*Months after the end of their popular Showtime series, The Kid Mero is revealing the reason for his split with his former partner Desus Nice.
According to the media fixture, the parting came amid Mero (born Joel Martinez) realizing that he and Desus (born Daniel Baker) were in “two different places” in life, HotNewHipHop noted. For Mero, it was a matter of putting his family and ways to support them first.
“I’ma keep it a buck. At first, I was upset. It’s the business. There are no friends in the business. I got four kids and two mortgages, you know what I’m saying? You know where I live, Joe, the taxes are cr*zy. I got real-life situations going on,” the patriarch explained recently on the “7PM In Brooklyn” podcast with co-hosts Carmelo Anthony and Joe Budden.
Although he was with taking advantage of certified money-making opportunities with sports-betting companies like Draft Kings, NJ.com mentioned Nice’s response, which was the opposite.
So I’m like, ‘Yo, if we get an offer from Draft Kings for 1.5 before they got logos on the NBA court.’, d And you’re like, ‘Nah, bro, this ain’t it.’” he said.
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“And I’m like, ‘Nah, fam, I’m gambling illegally right now. This s**t is legal in Jersey. I just moved here, trying not to fail on it. This is going places, bro. We need to do this’ And they’re like, ‘Nah’? I’m like, ‘F**k outta here!’ That’s the beginning of like, ‘Alright, this s**t is corroded.’”
Mero’s admission comes after a history-making stint with Desus Nice. The pair were known for their Dess vs. Mero podcast as well as their stint on the NTV2 reality series Guy Code and hosting Showtimes’ first late-night show “Desus & Mero.” During its heyday, Mero and Nice populated the show with interviews with various newsmakers, including Denzel Washington, Sen. Cory Booker Missy Elliott, Dave Grohl, President Joe Biden, David Letterman, former President Barack Obama, Derek Jeter, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. On, June 23, 2022, “Desus & Mero” came to an end with its last episode after three years after premiering on Feb. 19, 2019.
“So the situation was, we were in two different places in life, right?” Mero continued. “I was very much so aiming for ownership. Being a production company, owning your IP, because that’s life or death in media. If you own your s**t, you’re good. If you know that, you go into it with a certain approach, you know what I mean? I need longevity, I need ownership. We’ve developed this s**t out the mud, so this is us, we’re owners. We’re not selling this to anybody, the key word here is licensing. I’ll license this s**t to you for a term, you know, two years, or one and one. But selling your IP, bro, selling your name? It seems like they’re preparing Desus for Hollywood. Like, that next level. I heard that, and I was just like, ‘Bro, you know what’s cr*zy? No!’
As the interview continued, Mero confessed that talks at one point were had regarding a career in film for he and Nice.
“The next level of Hollywood was the three of us -– Desus, Victor, myself -– sitting down with Judd Apatow, and saying, ‘Yo, we’re going to do a movie,'” Mero stated towards the end of the chat. “The movie gets written, and Desus is like, ‘I ain’t really feeling this s**t.’ When I know, in the business mind, when you do a movie with this guy, you’re not just doing a movie with this guy. This dude is like a kingmaker in the film industry. If you get in there and you make a banger with him, you’re solidified. That’s what makes you get up to the next level. A conversation happened a couple of times, and it was just very like, ‘Alright, no doubt.’ From business.”
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