June 9, 2025 • 15 mins
Victoria Monét Talks New Children’s Book, Music Dreams & Dating
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hey, well this is exciting.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
First of all, it took Victoria Monette aka Hazel's mom
about forty minutes to walk from one side of the
room to the other because you got stopped a million times.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
But thank you and that's a blessing.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Yeah, people care.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
There was a time when no one'm good at all.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
I just want to say I always care because everything
every single time I see Victoria Monette and I hear
your music. Love the new song with w doll off
of me, Hey the same god jazz right, I love
it us.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
To like she just did.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I love whole dance right here all right with backup dancers.
But no, just seeing like all of that is just
You're so deserving, so talented, so amazing, seeing all of
the accolades, and I know that is not even why
you do it, but it's just if people know your incredible,
incredible journey to get here.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
And now you have a children's book.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Yea, I'm so excited everywhere you are.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Can you say your Jasmine read yours?
Speaker 3 (00:59):
I cannot say it, Victoria, Can you please say this book?
Speaker 4 (01:02):
And nor can I?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Okay, dun'tday is where? Okay got it? What inspired? Obviously
you have a child. But what inspired the book.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
Just really the fact that I'm balancing motherhood and work
and I know we all have to do that, and
so the book is intended to combat separation, anxiety, and
children and mom or parent guilt. The book is a
conversation between the moon and a star, and the sentiment
is that you know when you look in the sky,
sometimes you don't see the moon, but you know in
(01:34):
the back of your mind it's there, and us as parents,
that's what a child will feel. Sometimes you don't see us,
but you know that our love is there. And so
there's certain quotes in the book that I want the
children to kind of live with and know that love
brings us together and it's not only presents.
Speaker 5 (01:52):
What do you tell your daughter when you're away, or
how do you explain that to her, because she is
a child too.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
She actually she comes with me a lot of places,
but one have to go. I explained to her that
a lot of what I'm doing is for her, and
it's also for me and Mommy's dreams too, in the
same way that I want her to continue to do it.
She wants to do and accomplish her dreams. Mommy still
wants to do those things too, and from a young age,
I want her to understand that and that balance that
she doesn't have to give up anything. She'll just have
(02:18):
to make sure that her time management is correct to
be able to do multiple things that she wants to do.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
I've never heard to explain that. I always hear mom say,
I'm doing this. You know, I'm out working for you,
but also I'm also out because I'm pursuing my dreams
as well.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
So I like that.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Sometimes people think that with motherhood. I used to think that, like,
you can't do it because you have to make too
much of a sacrifice and you'll lose your career. And
you know, that does get programmed in women, and that's
always been something.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
That like for me, it's like, man, if I, you know,
do then I gotta not work for a little while.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
And they and people even in the workplace think that
if you're a mom, that means you're going to be
taking sick days.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Even work early.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
I've heard people say that, yeah, when nobody questions a
dad at all.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
Yeah, no, that's true. A double standard. And then the
fact that men can have children until they literally die,
like we.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Have a time too right, honestly.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Haveing crazy and since we have kind of clock, Nature's
given us a clock, it's important for us to realize
that we do have the ability to do both instead
of trying to delay the process in order to only
do one thing at a time. And just encourage women
to take that leap of faith.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Because sometimes people feel like you have to be financially ready,
but are we ever financially.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
I hear people talk about that, like, once I hit
this amount of savings and I'll do it. But motherhood,
there's nothing like that force. It will force you to
get it together. It actually becomes an inspiration. And my
life took a turn after I had Hazel because I
knew I had someone else besides me, that it was
depending on me. So it actually made me work harder
(03:53):
and instead of the ladder where I have to sit
at home and be stay at home mom, and you know,
if that's not what I want to do, I support
all women who want to do that. But if it's
not what you want to do, there is a way
to balance it all.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Is she aware that she also co authored this book's.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
She's not aware that she was like the person who
she was so young at the very early iterations of
the book, so we were kind of like I was
reading versions to her and then editing as I go.
So she's kind of your an editor honestly.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Well she's done the audiobook with me actually, so she
is a part of it.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
She's such a star.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
She is she is honestly so absolutely adorable.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
It is so much.
Speaker 5 (04:32):
Have you been or were you apprehensive about sharing her
with us with the public, because she is the star
and she's she's her own celebrity.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
Yes, actually, and I thought about not sharing it, but
it's one of the best things. It is the best
thing I've ever done, so it's hard not to share
your the proudest thing with the world. I just have
to move with certain cautions, you know, and making sure
that she's not online seeing certain comments until she's ready
to receive it. But as far as what I'm sharing,
I feel okay, okay with it.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
I really enjoyed you sit down with Kiki Palmer too.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
She's so funny, she is so such a great personality,
and we've been watching her grow for years and I'm
just happy to see everything that she's doing. Such a
mobil and she's a mom and balancing it all too.
She's keiky, always keep a job.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Palmer soda, and she's also very talks a lot about
being like financially responsible. Yeah you know how She's like
like even I'm gonna still have this, we'll live within
her below And how are you with, you know, with
living within your means?
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Terrible?
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Terrible, so relatable.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
I'm terrible, so literally, I feel like, but a lot
of my spending is not like bags and shoes and stuff.
It's like, if I want a music video to happen,
I don't put my own money into it because there's
not enough budget, And like is this an investment or
like house renovations, which I know is like still an asset,
but yeah, some things I know I'm not supposed to do,
but I'm like, I really want and I just have
(05:56):
faith that it's going to come back like a revolver.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
And you know what happens because you spend some money
and then somehow magically that same day or the next day, another.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Check pops up, and you're like, oh, okay, little publishing checks.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
Sometimes it's a bit of toxic because I'm like, when
have I never not been okay?
Speaker 5 (06:09):
Oh my okay, so I would just like to say
this Angela is not the person you should ask if
you should not buy something.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
She'd be like, you're gonna tell you.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
I would be like, it's gonna come back around, because
I feel like you have a limitless talent and the
ability to always make money, whether yeah as a creative,
whether you're doing it yourself or for somebody else, You're
always going to get checks and then you have residual
checks that's always going to be coming in.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
What else is on the bucket list for you?
Speaker 4 (06:33):
I want to be on the big screen. I knew
it big movies and you should be.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
In the part too on one of them days with
Kiki and Sis.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Okay, what you're doing here?
Speaker 4 (06:42):
I am I haven't seen a comedy like that, especially
with women in the forefront. But like, since I feel
like Friday.
Speaker 5 (06:52):
Day Long, would you audition and what do you have
a role for yourself in mind?
Speaker 4 (06:57):
For I definitely would love to be a part of
comedy roles. I don't have a specific role like a
dream role, but comedy and definitely snl.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Okay that for sure? Yeah, fun, I know, because you
have a good sense of humor.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
I like to are you fun Are you funny?
Speaker 4 (07:12):
I think I'm funny. Sometimes I think I'm funny. Sometimes
I wouldn't say I'm like, well, feral, but.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Yeah, but actually creative. I feel like, you know, what,
did you have any idea? I know, like we've talked
about motherhood, Jasmine's and mom too, did you have any idea?
Like you can't even imagine how your life would change?
What are some things that were unexpected for you that
you were like? I couldn't even have predicted.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
This childbirth, that whole process. I was like, wait, because
I've seen all the videos, want and prepped, but then
everyone's scenario is just so unique you can't really prepare
for it until you go.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
What were you like in there? Were you screaming where
I was.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
Working on my phone, like because I had I was
releasing the song fuc K at the time, so I was.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Oh, my god, that's my son. I ain't gonna lie.
Right before you walked in here, I said, you know
what my song is? Yeah? Period, that's how she got here?
Speaker 4 (08:04):
Yeah, actually honestly, and you know, so you were working,
I was working and then I had I actually had.
I was in labor for two days because she was
in shedn't want to come out. I was forty one weeks,
so I only had one more week left before they
had to pull her out. But I ended up having
an emergency sea section after two days of labor, so
it was.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Hell yeah, I had emergency section too.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
I want to ask you, as a mom, when is
the appropriate time when you're dating someone to introduce the
new man to your child.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
That is a tough question. I haven't introduced anyone that
I've ever dated. I mean, it's really only been one
person since John, but there was no introduction, and I
think that probably is a conversation between me and or
the mom and the father. Yeah, like when is it comfortable?
And also when you know you're serious, because you don't
(08:55):
want to be introducing your child to multiple people, especially
with than two or three years. You're like, it's confusing
and your child will resent you. I remember my mom dating,
and not to be like throwing her under the bus,
but like when she introduced me to people, or when
I would sneak and see her dating someone, it just
like it felt like the I was jealous at the time,
(09:17):
but when she got married, I was like, Okay, this
is official. I understand it and I know that she's
serious and this person will be the one to last
until forever. So I think probably a discernment type thing.
M And like maybe a situation like that is dependent
on different for each person.
Speaker 5 (09:34):
Yeah, would you feel the same way about when your
daughter's father when he needs like the same like you
guys need to sit down.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
It depends on the situation, like when you know.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
I think so. But it's interesting because online the girls
are ruthless, like if I post if he posts pictures
of Hazel and he's like, oh, I'll be Hazel stepmom.
Like girls are like so rude. Yeah, I think I
feel like men have a little bit have been a
little bit more I see in the situation actually because
men aren't like I'm trying to be his stepdad.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
No, they might DM you instead, and then you don't
open it because it might not be you know, men
are slick. They slide in them dms before or they
might just put some hard eyes.
Speaker 4 (10:13):
They're in the requests. I think the ones that I'm
not interested in are in the request because I don't
follow them.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Something good And do you think that I love?
Speaker 3 (10:21):
No, you're you're dating? Was it allegedly I think that
was brief and over. It's over already. Yeah, Grant opening
Grand Clothes.
Speaker 4 (10:29):
Yeah, we know, worsten to the opening because of paparazzi,
which I never experienced. We weren't even like together, we
never actually got together.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
Okay, so we forced it on y'all got it? Okay?
Speaker 4 (10:39):
Yeah, it was a photo of me related to kissing him,
and then it turned into like, oh, they're they're like
a couple, which we weren't. We were just trying it
out each other.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
We meet each other, Yeah, we do that.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
Do you think dating is fun?
Speaker 4 (10:51):
I do when when it's the right person, I feel
like it's a it's a it's a dirty world outside.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Right now, it's filthy Angela.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
What makes it dirt? What do you mean?
Speaker 3 (11:09):
What's so challenging about it?
Speaker 4 (11:14):
Well? I was just having this conversation the other day
about how women who are single right now feel like
a lot of men want to be courted the way
that women want to be courted.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
And also I feel like guys also a lot of
them don't want to be monogamous.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
That's another thing, Like they learned polyamory and they're like, yeah,
favor about Yeah, how do you feel if I just
state more than you, like, you know, I am not
my favorite thing, but you.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Know you are the prize, right I am? You know
that you're okay, yes, yes.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
But it's like the waiting game to let to have
someone else that knows that is kind of like it
could be dry, you know.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
And I feel like this extra pression for you because
you have music be so fire and you very sensual
expectations be like okay, we about to take this off
of her.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
They're very high, right, like do what the song says?
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Now?
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Yeah, well listen, we appreciate you so much. I know
that it's been like and congratulations I'm being nominated. Congratulations
on all of your accolades because you already have the awards,
but it still feels good a big time to get.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
Anoledge, especially by BT, Like my core most coveted audience
is black people. So I feel like I'm just so
excited to one be in the room and see people
those types of performances and that type of music and
those type of people get their flowers.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
So and when they send it the next album coming
or what.
Speaker 4 (12:38):
Do we do want to say? Twenty twenty six. To
be honest, I'm still in the I'm still cooking.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
You know it's gonna I'm excited.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
I'm gonna come play it for you first.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Okay, don't play with.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
Me, no, seriously, I want your opinions.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
You know, I'm such a such a fan, like some
of my favorite favorite songs on my playlist, like Lucky Days, Smoke, That's.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
So good with you like you so much and if
you come on now.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Literally before you can, I said, you know, this is
one of my songs, and obviously moment is like my
theme song.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
You know what's so crazy? I was just thinking about
fuc kN like, I don't feel that way anymore. I
don't want to be a friend, you can. I want
to date.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
It's a phase. We're off that it's a face, but
it still it's still hits.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:19):
I think there's a lot of people that still feel
the way in my particular era. Right now, I really
want someone who's serious and it's gonna just spoil me.
I want to be spoiled. I love honesty, baby girl, And.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Let me tell you, I'm sure there are men out
there that I like.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
I would do that for her, absolutely a chance, and
stop leaving me on read Oh.
Speaker 5 (13:37):
Shoot, it's go on those requests, right, Okay, But how
would somebody gets your attention hmmcause that's hard to do.
Speaker 4 (13:45):
I feel like it has to be. It has to be.
I like in person. Okay, I'm not mad at online
because there's people around the world, but maybe I wouldn't
meet unless we intentionally meet in person. But I don't
like if you send a friend to tell a friend
or like make a rumor like all of that. That
type of thing I don't respect. But if you're forward
with me, and then also I like to be pursued,
(14:08):
like you can persuade me. You can persuade me because
maybe I'm not interested at the time, or like I'm
too busy to really focus on it. But if you
keep trying. Maybe I like persistence okay, but also maybe
that might be the wrong messae because if it's from
the wrong person, who gets weird.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
We don't like stalking, and we like persistence.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
When I saw some interest, like if it feels like, okay,
there's a little shot here, we like to see that,
like you care because.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
A lot of people will do what's easy. Right. If
it works, it works, If it doesn't, it doesn't.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
We want to feel like you are dedicated to making
sure that this goes from being a little flirtatious to
being like I'm flying not to come take you on.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
A date honestly, Yeah, like I'm thrust in red and
you're a bull like come.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
That's a very great example.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Yeah, you heard it here for this already sounds like
a movie. And when it happens, you got to come
see me.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
There will be songs about it. I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
I'm sure will all right, But thank you so much, VICTERI.
I'm gonna make sure you'll pick up this book. And
we are at the BET Awards, but everywhere you are,
and I do want to say this dedication in the
back is so special.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
I think it's going to resonate with a lot of people.
Speaker 4 (15:14):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Yeah, to shout out to you, Hazel.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
Hey, Hey, my manager.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Well,
Hey, well this is exciting.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
First of all, it took Victoria Monette aka Hazel's mom
about forty minutes to walk from one side of the
room to the other because you got stopped a million times.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
But thank you and that's a blessing.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Yeah, people care.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
There was a time when no one'm good at all.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
I just want to say I always care because everything
every single time I see Victoria Monette and I hear
your music. Love the new song with w doll off
of me, Hey the same god jazz right, I love
it us.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
To like she just did.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I love whole dance right here all right with backup dancers.
But no, just seeing like all of that is just
You're so deserving, so talented, so amazing, seeing all of
the accolades, and I know that is not even why
you do it, but it's just if people know your incredible,
incredible journey to get here.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
And now you have a children's book.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Yea, I'm so excited everywhere you are.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Can you say your Jasmine read yours?
Speaker 3 (00:59):
I cannot say it, Victoria, Can you please say this book?
Speaker 4 (01:02):
And nor can I?
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Okay, dun'tday is where? Okay got it? What inspired? Obviously
you have a child. But what inspired the book.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
Just really the fact that I'm balancing motherhood and work
and I know we all have to do that, and
so the book is intended to combat separation, anxiety, and
children and mom or parent guilt. The book is a
conversation between the moon and a star, and the sentiment
is that you know when you look in the sky,
sometimes you don't see the moon, but you know in
(01:34):
the back of your mind it's there, and us as parents,
that's what a child will feel. Sometimes you don't see us,
but you know that our love is there. And so
there's certain quotes in the book that I want the
children to kind of live with and know that love
brings us together and it's not only presents.
Speaker 5 (01:52):
What do you tell your daughter when you're away, or
how do you explain that to her, because she is
a child too.
Speaker 4 (01:56):
She actually she comes with me a lot of places,
but one have to go. I explained to her that
a lot of what I'm doing is for her, and
it's also for me and Mommy's dreams too, in the
same way that I want her to continue to do it.
She wants to do and accomplish her dreams. Mommy still
wants to do those things too, and from a young age,
I want her to understand that and that balance that
she doesn't have to give up anything. She'll just have
(02:18):
to make sure that her time management is correct to
be able to do multiple things that she wants to do.
Speaker 5 (02:22):
I've never heard to explain that. I always hear mom say,
I'm doing this. You know, I'm out working for you,
but also I'm also out because I'm pursuing my dreams
as well.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
So I like that.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Sometimes people think that with motherhood. I used to think that, like,
you can't do it because you have to make too
much of a sacrifice and you'll lose your career. And
you know, that does get programmed in women, and that's
always been something.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
That like for me, it's like, man, if I, you know,
do then I gotta not work for a little while.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
And they and people even in the workplace think that
if you're a mom, that means you're going to be
taking sick days.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
Even work early.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
I've heard people say that, yeah, when nobody questions a
dad at all.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
Yeah, no, that's true. A double standard. And then the
fact that men can have children until they literally die,
like we.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Have a time too right, honestly.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Haveing crazy and since we have kind of clock, Nature's
given us a clock, it's important for us to realize
that we do have the ability to do both instead
of trying to delay the process in order to only
do one thing at a time. And just encourage women
to take that leap of faith.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Because sometimes people feel like you have to be financially ready,
but are we ever financially.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
I hear people talk about that, like, once I hit
this amount of savings and I'll do it. But motherhood,
there's nothing like that force. It will force you to
get it together. It actually becomes an inspiration. And my
life took a turn after I had Hazel because I
knew I had someone else besides me, that it was
depending on me. So it actually made me work harder
(03:53):
and instead of the ladder where I have to sit
at home and be stay at home mom, and you know,
if that's not what I want to do, I support
all women who want to do that. But if it's
not what you want to do, there is a way
to balance it all.
Speaker 2 (04:04):
Is she aware that she also co authored this book's.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
She's not aware that she was like the person who
she was so young at the very early iterations of
the book, so we were kind of like I was
reading versions to her and then editing as I go.
So she's kind of your an editor honestly.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
Well she's done the audiobook with me actually, so she
is a part of it.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
She's such a star.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
She is she is honestly so absolutely adorable.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
It is so much.
Speaker 5 (04:32):
Have you been or were you apprehensive about sharing her
with us with the public, because she is the star
and she's she's her own celebrity.
Speaker 4 (04:41):
Yes, actually, and I thought about not sharing it, but
it's one of the best things. It is the best
thing I've ever done, so it's hard not to share
your the proudest thing with the world. I just have
to move with certain cautions, you know, and making sure
that she's not online seeing certain comments until she's ready
to receive it. But as far as what I'm sharing,
I feel okay, okay with it.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
I really enjoyed you sit down with Kiki Palmer too.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
She's so funny, she is so such a great personality,
and we've been watching her grow for years and I'm
just happy to see everything that she's doing. Such a
mobil and she's a mom and balancing it all too.
She's keiky, always keep a job.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Palmer soda, and she's also very talks a lot about
being like financially responsible. Yeah you know how She's like
like even I'm gonna still have this, we'll live within
her below And how are you with, you know, with
living within your means?
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Terrible?
Speaker 3 (05:33):
Terrible, so relatable.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
I'm terrible, so literally, I feel like, but a lot
of my spending is not like bags and shoes and stuff.
It's like, if I want a music video to happen,
I don't put my own money into it because there's
not enough budget, And like is this an investment or
like house renovations, which I know is like still an asset,
but yeah, some things I know I'm not supposed to do,
but I'm like, I really want and I just have
(05:56):
faith that it's going to come back like a revolver.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
And you know what happens because you spend some money
and then somehow magically that same day or the next day, another.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Check pops up, and you're like, oh, okay, little publishing checks.
Speaker 4 (06:06):
Sometimes it's a bit of toxic because I'm like, when
have I never not been okay?
Speaker 5 (06:09):
Oh my okay, so I would just like to say
this Angela is not the person you should ask if
you should not buy something.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
She'd be like, you're gonna tell you.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
I would be like, it's gonna come back around, because
I feel like you have a limitless talent and the
ability to always make money, whether yeah as a creative,
whether you're doing it yourself or for somebody else, You're
always going to get checks and then you have residual
checks that's always going to be coming in.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
What else is on the bucket list for you?
Speaker 4 (06:33):
I want to be on the big screen. I knew
it big movies and you should be.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
In the part too on one of them days with
Kiki and Sis.
Speaker 3 (06:41):
Okay, what you're doing here?
Speaker 4 (06:42):
I am I haven't seen a comedy like that, especially
with women in the forefront. But like, since I feel
like Friday.
Speaker 5 (06:52):
Day Long, would you audition and what do you have
a role for yourself in mind?
Speaker 4 (06:57):
For I definitely would love to be a part of
comedy roles. I don't have a specific role like a
dream role, but comedy and definitely snl.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Okay that for sure? Yeah, fun, I know, because you
have a good sense of humor.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
I like to are you fun Are you funny?
Speaker 4 (07:12):
I think I'm funny. Sometimes I think I'm funny. Sometimes
I wouldn't say I'm like, well, feral, but.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Yeah, but actually creative. I feel like, you know, what,
did you have any idea? I know, like we've talked
about motherhood, Jasmine's and mom too, did you have any idea?
Like you can't even imagine how your life would change?
What are some things that were unexpected for you that
you were like? I couldn't even have predicted.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
This childbirth, that whole process. I was like, wait, because
I've seen all the videos, want and prepped, but then
everyone's scenario is just so unique you can't really prepare
for it until you go.
Speaker 1 (07:48):
What were you like in there? Were you screaming where
I was.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
Working on my phone, like because I had I was
releasing the song fuc K at the time, so I was.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Oh, my god, that's my son. I ain't gonna lie.
Right before you walked in here, I said, you know
what my song is? Yeah? Period, that's how she got here?
Speaker 4 (08:04):
Yeah, actually honestly, and you know, so you were working,
I was working and then I had I actually had.
I was in labor for two days because she was
in shedn't want to come out. I was forty one weeks,
so I only had one more week left before they
had to pull her out. But I ended up having
an emergency sea section after two days of labor, so
it was.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Hell yeah, I had emergency section too.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (08:26):
I want to ask you, as a mom, when is
the appropriate time when you're dating someone to introduce the
new man to your child.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
That is a tough question. I haven't introduced anyone that
I've ever dated. I mean, it's really only been one
person since John, but there was no introduction, and I
think that probably is a conversation between me and or
the mom and the father. Yeah, like when is it comfortable?
And also when you know you're serious, because you don't
(08:55):
want to be introducing your child to multiple people, especially
with than two or three years. You're like, it's confusing
and your child will resent you. I remember my mom dating,
and not to be like throwing her under the bus,
but like when she introduced me to people, or when
I would sneak and see her dating someone, it just
like it felt like the I was jealous at the time,
(09:17):
but when she got married, I was like, Okay, this
is official. I understand it and I know that she's
serious and this person will be the one to last
until forever. So I think probably a discernment type thing.
M And like maybe a situation like that is dependent
on different for each person.
Speaker 5 (09:34):
Yeah, would you feel the same way about when your
daughter's father when he needs like the same like you
guys need to sit down.
Speaker 3 (09:41):
It depends on the situation, like when you know.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
I think so. But it's interesting because online the girls
are ruthless, like if I post if he posts pictures
of Hazel and he's like, oh, I'll be Hazel stepmom.
Like girls are like so rude. Yeah, I think I
feel like men have a little bit have been a
little bit more I see in the situation actually because
men aren't like I'm trying to be his stepdad.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
No, they might DM you instead, and then you don't
open it because it might not be you know, men
are slick. They slide in them dms before or they
might just put some hard eyes.
Speaker 4 (10:13):
They're in the requests. I think the ones that I'm
not interested in are in the request because I don't
follow them.
Speaker 1 (10:19):
Something good And do you think that I love?
Speaker 3 (10:21):
No, you're you're dating? Was it allegedly I think that
was brief and over. It's over already. Yeah, Grant opening
Grand Clothes.
Speaker 4 (10:29):
Yeah, we know, worsten to the opening because of paparazzi,
which I never experienced. We weren't even like together, we
never actually got together.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
Okay, so we forced it on y'all got it? Okay?
Speaker 4 (10:39):
Yeah, it was a photo of me related to kissing him,
and then it turned into like, oh, they're they're like
a couple, which we weren't. We were just trying it
out each other.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
We meet each other, Yeah, we do that.
Speaker 1 (10:49):
Do you think dating is fun?
Speaker 4 (10:51):
I do when when it's the right person, I feel
like it's a it's a it's a dirty world outside.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Right now, it's filthy Angela.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
What makes it dirt? What do you mean?
Speaker 3 (11:09):
What's so challenging about it?
Speaker 4 (11:14):
Well? I was just having this conversation the other day
about how women who are single right now feel like
a lot of men want to be courted the way
that women want to be courted.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
And also I feel like guys also a lot of
them don't want to be monogamous.
Speaker 4 (11:28):
That's another thing, Like they learned polyamory and they're like, yeah,
favor about Yeah, how do you feel if I just
state more than you, like, you know, I am not
my favorite thing, but you.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Know you are the prize, right I am? You know
that you're okay, yes, yes.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
But it's like the waiting game to let to have
someone else that knows that is kind of like it
could be dry, you know.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
And I feel like this extra pression for you because
you have music be so fire and you very sensual
expectations be like okay, we about to take this off
of her.
Speaker 4 (12:05):
They're very high, right, like do what the song says?
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Now?
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Yeah, well listen, we appreciate you so much. I know
that it's been like and congratulations I'm being nominated. Congratulations
on all of your accolades because you already have the awards,
but it still feels good a big time to get.
Speaker 4 (12:22):
Anoledge, especially by BT, Like my core most coveted audience
is black people. So I feel like I'm just so
excited to one be in the room and see people
those types of performances and that type of music and
those type of people get their flowers.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
So and when they send it the next album coming
or what.
Speaker 4 (12:38):
Do we do want to say? Twenty twenty six. To
be honest, I'm still in the I'm still cooking.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
You know it's gonna I'm excited.
Speaker 4 (12:45):
I'm gonna come play it for you first.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Okay, don't play with.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
Me, no, seriously, I want your opinions.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
You know, I'm such a such a fan, like some
of my favorite favorite songs on my playlist, like Lucky Days, Smoke, That's.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
So good with you like you so much and if
you come on now.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Literally before you can, I said, you know, this is
one of my songs, and obviously moment is like my
theme song.
Speaker 4 (13:06):
You know what's so crazy? I was just thinking about
fuc kN like, I don't feel that way anymore. I
don't want to be a friend, you can. I want
to date.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
It's a phase. We're off that it's a face, but
it still it's still hits.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (13:19):
I think there's a lot of people that still feel
the way in my particular era. Right now, I really
want someone who's serious and it's gonna just spoil me.
I want to be spoiled. I love honesty, baby girl, And.
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Let me tell you, I'm sure there are men out
there that I like.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
I would do that for her, absolutely a chance, and
stop leaving me on read Oh.
Speaker 5 (13:37):
Shoot, it's go on those requests, right, Okay, But how
would somebody gets your attention hmmcause that's hard to do.
Speaker 4 (13:45):
I feel like it has to be. It has to be.
I like in person. Okay, I'm not mad at online
because there's people around the world, but maybe I wouldn't
meet unless we intentionally meet in person. But I don't
like if you send a friend to tell a friend
or like make a rumor like all of that. That
type of thing I don't respect. But if you're forward
with me, and then also I like to be pursued,
(14:08):
like you can persuade me. You can persuade me because
maybe I'm not interested at the time, or like I'm
too busy to really focus on it. But if you
keep trying. Maybe I like persistence okay, but also maybe
that might be the wrong messae because if it's from
the wrong person, who gets weird.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
We don't like stalking, and we like persistence.
Speaker 2 (14:26):
When I saw some interest, like if it feels like, okay,
there's a little shot here, we like to see that,
like you care because.
Speaker 1 (14:32):
A lot of people will do what's easy. Right. If
it works, it works, If it doesn't, it doesn't.
Speaker 2 (14:36):
We want to feel like you are dedicated to making
sure that this goes from being a little flirtatious to
being like I'm flying not to come take you on.
Speaker 4 (14:44):
A date honestly, Yeah, like I'm thrust in red and
you're a bull like come.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
That's a very great example.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Yeah, you heard it here for this already sounds like
a movie. And when it happens, you got to come
see me.
Speaker 4 (14:59):
There will be songs about it. I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
I'm sure will all right, But thank you so much, VICTERI.
I'm gonna make sure you'll pick up this book. And
we are at the BET Awards, but everywhere you are,
and I do want to say this dedication in the
back is so special.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
I think it's going to resonate with a lot of people.
Speaker 4 (15:14):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Yeah, to shout out to you, Hazel.
Speaker 4 (15:17):
Hey, Hey, my manager.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
Well,
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