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September 19, 2024 39 mins

Dramos deep dives into trending stories from the last week including a new assassination attempt on Trump, Nicky Jam endorses Trump, Diddy gets busted, history is made at the Emmy's and more!

 

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Let me talk about talk. There we go.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
He said, you live in life as a gringo, where
you question where you fit in Every time you mingle.

Speaker 1 (00:15):
They say you do this would not that.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Yes, Hello and welcome to another episode of Life as
a Gringo. I am Dramas. Of course, it is Thursdays.
That means time for our Thursday Trends episode. I'll be
flying solo on today's show. A lot of stuff to
get into.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
Man, weird times. We are living in weird, weird, weird time.

Speaker 2 (00:41):
So we're gonna talk about another assassination attempt on Donald
Trump's life. Just said said state of the world, regardless
of where you aligned politically. We will also related to
Donald Trump. We will talk about Nikki Jam Puerto Rican

(01:02):
singer had to get throw an artist and apparently avid
Trump supporters, so we would talk about that.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
I'm gonna touch on.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
Diddy getting arrested, and then on some positivity because God
knows we need it. We're gonna talk about the Emmys
and the first ever Latina to win the Best Supporting
Actress in a Comedy.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
So some positive stuff there. But as we always do,
let's get into the nonsense.

Speaker 2 (01:27):
The bs from this last week in a segment we
call for the people in the back, say a lot of.

Speaker 1 (01:31):
The people in the say a lot of the people
in the say a lot of the people of the now.
If you have been tuning into this show at any
point over.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
The last couple of years, you're probably familiar with the
fact that politically I do not align with Donald Trump,
nor morally, human being wise, whatever it might be. But
I never believe that my disagreements with someone or my
disapproval of their character, is an excuse for violence. So

(02:12):
I want to make that perfectly clear as we talk
about another assassination attempt on this man's life, this time happening.

Speaker 1 (02:21):
In Florida at a golf course. Secret service.

Speaker 2 (02:26):
Saw a shotgun or a gun peeking through the bushes.
They had proceeded to fire upon that gun. The person
fled and then was later.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
Picked up.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
By police after somebody filmed their license plate and they
were able to track him down on a highway in Florida.
The man was taken to custody still alive. I mean,
there's all kinds of reports out there. Apparently he was
in Trump supporter last election.

Speaker 1 (02:57):
And then.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Got mad at Donald Trump, didn't feel like he had
done enough.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
And he had.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
Moved on to supporting some other candidates in the Republican
Party allegedly. I mean, regardless of what the backstory is.
I mean, it's sad, you know, it really is sad.
And I mean, you know, I'm thinking about how to
even like approach this subject, you know, because a lot
of the conversation then becomes well, a lot of this

(03:30):
is caused by like, this is the rhetoric that we're
seeing now in Fox News. A lot of this is
caused by Democrats and the way they speak about Trump
and all these different things. And I just find it
very interesting. And I mean, listen to play Devil's Advocate here. Yeah,

(03:51):
I think Democrats have sort of compared Donald Trump to
someone like like Hitler, right, And I can see how
you can make the argument that is a dangerous comparison.
But what's what's interesting to me? And I think I
discussed this unfortunately the last assassination attempt. There's just this

(04:15):
hypocrisy and this sort of.

Speaker 1 (04:17):
Blindness to.

Speaker 2 (04:19):
All the rhetoric that is happening, and quite frankly, I
mean from from from either side. But what's interesting to
me when we talk about this and I guess what's
what's frustrating is like the ignorance, but like willing full ignorance.
I mean, it was Donald Trump who reposted a photo

(04:40):
of Joe Biden being dragged by by somebody's truck, you know,
essentially being like a hogtide.

Speaker 1 (04:48):
If I'm not mistaken, was the imagery.

Speaker 2 (04:50):
It was like some guy who had gotten his his
truck wrapped with the image of of Joe Biden. I say,
Joe Biden was the one that was hogtied. Trump reposted
that image. I mean, is that not co signing violence?
I mean, And it's also interesting to me, particularly when
we were talking about the era of like COVID, and

(05:13):
a lot of people like myself were saying, like, hey,
language matters. You know, how you talk about this matters,
calling it the China virus matters.

Speaker 1 (05:20):
Right, we saw an.

Speaker 2 (05:21):
Uptick in crimes against Asians, right hate, crimes against Asians,
those words matter, And I remember a lot of people
who I knew that we're right leaning, would say, oh, well,
you know what, people are adults. They can make their
own decisions, and if they take what this guy says
to heart and act on it, that's their own stupidity, right,
And also when Don Trump's talking about rinking bleach and

(05:42):
all these things. But now whenever something like this happens,
oh words, all of a sudden do matter, right. And
I don't want to say this to lessen the egregiousness
and the disgust that I have for the idea that
we are living in a country where there's been two

(06:03):
assassination attempts on a former president and current presidential candidate.
I think that has to be the top headline. But
the blame game, to me is like never gets us anywhere, right,
And it's more of the same bullshit, more of the
same rhetoric that only continues to stir the pot.

Speaker 1 (06:19):
Right.

Speaker 2 (06:22):
If you're trying to diffuse the situation, you're trying to,
you know, stop future things like this from potentially happening.
We don't need to play place, you know, play the
blame game. And you could say it again from either side. Right,
But we're in this political climate, this political culture because

(06:46):
politicians for the major parties are utilizing fear tactics and
are speaking to people's greatest fears or their greatest anger
and using that as their fuel for their political campaigns.
And of course course you're going to get some people
who aren't in the right state of mind, aren't in

(07:06):
a healthy state of mind, and they're going to take
it a step further, you know, something like January sixth
is another perfect example of that. So, I mean, it's,
you know, it's it's a sad day, it's it's a
it's a you know, reflection of the modern state of
politics that we are in.

Speaker 1 (07:27):
And neither side.

Speaker 2 (07:35):
I mean, I can't even say that, you know, I'm
trying to be objective here, But like even Trump said himself,
Kamala Harris called him, you know, after that, and of course,
you know, we're all playing they're all playing political games
at this point, so of course it's a good look
for her to call him. But would the same have
been said about you know, if if the shoe was
on their foot, I don't know. I don't know if

(07:56):
the same action would have happened. All I know is
that I see a lot of this as like they're
trying to use as a.

Speaker 1 (08:04):
Galvanizing moment.

Speaker 2 (08:06):
To gain more votes for Donald Trump and demonize the
other side. And I think that just continues to stir
the pot of hatred in this country.

Speaker 1 (08:18):
That's just really disappointing. Now related topic, and you know, trying.

Speaker 2 (08:27):
I wanted to clear the palette, you know, because I
feel like I've already said how disgusting and egregious it
is for an assassination at tept On anyone to happen.
With that said, we are in a political season, and
I think it's important to have these conversations about the

(08:47):
people you support don't support in all these different things.
And you know, one of the big topics of conversation
within our community, particularly the Puerto Rican community, was Nicky
Jam coming out at a Las Vegas rally and.

Speaker 1 (09:03):
Giving Donald Trump his endorsement.

Speaker 2 (09:06):
And I'm reading for an article here on were metwo
dot com where they say Trump attempted to pander to
Latin voters during a Las Vegas rally and it is
not working out for Nicki Jam. His enthusiastic run to
the stage is a moment that might haunt Agaton singer
for months to come. Not only did Nicki Jam cozy

(09:27):
up to the man who threw paper towels at Puerto
Ricans after hur came, Maria Trump also thought that Nicki
Jam was a woman made sure to let the crowd.

Speaker 1 (09:36):
Know that quote, She's hot.

Speaker 2 (09:39):
Following the endorsement, Mexican I rock group Manya decided to
remove their collaboration with Niki Jam from all streaming platforms,
stating that they do not work with racists. And I
admit a TikTok about this. And one of the spots
that I got from people was, it's a free country.

Speaker 1 (10:01):
Why are you not allowed to support orho you want
to support?

Speaker 2 (10:04):
And that's one hundred percent sure, you're allowed to support
whomever you want to support, but also when you are
going to publicly go on stage to parade your support.

Speaker 1 (10:14):
And pander to an audience. And and I.

Speaker 2 (10:19):
Can't confirm this, but there's been a lot of reports
in general of the Republican Party paying large sums of
money to influencers to come on stage and endorse Donald Trump.
I don't know if that was the case, Srinicky Jam.
I don't know if he had some other type of deal.
We also saw this with someone like Lol Wayne last
election cycle, where I believe he got a he what

(10:46):
is the word I'm looking for? I appolis my allergies
that are also absolutely killing me right now. I went like,
I like, really deep thrifting. A pardon is the word
I was looking for. I went deep thrifting yesterday, which
is like beyond like the cool thrift stores like I
went to like this just warehouse.

Speaker 1 (11:02):
We're just digging through piles and piles of dusty old clothes.

Speaker 2 (11:07):
Fun times for me, but my allergies do not enjoy
it whenever I go there, and you just takes me
a couple of days to recover.

Speaker 1 (11:12):
So yeah, I'm deal with that a little bit.

Speaker 2 (11:15):
But anyway, Yes, you have the freedom of choice to
support whommeever you want.

Speaker 1 (11:20):
To support politically, and that is your right.

Speaker 2 (11:25):
But it does feel like pandering when you go on
stage and the man doesn't even know who the fuck
you are, thought you were a woman. And I think,
on top of that, the greater conversation here as it
pertains to Nikki jam in particular, he's Puerto Rican. I
believe he's pert Rican and Dominican, but spent a lot
of time growing up on the island. The island is

(11:46):
what made him famous, his work with Daddy Yankee when
he was younger. And I think it's particularly harmful or hurtful,
I would, I should say, And this is why I
think a lot of commentary is coming out. It's particularly
hurtful as a Puerto Rican because we went through one
of the most traumatic experiences of our island under Donald Trump,

(12:09):
and we saw the lack of care that he had
for the people of our island. I mean, they mentioned
the throwing of paper towels, which optics wise, felt just gross.
But there's also the reports that amidst all this, Donald
Trump was asking his inner circle basically how they could

(12:30):
get rid of Puerto Rico, wanting to trade it for Greenland,
and seeing how they could possibly arrange something like that.
So while families are suffering on the island, he's thinking,
how can I just get rid of these people so
I don't have to deal with them. Even a little
side comment he had made about how Puerto Rico is

(12:51):
throwing off his budget because the federal funds being sent there.

Speaker 1 (12:57):
That's disgusting.

Speaker 2 (12:59):
You're talking about your budget and people just lost their
entire life life literally, people lost loved ones, they lost
their housing, their jobs, everything, and you're talking about the
federal budget, you know, and I mean the with holding
of federal funds as well, the delay whole another topic

(13:21):
of the conversation.

Speaker 1 (13:21):
But I think as a Puerto Rican it's particularly hurtful.

Speaker 2 (13:26):
And you know, we saw this with someone like Anuel
as Well, who went on stage and awkwardly gave his support,
and someone like him, I mean, listen, I look at
him as like he's a kid to a degree, you know,

(13:51):
I mean, he's been around for a minute.

Speaker 1 (13:52):
But Nicki Jam is different. Nicki Jam is older.

Speaker 2 (13:56):
He's kind of one of those legends of the game, right,
and I would hold that up to a higher regard.
You know, somebody who I would think is a bit
more cultured, has traveled a bit, has lived in Puerto
Rico and lived in the States, and it's just interesting

(14:16):
to me.

Speaker 1 (14:18):
This choice of his.

Speaker 2 (14:19):
I mean, and obviously he's regretting it. He deleted the
posts from his Instagram and he turned off the comments
on like his last post that he had put up recently,
so he's feeling, I'm sure, the backlash of it. But
again I think, yeah, you're allowed to have your own opinions,
but when you make it public, you're also opening yourself
up to public scrutiny. Right, Everything has a cause and effect,

(14:40):
and people are going to allow you to know, especially
in the social media era, present party included and say, hey,
we're really disappointed in the fact that you seem to
have forgotten the way that this person treated us when
we were going through the worst of times, and you
parading yourself on stage. Honestly, like, if I was him

(15:01):
and this motherfuckers like she's hot, I would have like,
you know what, I'm I would be too embarrassed to
get up there on that podium. After that, I would
have waved and be like, no, I'm good. If when
they were trying to wave him to come to the podium,
I'm like, good, I'm good. That would have been like,
and I don't know if you believe in it's the
karma god or whatever the universe having a sense of humor,

(15:23):
but my God, talk about the worst way to sell
your soul and pay for it is not only doing
this very performative endorsement, but at the same time, the
person on stage misgendering you because they obviously had no

(15:44):
idea who the fuck you were really just I think
driving home how ridiculous this whole thing was. And again,
it's just disappointing. More than anything, I think it's just disappointing.
And again, Nikki jam and anybody out there, Puerto Ricans.
You're allowed to have your own opinion and support.

Speaker 1 (16:05):
Whomever you want.

Speaker 2 (16:07):
But when you go out there publicly and you put
on the show on stage, and you stand next to
the man and you endorse him publicly, you are going
to get a public response. And unfortunately for you, the
public did not forget all that Donald Trump did and
didn't do when the Puerto Ricans on the island were

(16:30):
literally going through some of the worst moments of their
entire life after her Cameria. So if you're going to
stand by that man publicly on television, go out there
and make a whole spectacle of it, don't you know,
then expect sympathy when people publicly let you know how
they feel. When you are standing next to a man

(16:51):
that turned his back on the people of Puerto Rico
when they needed it the most, who wanted to trade
the island of Puerto Rico instead of actually wanted to
help the people people, and who complained that they were
throwing off his fiscal budget because they needed federal funds
to literally get food and water and electricity and not

(17:12):
die post one of the most catastrophic hurricanes the islands
ever seen. No, we're not going to feel bad that
you're getting backlash when you seem to have forgotten all
that these people have gone through, all that your own
people have gone through under the watchful eye of the
president at the time, who made it very obvious that

(17:33):
he didn't care about the people of Puerto Rico and
was there to just put on a show because he
knew he had to, and proceeded to just throw paper
towels into a crowd of people who have literally just
lost everything they ever worked for, and many of whom
probably lost loved ones that were very close to them.
So sorry, you made a public spectacle. You now have
to take the public backlash that comes along with that

(17:55):
when you decide to turn your back on your own people.

Speaker 1 (17:59):
And that's that.

Speaker 2 (18:00):
Moving on to Diddy a heavy topic. You know, that's
a hard left term. We'll pause here, we will take
a break.

Speaker 1 (18:06):
And then we'll be right back.

Speaker 2 (18:21):
All right, So this is unrelated to our community, but
it's just a gigantic story and gigantic pop culture, pop
culture moment where you have Diddy being arrested on sex
trafficking and related charges, and not only.

Speaker 1 (18:40):
That, I mean, okay, so I'm gonna read.

Speaker 2 (18:42):
I'm gonna read this full article here from MSNBC as
they talk about all that happened with Diddy, all that
he was charged with, and him being denied bail. So
on Tuesday, I judge sent the musical artist and producer
to jail while he waits for his trial on sex
trafficking and related charges. Combs, also known as Puff Daddy,
p Diddy and Diddy, was charged in an indictment by

(19:03):
the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York
with conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to commit sex trafficking,
and transportation to engage in prostitution for conduct going back
to two thousand and nine. In federal court, bail was
bail is not biased or sorry. Infederal court bail is
not based on the size of a person's wallet.

Speaker 1 (19:23):
The indictment alleged that Comb's.

Speaker 2 (19:25):
Quote created a criminal enterprise end quote in which he abused, threatened,
and course women and others around him to fulfill his
sexual desires.

Speaker 1 (19:32):
Combs did plead not guilty. Now.

Speaker 2 (19:35):
He tried to put up a crazy amount of collateral
to basically get himself out of jail, was willing to
give up his passports to passports of his children as well.

Speaker 1 (19:42):
To make it clear that he was not a flight risk.

Speaker 2 (19:45):
Also said he would ground his private jet and the
judge said no to all that he would have to
wait in jail for his trial and is not going
to be released on bail.

Speaker 1 (19:56):
Now.

Speaker 2 (19:57):
There's all kinds of crazy shit going on within this
did He apparently was running things called freakoffs where he
would get prostitutes and I'm assuming friends, industry friends have
them together for these events. He filmed a lot of them.
There's alleged, you know, there's allegedly stories of him flying

(20:19):
in prostitutes from you know, all over the country for
these freak offs, providing people with drugs.

Speaker 1 (20:26):
Some of these freak offfs would last.

Speaker 2 (20:27):
A couple of days on end, just you know, some
some freaky ass ship. And I think, what a lot
of people, because I've seen some other backlash, Like I
think the comedian phase on Love was saying he's just
being indicted for being a freak. You can't be a
freak anymore. And it's like, you know, you could be

(20:48):
a freak, but when you are drugging people up and
and and flying these prostitutes around the country, for this
and filming people I'm assuming without their knowledge. I don't
know who would agree to be filmed. Apparently he would
watch a lot of these things while they were happening,

(21:10):
and then drugging people up and forcing your staff to
participate in this, Right, It's just that crosses a line
right there. Right, And when we talk about the immense
power and influence you have as somebody's boss, and a
powerful one at that, Yeah, there's a responsibility that you

(21:34):
would have to answer for, you know. And and it's
more than just you know, having a fetish and whatever
you do behind closed doors.

Speaker 1 (21:43):
Tip shit, you're participating in illegal.

Speaker 2 (21:46):
Activities and you're creating and, as they call it, a
criminal enterprise around it. And I don't know, I mean,
there's gonna be a the interesting I'm I'm sort of
like being very weary of of what I put out there.

(22:07):
I don't want to be reckless, but I know there's
a lot of conversation about like, is this going to
be kind of like an Epstein type of thing where
potentially other big names are going to be you know,
sort of listed in participations of these freak offs, right,
and perhaps changing your perception of a lot of you know,
famous celebrities and and people that you are are fans of,

(22:31):
And I just think this.

Speaker 1 (22:33):
Speaks to.

Speaker 2 (22:36):
A larger conversation of celebrity culture, of rich people, culture
of the way that we idolize people who have accumulated
great wealth and celebrity, and the way that so many
people fall in line complicit in their dirt and oftentimes
the sort of wreckage that is left behind, the carnage

(23:00):
that is left behind as a result of these people
living as if they are above the law and above
sort of morality and above being human at the end
of the day. And yeah, it's it's just speaks to
so much I think that's wrong with with our our

(23:24):
culture and the people we support. I mean, you know,
this is an incredibly powerful, powerful human being who operated
for a long time and a lot of people were
complacent and end I think there's varying levels to it,
and I understand certain people feeling pressured and so many
different things.

Speaker 1 (23:41):
I mean, there's also all types.

Speaker 2 (23:42):
Of egregious allegations of him, you know, enacting violence against people.
We saw the video of him physically assaulting his ex
girlfriend and singer Cassie. There's been allegations of him blowing
up Kid Cutty's car for allegedly dating Cassie. I mean,
there's a lot that goes into to all of this,

(24:03):
and a history of somebody who really abused, you know,
abuse their power, their status and and their wealth and
caused a lot of carnage along the way as a result. Yeah,
I it's it's interesting the times that we are in,
is what I what I will say.

Speaker 1 (24:24):
I'm interested to see what other things developed with this story.

Speaker 2 (24:27):
There's apparently like crazy amounts of of baby oil and
loop sees.

Speaker 1 (24:32):
Like all types of weird. Just just a freaky ass situation.

Speaker 2 (24:37):
And not in a good way, you know, not in
a good way. I don't know, man, Celebrity culture is weird.
Hollywood is weird. It it's just strange, right, very strange.
And when you get to a certain level, I mean,
I can't you know. I've like, I feel like I've

(24:57):
been in the outside. I've never been close enough to
be into people's circles like that. But there's teams and
teams of people willing to participate in enabling, disgusting and
terrible things for the sake of their career, for the
sake of money for the sake of status and fame.
And that's why I try my hardest to not get

(25:19):
caught up in overvaluing fame or money or any of
those things, because you know, it's it's not.

Speaker 1 (25:27):
A.

Speaker 2 (25:27):
I don't think that those are really the things that
determine you your happiness at the end of the day.
But B I also know that people that have many
of those things are incredibly flawed and in many cases
just downright bad people. And you know some that that
may surprise you, you know.

Speaker 1 (25:50):
Just.

Speaker 2 (25:52):
Weird, weird, weird stuff. And we'll keep seeing as this
story develops. Now, what that said, that's of positivity. Uh,
let's talk about an Emmy win that made his story.
Will do it in army hint the segment. But first
we'll take a quick break and then we'll be right back.

(26:22):
All right, So this was a really beautiful moment. First
and foremost, there was a lot of cool things at
the Emmys. There's a list of a few Latinos that
had won an award. I also saw John like Gazombo,
give a speech about diversity, talking about the past. He
also shouted out some people from the stage, like you know,
fellow Latinos, and and talked about a.

Speaker 1 (26:43):
Long history of.

Speaker 2 (26:46):
You know, non Latino actors getting cast in those roles,
and and and sort of keeping out as a result,
many Latin actors from getting an opportunity, you know, and uh,
And I think it's a cool moment. I think I
talk a lot about Hollywecsse. I think it's so influential.
It's so sort of near to our everyday life in

(27:09):
some sort of way. We can't get away from it.
It's so ingrained in our society. And I think it
does also have influence obviously, And I think being able
to see yourself and a lot of these people is
incredibly important and inspiring, particularly for those who are striving
to make their dreams come tu are striving to do
something different. I know for me, I often will look

(27:31):
at the stories of those I look up to for
strength in moments where maybe I'm doubting myself a bit.
And you know, I think the MBS was really beautiful
to see more and more diversity, and I think Hollywood
in general has gotten better at that.

Speaker 1 (27:47):
Again, we are not perfect.

Speaker 2 (27:49):
We're not in a place where we can sort of
lay off of the accountability or lay off the pressure
but things are getting better. And this particular story right here,
this moment where you had Elizah Colonzias being the first
Latina to win Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy for
her role in The Bear. She plays Tina in The Bear,

(28:12):
was really beautiful on multiple levels. I think, first and
foremost her quote that she had during her speech. She said, so,
all the Latinos who are looking at me, keep believing
and vote, vote for your rights.

Speaker 1 (28:23):
You know, I'm a big proponent on using your platforms.
You're good.

Speaker 2 (28:25):
So I love that she's stuck the you know, voting
plug in there, but also the line about Latinos who
are looking at me, keep believing, right, And that's what
somebody that cur represents. And by the way, it's like
she is some new starlet, you know, fresh on the scene.
She is somebody who's been in this game for a
minute and paid her dues and really was an unsung hero,

(28:47):
if you will, for a long time. She's in her fifties,
you know, and not that she's Puerto Rican. So I'll
give you a little shout out here to my fellow
about equa. But you know, she's somebody who's been at
this for a while, and.

Speaker 1 (29:01):
I just think also on so many levels that's inspired.

Speaker 2 (29:04):
Obviously it's a lot you know, Obviously, it's Emmys, it's
somebody who's you know, and all these things. But somebody
who really has stuck it out right and kept fighting
for her dreams, her passions and all these things.

Speaker 1 (29:15):
I'm I'm sure I got a lot of.

Speaker 2 (29:17):
Nose and doors slammed in her face along the way,
so she kind of found this role. And while I
think fifty is still young in terms of things like
Hollywood and the entertainment industry, and also in terms of
just what we see on social media, we see so
many people maybe who found success when they were younger,
didn't have to work as hard as many.

Speaker 1 (29:38):
Of us, right, it seems like they sort of just
got lucky or whatever it might be.

Speaker 2 (29:43):
It's inspiring to see somebody who maybe it took them
longer than expected to have their moment, or to find
the right role or the right situation. But with enough
hard work, we all can realize our dreams, you know,
no matter how crazy they might seem to the outside world.
And I think that's what a moment like this one
really represents. And and even you know, and even in

(30:03):
this season, she I'm looking up a name of the
other person in The Bear, h Ao, because I was
sucking up her name aouh Eda Biri. She actually directed
an episode that was centered all around Liza's character, Tina,

(30:27):
and it was basically like Tina's origin story. And this
is season three of The Bear, and even that was
was really beautiful because here you have like the most
talked about show, one of the most talked about, you know,
TV shows, and they devoted an entire episode to this character,
a Latin woman, and.

Speaker 1 (30:52):
It was really, you know, a beautiful storyline. That episode
about her her struggle and basically how she got to
the restaurant.

Speaker 2 (31:05):
And I don't know, I don't know spoiler, you haven't
seen it yet, but basically she had gotten laid off
from like her corporate job or whatever that she had
been at forever, and you know, it showed the struggle
she was having with finding a new job. And then
it also showed her family dynamic, you know, and them
being scared of not being able to make ends meet,

(31:26):
and the beautiful element of her husband being like this,
this supportive, loving husband. Right, I'm really showcasing a positive
Latin family unit, right, And I just thought the entire
thing was beautiful. Then you think to yourself and and
that particular episode being directed by a young black woman,

(31:50):
you know, just all of that was was really beautiful.
And for as much shit as there is to give Hollywood,
and as much as I can do an entire podcast
talking about all the negative, I want to focus on
this sort of beautiful moment that probably wouldn't have been
able to exist five ten years ago, right, And how

(32:14):
inspiring that is I think for me as a creative.

Speaker 1 (32:19):
Just to kind of.

Speaker 2 (32:22):
Say, like, you know what, I don't have to change
who I am or shift my perspective. You know, maybe
at some point it's not beyond the realm of possibility
that the dialogue might shift and I can find success

(32:46):
being exactly who I actually am and telling my story authentically,
and I can do so in a manner that not
only is entertaining, but it is potentially inspiring for anybody
who comes across it.

Speaker 1 (33:03):
And I think that's incredibly empowering.

Speaker 2 (33:05):
And we have to, you know, salute those moments, and
I think take a second to be very present to that.

Speaker 1 (33:10):
So big shout out to Liza coolong Zayas for winning.

Speaker 2 (33:16):
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, the first ever Latiganna
to do it. Also Puerto Rican once again. Throw that
out there, just really amazing, amazing stuff. Check that out
Season three of The Bear. Is that an episode that
I reference? It's in that season. With that said, let's
tie everything we talked about today in a neat little
bow in a segment we call conclusion.

Speaker 1 (33:36):
Still time for co.

Speaker 2 (33:44):
All right, So you know, we talked about the second
assassination attempt of a former president Donald Trump. Again, I
don't care where you fall on the I don't care
what you think about this man. It is never a
good thing that we live in a country where there
have been two assassination attempts on the life of a

(34:06):
former president and current presidential candidate.

Speaker 1 (34:10):
It's not a good sign of.

Speaker 2 (34:11):
The current health of our country, of our democracy When
our political candidates lives are actively being threatened, right, that's
not the reflection of a healthy democracy. And we could
go down an entire rabbit hole of maybe the origins

(34:32):
of how we got here, and I feel like I
kind of touched on that a bit in the show,
but you know it, it's just sad, regardless of the
fact if you whether you like him or not. And
I've been very matter of fact about my dislike for
the man. I know that it's bad for our country.
It's bad for all that I stand for as an

(34:54):
American and as a human being. And it's terrible that
we've gotten to this point where it doesn't even feel
like we're really batting an eye at it, you know,
like we're talking about it, but it doesn't feel as crazy, right,
which is a scary, scary thing. We re desensitized to
the fact that there was another assassination attempt on a
former president.

Speaker 1 (35:12):
It's crazy.

Speaker 2 (35:14):
And then kind of in the world of Donald Trump,
you have somebody like Nikki jam and dorse him. You know,
as I said, you have a the freedom to support
whomever you want to support and vote for whomever you
want to support. And that's that's the freedom and the
beauty of living in this country and living in a democracy.

(35:34):
But you know, when you decide to publicly put yourself
out there in that way, you have to be okay
with the backlash that's going to come along with it.
And I think also, you know, I don't know what
he was paid. He wasn't what he was promised. There
have been other alleged offers of payment from the Republican Party,
other alleged deals and support if you know, if you

(35:55):
were to support Trump, that have happened in the past
allegedly who knows reasoning for being up there, but it
is crazy that you would make such a public spectacle
knowing the terrible history that Donald Trump had on the island,
or how you can even forget again the paper towel optics,

(36:15):
throwing paper towels at people, you know, the reports of
him wanting to trade off Puerto Rico amidst the aftermath
of Hurricane Maria withholding you know, federal funds at one point.

Speaker 1 (36:30):
There's just a lot there, right, and there.

Speaker 2 (36:34):
Is a.

Speaker 1 (36:40):
I don't know if ignorance is the word there.

Speaker 2 (36:42):
You're just out of touch with your own people if
you thought going up there publicly, and not to say
it's not Puertoickan Trump supporters, but you're out of touch
if you think that this was going to go over
well for you, And the fact that you have quickly
remove that post from your Instagram, it just shows kind

(37:04):
of like this was more of a performance type of thing.
And yeah, I don't know, I don't. It's just you're
going to get the backlash and you have to be
okay with that. If you are God bless you do
your thing, but you are very much out of touch
I think with the reality of your island, your people

(37:25):
and what's best for them is what I would say.
Now moving on to Diddy, just celebrity life is just
fucking weird, man, weird, weird, weird stuff, disgusting stuff. When
you're talking about sex trafficking and put people on drugs
and all the enablers around him, all these things just
I really just hope like as these stories come out

(37:48):
on these different people, we have like a reckoning on
our relationship with celebrity and money and status, and we
stop holding these people up and propping them up and
basically giving them the freedom or the feeling that they
have the freedom to act as if they are gods
and are above the law and above just being good people.
I hope stories of this opened our eyes to that,

(38:08):
and it's gonna be really interesting as the details, the
details begin to come out, you know, as the court case,
the trial begins. The fact they won't give him bail,
I mean, they must really have some shit on him
now positive side of things to talk to the Emmys,
some great moments of diversity and inclusion and people being

(38:28):
able to have their moment there. I censited it around
Plaza Colonzias, who is the first ever Latina and best
Supporting Actress in a comedy for her role as Tina
and the Bear, and just yeah, man, I think it's
it's inspiring as.

Speaker 1 (38:45):
A creative and.

Speaker 2 (38:48):
Just to see the diversity of voices of people and
stories and yeah, you know, getting your recognition and your
moment to shine, and it gives you hope for what
sort of the future of like pop culture, which also
dictates a lot of our societal views and souder norms,
what that could look like as we begin to have

(39:08):
these more inclusive moments and these more these moments of
celebrating our diversity and allowing us to share our stories
on giant platforms and normalize the idea of having different
and diverse stories, voices and faces up there and letting
the talent speak for itself. More than anything, I think

(39:30):
it's beautiful. So big shout to her, big congrats to her,
a really big moment for her out there now. With
that said, thank y'all, so much for tuning in. I
will catch you on Tuesday with a brand new episode
until thensday. Safe, hav an amazing weekend, and I'll talk
to you soon. Life as a GREENO is a production

(39:50):
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