[MUSIC PLAYING & APPLAUSE]
DESUS: Yeah.
[LAUGHS]
Yo, Rihanna's pregnancy is obviously the most
important story of the year.
The icon recently graced the cover
of "Vogue," where she shared some thoughts
on her ideal baby shower.
DESUS: "No brunch, no blush tones,
and no animal-shaped nothing."
MERO: "Personally, I want a party.
I want everyone to be plastered and crawling out."
I want to get fucking turned the fuck up!
Nobody knows how to turn up like me and Desus.
So we took it upon ourselves to throw Rihanna the baby
shower that she deserves.
We should point out, Rihanna did not ask us to do this.
And she has no idea that it's even happening.
There's been some dark days, but there's finally
light at the end of the tunnel. - That's right.
Rihanna is pregnant, and we going
to throw her a baby shower. - It's going to be fantastic.
And the best part, she might come.
Maybe.
Let's go.
Let's get it.
Hey.
Hey, guys.
Hey, what's up?
Y'all ready to get it popping?
Let's get it cracking. KARLEEN ROY: All right.
Let's hit it. - Let's get it.
When you want an epic baby shower, Mero, who do you go to?
You get the best of the best.
We got Karleen from The Vanity Group in the building,
event planner to the stars.
KARLEEN ROY: We do all of the events.
You name them, they on my line right now.
- She don't miss. - Yo, wow.
She don't miss.
And now, I'm here with y'all.
But wait.
Before we get started-- DESUS: Yes.
What did Rihanna tell y'all that she wanted?
Like what did she say?
So we're kind of like in the preparatory stages right now.
Yeah, this is only the first meeting,
so like that-- we're like just doing like the baseline and--
Yeah.
--just getting everything set up.
KARLEEN ROY: OK.
- I did DM her on IG. - Yes.
OK.
And then I did it on Twitter, as well.
So we got both of our bases covered there.
DESUS: Yeah. - OK.
MERO: You know what I mean?
And we're too busy to check if she responded.
But we'll get back to that in another--
OK.
So maybe-- maybe she'll come?
I'm thinking if we do a fire enough event,
she'll have no choice. - OK.
What's the budget? - Oh, whoa, whoa.
Unlimited.
- You calling us broke? - Well, listen--
You know we're on the network that your honor is on.
- OK. - You know what I'm saying?
OK? All right?
We got them Bryan Cranston bucks.
You know what I'm saying? KARLEEN ROY: Oh, OK.
All right.
Listen, whatever you want, just charge it up.
Just charge it up. - Sky's the limit.
Sky's the limit. KARLEEN ROY: OK.
- OK? - Make it out to Showtime.
They got it.
KARLEEN ROY: Got it.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
MERO: Hey!
Hey! Let's get--
Salute.
- --started with this party. - Hey.
Let's go.
I want to go into our first theme.
We are calling this Baby Savage.
At a red-carpet bash, you need amazing invitations.
This could be like a Lucite situation--
Wow.
KARLEEN ROY: --very modern and very shiny.
You can put this up after the party--
KARLEEN ROY: Yeah, like a keepsake.
--to let people know you went. KARLEEN ROY: Yeah, I was--
I pulled up. - And then you know what--
It's like an award.
--what else you could do?
Oh, a little-- ch ch ch ch.
That's not this type of party.
We're not downtown. - Oh, it's like--
- Oh. - Oh.
OK. All right.
Thought we were having a fun event.
Oh, hey. KARLEEN ROY: OK.
OK. All right.
KARLEEN ROY: So this is the vibe that we're going for--
Lucite, very sexy, sharp, modern, just like Rihanna
is known-- DESUS: That's right.
--to be.
So a floor installation like this would probably cost you
anywhere from $200,000 to $300,000
for the flowers alone-- thinking a grand, very
deep red floral installation when
she walks through the door.
Is the floral centerpiece also a hookah, or we're not doing--
I'm going to let y'all have the hookah.
But I'm going to think of a way that we can elevate it.
OK.
So I think, all in all, if I had to eyeball this theme, maybe
we're going to be close to like, I don't know, $800,000,
$900,000.
OK.
Just give us one second.
[WHISPERING]
Just make the invoice out to Mr. Showtime.
- Yes, Mr. Showtime. - OK.
Done and done.
Stephen Showtime.
KARLEEN ROY: This is my favorite theme.
We are calling this Crop Over.
We want to do tons of feathers--
MERO: Beautiful.
KARLEEN ROY: --tons of flowers.
DESUS: I love the tropical colors--
--very, very traditional to her country.
So for this, we're thinking like chic Caribbean fishnet
vibe. What do you--
- Yeah. - --think of this?
- Yes. - That's it.
Or the girls can come with like the wire
bras and the feathers.
White jeans for the men?
- Is that a Caribbean thing? - Yeah.
Yeah.
You know, white jeans all year long.
- Yeah. - OK.
Or we have a station where, you know, they're in a barrel.
OK.
And as the men come in, they change into the white jeans.
- Yes. - OK.
- Tight white jeans. - Yes.
Tight? DESUS: Yeah.
KARLEEN ROY: Yes. DESUS: I like.
I see the vision. KARLEEN ROY: OK.
MERO: I love it.
I would say this is maybe not as much as the other,
because we don't have so many installations.
- Exactly. - Right.
I think we'll be looking at at least $500,000.
Oh, this isn't part of the--
the other?
KARLEEN ROY: No, no, this would be its own separate--
- Oh. - --budget, also.
You can't have all things.
- No, we want everything. - Yeah, yeah.
And it's like, yo, they got the reggae room.
- Yeah, yeah. - They got like the techno room.
Are we wyling for that?
No, no you not wyling.
This is our last theme.
This one, I think, is actually going to be our
most expensive--
Shine Bright.
Like a diamond.
Like a diamond!
[YELLING]
All right.
So here we're thinking the room is whites, and grays,
and slate, very much, you know, leaning into like the vibe
of a diamond--
custom napkins with a diamond embroidered on there.
Question.
Yes.
Could we make the napkins also be do-rags?
Hoo.
Listen.
I ain't going to lie.
Silky napkins?
I've never-- I never heard that.
That would be good.
Because, you know--
Because Rihanna wears them sometimes.
KARLEEN ROY: She do. - Yeah.
Maybe we get bonnets for the girls
and do-rags for the dudes.
If we go with this theme, real diamonds and all of that,
I'm going to just say $10 million.
Oh.
[COUGHS]
You need a deposit on that?
Yeah, we require a 50% deposit once you--
No, you said $0.50.
No, 50%. No, no.
- You said $0.50. - No, no.
- You said $0.50. - No, no, no, no, no!
You heard it.
We got it on camera.
(SLOW MOTION) We require $0.50.
Before we go any further, I think the next thing we
have to do is try some cakes.
MERO: Oh, so let's-- let's try some cake.
Let's get to it.
This is one of the most exciting parts of any event.
The first one is red velvet. - OK.
Because, you know, Black folks, we live for red velvet.
- We love some red velvet. - We can't get enough of it.
All right.
Can we-- can we not break the oppression
of red velvet at Black-- - OK.
--events?
Next we have a blue vanilla.
DESUS: OK.
MERO: OK. I don't mind.
You know what I'm saying?
I'm enjoying it.
Yeah, no, I could see that.
KARLEEN ROY: Savor it and then go to the next one.
Now, this is strawberry lemon-- very much tropical vibe.
- OK, strawberry lemon. - Strawberry lemon--
OK. Let's go.
--sound like a Harry Styles song.
Oh, yeah. (SINGING) Strawberry lemon.
Oh, man, that sweet is coming through.
Which is your-- KARLEEN ROY: Too much?
- What's the most popular cake? - No, it's perfect.
Red velvet. MERO: Red.
- Red velvet. - Oh, yeah.
You didn't say that in a happy way.
I mean, red velvet.
You ever have like a big event plan,
and you got like a special cake, and they be like,
I want red velvet? - I want red--
KARLEEN ROY: Yeah. - --velvet.
- All the time. - All the time.
So on that note, we would like the red velvet cake.
MERO: Yeah.
Got it.
All right, guys, I got my marching orders--
cake-- - Boom.
--theme--
Boom.
--hookah, and all of the things.
I feel good.
Let me worry about the vibes.
Y'all worry about getting Ri and ASAP there.
Deal? - Deal.
Deal. Ooh!
- Can we-- - Woo!
Toast to that. - --cheers again?
[INTERPOSING VOICES] - Cheers to that.
Woo!
Hey.
Yo, Rihanna and Rocky, check your DMs for all
of the baby shower details.
That's right.
This party is going to be lit.
And we'd be honored if the guests of honor
made an appearance.
Come through!