Lemon LIVE at 5 | Who Is This Week's SOUR LEMON?! - May 16th, 2025
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Who are the hosts and what is the Sour Lemon Special format?
It's Friday. I don't know. And it's 5 o'clock. And it's time to have a little fun. That means it's time for our Sour Lemon Show. It's the weekend. As you can see, I am in a hotel because I am traveling. And I will maybe tell you later or maybe you won't. Maybe it's none of your business. Maybe it is. But... I'm so happy to have you guys here. What are you doing on this Friday? Let us know where you're streaming from. Yes, sir. Let us see your dogs. Okay, my dogs are here. Someone is asking on TikTok. My little dog, though, was on the chair right here behind me and just did. He jumped off the chair and did like a tuck and roll. He rolled on the floor like a stuntman. I looked at him and he was still rolling like two or three times.
Crazy. Somebody's here from Tacoma, Washington. Anyway, I'm so glad that you guys are here. Thank you very much for joining. I'm going to a family graduation. That's why I'm doing here. And it is obviously not in New York. It's out of town. And so there you have it. So it is Friday and it is time for, by the way, make sure you hit the like, make sure you hit the thumbs up. It does affect the algorithm and more people become aware of our channel. It helps. Just trust me. I'm tired of saying it, but it does. And as a matter of fact, they advise us to say it on YouTube and on whatever streaming platform that we're on because they say it does really affect the platform. Okay. So what a week it's been. It's been a chaotic, dark, exhausting week.
Kind of when is it not a chaotic, dark, exhausting week in these times? We saw the first instance of an AI rebel against its creators. Racist AI, maybe. It's crazy. But racist AI redeemed itself a little bit because it was like, hey, this is not me doing this. I was told to do this. Disturbing revelations emerge at Sean Diddy Combs' trial. And this administration, they are floating the idea of a Hunger Games-style TV show. Crazy. So as I tell you every Friday in these times, we can either laugh or we can cry. And on this show, on the Don Lemon Show— especially on the Don Lemon Show Live at Five, we choose to laugh. So welcome to our 12th, should I say annual? No, 12th weekly Sour Lemon Special, my friends.
This is number 12. So I'm glad to be joined by another, yet another brilliant, hilarious voice this Friday. And that is Akilah Hughes. Hello. Thank you so much for having me. Andy, where's our sound effect? Thank you. A comedian, a writer, host of the Rebel Spirit podcast, Akilah, and you have a new show. What is it? Yeah, I have a new show. It's from Courier. It's called How Is This Better? It's coming out this month. Wherever you get podcasts on YouTube, we're making some very cool videos. So stay tuned for that. Akilah Hughes, you're making moves, right? yeah we have to you know i feel like the the traditional media industry is dead so we out here we out here hi michelle martinez we outside right okay so let me just say this akila i got a bone to pick with you so akila got me all excited because he was like oh my god the first time i met you was in vegas it was at the what what was it a convention or debate republican national convention you were i thought you were there
doing coverage, and I happened to be there for a different convention, obviously. So I took a picture with Don Lemon. Okay, and then she said, oh my God, I said, do you have it? The producer said, do you have it? We can put it up. And she said, yeah, I have it. Oh my God, I'll send it over to you. And this is what she said, everybody. This is what she said. Now, you know, Akilah Hughes, the real racist. Akilah Hughes. Now, Akilah, I remember this face. I think we actually did meet at this time. We did. I never forget a face. But Akilah, that ain't me. It's not you. That is TJ Holmes. That is just another Black person. Well, that's my time, everybody. Watch How Is This Better? Akilah, I thought it was just, you know, some other folks who thought we all looked alike.
You're not the first and you're not the last. Akilah, hello. Yeah, and someone said he fine though. TJ is fine.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Who are the hosts and what is the Sour Lemon Special format?
0:14–7:34
2
What new projects is guest Akilah Hughes promoting and where can you find them?
7:34–17:26
3
Why did the House Republican 'big bill' fail and who opposed it?
17:26–22:38
4
How are Republicans reacting to proposed Medicaid cuts and what's the backlash?
22:38–40:31
5
Why is Donald Trump Jr. being criticized this week and what did he post?
40:31–55:31
Speakers
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