Comedian Trevor Noah has never been one to shy away from hot topics and hot takes, But his latest one has the internet sounding off…and for a good reason. In the latest episode of his “What Now” ...

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Mae Greenleaf embodied the messy and often secretive Black church matriarch whose devotion to her family often got entangled ...