Checking In w/ Amber Riley
Checking In with Michelle Williams
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Michelle and Amber connect on knowing what rock bottom feels like. Amber discusses new love, shares how she realized she was depressed and picking herself up when she was at her ultimate low. CHECK IN to this episode for a reminder that you deserve to be here and the best is yet to come!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | Welcome to checking in with Michelle Williams, a production of IHeart Radio and The Black Effect. |
| 0:24.7 | Hey everybody, it's Michelle Williams. |
| 0:31.6 | My next guest became a household name starring in the long running hit show Glee as Mercedes-Jones. |
| 0:34.0 | And she's coming up next on checking in. |
| 0:39.3 | I'm so happy that you join my podcast. |
| 0:47.0 | Up next is Amber Riley, also known as Riley on the music side of things. |
| 0:49.6 | And we both have a few things in common. |
| 0:52.2 | We both have been very open about depression. |
| 0:56.3 | We both have opened up about anxiety and how you have to be brave and sometimes you might be forced to be brave. Sometimes I think this business can force you |
| 1:01.9 | to be a lot of things that you don't want to be. But brave is definitely something that I want to be. |
| 1:08.3 | Now, I wasn't sure, you know, how life was going to come at me to make me brave, |
| 1:14.3 | but I'm so happy to choose bravery. |
| 1:17.2 | I'm so happy to choose courage. |
| 1:19.9 | And I'm so happy to introduce my next guest. |
| 1:21.6 | She's an actress, singer, author, activist. |
| 1:24.6 | And can I add, she's also a fashionista. |
| 1:30.9 | Please welcome to my podcast, Amber Riley, |
| 1:46.1 | also known as Riley. Welcome, girl, welcome. Thank you so much. I'm so excited to be here virtually. |
| 1:52.6 | Listen, I was like, one of these days we'll do this stuff in person. |
| 2:01.6 | But the way this variant is acting up, it looks like we'll be kind of virtual for the rest of the year. Yeah. |
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