Charlamagne Tha God Addresses Backlash About The Breakfast Club Streaming On Netflix

Charlamagne Tha God recently responded to criticism about The Breakfast Club being added to Netflix while speaking on an episode of The Brilliant Idiots podcast. During the discussion, he broke down how the partnership actually works and suggested that much of the negativity comes from double standards.

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Charlamagne Tha God fired back at backlash to The Breakfast Club coming to Netflix during a recent episode of The Brilliant Idiots podcast. In doing so, he explained how the model works while describing the criticism as hypocritical.

"The funny thing to me is like, people will be like, 'I'm not watching Breakfast Club on Netflix, but then you constantly tweeting about the America's Next Top Model doc, you constantly tweeting about Stranger Things, you constantly tweeting about the Diddy doc," he said. "A lot of it is just narrative. Somebody will get online, create a narrative, put something in somebody's head, and then everybody will run with it." From there, he pointed to viewship numbers on Netflix and claimed that he'll be the first to admit if it backfires.

Regardless of Charlamagne's stance, fans on social media still aren't happy about the move. "Nobody turning on Netflix to listen to radio shows or podcasts come on bruh," one user commented on a post from DJ Akademiks. Another added: "Did he really just compare a raido show to stranger things.." One more fan argued: "I watch a lot of my breakfast club interviews on the go or at work during down time or listen/watch on long drives Via YouTube app on my phone. Ppl use different apps for different things. I’m not watching Netflix on my phone and I’m not watching radio interviews on my TV…"

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Charlamagne is so obtuse that he chose to compare getting your podcast fix on Netflix to watching and commenting on the ANTM docuseries. When I go over to Netflix, I'm not going there to catch up on my favorite podcasts. I'm going there to watch a movie or a TV series.

The issue is Ted Sarandos wants to get into the podcasting space, because they want to compete with YouTube. YouTube has built their foundation on how-to videos and podcasts, and you also have the option of watching free entertainment. You don't get that luxury from Netflix.

So when Charlamagne decides to chase the bag instead of taking into consideration that the people that helped keep your show afloat may not follow you everywhere you plan to go, don't get upset because your corporate greed is being called out.