RICKEY SMILEY: ‘DONALD TRUMP HAS PULLED THE KKK HOOD OFF OF AMERICA’ [EUR EXCLUSIVE]
RICKEY SMILEY: ‘DONALD TRUMP HAS PULLED THE KKK HOOD OFF OF AMERICA’ [EUR EXCLUSIVE]

Season three of “Rickey Smiley For Real” returns to TV One with more drama, more conflict and more funny on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 8pm ET.

While Rickey Smiley continues to struggle to maintain his sanity by juggling his hectic business, family and personal schedules, the show will also follow the hilarity and hi-jinx of his family and co-workers, including Gary with da Tea, who is on a mission to host his own talk show.

Meanwhile, rapper Da Brat is now an artist manager, and she tries to get her first act signed– a temperamental rapper named Cornbread.  She meets with record labels, artists and her mentor Jermaine Dupri, and quickly learns that being an artist was a lot easier than managing one.

EUR/Electronic Urban Report caught up with Smiley to talk about the latest season of his reality show, how he plans to spend Thanksgiving with his multi-generational family, and Rickey gets candid about Donald Trump’s not-so-surprising victory over Hillary Clinton.

Peep our Q&A below:

What’s the hardest part about opening up your home to cameras?
RS
: Having people in your house with cameras. And not the fact that cameras are in the house but, ya know — once you clean up, you don’t want nobody touching furniture, or opening doors and letting flies in, and a lot of cars in your house. I’m kind of private, and I just don’t like people walking on and touching my stuff sometime. I’m kinda funny acting when it comes to stuff like that… germaphobe type of dude. Other than that, I don’t mind filming. I think the hardest part is making the people I work with know that this show is real. It’s not scripted. We’re not going to be fed lines, and I want the show to remain natural and organic, cause you know, sometimes people get to excited and have ideas and I’m like, no, this is not Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, or New York. This is a real show, and we’re dealing with real issues. We’re not going to add to or take away from. The minute there’s no more content then we will just do something else. People love the show because it is real.

What was your hardest moment filming this season?
RS
: The hardest moment was a scene I did with my son with counseling. He just has some issues that he’s going to have to address, and that’s always tough sitting in a setting like that with one of your kids, especially on national television. But it’s something that he just had to work through, and I think a lot of families will learn from it. That was the toughest thing about this particular season, and being in a race car with Gary going 200mph with professional NASCAR drivers. Gary just had a fit. He was in the front seat crying, and I couldn’t be scared cause I was too busy laughing at Gary being scared. I was scared but it was more funny than I was scared. That’s going to be a drama filled moment.

What are we going to see in an upcoming episode that you think will shock or educate viewers?
RS
: Some stuff I go through with my oldest son will educate you about having a relationship, being an adult and trying to maintain a respectable relationship with your parents, or talk about real issues about alcoholism — we’re going to be addressing some real issues. My daughter moved out of the country, and she’s my youngest. She’s moving to Bogotá, and so there’s going to be some issues with that. It’s going to be a lot of content, and it will keep you at the edge of your seat. Da Brat has things going on, Gary has things going on, so there’s definitely going to be a lot.

Gary
Gary's inimitable style has made him one of radio's standout personalities, ''Honey". His ever-popular "Colour of the Day", fashion reports, flawless entertainment news and celebrity gossip (which Gary calls "Da Tea") are can't-miss features for Rickey Smiley Show listeners and now Dish Nation viewers.

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