Actors Devale & Khadeen Ellis Talk Podcast, Upcoming Shows, Marriage & More

Actors Devale & Khadeen Ellis Talk Podcast, Upcoming Shows, Family & More
Host: @alexandriaikomoni

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Once up, guys, it's a girl Alexandria Ikamoni in the
studio iHeartRadio with Deval and Kadeen Ellis, how you doing today?

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Doing great?

Speaker 3 (00:09):
Amazing? Well? Happy do you have you guys in studio?

Speaker 2 (00:12):
Thank you.

Speaker 4 (00:12):
We're so happy to be here. I mean, being a
part of the iHeart family. It only makes sense.

Speaker 3 (00:15):
Hello, Hello, the best stop on the press tour. I
can say so. But we're so happy to have you guys.
We all love you.

Speaker 1 (00:23):
We all see the work you guys do radio couple
doing amazing things. And I know we're here to talk
about primarily one thing. We'll talk about a lot today quickly,
but we want to start off with the podcast. Of course,
it's being rebranded, a new name, a new feel. Tell
us more about it and what's the new vision for
the podcast because it's been around for a long time.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
Yeah, we're going on seven years now.

Speaker 4 (00:46):
Seven years, sixteen seasons' recording now, over two hundred episodes.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Yeah, Web award, Yes, sold out tours. Yeah, at first
we felt like it was time. Yeah, you know, when
we were looking at the podcast spaces it out for
us as just you know, two friends who happened to
be married, just joking on each other about what it's
like being a husband and a wife in a marriage. Yeah,
and what we noticed over time was that that conversation

(01:12):
kind of went on a tangent. And now the whole
internet is talking about the fifty to fifty man versus woman.
So Kadeen and I kind of like, we don't want
to be a part of that conversation because we work
better together. Yes, so let's let's change things up a
little bit. So we was like, what would the podcast
space look like after, you know, since now we're happily
ever after? Oh wait, what about Ellis ever After? And

(01:35):
that's how the Red came.

Speaker 4 (01:37):
Doug, it did, and I mean with dead ass doing
it for so many seasons and so many years in
that capacity, the conversations grew. Yeah, you know, kadeenan Devallo
season one, two, three, even are not kadeenan devaluac now, right,
So it feels like the natural elevation for us. And
to be quite honest, after our last sold out tour,

(01:57):
Love Against the World, last February, we were ready to
kind of retire the mics and end the podcast, you know,
kind of ending on a high note, right, We felt
like we did everything that we needed to do in
the podcast space, and after pulling some supporters of.

Speaker 5 (02:12):
Ours, they were like, absolutely not. You guys need to
get it together right.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
It's like I told you to do that. No one
asked for this, No one ask for this.

Speaker 4 (02:20):
So then we're like, all right, if we do do it,
how can we elevate the experience for our listeners and
our viewers because we are so in debt to people
who listen to us every single week and they deserve
to have some excellent content. So yeah, Ellis ever After
is going to show the progression, the elevation. We've also
added in some staples who have always been a part
of our podcast family so Trible, our producer Josh and Matt,

(02:42):
who do all of our content, are now going to
be on the show as well to give their two
cents as well about different topics. So it's going to
be a really really good time.

Speaker 3 (02:50):
I love it.

Speaker 1 (02:51):
And we're talking about topics, what are we focusing on?
I know you mentioned you know the progression and what
conversations you want to be a part of, but if
you could put into words, what are the top Because
we primarily want.

Speaker 2 (03:01):
To focus on supporting generational wealth and what that looks like.
You know, this is an intergenerational podcast. We talk about
our generational trauma from our parents that we that have
been passed down to us, that we are now trying
to not pass down to our children. So now the
conversation we want to shift and we don't we don't
want to do the bickering. Let's talk about communicating properly
and how we can build better as us people.

Speaker 4 (03:22):
Yeah, so for our people who have listened for all
these years, they're still going to get the dead ass experience.
We're keeping a lot of the components that have been
there already, for example, storytime, karaoke, you know, Moment of Truth.
But we do have some new segments that we're going
to add in. One of the VAO's favors that he
kind of came up with.

Speaker 2 (03:38):
It's called op or no op ooh, and what it
is is opps opinion. So you know, how you go
through your listener letters or what is it to room
or mail?

Speaker 4 (03:48):
What's going on in social media?

Speaker 2 (03:51):
What we want to start asking people to do is
ask yourself, am I educated enough to have an opinion
on this topic? Yes? Or no? Or do I really
want you to. Everyone doesn't have to have an opinion.
So we go through the hot topics and it's like,
do we have an opinion or knowing this? And sometimes
it's like, nah, that's like, you know, Kanye West is
getting a divorce, you have an opinion? No, I don't
know what's going on in a relationship that's not affecting

(04:13):
me anyway, So I don't have an opinion past. Yeah,
you know, let's start that trend.

Speaker 4 (04:17):
Let's see Yeah, because so much of what we've done,
I think have created a blueprint for folks with podcasting. Right,
So we're like, all right, we started this whole like
battle of the sexist thing kind of indirectly, so we're like,
did it.

Speaker 3 (04:28):
Start here with us?

Speaker 4 (04:29):
I don't know, But let's try something else, something that
can try to elevate everyone's life experience where we all
just mind our own business.

Speaker 3 (04:35):
Yeah, think about the things.

Speaker 1 (04:38):
That we truly know about. It makes a lot that's
gonna be kind of fun. Oh yeah, it's gonna be fun.
People will love to see it. People would want to
see it. So a lot of great content is coming.
You're excuse me, their way specifically, and you're talking about
minding your business. But I'm about to be all up
in invitation. Yes, absolutely, because people love knowing about your relationship, specifically.

(05:00):
A little bit earlier, you talked about communication and changing
that and bettering that. I remember seeing an interview from
a few years ago. You guys had different communication styles
to begin with, and then you know, found a balance, found.

Speaker 3 (05:11):
A path that works best for you. Guys.

Speaker 1 (05:13):
Talk to me more about that and how you were
able to find that balance between the two.

Speaker 2 (05:17):
Well, the biggest thing was just understanding that you need
empathy for whoever you're sitting across from. It doesn't matter
if it's your spouse, your business partner, or sibling. You
have to understand that that person is going through something
just like you are. A lot of times in relationships,
you want to communicate by getting your point across. A
large part of communication is listening, and I think over
the past fifteen years of us being together, I've learned

(05:39):
how to listen better. And I hope that people realize
that because even when I listened to myself on the podcast,
I'm like thanks, seven years ago, I wasn't listening to
anything K was saying. I was just trying to win
the argument and I can go back and be like,
then I've grown a lot from that, and I hope
other people can say, wow, the valis changed a lot.

Speaker 4 (05:56):
Yeah, and echoing that sentiment I'm listening for sure has
been a big thing for me as an active listener.

Speaker 5 (06:01):
But also you realize intent versus impact.

Speaker 4 (06:04):
Right when you communicate, it's like how you say something,
the way you say it, the way it's delivered. Sometimes
it's not the way you intended for it to be,
so the impact hits or lands that person on that
person differently. So we've learned within our communication styles because
I grew up in a household where communication was great
on a surface level, but when it came time to
like disagreements or problems, a lot of it was ignored.

(06:25):
So within our own relationship, I had to learn how
to open up more and a Valenterne said, Okay, if
I'm going to tell you something, my intent is this.
I'm sorry it impacted you this way, and then we
talk about how maybe the message got misconstrued or you know,
it was delivered in a way that was not receivable.
You know.

Speaker 2 (06:44):
For me, of my biggest thing, I knew my intent
since I knew my intent no matter how it impacted her.
I used to make her feel like she was wrong
for I would made her feel And that's when I realized, like,
you can't communicate like that, Like I can't judge you
for how what I said made you feel, make you
feel less than by saying you're not supposed to feel
that way. So I'm glad you brought up intent impact

(07:05):
that really is a big one.

Speaker 4 (07:06):
And then I also learned that I, like he's not
a mind reader, I'm going to have to actually vocalize
and eloquently express how I feel in roments so that
way he can then understand where I'm coming from, you know,
and not defend necessarily what he said, but we can
come to some kind of common ground. So we've promoted
that a lot throughout our years on Dead Ass, and
that's going to continue on and l us ever after a.

Speaker 1 (07:27):
Lot of growth there from the two of you, guys,
love you're trying absolutely and you're talking about like things
you have learned. What would you guys say would be
the biggest lesson you guys have learned in your relationship
thus far?

Speaker 2 (07:38):
Oh, I'm the biggest lesson that I've learned.

Speaker 4 (07:42):
I think for me, since we've been together since we
were eighteen years old. That's almost October will be twenty
three years together. So growing as individuals but also trying
to do it collectively as partners was a struggle for
some years, and mainly because we loved each other so
much that we knew we wanted to be together. We
just didn't know how to navigate that through all of

(08:04):
life's seasons, right, So you're growing through different changes, him
retiring from the nfl US, moving back to Brooklyn, starting over,
having our first child, then it was two and three
really quickly, then moving cross country, then move It's just
all of the things that we've had to navigate within
our relationship has really forced us to lock in together
as a couple, to give each other grace and just

(08:27):
know that we're going to grow and we're going to change,
and we support the change and we consider each other
with the change as well. And giving each other the
latitude to do that has been super important, at least
for me over the years to maintain a strong and
healthy relationship.

Speaker 2 (08:40):
That was good and it actually fed me into mind.
What it taught me was not to have a standard
for what I think manhood is supposed to be based
on everyone else's standards. I have to find out what
manhood is to me first. I have to then speak
to my wife and say, what does manhood look for you?
And if we work on that same thing together, then

(09:02):
that's the manhood I want to portray. In the past,
it was my friends, my dad, everyone said manhood looks
like this, So I have to participate in my marriage
that way. And it was not working because that version
of the vo wasn't the de vo she wanted. She
wanted a different version. And then I realized that that
version of the vow wasn't even the version I wanted
to Ye.

Speaker 5 (09:21):
It wasn't authentic to you.

Speaker 2 (09:22):
It wasn't. So I learned how to ignore all the
noise and focus on here and focus on what God
has for us, and that's helped us a lot. That's
the biggest lesson.

Speaker 1 (09:30):
Yeah, those are beautiful lessons that people honestly can really
take with them and learn from, especially when they're starting
off in their own relationships.

Speaker 3 (09:36):
Oh yeahag for sure.

Speaker 4 (09:38):
And that's what the podcast has been to us. I mean,
that's another reason why we were kind of I don't
want to say bullied into continuing it, but.

Speaker 3 (09:46):
We need this.

Speaker 5 (09:46):
Like people will come.

Speaker 4 (09:47):
Up to us randomly and say, oh, my goodness, we're
so happy that you guys are continuing the podcast, or
I learned this from you guys, or you saved my marriage,
or you helped me speak to my spouse.

Speaker 5 (09:55):
In a better way.

Speaker 4 (09:56):
Like it's just so many good moments and such positive
feedback that we've gotten, and it's really just from us
talking out our own life experience.

Speaker 2 (10:04):
Real yeah, in real time. Like I used to sit
back and listen to some of the podcasts and be like, dang,
I didn't realize that I came across like that. And
sometimes you need to hear that. You know you're in
this space. You listen to yourself and you're like, wow,
I didn't know I sounded like that. It's almost like
a check. You need that mirror. You hold that mirror
up and you're like, check yourself because you thought you

(10:24):
was listening, but you wasn't listening.

Speaker 1 (10:25):
So it makes a lot of sense, a lot of sense,
and really quickly, I want to dive into each one
of you guys, because you guys have a lot of
great things going on at the moment. I mean, I
would not be a journalist if I didn't ask at least
abou Zatima and Sisters. So, first, starting off, have you
guys started filming Zatima Season four?

Speaker 2 (10:45):
Season four is completed? Okay, we start filming season five
in August.

Speaker 3 (10:49):
Okay, okay, yes, so.

Speaker 2 (10:50):
Season nine we just completed. We're supposed to go back
and film season ten of Sisters in the end of May.
So Sisters is going. It's strong. It's still the number
one show on cable television. Yes, I'm excited to be Zach.
I'm excited to play a character that's gone through so
much change. We watched him just be an airport guy
dealing with recidivism. So now he finds out he has kids,

(11:11):
he's getting married, and he's a business owner. Like we
got to watch Zach grow a little bit.

Speaker 3 (11:15):
So I enjoyed it absolutely.

Speaker 1 (11:17):
And speaking of working on two amazing shows on the
same network under Tyler Perry, how has that been navigating
and balancing those two with everything else you have going on?

Speaker 2 (11:26):
I have the best job in Hollywood.

Speaker 3 (11:28):
That's it.

Speaker 2 (11:28):
Well, I get to do television. Most television series these
days don't get past season two. I'm on season nine
and season four. Also, we get to film a lot
of television a short amount of time, so I get
to spend a lot of my time with my family
and also building other projects. So to me, working at
TPS is the best place in Hollywood.

Speaker 3 (11:47):
Absolutely.

Speaker 1 (11:47):
Have you did you really expect this kind of reaction
to the two shows that you have going on from
season one of both?

Speaker 2 (11:53):
I'd be lying if I said I didn't. Yeah, I did.
When I read the scripts, I saw the cast. It
was a very young cast that no one knew, but
these were actors who trained, who particularly took exception to
this opportunity and said we're going to do something great
with it. So I felt like I was a part
of a really, really good cast. So yeah, I'm excited

(12:14):
about it, and I knew it was going to be great.

Speaker 1 (12:16):
Yes, absolutely, And speaking of great things from your character,
what can we expect in these next upcoming season Give
me one good, juicy thing.

Speaker 2 (12:23):
You're going to see a side of Zach that you've
never seen before. You've seen a vulnerability that will probably
have people saying I've never seen a man like that
on television. And I was excited when I got the
scripts for season nine I'm like, y'all are taking Zach
to something we've never seen on television. A man go
through and it's grief, right, how do you lose something
when you don't even know what it's like to have it?

(12:44):
So we get to see a chance to see Zach
go through that.

Speaker 3 (12:47):
I love that.

Speaker 1 (12:48):
A lot of powerful stuff coming up with the character.
So super excited about that. Also have to talk about
meet me next Christmas.

Speaker 4 (12:53):
That was it might be next to our son Dakota
Role calls it Daddy Movies, and Daddy movie is still
in rotation.

Speaker 5 (13:04):
It is in April.

Speaker 3 (13:05):
Okay, who cares a time? That doesn't matter? Can't we
expect it? Part like would you be on for two?

Speaker 4 (13:11):
If?

Speaker 3 (13:11):
They?

Speaker 2 (13:12):
Definitely? So the producers Netflix, they loved that. It did
extremely well, was number one amongst all this Christmas movies.
So hopefully I get back in there Christina Plentatonics.

Speaker 4 (13:23):
That would be great just me watching as his wife,
seeing him with you know, in relationships on these shows,
with his cast paints and his love interest. I feel
like him and Christina has such an electric chemistry.

Speaker 3 (13:36):
People talk about it.

Speaker 4 (13:37):
Yeah, the best chemistry that I've ever seen with him
and the cast mate, and it's been with him and Christina.

Speaker 3 (13:42):
Yeah, absolutely, and we loved it. We love to see it.
So we're we're hoping for number ten.

Speaker 1 (13:47):
Everybody, let's make it throwing it out there. Yes, now, Kadeen,
you are also an actress. Yes, man, a little bird.

Speaker 3 (13:53):
He told me you have some projects, be products coming.

Speaker 4 (13:55):
On and says, so, you know, I was afforded in
a amazing opportunity recently.

Speaker 5 (14:02):
I know, I know, I know.

Speaker 4 (14:06):
Your mouth and your eyes a belt because I took
the past fifteen years of life to grow our family physically,
you know, emotionally, all the things right, being at home,
being active, And this is one of my biggest dreams
come true. Going to school for broadcasting undergrad and then

(14:27):
in my master's speech communication.

Speaker 5 (14:28):
Performance, going to school.

Speaker 3 (14:30):
She gradu graduated, graduated.

Speaker 2 (14:35):
She does this. I just got to say that because
people are going to see her anything. She's trying TV. No,
she went to school for television. She's been doing this.
She took a break to have children. But don't don't
put her in that box of oh, she's just an
instagram or trying to do TV. No, she went to
school for baby ahead.

Speaker 4 (14:51):
No.

Speaker 5 (14:51):
I appreciate that's why I keep them around.

Speaker 4 (14:56):
But no, now it's I feel like it's finally my
time to be able to to tap into that area
of my life that I've been wanting to do so
badly for so long. And I felt like God just
placed me in the perfect opportunity at the perfect time
when now I've finished physically having children, but of course
still being an active parent, but I'm able to finally

(15:18):
feel so alive in a space that I feel like
I belong in. So that particular project is I can't wait.
Hopefully y'all find out about it sooner than later.

Speaker 5 (15:28):
And yeah, just when we can't talk about it.

Speaker 2 (15:30):
That's why it sounds so vain.

Speaker 1 (15:33):
Secret one detail one when something this is exciting soonish soon.

Speaker 3 (15:39):
Wait, Okay, it'll be worth the way.

Speaker 2 (15:41):
It's not a small role.

Speaker 6 (15:42):
I promise.

Speaker 2 (15:43):
It's just not a small role. She had to take
a big I did.

Speaker 4 (15:47):
I did, and I prepped really hard. I put my
horse blinders on. I got back with my acting coach. Yeah,
shout out to Leena Thompson. He's amazing. And I just
tapped back into my instrument. You know, I thought it
was rusty. I didn't know if I can revive it.
But baby, I can't wait.

Speaker 1 (16:04):
Hello, I can't wait. We'll bring you back to talk
more about it. I want you guys have.

Speaker 6 (16:08):
More details, so I definitely will put a pin in
that one.

Speaker 1 (16:11):
Yes.

Speaker 6 (16:11):
Now, you guys are co producers on a Broadway show.

Speaker 1 (16:14):
That has been doing amazing where grosses or the top
grossing play in Broadway history. Denzel Washington among other people
involved with this project. Tell me more about and how
it got to this level.

Speaker 2 (16:25):
So it's a fellow directed by Kenny Leon. It's also
starring j Gillenhall, Opposity Washington. It was a great opportunity
we had not only to learn about the business, but
also to be pioneers. You know, there are not a
lot of black producers in the Broadway space. There aren't
a lot of black productions who can make it and
survive because no one is putting up the funding for

(16:48):
them to have an opportunity. So when Kadina I first
heard about this, it was like, well, let's see how
we do because if it happened to become Tony Award
winning or Tony Award nominated or the highest grossing Broadway
play ever, now we can go find some people who
are in Denzel who aren't Jake Jentlen Hall and say
you have a production, let's take a look at it.
And then we could take those same finances and say
we're backing this person, right, and now they can't say, well,

(17:10):
who are y'all? We are the same people who helped
produce Denzel Washington and Kenny Leon. So for us, it's
an opportunity to grow in that space for black creators.

Speaker 4 (17:18):
Yeah, and nothing that we do is ever just random,
Like everything's strategic, and we want to be people who
helped to open the doors for others because that's.

Speaker 5 (17:26):
Happened with us, right.

Speaker 4 (17:27):
Yes, people have given us opportunities, so we're always forward
thinking about how this particular opportunity can help advance more
people like us.

Speaker 5 (17:35):
And we're also students of the game, students of the art.

Speaker 4 (17:38):
Like it was just amazing to sit there opening night,
you know, and just watch Dezel on stage a legend,
you know, alongside Jake who was amazing dress rehearsal. We
were there for opening night. We have Spike Lee here,
we have Angela Bassett there, Martha Stewart, Joe Biden, Like
we were in a room of people who we admired
for so many years and we just felt like that's
a space that we belong in.

Speaker 3 (17:59):
Ye, what would have to do next in that space?

Speaker 1 (18:01):
I know you have ideas, but if you could put
it maybe a genre or like a focus, what would
that look like for you guys?

Speaker 2 (18:07):
Well, for me, I have I have a buddy who writes,
he's a playwright. Also, what a couple buddes who player
on one uh? He wrote for he actually wrote Thoughts
of a Colored Man. And I would like to be
able to back these young men and women in their
projects in the future. That's I want to be able
to be to go to It's like, we need some funding,
Let's go to the vale Kadeen. Yeah, because if it

(18:28):
isn't for a Tyler Perry or Robbie Reid or Kim Coleman,
there is no Devala Kadeen. Those were the people who
broke through the ceiling and then pulled us along. So
we just got to do the same thing. That's really it.

Speaker 4 (18:39):
Absolutely, that's how I feel too, like both of us
are locked in on the same kind of vision.

Speaker 3 (18:43):
Yeah, for sure, you guys really.

Speaker 1 (18:44):
See eye to eye and really have the plan and
are such a power team that.

Speaker 5 (18:48):
Makes things happen in Amazing eighteen.

Speaker 4 (18:51):
Our first date, like, yeah, we talked about what we
want to do and Deval was like that. He pointed
to the TV and it was Martin on the screen.
He's like, I want to be an actor and I
was like really, I was like, I want to be
on TV two. I'm like, I've been doing it for years.
I've been in front of audiences, like, this is where
we're supposed to be And what did you say? Dream?

Speaker 2 (19:07):
How we're going to do it?

Speaker 5 (19:07):
How we're going to do it?

Speaker 4 (19:09):
The book?

Speaker 5 (19:10):
Yeah, that's how.

Speaker 2 (19:11):
We got our book title was. I remember that conversation.
Caudeen said how we going to do it? And I
was like, she didn't laugh at me and say, oh,
you want to be on TV? She she included herself
in my dream. I said, Okay, so now it's our dream.
This is what we're going to do.

Speaker 5 (19:24):
This is the collective and we've been doing it ever
since and just how do we navigate?

Speaker 4 (19:27):
And that's what we've been doing. So we Over Me
became a New York Times bestselling book. Shout out to
everyone who has it on their shelf. Yeah, it's correct,
and this one might be writing a new book.

Speaker 1 (19:36):
Too great, because that was my next question. Have you
talked about it? So give me more details.

Speaker 2 (19:40):
So, yes, I am actually writing a book. I'm writing
a book. I got the title and everything. It's called
Raising Kings How Fatherhood Saved Me from Myself, And it's
an approach book. It's not a how to be a
best dad. This is all of the trials and tribulations
I've gone through being a father, the mistakes I've made,
the triumphs I've had. But this is just a for
people to go back and say, Okay, Deval did this

(20:02):
that didn't work. He did that that worked. It's just
an example similar to way over Me. This is how
I did it, like unapologetically. I'm not perfect, but this
is how I did it.

Speaker 1 (20:11):
Yeah, what's the biggest advice you want to give fathers
out there with especially young kings. What is the one
a piece of advice you want to really give them?
Make sure they really understand and own.

Speaker 2 (20:20):
It on Apologize to your kids. Like I grew up
in a house where my parents didn't apologize because they
felt like I'm a parent and it bothered me. And
then as I got older, my father and my mom
started to apologize for stuff they realized was wrong. And
I was like, can you imagine the power if you
would have apologized to me in real time? And I
apologize to our sons all the time. And the best

(20:40):
part is Jackson. I apologized to him for some mistakes
I made. He said, well, Dad, you're not perfect. You
tell me not to be perfect, So why are you
walking around trying to me when I tell you? I
cried because I was like, I'm raising the type of
young man that understands humans or not perfect, you know.
And I just want people to walk away with that,
like give each other some man, love each other, hug

(21:01):
each other, you know, walk away feeling better.

Speaker 5 (21:03):
Yeah, that's where life is fleeting.

Speaker 1 (21:06):
Enjoy well, we can absolutely And for you and from
your perspective as a mom, that you've been focusing on
your family for so long and now you're branching off
into other things. What is a piece of advice that
you want to give other moms who are really I
guess struggling to balance it to you or figure out
how to bring back.

Speaker 3 (21:21):
Their career into them.

Speaker 5 (21:22):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think it was.

Speaker 4 (21:24):
Was it Michelle Obama that said you can have it all,
just not all at the same time, yes, and that
always rings true to me. But in those moments where
you're trying to have it all, be intentional about being present,
because that was always my fear about trying to tap
back into my professional life and my career was that
it was going to take away from my place in
the home, which is so vital.

Speaker 5 (21:43):
And I know this.

Speaker 4 (21:44):
Notice the difference when I'm not there and how much
my kids cling to me when I am. So my
advice would be to be intentional about being present in
those moments, knowing when to clock out, when to put
the phone away, when to just really locking with your children.
And each is individuals because they're four different human beings
with different needs, with different approaches, but either way, the
love is always the same.

Speaker 1 (22:05):
So that is beautiful, beautiful advice from a great couple
that you can really gravitate to you and really quickly.

Speaker 3 (22:12):
I know we have to get on it, but I
want to thank you so much for that.

Speaker 2 (22:16):
I'm actually enjoying it and get go ahead.

Speaker 1 (22:18):
Well, thank you, thank I appreciate that coming from you know,
people who know the game, we know the deal.

Speaker 2 (22:22):
Well the good we gotta I'm gonna say this on cameras,
y'all can see it. Yes. The very first question she
asked was how do you pronounce your name? A lot
of people don't even ask that question because they've never
been to journalism school. They don't understand the importance. The
fact that you went to school to study this made
me feel comfortable. But then you asked different questions. We've
been doing press for two days and we get the
same questions. They're not thought out. No one really wants

(22:45):
to know. They just want to sit down, right. These
are good questions because I'm thinking.

Speaker 5 (22:49):
Because journalism is a lost form. I feel like now.

Speaker 3 (22:51):
It is okay.

Speaker 4 (22:53):
Anyone with a camera and the microphone is like reporting, yeah, exactly,
no facts, no thought. So we appreciate you, you do it,
Thank you.

Speaker 1 (23:04):
Okay, great, So I'm going to ask some questions. I
know it's you know, we over me, but I want
you versus me on these questions for these games, all right,
game with this, all right, You're just gonna see if
it's you or if it's your partner, say their name
or point to them, or you know, say what you
want to say.

Speaker 2 (23:23):
Love it.

Speaker 1 (23:24):
Who is most likely to plan a spontaneous romantic getaway.

Speaker 3 (23:29):
Well, I love it.

Speaker 1 (23:34):
You gotta have a little trip sometimes baby or two,
all right. Who is most likely to initiate a cuddle session.

Speaker 5 (23:40):
Cuddle, Oh, cuddle depends where to cuddle is going.

Speaker 4 (23:49):
It.

Speaker 3 (23:49):
Who is most likely to try a new food? Went out?

Speaker 2 (23:54):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (23:54):
Man, okay, come on something? Okay? Who misses the kids first?
Went on vacation in.

Speaker 6 (24:01):
Really it's like you.

Speaker 2 (24:02):
You the first one to be like no, you know.

Speaker 5 (24:05):
That would be facetiming. It's okay, I'm on and I'm
right behind them, right behind.

Speaker 3 (24:14):
Right behind, I know, right right there.

Speaker 1 (24:16):
Sometimes someone will verbalize first, yeah, okay, who I love
that though, It's great.

Speaker 6 (24:22):
Who is likely to spend more money?

Speaker 3 (24:26):
What are you shopping? What are you buying? What are
you buying?

Speaker 2 (24:28):
Troops?

Speaker 3 (24:29):
That's worth the money every troops?

Speaker 5 (24:31):
And food because we have to feed four kids.

Speaker 3 (24:33):
He recently said, why.

Speaker 4 (24:34):
Is the personal American Express bill so high?

Speaker 2 (24:36):
So?

Speaker 5 (24:36):
Have you seen the cross of eggs lately?

Speaker 1 (24:38):
Have you seen these grocery prices? And he does not
go to the supermarket? I do so, yeah, okay, it
makes a lot of sense, for love it. Who is
most likely to forget to pay a bill? Me?

Speaker 3 (24:49):
Okay, okay, so the money takes account.

Speaker 2 (24:52):
Every morning, every morning, every morning.

Speaker 3 (24:55):
Balances right, I love it? Dollars?

Speaker 4 (24:57):
And hello, who was most likely to laugh at the
wrong moment?

Speaker 2 (25:04):
Oh, that's both of us, You and your brother and
your sister. Forget about it? And if it's me and
my brother and sister, forget about it?

Speaker 3 (25:13):
What's what I think?

Speaker 2 (25:14):
If we're together and it's a we're together in one moment? You?

Speaker 5 (25:18):
Yeah? All, yeah, we're my emotions on my face.

Speaker 3 (25:24):
I love it. Who is most likely to forget where
they park?

Speaker 2 (25:31):
I don't forget anything.

Speaker 4 (25:32):
I guess I'll take that, but I'm spoiled by the little.

Speaker 2 (25:36):
I'm on security detail at all time. I always never.

Speaker 3 (25:40):
Makes sense.

Speaker 6 (25:41):
And lastly, who is most likely to binge a show
in one day?

Speaker 2 (25:45):
That's me? Yeah, I love favor. Me and Mandel sit
down and watch right now, my favorite show is well,
I'm going to say Sisters and the Team because but
I watched the Out of Paradise.

Speaker 4 (25:58):
It's very good and we love us Sterlingie he's great. Yeah,
that's like my new favorite right now. When I want
the treadmill, I'm just fly by some episodes. That's a
lot of so yeah, and we out here surviving right. Hello,
hello in paradise to period.

Speaker 3 (26:18):
See what I love it?

Speaker 1 (26:20):
I love it well Devell and Cadeen, thank you guys
so much for coming into the stadium.

Speaker 3 (26:25):
It's a pleasure.

Speaker 4 (26:25):
I can't wait to be back. Yes, thank you so
much for having us. Yeah, absolutely back soon?

Speaker 1 (26:30):
Yes soonishe deadline drops?

Speaker 5 (26:34):
You can go talk, have the team circle back with you.

Speaker 1 (26:37):
Love absolutely speaking up deadlines and things dropping?

Speaker 3 (26:40):
When does this next season?

Speaker 2 (26:42):
The podcast air April sixteenth. You can listen wherever you
catch your podcast. iHeart Radio, Spotify, it doesn't matter, but
you can watch it the following week following Monday, which
would be the twenty first I believe on YouTube. Yes,
I love it.

Speaker 3 (26:57):
How follow the podcast and you guys as well in
your journey.

Speaker 4 (27:00):
Yeah, so the podcast page on socials will be Ellis
ever after podcast. You can find me at Kadeen. I
am so it's my first name.

Speaker 5 (27:08):
I am and.

Speaker 2 (27:09):
I am Devo. And if you're listening on Apple, oh,
I'm so used to.

Speaker 3 (27:15):
I love it. Rate review and subscriber love it. I
love it. Thank you guys, so thank you for coming
last week.

Speaker 5 (27:23):
I was going to say grab your copy of We
over Me if you have it. It's still out there
in bookstores everywhere. Amazon has it. It's all over the place.

Speaker 2 (27:30):
And once again, thank you for having me.

Speaker 6 (27:31):
Yes, thank you. Awesome.

Speaker 1 (27:34):
Absolutely happy to have you guys in the studio once again.
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