Choir Director Fired Over His 'Antics'

Hello.

Hello, I'm trying to reach Lorenzo.

Lorenzo.

Space in my callin'.

Uh hi, this is uh I'm Bernard.

I'm giving you a call on behalf of uh Missionary Baptist Church and uh doing a follow-up actually.

You you you've been uh the choir director there.

Right.

Uh for what, is it uh close to six years now?

Five and a half years, yes.

Okay.

And from my understanding you're doing a great job.

Everyone seems to love what you're doing on Sunday mornings, which is definitely a blessing for the entire congregation.

Right.

So what I was giving you a call on is there seems to be a bit of uh discrepancy with some of the antics that is going on when you are directing the choir on Sunday mornings.

Antics.

Say again now.

Yeah, well no, no, come no, come again.

You said antics.

R well, some of the members Wait, who who are you?

Uh once again I said my my name is Bernard and I'm actually calling on behalf Bernard, what?

What's your last name?

Sir, uh I'm not I'm not actually a member of uh but I've been asked to give you a call and and bring some things to your attention and and and deliver the news that the church would like for you to have.

Okay.

So what news is that?

Well, let me let me get back to where I was.

I was stating that some people in the congregation are actually having a problem with your antics when you're directing the choir, uh different things that they're not happy with.

It is a sorrowful moment, I should say, for me to have to come to you and tell you that, you know, as of today, which is Sunday, we're going to have to um ask you to step down as the Minister of Music.

Oh hold on one second.

Maybe I'm not hearing you correctly.

You have a problem with the Holy Spirit getting a hold to of me.

Sir I direct the choir.

Well, it's n it's not necessarily it's not the Holy Spirit at all.

It you can shout all day.

That has nothing to do with it.

I guess just different antics that you have, you know, that the congregation is just not I need you to be a little more clear on what you're saying.

Antics.

Please tell me what you're saying.

Sir, I is it at my half.

Too long?

Is it that I look too cute when I'm in the choir?

What what is it?

Sir, I I'm not I don't want to hear be be I want to go tick for tack with you.

Like I said, I'm not a member.

No, I want you to say it.

Please say it.

Laura Dane, they fired me.

They fired me today.

I want you to say it, and I wanna know if the pastor hired me, why didn't he fire me?

Well, uh you know, it's it's it's kinda like a business, you know.

It's it's um the higher ups uh uh really really keep their hands clean on these type of things, and there's always someone that has to deliver the message, you know.

And I I'm and I and you know what?

And I I understand that, but I want you to explain to me what antics.

Please tell me.

Please tell me.

Uh sir, I'm not uh listen, I'm not gonna sit down.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

You call to deliver the news.

I need to know what answer.

Okay.

Are you wearing different ha hairstyles every other Sunday?

Is is is is your hair just completely different and go to the damn beauty shop every Saturday morning.

I wanna look cute just like everybody else wanna look cute on Sunday morning.

Yes, I do.

Right, right.

I uh Sir, like I said, I'm just a messenger.

I don't have a problem with what you know you're doing.

Well, who had problems?

Evidently people are

good now that I'm looking better than.

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

Let me go ahead and and ask you something else.

Are you wearing blue um contact lenses?

I had on gray today.

My damn suit was gray, so I had on gray.

Tonight when I was going back for the musical, I was gonna have on green.

You you gonna let green come?

What the fall?

Sir, you Lorenzo, you were gonna wear green contact lenses?

You damn skip it.

Okay, well, are they prescribed?

They prescribed if I bought them.

See, sir Lorenzo, these are the type of antics that they're talking about.

So, y'all, I want you to see it.

I want you to see it.

Y'all say it.

Please say it.

I I didn't

say it.

That's that's that's that that never was stated.

Lorenzo.

But you asked me about my contacts.

You asked me about my hair.

Right, but I didn't ask you about anything else though, Lorenzo.

I Well, uh I I just want you to get to the uh point.

Please, sir.

Please.

So uh are you representing the church or what?

Are you in the HR department?

I don't understand.

I actually speak on behalf of of Pastor.

Okay.

Well, I tell you what, you tell the call me yourself, because I'm gonna show up at the musical tonight, and I'm gonna have my green contacts on with my green too.

Lorenzo, I'm asking you now not to show up for the actual musical tonight.

Yeah, if I show up gonna happen.

You definitely won't be.

What's gonna happen if I show up?

Y'all gonna put me out?

We can't put you out of the Lord's house, but what we you won't be playing or participating in the musical.

Y'all trying to crucify me.

Ain't nobody nobody's trying to crucify you.

Okay, uh you know what?

I'm not gonna go back and I'm cute.

I I'm still cute for all y'all.

That's what the problem is.

Hey, look, I don't have all day.

I'm passing on the the message, and that's clear.

I'm just letting you understand that your your job is completely terminated at this point.

Is that understood?

Well no.

I'm coming to the program tonight, and I'm gonna turn that.

I I've been a member of that for five and a half years, and we're gonna do it right.

I'll let you know who I am.

Wait, wait.

This is what all this is all about.

It's about your antics.

That's your antics.

My ass is

this is what the congregation is talking about.

You did you just hear what you said?

You got a f talk to me.

Y'all point fingers at me.

So I'm not pointing the finger at you, sir.

Yeah, you point them at me.

I I tell you what, hold on one second I'm gonna call Wait just a minute.

I got one more thing to say before you do that.

Are you listening to me?

Yeah, I'm listening to your Sir, you're not gonna talk to me in that tone.

Are you l you you didn't call and disrespect me with my answer?

I got one more thing I wanna say to you.

Are you listening?

I'm listening.

This is Nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvey morning show.

You just got pranked by your entire man's choir.

What?

Nephew who?

This is

Nephew Tommy for the Steve Harvey morning show.

Lord have mercy.

Let me hang up my house, folks.

I can I I'm calling a pastor right now.

You loud as

I want to know who put you up to the

You all right, man?

Yeah, I'm all right.

I gotta get ready for this damn program tonight.

Well, Lorenzo, look here.

Turn it out.

Cause they tell me you know how to turn a church out on Sunday morning.

Oh, Lord, have my

guy.

I I need you to call me before you add.

That's what you need to do.

Okay, man.

I got one more question for you.

What is, man?

What is the baddest?

I'm talking about the baddest radio show in the land.

The Steve Harvey Morning Show.

That

every morning.