POUR MINDS Episode 309: The Facade FT. Melyssa Ford

[@urfavoritekunt]

I absolutely love seeing Melyssa interact around other women! I feel like she feels like she doesn’t have to dim her own light. She’s really a girls’ girl and so are y’all🥺 I seriously LOVED this. She has a story.

[@SubSupremacy]

I agree. It was a dope interview and Melyssa didn’t duck any questions

[@Aeo-yy5jn]

🥲 such an important episode

[@sherrondadavis4816]

I totally agree with you ❤ this really allowed me a chance to get to know her better and I like it. She is a lady for sure. ❤

[@SubSupremacy]

@@sherrondadavis4816 for sure.

[@Musicloverrrr1]

Mel was so chatty 😂😂😂 I love her!!! Happy she was able to have some girl time! 🥰🥰❤️

[@flowerchild1694]

I thought it was just me😅 but she is so relatable ❤

[@reallyjan5850]

Lex’s vulnerability brought tears to my eyes. It’s what this show needs more of tbh!

[@jmichelle979]

Same!!!

[@carly_soul]

Yes! I related so much to what she was sharing in that part! Loved it.

[@jeremiahrandle3043]

Me too tears starting flowing real bad

[@67nBrynhurstCuh]

You want vulnerability crybaby shit all the time? Tears run dry n ain't neverending 💀💀

[@reallyjan5850]

@@67nBrynhurstCuh read the room

[@linaluv215]

Lex saying that she tries to sleep because she sees her mom... Whew that hit home. I went through that for 4 years straight. I used to have extremely vivid dreams of my father where we would have full blown conversations about life. It would feel so real that I would wake up and go downstairs...only to realize that he isnt around anymore...his truck gone, his cologne wasnt cutting through the air..., work boots all gone. It was heart breaking, every single time seriously.

[@batmizzle2009]

Condolences

[@Leann0ne]

I lost my dad 3 years ago,I was 18 at the time. I relate so much to the dreams and the conversations that feel so real. I think of my dad every single day😇❤️

[@BigBankBon00]

The grief segment was so relatable. I lost my grandma(mom) last Friday. Grief is so hard especially somebody that’s extremely close to you. Thank you ladies. Love yall ❤

[@cherylmartinez3306]

My condolences Queen.

[@BigBankBon00]

@@cherylmartinez3306 thank you 🙏🏾

[@HanzHeHim]

❤❤❤ sending you healing energy grandmothers are gifts from the universe

[@BigBankBon00]

@@HanzHeHim absolutely, thank you 🙏🏾

[@guybreettaylor5810]

❤

[@quiseqgarage]

It feels so good to see Melissa Ford speak.. on Joe Budden podcast you never get this side of her… I am so intrigued!!!! THANK YOU for giving her a safe place for her to be HER

[@NooCallerID]

This is by far the BEST Pour Minds episode ever- I laughed , I cried , I learned. M4 is such a GEM and you ladies did y’all thing capturing her essence ❤❤❤❤❤

[@tjayayewhy1595]

No seriously

[@kaaay.monae24]

She has amazing story telling skills. I been locked in since she started talking.

[@MissDABJ]

YES!

[@chaijuanasnow]

Ten toes down for Mel! She’s a prominent figure in our culture. She’s legendary with a story to tell and, should be treated as such.

[@Manifestwithme777]

I LOVE long straight hair LEX REAL BAD ❤❤❤. Compliments her so well

[@me-meluv6921]

Agreed, it looks so beautiful on her. Her makeup is on point too. 😊

[@ashleys_effn_corner]

Yess. 🔥

[@GabrielleJilana]

yessss

[@kiaral.402]

No seriously, she ate that.

[@innaEllis]

Yessss❤

[@mediavidz4261]

When Mel cried about working so hard to be who she is. I relate so bad. I remember feeling so worthless at one point of my life . If only I could tell that sad girl that she is gonna be a force to be reckoned with in a few years. I wouldn’t have believed it even coming from future self. I love Mel for that and she is an incredible woman and inspirational.

[@Nunofyabizzzzz]

1:17:13 Melyssa is an amazing storyteller and prolific speaker. This episode is so powerful, I’m crying while watching. Episodes like this are SO necessary. It’s interesting how when 1 person tells their story their telling the story of thousands of others

[@MochaTexas]

This is one of the best episodes to date! I love the vulnerability and sisterhood that was showcased in this episode. And the fact that yesterday was black women’s mental health day❤

[@BrittNeil]

Y’all got me sobbing in my bed on a Friday night! But it’s encouraged me to really cherish the people in my life. I regret not actually getting to know the people who raised me and I need to do better with the ones who haven’t passed on yet. Sending you all so much love and healing ❤

[@daladieceo]

This episode hit home. My mom passed when I was 24, pregnant with twins, with two kids already. My life has had so many twist and turns. I’m grateful I still have my sanity. My brother and father passed by the time I was 5 so it’s been a struggle. Thank y’all for sharing. I felt connected to y’all’s story

[@tatiannaknight4938]

Condolences babe 😢

[@guybreettaylor5810]

🙏🏾❤️

[@kiyanasimmons]

Condolences to you and yours. I pray for better days and continued peace for you.

[@destinymarilyn]

I love how Melyssa carries herself ! ❤️Shes so well spoken and got me wanting to read the dictionary now lol 😂

[@chacolatekitten]

Not the dictionary 😅

[@iamtanikadavis4020]

Most of the words that l never knew came from her ngl. Love herrrrr❤❤

[@SuccessfulShay]

I swear lol. I never knew how intelligent she is. I’m lowkey saving words to add to my vocabulary

[@varriexo]

Awh the sisterhood moment was EVERYTHING!!!! ❤ People don’t know how it is once you lose your mother!!

[@allenasutton3908]

I don’t normally watch this pod but decided to click and whew yall got me in tears I lost my mom 3 years ago my dad already passed when I was a teen … idk what led me to watch today but I needed that cry ❤😢

[@sheesh161]

Thank you for giving her her flowers and allowing her to speak freely unlike mostly on the other podcast she's on .. she should be a regular xoxooxooxooxo

[@charijhanaluster2507]

No they shouldn’t not bring her back!

[@Techsi751]

I am so grateful for this episode, I’m moving in with my husband as a newlywed and I have felt so off. I had no idea I needed to cry, I needed to mourn that my mother is not here to share this with me. You guys really have one of the best podcast!

[@bri7917]

Not y’all got me crying at work 😭 I love this podcast for the unserious banter but I absolutely love when the discourse and emotions are raw and cover these hard topics ❤️❤️ grief is so hard.

[@nicolejames3054]

I love Mel, Joe knows who she is and what she adds, that's why she's on the JBP🔥WHODEEWHO💅🏾

[@tboogie]

“I worked so fuccin hard to get to the person I am now” ugh 😩🤧

[@candicemiller1018]

I felt that in my soul 😢

[@yadsewnde]

A word

[@thehealtrix]

Melissa is a true icon!🤩 Her wisdom, beauty, resilience, grace & humor is EVERYTHING! I’m so glad y’all had somebody to pour into y’all how yall pour into the younger generation💛

[@kianamrobinson]

Ugh!! This is my favorite episode! Y’all got me teary eyed watching this. I lost my mom two years ago while I was pregnant with my daughter. Trying to navigate life without my mother while becoming a mother was the darkest and hardest thing I’ve ever experienced. People really don’t understand the pain of grief until it hits them. But seeing women like you, and knowing that y’all have similar experiences just makes me feel so seen. I love y’all !

[@jocelynmin]

Heavy on running home after school to watch a video premiere😂! That was a time to be alive

[@MissDABJ]

A TIME!!!!

[@syriah15]

Imma be 100% honest I’ve binged on this podcast! And this is most definitely my Top 3 episode. Good job yall! I see the growth, the maturity, the love radiating off of yall! Continued blessings !❤️

[@lifeofamom1923]

Currently caregiving for my grandma with stage 4 cancer so this episode really hit home. Thank you all for allowing this moment of vulnerability! I feel this healed something for the ladies on the show as well as for the Pour Girls Crew. Praying for everyone going through grief! We will get through this 🙏🏽🤍

[@Nunofyabizzzzz]

Lex is soooo sweet and such a girls girl! And I love her hair she looks stunning with the straight side part. And Mel is really discussing something that I experienced and never thought I could talk about. It’s amazing to hear someone else describe my own experience and so eloquently because living it is so surreal

[@AmScram92]

Best episode next to the Mia Jaye episode. Melyssa is so well spoken and intelligent. She has a phenomenal way with words. Episodes where you two are vulnerable are actually the ones that resonate the most. Great storytelling by such a beautiful woman in Melyssa.

[@Kyralachelle3]

I appreciate you all for proving a safe space for Melyssa as well as yourselves. Allowing yourselves to be vulnerable..I know it wasn’t easy but I appreciate the emotion. Love you ladies!

[@iArieeee]

I only listen to Pour Minds and JBP so I know I'm going to love this episode.

[@spazthegreat]

same!

[@sabrinamariee2885]

i never get to see this side of melyssa but i love it. she got me tearing up . my gma passed last year and i sleep all the time bc i see her in my dreams too

[@lovejoy2241]

That’s why I love Mel…she’s so elegant and smart and definitely beautiful…I can listen to her all day!!

[@LastNameKeyes23]

BIG MEL❤ This was a treat. It’s really good to see Mel flourish!!! The mom segment got me I lost my mom back in 2012 and that feeling of lost hasn’t left. however I now move with knowing she’s always with me❤️ Dope pod definitely had to hit subscribe after this💯

[@LifewithKenyata]

Just saw the end of the episode so glad Melissa is starting her own pod…Melissa is so interesting she needs her own podcast. I would listen. I love seeing different perspectives from different women who have lived through these type of experiences. So many podcasters are so young and do not yet have much lived experience. Its so refreshing to hear these type of interviews and stories

[@sincerelyTania]

Comes out nov 1st “hot and bothered with melyssa ford”

[@LifewithKenyata]

@@sincerelyTania oh love it! Thank you

[@MagneticGemini]

Drea and Lex are such girl’s girls. I love when yall have female guests, you both create a loving and safe space. This episode was no different. It’s nice seeing M4 amongst women. I used to watch JBP and would often feel bad for her being surrounded by all that testosterone. Fantastic episode and you all look beautiful.❤

[@nimoprosper]

As someone who was really young during this era and only caught the tail end of it I really appreciate this episode for the insight I received, the history lessons about the missing pieces I wasn’t old enough to experience first hand and the life wisdom and gems I received from all three of you gorgeous, intellectual, poised ladies ❤

[@maggie6222]

this episode was really really powerful. wow. i don't really have words tbh. i love ya'll so much and i got to see such a profound and meaningful side to Melyssa. it was so nice to see that lex really connected to her. she's so well spoken and has a voice that many can unexpectedly relate to. she should definitely make her own podcast soon too.

[@stevenj.2857]

Is it weird a guy I enjoyed this episode and I watched the entire thing. The energy was great and I love how you all truly listen and understand each other. I didn't know what to think of Mel at first but I'm definitely becoming a fan of her

[@dorianreed8561]

This is a fire episode and coming from a man you ladies are needed in the space you guys are evolving in❤💪🏿

[@raesh1736]

This episode is so liberating. I lost my mother and the journey hasn’t been easy to explain and y’all hit the nail on the head. Thank you for being vulnerable.

[@RiaaAniyah-jt2hx]

This episode was EVERYTHING !!!!! Love the vulnerability throughout the episode. 🫶🏾I love yall chemistry with one another

[@lisavslisa101]

I love the vibe here..i dont think i ever cried on a pour minds vid like this episode😢.Nothing but healing and therapy👍.

[@Bchontae]

This was such an amazing episode! The favor famine part was so relatable. Even though I tune in every week and never miss a Friday I was so glad I didn't miss this episode. Melyssa is a total girl's girl and this episode gave another level of girl talk that I didn't know I needed. Love what you ladies are doing and love seeing the constant elevation. Sending appreciation, love, and light 💕

[@exoticplainjanekb3818]

Yall got me crying 🧡 loved this episode and I adore Melissa Ford. Glad she had a space to actually talk

[@HilcrestHomes2100]

I’m 37 and like must young men my age or younger grew up on Mel with the king magazines and seeing her in videos. I looked at her as just another video vixen and then once she came on the JB Podcast I seen how smart and huge her vocabulary was. But on this interview I got a whole new respect for her. She really dove deep in her story.

[@amberbug90]

Good to hear Miss Ford's story. I definitely grew up in her era of video modeling!

[@staceygodley]

Having lost my mom, this episode was so beautiful! Your relationships with women will bring you through some dark times! I love the vulnerability of this episode! Thank you Lex and Drea, allowing Melyssa to speak candidly about grief and sisterhood! 💕

[@Jaybroski94]

Everytime I think I’ve found my favorite episode y’all drop another banger. Proud of y’all ladies fr

[@Prinssella]

Literally been binge watching your videos all day 🥹🫶🏽

[@AllThingsKosha]

I did the same thing when I first found them

[@moreofarii]

same

[@sakeenahb8388]

This was so transparent, inspiring, and refreshing. I resonated with a lot of what Melyssa said. I wish her well she’s absolutely beautiful inside and out! Please have her as a guest more frequently she has so much wisdom to give ❤️❤️❤️

[@carlitalopez9248]

This made me so emotional as someone currently drowning in their life rn with no help, this was a beautiful episode and I’m so happy you ladies are doing so amazingly despite obstacles

[@juanla5243]

Ima e6 year old black man and I absolutely love this podcast. Ever since I 1st say yall on 85 south I been tuning in damn near every week. M4 is a whole legend and Ty is my favorite bae with that pretty ass smile. Keep up the great work, much love to the whole Pour Minds team!

[@SweetBecky]

This episode made me cry tears that I’ve been suppressing for YEARS! 😭 “I fought so hard to be the woman that I am today.” 😢

[@lei0019]

this episode is everything. i’m only half way through - currently crying with yall . thank you ladies 🤍

[@beammeupscottyny]

This is one of the best episodes ever! Melyssa is an amazing woman & human.

[@chelseychante]

That straight hair on Lex is everything hunny! She looks good!

[@Stylesofbri]

The Melyssa Ford!!!! She is so down to earth and I love to hear her journey. She is still the beauty standard!!! ❤❤ this was a good episode.

[@thatgirlshaz]

A 2 hour episode? I just know we in for a treat ❤😂

[@sharidenmark2674]

This is such a good interview! Melyssa has always been that girl & I really appreciate her transparency here!

[@ZestyZinny]

The mother talk had me BAWLING 😢😭😭😭 and the conversation about mortality and death was needed. We really do move like we are invincible and will live forever lol. Life is fragile. Love this video and love me some Ms. Ford

[@MekaLolita]

2 & a half hrs?! Yasss!

[@namia1559]

This is probably one of my favorite episodes. This was so so so good!!! Definitely shed some tears. Melysaa was one of my favorite video girlies growing up. She’s so much more than what meets the eye and I’m happy the world gets to see how multifaceted, authentic, and captivating she is🫶🏾

[@prettysmallz]

I’ve always loved THEE Melyssa Ford. But this interview was soo good, it didn’t even feel like an interview. I lost my mom Valentine’s Day of 2017 and literally everything shared about losing your mom I FELT that. I cried my eyes out in such a therapeutic way. Thank you for sharing your stories ❤

[@taylorbeenmade3116]

Pour minds and Mel…can’t get no better than this ❤

[@blatinomermann]

"save me from the piss in the dating pool" _wave length_ 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@cjohnson_]

THEE BLACK JESSICA RABBIT ON THEE POD 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I used to read the dictionary and thesaurus for fun too. I love etymology! Words are life. Avid reader too.

[@sydneeblue9261]

Love the Big Mel crossover period ❤ #HootieHoo

[@niablee]

Hootie Hoooooooo!!!!

[@BlameBrit]

I love how women guests shine on this podcast ❤ 4thegirls fr

[@ucallmekeyc]

Where drunk minds speaks sober thoughtsss.. Heyyy girls 😂❤

[@sjones2769]

I looooooove Lex P so much!!!!! Drea too!!!! This was such a great episode! ❤❤

[@ronaatto9719]

Best episode of the year so far loved this I cried and laughed thank you 💕💕

[@KaelynBrowzBeauty]

I love Mel ❤❤❤.. and yes, the awkward phase never leaves your brain no matter how much people think I’m beautiful. It’s like I remember the girl who didn’t feel that way.

[@Kelsssssss]

I love this already only a few minute in !!! All my girls together ❤

[@amandag9302]

Every episode of Pour Minds captures my attention but this one is different. I’m listening on Spotify, only 30 minutes in, and I absolutely love hearing this conversation!

[@kiontathomas3370]

This is so raw and vulnerable, I loved this episode literally in tears ❤

[@cs8168]

I just balled my eyes out & laughed all in the same episode 😭😂 this was such a good conversation🥰, keep it up ladies 🫶🏽🫰🏾

[@shanyacarr6070]

Literally the best episode yet!!!! Love y’all ladies keep prospering!!!

[@shawnrichards344]

This is what we've all been waiting for!❤❤❤

[@elleque1]

I LOVE this episode. I lost my dad 20 years ago and my mom at 41, two years ago and it still feels like yesterday. I literally feel like I am dangling in the wind. My daughters keep me present.

[@shantellr1476]

I had no idea who Melissa Ford was before today! She’s amazing!!

[@anthonymartin507]

God showed out with these 3.

[@yadsewnde]

Amen

[@reefb4364]

Yes he did💯

[@Dohnetsway]

I appreciate this video so much. I have a deep appreciation for the workers with in art. So this even means people like melyssa. And to hear this perspective is so fascinating and I feel gets grossly overlooked. This was a really good episode

[@1hunitGRAND]

Wow this was an amazing episode. Thank you so much for this. That grief discussion especially around losing your mother is so real 😢❤

[@mjsmum88]

This might be the best episode so far. I love Melyssa Ford. A beautiful, classy woman. I can’t wait to watch her podcast.

[@shawnamaxwell4311]

Omg! Such a beautiful, transparent, touching interview... I connected to everything about this episode..Ladies job well done. Love it! Thank you

[@ellebill4094]

Loveeee the vulnerability in this episode ladies . Thanks Drea for the book recommendation (Dad I want to hear your story) I got the one for my mom already but I didn’t know they had the one for dads. Thank you girl !

[@Kimmi_xo]

Wow this hit home so deeply for me .. especially on grieving your mom it’s like losing a veryyy big part of yourself . And isn’t easy but you learn to keep going..Thank you ladies for this episodes so many gems dropped love you guys🫶🏾❤️❤️

[@rickiareeves7460]

This was one of THE BEST episodes. And I love that you all let Mel speak freely!! I even started tearing up watching! Love & light to all those surviving this world without their mother ❤

[@BenjiHer97]

Not me tearing up 😢 I love this episode! Just seeing the real raw emotions and digging deep! Needed this

[@FeelGoodKB]

This episode got me sooo emotional omg 😅I love yall so much 🫶🏽😘

[@jazlynjanae4050]

When she was talking in the beginning about how she was interested in true crime I stopped and found out she was a Scorpio like me…it immediately made me so happy like why are we like this lol

[@mediavidz4261]

Not y’all got me crying at WORKKKK 😂 one of my favorite pour minds episodes hands down. I love how real this convo was

[@tahneelashaundra]

I absolutely love this shoe!!! I am so proud of you ladies!!! This was a beautiful episode!!!

[@MikaPoodle]

This was such a great interview! Yall killed this! I love the vulnerability ❤

[@jhunothello2326]

Literally yall best interview ever im in tears this was beautiful!

[@HanzHeHim]

This was such a beautiful and honest episode ❤ thank you Mel for sharing and thank you pour minds for the episode.

[@fearlessemm]

girl, this episode has made me EMOTIONALLLLLL 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

[@boogienightztv]

This was such a great pod episode! I feel like I been chopping it up with my girls from High School… I love how y’all put on for the Town! H-Town still HOLDING!🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾 And I love Melyssa Ford, I never knew that she looked up to Phylicia Rashad (Clair Huxtable) who is also a Houston Girl, with such reverence! Talk about full circle ⭕️! Anyway my eyelashes wet from laughing and crying with y’all! I’m in my feels, but I feel inspired! Thank you! 🫶🏾