The Incomparable Leslie Jones
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Man, what's happening, man? You got Marshawn, Beast Mode, Lynch. Doug Hendrickson. And Gavin Newsom, and you're listening to Politically. You know the beat. You know the beat.

Today, guys, we have an incredible guest. We have a great comedian, Emmy-nominated actress you know from Saturday Night Live and hosting The Daily Show, Gavin. That's right, The Daily Show, which you love. She's known for her roles in movies like the reboot of Ghostbusters, sequel of Coming to America. She's currently on a comedy tour right now. The great, iconic Leslie Jones. That's a good-looking man.

Hey, Leslie. Did you say that's a good looking man referring to me or Marshawn? To you, Douglas. She ain't seen me yet. No, but I tell you what, Gavin, you looking spiffy today. Yes, you are, Mr. Newsome. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about.

Doing my hair too, Leslie. You look good, right? You hear that, Marshawn? You hear that, Marshawn? Don't pump his head too much, okay? That's what I'm talking about. It's the best guest we've ever had, Doug, ever. I love me some Gavin Newsom now. That's what I'm talking about. Even though you laid me out, you laid me out on The Daily Show. I'm all relaxed, and then all of a sudden, like, Jesus, she's coming after me. I was cleaning up the city or something for President Xi.

Well, she calls you slick, Gavin. She calls you slick. Oh, man, call me slick. Cleaning up the house. I didn't write that joke, Gavin. That was somebody else. She said, I didn't write that joke. I didn't write that joke, Gavin. I told her, I was like, listen, Gavin's not going to like that I'm saying that, but...

They were saying it on Fox. And then I had to get off Fox. And then I went to the Daily Show. And then all of a sudden it's on there. I'm like, Jesus Christ, the hell did I say? What did I say? What did I do? In your defense, I was laughing like a motherfucker at your response. And everybody was like, no, we got to write a joke. I was like, that's really funny, though. He's like, we got to clean this motherfucker up. We're doing the clean the goddamn time. Jesus, it actually was a good thing.

It was a good thing. But I appreciate his honesty, Leslie. He was like, hey, listen, do people clean up when guests come over? And he said, yes. You got 70 countries coming. Like anyone, you clean up a little extra. That wasn't the first time we cleaned the house. Jesus. It was so annoying that we were like that. And you know what's so crazy? Like when the candidates came out, I

promise. And if you go back and look on my feed, I said Gavin Newsom should definitely be up for vice president. That would be great because he would destroy J.D. Vance. He would destroy him. Destroy him. That little narcissist incel basement dwelling motherfucker. What you eating?

I go hard in the motherfucking paint. Yo, you know what? Go hard on him. First of all, that came from me, son. That saying came from me because I used to say that, you know, I know I'm way older than you. What's up, homie? Let me tell you something. You are the funniest motherfucker, son. Your reaction to everything is hilarious, son. Hilarious. You are definitely from the hood, sir.

Oh, shit. Goddamn. Oh, some validation. Marsha, I thought he was posing all this time. Man, I'm going to have to go tell mama. Mama did something right then. Yeah, yeah. You are loved amongst all of us. We love the hell out of you. Like, you are too funny. The love is reciprocated. Now, who is this white boy in the corner?

That's my second son. These are my white kids. You know what I mean? Not the one that made them. Hey, Leslie, along with Mama Lynch, I helped raise this guy here. I helped raise him. Is that true? And I helped keep him out of jail, Leslie. And I helped keep him out of jail. That part is true, but these are my kids. You know what I mean?

Marshawn, you are hilarious, dude. I'm taking them on a tour right now. I'm bringing them slowly. Getting them ready for the cookouts and shit. Bring them to the barbecue. Oh, Gavin is ready. Gavin is ready. Gavin, you walk into a cookout, the girls is going to be trying to fix you a plate and shit. They be like, oh, that's a good looking white boy. See that smile? Oh, you want some ribs, Gavin?

Yeah, potato salad with no raisins, too. No, yeah, you're going to get some legit potato salad. Who the hell has raisins and potato salad? What the hell is that? Y'all do. What do you mean you all do? Doug does that. You ain't seen it at your family reunion. That shit be right in the middle of the fucking table. Man, that's the key dish. Leslie, we got to bring you to Marshawn's Soul Food restaurant in Oakland.

What? You got a soul food restaurant? Yes, he does. Yeah, Rob Benz. Seafood soul food. I don't fuck around when it comes to soul food, Marshawn. I see you in the kitchen. I'm from Memphis, Tennessee, so if it's not good, I'm going to say it. Oh, then you got to let us know what's up. But that's one thing I do love about Auntie. She up for that challenge. You know what I'm talking about? Is it safe to come to Oakland now?

now oh you really you went right there seriously you're right there don't ask oh here we go by the way leslie marchand's thinking of running for mayor of oakland he's thinking of running for mayor we got some new polling that just came out gavin just gave me some some poem in that shit yo that shit would work that would work leslie yes i agree that shit would work

Gavin's going to be my campaign manager. I'm the campaign. Doug's the finance chair. Gavin, I need information from you. Get him. Get him. There's a bill or something that they've been wanting you to sign for the artists. Which one? It's like a union thing.

I've signed 991 bills. So it just got through. So I may have, I may have signed it. I may have vetoed it. Let's hope I didn't. God damn it, Gavin. If you veto, I swear to God. What the hell did I do? I vetoed a lot. I vetoed 200 bills. I think there's a bill that they want you to sign. It's like a whole bunch of people have signed it. It's for the unions. It's for like the entertainment. Because Gavin, seriously, the entertainment, the entertainment field is what makes California make their money for real.

So my thing is that when we went on strike and we had every fucking reason to go on strike, that these corporations got pissed off because of the strike. And now we're suffering from that. The people at the bottom suffer from that type of shit. So I'm just like wondering, how do we get that into- Oh, you know what? This may be the unemployment fund that would extend to striking workers, our state unemployment fund, of which I-

That may be the issue. And that's a more complicated, larger issue. We did provide health care for striking workers, which is one of the first states to do that in the country. And we just signed some good A.I. bills to deal with deep fakes that I did at SAG. I actually was down there with with the leadership at SAG talking about

that issue. But no, there's a lot more. And I think you like the, I think you like the soldier boy of the politic world. What do you mean the soldier boy? Cause you always, cause soldier boy be like, yeah, I'm the first rapper to ever did. And you'd be like, yeah, California, man, future happens here first. Yeah.

You make sure you throw that shit up there for that little money. Well, wait a minute, though, Marshawn. Marshawn, in his defense, like, after Arnold Schwarzenegger, because, you know, California thought that they was voting in the fucking Terminator, and this motherfucker terminated the fucking budget is what he fucking did. He's like, I'll be back. Motherfucker, don't come back. I'll be back. So he had to clean up a lot of shit.

Yeah, Marshawn. Take that. And by the way, I thought you were I thought you wanted me to run your campaign for mayor. What the hell are you talking to your campaign manager like this? Look, look, see, look, you get into you get into sensitive right now. Just slow down. Just a little bit. You putting it out there like you're going to be like, yeah, I'm the first governor. That's actually running. You know, I mean, the mayor from Oakland, California. And that's I'm the first governor and the first state.

That's actually a governor. And I'm running the campaign for the mayor of Oakland. You'd be the first for everything. Leslie, I think he's serious. I actually think he's serious. I told, like I said, I think that you definitely are vice vice president.

Vice President material. I love the gangster shit you was doing when shit was going down. I was like, oh, he is gangster. And I loved it. I loved it. You know, a gangster and a gentleman, man. But I watch out for the people who make the money for the state. I hear you. California should not be broke.

No, we're not broke. We're running out. I'm about to tell you the fifth largest economy in the world. You got it, Marshawn. Keep up the talking points. What else? Hey, yeah. Hey, the first, the first thing you feel me first in this, everything first did this. The United States, number one in everything. That's what I'm talking about. That should be long. Yeah.

Let it be known, Gabby. Let it be known. How you doing, baby girl? I'm doing good, man. How you doing? I'm all right. It's a blessing. I mean, just count those blessings. I didn't think I was ever going to get to meet you. No, we had to cross paths. It's only great. You are so great. It's only great. And your energy is so motherfucking infectious. Yeah, I'm crazy. I don't know how somebody could be around you and not have a motherfucking good time. I don't know.

We ain't found out yet. We ain't found out yet. There's got to be something wrong with them up. Look, I'm just telling you straight up. I ain't seen this motherfucking Gavin smile this much. I've been knowing this dude for about...

fucking 15 years. I ain't never seen him. You popped up on here. Got him blushing and shit. Look, he done unbuttoned that first button up. Look, I see you fixing it. Look at it. He's showing the taco meat. Look at that. Look at this. It's growing finally. It's growing. Wait a minute. How old are you, Gavin? Because I'm way older than you. We share the same

We don't talk about our age. 67. You're not 67. No, 67. Leslie, who looks older, me or Gavin? You got a few weeks on me. Listen, let me explain. If I would have met you before your wife, trust. Yeah, she cool, too. Because I was going to say, I've got some info. You feel me? I could slide that back down. You know what I mean? Put you in line. Yeah.

Gavin thinks he that dude. Now we ain't going to be able to deal with this motherfucker. That's what I'm talking about. Marshawn, we're in trouble now, bro. We would look so good on the red carpet together, Gavin. He going to blend in. I just need some of Marshawn's blend. I just need to bring it. Marshawn, I need some of this, brother. We're going to keep you right. You know what I mean?

We can't have you over there doll looking, you know what I mean, like powder and shit. Nah, I like him like he is. Only thing he need is a suit. That's all he need. That's crazy because usually you got a suit on. Well, he got on a dress shirt. Yeah, yeah. That's probably the most casual he's going to be. Yeah, I think he's showing out for you. Look, Miss Doe. That's okay because he's doing a good job. You look like

Like what a vampire is supposed to look like, you know? Hey, Marshawn, you know Leslie was a badass hooper back in the day. He was. He was. Was he getting up shots? Oh, no. Dude, when I was in high school, I could dunk. What? Yeah, I was a bad bitch. How tall are you? I'm six feet tall. But my coach would put, he would put a weight vest on me and I would just walk around all

all day in school and then like during the game during the game that's how I would go in like I was standing at the end of the thing and everybody would be on like taking the vet it looked like they unleashing a monster and then they would be taking it off watching me and then I would just jump and I would just jump straight up and it would be so fucking high and it was like god damn I'm telling I was like I would triple double in rebounds

Block shots and fouls. I was going to say, yeah, you look like you got a little bit of me and you were you. Intimidation. Who's their best player? I'm a guard. That motherfucker. And I'm gonna put a demo down on their ass. Let me tell you something. I would tell them I would be like, this is my house. You come in the motherfucking key. You go get your ass. You're not invited into my house. Even when I wasn't in the game, they wouldn't go into the house.

I love that. So you're basically a little Draymond Green, little Dennis Rodman. Yeah. Bill Lambert. But see, I would go over to the bench and I would look at the team and go, I got five fouls. I got five of them.

Two of them for you. And I wouldn't tell him. I would just tell him five. You're going to have to deal with me until I file out. And, Leslie, what did you think about the WNBA now with all this Caitlin Clark stuff coming in, people trying to hate on her? I love what she's done for the game. Well, first of all, let me correct you, white boy. Yeah.

Let me explain something to you. Kayla Clark is a good player. She's a good player, but the WNBA been around 20 years before she got here. Let's just say that first. It's not just Kayla Clark who's doing something for the league. It's the players that are doing something for the league. And these ladies are talking about people like Don Staley, people like Lisa Leslie, people like that have been playing this game for a while. Now, what pisses me off is that

people like Angel Reese and all of them. And all y'all doing is giving it to Caitlin Clark. So she's not fucking, she's not Larry Bird, motherfucker. Like she still is a rookie.

and she still got to make her way into this league. Now, what I will say is they could have used her on the USA team. I'm not just lying. So was that a snub or what was that? It wasn't a snub. I don't think it was a snub. You guys, there's a lot of good players in the WNBA. So she gets to go next year. Like just because her name is known, that don't mean that she gets to get on everything. She got to earn her fucking spot. You got to earn your bones, baby.

But she be pulling like a motherfucker, though. I totally agree. But what I'm saying is she brought a lot more notoriety to now, which is great for everybody, which is going to get everybody more money, hopefully more ratings. So that's the good thing of what she did. But I think the only reason that she brought a lot of things is because of the thing that was going on between her and Angel Reeves.

Like, seriously, the way that we vilified the black players and the white players, I think we just got to stop doing that shit. We got to stop doing that shit because like the way that Caitlin Clark got welcomed into her team and the way that Andrew Reese got welcomed into hers, that shit was a fucking tragedy. You would think it was two different leagues. When I was in college, I used to fuck bitches up. Okay? Do you want

Like, I would have my, Leonie Patterson taught me how to, when I got a ball, that my elbows come straight up. So anybody in the way, you're going to lose that bottom jaw. Okay? And then I would come up and then I'd do this. Ah-ah. You know, just real quick. Ah-ah.

Get the fuck out. You know what I'm saying? Just to make sure they understand. Exactly. So if I was in the fucking, if y'all would have saw me play in college, y'all would have hated, y'all would have hated loving me. I was like Daryl Dawkins. I'm going to fuck you up or I'm going to score on you. I fucking love that, Leslie. I love your game.

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And that is a kid in the 70s. That scares me. Any reference to The Exorcist. By the way, that's a very scary movie. You know what scares me, Gavin? What does? You and I walked up the Bay Bridge and you told me we're going to walk the bridge. And instead of walking the bridge, we walked up.

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So look, let me give you a little bit of history about my son, Doug. That's been my agent for about 20 years now.

So when he's speaking in and with, with, with that kind of mindset, he's only looking at it from a, from an agent's perspective. Right now, what you just gave him was something on a broader perspective to open up his horizon. So you, I mean, he can see a difference. Yeah. Because you know what though? And then go back and tell other agents that because where the weather goes down to it, we need to stop putting the color on shit and look at how players are playing. Okay. Like I love Caitlin Clark, but, uh,

I yelled at her once and that bitch got shook. No, you need, you need, you need to be in the league a little bit more darling. Your shot don't need, like, like on real talk. Like I was sitting on the bed, I was sitting on the side and I was like, you ain't gonna make that. Listen,

I'm not supposed to rattle her. Okay? So she's still a rookie. Of the year, apparently. Jesus. There's so many good guards in the league right now that can't fuck with, like, Kaylin can't fuck with them right now. And I think she's a great shot. I think that her shot is very good. But so is Sabina's. Sabina from Liberty.

There's so many good shooters on the Seattle team. I mean, come on now. I get it, though. I get the hype, but let's see if she can carry the hype. Just because you're so good at contextualizing the world we're living in and understanding sort of the moment, does this reflect the moment we're in? I mean, just, I mean...

Or punctuate where we've always been living. I mean, what do you make of it from sort of a social commentary perspective? What does it say about us? Just the way that we are now. We're so literal now. We're so literal now. And we're so offended now. It's just like we're not taking our common sense seriously.

and being balanced. We're going this way or we're going this way. And I promise you're not going to be able to function in life unless you get some fucking balance. And that's where we are as a society, period. We are depressed. It has not been a good last 10 years. We have been through fucking hell, especially the fucking women.

especially the fucking women. I just really wish that you guys will understand what we're seeing. Don't give us fucking more room to breathe. Give us the choice if we want to breathe.

You know what I'm saying? Like, give us like if we I don't understand if women came out and said, oh, I need to get a vasectomy at 18. You need to get a vasectomy at 18. We want to control your dick. It would be madness in this mother. Yeah, I would have a problem with you trying to control my dick. So we don't have a problem when you're trying to control my even know anything about pussy.

That's what's so fucked up. You don't know shit about pussy. You know everything about sports. Everything about sports. Don't know shit about pussy. If I was to ask y'all where the clit was, you'd be like, he got traded to Denver. Go fuck yourself. Nah, I'll find that motherfucking clit. I know you gonna find it. I mean, if it take me a while, I'm gonna find that motherfucker. But I'm gonna get to that motherfucker, then I'm gonna work that motherfucker.

Doug, what podcast? Doug and I just woke up to some podcast. What the hell are we? No, but this is what I'm saying, though. This is what I'm saying, though. I feel like we're just not being grown. We're just not being grown right now. We're acting out. There's a lot of tantrums going on. Social media is a curse and a blessing at the same time because it gives the platforms to motherfuckers who we should not be hearing from.

And people people are so literal now that we have even given up researching and knowing what actual facts are. We are there now. We're we're we're a fucking disaster ass play. We are a fucking disaster movie from the 80s. And it's fucking sad to sit and watch very educated people make uneducated decisions. Mm hmm.

what it's so i aim amen amen no i aim in on all of that no but that's a general statement i and i believe it's so when you say people are literal i love what you said i mean is it that we're triggered now is it is it is that are you sort of is i don't want to say this wrong but is there is it the sort of anti-woke stuff what is it is it the cancel culture is it it's it's how can i put it it's like we're literal like we're

We're just like not seeing what the real shit is like, you know, when you're literal, you just that you just over the kind of put it like like if I come on and say, oh, Gavin Newsom, me and him, me and him used to go to high school together. And we'll motherfuckers is going to believe it for a minute.

instead of and take the story and make it into something instead of actually finding out if that shit is true. Right. No, no context. No, no. It's like we it's like we're numbing ourselves with lies because we're in so much pain. We don't want to look at the truth of what's going on right now, which is our society. And let me tell you what the fucking problem is. Everybody is scared of change.

Change is a motherfucker. But what people need to understand about change, change does not give a fuck about you or how you feel. It's going to happen now. It will politely say to you, hey, it's time to change. But if you go fighting, you're going to just go fighting. And that's what's happening right now. Our society and us as a people, as a human society.

is developing and going and the people who don't want to grow are fucking fighting their way into not growth. It's the same thing I say about men right now. Y'all are going to have to do the work because bitches is not fucking with you no more. We are not desperate for dick no more. We're not desperate for money no more. We're not desperate for attention. I'd rather be alone than to put up with your unaware feelings

fucking unhealthy ass. And I'm talking about by your mind, by your body. There's so many men that don't even take care of their fucking health because they think a woman going to do it. Stop thinking women are going to solve your fucking problem. We're not. You need to solve your shit. And women don't want it just for them. We want it for you. We want you to realize that you can be a happier person.

That's really what it's coming down to. It sounds like accountability. I got money. I got three houses. I got three houses. I got a car. I got all kinds of shit. You can't complete me.

I'm already completed. I need a motherfucker that's going to ride with me as a partner. Hey, less is no joke, Marshawn. You got to come at her hard, man. I mean, I'm telling you. I'm not no damsel in distress, motherfucker. I'm six feet tall. I'm six feet tall and I will help you fight in the parking lot. Thank you. And we're going to get him up. And we're going to get him up. Baby, go get the car while I handle these three thug motherfuckers. I'm

I'm just saying, Devin, it's starting to be where we're spoiled, we're entitled, we're children. We're acting out as children and someone grown needs to step up and say, hey,

stop acting like this. And you said our society is dying because of the selfishness and the offendingness that you're walking around with. I love all that. So but you mentioned 10 years ago. I mean, you I mean, have you seen this sort of trend line in the last decade or so? Or have you seen it even beyond that? Oh, my God. Yes. I mean, think about, OK, first, Obama really

He got in there and really tried to be the president that everybody thinks the president is supposed to be. Like he loved his wife. He loved his country and he wanted to help and shit. And we rejected him, you know, but then we accept this crazy motherfucker. This, this is what should show that there's a society of people who don't like, how can I put this? Okay. When Trump first started and I have to say this, I always tell people this. When Trump, Trump came to SNL,

We always we thought he was a fucking clown. He was a fucking clown. He was a fucking clown. So I never took him serious. So when he won as president, I was like, OK, well, he's saying that he's going to make America great again. The first thing I thought about was, oh, he's going to bring the farming back. He's going to bring the car companies back. He's going to bring American trade back. That's not what the fuck he meant.

You know what I'm saying? So it's to me, I just feel like all this shit is being revealed now. Trump brought out all those people who really are racist.

Because most white people are. They just don't understand that they have that microaggression. Y'all mostly are. You don't even understand some of the racist shit you do. And by accident, just from being a white entitled motherfucker. Seriously. And that shit's starting to show now. And it's getting so bad. Like, oh, we don't want you to see your history and all of that. I think people are just waking up to the shit that's been going on. And now we're waking up.

Do you what do you think? I mean, do you think there's this this current sort of more of the extreme of what you're just saying and sort of distillation in the last few years? I sense in particular was a reaction to George Floyd. It was sort of a reaction, right? Sort of in that sort of covid framework. I mean, this is a boomerang that really exposes it at a whole nother level. Yeah, I think that covid fucked us up.

I think that when we had that pandemic and was inside for a little while, I think that some of us lost our fucking mind. And I think, I think, um,

Again, Gavin, I just think it's sadness. We're sad. We don't understand what's going on with our government. Our government is supposed to be boring. You know what I'm saying? We're not supposed to turn on the TV every day and see child molesters and felons and shit in our government. We're supposed to be like, those are the most boring motherfuckers and we don't give a fuck. Like no one, everyone's frustrated because now this is happening and we never understood the system.

I'm on tour. I've been going to these little small towns. And when I talk to people, you know what they say, Gavin, does it really matter who's going to win? That's what they think. You know why? Because they're regular people that go to work every day. They go to work every day. They take care of the kids. They do their fun shit and they don't want to be involved in this bullshit.

They want to just be able to pay their rent. They want to be able to take care of their kids. They want to be able to pay their taxes and be fucking Americans. Nobody wants to have to deal with this fuck shit. They don't know what to do. They don't know who's telling the truth because in some towns they don't get the news outlets that we get in California and New York. They get that fuck shit that motherfuckers. And if you sit in there and listen, yo, my aunt is an educated woman, but I had to tell her, yo, what the fuck are you listening to? Yeah.

This is bullshit. Get the fuck out of Memphis. Like, like there's, there's shit going on right now. Like you're, I heard a woman in Florida. She literally said this to me, Gavin, I'm going to take my son out of my will if he doesn't vote for Trump, because Trump is definitely for women. And I said, are you talking about the ones he raped?

Or are you talking about the ones that he calls ugly and fat? Which one are you talking about, ma'am? I said the fact that you think you would trust your daughter with that piece of shit. One thing that I'm really good at as a comedian is reading people. And I read people like when I'm on stage and I do crowd work, I make sure that I read people because I don't fuck with people who can't take it. And you can see it in people's eyes.

When we had SNL, when he came into the read day, when we read all the scripts, he had all the scripts like a little. He looked like a little infant boy with all these fucking scripts. And she looked like a little schoolboy that didn't really know how to read a shit. And he did feel powerless. Let me tell you why I know. Because when he sat down and put all that shit on the table, he grabs his phone and then he opens his phone. It's a flip phone. Opens his flip phone. He goes, yeah, sell it. Sell it.

Sell it. Yeah. Yeah. Buy it. And then we're and everybody's like, listen, everybody white know that is some bullshit for me. I love to play on people's ego. So I was like, what you just do, Trump? How much money you just make? How much money you just make? That shit made him happy. Does that make sense? So he's a defiled.

That's how all of us are acting now. We want attention that we don't deserve. Everybody wants to be a star. Everybody wants to be famous. Everybody wants to be rich, but everybody needs to understand that everybody is not supposed to have money. Everybody is not supposed to be famous because you can't handle it. If you go on TikTok and these motherfuckers that became famous in a week from their TikTok, you'll see two weeks later, I'm going to take a break from social media because it's really the

You can't take it, bitch. No, but by the way, Leslie, this is fucking ingenious. You're 100% correct. And you're right. Everybody wants to be famous. Everybody wants to be an influencer. Everybody wants to do something. And that's the problem. That's not our day we grew up in. Well, they took fake it till you make it to the wrong level. Periods. No one really loves talking about that time of the month. But at Knicks, KNIX, well, it's...

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When I get a dumb plan, I want to be like Beast Mode. I say, you ain't going to be like fucking Beast Mode. You know why you're not being Beast Mode? First of all, Beast Mode has been real from day one. He's been authentic from day one. He's done it his way from day one. People are too afraid to do that anymore. He's the only one who's done it that way. And can I tell you that...

He also went through the things that like the mistakes of being beast mode. He's had to fucking get his ass whooped to become beast mode. You have to make mistakes to be beast. Mike Tyson told me this. Mike said, I had a thousand fights before I became Mike Tyson. I got knocked on my ass a couple of times. I tell people all the time, you will never understand success until you fail. You won't even recognize it.

You won't even recognize it. And that's what these kids think now. They don't even want to learn the old shit. Whenever I'm talking to someone and they don't recognize a song and they think that that's the artist that you're like, bitch, the fuck out of here. No, no. Whitney Houston saying that bitch and she's sampling it. We are we are we are the society of the fake ass shit.

And let's let me digress real quick. So take me through your take me through your badass hoop days. And then tell me that. How did you get into transition into into comedy from that? Well, what happened was I got a scholarship to Chapman College in Orange County and I was playing for Coach Berger and I played for him and he left.

in my sophomore year to go to Division I and he took me with him. By the way, were you the only black person at that school back then? That school was 99.9. It was not that many black people, but it was a black community. We did have some black people. It wasn't

It wasn't. But you know what I used to say about Orange County, unless you go to certain parts of Orange County where they're really racist. Most of those people that I met at Chapman, they wasn't racist. They just had never met a black person before. That's a lot of a lot of places I go. They really have never met a black person before. Seriously. So I go to Colorado, Fort Collins, where my whole team, I'm serious.

They had never seen a black girl before. I promise. And me, I'm crazy. I am fucking crazy. I've always been crazy. So the first day of practice, I walked in with a big ass radio. I had on a headband and I had on my fucking like my converse. I walked in and I put the music down and I said, who the fuck is next? Who's next? Who got next?

And I was blocking their shots. I was knocking them down. They was like, you can't do that. Yes, I can, bitch. I just did it. My coach loved me. You know what I'm saying? So what happened was I didn't know that when you got transferred to a school that you had the red shirt. I didn't know that.

I thought red shirt just meant that I was going to have a red shirt on my uniform. Okay. Well, then we was in the same boat. We was a dumbass. I was a dumbass. So they was like, no, red shirt mean you can't play, bitch. And I was like, wait a minute. So I'm going to come to practice every day and practice and do all this bullshit and not get to play? Oh, that doesn't...

That doesn't work for me. So I was hating Colorado. And this girl that I met there, we started hanging out. We were walking through the student court one day and there was a sign that said funniest person on campus. And she was like, I'm going to enter you in this contest. I was like, no, bitch. She was like, you don't realize that you're really fucking funny. She said, don't you understand that we get invited to all the parties because of you? Because you're really funny. And I was like,

Yeah, but like that's I'm like that's what you're passionate. I always loved comedy. I was like, that's what you're passionate. That's what that's what we go over. I can't do that shit. So she I went to my I went to my class. She went to her class and then we saw each other at night and she was like, I signed you up for the contest. And I was so mad at her, but I wasn't really mad at her. So I went to this contest and Gavin, the only way I can explain it is when I touched the mic.

I literally saw my future. I touched the mic and I was like, I have been doing this all my life. It was guttural. It was guttural. And I performed. I won the contest. I remember coming off the stage and the lady from the school newspaper was like, I want to interview. And I was like, I'm the next Eddie Murphy. Yeah.

Hold on. Who was the old girl who signed you up? We're still friends. Danita Abernathy. Yeah, Abernathy. Danita Abernathy. That ain't no damn real name, baby. Yeah, Danita Abernathy was what she married.

Shout out Abernathy. She is so sweet. Thank you for blessing us with her. Thank you for going inside of her. Listen, I called my dad because I lost my scholarship. I lost my scholarship because after that I just was like, I'm going to be a comedian. So I stopped going to class, lost my scholarship and I had to call my father

And I was like, yeah, dad, lost my scholarship. And he was like, lost your scholarship? No, no, that's crazy. I'll talk to coach. You know, you must be acting up out there. What you doing? And I was like, no, dad, for real. I have a 1.8 grade point average and my ass is I'm done. He was like, well, what the fuck? What are you talking about? No, you got to start getting to get your tutor. And I was like, daddy.

I don't want to play basketball no more. And then he was like, he was quiet. And then he was like, well, what the fuck do you want to do then? It's like, because you're not going to come back here and live in my fucking house and not do shit. And I was like, okay, well, I want to be a comedian.

And my dad was like, what? I said, I want to be a comedian. He was like, what? You're not fucking funny. Who fucking told you you was funny? Who the fuck told you you was funny? He was like, you've been my child your whole life. You have never made me laugh. And I was like, I know I made this motherfucker laugh before. So I was like, yeah, I'm going to be a comedian. He was like, well, you're not going to live in my house and be a fucking comedian. I was like, yeah, I'm not. I'm going to live with my boyfriend. Click.

And I didn't talk to you. You didn't talk to me for two years. Well, I was going to say, how did that go? Yeah, we didn't talk to me for two years, but I still went after it. I still started doing comedy. I worked and I kept going and I kept fucking doing what the fuck I was supposed to. That was in 1987. And I've been a comedian ever since.

And of course, me and my dad made up. He saw me on BET and he was like, oh, wow, you are really funny. I was like, yeah, I told you. I told you. I told you. Was there a moment, I mean, was it in the late 80s where you just, you knew you had sort of gone on the other side of success? Were you like, this, or has it always for you just been like, just day to day? Well,

First of all, I wasn't that funny. Jamie Foxx. I went and opened up for Jamie Foxx and Jamie Foxx was like, you're 18. You don't got shit to talk about. He was like, you need to go and live life. You need to go. You need to go quit. You need to get fired. You need to get your heart broken. You need to break hearts. You need to go fucking live and make some jokes. So that was 87. I stopped doing comedy and then started back in 93 because by 93, a bitch had a life. So

Yeah, it wasn't it wasn't it was a long time before I really decided I was like, OK, I'm good enough. And that happened after a day because I had a roommate that was like, yeah, bitch, you always talking about how funny you are and how you want to be a comedian. But I ain't never seen you go on stage. Oh, that's all you had to say to me. I got right in my car and drove right to Comedy Act and said, can I go up?

And they put me. I've been doing comedy ever since. I was like, don't dare me. Let me tell you how bad I am. Let me tell you how gangster I am. Because whenever I do something, I do it. I would go to bars out like in Rancho Cucamonga or somewhere far. And I would walk up to the bartender like a karaoke night or some kind of talent night. And I'd walk up to the bar and be like, let me perform.

I was like, here's $50. If I'm not funny, you can keep that $50. And I would rip that motherfucker. And not only would I get my $50 back, I would get free drinks. I would get a new gig, all that shit. That's the type of, I would make men's balls shrink up into their body because the bravery I used to show on stage. I've always been a samurai, anything I do.

I love it. When did it get, then how did that start to translate into acting? When would that, when would that door open? What was the opportunity? Who gave you that? Well, you know what's so funny? I always was a hardcore comedian and I was like, oh, if I become an actress, I might be famous. I might be like, you know, I might get to act like Whoopi Goldberg or something or like, I might be like Queen Latifah, like a good sidekick or something. Like, I might be like that. And I started getting little roles. Like, you want to be honest? Who gave me my first movie? Yeah.

Master P. Master P. I did three Master P movies and let me tell you, he gangster. He don't ask for permission for a location. He just drives up and say, hey, we can shoot here. You're like, hey, P, uh,

No, you can't. It's like permits. I need a motherfucking permit. And he would pay me out of his pocket. Always love Pete. Always love Pete. So I did that movie. And then I did a movie with Martin Lawrence. I was a truck driver. And then Ice Cube gave me a movie. I wasn't really a movie person. I was just like more of just I want to be a comic. I want to be a comic. And I think just through all the little acting jobs and stuff, SNL came out.

By straight accident, I just talked so much shit. Like I was already like that girl by the time I got SNL, I was already like kind of a samurai. You know what I mean? And my brother had passed away. My brother passed away in 2010.

And I, after my brother passed away, I had no time for no fuck shit. I was like, I was the bitch that you call when you wanted the room to rock. And I would show up and I would have on this like cardigan that was really long. So it looked like a cape.

I was that bitch. I was that bitch. So I went to a podcast for Ali Leroy and we were arguing about women, black women on SNL. He was like, yeah, well, Keenan said that, you know, black women have to be ready. I was like, that's not what the fuck he said. But I tell you what, there's a bunch of black women that's ready. I can stand for right now that can go to SNL and kill that shit. Then, uh,

I went to the comedy store that night and fucking Chris Rock came in and I was doing this joke. The joke that I got in trouble about. Well, what I said was,

Back in the slave days, I would have had all the men. I don't have no men now. Why the fuck don't I have men? But back in the slave day, I'm a Mandingo. I would have got all the men. Because they would have been trying to make another Mandingo. So I would have got Kobe, Shaq. That was the joke, right? So he was like, that's some next level shit. And he called Lauren. Then they called me and said, come down for an audition. I went down there with 12 other girls. And them bitches knew me. Because I was that bitch. I was 47.

I was 47, had been doing comedy for almost 27 years. So I'm sitting in a band with amateurs as far as I'm concerned. And I was like, bitch, you bitches ain't got shit on me, right? So I went and auditioned and I knew I wasn't going to get it. As soon as I saw Shaxxier, as soon as I saw Shaxxier, I was like,

That girl is beautiful. She is really beautiful. She has beautiful teeth. She just she's just beautiful. Right. And I was like, they're going to give it to that bitch. Right. So Chris was like, they may not give it to you, but they may give you a writing job. And I was like, I don't want to be no fucking writer. You know, fucking right. That's fucking stupid. So he did. He called me. He goes, he goes, I don't know what you are.

but I know that you need to be here. So just come. And I was like, first of all, I don't got no fucking money. So I'm not just going to come no fucking way. He was like, we're going to give you 12,000 to move. What? I'll be there Tuesday.

Drop everything, come quick. And I started as a writer and then by the end of the season, because I got there half a season, by the end of the season I was like, oh, they're definitely going to offer me cast member. And they didn't. They offered me six updates. So I was like,

This is when the old age hooks in. This is when the... What's six updates? Six updates like on the desk. Like being on the desk, on the update desk, just doing updates. Not be a cast member, but just to come and do updates. So I was like, okay, this is when the maturity and the love of yourself and you knowing who you are jumps in for me. So I was like, listen,

I know I'm funny and I know what energy I brought to this building, but you are not going to put me on the shelf. That's just not going to happen. I am the owner of my fucking talent. I am freelancing and I am contracting my talent to you. So the contract is ended. And I told Lauren, I said, listen, thank you for the updates, but I'm not.

I this is not what I want to do. Do this a fucking gangster move? Leslie? Well, no, it wasn't gangster. It was really honest. I told him I was like, I really thank you. Thank you for this opportunity. But there's a lot of people in L.A. who want to put me on shit. And I don't want to sit on your fucking shelf and be some update bitch. That's just not going to happen. So he was like, oh, OK. I told my manager, tell him that. And then Jim Carrey was coming. So Jim Carrey was coming. And they because they was already like,

Oh, you need to be at all the pitches, all that. But you want me to do all of the cast membership, but you don't want to make me a cast member. So I was just like, I was rebelling. I was like, no, I don't have to be here. No, you're not paying me to be here. So they started paying me as a writer and doing the updates. I was getting paid more than everybody. But I still was like, I don't want to do this. Right.

So I told my manager, my manager told him and the Lawrence assistant hit me and said, Lauren needs to talk to you after the pitch. And I was like, I got to come to the pitch. He was like, he wants you to be at the pitch. So I went and I pitched to Jim Carrey and he was like, when we got ready to leave, he was like, come back. And I went back in the office and he says, uh,

We're just going to go ahead and make you a cast member because I don't want you going and winning the Super Bowl with somebody else. And I was goddamn right. I said, you got that. I exactly said this to him. I said, you goddamn right. What fuck it took you so long? I said, now, you know, I'm about to show my ass. Right. And he was like, yeah. And then the next hour I got Ghostbusters.

The director from Ghostbusters called me. This all happened in the same fucking day. And I had the cutest fucking outfit on. And I went on Fifth Avenue and I walked that motherfucker like I was John Travolta. I was so fucking happy. I was like, shit! I'm busy fucking being a Ghostbuster and an SNL captain. I was looking at people on the street like, bitch! I'm about to be rich! Oh!

Hell yeah. That's the power of self. Yeah. No, I've always had that. That's the one thing I can say. My daddy taught me so much. My dad used to say to me every fucking day. And this is what I want to say to women, too. My dad never said to me, I want you to get married and settle down and have kids. He never said that. He said that it's an option.

But he was like, you're so fucking like dope and whatever. You're so dope. I want you to be whatever the fuck you want. So you have to work hard no matter what the fuck it is. They're going to tell you that you're black. They're going to tell you that you're a woman. But don't listen to him. He used to say this to me every fucking day. Don't listen to nobody, because if you work hard and you fucking love it, you're going to be successful. That's what drove me through.

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No, I'm like real. I'm very ghetto and cool, son. Like, that's not somebody I dinner with. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I totally get it. They touch. They touch the light. I don't. I got it. You know, if you want to meet me over here at the taco stand. Oh,

That's what I do. I'm too. I'm normal as fuck. I shouldn't be famous. I don't give a fuck about it. Like for real though. So yeah, I know Jim Carrey and all them, but the, I know real comedians. Like, you know, I know like, you know, Greg's Fitzsimmons. I know like, you know, like Owen Smith's, like these are people you'll never get to fucking hear about. And they funny as fuck. Like you will see me at the comedy store. I don't, I'm not that person. I go and do my spot and I go to fuck home.

Sean, we got to get her with Mama Lynch more, Sean. We got to get fucking her and Mama Lynch together. I don't know if I'll be able to handle that, man. I don't know if I'll be able to handle that. Y'all going to have to get it. What's that motherfucking thing they shock you with to bring you back to life?

Yeah, you have to have one of them on. Man, you're going to have to have one of them for everybody who is in the motherfucking five-mile radius because that will be some funny ass shit. I'm just saying, Gavin, you ain't got no cousins or nothing that single? Is that what this whole thing was about? Yep. Jesus. All right. I'm going to work on it. He needs to look like you. He needs to look like you. Oh.

Hey, Leslie, Gavin does have some game. People do look at him sideways from time to time when they walk down. Yeah, because they think he's slick because he's so good looking. He looks like the mayor of Batman. You know, he looks like he should be a Marvel mayor. Like, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, well, Marshawn calls him Batman. Really?

I'm just saying, though, like Batman's uncle. Batman's uncle. But, Leslie, I want to go back because it's interesting, just success. No, but I'm interested in this idea, this sort of notion of success and failure. I mean, is it just luck? I mean, what is it? It's not. It's hard work. There's no such thing as luck. Luck is hard work and coincidence. Right.

Right. Luck does not, there's no such thing as luck. But you got great people that are smart as hell. You mentioned those, uh, those comedians that, that are the ones grinding every day. They're the best of the best, but they may not necessarily be household names. Right. I mean, what, what's that differential? It's the, it's like, again, it's about circumstance and hard work. Um, it's not like these comedians are not working. They're working. They're getting booked, but, um, uh,

I think the only way I can explain the reason that I made it is because I am very different and passionate. I think I am very different than a lot of female comedians because I do perform like a dude, even though that's not a compliment. But you're going to get a real show with me. And what you see is what you get. And I'm very much...

standing on business is the only way that I can say it. I stand straight on what the fuck I represent. If you hire me, I'm going to come and kill your shit. I'm going to destroy it because that's what I believe in myself. So a lot of people don't get that opportunity. A lot of people don't hustle that hard.

Either, you know, you hustle, you gotta, you can't, the little gigs can't be shit to you. You gotta do those gigs. You gotta do the little gigs. You got to, Kim Whitley taught me this. You gotta do all the clubs. You can't just be a black audience comedian. You gotta be an all audience. When I started comedy, I said, I want to be so famous that when I'm outside, some Asian people come up to me and go, Leslie, pitch out.

That's what I want. I want that. And it's happened so many times. So but you can't do that unless you perform in everywhere. Unless you make material that's for everyone.

Leslie, our good friend George Lopez talked about it. We had the incident at the casino where the people were heckling him and whatnot. He said, fuck it, I'm out of here. Is that happening more nowadays than it did in the past? You mean the audience is getting tougher? Oh, well, let me just say this. Uh-oh. Oh, shit. Tone in. Tone in. I wouldn't come after Leslie if I was fucking a paid customer. No chance I'd come after her.

I don't know what show George Lopez is doing now. I don't know what show he's doing, but I've known George to be really, really funny. I don't know what jokes he's doing now. There is a such thing as audiences paying money and going, hey, this is not what I want, but I'll be damned if you're going to heckle me, motherfucker. I would have put that. I would have took my fucking jacket off and I would have turned the lights on. I said, let's fucking go, because

because I'm going to talk about you. I'm going to talk about your mama. I'm going to talk about your mama's mama. I'm going to talk about the tree that she was born under. I'm going to talk about the fucking... I'm talking about... No, there will not be no heckling me. We will make the show the show, motherfucker. I don't get heckled. The only thing that people yell out to me is we love you. We love you, Leslie, which I answer I will love you after we had a couple of dates and had talks. I don't love you like that. You know what I'm saying? Like,

No, for real. Like, I understand when audiences feel like they can do what they do, but I will make an example out of you. Do you know how many gigs I've seen where comedians have whooped audience members ass? So many, son. I fucking love it. So many. So they tried, George. They tried, George. And George is rich enough to go, fuck it, I'm just, I don't have to do this. You can take it.

that chicken shoved up your ass. But if I was George, I would have brought out the old school motherfucker on them motherfuckers and went ham and said, and if you want to cancel me, bitch, cancel me. Fuck you. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, like that's the job of a comic and the job of an audience is to be the fucking audience. And the way that you do that is establish it as soon as you walk out. You're not going to fuck with me.

I tell people when I walk out on stage, I know you be seeing me on Instagrams and how positive I am and all that, but I'm a fucking cunt. I will cut your motherfucking ass like a smooth piece of butter, bitch. Fuck around and find out. Fuck around and find out. Tell me about no goddamn hell.

Fuck now, dude. Fuck now. Beast mode. Beast mode. So, Leslie, tell me about your tour right now, Leslie. Oh, it's awesome. I'm on the road with Lenny Marcus. We just did Pittsburgh, Philadelphia. We did New York. New York was off the chain. I love touring. I love touring. I love going to the different places and performing. But you know what's so crazy is, like, my audience...

When I first started, it was like black, it was all black. They're all white now, which is hilarious because it's like the people that I know, the old comedians that I know, they always yell at me because they'd be like, how come you're not putting me on the road to open up for you? And I was like, your act might not work with my audience now. Yeah.

Which is way out. It's way out for me to say that. It's like, do you have a versatile act? Because my act is like a lot of white people. What's that about? What do you make of that? I think it's SNL, Ghostbusters, that type of shit brings out the yard. You know what I'm saying? So, you know, and then I'm doing a daily show. SNL was really a beloved thing. People still think I'm on there, which is hilarious. Yeah.

So Leslie, you're happy. Your happy spot is being on the road, getting in, getting in clubs, big or small. That's your happy spot. Well, I'm yes. When I get on the stage and grab the mic, no one can fuck with me there. It's like my own world. You know what I'm saying? But I have been getting into directing and writing my own projects. I'm going to direct a pickleball movie. Oh, shit. Me and Marshawn, I would love for you to be in that. Oh, my God.

Man, sign me up, mama. Me and me and Larry Wilmore just sold the show to Universal where I'm going to be a coach. It's called Coach K. It's from from the story where I used to be a coach. I used to be a coach, coach little kids. And it's a really good story. So, oh, my God, Leslie, Marshawn's all over that fucking. That's a beautiful around with pickleball, too. Oh, my God. When I say this movie is sold.

fucking good and I'm going to be directing it. I would love for you to come in and do, because I'm going to have a lot of cameos. Venus and Serena is going to be in it. We got David Beckham. We got all kinds of, it's just really a funny movie.

Hell yeah. And I tell you, I fuck with that pickleball. Yeah, but I would love for you to even be the coach on my television show. That would be kind of because it's going to be in a school. Okay. Or you can be my brother or something like, like, because the character is that is like kind of close to what I am. You know, I used to

I used to work for Scientologist. I've done all kinds of crazy shit in my life to make money. So it's like kind of reigned around that character. And I used to be a basketball player, but then I just turned into a hippie. It's really good. It's good. It's going to be awesome. All right, cool. Well, shit, they got my agent right there. So yeah.

Yeah, we still got work even after work. Yes, we do. No, that's good. By the way, Leslie, it's so amazing. You and Marshawn are like cut from the same cloth. It's incredible in terms of your mindset and his. No, Doug, I was Doug. I was sick of the same thing. I mean, I mean, it's bizarre. Guys, just pure authenticity. Right. Just this just being yourself. Not no. I tell you that most black people.

Most black people and most black women are like that. It's just how much, what level you want to stand them at. Yeah, but Leslie, the difference though in sports is that people got to play the game and whether it's to the commissioner, to the coach, to the whoever, Marshawn never played the game. You know what I'm saying? And that's what I love about him when he don't answer the questions and shit. I love it because I've always played from the feel of that I'm the

quarterback getting recruited so I always have to you know still be good and still be cordial with motherfuckers but whenever I see Marshawn do some shit I'll be like when he being when he was in the uh um

Press conferences. Oh, God. I used to be like, I fucking love this motherfucker. Because when we did Ghostbusters, the press is really fucked up. So we were in London doing the press and this guy sat down. This is the first time that I ever showed my ass. This guy sat down from Germany and he was like, I'm going to write a bad article about this movie. So tell me why I shouldn't. So I got up.

And I locked the door and I said, now you can't get out. So, so when I say I tore his motherfucking, that motherfucker thought I was Hitler when I was finished with him. Real talk, like don't fucking bring your punk ass in this motherfucking thing. You finna talk to me crazy. Like, and I had to be talked to by a publicist. I had to be talked to. I had, you can't do that. You can't do why, why they can do that to me. And I can't do that to them.

But when I saw Marshawn be like, fuck you. Like, oh God. I was like, I want to be him.

Oh, shit. You right. You took that shit to another level. But I don't know, man. They get so comfortable in that shit and just think because they got a microphone and the badge to come in there and they can talk to you any kind of way. Oh, we got the first to stick it and we can do the third and you and the third. That don't mean you can't get your ass whooped on. Yeah, motherfucker. Yeah. I don't like that.

And I bet you his career has changed. I bet that motherfucker ain't wrote a negative article since. I bet you that motherfucker... Child...

I have to be talked to before, like even before this, my assistant was like, what are you going to ask Gavin? I was like, I'm going to ask him about that bitch. He was like, do you even know what the bill is? I was like, no, but he know what it is. And I'm going to fucking ask his ass.

And don't worry, because me and Doug are going to be right there telling, get him. Get him. Get him. Get him. Yeah. You know, and then the older I get and the more conscience I get, the more don't give a fuck I have. Yeah.

You know what I'm saying? It's like right now, and I hate to say it, y'all growing, you and your, your name Doug? Doug, yeah. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Fresh. Dougie Fresh. He's not Dougie Fresh. There's only one Dougie Fresh. Stop it now. Don't get too, don't get beside yourself.

Don't get beside yourself. Oh, I just, I just, I'm hurting right now. I'm hurt right now. We always got something to say too. What's what you doing? I'm hurt right now. Go ahead. Let's see. I think that black women,

are very, I think, it's hard to say this. See, I think black women are the root of all of us. I really do believe that. And I think you white men know it too, you know, because we raised you motherfuckers. You know, my ancestors raised a lot of your ancestors. You was on the

He was on my tit. No, I'm being real fucking honest right now. And I think that I think that that's what white men are scared of black women about, because I think that we're the ones that can discipline you. No, it doesn't. It is very resonant with me. Why you only see Jamaican nannies? Why you only see them? Because they get that ass.

And it's just I feel like white men are very scared of black women. I think y'all are. And I think that's what the problem is with Kamala right now is that they feel like that she's going to come on and do some shit.

I think that is the biggest fear too for white people is that y'all think that all the other race are gonna do to y'all what y'all did to us. And listen, I'm going deep. Marshawn ain't saying shit. I'm going deep because I just really need this message to get out. I really, the tenderness of black people, I swear black women just wanna heal. We just wanna heal the nation.

I am my grandmother, my aunt, all of them, even all the stuff that happens to them. They always to the root of less love, like just give love out, give love out. And I think that that's where we are right now. I think that we need a strong woman to come and say, Hey, listen, I know shit has been sad. I know she's been fucked up. Let's work together to get this shit back on track. And we are moving towards the future. We are

We are changing and we're developing into better people. And we have to teach the people who don't want to move with us that it's okay to move because those people to have feelings, you know, a lot of those Trumpers and shit really just believe in. I just don't want to be poor no more or whatever it is that they believe. There are some races. I'm not saying that they're not, but I've always believed in the thing of hurt people, hurt people, you know?

Hey, Leslie, let me ask you a question. As you travel through middle America on your tour and you see people every day at the coffee shops, bars, your clubs, whatever, where do you think we're at right now with 30 days left, 35 days left? Because we're in a battle. You think we're in a battle? Yeah. I really was thinking that we was because we saw all the people that came for, you know, that came forward to that's going to support. This is the thing that scares me that they are not scared. I

I can't explain it. Trump is still being crazy. Like J.D. Vance is still saying crazy. It's almost like they don't care because they've doubled down on crazy. I mean, they're doubling down every day. My thing is, is that crazy does that. They're not scared. So I feel like there's another plan going on. And I'm very scared that if we do win, that they're going to do some other crazy shit. So that's that scares me.

I think that we can win it. I think that we are in the bag. I think most of the country wants gun laws. Most of the country wants women's rights. Most of the country want people, their children to be safe in school. Most of the country believes that shit. But I think that there's a big part of the country that is just very confused, hurt, scary, racist, whatever. And I'm scared that Trump has come in and changed so much stuff that he could make it hard

for whatever's going to happen for this election. I'm scared of the Supreme Court, which definitely should be recused. I'm so scared of all this obvious shit that's happening that we are just like, okay, for example, you remember when the Rodney King shit happened and they had the video and everybody was like, oh, and we were like, this is a video, bitch. You're right here. It's almost like the shit is happening in front of us and we're still like, no, that's not what it is. And it is. Oh,

Or either we're still stuck in that. They can't do that. We're stuck in that mode instead of they doing that. We need to do something like it's that's what's scary to me.

That we're not going to fight back if some shit happens. It's scary to me that I look at shit like Handmaid's Tale and all of that and go, God damn, we're real close to that shit. We're real close to that shit, and that shit's scary to me. Because let me tell you, I'm going to be the first one to get shot. Because that's the first thing I'm going to say is, fuck you! I ain't finna bow! That's me. That's me. I'm dead in the first five minutes. I'm not going to no fields. I'm not finna be nobody nanny. I know. I know.

And the only thing that could stop that from happening is everyone listening, get out and vote. Vote your conscience. Vote the future. And vote for Marshawn Lynch as mayor of Oakland and Leslie Jones as mayor of Oakland.

That's his leader in the free world. No, but I really know it gets you. When I when I see people like you, Gavin, I know that a lot of people give you a lot of hard times and shit. But I do really feel like you do have the heart of of of trying to fix shit that's going on. I really do feel that from God bless you. You know what I'm saying? And I hope that you continue.

Thank you. Well, you know what? We wish we could continue, but we are past our time. The one and only Leslie Jones. This has been a hell of a ride. This was fantastic. Facts. Don't invite that bitch to nothing for a while.

No, Leslie. Leslie, you got invites to everything we do all the time. Oh, man. And if Marshawn is out there playing paddle tennis. Pickleball, my boy. Pickle goddamn ball. No RSVP. Show up and show the fuck out.

Yeah, this was awesome. No, but Leslie, real talk, I love your attitude, dude. I love your attitude. I love your mindset. I love your energy. I love everything about you. I always have and get a chance to meet you now. You are the real deal, one of one. Unbelievable story. And we definitely have to do this again and get together, break some bread, whatever you have it, and all that. But this has been a pleasure. She told you she don't break bread with people like you.

I might be a little British. A little British. I'm not going to call him Dougie Fresh. I'm not going to do that. I'm going to call him Dougie. How dare you? I know Dougie Fresh. You are not him.

You're killing me right now, Marshawn. Where you fight at, dog? Ain't got no fight with me, Marshawn. That's another starter. Hey, Doug, I'm going to tell you like this.

She got unlimited files. So you better be careful. Yes, I know. Five files. Five files. Look how big my hand is. My daddy told me I was a big bitch when I was in the sixth grade. He said, when you hit other people, it's wrong.

It's wrong. It's hard. That's some deep shit. Thank you, Leslie. Thank you, mama. I appreciate it. Thank y'all so much. Thank you for blessing us with your presence, mama. Thank you for letting me be on here. It was so fucking fun. Oh my God, you're so cute. Oh my God, Rashawn, you're so real. Dougie, I don't know you, but cool.

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