LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST AS
THE CO-HOST OF "THE BREAKFAST CLUB" AND "THE BRILLIANT
IDIOTS."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE "LATE SHOW," CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> HEY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WHAT'S GOING ON?
>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
WELCOME BACK.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON.
>> WHAT'S HAPPENING, JON?
>> Jon: WHAT'S HAPPENING?
I'M GOOD, MY BROTHER.
>> Stephen: SOUTH CAROLINA IS ON SATURDAY.
>> THEY'RE PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON OUR STATE.
>> Stephen: THEY ARE.
ARE YOU KEEPING ATTENTION TO THIS BECAUSE WE'RE BOTH PROUD
SOUTH CAROLINIANS.
>> DEFINITELY.
THEY SAY WHOEVER WINS SOUTH CAROLINA WINS THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.
>> Stephen: THEY SAY THAT?
YEAH!
I SAY, DON'T PUT THAT MISTAKE ON US!
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
A LOT OF PRESSURE FOR ONE STATE.
>> Stephen: WHO DO YOU LIKE?
LIKE IS A STRONG WORD WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE
PEOPLE.
I DON'T "LIKE" INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE PER SE, I LIKE IDEAS, YOU KNOW.
>> Stephen: BUT AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON HAS TO --
>> I KNOW, I KNOW.
>> Stephen: -- PROMOTE THAT IDEA AND BE A VEHICLE FOR THAT
IDEA.
>> I DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT UP IN PEOPLE'S PERSONALITIES.
I LIKE MAYOR PETE AS A PERSON.
>> Stephen: DO HAVE YOU HAD HIM?
YEYEAH, I'VE HAD HIM ON A FEW TIMES.
I LIKE HIS DOUGLAS PLAN.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THAT?
THE BLACK JAPPED THAT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT FOR
BLACK PEOPLE.
I HATE TO SAY IT BUT I LIKE BLOOMBERG, I LIKE THE GREEN
INITIATIVE.
>> Stephen: THAT'S PRIZING TO ME BECAUSE BLOOMBERG HAS GOTTEN
A LOT OF CRITTISM FROM AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTIVISTS AND
LEADERS BECAUSE HE WAS DEFENDING STOP AND FRISK LIKE UP TILL THE
MINUTE THAT HE ANNOUNCED.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: AND THEN HE APOLOGIZED FOR IT.
>> THE BEST APOLOGY TO ME IS CHANGED BEHAVIOR BUT THE BEST
APOLOGY IN THAT CASE IS THE BLACK AGENDA.
IF YOU MARGINALIZED PEOPLE, CREATE AN INITIATIVE TO EMPOWER
AND LIFT UP BLACK PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THE GREEN
INITIATIVE IS.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: FORGIVE MY
IGNORANCE, BUT WHAT IS CONTAINED BEEN THE BREAK AGENDA.
>> HE SAYS HE WANTS TO CREATE 100,000 NEW BLACK-OWNED
BUSINESSES, HE WANTS TO CREATE A MILLION NEW BLACK HOMEOWNERS,
AND HE WANTS TO INVEST LIKE $70 BILLION OVER THE NEXT TEN
YEARS TO THE MOST POOR AND DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES.
I THINK HE'S PROBABLY B.S.ING US BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S SELLING
THOSE DREAMS BUT WE'RE IN A TIME WE HAVE TO BUY THE BEST DREAM
BECAUSE THEY ALL B.S. US IN SOME WAY OR FORM.
BERNIE SANDERS IS ON TELEVISION WITH THE PUBLIC ENEMY, THEY'RE
ALL SELLING THE BLACK COMMUNITY DREAM SO I HAVE TO BUY THE BEST
DREAM STHOOP JOE BIDEN, THE LATEST EMERSON POLL HAS JOE
BIDEN AT 41%.
DO YOU LIKE JOE BIDEN?
>> LIKE IS A STRONG WORD, ONCE AGAIN.
>> Stephen: I ASK BECAUSE YOU DID CALL HIM, QUOTE, ONE TO HAVE
THE WORST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OF ALL TIME.
>> I DID SAY THAT.
>> Stephen: THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DON'T LIKE HIM.
>> HE'S RAN THREE TIMES.
AND THIS IS A TIME IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A LAYUP FORM.
HE STARTED WITH A THREE EASY LEAD AND HE BLEW UP, ALREADY.
ALL JOE BIDEN HAD TO DO IS SHOW UP AND SHUT UP.
JOE BIDEN SHOWS UP AND HE TALKS.
USUALLY GOOD THINGS DON'T COME OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
THIS WEEK, I'M JOE BIDEN AND I'M RUNNING FOR UNITED STATES
SENATE.
HE FIRST RAN IN 1972.
IT'S 2020.
YOU'RE NOW RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
WHY THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE STILL RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE?
THEN HE HAD THE NERVE TO SAY IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME, VOTE FOR THE
OTHER BIDEN.
WITH WHERE THE HELL IS THE OTHER BINDER?
I'LL VOTE FOR HIM.
THEY SAID HE'S ELECTABLE AND CAN BEAT TRUMP.
HE CAN'T EVEN BEAT BERNIE IN A PRIMARY.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE INTERVIEWED PETE.
HAVE YOU INTERVIEWED ALL THE CANDIDATES?
>> EVERYBODY EXCEPT BIDEN AND KLOBUCHAR.
>> Stephen: ARE THEY AVOIDING YOU?
>> YES, I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY BIDEN'S BLACK
SURROGATES DON'T WANT HIM TO COME ON "THE BREAKFAST CLUB."
>> Stephen: YOU WOULD BE FAIR, RIGHT?
>> I WOULD BE MYSELF.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU'RE FAIR.
I WOULD BE FAIR.
I MEAN, I'VE JUST GOT THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT EVERYBODY ELSE
HAS.
YOU KNOW, THE SAME THINGS THAT WE HOLD BLOOMBERG ACCOUNTABLE
FOR WHICH IS THE STOP AND FRISK, THE '94 CRIME BILL BY JOE BIDEN,
I WANT TO SEE WHY HE CAN'T APOLOGIZE.
BLOOMBERG CAN ADMIT STOP AND FRISK IS A MISTAKE, I HAVE YET
TO HEAR JOE BIDEN SAID '94 CRIME BILL IS A MISTAKE.
SNOWWHO GETS YOUR VOTE.
>> WHOEVER HAS THE BEST AGENDA FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THAT'S
WHO I AM PROBABLY GOING TO VOTE FOR.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE ARE SUPER STRESSED.
THERE'S A LOT OF ANXIETY.
PEOPLE HAVE ANXIETY BAKING, EATING, DRINKING.
WHAT DOW DO?
YOU STAY INVOLVED AND INFORMED, BUT THE NEWS CAN GET YOU DOWN.
WHAT DO YOU DO TO STAY RELAXED WHEN YOU WATCH THE NEWS?
>> WELL, I SUFFER FROM ANXIETY, SO I ACTUALLY GO TO THERAPY AND
I, YOU KNOW, GO -- I DO MEDITATION.
I HAVE BEEN REAL INTO, LIKE, BRAIN TRAINING AND FLOAT THERAPY
LATELY.
>> Stephen: FLOAT THERAPY?
YEAH, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN FLOAT THERAPY?
>> Stephen: YOU GET IN A POD.
YOU GET NAKED AND LAY IN WARM WATER WITH A THOUSAND POUNDS OF
SALT.
YOU WILL LITERALLY BE THERE AND WAKE UP AND BE, LIKE, KILLED I
DIE?
>> Stephen: THAT WOULD MAKE ME ANXIOUS TO THINK DID I DIE.
>> I LIKE THE DISCONNECTION.
OUR BRAINS NEED TO GET DARK.
EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU HAVE TO RESET YOUR iPhone, YOU HAVE TO
RESET YOUR BRAIN THE SAME EXACT WAY.
>> Stephen: WOW.
YOU'RE TOO CONNECTED THAT'S WHY YOU'RE WIRED UP NOW.
>> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT.
WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU SLEPT?
>> Stephen: WHAT YEAR IS IT?
EXACTLY.
YOU HAD A LIVE SHOW THIS WEEK.
YOU'RE DOING A LOT.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANY NEWS THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOUR
ANXIOUS?
>> OH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: I'M SORT OF ADDICTED TO THE NEWS BUT I GET
ANXIOUS ABOUT ALL OF IT.
>> ANYTHING FROM THE GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA, YOU KNOW.
I ALWAYS SAY THAT THE CRAZIEST PEOPLE IN AMERICA COME FROM THE
BRONX AND ALL OF FLORIDA.
AND IT'S, LIKE, IT'S ALWAYS A STORY IN FLORIDA THAT LETS YOU
KNOW IT COULD BE WORSE BECAUSE YOU COULD BE -- BECAUSE IT COULD
BE WORSE.
>> Stephen: SURE.
LIKE, TODAY I WAS LOOKING AT A STORY IN FLORIDA.
IT WAS A WOMAN, HER AND HER HUSBAND OR HER BOYFRIEND WERE
PLAYING HIDE AND GO SEEK.
MIND YOU, THEY'RE 42 YEARS OLD.
I ONLY PLAY HIDE AND SEEK WITH HI KIDS.
>> Stephen: SURE.
IN FLORIDA, I GUESS THEY ACTUALLY HELP THE PERSON SIDE
BECAUSE SHE HELPED THIS DUDE HIDE IN A SUITCASE, ZIPPED HIM
UP.
SHE WAS DRUNK.
SHE WENT UPSTAIRS, FELL ASLEEP, FORGOT HE WAS THERE.
WOKE UP TO A PHONE CALL.
WHERE IS MY BOYFRIEND?
HE'S DEAD IN A SUITCASE.
TALK ABOUT EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE IN A RELATIONSHIP.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU ONCE
INTERVIEWED ME IN A FLIPPED INTERVIEW AND ASKED ME WHAT
DONALD TRUMP WOULD HAVE TO DO TO GET MY SUPPORT FOR ME TO GO MAGA
AND PUT ON THE HAT.
LET ME FLIP IT ON YOU.
WHAT WOULD DONALD TRUMP HAVE TO DO FOR YOU TO PUT ON A MAGA HAT?
>> OH, WE WOULD ALL HAVE TO REALIZE THAT HE WAS THE RETURN
OF JESUS CHRIST.
>> Stephen: IF YOU FOUND OUT HE WAS THE RETURN OF JESUS.
>> YES, BECAUSE HE WAS SENT HERE TO TEST US.
( LAUGHTER ) NO, SERIOUSLY, THE --
( APPLAUSE ) -- TO SEE HOW FORGIVING WE ARE
AS HUMAN BEINGS.
>> Stephen: YEAH.
TO SEE IF WE WOULD GIVE JESUS A FAIR CHANCE IF HE CAME IN,
LIKE, THE WORST POSSIBLE FORM OF A HUMAN BEING.
WOULD YOU STILL ACCEPT HIM AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR IF HE TOOK
OFF THE MASK AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JESUS UNDER THAT TRUMP MASK?
WOULD YOU STILL ACCEPT HIM?
>> Stephen: I'M ASKING THE QUESTIONS HERE, CHARLAMAGNE.
( LAUGHTER ) I GUESS YOU WOULD HAVE TO.
>> I GUESS BUT HE WOULD HAVE TO PERFORM EVERY MIRACLE JESUS DID
IN THE BIBLE THREE TIMES.
>> Stephen: GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
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