CNLP 505 | Terry Crews on Religion Gone Bad, Why Hollywood Doesn't Care If You Lose Your Family, Shame, Redemption, and Overcoming Secret Addictions

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

Carey Nieuwhof

Management, Business

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Actor Terry Crews talks about his journey from a tough childhood growing up in Flint, Michigan, to breaking through in Hollywood and finding himself living a double life. He discusses what growing up in a cult did to him, finding real faith as a Christian, and the impact coming clean about his secret addictions has had on his life, family and career. Get more on this episode by going to https://careynieuwhof.com/episode505.

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0:00.0	The Art of Leadership Network.
0:08.0	Welcome to the Carrie New Hoff Leadership Podcast. It's Carrie here.
0:11.0	I hope our time together today helps you thrive in life and leadership.
0:15.0	And this is a great conversation. I'm so excited that you tuned in today.
0:19.0	Today I sit down with actor Terry Cruz.
0:23.0	You probably know him from everything like Guardians of the Galaxy,
0:27.0	where he plays Centurion Talmeric to America's Got Talent,
0:32.0	to Brooklyn 9.9 to everybody hates Chris,
0:36.0	where he played the father of Chris Rock.
0:39.0	And well, you know, from the old Spice commercials too, right?
0:42.0	So, Terry Cruz is going to talk about his life.
0:45.0	He has a fascinating book called Tough.
0:47.0	But we're going to talk about religion gone bad.
0:50.0	He actually emerged as a Christian out of some really bad experiences
0:54.0	that he had growing up and in college.
0:56.0	And he talks about why Hollywood doesn't care.
0:58.0	If you lose your family, shame, redemption, and overcoming secret addictions,
1:02.0	it's a powerful conversation.
1:04.0	And when you're done with it, you'll probably be like me and wish that you had his voice.
1:09.0	What a voice. What a voice. And man, that guy ever built too.
1:13.0	Like, talk about a guy who stays in shape.
1:15.0	Today's episode is brought to you by He gets us.
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