September 24, 2024 • 32 mins
ICYMI: Hour Three of ‘Later, with Mo’Kelly’ Presents – A look at Cassie Ventura’s courageous stance against abuse, and how it ultimately led to the indictment of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs…PLUS – Thoughts on Pop Icon Janet Jackson getting herself caught up in controversy after falsely claiming Vice President Kamala Harris isn’t Black in a recent interview with The Guardian - on KFI AM 640…Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Forty and Surprise Surprise, Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice is back at number
one in its third week with twenty almost twenty six
million dollars for a domestic gross of two hundred and
twenty six million and a total gross of three hundred
and thirty one million. I know, Warner Brothers has to
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be tickled because there's no way that they thought that
that movie was going to generate three hundred and thirty
one million dollars worldwide. There's no way to forecast that. Yeah,
Transformers one, which I've heard a lot of great reviews,
I mean great reviews.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Look, I've seen it. Really, you've heard crave reviews.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Yes, Brandon easton Friend the Show, he was raving about it,
say it was one of the best Transformer projects ever.
That's unfortunately, well, it came in second with twenty four
million and a worldwide gross of thirty eight for an
animated property. I'm quite sure that's pretty pretty well. They'll
take it, you know. I don't know if they were
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really high expectations for it coming out in September.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Look, I saw it okay, And uh, part of my
reason for going to go or going to see it
is because of Brandon's review.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
So you saw his review. I saw the review. I
saw the review, and.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
I have to take his review with a slight grain
of salt because Brandon Easton is one of the head
riders for the current Netflix Transformers animated series War for Cybertron,
and it's a fantastic series. So he has a different
connection to Transformers.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
So he's a little personally invested in the whole idea
of I can I can see how he can be
because I watched this exact same movie and I said
to myself, this should be called cliche, formers.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Trash and disguise.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
I don't know, hoows I mean, no, no, no no,
And I don't want to be too hard on it.
It's just that when you have a film that is
extremely formulag there's nothing original about it. Granted, the franchise
has been around for years. If you're going to tell
a new origin story, yet another origin story, and you're
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gonna go back to the same click every single thing
that you think could happen in a film where there's
two friends who all of a sudden end up on
the opposite side and now they're at war. Yeah, everything happens,
and this is like you sit there and I'm just like, oh,
nothing original.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
So Optimists and Mega Tron were actually friends at one point. Yeah, yeah,
there were good buddies.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
And of course there's that thing that you know, you
have Optimists who with the optimism, and you have d seventeen,
who is just always lusting for power.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
And you already know where that's gonna go. You already
know where it's gonna go.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
You have one robot who's always feeling like, look, man,
we got to do more.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Okay, but but where could it have gone? How could
it have been better? If you know that the story
has to lead to the war on Cybertron, not to give.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
It away, I mean, yeah, spoiler.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Literally, I don't think that there is anywhere that this
film could have gone. You could have maybe gone a
little bit deeper into developing, developing these characters. And there
were just some things that for me, for me personally,
and I know it sounds silly and watching a movie
called Transformers, but you know, on the planet Earth, there
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were robots in disguise because they were hiding from humans,
right that's why they transformed into cars and stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
I know like the like the theme says Transformers robots
in disguise.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
So on a planet where everyone is a robot, why
do you need to transform?
Speaker 3 (03:56):
What is the point of transforming?
Speaker 4 (03:58):
They did not answer why it's necessary for robots to
transform when everyone's a robot. Also, why robot deer because
the robots don't eat meat, right, or do they eat
robot deer meat? They had robot deer on the planet
of the Cybertrge that's in the trailer that that's not
a spoil This is what damn it.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
I'm agreeing with Mark Ronner again. I hate this. It
hurts so much.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
And this is why Mark won't pay any mind to
some of these movies because they're not meant for us.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Well, we're listening at all.
Speaker 5 (04:30):
Friday MO when I had Tuala try to make a
case for me to sit through any Transformers movie's I
heard while I'm waiting for your apology for the last segment.
I'm going to be waiting for Tuala to apologize for that. Look, Mark,
I am sorry. I tried to encourage you to see
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this movie, and I really think that this movie would
have brought our Fridgid into question you to say you
wanted me to see that. That's not the film that
I want you to go see. That is of you know, animated,
And I.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Do remember you were you were very dismissive of Mark.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
I was, I had the dirty nerve to disrespect his
opinion on just Transformers as a whole, and I use.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
That to stand on Oh man, No, well, coming in
at number three will Speak No Evil.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
I think that's a new halle Berry movie. No, no,
that's the one that's Never Let Go.
Speaker 5 (05:24):
Yeah, okay, yeah, Speak No Evil as the one about
the couple that hooks up with another couple in Britain
and are terrorized.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Number four is Never let Go, new halle Berry movie
in debut with only four point four million.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
It's not looking like it's going to do well.
Speaker 5 (05:41):
That's even less than was predicted, and they did not
have high hopes for that one going in.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Deadpool of Wolverine is still in the top ten. In fact,
it's number five came in with three point nine million.
This week has a it's a very balanced movie as
far as it's appeal around the world. Six hundred and
twenty seven million. Domestically six hundred and eighty nine million. Internationally,
it's broken to one point three billion dollar barrier. I
think that's about as high as it's going to go
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before it leaves theaters.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Number six was the Substance. Don't want to see that.
I've heard some really incredible things about that one. Is
it a horror movie.
Speaker 5 (06:17):
It sounds like kind of a David Cronenberg type body
horror movie. So not for kids, Yeah, but it sounds terrific.
I can't wait to see that.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Number seven am a Racis, Number eight eight Reagan, number
nine Joan Kook, I am still I have no idea
what that is. Number ten Alien Romulus, And you know
what the movie because I make the mistake of walking
in the house and my wife is just watching movies,
so I end up watching whatever she's watching. And she
was watching the movie Blink twice with Channing Tatum.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Which one is that?
Speaker 5 (06:50):
Is that the one that Lenny Kravitz's daughter.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Yes, yeah, yes, and their hotel, Yes, And they're and
they're abducting these women and they're blanking out their memory
while they're on this private island is owned by this
tech billionaire. Long story short. I was pretty surprised at
how unbad it was. It wasn't good, but it was
unbad and it was fine to watch it home. I
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think it was on Netflix. Zoe Kravitz is the name
I was trying to think of there. I've heard similar
things that it's really well directed. It had a real
get out vibe, same type of psychological thriller, brooding, you
always feel like you're in danger type movie twist at
the end, very get outish.
Speaker 5 (07:34):
That's some one I can describe it. You said your
wife was watching it at home. How was she singing
on a sofa? No, but she did. She did. She
rent it for twenty bucks. I don't know it was
just on it's on Netflix. I think it's on Netflix.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
I think it's all one of them, because it is
definitely at home. And I know there was a lot
of chatter online of like, damn, that was fast.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Oh, it's really fast. It's really fast. I was kind
of surprised. It's like, wait, man, isn't that Channing Tatum?
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Is that that?
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Like that Blake movie? And I was like, oh yeah,
because I didn't even know what the movie was about.
And I came in maybe twenty minutes in and all
of a sudden, I'm in the kitchen making food and
it's still on and I'm still paying attention.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
I said, well, let me see where this goes.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Improbable every step of the way, but I was mildly entertained.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
Is there some good old fashioned nudity and violence in it?
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Oh, there's a lot of violence, Mark, Mark, you will
love the violence in this dog.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Let me tell you there is some violence, well sold.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Oh, I mean over the top violence of how you
can kill someone.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Yes, what did your wife think? She was nonplussed. She
was like whatever.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
I actually I think I enjoyed it more than she did,
and she was the one who started the movie.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Interesting.
Speaker 5 (08:45):
Yeah, no, I think if you're a fan of violence, definitely,
Well that's what it makes me sound like a sociopath.
Do you you're the one? Is that necessary? You're always
asking about the violence. I'm just answering the question that
was asked to me. It's a very, very very violent movie.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Has the kid from AI what's his name, Joel Haley,
Joel Osmon, and some other people you've seen, pretty big cast.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
He has a big cast, big cast.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
But I kept thinking like this could be like a
sequel to get Out. It felt like the same movie makers.
It felt like a Jordan Peele production.
Speaker 5 (09:16):
Okay, because the only way that I see that it's
available on IMDb is a nineteen ninety nine Amazon Prime rental.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
I'm not paying twenty bucks to watch a movie. Okay,
before we go.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
To break, we're going to satisfy this real quick Blink Twice.
Speaker 5 (09:33):
There are people for whom money has no meaning. They'll
pay twenty bucks to sit at home and see a
movie that seems insane to me.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Okay, well, it's supposed to be available on HBO Max
in November.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
I don't know. Look, I'll have to Should I just
call right now and figure out what should call her? Please?
Speaker 2 (09:51):
No, it's later with Mokelly ca If I am since
forty live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Okay six live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
And twelve Sharp and I were having a conversation during
the break, which was about what we were discussing last segment.
We got into the sidebar discussion about the movie Blink Twice.
Channing Tatum, Zooe Kravitz directed it, and I said it
had this get Out type feel and vibe, but get
Out had to do with men and Blink Twice has
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to do with women, And without giving what the movie
away for those who haven't seen it, you just I
think part of the reason and Tawaala was spot on
with this. Part of the reason the movie did not
do as well is anticipated. In theaters. The budget for
the movie was twenty million. I think it gross maybe
forty million. Part of the reason it didn't do well
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has to do with the world that we live in today,
the climate that we live in today. A movie about well,
the repeated sexual assault of women is just knock the
moneymaker that it was ten and twenty years ago, in
a world of Epstein, in a world of ditty. And yes,
it does have a resolution at the end, and I
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don't want to give it away, but the probably the
appetite for just how the movie was was marketed didn't
endear itself.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Yeah, there's there's no way that a film that on
the premise on When I was watching the trailer in theaters,
I remember thinking to myself, wait a minute, this is
a film about the abduction and drugging of women and
potentially holding them against their will and doing.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
Things to them.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
There's no way this film is going to do anything
in today's climate, and sure enough it didn't.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
But it kind of leads us into our next discussion.
We're talking about Diddy mentioned Didty and some ass well,
how did it get to this point? How did it
rise to the level of criminal charges? But it all
traces back to singer Cassie Ventura and her lawsuit back
in twenty twenty three would set all this emotion. People
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will say, well, Mo, that was a civil suit, what
does that have to do with criminal charges? Well, it
was because of her civil suit, which was settled, surprisingly
in the public eye for some fifteen million or something
like that, which led to eight other civil suits, and
the evidence in those suits were shared with the Department
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of Justice, which piqued their interest.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
And led to.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
A larger criminal investigation, which led to the subpoenas and
the rest, as they say, is history. So even though
Cassie did not lead directly to the charges of Diddy,
her lawsuit put that ball in motion which led to
the other lawsuits. And also these attorneys were sharing information,
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sharing evidence with ceteral excuse me, yeah, DOJ attorneys.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
And it cannot be understated how courageous a move it is.
For Cassie to have come forward, because remember, after Cassie
came forward is when everyone else who had been allegedly
victimized by did He started coming forward, men and women alike.
But it was because of her bravery and her standing
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up and saying no, hell no, this is enough. I'm
not going through any more of this, and she started
unloading everything. She said, you know what, take me out
tomorrow if you want to, that's your threat, go ahead,
but I'm letting everything out. And the stuff that she
was saying was so insane for people to believe, because
no one had ever heard any of these allegations of
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abuse coming from anyone having ever dealt with Diddy. So
when she came forward, it was like the floodgates literally
cracked open.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
And because of that, it may inspire even more people
to come forward. If you listen to the press conference
when did He was arrested, they basically did an all call, Hey,
if you know something, you've seen something, we want to
hear from you. I'm quite sure they will subpoena other
people depending on what is viewable on those freak off
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tapes that they probably got during the raids. There may
be people who to your point, Towala, who are more
willing to come forward, It's a safer moment because they
will have the protection of Diddy being in custody and
not having access to his money or communications with other people.
And that's part of the reason why they kept him
in custody, not only so he could not flee, but
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also he could not witness tamper or potentially witness tamper.
And if you get a chance, TMZ, shout out to
TMZ and Harvey Levin. They did a great turnaround on
this Diddy investigation where they compiled all the information put
together rather quickly, and I thought it was a very
informative and fair representation of everything that has led up
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to this moment, going back to Ditty's career in the
late eighties when he was an intern, his rise to
fame in the nineties, and trying to put all of
this in this proper context.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
It's really good.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
So if you look at the TMZ documentary on Ditty,
I can't remember where I saw it, but you can
find it if you look forward. It's well worth the watch.
I think it's like an hour or something like that.
And I also try to tell other people slow down.
There's going to be a lot more which is going
to come out a lot more. And it's not going
to be because you saw Diddy in some celebrity photo
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with I don't know, Bill Clinton or something. You know,
It's going to be because of actual evidence and allegations
of other crimes. And if I hear one more person
try to compare Ditty to Hugh Hefner, I promise I'm
going to throw my phone across the room.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
Who is saying that? Who it is?
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Everywhere they're trying to say, well, well, huge DISSI he
had freak calls.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
They were just called a different look. I am not
making this up.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
It is everywhere trying to make the false equivalence between
Hugh Hefner's parties at the Grotto, of which I know
something about, with Ditty's parties. It's it's completely different. We're
talking about allegations of underage youngsters and drugs forcible rape
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with Ditty.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Okay, it's a.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Little bit different than what allegedly went on with Hugh Hefner.
But always people want to find some reason to say
what about.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
I hate the what about because all you're actually saying
is you want some level of forgiveness or acceptance of
Ditty's crimes because someone else committed crimes allegedly. That that
is the most disgusting premise ever to say, like, well,
why should we be coming down on Ditty this hard?
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They didn't come down on Hugh Efter like that. Well,
that goes back to what you said. People have come forward.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Now casting didn't come forward and set this ball in motion,
we're probably not having this discussion. But since she did
come forward and offer edit evidence, and some other eight
people have levied their own civil suits and offered evidence
to the DOJ, well.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
Here we are.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
It's not like the DJ woke up one day and
said let's go get Dinny Comes's ass.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
No, it didn't start like that.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
It's because people came forward, reputable who had evidence could
be corroborated, and it was enough for the associated subpoenas
to be granted by a federal judge who signed off
on them. There's been a process that people are seemingly
just ignoring because they want to protect Ditty. I don't
know why, but it's a pattern that I'm seeing always
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where like, well, why worry about this person, Let's talk
about another person's alleged criminality. You know, don't talk about
Bill Cosby because of Harvey Weinstein. Well, Harvey Weinstein's in
prison now, but that's the point. Don't talk about Denny,
talk about Hugh Hefner. It's Later with Mo Kelly, but
we are going to talk about Janet Jackson. What she
had to say about Kamala Harris in an interview. Ooh,
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sometimes folks don't know when to stop talking.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
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Speaker 2 (18:20):
Let me quickly reset. I am a Janet Jackson fan
for life. I worked with her at arm's length at
Virgin Records in the late nineteen nineties when she released
the Velvet Rope album. Song You Heard in the Bumper
I Get So Lonely was part of that album. It's
one of the biggest hits from that album. I've met
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her any number of times. I don't have anything bad
to say about her. She's one of the nicest people
I've ever met in the business. I said it then,
and I say that again, and I also say it
as someone who's worked in entertainment for many years met
any number of celebrities.
Speaker 3 (18:56):
Don't like a lot of them, but she's one of them.
I do like.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
So when there's a story in the news about Janet
and an interview, not only can I offer some perspective
as far as what is required of a journalist and
an interviewer, I can also offer some perspective on Janet
as a person and how she usually conducts her business.
With all that said, if you don't know the controversy
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and it's becoming a worldwide story, worldwide story because she's
a worldwide icon, and also she doesn't live in the
United States anymore, Janet Jackson got into some i'll say
media hot water, depending on how you view it, from
comments she made in an interview with The Guardian. It
was published over the weekend on Saturday, and the story
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is still growing and it's still evolving. And an interviewer
asked her in this print interview what she thought about
Kamala Harris and the prospect and I'm paraphrasing the prospect
of Kamala Harris being the first woman of color becoming
president in the United States. This is what Janet had
to say, and I'm reading her remarks verbatim. Jenni said, quote, well,
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you know, what they supposedly said. She's not black. That's
what I heard. That she's Indian. Her father is white.
That's what I was told. I mean, I haven't watched
the news in a few days. I was told that
they discovered her father was white, and she goes on. Honestly,
I don't want to answer that because I really truthfully
don't know. I think either way it is going to
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be mayhem. I think there might be mayhem talking about
whoever wins, either be Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. That
was the first part of the controversy, the remarks itself.
Later Saturday night, a guy who was saying that he
was Janet Jackson's manager released a supposed apology on her behalf.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
Long story short.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
He did, or I should say, did work with Janet Jackson,
but he was not authorized to release any such apology.
And then Janet's other management, connected to Randy Jackson, her brother,
who is actually her manager, said that they did not
authorize that apology, and also the guy who released the
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unauthorized apology was fired. Here's what I think people should
take away from this story. I have no problem with
anything that Janet said. I have a problem with the
inaccuracy of what she said, but I have no problem
with her expressing her thoughts on the election. I think
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that we as journalists should be more mindful of who
we're talking to, and if you're talking to someone who historically,
and this goes back to what I've known about Janet,
if you're talking to someone historically who's never weighed in
on anything really consequential political or social issues, then you're
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liable to get something which is going to be embarrassing
to that celebrity. If that was your goal going in,
well good for you. I don't think that's a good
journalistic practice. But if the question was in good faith,
then I don't have any problem with you printing what
Janet said.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
Those are her words. She said it.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
It was inaccurate, It may have even sounded ignorant, but
those are her words. So I don't have a problem
with either the journalists or Janet in this respect. We
always talk about free speech, Well, free speech does not
protect you from social consequences, and Jana Jackson is being
taken through the ringer. It was a subject on the
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view today is going to be a subject and entertainment
news for quite some time because the story keeps getting updates.
It started on Saturday. The apology came Saturday night. The
apology was denied on Sunday. The supposed publicist, Slash Manner,
who a manager who released the apology, was fired on Sunday.
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And so now here we are on Monday, and Jana
Jackson has not made any type of traction of the remarks.
She's not clarified the remarks. And now there are those
Kamala Harris supporters like comedian D. L. Hughley, who are
going after Janet with a vengeance because that's where we
are in this country where everything political has a heightened
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impact and people are angry about everything in politics. The
facts of the matter is, I think people are more
concerned about Kamala Harris's color and ethnicity than it's really necessary.
I've met Kamala Harrison. I've said this before. I've met
Kamala Harris any number of times. As to whether she
sees herself as a black woman, she has always presented
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herself as a black woman, and anyone saying to the
contrary is either ignorant or is lying. She has said
as much throughout her whole life. And I can play
you audio from when I first met in two thousand
and six to that degree, But for some reason it's
become an issue on the campaign trail, as if that
she has been less than honest about her ethnicity. Her
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father was from Jamaica last I checked, that's a part
of the African diaspora.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
Her mother was from India. Okay.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
So, regardless of what you may think of Kamala Harris
and her politics, her ethnicity is really not up for debate,
and how she's ever characterized herself is not up for debate.
But I firmly stand behind Janet Jackson's right and privilege
to make a stupid ass statement, and also I stand
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behind the right of the rest of us to call
her out on it and to highlight the fact that
it was ill informed, misinformed, and honestly, this is what
bothers me and I think about this as someone who
has worked for celebrities and their job is to actually
protect them. Usually, if you do you get to interview
someone the caliber of Janet Jackson, there are five or
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six different people in the room. She's not in there
by herself, And in fact, if you know some of
the backstory, there were people who were trying to keep
her from answering this question because they know that it
could have gone south, and it did. But the problem
is Janet should know better at this point in her career,
and for whatever reason, she went down this road basically
admitting she didn't know what she was talking about. She
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said phrases like, well, you know what they supposedly said,
that's what I heard, That's what I was told.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
I haven't watched the news in a few days.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
I was told that they discovered all of those phrases
are saying that you admittedly have no idea what you're
talking about, and as it turns out, it was factually garbage.
So this story is going to be huge in music
and news and entertainment and politics for the foreseeable future
because she has tacitly doubled down, not clarified her remarks,
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and Kamala Harris supporters are coming after Janet Jackson. Look,
I say all the time, celebrities are entertainers and they're
people too are They are concerned about our country and
they have their own views. Some are more informed, some
are less informed, some are completely uninformed. And I don't
speak out against them speaking out. I think they should
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be treated just like everyone else. They get to have
their say, and then we get to respond to what
they've said and also call out the stuff which is
patently false. And I still love her, I'll still listen
to her music, but she was dead ass wrong.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
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tasty treats, thrills for one and all, and boot tea
fol de Core to both Disney California Adventure Park and
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Disneyland Park from now until October thirty, first Halloween. Keep
listening to KFI for your chance to win a four
pack of one day, one park tickets to the Disneyland Resort.
And also got to give you an update. We couldn't
do it starting this past Friday because there was a
last minute change in our programming schedule. I was in
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for Tim Conway Junior and Mark and Tiffany were in
for me. But we promise you this week, this Friday,
we're going to start giving away passes to our exclusive
Halloween or actually pre Halloween party live remote studio audience,
and we want you, as listeners of Later with Mo Kelly,
(27:55):
to join us. So this Friday is part of name
that movie called Classic, We'll be giving away passes to
the coolest, most exclusive event in.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
All of kfi's history.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
I'm claiming it right now, when in fact, we've already
started sending out invitations to our celebrity guests that we
hope to have in the house.
Speaker 3 (28:15):
Can't tell you that because I don't want to jinx it.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
But you know, we are very very very confident that
we're going to have some great surprises for you, and
that's coming up on October thirtieth in the Honda Studios
Theater here at iHeartMedia, October thirtieth. Mark that date on
your calendar right now, Stephan have you marked that date?
Speaker 3 (28:37):
I sure did. I'm excited.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
Okay, Mark, I don't know if you can do you
know anyone who can get you in the party.
Speaker 5 (28:45):
No, No, I'm going to have to just spend the
evening here in the news booth.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
Okay, well, the news booth is going to be upstairs,
so you'll be okay, oh no, yeah, you might have
to come.
Speaker 3 (28:53):
You might have to be around other people. Okay.
Speaker 5 (28:55):
What do you think about this for a costume. You've
seen the movie Goldfinger, right, of course.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
How about the.
Speaker 5 (29:00):
Terry cloth romper that Sean Connery wears. It's a little obscure,
but I would get it. Well, it's yeah, it's like
a short shirt combo.
Speaker 3 (29:10):
I don't very sexy.
Speaker 5 (29:11):
I don't have the chest hair that Connery had, but
I think I could pull it off. You will make
it work. You could use a black marker. You just
draw some chest hair. Yeah yeah, Gelpin and Twilla shup.
I know you're going to be there on the thirtieth.
You know what's going on behind the scenes. It's going
to be big, big, big, big.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
Big no.
Speaker 4 (29:27):
On Friday, Mark and Tiffany they played for fun the
name that cold classic movie game, and almost every single
person that called it was like cats, I just get
on the list now. I know you're not giving anything away,
but I need to get on this list.
Speaker 3 (29:43):
I have to couldn't do it.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Some things happen behind the scenes which precluded our ability
to do that, but we're definitely going to do that
this Friday. We want to make sure it's for our listeners.
You have been riding with us from the beginning, or
got on the train somewhere along the way. We want
to make sure that you you are well represented, not
just anybody and everybody, well, they'll maybe get the chance
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later on, I don't know, but first and foremost, we
want to make sure you are taking care of the
people who call in for the game, the people who
listen each and every night, the people who have been
riding with us all along. We want to make sure
that we get to say hello to you in person.
We will have souvenirs to give away. We will have food,
we will have beverage. We will have fun. They will
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be Halloween costumes, they will be famous people. So many
great things are going to be happening on October thirtieth.
All you gotta do is keep on listening to later
with Moe Kelly. I can't make it much easier than that. No,
you absolutely can. And this is shaping up to be
a blast. I have seen the invite list that has
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gone out. I've been cooking up some ideas in the
lab myself as far as who we can, you know,
make sure is invited to swing through, and I I
can guarantee you that there's going to be someone there, maybe.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Even in costume.
Speaker 4 (31:07):
Maybe you will say, damn, this is like you know
the MASD singer up in here?
Speaker 3 (31:11):
Who is that? I know that voice.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Got all sorts of surprises to tell you about, all
sorts of giveaways to give to you in the coming
weeks and months. But please set aside October thirtieth is
our day. We don't care what you do on Halloween,
but October thirtieth, you'll want to be in this particular house,
this studio on that day because we're going to set
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it off in ways that we've never done it before.
And to our prospective guests who I know are listening
right now, oh yes, oh yes, we want you to
roll through. So we'll talk to you tomorrow. K IF
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
Forty and Surprise Surprise, Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice is back at number
one in its third week with twenty almost twenty six
million dollars for a domestic gross of two hundred and
twenty six million and a total gross of three hundred
and thirty one million. I know, Warner Brothers has to
(00:26):
be tickled because there's no way that they thought that
that movie was going to generate three hundred and thirty
one million dollars worldwide. There's no way to forecast that. Yeah,
Transformers one, which I've heard a lot of great reviews,
I mean great reviews.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
Look, I've seen it. Really, you've heard crave reviews.
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Yes, Brandon easton Friend the Show, he was raving about it,
say it was one of the best Transformer projects ever.
That's unfortunately, well, it came in second with twenty four
million and a worldwide gross of thirty eight for an
animated property. I'm quite sure that's pretty pretty well. They'll
take it, you know. I don't know if they were
(01:08):
really high expectations for it coming out in September.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Look, I saw it okay, And uh, part of my
reason for going to go or going to see it
is because of Brandon's review.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
So you saw his review. I saw the review. I
saw the review, and.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
I have to take his review with a slight grain
of salt because Brandon Easton is one of the head
riders for the current Netflix Transformers animated series War for Cybertron,
and it's a fantastic series. So he has a different
connection to Transformers.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
So he's a little personally invested in the whole idea
of I can I can see how he can be
because I watched this exact same movie and I said
to myself, this should be called cliche, formers.
Speaker 3 (02:05):
Trash and disguise.
Speaker 4 (02:06):
I don't know, hoows I mean, no, no, no no,
And I don't want to be too hard on it.
It's just that when you have a film that is
extremely formulag there's nothing original about it. Granted, the franchise
has been around for years. If you're going to tell
a new origin story, yet another origin story, and you're
(02:27):
gonna go back to the same click every single thing
that you think could happen in a film where there's
two friends who all of a sudden end up on
the opposite side and now they're at war. Yeah, everything happens,
and this is like you sit there and I'm just like, oh,
nothing original.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
So Optimists and Mega Tron were actually friends at one point. Yeah, yeah,
there were good buddies.
Speaker 4 (02:47):
And of course there's that thing that you know, you
have Optimists who with the optimism, and you have d seventeen,
who is just always lusting for power.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
And you already know where that's gonna go. You already
know where it's gonna go.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
You have one robot who's always feeling like, look, man,
we got to do more.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Okay, but but where could it have gone? How could
it have been better? If you know that the story
has to lead to the war on Cybertron, not to give.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
It away, I mean, yeah, spoiler.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
Literally, I don't think that there is anywhere that this
film could have gone. You could have maybe gone a
little bit deeper into developing, developing these characters. And there
were just some things that for me, for me personally,
and I know it sounds silly and watching a movie
called Transformers, but you know, on the planet Earth, there
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were robots in disguise because they were hiding from humans,
right that's why they transformed into cars and stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
I know like the like the theme says Transformers robots
in disguise.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
So on a planet where everyone is a robot, why
do you need to transform?
Speaker 3 (03:56):
What is the point of transforming?
Speaker 4 (03:58):
They did not answer why it's necessary for robots to
transform when everyone's a robot. Also, why robot deer because
the robots don't eat meat, right, or do they eat
robot deer meat? They had robot deer on the planet
of the Cybertrge that's in the trailer that that's not
a spoil This is what damn it.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
I'm agreeing with Mark Ronner again. I hate this. It
hurts so much.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
And this is why Mark won't pay any mind to
some of these movies because they're not meant for us.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Well, we're listening at all.
Speaker 5 (04:30):
Friday MO when I had Tuala try to make a
case for me to sit through any Transformers movie's I
heard while I'm waiting for your apology for the last segment.
I'm going to be waiting for Tuala to apologize for that. Look, Mark,
I am sorry. I tried to encourage you to see
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this movie, and I really think that this movie would
have brought our Fridgid into question you to say you
wanted me to see that. That's not the film that
I want you to go see. That is of you know, animated,
And I.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Do remember you were you were very dismissive of Mark.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
I was, I had the dirty nerve to disrespect his
opinion on just Transformers as a whole, and I use.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
That to stand on Oh man, No, well, coming in
at number three will Speak No Evil.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
I think that's a new halle Berry movie. No, no,
that's the one that's Never Let Go.
Speaker 5 (05:24):
Yeah, okay, yeah, Speak No Evil as the one about
the couple that hooks up with another couple in Britain
and are terrorized.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Number four is Never let Go, new halle Berry movie
in debut with only four point four million.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
It's not looking like it's going to do well.
Speaker 5 (05:41):
That's even less than was predicted, and they did not
have high hopes for that one going in.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Deadpool of Wolverine is still in the top ten. In fact,
it's number five came in with three point nine million.
This week has a it's a very balanced movie as
far as it's appeal around the world. Six hundred and
twenty seven million. Domestically six hundred and eighty nine million. Internationally,
it's broken to one point three billion dollar barrier. I
think that's about as high as it's going to go
(06:06):
before it leaves theaters.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Number six was the Substance. Don't want to see that.
I've heard some really incredible things about that one. Is
it a horror movie.
Speaker 5 (06:17):
It sounds like kind of a David Cronenberg type body
horror movie. So not for kids, Yeah, but it sounds terrific.
I can't wait to see that.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Number seven am a Racis, Number eight eight Reagan, number
nine Joan Kook, I am still I have no idea
what that is. Number ten Alien Romulus, And you know
what the movie because I make the mistake of walking
in the house and my wife is just watching movies,
so I end up watching whatever she's watching. And she
was watching the movie Blink twice with Channing Tatum.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Which one is that?
Speaker 5 (06:50):
Is that the one that Lenny Kravitz's daughter.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
Yes, yeah, yes, and their hotel, Yes, And they're and
they're abducting these women and they're blanking out their memory
while they're on this private island is owned by this
tech billionaire. Long story short. I was pretty surprised at
how unbad it was. It wasn't good, but it was
unbad and it was fine to watch it home. I
(07:14):
think it was on Netflix. Zoe Kravitz is the name
I was trying to think of there. I've heard similar
things that it's really well directed. It had a real
get out vibe, same type of psychological thriller, brooding, you
always feel like you're in danger type movie twist at
the end, very get outish.
Speaker 5 (07:34):
That's some one I can describe it. You said your
wife was watching it at home. How was she singing
on a sofa? No, but she did. She did. She
rent it for twenty bucks. I don't know it was
just on it's on Netflix. I think it's on Netflix.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
I think it's all one of them, because it is
definitely at home. And I know there was a lot
of chatter online of like, damn, that was fast.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Oh, it's really fast. It's really fast. I was kind
of surprised. It's like, wait, man, isn't that Channing Tatum?
Speaker 3 (08:00):
Is that that?
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Like that Blake movie? And I was like, oh yeah,
because I didn't even know what the movie was about.
And I came in maybe twenty minutes in and all
of a sudden, I'm in the kitchen making food and
it's still on and I'm still paying attention.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
I said, well, let me see where this goes.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
Improbable every step of the way, but I was mildly entertained.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
Is there some good old fashioned nudity and violence in it?
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Oh, there's a lot of violence, Mark, Mark, you will
love the violence in this dog.
Speaker 3 (08:25):
Let me tell you there is some violence, well sold.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Oh, I mean over the top violence of how you
can kill someone.
Speaker 3 (08:34):
Yes, what did your wife think? She was nonplussed. She
was like whatever.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
I actually I think I enjoyed it more than she did,
and she was the one who started the movie.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Interesting.
Speaker 5 (08:45):
Yeah, no, I think if you're a fan of violence, definitely,
Well that's what it makes me sound like a sociopath.
Do you you're the one? Is that necessary? You're always
asking about the violence. I'm just answering the question that
was asked to me. It's a very, very very violent movie.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Has the kid from AI what's his name, Joel Haley,
Joel Osmon, and some other people you've seen, pretty big cast.
Speaker 3 (09:06):
He has a big cast, big cast.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
But I kept thinking like this could be like a
sequel to get Out. It felt like the same movie makers.
It felt like a Jordan Peele production.
Speaker 5 (09:16):
Okay, because the only way that I see that it's
available on IMDb is a nineteen ninety nine Amazon Prime rental.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
I'm not paying twenty bucks to watch a movie. Okay,
before we go.
Speaker 2 (09:24):
To break, we're going to satisfy this real quick Blink Twice.
Speaker 5 (09:33):
There are people for whom money has no meaning. They'll
pay twenty bucks to sit at home and see a
movie that seems insane to me.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
Okay, well, it's supposed to be available on HBO Max
in November.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
I don't know. Look, I'll have to Should I just
call right now and figure out what should call her? Please?
Speaker 2 (09:51):
No, it's later with Mokelly ca If I am since
forty live everywhere in the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 3 (10:00):
Okay six live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
And twelve Sharp and I were having a conversation during
the break, which was about what we were discussing last segment.
We got into the sidebar discussion about the movie Blink Twice.
Channing Tatum, Zooe Kravitz directed it, and I said it
had this get Out type feel and vibe, but get
Out had to do with men and Blink Twice has
(10:32):
to do with women, And without giving what the movie
away for those who haven't seen it, you just I
think part of the reason and Tawaala was spot on
with this. Part of the reason the movie did not
do as well is anticipated. In theaters. The budget for
the movie was twenty million. I think it gross maybe
forty million. Part of the reason it didn't do well
(10:53):
has to do with the world that we live in today,
the climate that we live in today. A movie about well,
the repeated sexual assault of women is just knock the
moneymaker that it was ten and twenty years ago, in
a world of Epstein, in a world of ditty. And yes,
it does have a resolution at the end, and I
(11:13):
don't want to give it away, but the probably the
appetite for just how the movie was was marketed didn't
endear itself.
Speaker 4 (11:26):
Yeah, there's there's no way that a film that on
the premise on When I was watching the trailer in theaters,
I remember thinking to myself, wait a minute, this is
a film about the abduction and drugging of women and
potentially holding them against their will and doing.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
Things to them.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
There's no way this film is going to do anything
in today's climate, and sure enough it didn't.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
But it kind of leads us into our next discussion.
We're talking about Diddy mentioned Didty and some ass well,
how did it get to this point? How did it
rise to the level of criminal charges? But it all
traces back to singer Cassie Ventura and her lawsuit back
in twenty twenty three would set all this emotion. People
(12:13):
will say, well, Mo, that was a civil suit, what
does that have to do with criminal charges? Well, it
was because of her civil suit, which was settled, surprisingly
in the public eye for some fifteen million or something
like that, which led to eight other civil suits, and
the evidence in those suits were shared with the Department
(12:35):
of Justice, which piqued their interest.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
And led to.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
A larger criminal investigation, which led to the subpoenas and
the rest, as they say, is history. So even though
Cassie did not lead directly to the charges of Diddy,
her lawsuit put that ball in motion which led to
the other lawsuits. And also these attorneys were sharing information,
(13:02):
sharing evidence with ceteral excuse me, yeah, DOJ attorneys.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
And it cannot be understated how courageous a move it is.
For Cassie to have come forward, because remember, after Cassie
came forward is when everyone else who had been allegedly
victimized by did He started coming forward, men and women alike.
But it was because of her bravery and her standing
(13:32):
up and saying no, hell no, this is enough. I'm
not going through any more of this, and she started
unloading everything. She said, you know what, take me out
tomorrow if you want to, that's your threat, go ahead,
but I'm letting everything out. And the stuff that she
was saying was so insane for people to believe, because
no one had ever heard any of these allegations of
(13:55):
abuse coming from anyone having ever dealt with Diddy. So
when she came forward, it was like the floodgates literally
cracked open.
Speaker 2 (14:04):
And because of that, it may inspire even more people
to come forward. If you listen to the press conference
when did He was arrested, they basically did an all call, Hey,
if you know something, you've seen something, we want to
hear from you. I'm quite sure they will subpoena other
people depending on what is viewable on those freak off
(14:24):
tapes that they probably got during the raids. There may
be people who to your point, Towala, who are more
willing to come forward, It's a safer moment because they
will have the protection of Diddy being in custody and
not having access to his money or communications with other people.
And that's part of the reason why they kept him
in custody, not only so he could not flee, but
(14:46):
also he could not witness tamper or potentially witness tamper.
And if you get a chance, TMZ, shout out to
TMZ and Harvey Levin. They did a great turnaround on
this Diddy investigation where they compiled all the information put
together rather quickly, and I thought it was a very
informative and fair representation of everything that has led up
(15:10):
to this moment, going back to Ditty's career in the
late eighties when he was an intern, his rise to
fame in the nineties, and trying to put all of
this in this proper context.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
It's really good.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
So if you look at the TMZ documentary on Ditty,
I can't remember where I saw it, but you can
find it if you look forward. It's well worth the watch.
I think it's like an hour or something like that.
And I also try to tell other people slow down.
There's going to be a lot more which is going
to come out a lot more. And it's not going
to be because you saw Diddy in some celebrity photo
(15:44):
with I don't know, Bill Clinton or something. You know,
It's going to be because of actual evidence and allegations
of other crimes. And if I hear one more person
try to compare Ditty to Hugh Hefner, I promise I'm
going to throw my phone across the room.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
Who is saying that? Who it is?
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Everywhere they're trying to say, well, well, huge DISSI he
had freak calls.
Speaker 3 (16:06):
They were just called a different look. I am not
making this up.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
It is everywhere trying to make the false equivalence between
Hugh Hefner's parties at the Grotto, of which I know
something about, with Ditty's parties. It's it's completely different. We're
talking about allegations of underage youngsters and drugs forcible rape
(16:30):
with Ditty.
Speaker 3 (16:31):
Okay, it's a.
Speaker 2 (16:32):
Little bit different than what allegedly went on with Hugh Hefner.
But always people want to find some reason to say
what about.
Speaker 4 (16:40):
I hate the what about because all you're actually saying
is you want some level of forgiveness or acceptance of
Ditty's crimes because someone else committed crimes allegedly. That that
is the most disgusting premise ever to say, like, well,
why should we be coming down on Ditty this hard?
(17:00):
They didn't come down on Hugh Efter like that. Well,
that goes back to what you said. People have come forward.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Now casting didn't come forward and set this ball in motion,
we're probably not having this discussion. But since she did
come forward and offer edit evidence, and some other eight
people have levied their own civil suits and offered evidence
to the DOJ, well.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
Here we are.
Speaker 2 (17:22):
It's not like the DJ woke up one day and
said let's go get Dinny Comes's ass.
Speaker 3 (17:26):
No, it didn't start like that.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
It's because people came forward, reputable who had evidence could
be corroborated, and it was enough for the associated subpoenas
to be granted by a federal judge who signed off
on them. There's been a process that people are seemingly
just ignoring because they want to protect Ditty. I don't
know why, but it's a pattern that I'm seeing always
(17:48):
where like, well, why worry about this person, Let's talk
about another person's alleged criminality. You know, don't talk about
Bill Cosby because of Harvey Weinstein. Well, Harvey Weinstein's in
prison now, but that's the point. Don't talk about Denny,
talk about Hugh Hefner. It's Later with Mo Kelly, but
we are going to talk about Janet Jackson. What she
had to say about Kamala Harris in an interview. Ooh,
(18:12):
sometimes folks don't know when to stop talking.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
KFI AM six forty.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Let me quickly reset. I am a Janet Jackson fan
for life. I worked with her at arm's length at
Virgin Records in the late nineteen nineties when she released
the Velvet Rope album. Song You Heard in the Bumper
I Get So Lonely was part of that album. It's
one of the biggest hits from that album. I've met
(18:41):
her any number of times. I don't have anything bad
to say about her. She's one of the nicest people
I've ever met in the business. I said it then,
and I say that again, and I also say it
as someone who's worked in entertainment for many years met
any number of celebrities.
Speaker 3 (18:56):
Don't like a lot of them, but she's one of them.
I do like.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
So when there's a story in the news about Janet
and an interview, not only can I offer some perspective
as far as what is required of a journalist and
an interviewer, I can also offer some perspective on Janet
as a person and how she usually conducts her business.
With all that said, if you don't know the controversy
(19:20):
and it's becoming a worldwide story, worldwide story because she's
a worldwide icon, and also she doesn't live in the
United States anymore, Janet Jackson got into some i'll say
media hot water, depending on how you view it, from
comments she made in an interview with The Guardian. It
was published over the weekend on Saturday, and the story
(19:43):
is still growing and it's still evolving. And an interviewer
asked her in this print interview what she thought about
Kamala Harris and the prospect and I'm paraphrasing the prospect
of Kamala Harris being the first woman of color becoming
president in the United States. This is what Janet had
to say, and I'm reading her remarks verbatim. Jenni said, quote, well,
(20:07):
you know, what they supposedly said. She's not black. That's
what I heard. That she's Indian. Her father is white.
That's what I was told. I mean, I haven't watched
the news in a few days. I was told that
they discovered her father was white, and she goes on. Honestly,
I don't want to answer that because I really truthfully
don't know. I think either way it is going to
(20:30):
be mayhem. I think there might be mayhem talking about
whoever wins, either be Kamala Harris or Donald Trump. That
was the first part of the controversy, the remarks itself.
Later Saturday night, a guy who was saying that he
was Janet Jackson's manager released a supposed apology on her behalf.
Speaker 3 (20:55):
Long story short.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
He did, or I should say, did work with Janet Jackson,
but he was not authorized to release any such apology.
And then Janet's other management, connected to Randy Jackson, her brother,
who is actually her manager, said that they did not
authorize that apology, and also the guy who released the
(21:17):
unauthorized apology was fired. Here's what I think people should
take away from this story. I have no problem with
anything that Janet said. I have a problem with the
inaccuracy of what she said, but I have no problem
with her expressing her thoughts on the election. I think
(21:39):
that we as journalists should be more mindful of who
we're talking to, and if you're talking to someone who historically,
and this goes back to what I've known about Janet,
if you're talking to someone historically who's never weighed in
on anything really consequential political or social issues, then you're
(21:59):
liable to get something which is going to be embarrassing
to that celebrity. If that was your goal going in,
well good for you. I don't think that's a good
journalistic practice. But if the question was in good faith,
then I don't have any problem with you printing what
Janet said.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
Those are her words. She said it.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
It was inaccurate, It may have even sounded ignorant, but
those are her words. So I don't have a problem
with either the journalists or Janet in this respect. We
always talk about free speech, Well, free speech does not
protect you from social consequences, and Jana Jackson is being
taken through the ringer. It was a subject on the
(22:40):
view today is going to be a subject and entertainment
news for quite some time because the story keeps getting updates.
It started on Saturday. The apology came Saturday night. The
apology was denied on Sunday. The supposed publicist, Slash Manner,
who a manager who released the apology, was fired on Sunday.
(23:02):
And so now here we are on Monday, and Jana
Jackson has not made any type of traction of the remarks.
She's not clarified the remarks. And now there are those
Kamala Harris supporters like comedian D. L. Hughley, who are
going after Janet with a vengeance because that's where we
are in this country where everything political has a heightened
(23:26):
impact and people are angry about everything in politics. The
facts of the matter is, I think people are more
concerned about Kamala Harris's color and ethnicity than it's really necessary.
I've met Kamala Harrison. I've said this before. I've met
Kamala Harris any number of times. As to whether she
sees herself as a black woman, she has always presented
(23:48):
herself as a black woman, and anyone saying to the
contrary is either ignorant or is lying. She has said
as much throughout her whole life. And I can play
you audio from when I first met in two thousand
and six to that degree, But for some reason it's
become an issue on the campaign trail, as if that
she has been less than honest about her ethnicity. Her
(24:11):
father was from Jamaica last I checked, that's a part
of the African diaspora.
Speaker 3 (24:17):
Her mother was from India. Okay.
Speaker 2 (24:20):
So, regardless of what you may think of Kamala Harris
and her politics, her ethnicity is really not up for debate,
and how she's ever characterized herself is not up for debate.
But I firmly stand behind Janet Jackson's right and privilege
to make a stupid ass statement, and also I stand
(24:42):
behind the right of the rest of us to call
her out on it and to highlight the fact that
it was ill informed, misinformed, and honestly, this is what
bothers me and I think about this as someone who
has worked for celebrities and their job is to actually
protect them. Usually, if you do you get to interview
someone the caliber of Janet Jackson, there are five or
(25:05):
six different people in the room. She's not in there
by herself, And in fact, if you know some of
the backstory, there were people who were trying to keep
her from answering this question because they know that it
could have gone south, and it did. But the problem
is Janet should know better at this point in her career,
and for whatever reason, she went down this road basically
admitting she didn't know what she was talking about. She
(25:27):
said phrases like, well, you know what they supposedly said,
that's what I heard, That's what I was told.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
I haven't watched the news in a few days.
Speaker 2 (25:38):
I was told that they discovered all of those phrases
are saying that you admittedly have no idea what you're
talking about, and as it turns out, it was factually garbage.
So this story is going to be huge in music
and news and entertainment and politics for the foreseeable future
because she has tacitly doubled down, not clarified her remarks,
(26:03):
and Kamala Harris supporters are coming after Janet Jackson. Look,
I say all the time, celebrities are entertainers and they're
people too are They are concerned about our country and
they have their own views. Some are more informed, some
are less informed, some are completely uninformed. And I don't
speak out against them speaking out. I think they should
(26:25):
be treated just like everyone else. They get to have
their say, and then we get to respond to what
they've said and also call out the stuff which is
patently false. And I still love her, I'll still listen
to her music, but she was dead ass wrong.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from
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Speaker 2 (26:47):
And before we get out here, we got to remind
you as we are moving into October very shortly, it's
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And also got to give you an update. We couldn't
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last minute change in our programming schedule. I was in
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for Tim Conway Junior and Mark and Tiffany were in
for me. But we promise you this week, this Friday,
we're going to start giving away passes to our exclusive
Halloween or actually pre Halloween party live remote studio audience,
and we want you, as listeners of Later with Mo Kelly,
(27:55):
to join us. So this Friday is part of name
that movie called Classic, We'll be giving away passes to
the coolest, most exclusive event in.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
All of kfi's history.
Speaker 2 (28:06):
I'm claiming it right now, when in fact, we've already
started sending out invitations to our celebrity guests that we
hope to have in the house.
Speaker 3 (28:15):
Can't tell you that because I don't want to jinx it.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
But you know, we are very very very confident that
we're going to have some great surprises for you, and
that's coming up on October thirtieth in the Honda Studios
Theater here at iHeartMedia, October thirtieth. Mark that date on
your calendar right now, Stephan have you marked that date?
Speaker 3 (28:37):
I sure did. I'm excited.
Speaker 2 (28:39):
Okay, Mark, I don't know if you can do you
know anyone who can get you in the party.
Speaker 5 (28:45):
No, No, I'm going to have to just spend the
evening here in the news booth.
Speaker 2 (28:48):
Okay, well, the news booth is going to be upstairs,
so you'll be okay, oh no, yeah, you might have
to come.
Speaker 3 (28:53):
You might have to be around other people. Okay.
Speaker 5 (28:55):
What do you think about this for a costume. You've
seen the movie Goldfinger, right, of course.
Speaker 3 (29:00):
How about the.
Speaker 5 (29:00):
Terry cloth romper that Sean Connery wears. It's a little obscure,
but I would get it. Well, it's yeah, it's like
a short shirt combo.
Speaker 3 (29:10):
I don't very sexy.
Speaker 5 (29:11):
I don't have the chest hair that Connery had, but
I think I could pull it off. You will make
it work. You could use a black marker. You just
draw some chest hair. Yeah yeah, Gelpin and Twilla shup.
I know you're going to be there on the thirtieth.
You know what's going on behind the scenes. It's going
to be big, big, big, big.
Speaker 3 (29:26):
Big no.
Speaker 4 (29:27):
On Friday, Mark and Tiffany they played for fun the
name that cold classic movie game, and almost every single
person that called it was like cats, I just get
on the list now. I know you're not giving anything away,
but I need to get on this list.
Speaker 3 (29:43):
I have to couldn't do it.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Some things happen behind the scenes which precluded our ability
to do that, but we're definitely going to do that
this Friday. We want to make sure it's for our listeners.
You have been riding with us from the beginning, or
got on the train somewhere along the way. We want
to make sure that you you are well represented, not
just anybody and everybody, well, they'll maybe get the chance
(30:05):
later on, I don't know, but first and foremost, we
want to make sure you are taking care of the
people who call in for the game, the people who
listen each and every night, the people who have been
riding with us all along. We want to make sure
that we get to say hello to you in person.
We will have souvenirs to give away. We will have food,
we will have beverage. We will have fun. They will
(30:27):
be Halloween costumes, they will be famous people. So many
great things are going to be happening on October thirtieth.
All you gotta do is keep on listening to later
with Moe Kelly. I can't make it much easier than that. No,
you absolutely can. And this is shaping up to be
a blast. I have seen the invite list that has
(30:48):
gone out. I've been cooking up some ideas in the
lab myself as far as who we can, you know,
make sure is invited to swing through, and I I
can guarantee you that there's going to be someone there, maybe.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Even in costume.
Speaker 4 (31:07):
Maybe you will say, damn, this is like you know
the MASD singer up in here?
Speaker 3 (31:11):
Who is that? I know that voice.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Got all sorts of surprises to tell you about, all
sorts of giveaways to give to you in the coming
weeks and months. But please set aside October thirtieth is
our day. We don't care what you do on Halloween,
but October thirtieth, you'll want to be in this particular house,
this studio on that day because we're going to set
(31:36):
it off in ways that we've never done it before.
And to our prospective guests who I know are listening
right now, oh yes, oh yes, we want you to
roll through. So we'll talk to you tomorrow. K IF
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