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SILVER SPRING, Md. – September 30, 2022TV One’s highly anticipated original film MONTROSS: BLOOD RULES, directed by Victoria Rowell (“Birdie”, “Diagnosis Murder”, “The Young & The Restless”), will premiere this weekend, Saturday, October 1 at 8/7C. Dawn Halfkenny (“Atlanta”, “Saints and Sinners”) will star as Robyn Montross. Joining Halfkenny is Richard Brooks (“Abbott Elementary”, “The Rich and the Ruthless”) who is cast as Cordell “Dell” Montross, Sr. and Jon Eyez (“The Underground Railroad” and “Walking Dead”) who is cast as Teddy. In addition to directing, Rowell will also play Elaine Montross.

MONTROSS: BLOOD RULES CAST

Dawn Halfkenny as Robyn Montross

Richard Brooks as Cordell “Dell” Montross, Sr.

Dwayne Boyd as CJ “Jackie” Montross

Sheléa Frazier as Nia Montross

Victoria Rowell as Elaine Montross

Renelle Nicole as Monty

Jon Eyez as Teddy

Leslie Black as Sedi

Kamel Goffin as Travis

Fans can join TV One for the official MONTROSS: BLOOD RULES Virtual Red-carpet Premiere Celebration on premiere night, Saturday, October 1st at 7/6C by visiting TV One’s YouTube. Hosted by award-winning TV/Radio personality, Bevy Smith, the virtual premiere will feature one-on-one interviews with film stars and TV One executives.

ABOUT MONTROSS: BLOOD RULES

When attorney Robyn Montross finally returns to her hometown of Evansdale at her father’s request, she begins to unravel the web of lies that has secured her family’s power and prominence in the community for generations. Consumed by guilt, Robin can’t hide from her past - and is forced to face the dark secret that has haunted her for years.

“We’re excited to partner again with Victoria Rowell, Jami McCoy-Lankford and Camara Davis, a phenomenal dream team, to tell this story,” said TV One’s Executive Producer Jason Ryan. “Our TV One audience will enjoy all of the plot’s twists and turns in this film.” The collaboration with Rowell continues a longstanding partnership with the Emmy Award-Winning director and actress, who also directed TV One’s original film, “Stranger Next Door”.

MONTROSS: BLOOD RULES is directed by Victoria Rowell and written by Camara Davis. The film is produced for TV One by Jami McCoy-Lankford (Hillionaire Productions). Austyn Biggers is the SVP of Programming and Jason Ryan is the Executive Producer in Charge of Production.

the end of the world. It simply means find another way. “In addition to being a clothier, he also has a shoe line, a “zaddy” (a sweatsuit) line, where style and class collaborate; and his most recent KING (Knowledgeable, Inspirational, Noble, Gifted) bracelet line, all of which keep him busy.

Dapper Shan gives credit to his wife Pricilla, their children, and his extended family for supporting his vision. Dapper Shan says that his family has been his biggest supporter and client. Having the means to take care of his family is the push that keeps him going through all the ups and downs of the business. He recalls a time he felt the proudest when he could provide his dad with a tailor-made suit, a small accomplishment for his dad’s years of service at the US Postal Service.

“Everyone loves how real you are until you are honest with them.”

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Photo Credit: Derrick Dukes (Dukes Vision Photography)

I am excited about this interview and to chat with you. We’re going to talk about you being unapologetic. How about that?

Yes, we are. I appreciate that. First of all, it’s an honor to be here to have you interview me, and I don’t think you’ve ever interviewed me before; I have always brought people for you to interview. So, it’s just something new for me. People write about me, but they never really interview me. Okay, well, this is going to be fun. All you have to do is relax. We’re just going to have a conversation. So, first of all, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to say that Sharon is now a part of Impact Detroit Magazine. She is the Marketing and Advertising Director for Impact Detroit Magazine. So, we welcome you, and we’re pleased to have you on board. We’re excited and looking forward to what this new year will bring to Impact Detroit Magazine. So, let’s jump in. Let’s talk about you being unapologetic. Tell me why you’re unapologetic.

Because most of my life, I always apologize, I had to come to terms with myself. But, I will say, within the last five years of being 50 plus. I decided in 2022, I was going to do things differently. I’m not going to apologize. Whether I fit you or not, I’m going to be unapologetic about being 50 Plus; it’s just a different mindset, you know, things start changing when you get older, but it hit me in the last 18 months. So, I said, why am I apologizing for everything?

So what made you feel you must apologize for

who you are?

Because of my Business Girlfriends and the sisterhoods that I have developed from talking to so many women from all different walks of life and Nationalities, it made me realize you don’t realize how great you are. But when I listen to other people talk about me, I’m like, You have to understand who you are. I don’t think I understood my worth, value, or what I bring to the table because things come naturally to me. So I said You know what, I’m not apologizing anymore; I’m going to be unapologetic. I’m going to embrace all of my scars. I’m going to embrace my age, and I’m going to assume everything about me. Good, bad, or indifferent, whether people receive it or not.

What brought you to this conclusion that you’re not going to compromise who you are for someone else?

Just being in my community, I realized who I was. I had an epiphany.

Okay, so who is Sharon Steele?

Oh, God, a kid at heart. Sharon Steele is a woman of color that has endured. And if I start crying, it’s because it has been an emotional day. But when I think about who I am and what I have gone through, I am just a woman on an assignment chosen to help people become financially free. I’m a woman that hates injustice. And it doesn’t have to be my injustice. I would fight that injustice like it were mine. I get so emotionally caught up in someone else’s pain that I carry it with them. I’m a person who cares. I love all people. I want us all to succeed and be successful. And sometimes, it’s such an arduous journey. I need to stop apologizing for what God called me to do. It’s time to accept it.

So let’s talk about some of the many hats that you wear.

Yes, ma’am. You know, I began in Direct Marketing. And people talk about Direct Marketing. The first thing everyone says is it’s a pyramid. But a pyramid is one of the most robust structures on Earth. Most businesses are built on a pyramid system, whether you want to believe that or not because it’s somebody at the top and somebody at the bottom. The thing about the pyramid is that everyone eats; you eat at a different level. So I came into Direct Marketing with my dear friend who has passed on; you know him, Greg Leakes; Greg introduced me to a fantastic company here in Metro Detroit called Total Life Changes. And it changed my life, not just the products, but my mindset on things I needed to do and grow.

I made national director in one week, and TLC did an article on me in less than 30 days.

So, I’m launching a new business with a new team, “My Daily Choice.” we are looking to grow by leaps and bounds. I also have a growing community on Facebook called “Business Girlfriends,” that community has a little over 4000 women. I coach them to develop their brand and business. I help get business credit and connect them to marketing, magazines, television, radio, billboards, and direct marketing. So we get exposure and establish funding if their business is not generating income or earning passive income. So I’m for sure a passive coach. So when people say they don’t trust passive income because it’s not attached to your standard nine to five, I say to them; you earn passive income when you sleep and wake up; you’ve made money. What’s not good about that?

Another hat I wear is I’m a mom, and I still have a high schooler; most people my age have all grown children. Also, I’m dating now. So I do a lot. I’m unapologetic about taking on a role with Impact

Detroit Magazine, being the Marketing and Advertising director. I am entitled to be unapologetic. I tell people I’m here for them. So that’s what I’m doing and just honored to be here.

You said something that struck me that I never thought about when you said that the pyramid is one of the most robust structures and that most businesses are built off of pyramids because you have someone at the top and someone at the bottom. I thought that was very insightful. So what is your ultimate goal for your businesses?

My ultimate goal is to have Business Girlfriend

Chapters throughout the United States and globally. My vision is more significant and more extensive than I can imagine. We have those leaders in the women that have accomplished goals to be in those chapters in those cities to help women locally in their town. Those needing help will have somewhere to meet for assistants. We are online as well; I am very social. But also, some people prefer not to meet face to face because of the current state of our world with covid but to have chapters globally would be ideal. I want leaders that can establish other communities within Business Girlfriends. It’s been a process. But I believe the next five years are going to a level beyond what I can see. I am staying consistent and focused and not getting off the vision set before me, you know, because sometimes I get caught up on other people’s ideas and forget what I’m supposed to be doing. But I’m not going to waver.

So talk a little about what you’re planning for the Business Girlfriends.

Yeah, well, unfortunately, COVID changed a lot of things. Thankfully we had our first Annual Business Girlfriend Business Shower in Atlanta, and We had Young Jack from Love and Hip Hop; he had a club called South Beach, and we did a threeday event in Atlanta, which was fantastic. But then COVID hit, and we couldn’t do other events because of the rules and regulations. So we’re planning a 2023 Mansion Event. And because I’m very mindful of COVID, I had covid three times. I am a survivor of COVID. So we’re planning this event with 16 beautiful selected “Business Girlfriends” who get to spend three days inside a mansion. Plus, they get coached by me. So we get to have that sisterhood which is what “Business Girlfriends” is all about; they get to bring their brand and business for a retreat, plus they get to have a good time. We will have other celebrities and people that will come in to impart into them. So, we’re going to pour into them. So they can take this experience away and say, I had an experience I’ve never had before. I’m not saying they wouldn’t ever stay in a mansion. I know everyone doesn’t desire to live in a mansion. But at least you can stay in one and say I had this experience that I would never have. It’s a retreat in September of 2023 in Metro Detroit. It’s an exclusive location once your spot is secured. We will have more information the closer we get to the event.

Okay, That is fantastic. So let’s talk about family. I’m pretty sure I know the answer to this already, but what is most important to you about your family,

My life is my two trophies; I have a 31-year-old and a 16-year-old. I have a grandson that just turned three. They don’t realize that is what keeps me going. I thank God for each one of their personalities. It helps me to stay balanced and be who God created me to be. I am also embracing my newfound siblings on ancestry.com, which changed my attitude because now I have additional siblings, but my children are my life. Those are my trophies. Those are the gifts that God gave me, and I cherish them. So I’m standing by the children God gave me, and I’m not apologizing for my babies.

Let’s talk about friendships because I know you, and I’ve known you for some time; we met online and started a beautiful sisterhood that I will cherish forever. So when you reached out to me, what made you reach out to me at that time,

First impressions, I Googled you, And when I say I Googled you, I put in magazines in Detroit. And yours was the first to come up. And then, I looked at your magazine; I was impressed with the layout and the presentation. And then I reached out. I am very bold. Most people don’t know this, but I met my friend Greg online. I didn’t know him from a can of paint. Most of my significant relationships have been through social media. So I tell people, listen; I have met some fantastic people, some sisterhoods and brotherhoods; I would have never phantom I would ever reach. I’m not saying it wouldn’t happen any other way, but social media has helped me grow and meet some wonderful people, and your presentation impressed me. So then we talked, and you were a woman of your word. And you showed up and showed out at our first event. I didn’t even attend because I had other things going on. But my client was very impressed with the whole evening. And then, we went on to further our relationships with Greg and kept in touch. But first impressions are what stood out to me.

Thank you so much for googling Impact. But I want to say this to you; you are one bold sister. You’re fearless because you don’t procrastinate about things; you see something you want to do and make it happen. If it does not work out, there’s no in-between. I think that’s a great trait of an unapologetic person.

Let’s talk about you in your own private space. And what made you feel so good about your last photo shoot? I want you to know they are gorgeous photos. In the moments you were taking those photos, what was going through your mind?

Believe this or not, I’m a natural introvert; no one knows that I’m a quiet person; I say I have an alter ego, but when it comes to business, not so much. I talk a lot. But I’m reticent. So I did the photo shoot to make a statement because I never do photo shoots and needed to balance and make a statement. I felt that the photographer Bre Williams was so patient with me and the photos were so tasteful. I brought my outfits and picked them strategically because I knew what I wanted to look like, and I didn’t want them to be so risky.

I want to show who I am. So at the time, while there was a lot of wine involved. Bre Williams The photographer captured my soul; I felt very relaxed because I would tense up if I thought about it. Bre made me feel calm and comfortable. I want it to show that being 50 Plus, we have our scars, our hips, we are overweight, and things that have happened. We’re not in competition with any of the younger sisters. We embrace who we are. So we are showing the younger sisters how you can still be graceful and sexy.

So there is one photo, in particular, that is one of my favorites. And in this specific photo, you look so vulnerable. It was like you was like it’s just me. I’m just here, you know, it’s like, I’m just unapologetic.

I have to credit the photographer. She made me better; the atmosphere in her studio was incredible. The pictures were saying you know what, this is my truth. I set a goal for myself, and I’ve done it. And I’m being unapologetic about it. I mean, even for me changing my hair color. I mean, I’ve done a complete transformation. So that photo shoot was something that I will never forget. I have a keepsake book that I can always look back on, and my kids or whoever will say, wow, this was my stamp.

I hear you say it a lot. You’re big on setting goals. Why are goals so important?

Absolutely because, for me, it shows accomplishment. So right now, as I said, I’m fifty-plus. I have goals for when I turn sixty. So instead of trying to run a race quickly, I have some years to pace myself. I just did a launch with my new business, “MY DAILY CHOICE,” and I set a goal in the launch. We have a 12-month plan, and we’re going to look back at the last 12 months at what we have accomplished. So I said short term long terms, but I have a goal for myself. And when I transition to where I want to be, I want to be a consistent high six-figure earner; everyone has their plan; I know what I want. So I set five to 10-year goals. When working with clients one-on-one, I usually have them make six- to 12-month plans. I don’t want to take people too long. I want them to see the manifestation results of what they’re doing. So I say in reality, it should be a two-year plan but let’s set it for six months and see where you are, and we can continue, let’s say, for another six months. So goals are essential. So now we can see what we have achieved in that time.

That’s wonderful. That’s structure.

Sharon, “The Spirit of Detroit” was awarded to you for “Business Girlfriends.” How was that ex-

perience for you?

It was during COVID. But it was terrific. Because what Detroit acknowledge is that I helped these women understand Direct Marketing, Digital Currency, and Business Planning. And that’s something that I want to be able to go throughout the United States and globally, teaching women and men, but mainly my focus is women. So if you don’t have a lot, learning in this space can be life-changing and break the generational curse.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, you’ve heard from the Boss, Ms.Sharon Steele, “Business Girlfriends.”

Thanks for spending some time with Impact Detroit Magazine. I appreciate your wisdom. I’m looking forward to doing more things together and growing.

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