Editing Judge Mathis (section)

== Crossovers and other media personalities ==

* In a September 2014 ''[[Rickey Smiley]] Morning Show'' interview, Judge Mathis expressed praise towards his courtroom rivals. In the interview, he was asked what three other court show judges he'd most enjoy sharing a meal with. For his first choice, he answered "Are you kidding? It would be Judge Judy at the head of the table. Oh, my goodness, that Judge Judy is something else." His second choice was Judge Marilyn Milian, and his third was Judge Mills Lane.<ref name="Rickysmileymorningshow">{{cite web|url=http://rickeysmileymorningshow.com/1550340/judge-mathis-joe-brown/ |title=Judge Mathis On Why Judge Joe Brown Isn't One Of His Favorite TV Judges [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW] |date=11 September 2014 |access-date=2 September 2015}}</ref>
* On October 29, 2015, during a 17th season episode of ''Judge Mathis,'' ''People's Court'' arbitrator [[Marilyn Milian|Judge Marilyn Milian]] made a surprise appearance on ''Judge Mathis'', interrupting one of Mathis's courtroom proceedings. In the episode, she entered through the door to the left of the bench that Judge Mathis uses to enter and exit the courtroom and states, "Hey, hey, hey! Excuse me! Let a real judge do this." Following that, she exchanged greetings and hugs with Judge Mathis, who responded, "That's right. She taught me all I know, the best judge on ''The People's Court.'' I'm going to get some consultation from her in the back." In response, Judge Milian stated, "The realest [sic] judge I know."<ref>https://www.facebook.com/judgegregmathis/videos/judge-milian-surprises-judge-mathis/10153690887700960/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>
* In a January 2018 interview, Mathis suggested that he tried emulating Judge Judy early on and received input that his gender and race made this approach short-lived. In speaking in the early days of his courtroom series, Mathis stated:<blockquote>I tried to be like Judge Judy. And she was mean all the time. And then ultimately [my] producers said, ‘Well, no, an older white woman can talk to white folks like that, but a young black man can't.’  So I learned that lesson early on. [[White people|White folks]] love to see [[black people]] sing and dance. So instead I decided to just be myself.</blockquote>
:Judge Mathis also took care to note of his high opinion of ''Judge Judy''. He stated that he did not deserve Sheindlin's salary, that her salary is owed to her because of her impressive ratings, and that she even "ran Oprah off television" with ratings that surpassed even ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'' at various points of that show's run, such as Oprah's final season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theblast.com/judge-mathis-judge-judy-video/ |title=Judge Mathis Tried to Be Mean Like Judge Judy, But Couldn't … Because He's Black |date=17 January 2018 |publisher=Blast |access-date=17 January 2018}}</ref>