On Thursday, March 22, the hosts of “The Real” discuss if children’s birthday parties can be “friends only,” or does the whole class need to be invited? The ladies reveal their least athletic injuries and a college student gets some real Hotline Bling!
Later, actor Jason George stops by to talk about his new show, Station 19, the Grey’s Anatomy spinoff, which premieres tonight. He also shares a story about being called a racist name by a classmate as a child, later becoming friends with that person and having that friend reach out after seeing him discuss the incident on CNN.
A College Student Gets Some Real Hotline Bling!
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Jason George: Love Drives Out Hate
Jason George: Love Drives Out Hate
Jason George: The short version of the story is: You know, elementary school, playing football – in elementary school, I was one of the biggest kids, and I tackled this kid and he was one of the smaller kids. And I hurt him, embarrassed him, so he wanted to hurt and embarrass me back, so he used The Word.
Tamera Mowry-Housley. Mm-hm.
Loni Love: I got you.
Jason: And uh, I kind of blacked out – and this is a real thing, this is a real thing, and it honestly scared the hell out of me, because it had never happened before, it’s never happened to me since, I blacked out, when I realized what was going on, my hands were around his neck. I was choking the dude out. And everybody else was freaking out. And it freaked me out because… no word should have that kind of control over me.
Loni: Let ‘em know.
Jason: Right?
Loni: Yep.
Jason: And the other part was of course it scared the hell out of him. So me and him for year, looking at each other sideways. Cause we’re in the same school, you know, and you track all the way through to high school. But we ended up being in a lot of the same classes. Ended up being in a lot of the same extracurricular things, and that sort of thing.
Loni: Right.
Jason: And at the end of the day, he’s a smart kid, he’s a kid who fought for stuff. I’d be fighting for this thing and next thing I know, he’s the one backing up the idea, or he’d be fighting for something, and I’d have to back up his – I’d be mad, because I’d be like, “That’s a good idea, so I gotta go with it.”
Adrienne Houghton: With that face and everything!
Jason: But we’d be looking at each other sideways – and to this day he’s one of my best friends. Literally.
[The Real audience applauds]
Adrienne: Wow.
Jason: He saw that CNN piece.
Jeannie Mai: No way.
Jason: He saw that CNN piece, and he shot – I’m sitting in makeup on the new show – Station 19, gotta check it out – but I’m sitting in makeup and I get a text from my boy, and I’m like, “Oh, what’s up?” and it’s the picture from the CNN thing and he’s written this whole thing about how it hurts his heart that he has to remember that he was that kid.
All: Wow.
Loni: And that he hurt you.
Jason: And how much it wrecked him. And he’s like, “Cause that’s not me.” And it just reinforces to me the idea, you know the King quote, “Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”
Jeannie: Yes.
Loni: Right.
Jason: At the end of the day, here’s the thing: We talk about racism and prejudice as if it’s like – there’s a hard line, you know? It’s a spectrum, y’all. You know? It’s a spectrum, it’s not a hard line. You can bring anybody back from that thing, cause especially a young kid – he just wanted to hurt me. You know, if he could have thrown a stick at my head, he’d have done that instead. You know, so it’s a thing where education and love and exposure is the way to bring people together more than anything else.
[The Real audience applauds]
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Led by bold, diverse and outspoken Emmy® nominated hosts, Adrienne Houghton, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Tamera Mowry-Housley all frankly say what women are actually thinking. THE REAL is a live daily, one-hour NAACP Image Award winning and Emmy nominated talk show on Fox Television Stations and in national syndication (check local listings), with a rebroadcast on cable network BET Her. The hosts’ unique perspectives are brought to life through candid conversations about their personal lives, current events, beauty, fashion and relationships (nothing is off limits). Unlike other talk shows, THE REAL hosts are admittedly a “work in progress,” and fearlessly invite viewers to reflect on their own lives and opinions. Fresh points of view, youthful energy and passion have made THE REAL a platform for multicultural women. Produced by Telepictures Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, The Real is led by Executive Producer, Rachel Miskowiec (Good Morning America, Katie, The Tyra Banks Show, Judge Hatchett, The Ricki Lake Show) and shot in Los Angeles, California.
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