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December 29, 2025 13 mins

The Strawberry Letter heard on The Steve Harvey Morning Show Monday, December 29th, 2025. Subject: "Fake Star With Groupie Tendencies"

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:02):
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Speaker 2 (00:28):
Thanking a few subject fake star with groupie tendencies. Dear
Stephen Shirley, My husband thinks he has his own talk
show and he's a groupie when it comes to local celebrities.
He's got a podcast with a lady that was on
a ghetto reality show back in the day. She's got
connections with local artists and she gets them tickets to
shows so they can interview people at the show, but

(00:51):
they never get interviews.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
People just walk right past them.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
I get so tickled when he gets disappointed because he
has put his little podcast over me and the baby.
When we go out, he passes out business cards and
claims to be looking for the next big star to
feature on his quote unquote talk show to help them
blow up. The only thing that's blown up is his ego.
The final straw was when he had me chasing behind

(01:16):
a sprinter van because he thought a rapper was in
the van. He said he had to get the interview
with him, even if it was on his phone. We
followed the van to a restaurant and there was a
group of white teenagers in it, headed to a sweet
sixteen birthday dinner. I was so embarrassed for him, but
he didn't stop. He had me drive back to the

(01:38):
venue where the concert was and I had to flirt
with the security guard to get behind the building to
see if all the artists were still in the building.
Everyone was gone, and he got mad at me. I
told him he's a groupie. He doesn't have to he
doesn't have a talk show, and he needs to get
a real job. I'm a nurse and it's hard to
pull the weight of the family and support his ragged

(02:00):
dream of having a talk show. I'm not a dream
killer by any means, but he's not celebrity material. I
want all these lights and cameras out of my guest room,
and I'm tired of this little, fake reality star coming
to my house. How do I get this thirty seven
year old man to be realistic? Well, to him, I'm

(02:23):
sure this is reality. To him, this is what he
wants to do. This is his dream, and who are
you to tell him he's not gonna make it? I mean,
you say you're not a dream killer, but I think
you are a dream killer. And this doesn't sound good
at all. I got to ask you, what is your problem?
I mean, you don't believe in your husband. You don't
approve of what he's trying to do professionally.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
That's it. That's what it all boils down to. I
think the question is why.

Speaker 2 (02:49):
I mean, he's hustling, trying to make something happen, but
you don't like his method, and you're judgmental saying things
like his little podcast, his post was at a reality star,
his raggedy dream.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
Those things are not helpful.

Speaker 2 (03:04):
If you want him to spend more time with you
and the baby, why don't you talk to him about that?

Speaker 1 (03:09):
All right?

Speaker 2 (03:10):
That's what you need to be focusing on. Instead of
complaining and putting his dream down. You got to support him.
At least he's trying to make something happen. If you
think he's going about it the wrong way, you got
to let him know that maybe he and his coworker
can get a better strategy to get guests instead of chasing.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
Them in the sprinter and all of that.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
Everyone has a podcast these days, and some are really
good and they get great guests.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
Is you know this can happen?

Speaker 4 (03:37):
It can.

Speaker 1 (03:38):
You are a nurse, so you're set as far as
your career goes. You know, you know where you're going
to work and all of that. But your husband is
grinding right now. I say, yes, you are right.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
He does need to bring some money into the household,
of course, so he should start looking for a job,
a real job, you know, maybe a nine to five,
and then work on his podcast part time. That way
he won't be abandoning his dream. And at the same
time he can start helping out financially and stop being
so negative.

Speaker 1 (04:07):
Be supportive. You guys can work this out. Steve Oh, I.

Speaker 3 (04:17):
Read a different letter. I'm sorry.

Speaker 4 (04:18):
I apologize to the people out there that's about to
hear what I'm about to say because I'm preaking on
myself being known as a motivational speaker.

Speaker 3 (04:27):
People who inspire people.

Speaker 4 (04:30):
Shirley said that you're being a dream killer, and I
guess you can be labeled as that young lady writing
this letter, and I want to introduce what you're saying
from a different ankle. I don't want to be a
dream killer, but I am gonna be a truth teller.

(04:53):
So I'm gonna say say it. And every time I said,
I want you all to say tell the truth, Steve,
So let's practice say it. Okay, here we go. Fate
starred with Group of Tennis. My husband thinks he has
his own talk show and he's a groupie when it

(05:16):
comes to local celebrities.

Speaker 3 (05:19):
Well, now I see that all the time. Now tell it,
h Okay, I forgot what my cue was. I said,
tell it.

Speaker 4 (05:35):
Yeah, I forgot my own cue. That's why y'all was
looking every kay say it.

Speaker 1 (05:40):
Tell Okay.

Speaker 4 (05:43):
He's got a podcast with a lady that has a
get on reality show.

Speaker 3 (05:47):
Back in the day, say it most back in the day,
people don't make it in the new day. Say it.

Speaker 4 (05:58):
She got connections with local art, honest, she gets some
tickets to the show so they can interview people at.

Speaker 3 (06:02):
The show, but they never get interview. Tell tell the truth.

Speaker 1 (06:08):
Say it, and it's saying there no lines.

Speaker 3 (06:14):
Tell the truth. See, I am.

Speaker 4 (06:22):
To give your letters when I come back. I'm on
the direct opposite of she and the strawberry on this letter.
So get ready, we.

Speaker 1 (06:31):
Got a practice too, all right.

Speaker 2 (06:33):
Coming up in twenty three minutes after the hour, we'll
have part two of Steve's response to fake Star with
groupy Tendencies. That is the subject of today's Strawberry letter.
Right after this, Good morning, This is Shirley's Strawberry. Have
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Speaker 2 (07:30):
All right, Steve, come on let's recap today's Strawberry letter.
The subject is fake star with groupie tendencies.

Speaker 4 (07:37):
Charley has pronounced in this letter that her the woman
that's being a dream killer, which can be looked at
it that way if you view it from her tape.
So I decided not to be a dream killer but
a truth teller. I will read this letter when I'm
telling the truth. I'm gonna say say it, and the
group will say tell the truth? Stee, are you sure now?

Speaker 3 (07:57):
Because I wrote it?

Speaker 1 (07:58):
I wrote it on the commercial Okay, Okay.

Speaker 4 (08:03):
My husband thinks he got his own talk show. He's
a groupie when it comes to locals liberty. Yeah, that's
called Instagram right now on Facebook Live, say it?

Speaker 3 (08:14):
Come on now.

Speaker 4 (08:16):
He got a podcast with a lady on the ghetto
reality show back in the day.

Speaker 3 (08:20):
Most people that was on back in the day don't
make it in the new day. Say it.

Speaker 4 (08:28):
She got connections with local artists and she gets some
tickets to show so they can interview people that show.
But they never get interviewed because don't nobody know they
say it. People just walk right past them cause don't
nobody know that say it. I got so tickle when
he gets disappointed because he done put that business out

(08:49):
here to put our business card and claims to be
looking for the next big star to feature on his
talk show to help them blow up. The only thing
that blows up is his ego, because the only person
that thinks he is star materials his self.

Speaker 1 (09:04):
Say it talent, truth truth.

Speaker 4 (09:08):
See it kills me because what people don't understand is
you can't make yourself a stop.

Speaker 3 (09:13):
That is up to the people and not you say it.

Speaker 4 (09:21):
The final straw was when he had me chased behind
a sprinter van because he thought a rapper was in
the van.

Speaker 3 (09:28):
He said he had to get the interview with him,
even if it was on his phone.

Speaker 4 (09:32):
We followed the van to a restaurant that was a
group of white teenagers and the headed to a sweet
sixteen birthday party. I was so advanced with him, but
he didn't stop gear me drive back to the venue
what a concert was and I had to flirt with
the security. Okay, so now he using you as bait.
See man, now dog, you done drug your wife down

(09:54):
in the dark rabbit hole, and now and now you
got her helping you with a dream.

Speaker 3 (10:01):
That that that that that is not reality. Based. Say it.

Speaker 4 (10:09):
I had to flirt with security, get behind the building
to see if all the artists were still in the building.

Speaker 3 (10:13):
Everybody was gone. He got mad at me. I told
him he was a groupie. Say it. He don't have
a talk show. He needed to get a real job.
Yes he does.

Speaker 4 (10:27):
You got this is not how you have a talk show?
Howndred people think nobody got a talk show like this?
These podcasts. Everybody got podcasts. Very few people are making
money on their podcast. Not saying it's not doable, not
saying it's not a fun thing for people to go
out and do you want to.

Speaker 3 (10:45):
Get a podcast?

Speaker 4 (10:46):
Man, I salute you do your thing, but let's understand it,
be be real about it. If you ain't got the
advertising dollars to put behind people tuning in and knowing
who you are, you're wasting your time.

Speaker 3 (10:57):
Say it.

Speaker 4 (11:02):
I say it's hard for him to pull the weight
in this family. I'm a nurse trying to support his
raggedy dream of having a talk show. You didn't have
no talk show. Don't nobody know his Say it. I'm
not a dream killer by any means, but he's not

(11:23):
celebrity material. Now his wife has been married to him.
She knows she's not married to a celebrity. She married
to the uh he delivered pepsi.

Speaker 1 (11:34):
What's his name?

Speaker 4 (11:35):
Probably probably got a real name that don't say celebrity
all like like, since he around thirty seventy, Probably named Dmitri,
like Dmetri something like that. You know, got her young name.
So you know, ain't not ever heard no talk show
name Dmitri. Ain't nobody never heard of that. And she says,

(11:57):
but he's just not celebrity material.

Speaker 3 (11:59):
She knows, you live with it.

Speaker 4 (12:01):
He can't get no interviews. He changed man with the
little white kids, and he should have interviewed the white kids.
So who's birthday is? He's been better off. I want
all these lightcenseed cameras out my guest room, and I'm
tired of his little fake reality start coming to my house.

Speaker 3 (12:19):
How do I get this thirty seven year old man
to be realistic? Well?

Speaker 4 (12:23):
Sad to tell you this, but Instagram and Facebook watch
live has created all these people.

Speaker 3 (12:30):
It gives people an opportunity.

Speaker 4 (12:31):
Man, Like I watch Instagram a lot, and you know,
people gome man. There's some funny stuff on Instagram. Yeah,
but you know how hard it is to find you
know how much stuff you got to really scroll through,
you know how many takes they did to give you
that funny moment. That's the danger of it.

Speaker 3 (12:51):
And then you get a few clicks.

Speaker 4 (12:53):
If you are nobody and you get two hundred views,
or you think two hundred views can't make you a
in this country, two hundred views, it is off TV
then next morning. So that's the reality of it, man.
And there's so many options out there to choose from.

Speaker 5 (13:16):
Now.

Speaker 4 (13:17):
TV station networks is dying trying to come up with
content that they've all created.

Speaker 3 (13:22):
Content creators.

Speaker 4 (13:23):
It's just hard to get noticed on a podcast and
your don't have the factor by Alicia.

Speaker 2 (13:33):
Leave us your comments on today's Strawberry Letter. Okay, and
check out the Strawberry Letter podcast on demand.

Speaker 4 (13:45):
Hey, good morning, This is Steve Harvey and Happy Kwanza
from yours truly on the Steve Harvey Morning Show.

Speaker 1 (13:50):
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