Yeah,

we're from the South.

Like, I don't know why people feel like there's this, like, invisible magic machine we go through like from childhood to adulthood to from aspirational to intentional now all of a sudden it's just like poof we're different people and we don't have the same you know likes and dislikes and all of a sudden there's a manual that we are given that this is how to be a celebrity like that doesn't exist we're all different interpreting it in real time, I think that's the craziest part about this era that we live in because You get to see me in real time trying to figure out how to exist as a human being in the spotlight, as a human being who has people who look up to them, who has had success, who there may or may not be pressure because I don't feel pressure, but some artists and some creatives do feel pressure to always be following up and chasing the last thing.

You know, you finish one movie and then you write in the film in another one.

You do a TV show and it don't do that well and now you're struggling to book.

You know what I mean? It's like...

It's okay.

So I want to ask you, what do you feel is your intermission?

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They're like, "Damn, they, this didn't get promoted the way that it could have," or, "This didn't happen the way that I would've liked it to," and we see that happen all the time.

I mean, I look at everything as, like, divine timing now.

Mm-hmm.

I don't like that." Like, you know.

And I'm able to extract myself instead of feeling like I gotta push through it and be like, "No, I'm being an adult." Like, I think a lot of toxic and non-healthy behaviors are cloaked in the, like, "Oh, this is my responsibility.

I'm an adult."

Mm-hmm.

Two people considering each other, wanting to do better so that they can be the best version of themselves for each other, not judging each other, helping each other, being in alignment with each other, whether that's physically, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually.

Your spouse is working out, you sitting on the couch getting bigger and bigger.

Like, that's just not-

Uh.

Close your eyes.

I can't take a step without your hand in mine.

I don't think I could live if I had to live without you.

I admit that I was lost until I found you.

You're my platinum, my diamonds, my silver, my gold.

My emeralds, my rubies, my heart, and my soul.

[guitar strumming]

Yeah, you're a

quick lyricist.

She called, money real long don't fold.

You know what I'm saying? It's nothing.

That's what I do.

It's my profession.

And I literally talk in rhymes and jokes and analogies and similes all the time.

Because I was going to say, read what? Like, not just read the blogs.

Mm-hmm.

And, um, about midway through, you know, we're up in, like, the Northeast, it's really cold.

And with autoimmune, like, the cold is not your friend.

And so I got really sick.

I got, I got pneumonia.

And, um, I had to step away for a few dates.

But I'm like, "No, this is not it.

Yeah