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Tony Gus opens his discussion on the Roland Martin situation by first introducing himself from his office lobby, noting that he is speaking without a microphone due to technical issues. He provides context about Roland Martin, identifying him as a former CNN culture commentator who was recently let go in circumstances similar to those of Ryan Clark at ESPN. The conversation quickly shifts to the viral controversy involving photos where Michelle Williams appeared to make disgusted faces while being hugged by Martin, which fueled online rumors and speculation about his personal life. Tony admits he had not fully followed the details until seeing these images but clarifies that Roland is actually married to Reverend Jackie Hood Martin since 2001, a fact often overlooked in the public discourse surrounding the scandal. The core of the discussion revolves around separating verified facts from unverified online allegations and hearsay regarding the so-called scandal involving compromising photos or videos. Tony emphasizes that while there are circulating claims about intimate material being used for extortion attempts, no official court filings, police reports, or independent investigations have confirmed these stories as true at this stage. He points out a discrepancy in how different sources report on the situation, noting that some accounts suggest Roland's representatives acknowledged certain images were authentic but disputed their acquisition methods, while others claim there is no substantiated criminal case. Tony argues that without authenticated evidence or official findings, it is more accurate to describe the current state of affairs as an unverified online controversy rather than a settled scandal, urging viewers not to jump to conclusions based on social media gossip. Beyond the specific details of Roland Martin's situation, Tony uses this platform to deliver broader lessons for men regarding temptation, responsibility, and the consequences of poor choices in relationships. He acknowledges that lust is part of the human condition and admits he himself faces daily temptations from attractive women while maintaining a faithful marriage and supporting his mother-in-law financially. However, he stresses that having access to more resources or visibility does not exempt one from moral accountability; instead, it increases the stakes because there are too many things to lose if one falls into such situations. He warns men against seeking validation through "other woman" relationships, explaining that those women often do not care for them and view them as expendable dummies who fail to recognize their own worth or self-respect. In his concluding remarks, Tony encourages both men and women to face reality about the struggles inherent in maintaining fidelity while living a successful life filled with temptation. He shares personal anecdotes of overcoming physical challenges like skydiving and traveling for sports events to illustrate that discipline is required to avoid getting into trouble over trivial matters compared to the long-term damage caused by infidelity or extortion schemes. Rather than pretending to be perfect, he advocates for honesty about male experiences so that women can understand what their partners face without diminishing respect, while also teaching men not to underestimate themselves as easy targets for manipulation. Ultimately, his message is a call to count the cost of one's actions and choose purpose over fleeting pleasures, directing viewers toward resources like Destiny App and TonyGusAcademy.com for those seeking guidance on living with integrity and stepping into their divine purpose.
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Hey, hey, Tony Gus here. Now, y'all got forgive me. I don't have my microphone on me today. So, hopefully you could hear me. Okay. And I'm up in my my front lobby of my office. So, that's my hallway behind me. So, y'all, you know, just in case you wondering, touch your nose. But I was listening to a little bit about this Roland Martin situation. And for those of you who don't know Roland Martin, he is a culture commentator. I believe he used to work for CNN and kind of got the Ryan Clark treatment. Ryan Clark is the brother who was on ESPN who was recently let go by ESPN and not because they were just doing away with the role because they just hired somebody else. So, I think Roland Martin worked for CNN back in the Solar Dad O'Brien days. And I've never met Roland Martin, I don't believe, or talk to him. Seemed like a sharp brother, but I could tell, you know, by looking at him that life has not always been easy on them when it comes to the ladies. Women are very picky. and he had a picture go viral. He was hugging on Michelle Williams, which I know her and have spoke to her and met her in person from Destiny Child. And she is an interesting person, too, though. But she she was making a kind of disgusted face when he was hugging her in a picture and it went viral and it kind of gave like this feel that he was like yucky or like the girl say yuck like it kind of gave that feel and Michelle wrong for making that face but but she made it and it could have been just a natural reaction or it could have been intentional like why is this man touching me like this like I am not the entire destiny's child. I'm is part I'm desk but to me and child is not here and he hugging me for the old and the new. He hugging like I'm Beyonce. And so that went viral and I seen that of Roland. As far as his commentary, I don't really, you know, pay attention or listen to it because it it's not topics that I am interested in or topics that I listen to, but I didn't fully know. I didn't know he was married. I I thought I heard somebody say he's married or he been with a woman been with his woman for a long time. I I I'm not sure if that's the case. Um, and you know, I just listen to other people talk about it and Oh, but I didn't know. Oh, okay. So, he is married. He's been married to the Reverend Jackie Hood Martin since 2001. Now that's what that say. So that's 25 years if that's true. And let's see what Let's see what Check that GPT say about the situation and scandal. It say there's no publicly verified criminal case or official finding involving Roland Martin that substantiates the rumors currently circulating online. Here's what appears to be happening now. So this allegedly and what appears and we know what that means. In recent days, a celebrity blogger and several social media accounts began sharing or claiming to possess alleged compromising photos or videos involving Roland Martin. These claims have spread rapidly across ex YouTube, Instagram, and gossip channels, leading many creators to refer to it as a scandal. However, as of today, there have been no publicly confirmed court filings, police reports, or official investigations supporting the allegations. Multiple reports discussing the situation. Note that the claims have not been independently verified. At this stage, it's important to separate three different things. The existence of online allegations. Yes, these are circulating widely. Evidence that has been independently authenticated. None has been publicly confirmed. Legal or official action, none has been publicly reported. Until authentic evidence is verified or an official investigation is announced is more accurate to describe this as unverified online controversy controversy rather than an established scandal. And So you see So you see how politically correct um chat GPT is with that thing. Chat say Lizard boy we trade boy by the best of the best not to get no lawsuit. We not f to be out here with Tasha K getting sued by Cardi B for 1.4 million. So, it says that it's alleged the alleged leak content is said to depict Roland Martin with an adult woman who is not his wife in an intimate setting. The material reportedly consists of photos, stills, and video of a sexual nature. And there are also claims circulating that the material was allegedly used in an attempted extortion effort. Roland Martin's representatives have reportedly acknowledged that certain images are authentic while disputing how they were obtained. Although there has not been a detailed public statement from Martin himself confirming the broader allegations, these claims come primarily from media personalities and commentators rather than official filings. So it sound like what they trying to say is hearsay, but the the gentleman I heard talking about it said that they were told if they show any of the videos or pictures, they will be sued. Now the internet is too big. Roland ain't got enough money to sue everybody if everybody start to showing videos and pictures and at some point if this is true the young lady if it's a lady is what they saying may show it herself and just say what do I have to lose now why come out with this now that rent must have If it's true now that rent must have stopped getting paid. That rent must have stopped getting paid. And we are in a recession. So it's a lot of jump offs starting to starve. It's a lot of jump offs getting hungry right now cuz I just have been talking to individuals who are cutting off their jump offs due to their relationship. And these jump offs are up in arms. It's about to be a jump off revolt. Those y'all don't know what I mean by jump off. I mean a scallwag, a woman on the side, street walker, woman of the night, escort stripper. And these folks f to start extorting and they f to start putting stuff out there. And see, that's why I don't get down like that. The Bible tell you what's done in the dark comes to the light. And I don't I don't understand how stupid y'all men could be. Why do y'all insist on continuously being stupid? I don't understand it. Like listen like and see people got mad with Keel on stage for saying that he beats meat. Listen that is better and whether it's a sin or not it is better than him sleeping with another woman on his wife. And sometimes you can't have it all. I'm talking. Well, why can't he not do both? Well, why you can't do what you need to do? Exactly. Same thing. You You human. And so, listen, I'mma tell you like this right here. I will tear that thing up myself with my hand if I got down that bad before I go get with a scallwag. And you got to ask yourself which one do you really want? Like for the married women cuz see a lot of women be talking and you not married. So, it's different. But this women who cuz you got to realize if it's women who tell they man that they can go sleep with another woman as long as they don't broadcast it and do it disrespectfully and have the woman calling they house and coming over. If it's women saying that like you can go risk your life, you can go get a soul tie, then you already know it's women saying, "Hey, if I'm not feeling like it and you really feeling like it, I'm okay with you going in that bathroom with Angela. Go on ahead." That's a thing for a married woman. Now, there's a lot of married women who gonna say, "Well, no, I don't want him ever doing that either." Well, those married women also probably will say, "I'mma give it to him if he want it." If he want to make love, I'mma make myself available so that he don't have to do that. But if a woman don't want to do that, she don't want to make herself available, she probably going to say, "Go to the bathroom, do what you need to do." And that's what a lot of people don't realize. And a lot of people don't know that because couples are not telling you their business because you're not a professional and they don't have any reason to tell you their business. That's what I do and that's why I'm here and I'm telling you that's a very real thing and that's what Roland Martin and every other man who find themselves in these situations should have did. If if you down that bad, you need you you need something that to get on off that bad, then go go take care of yourself. That way the sin is between you and God. Not all of us being in the group chat, all of us being involved, all of us having to see about it, hear about it. Because the men that I was listening to, I don't know who who it was cuz it just was playing. They were saying they seen the video and they was describing it. I can't recall really because I was I was doing something else what they were saying. I can't remember if they were saying he was in a a thong uh or something like that. A man bikini. If if if I'm not mistaken, it sound like they said he was in a throne. And this where he say she say come in because I'm I'm trying to this. You remember we used to do the telephone game in school where each person tell the next person. I'm trying to hope to think that I didn't hear leopard thong. I could be making that up now. But I'm hoping that ain't what I heard. But then what I'm thinking about is why would somebody built like Roland Martin put on a man Keiny? Like that ain't how you want to be built to put that on. If you built like that and you put on some little European draws, that to me, you're suggesting something else about yourself that I don't want to think about cuz that's nasty. Cuz I ain't built bad and I don't put no draws on like that. I don't even know how that would be a trait to a woman. How can that even be a trait? to a woman. I seen the former ESPN commentator Jamal Hill post her husband in a man keen some of them European draw. I I think I might unfollow her for that. We don't want to see this man in the draw. Need the draw. He well for you. Why you posting this for the rest of the world? I don't want to see him in them little draw just cuz he got a couple abs and a couple muscle. Like put some clothes on, man. Walk around here little draw, man. Put some clothes on. And so Roland Martin out here built bad. That's not a dad b. That might not even be a granddad b. Might be a great great granddad b. Bikini Man Keiny. I hope that ain't what it is. And I'm going to tell you something. I did not Google the video. I ain't search it. I ain't going to search it cuz I don't want my life to be changed. I do not. What I come on here for to talk about is not even about Roland Martin, not about that drama, but about to men. I want to talk to y'all men. Can y'all please stop being stupid? Please find you something to do. We got a place that a brother started in my city. It's called Good Vibes Golf and it is inner storefront plaza like what my offices are in. And you could go in there and get on a golf simulator. Get on that golf simulator and you could play golf till your heart bust. Find you something to do. I'mma tell you what you need to do. Go get kicked in the face by the rwordist Andrew Tate who got arrested for what he did with these women. Go get kicked in the face. My wife took me to jump out a plane 11 years ago. For our eighth wedding anniversary, we had eight excursions that she surprised me with. And one of them was skydiving. And me being a faithful man, I skydive to show her I love you. She went with me now. It ain't like she set me up to get killed. I ain't even had life insurance then. So, she wouldn't got nothing. Probably died. And so, I dove out the sky. like find like listen FIFA just happened. World Cup just happened. I flew to Toronto, Canada from Tampa, Florida on less than 24 hours notice. I flew to Toronto, took my oldest son to the FIFA game. I also flew to Los Angeles to the FIFA game. I also flew to Houston to the FIFA game. And I also drove to Miami to the FIFA game. I went to four FIFA games. Do you know what that felt like? That thrill, that excitement. And guess what? It cost me less than this here situation fixing to cost Roland Martin. True or false? It's going to cost him. True or false? Now, deep down, don't nobody care. Deep down, don't nobody care. Like, it's going to be some people. Now, yes, it's a handful of women that they're going to be in their feelings and oh, I am unfollowing. I'm unfollowing Roland. I've lost all respect for Roland. It's gonna be a handful, but most women don't care about the next woman plight. Y'all should, but most women don't. Most most women do not care about the next woman plight. Most women going to be feel bad for her. That one don't trust the negro. That one ain't got now one of them. pray for Shundo. And so, and they go and they gonna if they like the way Roland talk, they like what he talking about, they're going to still listen to him. But he going to lose some stuff now. He going to lose some subscribers. He going to lose some views. If he had endorsement deals or sp certain sponsors, certain sponsors going to back out because people just don't want their brand associated with mess. They don't want to be tied up with it. Like Shannon Shark, he Listen, I'mma tell y'all the situation with Shannon Shark. Some came across my desk. I don't know Shannon Shark. Reached out to oo Sinko. Told oo because I know oo personally. He came and spent a week with me in Tampa and went through my boot camp, real man university. And that's public knowledge because we posted about it and everything. I took him on a speaking engagement with me to the University of Florida Gator football team. I had to speak to their team. He was with me that week. I took him up there. Me and him was on the sideline. Me and Oo Sinko, he went to my son's school. They had a field day that day. He was out there playing cornhole and different stuff with with my son. Friends, some of the other older kids, football players came and met. Oo, took a picture with him. We had a dinner. Could have been one or two of y'all. I'll be surprised if I still got some porters from back then. One or two of y'all probably was at that dinner. We did a dinner, me and oo, with a group of women and I let them drill him with manhood questions. Questions about manhood. And this was on the back of him and Evelyn Lazada situation which I could speak about because it was public. He talked about it on Larry King live show. And so I reached out to oo and oo being oo I never talked to Shannon. Little while later, another woman, a different situation came out and that's when he had to pay all that money. That's when he lost all them endorsement deals. That's what that was the nail in the coffin that probably disallowed ESPN or Fox Sports One to ever bring him back or to have to push back the timeline of when they could bring him back because of irresponsibility, bad choices, ignorance, weakness, immaturity. and just flat out stupidity. We can't. Listen, fellas. This what I want y'all to understand. I feel like cheating every day. And I know women get mad about that. Ye poke the feel that that's the devil job to tempt us. Every day I see a big booty, big breast, beautiful face, nice hips. every day. It's hard. It's hard for us all. Like to the women who watching this, men don't graduate from that. We don't graduate from a We don't graduate from lust. We have to pray for forgiveness for lust and for prevention from lust. We don't graduate from that. As long as a man can see. And when you can't see, we're gonna be feeling the wrist like Ray Charles and Stephen Wonder. Men don't graduate from that. Now, I can't speak for a woman, but I doubt a woman graduate from lust. If a woman see a man and he look sexy to her, fine to her, she don't look good. You got eyes. That's the human condition. And so, guess what? I I went today to to get one of my vehicles fixed. Went across street to ask about another one of my vehicles. And the lady at the front desk was beautiful. I go outside. I'm talking to the guy. The guy talking to me. He's showing me. He take me in there showing me what they doing. The owner come out. He's six, bold, muscular, tattoos, Hispanic. The lady who's at the front desk come out. built like a brick house, built like hand chiseled. So guess what? I got to fight that. I got to overcome that. I could afford to take care of a second woman, a third woman, a fourth woman. I'm already doing it. Take care my mama, take care my mother-in-law. Look, I give my mama 3,000 a month. I give my mother-in-law 3,000, 4,000 a month cuz she had other bills. So that's 7,000 a month I'm giving away. That's seven scall wags that I could that I could have giving them a th000 a month toward that rent. But guess what? I choose not to do it. That two scallowags I could have 3500 each. We got scallowags that watch. We got some of us scallowags that watch this channel cuz they they trying to learn. They trying to grow. And so scallow wag. Let me ask you this. If I gave you $3,500 a month, would you be happy about that? I already know you'll be happy about it, girl. That why you ain't getting it. But listen, these gallaway want that. Like I've had women DMing me faking like they want coaching, faking like they got a question. It's cuz they went and seen my how how many Chanels they seen on my wife paid. How many Van Clee? They see them three Van Clee. They know them Van Clee at $5,000 a piece. Listen, I don't care about Clover and all. I don't get caught up in all that. You know, blessed and highly favored. They see the three, four Cardier bracelets. They know what it cost. So they say, "Hold on, man. How do a life coach eat like this? I love the Lord and I'm taken care of." And so they they slide in the DM. That's why I rarely answer DMs. And I read every DM and I and I assess it. What is this about before I answer it? And I rarely answer DMs. And my wife have my Instagram on her on her phone. She don't have the messages on there, but she could post for me and she could go and look at my view history and see what I've been looking at. And so she don't want the messages on there cuz she said it be too much going on and she don't even get to read through her own message. So the thing about it is like I could be in there doing a little cheese. So I want y'all to understand like we all got to fight that fight. That's a noble fight. That's a valiant fight. That's a fight worth fighting. Temptation always going to be there. And I can't I could never be arrogant enough to say that I'll pass every test. It might come a test to where I'm like, you know what? And I go to feeling like Toray Roberts when he met Sarah Jays. I was there when he met Sarah. and and I was at Mega Fair speaking. So I might go to feeling like Tor Ray, might go to feeling like Keon Henderson. I pray not, God forbid, but I'm not going to be arrogant. I'm I'mma speak strength. I'mma speak that I'm not gonna fall, but I ain't gonna poke my chest out that big. Cuz now if I mess around and meet a billionaire with a booty, woo. Well, that's going to be a test. And a lot of times I be saying stuff like this and women be in the comments getting blocked. Let me tell you something. Shut up. Because this is my page and the point of this page is to bring a reality to men and women. Not to come on here and play perfect. Not to come on here and be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Not to come on here and be God's gift to women. The point is to give you a realistic picture inside of the male experience so that when you go into a relationship, you're realistic and you understand what your man is up against and what you are up against as a woman. And also so men could understand that I'm not better than you. I just choose different than you. It ain't that I sit high and look low and you less than me. I go through the same thing you go through. I got the same temptation you got. And for probably 99% of the men who watch me, I got more temptation because if I earn more money or if I have more visibility than they do, more notoriety than they do, I'mma have more temptation than they do. So, I'm fighting at a whole another level. I'm fighting a I'm fighting whole other demons. The demons I'm fighting look like Megatron. They out here blim blow. They out here cleaning cleaning clean. So that what you got to understand and realize y'all got to coach in three minutes. One of my VIP clients in the year coaching program and that's pretty much a lot of the only coaching I'm doing right now. But let me set this Zoom link up and send this to my client. Got to get on in two minutes. So, I just want y'all to understand and we all going through like we all struggle. We all have to face these same things. But you have to you got to count the cost. Count the cost. You got to realize like you got too much to lose. And this another thing I want y'all to understand. There are no secrets. I don't know how long I got to tell y'all. There are no secrets. You got to realize and understand like the women who you sleeping with on the side do not care for you. They are it let you know they don't care for you cuz they don't care for themselves. If they know you got a woman and they willing to be the other woman, they hate themselves and they hate you. They don't care nothing about you. And I know that's not true for every one of them, but you you expendable. You know why? Because you're a dummy. She see you like a dummy. She see you like a duck. And that's why they it be women that probably be trying to position themselves with me. But the thing about it is I be looking for it. I be ready for it. I be paying attention to it. And I just and I w I really watch myself and I and I hold myself accountable and I have to be real with myself and I got to look and I got to pay attention. I got to I got to be mindful. It's a lot of women I know and that follow me and that is my clients that's absolutely gorgeous. A lot of them body is amazing. all of that and I have to stay prayed up that I don't get weak and shoot no shot cuz guess what she going to be right there waiting to tell somebody screenshot girl look what Tony G just said to me girl he said he a little white for me girl he say he want to EAT MY BOOTY LIKE grocery girl he say he want to lick on me like a good time strang gay girl tell a girl that in college I said I'mma use that uh like a say girl told a girl she got a tongue like a guitar string. Say what MC Nasty behind. Hey, but hey, this Tony Gas all the important links in description. Intentional singles get on on there to destinyapp.com. But those of y'all who ready to step into purpose, you see me living my purpose every single day, trying to help others, trying to be a blessing in the world. [snorts] Join me. tonygassacademy.com. Grab your ticket for November 28th and we will talk soon. We will talk soon.