Jason Lee acknowledges what it takes to be on Talk

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Highlights people doing talk and what it takes to be a successful talk show host.

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00:00I'll say this, and people will be surprised.

00:03Nicki Minaj did it right, in the sense of,

00:08in the sense of, she said what she felt.

00:10She, no, no, and I'm not, you know,

00:12because people, no matter if I say something good or bad

00:14about Nicki Minaj, it's, I'm either sucking her pussy

00:16or I'm either a fucking hater.

00:17So like, let's just be very clear.

00:19I'm going to give her her prize, but she deserves it.

00:21You know, these shows come and go.

00:22They're really, people in the talk space,

00:24if you don't understand, with Wendy and Ellen leaving,

00:25it's really fragile right now.

00:28And I'll tell you, those of you

00:29that have been following my career,

00:30you know that I wanted a daytime talk show for a long time.

00:33I have since abandoned the idea of daytime talk.

00:36I had to reconcile with the fact

00:39that I'm not willing to play the game.

00:41And I don't believe that TV is where it's at anymore.

00:44It's all right here online.

00:45We can reach thousands and thousands of people

00:47just by doing a show right here in the,

00:49in the, what, the space that we created.

00:52All the talk show hosts, they want what you have.

00:54Well, how about if the brands is the one

00:56who's targeting the artists?

00:57Say it again.

00:58How about if it's the brands who come after the artists?

01:01Like, you know, they offer her that podcast.

01:03Yeah, this is what I'm saying.

01:04I'm not a, I'm not a hater.

01:05Mary J. Blige has a show.

01:08Mary J. Blige is not known for opening up

01:10about her personal life.

01:12Mary J. Blige has a documentary that's phenomenal.

01:14I love and enjoy it.

01:16I've watched it twice.

01:17Everybody, if you haven't seen Mary J. Blige's documentary,

01:19go watch it.

01:20But a talk show host has to be willing to strip down

01:24the veil that they built up as a brand

01:28to let the audience feel like they know them.

01:29The reason why you guys keep tuning in for me,

01:32wherever I go, Instagram, Vigo, Facebook Live,

01:36wherever I'm at, podcast, TV show,

01:38the reason why you show up for me is because you know

01:39that I'm in it and I'm gonna say it how I see it.

01:42You may not like it.

01:43You may love it.

01:44You may enjoy it.

01:45You may laugh, you may cry,

01:46but you know it's gonna be what I think

01:48and I'm gonna be unapologetic about it.

01:50I think that Lotto's phenomenal in a lot of things.

01:52I've supported her.

01:53And I'll say this, and people will be surprised.

01:56Nicki Minaj did it right.

02:00In the sense of, she said what she felt.

02:03She, no, no, and I'm not, you know,

02:05because people, no matter if I say something good

02:06or bad about Nicki Minaj,

02:08it's I'm either sucking her pussy

02:09or I'm either a fucking hater.

02:10So like, let's just be very clear.

02:12I'm gonna give her her prize when she deserves it.

02:14I think that she weaponized the platform to attack girls

02:17when it was convenient or attack Joe Budden

02:19or me or whoever.

02:21But in terms of getting off what she felt

02:24and saying what she thought,

02:25she had no problem doing that.

02:27And when she had guests like Joe Budden on her show

02:29challenging her, she went toe-to-toe with Joe,

02:32even though she turned his mic off.

02:34You know, she went toe-to-toe with him.

02:36And I feel like if you're gonna do it,

02:38then you have to be able to have that,

02:39keep that same energy.

02:40And so I think that Nicki did it somewhat right.

02:42I think, also consider your guests.

02:45When you have a guest like a Chloe Bailey,

02:47who's not known for messy shit,

02:50I don't think it's fair to be messy with her.

02:52You know what I mean?

02:53It's like trying to pull something out of somebody

02:56that's not there, you know?

02:57Cause even when they're talking,

02:58which I'm not shading any with the podcast.

03:01I'm just saying like as a critic to people,

03:03a person who watches podcasts,

03:05it has to be a certain dynamic, you know?

03:06And like you say something like fill the room.

03:08Like, I don't think the room was really felt

03:10because a lot of it was just like awkward.

03:12You know, it was just awkward.

03:13Yeah, it was a little awkward, you know?

03:16And I love both of them.

03:17Like I listened to a lot of music.

03:18I love Chloe.

03:19I love both of them.

03:20But you know, sometimes stay in your gift.

03:22But you can, you know, if I thought, first of all,

03:25if I thought they were together,

03:26I would have called Quavo to say,

03:27are you and Chloe with him?

03:29Because I can tell you,

03:30I've seen Karrueche standing with Quavo.

03:38No comment.

03:39No, I'm just saying.

03:40But, but I mean, I was-

03:42But that's because you have those access.

03:43Like not, people can just see, they hear stuff.

03:46Everybody, everybody in this industry.

03:48Do you, do you follow Ice Spice?

03:50No, I actually don't.

03:51Do you know who Ice Spice is?

03:52Do you follow Twitter?

03:54Yeah.

03:55And social media?

03:55Yeah.

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