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It's only been a month since comedian Jess Hilarious announced she was to be the new host Breakfast Club with Charlamagne The God and DJ Envy, and drama between Jess and the hosts has already ensued. Note: Charlamagne disputed the claim that she was chosen as a permanent host, but we'll get to that in a second.
On Tuesday (January 23), Jess shared a post from The Shade Room which featured Envy and Charlamagne elevating singer SZA to the level of Mary J. Blige. Jess was having none of it.
“This trash N-ggas,” the Wild 'N Out the comedian wrote. “Jealous shut up! I know artists get upset when old heads do this bc. now everyone is negatively comparing SZA to MJB and it's not even her fault! It already has its own identity.”
It's arguable that Hilarious isn't wrong here. Calling SZA the new Mary basically opens the door for the trolls and die-hard MBJ fans to come out and make the “Kill Bill” singer go wild when she was just doing her own thing and being great.
However, it's also arguable that Jess was being a little harsh when she called Charlamagne and Envy “trash” just to make the comparison. Perhaps her hostility towards the two Breakfast Club the hosts have something to do with what happened with her joining the team.
From Hip Hop DX:
At the end of December, the former Wild N'Out star announced that she would be replacing Angela Yee on Breakfast Club after more than a year of the morning show being just a two-man operation.
“It's official,” she said during an event in her hometown. “I will give hell for my city. Specifically, West Baltimore.”
However, those plans seem to have fallen through.
Just last week, Charlamagne Tha God said he was “not happy” about the confusion surrounding the showwhich has since been left without a third host Yee left in December 2022 to join her own syndicated program.
Breakfast Club has had several rotating guest hosts, including Claudia Jordan, Jess Hilarious, Jason Lee and Loren LoRosa over the past year and a half, but has yet to announce a permanent replacement.
When asked by TMZ of the situation, CTG said: “I would love to know. I just came from downstairs. It was just me and Envy doing the show again.
“Everyone saw us rotating guest hosts last year and we said we'd start 2024 with a new host and that hasn't happened yet.”
He added: “I'm done with the guest rotation.
Well, now that Jess Hilarious has set fire to the show's only two current hosts, there's a chance she'll ever Breakfast Club host—if it's something he wants anymore—they've probably gone from minute to zero.
So what do you think? Is Jess right about comparing SZA to Mary, or did Envy and The God have a fair point? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
