Angela Yee Addresses "The Breakfast Club" Comments On Her Radio Show

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After taking to Twitter to quell some of the initial backfire, the radio host expanded on her response on her show "Way Up."

Angela Yee recently addressed comments she made about The Breakfast Club on her radio show Way Up. While she already responded to the backlash on Twitter, she further elaborated about them on air. Moreover, she said that she didn't expect so many to come down her throat, as she didn't mean to insinuate that no other women worked on the larger show. Instead, she was making a point on how she's the only woman host on air. In fact, she said she's made similar comments about not being able to talk to men for hours after they wrap up, but this one particularly got people fired up.

"Never blew up like this before, I guess?" she explained, adding on to her previous response. "Maybe it was the way that I said it, I'm not sure. I guess people were interpreting it to mean that I meant that there were no women working on the show, and that was not my intention. 'Cause that's simply not true. I was talking about in that studio, in that room. Even Sydney will tell you I'd walk out that room and be like, 'I can't be in here for now.'

Angela Yee Speaks Further On The Breakfast Club Comments On Her Radio Show

"And I would even say when I leave the show, I don't even wanna talk to any guys," Yee continued. "That's why I had Lip Service with all women, because I was like 'Ugh, I can't talk to any guys for, like, two hours.' I feel like I've said that on many interviews, but somehow this turned into a lot more. I was definitely surprised." Furthermore, her surprise came at the immediate clapback from people online, such as former Breakfast Club co-host DJ Envy.

“I mean, it was her, Charlamagne and myself, so she was the only woman on air," Envy stated. "But behind the scenes, it was so many different- I mean, our boss, the actual person that pays our bills and pays our checks and hires us is Thea Mitchem who’s a woman. I think she misspoke, I think the words were taken out of I guess technicality. I’m sure she would clean it up, but there’s a lot of women who work on that show.” Regardless of your take, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest on Angela Yee.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a music and pop culture news writer for HotNewHipHop. He started in 2022 as a weekend writer and, since joining the team full-time, has developed a strong knowledge in hip-hop news and releases. Whether it’s regular coverage or occasional interviews and album reviews, he continues to search for the most relevant news for his audience and find the best new releases in the genre. What excites him the most is finding pop culture stories of interest, as well as a deeper passion for the art form of hip-hop and its contemporary output. Specifically, Gabriel enjoys the fringes of rap music: the experimental, boundary-pushing, and raw alternatives to the mainstream sound. As a proud native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, he also stays up-to-date with the archipelago’s local scene and its biggest musical exponents in reggaetón, salsa, indie, and beyond. Before working at HotNewHipHop, Gabriel produced multiple short documentaries, artist interviews, venue spotlights, and audio podcasts on a variety of genres and musical figures. Hardcore punk and Go-go music defined much of his coverage during his time at the George Washington University in D.C. His favorite hip-hop artists working today are Tyler, The Creator, Boldy James, JPEGMAFIA, and Earl Sweatshirt.
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