Y'all know what time of y'all don't know, y'all back a suit on, looking back to back down, giving them mom just like amazing bus things and it's cob stop doing me through good it, Steve har listen to move together for ste Barby, I don't join joining me. Have you gotta turn hurting them, You gotta turn to turn them out, got to turn them out, to turn the water the water. Come, come on your baby at it? Uh huh I shore will, I'm good morning everybody. You're listening to the voice. Come on, come on, y'all dig me now. One and only Steve Harvey got a radio show. Man. Is God good to me? Unbelievable? Yeah, he is? And and I can only attribute it to one thing. It's just been a turnaround in my life. It's it's been me finally making a decision to see what all God has from me, but at the same time trying to be more God wants me to be instead of more of what I want to be. That's the trade off. You know, you gotta do something now. You know you know you want God's blessings. You gotta be willing to do something on his behalf now I'm not saying I got it right right now, because I'm just being real with you. I don't. I don't have it all together by any stretch of imagination of I'm trying to get better in several areas. I'm praying about it. I'm working on it. But you know, it's a process, and I've I've grown to accept the process. But I'm improving in a lot of areas from day to day. But I'll tell you what, man, my success all is going on with me I can only attribute to this turnaround. And the turnaround was simple. I turned around and started looking at God. That was a simple move, man. I just turned around and started looking at him, and I was going, Okay, I get it. Now, you created me. You're the creator. You have a purpose for me. I understand that. Now. Now let me just walk in that purpose and let me get to doing that purpose. Now, my purpose and your purpose and their purpose and anybody's perfect purpose could be different, and the way you go about the purpose can be different. And that's the part that I've really grown up to. I've opened up my mind to understanding that everybody's different, nobody's quite the same, and that is not my right or position to jail judge, but to be of a forgiving spirit and understand and forgive those as I ask God to forgive me. See that's the key. That's the key, y'all. So when you out here and you stuck on this unforgiveness, understand in the large prayer as a segment that says, forgive us our trust passes as we forgive those who trust pass against us. There's another version says forgive us our debts as we forgive our debt us. It's two different versions, but either one it means the exact same thing. It means simply this that you are asking God to forgive yours like you forgive others. Forgive us our trust passes as we forgive those who trust pass against us. When I crossed the line with you, God handle me the way I handle people when they cross the line with me. You feel what I'm saying to you, See you understand that. That's the breakdown of it. Best way I can give it to you. Forgive us our trust passes as we forgive those who trust pass against us. Forgive me God for stepping over the line, like I forgive those that step over the line on me. That's the hard part, man, that's the part man, I've really been working on. I've been really trying to get that together. And so I've learned forgiveness a lot better over the past five years than I have before. And it's paid off. I can't tell you how it was paid off, because now God's mercy and grace is all over me because I've learned to become more graceful. Now. I ain't graceful like him, I ain't merciful like him, but I've learned to become more more graceful, more merciful, because man, I can't live my life like that. I just got sick of me. Man, you're mad at me now, I'm mad at you. You hating on me. Now I'm gonna hate on you. I ain't got time for that, man, I've got you. Look here, you got somewhere to go. Hate take up time. It's time consuming, and hating trying to seek revenge it's time consuming. It take up way too much of your time to seek revenge when vengeance ain't really yours. That's another one. Vengeance is mine, say if the Lord it ain't yours. So now when you go to seek it to take it out. Guess what you're doing. You're doing something now. Man, Now you off in the area that you've got no business being in. And instead of steady climbing your letterer like you're supposed to, you didn't take out time for vengeance to hate. I'm a hater. I'm gonna be a blogger. I'm a blog about so and so. When you're blogging about somebody, and most of these people you don't even know when you're blogging about somebody what you're doing, what you're hating. It takes time to hate. Man. I just decided, Man, I gotta tell all my time. And instead of have doing time and being active, I got to be proactive. See some people get that confused, being active and being proactive. Pro is positive. Pro means to move forward. You know, if you put pro in front of most words, it's a positive influence. You know, does the pros and the cons? The pros is the good side, the cons is what can go wrong the bad side. You know, if you're active, that's one thing. But if you're pro active, you're going forward in a positive direction. When you become a pro that means you the best of the best at whatever it is you chosen to be. I'm a pro so somehow, and I know English teacher grammatical god. The word pro a lot of times when you put it in front of something means positiveness. So now a lot of people think that if you just active something all to happen. Well, I'm doing something, and that's what happens. Man, We just find ourselves doing a lot of busy work that really ain't bout nothing. It ain't going the way. It ain't got no direction or no purpose because we haven't tried to find out the direction of purpose. So you wake up and you and your wheels are spinning. You a hamster on a tread meal. You're running real fast, but you're just going in the same spot. You understand that's because you're just out here being active instead of proactive. Why don't you get God in your life. Why don't you turn and face your creative and find out how to become more proactive so you can do things to move yourself forward. How you can get your life off the ground and get off the tread meal and really get it rolling in the direction that it need to be going. Man, I'm telling you God can make that change for you. If he see you making the change for him. See the whole key man, the whole kids. You got to be willing to do something. You got to give God something to bless bless me God, and then you go sit on your couch and you ain't trying. Okay, bless me God with what what? What? What? What are you working with? He can't have the people hire you if you ain't put the app in. Come on, man, the blessing comes when you make a proactive step, when you try to do something on the positive side. Look, man, I'm gonna quit messing around with all these people. I'm gonna start going home. I'm gonna leave these women loan out here. You got to say, all right, man, I ain't going over that at night. I just ain't gonna get Then God can work with you. God help me stop seeing all these women. But you steady going over there calling them setting up stuff. Can't nobody help you because once you get over there, you already know. See, you gotta get proactive. You gotta do something yourself. You make one step, he'll make two. That that's the key man. So come on, y'all, you're listening, ladies and gentlemen, let me have it. Yeah, you know what it is. Attention please, this is a Steve Harvey Morning Show. This show right here's live. This show is in color. About color and anybody else? All of us are colored anyway some shade of something. That's right. Uh, this is a matter of fact, speaking of attention, today's show is dedicated to people with attention deficit disorder. Can't hardly pay attention that much. Oh that's kind of me. Yeah, that's kind of me too. So now that we know what that is, all y'all that can't pay attention that good, this show is dedicated to you, and what we're asking you to do today is not going to pay attention. Okay through your head, quit drifting off, sure, straw Beard. Oh hey, I had just dripped it off. Good morning, Steve. Are you doing real good? Call it for real? I am paying attention. Good morning sir. Hello crew, Junior, huh oh, I'm the only one listening. Yeah what No? My attentions? Man? Is that of a three year old? What are we doing right there? The show? But thank you for dedicating come to a Steve Morning Off. Okay, everybody kidding about that? Yeah, I was just saying, huh, all the time. What are we doing? Where are we what are we doing? Focus? Focus? People focused. I'm here. I'm excited about waking up every day. So I'm here. Man, No, thank you? Yes man? Yeah yeah. So let me ask you guys something I never asked you. Shirley, Yes, watch on the dream board that you're looking forward to accomplish it? Uh? Something with my daughter. A project I have going on with my daughter Carla Uh um having um adopting a child because I'm not gonna have another baby. So oh you were Oh I didn't know that. I want to we want to grow our family. Yeah. Wow, that's pretty slick, Cala, Carla Junior, Uh, one day have my own want to show Really, Junior, you can do that. It's awesome, Carl Julia in the morning, claim it? What about you? Steve Harvey? How to watch it? Things I'm grateful for. I'm glad I'm not a politician. Hey, Manico was really really strange though, And I just want to say this, I really I'm not surprised, but I'm like really amazed at how the Republican Party is so quiet about what Donald Trump has done. Really it's not right, but they are extremely quiet about it and it's really really alarming. Yeah, all right, we'll be back with more of the Steve Harvey Morning Show right after this. You're listening. We need to find out it was a good weekend. Weatherwise not so much, but we got to find out what the crew did over the weekend. Let's start with you, mister Harvey. How is your weekend? My weekend was like, it was wonderful. Well, I spent most of it traveler though I spent it, Uh, most half of my travel time was in the air. The other half was only delayed or delayed rain delayed in Dubai, and then the rest of it was got on the plane and set on the runway and then the rest of it was flying some more. So I just been in the air all weekend. I don't know what today is. I don't know what I'm doing. I do know I'm in Africa and that's it. And my jet lag. Yes, do I know what the hell going on? No? Nothing? Well, thank you sir for that for that report. Got a lot of miles, hun got some mileage out of it, though, Girl, I'm so tired. But you know what this is, twenty twenty is the year of no complaining for me. So I had a flight, I had a wonderful layover. Uh yeah, the Dubai airport is like amazing place. Now I could have got a hotel, but I didn't want one because you know, I don't I don't like leaving the airport. And so the Dubai Airport has everything. Is top of the line shopping. They've got cigar lounges, bars, hooka massages, showers, quiet rooms, and I mean it's very private when you have this premium ticket, so you can walk around shop. I actually found uh the iPod earbuds that's uh out into February. You can't order into February. I found them exclusive Dubai, uh you know, or designs and stuff. So I got laid out in the airport and shopping. Everything had three meals waiting on it, and I'm happy, no complaint. So you're just round that eating and shopping in the airport. Though you're a little famous behind, you're famous behind. Just back there, just shopping sounds like fun, right yeah. Well see but okay, okay, okay, but okay, but here's the deal though, this is why I got tell you, uh that that Emirate's first class and at Hard. At Hard is another Middle Eastern airline, you Aine airline that goes into Abu Dhabi. Those airlines are like made really really incredible. So when you do have a layover and you in first class, they have a first class floor that's just for first class. So all the shops that's on the main terminal level are upstairs. And you know, I mean it's up there. Is Louis Vuton, is Gucci, is Rolex, It's Samsung, is our part anything, I don't care what it is. You want wines, alcohols, it's all up there. You could shop and you don't have to you're not on the rent main terminal level doing it. And then and then you got to cigall lounges. You got your showers up there, you got your rooms that you can rent, and you can get a hotel room if you want one. It's right there. It's all on the same level. So yeah, yeah, yeah, they got anything. It's dope. You got to do it one time. All y'all going to Dubai. You got to go. Oh lord him Erst, I would love you. I've never been any place where I could shower and shop at the same do you know how much in heaven. I know you ain't been getting precious so clean clean even then we can shop, Carla, come on, man and pass out. She spent all the money she can't get back. You will never hear these words from me. Girl. We gotta go. We gotta stop shopping because we at least got to take a shower. Oh, we could do it right here in the moment. One time I was shopping with Shirley. One time I went shopping with Shirley. We kept going, we were going, we were going. I said, Shirley, now you know I gotta eat. You know I can't get something to eat. I said, that was gum. Shirley, that was some chewing gum. That's go. We've got to eat. She was like, okay, like she's mad at me. Yeah, I don't eat when I'm shopping. I do not eat. Only she was like, hurry up, Yes, we gotta go over there, said the buy so we could be wide with Junior. Yeah. See, Junior, your problem is you don't have a wife, so you don't know none of this. Nah, you don't know the shopping problem that they all have. You don't know a gene. Yes, you get nervous shopping nervous as hend be sitting up like a little jack rabbit in the rattlesnake cage. But Junior, you know how you get so excited when you watch a football game. Let's say, yeah, how you're all and stuff like that. That's what shopping does for us. That's it. Yes, absolutely, that's our football. It's like scoring a touchdown. Yes, yes, shoes touchdown, write Stee, Junior. It's actually the sad thing about what they're saying is it's actually bigger than that for them. It's bigger than a damn touchdown. Shopping for them, it's like going to the super Bowl every shit. Yes, that's a great description, Steve. Yeah, yeah, man, I'll be playing for you. Hang hanging nest though not the shout out to the husband's though, yeah, right hanging he will shout yourself, Wow, we gotta get out of here. Coming up next in his junior in for the nephew with a prank phone call. Right after this. You're listening all right. Coming up at the top of the hour, miss Anne will be here with today's national news and an entertainment news. The Endable ACP Image Award nominations have been announced we'll talk about those right after. Right at the top of the hour, let's say, but right now it is time for the prank phone call of the day, and Junior is in for the nephew. What you got, Junior? Christmas lights boy, he's Christmas lights shirts. Okay, he's Christmas light car he's Christmas just took I just took mine down. I just took the tree down Friday, Junior. I don't want to hear this prank. I like it when people leave it up. Christmas lights, run it Captain. Hello, So I'm trying to reach James. Yeah, hey, James, how are you doing? This is great? I don't want to get neighbors. I live a few streets over from you. How are you doing today? I'm doing fine? What's up? This one makes sure I got the right person you, um chick North Willowpin Yeah, okay, why are you calling? What's okay? I'm on I live on Shadow Ben Man. My name is Greg and um, I wonder I want to reach out to you. Uh, we seem to have a bit of a problem. Man. You still have your Christmas lights up on the house and what what? What's what's going on? You know? We you know some of the neighbors have had a conversation. When you gonna take these down? Man? We go through this every year, and uh, it ain't no problem. Man. The lights are gonna stay up. Old what what? What? What do you mean they're gonna stay up? Did I start up? I said the lights are gonna stay up? You know, no go now, no hold on, bro, Christmas is over. The lights ain't finn to stay up? Okay, call you nightely and tell you that the lights need to come down. You know, I don't. I don't even why do you have your lights up after Christmas? Santa Claus and the whole Christmas thing is over? Wait? Wait, wait a good man, man? What's your name again? Greg? Who of the My name? My name is Greg. My name is Greg, and I live on Shadow and I little poster. It is over from you. I don't give a about where you live. Man. You know, how do you get my number? I got your number from the HROA, you know, the president and al the one gave me your number. But that's but that's neither here nor there. The big issue is the Christmas lights just got to come down. You sound like a joke, man. You sound like a guy. Fool. What you're gonna take my Christmas? You know why I keep throwing lights up? I'm gonna listening. My mama loves those lights. She keeps the lights up a little bit longer than usual. But we don't give a fuck about that as long as she's happy. So okay, okay, okay, let me let me say that I'm hearing you with your mama. Understand that. You know you gotta love for your mom. Cool, but take it up. The whole neighborhood won't show lights down. So I'm gonna tell you this right here, from neighbor to Nate. You got to the mar evening to take them to Lightstown. If not, I'm gonna take them down. My damn sir. What time are you coming, bro? What time are you coming? Okay, I'll tell you what. I get off at five. I'll be at your house about six to take the dinner life down. If you're not, yeah, I'll be looking for you too. Man. You know we got a big family. I'm gonna call my brother and we're gonna meet you. We're gonna meet you because you ain't taking down You understand what lights are gonna stay up? Bro, Okay, I don't care give you and your mama got to take them damn Lifstown. Hold up, brother, what you say about my mama? I said, you and your mama can take them life there or somebody got to take them down. Mom? You're talking about my mom. We ain't taking down Where did you say you live? I'm not saddle being shadow being. I'm gonna shadow then you just you're trying to you're trying to sign your death sentence. If you come over to my crib and talk about taking down our mother, Christmas likes you. Man. If I come over and you and your mama ain't on the ladder trying to get the lights off that house, then I'm taking them down. A man. You you're talking about my mama taking down the light. I've got a baseball back for your mother and everybody at the h O A. I he I don't everybody at that club? You in whatever h A and whatever. I'm you up, mother, I'm you up? Okay? Well if you if you meet up, you're gonna have to You're gonna have to time me up too. One he's the one told us you had the lights on the house and hadn't taken them down comedy one time? Cool? I mean you can you get over here right now? I don't. I didn't come. I'll tell you what. I'd come through there, Me and Timmy both come through there. If that's what you want. Come on, mother silly? Okay? So so can I say something? So what? Mother? Can I? Can I say one more thing to you? Man? You ain't gotta say hell you say that when you get over here. You're talking about my mama? Man, Okay, hey, hey, hey, hey hey, calm down, dude, calm down, Okay, I'm down about what? God? Can I say something else? Can I say one more thing? That? Just one more thing? What all I'm gonna say is this nephew timent from the Steve Harvey Morning Show. You you got to be kidding me? Man? Yeah? Man? You got James? You all right? Man? No? Man? Ain't you all right? Man? What you got My blood pressure up? What? Wow? Business? Hey? Hey, James, you got some neighbors Rustler and shot Nique. They are the ones that got me the prank. Call you back. They ain't gonna get no Christmas present for me next year. That's some boys. Man. Wow boy, oh man, you was heated man one thing. I don't know about you, Jane. You love your mama, don't you. I love I love it to death. Man, you you you had to take it there. That ain't right, man, oh man, half twenty twenty. You gotta let me know. Man, what is the baddest and I mean the baddest radio show in the land. Let me here. Oh God, but Steve Hardy in the Morning show? Man, see huh see you and your mama gonna take these Christmas lights down? That what y'all gonna do? Much? That's exactly what the nephew would have said, that what y'all gonna don't take the lights down? Okay, you ain't down, I know. I mean I still enjoy seeing them. I know it's over, excuse me. I know the holiday is done, but you know it still reminds you that, you know, Christmas. We just had it a couple of weeks ago. I like people who keep up around. Yeah, you know, when I get back around, all they do would go outside, plug me in. I remember one time I was in the car with this friend of mine and we were going over to a dinner after church at their family's house. So we were riding in the car and we turned up the street and I was like, this was about like April or May, and so I was like, they still had Christmas lights. So I was like, Oh my god, who in the world has these Christmas lights still up? It's almost east to time. Now it's time for Memorial Day. Pull right into that driveway. It was his grandmother's house. You know, I'll talk about her Grandma. I like, all right, we're coming up at the top of the hour, guys, we'll have some entertainment and some national news that's right after this you're listening to show. So excited, guys about the nominations for the fifty first annual NAACP Image Award. The award show honors the accomplishments of African Americans and people of color and TV, music, literature, and film, and also recognizes individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors. Netflix picked up a lot of nominations this time out, including When They See Us and Dolomite Is My Name with Eddie Murphy on the movie side. I love that movie. On the movie side, Queen and Slim, Harriet Just Mercy, Entertainer of the Year, Regina King, Billy Porter, and Lizzo actors Eddie Murphy, Cynthia Rivo, Harriet, She played Harriet, Remember, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Fox, Forrest Whittaker, Godfather of Harlem, to watch, whoa So Good? Ari Hardwick from Power and a very own Ready for this, get the drum roll? Ready, cat A very own. Steve Harvey is nominated for Outstanding Game Show Host. Yes, Sir, so ball in the category. Come on, Steve, Congratulations Steve, Oh thank you. You know it's so I just I just keep going, man. I'm just I'm just so grateful that God keep you irrelevant on so many levels. You know, I have a blessed life man, in spite of what you know anybody might think or say. I just I just keep He just keeps on doing it for me. So I just keep on living man, waking up. Man. I appreciate him God and gave me a great life. I just keep going. Man, It's crazy what God has done for me. So you're still what were you saying? Only knew what was actually happening to me. I'm telling you, man, people would be people would just be like, okay, Steve, what is going on? And all I can tell you is just favor. It's just a bunch of favor man, It's all I can tell you. Man. That's right, that's nice. That's nice. Oh can I say something too. Let me just say this to you guys. We were talking about NAACP Image Awards. The Trumpet Awards were last night and Steve, your boy, Cedric the Entertainer won the Excellent Entertainment Awards said, but I say that's my dude. I did a video tribute to him because I was in Africa when they asked me to do it, so hopefully it aired last night. Yeah, he's got all kinds of love on this show though, out on tour with Tommy saying hey stop stop stop Tommy, Tommy out on tour with him. Okay, don't don't, don't, don't get this twisted. That's right, that's right. The NAACP Image Awards will air on b ET on February second. While in other entertainment news, r Kelly's girlfriend Jocelyn Savage reunited with her family for the first time in three years. Attorney Gerald Griggs says that Joy Joycelyn's immediate family members were secretly brought to the holding area of the Chicago courthouse on Thursday for a private meeting. Meeting took place before Joycelyn was released on bond for her alleged fight with R Kelly's other girlfriend. Asrielle Clary at the singer's Trump Tower condo, family talked for about twenty minutes. Her parents made sure she had contact them for info from them. As Rielle has reportedly moved out of the condo and moved in with her family. She's considering flipping on the singer and cooperating with the feds. The only thing stopping her from talking is her fear of repercussion from Kelly and his team. Wow, all right, Steve, time to get caught up on today's headlines. Who that's a lot, ladies and gentlemen. Without further ado, miss Anne trip, Thank you very much everybody, And here's the news. Iranian citizens took to the streets of the capitol of city of Tehran over the weekend to put pressure on their leaders to quit over the way they handle the downing of that Ukrainian passenger jet. This coming after the Iranian military finally admitted that they did it, that they mistakenly shot it down last Wednesday, basically out of fear that it may have been an American missile. Yesterday, Iranians chanted they are lying that our enemy is America. Our enemy is right here. Some of the other chants apologize and resign. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calling for an investigation into the down plane where all aboard were killed, among them dozens of Canadian citizens. Trudeau says he wants a credible probe as well as compensation for the victims' families. Get this, A lot of Canadians are blaming Donald Trump for goading and scaring the Iranians so bad that they actually got that plane down, killing over fifty Canadian citizens. As I said, listen to this. The federal government now warning people about fake military draft notices demanding that Americans report for duty to deploy to Iran. These are phony messages, y'all, Okay. Phony. They threatened their targets with jail time if they don't get to military recruiters. According to CBS, the Army is investigating these bogus messages, which they say began appearing on people's phones last Monday, just as tensions heated up between the US and Iran. Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the seven point or earthquake that tore the country of Haiti apart. Haitians gathered at church's grave sites and public momorals yesterday to mark the tragic anniversary. How Speaker Nancy Pelosi expected to send the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the US Senate this week. Representive Pelosi scheduled to meet with House Democrats actually tomorrow to discuss the timing of a vote on impeachment. Managers, leave it or not. We have a problem with perhaps health officials saying that last you're vaping related lung injuries in the US left fifty five people dead and more than twenty five hundred people hospitalized. And they say the young people still love to vape. They think it's fine, and they are very very very much in danger, health officials say. Tennis superstar Serena Williams won her first Thailand three years over the weekend. It was the Auckland Classic. And you know what she's going to do, The thirty eight year old says, She's donating our prize money to Australia's bushfire relief fund. That's what she's doing today is tops at the box office over the weekend was the World War One film nineteen seventeen, earning some thirty six million dollars. I have a brother in the second Battalion. They're walking into a trap. Your orders are to deliver a message calling off tomorrow morning's attack. If you fail, it will be a massacre. We've got orders to cross here. That is the German front Line nineteen seventeen has already won Golden Glows for Best Drama and Best Director. Back to the Steve Harvey Morning Show. You're listening Morning Show? All right, a lot of football this past weekend, guys, and Junior is here to break down the NFL playoffs. Junior, it was a lot of football. I know you in Africa, but it's a lot of football being played this playoff football series. Nothing you got not enough, so sad comment ain't no football news they ain't There, ain't no highlights, nothing, nothing nothing. So San Francisco for to nine is beat Minnesota Vikings. Okay, beat them. Now the NFCI can jump in, Junior, can I jump in? My husband was so happy Minnesota loss than I don't know that he was so happy. But the UNAC Championship Games setting out San Francisco for nine versus the Green Baby Hacks who you got don't really care, don't really care, ain't got no dog in that hunt. Once again, I go back to my statement, neither one of these damn teams is Cleveland, So I care San Francisco long way away. I ain't know they was gonna do nothing Green Bay. Aintybody going up Green Base or I really don't care. Okay, okay, uncle, Then look hire the Titans beat the Baltimore Ravens. I know you didn't know that because you're over in Africa, but now you don't believe this, don't know it. But I do know that the Titans won, and I don't know how to La won. But they're gonna be strong now because I ain't think nobody who's gonna whip that boy Lamar. I know they got him, but guess what they're up. Well, So now the AFC Championship Game is gonna be the Tennessee Titans and the Kansas City Chiefs. Man the Titans. That's surprised everybody. Titans beat it, beat the dog on Ravers. They got a running game, they got a defense man. But I want Patrick Mahone to get back in there and win that thing. So you know, even though I think that Titans got what it takes to shock them, I'm just secretly pulling for Kansas City. But if the Titans win, I don't care because ain't neither one out in Cleveland. That's it. Well, you know the way, girl, It's gonna be two good games on next Sunday's Championship Sunday. So you know. Plus, don't forget, Steve, you are doing NFL honest. Oh yeah, yeah, I'm doing the NFL honest. And I might get a chance to meet Tom Brady this year because he ain't in the Super Bowl. So all right, thank you, Junior. Coming up, Lonnie Love says black men do not know how to be faithful because of slavery. Things people say when you got a white man. Oh no, that was junior, Lonnie. All right, we'll be back right after this. You're listening to all right, So Steve Lonnie Love is facing facing a lot of backlash after she said that slavery is the reason black men are not faithful. On an episode of the Real the Ladies Were, they were talking about Kevin Hart's cheating scandal while Um discussing his new docuseries don't blink this up anyway. Lonnie said that men in the black community don't know how to be faithful. Take a listen in the black community, I want to you know, I don't speak for the black community, but I do think that a lot of black men they really don't know how to have true faithful relationships. They think because they have money, because they have power, that they can treat women any kind of w and that it's something we need to work on. We need to work on that. Butter and power does not mean that you can just do it. That is the whole cheese smoke thing like that goes across the board. But I'm gonna say it's not across the board because what is happening is that we are still dealing with the point of slavery, and we are descendants of slavery, and because our families were broken up, we still do not have an idea of how to have together families because our families were broken up. Yeah. Wow, No, No, if you're looking, if you're looking for the reason why men cheat, you can pick any number of things. The male ego, uh, the availability because there are so many women willing to cheat with you. You can pick slavery as a reason. You can pick the lack of fathers in the community. You could pick another thing. But the mistake that Lonnie's making is when they try to correct her, she goes, no, no, no, Now, sister, you just said you don't speak for the black community, but you don't, and you don't know how why black men cheat. You can kill any number of reasons, because I am telling you that are a number I have never in my life thought the reason for anything I've done, or the reason that some other men have done in our previous lives, for terms of infidelity, was because of slavery. Now, so then if black men and cheat because of slavery, why do white men and cheat? Because white men do it at a at a much higher rate than do black men, whether you know it or not. And it has nothing to do with money and power. Mail men cheat, truck drivers cheat, football players cheat, pastors cheat, the dude down at the convenience stole, that work at the gas station cheat. All men don't cheat. And so for you to say no black men. And then when the young lady tried to correct her and say something to the fact that that's across the board, no it's not. No cheating is across the board and it's not that way. And I don't know what made her think that that was gonna be a profound statement. And all the people in the audience clapping, clapping for what for what what did Lonnie say? Lonnie, Lonnie doesn't know, she don't know, she don't me And cheating today deadly bout slavery has nothing to do with it. I mean, we we suffered the effects from slavery and other things, you know, But I don't know if I've ever seen it necessarily directly like you're saying, Steve, from have to do with cheating. It seems like slavery would bring you closer, you know, especially back in those times when they were separating the families and mothers from children and husbands from wives and things like that. Seems like that would have brought the men closer to the women. From my perspective, trying to say, because of go ahead, Steve, no, go ahead, go ahead. I'm trying to figure out if she was trying to say slavery because of the families and separating the families, that black men don't know how to be together, that's exactly, but that's not I don't think that's that's not a byproduct of slavery. No, that would bring you closer doing cheating. Cheating is a lot of other things. It's not that. And you know, come on now, yeah, coming up next, we told you Junior is in for the nephew. The nephews out today, but Junior has a prank phone call and that's coming up right after this. You're listening Steve Harvey Morning Show. Well, coming up at the top of the hour, right about four minutes after. It's my strawberry letter for today, subject I want to get my girlfriend tested. Oh uh huh, that is a subject. But right now, yes, Steve, Right now, Junior is in for the nephew with today's prying phone call. What you got for us, Junior? The prank today the nephew has left us. It's called baby Wait, Baby, wait, yeah, you're gonna see what I ate it to see you. Go ahead, come on, running, cat. I know this bet not be what I think he's talking about. Baby. Hello, Hello, I'm trying to reach a trader please. Yeah. This is traina TRAINA. My name is Ernest. Ernest Murphy down here at the bus bond with from the school district. Your son is Devin, am I right? Yeah, okay. Now he's in the sixth grade. I think, yeah, yeah, everything is fine. I think he's on he rides bus ninety Bus ninety three. Does he ride US ninety three? Uh? Yeah, yeah he does. Okay, So now the school board has implemented a new rule, and um, we're having to call a lot of parents and let him know about the new rule for us as far as the buses are concerned. Now, from my understanding, each child that gets on the bus has to weigh less than one hundred and twenty five pounds. That's what the new rule that is implemented by the board. Did you say that again? Each child that gets on the bus has to weigh less than one hundred and twenty five pounds. I don't understand. Don't understand. So what's okay? So what does what does that mean? So starting on Monday, starting no Monday, what they're gonna do, if they're gonna the bus driver will have a scale and he will weigh the kids they get on on the bus. I understand. Man. The doctor, like I say, I'm calling, I'm calling every patent that they say you're gonna you're gonna waigh my child before he gets on the bus. That's that's what the new rule. That's what the new rules. And if he's over one twenty five, then he he'll either have to work, you have to take him to school. But I have a job. Okay, I have a job. I thought gonna take my kids in school, but I don't. That's what the bus explores. That's what my tax dollars pay for us. But the reasoning, the rationale behind this. Okay, let me tell you what's going on. From what they're saying, the weight of these children is wearing down these transmissions on this bus, on these bus transmissions, as mentioned, it cannot take all of that. They are limiting the weight of each child. So now how much does that discrimination? I think that's discrimination, but it over Is he over one hundred and twenty five pounds? He okay? He is? Ok? Then you you're probably gonna have to take your son to school. Are you gonna have to walk? He probably need to walk to school if he already or hundred twenty five pounds? Who what the ac are you talking about? Man? I'm all I'm saying. All I'm saying is if your son is overweight one hundred twenty five, you know, maybe the exercise are doing good when like I said that the school that's gonna allow him on the plus. But sir, I will not accept this. If who do I need to call? Is there a manager? Is there a city's council member? I mean, this is seriously the most ub discriminatory practice I've ever heard of. It doesn't even make sense. You're talking about a child, I understand, but we're talking about a child weigh more than a grown person, your son. I need to get what is your name, sir? Tell me your name again. My name is Ernest. I'm down here at the bus ball. I would like to speak with the supervisor, like, now, what do you You do not get to speak to my about my child that way? You get to speak to any kid that way. You should not be working at a school if that is your attitude. I'm no, I don't work at the school. I work at the bus ball. I'm down here at the bus ball and they gave me your they right because you're saying he's over behind in twinty fat pack. I am an absolute shock. This is so okay. So do you have a fantic chat. I mean, do you have scuba? I'm sorry, do you have a big child? Listen? What my child looks like, how much he weighs is none of your business. I'm going to call the school. They can't be working with your company. If this is the way that you treat people and you talk about children, this fight doesn't matter here. I guess what they're doing is this is the way of them approaching obesity. You know, whoever, whoever over one hundred, they might walk it all you're start Listen, listen, that is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Okay, I have to work. My son is getting on that and I'm going to call the schoolboard and should not be working with you another bust company. I don't know, but I'm calling the city. I will call the members they need to call. But you need to give me a supervisor's name right now, right now? Do you think you need to start cooking different post so Divin don't have you know? Maybe maybe it's starts at home and what you feed me everybody, you know, I am calling the supervisor, I'm calling the the city, I'm calling the school. I am going to fired like I can't even believe that you're allowed to make this call like our other parents. Okay with this, I'm called when you own your way to work in the morning. TRAINA. Do you listen to the Steve Harvey Morning Show? Oh my gosh, yes I do. Nephew Tally from the Steve Harvey Morning Yes, your cousin Vicky got me the prank polk call you baby. Oh my god, I'm gonna yeah. I mean I was like, oh my god, I love Steve Harvey, I love you. I listab had God, you gotta tell me this baby. TRAINA. What is the baddest and I mean the baddest radio show in the lane? Steve Harvey, byway, that's what people's kids. Wait, it's not what I thought it was about. But he still played too much. That's still wrong. What did you say? Oh? I know what you thought? Yeah, I know what you thought. Yeah, this baby way too much. She will be twelve on Friday. You're no longer saying that's that famous line, you know, I just had a baby. Oh I'm committed to that line. Yes man, yes man, Yeah, give me that. That's funny. M Tommy's always less with people kids. Kids, though you don't care. Yeah, he plays too much. Too much. Oh man, it's part of pranket. Wouldn't let that little boy on the bus. Maybe need to walk? What tell nobody, kid that your baby need to walk to school? Baby way too much to get on the bus. That is not right. I don't care. He's not Steve, how's your die going in Africa? Have you been You've been good? Yeah, you know, I've actually been on it pretty good. You know. I got a birthday coming up, so I've been steady Friday doing it the right way until my birthday. Now I'm let him have it all of it, all right? Thank you, junior in for the nephew. Coming up next Today's Strawberry Letters subject I want to get my girlfriend tested. All right, we'll get into that right after this. You're listening to Morning Show Time now for today's Strawberry Letter, and listen. If you need advice on relationships, dating, work, sex, parenting, and more. Please submit your Strawberry Letter to Steve Harvey f M and click submit Strawberry Letter. We could be reading your letter live on the air, just like we're gonna read that one for you right now. And that's for Jay by the way, When I popped those papers like, yeah, all right, ladies and gentlemen, it's that time. It's time for the Strawberry Letter with my good friend Shirley straw Berry. Thank you, junior. Subject. I want to get my girlfriend tested, Dear Stephen, Shirley. I'm a single man in my mid twenties and I met a woman on an online dating site. She's three years older. She is gorgeous, has a great body, and she's more mature than girls my age. We started dating late last year and I've fallen for her really quick. But now I have a big problem. We decided to go public with our relationship over the holidays and I posted a picture of the two of us on Instagram. As soon as I posted it, I got a DM from a stranger direct message claiming he hung out with her recently and she got an STD and she did not tell him about it. The guy said that luckily he didn't get it from her, but she hooked up with one of his friends and he got it. I didn't believe this guy because he could have been a hating X that's jealous. Fast forward to New Year's Eve, I posted a picture of me and my girl hanging out. Shortly thereafter, one of my older female cousins called me and told me that my girlfriend was known as a thought in high school, and she warmed me not to get too caught up with her. I couldn't ignore the issue anymore. At this point, I asked my girl about her past, and she said that everyone has a past, and she learned from her mistakes and she's ready to move on. She swore that she is disease free, but she did not deny that she may have had a disease at one time. She was truly hurt by me confronting her, and she said that she'll understand if I want to break up with her. I feel terrible for making her defend her past, but I want to ask her to take some STD tests before I sleep with her again. I will take the test with her because I want to be sure I'm okay too. Was I wrong for addressing the rumors? Will I be wrong to drag her to a lab for blood tests? How should I handle this? She might be be one and I don't want to mess things up. Okay, slow your role, mister mid twenties. Okay, please, You're not wrong. You would be wrong if you ignored this very serious situation, and it is serious and you need to know what's going on with her. So no, you're not wrong for addressing the rumor, which as it turned out, was the truth. After all, you have to decide at this point if this is really what you want and if she's who you really want. Remember earlier in the letter, one guy said that she had an STD, but he didn't get it from her, but she did get with one of his friends and he got it. Remember all of that. Remember your older cousin who says she was a thought in high school and all of that. That's kind of like two and three strikes right there. I mean, I know you're young, but even though you know she didn't deny having the STD, you had to kind of, you know, find out about it before she was honest with you. You know, she could have put you seriously at risk here, Okay, seriously at risk. I know your feelings are involved, so as far as her being the one, and yes, everyone does have a past. I want to make that clear. We all have paths when we get in these relationships. But I just tell you not so fast. I mean, you really need to rethink the situation with this young lady, and you need to know for a fact more than her just swearing that she's disease free and she wants to move on. Okay, you gotta Yeah, you need way more evidence than that. Okay, without your feelings being involved, slow this down. You may be breaking up with her before this is all over. You might break up with her. Yeah, Steve, Well you know, I'm a little I'm feel a little different about this, letting you know because it's social media evolved and all it says. So this ky mid twenties meets this girl online. She's three years older than him. He really likes her, but he got a big problem when they decided to go public of the relationship. Over the holidays. He posted a picture of him on ig Then after he posted it, he got a direct message from a stranger claiming he hung out with her recently and she's got an STD that she didn't tell him about. Okay, hold of dog. You hung out with her recently and she has an STD that she didn't tell you about. Hung out, slept with her? What you talking about? See little vain right here? Partner claiming he hung out with her recently, she got an STD she didn't done. The guy said that luckily he didn't get it from her, but she hooked up with one of his friends and he got it. So that means he slept with her. Steve na it don't it don't didn't he didn't, Yeah, but he said he hung out with it. This is somebody running their mouth. But why would he Why would he come to you? He don't know you, why would he DM you? And then like the dude say, it could be You know, I didn't believe this guy because he could have been a hating the X that's jealous. That could happen. See, so you gotta watch then fast for a New Year's Eve posted to put your men and your girlfriend hanging out. And then one of my older female cousins called me and told me that my girlfriend was known as a thought in high school. Okay, hold up. Now, the dude in his mid twenties. She three years older. So let's say he twenty six, she twenty nine. So now this girl right here, because your older female cousin that she was known as a thought in high school, that don't mean that's where she still is. So you know, I'm kind of looking at this where you gotta get nine. I'm gonna give him some advice when I come back on what to do. But really, right now though, I mean, dog, I'm just dealing with how people get in the whale. Something that could have some possibilities of being okay, but all these people want to hang something over the girl's head. We come back, I'll tell you what I think low man'll do. All right, Steve, hang on to that thought. We'll have part two of your response coming up at twenty three minutes after the hour. Today's Strawberry Letters subject I want to get my girlfriend tested. We'll get back into it right after this. You're listening to the stew Listen up, ladies. Madison Reed will give you some long quality results at home. And I'm talking about nourishing ingredients like aragon oil, keratin and gin sink root extract and left my hair shiny and with healthy looking results without damaging ingredients found in most hair colors. So listen, Just do like I did. Take the easy online color quiz to help you get that perfect shade. Or you can off to one of their colors specialists. I did it. You can do it too. Go to Madison Dashreed dot com. You can get ammonia free multidimensional hair color for less than twenty five dollars. Just use the promo code Harvey and get ten percent off plus free shipping on your first color kit. That's code Harvey. Visit Madison Dashreed dot com and find your perfect shade. All right, Steve, come on, let's recap today's strawberry letters subject I want to get my girlfriend tested. Okay, So this is a prime example of social media people ain't ain't nobody ever happy for nobody? No more, ain't nobody? Hey man, glad you found somebody. Just want to let you notice everybody called would run the skies falling. This own five posted a picture a total stranger calls this man out of nowhere timer he hung out with it. He didn't get the disease, but then this boy hung out with her and he got it. Okay. Then you posted no other pitch in your older female cousin call and say she was known as a thought in high school. Okay, all right, I got all of this. I got No Do you have reason to be concerned? Yeah? You should. You should because this disease thing is kind of crazy. But now at least at least they talking STD at least, because they have some other stuff out here now that ain't they These phone calls ain't no, he got it. No, it's it's it's some other things that happen now. So let's just say that you got warned. Your cousin told you not to get caught up with her. So you say you couldn't ignore the issue anymore at this point. So I asked my girl about her pass, and she said that everybody has a pass. She's learned from her mistakes and she's ready to move on. She sworeter she's disease free, but she did not deny that she may have had a disease at one time. Okay, and then she was hurt by me confronted her and said that she'll understand if I want to break up with her. Okay. I had a dude on my Facebook watch show from Quality Control that represents me Goals and Cardi B and Coach K and P was on the show. He tweeted something the other day that somebody showed me, and I don't have it in front of me, so I'm paraphrasing it, he said in his quote, because he has an interesting pass too. He said I'm not gonna let what I was, what I did, what I didn't do, and what I should have did affect who I am and who I'm going to be. I'm like, oh, like it. See that right there? That meant something to me because I went, Wow, this dude said, I'm not gonna let who I was, what I did, what I didn't do, and what I should have did affect who I am and who I'm going to be. And that's why, after this that I read this weekend, I'm just kind to take a different approach to this letter. Now, she swore she's disease free, but she didn't deny that she might have had the disease at one time. You know, they had diseases back, you know that you could, you know, get rid of you know, so obviously it's wasn't the death said it, but she was truly hurt by me. Confronted her and asked that she'd understand if I wanted to break up with her. But I want to ask her to take some STD tests before I sleep with her again. Okay, that's fair. Now, the best way to do it is I'll take the test with her because I want to make sure i'm okay too. See, all this is fair. All this is fair, you know, because was I wrong for addressing the rumors? Know you want? And it gave her a chance to say, yes, I've had a pass, but I'm moving on now. You know. Maybe the woman enjoyed your company, and y'all enjoy each other's company. You y'all got a real thing here. People make mistakes from their pass. Was I wrong for addressing roomors? No, you aren't wrong for addressing the rumors. Will I be wrong to drag her down for a lad for blood tests? Well you can't drag her nowhere. All you could do is I ask her to go, say, listen, this is how I feel about you. You really matter to me, and I want to move this thing forward, and just so I can be okay and make sure you okay, let's go down and get tested together, because I've had a pass myself, what you have? This ain't your first girl though, And then he said, how should I handle this? That's what you should do? Say, Look, I'm really falling for you and I'm really feeling like you could be the one. I just need to be put at easy. I need to go get tested because I have a pass. You have a pass. I'm willing to let bygones be bygones. But let's go test each other so we can move forward with this because I think we got something real. She might be And then he said in the letter, because she might be the one, and I don't want to mess things up. But see, you gotta remember something too. The devil's job has only one mission in life, and that's to rob you of your destiny. You can meet a wonderful person. And then the devil got some imps that worked for him all the time. Now here come one that just slid into your DM. You don't even know this dude. You don't even know him. You don't even know if it's any truth to what he's said. Then he doubles back. And your older female cousin did not say nothing to you about no STD. She just said she might be a thought in high school. So now you combine that with what could be the potential lie, and now you don't broke up with this girl, and he could have been the one. And then the devil that robbed you and your destiny take the girl's hand, tell her how you feel about him. You want to be sure because you thanks shed one. Y'all go get tested to Keevin in near Let's go have a nice life man. All right, Steve, thank you. Post your comments on today's Strawberry Letter at Steve Harvey FM on Instagram and Facebook, and check out the Strawberry Letter podcast on demand now coming up at forty six after the hour. The college National Football Championship is tonight, and Junior is going to talk about it right after this. You're listening to morning show, okay, Junior. Tonight is the twenty twenty college football National Championship. That's LSU versus Clemson in New Orleans at the Superdome. President Trump is scheduled to attend tonight's game. No officials say that ticket holders in New Orleans residents should expect some heavy security, street blockages and big, big crowd. Providing security are the Secret Service, the New Orleans Police Department, the Louisiana State Department, both in uniform and in playing club, the US Coast Guard, and the FBI. YEA, well, yeah, it's the college Championship't you got something? I mean, you know, he going to Louisiana. Very popular in Louisia, Red state, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia Red states. He going to the game. You don't really do football here, golf guy. But the thing of it is, Man, I think Clemson is a great football team. I think they're gonna go in there's the underdogs. They're gonna have a chip on their shoulder. I would like to see Louisiana win it for Louisiana down there at LSU and them damn uniforms is purple and gold. So what else do I need another trophy? LSU quarterback Joe Burrow is going up against Trevor Lawrence. Man, this is two top quarterbacks. I think this is gonna be a really good game. I really do believe it is. It will be a home game though for LSU. You can leave that it's gonna be bad rooms down the street, and I would I don't know, man, I ain't really got no dog in this fight. Once again, Cleveland that again, it'd be great for the state Louisiana. It really would be. And it's a storyboard season for him too, man. I mean it's just undefeated, took down Alabama as it. I love their coach because you can't understand nothing nothing. He says that boy, that so thick down Louisiana. One thing I'm gonna get. I want to get up there and I play a game, but I try to get everything. Do that thing like I tell and I just show the LSU football whoop. We gonna do right, tears, be the type of man. We're gonna get up the play the game like that Ted, run that ball out of that field bringing whatever that who that that's so and I really do like it be lost over here coming up at the top of the hour, guys. In trending political news, HOW Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she is preparing to send the two articles of impeachment of President Donald Trump to the Senate this week. We'll be back to talk about it right after this. Give to him at the game. Yeah, you're listening to this Stay Morning show. And a letter sent to her Democratic colleagues. On Friday, HOW Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she is preparing to send the two articles of impeachment of President Donald Trump to the Senate this week, paving the way for a trial to begin. She says, I have asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate. That is what Pelosi wrote in a letter to Democrat She said, I will be consulting with you at our Tuesday House Democratic Caucus meeting on how we proceed further. The House managers act as a prosecutors of Donald Trump during the Senate trial. A floor vote will be held to name impeachment managers before the articles can be transmitted to the Senate. The articles will accuse President Trump of abusive power and obstruction of Congress. They're being withheld by Pelosi because she said she wanted to ensure a fair triald was being held by the Senate and an impeachment trial. Every senator takes an oath to do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws. Also, well, there you go. Also yeah, on that same note, guys, did you see Trump supporter viral video? This was an Ohio teen Trump supporter was at a loss for words when a reporter asked him what had the president done? Well? Check it out, take a listen, and what is something that you believe the president has done? Well? Uh? I I just I'm not really serious. I just support him. Yeah, I ain't lying partner. That show how I go. You know the thing about this impeachment and about Trump, um, this this stuff is gonna go to the House, and you expect all of the Senators to honor the Constitution, and they sworn, oh, to uphold the Constitution. They're not going to do that. They've already decided across the board, every last one, oh, that they're not voting for impeachment. They're not even gonna interview all of the required witnesses. They're not gonna do anything. This this right here for our country is a farce. It's a farce because they will not address anything that this man has done wrong. And they all know he's done things wrong. They don't know if Barack Obama had done any of this, it would have been a disaster. Man. So I get sick of them always talking about what they're gonna do. They don't care about the Constitution until it's convenient. That Second Amendment, Oh, they'll they'll wear that one out, but but they'll make a oh yeah. But other than that, they don't. Everybody's got it right to the pursuit of happiness. That's not what they're doing. It's a lot they don't do. We have such a hypocritical country and when it comes to politics and these politicians and this guy is gonna get it. He will go down in history as one of the worst presidents. We don't have to hand. Yeah, do you know, Steve, he's still calling this an impeachment hoax. And he's been impeached by the Congress. He's still called the trial well, and the reason the reason it's a hoax is because the Senate will not do their sworn duty. They will not look at it impartially. They will not uh interview all the witnesses. They will not view the charges as as he is committed any criminal affairs. That's not what he's gonna do. Yeah, yeah, yeah, she says. Nancy Pelosi says, I'll read it again. In an impeachment trial, every senator takes an oath to do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws. It's gonna yeah, partiality, all of that partisanship, all of those words. Yeah yeah, yeah. Wow. That's a shame though this president, but it is what he's gonna be probably in the game. Yeah. I wonder if he's going to get booed like he did at the other game. Well, coming up more of today's trending stories on the Steve Harvey Morning Show. We'll be back at twenty minutes after the hour right after this. You're listening to show, all right. So, Megan Marco has reportedly signed a deal with Disney, just days after announcing that she and Prince Harry will step down and step back from their royal duties. The Times has reported that the Duchess of Sussex will do voice over work for Disney in exchange for a donation to the wildlife organization Elephants Without Borders. So there you go. That's some of the stuff they're going to be doing as a you know, step away or back down from their royal duties, doing voice over work for Disney, Okay, and then contribute. Yeah, yeah, Well they said they wanted to have financial independence. Yeah, right away, imediately. I'm not leaving the palace though I'm still Steve. They were trying to say too that Oprah advised her on some stuff. I hope said no, no, no, no, no, keep my name out of that. I didn't use home. Nothing decision they made, even though bombas are coming out saying, uh, we ain't had nothing to do with that made their own decisions. Yeah, Prince Harry wanted to protect his wife. I wouldn't give it da. We wouldn't talk me out of nothing. I'm staying at the palace. That's where I'm from. Just who I am? I am? Hey, You're king now, not the earl anymore. That's what I got tight the earl, dude, I'm in the palace. Okay, all right, we have more of the Steve Harvy Morning Show coming up in some trending news at thirty three minutes after the hour. Right after this you're listening to show. So excited guys about the nominations for the fifty first annual NAACP Image Award. The award show honors the accomplishments of African Americans and people of color and TV, music, literature, and film, and also recognizes individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors. Netflix picked up a lot of nominations this time out, including When They See Us and Dolomite Is My Name with Eddie Murphy on the movie side, I love that movie. On the movie side, Queen and Slim Harriet Just Mercy. Entertainer of the Year, Regina King Billy Porter and Lizzo. Actors Eddie Murphy, Cynthia Rivo, Harriet, she played Harriet. Remember Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Fox, Forrest Whittaker, Godfather of Harlem. You have to watch that. Whoo so good, Amari Hardwick from Power and are very all ready for this? Get the drum roll ready, cat a very o. Steve Harvey is nominated for Outstanding Game Show Host. Yes, sir, but ball in the category. Come on, Steve, congratulations, Steve, Oh thank you. You know it's so I just I just keep going, man, I'm just I'm just so grateful that God keep you irrelevant on so many levels. You know, I have a blessed life man, in spite of what you know anybody might think or say. I just I just keep He just keeps on doing it for me. So I just keep on living, man, waking up. Man. I appreciate him God and gave me a great life. I just keep going. Man, It's crazy what God has done for me. So you're still winning. What you say only knew what was actually happening to me. I'm telling you, man, people would be people would just be You're like, okay, Steve, what is going on and all I can tell you is just favor. It's just a bunch of favor, man, It's all I can tell you. Man. That's right. That's nice. That's nice. Oh can I say something too. Let me just say this to you guys. We were talking about NAACP Image Awards, the Trumpet Awards we're last night and Steve, your boy, Cedric the Entertainer won the Excellent Entertainment Awards said, but I say roll, that's my dude. I did a video tribute to him because I was in Africa when they asked me to do it, so hopefully it aired last night. Though. Yeah, he's got all kinds of love on this show though out on tour with Tommy saying hey stop stop stop Tommy, Tommy out on tour with him. Okay, correction, don't don't don't don't get this twisted. That's right, that's right. The nble ACP Image Awards will air on b ET on February second. All right, coming up next to our last break of the day and some inspiring closing remarks from the one and only the nuble ACP Image Award nominee, mister Steve Harvey. Right after this you're listening, all right, Steve. Here we are last break of the day on this Monday. It's been a good day. Fun today, Salute fun. Yeah, all right, and congratulations again Steve, Yeah, on your nomination ule ACP Image Award for Best Jame Game Show Host. Yeah, see it all the team here? Yeah? H so good? How he not gonna win? Should we congratulate off right now? Well? Necessarily truth, don't you man. That's why I don't even worry about them no more. I stopped years ago. You know. It's not that I don't go to them, but I'm not. I'm not looking forward to it like I used to owe the wards show Man, when I'm aware I'm going to red carpet. I just decided that that wasn't you know what it was about for me anymore. I've had really had a huge amount of awards heaped on me. I'm really good, you know, And i'd be happy for my boys, like when said win, or Kevin win, or or Rock somebody win that I know, Rock Eddie nomination so bad, Fox can act his tail off. Michael B. Jordan. I like all in boys, man, I like all of that story. I just I just know that I'm not, you know, I don't. That's that's not my world anymore. You know, it's a second half of my life different. Let me cut you cut you off because of nuble acp Immage awards. That's us recognizing the good work that you do constantly. That's right, great work you do, mentoring, you give back. You work hard, honey. Can't nobody call you lazy? You work really hard, feud. This is why they nominate you. They are recognizing you for your work and what you do period with the teeth. So congratulations, we love you and we support you on that. That's right, and what a blessing it is to be nominated by your peers, you know, and by your people. See yeah, I know people. You know. I accept that aspect of it. And in my image, awards means more to me than any awards I received, because that's I started with with with just a black fan base, that's all I had, and I black people have remained a true loyal to me for all for all these years, man, I just I can't thank them enough. But in this half, second half of my life, I dedicated my life towards the rewards instead of the awards. I've just seen enough of it. And sometimes when you work for the awards, the awards is just what it is. It's a plaque, it's a statue, it's a crystal piece, and you put it up for show and it represents something that you accomplish and got voted for. But the rewards are different. The rewards of your hard working labor you can pass on to your children, the rewards you can build your legacy with it. You're not gonna build your legacy awards. You're gonna build it with rewards, things as tangible for your grandchildren and children to think. I was watching a movie on the plane and the line in the movie says, if you're over sixty years and you're not thinking about your legacy and what you will mean to people that you love when you're gone. They said, as a man, you're lying to yourself. And I said, wow, man, I think about that so often now, approaching another birthday about to be sixty three. And then I was saying earlier in the show that I had of Coach k and Peon from the group Quality Control that represent me goals and Cardi being a host of other people, and pe kind of put a tweet out the other day that I read and I don't have it together exactly. I'm just paraphrasing his tweet, but it meant a lot to me. He said, I refuse to allow who I was, what I did, what I should have did, and what I didn't do determine or affect who I am and what I'm going to be. And I thought that was such a profound statement. And so many people don't allow people to move on. Do you know how many people man trying to hang on to something from the past that they want to lay claim to, that they want to be known for, and it prohibiting stops them from moving forward in life. You can get so hung up on the past that you don't even see what's happening to see. Somebody send it to me. The quote exactly from p was, I refused to allow what I did, what I didn't do, or what I should have done affect what I'm about to do. Now repeat after me, keep hustling. That's his exact quote on Twitter. I refused to allow what I did, what I didn't do, or what I should have done affect what I'm about to do. Now repeat after me, hash toad, keep hustling. And that's that's a really profound statement, man. And so many many people get hung up on their pass. But do you know man, that you can You can't live on one accomplishment from your pass and expect that to carry you into your future. You can't live on an accomplishment for you from your past and keep expecting to get credit and a parade for it. Today. Yo, move on, it's done. You can't keep bringing back the glory years if you expect to have some future years. Look, we either moving forward or you staying in the past. But you can't do them both. That again again, everybody's while. The Lord's prayer is so important man. When you said every day, when you get to that line that says, give us this day our daily bread, they were talking about exactly that, the fact that you should ask God to supply you with their everything you need today. The past belongs to huge history, The future belongs to God. The present is a gift that He gives us all today. That's why they call it the present, because all you have is today. Those are my clothes remarks. Y'all have yourself a great weekend for all. Steve Harvey contests no purchase necessary void where prohibited. Participants must be legal US residents at least eighteen years old, unless otherwise stated. For complete contest rules, visit Steve Harvey FM dot com. You're listening to show