THE CO-HOST OF "THE BREAKFAST CLUB" AND "THE BRILLIANT

IDIOTS."

PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE "LATE SHOW," CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD!

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )

>> HEY!

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.

WELCOME BACK.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON.

>> WHAT'S HAPPENING, JON?

>> Jon: WHAT'S HAPPENING?

I'M GOOD, MY BROTHER.

>> Stephen: SOUTH CAROLINA IS ON SATURDAY.

>> THEY'RE PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON OUR STATE.

>> Stephen: THEY ARE.

ARE YOU KEEPING ATTENTION TO THIS BECAUSE WE'RE BOTH PROUD

SOUTH CAROLINIANS.

>> DEFINITELY.

THEY SAY WHOEVER WINS SOUTH CAROLINA WINS THE

DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION.

>> Stephen: THEY SAY THAT?

YEAH!

I SAY, DON'T PUT THAT MISTAKE ON US!

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

A LOT OF PRESSURE FOR ONE STATE.

>> Stephen: WHO DO YOU LIKE?

LIKE IS A STRONG WORD WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE

PEOPLE.

I DON'T "LIKE" INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE PER SE, I LIKE IDEAS, YOU KNOW.

>> Stephen: BUT AN INDIVIDUAL PERSON HAS TO --

>> I KNOW, I KNOW.

>> Stephen: -- PROMOTE THAT IDEA AND BE A VEHICLE FOR THAT

IDEA.

>> I DON'T WANT TO GET CAUGHT UP IN PEOPLE'S PERSONALITIES.

I LIKE MAYOR PETE AS A PERSON.

>> Stephen: DO HAVE YOU HAD HIM?

YEYEAH, I'VE HAD HIM ON A FEW TIMES.

I LIKE HIS DOUGLAS PLAN.

>> Stephen: WHAT'S THAT?

THE BLACK JAPPED THAT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT FOR

BLACK PEOPLE.

I HATE TO SAY IT BUT I LIKE BLOOMBERG, I LIKE THE GREEN

INITIATIVE.

>> Stephen: THAT'S PRIZING TO ME BECAUSE BLOOMBERG HAS GOTTEN

A LOT OF CRITTISM FROM AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTIVISTS AND

LEADERS BECAUSE HE WAS DEFENDING STOP AND FRISK LIKE UP TILL THE

MINUTE THAT HE ANNOUNCED.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: AND THEN HE APOLOGIZED FOR IT.

>> THE BEST APOLOGY TO ME IS CHANGED BEHAVIOR BUT THE BEST

APOLOGY IN THAT CASE IS THE BLACK AGENDA.

IF YOU MARGINALIZED PEOPLE, CREATE AN INITIATIVE TO EMPOWER

AND LIFT UP BLACK PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THE GREEN

INITIATIVE IS.

( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: FORGIVE MY

IGNORANCE, BUT WHAT IS CONTAINED BEEN THE BREAK AGENDA.

>> HE SAYS HE WANTS TO CREATE 100,000 NEW BLACK-OWNED

BUSINESSES, HE WANTS TO CREATE A MILLION NEW BLACK HOMEOWNERS,

AND HE WANTS TO INVEST LIKE $70 BILLION OVER THE NEXT TEN

YEARS TO THE MOST POOR AND DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES.

I THINK HE'S PROBABLY B.S.ING US BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S SELLING

THOSE DREAMS BUT WE'RE IN A TIME WE HAVE TO BUY THE BEST DREAM

BECAUSE THEY ALL B.S. US IN SOME WAY OR FORM.

BERNIE SANDERS IS ON TELEVISION WITH THE PUBLIC ENEMY, THEY'RE

ALL SELLING THE BLACK COMMUNITY DREAM SO I HAVE TO BUY THE BEST

DREAM STHOOP JOE BIDEN, THE LATEST EMERSON POLL HAS JOE

BIDEN AT 41%.

DO YOU LIKE JOE BIDEN?

>> LIKE IS A STRONG WORD, ONCE AGAIN.

>> Stephen: I ASK BECAUSE YOU DID CALL HIM, QUOTE, ONE TO HAVE

THE WORST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES OF ALL TIME.

>> I DID SAY THAT.

>> Stephen: THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DON'T LIKE HIM.

>> HE'S RAN THREE TIMES.

AND THIS IS A TIME IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A LAYUP FORM.

HE STARTED WITH A THREE EASY LEAD AND HE BLEW UP, ALREADY.

ALL JOE BIDEN HAD TO DO IS SHOW UP AND SHUT UP.

JOE BIDEN SHOWS UP AND HE TALKS.

USUALLY GOOD THINGS DON'T COME OUT OF HIS MOUTH.

THIS WEEK, I'M JOE BIDEN AND I'M RUNNING FOR UNITED STATES

SENATE.

HE FIRST RAN IN 1972.

IT'S 2020.

YOU'RE NOW RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.

WHY THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE STILL RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE?

THEN HE HAD THE NERVE TO SAY IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME, VOTE FOR THE

OTHER BIDEN.

WITH WHERE THE HELL IS THE OTHER BINDER?

I'LL VOTE FOR HIM.

THEY SAID HE'S ELECTABLE AND CAN BEAT TRUMP.

HE CAN'T EVEN BEAT BERNIE IN A PRIMARY.

>> Stephen: YOU'VE INTERVIEWED PETE.

HAVE YOU INTERVIEWED ALL THE CANDIDATES?

>> EVERYBODY EXCEPT BIDEN AND KLOBUCHAR.

>> Stephen: ARE THEY AVOIDING YOU?

>> YES, I HAVE IT ON GOOD AUTHORITY BIDEN'S BLACK

SURROGATES DON'T WANT HIM TO COME ON "THE BREAKFAST CLUB."

>> Stephen: YOU WOULD BE FAIR, RIGHT?

>> I WOULD BE MYSELF.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: YOU'RE FAIR.

I WOULD BE FAIR.

I MEAN, I'VE JUST GOT THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT EVERYBODY ELSE

HAS.

YOU KNOW, THE SAME THINGS THAT WE HOLD BLOOMBERG ACCOUNTABLE

FOR WHICH IS THE STOP AND FRISK, THE '94 CRIME BILL BY JOE BIDEN,

I WANT TO SEE WHY HE CAN'T APOLOGIZE.

BLOOMBERG CAN ADMIT STOP AND FRISK IS A MISTAKE, I HAVE YET

TO HEAR JOE BIDEN SAID '94 CRIME BILL IS A MISTAKE.

SNOWWHO GETS YOUR VOTE.

>> WHOEVER HAS THE BEST AGENDA FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY, THAT'S

WHO I AM PROBABLY GOING TO VOTE FOR.

>> Stephen: PEOPLE ARE SUPER STRESSED.

THERE'S A LOT OF ANXIETY.

PEOPLE HAVE ANXIETY BAKING, EATING, DRINKING.

WHAT DOW DO?

YOU STAY INVOLVED AND INFORMED, BUT THE NEWS CAN GET YOU DOWN.

WHAT DO YOU DO TO STAY RELAXED WHEN YOU WATCH THE NEWS?

>> WELL, I SUFFER FROM ANXIETY, SO I ACTUALLY GO TO THERAPY AND

I, YOU KNOW, GO -- I DO MEDITATION.

I HAVE BEEN REAL INTO, LIKE, BRAIN TRAINING AND FLOAT THERAPY

LATELY.

>> Stephen: FLOAT THERAPY?

YEAH, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN IN FLOAT THERAPY?

>> Stephen: YOU GET IN A POD.

YOU GET NAKED AND LAY IN WARM WATER WITH A THOUSAND POUNDS OF

SALT.

YOU WILL LITERALLY BE THERE AND WAKE UP AND BE, LIKE, KILLED I

DIE?

>> Stephen: THAT WOULD MAKE ME ANXIOUS TO THINK DID I DIE.

>> I LIKE THE DISCONNECTION.

OUR BRAINS NEED TO GET DARK.

EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU HAVE TO RESET YOUR iPhone, YOU HAVE TO

RESET YOUR BRAIN THE SAME EXACT WAY.

>> Stephen: WOW.

YOU'RE TOO CONNECTED THAT'S WHY YOU'RE WIRED UP NOW.

>> Stephen: THAT'S RIGHT.

WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU SLEPT?

>> Stephen: WHAT YEAR IS IT?

EXACTLY.

YOU HAD A LIVE SHOW THIS WEEK.

YOU'RE DOING A LOT.

>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE ANY NEWS THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOUR

ANXIOUS?

>> OH, YEAH.

>> Stephen: I'M SORT OF ADDICTED TO THE NEWS BUT I GET

ANXIOUS ABOUT ALL OF IT.

>> ANYTHING FROM THE GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA, YOU KNOW.

I ALWAYS SAY THAT THE CRAZIEST PEOPLE IN AMERICA COME FROM THE

BRONX AND ALL OF FLORIDA.

AND IT'S, LIKE, IT'S ALWAYS A STORY IN FLORIDA THAT LETS YOU

KNOW IT COULD BE WORSE BECAUSE YOU COULD BE -- BECAUSE IT COULD

BE WORSE.

>> Stephen: SURE.

LIKE, TODAY I WAS LOOKING AT A STORY IN FLORIDA.

IT WAS A WOMAN, HER AND HER HUSBAND OR HER BOYFRIEND WERE

PLAYING HIDE AND GO SEEK.

MIND YOU, THEY'RE 42 YEARS OLD.

I ONLY PLAY HIDE AND SEEK WITH HI KIDS.

>> Stephen: SURE.

IN FLORIDA, I GUESS THEY ACTUALLY HELP THE PERSON SIDE

BECAUSE SHE HELPED THIS DUDE HIDE IN A SUITCASE, ZIPPED HIM

UP.

SHE WAS DRUNK.

SHE WENT UPSTAIRS, FELL ASLEEP, FORGOT HE WAS THERE.

WOKE UP TO A PHONE CALL.

WHERE IS MY BOYFRIEND?

HE'S DEAD IN A SUITCASE.

TALK ABOUT EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE IN A RELATIONSHIP.

( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU ONCE

INTERVIEWED ME IN A FLIPPED INTERVIEW AND ASKED ME WHAT

DONALD TRUMP WOULD HAVE TO DO TO GET MY SUPPORT FOR ME TO GO MAGA

AND PUT ON THE HAT.

LET ME FLIP IT ON YOU.

WHAT WOULD DONALD TRUMP HAVE TO DO FOR YOU TO PUT ON A MAGA HAT?

>> OH, WE WOULD ALL HAVE TO REALIZE THAT HE WAS THE RETURN

OF JESUS CHRIST.

>> Stephen: IF YOU FOUND OUT HE WAS THE RETURN OF JESUS.

>> YES, BECAUSE HE WAS SENT HERE TO TEST US.

( LAUGHTER ) NO, SERIOUSLY, THE --

( APPLAUSE ) -- TO SEE HOW FORGIVING WE ARE

AS HUMAN BEINGS.

>> Stephen: YEAH.

TO SEE IF WE WOULD GIVE JESUS A FAIR CHANCE IF HE CAME IN,

LIKE, THE WORST POSSIBLE FORM OF A HUMAN BEING.

WOULD YOU STILL ACCEPT HIM AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR IF HE TOOK

OFF THE MASK AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JESUS UNDER THAT TRUMP MASK?

WOULD YOU STILL ACCEPT HIM?

>> Stephen: I'M ASKING THE QUESTIONS HERE, CHARLAMAGNE.

( LAUGHTER ) I GUESS YOU WOULD HAVE TO.

>> I GUESS BUT HE WOULD HAVE TO PERFORM EVERY MIRACLE JESUS DID

IN THE BIBLE THREE TIMES.

>> Stephen: GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

APPRECIATE IT >> STEPHEN: "THE BREAKFAST CLUB"

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