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Apr 19, 2023
Gail Bean who plays Wanda in Snowfall stopped by Sway In The Morning to talk about the final season.
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[Applause]
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ends of Sway in the Morning citizens are
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Sway in the morning so
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out of the 12 years we've been going to
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Sway in the Morning Show yes 12. a lot
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of y'all grew up watching this show
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out of the 12 years of this way in the
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morning show
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I could probably count Tracy and I on
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one hand the number of times Tracy and I
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have been out together it doesn't happen
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much it it it's it's a rare occasion
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maybe twice that we've missed the show
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so on Tuesday I believe suede decided
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since Tracy G and I were out citizens to
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have what he wants to call a lion's den
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damn we starting with the hate
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it
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yeah we're starting off with the
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children my grandmother would say tell
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the truth and shame the devil yes I'm
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just gonna tell the truth
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so because Tracy and I were not here
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suede decided to have all male guests
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and an all-male Entourage and all men
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behind the scenes and call the show that
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day the Lion's Den and all this
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testosterone and all this lying
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l-y-i-n-g what's going on on the show DB
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exactly who participated in it
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exaggeration so now it is our
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distinguished opportunity Tracy G and I
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uh-huh
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to bring some respect
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maturity oh man
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Talent
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love wow and just the absolute truth to
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the sway of the morning show via female
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what dare I say the meow
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[Laughter]
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we got a girl here who is absolutely
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phenomenal we have been rooting for her
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we love her we've been watching her and
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on that note Tracy G do the honors well
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this ain't nothing new citizens every
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single week you will hear me in the
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studio being like y'all did you see
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snowfall did you see snowfall
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cinematography the freaking storyline
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the acting what are we doing I am proud
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to have been hanging off the nuts of
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snowfall
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seasons and we've had um dancing Idris
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who plays Franklin exceptionally of
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course she had a Min Joseph about a
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month ago
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um yeah
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exactly exactly
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yeah rest in power who is behind this
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masterpiece but for today's meow pal
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as Billy talk I'm so excited because the
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character Wanda is so transformational
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thank you and she's such a necessary
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presence on snowfall and so we have such
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an electric actress who plays Wanda
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citizens welcome her to the show Gail
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[Music]
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welcome to the show thank you we are so
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happy what the [ __ ] was that
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you're such a hater
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I'll just adding some sound effects for
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y'all
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the lion continue
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welcome to the show thank you so much
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for being here and thank you for walking
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in because this is the thing sometimes
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y'all don't see off camera with such
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beautiful and positive energy absolutely
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thank you you came in just hugging and
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with love and we appreciate that I love
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y'all like I love I love New York let me
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just say that I love New York like I'm
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from Atlanta I'm from Stone Mountain
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that's my my heart yeah I told somebody
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last night I said Atlanta is my number
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one but New York is my 1.1 wow I love
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New York everything about y'all is just
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amazing New York is your side man New
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York is my New York is like my
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not New York you're the throuple
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because I'm New York
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right there what made you fall in love
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with New York because I can imagine
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growing up you saw it through the lens
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possibly of Maybe music videos and and
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different and 106 and Park and all that
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other kind of stuff so what made you
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what was it about New York that
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attracted you it just felt like
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authentic it felt genuine and I loved
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that you know so you hear the people say
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oh everybody in New York is mean and New
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York is rough I don't really see that
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like I mean I feel like they're they're
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straight up word like and if you can't
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take it real then there's something
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wrong with you
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so then because
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um snowfall takes place in La and we
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know about your love for Atlanta we know
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about your love for New York but what
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was your relationship like with Los
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Angeles and how did the show kind of
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influence that so I lived in LA from
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2013 to 2020. I moved back to Atlanta
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during pandemic yeah I've always thought
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La was a beautiful place like the
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weather was beautiful the scenery is
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very beautiful
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there's opportunity there
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it's not somewhere where I would want to
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live or raise a family and shout out to
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everybody who's who's done it and doing
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it for real sis because it ain't for
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everybody right I feel like La gave me
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I'm grateful for it because it always
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have given me what I wanted for my
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career yeah like put me in a position to
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win so I could gain work from anywhere
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but it's just not somewhere where I
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wanted to stay I didn't feel um and then
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a lot of people who are real laters tell
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me the people that I've interacted with
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or encountered weren't from LA but I
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don't know that because you know people
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move places for school or they've been
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there for 20 years and they're like no
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I'm from here now it's right but you're
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not that's not who raised you and that's
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not your Core Essence when you get in
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tight positions or you're at a struggle
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or something who you are really comes
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out so
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um I just encountered a lot of people in
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New York I mean in la that weren't I
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didn't like their energy got you it
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gives opportunist it gives when you meet
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people it's well what do you do right
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yeah yeah you know why you help me how
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can you help me why are you
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you pass somebody you speak if we're in
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I distance you speak yeah and if not
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cool but that energy to me it was a turn
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off but I stayed there stayed down and
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did what I had to do but so I'm always
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Gonna Love New York I mean La for what
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it
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did for me in terms of opportunity in
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terms of opportunity like I said I'm
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always gonna love the scenery the
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weather it's been raining lately so I
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ain't really a fan of that right but um
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but it's definitely it has its every
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place has its pros and cons yeah so I
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I'm grateful for it it's just not on the
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list above New York the late great John
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Singleton was mentioned me too um the
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late great John Singleton was mentioned
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in the intro here and um I I wonder you
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know what would have been I think we all
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do but for while he was here and um what
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was your audition process like what for
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snowfall did you have to audition in
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front of John
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um were you nervous because you
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mentioned about you not ever being
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nervous for anything until you was about
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to walk in here
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um what what was that whole process like
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so
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what I've been snow John Singleton has
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been on my radar forever like anybody
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who's around who has eyes know his
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greatness right absolutely always wanted
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to work with him he came to my acting
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class in Atlanta in 2012. what yeah my
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teacher Elena Abner is like that was her
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Sensei so yeah so she was teaching us
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and he came he surprised he talked to
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the students sat down with us the entire
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class so when I got to LA
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in 2013 of course you know she was so
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grateful to allow us to to reach out to
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him on our behalf and I was able to go
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to his classic because he taught a class
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still at USC wow he taught one class I
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was able to go sit in for free he would
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say anytime we want it we could come and
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then when I heard about snowfall it was
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about 2015. I reached out to my reps was
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like hey John Singleton has a new show
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coming out snowfall can you please see
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if there are any roles in it for me that
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I can audition for they were like oh
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it's already cast and the parts are too
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small or too old for you and so there's
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nothing so then when it was getting
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recast I reached out again it was like
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hey it's getting recast now so can we
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see if there's anything I could go in
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for they were like it's not the time
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like it's not there's nothing for you on
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this wow
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and 20 fast forward to 2017. I was
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flying out to Chicago I used to never
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leave LA because I would say okay I
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don't want to miss my opportunity yeah
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wouldn't let my phone die wouldn't leave
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so I flew to Chicago to shoot a web
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series with my friend Leo Gilbert his
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dad is Peter Gilbert he produced like
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hoop dreams he produced my first film
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that went to the film festivals
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unexpected so like wow fire Leo is a
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director he said you know can you get on
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this web series I shoot out to Chicago
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the moment I land in my inbox is a
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audition notice to come in for so of
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course of course
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oh my gosh gosh so what'd you do I asked
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my reps I was like I never asked them to
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move I was like could we please
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reschedule this audition they hit me
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back and was like yeah the casting
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directors was like no but they'll take a
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tape because I said I'll be back
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December 11th I capped and was like I
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left town for my birthday
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I'm dying yeah self-care yeah they were
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like
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um well casting said no but they'll take
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a self tape Okay so
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the cinematographer at the time said he
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would put me on tape but it was a super
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long day at the end of the day he was
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like can we do it tomorrow I was like
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nah I'm ready it's due like we I got to
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do it tonight so Leo was like no worries
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I'll use his camera and tape you my cast
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member read with me we sent the tape
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they hit back like the very next day it
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was like casting loved you they wanted
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to know if you'll still be back December
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11th
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I was like yes
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fast forward okay we go back December
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11th I have a chemistry test so
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chemistry test is like when you're in
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the room with someone who's already on
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the show right and now you're
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auditioning they're trying to see what
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the chemistry is and
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when I walked in that room
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there was like 13 people John Singleton
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was one of them Dub C I think might have
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been one of them 13 people
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there to see the audition space
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the space we had to work with was
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probably from the end of that table to
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that table like no space to work with
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but I was like all right we here goes
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nothing we gotta do it
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wow how was your nerves like how how I
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was in Memphis I look I assessed the
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room I assess the situation and I'm like
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okay cool all right so I can't go too
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far but they not here like it's either
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barbecue or mildew at this point like
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you're gonna get the roller Yang oh you
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ain't what you want to do because you've
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been asking about this right now for
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years
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all I heard you say was 2013. come on
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and then you fast it takes years and it
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takes time in the right moment we were
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talking about God in alignment and
11:36
everything this morning and the people
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and just because they on your team don't
11:40
necessarily mean they on your side and
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trying to bring everybody with you and
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all these different things and that role
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that four-year road that you had just to
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get to that that space you know what I
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mean it was just so ordained and
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destined for you and you are crushing it
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Gail Bean is here from snowfall if you
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want to talk to her
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888-742-3345 we're coming back with a
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listen man this is beautiful Gail Bean
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is here from snowfall
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series finale airing Wednesday April
12:11
19th if you want to talk to us six
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seasons ain't that crazy God bless you
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man that's wow God is good man extend
12:19
that Applause six seasons is Big it's
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big he's talking about that work you got
12:24
to put in
12:25
you got it you gotta put in that work
12:27
I also want to remind people about
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taking classes is something that I talk
12:31
about a lot here Tracy G can attest to
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that you know it's one thing to take
12:36
classes to be dope and develop your
12:39
craft and all of that and to learn from
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people who can teach you who's willing
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to teach and share but also you make
12:45
connections in classes you you you you
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find yourself a lot of times in classes
12:50
you challenge yourself in classes it is
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really supposed to be a safe space and
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just think like you took this class and
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lo and behold the John Singleton walks
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in yeah you know what I mean and and God
13:03
saw four years later five years later
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down the line you guys would be working
13:08
together you know you just got up that
13:10
day to go to class that's a good point
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because you wouldn't expect that level
13:13
of opportunity to arrive in class class
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so some people are really impatient in
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class because they're like I need to get
13:20
on the outside of this because that's
13:22
where John Singleton is not knowing that
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the work that you're doing in the class
13:25
right is what's going to give you the
13:28
success for when you're outside of the
13:29
class you're gonna reach back to yeah
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the biggest mistake people can make
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sometimes is sitting in classrooms
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believing that they know everything
13:37
already closing themselves up not
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willing to learn all that teacher don't
13:42
know nothing that professional you may
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not even be there for that teacher or
13:45
Professor you don't know what's being
13:47
aligned for you just by showing up every
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day right that's the thing you don't
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know who's coming through as a guest
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speaker that day as someone just to sit
13:56
in the back and watch I used to ask my
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agent all the time where you going and
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she used to go to different things and
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just sit in the back and watch she found
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a lot of people they didn't know they
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didn't know she was sitting in there you
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know you never know you never know who's
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watching but know that somebody is
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always watching you got to be on your A
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game you got to be on your A game at all
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times cause Sean is on the line she
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wants to talk to you Gail B how you
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doing Cassandra hey Cass I'm doing good
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how are you doing doing great how's your
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day today
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doing great going great good good good
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what's your question for Gail
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so I have my question for you is I have
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the same last name as you
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and it has been hell growing up with
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that last name and I just want to know
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how you handled everything
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okay I hate to disappoint you sis
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I love you Gail B right and now you can
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tell people you know what I'm saying now
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you could lean into your last name but
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my legal last name is Mitchell
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being is something honestly that was
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something that some friends in college
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gave me and we took it and ran with it
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and I changed no not many people know
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that Mitchell isn't my last name I mean
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Mitchell is my last name and I hashtag
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Mitchells are born winners my production
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companies Mitchells are born winners I
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went for being because my dad is the
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coach in the NFL I didn't want to kind
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of like be under his shadow
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um and but yeah being with something my
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friends they loved it they was like pass
15:27
me that be everything was being so when
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I came around it was like Gail B and
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then they said change your name on
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Facebook you know how social media goes
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yeah if it's on social it's real
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I'm so sorry
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yes
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what team did your dad coach with he
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currently coaches for Cleveland Browns
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really wow stop Mitchell running back
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coach
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great man shout out to Pops yeah for
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sure for sure for sure that's amazing
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y'all greatness run in the family let's
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go and you on the line say what's up to
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Gail
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good morning good morning hey hey good
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morning you better get this energy
16:17
together calling up here sounding like
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your dog is tied up outside and dying
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what you doing
16:23
don't be mad
16:27
good morning everybody good morning
16:30
reset
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what up
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surprises to speak to you it's an honor
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to speak to you on the huge screen of
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your work um my question is what was
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your rough experience during the filming
16:42
of snowfall and what was your most
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favorite experience during the filming
16:46
process it's a pleasure to hear from you
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and my roughest experience filming
16:50
snowfall
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honestly was trying to figure out who
16:54
Wanda was gonna be once she's recovered
16:58
like who this new person is after crack
17:00
right and I think that's something that
17:03
the black community deals we're still
17:04
trying to figure out who we are and find
17:06
ourselves and get get our bearings post
17:08
the crack epidemic still even in 2023 so
17:11
that for me was the roughest thing to
17:12
try to recreate this character without
17:14
recreating her but knowing that some of
17:16
her foundation was already destroyed
17:18
from crack but still having Essences to
17:21
where people aren't like who that we
17:22
don't even know this new girl
17:24
um my most favorite experience I ain't
17:27
gonna lie
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this I didn't even film this day it was
17:30
Isaiah's birthday that was this year
17:31
season six but I got two because I got I
17:33
got with John too yes um filming this
17:37
season Isaiah's birthday everybody was
17:39
just on set like having a good time
17:42
party and celebrating him I'm not gonna
17:43
lie we was drinking I didn't have no
17:44
scenes that day Eamon was like
17:47
like Uncle Jerome
17:48
RP
17:50
Jerome amen was like I just gotta die so
17:52
I ain't got no life
17:56
Isaiah plays Leon shout out to him he's
17:59
a real one and dancing he really had the
18:01
carry the weight that day yeah but we
18:03
was up there partying having a good time
18:05
we had our people who was there from
18:06
like last show like joesha she was with
18:09
us when she got out John gave her a job
18:11
she's now over there all American but
18:14
she came through like everybody was just
18:15
coming through celebrating Isaiah
18:17
pulling up having a good time we had the
18:19
music blasting that was probably one of
18:22
my most funnest times and then one of my
18:24
most funnest times with John is just
18:26
sitting and
18:28
I remember it was when
18:30
um we were in the Cookhouse and I was
18:31
now with man boy them crew so with
18:33
Melvin Gregg and everybody Calvin and
18:38
I was we were trying to figure out
18:40
whether or not the director wanted me to
18:42
call Franklin
18:44
Franklin Saint when I'm so used to
18:47
calling him you know Franklin like
18:50
people who don't I mean people who don't
18:52
know him may call him like Saint and
18:54
stuff right but I'm so people who is
18:55
this in their family causing Franklin
18:56
it's like even if you fall out with your
18:58
family you're not gonna change their
19:00
name so I was trying to tell the
19:02
director that and me and John was on the
19:04
same page and but that wasn't John's
19:06
episode like he's a Creator but he
19:08
wasn't directing but he would still come
19:10
on set every day and just like kicking
19:12
it with him and him having my back on
19:13
that I was like you know what I'm gonna
19:15
get this man what he want I'm gonna give
19:16
him a take what he wants cause I always
19:18
give people what they asked for but all
19:19
the rest of the episodes I'ma say Saint
19:22
because that's what we call them I mean
19:24
I'm gonna say Franklin because that's
19:25
what the family call them it's like the
19:27
family may call you by your government
19:28
other than other people don't they don't
19:29
know you like that so that was a really
19:31
good day because I sat down with John
19:33
and talked about like my character he
19:36
was telling me about him and Taraji they
19:39
were going to do a teal project like we
19:40
just talked about so much and you sit
19:43
with John you see how excited he is and
19:46
how you like still a kid in a candy
19:47
store with this it's nice to see people
19:49
who've been doing it for centuries still
19:51
have that excitement yeah so that was my
19:53
favorite day beautiful man thank you so
19:55
much for your call we appreciate you all
19:58
right
19:59
thank you welcome back Tracy it's good
20:01
to hear you oh I appreciate it he parked
20:04
up man all right good for you look
20:05
g-man's on the line calling in for
20:10
him
20:12
what's your question for Gail you got
20:14
that good energy
20:16
okay well the first thing I got to say
20:17
is the show is off from everybody's
20:20
awesome
20:22
because the season finale uh world
20:24
series finale
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um I'm a recovering drug addict myself
20:27
and I just celebrated 30 years clean
20:30
right
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[Applause]
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God bless
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so what I gotta say is Gail she played
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the [ __ ] out of this part as a drug
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addict my question is how the hell did
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you do so good and did you do research
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on this thing or what because you played
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it to the T girl gee thank you so much
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congratulations on your recovery I thank
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you I'm black I got family that
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unfortunately we're victims of the crack
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epidemic and just drugs in general so I
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pulled from my family but I also I
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research everything I looked at J is for
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junkie it's a green my Park documentary
21:13
I looked at soft white underbelly and
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then I volunteer on Wednesdays at Skid
21:17
Row in LA but also I ask questions so
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like shout out to DeRay at one point he
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gave me a nugget that was in one of my
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scenes he was like nah you know my mama
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used to be on drugs like so it's certain
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things that she do you know she hit it
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and then it's like she'd be hearing a
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song or like so I listen to people as
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well I take take what it is and I say
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you know I keep what works and I thought
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don't yeah but I definitely did my
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research but thank you so much man I
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appreciate it you were fun you were
21:46
phenomenal man and uh do you have any
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other projects coming up I'm gonna be
21:50
Valley yes she is oh you are I am I am
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okay I gotta go check I gotta go I gotta
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go check it out you better shout out
21:58
Patrick again poking all of them over
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there yeah
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Randy Evans all of them Jay fawns
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amazing people yeah I'm gonna be Valiant
22:09
we start filming this summer we'll be
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back season three 2024 so and then you
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know you never know
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what's happening
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that part yeah I might have a little
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spin-off coming on you know snowfall was
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La in the 80s right the spin-off would
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be La in the 90s and the 90s is my bag
22:30
so yes stick around I'm gonna have a
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blessed day YouTube family Tracy G yeah
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well DB actually took a question that
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was up top but I had another one going
22:41
that pertained to Wanda because I
22:44
believe that there are some folks who
22:46
have addictions but everyone has to deal
22:48
with attachments and at some point you
22:51
have to let go so care to share an
22:54
attachment that you had to let go of
22:55
that maybe was difficult but you realize
22:58
how much good was on the other side so I
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used to say I have two vices right boys
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and alcohol
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listen relatable listen I've been
23:07
through my fair share dope album title
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though yeah
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I've been through my fair share of
23:16
things and at one point in time I never
23:20
said I was alcoholic but I loved liquor
23:22
right and
23:24
when I didn't drink I could smell it I
23:27
could know what you had in your you
23:28
could walk in the room you could have
23:30
drunk and I could smell it out your
23:31
pores when I wasn't drinking right and
23:34
it's like even like right now I'm not
23:36
drinking because when I asked God and
23:38
ancestors for things I try to come with
23:40
bearing gifts yeah so I was like okay
23:42
I'm not gonna drink until we hear the
23:44
word on this spin-off and somebody was
23:46
like you know that could take two years
23:47
I was like I'm a I'm asking for
23:49
something you know so right now I'm not
23:52
drinking my girl yo you you so I guess
23:54
did you listen to the show this morning
23:56
before you got here nah
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so I'm asking for something right so
24:03
last night it was all drinking while we
24:05
was watching the show and I was like
24:06
damn that [ __ ] smells so good I check in
24:09
my hotel they're like so yeah these are
24:10
two drink chips and then you also get 25
24:12
a day credit at the bar for just staying
24:15
here and I'm like really God I've I've
24:17
been gifted so much alcohol right now I
24:19
ain't touched it so for me it's just
24:23
about like doing what I have to do to
24:27
for the ask
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um
24:32
the other Vice guys
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um
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yeah
24:38
I mean I like boys I like I like men so
24:41
and I ain't like No Hoe like them but
24:43
it's like I be falling in love and [ __ ]
24:45
like I'm a hopeless romantic you're hard
24:47
on your sleeves like this is my first
24:48
time ever to do we moved in within a
24:51
month really but it's I'm I'm on I'm
24:53
going on year three come on
24:56
[Applause]
24:57
you make it at work and I'm I think I'm
25:00
the wife
25:01
I believe I believe I'm the wife
25:04
yeah speaking into existence listen I
25:07
hope your daddy not listening we got Dr
25:09
G on the line cause he got a story about
25:11
your daddy Dr G
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what's up good morning good morning
25:20
hey hey I wanted to just say how much I
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appreciate the legacy of uh Mr stump
25:25
Mitchell thank you I was a young man
25:29
Edwardsville Illinois at this time the
25:32
St Louis uh Cardinals I believe at that
25:34
time uh your father's family lived in
25:37
what we call Ginger close to
25:38
Edwardsville when he moved out he had a
25:41
lot of goods and food and our family
25:43
very poor at the time was a recipient of
25:47
that food and those goods wow and so I
25:50
appreciate that memory and I appreciate
25:54
you being willing to be vulnerable and
25:57
say your real name
25:59
but I want to let you know that because
26:02
of things like that our family has been
26:06
able to thrive I'm a lawyer an educator
26:09
now and I just want to tell you how much
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I appreciate you I appreciate his legacy
26:15
and I appreciate the vibe in the spirit
26:17
of your family it meant a lot to us when
26:19
we were young men and now we are all the
26:22
seven of us utterly mobile working young
26:24
men so I just wanted to let you know
26:27
Dennis thank you so much I love my
26:29
parents yes man that's why I'm very
26:32
vocal about it now you know growing up
26:34
black we think like don't accept help or
26:37
you know make it on your own or the
26:39
Merit or your work but now I'm like nah
26:40
we Each one teach one you know I'm
26:43
saying like we're a village like help
26:44
each other so now that's why I'm very
26:46
like nah that's my daddy and if you give
26:48
me anything cool but if not that man's a
26:50
great man and I love him yeah like he's
26:52
the only person I I've known a man that
26:54
loved me my whole life you know what I'm
26:55
saying but that makes me happy to hear
26:57
that story that's so beautiful
26:58
congratulations to you and all your
27:00
family all seven of y'all that's crazy
27:02
many blessings Dr G God is good and
27:05
thank you for calling and blessing us
27:07
you're a citizen DB you wanted to jump
27:09
in yeah before we leave here today I
27:11
need uh your input on an important topic
27:13
that we were discussing before you came
27:15
in here okay
27:16
yeah when the weather changes to Summer
27:18
and it gets warmer and everybody's
27:20
breaking out the cool outfits in Atlanta
27:22
what is the song that signifies that
27:24
change in weather that you really got to
27:26
step outside oh in Atlanta changing
27:30
weather
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weather yep
27:33
that's Springtime Anthem like that see
27:35
okay for me like we outside the song is
27:38
like knock If You Buck
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yeah
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hey we gonna let that rock listen Gail
27:57
thank you so much we love you sis you
27:59
gonna be here we are rooting for you
28:02
left right up down sideways and
28:04
everything in between God bless you
28:06
gotta come back where could people reach
28:08
you Gail B Gail underscore underscore
28:11
Bean that's Instagram but you're typing
28:13
girl be anywhere you'll find you you
28:14
gonna pop right up I'm gonna pop up and
28:16
if I see you at me I'm gonna respond
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