Shamea Morton
Appearances
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Ooh, that's a great question. Money. No, I'm just kidding. Duh. No, no, no, seriously. I'm going to keep it 100. I mean, you know, my mom used to always say, find you somebody, baby, that love you more than you love them. And I used to be like, ew, why would I? No. And this is my second go. My first marriage, I was like,
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
you know just all about just love but my heart and but he's so and he's so sexy and so handsome and all the things right but he was horrible he was abusive he didn't you know care for my heart and um and he had money so i said the next time around um you know god-fearing it's got to be the center of our lives and i don't want anybody with kids anymore because
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
The last one had a kid, and the kid used to cuss me out better than the stepmama. I used to be like, man, both of you? The child and the cusser, she can cuss too. So I was like, this time around, I had to be honest with myself. I came from a household where my mom and dad both lived under the same roof, and I was lucky enough to have both parents there. And I was like, I want something like that.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
And I was like, well, I shouldn't have to. minimize and change up my wish list because there could be somebody out there like that. So I met my husband and he was not what I thought. you know, I would have as a husband, like to just keep it 100. People would come under my page like, oh, she got her African.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Then they would like tag me in the African starter kit, which was like the Chanel bag and like the ashy flip-flop shoes. And I would be like, what? He's not this. And I mean, and to be honest, he was, he really was, he's amazing. Like he's, again, it was not what I put on paper, but he was all the other things that I needed. You know, back then, you know, they didn't want me.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Now I'm hot, they all on me. He wanted me when I wasn't hot. Like, when I wasn't, you know, shaking pom-poms and getting that $25 a game. And, you know, I just, like, he believed in me in moments that I didn't even believe in myself. And I think that's what you need. You need someone that loves you more than what you love them at the moment because it's going to shift.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
and there's going to be seasons in your marriage or relationship where he going to be hot. And I'm like, well, hold on now. You done been in the gym and you got your little chest wall. But it really is important because then when you start dreaming and you want the career and all the things,
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Like, right now, I'm able to be here amongst the stage with all these beautiful ladies and with you because he at home with the cheering. Come on now.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
And a lot of times we say, oh, money, well, then there's roles in a relationship, but not in this one. He understands, like, these roles and the things change when it comes down to a successful marriage. As long as you are God-fearing, you have your finances in order because, hello, I like nice stuff. And you have that sex, because that is very important.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Even, you know, you might have to speak on the mic. It's important. Yeah, it's a thing. She said, speak on the mic. That's what she said. Because even when you can't communicate and they mad at you, if you just sing a little song on the mic, they gonna be like, you know what, okay, I forgive you.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
So I just think you just gotta keep those things in order, you know, sex, finance, communication, and God.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Who got a fan she can borrow? I know that's right. Look, they all got fans. They're going to give it to you.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Yeah, B just was like, hmm. She's like, skip me, skip me, skip me.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
What if you go to it and the DM already lit?
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
They already been talking.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Wait, they already got a message together. I'm looking at the corner of my eye. They already got a message in there together.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Wait, and her bubble is already big. She already said something to him. They had already said something. No, we all want to know. What's the flirty touch say?
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Okay, now, Samia, what you got? Okay, I don't know. Which one y'all want me to do? I knew it. Either one of them.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Okay, I'll just do the fan question. Okay. Alexia Timothy. Hey, best friend.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Okay, Alexia. There she is. Okay, see, I'm trying to look out for you. So she wrote, how do you move past the heartache of what you thought was a genuine friendship but in actuality was jealousy rearing its ugly head. Wow. Take us there.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
What God has for me is for me. Come on. What God has for me, it is for me. I know without a doubt that he will bring me out. What God has for me, it is for me.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
I was hoping you could help me out. Oh, my gosh. How am I balancing being busy? Well, first of all, I'm a new mom, y'all. Shout out to all the mommies. Mommy gang. Yes. How many kids you got, sis? Two? None? Two, two, three! Oh my gosh. So I just had my first child a year ago. It was her birthday last week. Thank you, thank you. So being a mom has me extremely busy. Extremely, extremely busy.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
But honestly, the balance that I do in order to just keep my life flowing. Oh my gosh. Prioritize. Prioritize. Honestly, I wake up every day and I'm a slave immediately. It's not easy, but I'm very blessed to be doing something because I could be waking up and doing nothing at all. So I try to just shift my perspective from being overwhelmed to be overjoyed with gratitude to being busy at all.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Yeah, right.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Y'all make me feel so cool. All this love for me. Offer smiles. Anyway, no, I'm just honestly, I told myself, you just have to give yourself grace. There we go. Because I'll start out my day with a list of 10 things. And if I can get through half of it, I'm like, you know what, I did good.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
I was actually listening to Beatalk and I looked down and I saw my boot was halfway zipped and I was like, oh. And then there's that. I mean, you know, just get yourself, get your clothes on. I mean, honestly, I think when you're a mom and a career woman and you're doing all the things, sometimes you get so wound up and wrapped up in everyday things.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
You're like, I didn't get to it or I'm not doing enough or you get flustered. I can just say give yourself grace because most people aren't doing 500 jobs like us, you know. That's good. That's good. And if we're able to be above the ground and just walk in our purpose and in God's will, we're doing it.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Okay, yes, yes. Honestly, you know, and I hate to be that person and just keep talking about my child, but... when you have a child and you're in a relationship, it changes things. You know, you might go from, I know we got sanctified holy people in here on Sunday.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
When you go from it being every day, two times a day, to maybe once a week, cause the baby on your titty, she hating on you, he mad at her. It's like, it's hard. It really is. It's really hard. But I think that, You know, you just gotta find time. And it's funny that you said that you didn't check on your man, because for me it's like, I do so much, I was looking for somebody to check on me.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
You know what I'm saying? I said, because I'm going to say it like this. Postpartum is not talked about enough. And we don't support each other enough in that. And it is hard. It is hard. And it is dark. It is very dark. And you know, you know, it's dark. So sometimes just because I might look nice and pretty on the outside doesn't mean that I don't have internal damage going on on the inside.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Because I woke up, I cooked for everybody, I fed everybody, and I realized it's 4 o'clock, I didn't eat a thing. And nobody even asked me if I ate a thing. Baby on the titty all day. She good. She chunky and fed. And here I am starving, malnourished, losing my ass.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
It's really hard. And I think that it just goes back to your support system. You having them people who really check in on you and be like, hey, listen, I know you're busy. I know you got a lot going on, but like, how are you? Right. What's going on with you? Right. That's real. Can I help you do anything? can you just vent real quick?
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Sometimes I just need to call and be like, don't say nothing. Just let me... run it, you know? But the balance, you just have to make a conscious effort and you just have to, anything else that's important in your life and you're intentional about, if it's important to you, you gotta be intentional about that too. I love that.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
I'm working to pray for me y'all because I ain't figured it out yet. I'm still trying. But just being intentional with everything that I do along with my relationship. But I also need him to be intentional too.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
So it goes both ways.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
Blame it, and you shall receive it.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
That's real.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
KIPS LIVE - Pt. 1: The Group Chat w/ B. Simone, Pretty V, Watch Jazzy + Shamea Morton
No, that's real.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
I'm going to ride through the McDonald's drive-thru and get some fries. It's not beneath me. Didn't cook, we got Captain D's for dinner. But people automatically box you in this, oh, ooh la la.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And it's like, that's not even me. It's not.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
So down. And I just love that about what my life is now.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Like, I can kick it with you in some sweats. And we can just be, you know, chilling. And I don't, I just... The glitz and glam of it all is one thing, but then there's also that down to earth, Decatur girl.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And I don't want the people around me to change, you know?
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
I mean, you know, I always felt like sometimes people say, you know, when you get a certain level of success, you know, things change or you lose friends. And, I mean, I hate to say it, that's right. And it's not because it's something that you're doing.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Because I find myself trying to go extra hard to keep all my people and make them all feel special and make them all feel important and like they're on this journey with me. But sometimes people just don't see it for you.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Sometimes people, you know, and I'm not talking about anybody in particular, but sometimes it could be your cousin and they could feel like, you know, for as long as you were or they felt like they were better, doing better, more superior, then it was like rah-rah in your corner. But then the moment that they feel like you're doing well, it's like they change. It's not even you.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
You're like, I'm still here. I still want to go kick it with you. I miss you. I love you, friend. I couldn't kick it with you today because I had this happening. But tomorrow, and it's like, no, I'm good. That's what's hurtful. Just that part of it. Just changing. I don't want to say changing it, but Some friends are seasonal, though. Yeah, I mean. And some are not meant to be there with you.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
It's hard because, you know, we I think we're loyal people and we love hard.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Oh, but like, you know, some of my friendships, you know, have taken, you know, like like I mean, one of my friends, we we've been friends since God knows, like. We met in college. I've been out of college for a long time. And she just would say weird stuff all the time. I'd be like, hey girl, you know, I'm filming today. I can't, you know, and then it was like,
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Oh, you know, you always, you're always, yeah, like, like, oh, so since you on this show now, yeah, you don't have time, you don't have time, but I don't, I don't have time, but I'm gonna make time for you, and then when I would try to make time for her, she would just be like, no, it's all, yeah, they, yeah, so you can't win for losing, yeah, like, and I want to do better, girl, because if I win, you win, yes, yes, for real, yeah, but, okay, yeah, no, I get that,
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
get your career, get a husband. Here are the steps to doing all this stuff. And especially in the black community, I didn't know anything about freezing eggs and IVF. It was just like, don't get pregnant. Don't let that boy get you pregnant. You know? But you just wrap that thing up. And you were always like, oh, okay, yeah.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
You know, you didn't hear about like, yeah, until you don't need to wrap it up because your eggs are going to dry. You know, you're born with a certain number of eggs and you have those eggs and that's all you're going to get. We don't talk about that kind of stuff. We don't. Let's talk about it. But yeah, our other people, They're freezing their kids' eggs out of high school. Isn't that crazy?
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
They want to make sure that they're able to procreate. We were just told, don't do that, don't get yourself knocked up, don't be barefoot and pregnant, all the stuff. It's so crazy because the more I talk about it, the more I found out about so many of my friends and just family that have had trouble with infertility. And I'm like, let's all talk about it. We can help each other.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Let me tell you, you figure it out. Because even when I was busy and I was on IVF, I would just give myself a shot in the car. Really? You just figure it out, you know? And it takes, what, a day to do the egg retrieval and then another day to recover, possibly. But you'll make it happen.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Just do it, you know? It's never too late. It's going to happen for you at the right time.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And the vain comments that I've gotten, because I did do surrogacy with Shiloh, it was, oh, you just don't want to mess up your body. You should have had a baby naturally. She wouldn't have been sick. There's some ugly stuff out there. However, I never stopped trying to get pregnant. I had failed transfer after failed transfer.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
So when they transfer the embryo into you, you wait to see if you get a positive pregnancy test. It didn't happen. And then a year ago, January, I had an ectopic pregnancy and I almost died. I was pregnant and my left fallopian tube ruptured. Yes, yes. And I was bleeding out internally. Oh, yeah. That's a whole other thing that you don't really even know about.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And I went to one hospital and they were just like, get in line. We have other people ahead of you. And I was just like, I feel like I'm dying. I called my mom and I was crying. I was like... I'm vomiting in the emergency room and no one's helping me.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And I was bleeding. And then my mom came and took me from that hospital to another hospital where I was born, actually, Emory Crawford Long.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
I keep hearing amazing things at Emory. They rushed me right back, even though my vitals were good. Because, like, at that hospital, I wasn't running a fever. My blood pressure wasn't high. So they were like, you're fine. Took me back. The other hospital, they did blood work on me. And they did a little more in-depth, and they were like, yeah, no, something's not right.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And then they did an ultrasound on me, and they saw the blood. Oh, my goodness. And they were like, we're rushing you into surgery. And when they told me to rush me into surgery, I was like, let me go to the bathroom first. I went to the bathroom, and blood just started.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Oh, my goodness. Not to be graphic, but yeah, it was just, I mean, it was nothing but God. Yeah. Yeah. They saved my life, which is why, just a spoiler alert, you'll see the cuts on me even on the show. That was a real thing. But let me tell you, it was a high and a low for that. I can still get pregnant.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
You know, because I did get pregnant.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
I still have eggs, you know, because at this age you start thinking, can I get pregnant? Do I still have eggs? You know. Wow. And then, but the other side was now I only have one fallopian tube to get pregnant.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
So, you know, I would tell anybody, like, do your research. You know, do your homework. Make sure that it's a really great fertility clinic that you're going to. Look at their, like, percentages of pregnancies. And then decide, make a, make a, a conscious effort to just be very detailed in picking your place. We were fortunate enough to get Shiloh through my surrogate named Shadina.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
I was always like, let me, let me, when I met Shadina, I met her through Candy.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And Candy used Shadina for her daughter Blaze. And during that process, I was there to witness her do the injections. And I didn't even know that I needed a surrogate or anything. I was just like, I'll get pregnant one day. And then it was like, because I had Shia the natural way.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
So I was like, oh, yeah, you know, we'll get pregnant. It'll be easy. Then it wasn't. It was like failed, failed after failed. So my doctor was like, it's unexplained. Like, I don't even know why. Just go and talk to a fertility clinic. And so that's how we came about Shadeed. I was like, hey, she has an agency. OK. So I was like, why don't you just carry the baby? We're comfortable with you.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
You're in the circle already. Yeah. Just because she was like, what? So she did. She got diagnosed with breast cancer, unfortunately. And she was at 32 weeks when she got diagnosed. And it was an aggressive form of breast cancer. Oh my goodness. When I tell you, I'm always like, is this like a movie? I'm like, is this really happening? She got diagnosed with breast cancer.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Since it was aggressive, they were like, we can't, we gotta like, we gotta go and take Shiloh. So I think Shiloh came five weeks early. And she came on Valentine's Day. It's like she's my love baby. And what was crazy is I was supposed to be at All Star, because All Star is always that week. It was in Utah that year. And I was like, well, I'm going to have to figure this out. She came.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
She was crying. We were all rejoicing. And then she stopped crying and started turning blue.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And I was like, oh my goodness. And they rushed her to the ICU. Next time I saw my baby, she had been intubated and was on a breathing machine. Yeah. I was like, oh my goodness. Then it's so crazy how like social media helps you at times. There is power in that because she was there right at a week on the ventilator.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And they were like, she needs a surgery. She had both nasal passages blocked with boning and tissue, and they could only do the surgery at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta didn't have any beds.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Beds? You would think, we're in the United States of America. How is that even a thing?
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And the hospital that they just built was so needed. But this was 2023. The hospital just opened in 2024. We didn't have that yet. And so they had a bed shortage. So I went on Instagram. And that's kind of how I started telling my story. Not for pity or empathy for people. I just needed help. And I didn't know how to help my child. And I knew that if I waited... then her lungs would suffer.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And I was just like, I don't know what to do. And God just said, tell your story. So I went live and I started telling the story and I was like, I don't know how to get her fed. I don't know what to do, but I do know that I need my baby to give it.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And it's so funny because the lady that was working for the Falcons when I was cheering for the Falcons, she had a set of twins and she knew one of the head doctors in the NICU at Northside. She reached out to her, come on now. Reached out to her, they reached out to Scottish Rite. They had me in bed the next day.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
They transported me over with my child and gave us the best care ever. Dr. Paula Harmon did the surgery and then we found out other things about Shiloh from head to toe. When I tell you this girl came with all the bells and the whistles. She had craniosynostosis and that, and I'm only sharing all this because there was no information about all this stuff.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
So I went like Google and I would go to the hashtag, you know, you'd be like, hashtag feed embrace. That's how I was doing it. Hashtag craniosynostosis. What is that? Looking at all these pictures, just like Google, all the scary stuff comes up. So that's when your skull is fused together, because most babies are born with a soft spot, not Shiloh. Her skull is already fused together.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
So she would eventually have to have that procedure at six months of age to open her skull up so that she can have normal brain growth.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
But the first thing was keeping her alive by opening up her nasal passages. Yes. So they opened it up, and that was called a craniosynostosis, and I'm sorry, it was coanal atresia and coanal stenosis of the nose. That's when you have tissue and boning blocking both nasal passages. This was craniosynostosis. So they opened up her nose, and just like scar tissue, it wants to form and heal.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
It closed right back up. She had to keep going back. It was like every four weeks she was going back to the OR for another surgery. My girl has had... 14 surgeries. 14, Shamia? Yes. And she is still such a happy girl. Yes. Such great energy. I mean, when I tell you, like, we do a family photo shoot and she's like, like the star. Yes.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And, you know, and so that's why I say, like, God just has a way, like, from head to toe. That, this, heart murmur, fluid buildup in her. Kidney, the tendons in both middle fingers were tight. She had club feet. She had all the things. And I was just like, and it was like, I just had to deal with it one thing at a time. It's almost like when you make a to-do list.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
I had to like, so I didn't want to be overwhelmed. And sometimes I would just need to just remove myself from it for even an hour or two because any NICU moms y'all know like when you're by your bedside by your child it just it can drain you and when you don't have energy your child doesn't have energy I needed her to have a will to live yes you know and a desire and a good energy around her so
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
oftentimes I would leave and go to the Hawks game and work.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
I was like, why are you at the game? And I'm like, I need this.
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And I would go right back. You would, yeah. Because you can't sleep in the NICU. They won't let you. Yeah. They find you dozing off.
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You got to leave. Yeah. And you want to be there with your child. Yeah, out of the ICU that I could even spend the night at the hospital. That's a whole thing that you don't even know about. So Shiloh was such a journey. Oh my goodness. I didn't even, if I was to look back, I'd be like, how did I even make it through? Even now, how am I still making it through? Because every day it's like a turn.
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We turn the corner, but she's still here with us and we're celebrating her second birthday in a week.
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Yeah, she's thriving. She's taking steps now. Wobbly. She's a wobbly girl. That's amazing. I always ask myself, like, you know, before I would be like, why me? Like, why? Like, why this happen? Because with IVF, they give you the option to test your embryo. We did. We did not spare any expense. It's like, of course we want.
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You know, you didn't hear about like, yeah, until you don't need to wrap it up because your eggs are going to dry, you know. You're born with a certain number of eggs and you have those eggs and that's all you're going to get. We don't talk about that kind of stuff.
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We want to know. We want to have a healthy baby.
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But. They said it could have been a mutation that developed. When they checked, everything was there. There were no chromosomal abnormalities. Genetic screenings were fine. But they said it was a duplication and a depletion in chromosome number seven. I was like, what does that even mean? And we did the homework and the research, and they were like, there's only four other cases of this.
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look at it it's like when they're looking at they're like are all the books on the shelf okay are all the pages in the book yes so all those boxes were checked yeah but with her disorder or her genetic disability when you open that book up that one page has the words written backwards so once you decode it you'll understand it yeah but like for her she's gonna meet all her milestones it'll just be delayed yeah
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So I'm like, well, you know, delay is not a deny.
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That was very hard. And even now thinking about it, like, because she doesn't understand.
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She just turned six, November. So she would like get jealous, like, you're always with Shiloh. And then other times she would come, you know, like a toddler, she would come and say, I want to get a new baby. I want to get one that doesn't have all those cords and tubes and, you know, and yeah, it was heartbreaking because it was like, I understand.
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My husband's with Shia, I'm with Shiloh, and then we would swap. And then, you know, she was like, when are you gonna come home? And, you know, and like, why can't I play with Shiloh like this? Why can't she, when is she gonna call? When is she gonna? And these are all very normal questions for, you know, a four-year-old. And at the time they weren't allowing kids under the age of four
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in the hospital. So she couldn't even come and see. We would have to send pictures, we had to FaceTime. It definitely made our family stronger. And I do thank God that I had a very strong support. That's the thing. You really do know who you're... A lot of people that reached out to me weren't even my closest friends, they were strangers. Like, I'm praying for you.
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And reading those comments were amazing.
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wow, this is just, it just felt so good.
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Yeah. I mean, and that's the thing, like, you know, it's crazy because, like, when you think about it, you're like, sometimes if you just fake laugh and you fake pretend, eventually it'll take on its own thing and you'll feel happy and you'll feel great. And that's what I would have to do.
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invite people places and then they they're never available like why gonna invite me anymore that is not shamia you always keep me in mind because i always want your bright light around me like you have such a magnetic positive energy which is why you're the name of this show is so perfect when i first heard about kids i was like oh my goodness what a great name thank you like you just exude this
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Like, I would have to, like, turn, get in my car and just turn on my gospel music and just cry it out and just bounce back, figure it out. But, like, just, I think when you're in it, you don't even... You don't have time to even read. You don't have time to, you just gotta go.
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And I mean, I'm happy to be in a better space now when she's a lot healthier. But yeah, it's just been a journey. And that's why now, I don't even question people. Before I would be like, what do you want, a boy or a girl? And they would be like, a healthy baby. And I'd be like, ugh. All right, for real. Now I'm like, no. Yes, he ran for a healthy baby. Because Shia was so easy, you know?
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Maybe Shia's going to get me in the end. Shia will be easy. Shia will be easy later. Shia's going to tear me up later.
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Yeah. And that's why, I mean, I appreciate you allowing me to share on your platform because everything isn't great. And that's what I was saying. Even on the show this season, I want people to see real life stuff. You can have all the money in the world, but life can happen to you. Yes. And you're forced to just figure it out. We're not exempt.
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Absolutely not. Absolutely not. So to me, that's what's important. Like just sharing your story and hoping that I can change lives in the process of it. Because I was confused, you know, not knowing, you know, the moms out there that have children with special needs, not knowing what their future is gonna be like. That's a scary thing. And I understand that. Like I was on radio where,
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People would call in for big tears, big blessing, and would be like, I've been out of work for this amount of time. My daughter is autistic or has autism or is on the spectrum. And I would be like, well, maybe they can just go work here. And I would just be like, somewhat judgmental. Like, why wouldn't they just do this? maybe we can help them, but can't they just go?
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And it's like, now that I'm in it, oh my goodness, the doctor's visits, the bills, it is a lot.
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And the patience. Outside of the specialist that she has to have for each of these things, she has to have physical therapy, OT, speech, those are all additional doctors and nurses that have to either come into your home, if you have the means to do that, or take them to those appointments. And imagine if you don't have it.
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Yeah, in the beginning, I was going to three doctor's visits sometimes a day. Yeah, so I can't imagine the people that don't have the means to do that stuff. My heart goes out to them, and that's my focus. I'm just trying to help.
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Yes, I got married in 17. Yeah, so around that time, we were single. We're trying to figure it out.
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And back then, you know, it wasn't that cool to be with an African man. No, it wasn't. It was almost like, y'all used to have them little nasty memes on social media. It was like the African starter kit. Chanel brand, ashy pink, all this stuff. I was like, oh my gosh, this is so mean. And so then when I met mine, my Kenyan man, it was like, oh girl, you need to get him tested.
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joy and this God in you. And it's so contagious. And it's something that you always want to be around. So thank you for never forgetting about me.
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Make sure he don't give you AIDS. And I was like, what?
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I was the friend during that time. What? Because she was like spreading this rumor that my husband had all these wives everywhere else and kids. I mean, it was nasty work. I was like, girl. I just couldn't even believe it. So I had to date him through all that stuff. Right. That's tough. I mean, we ain't even got into the cultural differences.
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But, like, that was... It wasn't cute back then. Now it's, like, glamorized. Like, ooh.
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Yeah, introduce me to one of his African friends. Now it's like, ooh. But back then it was like...
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Girl, she probably wanted his five wives. Wow. I mean, it's just ignorance, honestly.
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I had a good man, Savannah. Oh, I had a good man. When I tell you, that man, like, just... You know, he wrapped me up. I mean, his person, he was just so kind. You know what I mean? He'd say, get you somebody that love you more than you love them. Like, just worship your dirty draws. That's a real thing. And every time I would find a flaw in a relationship and I would get ready to, like, I'm done.
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He would be like, let me tell you something. I will never leave you. Wow. Like, one day I remember getting so pissy mad about my order being wrong at Chick-fil-A. Like, come on. Not looking back. You're looking for anything. A good man don't make you feel stupid about being mad at bratty. I was like, I said, extra pickles, pepper jack and American. And he was like, I'm sorry.
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And I was just like, oh. I had a nastiest attitude about it at first. I was like, it's simple. I just asked for this. And he was just like, God.
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Like, you know, sometimes when people blow up and they do a big thing and they do a big one, it's like, oh, hey.
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You just pick. I think because you've been single long. Especially coming from a relationship that was abusive. I just had to let go of some of those. Because I was flawed. I was also flawed. You know what I mean? I wasn't perfect. And I think running is the easy way. Absolutely. And my parents have been married almost 50 years. And I was just like, you know what? Let me take it back.
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Like, this is a good man. He don't beat me. He don't cheat. He like, he's God-fearing. He has come from a great family that's similar to mine. You know, his family loves me. They're very kind people. It ain't even the family that I had to worry about. It was all the other Kenyans that I would cook for my man and would show what I cooked and they would be like, that meat don't look done.
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Or they'd be like, that ain't how Kenyans eat. We don't like that. We like our chicken this kind of way. He would be the one like, don't worry about that. I love your chicken. It tastes better than this. Yeah. And then he took me to Kenya. And they were so welcoming. I mean, they were at the airport with flowers and balloons and a banner. And I was like, I'm home.
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Yeah, it was so amazing. And just to understand the culture more. Yeah. You know, a lot of people don't know this. I actually took Swahili. I went back to Georgia State.
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At a basketball game, at a grocery store, you're like, hey, what's going on? I'm like, she still loves me.
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Because what you're not going to do is talk about me and I don't know what y'all saying.
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Yeah, they were like, yeah, we don't do Kikuyu. We don't know it. So yeah. So then I lost Soheili, because you know, when you don't use it, you lose it. No one's speaking it around me. I was like, done with it. But he was so impressed that I was so invested in it. And I aced the class. They even were trying to send me on a summer fully submersive program, like in Tanzania, or Tanzania.
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And I was here for it, and he was like, yeah, no. And you were about to marry me, so stay over here.
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Two years. That's good. And let me tell you what I used to do, though. In my 20s, I would give people two and a half years. Like, if you ain't put a ring on it, I'm out of here. That's a real thing. And so when I met my husband, first of all, I always talk about manifestation. I changed my name in his phone to Wifey. Uh-huh. And then I would always play ushers. Baby, I've been making plans. Yes.
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And then Wale's Matrimony. How does the song go? If there's a question of my heart. That's the same thing. That's the same thing, yeah. You got it. I'm sorry, every time we'd get in the car, it would just be like, it don't belong. He was even singing, it don't belong to anyone but me.
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Husband! Husband! All the time. Hey, babe. Hey, hubby. All that. Giving him that. And he did it. And he knew, in the back of his mind, because I had already let him know when we were dating, two years. He's like, so what does it mean? At two years, are you just going to come and break up with me? And I was like, no, but there'll be signs that I'm dating other people. I'm not going to hide it.
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And he was like... What? Right. That's crazy. So if everything's great in our relationship for two years, if you're not engaged or we're not, you're going to just, it's like, yeah.
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Baby, that day, that two year mark started coming up and I was like, wow. We went to, you remember the guy that wrote the book, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, John Gray?
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Okay, so he, this is my husband's like, have it, John Gray. Guy, like he read all the love books, all the on dating. And I went to his, we went to his love ranch in San Francisco. Wow. And we did a couple's retreat, the only black couple. I was like, what is about to happen? I really get out. But we did it, so we did the retreat. And it was amazing. It was so good. Like it was couples canceling.
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And at the end of that, because when we got home, that two years was going to be done.
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And so we were in San Francisco. He proposed at the end of the retreat. Wow, that's perfect. It was amazing. I love it. I was looking at the ring.
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I know this is a test from God. I would still say, yeah, I was. It was. I say it was not. chip off the whole block. You said, poof. It was like, it was one of those moments in your, um.
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I want everything I love. And I said yes to that.
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See, sometimes you got to say yes. Was that a test? It was.
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Right. And I was like, what? And he was like, yeah, I'm going to take you to New York Diamond District. You can just figure out what you want. Wow. Okay. Here we go tomorrow. We flew home. I was like, I refuse to tell my family that I'm engaged and show up. So he was like, let's go. Let's just go.
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Was it Falcons? Yes. It's been a while. And then I moved over to the Hawks. Yes. Dancing and cheering.
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Yes. That thing is beautiful. So it was just these two. I got this band at three years. Wow. These two.
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Girl, I didn't even know he was banking like that. We were real frugal and, you know.
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No! So it was really about how. And I found a prenup. So I was like, you ain't got no money. You know, not for real. Yeah. You know. And then. Then I kept living with him and kept loving on him. And then it got better and better.
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Absolutely. Like, listen, we lived in his bachelor pad for, Shia was what? So Shiloh was like four years, right before Shiloh came.
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Yeah, we didn't move until like three years. We stayed there for like four years, y'all. Like, we didn't move until three years ago. So I had to be very patient. Patience, baby. And I was like, all right, now. Because, you know, we're in Atlanta. And people, you know, walk up to you and be like, oh, yeah, I've been to your husband's house before.
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Because he would have these parties and I'd be like, oh, you have. You have.
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Right. So then I would be like, okay. So then I was like, yeah, I'm tired of that.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
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Then he stepped out and y'all going to see, well, he stepped out and got me. in this season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
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No, you did good. I was like, I'm so happy I was patient.
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What's truly important. Because let me tell you, I've been in places and positions in my life to where it has all gone away.
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Like even as a child, my parents had it all and then they lost it all.
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And then they got it all again. So I've lived on every, you know, I've seen it.
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Like some of our wealthiest people lose it all. Yes. And get it all again. So what are you going to do when you lose it all?
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That man, I live underneath a rock with.
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I love that. As long as I have a little warming blanket.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
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Listen, I'm just trying to be like you, best friend. I love the fact that, you know, we are women that aren't,
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You know, I feel that it's been family. And I never thought that I could feel more family-oriented than what I came from. Because, like I said, my parents have been married almost 50 years. I have two older sisters. We're a very close-knit family. But when I went to Kenya... It's not even about what you're wearing or how much you've got. Christmas, they're not giving each other gifts.
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They're giving each other love. like the company, the conversation, the companionship, they're singing, they're dancing, you know, singing by the fire. Like, it's just, I don't even think about like, I'm like, okay, let me take the wig off.
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You know, I'm just, you strip yourself of all of the things, all of the worldly things, and you're just there, present in the moment, just loving on each other and just enjoying it. And the food is amazing. So like, just, if there's anything I can take away from that, I want my kids to just, go live in that during the summer months.
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As women, we're often told, you know, get your career, get a husband. Here are the steps to doing all this stuff. And especially in the black community, I didn't know anything about freezing eggs and IVF. It was just like, don't get pregnant. Don't let that boy get you pregnant, you know. But you just wrap that thing up. And you were always like, oh, okay, yeah.
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You know, to just keep them humble, keep them, you know, grounded. And yeah, have them know that there's so much more to life than just the things. All the things, you know, yeah. Like all the things, okay, yeah, that's great. But then what else? What's at your core? What's in your heart?
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And your blood. Like, what are you going to leave behind?
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Because the bags and shoes, I mean, hey, they're going to tear up. Like, what's at the center? Yes. What's in here?
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place in a box yes we can do multiple things yeah and you know multiple things bring in multiple streams come on hello that's always fortunate thing but it's crazy because like how all of this stuff came about i started out just being a girl that loved to sing in the sun being choir at the church of god in christ okay went from there to just my show was boring and they were like okay well you can't you got you can't just stand there and say you got to give us a little bit more oh wow can you
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Oh, because sometimes, okay, sometimes we're at family events and stuff. They're all talking across the table and they're, you know, kicking you. And my husband would be like, oh, guys, Shamia doesn't understand what you're saying. He'll straight up say, I don't even have to say it. And that's a good thing.
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Yes, because once he see me lean back and grab my phone like this.
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Because if y'all not going to include me, I'm not going to keep begging. And looking like, what does that mean? What did you say? I'm not going to.
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No, but I have had, like, a few of his messy friends come and say something slick. And he would turn around and he'd be like, oh, are you saying... Call it out.
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Like, don't leave my wife out. And that's, I think, what made it easy for us. Because if you don't have somebody, like, calling it out for you, it can get frustrating. So, yeah. And now I'm mad that he's not teaching our daughters. I'm like, no, wait a minute. Like, I need you to speak Swahili and Kikuyu to them so they know.
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I'm like, uh-uh. Speak it to them so they know.
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So I'm releasing a single soon. Yes.
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I did some music with RL that I'm really excited about and proud of. Because I had been away from music for so long and that was like my first love. Yeah. I'm back in it. So Please, please, once we release it, download it, stream it. And then I have my YouTube channel. Please get that. Go ahead and subscribe. It's Shamia Morton Mwangi.
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But if you just type in Shamia Morton, it'll come up or just go to my page and click on the link. I don't know. I think at this point, I'm just going to do all the things. You should. And then just let whatever happens, happens.
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That's what 2025 is about, doing all the things. I'm going to do all the things, singing, dancing, acting, hosting. I love it. You know, keeping it positive. Yes. With my girl. Like, I'm doing all that. I'm here for all that.
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And I just, I want to continue to do things that make me happy, that feed my soul, that inspire me, motivate me, you know, and just give me good peace. Yes. That's what I'm about right now.
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So, yeah, my music, my, you know, Housewives, March 9th.
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go ahead watch it um and then of course my youtube channel yes and then where can we follow you so we can keep in touch with you please follow me at shamia morton on instagram and all really all social media platforms at shamia morris and i have a non-profit called shamia shares where we empower our young girls i do a cheer and dance camp every year in the summer it's free camp so go to my website or even my instagram if you follow me i'll keep you abreast on all that stuff
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I do a breast cancer event every year as well. I have a lot of nonprofit just free events that I like to do around the community. So just check in with me, and I'll check in with you. And keep loving on me, y'all. I appreciate all that love. It really does help me out in more ways than you know it.
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I appreciate you. And you have to have me back.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
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I appreciate you. Absolutely. And I appreciate you just continuing to be. I know it sounds so weird when you say people.
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like continue to be themselves but i just meet so many stars that aren't themselves yeah that's not the same person i met and i and we all grow yeah but i appreciate the growth that you have your growth is like a beacon of light it's a breath of fresh air thank you so much we all want to keep breathing that good old crystal air i love you of course no thank you oh
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move a little, so my parents put me in ballet, jazz.
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We had so much in common. Yeah, exactly. And then from there, I got a part in the movie Drumline, where I was a dancer, and then it just continued. I was like, I saw that check, and I was like... Oh, I can do this. Hold on a second. You get paid this kind of money just to act?
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Let me get into some acting classes, because what? Found up for the Alliance Theater's acting classes.
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Then I came this close to getting a part over with Mr. Perry. I auditioned and got the Have and Have Nots play.
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Yes. Wow. And we were supposed to do that last leg on the tour, and then they canceled it. And I was like, ah. It's like a camera, like, you almost had it. It's like, ah. It's a lot of those, yeah. But I was fortunate enough to do some background work. Yeah. Like a couple of liners here and there. You know, it's a journey. I always say like it's a process. It is. And you have to trust it.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And God ain't done with me yet. He is not done. I'm still doing it. I'm still working. And I'm still able to keep my youth. Yes. And kids keep you young.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
I felt like, I mean, the industry kind of burnt me out singing because I was signed so young. And, you know, I've sang with some of the best of them, you know, Shamari from Black, Keri Hilson from, you know, and we had a group called Pretty Tony. I was in a group called Co-Ed. And after so long and after so many no's, you do start feeling like you're not good enough.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Maybe you're not really a good singer. Maybe you're not cute enough. Maybe you start to doubt yourself. So I started doing the things that, people did appreciate or respect me for, and that was like hosting or dancing. And so I was like, well, I really want to do some like in-game hosting, sideline reporting, and I want to do radio.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
I was dancing at a Hawks game. And I was like, the only way I'm coming back at my big age is if you guys are going to give me a shot to do some sideline stuff or in-game hosting.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
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My cheer coach. Oh, wow. Okay. And she was like, just study, you know, be ready when your time comes. You know, you'll be able to do it. And lo and behold, the girl, Mr. Flight, the host, Mr. Flight.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
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And I was always, I always had an extra change of clothes in my locker. Ready. I was like, put me in, coach.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
I'm ready. And they did. And I mean, I don't want to say I killed it, but I did well enough to get called back again and again. And then I became her backup. And then it was like, you know, she moved to L.A. And what's crazy is her name was Crystal.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
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Oh, yeah. Yes. And she moved to L.A. and started doing some stuff in L.A. for the Sparks and everybody else. And then that job became mine. Wow. And from there, it was like, OK, now it's yours completely.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And then, of course, you know, Ryan at the time was doing the... Ryan Cameron. Yeah, what Tick does now. Ryan Cameron was doing the voice. He was the voice of the Hawks. Yeah. He was auditioning co-host for the radio. So he brought me in, let me audition a little bit and hang out with him. Then I started doing overnights at the radio station, the shift that nobody wants.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
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No one's listening to you. You're pretty much talking to yourself. I did that for like almost two years. Oh, wow. People don't know that. I think you just get success overnight, but it's like, this is a journey. It is. Did that for like two years. Then I joined the Big Tigger Morning Show. And that was a fun time. I did that for another two years.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
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And in between that, mind you now, it wasn't just consecutive like years. It was like overnights, no job.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
They call you back and then you do, yeah. So, and then, then I got let go of there.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
You feel like you're getting a big break, because that's a huge spot. I mean, I loved my job. I love U-103. I've always enjoyed the People's Station, because I grew up in Atlanta, so I grew up listening to them.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
So it was no hard feelings, because, you know, sometimes people just want to go in a different direction, and you got to respect that, and you just have to thank God for the time that you were able to do it.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
So I was like, you know, at any time one door has closed, another one has opened. So even when I was doing the WNBA hosting, I lost my job there and I was crying, I was sad. And then the NBA called me. And I was like, look at God. So when I lost my job at B103, housewives called. And I was like, come on, God.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
We are always naturally going to be somewhat doubtful. And when I was younger, you used to hear like, don't you question God. But sometimes you get frustrated and you're like, well, what's happening? What's my purpose? What do you really want me to do? You always say, you know, pray that your will be done. Well, what's in your will? Am I doing it right? I mean, what are my steps already?
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And then just when you start to just be like, all right, I'm over it. He steps in and he just shows you like, all right, I told you to trust me. Now you trust me.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Yeah. So, you know, I'm doing the show this season. I'm excited about that. I feel like my life is just taking, I think I'm taking control of it and I'm actually manifesting and speaking those things that I want.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
I almost feel like that might have backfired a little bit. Might have went a little bit too far. So I'm not a liar, guys. I was just really manifesting. So I put it on my page that I'm like live from the 67th annual Grammys. It's the biggest night in music. And I'm your host, Shamia Morton, alongside my co-host Trevor Noah.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Everybody started calling me like, oh my God.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
It can happen. I'm just like y'all at home. I got dreams, too.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Oh, yeah, sorry. I ain't mean to catfish y'all. No worries. I'm like, so you didn't. No, let me tell you the funny part was when I read one of the comments, one of my friends was like, you have me in tears. Oh my gosh, you deserve this. And I was like, don't cry.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
I do, and I think that this season that I'm in,
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
has really shown me that you can have it all and I hate to keep taking things back to God but that's like no don't take it back yeah that's kind of how I was raised and it's always like if you got to put your trust in him and you got to know that he hears and he sees and he knows what you want he knows the desires of your heart and he'll give you just that if you just stay faithful yes I mean I don't want to start preaching but Job was sick for so long you know he was from his bones and but you know
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
He waited and he waited. And God showed up and showed out in his life. If he can wait until the flesh falls from his bones, then why can't I? And so I always tell people, no matter your age, no matter your race, creed, it doesn't matter. If that is for you, no man, nothing can stop it. And that's what I'm doing. I'm waiting. I might be blessed. And I know it's coming. I can feel it.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Absolutely. Even with housewives, like, people were like, oh, you know, she'll never get a peach. Even I started doubting, like, would I ever? And not that it was, like, a goal of mine, but it's kind of frustrating when you're doing something haphazardly. Like, you want to showcase your whole life. You want to show people that there's more to you than just being a plus one or a friend of.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
but you can't because you're not full-time. You're just a friend of. And so it would be situations like someone would say something, you know, you can be a little shady. And you don't know it until you actually watch the show. And when you watch the show, then it's like. And I didn't even get a chance to, get you back. I want to get my leg back. I want to have a rebuttal or something back.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
You don't get any of that because you're just a friend. Heck, they probably don't even mic you. Oh, my goodness. Or you might not even get invited to the next event. Wow. To even, like, say your piece. Right. And so then your viewers are thinking, oh, well, she just laid down and took it. really you're like, I didn't even know about it. I didn't get invited back.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
I didn't, you know, you don't get a confessional or green screen. You don't get any of that stuff. So I'm just excited for people to know me, my life and all of the good, that and the ugly of it. And I don't want to say the ugly, but I always feel like social media, people show you all the good. It's a highlight reel. Look at my work and look at my car. I'm this, I'm that. I am the grand dame.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
But it's like, The real life does happen.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And everything is not great. And some days I don't feel pretty and some days I don't feel amazing. Some days I feel less than. Some days I feel inferior. Some days I'm just like, why God? And, you know, I'm dealing with a sick baby. It's just a lot of things that weigh on you. And that's why I was saying, like, just the faith and just...
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
when God picks you, he's like, you know, hey, I'm going to throw all this on you, but the reward is going to be so great. Absolutely. No, for sure. And that's why I think people see this season, like they'll get to see the good and they'll get to see the not so good moments. I'm excited for that for you. Yeah.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
So the only time I get nervous and like anxious is knowing that, okay, it's premiering March 9th. This is when people are going to see everything about me. Because when I pull up at a Hawks game, I park in the deck and no one knows what I'm driving.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
Or when I... I'm just being honest. Or like, when I go home, they don't know what I'm going home to. So oftentimes... I'm treated like the cheerleader that makes this amount and that's this.
Keep it Positive, Sweetie
More Than A Housewive w/ Shamea Morton
And they don't know. And I just don't want that relationship to change. Because it's so authentic. How do you feel it's going to change? I don't want to be treated like, oh, excuse me. Because some of the people that do know, it's already started happening. I'm like, well, I know you don't eat Krispy Kreme donuts, but I'm like, absolutely. Right.