Newcomers: Scorsese, with Nicole Byer and Lauren Lapkus - Daddy's Little Girls (w/ Sydnee Washington)

Episode Date: March 23, 2021

Nicole and Lauren are joined by comedian, actress, and fellow Headgum podcaster Sydnee Washington (Hobby Hunter, Unofficial Expert) to discuss one of Tyler Perry’s first dramatic rom-coms, Daddy’s Little Girls (2007). Follow Sydnee on Twitter and Instagram, and check out her podcast Hobby Hunter!Next week’s watchlist: The Family That Preys (2008)Like the show? Rate Newcomers 5-Stars on Apple Podcasts and let us know what Tyler Perry hit they should check out next.Advertise on Newcomers via Gumball.fmSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls. Having kids made him a daddy. Taking care of them will make him a man. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, wow. It's the second episode of our third season. It's me and Lauren Lapkus. And by me, I'm Nicole Byer. We are working our way through Tyler Perry's body of work for the very first time with the help of Perry scholars super fans and sometimes

even people who've contributed uh this ep this season is gonna be 10 episodes because 20 oh boy too many but we're so excited I feel like we just, we're coming into this just so happy every time we record. Can't wait to discuss the films. Had a great time watching this one. Obviously, we had a lot of thoughts about the first one that we watched, Every Mad Black Woman. And now we are going to talk about Tyler Perry's first romantic comedy drama, which I have, I already have an issue with. Yeah, I wouldn't call it a romantic comedy drama, which I have, I already have an issue with. Yeah, I wouldn't call it a romantic comedy. I would not say it is at all. I would say that there's one DVD cover that looks like it's a romantic comedy.

But it's called Daddy's Little Girls. It came out in 2007 and we will be revisiting more movies and TV shows in the weeks to come. But if you want to watch the movie first,

it's available on DVD. So go buy it and put it in your dvd player and you can also get it on amazon apple tv uh google play and voodoo do you have voodoo i don't have voodoo i don't know what that is also it's available on stars if you have the stars app that's how i watched i love stars it was free on Starz app? It was free on the Starz app. I watched it on Amazon. Oh, okay. Obviously, we're going to spoil it, so get over that.

And what did you think before we bring in our guest? What were your initial thoughts on the film? I did not like it, but I did not mind watching it. There was a lot of drama that happened. This movie is so dramatic. I think there's like two comedic parts that I would put in like a rom-com category. Like maybe when Gabrielle Union's like throwing up. Like that was like silly.

But that wasn't silly. That made me so upset. I was like, these vomit noises are so realistic. It was so real. I know. I was like, you know what I thought? And of course everyone's thrown up. But I was like, oh, she's really thrown up before.

Yes. But I was like, well, everyone has thrown up. She ate something bad from Crafty and she's actually throwing up. And they were like, let's just put it in the movie. Like, use it. It was so like disgusting how it sounded. I could really feel how gross it was. Yeah.

But I got to say Idris Elba. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. yeah but i gotta say idris elba wow wow wow wow wow wow wow and i knew he was attractive because i love this movie he did with kate winslet where they get stuck on a mountain no one's ever seen

it it is so sexy no no one's ever seen it one time in their life but like i fucking love it i don't know what it's called i know it's not called like return to which mountain that's different that's disney what is it called is it called Return to Witch Mountain. That's different. That's Disney. What is it called? Is it called The Mountain? Return to Witch Mountain. That's like a kids movie. Okay. It's called The Mountain Between Us.

Ah, yes. Ooh, baby. I want to be the mountain between them. It was, it's so sexy. Oh my God. Maybe I'll watch it tonight. Sounds good. What did you think about the movie?

I felt a lot of the same stuff. I was, I found it a little bit slow um but i also found it interesting because i having no knowledge of like tyler perry's stuff coming into this i was like really not i thought it could go in any direction and how dramatic it was especially some of the like reveals later in the movie i was so shocked by that i was like that that kept me on my toes like there's a part where i mean we'll get to it but with gabrielle union where she like confronts him about something she finds out about him and i was like that you find out pretty late yeah it was like an hour and a half in so and then i mean i thought they handled that pretty well but

anyway i mean we should we should bring our guest out because I feel like we're going to want to get into this with her. We are so excited for our guest today, Sydney Washington. Now, Sydney, Sydney, excuse me, is a comedian, actress and model known for Comedy Central's Up Next showcase, her co-hosting gigs at the Knitting Factory and the unofficial expert podcast with Marie Faustin. And she also hosts HeadGum's very own Hobby Hunter. Welcome, Sydney. Hello, ladies. Hi, how are you? Wait, I'm surprised that you are not familiar with Tyler Perry's work because that man,

that man. Well, I'm familiar to some extent, but I've never seen most of these movies. I've never seen any of them, but I feel like I knew Madea and that was about it. Okay. And then I also knew that he has these soap operas, so I was like, there's a genre range It is, it's a genre but it always feels like

it's low-key the same movie Yes, I did This felt like Diary of a Mad Black Woman, except there was no Madea. There's like evil, angry women. There's very bad men.

There's a courtroom, you know, scene. This is Diary of a Mad Black Woman. I just missed Madea. I really, I don't think I ever thought I'd say this sentence. I missed Madea so much today. Well, Madea would have been the comedic relief for this movie.

There was no comedy. It was just very, I mean, so Monty, that's Idris, he's a mechanic and he has these daughters. And the daughters are a handful. I mean, that one gal, Sienna, I'm like, Sierra, Sierra. She cries so much. I was like, chill out. Be a kid.

Go play. Being a kid is hard. I will say that. I will say that I cried a lot as a kid, but not about the things that I should have been crying about. She does get beat at one point. I was going to say, you have to give her a break. I was like, wait, is that the one you're talking about because she literally gets hit um no i

cried a lot as a child over just like not wanting to eat weird foods so i mean she's doing fine i thought the kids were really good actors i was impressed by that because that always is a risk yes sometimes children are like, oh God. Oh my God. Yeah. This kid has to go home. Wait, wait. Are you guys serious?

Are you serious? I feel like all the child actors are crushing it. No, no, no. Sometimes you watch a movie and you're like, this kid is truly awful. Okay.

And I know this kid was supposed to be awful, but the kid in Babadook. Oh boy. I hated that kid that that was too scary oh it is pretty scary like the like the last 20 30 minutes oh dear not not good if you're trying to get to bed so you said so you didn't like him because he played a bad kid so well maybe he was just so irritating but i think that was the point. I think you're supposed to like,

kind of like the way Tyler Perry works, where he makes people so evil that you're like, I could never root for this person. They made this kid so annoying that you're like, oh, of course mommy would go crazy. Of course the Babadook chooses him. Does he get killed? No.

No, he doesn't. But like, I kind of wanted him to just don't tell don't tell him i forgot the kid's name and uh the undoing great actor great actor yes hated him and undoing i was like he's up to something i did not trust him oh yeah that kid oh no that kid's really good yeah yeah he was in honey boy yeah he was in a bunch of things when he was really little too. Yeah, he's good. But I mean, when there's a bad kid, I mean, also I watch a lot of things that are really bad, so like

that explains why I probably think a lot of child actors are bad, but I just, when they're so bad, you're like, oh my God. And it kind of just makes you kind of hate the kid as a person. Yeah. And then that's a problem.

But I felt like these kids were all great and they had a lot of drama to do. And there was a, that moment where you find out that she's getting hit by that guy. She was so believable that I felt horrible. And the point where they, I mean, we'll get into this more when they're beating up that man and they pop out of the room to be like,

hello. Oh no. It was like, They grounded the scene, their children and they grounded this insane scene. That's why you need the kids sometimes. That's why you need it. Yeah. So wait,

Sydney, are you like familiar with Tyler Perry's work? And what was your first experience into the MCU, the Madea cinematic universe? It was, um, it wasary of a Mad Black Woman. And then Why Did I Get Married? And then Why Did I Get Married 2? And then I took a break.

I took a break after that. I was like, OK, I think I'm OK right now. Is Madea in Why Did I Get Married? Yes. No, no, no. Why Did I Get Married? That was the ensemble cast, but Diary of a Mad Black Woman, that's where I first was introduced to Medea.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, I'm actually shocked by how much I love Medea after that movie. Yeah. I want more Medea. I found her to be hilarious, comedically really gifted, and I need so much more. I kind of like want to be in a Madea movie where like Oh my god you have to. I don't even know what it would be. Maybe it's like me and Madea

open a store. I don't know. I just like Madea and I go on a road trip. I don't know. I just like want to be near Madea. She's so funny. No she's hilarious. She's a solo show, to be honest. I think that that's the thing about when I watched Diary of a Mad Black Woman, which I've seen so many times because they've repeated it on BET

and then anything else. I feel like she is the comedy that there's so much going on. Like, there's a divorce. He's abusive. People are terrible. And's a divorce. He's, he's abusive. People are terrible. And then Medea is like making it something that like, oh, it's kind of light.

I mean, she's got a gun, but it's in a funny way. If you didn't have Medea in that movie, it would be the most dramatic movie I've ever seen in my life. Everything is terrible. I mean, this movie really comes close with a lot of what's

happening yeah a lot of things that happen in this movie you're like oh boy oh dear oh wow oh boy and everyone has like hot takes and hard opinions yeah oh yeah well so okay this our little notes thing says that daddy's little girls is one of tyler perry's first romantic comedy dramas now i wondered if he coined that phrase. I don't know. But do you feel like he does a good job of blending all three genres? Or do you, I mean, I feel like we've already said that it feels like the comedy is lacking in this one.

Even, I mean, there's romance, but it's still, it's mostly just pure drama. Yeah, I would say this is a rom-drom. A rom-drom. That's what it is. Why have I never heard that? It's a rom-drom. A rom-drom. That's what it is. Why have I never heard that? It's a rom-drom. I don't know. It's like perfect, obviously.

I wish that there would have been more lightness to it. Like, why does it have to be so freaking heavy? You know, you got kids involved. We should be giggling there was no bubbles no nothing well and that's what was so crazy because when we googled it before we watched it there were were two covers and one had like the three girls pouting off to the side and Idris is like hugging Gabrielle Union and you're like oh something's like he's got a new girlfriend and then the other one is like pure like indie drama of like the family all together.

And he's holding all three girls. And Gabrielle's like right there. And it's just like you can't tell what's going on because she's wearing a suit. I would say that one, though, is closer than the like them off to the side and the little girls being like, oh, we hate new mom. I thought it was going to be we hate new mom. Let's have antics. Like let's prank her. Yeah.

Yeah. Kind of like a parent trap. Yeah. Which is truly maybe Lindsay Lohan's best movie besides Mean Girls. Yeah. It's so good. I'm going to say yes. There's I can't imagine it any other way.

Right. Remember there was a Lindsay Lohan movie where she was a stripper oh yes no that one was called that was a brett easton ellis movie called the canyons oh yes i remember this but there was like a whole big article about this being filmed it was huge it was huge yeah and then she did Liz and Dick which I gotta say some of her best work it is incredible it's clearly you're a fan it's clear you're a fan you're a fan I yeah I mean I knew the Canyons I cannot believe I remember that I did watch it blown away I'm pretty sure she plays a stripper who no no no no I'm wrong no. I'm wrong. The Canyons is a different movie. Okay. The movie where she plays a stripper, she also plays a twin.

Yes. And there's like a murder. Wait, what is that one called? I feel like with the Canyons, she quit or something. Yes, I think you're right about that. Because I feel like there was like some big controversy with that movie. Well, now I need to know what the Lindsay Lohan stripper movie is. Oh, I Know Who Killed Me.

Yes. Yes. So she's a ghost stripper movie is oh i know who killed me yes so she's a ghost stripper yes i i think imagine she's a ghost stripper i that i love she was in she was in freaky friday too oh that's also really good you know what lindsey lowen has a great body of work may it be small but it's a catalog of things it's she's working i don't know if it's a catalog. I feel like it's like a YM magazine, you know, a thin little magazine. She had a solid like 10 years of good stuff she was churning out. And now she's Greek.

What did YM stand for? Young and modern. I always said, okay, like when I first saw the magazine, I was like, ooh, yum magazine. But there was no you. And my mother was like, that's just YM. And I was like, hmm, I think you're wrong. And I always thought it was yum until I was like, oh yeah, there truly is no you.

None. But I mean, and it would be weird if it was yum because it was young and modern and yum to young and modern. Like that's weird. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yum is easy. We're sexualizing the youth yes the book it's a magazine for pedophiles yeah oh no young underage modern yes

that was you're good at you're good at acronyms no that's not or i can be weird as a pedophile okay all right let's keep going. Let's go into this. We'll move on. Okay. So here's our little segment called News Madea Like Media. I wonder if we'll ever find a way to say that word. You can get what it is without me saying what it means. But Tyler Perry launched a virtual Madea museum with the release of Madeea's farewell play. The virtual Medea Museum spotlights Medea's 20-year legacy

and each exhibit celebrates iconic elements of Medea from a visual timeline of portraits to an interactive musical showcase and a gift shop with limited edition memorabilia for super fans, which I feel like we might already be. But the virtual museum can be accessed for free at medeamuseum.com. So everyone can check that out.

I've already copied and pasted it. I see you popping it on the Google. I want to see what it is. Yeah. I think this is everybody's homework. You know, I mean, since we can't get anywhere,

I mean, what a genius thing to do a, a media. Oh my God. It's loading. Oh my my god this is like the sims oh my oh this is great this is great okay there's videos oh i can't wait i'm gonna explore this when we're done the costume exhibit oh there's a costume exhibit i'm in the costume exhibit right now okay so there's like glass cases with all of medea's costumes which is really funny because we don't even know what they are yet so we don't get all the references okay there's also mr brown's costumes the

character mr brown who's mr brown i don't know but these are crazy costumes i guess mr brown is in the movie assisted living which came out last year. Oh. Tyler Perry literally releases things every day. Truly. Oh, you saw in the middle of the pandemic, he put out all these scripts, and he was like, I wrote all of these.

Yes, I did. I saw it, and I was like, sir. I have no writer's room. This is just me. He's very impressive. Yes. I was like, no wonder the stories kind of sound the same. Yeah.

Cool. Yeah, that's the part he wants us to ignore. But then some, I can't remember, was it Jonathan Braylock who was like, he does have rooms. He just takes the credit for it. Yeah. Or that was, yeah. So who knows? Who knows?

I mean, hopefully we can get Tylerler perry on the podcast so then we can just like point blank be like what is this like are you really just grinding out these scripts or do you have rooms tell us tell us the process i can't imagine get him on can you imagine anything a billionaire would want to do more than talk to us about what he does that we somehow have missed for the last 20 years be like hi we're just dipping our toes into your empire. Heard you have a fucking city. We just want to hear some questions. So do you do it all alone?

I'm not really asking for much. And then it's like, also, we're not going to pay you. Oh, yeah. Sorry. He wouldn't want it. He's got it's fine i mean probably he's giving up his home for the royals i still can't get over that i can't get over that either i want to know more about his entire life i want to know me too and i mean did you know he has a son no i don't think anybody knows it i did and his son that. And his son's name is Amman Tyler Perry. Yeah.

I think it's Amman. I think it might be Amen because I did babysit a kid named Amen, as I said before. But I think it could be Amen. Oh, you did say that. I don't remember how it was spelled. A-M-M-N? No, his is literally A-Man. But I think Amen might be E-A-M-M-O-N or something. But who is this woman?

Who is the mother of his child? He had a girlfriend for a long time. For like 20 years. She's like beautiful. She's got big curly hair. But they broke up just now during the pandemic. Last year during the pandemic. So he's alone and having a midlife crisis.

Those are his words, not ours. Yeah. Tyler Perry's ex-girlfriend. Ex-wife? No, I don't think they were married. I think they were like common law because they were together for so long. Oh, my God. So is she getting coins from him or no?

I don't know. I would assume yes, though, because she probably has custody of a man, Tyler Perry, because he works so much. Oh, my God. She's stunning. Yeah, I know. She's stunning. The whole thing was a shocking revelation. He has this full life.

Who knew? By the way, she's been on red carpets. Like all the time. Oh, no, no, no. There's nothing but photos of them on red carpets. Yes. And I was like, how did I not know? It's so wild.

I don't think anyone talks about his love life, but it's so weird because why not? Like, I do think it's interesting that he's had this girlfriend forever and a daughter i mean a son like it's just like he has a full-on family we've never heard about he it feels like he's always discussed as like a singular thing yes how old is his son i think he's like all right i want to say that he's like in his teens but i could be wrong i think he's 10 that's what i'm gonna going to say. I'm not going to look it up.

I'm just going to say 10. This is the thing. This is why you have to have such a large body of work that everyone is focused on Madea and not who you're banging or your family. Yeah.

That is the key. Yeah. I mean, I'm blown away. Also, did you see that J-Lo and A-Rod split up? I know! are you kidding me no no no no no no no no no I'm excited who's gonna date next that honestly is what I thought I was like well she can't date anyone so it's kind of exciting to see but what happened well

apparently he has been um what I heard from a source is that he was chatting with a girl from southern charm and then also has some facetime relationships with women oh my girl that is that is not a reason to break up that's not a we have to assume there's more honestly what a great commercial for not having too big of a house a facetime relationship oh my god that means he's in a different wing of the house, openly talking to another woman. You don't know. Cause you in the other wing.

We got to get smaller homes. Listen, listen. Okay. This is what I'm going to say. I'm going to, I'm, this is on the record.

People who have regular money, then it's like, you don't have enough money to be doing these stunts. But when you're a millionaire billionaire, it, I mean, somebody is going to fall through the cracks. It's just what it is. You can do anything you want, whenever you want. You have disposable money.

Like, I don't know, someone talking through DMs or whatever. I'll be pissed. I'll be like, you're on timeout. I'm not having sex with you for three months. But like, I'll be pissed. I'll be like, you're on time out. I'm not having sex with you for three months. But like, I don't know. I'm not breaking up. You know how hard it is

to find somebody? Yeah, but then it feels like JLo has been engaged like six times or something. Yeah, I don't think it's hard for JLo. And maybe she kind of likes this pattern a little bit.

Like maybe it's kind of exciting to like fall super hard in love, get engaged, and then don't go through with it. Wait, were they engaged? Mm-hmm. Dang. I know. I will miss him taking pictures of her,

because he would take pictures of her like he was holding an iPad and he was her dad. It was very funny to me. Okay, but... She just brought him to the inauguration. It feels like he got a really good time on the way out. Oh, boy. He did give me Instagram husband vibes, though.

He did. Like, he seemed like he was there, but, like, he didn't want to be there. But, like, J-Lo would give him, like, one of those tough sit-downs if he didn't look happy in photos. Well, you have to assume they were already having problems then because they're getting— Now it just came out. Maybe they already divorced, you know? But then they had to go for show no they they didn't get married though they were oh i mean oh right oh right so they didn't go through any sort of breakup like that it's just but i feel like that's a famous people thing where they like

stay together until they decide to announce it to people yeah it seems awful i can't wait to be in a relationship so i can wait to decide to announce our breakup. Oh, also, did you watch her Instagram where she's doing little commercials for her beauty brand or whatever? And they just seemed like she was disconnected. It seemed sick. I was like, first of all, there's no way that that stuff is good. Like, it seemed sick. I was like, first of all, there's no way that that stuff is good.

Because she would have, like, makeup from the day before or, like, Latin mascara that was old. And she's like, look at this. This is the best stuff. This is literally making me look so good. Meanwhile, she looked washed. Oh, no. Deranged. Yeah, you have to go on her Instagram. Oh, no, J-Lo.

We need to get you J-Hi. J-Hi. Nicole. Oh my God. Sometimes we're on a pod to talk about Tyler Perry. Oh yeah. And then the next moment. We should take a break and then get back into Tati's little girls.

Although I want to say, did you see when millie bobby brown was uh releasing her like skincare line or like promoting something and she was washing her face to to show how it works but then she didn't touch her face and then people started calling out like you're not touching your face wait she was like washing it she's like it see it's so smooth and there was like an inch between so insane and then everyone's like commenting obviously like wait was this recent no it was like maybe two years ago that's really weird so funny the way you said that if it was almost like it happened yesterday that's how it is in my mind it's so important to me okay um all right we'll be right back If you're wondering what a NordVPN is, I'll tell you.

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yes into our plot so we can get into it so monty's a mechanic who dreams of owning his own shop that's idris Elba his three character or three characters his three daughters Sierra Lauren and China have been cared for by their maternal grandmother Kat before she dies of cancer which was awful so heavy-handed awful she had cigarettes she was like she was shaking she was sick she was she was so moist i have lung cancer like fully like i'm gonna die and then cut to funeral she does um cat asks monty to take custody of the daughters she believes her daughter jennifer is unfit to care for them uh after cat dies jennifer disrupts the funeral service but not the service it was like after she had been buried it was everyone was like leaving yeah they were at

the cemetery yeah and then claiming no one told her about her mother's death she tries to take the girls from monty like literally tries to pull these children out of a vehicle who are screaming and crying they're like please don't take us uh but her aunt intervenes as jennifer leaves with her drug dealer boyfriend joe who is so on the nose like that he like he couldn't be her drug dealer boyfriend, Joe, who is so on the nose. Like he couldn't be a drug dealer. The cops would immediately be like, sir, come with us. You deal drugs.

She informs Monty that she's seeking full custody of the girls, which is like, why? It's so wild. And well, I guess we kind of find out later why a little bit. He's supposed to be unfit or something but it seems for most of the movie you're like this makes no sense that this woman thinks she's going to get full custody um monty accepts a job as a driver for attorney julia rossmore gabrielle union to get extra money and when they meet julia insists they refrain from socializing and keep a strict schedule

she was really harsh to him but he starts beatboxing that's maybe the comedy moment but it's like it plays so weirdly in this yes and the tone is so weird like he's like fucking with her as the driver like putting on music and beatboxing and like being loud even though she's saying to shut up and like it's like it's not funny but it's not dramatic i don't know it just makes julia seem like a huge bitch yes yes monty works late one night waiting for julia to finish a blind date her friends set up which was hilarious that was funny the craig robinson date it was very funny he's looking for scrimps he was being crazy it was very funny and while driving julia home he receives a call that the girls were involved in a house fire he heads to the hospital with no explanation infuriating julia when she was

a bitch because she was so mad she had to go to a hospital and then he takes the keys out of the car so she can't go anywhere so she thought she was gonna drive his car home like i didn't understand and then her phone's dead so they kind of just set it up that she's totally stuck she's like she goes i'm gonna call someone i just have to call someone the key took. And then her phone's dead. So they kind of just set it up that she's totally stuck. She's like, she goes, I'm going to call someone. I just have to call someone. The key took the keys. Oh, my phone's dead. It's like she's literally telling us what is happening in case we couldn't figure it out.

When Monty arrives, he finds out Sierra started a fire and that the girls were home alone with no supervision. Julia follows Monty into the hospital. She arrives just in time to hear a social services representative set a custody hearing and grant immediate, temporary custody of the girls to Jennifer. Monty drives Julia home. Also, Julia's assistant was there and her assistant appears everywhere.

Her assistant is everywhere. I literally thought she knew Monty. No, she's just a neighbor. She's just a neighbor who's just going to appear. Yeah, wait, that was so weird. Because in the hospital, I felt like she was his sister or something. The way she was so familiar and waiting. That was weird.

Julia hires a replacement driver and Monty returns to the auto shop. He is called to Sierra's school after she is caught with drugs. Sierra explains that Joe and Jennifer made her deal and threatened to hurt Monty if she refused. Jennifer and Joe arrived furious that the school contacted Monty. Afterward, Monty goes to Julia for legal help in the custody case,

and Julia knows that he can't afford to hire her firm and turns him away. She assumes he only wants custody for government assistance. It's all so, like, mean. Julia hates black people. she's jumping to all sorts of conclusions like he didn't even get to tell her anything and as he leaves he tells julia to get a life and a man julia goes on another blind date with an attorney she thinks is perfect

until his wife and kids expose him when that little kid is like stay away from my daddy you hussy or whatever the kid says i was like perfect perfect delivery this is iconic i love it and also that woman being like this is his family okay so on the day of monty's custody hearing julia is leaving a different courtroom and overhears him trying to represent himself he tells the judge that the girls are living with a drug dealer julia steps in as his attorney and the hearing gets delayed which is all like it's all so convenient how things happen in the court uh she just she's like i'm his attorney now i mean it was all very quick and they're like oh okay cool she agrees to represent him while prepping julia as monty is there anything she should know about his past which is a very pointed question. And I was like, I guess.

And then also there was these like insane flashbacks where like it wouldn't tell you anything. It was just like this house. And Monty would be like, oh, the house. Anyway. I know. They're interrupted by a call and a question goes, and the question goes unanswered.

Monty discovers it's Julia's birthday and convinces her to go to a jazz club in his neighborhood, his side of the tracks. Julia kisses Monty and asks him to will we be safe because she hates black people and then also she takes off her shoes and I was like do they fuck at this club but then they get to her house and she still has her clothes on yes and I was like when they put them back on yeah so she they're like start dancing at the end of the night they're like the only ones there and i was like does he own this place and then she takes off her belt and i was like oh she's about to fuck this man and i gotta say when that that whole scene i was like oh oh oh it was really hot public oh wait oh but there was no one there no and then she throws off her shoes in the bar and like yes and it does seem like they're going to have sex right there. And then they don't. But they don't.

They end up at her place. And then she vomits very realistically in the bathroom and tells him to go home. And then they start dating. And then Monty invites Julia to meet his daughters. He was so pissed when she was vomiting that they weren't going to have sex. To the point where I was like, ah, this is hard. This is tough to watch. It was like he didn't accept at all that she was throwing up.

Like it was like he was going like, damn it. I was about to fuck her. Like it was seriously sad. But also like if I was going to hook up with a dude who started puking, which has happened to me, I was like, okay. By the time it happened, he was like, oh, excuse me. And I was like, what? And he was like, and I was like, I have to, the time it happened, he was like, excuse me. And I was like, what?

And he was like, and I was like, I have to leave. I left my good bra. That's how fast I left. I don't need it. No. Not for me. Especially when you don't know someone. Also, I went home with him because he did a really bad Obama impression. And I was like, that was bad.

Where do you live? That's insane. i was like that was bad where do you live that's insane at the custody hearing julia provides the court with a written statement from cat relaying monty should have full custody of the girls after her death jennifer's lawyer fights back claiming monty is not suitable to raise the girls due to conviction of statutory rape from 16 years prior julia's taken off guard and leaves refusing to represent him moving forward so she she literally they go outside the courthouse she's like i didn't know you were a rapist i was like this is wild that was 90 minutes in yes it's so

which i think just takes it immediately out of rom-com territory the movie should have ended by now and then we're getting that he's a rapist yeah and then you're supposed to still like i mean thankfully they kind of clear this up they clear it up but you're like oh my god we were rooting for a rapist but they cleared up like in your head like it's not like proven like it's like he just they show a memory and then they show a memory of this this evil white woman well you got to explain maybe it's written here is it okay so monte goes to work to find the shop's owner willie has been injured in a robbery This evil white woman. Well, you got to explain. Maybe it's written here. Is it? Okay.

So Monty goes to work to find the shop's owner. Willie has been injured in a robbery. Since he's ready to retire, Willie offers to sell Monty the shop for a $10,000 deposit paid in installments. Monty accepts. Later, the girls arrive at Monty's house in the middle of the night and inform him that Joe has been beating them. They walked there.

They walked to his house. At 3 a.m. At 3 a.m. But wait, so we don't't so have we seen the flashback at this point because it's not so the flashback happens after it's revealed that the girls were getting beat she's crying then he goes outside he walks around he's like he's gonna kick the guy's ass and then you have the flashback where his friend's like come come on to the party so then he goes to the party this white woman's like hello and he's like look come, come on to the party. So then he goes to the party. This white woman's like, hello.

And he's like, look at all these fat ass girls. And she's like, I'm one of them. And then cut to them in bed. Her dad comes in and is like, that man forced you to do it. And she was like, yeah. And by the way, like the dad's one year older than the woman. Correct. The ages are so weird in this.

She's very, very old. on the woman correct the ages are so weird in this very very old so then he gets in his car and crashes into jennifer and joe's car it's so convenient there's nobody else on the street no he knows that they're driving he slams into them it's wild and then he starts beating joe because was that on purpose that he hit them i'm pretty sure yeah he like was wild with anger and then the whole neighborhood comes outside and nobody helps monty beat up no they all just watch yes and then joe's thug friends gang friends i don't know other drug dealer people they somehow see what's happening but i i say somehow because they run for a very long time. So they were far away because they have to like really arrive. And I was like,

but it looked like there was a crowd watching. Yes. So they're also, okay. So they, they, the neighborhood gathers and defends Monty since they're all tired of Joe's antics.

And then Julia sees a report on the, on the incident and learned Monty was wrongfully convicted. Very, very conveniently. It was like the neighborhood had a incident and learned Monty was wrongfully convicted. Very, very conveniently. It was like the neighborhood had a brawl and Monty was arrested. If you remember correctly, Monty was a basketball star who went to jail for a couple of years. Falsely accused. Falsely accused of a statutory rape case. He's a good man, so better get to court.

But that's the kind of thing that drives me so insane like why didn't he just go i it was all overturned i was false because she wouldn't listen to him so like they were like statutory rape and then julia's like oh my god he's like let me explain and she's like absolutely not so following the fight jennifer and joe face charges in court for drugs found in joe's possession and monty is to be charged with assault they have to go to court immediately after being beat up yeah yes and it was because they found the drugs in the car because he crashed into them right yes but usually if it happens at 3 a.m you would go spend the night in jail

maybe like wipe your face, maybe run a finger through your hair. Yeah, the court date came immediately as if they had nothing else going on. So she apologizes for not hearing his side of the story. She arrives to represent Monty and she apologizes. And then the witnesses from the neighborhood testify against Joe, but they refuse to testify against Monty. Jennifer and Joe are arrested without bail, but the case against Monty is dropped. Afterwards, Monty's daughters greet him and Julia at the auto shop he now owns. Monty. Jennifer and Joe are arrested without bail, but the case against Monty is dropped. Afterwards, Monty's daughters greet him and Julia at the auto shop he now owns. Monty and Julia kiss and the neighbors celebrate his success. So, I mean, full on drama. Literally nothing. Yes. And the synopsis didn't touch on her two friends being like he lives in the hood how much money

does he make oh come on she's not marrying the man she's just fucking around but you can't lower your standards you're a partner at a firm imagine dating a poor man with children and it was tracy ellis ross like and i think that was something that john mentioned last episode that the casting is always awesome because there's like so many good people he's tracy ellis ross is like a side character of like two seconds as his friend who's so critical of of monty without knowing him at all and they're like how many kids does he have oh oh come on he might not have yeah it's not it's not a matter of whether he has them it's how many he has and she's like three and then she's like are they all from the same woman she's like i think and they're like this is horrible they're so mean yeah it was truly wild city what did you think about that like

those friends are bad right okay okay hold on hold on i've i've had friends say that they like someone right and they didn't have enough information about them and we are immediately like something's up. Something not right. So the fact that they had all this information about him and they're all like, those are, I mean, three kids in this economy? No, like, no. Like, I don't think that's a lot of kids. It is a lot of kids.

Three kids, no ma'am. They haven't even met him. And she's like i like him and kids if you're willing to like accept kids then like okay your friends don't have to be like yuck ew it's you who has to deal with the kids not your friend i mean that's not true what do you mean that is not true i guess you're right my best friend i do have to hang out with her child but i do gotta hang out with the kids and you gotta bring them around. Then they gotta come to your house.

You got white carpet. Their feets are dirty. No. They want to have Jell-O. They want to let the Jell-O melt on the couch. This seems personal. No, it's not personal. It's true.

But also, we didn't touch on the fact that then the when the kids meet julia they're like we hate you yeah which i was which is the second that we have on the dvd cover let's just uh have the kids like her just for like the sake of something going right it was i think i feel like that was another moment that was supposed to be kind of comedic or at least like light where she's sitting there facing the daughters and they're like it was her haircut who's unlikable haircut oh yeah yeah well and she's like so businessy and it's just like but she's like your dad went to get food is it far and they're like i don't know that's a valid question though i would ask that too if like if you went out how long are we gonna have to sit here i'll be like well how well, how long is it going to take?

When is she coming back? You know, I guess I wouldn't just leave this woman with my children the first time she's meeting my children. It is so weird that he goes to get food. Order delivery. Why don't they all go together? That's, you know, yeah, that's even better. Take the trip together. So this movie won no awards, but Idris Elba was nominated for a BET

award for best actor but I don't think he won I gotta say Idris Elba spent most of the movie for me like he didn't want to be in the movie and then sometimes wanted to be in the movie like every scene with Gabrielle Union I was like ah yeah he's in it to win it and then everything else I felt like he was like, no, thank you. Do you know what? I had the same thought. It was weird because I was thinking, I wonder what he's thinking of this. And I don't usually think that when I'm watching something.

So he must have really been like putting out some sort of energy that like he was judging it a little bit or something. Something. Something was off about his performance. You got to watch The Mountain Between Us. He is in it to win it the whole dang time. I'm going to watch that. It's so sexy. I mean, we've seen enough

movies of him in it when he, you know, having a good time. I think what happened is they pitched it like Gabrielle Union is in it. And this was so long ago that, like, you hear Gabrielle Union and you're like, I'm in. I'm in. You hear somebody that you're like, I like her.

I want to work with her. You're in. Totally. And then you get the script and you're like i'm in yeah i'm in you hear somebody that you're like i love i like her i want i want to work with her you're in totally and then you get then you get the script and you're like oh so gabby's doing this too yeah she was really underutilized like she's so funny and i i really love her and i felt like this role is so stiff that it's like and just has no nuance to it like she's just kind of like a bitch and then like and then another scene she's like a little bit fun for a second but mainly when she wants to have sex like it's kind of like she's only doing that one like i'm thinking every scene that i think she's kind of fun i'm like oh it's because like they're about to have sex yes because she was really like soft and cuddly in all of the dating scenes yeah you got to see a different side of her and then

she's like a very hard yeah i guess that's what they truly mean by a two-dimensional character where they only have two modes yeah she's either a lawyer or she's like your lover and then there's nothing in between interest was one-dimensional because he was like my kids i want my kids okay here's a nice lady i guess she's fine but my kids i know and they also made him out to be like like it's weird because the rape thing being not a real you know being a lie is such an interesting reveal because i feel like they have him kind of come off as if he's got real problems there's some reason he can't have his kids yeah like you can't figure it out but then when it comes out that he's and then it comes out it's not even true yeah well then out but then when it comes out that he's rapist and then

it comes out it's not even true yeah well then why are we kind of treating him like he's not a good dad or something i guess it was because he couldn't afford to have his kids because his his ex-wife kept being like oh you're gonna make some more money oh my god she's so mean you're gonna make more money at the auto shop and then she's like like, what's this outfit? You a slave. Oh, my God. That was crazy. A slave. And then there's a ton of ADR as she walks away being like, slave, slave, slave, slave, slave.

And she was like, I regret that I ever had sex with you. I know. I have three kids with you. Oh, I hate myself. I was like, that's the meanest thing you could possibly say. Yes, people, when they're mean in the tyler berry tyler berry universe they are so mean they are meaner than any person i've ever met in my whole life i think what happens is they like make the person have a bad day and then they're like okay now get on set now get on set and just

let it go just go off yeah they promise to send them a car in the morning and then there's no car and then he's like walk and you're like okay he gets to say you're like you know now sydney where does this film like rank for you with the other ones that you've seen like what we basically wouldn't know what we have in store because we haven't seen most of these things. I don't know. Maybe if Tyler gets on here, I don't want to say that. But it's it's towards the bottom. It's at the bottom.

OK. OK. Yeah. I say that I enjoyed the cast. You know, Tasha Tasha Smith was in it. Gabrielle Idris, the kids. But like just this just the script was it was not not its best yeah okay well that's good to know because i'm i'm still excited after that i'm also still excited to see i'm like is there gonna be a courtroom scene in every single movie oh probably right

really excited to see how that unfolds i I don't think every movie, no. Oh, okay. But there is, the court is involved. Well, critically, the film was not well received. It currently has 26% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with one critic from Time Out writing, love can transcend

class lines. In Tyler Perry's universe, it also defies all rules of the legal system and logic that's very funny some critics saw the film in a positive light and celebrated perry's work with a critic from entertainment entertainment weekly simply writing it makes you happy to receive the word of perry this is funny because that's a friend of perry's like then the last one that we watched the reviews were similar whereas like some people were like this is the worst movie ever and then other people were like this is so fun and i feel like this is going to be a thing we're like yes critics are so torn and maybe it is partly like keeping a relationship

with him like you're saying i could see that being a thing but also i think it's really interesting that critics seem to think that like in order for a movie to be good it has to be perfect where it's like no there's so many flawed movies that i like there's this movie called fatal beauty which is a whoopi goldberg movie that is batshit fucking insane and i had such a good time watching it and i haven't looked at the reviews but they're probably like this movie makes zero sense no i agree with you. I feel like it's so not, I mean, well, this is the point too, that the audiences liked the film,

and it has a Google audience score of 4.6. The budget was 10 million, and it grossed 31.6 at the box office, landing at number five on Valentine's Day in 2007. So like, that's also part of it is like, I think maybe if the critic is somebody who's willing to go, did you enjoy yourself?

You know, because some people are just so harsh with these things and like wanting everything to be like you're saying like so perfect and it's just that's never what I'm looking for when I'm watching a movie but we're weird uh here's some daddy's little girls also the name of the movie is a little hard to say daddy's little girls daddy Girl. Also, why is it called that? I actually think that's a weird name for this. I think it's just because it's like, Daddy has to get his little girls back. I don't know.

But it feels like we don't even get to know the kids that much. No. It's more about him and Gabrielle Union, I feel like, than anything. Yeah. Daddy gets a new girl. I don't know. Okay. Daddy's new girl.

This is the first film that Tyler Perry wrote and directed, but did not star in. It was also the first film up until that point, not to be based on one of his plays. Okay. Money's daughter's first names in the movie are their first names in real life. They're also real

life sisters and currently members of the girl group three spelled t-h-r-i-i-i oh um well i'm gonna have to support them on apple music oh my god i just like oops i just did something but i half clicked on it and they're all grown up and it's shocking oh they're grown-ups well because this was 2007 oh oh yeah that was a while ago yeah i know i still feel like that was like three years ago it feels insane that we're in 2020 one i know i almost forgot the one atlantic records released music inspired by the film before it debuted among the highlights of the album is family first the first ever recording by the Houston family. Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, and Sissy Houston. Oh.

Wow, Tyler Perry. He inspires. Okay, wait, I'm out of it. Dionne Warwick is related to Whitney Houston? Yes, girl. What's their relation? I think... Aunt?

I think it's her aunt. Wow. Because I think Dionne married into the Warwick. I think she is a Houston. I think Aunt Isn't that I think it's her aunt Wow Because I think Dion Married into the Warwick I think she is a Houston I think Oh Cool Mm-hmm

Mm-hmm The film's score was written By 16-time Grammy nominee Brian McKnight Oh boy I mean Maybe that's why The scene where they're undressing

Is so sexy Because it was Brian McKnight music Yes Ooh Brian McKnight music. Yes. Ooh, Brian McKnight. Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum. I love it so much. This movie was shot on location in Atlanta, partly because the production facility Tyler Perry bought following the success of Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

Oh, okay. Okay, yeah, because he launched right into that. Yes, he did Diary of a mad black woman and then built a city i think that's the way you gotta do it i would love to build a city after one project instead i'm like oh boy they're re-airing girl code on paramount plus and i don't get resigies you don't sure don't the season, I said on the show, oh, this show has not changed my life that much. I still babysit for money.

And they aired it. They put it in the episode. I will now get Paramount Plus to watch that part. Also on Paramount Plus is Next. I'm having a great time. From MTV? Yes. Oh, wow.

That was when they were on a bus? Yes. And it doesn't age well age well but also it's just glorious oh my god Sydney what are you watching lately oh my I'm watching a lot of Real Housewives Atlanta it's it got it got really good I mean there was a lull moment in the beginning and I was like I don't know how this episode is going but they had that bachelorette party and it really brought it brought the bachelorette party you don't even have to be caught up whose bachelorette is it I haven't caught up I'm like five up Cynthia's okay I had no information before watching it and you don't need any backstory to watch this episode it's a standalone it is a it truly is a standalone episode of a serialized show and it is it's incredible what happens in this episode uh what is his name bolo oh my god this man

his dick at like at some points i get lazy about blurring it in the shorts and you're just like it's a and it's like a literal anaconda it is a treat you're just like what and then oh boy after like everyone goes to bed there's a lot of fun things that happen and then i can't remember who's being the snoop who's trying to figure out what happened but i was like let just let people have fun oh i want to watch that i think where i left off she was going to look at wedding venues and her husband or fiance was like i don't care where we get married i want to watch that. I think where I left off, she was going to look at wedding venues and her husband or fiance was like, I don't care where we get married. I want to marry you.

And she's like, I want everyone to be there on this specific date. Right. She went to 10, 10, 20 or whatever, which like everyone was trying. Also another real housewife on,

um, Beverly Hills was trying to do that. And I think she might've done it. Wait, why? Oh, cause it's just like cute. Like there's like no reason.

Like, I don't know. People get really crazy about their wedding. Did you get married on it like special day or just a day? No, just a day. You know, I'm like, how do people pick the day? Actually, that's a good that's a good. I think it was based on roll the dice or something like that. Yeah, like I think I always like the idea of getting married in October. And that's why I did that. But other other than that it was just based on like our schedules

it's not that exciting i know sometimes people choose like they're like oh we would like this month when is the venue available that's what my friend did yeah yeah trying to get married in mexico of last year in the summer and then it got canceled and pushed to later last year. Then it got canceled and pushed to sometime this year. I have attended three Zoom weddings. And I have to say, as the pandemic has gone on, they've gotten better and better. Like, it's like everyone's learning what to do

to make this work. What makes it a good Zoom wedding? So here are some tips. I would say multiple camera angles, whether it's just people's phones or like an actual camera system that's set up and then hiring a company because there are these Zoom wedding companies

and they set your whole family up on Zoom so that you don't have to worry about it because of course you don't want to be thinking about getting your mom to figure out Zoom on the day or something. They have everybody ready to go and then they mute everyone and they like kind of tell you when to chime in or if you want to type things like they just like control it.

And then they, I think, edit together all the stuff for you in the end. Oh, that's great. I went to a funeral that was broadcast. It was on Facebook Live. And I got to say, it was maybe the wildest experience of my life. A funeral on Facebook Live? Yes, because they had the camera like zooming over the casket. No, no, no.

And the funeral home kept saying the name of the funeral home. Let's see, what can I make up? Like advertising it? Yeah, so in the beginning of it, this woman comes out. She was like, all right, we are here to celebrate. Not be sad. And if you're going to get up and talk, you could take your mask down, keep your mask up, whatever you are comfortable with. Remember, this is a Capitol funeral home. She didn't. No, because she was just, she just ran the funeral home. Just to come out here going like, we're here to celebrate. I'm like, wait, we don't know. We'll determine how we're going to react. Yeah, it's like, well, we'll set the tone. Don't you worry about it.

And then they truly kept saying the name of the funeral home. And I was like, oh yeah, I guess this is like free advertisement to have a funeral live stream on Facebook. Did they have a drone? Did they have like a drone that was going off the casting? No, there was no drone. I think it was like maybe the first tier package you get. So there was no drone. It was just a man with like a selfie stick, which acted like a steadicam.

Girl, I'm getting off. I got to log off. That is too much. The idea to have like that ruined my day i'm not even gonna lie being at the funeral on facebook and then having to see the dead body when you aren't choosing it is like that's not okay like part of the funeral is like you take that moment and then you go away like i don't want it to yeah no you can't take it away. You wanted to. Yeah. No, you can't take it away. And I was very glad to be wearing a mask because my mouth was open most of the time. I was like, I can't believe this is happening.

That's so crazy. Very wild. I mean, we've learned a lot. And I think there should be like some open mics for Zooms. So when you want to do a wedding or a funeral, like just try some things out. zooms so when you want to do a wedding or a funeral like just try some things out so like set set some stuff up so we can see like oh this angle is good or i should say this or we should wear that and i think there should be zoom open mics for these events it should work seems good like a sort of practice run i like that i like that idea a little open mic for zoom stuff

I like that I like that idea a little open mic for zoom stuff well is that what you want to plug Sydney do you have a like an open mic zoom should I do it because honestly I know we're getting back like slowly but surely and like obviously stand

up is you know people are going to be running to the mic because some people didn't even stop they kept going it was like there was never a prosciutto for them. They were always it was always pre-pandemic for them. But I'm a little nervous. I'm a little nervous because it's just like, what do we what do we talk about and not all sound the same? I know.

Here's the thing. I'm going to pull out my jokes from 2019. I'm like, I'm going to repurpose my set just to like, you know, update it a little bit. But I have some evergreen stuff that I'm like, eh, this still feels like rather, I mean, topical because it's evergreen. But I was like, I can't not address COVID. Like, you kind of have to talk about it a little because it is something that we all went through together even if you are a covid denier and like continued your life during the pandemic like you have to acknowledge that like a pandemic went around you and that you

did experience a disruption in your life well this is what i'm wondering about all the people who've been doing stand-up the entire time like are you addressing covid or just doing material about other shit as if it's not happening uh i saw a video of one comic who addressed it and kind of like shit on the crowd being like you guys are idiots for being here but then i was like well aren't you kind of an idiot for being in front of me i don't like that it was very strange well we knew they were an idiot. They're out. Yeah. The stand-up, the comedian, it was like, yeah, they're... They're there to see you. Yeah.

I mean, I just saw somebody the other night was doing a show. I guess there's this space in LA that's like four walls but no ceiling. But the audience is in the round. So there's a person on stage and an audience all around them with no masks. Well, see, that seems like a, it honestly seems like a literal Petri dish to be like,

meh, let's see what happens. It's not like it's going to go up and out. Yeah. It's not a chimney. It's so weird. They think the germs, the virus goes up. That's what it is. I mean, it's kind of weird.

Maybe that's what people think. Because like the whole, you sit down at a restaurant and take off your mask and then put it back on when you stand up. That's what it is. I mean, it's kind of weird. Maybe that's what people think. Cause like the whole, you sit down at a restaurant and take off your mask and then put it back on when you stand up. That is insane to me because I'm like, everyone should just be wearing it while they're sitting. I don't know. I love masks. I'm a huge, I'm pro mask. I have yet to get sick this year and I think it's because I've been wearing a mask. Oh my God. Yeah. Well, and I also just really hope that we keep the mask thing going into the future if you're feeling sick. You know people won't.

I know, but I mean, it's a nice gesture. The minute I feel a little ill, I'll keep them germs to myself. Also, every plane I get on, I will be wearing a mask. Oh my God, yeah. And maybe a shield, maybe. I think that's the rules though. I think you have to have a mask. No, no, like after, like we're in 2056, I'm still wearing a mask on a shield. Maybe. I think that's the rules, though. I think you have to have a mask.

No, no, like after. Like we're in 2056. I'm still wearing a mask on the plane. Oh, okay. So you're going to be Naomi Campbell because she was wearing a mask beforehand. She was like made fun of for like all the stuff she would do. And she was right this whole time. She is a prophet.

She is a truth teller. She is a psychic. Oracle. Well, on that note, we've done our covid talk we've talked about the movie i think we've we've come to the end sydney i'm trying to think if i have any millie bobby brown gossip from four years ago that i can well i can't wait to google it i'm like so excited to see her wash her face just away from her face. Sydney, do you have anything you want to plug? Oh yeah, sure. Sure. Um, you know, just podcasts at head gum hobby hunter brand spanking new.

Come on over there. You know, the unofficial expert, uh, that, that's awesome. Oh, Sid can cook. Nicole did it. I didn't, I didn't have any measurements. I didn't have, I didn't know what to make gumbo and I didn't have any measurements. I didn't know what... She was trying to make gumbo and didn't have some of the spices, didn't have measurements. And then I was like, I have to help her. And then she was like, usually people just roast me.

And I was like, no, I want you to do well. She did help me. Nicole did help me. She was like, I think that's too much salt. Nicole, can you cook? No. No. No. I mean, honestly, if I try, I have a hard time following directions.

I think it's because I have ADD. So I'll like read it and then go, I don't know how to do it. And then read it again and be like, oh, and then try to do it. Step by step is just so hard. But I can make very good mac and cheese. Oh, yeah. From the box? No, no, no. Like from scratch. I was like, I'm good at that. do it step by step is just so hard but I can make very good mac and cheese oh yeah from the box no no no like from scratch I was like I'm good at that Lauren

you gotta go you gotta get off the call you're talking about from the box like crap I eat Annie's organic which is the worst no I like it it's not good white cheddar there's no flavor white cheddar Which is the worst. No, I like it. It's not good. White cheddar? There's no flavor.

White cheddar? I add garlic powder. Okay, I shouldn't tell everyone this. It tastes beyond vegan. Is it vegan? No, it's not vegan, but it does have the taste of a vegan mac and cheese. But I kind of, I don't know, I like it. I mean, I love American cheese on a

hamburger and people constantly look at me like it's a poor choice but I kind of like that it tastes like plastic and you don't know if it's out of the single wrapper or not yeah see there's stuff that's just comforting you guys live on the edge and I love that for y'all well that's it. Listeners, go ahead and review. We're going to read one on a future episode. Make it Tyler Perry themed. We'll be back next week with another

one of Tyler Perry's works. I can't wait. I'm honestly so excited. I'm so excited. I woke up and I was like, oh, I get to watch something. I know. It's a fun one. And also, Lord of the Rings, those movies are like fucking 10 hours. They're too long this one was a i think a little under two hours which was nice yeah yeah we can handle it we we

have short attention span so this has been working out um all right we'll see you then guys bye Thank you. That was a Hidgum Original.