After an interview with rapper/producer RZA and a panel featuring RZA, rapper Fat Joe and Katrina Pierson, host T. J. Holmes admitted that he uses the "N-word." Earlier in 2012, Holmes wrote a column for TheGrio.com where he said he was giving up the racial slur. Holmes also talked about using the word and going back on his pledge on New York City's radio station Power 105.1 with "The Breakfast Club."