Source: Mike FANOUS / Getty Shawn Wayans Gives Touching Speech At ‘Pops’ Funeral Rest in peace, Pops. John Witherspoon’s funeral was last week and now a video has surfaced of the speech his “Wayans Brothers” costar Shawn Wayans gave. Shawn shared personal stories, from how they met and why he envisioned working with Witherspoon when he was still a young tenderoni on the comedy scene. It’s worth watching the entire clip just for his hilarious impression of the deceased icon.
Source: JB Lacroix / Getty Christina Aguilera Honored For Work Against Domestic Violence Christina Aguilera hasn’t been shy about the things she’s been through in relationships. She readily shares her testimony about surviving domestic violence and what that experience did to her psyche. Those experiences have inspired Aguilera to work on behalf of women like herself who have been abused and a great deal of that work took place at The Shade Tree of Las Vegas. Xtina has been donating to their organization for quite some time and last night they honored her with an award and a ceremony that broke the pop star down to tears according to PEOPLE . “It’s just disgusting and it happens far too much to people that we do love,” Aguilera said in a video posted to her Instagram account. “And it is very dear to my heart, because I did grow up in [violence] and I’m a survivor of it — as I’m sure many of you are — and I’m affected by it.” “It’s so important, the work that you put into this,” she added, speaking of the shelter. “That so many volunteers [put into this], and your donations. They do mean so much to me.” “It’s such a part of who I am, the music that I make, the lyrics that I write, from ‘Fighter’ to ‘Beautiful.’ Everything,” she continued. “It truly does come from the heart.” Check out Christina’s heartfelt Instagram post below. View this post on Instagram #DomesticViolence is obviously a subject very close and personal to my heart. This past week, I was honored to receive an award from @shadetreevegas, a domestic violence shelter that I donate to….and while I tried so hard not to cry, I ended up balling the whole way through my speech because the statistics of domestic violence in the US are truly horrifying & sad and it’s so important to spread more awareness. .. 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men in the US are affected by domestic violence. Every minute, 20 people are affected by intimate partner violence in the US. That is 10 million a year. .. I remember often having to up and escape in the middle of the night with my mom & little sister, having just the clothes on our backs, to drive cross country for shelter at my grandma’s house. Without that, I would have had to turn to a place like @shadetreevegas for shelter. I have so much respect and adoration for those who give their time and support to hear these victims’ stories and help them regain strength, self empowerment and provide resources for a better independent future. Some aren’t so fortunate to get out….which is why it’s so important to work together to put a stop to these horrific statistics. Moreover, this isn’t just an issue in the US, but happens all over the world, in too many homes!! .. We need to use our voices to speak up, reach out and help one another break these deep rooted cycles and empower each other to end these patterns. . If you or someone you know is suffering from abuse, you can call 1-800-799-7233 and go to the @ndvhofficial #NationalDomesticHotline https://www.thehotline.org .. Check out https://theshadetree.org/ to find out more about their amazing work. And go to https://www.domesticshelters.org/fundraisers/wish-lists to find a shelter near you. A post shared by Christina Aguilera (@xtina) on Oct 8, 2019 at 12:57pm PDT Congratulations to Christina, but we wish there was nothing to celebrate in the first place…
It’s been over 35 years that Alex Trebek has graced our televisions and homes as the host of Jeopardy! But according to reports, Trebek’s time as the legendary’s show’s host may be coming to an end. In an interview with Canada’s CTV television network , Trebek revealed that his chemotherapy treatments are starting to affect his speech. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). “I talk to the producers about this all the time now. I say, ‘Look, I’m slurring my words. My tongue doesn’t work as much, as well as it used to. The chemo has caused sores inside my mouth. It makes it difficult for me to speak and enunciate properly.’” He continued: “I’m sure there are observant members of the television audience that notice also, but they’re forgiving,” he added. “But there will come a point when they will no longer be able to say, ‘It’s OK.’” SEE ALSO: Alex Trebek Reportedly Censored By NBC, CBS For Statement He Made About Needing Prayers [VIDEO] You may recall that back in March, the 79-year old revealed that he’d been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. However, he vowed in the TV interview to continue to fight. “We’ll play it by ear and keep chugging along until we either win or lose. I’ve lived a good life, a full life, and I’m nearing the end of that life… If it happens, why should I be afraid of that,” he said. Let’s keep Trebek and his family in our prayers. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Legendary Actress From ‘A Different World’ Passes Away Tatyana Ali & Her Husband Welcome Baby Number Two [PHOTOS] Tisha Campbell Details Childhood Rape By Babysitter [VIDEO] Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Media mogul Tyler Perry was honored this week by receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and during the ceremony, he told his peers and fans that he wants his star to live as an emblem for hope. “For anyone whose dreams may be on life support, I want you to walk passed this star in particular and know that I’ve been there,” Perry said in his speech. And for anyone who knows a little bit about the 50-year-old’s epic rise from poverty to penthouse, his story is nothing short of incredible. In a recent cover interview for People, the father of one recounts his childhood as an abused child and explains how he finally forgave his father. “Holding on was hurting me more than him,” he explained. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). His traumatizing household gave birth to the creativity that would later shape his empire. “I could escape and be somewhere else,” he said of his imagination. Escapism ended up being his saving grace as he dealt with being physically beat by his mother’s husband and molested by family members. “It was rape,” he said. “I didn’t know what was going on or the far-reaching effects of it. I just moved through it,” and lived through the mantra, “Boys don’t cry, shut up and move on.” But his mothers love and his belief in God kept him steady through adversity. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit “If I wouldn’t have had that, I don’t know where I’d be. That was our North Star, the Bible, faith, church,” he explained. His faith helped him process the abuse he received at the hands of his father. “[It took] a tremendous amount of prayer,” Perry said. “But the biggest thing that helped me understand it is that me holding on to what I was holding on to wasn’t hurting him…but it was killing me.” “I’m telling you, the shift and forgiveness in me left me raw because it was a weight inside,” he said. “Once I let it go, I literally felt lighter inside.” [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”1995661″ overlay=”true”] SEE ALSO: Tyler Perry To Get A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame SEE ALSO: Tyler Perry Opens The Doors Of The Church With Ultimate Icon Award Acceptance Speech [VIDEO] This story was originally published on MadameNoire.com . Follow @TheRSMS
Amanda Cerny is pretty trash. She was a gutter Playboy girl because Playboy was the only work or coverage she could get back when they were falling the fuck apart and no one gave a fuck about them… She was smart enough to partner up with all the VINE kids back when VINE was a thing and before VINE was TikTok….and she played their comedic “hot chick” despite not being hot…these VINE kids were just getting started, weren’t stupid rich, and any girl in Playboy was good enough for them….it helped get them hits…even if she was the one from Playboy with mangled tits. Obviously, the VINE thing showed the world another side to her, another talent, because it does take some sort of something to make 10 second comedy videos, I can’t even make any comedy videos….my brain just doesn’t work like that…which is why I am talking about hr tits and you’re not all talking about my tits… So now she’s got a shit ton of followers, brand deals, is making money and as unattractive as I think she is, my opinion doesn’t matter cuz she’s won….and all it took was some nudity at a young age to get it all started – so remember that girls….get naked. Here she is NOT NAKED. How about a few of her ghetto Playboy pics…with really messed up tits…but I guess we all had to get our start somewhere… JOIN THE NEWSLETTER YOU ASSHOLES! The post Amanda Cerny Wet of the Day appeared first on DrunkenStepFather.com .
Camila Mendes on a boat with Vanessa Morgan and Kiernan Shipka because I guess the CW wants all their trash to partner up and vacation together for the paparazzi as it is good press for their show, and not a bad gig for the girls who are already loving life thanks to making it in the world as CW actors on both Riverdale and the Spinoff Sabrina the Teenage Witch…an Archie Comics Double Digest that has nothing to do with the Archie Comics I used to read as a weird pervert immigrant child…. Point being, none of the actors are hot….which is weird when you have a shit show…and weird when you factor in that I am an obese, impotent, pussy loving pervert that has fucked some gross shit in my life…yet I look at Veronica and Sabrina and think…”how did they get on TV”…. The black girl, Vanessa Morgan is pretty good though. I am not just saying that cuz she’s from OTTAWA CANADA our Nation’s capital….and I am not saying that because Canada doesn’t have Free Speech laws and if I said anything else these Politically Correct overly nice, so nice it’s racist, good people of my country would say it is hate speech…I am saying it cuz look at that ass….I see Veronica trying…but she’s not where she needs to be, even if she’s got a more important part on the show and makes more money being in the core cast….Vanessa Morgan is winning here….because when girls get together in bikinis…It’s a competition, they just don’t know it…even though they totally know it…as they struggle to be the hottest one…. JOIN THE NEWSLETTER YOU ASSHOLES! The post Camila Mendes Gets Wet of the Day appeared first on DrunkenStepFather.com .
I’m blushing. So said Amy Roloff shortly after she was introduced to a sold-out room in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Thursday, July 25 and everyone in attendance responded with raucous applause, along some hoots and hollers. Roloff hails from a suburb of Detroit and her parents currently live in northern Michigan, making this trip a bit of a homecoming for the reality star. So her very warm welcome may have had something to do with Roloff being a native Michigander, a fact she brought up multiple times during her talk. But it also may have had lot to do with how genuine she truly seems to be, how open and honest she is about herself and her family and, as cheesy as this sounds, as real and as down-to-Earth as she comes across while on stage. I was there for this event. I speak from experience. I’d love nothing more than to sit down for a home-cooked meal by the Little People, Big World star and simply talk with her over a glass of wine. “I’m so amazed that people actually came out here to hear me talk,” Amy said to open her speech, encouraging everyone in the crowd to “take pictures and hashtag, Roloff then delved into the main themes she tried hitting in her book, A Little Me , along with her motivation for writing it in the first place. “I believe we all have our own stories to tell,” she explained. “We can learn so much from each other if we’re willing to be open.” This, of course, sums up the reason why Little People, Big World has exploded into such an unexpected hit: the Roloffs are nothing if not open with each other on air. Amy spent a bulk of her talk embracing the fact that she’s a dwarf and asking the audience to embrace the differences they have with one another, to “recognize that this is okay” and emphasizing: “You have to be willing to be vulnerable and expose yourself in order to give people a chance to overcome their issues [with diversity].” Amy also talked a whole lot about her kids — because, boy oh boy, is she proud of her sons and daughter. She even told a story about how Zach (or Zachary , as she most often referred to him as) would sometimes complain as a child about how Jeremy could do something and, due to his stature, he could not. But Amy wasn’t going to accept this as an excuse. “I told him ‘You need to come up with your own plan for handling that in that case. It may take you 15 times and Jeremy only one time to do something, but that’s okay.'” Zach has clearly taken this lesson to heart. He talks in similar fashion about his own son . This is the inscription Amy wrote in her book for my wife, who will be receiving it on August 2 for her birthday. Another lesson Amy tried to impart on her kids? Their own intrinstic value and self-worth. Take Molly, for instance. “I never told her she was beautiful when we put makeup on because I never wanted her to think she wasn’t pretty without it,” Amy said. She also described Molly as a “minimalist” who never really had any interest in being on the show — which was always just find with Amy. Amy didn’t shy away from her divorce, either. She didn’t get into some of the sordid details laid out in the memoir , but she did say the following: “Going through a divorce in the public eye… I was like, “I know I did stuff wrongm, but he did A LOT of stuff wrong.’ It took me awhile to be good with me and realize I still have something to offer and give.” What about Little People, Big World? Did Amy ever see this success coming? Heck no. “I didn’t want to do the show at first,” she admitted. “But sometimes you have to take that step outside your box. I was unsure and afraid and intimidated by how other people would respond to us.” She then confirmed that a new season of Little People, Big World is on the way . Roloff proceeded to touch on a number of topics that we’ll summarize below: – Jeremy and Audrey partly left the show because they “had a hard time” with how events on the series don’t air until six months after they occur, which is a bit weird in this age of keeping followers apprised on social media in real time. – Jacob left home at the age of 18 and it “broke my heart,” Amy said. But “I will always be here and will always love and support him.” – How did she feel when J acob blasted his family for being fake when he quit the show three years ago? She understood. “He was six years old when we started,” Amy explained. She then went on to tell a story of how she answered this question years ago when a reporter asked her about the accusation. “To Jacob, his family was a selfie,” she said in a pretty impressive metaphor. “You know, how you always make yourself look extra nice for a selfie, find the perfect angle and everything? He never got to see his family as anything except for this sort of selfie.” She added that Jacob “had to leave in order to come back,” if that makes sense, and that he’s a “fantastic uncle.” – Jacob and Isabel are not getting married on the family farm. But they will hold their wedding reception there. – She hopes Jeremy takes over the farm someday. – Audrey is due on Janauary 8. – She and Jeremy did NOT plan to have this baby! – Jeremy is hoping for a boy, but they also want to have more than two kids. – Tori is due right around Thanksgiving, but she hopes the baby arrives about a week early to separate her birthday from the holiday. – She doesn’t know if Tori and Zach have settled on a name, but “I’m not really a fan” of one of the options, she laughed. – And, lastly and perhaps most importantly, what are her kids’ favorite meals that she cooks? Spaghetti for Zachary; turkey enchillads for Jeremy; stir fried rice for Molly. “Jacob is a vegan now I think,” she joked. “So who the heck knows with him?” All in all, it was a great night with a great guest who sat and spoke with every single attendee who asked for a photo and an autograph. I was a big fan of Amy’s before. I am a huge fan now. 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Source: FayesVision/WENN.com / WENN Tyler Perry won the Ultimate Icon Award at last night’s BET Awards and the speech he gave was moving, powerful, and truly inspirational. Tyler has definitely taken his share of critcism over the years, sometimes rightfully so, but you can’t deny what this many has done for so many people in movie biz. Everyone from legendary actors like Cicely Tyson to production crews owe him a debt of gratitude. Press play and watch his acceptance speech. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”2039159″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Aoki Lee Simmons Stuns At Senior Prom [PHOTOS] 11 Stars Before And After Plastic Surgery Ayesha Curry Admits She Sends Steph “Hundreds” Of Sexy Photos To Keep Things Spicy Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Patcharanan Worrapatchareeroj / Getty According to NYDailyNews , the Dallas Independent School District has apologized to Emmett J. Conrad High School valedictorian Rooha Haghar for her principal cutting her microphone off when she mentioned Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice during her speech. Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. ( Terms and conditions ). “As a result, the principal made the decision to limit the student’s remarks,” the statement, released Monday, read. “In hindsight, we realize this decision may not have been reflective of the core values we teach our students, as we work to educate leaders of tomorrow. For that, we apologize.” From the video, it looks like her principal is Black, so that’s an even bigger shocker. my valedictorian speech was cut short because i said the names of black children who had become victims of police brutality. our principal signaled for my mic to be turned off as soon as i said “trayvon martin and tamir rice” and played it off as a technical difficulty. pathetic. pic.twitter.com/9upW3dZ7Mg — روحا (@ItsRoohaHaghar) June 3, 2019 Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit since this is getting more attention than i expected, here’s that section of my speech (for context) pic.twitter.com/4dsf865AZk — روحا (@ItsRoohaHaghar) June 3, 2019 [ione_media_gallery src=”https://rickeysmileymorningshow.com” id=”2001744″ overlay=”true”] ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : Maryland Rapper Killed In Shooting Usher Gets Big Ass Head Tattoo [PHOTOS] Sasha Obama Gets Glamed Up As She Goes To Prom [PHOTOS] Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Helen Sloan/HBO / HBO Emilia Clarke Studied Dictators For Game Of Thrones Finale Speech Well, this is… interesting. Tons of Game of Thrones fans were unhappy about how the hit HBO series ended last Sunday, but most can at least contend to there being some great MOMENTS throughout the episode. One of those moments being… Daenerys Targaryen’s tyrannical speech after conquering the now-six kingdoms. If you were watching, the Mother of Dragons probably sent chills through your body as she spoke in fictional languages to the Dothraki and Unsullied, insisting that her war was not over. Now, in an interview with Variety , actress Emilia Clarke reveals she studied Hitler and other dictators to get that terrifying speech just right. “In giving all these speeches in fake languages, I watched a lot of videos of — now it seems funny — dictators and powerful leaders speaking a different language to see if I could understand what they were saying without knowing the language,” she told the publication. “And you can! You absolutely can understand what Hitler’s f*cking saying, these single-focus orators speaking a foreign language,” she continued. Emilia was super nervous that she wouldn’t do a good job… “This speech meant so much to me. I was so worried that I was going to f*ck it up. I stayed up so late every night for like two months. I said it to my cooker, I said it to my fridge,” she went on. “I said it to all of Belfast out my window! Well, the window was closed because I didn’t want people to think I was actually barking mad.” Ultimately, she got it right on her first take. So, all that rehearsal definitely paid off. “Then the weirdest thing happened — I walked onset, didn’t need a rehearsal, and I got through the whole thing perfect on the first go. The rest of the day it was like Daenerys was just with me. That’s the only time I got through that speech without getting anything wrong, when it was on camera. If you had asked me to do it the next day, I’d already forgotten it,” she said. Relive one of her most memorable GoT moments here .
