Brandy’s National Anthem, Cynthia Erivo Speaks Out and Celebrity GoFundMes

Brandy’s National Anthem, Cynthia Erivo Speaks Out and Celebrity GoFundMes

One performance. One confession. One family facing the unimaginable. This week on Out of Respect For…, BeBe Zahara Benet, Jujubee and Coco Montrese unpack the moments that had timelines split in half. Did Brandy eat the NBA All-Star National Anthem… or over-season it? When Cynthia Erivo finally addressed her relationship with Ariana Grande, was she reclaiming her narrative or responding to pressure she never asked for? When tragedy hits someone famous, are we offering support or auditing their grief? Press play and pick a side.

Benito Bowl, Ring Camera Creepers and Sherri Shepherd

Did Bad Bunny just raise the bar for halftime shows forever? Is Ring’s latest commercial innovative tech… or soft-launch surveillance culture? And why didn’t Sherri Shepherd get to announce her own exit? This week, BeBe Zahara Benet, Jujubee and Coco Montrese are unpacking the moments everyone’s talking about.  From Bad Bunny’s record-breaking Super Bowl halftime show and one of the most controversial Super Bowl commercials to the latest shakeup in daytime TV, they’re asking the questions that actually matter. Don't forget to leave us a five star review 🌟

Top Model Tell-All, Melania’s Flop Film & Grammys Weekend

Will Tyra Banks finally be accountable in Netflix’s “America’s Next Top Model” docu-series? Who asked for Melania Trump’s flop movie in the first place? Why did Mariah Carey’s MusiCares tribute divide the internet? And in 2026… do the Grammys still matter? This week on Out of Respect for…, BeBe Zahara Benet, drag icon Jujubee, and producer Diego Wyatt dive headfirst into the biggest pop culture headlines of the week. And ask the questions everyone’s already screaming online. The group chat is OPEN. The takes are HOT. And the opinions are unfiltered.

Representation

We’ve gone from coded characters and punchlines to Pride campaigns and primetime. But have we really arrived? This week on Out of Respect for…, BeBe Zahara Benet sits down with CoCo Montrese, comedian Sampson McCormick, and producer Diego Wyatt for a powerful, honest conversation about LGBTQ+ representation in media: where we started, what’s changed, and what’s still not adding up. From groundbreaking moments that cracked the door open, to today’s visibility boom that sometimes feels more performative than progressive, the group gets into it. Who’s getting the spotlight? Who’s being left behind? And why does “representation” still come with so many asterisks?

Art vs AI

Is AI the future of creativity or the gentrifier of imagination? This week on Out of Respect for…, BeBe Zahara Benet is joined by icons Jujubee and CoCo Montrese to take on one of the hottest (and messiest) debate in culture right now: Art vs. Artificial Intelligence. From AI-generated music, images, and performances to the ethics of automation replacing human creativity, we’re getting to the heart of the real questions through the lens of performers who know what it means to create from experience, struggle, and truth.