In this episode of Karamo’s talk‑show, guest Kiki confronts her longtime best friend Janaye, accusing her of having an inappropriate relationship with Kiki’s father, Mark. Karamo mediates as Kiki recounts years‑long suspicions, citing flirtatious behavior, shared location data, and financial transactions from Mark to Janaye. Janaye initially denies wrongdoing, then admits to a brief, drunken encounter with Mark in 2017, including a kiss and two cash‑app transfers totaling about $1,200. Karamo inspects Janaye’s phone and finds no digital evidence of recent contact with Mark, confirming the affair occurred before Janaye obtained the phone. The revelation triggers a heated emotional exchange: Kiki feels betrayed and angry, Janaye expresses remorse, and Mark defends his past actions. Karamo offers advice on rebuilding trust, emphasizing honesty, vulnerability, and the difficulty of repairing a friendship after secrecy. The episode ends with both parties contemplating forgiveness and the future of their relationship.
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My next guest, Kiki, has been best friends with Janaye for 10 years. She says they are like sisters, but today Kiki wants my help to unlock Janaye's phone. Kiki thinks Janaye has been sleeping with her dad. Yes, behind her back. Everyone, please welcome Kiki to the show. Hi, Kiki. Hey, how you doing? How you doing? May I have a hug?
Yeah.
Nice to meet you. You look cute, girl. Thank you. You're welcome. So why do you think your best friend is sleeping with your father?
Okay, so for one, they're too friendly and it's too much flirting. Always them two on the side. She'll be laughing in his ear, you know, kitschy-kitschy-cooing. Like, what's funny? 'Cause I wanna laugh too.
Okay.
You know?
What's the kitschy-kitschy-coo?
Right, exactly.
I need to know.
I caught her going to Columbus, is where my father stays.
Oh.
We've been friends for a long time, so we have each other locations. We share locations, you know, for safety reasons.
Of course.
And she turned it off. Why is you turning off your phone while you going to Columbus if you ain't going to see my daddy?
So when did the suspicions begin?
I'd say about 4 years ago. And I'm like, what is going on? I know how my friend is, you know, when it come to you know, her male friends. Like, girl, you not about to use my daddy as no sugar daddy.
Oh, sweet. So from your experience, Janay takes advantage of men sometimes?
Yes, very much so.
So how did your friendship begin? How did you meet her?
10 years ago, we, you know, exotic dancers. Ever since then, we've been inseparable. Like, we every day, you know, we kicking it on the phone, talking. I'd have been there when her kids was born, like all that. Like, it's just like our relationship grew so crazy.
You're like sisters.
We like sisters, literally.
It makes sense. It makes sense. So have you ever just tried asking him the truth and say, just tell me?
Actually, I have.
Yeah.
I do all the time, even like, 'cause I know she plays like that a lot. So I had asked her a couple times like, you know, what do you and my father got going on? Like, y'all playing too much. And then she'll be like, we ain't doing nothing. I feel like it's gonna affect us really bad because like, I share my hot chicken wings with you, but I'm not sharing my daddy.
Well, listen, we all know that there's two sides to every conflict, so I think it's time to meet Janaye. Janaye, come on out. How do you feel about Kiki's accusations?
Fuck Kiki accusations. 'Cause first off, why do you think that I'm messing around with your daddy?
Because you mess with men that's the same age as my daddy, so of course.
But Kiki, we're family, we're like sisters. Why would you ever think that I am messing with your dad outta all people? Why would you think that I would ever cross that line?
Because why is he sending you money then? Why is he paying for you to get your car fixed?
Maybe that's why we need to ask your dad.
Well, do you think you've ever acted inappropriate with Kiki's dad?
Yeah, I feel like I have.
Okay.
Just 'cause I be drunk and I just be having fun and we just play around like that.
Do I do that to your daddy?
You never been around my daddy.
It don't matter, but I wouldn't do that.
Okay, so we heard that when y'all at the barbecue, y'all got the kiki, the ha ha. How do you think that affected her? You said y'all sisters.
I don't think she care. Well, I didn't think she care.
Why would I not care? I don't know. That's a bit much.
You never, I mean, you didn't say nothing until like later on. And to be quite honest, I'm dating somebody right now anyways.
Because after I start seeing him Cash Appin' you and stuff money, of course I'm about to start asking 'cause now I'm putting two and two together.
Okay, well he did Cash App me money, but he did it outta the kindness of his heart.
But I never slept with somebody. We're living in 2022. I never slept with somebody. What man you know that's about to sit up there and send money to anybody he ain't in no relationship with and he ain't messing around sleeping with. Let's be real.
So does Mark text and call you?
He only did that one time looking for Keke 'cause she wasn't answering her phone.
Got it. So he sent you money for car repairs. Tell me about that.
Well, Keke dad always been like a very generous guy. He'll look out. Like he does that for anybody, not just me.
Does it upset you that Keke is accusing you of this?
Yeah, it's upsetting the fuck outta me. Like I'm very upset. Like why do you think that I'm trying to use your daddy?
Because that's what you do.
Okay, well, Kiki asked you to unlock your phone so that I could see if you have ever contacted her father or had anything and you agreed, right?
Yes.
Okay, good. It is time to see what is in your phone. We checked your phone and we're looking to see if there's any interaction between you and Kiki's father, Mark. Are you ready, Janaye?
I'm ready.
Are you ready?
I'm ready.
Okay, so when it came to text messages, we found zero suspicious texts between Kiki and your father.
Okay, okay.
When it came to locations on apps, we found zero suspicious locations.
I love you.
And DMs, we found zero, and we found zero photos.
Okay, okay.
You're fine, Kiki. Your father's contact information was not even in her phone.
Okay, okay, okay.
I'm sorry.
Nah, nah, I'm mad. I'm mad.
All right, I'm sorry. I'm mad. It's good to erase them, but okay.
We ain't got trust no more.
Hold on, but we do have a bit of a ping that's come in. Kiki's dad is actually here with us today on video chat. Mark, I wanna welcome you to the show. So I understand that you, there's something you wanna say to your daughter.
Yes, I do. Kiki, you need to stay in your own lane.
What?
You need to stay, you and your sister always, you need a woman, you need this, you need that. We gonna find you a woman.
Right, your age?
Okay, well let me tell you, in 2017, me and Janaye, we was going out. We did a couple of walks on the beach. And I took her out to dinner, seafood.
Hold on, Mark, are you saying right now that you did have a relationship with Janey?
A platonic one.
Okay.
And I wanted— Mark, I know you're playing from the old school, but walked on the beach ain't platonic. When did this happen?
In 2017. I wanted a relationship with her. Oh. But Kiki got in the way.
What?
Yeah, you got in the way.
So there was a seafood restaurant. Tell me about that.
Oh, we went out and had like a nice little dinner and talked.
Did you kiss?
Yeah, we kissed a couple times. And on Thanksgiving, when you seen her sitting on my lap, I was playing Santa Claus.
And she was trying to tell me—
Hold on.
So when did you get your phone?
I got that phone in 2018.
2018. And so this happened in 2017? So that's why we couldn't find anything. Okay, so Mark, have you ever sent Janay money?
Yeah.
So how much money have you sent Janay?
Like $500 or $600.
And that's a lot of money.
Two times.
Two times. So almost $1,200 has been sent. This was your fears, Kiki, that she could be using your father just like she used other men because she's got $1,200.
Exactly, that's what I'm saying, exactly. And look, you falling for it.
So why didn't you tell your daughter, Mark, the truth?
It's none of her business.
Okay, but that's still my best friend. She is not about to be my stepmother.
Well, I think the bigger question is here that Kiki, Janey said nothing happened. We thought nothing happened 'cause we found on the phone. But clearly you've kissed her father and received money from him, the fears that she had. Is there anything you wanna say to your friend?
No, 'cause I tried to put that behind me. We both tried to put it behind us. Oh no.
Come on, Janey, you've now been caught. Is there nothing you wanna say to your friend? If you say she's like a sister, your twin, there's a moment here that you could salvage this relationship because what happened is that— I already did. Her issue is that there was no honesty. And if she's looking at you right now, Mark has already told us now, y'all have kissed, y'all went on dates, there's been money. Can you be honest with your friend now?
I mean, all we did was kiss. It wasn't like I slept with him, Kiki.
Don't be defensive. Talk to your friend.
Are you using my father?
No, I am not.
I'm trying to make sure you can salvage this friendship because I do believe that you feel like this was your friend, your sister. You don't want us to look at her and say, "Hey, I'm sorry." I do wanna say I'm sorry, Kiki.
I'm sorry, Janey.
You probably ain't gonna trust me after this though.
I'm not.
That's why I didn't wanna tell you.
Exactly. I can't, mm-mm. Y'all both, if this gonna continue or y'all won't have something going on, y'all can leave me out. Leave me out of it.
No, you could have not, Mark.
Mark, I appreciate you coming on the show, giving us clarity, so thank you so much. I think you need to do some work rebuilding your relationship with your daughter because at the end of the day, even though you are the father, this is your daughter's friend and I think that transparency would've made this a lot easier. And so I think it's important that you model that behavior for your daughter. So thank you so much, Mark, for being here, but I need to talk to you two now alone. What is your reaction to hearing all this?
I'm shocked because I mean, I kind of figured something was going on, but it was like I didn't want to believe it. Because these are two of the most important people in my life. So it's like, you know, believing her and then he's telling me something else for the first time is like, it's shocking. 'Cause I really thought that she wouldn't.
Are you mad?
Yes, I'm mad as hell. I feel betrayed for sure. Like, especially 'cause we talk about everything. So even if it was to happen or something, I'm shocked that you didn't even come to me and talk to me about it.
Yeah.
I was afraid of this, your reaction. That's why I kept it to myself.
The trust has been broken now. And this is sad 'cause I heard how you were talking about her. I could see that you love her and I could see that's your sister.
Key, it only happened one time. Only one time. I never slept with him.
But he said that he gave you money twice.
Because he wanted to help me. I didn't ask him. He was asking about what was my financial problems.
Well, you was telling him your problems. So if you telling him your problem, then that means that you needed some help. So that's basically asking.
No, we was just having a mutual conversation and he offered to help. So I'm like, oh, okay.
Okay.
Kiki, do you think you can rebuild this trust with Janey? Or is this friendship done?
I don't know if I can build this relationship again because once you'll lie to me one time, you'll do it again.
I think I would lose my mind if I ever lost you.
Do you believe this?
So hearing her She seems like she's speaking from the heart.
I'm gonna tell you, for moving forward, it's gonna take her some time to rebuild the trust. If you really want this relationship, you don't need to be defensive. Don't make anything and say like, "Well, you know, like it was in the past." Just say, "I know I messed up," and be as vulnerable as possible. I do trust everyone admitted that you didn't sleep together, and I think that's a big thing. That's great.
Yeah.
You know what I mean? Because I think that would've been maybe a breaking point for you. But the fact that you just got a little money, you was playing, yes. She already knew that you was a hustler. So I think she was already aware. It's just the point of you keeping a secret. You keeping a secret is the betrayal for her. And you already knew that. So do the work.
Do you forgive me?
Really, you do?
I mean, it's gonna give me a little, I might need a little time, but right now I just need to— You forgive her? I feel her though.
You feel it?
It's understandable.
Look at that. Listen, that got mended up easy and that quick.
Okay.
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