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00:01Dearly beloved, previously, we buried our differences.
00:05I am not above apologizing.
00:07We ain't going backwards.
00:08OK.
00:09We don't try to move forward.
00:11OK.
00:12Looked up too young.
00:13And I still do.
00:13It's love and respect.
00:18But something just won't die.
00:21You're going to stay out of my business.
00:23That one is.
00:25So, Tambor, are you willing to be a little more transparent?
00:28Right now, we're the who.
00:30There's no sister in it.
00:33Do you still want to be a part of the collective?
00:35I have to leave.
00:36I love you.
00:37Matt had shared with me that somebody had said something
00:40about a baby and Mike.
00:44If Mike stepped out on me and fathered a child,
00:47I would be gone.
01:19I didn't see it personally.
01:24So I couldn't really speak on it.
01:26I didn't see anything.
01:26The only thing I heard was from Mike.
01:28And then, no.
01:28Someone put that under a picture.
01:31Mm-hmm.
01:31Glenn posted a picture with him, Mike, and Cliff.
01:36And someone commented, somebody in this picture,
01:40they got a baby on the way.
01:41Mm.
01:42And they said, well, it's not Glenn this time.
01:44They said that.
01:45Oh, my God.
01:46And then they said it wasn't Cliff's son.
01:49People say anything.
01:50It is crazy.
01:51Can't you heard that?
01:52Because when I say I'm in the streets,
01:54y'all know y'all commented.
01:55We know you in the streets.
01:56I have never heard that.
01:58I have never heard it.
01:59Because your husband went to my husband.
02:01Who said what, ma'am?
02:02Your husband went to my husband.
02:04Oh, he did.
02:06Oh.
02:07Girl.
02:08I got to ask for me, baby.
02:10Marie did mention the baby rumor to me.
02:13But Mike already told me about this rumor.
02:15He came directly to me.
02:17Is this really the correct time?
02:20Knowing I am planning a wedding, I'm about to break.
02:45Hi.
02:46Hi.
02:47Hi, beautiful.
02:48I had no idea this is who I was talking to.
02:51Absolutely.
02:52Today we are at the Mississippi East Center.
02:54I am scouting for a location to host my upcoming talk show pilot focus group.
03:00It is set up classroom style, as you see.
03:03Mm-hmm.
03:03We do provide the projector and the screen.
03:05Okay.
03:06And a mic if needed.
03:07I'm doing a focus group.
03:08Okay.
03:08So that is actually perfect.
03:10Seeing the venue in person, I am so excited.
03:13This fits the image of everything that I envision for my focus group.
03:22Thank you for your time.
03:23I appreciate it.
03:24Okay.
03:25All right.
03:25See you soon.
03:26Hi.
03:28Hey.
03:28Hey, y'all.
03:29Right on time.
03:30Right on time.
03:31Hi.
03:31You look so pretty.
03:33Look at you, boy.
03:34How you doing?
03:35Good to see you.
03:36Good to see you.
03:37Y'all have a seat.
03:38Have a seat.
03:39Good to see you.
03:39So I definitely wanted y'all here.
03:42You know, I mean, we all know what happened at the photo shoot.
03:46How the f*** stands up to you, right?
03:50Get in with the move of the f***.
03:52It's time I fall in.
03:54Yeah.
03:55We have to have respect.
03:56So with that being said, I definitely want to have a conversation with First.
04:02When it comes to Glenn and First, I know this is just not a healthy space to be in.
04:07This is very difficult for me.
04:10But I do know deep down, this is something that I have to do.
04:14Hi.
04:16Hey, how you doing?
04:17I'm fine.
04:18We're here with Ashley and Donald.
04:20Hey, guys.
04:21Hey.
04:21Hey.
04:22I love y'all, man.
04:23So you know what type of conversation we have to have.
04:26Okay.
04:26No problem.
04:27The photo shoot, that just went too far first in.
04:31It did.
04:31It's not too many things I regret in my life, Tisha.
04:34And that's one of them.
04:35And I'm truly sorry from the bottom of my heart.
04:39Mm-hmm.
04:40I accept your apology.
04:41I definitely accept at the end of the day.
04:44I just think, like, it's in the best interest right now for you to just go on and leave an
04:51absence.
04:53I think a leave an absence would be best for both sides.
04:57You know what I'm saying?
04:57Well, thank you, First.
04:58I appreciate everything that you've done.
05:00First is a major factor in my life.
05:03I learned a lot about management and the business.
05:08And this is someone who's very important in my business.
05:13And I know with his absence, there will definitely be a void.
05:17I think you made the right decision.
05:20And Ashley, everything is gonna have to fall on you.
05:23Well, I've been telling you.
05:24Like, I'm gonna ride for you because you believed in me when I didn't believe in myself.
05:37Mm-hmm.
05:38The focus group that we should have, what are you looking to get out of this that could help us
05:44move forward?
05:45Feedback.
05:46This thing is gonna be right from top to bottom.
05:48I wanted Lonnie Love to be a part of it.
05:51I think that her experience, her prior experience, will work great.
05:55And she's able to pour into me to help me broaden the vision.
06:00Lonnie Love is a powerhouse.
06:03She is a television host, a comedian.
06:06And she's all about women empowerment.
06:09As a woman who's built a successful career by using her voice unapologetically and really just being her authentic self
06:19resonates with me and where I am right now.
06:22I also want to invite all the Bells.
06:25We're all leaders.
06:26We're all business owners.
06:27We're all visionaries.
06:28And that's something that is important to me.
06:31I am in the headspace of making sure that the focus group stays grounded and professional and it doesn't go
06:39like my photo shoot.
06:41Let's do it, y'all.
06:44Let's do it.
06:58We're all about how I dance.
06:59I'm a mover and shake.
07:01Hey Finker.
07:02Sup, Trace.
07:03So what we having today?
07:05Um, I think I could do a mocktail today.
07:08Just a mocktail?
07:09Yes.
07:09With a long ass day?
07:10I'm here today at Taze getting some much needed work done.
07:13I mean, it feels good to just not have to focus
07:16on the Bell's drama, especially after what happened
07:19at the funeral.
07:20We in hot pursuit.
07:21See, we got the loo.
07:23Got nothing to prove.
07:24Might be the end for you.
07:27Ooh!
07:28Hi, girl.
07:29Hi.
07:29Hi.
07:30Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm.
07:32I'm coming here to Taste to check in with my girl,
07:34Treese, after that mess of a friendship funeral.
07:37You know, I kind of want to do a temperature check with her,
07:39because I know she was taken aback with some of my remarks.
07:42But at the end of the day, I think
07:43we're going to have a good old kiki,
07:45and let the fun begin.
07:47We got so much to unpack from the other night, girl.
07:49I thought I was going to a friendship funeral.
07:51Let's go back to the whole Selena situation,
07:54the one about Mike.
07:56And him having a baby with someone that's not Selena,
07:59when you put my husband into the equation.
08:01I'm sorry.
08:02And that really pissed me off, because, like,
08:04when it comes to Mike and Selena, me and my husband,
08:06we ten toes down for them, for their whole union,
08:09for everything that they stand for.
08:10So my husband overheard Marie saying this.
08:15So he went to Matt and was like, hey, Matt, you know,
08:18Marie messy as she over there, you know, blah, blah, blah.
08:20So he's basically telling Matt, like, you know,
08:22Marie on some messy .
08:23I had been told that Marie said it to Selena at the party,
08:28at my birthday party.
08:29This was probably a conversation that you, Tisha, and Marie had.
08:33And it's easier.
08:36So I had heard it through Matt, through the guys having small talk.
08:40I was not, like, pushed to say it from them.
08:42I had, I promise, like, girl, on my mama, on my hood.
08:46Like, I don't.
08:47But I just probably put it on the guys,
08:49because it's easier to just kind of throw it off on them.
08:51Baby, this is my husband.
08:53Now, what I'm going to do is throw anything on Matt.
08:56Marie always say, stand in your ,
08:59stand in your , stand in your ,
09:01you the one brought it to the collective.
09:03This is typical Marie.
09:05She never takes accountability for anything that she ever does.
09:09And the fact that she still hasn't owned up
09:12to spreading the rumor about Mike and Selena
09:14is absolutely crazy.
09:16And I will say, I'm sorry for putting your husband in it.
09:19Hell, I put my husband in it, too.
09:21Do you accept my apology?
09:22I wasn't trying to be a mess.
09:24Thank you, girl.
09:25Thank you, girl.
09:26I feel that Treece moves differently
09:28with her husband than what I do.
09:31And I see that Treece don't play about hers.
09:34The real me, I don't believe in spreading rumors like that.
09:38But I hope that we can put this whole rumor to rest.
09:41And I hope that we can move forward in love and sisterhood.
09:45Are we good with the bells?
09:47Are you good with the bells?
09:48Yes.
09:49I am good with the bells.
09:51Good.
09:54Coming up on Bell Collective.
09:56I invited Shantae here because I feel like we're
09:59going to cut stuff off at the roof.
10:00The information was brought to me that, you know,
10:02her and Damana are not together.
10:03They're basically two friends that decided that they
10:05want to have a baby.
10:07The collective, they had an obituary.
10:10One of the things that came up was, you have a baby on the way.
10:15How could something off of social media end up in the collective
10:21about my fiancee?
10:22Who brought it to the collective?
10:47It's been a long time since me and Tambra actually had a private conversation.
10:52So, with me being, you know, a leader, I want to reach out and see if we can catch up.
10:58I know you watch my every move, huh?
11:01In the corner of my eye, I see you, huh?
11:05You want to be me so bad, it's true, huh?
11:09But you can't hit it and it's eating you, huh?
11:14Oh, my gosh, love you.
11:19Oh, she's so...
11:20Here you go.
11:21Hi!
11:22This is so, come on, let me get out of here.
11:24Look, look, look, look.
11:25Don't let us.
11:26Look, it might be a little, it's just long.
11:28It's so long.
11:29It might be a little something going down.
11:31Letitia and I have not actually had a sit-down one-on-one with each other in years.
11:40What I will say, friend, is that I will try my baby.
11:42best if I see anything or if I hear anything to try to, you know, keep everything cool so it
11:49won't
11:49ruin your party. Let's eat. So today we are meeting for the first time in years. How was the
11:59performance? I missed it. You missed a performance? Yeah. That's why you left the funeral. How did you
12:07miss it? I missed it. I got caught in traffic. My baby first girl, I cried. I know you did.
12:13I cried. Did he video? Yeah, he sent me the video and she did amazing. But it was the fact
12:18that I was not there. Yeah. I was so, I was mad at myself for about a few days. That's
12:24okay. You, hey, listen, you got a lifetime more to go, but I get it. How was your dad? He's
12:30better. Okay. He is definitely better. And that's why my mom and my dad could not make it because he
12:36was actually
12:37in a rehab center. Oh, he had to do rehab? Yeah. So my dad is doing much better than when
12:46he was when he was in the hospital. Some days are very good. Some days are not so good. But
12:52every day he's here. So I'm thankful for that. You know, and that was just because...
13:01Hey, sweetheart. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Gotta hug my friend first. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on.
13:07Leticia. Leticia. Leticia. Leticia did not even tell me someone was joining us today. We're bringing friends. I have friends.
13:19I could have brought a friend. This definitely feels like an ambush.
13:22I want to start a new beginning. I want to show loyalty. So that's why I invited Shantae here because
13:28I feel like we're going to cut stuff off at the root.
13:31Shantae shared some information about Tambra. So I invited her here to lunch today. Unlike Tambra and Latrice, I believe
13:39in the girl code.
13:40You know Glenn's in my DM.
13:44Wait a minute. Glenn been in the DM.
13:46So Tambra should hear this directly from the horse's mouth. Shantae shared this information.
13:52She asked me, did I mind? And so what I'll start with this. The information was brought to me basically
13:57saying that, you know, her and Daman are not together.
13:59They're basically two friends that decided that they want to have a baby. And I was like, what do you
14:03look like? Who is he? So I got a picture.
14:06What's his name?
14:14What?
14:15Did you know him?
14:16Girl, that's her client. He owns Dr. Zhu's clan.
14:20You don't put it.
14:21You're so part of your man.
14:22What you don't do as all their personalities is date your clients, okay? You lose respect.
14:26Okay.
14:27Not ever happening.
14:30I should have known. I should have known. Shantae is here bringing some mess. Girl, I do not even know
14:39you.
14:40Now, Tisha, since we're talking, one thing that Marie said was like, we need to tell who tells things.
14:47Yes.
14:48So, Amanda.
14:50Mm-hmm.
14:50Oh, God.
14:51What she shared with me, you have these things that come up with your marriage.
14:54Yes.
14:55And so she was trying to say that's because they have an open marriage.
14:59Oh!
15:01She actually said you and Glenn came to her for a threesome.
15:06Yeah!
15:07She want more 15 minutes. She's still searching for 15 minutes. I don't have them to give.
15:11And that's what we said.
15:11And girl, I think they put you in the threesome too then.
15:14Oh, I'm just thinking about what I heard.
15:16You don't think you was in the threesome with her.
15:19You know, I usually don't share rumors.
15:21But since we want to talk about rumors, let's talk about rumors.
15:26Amanda actually told me that Glenn said that Letitia is okay with everything that he does as long as she's
15:37included.
15:38We were thinking Glenn was cheating.
15:40And if Amanda is saying this, then he's not actually cheating.
15:45He's just doing what he's allowed to do.
15:47Whether it's true, whether it's not, whether you got a boo thing on the side.
15:51Whether you have a boo thing on the side.
15:53I know.
15:53And listen, Tamara, you know what?
15:55And if so, I deserve it.
15:57There is absolutely no truth to me and Glenn being in an open relationship.
16:02Stay out the comments.
16:03We are not in an open relationship.
16:04I can barely be in a closed, private relationship with him peacefully.
16:08So that is no truth to that.
16:11Let them do them.
16:12Right now, I am focused on what I have going on.
16:15I told you about my talk show.
16:17Yes, you did.
16:17So I'm having a focus group.
16:19Okay.
16:20And I would love for you to come, especially by you being a host.
16:24Definitely I want you to show up.
16:25Well, I would be there because, you know, I love entertainment.
16:27That's right up my alley.
16:29My focus right now is definitely not on the rumors.
16:32My focus is on my focus group.
16:34And I cannot be focused on the bulls**t.
16:37And plus, I really want Tambra to be there.
16:39This was great, Tambra.
16:41I think this is a start when hopefully you will feel comfortable.
16:44And we won't have to wait four years to have a private conversation again.
16:48So this is a start.
16:50Coming up on Bell Collective.
16:53Everybody's like talking.
16:55The baby, the baby.
16:56You trying to see who the...
16:57I'm trying to see who I can trust.
16:59Why is this coming up in you?
17:01You know I'm in the process of planning a win.
17:24Hello, how are you?
17:25Hi, Maya.
17:27Hi.
17:27Good to see you.
17:29I know.
17:30This is my fiancée, Maya.
17:32Nice to meet you.
17:33All right, welcome.
17:35Mike and I are here at Protect Your Peace Studio.
17:38We have a wedding coming up.
17:40I'm just trying to get in shape with my man.
17:43And I want to do some aerial yoga.
17:46All right, so we haven't done aerial before.
17:49No.
17:49Okay, so this is going to be fun.
17:51It's a new experience.
17:52Okay, so have we done yoga?
17:54I've done some yoga.
17:55Okay, great.
17:56So we're going to do yoga, but we're going to support ourselves with the silks.
17:58And you can help her get into some of the poses.
18:00Oh, okay.
18:01Okay.
18:02Looking at how this aerial yoga room is set up, it's a little intimidating, but I am up for
18:09the challenge.
18:10Want to try a leg in the silk?
18:12Well, I can watch her do this.
18:13Okay.
18:13I can try a leg.
18:14Yeah, let her try a leg.
18:15So basically, you're just going to hold the silk out in front, and you're going to take
18:18your right foot, and we're going to place it in.
18:21Oh, yeah.
18:22Come on.
18:22I know you clung his head.
18:24That's okay.
18:24Give me a leg, and I got you.
18:26Yep.
18:26Oh, my dad.
18:27We're just going to place it in.
18:28There you go.
18:29You want to try it?
18:30I ain't going to try it.
18:31You should.
18:31I ain't going to try it in.
18:32I really wish Mike would have put more effort into it, but Mike is not feeling this.
18:39But if he wants to help me out, then go right ahead, because I definitely need some
18:45help over here.
18:46So we're going to stand up.
18:48So when we come up, so we're going to lean back.
18:50Our feet come together, and we're going to come down.
18:53Let's go.
18:54Yep.
18:55Good job.
18:56Good job.
18:57Now, bend your knees.
18:57Mike ain't going to be able to catch her ass in the phone.
19:00You're going to come back here, and then you bring your legs back.
19:03I'm going to fall on my face.
19:05You are not.
19:06See how tight this fabric is?
19:07You're not going nowhere.
19:08Keep your butt up, though.
19:09Wait.
19:09This, okay.
19:10So y'all thought I finna do this?
19:12Oh, hey, no.
19:14You know she ain't finna do that.
19:16Tight?
19:17Outside?
19:17Outside, yeah.
19:18Yeah!
19:19Oh, my God!
19:20That's it!
19:21I surprised myself.
19:23This is my very first time doing aerial yoga.
19:26This is all beginner, I promise.
19:27This is very bad, but you know what?
19:30And for me to get up there and do it.
19:33Okay, y'all want to take a break for a moment?
19:35Yes, ma'am.
19:36You know, I can just pat myself on the back.
19:39So I was on the road.
19:40Oh, everything good?
19:42How about you?
19:42What you been doing?
19:43Me and the girls met up, the collective.
19:47They had an obituary.
19:48So we can just, I guess, squash everything and put everything out on the table.
19:54One of the things that came up was, you have a baby on the way.
20:00So who probably said that?
20:02Carrie mentioned it.
20:03Hearing Selena tell me about a baby room, I'm like, man, what?
20:07It really was funny to me because, I mean, I knew it wasn't real.
20:10I think it was a big deal to huddle.
20:12It wasn't nothing to me, though.
20:15What was on the internet?
20:17I need to see this baby my dad.
20:19I was like, and I said that too.
20:21I said, me and Mike still looking for the baby.
20:23Where is the baby?
20:25But I just let the ladies know that I'm aware of this rumor.
20:28You already came to me as soon as it came to you.
20:31But once I left, I just started thinking like, okay, when Carrie mentioned it to me, now y'all want
20:38to chime in.
20:39Y'all should have told me this at first.
20:42Carrie been here for two seconds.
20:43So if she know.
20:45So if somebody told her, if she can go on and see it then, because they probably scared to see
20:48it.
20:49Who the hell even brought that up in the collective?
20:52So they ain't say who said it?
20:54Somebody brought it up.
20:55Everybody's like talking.
20:57The baby, the baby.
20:58Like, why is this coming up and you know?
21:01I'm in the process of planning a wedding.
21:05I know Carrie brought up the baby situation.
21:07I know Marie tried to warn me that it may come up in the collective.
21:14But then I'm like, who else knew about this and then tell me?
21:18I feel a little betrayed.
21:19We're talking about this sisterhood.
21:21If this is supposed to be a sisterhood, maybe I don't need to be a part of it.
21:26So we got some work to do.
21:28Finish up this wedding.
21:30I need to talk to these ladies.
21:32Get to work.
21:33Get to work.
21:34Yeah.
21:35I'm definitely not going to get back on it.
21:38Let's go sneak on out of here.
21:40Because if she come back up in here, she's going to put my ass up there and I'm not trying
21:44to do this.
21:44We did at the same time.
21:47My back said, no.
21:51No, no.
21:53Coming up, Harry came here after she tried to put you in the middle of a situation.
21:59Me and Mike had talked.
22:00Mike said, there's no baby out there.
22:02So people are lying.
22:04Trying to put me in it.
22:06I ain't in it.
22:08Kiss me like you love me.
22:09Hug me like you love me.
22:11Never, ever trust me.
22:13No, I'm not perfect, but baby.
22:16Trust me.
22:17I love you.
22:19All right.
22:19What we got?
22:20I took the culinary kit off.
22:22I added naps and I added gloves because that would be probably the cheapest thing we can get in the
22:27gloves and the cups I got.
22:28But we have a lot of gloves.
22:29We had like eight boxes last week.
22:32Boxes gone.
22:33Texas has been open for a year now and business is great.
22:37Having a restaurant is one of the hardest, hardest jobs I have ever had to do.
22:43But I'm here.
22:45We're at year one and I couldn't be more proud.
22:48Hi, honey.
22:50Where you coming from?
22:52I've been up there.
22:53What's up?
22:53What you doing up there?
22:55Relaxing until you call.
22:59So everything going to see you talking to the chef and everything.
23:02We was just trying to compare prices on foods because we're about to do a new menu.
23:06So I want to make sure that it's priced right and affordable so that, you know, we don't have any
23:12issues.
23:13Hopefully we can get that going and, yeah, be good with everything.
23:20And what else is going on with Taste?
23:21You are the owner of Taste as well.
23:24I told you you have to kick in.
23:26I run certain divisions.
23:28You run certain divisions.
23:29So I do my part and you update me on the other part.
23:34But it would be nice if you can help out a little bit more.
23:37You didn't even go with me to the meeting at the church.
23:41A few of the neighbors have been complaining about noise, parking.
23:45So I went to a community meeting at a local church to just try to resolve some of those issues
23:51and those worries.
23:52I'm definitely not here to be problematic.
23:55Listen, the meeting at the church was crazy because they talked about the music.
23:59When we got down to the bottom of it, then they said, oh, it's the music from the cars riding
24:04by.
24:04And I was like, we can't control cars riding by you guys' spot.
24:09So they said that we were open all time of the night.
24:12I pulled up my camera.
24:13I said, listen, we're closed at this time.
24:16We're closed at 1.
24:17Sure.
24:17Once I pulled the video up, they was like, well, you know, they're so consistent with trying to say we're
24:24a nuisance when that's not true at all.
24:27You worry about these people.
24:28I don't.
24:29Well, I take all the worry off you so you don't have to worry.
24:32You don't even go to the meetings.
24:34There ain't no point going to the meetings.
24:35It's still going to end the way it's going to end.
24:37It's going to end the way it's going to end.
24:38So the bells.
24:39Carrie came here after the whole funeral thing that I did with Letitia.
24:44I had to let her know that I felt some type of way because she tried to put you in
24:48the middle of a situation.
24:50That had shared with me that somebody had said something, something about a baby and Mike.
24:56It is crazy.
24:57Carrie heard that because I have never heard that.
25:00I have never heard it because y'all heard me the one that I heard of it.
25:03Oh, he did.
25:06Me and Mike had talked.
25:07Mike said, there's no baby out there.
25:09So people are lying, trying to put me in it.
25:13I ain't in it.
25:14I almost out read it because I'm, you know, because I know what it is and what it's not.
25:19And I know that you wouldn't dare do anything like this.
25:23Now, I'm trying to figure out why these bells, Selena's a bell.
25:28Why are you trying to destroy her marriage even though she's getting married?
25:31That's where I look at it.
25:32I just hate that Carrie puts you in the equation.
25:36Because anything that's dealing with a collective, it needs to stay within a collective.
25:40Like, women's business is women's business.
25:42To me, it didn't matter.
25:43To my wife, she was upset about it.
25:45Because number one, if the baby is out there, it's going to come out again.
25:50So I know these bells, they're going to dig and they're going to be looking for a baby.
25:56But I do believe in peace.
25:58I'm going through so many health issues, I need peace.
26:01Have you scheduled the surgery?
26:03Yes.
26:04I actually did schedule the surgery.
26:06It's in two weeks and, yeah, I think I'm going to just take the rest of the month afterwards
26:10and just, you know, take it easy.
26:13Until...
26:14Take a step before the surgery and relax.
26:17You're going to need to go in surgery all 10 steps.
26:18Are you going to be in surgery the entire time?
26:21Yeah, I'll be there.
26:21Now, you left last time when my mama had some stay there with me.
26:26I ain't leaving here in surgery.
26:27You did?
26:28I left to go get lunch.
26:29You feel well.
26:31You was in surgery, knocked down.
26:33You didn't know I left until you came back, too.
26:35So, how you know?
26:37Anything could have happened, like, within those hour, 30 minutes.
26:41You already at the hospital, when I'm down, 9-1-1, my wife and I have problems.
26:44Baby, you doctor's gap, there ain't nothing I can do.
26:45It doesn't matter.
26:46My husband left me at the hospital alone on my birthday and our anniversary.
26:51I felt abandoned and I felt disrespected.
26:54I'm not worried when the new surgery comes because I know how much my husband loves me and I feel
27:01that he'll be right there by my side 100% the entire time.
27:05I was still in the hospital.
27:07I did not leave the hospital.
27:08Whatever.
27:08Okay.
27:09I felt like you did.
27:12Coming up, anything that comes out, let's talk about it.
27:16I'd rather a bell come to me.
27:18If you irrelevant, if you outside of the collective, we are a group.
27:22Any outside noise, it shouldn't be there.
27:24So, Shantae is outside noise.
27:26Shantae is Shantae.
27:38Today is the focus group and I'm so excited.
27:42I've invited all the bells and I'm looking forward to their feedback.
27:48Just put all that out.
27:49This is everything right here.
28:00I am so glad that the bells are here to support me.
28:06This is what the collective is about.
28:08Thank you for coming.
28:10Thank you for coming.
28:16It's a little late.
28:18And it feels like community.
28:19So, I'm definitely glad that they're here today.
28:21Thank you guys so much.
28:24I appreciate it for y'all coming out.
28:26I invited you guys here because I wanted to share my latest endeavor.
28:31I have a talk show, The Letitia Pearson Show.
28:34And I would love to get your feedback.
28:36Okay?
28:37I'm going to sit here.
28:38We're going to watch it.
28:41Talk to The Letitia Pearson Show, where purpose meets power and where real people share their
28:47real stories.
28:48And today, we're talking about what it means to evolve gracefully while the world is watching.
28:54Please help me welcome my dear friend, Letitia Scott!
28:59I feel like I need to do like a dance.
29:01Oh!
29:03Oh my God!
29:06We're watching the pilot.
29:07And as we're watching, everyone's quiet.
29:10Like, it is super quiet.
29:12I don't know what people are thinking.
29:15I don't know what they're going to say.
29:16I don't know what Lonnie is going to say.
29:18Oh, this is the longest time in my life.
29:21And I hope that it stays positive with constructive criticism.
29:26We out here hustling.
29:27We out here doing something.
29:28Having the kids.
29:29Getting back to business.
29:30What does balance look like for you right now in this season of your life?
29:34You know, Letitia.
29:36Letitia.
29:37Oh, that girl.
29:38That's actually like something that I'm dealing with my husband right now.
29:43Ah.
29:43Because balancing comes at different seasons of life.
29:47You're half paying any attention to Letitia's show.
29:52You said I was half paying attention.
29:54It has to keep my attention.
29:56This is her purpose.
29:58This is something she has been talking about for years.
30:00This is totally in her element.
30:03I see her really lifting other women up.
30:07With a little bit more practice, I feel like Letitia will be ready in no time.
30:13Just not right now.
30:14Feels alive.
30:15We'll be right back after the break.
30:21You were the favorite ovation.
30:22I'm a surprise.
30:23Thank y'all.
30:24I appreciate y'all so much.
30:25Thank you so much.
30:26But first, I do have a surprise.
30:28I have Lonnie Love, who is going to provide her feedback.
30:32We sent the clip over as well, so she's been able to watch it.
30:35So after we hear her feedback, then I would love to get your feedback.
30:40Okay?
30:41Oh, wow.
30:42Hello, girl.
30:44We in the big leagues now.
30:46I know.
30:46Child, not a fact that Letitia done brought Lonnie Love up on the screen to give her feedback.
30:53Damn, I feedback, baby.
30:54Lonnie Love is actually a big deal.
30:56That is a huge deal.
30:58Of course Lonnie Love's opinion is valid.
31:00Of course.
31:01We love Lonnie Love.
31:02Okay?
31:03Okay, Lonnie.
31:04Can you see us out here?
31:06Yep, I can see everybody.
31:07Okay.
31:07Hi, everyone.
31:08Hi.
31:10First of all, I am always excited when a woman of color gets her own show.
31:16Letitia has this great voice that needs to be heard.
31:20Lighting is very important, so makeup is also important to help us blend with the lighting.
31:26Other than that, I will say, as the host, sometimes we're listening so intently that we're answering with our guests.
31:36So in television, try to just listen to them.
31:39I think that you have a really, really good future in talk show, and your voice is definitely needed.
31:50Honey, you got to come be on my show, okay?
31:53Okay?
31:54Okay?
31:55I love that Lonnie loved what she saw.
31:58Woo, I was so nervous.
32:00Now I'm relieved.
32:01And let's see what the Bells got to say and their feedback.
32:04Fran, I am beyond proud of you.
32:10My feedback would be, your makeup was flawless, beautiful, however you had the shine in your neck.
32:16Okay.
32:17I feel like when they're shooting, go just to the edge of the backdrop.
32:21Got it.
32:21So it just stays, like, in the scene or whatever.
32:25Got it.
32:25You know, that was kind of...
32:25That makes...
32:26Okay, I see what you're saying.
32:27Only thing that I would say is, because y'all interact, because y'all are actually friends, sometimes y'all
32:32were talking at the same time.
32:33That's the only thing that I would say.
32:35This is definitely your calling, like Marie said.
32:37We all know that you are the speaker in the group.
32:40The lighting, I didn't like the lighting.
32:43In the beginning, when it first came on, I felt like you were produced.
32:47And then, when your guests came, you were comfortable.
32:51That's when your personality really started to come out.
32:55The feedback from the Bells was definitely constructive criticism, and I appreciate it wholeheartedly.
33:01I've been through so much over the years, so, so, so much, that I deserve this win.
33:06I've been in ups, I've had downs, but it seems like I've had more downs than ups.
33:13So, finally, I feel like I'm on the up and up, and I'm here to stay.
33:18Tisha, you washed these fruits.
33:19I did.
33:20I washed them after I picked them out of my vineyard.
33:24Oh, Tisha.
33:25Oh, no, seriously, thank y'all so much, for real.
33:27This is, like, this feels great to have y'all here.
33:30I did want to talk to you, because talking to Timbra, she did share with me since the, um, what
33:36we call it?
33:37The funeral.
33:38You was like, girl, that was a mess.
33:40And I said, no, we took a picture and we hugged.
33:43But after I left, I just started thinking.
33:46I was like, how could something off of social media end up in the collective about my fiancé?
33:54I just have one question, who brought it to the collective?
34:10How could something off of social media end up in the collective about my fiancé?
34:18I just have one question, who brought it to the collective?
34:28That's what I want to know.
34:33Oh, my God, this is so frustrating.
34:36Like, nobody wants to confess.
34:39I mean, Marie is the one who brought it to my attention, and you don't have the picture?
34:45Like, are you kidding me?
34:47I didn't bring it to the collective.
34:48We were at Taste, and Glenn, Mike, and Cliff, they took a picture.
34:53Right.
34:53Glenn put it on his social media page.
34:56Somebody took the picture and put it on in one of the blogs.
35:00In one of those.
35:01And it said somebody on this picture got a baby, and it wasn't...
35:04But it didn't say who.
35:05And so I brought it to Letitia because they didn't specify who it was.
35:10How long ago was that?
35:11Like, a year ago?
35:12But it turns out, Karen knew about it, because she said she got it from her husband.
35:20And her husband got it from Cliff, Latrice's husband.
35:23So...
35:23Oh, so they saying Cliff is there...
35:25When you were sitting there?
35:26But, and, Treice, you know, you and I talked about it.
35:28Mm-hmm.
35:28And I mean, you know, like, I was not trying to throw your husband under the bus at all,
35:31or mine.
35:32I just was like, that's kind of where I'd heard it.
35:34But somebody else mentioned it because they said that you had said it at the party.
35:37One thing about it, my husband don't play those type of games.
35:40He do not get in marriages, especially Selena and Mike.
35:42So did he say he told Matt that?
35:45Yeah, he definitely mentioned it to Matt, but this is the reason why he said he mentioned it.
35:49You was having a conversation, some people overheard you, so I don't...
35:52Oh, no, no, man.
35:53Look, that's, that, that, that, now that's a big lie.
35:56Well, listen, this was at Carrie's party.
35:58That's not true.
35:59Y'all, you trying to take it off of Cliff telling Matt.
36:02I had the conversation with...
36:03I said my husband told Matt.
36:05So what y'all not gonna do is put it on my husband.
36:07That's not the truth.
36:08Nobody didn't hear me talking about that.
36:10That's not true.
36:11So you knew about this when I came to you about Mike and I, communication problems.
36:18I cannot go into this marriage without communication.
36:23Maybe we all need to have a conversation, me, you, him, and Glenn.
36:25And why you didn't say anything to me then?
36:28Because I don't have any concrete evidence.
36:32If I had it and it came to me, I'd have been like, Mike, let's have this conversation.
36:37Well, Glenn, go talk to Mike.
36:38But I will say this, it's not like it's another woman.
36:41It's a baby.
36:42So a baby gonna materialize.
36:44In a year's time, the baby would have came out.
36:47The baby's not a baby.
36:47Right.
36:48Because I want to know how it got in the group.
36:50Especially now, if it came out a year ago, why now, right before I'm about to get married?
36:55So that's what I'm trying to get to the bottom of.
36:57Got it.
36:57So I'm like, they should have said something a year ago, not while I'm planning a wedding.
37:02Right.
37:02I just feel like, in the collective, a lot of people are not being transparent.
37:07I just want to get to the bottom of everything so I can move forward.
37:13Let me.
37:14Yeah, because you know I don't play by my husband.
37:16No, and Treece, you know, Treece, even...
37:17Well, you said, now don't backpedal.
37:19No, no, no, I'm not backpedaling.
37:20I'm frontpedaling because I would like for this to be dead.
37:23You said you found out it tastes, or was it prior?
37:30Well, I heard it from the guys.
37:33So, you know, I mean, for any distress, I sincerely, from the bottom of my heart, apologize for even bringing
37:39it up.
37:39I, you know, I was thinking under the guise of us bringing everything to the table,
37:43and I know that there's some hurt with that, and I'm sorry for my role in that.
37:47Anything that comes out, let's talk about it.
37:50Let's not bring rumors, because rumors at the end of the day are just rumors,
37:54and stop outside people from coming into the collective.
37:57Well, since we're talking.
37:59Shantae actually showed up at our lunch, too.
38:02Shantae brought her own information to me, that Devon and I were not together,
38:11that we'd been friends, and we decided to have a baby together as friends.
38:16So, I got it right?
38:17Okay.
38:18And, um, I've had a boyfriend this entire time, but she brought a picture of the man.
38:24No, it was, okay, can I just send my own information?
38:28Can I just send my own information?
38:30Girl.
38:30Okay.
38:31So, basically...
38:31That's some bullshit information.
38:33Well, you can call it whatever you want, but I'm going to defend it.
38:35It was basically brought to me on some, you know, she got this situation with this guy that,
38:40you know, she's been dealing with, like, forever since she was younger.
38:43That's what was brought to me.
38:45But how did it feel to you?
38:46It felt ridiculous, because when they showed me, the picture is actually a client of our station.
38:52So, it felt ridiculous.
38:55A boyfriend can be a client?
38:56No, and that's what we're not going to do.
38:57No, I'm just saying.
38:58No, no, no, no, no, let's roll it back.
38:59That's another narrative we're not going to do, because I've worked for everything that
39:01I had.
39:02That was my first time ever sitting down with you, Shantae.
39:05My very first time.
39:07And I felt like I was getting hit with BS.
39:09But like you said something earlier, if you don't really have any type of proof,
39:14I'm with that, and we can't really go off of rumors.
39:17I'd rather a bell come to me.
39:20If you irrelevant, if you outside of the collective, we are a group.
39:23Any outside noise, it shouldn't be there.
39:26I believe Shantae is the biggest outside noise that the collective definitely needs to keep
39:32out, rebuilding again.
39:35We want it back bigger and stronger than ever, and we can't do that with outside noise like
39:41Shantae.
39:42So, Shantae is outside noise.
39:43Shantae is Shantae.
39:45And later in the car, Shantae, I was like, why am I defending myself with Shantae?
39:48After the focus group win, I'm glad that the collective could air out whatever we had
39:53to air out in this moment.
39:54However, I'm not a fool, and I know this group.
39:58Something else is going to pop up at a later time, a later date.
40:01But right now, I'm going to rejoice in my win.
40:05So, once again, anything that's happened before the focus group is done.
40:12It's dead.
40:12Let's move forward.
40:13Where the candles at?
40:14We don't need no more.
40:15Where's the sage, Latrice?
40:17We need the sage.
40:18Thank y'all so much.
40:19We ready?
40:20Yeah, we ready.
40:21And I follow this.
40:23I'm proud of you.
40:30And I hope you just continue to grow.
40:34Next, on their collective.
40:36So, quick question was, first, Ed, you know, focus.
40:40You know, I did put him on a leave of absence because I want to.
40:46So, what do you want me to do?
40:48I think you should fire him and hire me as your manager.
40:53I don't know.
40:53Do I need to invite everybody and just do a whole reintroduction since they act like they
40:56don't know me?
40:57Do we need to do that?
41:00You know what?
41:04Is that heavy?
41:05Is that a heavy one?
41:06Nah.
41:11Showtime.
41:13Woo!
41:13Out of the house!
41:18Welcome, welcome to the Museum of Canberra.
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