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Dive into the world of "Sistas" as the stellar cast joins Sway In The Morning for a tell-all session that's nothing short of magical! 🎬 Get exclusive insights from KJ Smith, Crystal Hayslett, Novi Brown, Ebony Obsidian, and Mignon as they open up about working with the iconic Tyler Perry and what it's like to be a part of BET's hit series. From the power of black-owned cinema to the deep bonds formed on and off the set, this is one conversation you don't want to miss.
Witness firsthand the camaraderie and authentic experiences these talented actresses share, delve into their personal growth journeys both onscreen and off, and hear about the monumental impact "Sistas" has had on its audience and the cast alike.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Celebrating "Sistas" Cast
1:41 - Heather B MTV Career
5:40 - Welcoming "Sistas" Cast
6:02 - Valuing Black Talent in Media
10:38 - "Sistas" Cast Off-Camera Bond
13:26 - Cast Dynamics Over Seasons
18:29 - Ebony Obsidian's Character Growth
18:52 - "Sistas" Cast Achievements
21:58 - Importance of Authentic Journalism
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it's a celebration up in here
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100 it's a celebration up in here hea
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the be
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absolutely celebrating seven seasons of
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an
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amazing an amazing show um that we came
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to love seasons ago primarily because of
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the Creator the director the all the
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Omni presentent Tyler Perry give him a
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round of
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applause who's been supporting this show
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since day one I recall sitting down with
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Tyler Perry even before working for
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SiriusXM working with MTV and hearing
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and sitting down talking with him about
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his story early on which is phenomenal
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uh anything he does from the documentary
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if he writes a book if he writes a play
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you all should be learning from it um
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one of his Creations is sisters and we
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we grown to love sisters because of what
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it represents the story lines um the
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fact that it's blackowned means a whole
0:57
lot you know us doing our own Cinema us
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doing our own theater us um being
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autonomous and doing it and the fact
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that this has to be the most amazing
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talented skilled Beautiful cast of
1:12
characters of thespians that have ever
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been collected and you got to see the
1:16
way they look in this studio right now
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oh you just happy they was hugging you
1:19
oh my gosh they hugg me nobody would
1:21
stop hugging me they would no no hugged
1:24
me for 40 seconds you counted I counted
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oh gosh yes don't be holding 40 seconds
1:31
ebony had the 30 second record at first
1:34
don't drop my name in there I wasn't
1:36
there I wasn't there I wasn't there I
1:37
wasn't there that's false okay I'm just
1:39
saying I'm calling facts facts but
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anyway one of the things that brought us
1:42
a lot of joy and is when Heather be um
1:45
be can't got the call uh a good friend
1:48
of mine Elon yes Johnson Elon Johnson
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just for context I'm going pass it to
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Heather be who works with Tyler
1:57
Perry I'm not sure of her title
2:00
but when I first came to MTV back in
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2000 I was a a young rebellious
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revolutionary I remember you remember I
2:10
loved watching you on MTV whenever you
2:13
were the correspondent yeah I'm sorry I
2:14
don't mean to interrupt you but yes okay
2:16
bro that's love that's love all of that
2:18
yes thank you thank you and and I had an
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important role I felt I had to play
2:22
being on that that was a largest youth
2:24
Network in the world and I wanted to
2:25
kind of you know break some of the
2:27
stigmas and the stereotypes that were
2:28
put on us as black people and as a black
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man there was just amazing two black
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women um Mor eff but she has a new last
2:38
name so forgive me more for not knowing
2:41
the new last name as well and Elon
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Johnson who sat down with me and they
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had some prior information of my history
2:50
having worked in Hip Hop and radio for
2:52
so many years prior to MTV and Elon
2:55
coached
2:56
me day in in in day in they come in my
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they would come in my office we would do
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like 25 stories a day I had to write
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some they wrote some and Eline coached
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me in front of that camera taught me how
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to project yes how to be confident in
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what I'm saying how to know the story
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you know um if it wasn't for Mor and
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theine I wouldn't have had the success I
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had for 20 plus years at MTV these women
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were producers they were producing all
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the great news segments and things that
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we were doing that was of quality that
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was Elon Johnson behind that right that
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was Mor n um behind that so two powerful
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black women so for it to come full
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circle and I'm working with this
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Juggernaut right here this boohemoth in
3:44
the radio world there's no voice that's
3:46
more powerful and more important than
3:49
this voice right here Heather be is
3:51
so Scorpio G Scorpio G gang she's a
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member Scorpio she's a member of the
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castle
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sister she
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is receive the truth you a nosy person
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in the
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window you st lies though Community
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thank you but Heather can you do the
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honors and introduce no absolutely and
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before I do let me say this to Citizens
4:14
and everybody that will watch this on
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suway Universe not only are these women
4:19
extremely talented on camera but I had
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the pleasure of sitting with them and
4:23
being with each of them off camera and
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when I tell y'all that I was received
4:27
with so much love and grace and kindness
4:31
and even to this day a text message from
4:34
them would just make my day hey sis how
4:36
you doing hey checking on you hey is
4:39
everything good happy holidays God bless
4:41
you you don't have that in this industry
4:43
Sway and I have been in this industry
4:44
three decades you don't get that you do
4:47
your job you happy to get a gig you move
4:49
on to the next thing hustling
4:50
auditioning trying to create your own
4:52
people don't stay in touch with you you
4:54
all have been so beautiful off camera
4:58
that I needed to say that I needed to
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say that um and just know this is a
5:04
place for y'all anytime for real so with
5:06
that being said welcome KJ back to the
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show Welcome first time to the show to
5:13
the show Crystal to the show and EV to
5:16
the show the sisters are
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here welcome y'all welcome welcome yes
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so and and here's Tracy G hey sister hey
5:28
girl Tracy
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oh wow really really hyped to have y'all
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here okay and that's the one and only
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Mike musees right
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there beautiful talented women so cheers
5:39
to you and welcome to the show thank you
5:41
so much um we we for those who don't
5:44
know we we prepared a spe something
5:46
special for you all we see thank you we
5:49
have gift bags we have champagne we have
5:52
cold cuts we
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have organic fruits we have flowers and
5:59
part of the reason and I want to get
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your take on this is we've been hearing
6:03
these narratives um for decades uh about
6:06
women in black women in Hollywood you
6:09
know um most recently we've heard Taj GP
6:12
speak about the pay disparity and the
6:15
treatment that um people receive on sets
6:17
we've heard Mo'Nique U early on you know
6:21
U give us her testimony even on this
6:23
show right uh and we even heard Davis
6:26
Viola Davis give her testimony even on
6:29
this show Angela Basset yes um even on
6:33
this show and so it was important to us
6:36
to hopefully bring you guys into an
6:38
environment where you feel appreciated
6:40
we do um that you feel recognized um and
6:43
that you feel loved for what it is you
6:46
do I I get sad when I hear these stories
6:49
that these things still go on you know
6:51
and will continue unless we change him
6:53
that's why I salute Tyler Perry you walk
6:56
into his world you going to get treated
6:58
like the royalty you are from my
7:00
understanding is that true KJ that is
7:02
true that is true can you speak to that
7:04
and what your experience has been when
7:05
you hear these stories that has been my
7:07
experience with Tyler Perry and I think
7:09
he has an understanding because of what
7:11
he created and how he created it of the
7:15
importance of valuing his Black Talent
7:19
the way that the other networks and the
7:22
other Studios
7:23
value their talent and so he treats us
7:27
we I I mean I I feel like I speak for
7:29
all of us I feel special when I walk on
7:33
that in that studio and on that light
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lot and hav't been working in this
7:37
industry for many many many years and
7:40
been on all the Lots I have been on all
7:43
the lots and before this worked as a
7:44
background artist for six years I have
7:47
never seen the treatment and the extra
7:51
care that he gives us in that way um
7:54
making sure that we have the adequate
7:56
hair stylist the adequate stylist the
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who know how to fit our figures our body
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types our hair types um the adequate
8:04
makeup artist who understands our tones
8:06
and the different melanated people that
8:09
are there um that is my experience
8:12
working at Tyler Perry Studios and it
8:14
it's incredible experience and it's it's
8:16
kind of a naria of sorts That You Don't
8:18
See I've worked at the big boy I've
8:21
worked at some other
8:25
people got to get more
8:28
work get more work I think I'm going
8:30
stop right there sway you almost got me
8:32
in trouble don't mess up your paycheck
8:34
you said you know but you could talk
8:37
about the experience and not and not cut
8:39
you cut cut yourself off at the foot
8:42
right% how much of that depends I mean y
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I ask you this how much of your
8:47
treatment on the lot depends on your
8:50
representation like who negotiated your
8:53
deal you know I still don't have um like
8:57
an agent manager I have a lawyer and
8:59
have a publicist to be honest with I
9:01
don't know how much of a difference it
9:03
makes I think it's really just the
9:05
sentiment towards black women that we
9:08
have in society I kind of think of black
9:10
women as the mules of society the way
9:13
we're treated and and farming culture
9:16
mules can't reproduce so you save your
9:19
horse you save your donkey but you work
9:22
your mule to death and so I feel like
9:24
with black women that's how we're
9:26
treated and like at work like I mean I
9:29
just think about my work previous to
9:32
TPS when I was when I showed that I
9:35
could do more when they threw more at me
9:37
they rewarded me with more work not more
9:39
pay and so I don't know if it matters
9:42
who represents you I think it's just how
9:44
a person feels about you and the way
9:46
y'all are treating us right now you're
9:47
showing us how you feel about us and
9:50
so I don't want to
9:53
leave you ain't got two we got pillows
9:56
in the back girl we got we got we got
9:58
extra food in the office
10:01
we got all of that right you know when I
10:03
look at you um I'm trying to think of
10:06
the guest we had that was talking about
10:09
the stigmas that the industry put on
10:11
black women right um in the music
10:14
business is you don't want to invest in
10:16
a woman artist a female artist because
10:19
it's too expensive expensive right oh
10:21
you got to get the Glam Squad you got to
10:22
get this you got to get you got to get
10:24
that you know um and and and it's also
10:27
this sentiment that black women can't
10:29
get along right they sure that is not
10:33
true this the living embodiment of it
10:36
can y'all speak to that a little bit
10:38
Novi maybe you want to jump in to uh
10:39
absolutely we've been do everything on
10:41
this cast Life Death babies you know um
10:45
marriages pandemic strikes sorry can you
10:49
just say babies on the show babies on
10:51
the show no but I I'm on our cast I'm
10:55
talking about Anthony there're still
10:57
kids girl andelle had a baby controlling
11:01
the rum it's the true cuz apparently I
11:04
got a 14-year-old daughter out there so
11:06
you do she's right you got to be careful
11:08
you got to be careful Leah it's a lie
11:11
okay sorry I didn't mean to no take it
11:14
away what you telling all yourself over
11:19
there what was I even saying you was
11:21
talking about y'all been through a lot
11:22
we been through a lot stop that strike
11:24
you stop see you see what I got to deal
11:26
with no we've been through everything
11:28
together um and our situation is
11:30
extremely special because season two I
11:33
think we went into
11:35
quarantine yeah Camp quarantine and we
11:38
film our show in about two weeks um so
11:41
we had to rehearse like through
11:43
FaceTime uh you know in a circle outside
11:46
far away from each other we had to do
11:49
we've been put in so many crazy
11:52
positions that we only have each other
11:54
to lean on nobody else knows what's
11:55
going on except for us we only know what
11:58
this feels like
11:59
and so because of that I mean we've
12:02
grown up
12:03
um like literally when I say life and
12:06
death has happened in this cast it
12:07
really has and I and I feel because of
12:10
those elements it just puts us in a
12:11
different space and so we've had to
12:14
handle conflict we've had to come
12:17
together as a group we've had to hold
12:18
each other down lift each other up I
12:20
mean we all have therapists like it's a
12:23
thing you know um we vacation together
12:26
we go to each other's part birthday
12:28
parties like
12:30
together you just don't be posed you
12:35
know yeah I mean it's no said we just
12:38
don't be posting We don't post we
12:41
like we don't have to post they'll tell
12:44
you I'm the last is the one she'll tell
12:46
you but yeah it's a very special
12:48
situation and I feel like because we are
12:50
artists and we're we're artists who use
12:53
our
12:54
words we have to use our words with each
12:57
other you know it's not um like if
13:00
somebody needed something we could just
13:01
hit the group chat hey what's going on
13:04
can you tell me about this can you tell
13:05
me about that yeah hey do you have this
13:07
person do you have a contact over here
13:09
yeah and so we're really just learning
13:11
the business we're so we're all new yeah
13:13
so I think that also tethers us and
13:15
bonds us together and just you know it's
13:20
amazing it's thrilling it's
13:23
Unique and it's just real it's life does
13:26
that does that close and bond that you
13:30
guys form like on the trips in the group
13:32
chat does that help when you guys get
13:34
into character and as your characters
13:36
relate with each other in line delivery
13:40
100% KJ I know we've definitely grown
13:43
closer through our trips um for sure we
13:45
I have most scenes with KJ and um for
13:48
sure like us growing closer during our
13:50
time off of work definitely brings the
13:53
characters together for sure yeah great
13:56
yes we have inside jokes that we throw
13:58
into scenes
13:59
sometimesit have a little Kik
14:02
yes I love hearing this camaraderie and
14:05
feeling this camaraderie because it's
14:07
like one thing to love someone because
14:09
you know that they are extension of you
14:11
you know that you guys share the same
14:12
God but it's different to like someone
14:16
that's really different you know what I
14:17
mean like that's Tethered to choice and
14:21
it makes me wonder like all of these
14:23
different scenes that you have we always
14:25
hear how art mimics life right but
14:28
sometimes life can mimic art and I'm
14:30
wondering for and maybe ebony we can
14:32
start with you have there been any
14:35
scenes anything in the script that has
14:38
added to your personal development as a
14:40
human not just as an actor what a
14:45
question whoa that's deep hold on take a
14:47
breath e take your time ebony get her
14:49
some juice your father from the
14:52
Bronx get her some get her some
14:54
champagne hold her she not drink oh she
14:57
not drinking
14:59
D that's a lot of pressure now know you
15:01
don't work that out up you got this no
15:04
100,000% so sisters in real life for me
15:07
spans half of my
15:09
20s so I was about
15:12
25ish maybe 24 even when yeah when I
15:15
started the show when season one aired
15:18
and to be able to have this very very
15:22
adult
15:24
experience through Karen who I think
15:28
some so many people must think that it's
15:29
not an enjoyable experience and I'm so
15:32
glad I got time today I'm so glad to be
15:35
able to to speak on it because I really
15:37
do love allowing people to experience
15:40
the story the way they are experiencing
15:42
it because the way you watch something
15:43
is a reflection of where you are in your
15:44
own life there's nothing wrong with that
15:48
I would never judge anybody for feeling
15:49
any type of way and I think people
15:51
forget that you know hate is just as
15:53
passionate as
15:55
love so so I say that to say like I have
16:00
so much more
16:02
respect not that I ever disrespected but
16:04
I have so much more respect for black
16:07
women particularly black
16:10
mothers and I'm someone who I was
16:14
extremely close to my mom I still am she
16:17
transitioned last year and and I'm in
16:20
the healthiest place I possibly could be
16:22
with that but
16:24
I I
16:26
think like you said Minon black women
16:29
being the mules of of society and of
16:31
their own Community also CU we do it
16:33
amongst ourselves better than anybody
16:35
else could even think of and so for that
16:39
to be the case I I care about Karen so
16:43
deeply she is my sister she is someone I
16:47
look after she is someone I go to B for
16:49
I don't read a single thing on the
16:51
internet about what anyone thinks about
16:54
her because that would be such an
16:56
injustice to what her actual EXP
16:59
experiences that I quite literally
17:02
refuse to do that because it's so
17:04
important it's actually a lot of
17:06
pressure because I'm like oh my gosh I
17:08
speak to women who have been in her
17:10
shoes or are or feel like they're
17:12
heading in that direction and to hear
17:14
them speak about their experiences and
17:17
feel the genius thing that the show does
17:19
is it actually puts her in a position
17:22
that is exactly what we do in real life
17:24
right we do black sheep women who feel
17:28
the way that Karen does we do isolate
17:31
them we do create a scenario in which
17:33
they don't feel supported or seen or in
17:35
the way that they feel they should be
17:37
that is true to life that is true to
17:39
what we do especially black women
17:41
especially black women our anger is not
17:43
validated and our anger isn't isn't
17:45
validated and I think that that is
17:48
actually the genius of what the show
17:50
does with Karen's story is that it
17:54
actually is a reflection of what we do
17:55
in real life we do invalidate to the
17:58
very furthest degree that we possibly
18:00
can and say any of the pain you have
18:03
felt that's cool but like put that
18:06
away cuz like ain't nobody talk about
18:08
that no more can I cuss on this show you
18:10
already did it's all good Hallelujah
18:12
this our last day by the way you got us
18:15
kicked
18:15
off can Tyler hire us
18:18
too my bad my bad my bad fine it's fine
18:21
you could yes I hope that answers the
18:23
question I think awesome look we got the
18:26
cast assistance here that was a
18:27
beautiful
18:29
um ebony we're going to come back open
18:30
up the phone lines as well
18:33
88842 3345 we are live this is a
18:38
live so I need the citizens to call up
18:41
to speak to the cash 888 742
18:48
3345 what a beautiful
18:53
song I thought it was appropriate Tracy
18:56
G we got a room full of super women in
18:58
here right now give it up for the cast
19:00
the sisters are here the cast the
19:02
sisters are
19:03
here I'm right now if you recognize that
19:08
slur that's he be I wasn't slurring like
19:12
a little slur right there look we got
19:14
some we got some glasses champ let's
19:16
celebrate the cast let's get get
19:19
to let's get a toast
19:24
going what are we uh what are we uh what
19:27
are what's what are we drinking here at
19:29
H be oh we just having some V some
19:31
champagne
19:35
pomegranate actually a company it's
19:38
actually a started by women people don't
19:40
know
19:43
that clicko swe's not he's he's actually
19:47
doing something really special cuz he
19:48
normally would not do this he's a green
19:50
juice guy all the time I clown him every
19:54
single day but he made a note he said I
19:56
want this to be big I want this to be
19:59
special for them I want
20:04
l so when we met KJ yeah oh y was
20:09
ripping up KJ had a backpack she didn't
20:11
even have a you know it's true suitcase
20:15
I had Air Force Ones on I remember that
20:17
day sweat suit yeah I really
20:21
did did I pulled up I was like sway
20:25
sway's going to give me an interview oh
20:27
my God I literally that that interview
20:31
was first of all you were the only
20:33
person to give me an interview no wow
20:37
wow yes so we were on we were Tyler
20:39
Perry was the first person to give me a
20:40
lead in a movie and I was on I was doing
20:43
a press tour for that film and my team
20:46
was reaching out to everybody this is a
20:48
big film it's Lion's gate a lot of
20:50
people involved you have to see she's
20:52
next up this girl KJ Smith I mean I saw
20:55
the pitch sending it to everybody new
20:58
New York Atlanta LA and you were the
21:00
first person the only person to give me
21:03
an
21:04
interview that's for real KJ you crying
21:07
KJ are in the celebration there are it
21:11
was ordained I literally idea I can't
21:17
see do you guys have a tissue
21:20
please always remember your first it's
21:23
the true and that's how you but the
21:25
reason but the reason why those two kids
21:27
I love that you mention that we're
21:28
always looking so much from you know
21:31
validation from other media and other
21:34
hosts um and someone mention it I think
21:36
it was you e you said we do it to
21:38
ourselves too within our community we're
21:40
always looking for the other validation
21:42
and sometimes we don't look for
21:43
ourselves and then sometimes some of us
21:45
who have in positions to pull up the
21:46
seats only want the big ones and we only
21:49
go all out for the big names and then we
21:52
forget that we're all in community
21:53
together and that we have to celebrate
21:55
each other and so as much as we this for
21:58
you it's beautiful to watch you guys to
22:00
receive it with so much joy and not take
22:03
it for granted what we're doing because
22:05
what we're doing is rare right people
22:07
don't give people a shot right people
22:10
don't give their interviews right and I
22:12
love how you said off air that we
22:14
actually doing journalism I think people
22:16
have confused podcasting with journalism
22:18
correct and then I love that your team
22:20
here from BET and your publes o came in
22:22
and was excited because also true I want
22:24
to put responsibility and owners on the
22:26
purposes who their talent to other shows
22:30
and I'll say other podcast uh who don't
22:33
do journalism but are looking for the
22:35
viral moments and so this means a lot to
22:37
us too as well that you receive it and
22:40
see us as journalists that toast thank
22:42
you
22:43
for thank you cheers sisters and a few
22:47
good
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22:51
Brothers cheers sorry
22:55
cheers in I know
22:58
years I just want to point out I just
23:00
want to point out this is so special
23:02
that you guys got all this together but
23:03
it has not uh it has not gone over my
23:06
head that this is alcohol you're serving
23:08
Us in this interview and I know you're
23:09
trying to get us with some stuff
23:12
so I
23:14
just so she's on guard she's in fighter
23:17
flight y'all she's in figh Flight is
23:19
that baby Gary who baby is it huh going
23:25
the good plot to it this is good
23:29
it's getting got got the
23:31
buiness good I have a whole Plot In My
23:33
Head this is good think this Gary's baby
23:37
cuz you got mad this is who is this
23:40
is Karen's Baby Karen's Baby okay you
23:43
think this is so you think Karen's child
23:45
is is
23:47
Gary's the mess you better take a sip of
23:50
that pomegranate juice because Karen got
23:52
mad at Andy for allowing Fatima to be a
23:55
sister and so one day went over there
23:59
and went to go talk to Gary about it and
24:01
it went
24:04
[Music]
24:06
down the fans would be livid they would
24:09
be livid that kind of
24:11
a you're too far going too that
24:16
sound love how your imagination flows
24:19
like that's good that would be good as a
24:21
dream episode and then she wakes up from
24:23
the nightmare that would be a nightmare
24:25
that would be a nightmare has been but I
24:29
think that's a great that's a great
24:31
story cuz that's real in real life
24:32
though be your friends yeah because some
24:34
of your girlfriends do get kicked be
24:36
yours in real life for messing around
24:38
and and doubling back it be the friends
24:41
that L don't ever do okay go when it
24:44
comes to like crime well crime is
24:47
actually like it's very viable like
24:50
people kill people of their own
24:51
Community but I think when it comes to
24:53
cheating why okay if I'm a dude and I
24:55
cheat why I'mma work at extra hard I
24:58
could just hit the women that's around
25:00
me oh hell no the women that come but if
25:03
you're a cheater you're already a
25:04
cheater yeah that's all I'm saying but
25:06
your friends though yeah okay can we get
25:09
some callers to call and tell
25:12
us somebody let's go to line proximity
25:16
proximity that's all I'm trying to say
25:18
which is why you have so many work
25:19
Affairs because coworkers from 9 to5
25:22
it's just easier let's let's ask a
25:24
caller
25:25
yeah most
25:28
you know most crimes happen by people
25:30
you
25:33
know I'm telling you they're cheating
25:35
with the
25:36
friends but but Karen didn't it wasn't
25:39
all that yes all right hea let's go to R
25:43
he ain't did me right that's good
25:44
Heather though right
25:46
I'm hold up let's go to R rodri is in
25:49
Florida rodri are you there part of
25:51
Florida Florida stand up what part of
25:53
Florida you in hey hey hey hey hey we
25:55
got
25:56
Roger hey hey everybody how y'all doing
25:59
sway thank you for letting me come on
26:00
man uh I'm in Central Florida near t uh
26:04
Tampa I live in a little town called
26:05
tarp on okay so before you say what you
26:09
want to say I me y' raised a really good
26:11
question she said if she was a man that
26:14
was cheating she wouldn't work extra
26:17
hard she would just cheat with the
26:19
friends that's around her proximity
26:21
cheating proximity cheating what what do
26:23
you agree do you not she hit the nail on
26:26
the head why why create the wheel I Rec
26:30
the wheel right I want to thank you
26:32
proximity proximity it's proximity I'm
26:35
telling you when you look at like workf
26:36
Fair relationships is because you're
26:38
nine to five people you know them more
26:40
than you know your other significant
26:41
other or your homies it's easy time
26:44
spent time spent it's intense stressful
26:47
quick release happy hour it better not
26:49
be quick yeah said that no noi scream
26:53
that out can you repeat that noi we so
26:57
it's prox
26:58
what did you want to say to these
26:59
beautiful
27:00
people so I wanted to tell these ladies
27:03
um and let me say this first I haven't
27:05
watched the show as much as I probably
27:07
should I'm a truck driver so I rarely
27:09
watch TV but I'm a father of six girls
27:12
four biological and two steps and just
27:14
to have young women black women that
27:17
look like them doing the things that you
27:19
guys are doing and and and delivering
27:22
the messages that you are delivering is
27:24
a great feeling for a black man and also
27:26
let me straighten up that cheating thing
27:27
I'm happily married six years I got a
27:29
queen that's
27:32
right yeah yeah I mean but but if you
27:34
were
27:35
single
27:38
goh when I was single sway when I was
27:41
single yeah yeah yeah get him in trouble
27:44
thank you for letting us be part of your
27:46
daughter's lives thank you so much
27:48
that's beautiful R so you and the family
27:51
are super citizens brother good morning
27:52
brother all right let's go to line let's
27:55
go to Chicago we got Eric on the line
27:58
Chicago online for Erica how you doing
28:00
you there hello hello I'm doing all
28:03
right how y'all
28:05
doing got the amazing cast sisters here
28:09
hey you know what every Wednesday is a
28:10
new episode tonight tonight T oh I'm on
28:14
it tonight Women to Women
28:17
Wednesday perfect there we go cuz you
28:20
going to need a drink tonight get back
28:22
to ER we're going to need okay Erica
28:24
hold on you need a drink he trying to
28:26
get the tea Erica hold on
28:28
ebony why we going to need a drink for
28:30
tonight episode I I don't ever
28:33
know need a drink it's drink I know you
28:36
need a drink every Wednesday night it
28:38
leaves you with a cff every wednes
28:39
you're on the edge of your seat you
28:41
you're going to need a drink need a
28:42
drink okay I don't drink what should I
28:44
do as a substitution green juice get
28:46
green juice made this good way by the
28:49
way we got to acknowledge that you look
28:51
good about to make skin the skin is
28:55
skinning you
28:59
you look the same as when you I
29:01
watchv news break
29:05
good wasn't watching
29:07
you watching sway you I grew up
29:12
sway on the phone s
29:15
[Laughter]
29:19
the ER Erica pay attention Erica so uh
29:23
I'm trying to pay attention Okay go
29:24
ahead what you want to say to them
29:28
I want to say I love each and every cast
29:30
member I've been watching the show since
29:32
season one since the very beginning but
29:35
what I want to talk about is the fact
29:36
that I have debated and argued with men
29:40
around me in my life the friends and
29:44
I've been surprised at how many men are
29:46
watching the show if y'all can hear the
29:48
conversations we have been on three-way
29:49
arguing about Gary arguing about Zack
29:53
arguing about Calvin argu about every
29:55
last man on the show so for a show that
29:58
seems to be a woman's show you know
30:01
pointed towards women marketed towards
30:03
women there are a lot of men watching
30:05
cusing a lot of dialogue and
30:08
conversation oh yeah the pen be watching
30:10
us they do there be people up in the
30:12
penitentiary shout out to y'all cuz I'm
30:14
always shout y'all
30:17
out try to forget about that population
30:20
thank you so much our show is about
30:22
people that's what our show is about
30:24
it's it's storytelling so it's not
30:28
relegated to just women and I really I
30:31
really love that we're shifting that
30:32
narrative that people understand I watch
30:34
shows where there's a male doctor all
30:36
the time you know I watch show and and
30:38
it's and I'm a woman and I could watch a
30:39
show where there are four male leads
30:41
five male leads so I feel like the
30:44
reverse should be true these are shows
30:46
about people and I think the more people
30:50
watch shows about people will have a
30:52
better understanding of each other and
30:54
not only does that go to gender but that
30:56
goes to race shows are written well
30:59
they're Universal story lines always
31:01
talk about Girl trip is exactly the same
31:03
as
31:04
bridesmaides is is for black women
31:06
having a good time in New Orleans for
31:07
white women having a good time in Las
31:08
Vegas right and so when the show was
31:10
done well it's Universal storytelling
31:12
which I think it appeals to W audience
31:14
but so salute to you guys not only being
31:16
able to act the words that have been
31:18
written in order for the universal Story
31:20
Time hey Erica thank you for your call
31:22
we love you for your comments
31:24
right super citizen is but piggy backing
31:29
off of that heartbreak is relatable
31:32
always love is relatable does that
31:34
happen to you in your personal life
31:36
recently not
31:38
recently that was good that wasck you
31:40
know what I say that was cute we need
31:42
another
31:44
one okay no I mean praise God no I'm not
31:49
in that space thank you God when you
31:51
work on yourself you know you attract
31:53
where you are that part that
31:55
part let's go you know I'm in a better
31:58
place now thank God to my friends my
32:01
community you know trial and error
32:03
dating cuz that's what it is cuz
32:05
sometimes what you desire is not what
32:07
you need and I and I feel like Partners
32:09
you need to understand that you need
32:11
them for something not desire them it's
32:13
not going to last so you know my man
32:16
he's my peace I get to just go home and
32:19
they all know him he's been around for a
32:20
long
32:21
time shout out to Mal shout out to my
32:24
shout out to Mal man you did that kid my
32:27
man so he's my you know he's I get to go
32:29
home and and relax but
32:32
I even through this situation this is my
32:34
first TV show ever you know and I knew
32:37
him before I got the show so to have him
32:40
is yeah I can't even explain it cuz
32:43
y'all know how it is and you need that
32:46
support system when you go home he was
32:48
there when you was shooting in the gym
32:50
period okay Tracy going to ask a
32:52
question but yo for real what was it
32:53
like working would have be y'all let's
32:56
talk about it
33:01
we
33:03
hea talk about it did you see her when
33:05
she hosted the 100 episodes were there
33:08
did a great
33:10
job y know y'all were there but did
33:12
nobody tell her to cover her legs I felt
33:14
like she was being too
33:16
exp she was looking good she
33:20
good she h a wonderful moment it was
33:24
very iconic I mean I we all walked in I
33:27
think I met you first and then KJ came
33:29
out but everybody like she said in the
33:31
beginning we all had our kind of
33:32
personal time with her and but Heather
33:35
was grabbing us and saying Whispering
33:37
I'm so proud of y'all like
33:39
congratulations all those things you
33:40
know how can you not acknowledge that
33:43
and then she was there for a pinnacle
33:44
moment 100 episodes which is super rare
33:47
these days it doesn't happen these days
33:50
so I'm just grateful and let me say this
33:52
I was a little overwhelmed um at at my
33:56
time there it was um during the month of
33:58
November I'm born in November it was a
34:00
lot going on personally for me at the
34:02
time and I get there and I see these
34:05
scripts and I was like well who stuff is
34:08
that and a woman by the name of Toya
34:11
shout out to Toya who works with I love
34:14
her I love her she was like okay don't
34:17
hyperventilate I got you God got you sis
34:20
we G to do this and she broke down that
34:22
script and I watched each of you just go
34:26
to go mod I was blown away I'm like how
34:29
do they know all of this dialogue like
34:32
in such a short I think someone said two
34:34
weeks Novi you said two weeks they shoot
34:36
the seasons but you have to see it to
34:38
really understand how incredibly you all
34:42
work like I've been on sets I've been
34:44
thank God and television and doing all
34:45
these different things I've never seen
34:47
anything like it I came back to work
34:49
when I was done with you guys and I said
34:52
I just came back from
34:54
wakanda said I told she said came back
34:57
from wakanda I'm good I seen it it
35:00
exists you just got to take a flight
35:02
like you got to go down therea it's in
35:04
Atlanta and I I said I've seen it i'
35:07
I've watched it um it was beautiful you
35:10
were amazing Heather you were great
35:12
freezing cold it was freezing it was
35:14
freezing and the way you carried
35:15
yourself the way you over and over when
35:17
they cuz the Armani shot our scenes yes
35:19
and he kept saying again again and we
35:21
were running and you were tell running
35:23
the lines and it was amazing the way you
35:25
just no serious cuz it is hard to keep
35:27
up with the way we shoot especially if
35:29
you're not used to that so the way you
35:30
came in and just crushed it was amazing
35:33
thank you all of myal and devel and they
35:35
just they help y'all with man I I was
35:38
just standing there half the time like
35:40
they do this every day like they do this
35:43
y'all are amazing amazing amazing we
35:46
work with this icon every day was the
35:49
first love it I love this I talked to
35:52
him I've been married August will make
35:55
23 years
35:57
marri thank God it's it's a blessing I
36:00
talk to him more than I talk to my
36:02
husband no it's 20 hours a week 20 hours
36:07
a week and y'all think it's bad then on
36:09
the weekends hey what y'all doing y'all
36:12
cooking you not trying to get a home
36:14
yeah yeah I think I could just come out
36:17
in the and hang out in the basement
36:19
y'all ain't got no kids y do with
36:22
nothing this is what I deal with on the
36:24
weekends well that says a lot about you
36:26
exactly it say a lot he want you to cook
36:30
I I cook and I bring you do be cooking
36:33
yes I've seen the in y got space for us
36:35
too cuz I mean dinner at your house
36:38
tonight great y should all go let's all
36:41
go to Heather's
36:45
house watch s watch the you you see how
36:50
put a watch party at Heather's house
36:54
depending depending on what you're
36:57
cooking oh
37:03
Dam I don't
37:05
eat New York I I eat fish and I eat
37:08
turkey we all love fish yeah she said
37:12
okay okay you I don't eat beef pork or
37:16
chicken like but I cook it all cook it
37:19
all right Mike m brought up an important
37:22
point about Heather be that we never
37:24
really realized having done real world
37:27
we never saw anything like Heather be on
37:30
TV at that time so she was the first to
37:33
come from our culture yes from Hip Hop
37:36
to do I'm going to record by saying
37:39
Heather be was the first female MC to
37:42
ever be on a television series a
37:45
successful how does that feel how does
37:48
that what is that that no again a
37:52
Pioneer just it's just every oh my God
37:54
we need another drink for sway yeah
37:58
yes go ahead get another
38:03
drink let the man be oh yeah they took
38:07
those get the there we go the no but you
38:12
ladies work amazing I want to um if we
38:14
can really quickly I know we running
38:15
short on time but uh I'll start with
38:18
Crystal because I see what you're doing
38:20
outside of the show and how important it
38:22
is um I love you keep it positive oh my
38:26
gosh man listen it is absolutely
38:28
beautiful citizens if you're not
38:30
watching what she's doing um in in her
38:33
time you know and and coming and letting
38:36
everybody in to your heart and your
38:38
spirit is so beautiful and keeping that
38:41
positive energy going and and and
38:43
talking so openly about God and
38:45
spiritual like I I just love it so
38:48
salute to you for doing
38:50
that it's so good what was the reason
38:53
that you started that it's funny because
38:55
I didn't want to do it I'm such a close
38:57
out person very private um didn't think
39:00
my voice mattered didn't there's so many
39:01
podcasts we talk about podcast there's
39:03
so many podcasts I'm like what do I have
39:04
to say that's different from all these
39:06
other podcasts and my manager said no
39:09
Crystal she said you have a story to
39:10
tell Shout Out J nor Pia um she um
39:13
helped me put it together and when I
39:16
tell you the community that we've built
39:18
through this podcast um the women that
39:20
have healed through me being vulnerable
39:22
telling my story from a child to an
39:25
adult um has been incredible to watch
39:28
and just seeing women heal grow and um
39:31
this I see it every single day the DMs I
39:34
get the letters we get of the many women
39:36
that have thought about committing
39:39
suicide it is heartbreaking to get those
39:42
letters and to know that just me opening
39:44
up about as a little girl wanting to
39:45
commit suicide and that was something
39:48
because we grew up in families where
39:50
everything's you don't talk about it you
39:52
just hush and um move keep on going you
39:54
know and that's something that we've
39:55
grown up as black women continue to do
39:58
um it's expected it's expected and um to
40:01
open up about that and to see how many
40:03
women and young girls that follow all of
40:06
us have been healed through that and are
40:08
going through that journey and have
40:09
started therapy and are starting to heal
40:11
those relationships with parents and
40:12
family members um has it's just been
40:15
beautiful congrats I love it conat we
40:19
got a um unfortunately our time is
40:21
coming it's been one hour already are
40:24
you serious it's been an hour not
40:26
leaving we're not leaving but yeah we're
40:29
going to do party at he's House part two
40:32
part two Crystal waited her whole life
40:35
to say that go ahead go ahead h
40:38
[Applause]
40:39
s literally waited my whole life to say
40:44
that it was the champagne she said it so
40:47
she said it's so nice it was your she
40:49
said it's so
40:50
nice Tracy Tracy us out last question oh
40:55
man I gotta be honest with what my
40:57
question was because when Erica had
41:00
called this is for you Crystal she had
41:02
mentioned Zach and it made me think and
41:05
congratulations on
41:07
Zima major major congrats you being such
41:10
a spiritual woman right and I'm thinking
41:12
about dval and kadine who are super
41:15
popular as a couple go yes as a
41:18
spiritual woman for any other female
41:22
who's listening who wants to go into
41:24
acting is there protocol
41:26
when doing you know you're going to do
41:28
love scenes with someone's husband yes
41:31
yes who is such a force on social media
41:34
did you have a conversation with her
41:36
earlier like what the hell does that
41:38
look like woman to woman sister to
41:40
sister sister to
41:42
sister that's a real thing um no I was
41:45
definitely um nervous about even kissing
41:47
Deval he had yeah he had to call kadine
41:50
and say can you please tell this girl to
41:51
kiss me and I was like you would have
41:53
thought I was like on the playground in
41:54
the like like trying to it was like like
41:58
I never kiss anybody in my life and she
42:00
was like girl we need these checks to
42:01
clear You better kiss
42:03
him shout out
42:06
Kad listen mouthe to feed um but it was
42:10
that and then also respecting and having
42:12
boundaries like me and Dev are really
42:13
really close but every time we talk I
42:15
FaceTime him so you can hear everybody
42:17
in the house can hear the conversation
42:19
yeah I'm very Mindful and thoughtful
42:20
about um how I I'm there's no private
42:23
phone calls you know unless we're doing
42:25
something for CAD they've talked about
42:27
that as well um but yeah super
42:29
supportive of both of them and um I
42:31
thank kadim for giving me the the space
42:33
and the go yes the space to be to be
42:37
yeah it is yeah especially if the wife
42:39
isn't okay with it then it causes
42:41
constraints on set so shout out kadina
42:43
and Dev out out
42:46
the York the whole sisters company all
42:50
right give up to everybody on the cast
42:52
sisters people who work on the set
42:56
sisters Tyler Perry KJ I love
43:01
you thank thank you made me cry on my
43:04
own show pleasure pleasure no I love you
43:09
pleasure crystal that's amazing eony
43:12
let's go to the club I already know
43:14
where
43:17
you on the couch by 8:30 every night he
43:20
don't go to no club I'm I'm inside the
43:22
house you're inside at all times
43:25
congratulations all have made history
43:27
together thank you you are in history
43:29
books I hope you had a great time you
43:31
can take the extra bottles with you oh
43:33
wonderful shout out to your team Heather
43:35
you want to say anything in closing I
43:37
love y'all we love you
43:39
[Music]
43:40
love thanks for giving us our flowers we
43:43
really we feel appreciated absolutely
43:46
you earn it you deserve it okay and we
43:48
got your back no matter what no that
43:50
note we'll uh stay on the right side of
43:52
positivity God willing we'll be back
43:54
tomorrow and we have nothing
43:57
left a
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44:03
second
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