, because when I talked about my 30 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: feature in Brown Style Magazine yesterday, I think you guys 31 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: wanted to see it. So you went, you saw it, 32 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: You saw my posts on Instagram, like y'all did all 33 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: the things, and I appreciate you guys for it. I 34 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: did want to give you guys an update though, because 35 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: yesterday I listed a website where you could go and 36 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: check out the magazine and check out my cover story 37 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 1: and also purchase the magazine. 38 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 2: And I gave you all the wrong website. 39 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: Okay, so the website and shout out to the Brown 40 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: Style team who also listens to the podcast, so let 41 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: me know I gave the wrong website. 42 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 2: So the website where you can go check. 43 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: Out Brown Style Magazine where I am their cover star 44 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:14,239 Speaker 1: for this month's for this month's it's for this month's 45 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 1: issue is I am Brownstyle dot com. And my cover 46 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: story is just all about figuring out life outside of 47 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: the grind. So the cover of the magazine with my 48 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 1: photo listened to me as the Brown girl who's always grinding, 49 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: and it talks about the soft life, like exploring the 50 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: soft life with the brown girl who's always grinding, And 51 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: we talked a bit about that yesterday. 52 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 2: So make sure you guys go check that out. 53 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: I'm in the magazine of Vanessa Simmons, sister of Angela Simmons. 54 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,839 Speaker 1: You know, Redrun's daughter is in the magazine as well too, 55 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,399 Speaker 1: and there's just a lot of good information there, especially 56 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: for black women, like this is really this is one 57 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: of the ones. This is one of the episodes or episodes. 58 00:02:58,040 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: I keep saying episodes because I'm so used to television, 59 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: podcasts and radio. This is one of those issues. This 60 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: is one of those magazine issues that and I don't 61 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: read magazines back to back all the time. I feel 62 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: like there is too much sometimes there's too many things inside. 63 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: But this one was so concise. All of the content 64 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: was very targeted and focused. It just it made a 65 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: lot of sense and it felt good reading through it. 66 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: But it was actually really helpful. It helps you have 67 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:29,239 Speaker 1: conversations about figuring out what your life looks like in totality, 68 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 1: just outside of the grind. 69 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 2: So make sure you guys go check that. 70 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: Out and let me know when you have Okay, because 71 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: now y'all got the right website. 72 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 2: Now let's get on into the latest. 73 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: So speaking about taking care of yourself, Monica Monica our girl. 74 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: I feel like Monica's everybody's like favorite like homegirl or 75 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: aunt or I. 76 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 2: Mean, I don't know if she likes to be called auntie. 77 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna just not say she's everybody's favorite auntie or 78 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: aunt because I don't know she likes that. And I 79 00:03:57,400 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: know that, you know, not everybody wants to just randomly 80 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: be called auntie. Some people lean into the auntie face, 81 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: some people don't. But Monica saw going. You know, boy 82 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: is mine. Monica sat down with Michelle Obama and her 83 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: brother Eric Robinson for the In My Opinion podcast, and 84 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: they had such a great conversation. They talked about a 85 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: ton of things. Uh, you know, Monica. For us who 86 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: really love and know her music, we know she has 87 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: always been very vulnerable and very open about the fact 88 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: that she has not always had the best you know, 89 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: love situations. She's been through some things where she had 90 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: to kick down the door and smack a chick literally, 91 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: and she talked a bit about, you know what her 92 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: past has been when it comes to relationships and how 93 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: her husband now his name is aunt Anthony, who also 94 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: was in the business as well, works with music artists 95 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 1: like Chris Brown and a ton of others and you know, producers, shows, 96 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: and and he is just. 97 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 2: He's a go to guy. 98 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: She talks about how you know this go around and 99 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: you know, being married to him, it just feels different 100 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 1: because they were such good friends first, and she's not 101 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 1: doing it alone. Let's say a listen to Monica talking 102 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: about her love. 103 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 3: Anthony, and I have done a lot for it to 104 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 3: remain the way it was as a kid. Yeah, for him, 105 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 3: it's very different because he grew up as an orphan. 106 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 3: But he also and Anthony is your husband. Yes, he's incredible. 107 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,840 Speaker 3: He was my friend for fourteen years first, and I 108 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 3: always say that is the one thing I missed. I 109 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 3: don't feel like I missed a lot, but in that 110 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 3: friendship I missed. Yeah, all the other things we could beat. 111 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: Now one of the things that I thought was interesting, Right, 112 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: So it's like, Okay, She says the scene of her 113 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: and you know her children and what mom her is like, 114 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: and how she got the name Gunica because Michelle Obama, 115 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,480 Speaker 1: I guess people call her MO as well, so they 116 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: were kind of joking about, you know, being on set 117 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:00,919 Speaker 1: and people saying MO. 118 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 2: And Monica's cousin. 119 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 1: Who has been by her side since the very beginning, 120 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: like you know, Monica in her early what like thirteen 121 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: fourteen teen years starting out in music. She says that, 122 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: you know, one of her cousins that was there that 123 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: kind of was confusing. 124 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,719 Speaker 2: The most had been with her for some time. 125 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: But she gets into, you know, just how having the 126 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 1: support of her husband now really paid off during not 127 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: paid off, but was really something she leaned into during 128 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 1: the time of The Boy's Mind tour. So during The 129 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: Boy's Mind toor we did not know this, but Monica 130 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: had a very serious health issue going on with her 131 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: throat to the point where it could have completely messed 132 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 1: up her singing. 133 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 2: And just changed everything. Let's take a listen. 134 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 4: Got to see you on tour in DC at Capitol 135 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 4: One Arena. The concert was amazing, you know, I mean, 136 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 4: I you all are singers, you know, you're not real singers, yes, 137 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 4: your real voice, no buffering, no, you know, and so 138 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 4: I knew that it was going to be amazing, but 139 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 4: it was really it was really empowering. 140 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 3: It means so challenging to start because I found out 141 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,720 Speaker 3: that I had vocal paralysis in the right vocal. 142 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 4: Cord, So what does that mean. 143 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 2: That means it. 144 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 3: Should be moving and it's not. And now I have 145 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 3: all these major obligations and this is when you want 146 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 3: to be in the best shape of your life. And 147 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 3: we've been trying to figure out what was happening for 148 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 3: quite some time. Things started to sound very different the 149 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 3: way I hear them, the way they would come out. 150 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 3: And it was after I had surgery, initially for my sinuses. 151 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 2: And this was before the tour. 152 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 3: Well, we didn't find out why this was happening until 153 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 3: two weeks before the tour. 154 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 4: Oh wow, so you were already experiencing what. 155 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 3: We had been experiencing it for a while. But doctor 156 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 3: Rene Gupta is the one that really figured out what 157 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 3: was happening. Because I've always been able to do whatever 158 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 3: I wanted to do vocals, and I started realizing that 159 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 3: these things aren't happening. So I had to learn it 160 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 3: all over and we did it in a It was 161 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 3: one day where it was just tears for me. It 162 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 3: was just tears. I just had to get in Anthony's 163 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 3: lap and cry. 164 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 4: It must have been frightening too, very much so. 165 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 3: And not even the idea of the judgment of it all, 166 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 3: but because I hold myself to a standard that I 167 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 3: did not. 168 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 1: Really it's so crazy about that, is though, I want 169 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: to go see the tour and she's talking about like, 170 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,520 Speaker 1: you know, how she realized her voice was doing things 171 00:08:49,559 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: differently than what she was used to being able to 172 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 1: do with her voice. Monica sound amazing, like she sound amazing. 173 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: There nothing about her performance gave me that she was 174 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: dealing with anything like you know, readjusting to new controller 175 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: her voice, or anything being wrong when it came to 176 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: her at all, like not at all. I also saw 177 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: her on the f Forward Femland at Sea cruise. She 178 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: was one of the first performing acts on that cruise 179 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: as well too. The mic was on like she sounded amazing. 180 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: I think it's so crazy to think about, you know, 181 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,920 Speaker 1: like what so like her quality of like perfect and 182 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 1: one hundred percent it's so different than like how we 183 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 1: look at her and how we analyze how she sounds 184 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: and how perfect she sounds. And you know, and she says, 185 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: I mean you guys heard her. People don't really check 186 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: on entertainers because you want to be entertained. But also 187 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like the front that they put 188 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,319 Speaker 1: up is like one of the best because you would 189 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:53,839 Speaker 1: have never known. 190 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 2: Ever. 191 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 1: I think I have some audio back from when I 192 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: went to the concert. 193 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 2: That's take a listen. 194 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: Never would have known, okay, never would have made it, 195 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,960 Speaker 1: never would have known at all. Now, another one of 196 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 1: the things that she talked about a bit was just 197 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 1: her protection over Brandy, which is also very very evident 198 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: when you go and see them perform and they maybe 199 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: don't know another round of the Boy's mind, but that 200 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: is nothing that is confirmed yet. But promoters said that 201 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: there are you know, people that want it in uh, 202 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 1: you know, venues and stuff like that. But she talked 203 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: about the conversation that her and Brandy had that got 204 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: them to a place where they could actually do the 205 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: boy's mind toward Let's take a listen to that. 206 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 3: And then Brandy and I had a conversation that really 207 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 3: was the catalyst for the change that was needed for 208 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 3: us to do this. So many people wanted us to 209 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 3: do it, but it was too much unresolved, and we 210 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 3: had not spoken at all, but we do. We had 211 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,439 Speaker 3: not seen each other in almost seven or eight years. 212 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,839 Speaker 3: That's not the way you do a co headlining tour. 213 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 3: I kept saying, we just need to speak because the 214 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 3: women we've become, I believe they can come together in 215 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 3: a completely different capacity. 216 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:28,839 Speaker 4: And that's what you saw. Do you can you share 217 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:31,079 Speaker 4: some of that? I know Brandy's not here, Brandy, I 218 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 4: love you, us to you. I know she couldn't make 219 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 4: being here and shouts go out. So I don't want 220 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 4: to ask you anything that feels like it's a private conversation. 221 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 4: But if there are aspects to what the content of 222 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 4: that was for you, you know what. 223 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,320 Speaker 3: I'm very protective of her, and it happened without. 224 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 4: Me, and I could tell behind it, could I could tell, 225 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:59,280 Speaker 4: you know? I mean, yes, I could. I could tell 226 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:02,319 Speaker 4: in our our Greek and I mean I get it. 227 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 4: You know. 228 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 3: A lot was required of her. Yeah, Yeah, I did 229 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 3: what I wanted. Yeah, whether it was good or bad, 230 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,880 Speaker 3: I did what I wanted. She did the right thing 231 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 3: all the time, and that's heavy. That's a heavy load. 232 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 3: And she loves for things to be perfect. She challenges 233 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 3: herself all that dancing you saw, Yes, friend, it was her, it. 234 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 4: Was her, Because y'all, if you didn't go to the 235 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 4: concert because are you all extending because you talked about 236 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:35,280 Speaker 4: we've not decided. Okay, I know that there's a request 237 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 4: you all have dates. 238 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 3: I'll do what she wants. 239 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: And then she goes into discussing like why she feels 240 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: like she like feels the need to protect Brandy. And 241 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 1: y'all know we talked about Brandy on our last episode, 242 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: you know, when it came to the Shine and you know, 243 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: Cameron and Mace conversation and what I realized because you know, 244 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 1: Brandy made a statement. She spoke out, she you know, 245 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,800 Speaker 1: denied ever dating Shine. She also mentioned that you know, 246 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 1: she rarely speaks on things, but she just wanted to 247 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 1: make that clear. And she also, you know, said that 248 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 1: she didn't understand why this was still being discussed twenty 249 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: years later. She says that they were just friends, right, 250 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: and one of the things that Brandy talks about and 251 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:21,319 Speaker 1: when she spoke out in response to everything that was 252 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: happening with the Cameron and Mace and ray J. 253 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 2: She also distanced herself from ray Je too. 254 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:28,480 Speaker 1: She said she loved her brother, but listen, I ain't 255 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: got nothing to do with all that craziness. 256 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 2: But she she talked about how people have always. 257 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: Been able to create their own narratives for her, and 258 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: when you think back about it, Brandy was always like 259 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: because she was she was working at such a high 260 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: level with so many greats from a very young age, 261 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 1: she always had to be very polished. 262 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 2: Now Monica doing just as big things. 263 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 1: And you know, but Monica talked about in this interview 264 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:59,520 Speaker 1: with Michelle Obama that you know, their backgrounds were so different, 265 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: do you know, coming into their careers and just everything 266 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: was so different. Monica didn't struggle with that having to 267 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 1: be perfect. But Brandy then and I feel like even 268 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: now lives in this very curated, protected space of celebrity, 269 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: which is a different era of celebrity too. Like Brandy 270 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: comes from a very different area of celebrity. She rubbed 271 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 1: elbows and worked alongside some of the most famous people 272 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,440 Speaker 1: in the world, Whitney Houston, Like, we don't have celebrities 273 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: like what Brandy is used to being around and learning 274 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 1: from and you know, all of those things, right and 275 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: even herself, like Brandy is not like, we have few 276 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: real celebrities left. Like and when I say real celebrity, 277 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: I don't mean that there aren't famous people I mean 278 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: like hysteria, Like if Brandy walked down the street, people. 279 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 2: Would freak out. 280 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: And Monica, you know, she broke down the fact that 281 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: like her and Brandy both had this very little sister, 282 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: big sister close relationship with it Houston and for Whitney 283 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 1: Houston to be so unreal to so many people, she 284 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: was so real to them. And I think that that 285 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: goes into you know, Monica in her decision to really 286 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 1: protect and wrap her arm around Brandy in various situations. 287 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 2: Even though Brandy didn't ask for. 288 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, wait till Gouona could see all this mess, I'm 289 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: I'm sure she's seen it by now, with ray J 290 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: and Kim and Shine and like. And to be honest, 291 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 1: I think because I mean I talked to I do 292 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 1: not even think I know I spoke to someone in 293 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: Shine's camp last night as I was preparing for my 294 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: segment on The Breakfast Club that I did yesterday. And 295 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: if you go back and listen to yesterday's episode of 296 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 1: The Breakfast Club when I talked about this. 297 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 2: You know, Shine didn't His intent. 298 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:47,320 Speaker 1: Was not to be disrespectful, But I think as a woman, 299 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: we see those type of conversations way differently than men 300 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:54,800 Speaker 1: do way differently. So I know Guona could probably you know, 301 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: Monica over there, like y'all let me make a few 302 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: phone calls, could stop playing with my girl b. But 303 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: the fact that Brandy even had to come out and 304 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: say anything shows how annoying these type of conversations are 305 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: for women. Brandy don't comment on nothing. I don't remember 306 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: the last time I've seen a statement about something from Brandy. 307 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: You live, and you learn, and you learn to keep 308 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: some conversations in the group chat. Okay, some of them 309 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:22,320 Speaker 1: just belong in the group chat. And that's what I 310 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: told the people you know that I spoke to from 311 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 1: Shine's camp. Some conversations just belong amongst friends and not 312 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: on platforms. All right, y'all, So this has been another 313 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: episode of the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. I am your 314 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: hosts Laura LaRosa, and I tell you guys, every single episode, 315 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: y'all could be anywhere with any old body, but you 316 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: got shoes to be right here with me every episode. 317 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: And I appreciate y' all for that. I really do, 318 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: my little riders. I really do make sure y'all are 319 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 1: I'll continue to shop your merch over at Brown or 320 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: grinding dot com as well too, and join the movement. 321 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 2: I'll see you guys in my next episode.