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00:00I'm Makhon Yovu, and today on Essence Now, our girl Yara Shahidi is here and ready to
00:10dish on her plans for Harvard. And was Tina Fey's shitcake bit funny or no? Our panelists
00:16are ready to go in for the return of Slade or Shade. But right now, it's time for the
00:21hot list, the biggest stories you're buzzing about today. Anyone remember this Trump tweet
00:31from 2014? President Obama is about to embark on a 17-day vacation in his native Hawaii, putting
00:37Secret Service away from families on Christmas. Aloha. Well, pot, meat, kettle. According to
00:43several reports, because of the Trump family's constant traveling, the Secret Service has
00:48already hit its salary and overtime cap that was meant to last the entire year. It's
00:54only August, right? Under Trump, 42 people have protection, 18 of which are members of his
01:00own family. So Trump, here's a tip. Tell Johnny Jr., Ivanka, Pookie, and Nene and them to save
01:07us some money and stay their asses at home. Do it for America, okay?
01:11Here we go again. Another woman in R. Kelly's circle has come forward, accusing the star of
01:22abusing young women. In fact, she said she had a sexual relationship with Kelly when she
01:26was just 16 years old. According to BuzzFeed News, Jeronda Pace was such a huge R. Kelly
01:32fan at the time that she cut high school every day to attend his child pornography trial in
01:37Chicago. She said she's speaking out now and breaking a non-disclosure agreement in the
01:41process because she's worried for the other women in his circle. She told BuzzFeed, I didn't
01:47have anybody to speak up on my behalf when I was going through what I was going through
01:51with him. He's brainwashed the women really bad, and it kind of reminds me of Charles Manson.
01:56Are you tired of all the news about white supremacy? Well, Tina Fey has an interesting solution.
02:09Watch.
02:10And the next time when you see a bunch of white boys, boys in polo shirts, scream about taking
02:14our country back, and you want to scream, it's not our country. We stole it. And what
02:20do you want to yell that? Don't yell it at the Klan column. Yell it into the cake.
02:25Hmm. But everyone was not laughing. Elon James tweeted, so y'all going it was a joke to me
02:30to death when the ignoring of racism and oppression leads to my community's continued suffering?
02:36Cool. But Amanda D'Queela disagrees. Just a friendly reminder that you can find Tina Fey
02:42funny, find the laughter cathartic, and still go out and protest. So what do you think? Was
02:47the bit funny? Or no? Send us your comments using hashtag Essence Now, because we're talking
02:52about it in Slade or Shade next. It's Tuesday, August 22nd, and it's time for Essence Now.
03:08Welcome to Essence Now. I'm your host, Makon Dovu. And remember, you can talk to us at any
03:13time using the hashtag Essence Now or by email at Essence Now at Essence.com. All right, you know
03:19what time it is. It's time to Slay or Shade, where we Slay or Shade the week's hottest topics.
03:25Joining me in the studio are Senior Lifestyle and Relationship Editor for Essence.com, Charlie Penn,
03:31Filmmaker of the upcoming documentary, Duty Free, Sean Pierre Regis, and Essence.com Editor,
03:37Entertainment Editor, Danielle Quateng-Clark. Welcome, everyone.
03:40Thank you. All right, let's jump right in. As I mentioned in the hot list, a recent SNL bit,
03:46comedian Tina Fey suggested that we can all fight white supremacy with what she called
03:50sheet caking. Basically, instead of attending any protests or rallies, folks should order a cake with
03:56an American flag on it from a Jewish or a Black-owned bakery, of course, and eat it. Although
04:02Fey did call out white supremacists, Trump and the Nazis, some felt sheet caking wrongly encouraged
04:08people to ignore the very serious problem of racism. But other fans think we should take it
04:13for what it was, a joke. So, panelists, was Tina Fey's sheet cake a bit, a slay, or Shade? And one,
04:19two, three, throw your cards up. Let's see. Shade, Shade. Oh, oh, okay. Danielle, we'll start with you.
04:24Tell me what you think. Um, I love Tina Fey. I think she's so funny. Um, I think this one was in
04:30bad taste. It was, I think, the week after, if not days after Charlottesville. Um, and I think
04:35it's the biggest lesson we've learned from this incident is that white people need to speak up
04:39to other white people about hatred, about racism, about privilege. Um, so, I think eating a cake
04:45instead of addressing the community that needs to be addressed is not really what needs to be done. I get,
04:50I get a joke is a joke, but it just, maybe there was another joke she could have taken. Literally,
04:53it was important. It was literally important. Sean, time in. This one is so hard for me. Okay. I said,
04:58I said Slade because I, for me, what I took away was the fact that if you do not give these racist,
05:06ignorant people a, an audience, then, you know, who's listening, right? And I thought that was
05:12really, really important because they should not have a voice, um, or at least one that's listened to.
05:16But at the same time, I, I get what we're saying that like, when you look at Boston this weekend,
05:21when 20,000 people stood up against the hundred and you see a visual like that, you're like, hell
05:25yeah, I want to go out there and protest. And this is so important. Um, but I think Tina Fey didn't want
05:30people to go out and get hurt as which, what happened in, in Charlottesville. And there was a
05:35very real threat of that. Um, but also it brings up the idea of like, must we always police, uh, other
05:41people's, uh, protests? Right. Is that the role of comedian? Exactly. And, and, and, you know,
05:46is there one right way to protest? Um, interesting. Good question. Charlie? So I said
05:51shade because like Danielle, I, I do, I am a Tina Fey fan. I do love her comedy. And I think
05:56because there's been so many moments where she nailed race relations in comedy, she thinks she
06:01can just, you know, always go there. And this time it was in four days, literally. So I just think,
06:06I mean, I'm not really mad at Tina Fey in general. I'm, I'm honestly not. There's been so many times
06:10she's nailed it. But in this case, girl, no fail. Our faves can be problematic. Exactly. So Kayla,
06:16let's check in with you. You're a man in social media. What is the Twitter verse saying? I mean,
06:21it's truly divided. Okay. So Lamonte Brown says it's a joke. Ease up. So he's slaying it. Uh,
06:26Nathaniel Friedman at Free Darko says Tina Fey made a joke about the silly ways people cope and it's
06:31being taken as literal advice. Megan Ellison says the fact that people are hating on Tina Fey for
06:35incredible sheet kicking skit is ridiculous. I choose empathy and laughter over hate, but some
06:40people are shading it. Van Newkirk says I have successfully ignored and avoided all Tina Fey news
06:45for years now. And today will not be a day that I stop. Oh, Cynthia Daniel says not funny at all,
06:50but I do still believe you need to be active in the fight for our rights. Okay. Very interesting
06:54comments. Keep them coming. All right. Moving along. After a fan accused Kevin Hart's wife,
06:59Aniko Parrish of being his former mistress, Aniko managed to shade the fan, the rumors and Kevin's ex,
07:04Tori. Aniko said that Kevin and Tori's marriage was already broken and that Tori spread the
07:09mistress rumors because she wanted to play the victim. Ouch. Now Aniko has since turned off all
07:14comments on her Instagram page, but it seems Tori is getting the last word on this one. She told TMZ
07:20numbers don't lie. Dates don't lie. At the end of the day, she forced my hand to address this publicly.
07:25The most important thing to me is my children. So if my children see something that she's writing
07:29that makes me look like a liar, no. Panelists, what in the heart is going on here? Slay the
07:35shade in one, two, three. I see y'all already. Go. All right. We'll start with Sean. You're right
07:40in the middle. Go ahead. Why be so messy about it? Like these women, yes. I mean, but like,
07:48it's like these women are like, they're powerful in their own right. Right. Tori has her own brand.
07:53Like you have money, like you have class, like don't take to Instagram to let out all of these
07:59like silly, like keep it internal. Like you would never see Jay, Beyonce and Becky with the good
08:08hair out there telling who each other was and how they were all involved. Too classy for that.
08:13You will see Solange in the elevator putting in some games. Danielle, chime in. What are you thinking?
08:18So I'm saying Slade for Tori. I saw the video, the TMZ video when they asked her. Of course
08:23they're going to ask her. And I thought the way she handled it was really classy. I mean,
08:26she was just basically said the same thing that we just read. She was saying, you know,
08:29this is something that I thought we had moved past. Apparently there's some issues there.
08:33Point blank. Don't lie on me for my kids to see this. I thought she handled it well. Iniko,
08:39maybe it's the pregnancy hormones. I don't know what's going, but it seemed very out of character.
08:43No, for her, because usually Iniko's pretty like quiet and like kumbaya. So it seemed
08:47really off for her to, to clap back like that. I don't know. All right, Charlie,
08:52what was Kevin's rib thinking? Okay. So to be honest, I'm actually really was kind of doing
08:56this. I'm slating Tori for being as mature as a woman could be having to publicly respond to
09:04something like this again for the thousandth time. I'm actually shading Kevin Iniko, whom I usually
09:09love for taking the high road. And I'm mostly shading Kevin because the only person I want to hear
09:14really set the record about this publicly is Kevin. And I did not read the book yet. So if he did that
09:20there, fine. Yes. Okay. Twitter. But if he didn't, he's the one who should go public and clear up these
09:27dates. He's always like, I'm just laughing. It doesn't bother me. Right. But what happened?
09:32Because obviously the two women in your life still don't agree on it. I thought we had moved on.
09:36Yeah. Yeah. Shade all around. Okay. Shade all around. Okay. At Boss Lady Radio, Kevin Hart's wife
09:46Iniko played herself. She says his ex-wife handled that with so much class. I bet she will think twice
09:50before mentioning Tori. At Honeybee 83, that was very shady of Iniko and Tori. It's better than me
09:55because she would have had to see me over that disrespect. At True to Truth, Iniko must want
10:01Tori to pay her a visit. A lot of threats going on here. If you love that man's kids as your own,
10:05and you're expecting your own, you wouldn't reply with all that.
10:08That's so true. What about the kids and the new baby coming in? All right. Now, lastly,
10:12in an interview with Rap Radar podcast, Jay-Z questioned why black people don't support black
10:17entrepreneurs. And he used basketball dad, LaVar Ball, as his example.
10:22That man has a vision of his own. Why wouldn't I support him? Right. Why wouldn't I support him?
10:28He feels like he can move culture and his son got a big enough name and a big enough brand
10:32that they can do it. Nike had to start somewhere. Why do we get so upset when we,
10:38us, as a culture, want to start our own?
10:41Hmm. Now, some folks believe Jay missed the mark here, pointing to everything from LaVar Ball's
10:46controversial statements about women to his overall brash personality as reasons he shouldn't get a
10:52blanket cosign from us. Now, panelists, weigh in. Does Jay have a point that we should always support
10:56black wealth or is it inexcusable to dismiss LaVar Ball's past behavior? Is it a slayed or shade?
11:04Go ahead, panelists. One, two, three, go. Oh, OK. We'll start with you. Oh, wait. I haven't started
11:09with Charlie. Charlie, you go. I knew you were ready. OK. I'm shading Hove because it's easy for
11:14someone with as much wealth as he has to tell us what to do with the wealth we don't have. OK.
11:18Look, I'm all for supporting black owned businesses, but my morals mean everything to me.
11:23And I stand up for women. I'm black and I'm a woman. So if I don't agree with someone's views,
11:27I don't have to support their business just because they're black. I can find another black
11:31owned business to support. And I just, you know, it's always interesting to hear people
11:35with so much money. So you don't listen to R. Kelly. You don't. You. That's where you draw the line.
11:39I don't like your message. I haven't supported R. Kelly in a long time. In a minute. OK.
11:42OK. All right. I didn't forget. All right. All right. Sean, jump in. Yes.
11:47I didn't forget. I agree with Charlie in a lot of ways. Right. I mean, I think Hove was wrong in saying
11:52that there should be a blanket contract for. I still don't have title. It's not that good.
11:57So I. Boop. Shea. Yes, I did. You're holding up the right card. Yes, I did.
12:01But so like I don't just because Jay did it doesn't mean that we should, you know, get into it.
12:06And also, if you looked at the sneakers that this man is trying to sell for four hundred and fifty
12:11dollars, they are ugly. So I'm not going to support you for some four hundred and fifty dollars
12:15that I could get for twelve dollars from Shaq at Walmart.
12:19Danielle, have the last word in here on the so-called sneakers.
12:22I actually agree with Sean and Charlie. I think that we should have enough deciphering
12:26to like we do have enough. We're going to buy what we're going to buy.
12:28But I'm saying Slade just for the continual promotion of buying black in general, just
12:34to remind people if you can if you have that option to buy black, do it.
12:38But I'm not saying anything because I think LaBarba is crazy.
12:41I mean, he thinks he's better than Jordan and like he tried it.
12:45He said it several times that he could have beat Jordan in his prime.
12:48And I'm like, OK, but I mean, I do.
12:51You know, I do support the and I have I have Spotify, so I don't have a title either.
12:55But another one, you know, I'm yeah, Spotify is great.
13:00Yeah. Well, but support black if you can.
13:03If you can. All right. Kayla, what are people on Twitter saying about Jay's comments on LaBarba?
13:08Ball. OK, I was trying hard to find something supportive, so I found one at Skeptical Lex.
13:13She says LaBar truly is creating a legacy.
13:15Jay-Z has to support hashtag support black business.
13:18All right. That was the one support I found.
13:20Everything else is shade.
13:21So at Al Sal 1302.
13:23So Jay-Z buying from and publicly stating support for LaBarba isn't showing support for his misogyny.
13:29So hashtag double standards, they say.
13:32Scott McCary says what's interesting is Jay-Z somehow concludes that we all dislike LaBarba because he had a vision of his own.
13:37And that's nuts.
13:39So they said that he missed the mark.
13:40Very, very interesting.
13:42Thank you so much, panelists, for joining us.
13:44Coming up, Yara Shahidi is here and we're going to get the scoop on how she's balancing her new blackish spinoff with her real life as a freshman at Harvard.
13:52But first, are you looking for some inspiration for your end of summer wardrobe?
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15:10So my life, I'm an open book.
15:14I'm doing a show called Marlon.
15:15for once in my life I can express who I am as flawed as I may be I know that I have a great
15:23heart and I mean well but nobody's perfect yeah you're watching essence now I'm your host Makon
15:35and joining us right now in the studio is a young woman who is everyone's black girl magic girl
15:40crush seriously she's like essence family at this point please welcome Yara Shahidi to the show
15:45hey how are you good you look fantabulous as per usual one of the reasons we love you so much is
15:52that you're an activist you're regularly standing up for what you believe in what is right and your
15:56latest project the hashtag like a girl campaign with the brand always speak to us about that and
16:01tell us why you wanted to get involved I mean I've always been a fan of the campaigns that always
16:05have been running for the like a girl campaign and it really does speak to this idea that so many times
16:11around puberty girls lose their confidence and it affects us going forward and it's really important
16:17to have certain messaging that allows us to really embrace failure and get rid of the stigma around it
16:23especially because this is a crucial time in our lives in which we're making big decisions about who
16:28we want to be and we want to allow ourselves to really fully experience the world as we want to
16:33and a lot of that is being able to get rid of any barriers that we deal with about tackling our goals
16:40and so important so how do people get involved with the hashtag how should they use the hashtag
16:43I mean the hashtag is perfect for social media purposes of course and so you can always spread
16:48love whether you are some daily inspo of something like telling a story of what you've tackled or
16:53conquered or a fear that you you um got rid of using the like a girl campaign and even if you just want
17:00to reach out and look at the hashtag for support or daily inspiration it's a great way to just get in
17:05touch with your uh fellow peers okay well I'm definitely gonna use it now we know your family
17:10is really instrumental in keeping you grounded but how do you avoid peer pressure when your family's
17:15not around I mean I think they've really instilled in me this idea of um not even knowing who I am but
17:22also under understanding what my values are and so while Yara may change my values remain the same and
17:28so what is really important is that one I surround myself with people that even if we're not the same
17:33person because the goal is not to have a ton of clones of myself as friends but to really um have
17:38people that respect your values and so if anything um you grow together rather than dealing with having
17:44to deal with peer pressure and I know it's something that so many girls deal with and so many people
17:49deal with and so it's important to build a support network and so it may be of friends it may be of
17:55teachers of family members of people that you meet through instagram or whatever it may be but
18:01a support network has been really instrumental and really solidifying where I stand and how I want
18:06to operate in the world right that support network is extremely important so how do you stay
18:12grounded though I mean with your family and your mom and your support system how do you stay grounded
18:17I mean it's it's pretty easy I think what's nice is that I mean yes of course I work but I think what's
18:25funny is that acting is something I do it's not something I am even if my title is actor or actress
18:30and it's allowed me to live my life and so yes I work 60 hours a week and yes I have a crazy schedule
18:37but I still get those moments of hanging out with friends doing other things and really having that
18:42balance and so what's funny is that when you really get down to the core of my life or just what I go
18:47through on a day-to-day experience it's really no different than a person with a full school schedule
18:51person balancing the sports a person like any other kid right with a full schedule we're all dealing
18:57with especially now such full schedules and balancing everything that we want to do and so
19:03what's funny is like there are really not that many differences between you and a normal kid but I'm so
19:07glad you brought up school you're going to college school you're going to college you're going to
19:11college soon and your character Zoe is also going to college and grown-ish are there going to be
19:16parallels between blackish and grown-ish and what can you how would you describe the show I mean I think
19:21how I describe the show is of course we're in the pre-production phases so there are no scripts that I can give
19:26you an inside scoop on but our main goal is I'm sorry I don't have the scoop yet but I mean the main goal of
19:33the show and what we've really discussed with the writers and Kenya Barris is to portray college in
19:38its most authentic form of course black like in blackish some things are exaggerated for the sake of
19:45comedy but it's really based in the sense of reality and I think that's what we really want for
19:50grown-ish this ability to tell a story now of course there will be a lot happening to the main
19:54character yes may not happen to every student but we want to address the issues that college that
20:00students deal with whether it is of course like you're saying peer pressure or figuring out who
20:04you are and figuring out I mean Zoe is a big fish in a small pond and so there is this what you notice
20:11even in that first episode when she goes to visit her college is that she's unsure of herself and it's
20:16one of the first times you see her unsure of herself and it's important to not gloss over that as like
20:22oh yeah well she'll be confident again all the time right telling the story of what it means to
20:26be a young girl what it means to be a part of Gen Z and what it means to be on a college campus right
20:31now do you feel any pressure because blackish does such a great job of tackling issues much like it
20:36sounds like grown-ish will do and such a great funny responsible way do you feel any pressure to live
20:41up to the success of blackish I mean what's lovely is that we still have the same amazing team behind it
20:47of course it's different writers room but I really don't feel the pressure because what I love is
20:52that of course grown-ish is an extension of blackish but at the same time it's going to have a different
20:57feel and I love this idea that it's in all of the writers mind that they want to make it relevant
21:02because that's what has made blackish so crucial to just the TV landscape this idea of it's a telling
21:08of our reality and that it's based in what's happening now and so I think that's something that we
21:13all are very aware of walking into this speaking of what's happening now what are your thoughts
21:18about like the current events and what is going on particularly in light of what happened in
21:22Charlottesville I mean you've been so vocal about the Muslim ban yeah yeah I mean of course I've been
21:26vocal about this administration in general and I think it is definitely deeply personal especially
21:32being half black half Iranian and having many peers who are directly affected I know there are
21:36plenty of people that are directly affected in ways that I'm not even experiencing and so it's
21:40important to spread love and I think that's why it was even crucial for me to be a part of this like
21:44a girl campaign because in this moment we're depending on this generation uh to be the change
21:50makers and a part of that is making sure that they have the access and the personal confidence and
21:56tools to go tackle those goals and to really be that kind of uh change agent that we need right
22:02right right but on a lighter note away from the events from the past week so you're going to
22:07Harvard soon yeah how excited are you I am so excited yeah do you uh how do how do you feel
22:14about going and are you nervous do you have any do you feel any pressure I mean of course I'm nervous
22:19because it is a new adventure and much like Zoe it's a world that I've not been a part of and so
22:23I'm entering a whole new landscape and it is this crazy new adventure of mine but at the same time
22:30college has been something I've had my eyes on for the entirety of my life and so to be able to go
22:36in study what I want and have to support the support of professors already and of family and
22:42of my blackish family she was so amazing do you know what you want to study I'm double majoring
22:46in social studies which is interdisciplinary sociology anthropology economics and philosophy
22:53mind-blowing my second major is african-american studies that is amazing yara how are you gonna have
22:58time for all of that you know I love how you spoke about earlier about vulnerability and exposing that
23:04and showing that is there a biggest failure that you've had and how did you how did you recover from
23:08that I mean there are multiple points in my life and I'm constantly going through moments and of
23:13I call it personal evolution is how I like to brand it in my head because I think what I've realized
23:19overarchingly is that I have such a fantastic support network of people around me that even if I fall
23:25I'm not falling far I love that yeah and that's the same and the same goes for so many girls and I
23:31think it's about one finding that support system and getting rid of the personal fear of failure I
23:37know for me there are moments in my life of whether how seriously I take my academics I know a lot of
23:41times whenever I've done poorly on anything I've taken it so personally as like a deep reflection of
23:46who I am and my potential and I've really let it define me and there are other moments even as
23:52somebody who's a rock climber I've gone up across challenges where I've been the only girl in this
23:58gym and I'm like I'm not going to there's no way I'm reaching the top of that wall and so much of
24:05it is about just kind of that that personal fear of failing or that personal fear of not making it
24:11versus one getting rid of this idea of perfection and two really accepting and celebrating every step up
24:18that you do make I love that I don't think we can end the show on a more perfect note Yara you're
24:23amazing best of luck with the campaign and with Harvard soon will you come back and visit us of
24:27course all right guys make sure you follow Yara Shahidi on Twitter and Instagram she's amazing more
24:33essence now is up next thank you Yara get ready get ready get ready I am headed to the essence
24:39festival South Africa yes I am coming and I will be there I want to give a shout out to all the
24:45entrepreneurs if you will join me on Saturday morning I'm going to teach some principles that
24:49will escalate your business your faith and put you in alignment so that you can have a systematic
24:54pragmatic approach to taking your business to the next level so all you entrepreneurs whether you're
25:00in business or about to go into business I want you to join me on Saturday morning and then Sunday
25:06that's right we're going to get our church on so I want you to come ready to praise the Lord because
25:10I will be preaching Durban hey I'm coming love you
25:14Essence Fest Durban looks lit you're watching Essence now I'm your host Makon Jovo it's time for our
25:24black girl magic salute which this week goes to seven-year-old Jordan West get this Jordan raised
25:30ten thousand dollars to host a princess for a day party at Disney World for girls in foster care
25:36a selected group of 14 girls received the royal treatment complete with princess gowns and rise
25:42at Magic Kingdom to raise money Jordan enlisted her mom's help and held garage sales sold lemonade
25:48and even wrote a book here she dropped a few gems for other young girls
25:53be brave be confident be a giver be diligent laughing I believe you gotta be positive do you think it's easy to be a princess if you come with it just wear it
26:08be positive too cute Jordan you are a real life princess and we salute you remember you can watch even more inspiring stories of black girls doing great things in our original black girl magic docu series
26:22at essence.com slash black girl magic Kayla Kayla how cute was that story horrible oh my god but people are still talking about Tina Fey okay what are they saying okay so we asked earlier if the recent SNL escape of Tina Fey eating a sheet cake as a solution to all the protests is indeed funny or did she miss the mark
26:42Michael Davis says Lord pretty soon you're not going to be able to say anything to anybody let's talk about the folks who have no water the kids that need supplies and school clothes let's do that
26:52Anita Paris says this is the epitome of white privilege but Janice Jones says it's just a joke quit making it more than it is eat the sheet cake and shout out to Crystal Scratching who says loving this new format of essence now great job looking into this
27:05oh yay now okay before we head out let's shout out a couple more people watching on social media Kayla what are the shout outs give me some more shout outs
27:14so many people are talking about the um Tina Fey that have been inundated
27:18yeah a couple of more comments on Jay-Z people not understanding why he's supporting LaVar Ball saying he missed the mark there's a couple of more from Aniko saying she's super shady and we're just standing by for more comments
27:30you know what's really sad is that I thought we had moved past this like Aniko and Tori it looked like it was a happy story in the words of our black girl magic salute
27:39be positive
27:40agree thanks to y'all Shahidi and all of today's guests for coming through remember to subscribe to our YouTube channel to see all of our videos
27:48and tune in next Tuesday at 3 p.m. Eastern for an all new Essence Now I'm Makon Jlovu bye bye friends
28:10and tune in next Tuesday at 3 p.m. Eastern for an all new Essence Now I'm Makon Jlovu bye bye friends
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