October 17, 2025 • 3 mins
Jay Towers goes one-on-one with Detroit’s own Loni Love! Comedian, actress, and former host of The Real. She opens up about her Hollywood journey, her Detroit roots, and what fans can expect from her big comedy shows this weekend at the Detroit House of Comedy. The two also tell their favorite Aretha Franklin stories.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
One out to point three. W and I see with
Jay Towers in the morning. Very exciting because just on
TV a little while ago, I finally got to interview
Lonnie Love, who's like been my dream interview for so long.
She's going to be the Detroit House of Comedy this weekend.
Two shows Friday, two shows Saturday, and in studio with
us Welcome.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
How are you the hardest working man in Detroit?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Yes you are, Jay, Thank you so much for this.
So sweet.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
I love that you're from here.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
And I always wonder because you know, you spend so
much time out in LA and you're doing the real
and you do Listen, you do a lot of stuff, right,
carpet stuff, all those things.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
Some people never leave Detroit, right, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
I mean, this could be your this is your like,
like I always feel like we're not very New York
and we're not very LA like this is Detroit.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
And and you when you when you go to that world,
do you miss this world? Oh?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Of course I miss the seasons, I miss the people,
I miss the grittiness. I miss you know, the realness.
Detroit is just real and we're also survivors. I think
That's the reason why I've been able to survive so
long in Hollywood. Has been over twenty years that I've been,
you know, doing this, and it's because of my upbringing Detroit.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
We don't quit.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
We survived, We deal with the ups and downs, and
we don't care, and we might have a Hennessy along
the way.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
I love that I'm telling I'm telling it like the
girls on my radio show tease me a lot, because
I love that show every day. I don't know if
it was intended for me, but I felt like very
I don't know what it was that I felt better
watching that show than the View.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
I felt like, oh, this is my kind of show.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Well, you know what was interesting too, was that because
we were able to take like serious topics and we'll
talk about that, but then we mixed in the fun topics.
And honestly, if you look at the view, the view
at one point was just strictly all, you know, serious topics.
And then I noticed, like one day, how they started
putting in little things like the stuff that we would
(01:51):
normally talk about, and I'm like, I thought that was great.
You know that they started loosening up a little bit,
so you know, I kind of like give that to
the real because people saw, oh, you can talk about
a topic and then you could change it and stuff
like that and have different perspectives.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
One thing I always wanted to ask you, where's my button?
Sometimes sometimes I feel like.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Maybe you thought the dancing went on too long because
once Slannie got to the table and sat down and
girls next to her like doing this and all, and
you were like, I felt.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Like you wanted to wrap that up a little.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
No, this is.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
And you know this being on live TV at a
certain point, like maybe four or five seasons we were live,
you have a certain time.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Of course, it's.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Timing, so it's like, okay, y'all, the music is about
to end.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Sit down, I know it. You know, I'm the last.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
One getting to the table usually because them taking about
time because I'm like, let them go in and dance,
you know. But it was just even just the song
is something that people remember. So it was always good.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
Big shows this weekend Detroit House of Comedy. Thank you
for coming by and doing this today.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Thank you for the time.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
This was so great to sit down and talk. Isn't
it nice? It's nice.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
It's fun, Alex.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
He's giving me dirty looks. He wants me to wrap ups.
I understand, all right, Lonnie. Love is lovely to see you.
Thank you, and please come back and see us.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Thank you, Jack, all right.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
One under point three When I seem
One out to point three. W and I see with
Jay Towers in the morning. Very exciting because just on
TV a little while ago, I finally got to interview
Lonnie Love, who's like been my dream interview for so long.
She's going to be the Detroit House of Comedy this weekend.
Two shows Friday, two shows Saturday, and in studio with
us Welcome.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
How are you the hardest working man in Detroit?
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Yes you are, Jay, Thank you so much for this.
So sweet.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
I love that you're from here.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
And I always wonder because you know, you spend so
much time out in LA and you're doing the real
and you do Listen, you do a lot of stuff, right,
carpet stuff, all those things.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
Some people never leave Detroit, right, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
I mean, this could be your this is your like,
like I always feel like we're not very New York
and we're not very LA like this is Detroit.
Speaker 4 (00:39):
And and you when you when you go to that world,
do you miss this world? Oh?
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Of course I miss the seasons, I miss the people,
I miss the grittiness. I miss you know, the realness.
Detroit is just real and we're also survivors. I think
That's the reason why I've been able to survive so
long in Hollywood. Has been over twenty years that I've been,
you know, doing this, and it's because of my upbringing Detroit.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
We don't quit.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
We survived, We deal with the ups and downs, and
we don't care, and we might have a Hennessy along
the way.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
I love that I'm telling I'm telling it like the
girls on my radio show tease me a lot, because
I love that show every day. I don't know if
it was intended for me, but I felt like very
I don't know what it was that I felt better
watching that show than the View.
Speaker 4 (01:27):
I felt like, oh, this is my kind of show.
Speaker 3 (01:30):
Well, you know what was interesting too, was that because
we were able to take like serious topics and we'll
talk about that, but then we mixed in the fun topics.
And honestly, if you look at the view, the view
at one point was just strictly all, you know, serious topics.
And then I noticed, like one day, how they started
putting in little things like the stuff that we would
(01:51):
normally talk about, and I'm like, I thought that was great.
You know that they started loosening up a little bit,
so you know, I kind of like give that to
the real because people saw, oh, you can talk about
a topic and then you could change it and stuff
like that and have different perspectives.
Speaker 4 (02:05):
One thing I always wanted to ask you, where's my button?
Sometimes sometimes I feel like.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Maybe you thought the dancing went on too long because
once Slannie got to the table and sat down and
girls next to her like doing this and all, and
you were like, I felt.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Like you wanted to wrap that up a little.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
No, this is.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
And you know this being on live TV at a
certain point, like maybe four or five seasons we were live,
you have a certain time.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Of course, it's.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Timing, so it's like, okay, y'all, the music is about
to end.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
Sit down, I know it. You know, I'm the last.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
One getting to the table usually because them taking about
time because I'm like, let them go in and dance,
you know. But it was just even just the song
is something that people remember. So it was always good.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
Big shows this weekend Detroit House of Comedy. Thank you
for coming by and doing this today.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Thank you for the time.
Speaker 2 (03:00):
This was so great to sit down and talk. Isn't
it nice? It's nice.
Speaker 4 (03:03):
It's fun, Alex.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
He's giving me dirty looks. He wants me to wrap ups.
I understand, all right, Lonnie. Love is lovely to see you.
Thank you, and please come back and see us.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Thank you, Jack, all right.
Speaker 4 (03:11):
One under point three When I seem
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