Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy are formally addressing Angela Yee’s feedback claiming she labored because the “only woman” on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club. Yee opened up about her expertise after she just lately made her exit from the present in December, forsaking her fellow co-hosts.
Angela Yee Opens Up On The Tamron Hall Show
The 47-year-old now has her personal radio present, Way Up With Angela Yee. But stopped by the Tamron Hall Show to mirror on her 12 years at The Breakfast Club and her determination to depart.
Hall expressed to Yee that though The Breakfast Club was “disruptive” within the group’s opinions, it felt just like the world was all the time “riding,” or very hypercritical of Yee compared to her male co-hosts.
Yeah, and you understand, I used to be the one girl who labored there too — when it got here to producers, digital camera individuals, and it wasn’t a straightforward room for me to be in… So I really feel like I did want extra backup, as a result of even issues that I felt as a lady — you understand if someone can’t perceive your viewpoint, as a result of they’re not coming from the place you come from. And in order that was exhausting for me too, to be the one girl there with no one to examine someone. It’s simply me. And there have been instances I did do this behind the scenes as a result of we must always have the ability to do this… I’m not all the time going to agree…
Yee continued by reiterating that the expertise, nevertheless, was exhausting as a result of there can be nobody there to again up her opinions.
DJ Envy & More Celebrities Respond To Angela Yee’s Comments
Yee’s former cohost DJ Envy was fast to reply to her feedback within the TSR remark part, calling her expertise merely “not true.”
Rapper Lil Mama, a frequent visitor on the radio present, additionally blasted Yee’s expertise.
Model Erica Mena additionally hopped into TSR’s remark part and blasted Yee for being complicit whereas DJ Envy cheated on his spouse together with her. Mena additionally accused Yee of talking sick about her youngster whereas on air.
DJ Envy Addresses Angela Yee’s Comment
A day after Angela Yee’s Tamron Hall Show look aired, DJ Envy additional defined his response to Yee’s feedback to The Michigan Chronicle, admitting that he believes “she misspoke.”
I imply she was — it was her, Charlamagne, and myself so she was the one girl on air. But behind the scenes there have been so many alternative — I imply, our boss, the precise one who pays our payments… is Thea Mitchem. There’s a bunch of ladies there, I feel she misspoke… But there’s quite a lot of ladies who work on that present.
Envy went on to clarify that he’s nonetheless extraordinarily comfortable for Yee now having her personal radio present, and believes that her feedback might have simply been taken out of context by social media.
Angela Yee Clarifies Her Original Comments
Angela Yee took to Twitter on Saturday to additional make clear her authentic feedback on the Tamron Hall Show. Yee defined who she was referring to when she mentioned she was the one girl “in the room” and did acknowledge that there are girl executives, interns, and so forth., who work on the radio present as properly.
Usually I don’t remark or commute with individuals however there’s an excessive amount of spinning. “In the room” referred to the individuals within the studio: the producer, board op, videographer and hosts. Yes they’re males. That doesn’t imply that there aren’t superb ladies who’re execs, salespeople, interns, and in different departments. I’ve mentioned this on many events: that it may be exhausting when your viewpoint is totally different based mostly in your expertise. I didn’t anticipate that this could trigger such a firestorm. Everyone texting me “are you ok” (which I admire!) and I do know I don’t usually take the time to overexplain as a result of it drags issues out much more however that’s all.
The Breakfast Club Responds To Angela Yee
Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy formally responded to Angela Yee’s feedback Monday morning on The Breakfast Club.
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DJ Envy yelled, then went on.
I’ll say this, what she mentioned wasn’t true. I can’t inform her how she will really feel about being on the present — trigger on the present, she’s right. it’s me Charlamagne and herself so she was the one girl within the room. But when it got here to producers there’s so many alternative ladies that labored up right here, that proceed to work up right here…
DJ Envy revealed that he spoke to Yee on the telephone and defined to her that her feedback had been taken out of context. Additionally, Envy claimed he would by no means need to diminish ladies’s contributions to the radio present.
Charlamagne responded by saying he had “nothing” so as to add to the matter.