March 20, 2025 • 4 mins
A man writes in about the new novel his wife has written. The problem is that all of the characters are obviously based on their friend group and she is spilling ALL the tea about their personal lives...
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
All right, guys, here we go. This is from b
on Steve barbfm B says, my wife recently finished writing
her first novel, and she's excited about it, but I'm
feeling a bit nervous. It turns out she's based most
of her characters very obviously on some of our closest friends,
including their personal struggles and secrets that they've trusted us
(00:24):
with over the years. She insists it's just fiction, but
anyone anyone in our circle would recognize themselves immediately. This
is straight out of the Best Man movie Mess with
Tay Diggs as Harper. Ooh, one of my favorite movies. Anyway,
I don't want to hurt her feelings or damp in
her excitement, but I'm worried this book could blow up
(00:46):
our friendships. So here's a question from B. B says,
should I encourage her to change it before she tries
to get it published or am I overthinking this? That's
what he wants to know.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Oooh, this sound like The Help, That's what it's kind
of like.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
The Best is that man?
Speaker 2 (01:04):
For sure? Boie more lose all your friends, man, all
because your friends are gonna know. Oh they talking about me?
I know this help did. That's what's happened.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
And these are these are secrets that they've trusted them with.
They they're just that close. And she she put it
all in a book.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
You're gonna lose your friendship over that, man, don't do that.
You need to rewrite that, you need you need another draft.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Yeah, you need to around you remember Terrence Howard Quinton.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
You're gonna tell it.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
All right? Yeah, not a good idea. No, you're not
overthinking it all right. This is from l C on Reddit.
L C says I've been a big winner in my
office March Madness bracket pool in four of the last
five years. As a result, this year, everyone thinks they're
being sneaky by asking me to help them make their picks.
I guess it doesn't occur to them that my helping
(02:06):
them out works against their best interest. This year, I'm
thinking about giving legit help to anyone who asked, with
the understanding that I get half their winnings. What do
you all think? Is it a good business move or
is it unsportsmanlike? What do you think?
Speaker 3 (02:24):
I think you're going about this the wrong way. You're
supposed to give them the wrong teams if you want
to win, you don't got to split nothing. If you
just go ahead and give them the wrong team, you
can win the whole part. Why would I help them?
You know, no, there's there's nothing. You just have to
get the wrong team and we good.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Oh you didn't your team lost? All man?
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Your bracket already messed up?
Speaker 2 (02:48):
How did that happen?
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Said something you gotta do?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Ask that?
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Yeah, I thought I had it. Oh, okay, then.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
And then just play, just played victim. You're gonna say,
I thought I knew. Why would you even listen to me?
If you start bad acting right then? I can't believe
that happened last night? What happened with? All our brackets
are missed up? I picked the same thing. Start lying?
Speaker 1 (03:14):
You're kidding me?
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:16):
What No, So that's what he should do? Okay, wow,
but here, Oh go ahead, Carly, go ahead. But I
was gonna say, Chirley Jr. So we're coming to you,
march madness.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
We're coming to you. We want to get our brackets
together to get an office pool. You know, we got
a little poom going on here?
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Are you being honest with us?
Speaker 3 (03:38):
No? No, y'all won't win a game. Y'all won't have
one correct team picked.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Not that.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
If it's me, you mean to tell me the pots
five thousand dollars, I'll feel split it wi you No,
you won't even know. I'm gonna give you teams that
ain't even in this country. You need to pick Germany.
That's where you need to pick University Germany. Yeah, German
University got a shot at this. Are you not gonna
get a cut. You're not gonna get a team in
(04:06):
this country that I'm giving.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
So that's how he should do it.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Okay, should he's allowed the whole time?
Speaker 2 (04:14):
No?
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Okay, have you looked at Singapore? Singapore got a shot?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Have you seen Singapore?
Speaker 3 (04:19):
They're not tall, but they fast, stupid.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
I'm not I'm not.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Giving you a team in this country.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
All right, guy, coming up in twenty minutes after the hour,
we'll have more of this ignorant show. Right after this Singapore.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
You know
Speaker 1 (04:45):
You're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
All right, guys, here we go. This is from b
on Steve barbfm B says, my wife recently finished writing
her first novel, and she's excited about it, but I'm
feeling a bit nervous. It turns out she's based most
of her characters very obviously on some of our closest friends,
including their personal struggles and secrets that they've trusted us
(00:24):
with over the years. She insists it's just fiction, but
anyone anyone in our circle would recognize themselves immediately. This
is straight out of the Best Man movie Mess with
Tay Diggs as Harper. Ooh, one of my favorite movies. Anyway,
I don't want to hurt her feelings or damp in
her excitement, but I'm worried this book could blow up
(00:46):
our friendships. So here's a question from B. B says,
should I encourage her to change it before she tries
to get it published or am I overthinking this? That's
what he wants to know.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Oooh, this sound like The Help, That's what it's kind
of like.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
The Best is that man?
Speaker 2 (01:04):
For sure? Boie more lose all your friends, man, all
because your friends are gonna know. Oh they talking about me?
I know this help did. That's what's happened.
Speaker 1 (01:21):
And these are these are secrets that they've trusted them with.
They they're just that close. And she she put it
all in a book.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
You're gonna lose your friendship over that, man, don't do that.
You need to rewrite that, you need you need another draft.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Yeah, you need to around you remember Terrence Howard Quinton.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
You're gonna tell it.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
All right? Yeah, not a good idea. No, you're not
overthinking it all right. This is from l C on Reddit.
L C says I've been a big winner in my
office March Madness bracket pool in four of the last
five years. As a result, this year, everyone thinks they're
being sneaky by asking me to help them make their picks.
I guess it doesn't occur to them that my helping
(02:06):
them out works against their best interest. This year, I'm
thinking about giving legit help to anyone who asked, with
the understanding that I get half their winnings. What do
you all think? Is it a good business move or
is it unsportsmanlike? What do you think?
Speaker 3 (02:24):
I think you're going about this the wrong way. You're
supposed to give them the wrong teams if you want
to win, you don't got to split nothing. If you
just go ahead and give them the wrong team, you
can win the whole part. Why would I help them?
You know, no, there's there's nothing. You just have to
get the wrong team and we good.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Oh you didn't your team lost? All man?
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Your bracket already messed up?
Speaker 2 (02:48):
How did that happen?
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Said something you gotta do?
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Ask that?
Speaker 1 (02:51):
Yeah, I thought I had it. Oh, okay, then.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
And then just play, just played victim. You're gonna say,
I thought I knew. Why would you even listen to me?
If you start bad acting right then? I can't believe
that happened last night? What happened with? All our brackets
are missed up? I picked the same thing. Start lying?
Speaker 1 (03:14):
You're kidding me?
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:16):
What No, So that's what he should do? Okay, wow,
but here, Oh go ahead, Carly, go ahead. But I
was gonna say, Chirley Jr. So we're coming to you,
march madness.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
We're coming to you. We want to get our brackets
together to get an office pool. You know, we got
a little poom going on here?
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Are you being honest with us?
Speaker 3 (03:38):
No? No, y'all won't win a game. Y'all won't have
one correct team picked.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
Not that.
Speaker 3 (03:45):
If it's me, you mean to tell me the pots
five thousand dollars, I'll feel split it wi you No,
you won't even know. I'm gonna give you teams that
ain't even in this country. You need to pick Germany.
That's where you need to pick University Germany. Yeah, German
University got a shot at this. Are you not gonna
get a cut. You're not gonna get a team in
(04:06):
this country that I'm giving.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
So that's how he should do it.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
Okay, should he's allowed the whole time?
Speaker 2 (04:14):
No?
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Okay, have you looked at Singapore? Singapore got a shot?
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Have you seen Singapore?
Speaker 3 (04:19):
They're not tall, but they fast, stupid.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
I'm not I'm not.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Giving you a team in this country.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
All right, guy, coming up in twenty minutes after the hour,
we'll have more of this ignorant show. Right after this Singapore.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
You know
Speaker 1 (04:45):
You're listening to the Steve Harvey Morning Show.
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