EARLIER, SOMEONE WHO USED TO WORK FOR SENIOR HARVEY ñ
WHO WORKS, OR USED TO WORK FOR STEVE HARVEY, PASSED ALONG
A MEMO THAT HE APPARENTLY SENT TO HIS STAFF THAT SAID HE DID
NOT WANT THEM TO APPROACH HIM UNLESS THEY MADE AN APPOINTMENT.
THE MEMO SAID THE FOLLOWING: "THERE WILL BE NO MEETINGS
IN MY DRESSING ROOM.
NO STOPPING BY OR POPPING IN.
NO ONE.
DO NOT COME TO MY DRESSING ROOM UNLESS INVITED.
DO NOT OPEN MY DRESSING ROOM DOOR.
IF YOU OPEN MY DOOR, EXPECTS TO BE REMOVED.
I HAVE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY LENIENT POLICY IN THE PAST.
THIS ENDS NOW.
NO MORE.
I AM SEEKING MORE FREE TIME FOR ME THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
DO NOT TAKE OFFENSE TO THE NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESS, IT IS
FOR THE GOOD OF MY PERSONAL AND ñ PERSONAL LIFE AND ENJOYMENT.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE WORKED ON THE STEVE HARVEY SHOW.
I GUESS I COULD HAVE MET WITH SOMEONE ELSE AND SCHEDULED
IT, BUT THAT INTERFERED WITH MY PERSONAL ENJOYMENT.
OR, I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU WHO THE RIGHT MISS UNIVERSE WAS.
I LIKE THIS STORY BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE GETS TO BE THE
COMEDIAN, BUT CLEARLY I HAVEN'T MADE IT ENOUGH WHERE I CAN
SEND IN A MEMO TO THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH AND TELL THEM NOT
TO MESS WITH ME.
I NEED TO STEP MY COMEDY UP, BECAUSE I WANT TO SEND OUT A
MEMO.
THERE IS AN UPDATE TO THIS STORY, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE
BRINGING IT UP AGAIN.
APPARENTLY ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT GAVE HIM A CALL, AND ASKED
HIM WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS WEEK, AND WHETHER OR NOT HE
APOLOGIZES.
LET ME READ YOU WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
"I DON'T APOLOGIZE ABOUT THE LETTER, BUT IT'S KIND OF
CRAZY WHAT PEOPLE WHO TOOK THIS THING AND RAN, MAN.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN THIS PRISON ANYMORE WHERE I HAD
TO BE IN THIS LITTLE ROOM, SCARED TO GO OUT AND TAKE A
BREATH OF FRESH AIR WITHOUT SOMEBODY APPROACHING ME, SO
I WROTE THE LETTER."
IS LIFE HARD FOR YOU?
DO YOU HAVE TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE WHO WORK ON YOUR SHOW?
AWH.
THIS IS A TOUCHY SUBJECT FOR ME, BECAUSE I AM A STANDUP
COMEDIAN, AND WE ARE OFTEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT WE SAY, AND
SOME OF US ARE CALLED HATERS, BUT THIS IS WHAT I WILL SAY.
THIS IS WHAT I THINK WHEN I HEAR THINGS ABOUT ñ
HEAR THINGS LIKE THIS.
THERE ARE ONLY TWO PEOPLE I WANTED TO MEET IN THE
WORLD, ONE OF THEM WAS MICHAEL JACKSON AND THE OTHER WAS
MOHAMMED ALI, FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT I DID GET TO
ME MOHAMMED ALI, AND I THINK HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST
PEOPLE ON THE PLANET, HE WAS A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD.
WHEN MOHAMMED ALI COULD WALK DOWN THE STREET, AND WHEN I WAS
SITTING WITH HIM, I SPENT AN AFTERNOON WITH HIM, THE
DOWNSTAIRS BAKER WAS ABLE TO WALK TO ñ WALK UP TO HIS DOOR,
KNOCK ON HIS DOOR AND BRING HIM SOME BACLAVA, AND THEY SAID
HE WAS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, AND THAT WAS
ONE OF THE MOST AMOS PEOPLE ON THE PLANET.
TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME, WHAT KIND OF FAME DO YOU WANT?
FAME IS NOT WHAT I SEE, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ñ
I WOULD LOVE TO BE MOHAMMED ALI VERSUS MICHAEL JACKSON,
BECAUSE WHILE MICHAEL JACKSON RAN FROM THE PEOPLE,
MOHAMMED ALI WALKED AMONG THEM.
SO WHEN I SEE THIS, I THINK IT IS FOOLISHNESS.
THAT IS THE DISSENT YOU CREATE IN YOUR CAMP, AND THAT IS HOW
YOUR SHIT GETS LEAKED.
IF HE WAS A NICE GUY, IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN LIKE THAT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
HE NEEDS A CHIEF OF STAFF.
HE'S CLEARLY GOT SOME ISSUES, FEELING AMBUSHED ALL THE TIME.
THE GUY WANTS PRIVACY AND YOU ARE HOSTING A SHOW?
THAT'S OKAY, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
HAVING TO WALK DOWN THE HALL AND HAVE A ZILLION PEOPLE WALK UP TO
YOU...
SO YOU SAY THEN, FROM THREE ñ
FIVE I WANT SOME DOWNTIME, AND YOU GO TALK TO MARK AND I'M
SORRY, I SHUT OFF, BUT BEFORE THE SHOW, I NEED TO BE BY
MYSELF AND IN A GOOD HEADSPACE, I KNOW YOU ARE ALL WORKING HARD.
THAT WAY YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT, BUT INSTEAD YOU SEEM LIKE A
LUNATIC, TELLING THE HOUSEHOLD STAFF NOT TO MAKE EYE CONTACT.
MY FAVORITE PART OF THE ORIGINAL LEVEL ñ OF THE ORIGINAL
LETTER WAS, I'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN FAR TOO LENIENT SO FAR.
REALLY?
WHO BELIEVES STEVE HARVEY HAS BEEN TOO LENIENT?
BEN CARSON.
YOUR SPEECH HAD A REVERSE EFFECT ON ME.
I WANT TO BE STEVE HARVEY FAMOUS.
YOU ARE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO COME CLOSE TO ME, THAT'S HOW
FAMOUS I AM.
NO NO.
LOOK, YOU GOTTA BE A DECENT HUMAN BEING, NO MATTER HOW
FAMOUS YOU ARE.
THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE PUBLIC EITHER, THIS IS PROMINENTLY
WALKING THE STREETS, THIS IS PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR HIM.
YEAH, MY JOB IS TO MAKE YOU LOOK GOOD, DICK.
WELL, APPARENTLY IT'S NEAR IMPOSSIBLE.
I LIKE HOW IT STARTS.
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE, WELCOME BACK.
GOOD START.
I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO REVIEW AND ADHERE TO THE NOTES OF
SEASON FIVE OF MY TALKSHOW.
I GET IT, IT'S THE STEVE HARVEY SHOW, HE'S THE HOST.
JUST SAY THE WORDS, OF OUR SHOW.
OR THE SHOW.
THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
SOMETHING, RIGHT?
AGAIN, MY TALK SHOW.
AND PART OF THE STORY WAS THAT NOW HE MOVES TO LA TO DO THE
SHOW, AND DIDN'T TAKE ANYBODY, INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO WOULD
HAVE GLADLY MOVED THEMSELVES TO LA TO CONTINUE DOING THE JOB.
HE TRUMP'D THEM.
IN THE SENSE THAT IF HE HAD LET THEM KNOW AHEAD OF TIME
THEY COULD'VE APPLIED FOR THOSE JOBS.
WAS, DON, I'VE GOT A NEW STAFF IN LA, AND BY THE WAY DON'T
BOTHER.
HE DOES HANG OUT WITH TRUMP, SO IT MIGHT BE RUBBING OFF ON HIM.
DOES STEVE HARVEY HANG OUT WITH DONALD TRUMP?
HE MET WITH HIM, BECAUSE HE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON THE
HUD, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, WITH BEN CARSON.
STEVE HARVEY IS SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON URBAN AND
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT?
IF ANYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT ISSUE IT'S STEVE HARVEY.
YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE THEY NEEDED A USEFUL AFRICAN-AMERICAN WHO WAS
FAMOUS TO GO FOR THE CAMERAS, AND STEVE HARVEY WAS LIKE,
DID YOU SAY CAMERAS?
HIS RESPONSE SHOWS YOU EXACTLY WHY HE VOTED IN THE FIRST
PLACE: BECAUSE HE IS TOTALLY CLUELESS.
AND HE THINKS, WHAT MAN?
WHY ARE PEOPLE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS MEMO?
I DON'T GET IT.
LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HIS RESPONSE, I
WANT TO GET THIS IN REAL QUICK.
HE SAYS, "LOOK, MAN, I'M IN MY MAKEUP CHAIR, THEY WALK IN
THE ROOM.
I'M HAVING LUNCH, THEY WALK IN, THEY DON'T KNOCK.
I'M IN THE HALLWAY, I'M GETTING AMBUSHED BY PEOPLE WITH FRIENDS
I COME TO THE SHOW, AND HAVING THE SIGN THIS AND DO THIS.
I JUST SAID, WAIT A MINUTE.
AND IN HINDSIGHT, PROBABLY SHOULD'VE HANDLED IT A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY."
THAT LAST PART WAS THE ONLY TIME WHEN HE SHOWED MAYBE A TINY BIT
OF REMORSE, BUT HE FEELS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE PEOPLE SHOULD, I
DON'T KNOW, LIKE, YOU HAVE TO BE SUPER ENTITLED TO BUILD
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
THEY WORK FOR YOU, YOU'RE AT WORK DOING A SHOW!
THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE YOUR SHOW BETTER.
HE HAS GOT A VERY CLOSED-DOOR POLICY.
HE HAS GOT A NO DOOR POLICY.
DON'T WAIT IN THE HALLWAY TO TALK TO ME.
WERE YOU WAITING ñ IN THE HALLWAY TO TALK TO ME?
I'M JUST IN THE HALLWAY MAN, JUST WALKING TO THE RESTROOM.
I DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO STEVE HARVEY MAN, I'M JUST THIRSTY.
IT'S CRAZY THAT HE ñ
HE THINKS IT'S CRAZY THAT PEOPLE WERE MAD ABOUT THE MEMO.
HE THINKS, OF COURSE BEING FAMOUS IT'S OKAY TO
GET MAD
AT YOU FOR TRYING TO TALK TO ME.