Ebony Steele Lost Her Best Friend, Her Career & Herself — Then Found Her Way Back

What do you do when the person you trusted most — your best friend of over 20 years — becomes the source of your deepest pain? And what happens when that betrayal plays out in front of millions of listeners and viewers, costing you not one, but two major platforms at the same time? In this unforge…

"Why Not You?" — Vanessa Bell Calloway on Breast Cancer, Resilience & the Unexpected Gift of the Worst Day

What do you do when your body sends you a warning before the diagnosis even arrives? Actress and Hollywood icon Vanessa Bell Calloway joins Tammi Mac for one of the most honest, warm, and quietly powerful conversations in Happy With Tammi Mac's history. Vanessa Bell Calloway tells the full story: …

Susan Burton Confronted Her Abusers, Survived Prison & Built a Movement

What do you do when the people who were supposed to protect you refuse to? Susan Burton found out, and then she chose to save herself. In one of the most powerful episodes of Happy With Tammi Mac to date, host Tammi Mac sits down with Susan Burton — activist, author, and founder of A New Way of Li…

Kathleen Bradley: 36 Years of Love, and the Art of Letting Go

She walks into a room and happiness follows. But Kathleen Bradley — beloved actress, cultural icon, and the legendary Miss Parker — didn't arrive at her radiant joy by accident. This week on Happy With Tammi Mac, host Tammi Mac sits down with Kathleen Bradley for one of the most warm, honest, and g…

Ciera Payton: From Hurricane Katrina to Bali — The Long Road Back to Happy

What does it take to find happiness again after the world — literally — floods around you? This week on Happy With Tammi Mac, host Tammi Mac welcomes actress Ciera Payton for a conversation that is as honest as it is healing. Known for her powerful portrayal of Wendy Williams and for bringing trut…

Kiki Haynes: The Flight That Came Too Late, the Promise She Made at the Funeral, and How She Found Happy Again

This week, Tammi Mac sits down with actress and public figure Kiki Haynes, and the conversation goes to places that are real, raw, and ultimately full of light. Kiki lost her father in 2020 — during the height of COVID-19, when travel was terrifying and the vaccine hadn't arrived yet. Her mother, …

MAJOR. | My Hero, My Stepfather, and the Breath That Reminded Me It Isn't Over

He writes his name in all capitals with a period — because MAJOR. means that. And this week, he proves it. On this episode of Happy With Tammi Mac, host Tammi Mac welcomes the incomparable MAJOR. for a conversation that moves like a gospel song — slowly, deeply, and straight into your chest. MAJO…

Behind the Badge: Petri Byrd on His Wife's Brain Tumor, His Own Depression & the Road Back to Happy

For 25 years, the world knew Petri Byrd as the unshakeable presence in one of television's most iconic courtrooms. Serious. Still. Steady. But in this unforgettable episode of Happy With Tammi Mac, Petri Byrd steps out from behind that image and into one of the most vulnerable conversations of his …

Ernest Lee Thomas: The Man Who Lost His Happy — And Found It Again

He spent decades making the world laugh. Then life took everything from him — including his smile. This week on Happy With Tammi Mac, host Tammi Mac welcomes iconic actor Ernest Lee Thomas — beloved by generations as Raj on "What's Happening!!" — for a conversation that is equal parts hilarious an…

Kareem Grimes: From Baby Boy to Broke : The Moment That Changed Everything

He had just come off Baby Boy. He booked the MC Hammer biopic. He was flying first class, living large, and convinced his moment had finally arrived. Then Kareem Grimes came home — and his bank account told a completely different story. In this deeply personal episode of Happy With Tammi Mac, acto…