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Angela Simmons: Dating Drama, Mental Health & Why She Attracts 'Protectors' (Part 2)
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Angela Simmons sits down with her brother Joseph "JoJo" Simmons for Part 2 of their conversation on the For Good Podcast, and this time they're getting into the real—relationships, dating, and navigating life in the public eye. Angela addresses why...
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JoJo Simmons
You're drawn towards Use the word protectors. Some people may use the word gangster thug. What makes you so attracted to guys that are a little bit tougher, guys that play in the street a little bit more than the others? How do you handle always being dragged in a drama that you want no parts of?
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Angela Simmons
Like, if you're going to speak negatively and we're not talking about doing something positive, what are we doing?
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JoJo Simmons
People don't know how hard you go for sj. People don't know how hard you go for yourself. If they only knew the type of person you were, they'd have so much more respect for you. They would watch their. They would watch their tongue when it. When it comes to you because you're the definition of a strong black single woman. What's good, everybody? It's your guy, JoJo Simmons. And this is the Four Good podcast where we focus on the good, never the bad. And we're measured by what we do, not what we have. And today I got Angela Simmons here. I want to get into the reals now. The real we talk about relationship and dating. And this is going to be hard for me a little bit too because I don't like talking relationship with my sister.
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Angela Simmons
Interesting.
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JoJo Simmons
So a lot of people would say this and I would kind of agree. Sometimes I feel like you don't have a type, but you're drawn towards. I would use the word protectors. Some people may use the word gangster thug. Little bit of a hard knock, if that's, you know, that's what the people would call it. But what, what makes you so attracted to. I would call them once again, protectors. Like guys that are a little bit tougher, guys that are a little bit rougher, guys that play in the street a little bit more than the others.
- [02:12]
Angela Simmons
I don't think that that's what it is. I think that, like, I see people pass like Whatever other people think they are. And so, like, if I like you or I love you, that means that I seen a really nice side of you. So I'm more of like a. And that. That's why they had this weird thing going online actually the other day. A bunch of pictures of me and different people. It was funny.
- [02:33]
JoJo Simmons
I saw it too.
- [02:34]
Angela Simmons
Yeah. But I'm like.
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JoJo Simmons
Because none of it's like, none of it's true.
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Angela Simmons
Most of it was like, I'm young and. And I. I talked to these people or we took a picture out.
- [02:42]
JoJo Simmons
Like, trust me, I know.
- [02:43]
Angela Simmons
Honestly, like, the last two were probably the only ones I actually was with. But I'm just saying, like, I was like, this is stupid. Like, come on. Like, Since I was 17, y' all are judging me. It's stupid.
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JoJo Simmons
That picture got me so mad too. That's when you know, I have this protective spirit.
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Angela Simmons
People just ended up saying stuff. They don't even want to talk.
- [02:55]
JoJo Simmons
I saw the comments. I was like, let me get out of these comments before I start.
- [02:57]
Angela Simmons
Because none of it was true. And just. I don't answer people. That's another thing. Like, I'm on here and I'm talking about. I really don't have time. Like, I have other.
- [03:03]
JoJo Simmons
And you don't need to.
- [03:03]
Angela Simmons
But so I. I'm more of like, I like the person. Like, if I get to know you and I'm like, look, as long as you learn not somebody, like, horrible person, then I'm judging you based off of what you show me. Right. So I sit with you. Okay. This person's most likely anyone I've dated. They're family oriented, they're God fearing. They, like, have a really big heart. Like, so these are the things that, like, I'm attracted to. So these are the things that people may not know about these individuals or didn't have the time.
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JoJo Simmons
They just see what to know that they just see from the outside looking in.
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Angela Simmons
Yeah. I look like. I just. I'm just out here riding around getting it. Like, no, that's not what it is. Like, Like, I'm. I. I like good people.
- [03:43]
JoJo Simmons
Yeah. Yeah. I think it's, you know, and I think that's an. A testament to our upbringing that we were taught never to judge.
- [03:50]
Angela Simmons
Yeah.
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JoJo Simmons
We were always. It didn't matter if you were the janitor or the CEO, we were always going to treat you with respect. We were always going to walk in a room and. And not. Not prejudge a person. But let them show us who they are.
- [04:00]
Angela Simmons
Yeah. Let people Put themselves in the hole. Like, I never do it to you. I let you show me. Oh, okay. That's what you're doing. But so you're not a good person. Cause you showed me you're not a good person. Not because you, Jimmy, or whoever the heck told me that you wasn't. I don't do gossip. Like, I'm gonna straight up see if you're a good person.
- [04:15]
JoJo Simmons
Now, I want to ask you a question because it's something I always wanted to know and obviously is your life. But have you ever not worried but ever felt like, Dang, dad or JoJo or anybody's gonna be like, I'm dating this certain person, and they may be, like you said, on a different. Different side of the things or more on the street. Do you ever think that we're worried or ever think, like, it isn't. I wouldn't say not a good decision, because everything, any decision is yours. But have you ever felt like dad or I are ever worried in those situations when you date certain guys?
- [04:45]
Angela Simmons
Well, I'm on Dad's line all the time, so I'll be knowing how he, like, feel or I'll, like, ask him or consult with him. And, you know, I think after I've made the decision, all you can do is, hey, like, pray and make sure if it's right, it's right, if it's wrong, that it be revealed. And I don't be in that situation. But.
- [05:02]
JoJo Simmons
Right.
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Angela Simmons
I don't think that far. I just be thinking, like, from where I'm at, like, because if I start thinking for everyone, including y', all, y' all my family and stuff, but, like, I just be like, all right, God, like, you. You show me if this ain't right for me. Because right now I'm feeling led this way, right? So this is what I'm gonna do. You know what I'm saying?
- [05:18]
JoJo Simmons
So was it like, dating in the public eye when everyone has opinions about your choices, though, like, besides dad and ourselves, obviously, we're in a family. You're always gonna. We're always gonna talk about it, speak about, have conversation. But, like, what does it feel like dating in the public eye when everybody's throwing their opinions out at you? Like, you just said the picture with you with 30 different, like, pictures of people. Like, how does it feel having to date in the public eye? Do you wish you can just, like, have a private life when it comes to dating?
- [05:42]
Angela Simmons
It's weird, but I just feel like ever Since I was 17, once we came onto the scene, and once I did Bow Wow's video, people started caring about my love life even before that. Like, I don't know why, but it just became a thing. And I'm like, I do other stuff. You know, I'm not just dating. That's not my career. But, like, it just. I don't know. Do I care? No. Like, I just. It became a thing where. I mean, like, again, like, I. I don't date everyone publicly that I've dated. Like, I'm not even. Like, it has to make sense. Like, if that's what we want to do, cool. If we know we're gonna be moving around and people see us, cool. Like, but I live really for, like, my immediate, like, circle in life, so.
- [06:19]
JoJo Simmons
I feel like you're not dating for a career. Like, it's.
- [06:23]
Angela Simmons
That's a bonus.
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JoJo Simmons
Yeah. You're single. You're allowed to date. You're allowed to look for a soulmate. You're allowed to look for somebody to love you properly. I think a lot of people don't understand it. Like, because you're in the spotlight, it's, oh, she's doing this, she's doing that. But there's a lot of women out here that deserve to be loved properly. You lost, you know, your. Your child's father, regardless. That could have been worked out. We don't know. Right, Right. But at the end of the day, you're allowed to date. You're allowed to look for somebody to. To really, you know, build you up and pour into you. It's okay. And that's why I don't never let people, like, people say all this and that. It's like. But, like, she doesn't deserve love.
- [06:56]
Angela Simmons
It just so happens that there's a lot of cameras around, often that can catch who I'm dating or what I'm doing. And so I don't know. Again, like, that's not my career. It's a bonus to have a partner, and it's awesome. And it's a goal eventually to walk down the aisle, somebody be married. But if it's not right now, it's not right now.
- [07:13]
JoJo Simmons
Yeah. Now. I wanted to talk about your last situation a little bit with Yo Gotti. You know, I love that dude. I love his music. He was a good person. So when the situ. When you and him have, you know, have a little bit of a situation, I felt like I wanted to know earlier, and I called you, remember, and I said, hey, are you okay? Is anything going on? You didn't tell me? And I almost felt There was a sense of. Because I did tell you I liked him, and I did tell you I liked how he was with you. You were almost. Almost feel like maybe. I wouldn't say embarrassed, but like, maybe you let me down. Do you feel like that's why you didn't tell me that? Like, oh, man, Joe's gonna be like, damn, I may no longer be with this guy, or I may no longer involve with this guy. Like, did you feel away about not telling me? Because I almost felt like when I called you, it was almost like you didn't want to tell me.
- [08:15]
Angela Simmons
No, I think what it is is that my mind was gone in my own decision making and what I was doing. So I was just, like, gone, honestly, and just, like, dealing with my situation. So I wasn't thinking about telling you right then and there. It was more like, okay, what's my. What am I doing? You know what I'm saying? Again, it goes back to like, what's the plan? You know what I mean? What am I. What am I doing? So I don't. I wasn't looking at it as disappointment. No. I was more looking at it like, hey, what am I like?
- [08:43]
JoJo Simmons
Because I always want you to know the biggest thing for me is I don't care who you're dating or who I say I like.
- [08:47]
Angela Simmons
Yeah.
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JoJo Simmons
I'm on Team Angela. Appreciate every time. Like, every time. If we. If we rocking with this person, we rocking with this person. And JoJo's gonna show up as Uncle Brother. Oh. You know? You know what I mean? So I just want you to always know, like, you ain't never gotta feel away. If I ever say, hey, I like this person, it doesn't work out because it is what it is. You know what I mean?
- [09:06]
Angela Simmons
I mean, you show that you exude that. So I don't think that I ever felt differently.
- [09:10]
JoJo Simmons
Okay. I just wanted to make sure you knew that, because I know when we didn't really have a conversation too much about it, and once again, I remember saying, like, you seemed happy.
- [09:19]
Angela Simmons
Yeah. When I'm working through my mess, though, I'm just working through it. You know what I'm saying? So I'm just, like, digging, figuring out what I'm doing.
- [09:25]
JoJo Simmons
So let's move on from that, because I do want to. I hate that. And I say this a lot, that, like you said earlier, a lot of your career has been defined by your relationships, but people don't know how deeply you're involved in the community. People don't know how deeply you're involved in, you know, businesses. Can you tell us more about Endless Angels and your Christmas toy drive and why giving back is so important to you?
- [09:46]
Angela Simmons
That's always. Giving back has always been something I love to do as, like a young woman, as a little girl. I've always loved kids. I love empowering other women. I mean, that is a part of me even being on a platform, social platform, is like, I always want to know, how can I give my platform to other individuals? You know, I have something Uncle Russell taught me kind of early was like, what are you? Without doing and pouring back into other people. So I'm like, okay, well, I can have this 7 million followers, but how can I make it of use to help other people?
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JoJo Simmons
How do you leverage it?
- [10:17]
Angela Simmons
You know, like, I don't get up and post for my own health at this point. You know, like, I have realized that there are people that say, hey, look, I didn't give up because of you. I lost £20 because of you. When you. When I was on my last, like, you know, end of the road, I wasn't feeling right. I looked at your page and it gave me inspiration to go. And I'm like, for real? And I would run into people like that over and over and over and over again. And I'm like, oh, so what I do regularly may help someone else. And so, you know, that's what I do, what I do on my social platform when it comes to the communities. Like, I just love sitting down with, like, young women that may be like me or similar to me or on their way to being like women that need some advice.
- [10:56]
JoJo Simmons
Right.
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Angela Simmons
You know what I mean? So it's like, okay, here's my story is what I went through, you know, and then when it comes to Christmas, like, I just know what Christmas meant for us growing up and, you know, how big it was and it is for us and what we do for our kids. So it's like, I want to be able to give kids toys that maybe don't have. Aren't fortunate enough to do that. So I throw the event every year to give back.
- [11:16]
JoJo Simmons
Yeah, same here. I tell people all the time. Obviously three is four. We have a, you know, we do some things in the community. And then I also have whose house cares that gives back during Christmas as well.
- [11:25]
Angela Simmons
Amazing.
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JoJo Simmons
And I think the philanthropic spirit came from Uncle Russell and dad doing Rush philanthropic and all those give backs and us seeing that year after year, like art for life year after year. I think that woke up the philanthropic spirit in us to be like this Isn't something that we feel we. We need to do is something we want to do. It's something that feels right. It's something that feels normal for the Simmons family is just giving back, being in the position we're in. Like you said, follow. Whether it be followers, whether it be opportunity, whether it be money, we always try to figure out a way to give that back to the. To the less fortunate and the people that don't have and also the people that support us 100%. Like, I'm walking. I just landed here in Miami and walking through the airport, and so much love for me. Still haven't been on TV in forever, right? Somebody's like, yo, I just. Real story. I just subscribed to your podcast, and my son looks up to you.
- [12:13]
Angela Simmons
That's amazing.
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JoJo Simmons
That's the effect that we have. He's like, she's. And she said her son was like. Like grown. You know what I mean? So that's the effect that we have. And. And that's why it's. It's important for us to use our platforms to keep motivating, to keep being those people that people look up to. You know what I mean?
- [12:28]
Angela Simmons
But it feels good to give to me more than receive. Like, people say, oh, it's the best thing you've ever done. It's not like some fancy thing. It's like. I remember impacting a young girl when I put an event together. I seen her down and out, and by the end of the event, I had put together with my friend Carrie. At the time, we had this thing at the Girls and Boys Club, and she was glowing by the end, and she was radiant. And they said, those girls talk to forever to their families about what they experienced that day. But I did that because I just wanted to do it. Not to receive anything. But what I received was a young woman who went from really sad to upbeat and happy and confident by the end of the event. So to me, those are always the biggest things I can do.
- [13:05]
JoJo Simmons
Right.
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Angela Simmons
Like, it's so much bigger than the.
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JoJo Simmons
Bigger things are the things people don't.
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Angela Simmons
I want to do for other people and make them feel good.
- [13:11]
JoJo Simmons
Yeah.
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Angela Simmons
So that's. Especially when you feel good, you want to pour it back.
- [13:14]
JoJo Simmons
I had one of those moments. I was driving through Harlem one time a couple years ago. This dude recognized me. Jojo. Oh, I love you. I just came home from jail. You just got a couple dollars for me. I had no cash. I said, man, what's your cash app? He gave it to me. I'm pretty sure you thought he would never see money. Couple hours later, I sent him a few hundred dollars just because. Never thought nothing of it. Never wanted to thank you from it. I think he sent me his girlfriend's cash app. Hopefully she didn't take his money. Right. But I mean, but those were the things that affect me is like, I was able to do that for somebody and obviously I just told that story to you here, but that's a story that didn't need to be told because that's the type of stuff we do. It's like, yeah, I got you, man. You just said you came home. Seems like you really want to get your life together. Like, here's a couple dollars. I can't do much, but I can do what I can do. You know what I mean?
- [14:00]
Angela Simmons
It's real impact without wanting something back. And that's real giving.
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JoJo Simmons
Right? Right. What I get back from it is the feeling that I did something that made me feel good. You know what I mean? Me out of all people. I know you hate drama.
- [14:14]
Angela Simmons
Yeah. I'm not full of it, but why.
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JoJo Simmons
Are you always dragged into it? Like, how do you handle being dragged into it all the time? Angela's dragged into drama all the time. Angela's viral. Angela wanna be on the red carpet with this. She wanna be doing this. She's doing that. She's doing this. How do you handle always? Because you handle it well. I remember I call you times at times like, are you good? You'd be like, I'm not worried about that. How do you handle always being dragged in a drama that you want no parts of?
- [14:38]
Angela Simmons
I think again, like, I always go back to just being in my world, my bubble. Like, because as big as the world is, and as much as I may be a part of some people's lives, I don't care. Like, you know what I mean? Like, if you're gonna speak negatively and we're not talking about doing something positive, what are we doing? Like, I can spend the next 25 minutes either worried about how someone feel about me, if they like me, if they think I'm corny, you can't dress. You wag this, bro. People got opinions for days. They will when the day you leave Earth, they still be talking about you.
- [15:09]
JoJo Simmons
Yeah.
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Angela Simmons
So what I'm going to spend my time is with doing is minding my business and working and doing the things that feel better. So when people drag me into it and it's bad, hey, really? That's crazy. Moving on.
- [15:19]
JoJo Simmons
Yeah. I feel as I told somebody My last interview, in one of the interviews, I said, you. You need not to be offended by what people that don't know say about you.
- [15:29]
Angela Simmons
They don't know.
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JoJo Simmons
They don't know you.
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Angela Simmons
They don't even know you.
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JoJo Simmons
They don't even know you. And if it's not true, it shouldn't affect you. Yeah, people. Some people are just miserable. And sometimes people are just trying to get your attention.
- [15:39]
Angela Simmons
And they're moving on after that. Right. They had the conversation, they laughed, they kiki. They said something negative in the comments. They put it up and they moved on to the next subject.
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JoJo Simmons
Yeah.
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Angela Simmons
And here some people are dwelling, sitting there, getting depressed, letting them mess up their. Their money, their bag, their fitness, like you. Letting it mess up you. And then people's then moved on to the next thing. They don't even.
- [15:58]
JoJo Simmons
They moved on to the next person to hate on immediately. And you worried about what they said about you. But they do it with everybody. I always say this. I said, they hated on Jesus. You know what I mean?
- [16:07]
Angela Simmons
But it's an opinion.
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JoJo Simmons
Yeah.
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Angela Simmons
It's not real.
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JoJo Simmons
I want to talk about. You recently jumped on the Nicki Minaj challenge with the stilettos.
- [16:14]
Angela Simmons
Oh, yeah. That was fun.
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JoJo Simmons
What made you do that? And it went viral too, by the.
- [16:17]
Angela Simmons
Way, because it looked fun.
- [16:19]
JoJo Simmons
You could have broke your mother. You could have broke your back.
- [16:21]
Angela Simmons
Okay, I'll tell you could have broke.
- [16:22]
JoJo Simmons
Your neck and your back.
- [16:23]
Angela Simmons
I went up to do my regular workout and I said, let me bring my heels, because I. I like how this looks. I've seen it.
- [16:27]
JoJo Simmons
Who brings heels to the gym? Me, because I go to the gym with my wife all the time. I don't think she packs heels in the gym bag.
- [16:32]
Angela Simmons
I bought it up. I said, I'm gonna bring them up just for fun.
- [16:34]
JoJo Simmons
Oh, your gym is in your building?
- [16:35]
Angela Simmons
No, I was away. I was in Houston.
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JoJo Simmons
Oh, okay.
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Angela Simmons
Okay. So I was like, I'm gonna work out. And after I'm done doing my real workout, I'm gonna go grab. Try it, because. And then I. First of all, I'll tell you how I really did. I stacked two. I said, oh, hell no. I said, I know you look. I put one foot. I said, oh, people trying to die. I said, I'm not doing that. I. I took the second weight off. I said, I asked my friend to come. I said, look, hold me real quick on here.
- [16:59]
JoJo Simmons
Hold me real.
- [17:00]
Angela Simmons
I jumped on. I said, oh, this is not that hard. When I realized that I had core leg stability, because you gotta have that. I Said I'm just talk to him. I said, let me just do it. I did it in one shot and.
- [17:09]
JoJo Simmons
I was like, okay, okay, one take.
- [17:11]
Angela Simmons
Yeah, it was once. I said, let's just do it. I was doing it for fun. I like to do things that are fun and it looked fun. Like I like.
- [17:16]
JoJo Simmons
So once you felt secure, you went up there because I do not recommend no women to do that.
- [17:20]
Angela Simmons
Don't look stupid.
- [17:21]
JoJo Simmons
I see a lot of people hurt me.
- [17:22]
Angela Simmons
You can hurt yourself. It was stupid. You shouldn't do it. I just did it for fun.
- [17:26]
JoJo Simmons
It's a cool, it's a cool challenge if you have the core and the legs to do it.
- [17:29]
Angela Simmons
I should have wrote hashtag. I do not recommend you try to.
- [17:32]
JoJo Simmons
Yeah. What they used to write before wrestling. Don't do this. Don't try this at home. Don't try it at home, guys.
- [17:37]
Angela Simmons
No, it's not a good idea. I don't recommend it.
- [17:38]
JoJo Simmons
If you had total creative freedom and no limits, what would you build next? In this journey of Angela and all these businesses and everything you have going on, you have creative freedom, you have no limits, what would you create?
- [17:50]
Angela Simmons
Building some pretty, pretty cool stuff. So it's hard because you can talk.
- [17:53]
JoJo Simmons
About some stuff that is coming or, or potentially coming that you feel like embodies this question.
- [17:58]
Angela Simmons
Well, I know so many amazing projects I'm working on, but one of them will definitely be my wellness world that I'm building out. Because I feel like everyone needs a one stop shop, like a community to go for everything. And I'm super crazy. If you follow my, my social. You see like I'm always doing something. Foot detoxes, some infrared lights, stuff that makes me float. I. It's all a part of the journey.
- [18:23]
JoJo Simmons
Stuff that makes you float.
- [18:24]
Angela Simmons
Yeah.
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JoJo Simmons
What does that mean?
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Angela Simmons
Like really cool machine the other day where you like laid down and it was like, it was really cool. So I was kind of.
- [18:31]
JoJo Simmons
It goes now.
- [18:32]
Angela Simmons
Yeah. And then there was one that like spins. It's a whole wellness community here. You should go. Actually it's the center wellness and so it's so cool. It's like 15000 square feet of just wellness. But like I'm always out here. Yeah. I'm always doing stuff like that. And so like to bring everybody into one community, that's going to be really fun. But I'm doing a lot of stuff. I just. My creative brain.
- [18:52]
JoJo Simmons
I love Wellness World though. That's a cool little like pocket, you know what I mean? You know we're big on mental health and wellness here at the for good podcast. So loving that you and Vanessa are entering that space Speaking about mental health and wellness. Can you tell the people as we wind down, I always ask this to all my guests. What have you done for your mental health lately? And what can they do to help them with their mental health? If they could follow an Angela regiment?
- [19:15]
Angela Simmons
I get up and I pray. I did it today. I listen to something super positive before I do anything else. Or I'll put on, like, praise and worship music with no words. Sometimes I don't want to hear nothing. So it just depends on the mood. Like, sometimes I want to hear people talking to me about stuff, and sometimes I don't. But I did it today. Like, I got up, I did my thing, I listened, I sat down, I put my phone down. You pray, then just think and take time for myself. I think that's like, one of the things that helps my mental health is like, okay, it's woo side time, kid, is sleep. Nobody's bothering me now. Let me think about me, let me pray. Let me figure out how I want to do my day. But I prayed that's what I did for my mental health.
- [19:51]
JoJo Simmons
How long do you put your phone down? Because that's hard for me to put my phone down. When I wake up, I'm right to business mode.
- [19:56]
Angela Simmons
Yeah, I tried not to go right there. If I wake up and there's mad text, sometimes I'm like, you got to get a part. No, Sometimes I pause on it.
- [20:04]
JoJo Simmons
Oh.
- [20:04]
Angela Simmons
And just like at least 15 to 20 minutes. Like, you can't. Like, I don't like to just jump in and I'm just making rash decisions. Like, I need to make sure. Like, I'm growing and I, like, woke up blinking my eyes. I got like, okay, you here? You good? How you feel? Yeah, I guess it's a quick check in with myself and then I can get to it. Like, even I'll like, be like, give me a second. If I seen something that needs my attention, I know I'll be there in five.
- [20:27]
JoJo Simmons
Oh, so when you hit me with give me a second, that's what that means?
- [20:29]
Angela Simmons
Oh, it could be. It could be. It could be. Back with a better mood. Hey, how you doing?
- [20:35]
JoJo Simmons
That's true, though.
- [20:35]
Angela Simmons
Fresh as a daisy. Good morning. I just need a moment.
- [20:39]
JoJo Simmons
What's good? Can you tell any? All my people. Are there any, like, books or music that you're inspired by right now that you're watching? Listen or movies that you're watching, listening or reading? Like, anything.
- [20:48]
Angela Simmons
I watched a crazy thing, the series, but that's not inspiring. It was wild.
- [20:51]
JoJo Simmons
What? Hunting Wives on Netflix. I knew you were gonna say that.
- [20:55]
Angela Simmons
Oh, my God.
- [20:56]
JoJo Simmons
I have to get into it. I. I heard it was.
- [20:58]
Angela Simmons
I said, are you. I don't even watch tv. TV like that.
- [21:00]
JoJo Simmons
I gotta get into. I heard it's pretty good.
- [21:02]
Angela Simmons
No, it's nuts. And I was like clutching my.
- [21:05]
JoJo Simmons
I don't think she's inspired by Hunting Wives, though, guys.
- [21:07]
Angela Simmons
Clutching my pearls, but inspired by. So music wise, I'm. I'm really inspired by musicians in general because of the creative that they put out. I mean, Janae Aiko, I absolutely love her stuff. It's very like.
- [21:21]
JoJo Simmons
I love Janae.
- [21:22]
Angela Simmons
Sensual and, you know, I love. I love her. There's a lot of things that I'm inspired by because I get inspired. But I love Neville Garter. Like, was that the. The. You don't listen to Neville.
- [21:34]
JoJo Simmons
Who's Neville? Put me on. You're about to. You about to put them show you. You have to pull out the music. It's music.
- [21:41]
Angela Simmons
No, he be talking.
- [21:43]
JoJo Simmons
I don't know. Put me on.
- [21:44]
Angela Simmons
JoJo. You know Neville. No, Pops don't send you Neville.
- [21:48]
JoJo Simmons
Daddy doesn't send me Neville.
- [21:49]
Angela Simmons
You gotta go to yo eat your ebook.
- [21:52]
JoJo Simmons
Daddy sent you Neville?
- [21:53]
Angela Simmons
Yes. Neville's the man.
- [21:54]
JoJo Simmons
Why he ain't send me Neville? I ain't. I haven't. I haven't reached that level of life to get Neville.
- [21:58]
Angela Simmons
Neville's the man. 150 grand. I gotta show it to you. Hold on. Because you said it. Now I gotta show you, because that's.
- [22:05]
JoJo Simmons
The first looking for Neville. We're giving Neville a plug here, guys.
- [22:08]
Angela Simmons
Neville's a throwback joint. You never seen this?
- [22:12]
JoJo Simmons
No. Okay. Send that to me. I like listening a little audiobook.
- [22:17]
Angela Simmons
Neville. Neville has great stuff, but there's a lot of different stuff. But that was just a little sprinkle of what I was inspired by. There was a lot of text messages. I put my phone up.
- [22:25]
JoJo Simmons
You see, we. They won't be put out. So before we get out of here, is there anything you have coming up? I did see on the Breakfast Club interview, Noriega said you are signing with him for a podcast. Are you starting a podcast? Are you about to compete with me?
- [22:40]
Angela Simmons
It won't be in.
- [22:41]
JoJo Simmons
I'm just messing with you. We never. We're never in competition.
- [22:44]
Angela Simmons
I am working with Nori, okay. Project and. Yeah. And then there's Angela's cakes. Everyone should go to eatangelascakes. Dot Com. Because we are still selling up our dough.
- [22:55]
JoJo Simmons
Yeah, I love it.
- [22:56]
Angela Simmons
Dope dough.
- [22:56]
JoJo Simmons
No, we're not giving out money.
- [22:57]
Angela Simmons
Oh, okay.
- [22:58]
JoJo Simmons
You're not giving out money. You're giving pancakes.
- [23:00]
Angela Simmons
Yeah, like, pancakes.
- [23:00]
JoJo Simmons
You're giving out pancake waffles.
- [23:02]
Angela Simmons
Pancakes. It makes.
- [23:03]
JoJo Simmons
It's good, too.
- [23:03]
Angela Simmons
It's vegan, and it tastes great.
- [23:05]
JoJo Simmons
It does.
- [23:06]
Angela Simmons
And so you should definitely go to eating angelscakes.com and yeah, I got a lot of great stuff coming up. You just got to stay tuned and follow me.
- [23:12]
JoJo Simmons
Excited to see what she got going on. Once again, thank you, Angela, for coming on. I'm very excited that I was able to get you. I got Vanessa. I wanted to give you your flowers.
- [23:20]
Angela Simmons
Like you got me on a Sunday.
- [23:21]
JoJo Simmons
I wanted to give you your flowers like I gave to Vanessa. You guys have been the only people I've known since a baby. You guys are my two soldiers, my two riders. Every time I'm down, you guys pick me up. I say this all the time. If not for you and Vanessa, I would have never came back on tv. If not for you and Vanessa, I wouldn't have had the confidence to even do what I do. You guys always keep me on track. You guys inspire me. You guys tell me I'm a great father. And all of that always means a lot coming from you guys. Macro now, but it means a lot coming from you guys, because like I said, you guys are proud of you.
- [24:01]
Angela Simmons
Of course.
- [24:01]
JoJo Simmons
You guys are all I know. You know?
- [24:03]
Angela Simmons
And look at you. This is major. Like, of course I'm a supported. Of course. But we're not just telling you it. You are like, you are a great father. You are dope. You are a hustler. You are like, you got your stuff in order.
- [24:16]
JoJo Simmons
Appreciate it.
- [24:16]
Angela Simmons
I love what you do for your family. It's dope.
- [24:19]
JoJo Simmons
So I would say that, too. Likewise. I respect you as a mother, respect you as a sister, respect you as a woman, an entrepreneur. I respect everything that you've been doing in this world for yourself and for others. People don't know how hard you go for sj. People don't know how hard you go for yourself. If they only knew the type of person you were, they'd have so much more respect for you. Thank you. They would watch their tongue when it comes to you because you're the definition of a strong, black, single woman that's figuring it out every day. In an industry where it's not easy to survive, where you have to always be on point to be relevant and always be on point to make a dollar. And you've always did that with dignity and pride. So I just wanted to give you your flowers and let you know that I always gonna appreciate you as a sister, even when I'm giving you hell and mad and flipping off. Oh, yes. Thank you. People don't even know that even when I'm around you, you barely let me reach in my own pockets. You play the big sister role you like. Yo, I got my brother. My brother's here. Brother this brother. So want people to always know that you know, Vanessa, I gave her flowers, but I wanted to give you your flowers. Here.
- [25:29]
Angela Simmons
Thank you.
- [25:29]
JoJo Simmons
Love you guys. I love you guys. You guys are my dogs. For I was telling my team the other day, I said they pissed me off, but I love them. And the only reason y' all pissed me off is cause I've been playing this protector role my whole life. And I hate when I see, like, a basketball player that I'm a fan of that's trying to talk to y'. All. I hate seeing stuff like that. Honestly, I was cool with the Gotti thing. Like, I was a big fan of him and.
- [25:49]
Angela Simmons
Oh, but a basketball player can't talk to you.
- [25:51]
JoJo Simmons
I can't do that. That's where we draw the line. It's first of all, love that you, you, you did and were, you know, date one of my favorite artists. But, yeah, we draw the line at basketball. All right, let's leave the basketball players around.
- [26:04]
Angela Simmons
Be quiet, JoJo.
- [26:05]
JoJo Simmons
NFL to leave them alone.
- [26:06]
Angela Simmons
I don't know what the Lord has in store for you.
- [26:08]
JoJo Simmons
Hey, every enemy, it's my camera. Every NBA player, leave her alone, dog. And I want y' all to know I see all their DMs they show me. They tell me what's up. I see. I know you thirst. I see the thirst.
- [26:20]
Angela Simmons
Nobody's bothering me, Josie.
- [26:22]
JoJo Simmons
Hey, guys. I see the thirst. Don't worry, I won't put. I won't expose y', all, but I see the thirst. This is the For Good podcast. Thank you for coming up. Angela. This was a great interview. I knew this was going to be a fun one, a deep one, a real one, and it gave all of that.
- [26:36]
Angela Simmons
We out here in Miami.
- [26:38]
JoJo Simmons
We are out here in Miami. I'm going to try to take you and SJ out after this. It's a turn up if we can find a go kart place. But other than that, guys, thank you for tuning in to another episode. It's your guy, JoJo Simmons. It's my sister, Angela Simmons. And this is the Four Good podcast with where we focus on the good, never the bad. Where we're measured by what we do and not what we have. We're signing out. Till next time. Peace.
- [27:04]
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