Video summary
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
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