David Idemudia delivers brief MC commentary following a moving spoken-word performance, affirming that therapists and mental health workers have often faced personal struggles themselves before entering the field. He leads the audience in a round of applause for mental health professionals and military personnel, and briefly spotlights Tyler Calabrese before introducing the next performer.

Watch on YouTube at 01:18:45

Transcript

[01:18:45] I like that.

[01:18:47] That was moving.

[01:18:48] Very moving.

[01:18:49] I like that.

[01:18:50] It was like storytelling with a bit of poetry

[01:18:52] with a bit of storytelling with a bit of poetry.

[01:18:54] Yeah!

[01:18:54] I like that.

[01:18:55] Yeah!

[01:18:55] No, my goodness!

[01:18:56] The talent, the experiences here.

[01:18:58] I would just say, a lot of your therapists

[01:19:01] have been through some stuff themselves

[01:19:03] and so they’re in that seat because they have been

[01:19:07] on that other side.

[01:19:09] just so you know, right?

[01:19:11] I know sometimes people are like, oh, you don’t know me,

[01:19:14] you don’t understand what I’m going through.

[01:19:16] They don’t understand exactly what you’re going through,

[01:19:19] but they have been through some things that are very similar

[01:19:22] and they’ve crawled out of it.

[01:19:24] So round of applause for your workers, your therapists,

[01:19:30] your mental health professionals, your military personnel.

[01:19:33] Give it up, please.

[01:19:39] All right, let’s get another slow clap going.

[01:19:44] Tyler, you right here in front and center,

[01:19:45] you might as well do it.

[01:19:46] Yeah, yeah, Tyler the creator.

[01:19:50] Hey, coming to the stage next,

[01:19:52] I want y’all to give it up for Spencer Tau.

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