June 4, 2025 • 6 mins
In Entertainment News, Diddy once auditioned to play the role of James Brown but lost to Chadwick Boseman… There’s an upcoming documentary about the rise and fall of Houston’s Turkey Leg Hut. And Disney is being sued by a guy that exceeded the maximum weight for a ride.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, the world found out on Monday during Ditty's trial
that did he auditioned for the role of the Godfather
of Soul for the twenty fourteen movie Get On Up. Yes,
he auditioned to play the role of James Brown. We
all know now that Chadwick Boseman got that role and
he was praised for his outstanding Bill Gorman. Didn't he
(00:21):
mail it?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (00:26):
In court on Monday, Diddy's former female assistant testify that
she still has Diddy's audition tape and she helped. Did
he work on it for a week. The assistant referred
to it as a production, not just an audition. So
here's a question. Can you see Diddy as James Brown?
No in that at all? Nick Coman, you're an act.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Baby baby baby baby baby, Babe, baby baby babe, bey
baby baby baby.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Oh good, that's the feeling.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Sureley, you ain't had no business playing Walton Lee back
in the day, and.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Raising you were mad about that before all because.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
He came out, stop stop you stop, open we have
moved on all where you can see the sleeping you
(01:40):
better saying that he crossed the floor. Don't encourage him.
Beat him, close his eyes because into cold.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
We're moving on. No, not not a chance, Not a chance.
They picked the right person for that role for all right,
moving on now. There is an upcoming documentary. It's titled
The Rise and Fall of the Turkey Leg Hut, and
it will shed light on what actually happened to Houston's
famous Turkey Leg Hut, which was once a cultural phenomenon
(02:17):
that was frequented by celebrities from all over Turkey Leg
Hut was founded as a modest food stand back in
twenty fifteen by Nikiyah Holmes and Lynn Price and gained
a massive following on social media. The duo expanded the
restaurant and moved to Alameda Road in Houston, and Turkey
Leg Hut was the go to spot. It had lines
(02:38):
of people waiting to get in on a daily basis. Then,
in a strange turney event, Turkey Leg Hut closed in
November of last year November of twenty twenty four after
a series of controversies between the owners. A lot of
former customers are eager to know what actually went down.
We'll keep you posted on when the Rise and Fall
of the Turkey Leg Hut dot comentary Little air.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
Yes, I'm just gonna tell you what I heard. Let
us know what, and it was our medo off of
our our meter lout meat or they'll meet or whatever.
This is what I heard, would the world famous turkey?
I heard, This is what I heard now.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I heard that.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
They had started substituting the turkey legs for them.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Old Churchish chicken legs.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
And I heard, remember when churches no, you know, no,
really don't listen to me though, because you remember when
churches first came off them pieces of chicken were huge.
They found the turkey leg hut found the people that
made them them the great big old churches pieces back
(03:54):
in the day, and started saving money because it's way
more chickens than it is turkeysh and that. And then
somebody was in there going it sure takes like a chicken,
and black people got a fighting line because they said
that chicken they took it, and then they had the clothes.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
We have three Houstonians on the show, okay three.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
They don't have a lot of inside information. They don't
have a lot of because they really they kind people
very but it was good food.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
It was real good food.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
It was real good food.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
But it was some drama going down up in that
brisk waiting on the documentary get.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Yourn and and then they sides that the Turkey Leg
hurt their size. They had they had took that from right,
but they had to but they had to see you
know why it was delicious because they had took KFC's
coast loft, and they had took Popeye's dirty rice. That's
(04:58):
why Popeyes put selling dirty rice. You had took all
the dirty rice. And Papa I said, well, we're not
gonna see on that no more. And that one wepen.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
I know one thing, I can't wait for the documentary now.
It's called The Rise and Fall of the Turkey Leg.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Hut.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
It's gonna air soon, so we'll let you know.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Finally.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
While Disney World is being sued, this is according to TMZ.
They're being sued from an incident that happened back in
twenty twenty one. Court documents show that three hundred and
thirty four pounds Eugene Strickland is suing Disney World for
fifty thousand dollars for his pain, scarring and his loss
of ability to enjoy life. The lass who claims that
(05:45):
Strickland weigh three hundred and thirty four pounds like I said,
when he rode on Disney's Downhill Double Dipper at Blizzard
Beach on in July of twenty twenty one, and the
ride allegedly sent him flying in the air and he
landed on hard plastic, which left him with permanent injuries.
Despite the ride having a three hundred pounds individual weight
(06:06):
limit posted at the time of the alleged incident, Strickland
is still sewing Disney for fifty thousand. Okay, what is
his name? His name is Eudine Strickland, Eugene Strickland. Please
give me time for this story when we come home.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
I know, yeah, come back to this. Oh we revisited
here because.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
All right, could you spend too much time on a
Turkey leg hut? All right, more on this story, and
we've got some investigative reporting coming up right after this.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
You're listening Hardy Morning Show.
Well, the world found out on Monday during Ditty's trial
that did he auditioned for the role of the Godfather
of Soul for the twenty fourteen movie Get On Up. Yes,
he auditioned to play the role of James Brown. We
all know now that Chadwick Boseman got that role and
he was praised for his outstanding Bill Gorman. Didn't he
(00:21):
mail it?
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (00:26):
In court on Monday, Diddy's former female assistant testify that
she still has Diddy's audition tape and she helped. Did
he work on it for a week. The assistant referred
to it as a production, not just an audition. So
here's a question. Can you see Diddy as James Brown?
No in that at all? Nick Coman, you're an act.
Speaker 3 (00:48):
Baby baby baby baby baby, Babe, baby baby babe, bey
baby baby baby.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Oh good, that's the feeling.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Sureley, you ain't had no business playing Walton Lee back
in the day, and.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Raising you were mad about that before all because.
Speaker 2 (01:20):
He came out, stop stop you stop, open we have
moved on all where you can see the sleeping you
(01:40):
better saying that he crossed the floor. Don't encourage him.
Beat him, close his eyes because into cold.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
We're moving on. No, not not a chance, Not a chance.
They picked the right person for that role for all right,
moving on now. There is an upcoming documentary. It's titled
The Rise and Fall of the Turkey Leg Hut, and
it will shed light on what actually happened to Houston's
famous Turkey Leg Hut, which was once a cultural phenomenon
(02:17):
that was frequented by celebrities from all over Turkey Leg
Hut was founded as a modest food stand back in
twenty fifteen by Nikiyah Holmes and Lynn Price and gained
a massive following on social media. The duo expanded the
restaurant and moved to Alameda Road in Houston, and Turkey
Leg Hut was the go to spot. It had lines
(02:38):
of people waiting to get in on a daily basis. Then,
in a strange turney event, Turkey Leg Hut closed in
November of last year November of twenty twenty four after
a series of controversies between the owners. A lot of
former customers are eager to know what actually went down.
We'll keep you posted on when the Rise and Fall
of the Turkey Leg Hut dot comentary Little air.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
Yes, I'm just gonna tell you what I heard. Let
us know what, and it was our medo off of
our our meter lout meat or they'll meet or whatever.
This is what I heard, would the world famous turkey?
I heard, This is what I heard now.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
I heard that.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
They had started substituting the turkey legs for them.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
Old Churchish chicken legs.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
And I heard, remember when churches no, you know, no,
really don't listen to me though, because you remember when
churches first came off them pieces of chicken were huge.
They found the turkey leg hut found the people that
made them them the great big old churches pieces back
(03:54):
in the day, and started saving money because it's way
more chickens than it is turkeysh and that. And then
somebody was in there going it sure takes like a chicken,
and black people got a fighting line because they said
that chicken they took it, and then they had the clothes.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
We have three Houstonians on the show, okay three.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
They don't have a lot of inside information. They don't
have a lot of because they really they kind people
very but it was good food.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
It was real good food.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
It was real good food.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
But it was some drama going down up in that
brisk waiting on the documentary get.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Yourn and and then they sides that the Turkey Leg
hurt their size. They had they had took that from right,
but they had to but they had to see you
know why it was delicious because they had took KFC's
coast loft, and they had took Popeye's dirty rice. That's
(04:58):
why Popeyes put selling dirty rice. You had took all
the dirty rice. And Papa I said, well, we're not
gonna see on that no more. And that one wepen.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
I know one thing, I can't wait for the documentary now.
It's called The Rise and Fall of the Turkey Leg.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Hut.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
It's gonna air soon, so we'll let you know.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Finally.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
While Disney World is being sued, this is according to TMZ.
They're being sued from an incident that happened back in
twenty twenty one. Court documents show that three hundred and
thirty four pounds Eugene Strickland is suing Disney World for
fifty thousand dollars for his pain, scarring and his loss
of ability to enjoy life. The lass who claims that
(05:45):
Strickland weigh three hundred and thirty four pounds like I said,
when he rode on Disney's Downhill Double Dipper at Blizzard
Beach on in July of twenty twenty one, and the
ride allegedly sent him flying in the air and he
landed on hard plastic, which left him with permanent injuries.
Despite the ride having a three hundred pounds individual weight
(06:06):
limit posted at the time of the alleged incident, Strickland
is still sewing Disney for fifty thousand. Okay, what is
his name? His name is Eudine Strickland, Eugene Strickland. Please
give me time for this story when we come home.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
I know, yeah, come back to this. Oh we revisited
here because.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
All right, could you spend too much time on a
Turkey leg hut? All right, more on this story, and
we've got some investigative reporting coming up right after this.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
You're listening Hardy Morning Show.
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