Roy Wood gets real about fatherhood, comedy journey & cancel culture | 11.05

The Right Time with Bomani Jones

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4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Roy Wood joins Bomani Jones to discuss his new book. "Man of Many Fathers". Roy kicks off the show by describing his ideal cohosts for his CNN show and explaining the motivations behind his new memoir. Roy describes the lessons he learned from his job, his father's own shortcomings, and the lessons he wants to pass down to his own son. He then details some of the mistakes he made in his youth and why they have turned him against the idea of cancel culture. 08:00 - Back in my goodness 16:30 - Pros and cons of a great work ethic 27:00 - The inspiration of avoiding prison 35:00 - The Dangers of Cancel Culture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the right time, a wave original.
0:09.9	My name is Beaumani Jones. Thanks for listening wherever you get your podcast.
0:13.2	Thanks for watching us on YouTube. Subscribe, like, rate us, review us, give us five stars.
0:18.9	You only give us four stars. I'm inclined to believe you are a hater.
0:22.3	It is the time of week where we have a guest join us.
0:25.7	And this time we had to do some a different way.
0:28.3	He is the author of Man of Many Fathers,
0:34.1	soon to be best-selling author, Roy Wood Jr. Sir, what's going on?
0:40.8	Greetings, greetings. It's just a blessing to be in the building in here with the cash money
0:45.1	millionaires. They're bawling like I've never seen. Ain't no toilet paper in the bathroom,
0:49.1	just some tens and some 20s. That's such a Bun B thing to say.
0:55.5	It's an old cash money album,
0:57.6	and Bun B said that on like an outro.
1:00.9	Yeah.
1:02.3	Just a beautiful way to enter a track.
1:05.7	Blessings, blessings,
1:06.4	ready to be in the building here with the cash money.
1:09.4	Also, a man that you don't necessarily associate with jokes.
1:13.3	Very funny, though.
1:14.9	Yes, he is.
1:15.9	Yo, I have been pushing CNN to get Bun B on Have I Got News for you.
1:23.7	They are sleeping on my man's political IQ, bro.
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