WEBVTT 00:00:06.274 --> 00:00:09.433 >>> WE ARE BACK WITH A "TODAY" 00:00:09.444 --> 00:00:11.945 >>> WE ARE BACK WITH A "TODAY" EXCLUSIVE WITH BISHOP T.D. 00:00:11.979 --> 00:00:12.278 EXCLUSIVE WITH BISHOP T.D. JAKES. 00:00:12.280 --> 00:00:16.440 JAKES. HE’S THE HEAD OF A MEGA CHURCH 00:00:16.451 --> 00:00:18.785 HE’S THE HEAD OF A MEGA CHURCH WITH MORE THAN 30,000 MEMBERS. 00:00:18.819 --> 00:00:20.486 WITH MORE THAN 30,000 MEMBERS. MILLIONS MORE WATCH ONLINE. 00:00:20.488 --> 00:00:22.045 MILLIONS MORE WATCH ONLINE. THIS MORNING AFTER A MEDICAL 00:00:22.056 --> 00:00:24.024 THIS MORNING AFTER A MEDICAL EVENT THAT HE SAYS CHANGED HIS 00:00:24.025 --> 00:00:26.517 EVENT THAT HE SAYS CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER, HE’S SHINING NEW 00:00:26.528 --> 00:00:27.761 LIFE FOREVER, HE’S SHINING NEW LIGHT ON HIS STORY. 00:00:27.795 --> 00:00:30.830 LIGHT ON HIS STORY. >> I HAD A FAIR AMOUNT OF 00:00:30.832 --> 00:00:32.399 >> I HAD A FAIR AMOUNT OF ANXIETY ABOUT WALKING OUT ON 00:00:32.400 --> 00:00:34.334 ANXIETY ABOUT WALKING OUT ON THIS STAGE, STANDING IN THE SAME 00:00:34.335 --> 00:00:35.902 THIS STAGE, STANDING IN THE SAME SPOT I ALMOST DIED IN. 00:00:35.903 --> 00:00:40.063 SPOT I ALMOST DIED IN. >> ON NEW YEAR’S EVE LAST 00:00:40.074 --> 00:00:42.242 >> ON NEW YEAR’S EVE LAST DECEMBER, BISHOP T.J. JAKES 00:00:42.243 --> 00:00:43.577 DECEMBER, BISHOP T.J. JAKES RETURNED TO THE PULPIT AND 00:00:43.611 --> 00:00:46.346 RETURNED TO THE PULPIT AND RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION. 00:00:46.347 --> 00:00:48.238 RECEIVED A STANDING OVATION. HIS MESSAGE THAT NIGHT WAS ONE 00:00:48.249 --> 00:00:49.873 HIS MESSAGE THAT NIGHT WAS ONE HIS WORSHIPPERS FEARED THEY 00:00:49.884 --> 00:00:51.442 HIS WORSHIPPERS FEARED THEY MIGHT NOT HEAR. 00:00:51.453 --> 00:00:54.754 MIGHT NOT HEAR. JUST WEEKS EARLIER, HE 00:00:54.756 --> 00:00:57.057 JUST WEEKS EARLIER, HE EXPERIENCED A LIFE-THREATENING 00:00:57.058 --> 00:00:58.825 EXPERIENCED A LIFE-THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY AT SUNDAY’S 00:00:58.860 --> 00:01:00.527 MEDICAL EMERGENCY AT SUNDAY’S SERVICE, GOING SILENT. 00:01:00.528 --> 00:01:02.386 SERVICE, GOING SILENT. >> LET THEM GO IN PEACE. 00:01:02.397 --> 00:01:07.257 >> LET THEM GO IN PEACE. >> CHURCH MEMBERS RUSHED TO HIS 00:01:07.268 --> 00:01:07.567 >> CHURCH MEMBERS RUSHED TO HIS SIDE. 00:01:07.569 --> 00:01:12.463 SIDE. AS PARISHIONERS WAITED FOR WORD, 00:01:12.474 --> 00:01:14.208 AS PARISHIONERS WAITED FOR WORD, SOME ASKING IF HE SUFFERED A 00:01:14.242 --> 00:01:14.565 SOME ASKING IF HE SUFFERED A STROKE. 00:01:14.576 --> 00:01:16.200 STROKE. JAKES LATER REVEALING, WHILE IT 00:01:16.211 --> 00:01:17.944 JAKES LATER REVEALING, WHILE IT WASN’T A STROKE, HE HAD SUFFERED 00:01:17.979 --> 00:01:20.471 WASN’T A STROKE, HE HAD SUFFERED A, QUOTE, LIFE THREATENING 00:01:20.482 --> 00:01:22.406 A, QUOTE, LIFE THREATENING CALAMITY AND HAD EMERGENCY 00:01:22.417 --> 00:01:22.750 CALAMITY AND HAD EMERGENCY SURGERY. 00:01:22.784 --> 00:01:24.475 SURGERY. >> MANY OF YOU DON’T REALIZE 00:01:24.486 --> 00:01:26.644 >> MANY OF YOU DON’T REALIZE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT A 00:01:26.655 --> 00:01:27.011 THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT A MIRACLE. 00:01:27.022 --> 00:01:30.057 MIRACLE. >> HE IS NOW BACK REGULARLY IN 00:01:30.091 --> 00:01:32.292 >> HE IS NOW BACK REGULARLY IN THE PULPIT WHERE HE PREACHED FOR 00:01:32.294 --> 00:01:34.962 THE PULPIT WHERE HE PREACHED FOR THE LAST 29 YEARS. 00:01:34.963 --> 00:01:36.096 THE LAST 29 YEARS. IF HIS MEMBERS JOINING IN PERSON 00:01:36.097 --> 00:01:37.254 IF HIS MEMBERS JOINING IN PERSON AND ONLINE. 00:01:37.265 --> 00:01:41.859 AND ONLINE. THANKFUL, HE SAYS, FOR THE 00:01:41.870 --> 00:01:42.803 THANKFUL, HE SAYS, FOR THE MESSAGES OF GOOD WILL AND 00:01:42.804 --> 00:01:43.170 MESSAGES OF GOOD WILL AND STRENGTH. 00:01:43.171 --> 00:01:44.962 STRENGTH. >> I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW GLAD I 00:01:44.973 --> 00:01:46.464 >> I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW GLAD I AM TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE 00:01:46.475 --> 00:01:46.965 AM TO BE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD TONIGHT. 00:01:46.976 --> 00:01:48.532 LORD TONIGHT. I MISS YOU. 00:01:48.543 --> 00:01:49.443 I MISS YOU. I THANK YOU. 00:01:49.478 --> 00:01:51.212 I THANK YOU. WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE 00:01:51.213 --> 00:01:51.579 WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. 00:01:51.580 --> 00:01:54.038 POSSIBLE. CAN YOU SAY AMEN? 00:01:54.049 --> 00:01:58.052 CAN YOU SAY AMEN? >> AMEN. 00:01:58.086 --> 00:01:59.677 >> AMEN. BISHOP JAKES, SO HAPPY YOU ARE 00:01:59.688 --> 00:02:00.011 BISHOP JAKES, SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE. 00:02:00.022 --> 00:02:02.347 HERE. SO HAPPY YOU SURVIVED. 00:02:02.358 --> 00:02:04.325 SO HAPPY YOU SURVIVED. LET’S END THE SPECULATION NOW. 00:02:04.326 --> 00:02:06.060 LET’S END THE SPECULATION NOW. WHAT DID HAPPEN TO YOU THAT 00:02:06.094 --> 00:02:06.784 WHAT DID HAPPEN TO YOU THAT MORNING ON STAGE? 00:02:06.795 --> 00:02:09.654 MORNING ON STAGE? >> YOU KNOW, I DIDN’T REALLY 00:02:09.665 --> 00:02:10.764 >> YOU KNOW, I DIDN’T REALLY REALIZE WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME 00:02:10.799 --> 00:02:13.291 REALIZE WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO ME ON STAGE UNTIL I GOT TO THE 00:02:13.302 --> 00:02:18.039 ON STAGE UNTIL I GOT TO THE HOSPITAL IN AN AMBULANCE. 00:02:18.040 --> 00:02:19.664 HOSPITAL IN AN AMBULANCE. AND FORTUNATE THAT IT HAPPENED 00:02:19.675 --> 00:02:22.009 AND FORTUNATE THAT IT HAPPENED ON STAGE, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE I 00:02:22.044 --> 00:02:23.044 ON STAGE, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT TO DIE. 00:02:23.045 --> 00:02:24.936 DIDN’T WANT TO DIE. THE DOCTOR LEANED OVER AND SAID, 00:02:24.947 --> 00:02:26.805 THE DOCTOR LEANED OVER AND SAID, YOU HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK. 00:02:26.816 --> 00:02:29.016 YOU HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK. THE REASON I DIDN’T REALIZE IT 00:02:29.018 --> 00:02:31.152 THE REASON I DIDN’T REALIZE IT IS I HAD NO SYMPTOMS THAT THEY 00:02:31.153 --> 00:02:31.452 IS I HAD NO SYMPTOMS THAT THEY SAY. 00:02:31.453 --> 00:02:34.478 SAY. NO NUMBNESS, NO SHARP PAIN, NO 00:02:34.489 --> 00:02:34.822 NO NUMBNESS, NO SHARP PAIN, NO ANYTHING. 00:02:34.857 --> 00:02:36.715 ANYTHING. I JUST KIND OF DRIFTED OFF TO 00:02:36.726 --> 00:02:37.024 I JUST KIND OF DRIFTED OFF TO SLEEP. 00:02:37.026 --> 00:02:38.426 SLEEP. I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. 00:02:38.427 --> 00:02:39.360 I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. I ALMOST DIED. 00:02:39.361 --> 00:02:41.319 I ALMOST DIED. HE SAID FIVE MINUTES LATER, I 00:02:41.330 --> 00:02:42.263 HE SAID FIVE MINUTES LATER, I WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD ON ARRIVAL. 00:02:42.264 --> 00:02:45.566 WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD ON ARRIVAL. THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY HEART HAD 00:02:45.568 --> 00:02:47.459 THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY HEART HAD COMPLETELY STOPPED GIVING BLOOD 00:02:47.470 --> 00:02:48.292 COMPLETELY STOPPED GIVING BLOOD AT ALL. 00:02:48.303 --> 00:02:51.139 AT ALL. AS LONG AS I WAS UP PREACHING, I 00:02:51.173 --> 00:02:51.696 AS LONG AS I WAS UP PREACHING, I FELT FINE. 00:02:51.707 --> 00:02:55.110 FELT FINE. WHEN I SAT DOWN, THE ADRENALINE 00:02:55.144 --> 00:02:56.701 WHEN I SAT DOWN, THE ADRENALINE DROPPED AND EXPOSED THE FACT I 00:02:56.712 --> 00:02:58.847 DROPPED AND EXPOSED THE FACT I WAS PREACHING WITH HALF OF MY 00:02:58.881 --> 00:03:00.105 WAS PREACHING WITH HALF OF MY HEART CLOSED THROUGH A CLOT. 00:03:00.116 --> 00:03:01.616 HEART CLOSED THROUGH A CLOT. THEY HAD TO GO GET IT. 00:03:01.650 --> 00:03:03.074 THEY HAD TO GO GET IT. AND IT WAS AN AMAZING 00:03:03.085 --> 00:03:03.908 AND IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE, MAN. 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:06.187 EXPERIENCE, MAN. IT WAS JUST TOTAL -- THE WHOLE 00:03:06.188 --> 00:03:08.256 IT WAS JUST TOTAL -- THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST WHAT THEY 00:03:08.290 --> 00:03:10.448 EXPERIENCE, NOT JUST WHAT THEY SAW, BUT THE SURGERY, 00:03:10.459 --> 00:03:10.858 SAW, BUT THE SURGERY, EVERYTHING. 00:03:10.860 --> 00:03:12.160 EVERYTHING. >> THEY SAY SOMETIMES THAT WHEN 00:03:12.161 --> 00:03:13.618 >> THEY SAY SOMETIMES THAT WHEN YOU COME BACK CLOSE TO DEATH, 00:03:13.629 --> 00:03:16.131 YOU COME BACK CLOSE TO DEATH, YOU SEE THINGS, YOU HEAR THINGS. 00:03:16.165 --> 00:03:17.822 YOU SEE THINGS, YOU HEAR THINGS. DID YOU SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING? 00:03:17.833 --> 00:03:19.234 DID YOU SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING? >> I WASN’T THERE IN THE CHAIR. 00:03:19.268 --> 00:03:21.126 >> I WASN’T THERE IN THE CHAIR. I DIDN’T EXPERIENCE LIKE IT 00:03:21.137 --> 00:03:21.769 I DIDN’T EXPERIENCE LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE. 00:03:21.804 --> 00:03:23.271 LOOKS LIKE. IT IS HARD FOR ME TO LOOK AT 00:03:23.272 --> 00:03:25.897 IT IS HARD FOR ME TO LOOK AT THAT VIDEO BECAUSE I WASN’T -- 00:03:25.908 --> 00:03:27.909 THAT VIDEO BECAUSE I WASN’T -- THEY HAD TO CLAW THE MICROPHONE 00:03:27.910 --> 00:03:30.111 THEY HAD TO CLAW THE MICROPHONE OUT OF MY HAND. 00:03:30.113 --> 00:03:35.808 OUT OF MY HAND. I READ A BOOK "DON’T DROP THE 00:03:35.819 --> 00:03:37.876 I READ A BOOK "DON’T DROP THE MIC," SO I DIDN’T WANT TO GO OUT 00:03:37.887 --> 00:03:38.543 MIC," SO I DIDN’T WANT TO GO OUT LIKE THAT. 00:03:38.554 --> 00:03:43.558 LIKE THAT. IN MY MIND, IT WAS A QUIET, 00:03:43.593 --> 00:03:44.216 IN MY MIND, IT WAS A QUIET, SERENE SPACE. 00:03:44.227 --> 00:03:47.696 SERENE SPACE. I WAS ON MY WAY OUT. 00:03:47.697 --> 00:03:50.289 I WAS ON MY WAY OUT. AND IT WAS -- AFTERWARDS IN 00:03:50.300 --> 00:03:52.234 AND IT WAS -- AFTERWARDS IN RETROSPECT, IT WAS SUCH A 00:03:52.235 --> 00:03:54.293 RETROSPECT, IT WAS SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO STAND ON THE OTHER 00:03:54.304 --> 00:03:56.729 PRIVILEGE TO STAND ON THE OTHER SIDE, TO GET A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF 00:03:56.740 --> 00:03:58.330 SIDE, TO GET A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF WHAT THAT MIGHT BE LIKE OR AT 00:03:58.341 --> 00:03:59.598 WHAT THAT MIGHT BE LIKE OR AT LEAST WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THAT 00:03:59.609 --> 00:04:00.442 LEAST WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THAT MOMENT FOR ME. 00:04:00.443 --> 00:04:03.845 MOMENT FOR ME. I THINK IT WAS ABSOLUTELY 00:04:03.847 --> 00:04:04.170 I THINK IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 00:04:04.181 --> 00:04:06.782 AMAZING. AND BEING I HAD MY WHOLE CHURCH, 00:04:06.816 --> 00:04:08.817 AND BEING I HAD MY WHOLE CHURCH, AND WHEN I SAY MY WHOLE CHURCH, 00:04:08.818 --> 00:04:11.243 AND WHEN I SAY MY WHOLE CHURCH, I MEAN GLOBAL, NOT JUST THE 00:04:11.254 --> 00:04:11.677 I MEAN GLOBAL, NOT JUST THE CONGREGATION. 00:04:11.688 --> 00:04:13.388 CONGREGATION. EVEN PEOPLE THAT DIDN’T GO TO MY 00:04:13.423 --> 00:04:14.680 EVEN PEOPLE THAT DIDN’T GO TO MY CHURCH, PEOPLE EVERYWHERE 00:04:14.691 --> 00:04:16.148 CHURCH, PEOPLE EVERYWHERE SITTING IN PRAYERS. 00:04:16.159 --> 00:04:18.027 SITTING IN PRAYERS. I’M SO THANKFUL, AND I WANT TO 00:04:18.061 --> 00:04:19.218 I’M SO THANKFUL, AND I WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK 00:04:19.229 --> 00:04:19.528 USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THEM. 00:04:19.529 --> 00:04:22.531 THEM. AND WHILE THEY WERE PRAYING, THE 00:04:22.532 --> 00:04:24.590 AND WHILE THEY WERE PRAYING, THE SURGEONS WERE OPERATING WHILE I 00:04:24.601 --> 00:04:26.258 SURGEONS WERE OPERATING WHILE I WAS AWAKE. 00:04:26.269 --> 00:04:29.638 WAS AWAKE. AND THEY NEVER PUT ME TO SLEEP. 00:04:29.673 --> 00:04:31.464 AND THEY NEVER PUT ME TO SLEEP. TECHNOLOGY IS AMAZING. 00:04:31.475 --> 00:04:33.265 TECHNOLOGY IS AMAZING. >> AND THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY, 00:04:33.276 --> 00:04:35.868 >> AND THEN THE VERY NEXT DAY, AFTER YOU SURVIVED THIS MASSIVE 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:37.646 AFTER YOU SURVIVED THIS MASSIVE HEALTH SCARE, YOUR ATTORNEYS 00:04:37.647 --> 00:04:39.238 HEALTH SCARE, YOUR ATTORNEYS HAVE TO FILE A DEFAMATION 00:04:39.249 --> 00:04:39.572 HAVE TO FILE A DEFAMATION LAWSUIT. 00:04:39.583 --> 00:04:41.207 LAWSUIT. THEY FILE THIS DEFAMATION 00:04:41.218 --> 00:04:42.718 THEY FILE THIS DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST THIS PASTOR WHO 00:04:42.752 --> 00:04:44.209 LAWSUIT AGAINST THIS PASTOR WHO ACCUSED YOU OF SEXUAL ASSAULT 00:04:44.220 --> 00:04:45.778 ACCUSED YOU OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND GROOMING ABOUT FOUR DECADES 00:04:45.789 --> 00:04:46.455 AND GROOMING ABOUT FOUR DECADES AGO. 00:04:46.490 --> 00:04:47.914 AGO. RECENTLY HIS BROTHER CAME OUT 00:04:47.925 --> 00:04:50.192 RECENTLY HIS BROTHER CAME OUT AND ALSO ACCUSED YOU OF SEXUAL 00:04:50.193 --> 00:04:51.827 AND ALSO ACCUSED YOU OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS, SIMILAR 00:04:51.862 --> 00:04:52.261 ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS, SIMILAR ALLEGATIONS. 00:04:52.262 --> 00:04:53.719 ALLEGATIONS. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THOSE 00:04:53.730 --> 00:04:54.096 HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THOSE ALLEGATIONS? 00:04:54.097 --> 00:04:55.431 ALLEGATIONS? >> YOU KNOW, IT WASN’T JUST 00:04:55.465 --> 00:04:55.888 >> YOU KNOW, IT WASN’T JUST THEN. 00:04:55.899 --> 00:04:57.923 THEN. IT’S BEEN GOING ON ALL YEAR FROM 00:04:57.934 --> 00:04:59.168 IT’S BEEN GOING ON ALL YEAR FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT 00:04:59.202 --> 00:04:59.525 DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT PLACES. 00:04:59.536 --> 00:05:02.872 PLACES. WE’RE LIVING IN A TIME OF 00:05:02.906 --> 00:05:03.729 WE’RE LIVING IN A TIME OF MISINFORMATION AND 00:05:03.740 --> 00:05:04.173 MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION. 00:05:04.207 --> 00:05:05.230 DISINFORMATION. THAT’S HARD TO LIVE WITH. 00:05:05.241 --> 00:05:09.001 THAT’S HARD TO LIVE WITH. AND I CAME TO A FEW CONCLUSIONS. 00:05:09.012 --> 00:05:10.646 AND I CAME TO A FEW CONCLUSIONS. NUMBER ONE, PEOPLE -- SOME 00:05:10.681 --> 00:05:12.472 NUMBER ONE, PEOPLE -- SOME PEOPLE DON’T SEE YOU AS AN 00:05:12.483 --> 00:05:12.881 PEOPLE DON’T SEE YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL. 00:05:12.883 --> 00:05:15.308 INDIVIDUAL. THEY SEE YOU AS AN OPPORTUNITY. 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:18.812 THEY SEE YOU AS AN OPPORTUNITY. AND WE’RE LIVING IN A TIME RIGHT 00:05:18.823 --> 00:05:21.781 AND WE’RE LIVING IN A TIME RIGHT NOW OF PEOPLE BEING MISALIGNED 00:05:21.792 --> 00:05:23.850 NOW OF PEOPLE BEING MISALIGNED AND SELDOM CHALLENGED. 00:05:23.861 --> 00:05:24.794 AND SELDOM CHALLENGED. AND THAT HAS GONE -- 00:05:24.828 --> 00:05:28.030 AND THAT HAS GONE -- >> THAT’S WHY YOU FILED A 00:05:28.031 --> 00:05:28.597 >> THAT’S WHY YOU FILED A DEFAMATION SUIT? 00:05:28.599 --> 00:05:29.856 DEFAMATION SUIT? >> I FILED THE SUIT. 00:05:29.867 --> 00:05:32.868 >> I FILED THE SUIT. IF YOU DON’T EVER SPEAK ABOUT 00:05:32.903 --> 00:05:34.527 IF YOU DON’T EVER SPEAK ABOUT IT, IT JUST CONTINUES TO GO ON 00:05:34.538 --> 00:05:35.461 IT, IT JUST CONTINUES TO GO ON AND ON. 00:05:35.472 --> 00:05:37.030 AND ON. AND I DECIDED ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. 00:05:37.041 --> 00:05:38.341 AND I DECIDED ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. >> YOU FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THESE 00:05:38.342 --> 00:05:39.232 >> YOU FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THESE MEN LEGALLY. 00:05:39.243 --> 00:05:40.734 MEN LEGALLY. YOU’RE FIGHTING BACK PUBLICLY. 00:05:40.745 --> 00:05:43.012 YOU’RE FIGHTING BACK PUBLICLY. THE ACCUSERS FILED A MOTION TO 00:05:43.047 --> 00:05:44.304 THE ACCUSERS FILED A MOTION TO DISMISS YOUR LAWSUIT AND DENY 00:05:44.315 --> 00:05:45.472 DISMISS YOUR LAWSUIT AND DENY ANY WRONGDOING. 00:05:45.483 --> 00:05:46.616 ANY WRONGDOING. YOU MENTION THIS IS HAPPENING IN 00:05:46.650 --> 00:05:47.116 YOU MENTION THIS IS HAPPENING IN THE PAST. 00:05:47.117 --> 00:05:49.251 THE PAST. DO YOU EXPECT THERE WILL BE MORE 00:05:49.253 --> 00:05:50.210 DO YOU EXPECT THERE WILL BE MORE ACCUSERS COMING FORWARD? 00:05:50.221 --> 00:05:51.712 ACCUSERS COMING FORWARD? >> I DON’T KNOW WHERE WE ARE 00:05:51.723 --> 00:05:52.312 >> I DON’T KNOW WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 00:05:52.323 --> 00:05:54.881 RIGHT NOW. FROM THE LOOKS OF LAST YEAR AND 00:05:54.892 --> 00:05:56.860 FROM THE LOOKS OF LAST YEAR AND HOW MANY BLACK CELEBRITIES AND 00:05:56.861 --> 00:05:58.652 HOW MANY BLACK CELEBRITIES AND CELEBRITIES IN GENERAL HAVE HAD 00:05:58.663 --> 00:06:00.530 CELEBRITIES IN GENERAL HAVE HAD TO ENDURE THIS KIND OF STUFF, I 00:06:00.564 --> 00:06:01.664 TO ENDURE THIS KIND OF STUFF, I DON’T KNOW WHERE WE ARE RIGHT 00:06:01.665 --> 00:06:02.822 DON’T KNOW WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 00:06:02.833 --> 00:06:05.134 NOW. I THINK THAT THERE IS A 00:06:05.136 --> 00:06:07.594 I THINK THAT THERE IS A HOPELESSNESS, A DESPERATE -- 00:06:07.605 --> 00:06:09.505 HOPELESSNESS, A DESPERATE -- DESPERATE PEOPLE DO DESPERATE 00:06:09.540 --> 00:06:09.863 DESPERATE PEOPLE DO DESPERATE THINGS. 00:06:09.874 --> 00:06:11.898 THINGS. AND THEY FILED A MOTION TO HAVE 00:06:11.909 --> 00:06:12.809 AND THEY FILED A MOTION TO HAVE IT DISMISSED. 00:06:12.843 --> 00:06:15.144 IT DISMISSED. SO FAR IT’S BEEN DENIED. 00:06:15.146 --> 00:06:18.982 SO FAR IT’S BEEN DENIED. WE FILED 600 PAGES OF 00:06:18.983 --> 00:06:19.382 WE FILED 600 PAGES OF INFORMATION. 00:06:19.383 --> 00:06:20.440 INFORMATION. I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S NEXT. 00:06:20.451 --> 00:06:21.808 I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S NEXT. I DIDN’T SEE THIS COMING. 00:06:21.819 --> 00:06:24.655 I DIDN’T SEE THIS COMING. >> TO BE CLEAR, YOU VEHEMENTLY 00:06:24.689 --> 00:06:26.256 >> TO BE CLEAR, YOU VEHEMENTLY DENY ALL OF THESE ALLEGATIONS? 00:06:26.257 --> 00:06:27.481 DENY ALL OF THESE ALLEGATIONS? >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:06:27.492 --> 00:06:27.890 >> ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. 00:06:27.892 --> 00:06:29.149 ABSOLUTELY. I HAVEN’T SEEN THIS PERSON FOR 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:32.319 I HAVEN’T SEEN THIS PERSON FOR 40 YEARS, AND THIS PARTICULAR 00:06:32.330 --> 00:06:34.030 40 YEARS, AND THIS PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN ARRESTED AS 00:06:34.065 --> 00:06:37.491 INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN ARRESTED AS A CHILD PREDATOR TWICE AND 00:06:37.502 --> 00:06:37.901 A CHILD PREDATOR TWICE AND CONVICTED. 00:06:37.902 --> 00:06:39.903 CONVICTED. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT 00:06:39.904 --> 00:06:40.927 >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT ANOTHER LEGAL BATTLE BECAUSE I 00:06:40.938 --> 00:06:42.496 ANOTHER LEGAL BATTLE BECAUSE I FOUND THIS INTERESTING. 00:06:42.507 --> 00:06:44.875 FOUND THIS INTERESTING. THERE IS A LOT OF CHATTER ONLINE 00:06:44.909 --> 00:06:47.801 THERE IS A LOT OF CHATTER ONLINE ABOUT J.D. JAKES AND DIDDY AND A 00:06:47.812 --> 00:06:50.704 ABOUT J.D. JAKES AND DIDDY AND A LOT OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES OUT 00:06:50.715 --> 00:06:51.014 LOT OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES OUT THERE. 00:06:51.015 --> 00:06:53.383 THERE. THEN YOUR LAWYER IS NOW SEEKING 00:06:53.384 --> 00:06:56.386 THEN YOUR LAWYER IS NOW SEEKING TO SUBPOENA GOOGLE OVER AI 00:06:56.387 --> 00:06:58.245 TO SUBPOENA GOOGLE OVER AI GENERATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS. 00:06:58.256 --> 00:06:59.856 GENERATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS. INSTEAD OF LETTING THAT GO, YOUR 00:06:59.891 --> 00:07:01.248 INSTEAD OF LETTING THAT GO, YOUR LAWYERS ARE GOING AFTER THOSE 00:07:01.259 --> 00:07:01.759 LAWYERS ARE GOING AFTER THOSE VIDEOS. 00:07:01.793 --> 00:07:02.092 VIDEOS. WHY? 00:07:02.093 --> 00:07:04.651 WHY? >> BECAUSE IT’S BEEN A BUSINESS, 00:07:04.662 --> 00:07:05.696 >> BECAUSE IT’S BEEN A BUSINESS, KILLING PEOPLE’S CHARACTER HAS 00:07:05.730 --> 00:07:06.753 KILLING PEOPLE’S CHARACTER HAS BECOME A BUSINESS. 00:07:06.764 --> 00:07:08.422 BECOME A BUSINESS. AND YOUR OWN NETWORK DID THEIR 00:07:08.433 --> 00:07:10.567 AND YOUR OWN NETWORK DID THEIR OWN RESEARCH AND PROVED THAT THE 00:07:10.602 --> 00:07:15.963 OWN RESEARCH AND PROVED THAT THE AI GENERATED IMAGES AND PICTURES 00:07:15.974 --> 00:07:18.975 AI GENERATED IMAGES AND PICTURES THAT WENT EVERYWHERE WERE AI 00:07:19.010 --> 00:07:20.143 THAT WENT EVERYWHERE WERE AI GENERATED, THAT IT WAS FALSE. 00:07:20.145 --> 00:07:21.712 GENERATED, THAT IT WAS FALSE. EVEN AFTER YOUR NETWORK DID 00:07:21.713 --> 00:07:23.747 EVEN AFTER YOUR NETWORK DID THEIR RESEARCH AND PUBLISHED IT, 00:07:23.748 --> 00:07:25.315 THEIR RESEARCH AND PUBLISHED IT, PEOPLE STILL CONTINUED IT. 00:07:25.316 --> 00:07:27.350 PEOPLE STILL CONTINUED IT. IT IS ALMOST LIKE WE ENJOY BEING 00:07:27.352 --> 00:07:27.818 IT IS ALMOST LIKE WE ENJOY BEING ANGRY. 00:07:27.819 --> 00:07:30.477 ANGRY. WE ENJOY WHATEVER IS SALACIOUS. 00:07:30.488 --> 00:07:33.590 WE ENJOY WHATEVER IS SALACIOUS. WE’RE NOT INTERESTED IN TRUTHS. 00:07:33.625 --> 00:07:36.851 WE’RE NOT INTERESTED IN TRUTHS. OTHER PEOPLE DID THINGS ON IT. 00:07:36.862 --> 00:07:37.918 OTHER PEOPLE DID THINGS ON IT. TMZ CAME OUT. 00:07:37.929 --> 00:07:40.387 TMZ CAME OUT. DIDN’T MATTER WHAT ANYBODY SAID, 00:07:40.398 --> 00:07:40.798 DIDN’T MATTER WHAT ANYBODY SAID, INCLUDING ME. 00:07:40.832 --> 00:07:41.832 INCLUDING ME. SO I SAID NOTHING. 00:07:41.833 --> 00:07:43.157 SO I SAID NOTHING. I SAID NOTHING BECAUSE THE MORE 00:07:43.168 --> 00:07:46.327 I SAID NOTHING BECAUSE THE MORE YOU TALK, THE MORE YOU FEED THE 00:07:46.338 --> 00:07:46.961 YOU TALK, THE MORE YOU FEED THE FIRE. 00:07:46.972 --> 00:07:48.696 FIRE. WE’RE IN AN ODD PLACE RIGHT NOW. 00:07:48.707 --> 00:07:50.564 WE’RE IN AN ODD PLACE RIGHT NOW. PEOPLE LOSING JOBS, LOSING 00:07:50.575 --> 00:07:50.908 PEOPLE LOSING JOBS, LOSING HOUSES. 00:07:50.942 --> 00:07:52.676 HOUSES. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE 00:07:52.677 --> 00:07:58.148 ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE STARTED OUR ENTREPRENEURIAL GOOD 00:07:58.150 --> 00:08:00.208 STARTED OUR ENTREPRENEURIAL GOOD SOIL IS -- IS TO SHOW PEOPLE 00:08:00.219 --> 00:08:02.153 SOIL IS -- IS TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT IF YOU DON’T HAVE A JOB, 00:08:02.187 --> 00:08:05.246 THAT IF YOU DON’T HAVE A JOB, YOU CAN CREATE A JOB. 00:08:05.257 --> 00:08:08.216 YOU CAN CREATE A JOB. NOT THIS KIND, NOT THIS 00:08:08.227 --> 00:08:08.683 NOT THIS KIND, NOT THIS SALACIOUS KIND. 00:08:08.694 --> 00:08:10.028 SALACIOUS KIND. >> YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A MAN OF 00:08:10.062 --> 00:08:10.552 >> YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A MAN OF GREAT FAITH. 00:08:10.563 --> 00:08:12.253 GREAT FAITH. I HAVE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW 00:08:12.264 --> 00:08:13.154 I HAVE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW YOU OVER THE YEARS. 00:08:13.165 --> 00:08:14.956 YOU OVER THE YEARS. YOU HAD A LOT HAPPEN TO YOU OVER 00:08:14.967 --> 00:08:15.757 YOU HAD A LOT HAPPEN TO YOU OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO. 00:08:15.768 --> 00:08:16.223 THE LAST YEAR OR SO. >> YES. 00:08:16.234 --> 00:08:18.202 >> YES. >> HOW DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR 00:08:18.203 --> 00:08:18.502 >> HOW DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR FAITH? 00:08:18.503 --> 00:08:19.937 FAITH? HOW DOES IT CHANGE YOUR 00:08:19.972 --> 00:08:20.595 HOW DOES IT CHANGE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD? 00:08:20.606 --> 00:08:22.664 RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT IS A FUNNY 00:08:22.675 --> 00:08:22.973 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT IS A FUNNY THING. 00:08:22.975 --> 00:08:24.499 THING. I’VE HAD A LOT. 00:08:24.510 --> 00:08:25.767 I’VE HAD A LOT. YOU HAVE ONLY SEEN HALF OF IT. 00:08:25.778 --> 00:08:27.711 YOU HAVE ONLY SEEN HALF OF IT. I MEAN, WHILE ALL THAT WAS GOING 00:08:27.713 --> 00:08:30.114 I MEAN, WHILE ALL THAT WAS GOING ON WITH MY WIFE, MY WIFE HAD A 00:08:30.115 --> 00:08:31.706 ON WITH MY WIFE, MY WIFE HAD A KNEE REPLACEMENT. 00:08:31.717 --> 00:08:32.717 KNEE REPLACEMENT. THAT WAS AMAZING. 00:08:32.718 --> 00:08:34.976 THAT WAS AMAZING. THAT WAS GOING ON AT THE SAME 00:08:34.987 --> 00:08:37.088 THAT WAS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME MY BROTHER HAD KIDNEY 00:08:37.089 --> 00:08:37.412 TIME MY BROTHER HAD KIDNEY FAILURE. 00:08:37.423 --> 00:08:40.382 FAILURE. I HAD A LOT GOING ON. 00:08:40.393 --> 00:08:44.252 I HAD A LOT GOING ON. NOW I’M GETTING READY TO DO OUR 00:08:44.263 --> 00:08:45.596 NOW I’M GETTING READY TO DO OUR GOOD SOUL CONFERENCE JUNE 12th 00:08:45.631 --> 00:08:46.731 GOOD SOUL CONFERENCE JUNE 12th THROUGH THE 14th. 00:08:46.732 --> 00:08:49.757 THROUGH THE 14th. I HAVE LORENZO COMING FROM FEAR 00:08:49.768 --> 00:08:50.201 I HAVE LORENZO COMING FROM FEAR OF GOD. 00:08:50.236 --> 00:08:52.003 OF GOD. I HAVE OPRAH WINFREY COMING. 00:08:52.004 --> 00:08:53.528 I HAVE OPRAH WINFREY COMING. I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING 00:08:53.539 --> 00:08:56.207 I HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING BECAUSE I THINK IF WE DON’T GIVE 00:08:56.208 --> 00:08:57.265 BECAUSE I THINK IF WE DON’T GIVE DIRECTION TO PEOPLE TO HOW THEY 00:08:57.276 --> 00:08:59.478 DIRECTION TO PEOPLE TO HOW THEY CAN POSITIVELY MOVE FORWARD, I 00:08:59.512 --> 00:09:01.403 CAN POSITIVELY MOVE FORWARD, I WILL START MY PODCAST WHERE I 00:09:01.414 --> 00:09:03.271 WILL START MY PODCAST WHERE I CAN REALLY ELABORATE ON WHAT 00:09:03.282 --> 00:09:03.615 CAN REALLY ELABORATE ON WHAT HAPPENED. 00:09:03.649 --> 00:09:04.806 HAPPENED. >> THIS HEART ATTACK HASN’T 00:09:04.817 --> 00:09:06.574 >> THIS HEART ATTACK HASN’T SEEMED TO SLOW YOU DOWN A WHOLE 00:09:06.585 --> 00:09:06.851 SEEMED TO SLOW YOU DOWN A WHOLE LOT. 00:09:06.852 --> 00:09:07.518 LOT. >> NO, NO. 00:09:07.553 --> 00:09:09.320 >> NO, NO. I’M GETTING FASTER BECAUSE, ONE, 00:09:09.321 --> 00:09:10.321 I’M GETTING FASTER BECAUSE, ONE, I’M OLDER. 00:09:10.322 --> 00:09:11.522 I’M OLDER. TWO, I’M GRATEFUL. 00:09:11.524 --> 00:09:13.148 TWO, I’M GRATEFUL. THREE, I’VE GOT SOMETHING TO 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:13.415 THREE, I’VE GOT SOMETHING TO SAY. 00:09:13.426 --> 00:09:15.284 SAY. AND I JUST NEED A PLATFORM TO 00:09:15.295 --> 00:09:16.261 AND I JUST NEED A PLATFORM TO SAY IT ON.