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Hey, y'all, it's your girl Joya
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about to do an interview
with her daughter,
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future NYU student. What what?
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# momlife, #Tischlife, #Joyalove.
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[kisses]
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You ready now?
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- Yes, camera ready.
- [Drea] Great.
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- So, tell me...
- One more thing. Sorry.
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Hey, everybody. Should I move to New York
with my daughter? Oh!
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[Drea] So if you can't tell,
my mom's been going through it.
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Has been for a minute.
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Ever since she left the law firm,
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she's been trying to figure out
what her next move might be.
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There was a YouTube cooking channel.
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What you want to do
is get these peppers real small,
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as small as you possibly...
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Ow! Shit.
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There was a political podcast.
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If you're gonna get out there
and be the leader of the free world,
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I want you to do something good
with your hair.
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And now in the last few months,
she's decided to write a book.
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I probably
should have mentioned this earlier, but
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based on everything
she's done in the past,
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I never thought there was a chance in hell
she'd finish this thing.
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In an attempt to promote her miracle book,
she's been introduced to social media.
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It hasn't been great.
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Mom, can you please take a second
from your followers
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- and answer a couple questions for me?
- Yes. I'm sorry.
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So, why did you introduce yourself
like that at my school?
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Like what?
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Oh, fuck! Give her two cc's of Propofol
before she wakes up!
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That should keep her asleep another hour
or two until I can get back.
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No. No, it's not unethical.
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It's called how I practice medicine.
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Yeah, well, maybe you shouldn't
have gotten your nursing degree online!
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Let me know if you need any, uh, help
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deciphering that fine print
on the auction form.
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Yeah. I got it.
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It's just I... I had a client once
who thought she was buying a blender
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and instead she got a beach house.
You know? [chuckling]
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I'm Joya. I'm a lawyer.
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I don't see what the problem is.
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Did you have to say that you're a lawyer?
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Couldn't you have just stopped
at your name?
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I could have, yeah,
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but to give objective resonance
to the fact that I was offering...
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free, I might add... legal advice,
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I thought it would be good to mention
that I am, in fact, a lawyer.
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I think you were standing there
in your designer sweats and Prada boots
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and you saw a woman in scrubs,
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probably drenched
in some kind of bodily fluid,
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I mean, clearly committing malpractice,
but, um... also bossing up,
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and it kind of made you miss being a boss.
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It made you feel
like you had to reach inside your bag
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and pull out the most awkward,
unnecessary flex of all time.
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The hell are you talking about?
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I don't have to miss being a boss,
because I am a boss.
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Are you, though?
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Yeah, I am.
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I graduated at the top of my class
and I am a corporate fucking lawyer.
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I guess.
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I mean, Mom, you haven't been
in a courtroom in what? Like...
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three years?
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You're smart because you're my daughter,
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but I forgot more than you know.
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I love you, but I will take you down.
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♪ You either with me or against me, ho ♪
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♪ Ho ♪
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♪ You either with me or ♪
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♪ Wait ♪
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♪ Win, win, win, win, win ♪
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♪ Yeah ♪
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♪ Fuck everything else
Win, win, win, win ♪
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♪ Win ♪
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♪ Yeah ♪
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Can you believe this little bitch?
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She came for me.
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Like, hard.
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Am I a lawyer?
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That's completely out of line.
Am I right?
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Absolutely wrong because you definitely,
technically, by the rule of the law
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are absolutely still a lawyer.
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- Technically.
- [Joya] Mm-hmm.
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Damn straight I am.
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I haven't practiced in three years.
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It doesn't matter if I hadn't practiced
in three decades.
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I got that JD, okay?
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[woman on phone] You did, girl.
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[Joya] And had six kids!
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Even if I had given
all those six kids away,
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that is still my degree.
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Look at God! Won't he do it? Yes, he will.
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Can you please not do that,
'cause it makes me feel
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like you're not taking me seriously
when you do that.
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Look Par Par, I don't know what you did,
but I'm glad you did it.
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Like, it had to be done.
So, thank you so much.
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It should have been me, but...
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as usual, it was you,
and it's probably always going to be you.
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But thank you so much.
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You're the hero this family deserves,
like a real hero.
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You're Malcolm X, you're James Baldwin.
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You're Latrell Sprewell
choking PJ Carlesimo.
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You're Arya Stark,
you're Tyrion Lannister.
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This is the toughest part
about making a documentary.
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The proverbial moral quandary.
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I mean, you see a woman set on fire.
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What do you do?
Do you put out the fire?
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Or do you zoom in and let her burn?
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You're that old white dude
who landed the plane in the Hudson,
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although he's not really a hero.
He kinda just crashed good.
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You're the Pope.
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Not... Not John Paul, he's cool.
You're the new one.
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The one who's, like, down gay people.
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So what's your take on mom not working?
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Your mom's a hard-working lady.
Always has been, that's her thing.
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She's a trooper, I love that about her.
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I don't think she ever took off
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really more than three months
for any of you guys.
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Um...
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then when she was pregnant
with little Brook,
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she got this thing called pre-eclampsia,
he ended up coming, like...
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a couple of months early.
It was... It was crazy.
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Um, we didn't know if he was
gonna make it, to be honest with you.
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He was in the NICU for a while.
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Shit, we didn't know if she'd make it.
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So, when they both
ended up pulling through,
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we knew they'd need some time,
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so we decided she'd stay home,
you know, be with the kids.
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Be a mom for a while,
something she hadn't done before.
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That was a little over three years ago.
Twelve hundred...
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and 31 days, to be exact.
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Well, how long did you think it'd take?
And what'd you think she'd be doing?
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We never really set an exact time,
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but I don't think any rational person
would think
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we'd be looking at our 4th calendar year
with no end in sight.
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I guess I figured she'd be...
taking care of the kids,
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you know, since that's what
she said she'd be doing.
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Not ignoring you guys
and doing whatever it is she does.
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What... What it she doing right now?
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Is she still doing the book?
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- Is that her thing?
- Yes, Dad.
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Hm. Okay.
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I'm sure they don't think
that I'm, like, doing this...
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- Hey, babe!
- Yo! What up?
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I made some breakfast, if you want some.
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- You made chili con quiles?
- Yeah.
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- Mmm. Killed it.
- You remember Lavette?
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Um, I do. What up, Lavette? How are you?
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- Good. Nice to see you.
- Good to see you.
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- Yet again.
- Say hi to Jasmine.
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- [Kenya] Hey Jas, everybody's here.
- Hey!
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[Kenya] Working woman.
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- What's going on? Where are the kids?
- I dropped them off at school.
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You dropped them off?
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While you're getting
your hair and makeup done?
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No, I had them dropped off.
It's the same thing.
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Hmm.
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[softly] No, it's not.
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- Did you say something?
- Huh?
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Did... It sounded like you said something.
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No. I was...
I'm gonna get some of this bacon...
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- Okay.
- ...that you made.
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- [Joya] Huh?
- Huh?
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Did you...
Did you want to say something to me?
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- No.
- You didn't say anything about the bacon?
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I don't think so.
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- He definitely said something.
- He definitely said something.
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- He definitely said something.
- He's on that shit right now with me.
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- Maybe you should listen to him more.
- [Joya] Huh?
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- [Joya] What?
- Hmm?
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[Drea] So, Mom,
this new chapter in your life,
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what do you call it? What are you doing?
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Well, essentially,
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I am just taking my life experiences
and sharing them with people.
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And I'd like to see myself as, you know,
an inspiration to black women.
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You do?
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Yeah.
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Like, really?
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Yeah, really.
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Really?
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Why? You don't?
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[sighs] We're not supposed to be going
back and forth. Let's just keep going.
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Let me explain to you
why I'm an inspiration.
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Somebody like Michelle Obama.
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- She's the GOAT, obviously.
- [mouthing] Michelle Obama?
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[Joya] We all love her.
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Untouchable. I will put respect
on her name forever, but...
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she's royalty, right?
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The woman hasn't driven a car in 15 years.
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I'm in the trenches with working moms,
doing the damn thing
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every day.
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"Trenches" feels strong.
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So does "working."
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I'll be honest with you,
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"Mom" even feels like
a little bit of a stretch at this point.
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You know Lupe was hired originally
as Brooklyn's newborn nurse, right?
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[Drea] Really?
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Yeah. The super expensive person
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with a super specific job
of taking care of a newborn infant.
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- [electricity crackling]
- [laughing]
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[Kenya] There's usually
a pretty short window
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because they're for newborn infants.
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That's the name.
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Newborn nurse.
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Why don't you just get rid of her?
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We can't just get rid of Lupe. Okay?
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That $25 an hour we pay her barely
supports her family back in Guatemala.
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How much are we paying her?
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Besides, her Coco Fresco's license
just expired.
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It didn't expire.
It was revoked and it should've been!
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She could've killed somebody!
Things are made out of dairy!
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We live in Encino,
it's 95 degrees outside.
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I don't care
how big your umbrella is, Lupe.
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You can't just shove them in some kind
of handmade woven wicker basket
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and put ice on top of them, start
handing them out to neighborhood kids.
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Fuck is wrong with you?
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And it's pretty obvious
that Brooklyn's outgrown a newborn nurse.
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[gentle instrumental music]
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[Lupe snoring]
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[Joya] That's good, right?
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[Jasmine] Yeah, it looks really great.
I mean, you look great regardless...
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Yo, about to be out.
Happy hump day, by the way.
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[Joya] Oh.
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Hump day,
big celebratory day in the workforce.
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It's like the halfway part. We just...
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You guys get it. It's like in the...
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You know what I'm saying?
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Are you explaining the concept
of hump day to me?
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No, I mean, they got it. They got... No.
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Anyway, I see all this going on.
I should... What's up?
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What you got up on the agenda today?
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♪ Get wild, we gonna wild out ♪
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Well, since you asked,
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I have an interview with Sister Circle
and then a couple phoners
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and then
the boys' parent-teacher conference.
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Wow.
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Couple of phoners.
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Might want to take
some Adderall, Red Bull, or something,
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- make sure you can get through all that.
- What?
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- What are you saying?
- Nothing. Have a good day.
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Hump... Hump day. I got you out back.
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- Bye!
- [Kenya] Workforce guys.
243
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Ask me how many times he's been
to a parent-teacher conference.
244
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Know what? Let me save you the energy
and tell you, never.
245
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- Not once.
- Jo, you are a great mom. You're per...
246
00:10:40,598 --> 00:10:41,599
[gasps]
247
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Oh, my God! Lupe!
Lupe, take the scissors out of his...
248
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Baby, don't hurt yourself! Okay. Okay.
249
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Oh, God.
250
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[Drea exhaling]
251
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Dude, I think I started some real shit
with Mom and Dad.
252
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- Did you come out?
- What?
253
00:11:00,785 --> 00:11:01,994
No. Why would you say that?
254
00:11:02,870 --> 00:11:05,665
Forget it.
Look, please don't make Mom and Dad mad.
255
00:11:05,748 --> 00:11:08,751
I was going to ask them for money tonight
for my summer trip to Tulum.
256
00:11:08,834 --> 00:11:12,296
That's the problem with this family.
Money has ruined us.
257
00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:13,839
Mom's suddenly a socialite
258
00:11:13,923 --> 00:11:16,175
and Dad's walking around here
like he's Citizen Kane.
259
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It's going to tear them apart.
260
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And when, what I'm sure will be a messy,
expensive, drawn-out, decade-long divorce
261
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that ends with two brand-new beach houses
for the divorce lawyers
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and us living in some kind of condo
in Panorama City...
263
00:11:30,064 --> 00:11:31,774
it's going to tear us apart too.
264
00:11:32,441 --> 00:11:33,943
Did you even hear what I said?
265
00:11:34,151 --> 00:11:38,197
I said Tulum, the clean, dog-less part
of Mexico that they just discovered.
266
00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:39,657
Did you hear me?
267
00:11:39,740 --> 00:11:41,325
We're going to be broke, Chloe.
268
00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:45,830
I mean, you and I will probably be okay,
we weren't born rich.
269
00:11:46,247 --> 00:11:49,583
But these kids were born with means,
they're like DJ Khaled's kid.
270
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♪ DJ Khaled ♪
271
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[woman] Asahd, did Lexus
send you your own car?
272
00:11:54,046 --> 00:11:56,424
Wow! Say, "thank you."
273
00:11:56,882 --> 00:11:59,218
And what is that stuff
on the hardwood floors?
274
00:11:59,301 --> 00:12:01,303
- Oh. That's carpet.
- What?
275
00:12:01,595 --> 00:12:03,973
- Care-pit?
- No, carpet.
276
00:12:04,056 --> 00:12:06,392
It's like an area rug
that goes to the edge of the room.
277
00:12:06,892 --> 00:12:08,686
- That's insane!
- What the...
278
00:12:09,145 --> 00:12:11,105
Who's that changing your diaper?
279
00:12:11,856 --> 00:12:13,399
Oh, crap, that's Dad.
280
00:12:13,941 --> 00:12:15,943
Wait, you didn't have a Lupe?
281
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Or a Rosa?
282
00:12:17,319 --> 00:12:19,238
- Or a Vera Lee?
- No.
283
00:12:19,321 --> 00:12:20,948
But who cleaned your room?
284
00:12:21,031 --> 00:12:23,617
Or washed the dishes
Mom and Dad told you to wash?
285
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- We did.
- By ourselves.
286
00:12:26,203 --> 00:12:27,580
- That's disgusting.
- Ew.
287
00:12:27,663 --> 00:12:29,790
I know. It's why I'm so independent.
288
00:12:30,875 --> 00:12:32,168
Yeah. I love it.
289
00:12:33,085 --> 00:12:34,085
Hey, Mom.
290
00:12:35,629 --> 00:12:36,629
That's great.
291
00:12:39,842 --> 00:12:40,842
Yeah.
292
00:12:42,136 --> 00:12:43,763
Jas, let me ask you a question.
293
00:12:43,846 --> 00:12:46,474
Do you think I'm going to run
into any trouble
294
00:12:46,557 --> 00:12:48,768
if I call myself a lawyer
in this interview?
295
00:12:49,268 --> 00:12:51,353
I guess you could. I mean, I...
296
00:12:52,021 --> 00:12:55,149
I wouldn't care,
but other hard-working lawyers
297
00:12:55,232 --> 00:12:57,568
who take this profession seriously,
they might.
298
00:12:58,194 --> 00:12:59,737
I mean, I wouldn't, but...
299
00:13:00,279 --> 00:13:01,113
they might.
300
00:13:01,197 --> 00:13:02,573
No, you are a lawyer.
301
00:13:02,656 --> 00:13:05,451
You are a wife,
and you're mother of six kids.
302
00:13:05,576 --> 00:13:08,287
This is our platform.
This is where we live.
303
00:13:08,370 --> 00:13:09,622
This is our two-step.
304
00:13:09,705 --> 00:13:12,541
Uh, who is that over there
giving you awful advice?
305
00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:15,252
That is Lavette, my publicist.
306
00:13:15,336 --> 00:13:16,879
Hi! Hey, girl. Hey.
307
00:13:17,505 --> 00:13:19,385
- [Joya] She's the best.
- You have a publicist?
308
00:13:19,423 --> 00:13:21,091
I do. She's very expensive.
309
00:13:21,842 --> 00:13:23,010
It's all relative.
310
00:13:24,428 --> 00:13:25,930
Relative to what?
311
00:13:26,222 --> 00:13:28,140
You know what, girl?
I'm coming over there.
312
00:13:28,724 --> 00:13:29,600
[Drea] So...
313
00:13:29,683 --> 00:13:31,310
do you have a publicist?
314
00:13:31,393 --> 00:13:33,953
Of course I don't have a publicist.
Why would I need a publicist?
315
00:13:34,021 --> 00:13:36,065
["New Generation" by The Universals
playing]
316
00:13:36,148 --> 00:13:38,234
[constant tweeting chimes]
317
00:13:42,863 --> 00:13:44,907
Okay, I may need a publicist,
318
00:13:45,616 --> 00:13:47,201
but your mom does not.
319
00:13:47,952 --> 00:13:49,036
Like, at all.
320
00:13:50,204 --> 00:13:52,915
Social media is out there, right?
Whether you like it or not.
321
00:13:52,998 --> 00:13:54,500
So that means your name is out there.
322
00:13:54,625 --> 00:13:57,086
So it's my job
to get in front of the story,
323
00:13:57,169 --> 00:13:59,421
to help you create your own narrative.
324
00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:04,009
It's a burgeoning new business.
Kind of like poke restaurants.
325
00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:05,803
I think you mean poké.
326
00:14:06,470 --> 00:14:09,348
- With an accent.
- Oh, really? Is that how you pronounce it?
327
00:14:09,765 --> 00:14:10,765
Pretty sure.
328
00:14:11,058 --> 00:14:13,310
Oh! Well, I'll just have to check on that.
329
00:14:14,019 --> 00:14:16,689
Anyway, I represent two of the wives
330
00:14:16,772 --> 00:14:18,941
of the defensive linemen for the 49ers.
331
00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:21,819
I also represent a few NBA wives,
332
00:14:21,902 --> 00:14:23,445
Steve Harvey's first wife.
333
00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,575
And I'm also meeting with his second wife.
We're gonna meet at the Soho House.
334
00:14:28,951 --> 00:14:30,452
Is that how you say that?
335
00:14:31,328 --> 00:14:32,328
Yeah.
336
00:14:32,788 --> 00:14:36,667
All right, so Jo, you're a wife,
a very accomplished corporate attorney,
337
00:14:36,917 --> 00:14:38,878
you are a loving mother of six,
338
00:14:39,128 --> 00:14:41,463
and now you've got
this fantastic book coming out.
339
00:14:41,547 --> 00:14:44,216
So sometimes I like to do
a mock interview with my clients,
340
00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:46,218
just to make sure they're game ready.
341
00:14:46,468 --> 00:14:49,054
So why the second act and why now?
342
00:14:51,015 --> 00:14:52,600
What the fuck did you just say to me?
343
00:14:53,309 --> 00:14:54,310
Why now?
344
00:14:56,312 --> 00:14:59,023
And it was at that moment,
for some reason,
345
00:14:59,106 --> 00:15:00,858
my mom had gone full Dad.
346
00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:03,277
You never want to go full Dad.
347
00:15:03,652 --> 00:15:06,822
Is that what you said?
I'll tell you "why now."
348
00:15:07,031 --> 00:15:11,076
Because black women never get a chance
to have a second act,
349
00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,329
which makes sense if you think
about our first act,
350
00:15:13,412 --> 00:15:14,663
because that was crazy.
351
00:15:14,997 --> 00:15:19,251
We were basically brought to this country
to breed, and that's it.
352
00:15:19,335 --> 00:15:21,921
It was like real life Handmaid's Tale.
353
00:15:22,004 --> 00:15:24,149
And people were like, "What
if that happened! Could you imagine?"
354
00:15:24,173 --> 00:15:27,384
Yes, we could imagine!
'Cause it happened! To black women.
355
00:15:27,927 --> 00:15:28,927
Okay.
356
00:15:29,053 --> 00:15:31,513
[Joya] And the civil rights movement
was no different!
357
00:15:31,639 --> 00:15:34,892
We were glad to be a part of it
and it wouldn't have happened without us.
358
00:15:34,975 --> 00:15:37,895
But it came with the cost of us
missing out on the feminist movement,
359
00:15:37,978 --> 00:15:41,523
because they happened at the same time,
so we had to make a choice.
360
00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:44,401
Were we going to be black
or were we going to be women?
361
00:15:44,652 --> 00:15:48,447
And when our sons, brothers and fathers
were being hosed down in the streets,
362
00:15:48,530 --> 00:15:50,532
it wasn't that hard of a choice to make.
363
00:15:50,616 --> 00:15:52,117
And thank God we made that choice
364
00:15:52,201 --> 00:15:54,995
because we carried the weight
of that movement on our backs,
365
00:15:55,079 --> 00:15:56,622
which is what we always do.
366
00:15:56,705 --> 00:15:59,291
We've always had to take care
of everyone else.
367
00:15:59,375 --> 00:16:02,419
We've always had to be pragmatic
even when we're dreaming.
368
00:16:02,503 --> 00:16:04,004
It's fucking exhausting.
369
00:16:04,088 --> 00:16:06,465
For white women,
the idea of being a kept woman
370
00:16:06,548 --> 00:16:08,676
has been around
since the beginning of time,
371
00:16:08,759 --> 00:16:10,344
but don't let it happen with us.
372
00:16:10,469 --> 00:16:13,222
We get lucky enough to marry someone
who wants to take care of us,
373
00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:15,474
and it's "Oh, my God! It's a black woman
374
00:16:15,557 --> 00:16:18,477
someone wants to love and take care of.
Give me a camera!"
375
00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,647
Next thing you know,
there's like seven TV shows about it.
376
00:16:21,730 --> 00:16:25,734
So you want to know why I'm going to take
my second act now? I'm gonna tell you why.
377
00:16:25,818 --> 00:16:28,904
Because this is the first time in history
378
00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:31,490
that we have had the opportunity
and the freedom
379
00:16:31,573 --> 00:16:34,618
to be doctors, to be lawyers,
to be senators,
380
00:16:34,702 --> 00:16:36,203
to even run for president.
381
00:16:36,286 --> 00:16:38,706
Now that we can do that,
if I can get my foot in the door,
382
00:16:38,789 --> 00:16:41,667
if I can break through,
if I can accomplish one of those things,
383
00:16:41,750 --> 00:16:43,168
you better believe I can do
384
00:16:43,252 --> 00:16:46,505
whatever the fuck
I wanna do afterwards, okay?
385
00:16:50,217 --> 00:16:51,217
Okay.
386
00:16:51,593 --> 00:16:55,347
I mean,
the other option is you could just say...
387
00:16:56,473 --> 00:16:58,350
you're looking for a new challenge.
388
00:16:59,059 --> 00:17:00,853
Or "No comment."
389
00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:04,857
- [Lavette] Yeah.
- Yeah, I don't think talking is
390
00:17:04,940 --> 00:17:06,108
the important part.
391
00:17:06,483 --> 00:17:07,484
It's the book.
392
00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:09,403
The book.
393
00:17:11,363 --> 00:17:13,365
[people laughing]
394
00:17:16,243 --> 00:17:17,453
Really doesn't get old.
395
00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:19,830
- That is a classic.
- It is. It's a classic.
396
00:17:19,913 --> 00:17:21,832
Oh, man, you know what?
397
00:17:21,915 --> 00:17:23,393
- Too funny.
- I got a really good one too.
398
00:17:23,417 --> 00:17:26,003
Emily, can you type "Thanos"
into Google real quick?
399
00:17:26,086 --> 00:17:27,086
Yeah. Yeah.
400
00:17:27,463 --> 00:17:29,816
Just click on the glove right there.
And watch what happens.
401
00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:30,859
- Look at that.
- [all] Oh!
402
00:17:30,883 --> 00:17:31,901
- [laughing] Right?
- [all reacting]
403
00:17:31,925 --> 00:17:33,611
- What? Hey, that's pretty dope.
- [Nelson] Just like they did in the movie.
404
00:17:33,635 --> 00:17:35,697
- [Broadway] That's kinda dope.
- [Nelson] Exactly, like that.
405
00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:38,223
- Half of it gone.
- Yeah, just like the movie.
406
00:17:38,348 --> 00:17:40,809
- What?
- Those dudes are nerdy as hell at Google.
407
00:17:40,976 --> 00:17:44,354
Oh, my God! Wait, you guys. I have
something really funny too. Hold on.
408
00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,815
Hey, Em. Can you type in
"problems in Darfur"
409
00:17:46,899 --> 00:17:48,400
and click on images?
410
00:17:48,525 --> 00:17:49,818
- Uh...
- Okay.
411
00:17:50,319 --> 00:17:51,528
This feels different.
412
00:17:51,653 --> 00:17:54,740
- [sighing]
- My God, there's 34 million results.
413
00:17:54,823 --> 00:17:57,659
- [Nelson] Yeah. Oh, my God.
- This isn't better than Thanos?
414
00:17:58,035 --> 00:18:01,914
Half of these people are dying too.
Only thing is, they're actually real.
415
00:18:01,997 --> 00:18:02,873
[exhaling]
416
00:18:02,956 --> 00:18:03,791
[Jerome] It's just...
417
00:18:03,874 --> 00:18:05,914
[Mikayla] Oh, we don't care
about this stuff, right?
418
00:18:05,959 --> 00:18:08,504
- [Leeza] Of course we care.
- It's just not hilarious.
419
00:18:08,587 --> 00:18:10,231
- [Mikayla] Interesting.
- We're not gonna write about it today.
420
00:18:10,255 --> 00:18:13,175
You... You keep us hostage
to your wokeness.
421
00:18:13,258 --> 00:18:15,385
- Like we're...
- That's perfectly put.
422
00:18:15,636 --> 00:18:18,138
Don't get me wrong.
Mikayla is awesome, you know?
423
00:18:18,222 --> 00:18:22,017
She's really smart,
she's cool, she's super cute.
424
00:18:22,434 --> 00:18:23,434
[sighs]
425
00:18:23,477 --> 00:18:26,146
If there was one little thing
I would change,
426
00:18:26,230 --> 00:18:28,982
it's her entire
and complete approach to life.
427
00:18:29,066 --> 00:18:31,110
I mean, seriously, she hates it.
She hates life.
428
00:18:31,193 --> 00:18:33,195
Why would you even become
a comedy writer?
429
00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:36,949
But I mean, she's great, and super cute.
430
00:18:37,908 --> 00:18:39,284
Why do I keep saying that?
431
00:18:40,285 --> 00:18:41,411
Let's get back to work.
432
00:18:41,495 --> 00:18:43,681
- Seriously, let's get into the story.
- [Nelson] All right.
433
00:18:43,705 --> 00:18:45,225
- My God.
- [Kenya] We've been here for two hours.
434
00:18:45,249 --> 00:18:46,667
Yeah, it's time to work.
435
00:18:46,875 --> 00:18:49,002
Do you remember
I have to leave early today
436
00:18:49,086 --> 00:18:50,838
for my son's thing at school?
437
00:18:51,296 --> 00:18:52,798
Um, okay.
438
00:18:54,007 --> 00:18:55,134
- If you have to.
- Oh. Uh...
439
00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:56,801
Well,
440
00:18:57,052 --> 00:19:01,807
I mean, I... I guess I could see
if my husband could go instead, but I...
441
00:19:02,349 --> 00:19:04,685
No. No, it's... it's...
It's fine. Seriously.
442
00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:07,938
Are you sure?
Because it kind of doesn't feel fine.
443
00:19:08,021 --> 00:19:10,107
Leez, it's fine. Look, I get it.
444
00:19:10,190 --> 00:19:13,986
You're a mom who has a job
and you're trying to manage both of them.
445
00:19:14,778 --> 00:19:16,530
That's admirable,
you know what I'm saying?
446
00:19:16,613 --> 00:19:19,908
You're not managing this one, you know,
great, but I feel like...
447
00:19:20,242 --> 00:19:24,538
I'm also into the fact that you probably
made an agreement with your husband,
448
00:19:24,621 --> 00:19:27,708
and you're sticking to that,
which is super great.
449
00:19:27,791 --> 00:19:29,501
I respect that, trust me.
450
00:19:29,585 --> 00:19:32,254
You know, but you're not sticking
to this one very great,
451
00:19:32,337 --> 00:19:34,965
but it's cool. Seriously.
Do what you have to do.
452
00:19:35,799 --> 00:19:37,843
I got kids too, but I'm here.
453
00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:42,014
[sighing] I can... I can...
You know what? I can cancel.
454
00:19:42,931 --> 00:19:44,266
Honestly, you can go.
455
00:19:44,683 --> 00:19:46,351
No, it's okay. I'm gonna stay.
456
00:19:49,771 --> 00:19:50,771
Okay.
457
00:19:52,149 --> 00:19:53,149
Okay.
458
00:19:53,233 --> 00:19:54,526
You cool, playboy?
459
00:19:55,819 --> 00:19:56,862
Yeah, I'm...
460
00:19:56,945 --> 00:19:59,615
I'm cool. I'm... I'm coolio.
461
00:19:59,698 --> 00:20:01,058
All right. Let's get back to work.
462
00:20:01,491 --> 00:20:02,993
And you are staying?
463
00:20:03,076 --> 00:20:05,162
- Yeah, I'm staying.
- She's staying. Okay.
464
00:20:05,954 --> 00:20:06,955
Your choice, though.
465
00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:08,057
Wanna take five real quick?
466
00:20:08,081 --> 00:20:09,601
- [Broadway] Yeah, I think we should.
- Yeah.
467
00:20:09,625 --> 00:20:11,752
- You're staying, though, right?
- Yeah.
468
00:20:12,252 --> 00:20:13,545
- You're in?
- [sniffling]
469
00:20:13,629 --> 00:20:14,671
[Kenya] Okay, cool.
470
00:20:15,505 --> 00:20:18,217
One thing I hate?
Fucking crying at work.
471
00:20:18,842 --> 00:20:20,636
It makes everybody feel weird.
472
00:20:20,719 --> 00:20:22,262
Check that shit at the door, dude.
473
00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:24,556
Don't bring your emotions to work,
work is work.
474
00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,016
Leave the personal stuff at home.
475
00:20:26,099 --> 00:20:29,186
Me and Jo had an agreement!
We had a deal!
476
00:20:29,978 --> 00:20:34,024
You renege on a deal in the streets,
in the streets you can end up dead.
477
00:20:34,107 --> 00:20:37,194
- That's real talk. Real real.
- [Kenya] That's the rule of the streets.
478
00:20:37,277 --> 00:20:39,488
So you're saying
he's going to kill his wife.
479
00:20:39,571 --> 00:20:43,575
- He's not going to kill his wife.
- I mean, a deal is a deal.
480
00:20:43,951 --> 00:20:46,328
Wait, what... what is it
that you're actually saying?
481
00:20:46,411 --> 00:20:47,496
[Leeza] Oh, my gosh.
482
00:20:47,579 --> 00:20:48,872
Dude, I'm telling you.
483
00:20:49,414 --> 00:20:50,874
This is not the woman I married.
484
00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:52,501
- Really?
- No.
485
00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:54,836
What, do you think it's,
like, a man trapped inside?
486
00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,297
Like on some reverse
Bruce Jenner type shit?
487
00:20:57,381 --> 00:20:59,591
Caitlyn! Her name is Caitlyn!
488
00:20:59,675 --> 00:21:02,427
His mama named him Bruce.
I'm finna call him Bruce.
489
00:21:02,511 --> 00:21:04,972
- God, you are so ignorant.
- Bitch, you ignorant.
490
00:21:05,055 --> 00:21:06,055
[all overlapping] Whoa.
491
00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,683
- [Leeza] Okay, ow.
- [Broadway] Damn!
492
00:21:07,766 --> 00:21:10,894
I know that Broadway
probably went through a lot as a kid,
493
00:21:10,978 --> 00:21:14,022
but my God, he's like a character
out of a Hughes brothers movie.
494
00:21:14,606 --> 00:21:17,567
I don't think
you can call a woman a bitch.
495
00:21:17,651 --> 00:21:20,529
I have the HR manual. You cannot.
496
00:21:20,988 --> 00:21:22,072
[Mikayla] Thank you.
497
00:21:22,656 --> 00:21:24,992
Their name is Caitlin, right?
498
00:21:25,075 --> 00:21:26,910
- That's how we's to be...
- Better.
499
00:21:26,994 --> 00:21:28,829
So you're saying your wife has changed.
500
00:21:28,912 --> 00:21:31,206
That's not the woman I married.
I married a lawyer.
501
00:21:31,748 --> 00:21:34,167
Yo, blood, I mean, she's still a lawyer.
502
00:21:34,251 --> 00:21:36,562
Matter of fact, she's helping me prep
my slip and fall case
503
00:21:36,586 --> 00:21:38,463
I got against a children's hospital.
504
00:21:39,548 --> 00:21:40,382
What?
505
00:21:40,465 --> 00:21:43,343
I mean, I appreciate everything they did
for little Broadway, but...
506
00:21:43,593 --> 00:21:46,722
man, them floors in the burn ward
are hella overwaxed.
507
00:21:47,889 --> 00:21:49,099
My God.
508
00:21:49,975 --> 00:21:52,519
How... How is little Broadway?
509
00:21:52,602 --> 00:21:55,439
Thanks for asking. He's good.
Both eyes are almost open now.
510
00:21:55,522 --> 00:21:56,440
[Mikayla] Oh, my God.
511
00:21:56,523 --> 00:21:59,484
How did he get burned in the first place,
if you don't mind me asking?
512
00:21:59,568 --> 00:22:01,570
I don't know. I wasn't there.
513
00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:03,488
Oh, were you...
514
00:22:03,989 --> 00:22:04,989
here?
515
00:22:05,407 --> 00:22:07,034
[Kenya groans]
516
00:22:07,117 --> 00:22:08,744
I mean, he's a lot.
517
00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:10,370
- A lot.
- Yeah.
518
00:22:10,454 --> 00:22:13,040
Like, he's just in my grill all day.
519
00:22:13,290 --> 00:22:15,292
I feel not even comfortable
in my own house
520
00:22:15,375 --> 00:22:17,419
'cause he's just watching
every little move,
521
00:22:17,502 --> 00:22:19,546
fuckin' micromanaging me.
522
00:22:19,629 --> 00:22:20,797
This morning,
523
00:22:20,881 --> 00:22:24,009
he was mad because I didn't physically
take the kids to school.
524
00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:27,054
I mean, who cares? Did they make it there?
525
00:22:27,137 --> 00:22:28,013
Mm.
526
00:22:28,096 --> 00:22:30,349
A... Are you asking?
527
00:22:30,432 --> 00:22:33,685
Because I don't know.
I mean, I hope they made it.
528
00:22:33,769 --> 00:22:35,937
I mean, there's probably somebody
that knows, right?
529
00:22:36,396 --> 00:22:39,358
Yeah, me. I know.
I'm their mom. I got them there.
530
00:22:40,275 --> 00:22:42,944
You know, I... I actually agree with you.
531
00:22:43,028 --> 00:22:45,697
Maybe he's, like, sipping Lean
or something. I don't know.
532
00:22:45,822 --> 00:22:47,157
- [scoffs]
- [Jasmine] What?
533
00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,576
Sipping Lean. It's like the new hot thing.
534
00:22:49,659 --> 00:22:52,079
It's not new, and you know
when someone's sipping Lean.
535
00:22:52,162 --> 00:22:54,581
- Lean is cheap and it's easy to hide.
- Oh, my God.
536
00:22:55,123 --> 00:22:58,502
I don't... It's not that,
but I do not know what his problem is.
537
00:22:58,585 --> 00:23:01,463
I mean,
I kept up my end of the bargain, right?
538
00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:03,090
I didn't work for a while,
539
00:23:03,173 --> 00:23:06,301
but now
I am contributing financially again
540
00:23:06,385 --> 00:23:07,737
- because of the book...
- [both] Yeah.
541
00:23:07,761 --> 00:23:10,847
...and now I've regained
some of the ground that I lost to him.
542
00:23:10,931 --> 00:23:13,350
- But he's now just fucking with me!
- Wait, wait.
543
00:23:13,433 --> 00:23:15,519
- Sorry, you lost ground to him?
- [Joya] Yeah.
544
00:23:15,602 --> 00:23:18,202
I mean, you're talking about all of this
like you guys are at war.
545
00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:21,900
I'm sorry, as someone who represents
several women who were previously married,
546
00:23:22,025 --> 00:23:23,461
- they are definitely at war.
- Mm-hm.
547
00:23:23,485 --> 00:23:26,279
- Come on!
- And you remember, Jas,
548
00:23:26,363 --> 00:23:28,657
I mean, I was the one
who was making more money.
549
00:23:28,740 --> 00:23:29,991
I was the breadwinner.
550
00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:31,785
I get it, but I just don't think
551
00:23:31,868 --> 00:23:34,830
that, um, there should be a competition
between you guys.
552
00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:37,290
"Breadwinner" has the word "winner" in it.
553
00:23:37,541 --> 00:23:39,936
- Implies that there's a breadloser.
- [Lavette and Jasmine chuckle]
554
00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:41,420
Do I look like a loser to you?
555
00:23:41,503 --> 00:23:45,257
Oh, my God, no wonder you're getting
such wack vibes outta him. Come on!
556
00:23:45,549 --> 00:23:47,634
I mean, isn't marriage
supposed to be a partnership?
557
00:23:47,717 --> 00:23:49,886
Spoken like a true breadloser.
558
00:23:49,970 --> 00:23:51,304
- [scoffs]
- [Jasmine] Okay.
559
00:23:51,388 --> 00:23:53,306
I'm just saying, seriously, like,
560
00:23:53,390 --> 00:23:55,809
this is... Is this what you guys agreed on?
561
00:23:55,892 --> 00:23:58,979
Girl, he was super supportive about this.
562
00:23:59,062 --> 00:24:02,899
He was like, "Take time off!
Take all the time you need!"
563
00:24:02,983 --> 00:24:05,461
- [Lavette] Yeah, they start like that.
- And then, all of a sudden,
564
00:24:05,485 --> 00:24:07,904
acted like he hit his head
and had amnesia.
565
00:24:07,988 --> 00:24:09,906
I mean, but hadn't you just almost died?
566
00:24:10,031 --> 00:24:13,243
I mean, people say all kinds of shit
during a traumatic experience.
567
00:24:13,326 --> 00:24:16,538
I thought I was going to die
during a flight once,
568
00:24:16,621 --> 00:24:20,333
and it was rough,
and I let a guy give me cunnilingus.
569
00:24:21,918 --> 00:24:22,919
A stranger.
570
00:24:23,587 --> 00:24:24,588
And that didn't count.
571
00:24:24,671 --> 00:24:26,465
Oh, no, that absolutely counted,
572
00:24:26,548 --> 00:24:30,302
and you can absolutely take him literally
because you two had a deal.
573
00:24:30,385 --> 00:24:31,261
- Right?
- Yes.
574
00:24:31,344 --> 00:24:33,388
He reneged on an agreement.
575
00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:35,849
That's the kind of shit
you get shot for in the streets.
576
00:24:35,932 --> 00:24:37,892
That's the kind of shit
that'll get you fucked up.
577
00:24:37,934 --> 00:24:41,146
- That's what I'm saying. A deal is a deal.
- It's some bullshit. For sure.
578
00:24:41,229 --> 00:24:44,191
Do you understand how crazy it is
579
00:24:44,274 --> 00:24:45,692
to think that, in this world,
580
00:24:45,775 --> 00:24:50,071
the idea of two successful black people
being married is, like, almost insane?
581
00:24:50,155 --> 00:24:52,782
I never even thought it was possible
until I saw The Cosby Show.
582
00:24:52,866 --> 00:24:55,952
And as soon as I saw that,
I was like, "That's what I want."
583
00:24:56,286 --> 00:24:59,206
And that's what me and Jo were.
And now we're not.
584
00:25:00,123 --> 00:25:02,584
I mean, can't you cut her a little slack?
585
00:25:02,667 --> 00:25:06,922
She worked really hard for over 20 years
and she had, like, 15 kids for you.
586
00:25:07,005 --> 00:25:08,381
[Kenya] You sound ridiculous.
587
00:25:08,465 --> 00:25:10,467
Leeza, she had, like, six kids,
588
00:25:10,717 --> 00:25:13,720
And every day of her life
has basically been like the life of Riley.
589
00:25:14,221 --> 00:25:16,181
Didn't she almost die in childbirth?
590
00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:19,768
That was, like, three years ago.
She's been fine ever since.
591
00:25:21,811 --> 00:25:23,563
You know your dad's a bad guy, right?
592
00:25:24,314 --> 00:25:26,066
- Yeah, you know it.
- I...
593
00:25:26,858 --> 00:25:29,319
I'm not saying I don't understand
people growing and maturing
594
00:25:29,402 --> 00:25:31,196
and changing and all that dumb shit.
595
00:25:31,279 --> 00:25:33,532
But like, what's up with her
suddenly wanting to be
596
00:25:33,615 --> 00:25:37,369
like, an influencer, slash author,
slash whatever the fuck it is she's doing?
597
00:25:37,452 --> 00:25:38,787
What's that all about?
598
00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:40,413
Maybe she's just an attention whore.
599
00:25:41,164 --> 00:25:43,375
Dawg, do you have to call my wife
a whore?
600
00:25:43,917 --> 00:25:44,793
Oh, okay, then.
601
00:25:44,876 --> 00:25:48,213
I just thought that "attention bitch"
would be so much more disrespectful,
602
00:25:48,296 --> 00:25:50,757
but I don't know y'all relationship.
603
00:25:51,174 --> 00:25:54,177
All right, just pause, Broadway.
Stop talking.
604
00:25:54,511 --> 00:25:55,512
Um...
605
00:25:55,595 --> 00:25:58,265
Maybe she's trying to protect
her marriage.
606
00:25:58,682 --> 00:26:00,475
This is relationship insurance.
607
00:26:00,934 --> 00:26:03,144
She's branding the two of you
as a power couple.
608
00:26:03,228 --> 00:26:06,439
That way, if you step out,
you're not just stepping out on her.
609
00:26:06,523 --> 00:26:08,775
You're stepping out on the beloved brand.
610
00:26:08,858 --> 00:26:10,235
[all] Whoa.
611
00:26:10,318 --> 00:26:11,318
[Nelson] Damn!
612
00:26:11,695 --> 00:26:13,530
That shit is diabolical.
613
00:26:13,613 --> 00:26:15,240
It's personal branding.
614
00:26:15,323 --> 00:26:17,742
Yes, JoJo! Yes.
615
00:26:17,826 --> 00:26:21,371
And I got to be the Hollywood wife
and arm candy
616
00:26:21,454 --> 00:26:23,456
whether I like it or not, right?
617
00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:26,710
And I'm the smart, pretty lawyer
618
00:26:26,793 --> 00:26:28,920
that elevates his game.
619
00:26:29,254 --> 00:26:32,716
So why can't I use the same thing
to elevate my game now?
620
00:26:32,799 --> 00:26:34,527
- [Lavette] Absolutely.
- You know, I get it.
621
00:26:34,551 --> 00:26:35,635
You know, I get all of it.
622
00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:37,887
But... you know,
623
00:26:38,013 --> 00:26:41,266
don't you think all of this and that
624
00:26:41,349 --> 00:26:42,350
is just a bit much?
625
00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:44,912
Who's that? That's one of Jo's friends
who was fucking some guy
626
00:26:44,936 --> 00:26:46,789
that she just met on the airplane.
I don't know.
627
00:26:46,813 --> 00:26:48,106
Do I think that's too much?
628
00:26:48,189 --> 00:26:49,357
- Hell no.
- Okay.
629
00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:53,194
No, this, all of this,
is reparations, okay?
630
00:26:53,403 --> 00:26:56,448
Between breastfeeding,
studying for the bar,
631
00:26:56,531 --> 00:26:59,117
helping the kids study
for their stupid tests,
632
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,369
being in my heels all day
running around in court,
633
00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:03,538
then coming home,
making sure everybody's fed.
634
00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:06,333
Not to mention the fact
that I got to run back out
635
00:27:06,416 --> 00:27:08,710
for all of his
last-minute red carpet events,
636
00:27:08,793 --> 00:27:10,337
and make sure I don't look ratchet
637
00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:13,423
next to some Brazilian broad
who's been in the spa all day.
638
00:27:13,506 --> 00:27:16,051
I mean, I haven't slept for 15 years.
639
00:27:16,134 --> 00:27:19,304
So yes, hell yes, I'm grabbing my moment.
640
00:27:19,387 --> 00:27:22,891
I put his ass in the spotlight
so I'mma take some of that too.
641
00:27:22,974 --> 00:27:24,225
Well, what about your girls?
642
00:27:24,809 --> 00:27:26,061
What about my girls?
643
00:27:26,269 --> 00:27:30,482
I mean, don't you think just giving up
a high-powered position
644
00:27:31,107 --> 00:27:32,317
might have an effect on them?
645
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,320
Giving up?
I didn't give anything up. I'm just...
646
00:27:35,445 --> 00:27:36,905
starting something new.
647
00:27:36,988 --> 00:27:39,949
I teach my kids to bet on themselves
648
00:27:40,033 --> 00:27:41,951
and to take risks like their mom does.
649
00:27:42,369 --> 00:27:45,413
Guys, that was just my friend
who used to do Lean.
650
00:27:45,914 --> 00:27:48,500
He ran down all the symptoms.
We have a serious problem.
651
00:27:49,376 --> 00:27:50,376
Oh, my God.
652
00:27:51,586 --> 00:27:52,586
Well...
653
00:27:53,713 --> 00:27:54,714
Well, what?
654
00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:58,677
Is what I'm doing
having a positive effect on you?
655
00:27:59,260 --> 00:28:01,680
Oh, my God. Yes!
Mom, you're killing it.
656
00:28:01,763 --> 00:28:03,098
I mean, you're a dope lawyer
657
00:28:03,181 --> 00:28:05,266
and you look better
than all of my friends' moms.
658
00:28:05,809 --> 00:28:07,828
And now have a book
that you're about to drop on 'em
659
00:28:07,852 --> 00:28:09,062
and shut down Borders.
660
00:28:09,145 --> 00:28:11,439
I think Borders is already shut down.
661
00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:12,857
Okay, shut up, nerd.
662
00:28:13,441 --> 00:28:14,651
My point is
663
00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:16,111
you are "goals."
664
00:28:16,820 --> 00:28:18,571
- Thanks, babe.
- No problem.
665
00:28:21,157 --> 00:28:22,157
Drea?
666
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:23,200
[Drea] Hm?
667
00:28:23,576 --> 00:28:25,620
I mean, you're definitely "goals,"
668
00:28:25,912 --> 00:28:27,580
depending on what your goals are.
669
00:28:28,498 --> 00:28:30,500
And what's that supposed to mean?
670
00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:34,796
You should just do whatever you want
and not worry about what I think.
671
00:28:34,879 --> 00:28:37,716
Yeah, that's... that is not
how motherhood works at all.
672
00:28:37,799 --> 00:28:38,842
[chuckles]
673
00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:42,429
If you're asking if I still wish
you were practicing...
674
00:28:43,054 --> 00:28:45,140
the answer is...
675
00:28:45,473 --> 00:28:46,473
um...
676
00:28:46,599 --> 00:28:47,976
Yeah?
677
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:49,560
...complicated.
678
00:28:50,061 --> 00:28:53,523
I mean, when you were working a lot,
there were definitely times
679
00:28:53,606 --> 00:28:56,025
where you seemed seconds
from a mental breakdown.
680
00:28:56,443 --> 00:28:57,444
I was.
681
00:28:57,861 --> 00:28:58,861
There was...
682
00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:03,408
weeks... years actually, that I wasn't sure
I was going to make it through.
683
00:29:03,908 --> 00:29:05,744
To be honest, your whole childhood.
684
00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:09,080
But the only reason
I barely kept it together
685
00:29:09,164 --> 00:29:11,207
was because you needed me to.
686
00:29:11,624 --> 00:29:12,959
What I mean is,
687
00:29:13,334 --> 00:29:15,044
you're the reason I'm so driven.
688
00:29:15,503 --> 00:29:18,465
Watching you hustle
had a huge impact on me.
689
00:29:19,132 --> 00:29:22,469
Even as a little kid,
I saw the impact it had on other people
690
00:29:22,552 --> 00:29:24,429
when I told them my mom was a lawyer.
691
00:29:24,929 --> 00:29:26,389
It made me feel proud.
692
00:29:27,015 --> 00:29:28,015
But...
693
00:29:28,308 --> 00:29:31,603
now that I'm old enough
to actually see you argue a case in court,
694
00:29:31,895 --> 00:29:32,895
I can't.
695
00:29:33,229 --> 00:29:35,315
Just because
we can't see her do it right now
696
00:29:35,398 --> 00:29:37,484
doesn't mean
we'll never see her do it again.
697
00:29:37,567 --> 00:29:40,695
Or maybe you do something
that'll inspire us more.
698
00:29:42,822 --> 00:29:45,325
[scoffs]
I guess I didn't think of it like that.
699
00:29:47,035 --> 00:29:48,369
For what it's worth, Mom,
700
00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:52,874
I'm always going to be proud of you
because you're kind of my hero.
701
00:29:54,417 --> 00:29:57,796
But I do hope that I get the chance
to see you in action again,
702
00:29:58,296 --> 00:29:59,296
somewhere.
703
00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:05,929
♪ Everywhere that I go
Everywhere that I be ♪
704
00:30:06,513 --> 00:30:10,183
♪ If you are not surrounding me ♪
705
00:30:10,892 --> 00:30:14,437
♪ With your energy ♪
706
00:30:14,896 --> 00:30:16,898
["Blessed" by Daniel Caesar continues]
707
00:30:17,190 --> 00:30:18,024
Yo.
708
00:30:18,149 --> 00:30:19,943
- Yo, what's up?
- What up?
709
00:30:21,361 --> 00:30:24,405
- Crazy fucking day, dude.
- I bet. Mine too.
710
00:30:27,116 --> 00:30:29,244
- Please don't say anything smart.
- I'm not.
711
00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:35,917
New Gucci slides? Are those new?
712
00:30:36,292 --> 00:30:38,586
I don't know. Maybe. Why?
713
00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:41,297
[Kenya] 'Cause... Forget it.
I can't say anything.
714
00:30:43,216 --> 00:30:44,300
What's up, dude?
715
00:30:44,759 --> 00:30:46,469
What... What are you talking about?
716
00:30:46,594 --> 00:30:48,763
Like, there's obviously a problem here.
717
00:30:50,598 --> 00:30:53,101
All right, you wanna know
what my problem is, Jo?
718
00:30:53,810 --> 00:30:56,145
- Yeah.
- It's that I'm trying, man.
719
00:30:56,437 --> 00:30:58,690
I just don't know
that this is working for me.
720
00:30:58,773 --> 00:31:00,149
Whatever it is we're doing.
721
00:31:02,026 --> 00:31:04,070
Okay. [scoffs] Well...
722
00:31:05,864 --> 00:31:08,533
this not working for you
is not working for me.
723
00:31:08,658 --> 00:31:09,492
Of course.
724
00:31:09,576 --> 00:31:12,036
So, like, instead of just being weird,
725
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,289
why not come talk to me
about the way you're feeling?
726
00:31:14,372 --> 00:31:16,499
What do you think I'm trying to do now?
727
00:31:16,583 --> 00:31:20,128
I was trying to do it, but...
What does it matter, dude? We're here.
728
00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:22,005
What is going on, man?
729
00:31:22,088 --> 00:31:24,757
Like, it used to be me and you,
like Bonnie & Clyde,
730
00:31:24,841 --> 00:31:26,050
Jay and B, like...
731
00:31:26,634 --> 00:31:27,927
all of a sudden now,
732
00:31:28,011 --> 00:31:30,221
I feel like we're more competitors
than partners.
733
00:31:30,597 --> 00:31:33,224
What are you talking about?
You've always been competitive.
734
00:31:33,308 --> 00:31:36,311
- You're, like, the king of competition.
- Can I please finish?
735
00:31:37,103 --> 00:31:38,103
Yeah.
736
00:31:38,521 --> 00:31:39,898
I don't know what's going on,
737
00:31:39,981 --> 00:31:41,983
but whether it's silly shit or work shit,
738
00:31:42,066 --> 00:31:44,903
I'm always... It's like you're always
trying to one-up me.
739
00:31:45,528 --> 00:31:48,531
- I don't want to use the word "jealous"...
- But you just did.
740
00:31:49,490 --> 00:31:50,909
Okay, you know what it is?
741
00:31:51,784 --> 00:31:52,784
Honestly?
742
00:31:53,328 --> 00:31:56,539
And you're not gonna like this,
but I feel like you have beef with me
743
00:31:56,623 --> 00:31:59,834
because you wake up next to someone
every day who loves what they do,
744
00:32:00,084 --> 00:32:02,837
and you haven't quite figured out
what it is you want to do yet
745
00:32:02,921 --> 00:32:04,547
and I'm paying the price for it.
746
00:32:06,424 --> 00:32:10,178
I can't believe that you would think that,
and then say it out loud.
747
00:32:10,261 --> 00:32:12,931
And by the way, if it were true,
just for the sake of argument,
748
00:32:13,014 --> 00:32:14,432
okay, let's say I was unhappy,
749
00:32:14,515 --> 00:32:17,435
wouldn't it kind of be on my partner,
my husband,
750
00:32:17,518 --> 00:32:19,812
the father of my six kids to, like,
751
00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:22,398
support me? Like, talk me through that?
752
00:32:22,482 --> 00:32:25,401
Figure my shit out with me
instead of just, like...
753
00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:27,111
being angry and resentful
754
00:32:27,195 --> 00:32:29,572
and throwing little jabs at me
on a daily basis?
755
00:32:29,656 --> 00:32:32,343
I'm not trying to throw jabs at you, dude.
I'm just saying, like, I...
756
00:32:32,367 --> 00:32:34,035
I don't even recognize you sometimes.
757
00:32:34,118 --> 00:32:35,870
I had a tiny bit of contouring.
758
00:32:35,954 --> 00:32:37,914
No, I'm not talking about that, dude!
759
00:32:37,997 --> 00:32:40,208
You know what?
Maybe I am talking about that.
760
00:32:40,291 --> 00:32:45,588
When did I suddenly not realize that you
hated the life we built together so much?
761
00:32:45,672 --> 00:32:49,300
I don't hate the life we built together.
It's just very different.
762
00:32:49,384 --> 00:32:51,177
This... It's changed! It's not what we...
763
00:32:51,260 --> 00:32:53,137
But we knew that that would happen.
764
00:32:53,221 --> 00:32:56,057
We knew what we were headed to together.
We had a plan.
765
00:32:56,724 --> 00:33:00,478
And I feel like, all of a sudden,
it feels like you abandoned that plan,
766
00:33:00,853 --> 00:33:03,439
you know, because we got some money.
767
00:33:04,232 --> 00:33:05,942
- Oh, wow.
- Oh, wow.
768
00:33:06,025 --> 00:33:07,902
Seriously. What a fucking asshole.
769
00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:10,113
- Okay, I'm... 'Cause I'm...
- I was the money, okay?
770
00:33:10,196 --> 00:33:12,865
- I know that! I know that!
- I busted my ass!
771
00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:15,827
Worked, was a mother, was your wife,
772
00:33:15,910 --> 00:33:18,287
worked all the time
so that you could have the freedom
773
00:33:18,371 --> 00:33:19,664
to just, like, go off
774
00:33:19,747 --> 00:33:22,017
and come up with whatever stupid shit
you were coming up with.
775
00:33:22,041 --> 00:33:23,310
- Stupid shit? Really?
- That's because of me.
776
00:33:23,334 --> 00:33:26,587
But my stupid shit
is paying for this life.
777
00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:29,424
Okay? And nobody's saying
that you didn't bust your ass
778
00:33:29,507 --> 00:33:31,676
or don't bust your ass or aren't dope.
779
00:33:31,759 --> 00:33:33,678
You're my girl, like, I love you.
780
00:33:33,970 --> 00:33:36,305
But all of a sudden,
with you not working,
781
00:33:36,389 --> 00:33:38,725
you now have more nannies,
more housekeepers,
782
00:33:38,808 --> 00:33:41,436
you've somehow convinced the gardener
to start washing the cars.
783
00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:42,770
That's just efficient.
784
00:33:43,104 --> 00:33:45,064
But what is that efficiency getting us?
785
00:33:45,148 --> 00:33:46,232
Other than, what,
786
00:33:46,315 --> 00:33:49,193
you to become the basketball-wife version
of John Grisham?
787
00:33:51,612 --> 00:33:52,864
Okay, you know what? I'm...
788
00:33:52,947 --> 00:33:56,701
I'm just going to walk away now
because this is about to get ugly.
789
00:33:57,368 --> 00:34:02,206
And I'mma take my basketball-wife,
John Grisham ass upstairs, take a bath,
790
00:34:02,290 --> 00:34:03,666
have a glass of wine.
791
00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:05,168
You're welcome to join me,
792
00:34:05,251 --> 00:34:06,753
but if you don't, that's cool.
793
00:34:06,836 --> 00:34:08,689
- I'm just not going to do this.
- You're not gonna do what?
794
00:34:08,713 --> 00:34:10,923
I'm not doing...
I'm just not doing this ugliness.
795
00:34:11,382 --> 00:34:12,382
Okay.
796
00:34:16,012 --> 00:34:19,682
In the movies, we always see
that arguments have an ending.
797
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,019
But in real life, they don't.
798
00:34:23,936 --> 00:34:25,646
They just stop to start up again.
799
00:34:26,606 --> 00:34:28,858
And the best you can hope for is that
800
00:34:29,025 --> 00:34:31,194
- the arguments keep starting up.
- Fuck.
801
00:34:32,278 --> 00:34:35,865
♪ If I could I swear I'll go back ♪
802
00:34:35,990 --> 00:34:39,702
♪ Make everything all better ♪