- We'll agree to disagree. - You are reaching.
You are reaching. - I'm on the side
of the truth, that's the only side I know.
- Ooh, child, ooh.
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(light music)
- Hi, I'm Sharronda Williams.
- And I'm Kay-B.
- And you're watching Prime Video "Love Battle."
Ever watch a movie or a TV show
where your favorite character
gets in the wrong relationship?
Did you want them to choose another romance?
Well, welcome to Prime Video "Love Battle,"
where we will battle it out to determine
which love interests our favorite Prime Video
characters should choose in the name of love.
- In this episode, we will be discussing
the love triangle in the Prime Video Original Series,
"Harlem," a new comedy following a stylish
and ambitious group of girlfriends
navigating their careers and relationships in Harlem.
- [Camille] Here in Harlem, being a woman in total control
of her life and love,
- You know I saw you the other night?
(glass shatters)
- Really?
That's weird.
It's not always easy.
Guys, I'm seriously fine!
- Girl, you know we don't
believe you, right? - You have rainbow sprinkles
in your hair.
- If you haven't seen "Harlem" yet,
you know exactly what to do, hit pause,
and then come back to this because we are gonna discuss
if Camille should be with Ian or Jameson
as her one true pairing.
(bell dings)
Okay, so let's get into it.
There's Camille, a beautiful and brilliant professor,
who's on track for tenure, but seemingly has no time
for love because of her career.
I mean, she's still not over her breakup with Ian
when she unexpectedly gets swept off her feet by Jameson.
- Look, I am sorry if I was really intense on the panel.
- Come on, never apologize.
There's nothing wrong with passion.
- Thanks.
- I'm gonna look you up on IG in case you ever wanna
argue again in person.
(Camille scoffs)
Over wine?
- And Ian is trying to get that old thing back,
but Jameson is showing her how a real man loves.
- Listen, I'm not so sure I agree.
Ian is not trying to get that old thing back,
he already has it because
they have a rock solid history together.
- But isn't he engaged?
- What's a title though?
I mean, listen, you're single until you're married
and my guy, Ian, has not taken any vows yet.
(bell dings)
You know, I'm gonna start with the OG,
I'm gonna start with Ian.
He's known Camille for the longest, you know,
they've been together forever.
I mean, this ease, this history, this familiarity.
- I'm proud of you.
Camille!
Mm, Camille.
- Ian!
Hi!
Oh, uh.
- Quite frankly, they're soul mates.
- I mean, what I'm confused about
is this alternate version of reality
that you're living in with this history.
Do you mean the history where Ian left her crying
on the side of the street, snot bubbles coming out,
upset, depressed, couldn't get out of bed?
- First off, - That's love to you?
- First off, in that moment, Camille made a choice,
she wanted to stay in New York to further her career.
I felt like, you know what, this would be
a great opportunity for them as a couple
to both go to Paris, one of the greatest cities,
she could have gotten that international teaching experience
that would help her on the tenure track,
he could have risen through the ranks, you know,
in cooking school.
I mean really and truly living their dream.
And then they could have both come back to Harlem
to be the king and queen of Harlem
that they were always destined to be.
- And she was making the educated decision that the person
with a J-O-B job that can pay the bills,
'cause being a fake chef, a wannabe chef,
a coulda shoulda would've, that don't pay no bills, honey.
- Okay, first off, - Couldn't get me on a plane,
could not get me on a plane. - First off, he is learning.
And now he is the head chef, the head chef,
creating a menu of his restaurant in Harlem,
- And still don't own his restaurant.
- He has a job though. - With his gentrified
collard greens.
- I mean, you know what? - His food probably bland.
It's probably bland. - I mean at the end of the day
- Ain't got no taste or flavor.
- I know you not gonna sit here and lie
because he packs all of the seasoning,
not just in the restaurant, but in the bedroom too.
Jameson came, stalked her, and after one day was like,
"Okay girl, well, you know what?
I'm about to take another job and you should come with me."
Um, sir?
I'm pretty sure you're a serial killer.
Like, why would I do that?
- I just wanna say that it is not stalking
when you're trying to get the one, get to know the person
that you know you're gonna spend the rest of your life with.
That was dedication, that was time,
that was memorizing what her favorite spots are,
and let's not forget that stalking led to the best date
Camille has ever had.
- But you're still not telling me why Jameson
is the one, where really he's kind of a sociopath.
- Well, baby, let me go ahead and get into it, okay?
Let's talk about a shout out to my sapiosexuals out there,
because he's able to stimulate Camille's mind, okay?
He can stimulate that body too, now,
let's not rule Jameson out there,
but he is stimulating her mind.
The banter that they have, the back and forth,
Ian can't even hold a conversation.
Do he know what 1+1 is?
- So are we just gonna stand out here and freeze all night
or is there a plan?
- Plan?
What's the fun in that?
Come on, look around us.
A million possibilities, you know?
Let's have one of those only in New York kind of nights.
- Oh, yeah, last time I had one of those I was 21
and I ended up in the back of Trick Daddy's tour bus
in Atlantic City.
- First off, Ian gives her a lot of stimulation.
And at the end of the day, can Jameson stimulate that belly?
Ian can cook, he's good in bed, he's a good communicator,
they work things out immediately.
I mean, at the end of the day,
Jameson just kinda dances around his feelings
and they don't really know how to communicate
with each other.
And Camille is just not as open with Jameson
and she's not as willing, - Wow, lies.
as open to talk and communicate about things.
But with Ian, she knows immediately they can share things,
the good, the bad and the ugly.
I mean, truly.
- Let me tell you a little something, okay?
'Cause there's a little thing called food for the soul,
'cause see, Camille didn't even know that she was hungry
for that mental stimulation until she met Jameson,
an educated man.
He got a job, too. - So is she supposed to starve
in real life because she's being stimulated mentally?
I mean, tell me, is she's supposed to perish from this earth
because what Jameson cannot do is cook her
the meal of her dreams, so I'm confused.
- My man supported her at Red Lobster, okay?
That's support right there with the Cheddar Bay Biscuits.
- First off, at the end of the day,
Cheddar Bay Biscuits are free, okay?
So like, I mean what type of support is this?
I can walk into any Red Lobster and get a ton
of Cheddar Bay Biscuits, so what are you saying?
Cheddar Bay Biscuits don't mean nothing!
- You sitting up here talking about him
being like a patty cake chef,
let me tell you something real.
I know what my man Jameson is, he's not engaged.
- Okay, what? - He doesn't have a fiance.
He is not about to become an adulterer, I know that.
- No. - He's giving me cheater.
- Ian is giving- - Liar, deceiver,
heartbreaker, okay?
- What does the federal government say?
What does the IRS say?
Single until what?
Married, and he has taken zero vows.
So what Ian is doing is living his life
and making the proper decision by going to Camille
and rebuilding and making sure that they
are building the future that they always planned for
and dreamed of.
- Let me go ahead and get my last Jameson pro out
before you continue with the lies, okay?
Because my man Jameson,
he makes sure that he allows Camille to follow her dreams
to the fullest, let's her live freely,
- What! - Freely, and doesn't
selfishly think of himself in terms of career opportunities.
'Cause let me tell you what a man does,
a man lets her know up front
what he's doing with his career, but let's her know
this is not going to interrupt your career.
You wanna thrive and you wanna get tenure,
baby, the sky's the limit for you.
I didn't see Ian doing all of that when he got on the plane.
- And now girl, what we not gonna do is sit up here
and lie about this, because let's talk about
how Jameson definitely expects her to uproot her life.
- That is not true.
- So that way they can be a couple
in the same city. - These are lies.
- So what you saying? - Fabrications.
- Versus
the tenure that she wants. - Did we forget about
the disrespect that Ian has?
When he, once again being selfish, being conceited,
thinking that everything has to be about Ian at all times,
when he thought that she organized a whole damn
protest for his little raggedy **** restaurant?
- I tell you I'm engaged and you show up
and boycott my restaurant!
- Right!
Wait, you're serious?
Ian, you can't possibly think that's what this is all about.
- Yeah, I can.
I do!
- Wow.
The male ego rarely disappoints.
- Like a woman scorned.
- I could actually see where Ian was coming from
in that scenario, because he pulled up
at the wrong time, okay?
He made a little mistake 'cause he thought-
- But baby, you said five years,
he knows her inside and out.
- Okay, but first off, if you have an entire group
of protestors outside of your restaurant
and here is the love of your life with the people
that are protesting, then what are you gonna think?
But you know what? - A real man
wouldn't assume it. - Oh, but you know what?
He didn't have to assume 'cause they talked about it.
You know why?
Because they have great communication.
That's something that Jameson
and Camille don't. - Cursing her out
outside in the protest? - 'Cause what they did,
they talked about it and they handled it in real time.
Jameson, not just bottling up his feelings, and you know,
waiting to talk about things.
No, Camille and Ian talk about life in real time
when things go wrong and when they go right,
they just discuss it.
- It's the delusions for me.
Go ahead with your little cons, okay?
- Listen, at the end of the day, I already told you my cons,
he's a stalker, and I'm seeing a pattern here, Sharronda.
You having this revisionist history
where you like to say studied.
- Revisionist, okay. - Yes, revisionist history
where you like to say studied and I like to say stalked,
particularly when the person
commits to the crime. - That's your opinion.
- Is it my opinion when Jameson said yes, he did it?
- Because I'm on the side of truth,
and that's where I always stand is on the side of truth.
He did not stalk her. - Are you?
- You know what, I'm not even gonna
go back and forth on this, - Did we watch
the same episode? - We watched the same episode,
I know she ended up in his bed
after the so-called stalking.
- And then where did she end up in the final episode?
Whose arms did she end up in
at the end? - With the cheater,
the adulterer, the liar. - How is he an adulterer?
- Deceiver.
Oh, I'm sorry, was his fiance not staring above,
crying because... - Are they married?
- They were getting married in less than a few hours.
- Okay, but clearly they were not,
because they were not married yet.
- Hm, wow.
You know what, I'm gonna pray for you.
- You know what?
I'm gonna pray for you, because at the end of the day,
I hope that no one stops you
since you're just okay with this.
- You know, I just wanna have a message out there
to those of you who are watching.
- Stalking is not okay.
- You should never want to settle how Kay-B
wants Camille to settle for Ian.
Someone who did not have a job,
wasn't even a chef, probably couldn't even
make a good omelet if he tried.
- You know what, I too have a PSA.
Just remember guys, stalking is not okay.
I want safety for each of you, I want safety for you,
I want safety for Camille,
and that's what Camille deserves, safety.
And the only way she's gonna get that's if Jameson's
under the jail, that's all I'm saying, so.
- It's the lies that have been said today
that is just so troubling to me.
(bell dings)
- Look at this chemistry, look at the look in their eyes.
- Um, I should probably-
- Look at this old time nostalgia.
- This man look like,
just like a box of rocks right now.
- First off, oh my gosh! - Ain't got no good thoughts
in his head, no common sense.
- He is lovingly- - Look at that stare!
- Look at this kiss, he is lovingly looking her in the eyes.
You know what it is?
He is so nervous around her because he loves her
so much and that's what - 'Cause he's an adulterer?
- I'm seeing. - 'Cause he's a cheater?
- No! - A liar?
- What it is is that
he's so in love. - Oh, this is a lot of kissing
for someone who's getting married.
- I mean, well. - Wow!
- Someone who is not married. - Wow!
That wiping the cheating off of his lips,
- First off, - As his fiance walks out.
- What he was doing was enjoying that kiss.
- The disrespect! - Please!
- The disrespect.
- Now the one thing I am gonna say
is that we maybe agree on, is both of these women,
these coats are giving.
- They slaying. - The coats are giving.
- They understood the assignment, you right.
- So I'm gonna give them that,
now he definitely coulda put a little effort
into this outfit, but all I'm gonna say is
listen, that kiss was giving everything, it's giving
meant to be. - Adultery.
Yes, it is giving adultery.
You see how easy this is? - Hmm.
- It's just easy to love a man
who isn't a cheater. - Is it easy because
he stalked her for...
He stalked her for so long to get there,
'cause this is creepy.
Now he's taking her to wash?
- He is taking her to that
exclusive, - Now he's taking
to the laundromat!
- I love me a good, like, you know, a speakeasy
type of vibe?
- Do you see how she said, "Oh, are you gonna kill me?"
Yes, that's exactly what it's giving.
- Look at how my man opened the door for her,
it's giving me chivalry, - Oh, okay.
- It's giving me,
I was raised right. - Was it?
- Yes.
- Is he raised right because he took her
to a laundromat? - Do you see this look
of excitement?
- It's giving oppressive, that's what it's giving.
- It's giving me - It's giving you want her
to be what, the person
who does your laundry? - Blow my back out right now,
'cause this is the best date ever.
- First off, it's an arcade, relax.
- She did the, "Oh!"
She did the, "Oh!"
She is giving me hand language, she is giving me
"Take me now." - Okay, okay.
Listen, right now-
- She is geeking out right now.
- Yeah, by herself. - Ian could never.
- I mean she could be here alone and would have
the greatest time of her life,
it's not because Jameson is here.
I mean, so what?
Like, Jameson is here, but okay.
- This takes thought, effort, time.
- It takes stalking, that's what it takes.
- He was educating himself, he was studying.
- Listen, ooh, I just know you and this studying,
I don't think you actually know the definition of studying,
you know, because clearly he stalked her, so I'm confused.
- I just don't know why you wanna continue spreading lies
right now, I just don't get it.
- All I know is this, I mean, I will give her this-
Or, excuse me, - Look at him
letting her shine!
Holding the clutch. - I'll give him this,
he held the purse.
- He held the purse. - But that's about all
he gonna be holding tonight.
- A man.
- Because at the end of the day, he is going to be what?
In jail.
So I don't know, this date's gonna end early.
- She is having the time of her life.
Look at this, - Listen,
- Look at the playfulness, the chemistry!
- Oh my gosh.
She has playfulness with Ian. - Give it to me!
Jameson, blow my back out right now,
okay? - She has playfulness...
I mean, I'm getting a little confused,
do you wanna be with Jameson,
should Camille be with Jameson?
'Cause right now you're reaching and you're giving a lot
of input into research when really it's giving stalking.
And I want more for you.
So I mean, you know.
- If Camille can't understand what a real man does
or looks like, then I will happily spread my legs
for Jameson.
- Um, so should she spread her legs
for Jameson while he's in jail?
'Cause I'm confused, 'cause that's exactly
where he's going to be.
- I mean, this is just love right here, okay?
- Okay, "Best Man Holiday" on the TV.
- Feeding each other? - No.
- You tell me they ain't got no chemistry.
- I see more chemistry on TV. - Playing video games,
do you see that?
- I see more chemistry on TV.
- Do you see him playing video games,
things that she loves to do.
- I see more chemistry
in "The Best Man Holiday." - I don't think
fake Martha Stewart know how to...
And they cooking!
They're cooking! - No, she's cooking.
- They're cooking together.
- She's cooking
and he's eating. - Did you see Ian let her
cook with him, no.
- First off, because Ian is blowing her mind
with all of the love. - And he's blowing that
back out right now, too.
- I mean, look at the chemistry.
- This kissing looks uncomfortable.
- Look at the chemistry between the two of them.
- He is giving caveman, I can't even do nothing right.
- First off, this is giving love, intimacy.
They're gazing into each other's eyes,
they're getting ready to go to Paris together
and be an iconic couple.
- She looks unsatisfied. - Look at this.
First off, she looks very satisfied
and she looks like she's also about to eat
one of the best meals of her life because she's hungry.
- That's fine. - Something that Jameson
cannot provide, because he doesn't know how to cook,
because his parents did not raise him well,
and they did not teach him how to be self-sufficient.
Much like most men nowadays.
So ultimately I'm here for this.
Look at this, she's so satisfied, she's in her robe,
- I mean, what are these socks
that he got on? - Her hair is up,
it's giving this, it's giving everything.
It's giving sex.
- This man don't even look
like he a chef. - It's giving love,
it's giving food.
- I know this food ain't good.
- First off,
- I know it ain't good. - The food,
like I said before, it's giving seasoned.
- It's giving me bland,
unseasoned. - Perfectly seasoned.
Perfect seasoning.
- It's giving me, I have nothing else to offer.
- First off, he has a lot to offer
because you hear this conversation?
They're actually having a deep, emotional conversation
about her issues
with her mother. - Does he even understand
emotional intelligence? - That's what's happening.
He's giving it right now, because he's giving her advice
about the relationship with her mom, so yeah, actually.
- Oh, that's cutting it close, don't meet with your momma.
- That's not what he's saying!
- Child, - What he's saying,
- He's giving me selfish.
- See, that is not selfish.
- He's giving me I think of myself, okay?
- That is not selfish at all, she was asking him for advice
on the situation with her mother because her mother is-
- It's the selfishness for me.
- No, I just see her mother is a bit unstable
and that's what they were having a conversation about
when it comes to showing up on time.
So her mom has a little issue with showing
on time, and he was just - Wow, blaming the mother,
- I mean,
- Does that help you sleep at night?
- That's what she said,
this is what she said in the clip, she said,
"Listen, my mom has this." - A real man would tell you
to go meet with your mother.
- And he told her she should meet with her mother.
- Mother always knows best. - He was tryin' to make sure
that she was okay. - He's tryin' to keep her
away from her family. - No, oh my goodness,
that's a stretch,
that is a reach. - Okay?
That is not a man. - As much as family
means to him,
- That is giving me red flag.
- As much as his family means,
- That is giving me red flag.
- No, you are reaching. - That is giving me
girl, run, okay?
- What it is, is a lie. - Girl, run.
- Yeah, you know what she was doing?
Following his instructions,
'cause he said run into your mother's arms,
you should see her before you leave and we go to Paris.
- He said, "You're cutting it close."
- He said, - He said, "Bump your momma,"
that's what he said. - No, he did not,
uh-uh, absolutely not.
- Essentially that's what he said.
- No. - That's fine,
we'll agree to disagree. - You are reaching.
- I'm on the side of the truth,
that's the only side I know.
- Ooh, child, ooh.
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to tell us who Camille should choose.
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