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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Now it's time for Nanica de la Cruz.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
Thank you so very much, mo So for discover so Cal.
I went to somewhere. I went to a place that
I had never been before. I didn't even know it exists.
I went to the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in the
city of Long Beach, located at sixty two hundred East
Atherton Street in Long Beach. The Richard and Karen Carpenter
Performing Art Center is located in California State University Long
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Beach ULB, and it is a prominent cultural and entertainment
venue in southern California. Established in nineteen ninety four, the
center was named in honor of the very famous musical duel,
the Carpenters, which they are alumnis of CSULB. Karen and
Richard Carpenter are known for their contributions to pop music
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in the nineteen seventies. I would say our genre and
their legacy is commemorated through the facility. The center was
built as a tribute to Karen Carpenter, who passed away
in nineteen eighty three, and serves as a platform for
arts and culture, providing the community and students with access
to a wide range of artistic expressions. Over the years,
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the Carpenters Center has hosted numerous high profile performances spanning
various genres and artistic forms. Some notable performers who have
graced the stage include Grammy Award winning artists like The Manhattans,
Manhattan Transfer, jazz legends such as Herb Albert, and iconic
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Broadway star The Little Little Christine CHENOWIV. The Center has
also featured performances of a clean dance company such as
Alvin Ailey, American Dance Theater and more. These artists and
groups bring a high level of prestige to the venue,
attracting diverse audiences and enhancing cultural landscape of the area.
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The programming at the Carpenter Center it is quite diverse,
catering to a wide array of artistic tastes. It features
a robust schedule of events including concerts, theatrical performances, ballet
which I went to go see I'll tell you a
little Bit more about That, and speaker series. In addition
to the professional touring productions, the center supports local and
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emerging artists as well as educational programs. Its cabaret series
and dance series are particularly popular, offering intimate settings for
audiences to experience world class talent up and close. The
Arts for Life program is another highlight, providing free arts
experiences to community members of all ages, ensuring that the
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center remains an accessible cultural hub. The Carpenter Center also
plays a pivotal role in CSULB's education mission, serving as
a learning space for students in the university's College of Arts.
It offers opportunities for students to engage with professional artists
through master classes, workshops, and internships, fostering a vibrant environment.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
For creative growth.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
With its state of the art facilities and commitment to
artists excellent the excellence, the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing
Art Center continues to be a beacon of culture and education,
enriching both the university and the wider Long Beach community.
Like I said earlier, I was there recently for the
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So Cow Ballet scene. It was spectacular, It was magical.
The ballet dancers were amazing and the performances were absolutely breathtaking.
And I did bring the twenty twenty four and twenty
twenty five thirtieth season pamphlet. I guess it's the booklet,
and it basically breaks down who is going to be
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showing up. For example, this Saturday, which is tomorrow, it's
going to be an evening with Charles Blow. And then
we have Take Me Home of the Music of John
River that's going on Sunday, October sixth. We also have
Candice Springs. It's she's a jazz singer and she'll be
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in town November eighth. There is so many amazing performances.
That's just a few of the events that are coming up.
But if you want more information about the performances, please
visit Carpenterarts dot org. That's Carpenterarts dot org.
Speaker 4 (04:34):
And I'm looking at the schedule and you stop short
because I'm looking at the pink Floyd laser just like, okay,
that's something I would want to check out.
Speaker 3 (04:41):
Wait on this page right here, they're doing a tribute
to Prince that oh, that is Saturday, December twenty. First,
I've I'll leave you the pamphlet here. It's Marshall Charlofe
and the Purple Experience. Yes, I mean this place is
not only beautiful, it is it has a sense of elegance.
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And I have to say this, Mo, tickets are not expensive.
The tickets to the ballet were only forty five dollars.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
That is very reasonable if you get it to the
ballet for under one hundred dollars.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Yeah per ticket.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Yes, No, I went with a friend and I just
had an amazing experience. I went, now, this is just
this was just for the day, but it was the
so cow ballet scene, which I believe that it comes
annually if you ever have a chance to go see it.
It was exquisite. Oh and I have to say I
did very much joy enjoy the male valet ballet dancers
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and tights talking about they had a tribute to Don
Quixote Swan Lake. I mean they had flamenco dancing in
the ballet form.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Oh it was. It was just beautiful, absolutely beautiful.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
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Speaker 1 (07:00):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
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Speaker 2 (07:06):
Is now time for the hidden Gym of this week
with not Akadela Crudi. Thank you mo.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Today's hidden gem is Jonathan Franco, which was referred to
me from Karen Mure's Jonathan Franco grew up in Los Angeles.
His childhood was filled with typical experiences a southern California kid, beaches, support,
and school, But what always stood out to him were
the untold stories of who of those who struggled just
beyond the surface. He was the kind of person who
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noticed when people were left behind. This curiosity, combined with
a sense of empathy, led him to Pepperdine University, where
he majored and integrated Marketing Communications. The program not only
gave him a strong foundation in strategic communication and branding,
but also opened his eyes to the power of storytelling
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to create social change. Jonathan's education wasn't just about learning
or how to sell product, it was about how to
advocate for causes that matter. At Pepperdine, Jonathan's involvement in
the community outreach programs connected him with underprivileged youth, sparkling
a passion for making a tangible difference. It was during
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this time that he first learned about Garrett Underwood, a
local leader who had founded seed House Project. Garrett's story
hit home for Jonathan. Garrett, like him, had grown up
in Los Angeles, but had taken on the fight against
social injustice, particularly in the systemic problems affecting homeless and
foster youth. Garrett's hands on approach and deep commitment to
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empowering these young people inspired Jonathan. Jonathan saw the potential
in his organization's mission and knew he could contribute by
helping amplify the message. Through this marketing background, seed Houseproject
dot org focuses on healing and empowerment. The organization doesn't
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just provide a roof or job training. It builds a
community where the youth feels seen, heard and valued. Through
mentorship programs, therapy, and life skills workshops, seed House Project
helps these young individuals not only to survive, but to thrive.
The goal is to help them break the cycle of
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homelessness and uncertainty, creating a foundation for independence and self worth.
Seed House Project is built on the belief that every
young person, no matter their background or circumstances, deserves the
opportunity to succeed. The organization takes a holistic approach, addressing
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not just the immediate challenge of housing and employment, but
also the emotional and psychological hurdles that come with homelessness
and instability. By fostering a sense of belonging and community,
seed House Project creates a safe space for youth to
heal from past trauma and envision a future full of possibilities.
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Its programs are designed to empower individuals to reclaim their narratives,
offering them not just tools for survival, but the confidence
to thrive and build sustainable futures. If you'd like to
get more information, or get involved, or volunteer or donate,
please visit seed houseproject dot org. And Miss Karen Mures,
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thank you so much for introducing me to Jonathan Franco.
And Jonathan Franco, Thank you for being our hit and
jam and thank you for telling me your story.
Speaker 4 (10:36):
See, this is what I enjoyed most about these segments
with you, Narca Dela Cruz, because all of these again
they're hidden for a reason in the sense that we
don't know about them. But all these great resources, all
these great individuals, all these great organizations are within our grasp.
If they don't get necessarily the type of sunlight that
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they should deserve and need so they can thrive and
do even more great work.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
Yes, and you know, I really there's one thing that
I mean, I I have, my heart goes to everyone,
but I think, you know, especially the youth. Sometimes the
youth are a little confused and they need they need guidance,
they need help. And also there is always I think
we could always all be a big brother or a
big sister to a young one. And it's important because
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we could talk about our experiences or say, hey, I
made a big mistake, you know when I was eighteen
or thirteen or fifteen whatever age those years.
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Those years, yes, I made lots.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Of but I don't want anyone else to make those mistakes.
And I'm sure you wouldn't either. And it's it's nice
to guide someone and to give them morale and love
and warmth and empathy and sympathy. It's just I think
it's it's it's something that we should just continue to do.
And as human beings, you know, we are human beings
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and we have feelings. We may not show them all
the time, but a hug to someone in.
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Need goes a long way.
Speaker 3 (12:09):
Words of encouragement to someone to a young one goes
a long way too.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
That seed houseproject dot org Nanica, I appreciate you one
more time for frequen She.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
Yes Frequency a podcast.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
You could catch us on Spotify or Google Podcasts or
also iTunes as well, and one more note I want
to say to you, Mo, I want to thank your
listeners so much because not last week, but the week before.
Remember when we were talking about my mom and we
were talking about organization. Then I ended up talking about
my mom and she has to take the DMV TEX. Yes, yes, Yesmo.
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Your listeners inundated me with messages on Instagram, on LinkedIn
and Facebook, and they were giving me tips to give
to my mother. So I want to thank all your
listeners that listen to later with MO Kelly, thank you
so very much much because I passed those tips on
to my mother, so now she's not freaking out about
taking her exam as a senior citizen. And you could
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always find me on Instagram at Nautica de la Cruise Natica.
Speaker 4 (13:14):
I appreciate you and I'm so glad that this space
has been helpful not only to you but your mom.
And look, you never know who's listening. You never know
who can be an advocate for you, even though you
may not even know that person.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
Thank you.
Speaker 4 (13:27):
And before we get out of here for this segment yet,
I think is it possibly Yeah, it's the time.
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It's Halloween time at the Disneyland Resort.
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Can'f I Am six forty and Later with mo Kelly
want to give you a chance to experience the frightful fun.
Who wants a family four pack to the Disneyland Resort?
A family four pack? I see all these hands going up. No, Stephan,
you can't go. Mark, I would invite you even if
I won I had access. I don't like you like that.
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There's no need for that. There's no need to be
mean Friday. No, I'm just have to be honest with you, Okay.
I took the half black part of you, not the
half white party you just nasty called. Well, how about this,
We'll give it to a listener. How about Caller twelve.
If you are Coller twelve, you and three other family
members friends, it's a family four pack for you right
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now to the Disneyland Resort as part of Halloween Time,
Caller twelve, The family four pack is yours. Caller twelve,
family four pack is yours to the Disneyland Resort. K
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You're listening to. Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
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Forty talks about pop culture.
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Ron and Report with Mark Ronner.
Speaker 4 (15:09):
I got a question, is it Francis Ford Coppola or Coppola?
Speaker 7 (15:12):
I say Coppola like Coppa feel you know? It was
six to one and a half a dozen of the
other Tomato tomato.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Gotta make it. Never mind, here's the run of Report.
Speaker 7 (15:23):
Okay, look, I didn't get the apparent indifference toward Francis
Ford Coppola's Megalopolis. I mean con it's the self financed
magnum opus of the eighty five year old director of
the Godfather and Apocalypse. Now could be his last big movie.
We don't know, and we've been hearing about it for
years now. He started working on it four decades or
so ago, couldn't get it off the ground with the studios,
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and finally put up his own money to do it
without studio interference, put his ass on the line to
the tune of one hundred and twenty million bucks without
any notes or demands. So this is pure, unfiltered artistic
output from one of our masters. Of course, this is
also the director of Jack from nineteen ninety six. Still,
maybe I'm missing something, but that seems to me like
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an automatic ticket purchase, even if it turns out to
have some flaws or whatever. How do you not support
a big swing like that from an artist like that? Okay, granted,
the trailer doesn't really convey very very clearly what kind
of movie it is.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
Here's a little bit of it. One filmmaker has always
been ahead of his time.
Speaker 7 (16:29):
That's Adam Driver stopping time on top of the Chrysler building,
Go and restarting time. From visionary writer and director Francis
Ford Coppola, comes.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
An event nothing can prepare you for.
Speaker 5 (16:47):
Imagine today's society as a branch of civilization.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
About to reach a dead end. This way we're living
the only one that's available to us. My plans.
Speaker 5 (17:08):
I say that people can dream about the mad Uppers,
what about.
Speaker 2 (17:12):
Those standing in your way? You like it the way
it is. People don't need dreams. People need help now.
Don't let them now destroyed it forever?
Speaker 7 (17:26):
You know. It's still kind of hard to tell what
the movie's about. It's definitely not Italian gangsters shooting each
other in the old days. In fact, it looks sort
of like a Cologne commercial by way of iin RAN's
The Fountainhead starring Adam Driver. So how is it finally,
after all this time, Well, you definitely have to see
it to believe it, but if I recommend you see it,
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you'd be within your rights to take out a hit
on me. In fact, it's more like Megaplopolis. I'm sorry, Francis.
If you can roll the dice with one hundred and
twenty million dollars, that's on you. I don't own a house.
I barely have anything to compare this movie to. It
is audacious and pretentious and ambitious, which you could also
say about Stanley Kubrick's two thousand and one, A Space Odyssey,
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except two thousand and one turned out to be a
work of enduring and transcendent genius, and Megalopolis is just
a laugh out loud sink trap of a mess. Also,
two thousand and one didn't have Shia lah boof give
me those apes howeling at the monolith instead every time.
Let me see if I can even give you an
idea what this is about. The story takes place in
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a near future slash alternate reality city called New Rome,
which is more or less New York through some kind
of vaguely sci fi prism. Adam Driver plays a genius
architect named Caesar who wants to build a utopian development
called Megalopolis using a fantastical new substance called Megalonkey's enemies
with the Mayor played by John Carlo Esposito, who by
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law is in everything Now Everything, and Driver's architect character
begins a romance with the mayor's daughter's Leammanuel from Game
of Thrones and that recent kind of so soo remake
of John Wuz The Killer. Aubrey Plaza's character has the
best movie name of the year and perhaps all time.
Wow Platinum, Wow Platinum. She's Caesar's sort of girlfriend and
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a TV presenter and the imminent wife of a super old,
super rich banker played by John Voight, who's in a
wig that looks like it was left over from Jerry
Anderson's old UFO TV series. By the way, I'm not
making any of this up. Adding to all this unintentional hilarity,
Laurence Fishburn is the narrator which you heard, as well
as Caesar's chauffeur and assistant basically like if Batman's Alfred
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did ponderous nearly incomprehensible voiceovers and yeah, Lebuff he's Caesar's
annoying rotten cousin Claudio, who plots against him and acts
like a half wit, not a real career reviver of
a role so much is one that reminds you, Ah,
that's right. He ruined one of the Indiana Jones movies.
And that's nowhere near all of it. This two hour
and eighteen minute ordeal is filled with stilted dialogue that
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from me maybe thirty seconds might make you think of
David Milch's wonderfully stylized dialogue in Deadwood, except here it's
in the form of quasi philosophical speeches and debates about society,
and if you close your eyes, it's easier to picture
grade school students in togas reciting this stuff and gesturing broadly.
It's so painful. I got to be straight with you,
I'm still processing this silly mess, and yet it's one
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hundred percent excruciatingly earnest. It is a total mess. Maybe
it'll be a cult classic someday. Maybe I'll return to
it down the line and appreciate it more at a
different point in my life. At the same time, life's
too short to sit through this the second time. In
addition to being called Wow, Platinum, Applause is fun to watch,
and Driver seems game for anything you throw at him.
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Still can't recommend Ferrari, though, But there's a number of
other stars who show up without really serving much purpose.
Dustin Hoffman's in It, Talia Shire from The Godfather, who,
by the way, is also Coppola's sister dB Sweeney, some
others you may or may not recognize. Who what had
a free couple days. Coppola was like, we got free
craft services. Just show up. There must have been something
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to the whole stopping time gimmick, because the guy across
the aisle from me was pulling out his phone to
check the time throughout the whole movie, and just this once,
I didn't want to cave in his skull so much
as whisper to him, I know, buddy, I feel it too.
One other thing before I leave here and take a shower,
The Substance with Demi Moore and Margaret Qually. That's incredible.
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One of the best and most shocking things I've seen
this year. The Substance. It's still in theaters, and if
you can withstand, say David Cronenberg body horror movies, you
should not miss this. But as the young people say
it goes hard, very stylized, very sick. Briefly, it's about
an aging fitness star whose career is beginning to sag,
just like her caboose, and she tries out the substance
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to rejuvenate herself. But it's not like botox. It splits
a younger, hotter version of herself off from her or
I should actually say, out of her, and they have
to alternate one week at a time, living in one
week dormant each but it comes at a grotesque cost,
and nothing like that could possibly go according to plan.
It's a movie definitely not for the squeamish, but an
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instant little masterpiece, and I do not use that word likely.
It's also probably the angriest feminist just absolute nuke job
in the form of a horror film I've ever seen.
Blew my hair absolutely back. Here's your runner report, Moe.
Speaker 4 (22:25):
Look you would think on paper if Francis Ford Coppola.
Coppola has one hundred and twenty five million dollars and
no oversight, He's going to do it exactly how he wants.
He doesn't have to take any notes, he doesn't have
to worry about anyone getting in his way, and he
has the full complement of Hollywood's biggest stars at his fingertips,
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at his roll on his roller decks and just call
anyone and.
Speaker 2 (22:49):
If they're available, they'll show up. You would think that
he would have had a better result.
Speaker 7 (22:55):
You wouldn't think that. You would think that. In this
movie I mentioned that I'm still processing it. It got
me to think about editors throughout my career because I've
always thought, and I don't mean editors like the kind
that I have here at KFI doing the news. They
editors hear write much of the copy that we read
in the news reports. But editors say, for a newspaper,
you file your story and editors work it over. I've
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had maybe three or four my whole life that improved
my work. Mainly, I just wanted to be left alone,
file my stuff, see it printed. It doesn't work that
way with movies. Movies are much more collaborative. And so
I went into this thinking this is going to be great.
He doesn't have anybody holding him back. I came out
of it realizing, oh, no, he needed the input from
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the people all up and down the production line.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
Well, at least he does for sure, it's not like
something this great idea that he never had an opportunity
to see to fruition.
Speaker 7 (23:48):
No, I'm glad he got to do it. I'm sorry
that it's it's almost guaranteed to be a massive flop.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
But you know, it's a big swing. Sometimes you take
a big swing, you get a big miss. Well you
would know.
Speaker 7 (24:02):
I don't know what that means. I'm not sure. I
just like to mess with you, Mark Rodner. I don't
have enough money to take a swing of fraction. Look,
I'll tell you this much.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
I will probably see it, if only because I like
futuristic sci fi. It's usually worth my time, so I
will cautiously view it. But I'll wait for it to
show up for a home theater viewing.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
You have been warned.
Speaker 1 (24:27):
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to say this before we finished up this hour. You know,
sometimes I get messages from you on Instagram at later
with mo Kelly, or on Facebook ad later with mo
Kelly at mister mo Kelly, however you find me, you
find me somehow, Okay, you searched me out and say,
mo you don't know what you're talking about.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
Mo, You were wrong about this.
Speaker 7 (24:58):
MO.
Speaker 2 (24:59):
Diddy is innocent.
Speaker 4 (25:01):
I said, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa, Slow down, Slow down,
slow down. I'm gonna treat Diddy like I treated R. Kelly,
like I treated Bill Cosby, like I treated Harvey Weinstein.
Speaker 2 (25:11):
Does not matter. It's real simple.
Speaker 4 (25:14):
You may, in your heart want to believe that this
is some big conspiracy or some sort of of of
a project to bring him down or somehow you know,
stop a good guy. I'm just telling you, when dozens
and dozens of people accuse you of criminal behavior, the
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freak coughs, that's not the thing. It's what's happening that's
criminal at the freak coughs is the thing. When dozens
and dozens and dozens of people have accused you of rape, sodomy,
of force, a prostitution, all sorts of stuff. When that happens.
For this person to be innocent, they don't have to be.
Speaker 3 (25:59):
Uh.
Speaker 4 (25:59):
It's not about whether all fifty five people accusing you
are telling the truth about everything. It really isn't. Sean
Ditty Combs needs to be innocent of every allegation in
every way made by every person, male and female, Here's
why you don't need to have been guilty of raping
fifteen people to be a rapist, as Jeffrey Osborne said,
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just one. You don't need to murder fifteen people to
be a murderer, just one. Sean Ditty Combs needs to
be innocent of everything which has been alleged by everyone
who has alleged these heinous acts for him to actually
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be in a scent. And I say dozens and dozens
of people. You heard Mark Roner talk about the woman
who fouled a lawsuit today claiming that Diddy sexually assaulted
and impregnated her and had a video of it and
all that kind of stuff. All right, you heard about that.
That's just the latest. And she is a Jane does So.
We don't know her name. But there's a law firm
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in Houston allegedly representing more than fifty more than fifty
alleged victims and a fourthcoming class action lawsuit against Ditty
victims who say they face sexual assault abuse from Ditty
and his associates. And there will be a press conference
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when this lawsuit is filed, and these people will come
forward and tell some of their stories to the public.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
Are all fifty.
Speaker 4 (27:35):
Plus of them lying about every bit of it, or
maybe is only fifteen of them telling the truth. For
Diddy to be innocent of all these accusations and allegations,
every single one of them have to be untrue top
to bottom in every single way. Otherwise he is a rapist.
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Otherwise he has sexually trafficked women and men. Otherwise he
has had sexual activities with minors. Otherwise he has drugged women.
So that's just the truth of it all. I will
wait for federal authorities and the justice system to have
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its process. It will play out. I'm quite sure not
all of these accusers are credible, but I do believe
a lot of them are not.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
All of them have to be credible. Just one.
Speaker 4 (28:31):
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