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Welcome back to THEBLERDGURL podcast! I always wanted to make THEBLERDGURL LIVE show available in podcast form, but I kind of got overwhelmed by how popular it became and the craziness of 2020 in general. But for those of you still subscribed, or those of you who are new to the podcast I’m reposting past episodes in there entirety along with a few other interviews that are unreleased. This episode is with the amazingly talented Orlando Jones. Now, the last time Orlando Jones was on the podcast was actually at the end of 2019, when he gave me the scoop about why he was fired from STARZ American Gods franchise in his own words. A lot has happened since then, but I was lucky enough to have him on THEBLERDGURL LIVE as my second guest. This interview was originally recorded back in June of 2020 smack dab in the middle of the pandemic. We were all still reeling from the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmad Arberry and from the protests that followed. Not to mention the COVID-19 lockdown. We talked about how he’s explaining what’s been going on to his little girls, why he’d be down to reboot Evolution and how he balances his acting with his activism and of course, how he keeps a dragon in his basement. Because dragons. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN ON YOUR FAVORITE PODCATCHER If you enjoy this episode please subscribe and leave a comment over on iTunes for me if you can, it really helps me out. Or, screenshot your podcatcher and tag theblerdgurl over on IG stories with what you liked about it! Show Notes Watch the video of this episodeListen to Orlando’s last visit to the podcast Transcript Email Download New Tab 45_ORlando Jones ' visit to TBGL 070220[00:00:00] Karama: [00:00:00] Hey, everyone. Welcome to THEBLERDGURL podcast. I'm Karama Horne aka theblerdgurl Now 2020 was a right Royal mess. And there's a lot of things that should just stay there. But one thing that I was able to start that I was really happy about was THEBLERDGURL live show on Twitch on the OS operating system channel.[00:00:20] Well, I always wanted to make the post available in podcast form, but I kind of got overwhelmed by how popular. it got Now I'm finally getting around to reposting those episodes here in podcast form. For for those of you who might have missed them. And this interview is with the amazingly talented Orlando Jones.[00:00:42] Now, the last time he was on the podcast was actually at the end of 2019. When he gave me the scoop about why he was fired from STARZ American gods franchise in his own words. Now a lot has happened since then, but I was lucky enough to have him on the live show as my second guest. So this interview was [00:01:00] originally recorded back in June of 2020 smack dab in the middle of the pandemic.[00:01:04] And we were all still reeling from everything, from the protests to what we were seeing every day, play out over and over again, the violence on screen. And we talk about that. You can watch the entire video version up on YouTube, which I will link in the show notes. We talked about how he's explaining what's been going on to his little girls, how he balances his acting with his activism.[00:01:29] And of course, how he keeps a dragon in his basement. Don't we all. So after I pay some bills, check out my interview with actor writer, producer, and activist, Orlando Jones. Hey everyone. It's Karama here. I just want to thank you for listening to THEBLERDGURL podcast and for your continuing support. And I wanted to let you know that I now have a PATREON That's right. If you are interested in supporting THEBLERDGURL podcast or THEBLERDGURL LIVE show on Twitch or any of the other [00:02:00] content that I bring you on a regular basis, you can now go to patreon.com/theblerdgurland support. Now I use those funds only for theblerdgurl projects, buying gear, paying for software subscriptions, and hopefully.[00:02:13] hiring a team I a team with your help, I can do all that. So please support the show at patreon.com/theblerdgurl[00:02:27] Orlando: [00:02:27] But what we ain't going to do though, is we ain't go accept these ridiculous terms that you're talking about, where we know we second class citizens. Now we supposed to shut up, be quiet and be thankful for second classes.[00:02:48] Karama: [00:02:48] What's up everybody. Thank you for joining me tonight. Of the blurred girl live. My name is Kara horn, AKA blurred girl. And I hope you all have had an amazing week and [00:03:00] that you learned something from my very first guest, April, April rain all week. Folks were asking me about how to work for her when I promise her company has not started yet, I will let you know when it does, but tonight's guest is going to really.[00:03:14] Drive some knowledge and keep you entertained. I have been smiling like this for the past half hour. Hanging out with him. I am super excited to invite to the show. Actor writer, producer, director, activist, and troll assess. Orlando Jones. Welcome Orlando doing[00:03:42] so I gotta, I gotta ask just off the top. How are you? How's the family. How are you holding up in COVID and all the crazy[00:03:53] Orlando: [00:03:53] that's good. I just, you know, my girls are amazing, so that's always fun. And, uh, you know, I, I love [00:04:00] the fact that I get to, you know, spend. Gobs of time with my daughter. So I got no complaints about that, frankly, my life hasn't changed a lot because I'll never go away anyway, as you can see, I'm sitting, uh, in, in the dungeon.[00:04:13] Yeah.[00:04:21] So sorry guys.[00:04:25] Karama: [00:04:25] Obsidian.[00:04:27] Orlando: [00:04:27] Yeah, he think he blends[00:04:31] Karama: [00:04:31] south of Westeros. Where is he[00:04:34] Orlando: [00:04:34] is way south we down, uh, in the, uh, North Carolina region. He has out around here and, uh, and the Cape fear area and, you know, You know, he got cakes, you know what I'm saying? And he gives fear and a lot of people think his name for the river, but it's not his name for the city because Jackson.[00:04:54] Yeah. Because you know, he has a Cape and he brings fear because he's been eating cows and, you know, [00:05:00] just he'll go through here and grab, you know, dolphins, whales, just to just shrimp, like just having a party, like he had red lobster one Sunday. Yeah. It's, you know, it's ridiculous.[00:05:10] Karama: [00:05:10] Well, I hope you're safe.[00:05:11] Cause I don't want this to turn into leg horror film in the middle of the live show.[00:05:18] Orlando: [00:05:18] We have a, you know, alpha type of relationship, you know what I mean? Um, alpha run. If he blow his breath on me and that's pretty much the way it works.[00:05:29] Karama: [00:05:29] So listen, what are you, what are you relaxing with now? What are you watching besides your dragon?[00:05:34] What are you kicking out over? Are you watching shows with the girls?[00:05:38] Orlando: [00:05:38] You know, we, they are funny, um, to watch some of the same things over and over again. So we have enjoyed Peabody Sherman, which we love both the show. And of course the movie and, uh, uh, so where a girl is, is the giant [00:06:00] on, uh, we had a strong Phineas and Ferb thing going on.[00:06:05] Yeah, we, we rock that. We've now moved. We went through spirit like a brush fire. It was amazing just watching that horse run and watching chicken, Linda, and, uh, all those wonderful characters. Um, uh, we have princess and frog got way recently. Uh, and then we, uh, did a swing back to the aristocrat. Uh, which was interesting.[00:06:29] And the old 76 animated Robin hood, uh, was a big hood. Now. They hate all of that. Everything I just mentioned is horrible. Uh, my youngest one wants Papa troll and, uh, baby Yoda mandolin. So respect. That's a three-year-old by the way, she requests Mandalorian. She's three years old. It's amazing. Yeah,[00:06:56] Karama: [00:06:56] I was.[00:06:56] She's also your child. So[00:06:57] Orlando: [00:06:57] there's that I'm not mad at [00:07:00] her. I was like, you know, you right you, right. I ain't, I can't say nothing. Magda bought man Dubai in Magda, Florian.[00:07:13] Completely that it didn't just happen immediately. Like told you man servant, I'm a man servant. That's how it works. Um, and I think my oldest actually likes the cooking show. Um, that make the desserts and she loves that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So sugar, candy, sugar rush. We've been watching that. Um, of course we went through the land of sugar on record Ralph, um, and, uh, We, uh, we, we do a lot, we do a lot, uh, with those crew and then we have a documentary, uh, you know, films that we'll check out occasionally, particularly those telling stories of, you know, the different lives of different, you know, indigenous children, just children around the world, just to get a clear sense of what their privilege [00:08:00] is up close and personal, rather than, you know, saying the word, just seeing what it's like to have to walk, you know, seven, eight miles to get to school.[00:08:11] And just what that process is.[00:08:14] Karama: [00:08:14] In the, in the past few weeks, so many people have been, uh, speaking of privilege, there's been so much discussion about teaching people about their privilege. One of the things I was telling April when she came to visit was okay, we're going to, for the next hour, you do not have to explain racism to white people.[00:08:36] It's been really interesting. Um, you just gotta ask, you have been an, you know, an activist and an entertainer and. So you, you walk those paths simultaneously, but now everybody is a behind a keyboard and being a social media activist and stuff. What do you, what do you think of this newfound? Not at not newfound black lives matter.[00:08:59] Cause this has [00:09:00] been a word that's been around for awhile, but this newfound interest in what we folks have been doing and saying all this time,[00:09:09] Orlando: [00:09:09] I mean, I guess good. Uh, There's just a huge difference between social activism and actual activism. So I think it's imperative that there would be a plan and a clear focus.[00:09:23] And I think that simply means. Go to your city council meeting, get involved in your children's school. Look at what the curriculum is. Look at what they're actually teaching in those institutions of higher learning and lower learning, like actually get involved, um, is one way to do it. And then secondly, I think it's to recognize you're dealing with the community that has suffered a great deal of trouble.[00:09:47] And hasn't had anyone treat them as trauma victims. They've just been treated as criminal. So if we simply applied, you know, the care that is required to the disenfranchised communities, and while at the same time, [00:10:00] helping those gifted kids get where they belong. Um, and that means that when you recognize this aptitude in fourth and fifth and sixth grade math, which is when you would recognize the aptitude of a coder, um, that you now help that child get the 10,000 hours of math and the access and resources that that child needs to become a million dollar code or so.[00:10:22] Focusing in both of those areas and our immediate communities, I believe is a sure-fire way to make a change because you've changed that life for real, you help that kid get where he or she needed to go. And at the same token, you help this kid get where they needed to go by helping them through their trauma.[00:10:39] So I think in doing so you empower real authentic change, um, by, uh, uh, by helping helping someone. And I think that's activism, I think. Great to tweet about and great to post about what pissed you off today, but, um, actually empowering another life is true.[00:10:59] Karama: [00:10:59] No, I [00:11:00] completely agree. Although I do have to say that I am thoroughly entertained by your Twitter page.[00:11:09] And, um, so many of us, yes. I feel like you show more of your activism on, um, although I've seen it on Twitter too, but I feel like you show more of your activism on Instagram, but all of your personal personalities on Twitter, like troll Lando. And Olivia, wait, let's, let's roll down the list of some of your, uh, your lovely personas on Twitter.[00:11:38] Orlando: [00:11:38] So the fun of Twitter to me is that it's, um, it's a bit of a scream Fest, uh, in many ways, little bit of a scream Fest. Um, and everybody likes to scream with certain. And I like to scream something that you will never know what's going to come. That's the way I [00:12:00] prefer it because it's more entertaining for me.[00:12:02] So sometimes I'm talking as trow, Lando. TRO Lando is a as a troll. He is there to troll. If you get in your feelings, it is just more entertaining to him because he tells you upfront that he was a trolley full disclosure. Yourself. If you, I used to get mad at a troll, well, then you deserve everything that's coming.[00:12:26] Right. And that's through Orlando. Now I was raised by, you know, a collection of very, very strong black. There was not a weak one in the bunch. And because of that, they had no problem telling you what it was, what it was going to be, what it wasn't going to be, what you was and what you wasn't going to do and what you bet not do.[00:12:51] That was all laid out very clearly. What they was fixing to do or what they was fin to do, [00:13:00] they was fixing to do it. Then they was going to do a whole bunch of other stuff before they did it. But if they was spending whoop your ass, it was imminent. It was moments away from that ass whooping comment. So.[00:13:12] Alandra is my inner black woman. And she is, oh, Landro. And Alandra is here to tell you what it is going to be, what it ain't going to be, what it looked like and what it don't look like at all. What's the Napa. See? So Alandra don't want to hear that. Um, Olivia is high inner white girl. She got a lot going on and you know, she's, she doesn't understand, I past it all.[00:13:48] And she's just, you know,[00:13:54] because reasons because of reasons, you know? Yeah. So that's [00:14:00] Olivia and she's always in her feelings. It doesn't matter what you say. Yeah.[00:14:09] And then there's, um, Sapphire, but his stage name is Dawn. So, so Sapphire is a, is a, is a drag queen. And, uh, he performs at a last school Lita, uh, right across from port authority in New York city. That's what came from that's his state. Okay,[00:14:27] Karama: [00:14:27] I'm done. I'm mad that he's on 42nd and eighth. I'm mad. That's right.[00:14:32] Orlando: [00:14:32] That's exactly where he is. He said, first of all, he's real winded in like these bougie drag frees. Okay. That's the bottle of whiskey on the table and a real show going down. How dare you talk about stuff. His real name is doin. So sometimes the one, sometimes Sapphire whose real name is doin, you know, it just has to let you know what time it is.[00:14:59] And [00:15:00] then sometimes it's Orlando, it's Orlando Jones, occasionally it's Atlanta Jones. And then occasionally, you know, it might be Mr. Nancy sometimes just for. Or a dig McCaffrey from say it is. And so I dragged him up a lot just cause he's a, he's a paraplegic cocaine addict. Uh, I just liked the idea of talking to somebody like a paraplegic cocaine addict, um, and Dick McCaffrey doesn't care.[00:15:26] And, um, and that's it. Those are, those are my goals. Those are my go-to is if I'm being honest, um, and those are my Twitter voices and I, I enjoy…
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