Spike was joking around.
If you watch any urban action film from the mid 90s, you are going to see a lot of people who guest starred or appeared on New York Undercover. It's called the same pool of actors auditioning for projects at the same time.
I fukk with Comedy Hype when they do interviews, but their other videos are based around the same "manufactured controversies" as the OP video. All based on social media he said/she said.
Maybe because of age, I can't relate to it. It's a different world than where I come from. hehehe