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00:00Previously on Bell Collective.
00:02Ooh.
00:03What's up?
00:03I gave up some tea on you, honey.
00:06Tell me what tea.
00:07They were saying, well, you coming with said.
00:08And I said, they not together no more.
00:10No, we're not together anymore, unfortunately.
00:13Well, she told the truth.
00:13Yeah.
00:14Are we single and ready to mingle?
00:16I am single.
00:17I'm single again, yes.
00:18I am not above apologizing.
00:20Fine.
00:21OK, we ain't going backwards.
00:23OK.
00:24We gonna go.
00:24We gonna move.
00:25We gonna try to move forward.
00:27OK.
00:27So I just want us to see what is it that we need to do,
00:30because we got to bring this back around.
00:33Well, what about if we all meet?
00:39You're a manager, right?
00:40Yeah, but you ain't going to leave me.
00:41Go manage .
00:41What?
00:42You need to go take the .
00:43Take the finger out the hand.
00:45Hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:46You gotta sit your bitch ass down so hard.
00:48What you want to do, bruh?
00:50Bitch, my dick is my key.
00:57You gotta move like a butterfly.
00:59Fly.
01:00Can't caterpillar your whole life.
01:02Who say humans can't fly?
01:04Fly.
01:04Off the airplane, I'm fly.
01:06Fly.
01:09Everything's good.
01:10You got all the pamphlets in here.
01:12You know, when you do a giveaway, people, they come out.
01:16I'm just hoping that we got enough.
01:18I have always been an advocate for the community.
01:22After my one-on-one conversation with Latisha,
01:25my peace offering, I guess, is I am having a gift bag at Taste.
01:30Yay!
01:30And, you know, like, the way the economy is now,
01:33like, there's just so many different families that just can't make it.
01:36Mm-hmm.
01:36So I can do my part.
01:38So I definitely want to invite you.
01:40Oh, thank you.
01:41Yes, for sure.
01:41I'll be there.
01:42I'm super excited about the event today.
01:45People are literally gonna drive up.
01:47We're gonna put boxes of food in their trunks or the cars,
01:51along with a gallon of water, like a drive-through.
01:54I met with Latisha.
01:58What?
01:59So you took your husband's advice?
02:01I took my husband's advice, and I ended up meeting with her.
02:03What happened?
02:05Basically, she doesn't want to fight with me anymore.
02:07She's tired.
02:09We have too many things going on,
02:10and me and her are hindering you guys.
02:13Like, I feel like being a grown woman
02:15is being able to talk things out.
02:16Yes.
02:17And, you know, just being able to coexist.
02:19Co-exist.
02:20Yes, because I actually invited her to the event.
02:23No, I don't see them.
02:24I don't know yet.
02:25Okay, so when have you talked to Glenn?
02:28I ain't talked to Glenn.
02:29You haven't talked to him at all?
02:30I haven't talked to Glenn, period.
02:31If he come in, I ain't got no prior conversation with him.
02:34Well, what are y'all gonna talk about?
02:35You gonna ask him?
02:36We gonna talk about the weather.
02:37I haven't talked to Glenn since Carrie party,
02:40because I was kind of upset with Glenn and the stuff he said
02:42about me and my wife and stuff been going on.
02:45It takes time for stuff to get low.
02:47Hey, sisters.
02:48We got like 50 cars out here.
02:50Okay.
02:50It's time to give back.
02:52It's time to give back.
02:55It's time to give back.
03:05And I have the news station and our state representative.
03:10Talk about what we got going on here today.
03:13So today we're doing a community give back,
03:16because right now the economy is so fickled,
03:19and it's so many people that's not able to afford the essentials.
03:24I was once that child whose parents did not have a lot.
03:27So being in the position that I'm in now,
03:30like, I'm always willing to help and give back.
03:32I come from a small town where I never had a lot.
03:36So I can all too well relate to not having enough food to eat.
03:41So it is very important for me to get the word out about food scarcity.
03:46It's nothing to be ashamed about, because a lot of people do go through this.
03:50We have to highlight also the fact that we have investors like Ms. Rogers.
03:54When she called me about this event, I had to get involved immediately.
03:57And we have to support people like her.
03:59She's the best of Jackson.
04:01So it's just really honorable for her to do this in this community.
04:05All right, y'all ready?
04:06Let's give back, y'all.
04:08Yay!
04:10Let's all down the yellow boat.
04:12Let's go all down.
04:13Grab a box set and take it to a car.
04:17Let's pass it.
04:18Hello, come on down.
04:21You don't even have to get out the car.
04:23Uh-huh, thank you.
04:24She done got that one per car.
04:26Yeah, because there's so many.
04:28Yeah.
04:28Yeah.
04:29But it's a good black.
04:31Hi.
04:32There you go.
04:40It's boring.
04:41How you doing?
04:42Is your back door open?
04:44Hey, how you doing?
04:44You can pull up a little bit.
04:45Hey, y'all.
04:46Hey.
04:46I can't let you.
04:48I can't let you.
04:49I can't let you.
04:49I'm arriving at Latrice's give back.
04:52And this is my first time being at Taste in forever.
04:55I do feel weird.
04:57I do feel a little awkward.
04:59But I'm showing up.
05:01Well, thank you for coming, Miss Pearson.
05:04This is what we call this cordial.
05:05We cordial.
05:06We cordial.
05:07This is really nice, though.
05:09This is really nice.
05:11I told Glenn, so he's going to come, but he'll be late.
05:14Oh, I told my husband that I invited you guys or whatever.
05:19And, you know, he will.
05:20If he come, you know, I'm going to talk to him.
05:22Yeah.
05:23I want Glenn and Cliff to have a conversation,
05:25because they really had a friendship.
05:28And I hope that Glenn and Cliff can resolve issues.
05:32I hadn't had a conversation with Glenn
05:34ever since he interrupted my photo shoot.
05:49I did invite him to stop by Taste.
05:53And after the event is over, he and I will go to dinner.
05:56Come on down.
05:57Hello.
05:58Hi.
05:59Hi.
06:00How y'all doing?
06:03Come on down.
06:04Once that car pull off, you just pull up and get your box, OK?
06:07How you doing?
06:08How are you?
06:10The back seat open.
06:11We're going to drive it up.
06:12We're going to put it on the bag.
06:13How's your dad doing now that a few days have passed
06:16since the initial phone call where you found out?
06:19Yeah.
06:20Unresponsive.
06:20Yeah.
06:21My dad is doing much better.
06:26Latrice has called every single day, multiple times a day.
06:32Trace has definitely been here for me.
06:36And I am here for her today.
06:40You have a great weekend.
06:41Bye, baby.
06:43Bye.
06:44Bye.
06:45I think that's it.
06:46Tamara, my baby.
06:47That's it.
06:50Congrats.
06:51That's it.
06:52That's it.
06:53A one.
06:54This event went absolutely amazing.
06:57I feel like it hit every goal that I was trying to achieve
07:02when it comes to the community.
07:06Hey, ladies.
07:08Look, we going to get you the last.
07:09We going to get you the last.
07:11Turn your way.
07:11Nothing.
07:12Don't y'all do me.
07:14I'm coming to drop food off, not pick up food.
07:17All my sweet grand boys had their first basketball games.
07:22Oh, I'm late.
07:23But rather late than never, I'm here.
07:26Latisha, are you here at the taste?
07:28I am.
07:29I'm here at the taste.
07:30Because I told you, girl.
07:31What did I miss?
07:33Me and Latisha, actually, she took me out to eat.
07:35Mmm.
07:36What?
07:37Well, great for y'all.
07:38And this is an example of Tambra.
07:41And I hate Carrie.
07:42Carrie's not here.
07:43That's why you...
07:43She texted me and said that she had to go to Atlanta for...
07:46I forgot what it was for.
07:47Okay, so like I said, you stay out of people's business.
07:51Because people make up.
07:52Well, of course, it's bigger than us.
07:54It's bigger than...
07:55Yeah, it is.
07:55It's bigger than what me and Latrice had going on.
07:58It's for the collective.
07:59We're gonna do something.
08:00We can't...
08:00We'll tell you guys later the details.
08:02Me and Latrice gonna put something together.
08:04But at the end of the day, we have to bring this back
08:06and remember why we started.
08:08So it's a really, a real life reset.
08:10And we're burying our differences?
08:12So dress like it's a funeral.
08:16What?
08:17I done been to enough funerals in my life.
08:19And I am not trying to go to another one here in the collective.
08:24Who are we burying?
08:26I damn sure hope they're not trying to bury me.
08:36I have to go.
08:37I gotta get back.
08:38Bye.
08:43We appreciate you out there.
08:44No, thank you.
08:45Absolutely.
08:46When you need those, your love and that will...
08:48Bye, baby.
08:49I love y'all.
08:52Man, I haven't been in here in so long.
08:55I know.
08:56How about everything?
08:56Baby, this was me and Glen's spot, honey.
08:59We ain't been out nowhere together since then.
09:02So, I mean...
09:04Well, welcome back.
09:05Welcome back.
09:06Yes.
09:08I'm glad you came today.
09:10Thank you for inviting me.
09:11I appreciate it.
09:12So...
09:12Hey.
09:14How you doing?
09:16Hey, hey, hey.
09:16I'm good.
09:17How you doing?
09:19How you doing?
09:20It's...
09:20Feel weird, but...
09:22What up, what up?
09:23What's up, babe?
09:24You all right?
09:24Yeah, I'm good, babe.
09:25All right.
09:27Sorry on that.
09:31Here we are.
09:35Coming up on Bell Collective.
09:38I want to know, what's going on between you and Cedric?
09:42I'm not going back this time.
09:44Are you for real?
09:45You did that last time, you went right on back.
09:49Why are you stuck, Tisha?
09:51It's no...
09:51There's no need for you to be stuck.
09:52Because I'm not thinking about you.
09:53It's not you.
09:54Because you shouldn't have came.
09:56Oh, my God.
09:56I'm like, oh, my God.
09:57You're thinking about your brain.
09:57I have a huge opportunity coming down with a clown.
10:00I understand.
10:00But you see how your mind immediately went to what you love.
10:04I'm not a rumor person, but somebody had said something.
10:08Something about a baby in life.
10:12Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:14Yeah, yeah.
10:15Here we are.
10:16We finally got here.
10:18I mean, yeah.
10:23I want them to talk one on one.
10:26Oh, OK.
10:27We'll just step out.
10:28Just like how me and Tisha talked one on one.
10:30Is that clean?
10:30Yeah.
10:31So y'all had a conversation.
10:32I'm sure y'all will enjoy this moment.
10:34Oh, wait, you didn't tell him about the conversation?
10:37to be honest i'm looking forward to having this conversation with glenn tonight i need glenn to
10:42understand that my brand is my brand and my marriage is my marriage but i'm also dreading
10:47it because i know how glenn can be when it's time to have serious conversations
10:51i've been wanting to have this conversation for a minute i just didn't know how to
10:56uh present it because i had a lot of mixed emotions going on i'm not gonna lie i looked
11:01up to y'all and i still do the only thing i was really wanting from you was you to
11:05be vocal like
11:06you always are you like you're usually a very outspoken person and when that situation happened
11:11with a man you said me and my wife were trying to break up your marriage do you blame latrice
11:18and
11:18clip for this um to an extent glennale that hurt me you know what i'm saying yeah we were tight
11:25like you called me i leave your nephew but when you did that it took a lot from me like
11:30i told
11:30why she didn't want me to talk to you period i got to get some rest and sleep i get
11:35it i'm not
11:35trying to cause any commotion i brought you guys something to drink what that's nice let's switch
11:41drinks
11:44you can give it back you can give it back
11:46yeah i'm trying to
11:50yeah just want to make sure you know what i mean never could be too careful
11:56your husband talking about some um let's switch drinks like i don't pause in hell
12:00that's what he said what's the energy like with them
12:05well they are laughing oh they laughing i can bet you anything they had two minutes of just serious
12:13conversation and the rest was laughter back to normal like nothing happened
12:19and you had to give him permission like to even talk to glenn yes i did you know of course
12:25that
12:25goes back to everything that went on yeah you know so it's like it meant since you're not talking
12:30you and him okay you're not talking to glenn but what what what is that conversation gonna be like
12:35yeah what are y'all talking about yeah so we can't talk about what they talking about
12:38exactly so no don't talk at all yeah
12:44so i need your honest opinion like for real like about this meeting we're gonna have with the
12:50collective like what do you think
12:53so like for me i think trust needs to be built okay because i want me and you going in
13:01with like
13:01the same page this event can be beneficial to the collective because for one it's bringing
13:07us all together to discuss any issues any problems that we may have with one another
13:13i feel like if you put anything out on a table let's put it out there and get past it
13:18i'm way in colonia two thousand miles away i get a crazy phone call she going the hell off
13:24about the happened at that other selena in my party
13:34no i was pissed about that but i was saying she said that you got all up in her face
13:40i don't know
13:40if it's true or not what i done i protected my wife
13:43look at me calm down they were surrounded my wife man i'm just out there making sure that she
13:51she good you know i mean i understand you have to protect your wife right as far as me getting
13:56on the tree space no i never got out of the tree space i wouldn't do that i'm not that
14:01type of guy
14:01glenn is on a better term now glenn know i was a true friend to him i think he understand
14:07glenn got
14:08to take responsibility what glenn do and quit putting on with friends you won't have no friends
14:12lately man everywhere i show up it's chaos she had a a photo shoot and i popped up supporting right
14:21and her boundary got sideways with me you know started talking crazy me and him had words and
14:27my wife she didn't come to my defense is the man of the gate no i don't know he called
14:33me
14:33sexual chocolate i'm not worried about her working with him you need a picture man you can take it with
14:37chocolate keep playing with me he did call me sexual with chocolate was weird i've never been
14:48called sexual chocolate in the middle of an argument why would he call you sexual chocolate
14:52that's some of the weird i've ever seen clip i don't know your pants must be too tight
14:56hell nah my pants ain't tight yeah you better leave that alone
15:03coming up on bell collective
15:05i'm so sorry that i want to elevate i'm so sorry that i don't bow down to your ass no
15:12more
15:12i'm so sorry for wanting to become what god wants me to be
15:17i want want want what i want and this is
15:28I want, want, want what I want.
15:31I want, want, want what I want.
15:31And this you, you, you, that I want.
15:34I want, want, want what I want.
15:36And this you, you, you, that I want.
15:38I want the cute.
15:40Yeah, the money and the money.
15:42You are welcome.
15:43Amber is my bonus daughter.
15:45She's been in my life since she was 11 months old.
15:49Hey.
15:50Hi, Hope.
15:50How are you?
15:51Oh.
15:52It's good to see you again.
15:54Good to see you.
15:54Amber is home for the holidays.
15:57She enjoys drawing and painting.
16:00So Hope's studio is the perfect place to spend time with Amber
16:04and catch up.
16:05Right.
16:06Y'all ready to get started?
16:07Yes, ma'am.
16:08Amber is a huge part of my life.
16:11When Cedric and I split up, she continued to come and visit,
16:15talk to her often.
16:16So nothing changed.
16:18So, how's everything been?
16:21So, where do I start?
16:23I want to know, what's going on between you and Cedric?
16:27Mr. Cedric.
16:28Your father.
16:30My father.
16:31I'm not talking to him.
16:32I'm not dealing with him.
16:33I feel betrayed.
16:35Like, I didn't see it coming.
16:37I did.
16:38You did?
16:39Man, I saw that.
16:40Man, look.
16:42It's a pattern with you and my dad.
16:44He'll lure you in some type of way.
16:46He'll get you back.
16:48And then, y'all be back.
16:49Y'all be together for a little cool minute.
16:51Y'all love?
16:52I think my dad is a good father.
16:55But I feel like y'all just better apart.
16:58Y'all need to be separated.
16:59That's true.
17:01I am not surprised because when I left Cedric before,
17:07Amber inspired me to do so.
17:09She was like, Mama Marie, like, you gotta leave my dad.
17:12Like, you deserve so much better.
17:14So I've heard those words before.
17:16She's right.
17:16We are better off apart.
17:19He's not capable of loving me the way that I deserve.
17:23Why do you keep going back?
17:25Because it's familiar.
17:27I keep going back to what's familiar.
17:30So I'm, you know, I'm not going back this time.
17:35Are you for real?
17:37Because you said that last time.
17:40You said that last time.
17:41You went right on back.
17:43I know, Amber, I know.
17:45But I mean it this time.
17:46I am not getting back with your father.
17:49She's a straight shooter.
17:50You know, she don't sugarcoat.
17:53So are you thinking about dating somebody else?
17:55I'm outside.
17:56I'm ready for the next catch.
17:58I'm ready for my person.
17:59You ready for the next catch?
18:00I'm ready for my person.
18:02Look, in this season of my life, I'm not putting my life on hold.
18:05Right.
18:06I'm living my life unapologetically.
18:08So are you talking to somebody right now?
18:11Not yet.
18:12But I am on the dating apps.
18:16On a dating app, you getting the leftovers.
18:18You getting men.
18:19Yeah, you getting the leftovers.
18:21You getting the men that don't want to go outside and meet a quality woman.
18:26Go to the country club, go golfing, go to charity events.
18:30Like, that's where the high quality men are, baby.
18:32If you're on a dating app, you're just going to meet a man that's playing his video games
18:35and eating chips all day.
18:38I didn't look at it like that.
18:39Mm-hmm.
18:40That's the leftovers.
18:41That's what's left.
18:44Amber, you know what?
18:45You're right.
18:46Most men on there just got a divorce.
18:50Or they could potentially still be married.
18:52Hell, I don't know.
18:53I need to come off the dating app.
18:55Off of it.
18:56Throw that stuff away.
18:57Go to the country club in Madison.
19:00If you put on that red lipstick and put on that little bodysuit or your little dress,
19:04oh, you're going to meet your man.
19:05I promise you that.
19:06My baby to school me.
19:08Mm-hmm.
19:10Hey.
19:11Yeah.
19:12Yeah.
19:12Yeah.
19:13Yeah.
19:14Hey.
19:14Yeah.
19:15I've been ballin', ballin' second grade.
19:17Always been a boss, throwin' money, money like Renee.
19:19We never needed a man to hold me down, bro.
19:22Self-made.
19:23I'm party for two, please.
19:25Can we have a patio?
19:27I'm meeting Glenn at Zia Restaurant.
19:29And even though we were at Taste Together at the community event,
19:34we did not drive together.
19:36I'm super happy that him and Cliff had their, you know,
19:39they little private conversation.
19:40But we still have things to talk about
19:43and everything that transpired at my photo shoot.
19:45You gon' tell me that you love men, uh.
19:48Turn around and stick a knife in men.
19:56Hi.
19:57Hey.
19:58How are you?
20:00I'm happy that I'm having dinner with my wife,
20:03but at the same time, I'm kind of dreading what she's gonna say.
20:06Especially after what happened with her manager and I.
20:09So, let's just see where this goes.
20:12I'm hoping for the best.
20:13How you been, man?
20:15It's been, it's been interesting.
20:17Of course, coming off of the photo shoot.
20:20You need to go take a seat and take the video out there.
20:22I ain't gonna take a seat.
20:23Come on.
20:25Go sit your bitch ass down.
20:26Go sit.
20:27Like, that was a whole lot.
20:29And...
20:30You need to learn how to control your people.
20:32I ain't need to learn.
20:33No, what I'm saying, speaking of that, we just gotta help.
20:36You need to fire him immediately.
20:38Now you see why I said that it's important to keep stuff separate.
20:42I will say this.
20:45First was absolutely wrong.
20:48Like, wrong for antagonizing you.
20:50So I decided he don't have to take a leave of absence.
20:54Because regardless...
20:55No, I'm being for real.
20:56A leave of absence.
20:59First being on a leave of absence, to me, is a paid vacation.
21:02Because he's a manager.
21:03He's still getting a percent.
21:04And he ain't even working for it.
21:05So, he should be fired.
21:07If anybody disrespected my wife like that, they would've been fired if we did.
21:11It seems like everybody in your camp wanna label me the bad guy so bad.
21:15They want me to be so wrong.
21:17Even with Shantae.
21:19When I'm not the one that initiated anything, nobody had my back.
21:25Nobody defends Glenn.
21:26And everybody wonder why I'm on the defense.
21:29I'm not looking for you to have my back.
21:31But a damn show would've been nice for somebody to say,
21:33damn, first, you wrong for that, girl.
21:35And I'm saying that!
21:36You should've put Shantae in her place.
21:38Glenn, I'm stuck!
21:38You should've put First in her...
21:40Why are you stuck, T-Shirt?
21:41There's no need for you to be stuck.
21:43Because I'm not thinking about you.
21:44I don't think about Shantae.
21:45I think about First.
21:45You're thinking about your business.
21:46I'm like, oh my God.
21:47You're thinking about your brand.
21:48I have a huge opportunity coming down with a big brand manager.
21:53And I'm like, oh Lord, I don't want you to think that I can't.
21:56Because I got these damn clowns.
21:58But you see how your mind immediately went to what you love.
22:02It's not me.
22:02Because you shouldn't have came.
22:03Oh my God.
22:04You shouldn't have came down talking to me.
22:06Yo, manager shouldn't have said to me.
22:07He shouldn't have.
22:08He shouldn't have.
22:09That's why I don't put you in positions like that.
22:12But you still want to pop up.
22:13All right, man.
22:14He shouldn't have said anything to you.
22:15Okay.
22:15Like, ain't nobody gonna disrespect you.
22:17If that's the case, First will still be here with me.
22:22You put that man on a paid vacation.
22:24That's not having my bad.
22:25You see how condescending you are?
22:27That's why I can't have no conversation with you.
22:28Right.
22:29That's why I'm the bad guy.
22:30That's why I'm the bad guy.
22:30Glenn, you are wrong.
22:31Glenn, I'm so sorry that I didn't make my moment about y'all asses.
22:36I'm so sorry that I want to elevate.
22:39I'm so sorry that I don't bow down to your ass no more.
22:43I'm so sorry for wanting to become what God wants me to be.
22:47I'm sorry.
22:48Here are your flowers.
22:50Here's your, what you want?
22:51Some green beans?
22:52You want the rest of my rotisserie?
22:55I don't know what else you want from me.
22:57All I ask you to do is be my husband!
23:00Coming up on Bell Collective.
23:02Every time I open up my heart to you, what the same person that I'm out here trying to
23:06please are the same person that's out here hurting me constantly.
23:09You want to have your hand in it so that you can control me and keep me under that thumb
23:13that
23:13you didn't always have me under.
23:18I'm so sorry for wanting to become what God wants me to be.
23:22I'm sorry.
23:23Here are your flowers.
23:25Here's your, what you want?
23:27Some green beans?
23:28You want the rest of my rotisserie?
23:30I don't know what else you want from me.
23:32All I ask you to do is be my husband!
23:35You see what I'm saying?
23:37I'm so stunned to hear Tisha talk this way.
23:40I've never seen her push back like this in our whole marriage.
23:43Not like this, not to this degree.
23:46Every time I open up my heart to you,
23:48every time I put everything that I want to do second, third, fourth, fifth, what the
23:52same person that I'm out here trying to please are the same person that's out here hurting
23:55me constantly.
23:56Something should click in your damn head.
23:59This girl should have been to divorce me three, four, five, six, seven, eight times.
24:02This girl should have been left my ass, but she's still here.
24:05If the only thing she's asking me right now is to respect her.
24:08The only thing she's asking me is like this girl growing her brand.
24:11You don't want to have your hand in it because you want to help me and be an asset.
24:14You want to have your hand in it so that you can control me and keep me under that thumb
24:18that you
24:18always have me under.
24:20I am super proud of myself.
24:22For the first time, I am really setting these boundaries.
24:26I am done being the woman, the wife who just rolls over for her husband and do whatever he wants.
24:32That has expired.
24:33You got to respect my boundaries right now.
24:36I'm not that girl anymore.
24:38Period.
24:39She is gone.
24:40I never want to see her again in my life.
24:43I miss her dearly.
24:44I know you do because that was comfort for you.
24:47But it was misery for me.
24:48It wasn't comfort, it was love.
24:49The only thing I need you for, I don't need you to protect me from my brand.
24:52I need you to protect my heart.
24:56I feel like Tisha and I, we're not on the same page anymore.
25:00Hell, we ain't in the same book.
25:02I know I can be headstrong and I got to figure it out.
25:06I got to come to realize that maybe that person gone.
25:10And it's time for me to focus more on me.
25:13I've held my family together for, what, 25 years, 30 years?
25:18I don't see a problem.
25:20I am planning my future and Glenn, I would love for him to get on board with me.
25:26But if you're not going to be supported,
25:32you may just have to get left behind.
25:34Just let me shoot my shot for myself one time.
25:37Shoot your shot, child.
25:39Shoot that mother to the moon.
25:40Yeah.
25:45I've been knowing this a long time.
25:47I've been in it for a long ride.
25:49No time to be second guessing myself
25:51when I know that I did that all by myself.
25:54Think I'll take a little bacon.
25:55Today I'm at Mike's house.
25:57I have my own home.
25:59And Mike has his.
26:01But Mike is always in my house.
26:04I rarely ever come here.
26:06And so I just want to surprise Mike.
26:08Just straighten up a little bit around here.
26:19Did I hear a front door?
26:25Oh, you way back here?
26:26What you doing back here?
26:27Folding your clothes.
26:27Well, I'm so glad you did this.
26:30Mm-hmm.
26:31Hey, hey.
26:32Meeting up with Marie, she's talking about
26:34make sure Mike do not keep that home as a bachelor pad.
26:40His bachelor pad, his house.
26:42Y'all gonna move in together, he gonna get rid of that.
26:44That's not good for him to keep his face.
26:47Mike and I, we've been talking about moving in together
26:50in a new home together.
26:52But Mike is trying to backtrack.
26:54And he wants me to move into his house.
26:57Cheers to being home.
26:59I don't want to move into his house.
27:01I want us to have something new and fresh of our own.
27:06I don't think that I could live here
27:10and feel like I'm at home.
27:12I don't want it to be my forever home.
27:14I want our forever home to be ours.
27:18Tell me what the deal is.
27:19You, your ex was here.
27:24This home holds so many memories of you two.
27:28Because I got the picture.
27:29You got the picture.
27:30Yeah.
27:30So we on the same page.
27:32Nah, you need to start seeing eye-to-eye with me,
27:34because all that stuff you ain't telling me.
27:35You ain't telling me nothing about this house thing.
27:38Mike and I, communication is a lot better,
27:40but it's still not where it needs to be,
27:42because he is clearly not hearing me.
27:45Do I need to say it another way?
27:47Like, Michael, open your ears, baby.
27:50Still want to get married.
27:51What they got to do with what we talking about?
27:53I'm just asking questions.
27:54I just want to make sure.
28:00Coming up on Bell Collective.
28:02Like you said, the collective.
28:04Look, I believe it's about the book as well.
28:07And the chapters are always going to be different.
28:08It is about the book.
28:10Your book, to me, has always been the same.
28:13If I have to fight through my hurt,
28:16and I still have to show up,
28:18what makes y'all any different?
28:52Oh, yeah, I'm a winner, you know that.
28:55May have lost in the past.
28:57I ain't going back.
29:01See, she's going to get a better dish.
29:03Oh, OK, so who we best?
29:04Oh, my God.
29:05Oh, my God.
29:08She came for the after party.
29:10Here's the memorial.
29:11Here's the after party.
29:13Today is the day of the funeral
29:16that I am co-hosting with Latrice.
29:18And today is all about getting the bells together,
29:22burying the old, and rebirthing a new collective.
29:26But Carrie, are you trying to entice the pastor
29:30like you want to get the offering?
29:33Carrie, we're going to have to put you in the background,
29:35girl, the pastor cannot see you.
29:37She needs her little cloth over her.
29:41I'm trying to match y'all vibes.
29:43I'm trying to match y'all spectrum vibes.
29:46Leticia and Latrice asked us to show up for a funeral,
29:49and Carrie came in here showing up like she going to the club.
29:52I guess Carrie said, y'all ain't going to bed with me.
29:55I'm coming to party.
29:56So we just want to first say thank you ladies for coming.
30:00This look amazing.
30:01And we want to lead in love.
30:03Good energy.
30:04Good vibes.
30:05OK?
30:06We're just here having an adult conversation.
30:09A real conversation.
30:10A real conversation.
30:11That's it.
30:12So nothing else.
30:13And anytime someone feels what we're going to do,
30:16ring the bell.
30:17If you feel like, hey, going too far,
30:20let's just have some type of...
30:22Hold on.
30:23You know, we'll just...
30:26And let's not over talk each other,
30:28and let's not talk for a long time.
30:32Short and sweet.
30:33Yeah, short and sweet.
30:35Tambra, you have a heart out of how many minutes?
30:37Girl.
30:40I have to leave early.
30:43This is my baby's very first program ever.
30:47And I have to be there.
30:50The bells are just going to have to understand.
30:53Here it is, the obituary.
30:55The bell collector was born from vision, sisterhood, and ambition.
30:59A platform created to spotlight women building businesses,
31:02breaking barriers, and becoming their highest self.
31:04Over time, misalignment, mistrust, and silence crept in.
31:10Transparency faded, and stories went untold.
31:13All I have to think about is what the she did to me.
31:16I ain't forgot this .
31:17Today, we lay to rest the old ways of performative participation
31:21and caring what no longer serves the collective.
31:25A renewed bell collective rooted in trust, truth, accountability, and purpose.
31:31May the bell collective be reborn stronger, clearer, and united.
31:37I'm confident in the rebirth of the collective.
31:40And in order for it to work, everybody will have to be committed.
31:44Basically, today is for the rebuild, and how can we move forward,
31:49and how can we start over.
31:50We'll start with you, Tambra.
31:52When we started out, it was a good time.
31:54Right now, we're the hood.
31:56There's no sister in it.
31:57And that's just the truth.
31:58That's why we're here, right?
31:59Because one thing all of us have in common,
32:02you've heard me say that I feel like it wasn't a safe space.
32:06I've heard you say it.
32:07I've heard Latrice say it.
32:08I've heard Marie say it.
32:10So I just want to know, are you willing to be a little more transparent?
32:14I do talk more all day, every day to Latrice.
32:17Mm-hmm.
32:17I talk more to Selena.
32:19So I am more transparent with them as they have made me comfortable.
32:24In other words, it's a two-way street.
32:25When you've been hurt by other bells,
32:29or when you feel like the bells do something to you,
32:33it makes you protect your peace.
32:36Because emotionally, my peace was a priority.
32:40The only time that I actually shied away was when I was pregnant.
32:44Because I do feel like at that time,
32:46I was attacked when I was in a vulnerable place.
32:49At that time, I was fighting postpartum depression.
32:52I did not want it, but I wanted to make sure I showed up for everyone.
32:55After my pregnancy, I heard from Latrice all the time.
33:03Selena, she is another that always checked on me.
33:06I actually did expect more support from some of the bells,
33:14especially the ones who are mothers no matter what we had going on.
33:20I mean, you just having a baby, that's a very vulnerable spot to be in.
33:24Very.
33:25But I guess my standpoint is, if I have to fight through my hurt,
33:30and I still have to show up, what makes y'all any different?
33:35We keep having these restarts, rebirth, fresh starts.
33:39Like, Tamra wants the prestige,
33:43but she's not interested in really getting to know us beyond surface level.
33:50Look, I believe it's about the book as well.
33:53Like you said, the collective.
33:55The chapters, we make up the chapters.
33:57And the chapters are always going to be different.
34:00I like the way you put that.
34:02It is about the book, and I love that.
34:04Your book, to me, has always been the same.
34:07I feel bad about Tamra going through postpartum after her baby,
34:11but I stand firm on my opinion.
34:15Like, that's an example.
34:17How are we supposed to know that?
34:18So if you want support,
34:21honey, you got to show up and tell us what's going on.
34:24And that's okay.
34:25If you want to still be here, we're going to adapt.
34:27Let's adapt.
34:28It's just crazy that they look at Tamra
34:33and feels like she doesn't bring a lot because she does.
34:37Tamra is the true definition of a bail,
34:40and she has every right to be here.
34:43And that brings me to Selena.
34:44So, Selena, what do you think?
34:45Well, I understand when she said, like,
34:47she don't feel comfortable because it's not a safe space for her.
34:51And if we do what we're saying on this paper,
34:53then we can make it a safe space for her to share more.
34:57That's fair.
34:58So, Tamra, in this moment,
35:00do you still want to be a part of the collective?
35:13So, Tamra, in this moment,
35:15do you still want to be a part of the collective?
35:21I believe the collective has purpose.
35:24We all want to have a purpose.
35:26You want to be a part of something that has a purpose.
35:28That's in your relationships, business.
35:31I can relate that to Marie.
35:33She always talks business.
35:34Business, professional.
35:35Everything has to have a purpose.
35:38I definitely consider myself purpose-driven, for sure.
35:43Family is very important to me.
35:45And even with Tisha, she talks about protecting her piece.
35:49Don't be mad when I protect mine.
35:53Y'all, I'm sorry.
35:54Like, can't we just rip the band-aid off?
35:56Like, y'all asking Tamra to step away?
35:57Because that's what it feels like to me.
35:58And I'm not trying to, like, put you on the spot.
36:00But I feel like, is that what it is?
36:02Or is that not what it is?
36:03No, not stepping away.
36:04I'm asking Tamra to step up.
36:06I think a lot of people are afraid to share and be vulnerable
36:09because they're afraid that it could be weaponized at the place.
36:12What I'm saying,
36:12while the collective started to begin with, right,
36:16it was a vision.
36:18If we can't feel safe in doing that,
36:21it's time to step away.
36:24Don't be selfish.
36:25If either one of us, if we're not comfortable
36:29or willing to share life experiences
36:33that we all can learn and grow from,
36:35this group is not for you.
36:38I really wish I could stay for this.
36:40I know.
36:41My baby has her first program.
36:44They put the babies on line first.
36:48I do not feel bad about leaving.
36:52London Simone comes first.
36:54However, if we are really moving forward,
36:58I'll make it up to the bills later.
37:02Okay, so you guys feel like Tamra shouldn't be in the collective
37:05because she's not as transparent as the other bills, correct?
37:10Because she's transparent with me.
37:12We're not talking about personal relationships.
37:14We're talking about the relationship within the collective.
37:17Well, let me keep you out, too,
37:19because I don't feel like you're going to get your ass on.
37:21Wait a minute, don't do that.
37:22Don't you all start.
37:23We don't share everything.
37:25Well, we still ain't heard about the breakup yet.
37:28I'll be late.
37:28Carrie, look.
37:29You're missing.
37:30You're going to stay out of my business.
37:32Like, you're going to have to take baby steps.
37:34Really?
37:34Do you fail or do you don't fail?
37:35You know what?
37:36You really a bit my fan.
37:37You a fan of mine.
37:39You really are.
37:39I'm a fan of y'all.
37:40No, no, no, no, no.
37:41I am a fan.
37:42But that's okay.
37:43Since you my fan, here you go.
37:45I'm a, listen.
37:46Dr. Marie, my girl.
37:47Letting me know.
37:47You my biggest fan.
37:48I'm a fan of everybody, baby.
37:50I'm a fan girl.
37:51You my biggest fan, baby.
37:52You my biggest fan.
37:53Ooh.
37:53I'm a fan girl, everybody.
37:55I love everybody.
37:55She my biggest fan.
37:57Listen.
37:58Girl, you can go sit down somewhere
38:00trying to have your moment off of me.
38:02Okay?
38:02Because you know one thing about me and you,
38:05we love to go back and forth and we love to spar.
38:07Baby, I have not done you a darn thing,
38:10but hype you up.
38:12So in that regard, you're welcome.
38:14Carrie, what you got going on down there on the Gulf Coast?
38:17Oh, honey, I got a lot going on, girl.
38:19These three restaurants killing me.
38:21You know, Brittany and I think we're just gonna wave the magic wand
38:23like we did with other stores, and it's gonna be great,
38:25but it's not as great.
38:27You know, we're thinking about selling.
38:29Yeah.
38:30So just to...
38:30Just close it.
38:32Yeah.
38:32Sometimes you keep it open, you're gonna lose even more.
38:35That's true.
38:35In business, sometimes you just have to know when to walk away.
38:39And that goes hand in hand with success.
38:42But me, I'm a person that I'm like...
38:44You don't wanna be a failure, and that's not what it's about,
38:48because you're not a failure.
38:50Every time I start thinking about my business,
38:52it's like a weight gets put on my shoulders,
38:55and I may just have to close the doors forever,
38:58but, you know, it's good to be in a space with like-minded women.
39:02Even though we have our differences, they care about me,
39:05and it just feels good to be in a space
39:07where I can feel love and support from these women.
39:10And let's keep it here.
39:11If we share, let's just be like,
39:13hey, this what's going on with me here right now?
39:15Yes.
39:15So is there anything else?
39:17Because we are sisters.
39:19I've heard some little petty mess about Mike
39:22and Selena's relationship.
39:24I would never say something to intentionally
39:27or unintentionally hurt Selena,
39:28because she's such a beautiful person.
39:30But at the same time, I feel the pressure
39:33to put everything out on the table.
39:35So I hope Selena feels that she can answer honestly.
39:38Typically, I would never bring something like this
39:40to a table like this.
39:44I'm not a rumor person.
39:46And it, it, I ain't even gonna lie,
39:48but I feel, I'm believing in what we wrote about in here,
39:52and transparency and authenticity.
39:54Yeah.
39:54So, some of the guys were talking,
39:59and you know how you have pillow talk,
40:00you know, with your husband and stuff.
40:02And that has shared with me that somebody had said something
40:07that, you know, it's probably just some rumor,
40:09people trying to attack and bring down,
40:11but something about a baby and Mike.
40:17Girl, this is so uncomfortable for me to say this.
40:20I'm sorry I'm not taking care of an outside baby.
40:23It would be, it would be over with if that was the case.
40:26If Mike stepped out on me and father the child,
40:29you know, there's no wedding.
40:31There is no us.
40:32It's over.
40:38Next time on Bell Collective.
40:40I want to show loyalty.
40:41So that's why I invited Shontae here,
40:43because I feel like we're gonna cut stuff off at the roof.
40:46She shared some information with me,
40:48said that you got a whole boyfriend.
40:51What's his name?
40:56What?
40:56Met up the Collective.
40:59So we can just, I guess, squash everything.
41:01And one of the things that came up was,
41:04you have a baby on the way.
41:06I'm trying to see who I can trust.
41:07How could something off of social media
41:11end up in the Collective about my fiance?
41:15I just have one question.
41:17Who brought it to the Collective?
41:23That's what I want to know.
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