Tish Hyman Announces LA Mayor Run, Describes DISTURBING Encounters with Men in Women's Locker Room

What this episode is about

Tish Hyman announces her candidacy for mayor of Los Angeles, driven by disturbing personal experiences, including those at a women's locker room, which prompted her to seek change in the city's leadership. Having relocated from the Bronx to Los Angeles in 2009, she expresses her determination to address issues she finds lacking in current candidates.

Key takeaways

• From Bronx to ballot: a songwriter's leap into L.A.'s political spotlight reveals a thirst for change.
• When dissatisfaction with candidates drives you to run, that's democracy's mic drop moment.
• In a world of polarized views, a catchy tune about gratitude may win more hearts than policies.
• Surprising insights from a gym confrontation show that personal experiences can ignite public aspirations.
• Viral moments can launch campaigns, but the real challenge is translating emotion into effective governance.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Megyn Kelly (Guest) · 5 min speaking
• Tish Hyman (Guest) · 11 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 6:00 – 9:00: Alexis Black
2. 9:00 – 12:00: Alexis Black, Grant Freeman
3. 12:00 – 15:00: Birch Gold Group

Notable quotes from "Tish Hyman Announces LA Mayor Run, Describes DISTURBING Encounters with Men in Women's Locker Room"

• And who? I walk into this Alexis black guy. And this time I'm Yo, hey, I can't deal with this right now. I can't deal with this right now. You What are you doing in here? You can't be in.

  about Alexis Black · at 7:24

• Declare himself a woman. His name is not Alexis. He's got a man name. And he took her name. His name is Grant. Grant Freeman, but he took the name of the wife he beat, Alexis…

  about Grant Freeman · at 11:36

• Like making sure your savings are secure and diversified. Will this be the year you decide to talk to someone from Birch Gold Group? They use an educational approach with a deep understanding of macroeconomics.

  about Birch Gold Group · at 14:27

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Alexis Black — Person · 2 mentions · first at 7:24
• Grant Freeman — Person · 1 mention · first at 11:42

Sponsors

• Birch Gold Group — Sponsor · 1 mention · first at 14:32

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 All right, so let's get right to it and then we'll do a little background on you. What is the big announcement?

0:06 Los Angeles, California. I will be running for mayor and I am so excited to announce this to you with all my heart. I plan to fight for a state in the city of Los Angeles and I'm just excited.

0:20 I'm excited, too. So, this is Did this all begin with what happened at Gold's Gym in that totally viral piece of tape? Yes, absolutely. I was just thinking about this. I was like, this was not on my bingo card for 2026 at all. But, you know, this experience just woke something up in me and it caused me to have to look out and see where I would be able to get help. And at first, I was actually looking for a candidate to support because I didn't even think that I would do this. And as I looked through the candidates who were running and what they stood for, I said, "There's no one that I could support there." So, I said, "Well, I got to do it myself."

1:02 That's amazing. I agree with you. I don't I just took a quick look at who's running, and this does not seem to be a a prominent issue, if an issue at all for any of them. Um, so I Let's go back and talk a little bit about how you got here. Uh, you're 43 years old. Where are you from originally? Where were you born and raised?

1:20 I'm originally from the Bronx, New York City. Born and raised. Right on. Right on. Okay. Okay. And then how did you find your way out to Los Angeles?

1:28 Well, uh about 2009, I was invited out to Malibu to write some songs and I just fell in love with the city. It was just it was just such a beautiful place. I just I landed and I was like, "Wow." And I was supposed to be there for about four or five days, but I winded up, you know, I did a great job and they were like, "No, you can't leave. We need you here for months." So, I winded up moving to Malibu straight from the Bronx. And that was culture shock. and one of the most beautiful experiences of my life.

2:00 I'll bet. I can only imagine how how that went. So, you you're a song you're a singer and you're a songwriter. You've written for Alicia Keys, for Diddy, for Kanye, uh some very big stars. You also sing your own songs. We we pulled a little clip of one. Hope you don't mind. We thought we'd uh play it for the audience. This is a bit from I'm So Lucky from December last month. Got air in my lungs. I'm so lucky. I got shoes on my feet. I'm so lucky. Got a roof over my head. I'm lucky. I got water to drink. I'm so lucky. Got light in my eyes. I'm so lucky. I got love in my life. I'm so lucky. I got faith on my side. I'm so lucky. I'm so lucky. I'm so lucky.

2:56 I do what I love every day. Every day. I always make a way out of nowhere. In this life, you get more than you take.

3:09 That's amazing. And I love the sentiment because that's that explains the permanent smile on your face, Tish. Like that attitude of gratitude is it serves everyone well. So, I love that you put it to song. Well, you know, your latitude is based off your attitude. And you know, it's a hard life no matter who you are. But you've got to be happy about having life because if you're alive, then you just beat out everyone who's not and you have an opportunity to make things great and make things better.

3:41 So, you're out there in Malibu and unlike 99.9% of people who do move there, you're actually making it. You're you're you're in demand as a songwriter and you're singing your own music too. And you have a rocket body. So you go to the gym. That's where you got that and that's where you maintained it. And just describe a little background about how you started to see. Was it always this one guy in the women's locker room or was it other guys?

4:08 So basically I had four different experiences in a twoweek span and it was three different men. Uh the first time was a 25 year old maybe I don't know if he was 25 but he looked young and I turn around and I'm naked. I'm like, "Oh my goodness." And I just say, "Sir, I didn't get anything else out." And he was just like, "You can't tell me nothing. B word. I'm a woman."

4:31 Very aggressive, very angry. And I was naked, you know? So, I'm just in a state of confusion, shock, and I'm pissed off because I'm like, "Who you calling a b- word?" You know, I'm not used to being disrespected in my everyday life. I respect people, and I I I give it, I receive it. So, that was the first thing. And it just like complete shocker. I couldn't believe it was happening. So now I'm screaming in the locker room like, "Hey ladies, do you see this? There's a guy in here. You guys okay with this? Like am I crazy?

4:58 Like what's going on?" Staff comes in and they weren't able to force him out, but I was making so much noise that he just left. And you know, he didn't leave the locker room for good. His lock was still on the locker in place, but they made him leave as I got dressed. And after I got dressed, I went to the staff and I I wrote a complaint and I was trying to figure out what to do about this. And then they kept saying our hands are tied by law. And I was confused because I was like, there's no way there's no possible way that there could be a law that lets men in women's locker rooms when they're naked. I just I just couldn't even believe it. And so I went home that day. I actually posted it about it on on Instagram right away because I was just so I felt violated.

5:41 You know, I I'm a lesbian woman. I haven't been naked in front of a man in decades. Not only that, but just the the the the disregard for my naked body and being called this word and just the whole thing was just like, you know, a whirlwind of emotions and all negative emotions, which I don't usually feel on a day-to-day basis because I live my life in gratitude. So, yeah. And then, you know, I went home, I I spoke about it online, and then my my sound got muted on on Instagram. It went kind of viral, but people were I had a lot of push back from the community there. And it it muted my sound. So I felt like silenced in a way and almost like

6:21 What do you mean it muted your sound? You mean actually the sound on the video got muted or your first

6:26 The social media The social media is, you know, I don't even know what's going on with social media, but they pick and choose what they allow you to post. And I guess what I posted wasn't something they wanted me to post. So it just was like I went back to it after it went viral. It went mute. And I was like, "Well, I got to take this down because it looks like it doesn't make sense." And there's just like a bunch of hate in the comments. And it was a lot of, you know, stuff going on. So, I was like, "All right, let me take this down." And so, now I'm trying to just like, okay, now I'm realizing that not only is it a problem and and there's nothing that can be done legally. There's something online that is like it's it's it's restricting me from speaking about it. I felt silenced and I felt scared at this point because I am in the music industry and I didn't I didn't want to there was just so much going on at once. I just

7:12 got scared and then I was like, "All right, take this down. Maybe this is an isolated incident. Go to the gym the next day." And the next day I go back. I'm just trying to get back to my life. And who? I walk into this Alexis black guy. And this time I'm like, "Yo, hey, I I can't deal with this right now. I can't deal with this right now. You What are you doing in here? You can't be in here." Oh, beware. I'm a woman. You got to get with it, sister. And I'm just like, "No, you're not." At this point, I'm a little bit more elevated. And I'm like, "Not with that big D. You're not.

7:46 I can see it. You need to get out of here. You got on tights. You got on tights and a freaking tank top. Just get the hell out of here." You know? So, I'm just trying to like force it out. And then and he was like arguing back and for me. I said, "Well, stay here. I'm calling the police." And he's like, "I got things to do." No. So, he left. I called the police. Of course, they never showed up. And I went and made another report and nothing was done. So now I take two days off because I'm just like, "What is going on?" I'm telling my friend and she's giving me the rhetoric of trans women are women and I'm like, "What the heck is anyone talking about?

8:15 Am I in the Twilight Zone?" Like, "No, they're not." He had a huge PE. I see it. It was in front of me. Definitely no man in there was no I mean no woman in sight. And she's, you know, in her 20s and she's just like, "Well, yeah, I'm telling you." And I'm like, "All right." So now two days go by. I'm in a locker room. I say I'mma go to actually I wasn't in a locker room. I said I'm gonna go to a different location. Now mind you, I work out a different time a day every day. And I also switched the location in hopes that the newer location this guy wouldn't go to because it's a little more expensive. I was like, maybe he can't afford it. I don't even know. I was just hoping to not see him again. I get in there. I do my workout. Everything seems perfect.

8:59 Honestly, I was so happy to be there working out and I to feel like I was in a sanctuary. I was like, "There's no way I'm gonna see this guy today." So now I'm telling a young lady and I say to her, we know we got out the young lady. I can't remember her name. I think it's Leah or something like that and we're we're in the bathroom and we're talking about how the new facilities are so nice and clean. I'm like, "Yeah." I said, "I actually don't usually come here. I had to drive a little further because there was a man in the locker room the last time I was there. There were men coming in." And she says, "What? No way. I said, "Wait." And then Alexis Black comes out like a locker room bully. You talking about me, B word? And I'm like,

9:39 I I'm in shock. I'm like, what are you doing in here? And she goes, this girl is in her 20. She goes into full on freeze mode. And I go into full on mom mode. I'm like, what are you doing in here? You're not, we're not supposed to be here. YOU'RE COMING OUT HERE. WHY ARE YOU HERE? AND then he's like, straight women like to see D word in the lock. So, if anything, they're looking at me more than you. And I was like, what? And at this point, I'm just living. I'm like, get out. You got to get out. And there's a scene and they come in again.

10:11 They get him to come out. He's standing there in title like, "No, I can be in here. I can be in here." And then they get him out. It takes a long time, but they get him out. And then me and the young lady go to the front and we file a report together. And I'm thinking this has got to do something because it's me. It's not just me, the angry black lady or whatever they want to see me as. Because at this point, you know, I'm I'm constantly being upset and I'm talking to the staff with respect, but I'm angry. So, they've been seeing me for years. They never seen me like this. So, this is just an uncomfortable thing, but it doesn't matter cuz it has to be done.

10:47 So, now we file the report. I'm thinking something's going to happen. The next day I bring my friend who's 25 who was like trans women or women. So I'm like all right let's go to gym. Go to gym and what? He's there. It's like this guy was there all day. Every day I go to gym a different time every day. How how is he always there? I feel like I saved someone's life to be honest because why was he always there with his history

11:13 and his mental state of mind? Why? So now she comes in and I said that he was he was he was a convicted woman abuser. Just so people know for actually very violent behavior against his ex-wife whose jawbone he broke in a compound fracture, meaning the bone was sticking out of the skin. And then very creepily, he took her name when he decided to declare himself a woman. His name is not Alexis. He's got a man name. And he took her name. His name is Grant. Uh, Grant Freeman, but he took the name of the wife he beat, Alexis, when he declared himself a woman. Sorry. Keep going, Tish. Disgusting.

11:53 And by the way, I had no knowledge of this. This is just instinct. Instinctually, just just something was off. So now I tell my friend, I say, "There goes he's on the he's on the grass. Look at him." And she looks and she goes, "That's definitely not a woman." I said, "Yes, exactly. You now you see what I'm saying?" She's like, "Yeah, that's scary." So now we do our workout. We go into the the I always do the sauna because I was very overweight and I find that when you do the sauna, it kind of tightens you up a bit and that's why I don't have a lot of loose skin. So anyways, we go to the sauna.

12:23 It's about eight women in the sauna. I've been trying to get girls together now throughout this whole process. I've been collecting emails and telling girls. So now we're in the song. I'm like, "Listen, girls, there's men coming in here." And they're like, "What?" I'm like, "Yes." And one of them is here right now. He's out there somewhere. I hope he doesn't come in here today, but I'm telling you right now, there are men coming in the locker rooms and we had like a little pow about it in the locker room and there was one girl in there. I remember we all had on towels. There was one girl in there, she didn't have on towels. She had on her gym clothes and she was sitting on the on the on the on the bench and one of the staff comes in and says, "Hey, you have we don't allow clothes in there." So, she goes out to change her clothes. And I thought that that was very strange because like

13:06 weird you you telling her to get naked. Okay. Interesting. So she go out of the

13:12 and then she's like, you know, like a child. She comes back. He's in here. He's in here.

13:16 So now I'm I'm like, no, I got the girls with me. We're getting him out. So I'm like, come on, girls. Don't you know all those girls ran away? They didn't want nothing to do. I came out there by myself with my friend and they they slowly triggered. I'm like, "Girls, come on." I'm like, "Well, forget it." And I start frozen him. I'm like, "You can't be in here. Enough's enough. Get out." And he's like, "No, I can be in here." And one brave woman took camera, the footage that we got of him in the bathroom. There was a there was a video that went viral of him inside the locker rooms. Um, that wasn't taken on my phone. So, you know, I get the airdrop from his cell phone of the video footage of me confronting him and I'm like, "Great, I'm posting that online." So, I post it on the internet and it gets quite viral because I say I put Marvin Gay behind it because there was no sound. So, I put Marvin Gay behind it

14:07 and I go, "What is going on? This person told me they're a woman. Am I crazy?" And then the comments went crazy with positivity and people saying, "What is that? That's crazy." And that let me know right then and there that this has been silenced and most women and men in the world do not know what's going on. A new year means new financial goals like making sure your savings are secure and diversified. Will this be the year you decide to talk to someone from Birch Gold Group? They use an educational approach with a deep understanding of macroeconomics.

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Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Tish Hyman Announces LA Mayor Run, Describes DISTURBING Encounters with Men in Women's Locker Room"?

Megyn Kelly (Guest), Tish Hyman (Guest).

What is "Tish Hyman Announces LA Mayor Run, Describes DISTURBING Encounters with Men in Women's Locker Room" about?

Tish Hyman announces her candidacy for mayor of Los Angeles, driven by disturbing personal experiences, including those at a women's locker room, which prompted her to seek change in the city's leadership. Having relocated from the Bronx to Los Angeles in 2009, she expresses her determination to address issues she finds lacking in current candidates.

What is mentioned in this Megyn Kelly episode?

3 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Alexis Black, Grant Freeman. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Tish Hyman Announces LA Mayor Run, Describes DISTURBING Encounters with Men in Women's Locker Room"?

The episode runs 16 min; the transcript is about 3,249 words in 32 timestamped sections.

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