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Join us for an unforgettable episode of *Sway In The Morning* as the legendary Patti LaBelle reveals secrets to a long-lasting career! ✨ In this heartwarming and inspiring interview, Patti LaBelle shares her journey, reflecting on her extraordinary 80 years. From selling close to 100 million records to becoming a household name in both music and business, Patti opens up about her life's highs and lows, the people who influenced her, and the profound wisdom gained along the way.
Witness the emotional surprise birthday celebration, heartfelt tributes, and special guest appearances by Kenny Lattimore and Charlamagne Tha God. Patti talks about her iconic moments, including her favorite performances, her relationships with industry greats like Nina Simone and Gladys Knight, and her advice for the next generation of artists like Beyoncé and Fantasia.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Celebrating Patti LaBelle
1:34 - Patti LaBelle’s Reaction to the Surprise Birthday Party
9:49 - Patti LaBelle’s Buttermilk Pancake and Waffle Mix
11:32 - Charlamagne Tha God & Tyrese
13:16 - Kenny Lattimore Performs “Happy Birthday”
16:33 - Advice From Your Mother
19:06 - The Public Vs. The Industry
20:18 - Ruben Studdard Performs “If Only You Knew”
23:40 - What Have Friendships Done for You
29:00 - Last Gift for Patti
30:10 - Kenny Lattimore Sings Happy Birthday
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this is a celebration on so many levels
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yes on so many levels this is a
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celebration when I look at this woman
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Queen I see this
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queen I see this heavenly vessel that
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has been a part of my life I listen to
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This Woman's music my entire life and
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then in 77 as a youth she put I want to
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say 77 when she put out her solo album
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Patty Lael which I brought with me right
0:28
here ladies the vyl my man DB dug in the
0:31
CR shoes was still popping in
0:35
77 come on on CBS records and I remember
0:39
this album Patty because of the outfit
0:41
you had on and as a young man um I was
0:45
just floored by your beauty um you
0:47
remind me of the women in my family y
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y'all all resemble and I and I grew up
0:52
worshiping those women we here to
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celebrate her today ladies and gentlemen
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uh over 50 close to 100 million records
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sold in her career in her career give
1:01
her a round of applause to that the
1:03
Apollo Theater Hall of Fame songwriters
1:06
Hall of Fame come on man uh she's done
1:08
it all Soldier Story different world we'
1:10
seen her on the big screen we've seen
1:12
her on the small screen we seen fail
1:14
we've seen we've seen her in the
1:15
community yes right we've seen her as uh
1:18
one of the world's greatest singers and
1:20
U celebrated voices ever and as a
1:22
businesswoman we s her sore and Excel
1:26
and today we going to be celebrating
1:27
Patty's good life buttermilk pancake and
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awful mix Just Add Water ladies and
1:31
gentlemen pad Lael is here here a is
1:35
here thank you thank you so much this is
1:38
like a big surprise yes coming into the
1:41
studio and seeing all of this beauty all
1:44
the flowers the shampagne the love I
1:47
said to Kim I said is Heather going to
1:49
be there I wonder and and the first one
1:52
I see when I get in the room is Heather
1:54
and all you wonderful people who's been
1:56
in my life for so many great reasons for
1:59
a long long time and I'm just I'm
2:04
shocked wow with this room with
2:06
everything and uh I never take anything
2:09
for granted M and uh being this young 80
2:14
years young tomorrow I am so blessed uh
2:18
because of my family all my sisters died
2:20
before they turned 50 and so when I made
2:23
50 I said my God am I going to make 60
2:26
and then 70 and then 80 and this is God
2:29
say God God had another plan for you
2:32
Patty we we surprised Patty LEL didn't
2:34
know we was having a surprise birthday
2:36
party hea the bees been planning she on
2:39
she been on me for weeks but this is
2:41
Heather's Vision all right and oh gosh
2:44
well as everybody knows I um I love you
2:48
I love you and um she told me one day
2:51
through a text message and she called me
2:53
and she was like stop calling me miss
2:55
Patty I'm Auntie Patty to you from now
2:58
on don't call me Miss Pat D you know so
3:01
that meant the world to me every year
3:04
for her birthday I sent her flowers
3:06
beautiful orchids every year purple and
3:09
yes I miss the phone call every year
3:11
when she calls to say thank you she's
3:13
like where are you how come you not
3:15
entering the phone the messages are
3:17
hilarious and so when we found out you
3:19
were coming I'm like sway she loves
3:22
flowers she loves flowers and we have to
3:25
just in this this this time and this
3:27
season everybody saying give people
3:29
their flowers I wish we could have just
3:31
filled the whole room with flowers and I
3:34
was like you know we have to toast her
3:36
with champagne and and just let you know
3:39
that you are loved like beyond anything
3:42
we could even verbalize I appreciate
3:44
that so much I thank you just thank you
3:47
you know you don't get pure love anymore
3:49
these days a lot of phony folk get in
3:51
your face and say things to you and you
3:53
say oh yeah fine but when you leave that
3:55
person you know it wasn't sincere this
3:58
room is full of sincerity oh just love
4:01
and I need it girl I need it mister I do
4:06
and I appreciate it because I woke up
4:08
this morning amen yes come on let's hey
4:11
Jabar you mind you mind handing her
4:12
flowers putting these flowers put the
4:15
flowers up man come on man put them on
4:17
the Flor don't kick the camera though it
4:19
mess the shot up why you going to do
4:21
jamarie like that I'm just saying man
4:24
these are all for you I want to keep the
4:26
flowers next to you I want to smell
4:28
these flowers
4:30
and that's that's my gift for you to
4:32
take back that big black box those are
4:34
flowers for you oh forever roses yes you
4:37
better work that
4:39
[Music]
4:40
trick I know what she likes say so and
4:43
they're purple of course so make sure
4:46
let's do a toast y'all want to do a
4:48
toast absolutely let's get some cups
4:50
let's do a toast we got yeah get Keith
4:53
you got Jamari working Jamari said I
4:54
came to hang out Ashley thank you J man
4:58
this is and expl who these guys are Pat
5:01
these these guys all my people these all
5:03
your people that's Aaliyah my publicist
5:05
aaliah we love aaliah first of all she's
5:08
my good friend and then publist she's
5:10
incredible too now Kim has been with me
5:12
for about five years she's my everything
5:15
she takes care of me like she's my mom
5:18
wow and she has such um a great sense
5:22
for people and everything and knowledge
5:24
of style and all and us she's just
5:27
phenomenal she she rocking the goard
5:29
y'all
5:30
when I see go goard is if you don't know
5:33
you can't even ask goard make sure the
5:36
cards are clear honey she rocks
5:38
everything and behind her is shaia the
5:42
hair fairy uh crazy hands who does my
5:44
hair really that's her Miss crazy and
5:48
she's also my good friend yeah shout out
5:50
to your mom yes and I can't see who's is
5:53
that Charles that's Charles Charles
5:56
everybody knows Charles Su we all know
5:58
Charles he's involved in my life like my
6:00
other son shout out to he is like my son
6:04
and I can say no more about Charles cuz
6:06
whatever I want he'll make sure I have
6:08
it make it happen no M no matter what
6:10
zory keeps for me as a secret Charles
6:12
will make sure I know it he will make
6:14
sure Patty knows everything before it
6:17
happens except this uh you didn't tell
6:19
me about the
6:20
party and surpr really oh this is so
6:26
beautiful and I don't need security but
6:28
will Mr will he takes care of Patty he
6:32
makes sure nobody tries to hurt me or
6:34
anything like that to a point where I
6:36
have to slap him sometimes said leave
6:38
that person alone because he's so very
6:41
much into my well-being and he's just
6:45
you're the best security guard well he's
6:47
in good shape too and that thing right
6:49
there Mr Whitney uhuh he photographs
6:52
everything in my life and keeps me
6:54
posted as to when somebody is saying
6:57
something nice about me whatever he show
6:58
me photos he keeps me in line uh Whitney
7:02
you're like family and so you will so my
7:05
son zory is hidden yeah uh I can say
7:08
nothing about Sor because he's laidback
7:10
quiet and to the point and till we get
7:14
into fights because there are things
7:15
that I want to do he said Mom that's a
7:17
no no and I end up listening to him and
7:20
he made the right decision I have the
7:22
best son in the world oh wow wow he's
7:25
not spoiled back in the day when we used
7:27
to travel uhhuh he would have flood on
7:30
with shoes with holes I said let Mommy
7:32
buy you some shoes or some mom I like
7:34
this the limousine will come to pick me
7:36
up and a Truck will come for the luggage
7:38
he would ride with the luggage he never
7:40
ever lets people know he's my son that's
7:42
a quality that he has that's priceless
7:45
he could care less about being Patty
7:46
lael's son you know I'm his mother yeah
7:49
and it's not it's Patricia Hol to him
7:52
yeah Patty Lael is just what I do and
7:55
everything else but he's a great person
7:58
period you got to proud of that though
8:00
I'm so proud of him because he's not a
8:02
bragger he's not anything that some
8:05
Entertainer sons and daughters are they
8:07
live through their mom MH that's not him
8:11
that's not him yeah when we do shows at
8:12
the end of the show when the promoter
8:14
comes in to say something to me I said
8:16
oh my son's are he said he's your son
8:19
whenever they're negotiating my my name
8:22
doesn't come up as his mother I mean it
8:25
doesn't nobody knows I'm his mom except
8:27
you guys we know the world knows now Pat
8:31
don't know well let's let's toast okay
8:33
let's toast here's a toast to you Patty
8:35
leel U we're going to celebrate your
8:38
birthday uh your life your legacy and
8:40
your future uh this is a toast of
8:43
gratitude I want to say thank you for
8:45
all you contribute you've been a healing
8:47
source for our entire Community for how
8:49
many decades now all right and you've
8:52
been consistent with it from the
8:54
beginning to the end and we we're
8:56
toasting to what's coming next all right
8:59
to to what's coming next I can't wait to
9:01
see it this is to you Patty Lael cheers
9:04
we love you and happy birthdayy birthday
9:08
play some music hey T play some
9:11
music you all right for five we having a
9:15
party in here today a real party we
9:18
we're celebrating a National Treasure
9:20
today oh thank you Patty Lael is a
9:23
National Treasure say so you thank you
9:27
Patty I appreciate that Patty said I'm
9:30
I'm a National Treasure too you are yes
9:32
you are she said when she walked in
9:34
today she said hey sway Mr famous man
9:37
yeah see you on everybody's movie I see
9:39
you all over I watch you come on P you
9:42
better ask
9:43
somebody they better find
9:46
out uh man so today Patty brought us and
9:50
everybody is screaming about this I'm
9:52
getting tweeted about this you said she
9:54
got the buttermilk pancake and waffle
9:56
mix oh yes water this is water half and
10:01
I do half and half or milk but just you
10:04
don't need much to make it uh taste
10:06
great because it's great before you make
10:08
the water and the cream or whatever it's
10:10
just fabulous this is as good as my
10:12
Patty pie this is as good come on Patty
10:14
you come on now you ain't got over but
10:17
no I'm trying to tell you yeah oh what's
10:19
that noise that's when you that's when
10:20
you popping that's the
10:25
noise
10:27
okay I love that anyway it's wonderful
10:31
and we have the serup coming um and I
10:35
have a I am so blessed with a lot of
10:37
items you know that you can find at
10:40
different stores can I say what stores
10:41
you can find this you can find the
10:43
pancake mix and
10:45
Kroger yeah it's Ralph
10:52
Nationwide but Patty we going to
10:53
celebrate the pancake mix we got a
10:55
couple of surprises for you no more as
10:57
weele Patty we all out for this this
11:00
your 0th first of all my brethren who I
11:03
just went and supported an incredible he
11:05
event he did for his company black
11:07
effect and they did a podcast uh
11:10
conference and people from all over the
11:12
world came to his conference Charlamagne
11:14
the
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godess I watch on TV this morning
11:21
[Music]
11:23
honey and is that Nyla with you Nyla
11:26
what up Nyla comeone up in here nla come
11:30
get something yo charlot man come we
11:32
celebrating Patty's 80th come on this
11:33
mik if you don't mind come on this mik
11:35
come on share my mic wow and just speak
11:37
to Patty man and her impact you feel
11:39
brother oh man I mean Patty is a icon in
11:43
music as we know but you know I think
11:45
what what we're seeing now is her you
11:47
know blazing the trail on the business
11:49
front you know we and we have all of
11:51
these conversations about you know
11:52
ownership and Entrepreneurship and we
11:54
know those are the spaces that we should
11:55
be in and she's leading the way with
11:57
that like it it was a beautiful thing
11:58
for me to bring that that pancake mix
12:00
into my house cuz I got four beautiful
12:02
black daughters I know you do and for me
12:04
to be able to show them this and they
12:06
looking at it like oh who is that and I
12:08
can say oh that's Miss Patty Lael and I
12:10
actually know her and show her pictures
12:11
that means a lot you know so um she's
12:14
just a queen in every single way so I
12:15
had to come to and to see
12:18
you after watching and I've eaten those
12:20
pancakes at her house that's a Fleck
12:22
I've been to Patty lael's house eating
12:24
those pancakes she cooked them I helped
12:26
her cook them so that's a flex
12:31
got yes uh get hon the DI line watch
12:34
talk sucks but that's not about that
12:36
it's about Miss Patty right now about
12:38
you too thank you brother always Heather
12:40
B Tracy G love y'all appreciate what
12:42
y'all doing what y'all do for the coach
12:44
as well okay we appreciate you charlam
12:47
man the guy came up in here with n they
12:50
said we don't get
12:52
a oh wow look at Ty Ty best artist in
12:57
the game Ty I got to film something this
12:58
week can you give me some outfits we got
13:00
another time not that time this time all
13:03
right okay you got us okay Patty we're
13:05
not done this is your 80 of birthday I'm
13:07
never done we got you no you're not
13:09
you're not uh we got you flowers uh keth
13:13
brought theet we got another surprise
13:16
for you who we got another surprise come
13:18
on y' might want to see this one might
13:21
want to God be nervous you might want to
13:24
stay for this one yo have the be you
13:26
want to tell I close my eyes close your
13:28
eyes close eyes
13:30
your eyes cuz he's just going to walk in
13:32
and sing he's just going to start
13:33
singing so keep your eyes closed and we
13:36
we're hoping don't tell me we're not
13:38
going to tell you we hoping that you
13:39
could just recognize The Voice once
13:42
scary
13:47
hea only you knew you better sing
13:51
whoever you are how much we
13:55
do do love you
14:00
can I look going hold on no do another
14:03
do another one another oh my God the
14:05
voice is phenomenal come on this life is
14:08
no good
14:10
alone oh my God since we've become one I
14:15
made a change I know you I
14:18
know I know it's you ladies and
14:20
gentlemen we got Kenny up in
14:24
there what
14:27
a poor memor
14:29
of wow Kenny lore is here has flown into
14:34
town to greet and be a part of this
14:36
celebration yo this
14:40
is just only for you this is just for
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you happy birthday to you tri me happy
14:48
birthday to to
14:51
you happy
14:55
birthday dear Patty Miss Pat D our
14:59
national treasure right yeah happy
15:04
birthday to you better sing again
15:10
wow thank you wow what a pleasure K
15:14
Kenny oh my God I was just going to say
15:16
house Faith wonderful and a beautiful
15:19
baby a thank you so much for asking
15:21
they're doing wonderful and they send
15:23
their love cuz you know she had to send
15:25
me on off go on go on and sing for Miss
15:26
Patty p
15:29
man thank you it is a pleasure thank you
15:31
for everything that you've done that
15:32
Patty liel has encouraged me in times
15:35
when she didn't know I've run into you
15:37
in places and I remember even all the
15:39
way back to the Grammy day when I first
15:41
got my first Grammy I didn't win it but
15:43
she was one of those people there were
15:45
there encouraging me not to uh get too
15:48
down on myself and understand the career
15:50
and the process of having longevity and
15:53
having a true career as opposed to just
15:55
the award at that time and we've had so
15:57
many great highs since then but uh thank
16:00
you for being you thank you thank you
16:02
and you're going to continue to do what
16:04
you do you do it so well one of the
16:07
better singers in the world thank you so
16:10
got that from you so
16:12
much he a singing monster
16:16
yes K this is so nice chamagne you all
16:20
my people it's just just nice day and we
16:23
got another surprise I close my
16:27
eyes stupid you g to pay for that oh my
16:31
God uh let me ask you this cuz you gave
16:34
Kenny some amazing advice right and I
16:37
hear these stories all the time Patty
16:39
leel said this Patty leel said that to
16:42
me you might not even realize you know
16:44
the type of seeds you plant in people
16:46
I'm curious to who planted seeds in you
16:49
who was the person what's some of the
16:51
advice you received from people mhm well
16:54
of course my mother okay gave me the
16:56
most advice and the most meaningful
16:59
advice and that's never to uh down a
17:03
person always take the high road even if
17:05
they upset you in any way or belittled
17:08
you or made you feel less than a penny I
17:11
always I I've always taken the high road
17:14
my mother and some nice Nina Simone
17:17
stories you know she just a wonderful
17:19
woman to me we were buddies Nina Simone
17:22
n Simone gosh yes so it was just of Nina
17:28
my gosh Dolly Parton wow just people in
17:32
the industry who I look up to just told
17:35
me some things that they've been through
17:37
it's like with me with the young girls
17:39
like Beyonce and all of my little
17:41
friends Fantasia and ly and they come to
17:44
me for information because I've traveled
17:46
the road that they're on and I let them
17:48
know all the negatives and all the
17:50
positives but my positive at being not
17:53
well loved by the public and all that
17:55
kind of stuff I believe so much in me
17:58
that you can bust my bubble and don't
18:00
let anybody stop you from doing what you
18:01
know you can do like I knew at the
18:04
beginning I was funny faed I had a I had
18:06
a nose job uhhuh I like to tell the
18:08
truth so I saw myself as not an
18:11
attractive woman M looked in the mirror
18:14
and then when I was on TV I said God
18:15
that no from that end of the TV to the
18:17
end it was just too big and I L okay
18:22
should I be
18:24
dishonest tell the truth it's your
18:25
birthday what are you talking about got
18:27
nothing it was just an ugly
18:29
and I got it done and now that it's done
18:31
I still don't feel beautiful but I feel
18:34
fine I feel fine whatever you see is
18:36
what you get that's what you get but
18:38
then like I said when you see things
18:39
about yourself if you want to change it
18:41
if you can then do it then do it yeah
18:44
and if you don't want to don't do it
18:46
yeah the irony of that you saying you
18:49
don't always feel beautiful when you
18:51
make all of us feel so
18:53
beautiful something
18:55
SW but that's that's who I am MH I'm
18:59
honest to a fault sometimes but that's
19:02
life nothing that I can say Can Hurt Me
19:05
Nothing Hurt You know you were saying
19:07
that the the public did not embrace you
19:10
and I don't know that it was the public
19:12
as much as it was like maybe industry
19:15
which is a much smaller group of people
19:18
because we loved you from the very
19:20
beginning you know what that is a
19:21
correction yeah from it was the people
19:24
in the suits yes the people in the suits
19:26
who figure out how much money they going
19:27
to spend on you right yeah you're right
19:29
can yeah we love we've loved you since
19:30
the beginning and I and I know that love
19:33
whenever I go to the airport or the
19:34
grocery store and people stop what
19:36
you're doing and they're afraid to say
19:38
Patty can we have a photo I said honey
19:40
would you like a photo they said yes but
19:42
we're afraid to ask I put myself out for
19:45
the world the world not the suits but
19:47
the world because they put me on this
19:49
high high box pedestal and I I
19:53
appreciate everybody I get in trouble
19:55
sometimes almost missing a flight
19:56
because somebody is crying for a photo
19:59
with me I said girlfriend take it quick
20:01
hurry up you know and I just love to
20:03
love on people yeah and love to make
20:05
them feel like they're me I'm no better
20:08
than anyone in this world you know I'm
20:10
just Patty leel name is on the Marquee
20:13
but I'm paty Holt that's who I am Patty
20:16
Hol is here y'all it's funny it's funny
20:19
that you said that about people and
20:21
interacting we have ruin studed here oh
20:24
yeah a couple of weeks ago and randomly
20:28
he met mentioned your name in the
20:30
conversation because he said like Kenny
20:33
mentioned you gave him some advice that
20:36
actually changed his life Wow let's
20:38
check this out I have to give this lady
20:41
her flowers while I can yeah who I
20:43
learned that from was watching part I'm
20:48
telling you because we get so caught up
20:51
in what we're doing that uh it's hard to
20:54
like take the time for the personal
20:56
interaction and I remember remember like
20:59
one day I was having a concert and then
21:01
there was a a
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meeting and I told my man I was like man
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like this is a lot today the very next
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week we were at a show with Miss Patty
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and not only did she make these people
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feel great she's like boy you want
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something to eat come and I'm like man
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you just got through literally taking a
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thousand pictures uhhuh and she made
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everybody in the room feel feel like
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they were
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important get that round of applause do
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you remember that yes I remember I've
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I've had a lot of moments with Ruben you
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know and just wonderful talking moments
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um because he was one of the best
21:44
singers in the world like my baby ha
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it's like and sometimes you feel less
21:48
than who you are because of way the way
21:50
people make you feel and sometimes you
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don't feel like giving like those after
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show interviews or meet and greets are
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signing photos it's like I tell him and
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everybody don't let that stop you
22:03
because you're tired you'll be tired
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when they don't come back and see you
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wow wow a word and that's so true yeah
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my word wow I love it you
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know I used to love it when you take a
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picture from the stage with always
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people would go crazy like oh my God I
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got to get to the front Were You There
22:23
When I took my lashes off and gave them
22:24
to the front row wow damn yeah honey
22:27
they shut is my cheek why should I keep
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it there hair you can have it you him a
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lash yeah I gave them my lashes because
22:34
they were coming off okay and I don't
22:36
want them on my cheek what what what if
22:39
some of that jewelry coming off you
22:40
going to give that up to oh I might have
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to
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fight it happened it did happen but we
22:46
found it a ring fell off and it was
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right there at the edge of the stage I
22:51
said don't go on that little crack and
22:52
crevice that it was a crack but we got
22:55
it yeah but don't mess with my bling
22:58
wow P or my shoes when I kick my shoes
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off sometimes they think it's a gift
23:03
because they're they're close to their
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front row and they take that shoe I said
23:07
boo you got to give that shoe back some
23:09
lady took a fur back in the day when I
23:11
was wearing fur but Peter's around so I
23:14
don't do fur anymore okay and so I threw
23:17
my fur Shaw off Tony Chase had made this
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beautiful Shaw and the guy ran to the
23:22
back of the house with my show I said
23:23
somebody get
23:25
him my security got him and he just just
23:28
wish he had never gotten God he was God
23:31
he got God yeah so yeah and and it's a
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fun moment for me to let him hold my
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stuff but give it back give it back
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right I love that Patty leel man Tracy
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you want to jump in there Tracy
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Trac Miss Patty happy birthday we love
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you so much for so many reasons and so
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many different generations and you know
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for birthdays it calls for reflection
23:53
and obviously there's so much to reflect
23:55
when it comes to your professional life
23:57
when it comes to your person personal
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life Miss Patty to tie it to
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conversations I see a lot of millennial
24:03
women speaking about and it centers on
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friendship the difficulty in maintaining
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friendship um the difficulty in
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remaining aligned through decades right
24:14
someone that may have been your best
24:16
friend through your 20s can feel like a
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stranger perhaps in your 40s and also we
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know that friendship is a relationship
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that can be just as transformative as
24:25
marriage right yes would you mind just
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sharing because you have friendships
24:30
with glattus Knight too cardi B Che what
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friendships have done for you personally
24:38
as a woman and how you've been able to
24:40
maintain them through different stages
24:42
of your life wow so this is um a girl
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right here Patty Lael who does not bang
24:49
too much with
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friends I don't look for them I'm a very
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boring lonely kind of person and I like
24:57
in this room today I'm
24:58
shy to talk in front of all of you but
25:02
the friends that I have I have five
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great ones and they've been with me I
25:07
don't talk to them for 10 years but
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we're still like this wow and I met one
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last night that I hadn't seen in about
25:13
10 years and we're like this still we
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don't talk on the phone uh we don't text
25:18
I don't text cuz I don't text I don't
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email cuz I don't email I have a flip
25:25
phone still got those flip phones are
25:29
making a comeback better but my my my my
25:32
flip phone is updated I have a I can
25:34
even take pictures on
25:36
my I am so so you got a souped up flip
25:40
on y I don't deal with phones but I deal
25:43
with friends and we can be away from
25:45
each other like I said for 10 years and
25:47
act like we just saw each other
25:48
yesterday those are the True Blues you
25:51
know and gladus is one yes yes she is I
25:54
mean we're her birthday is the 29th
25:56
she's a Gemini also so yeah and uh we're
26:01
like sisters in the Name of Love For
26:04
Always and it's so much fun when we
26:07
perform together because we go back and
26:09
we uh she'll say Patty Little Bell cuz
26:12
they call me little bell her brother um
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what's her brother's name uh yeah he
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calls me little bell Patty little bell
26:21
wow so glad I say little bell what about
26:23
when when we did this at the Apollo and
26:25
what about when we just good old
26:27
memories some bad things we did some
26:29
good fun things we did but we did it
26:32
yeah so um it's good to have a real
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friend and don't have too many you don't
26:37
need too many you don't I don't well I
26:39
don't okay I don't need I have five yeah
26:42
okay but uh I'm good with five you good
26:45
with five um a lot of the listeners when
26:48
you told that story I could hear them in
26:49
their cars wanted to know uh what is
26:52
some of the bad things that you guys
26:54
did no nothing nothing bad okay nothing
26:58
like disgusting it was just fun stuff
27:01
uhuh like I'm a prankster and that's
27:05
what I do for fun huh what's a standout
27:07
prank that you pulled on somebody oh God
27:10
leel back in the day Sarah and Nona we
27:12
were at the Apollo Theater and oh God
27:16
honeycomb uh the guy at the Apollo for
27:19
years came in our dress room and I said
27:22
to Nona let's play a prank on it so she
27:24
said what I said first of all because
27:27
she has the most beautiful body so when
27:28
the men come in they were looking at her
27:30
body but this time when they came in I
27:32
said act like you're joking so she
27:35
said and they were trying to give her
27:37
chest to chest stuff I said no no it
27:39
ain't that sick she's not that sick so
27:41
they called the emergency they called
27:44
the hospital doctors or somebody close
27:46
by to see if they could save her so
27:48
before the people got there I said
27:52
psych because they were really trying to
27:54
give her a m massage okay and trying to
27:57
save her yeah but just stuff like that
27:59
you know just to keep the day going we
28:00
play cards a lot and I would lose money
28:03
what's your game uh right now it's AC
28:05
doy pity Pat and Tunk and tonk wow
28:08
that's some old school right there so we
28:11
play cards and take the money from the
28:13
Four Tops we were on the show with the
28:15
Temptations and everybody and we would
28:17
end up winning everybody's PM so you
28:20
hustled The Temptations in the Four Tops
28:22
down yes and won we won and that's when
28:26
you didn't have any money so I would get
28:27
the hot dogs at the beginning of the day
28:29
because my PM was gone cuz I I would be
28:31
gambling and save the hot dog for for
28:34
five shows the hot dog would be on the
28:36
burner burning up but that was our food
28:38
tuna fish uh canned sardines and hot
28:41
dogs that's how we lived back in the day
28:43
and the hot and the hot man would come
28:45
with Gucci hot you know items child we
28:49
bought all that stuff wow for cheap yes
28:52
we were good girls having fun saving
28:54
saving our money but having fun I love
28:57
it man Lael y'all come on she got to go
29:01
we got to go she got to go okay damn yo
29:04
Patty Happy Birthday
29:06
Patty we got one last gift got one last
29:09
gift ofar one somebody can you carry
29:11
this over we got one last gift for you
29:14
and can I say to Sarah Dash her family
29:17
they always celebrate my birthday with
29:19
me happy birthday Deanna for Patty and
29:22
Sarah I love you there you go and
29:24
Heather tell her what this is this was
29:26
done for you um by wette a special
29:29
bottle just done exactly for you we got
29:31
the bling bling bling bling happy ad yes
29:34
for you P Bel done thank you guys are
29:36
treat me like a queen queen you are a
29:38
queen show do me your favorite show put
29:40
that to the camera too man I want that
29:42
was done specifically for you um Auntie
29:44
Patty we love you God bless you and
29:46
that's for you to take home as well
29:48
thank you Heather thank you Tracy thank
29:51
you you're welcome Kenny you flew this
29:54
is a one this is a few hours trip for
29:56
you this is not even a whole day
29:58
but found out it Miss P abolutely Beyond
30:03
shadow of doubted to be here toate yes
30:06
Kenny thank you it is my pleasure and
30:08
and a lot of people don't know well well
30:10
they know that I've been on your show
30:11
before but hea and I have been friends
30:12
for many years too Kenny sang at my
30:16
wedding yes Kenny I love you Kenny and
30:20
when this was going on it was like we
30:21
got to get Kenny to sing Happy Birthday
30:23
we sure did we have to it's my pleasure
30:25
my pleasure love your voice take us home
30:29
hey we going to sing some can you sing
30:31
anything on the way out Miss Pat oh can
30:33
y'all sing
30:34
together okay you sing one of her songs
30:36
and she'll join you oh really I don't
30:40
know try it try it K on my own you are
30:44
my friend oh that's a good one I never
30:48
knew it till then my
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30:52
friend my friend oh you did
30:56
that this is so so fun I me and so so
30:59
surprising everything Kenny it's a
31:02
surprise being in the room with you
31:04
again and I can say to everybody in this
31:07
room thank you for everything that
31:09
everyone gives me in this room and
31:11
that's pure love yeah and you can't buy
31:14
that can't buy it that's right CH buy
31:18
man
31:20
you are my
31:23
friend I never knew it till then my
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31:42
wow
31:46
wow all the citizens if you in your
31:49
wherever you are in the world just hold
31:51
a cup up to Patty leel happy birthday
31:54
and here's too many more Patty thank you
31:58
God bless you God bless you all and we
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going to take them home take them home
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with a Patty song Say My Name
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