Michelle Buteau

09 Aug 2023

Tory Lanez Sentenced, What You Missed at R&B Hip-Hop Power Players & More | Billboard News

Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020. Billboard’s R&B Hip-Hop Power Players & Live event took place Tuesday night and we’re giving you an exclusive look at everything you may have missed. Your favorite celebs were showing off their fire ‘fits at Billboard’s R&B Hip-Hop Power Players & Live event. And more!

Tetris Kelly:
Tory Lanez is sentenced for shooting Megan Thee Stallion. Ice Spice, Offset and Weezy take over our R&B Hip-Hop Power Players event in LA. Tim McGraw talks his love life with his wife, and Michelle Buteau teaches us hometown slang.

Happy Hump Day, August 9th, and welcome to Billboard News!

Last night we had a blast at our R&B Hip-Hop Live event so let me take you there with us to show you what you missed. Lil Wayne, Nas and Ice Spice get honored and we saw epic performances from Metro Boomin, Coi Leray and Armani White. It’s Tetris here at Billboard’s Power Players R&B/Hip-Hop Live. It’s our event so we’re giving you all the action. The industry’s best packed inside The Novo in LA to see us honor execs like Larry Jackson.

Larry Jackson:
“This award is for the culture that we love, that we represent.”

Tetris Kelly:
And artists like our Rookie of the Year, Ice Spice.

Ice Spice:
“Thank you everybody here at Billboard and to my fans, thank you to my fans. Period!”

Tetris Kelly:
And Hip-Hop Hall of Fame Inductees, Nas…

Nas:
“50 years of hip-hop. Saluting some of the pioneers who inspired me.”

Tetris Kelly:
And Weezy himself.

Lil Wayne:
“I ain’t stopping. They told me when I could leave, I’ll be going back to the studio.”

Tetris Kelly:
But the night wasn’t all speeches, it was time to party! Coi Leray showed us “girls is players too.” Armani White delivered “Billie Eilish.”

Watch the full video above!

01 Aug 2023

Michelle Buteau Plays Never Have I Ever | Billboard

Michelle Buteau from Netflix’s ‘Survival of The Thickest’ plays Never Have I Ever.

Michelle Buteau
Hey everyone, I’m Michelle Buteau. And this is Never have I ever not with Mindy Kaling on Netflix. It’s just a game because someone went to Kinkos.

Producer:
FedEx Express, actually.

Michelle Buteau:
Oh, I’m so sorry FedEx Express, okay. Have I ever lied to get out of a speeding ticket? No, with this face. No. I always say I just started my period. And they just look at me silently like you did? Works every time.

Michelle Buteau
Have I ever dumped someone over text? No. I have never done that because I’m a responsible b*tch. And I feel like I can ghost somebody to their face.

Michelle Butueau
I have never paid for a comedy show and left because it was bad. But I have left comedy shows that I’ve been on. Because I’ll need to see that bullsh*t.

Producer:
Have you ever overdrafted a bank account?

Michelle Buteau:
What? How dare you? How dare you? I got top t*tty meat, back fat and I gotta balance a check. That’s not fair.

Michelle Buteau
Have I ever lied about my age? Never. I’m proud. 45 from the waist up 21 from the waist down. B*tch!

Michelle Butueau
Have I ever seen a ghost? Oh my god. I have no, say they want to invoke the spirit and shit and I gotta go home with it.

Michelle Butueau
Have I ever got skinny dipping? Yeah, but I call it plus size dipping. actually went to the beach. And then like, two weeks later, I had a pearl under my t*tty. There was sand under my boob. I didn’t know if you knew how it worked.

Michelle Butueau:
Have I become a member of the Mile High Club? I’m a size 18/20 I could barely get in the seat that I paid too much money for. Are you serious? I go into that bathroom and it’s like I’m breastfeeding everything in the bathroom anyways, so no, we could barely find the hole when I’m in a bed.

24 Jul 2023

Michelle Buteau Talks ‘Survival of the Thickest,’ Sharing a Birthday With J.Lo & More | Billboard News

Comedian Michelle Buteau tells us about her new Netflix film ‘Survival of the Thickest,’ why she was inspired to make the show, sharing a birthday with Jennifer Lopez, and more!

Michelle Buteau:
Hey everyone, I’m Michelle Buteau. And you’re watching Billboard News. But you knew that already because you clicked.

Michelle Buteau:
My new show on Netflix ‘Survival of the Thickest’ is a show that has been inspired by my book ‘Survival of the Thickest: Plus-Size Essays in a Small-Minded World.’ And so the themes are so important to me. We explore body positivity, sex positivity, inclusion, black, brown, queerness, what it’s like to live in the city, New York City, the best city in the world. And follow your dreams and hustle and what it looks like to be in a toxic relationship and in your mid 30s. And you got to make a choice, girl, what’s it gonna be?

Michelle Buteau:
What is this show gonna be? You know what I mean? Like, I have stories, I have the book, but I have this platform in 190 countries with Netflix, you know, I could be funny all the time, obviously. And I’m a woman — how she do it? I’m like, I am going to use this platform for good. You know, I’m going to say something important. I’m gonna be authentic to my New York. And that is everybody, literally everybody, every shape, size and shade. And so I’m so proud of not only diversity in the cast, but also the crew. Listen, my cast was amazing. We had Peppermint, Michelle Visage, Garcelle Beauvais, Tone Bell, Nicole Byer. And let me tell you something, she nailed it. Nailed it.

Watch the full interview above!