Yesterday I was invited down to a taping of Moniques new talk show. I so happy to go and to see how a live taping is done. It was taped at Turner studios and the line was wrapped around the building! There were about a good 80 Red Hat Society ladies there too. It was so fun to talk to them. They came all the way from New Orleans. I’ve never seen any african american Red Hat ladies, so it was good to know that there is minorities in the group lol.

*You will notice in this post, I have no pics! I love taking pics but was not allowed to take any inside the studio,that sucked! lol

When we entered the studio it was pretty large. Ive never been to a set so large, so I was very impressed with the lay out. Her color scheme is gold and purple. 3 Chandeliers hung from above and they were very sexy looking. You would think that you were in her penthouse. She had a silk neutral colored sofa with throw pillows and a nice sitting chair for her. I loved the set design it was very sexy and chic. She had a lot of glass mirrored nick nacks on sofa tables that were hott. She has great style and I like when producers make the show fit your personality.

A guy then came out who was the warm up guy named Gerard and he was so funny. I was in the front row, so ofcourse he came over and picked with me then asked me to dance! Why did he do that? You know I love to boogy so I got up and he was like ok, Im going to need you to stand there for about 3 more minutes lmao. The crowd was like,Go Tami,Go Tami. That was fun for me lol.

In the same row was some hip hop moms. There was T-Pain,Neyo,J Holiday and Lil Wayne’s mom. The all looked so nice. I always talk to Neyo’s mom when Im out and she is not that much older than me lol. The guest on the show were announced and it was Actress/Comedian Kim Cole,Singer/Actor Mishon Ratcliff ,and Actor Columbus Short.

Then Monique came out and she has lost alot of weight! She wore a black dress, skinny black patent belt, and Black Christian Loubotin shoes. She had on a crystal gold n purple cuff bracelet too, to accent. I was in front row, so I saw all the lil details, loved it!

She was in good spirits and quickly noticed the Red Hat ladies taking up rows and rows of seats. She invited a few on stage and talked about how her grandma had passed and how she missed her. She spoke of the spirit moving her and that it was ok to cry and shout. The red hat ladies consoled her on stage. She did a lil dance with them and the show started.

First up was Kim Cole, who has a new game show on B.E.T. called, Pay it Off. The show airs on fridays at 10pm. She was funny and her and Kim joked around and talked about loving ones self.

Columbus Short came on next and he looked hott! He talked about his new movie, Armored coming out December 4th.

Last was actor/singer Mishon Ratcliff. He was known as Tay on Lincoln Heights but now has a new single out called, Excuse Me Momma. After the interview he performed, and he can dance too. Thats very rare to be able to dance, sing and act, another triple threat you guys, geesh!

So all in all, I had a great time and cant wait to go back. The band was also great and Monique’s side kick Rodney Perry. He is funny on her show but really didnt do much. Ive interviewed Rodney before and he has a great stand up act, I think she should do more with him. I liked her band too they played alot of old school songs. I quickly noticed Lil Jon was the drummer. Remember him,thats Jill Scott’s baby daddy lol.

I was reading online and noticed people commenting that she yells alot on the show.When I was sitting there, I did notice she was screaming but I was sitting right in the front row, we could barely hear her. They need to fix that stat. Good luck Monique, I hope you do well with your show.One day I will have my show airing on a major network soon!

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Senator Kasim Reed, Chilli and Will Packer

I’m always going somewhere fun & fabulous and tonite was just that! The beautiful Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas honored her former classmate, Mayoral candidate Senator Kasim Reed. This black tie, red carpet affair was held at Entertainment Attorney, Charles Mathis’s estate in Atlanta. The event was called,”A celebration of new direction“. Everyone looked Pinktabulous in their gowns and tuxedos!

As I looked down the red carpet, I saw singers Christal and QParker,the group 3D,actresses Erica Hubbard and Nicki Micheaux from Lincoln Heights,FilmMaker Will Packer,and Boxer Floyd Mayweather. I got a chance to talk to alot of the celebs but was very inquisitive to talk with Floyd Mayweather. I’ve never met him before and heard he was a hoot! I asked him why he was in town because I know he lives in Las Vegas. He quickly told me,” because of Chilli”, “we went out a couple of times and I know her family too”.”I flew in town just to see her” as he smiled at me, his eyes lit up! Hmm?

As the nite went on, I did notice Floyd all up in Chilli’s ear whispering sweet nothings…as she grinned! What was that about, Okay? They would make a cute couple because both of them are petite and he seems like a cool cat! His pockets arent that bad either…shut up!

I asked Chilli what was her reality show, The Chilli Project going to be about and she said it wasn’t going to be a typical reality show. She will focus on her issues id dating and why she is so picky. She told me women shouldn’t settle and that they deserve more! She said she is holding out for the right guy lol. She further went on to say, it’s going to be very well put together, no hollering, yelling and looking a hot mess on tv! I hope so because The Atlanta Housewives are giving me an ulcer with their show, smh! We will see Chilli, I’m rooting for you!

Chilli looked amazing in her skintight black dress! Her shoes were to die for and if Im not mistaken they were YSL. Her makeup and hair was gorgeous,she looked very classy! It was alot of men there with no dates in tuxedos too, I was in heaven! Nothing like a well dressed man in a suit and dont have nice teeth… chile bye! You would have thought that,Chilli would have met somebody at the party. It was some very influential men in the room with 401 k’s and dental insurance lmao!

Later in the evening QParker and Christal sang a duet. Chilli then awarded her former high school classmate, Senator Kasim Reed with a plaque to say job well done! Will Packer said a brief speech and then Senator Kasim took the mic. He talked about how are children need great role models and how young kids need guidance. He made alot of sense because so many of our youth are out here just lost. I pray we come together as a community and get these kids back on track!

The evening was so fun mixing and mingling with everyone and I had a ball hanging out with Floyd Mayweather! He took my camera and started taking pics of me and my girlfriends Tish and Monica. Floyd was getting his photography on, so he gets a shout out for that and photo credits lol. Thanks Floyd I felt special lol.
Thanks to Christal Jordan of Enchanted Pr for the personal invite, I had a wonderful time! Check out Video clip of me interviewing Floyd about dating Chilli!

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