[EXCLUSIVE] Charlamagne Tha God On: The Breakfast Club, New TV Show + What He Misses Most About Wendy Williams

Charlamagne: She told me that you are either going to be of the people or of the industry. She was like, “when you are of the people, you are going to continue to give the honest opinions of the people because the people are your first priority. The way we talk in the barbershop, the beauty salon, or on social media: you always express that through your platform whether it is radio or television. When you are of the industry, you are not going to really tell the honest opinions of the people because you are going to be worried about getting invited to album release parties or signing parties. Whatever it is, you going to care about being in the good graces of the artists and you will care if the artists come to your shows”. The other thing she said was that if you are worried about artists coming to your shows, then you don’t really have a show because if artists are what make your show, you don’t have a show. It is the Wendy Williams Show, it is the Howard Stern Show, and it is the Breakfast Club Show. We are the ones that are on the radio every day that you all have to tune into to listen to. The Jay-Z’s and the Kanye’s don’t come to your show everyday. They come once every two years. If you really are relying on guests making your show, you don’t really have a show. Those are the two greatest pieces of advice she gave me.

On if he misses his relationship with Wendy Williams: 

Charlamagne: Yes, absolutely because you always want that mentorship, especially now because it is like, who do you talk to about certain things? Of course the best person to talk to would be somebody that has been in that position, who has been there but she gave me everything I needed for those three years. People come into your life for reasons, seasons, and lifetimes. Everything I learned in those three years, I still have them with me now. She did her job. That is Wendy though. Anybody that has ever worked for Wendy or knows Wendy – that’s how Wendy is. Wendy will give you the opportunity. You either make the most of the opportunity or you don’t. I’m one that made the most of the opportunity. I do nothing but solute that women.

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[Editor’s Note. We ask celebs random questions, that aren’t too important for the interview, but entertaining nonetheless. Here are a few of our favorite from Charlamagne.]