.Demi remembers Kobe Bryant and discusses the social/news media sh-- show on the day he died, reviews the Grammy Awards, digs into the uproar over Oprah's latest book club selection, offers a first "peek" at the documentary about Russell Simmons's alleged rapes, and wonders why Terry Crews decided to be such a trash human. 
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Demetria L. Lucas, cultural critic and author of A Belle in Brooklyn and Don't Waste Your Pretty, muses on pop culture shenanigans, dating and relationships, and everything worth watching on any size screen. #ratchetandrespectable
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Demi’s week 3 of insomnia; Brittney Griner sits down with The Robin; Nelly and Ashanti are engaged!! And pregnant!!!; Beyoncé releases the tresses; Brian McKnight continues to be a trash father; Jill Scott gives a damn when it isn’t her turn; Chris Brown vs Quavo explained, with dramatic readings.

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Agent of Chaos

Demi had kid FOMO (for a day); The Time 100 is a quarter Black; Michelle Obama thinks people won’t recognize her; Wendy Williams’s ex-husband thinks people care; Simone Biles is hurt that folks don’t like her husband; STFU remains free.

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Cut the Check

Demi acclimates to Cape Town; the WNBA doesn’t pay sh—; the Caitlin Clark conundrum;  Charles and Gayle’s CNN show is cancelled; Diddy returns to socials; Jerrod Carmichael defends “slave play” on The Breakfast Club; 

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Only Fans

OJ Simpson dies; Bridgerton returns; More ‘Men of the Moment’; Nekkid Ursher cannot stop talking about Chilli; J. Cole behaves like a grown man.

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Good Sense

Demi relocates to Cape Town; Beyonce breaks a bunch of records with Cowboy Carter; Missy Elliott announces her first headlining tour; Damson Idris covers Essence’s “Man of the Moment” issue; Don Lemon takes a husband; Coach Staley breaks the Internet; Jonathan Majors is sentenced; Aoki  Lee Simmons pulls a Lori Harvey?

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