Success & Second Chances With Gail Bean

Summary

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Keep it Positive, Sweetie

Episode: Success & Second Chances With Gail Bean
Host: Crystal Renee Hayslett
Guest: Gail Bean
Release Date: November 10, 2024

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Overview

This heartfelt episode features actress, writer, and producer Gail Bean in an honest, revealing conversation about perseverance, second chances, faith, and community. Host Crystal Renee Hayslett guides the discussion through topics ranging from Gail’s career journey and personal setbacks to the importance of giving back and maintaining one’s self-worth in the entertainment industry and beyond. Together, they explore how to overcome adversity, trust divine guidance, and uplift others while keeping it "positive, sweetie."

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Power of Second Chances and Redemption

• Gail candidly shares her personal story of running afoul of the law while in college, being placed on probation, and ultimately not allowing that mistake to define her future.
  • “One mistake doesn't determine your path. Like you can – you're not your one mistake.”
    (Gail Bean, 00:22, 33:36)
• Her message emphasizes hope and resilience:
  • “When I moved to LA, I was on probation. I continued to follow the things and not get in trouble. So I did get off early, but when I moved out there, I was not off.”
    (Gail Bean, 00:02, 33:24)

2. Career Journey: From Atlanta to LA & New York

• Gail’s non-linear career path included interests in photography, hair styling, cheerleading, and law before she discovered a calling in acting.
  • “I wanted to be a photographer. Then a hairstylist, then a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, then the female Johnnie Cochran. And then I decided I wanted to just go with God and act.”
    (Gail Bean, 05:59)
• Her mother, a retired educator, required a solid educational plan before supporting Gail’s dream. Gail earned a double major in accounting and finance and studied abroad before making her move.
  • “I graduated. I want to move to LA.”
    (Gail Bean, 08:18, 08:23)
• The early years in LA were marked by struggle, culture shock, and determination. A series of serendipitous signs—what she describes as God and her ancestors guiding her—led to her first big break after a year.
  • “I booked ‘Unexpected’ August 2014. It was a year, but I was head down, grinding.”
    (Gail Bean, 15:01)

3. Recognizing and Following Divine Guidance

• Both Gail and Crystal share how they pray for clear signs from God, emphasizing the importance of listening and being open to guidance.
  • “I'm real upfront with God. Like, don't give me no half sign… I need an obvious. Slap me in the face with a sign.”
    (Gail Bean, 16:57)
• Gail recounts powerful moments of encouragement, including a pastor speaking a prophecy over her and a message from Samuel L. Jackson, reinforcing her faith in a bigger future even when doors seem closed.
  • “The pastor was like… ‘the opportunity that you think you missing out on, God got something bigger’... then Samuel Jackson sent me a DM and said, ‘I'm working on putting us in something.’”
    (Gail Bean, 23:13-23:47)

4. Navigating the Entertainment Industry as a Black Woman

• Both women reflect on the unique opportunities for redemption and community within their industry.
  • "We can do things no matter what our past is correct… That second chance is so important."
    (Crystal Renee Hayslett, 34:16)
• Gail stresses the importance of focusing on the positive and rejecting stigmas about Hollywood, encouraging listeners to see the light and community present in the work.

5. The Role of Community Service and Political Activism

• Gail’s give-back work, including her foundation “Dream Above the Influence,” focuses on helping young people rise above their circumstances and dream bigger.
  • “I really think mindset is everything… people dream above their influences to know what you want.”
    (Gail Bean, 43:36)
• Heavy involvement in political movements—like supporting Kamala Harris and participating in voter outreach—is inspired by a commitment to be part of real, living history, encouraging Black communities to be informed and proactive.
  • “Being a black woman, seeing all the things VP Harris is doing, just to be able to aid in any of that… I'm all for the support.”
    (Gail Bean, 45:35)
  • “I've been telling everybody you vote? Are you registered to vote?”
    (Gail Bean, 47:02)
• Both share frustration and perseverance around recent elections and voter suppression, but always return to hope and preparation:
  • “We failed, but, you know, we lost the battle. We didn't lose a war.”
    (Gail Bean, 50:02)

6. Balancing Personal Life, Mental Health & Relationships

• Gail admits she is still working on balancing family, friendships, rest, and a busy work schedule, particularly when back in Atlanta.
  • “I'm still figuring it out. Like, okay, where are we gonna sleep, y'all?”
    (Gail Bean, 36:05)
• Navigating dating while under public scrutiny is a challenge for both, leading to reflections on authenticity, boundaries, and the importance of having a supportive partner.
  • “It’s hard. Especially finding someone who likes you for you and not what you can–the light that you can bring to them.”
    (Gail Bean, 39:44)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Second Chances:
  “One mistake doesn't determine your path. Like you can – you're not your one mistake.”
  (Gail Bean, 33:36)

• On Perseverance and Self-Belief:
  “I believed it and knew without a doubt that I would gain success there.”
  (Gail Bean, 16:13)

• On Divine Guidance:
  “I’m real upfront with God. Like, don't give me no half sign… I need an obvious. Slap me in the face with a sign.”
  (Gail Bean, 16:57)

• On Community and Giving Back:
  “I really think mindset is everything. … people dream above their influences to know what you want.”
  (Gail Bean, 43:36, 43:55)

• On Black History & Activism:
  “You're not teaching us about what's currently happening right now. … It's like you hide our actual Black African American history and you fill us up with social studies. That girl. It's not helping us be social.”
  (Gail Bean, 46:39)

• On the Importance of Voting:
  “You do what you can and you hope and pray for the best, but you can't sit in, ‘okay, we didn't win.’ So now it's like, okay, this is the result. How do we move forward?”
  (Gail Bean, 49:24, 49:36)

• On Navigating Relationships in the Spotlight:
  "It’s difficult… Are you here for me, and do you really like me? And are you gonna be supportive, or...screw up my moment?”
  (Gail Bean, 39:20)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Gail’s introduction & career highlights | (00:51–02:15)
• Journey to acting, education background | (05:33–09:05)
• Moving to LA, family support, and faith | (09:30–18:29)
• Redemption story: probation and the law | (27:49–33:43)
• Second chances in Hollywood, positive industry stories | (34:05–35:08)
• Personal life & relationships, support systems | (36:05–38:51)
• Dating, friendships & public perception | (38:51–43:24)
• Dream Above the Influence Foundation | (43:34–45:15)
• Political activism & community service | (45:30–48:39)
• Election outcomes, hope, and preparation | (48:39–52:15)

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Tone and Atmosphere

The episode is warm, uplifting, and unvarnished—equal parts motivational and practical. Both Crystal and Gail keep the conversation honest, supportive, and full of laughter, inspiration, and sisterhood.

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Final Takeaway

Gail Bean’s journey is a testament to perseverance, faith, and self-belief—mirroring the larger mission of Keep It Positive, Sweetie. Audiences are reminded that no one mistake defines your life, that you can listen for the signs guiding your steps, and that giving back to your community—whether through storytelling, activism, or personal example—creates waves of positive change.

“We gonna be all right.”
(Gail Bean, 52:11)

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For more: Follow @lovecrystalrenae and @KeepItPositiveSweetie on social media. Keep it positive, sweetie!

Transcript

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Coming up on Keep It Positive.

[Gayle Bean]

Sweetie, I do try to tell my story because I know there are people who mess up and they do these things and I let them know. Like, look. Yeah, when I moved to la, I was on probation.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

I continued to follow the things and not get in trouble. So I did get off early, but when I moved out there, I was not off. And one mistake doesn't determine your path.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yeah, no, it doesn't.

[Gayle Bean]

Like you. Can you not your one mistake.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Hello, I'm Crystal Renee Hayslett and this is Keep It Positive, sweetie. A safe space to heal, laugh, grow, and love. Speaking of love, I'm loving how our new season is moving along. And I'm also loving to see the glow up of today's guest actress, writer, producer Gayle Bing. And if you're like me, you've enjoyed watching NAACP Image award winning actress Gayle Bean graced to TV on hit shows like Snowfall and P. Valley. Gayle has made an incredible mark on screen and off screen with an impact just as impressive as the areas of community service and political activism. Gayle Bean's reach is wide. She is such a busy woman, but I'm so glad she found time today to keep it positive with me. Gayle, thank you so much for pulling up on me. I appreciate it.

[Gayle Bean]

Oh, man, Crystal, anything for you.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Anything for me. We've been trying to get you here, so we got you.

[Gayle Bean]

I've been wanting to come. I'm like, okay, we gotta figure out how to make this work.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Believe me.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Thank you.

[Gayle Bean]

I'm happy.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I'm so excited.

[Gayle Bean]

This is about to be good. This couch.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Honey, listen, this is the.

[Gayle Bean]

So me and my friend Brittany hall, we used to live together in la. We called our house the Booked and Busy House.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Really?

[Gayle Bean]

We told everybody if you come in the Booked and Busy house, you're gonna leave out of here with blessings.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I know that's right.

[Gayle Bean]

This couch is the blessing couch. So I'm gonna.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Girl. Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

I'm gonna leave out here with all the blessings and abundance.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I love that.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

It's already on you.

[Gayle Bean]

Thank you. It's on you, you glowing. Thank you.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Thank you. Before. Let's go back to before I even knew who you were like in person. I loved you on Snowfall and I was like, oh, my gosh. The way you just embodied your character and you were vulnerable. Like, I just fell in love with your artistry. And then I got to meet you. We did a panel at Shiloh High School.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Remember that?

[Gayle Bean]

Yes. Kirsten was captain of the cheerleaders.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

And she put together the whole anti bullying social. Like, I don't even remember the name of it, but it was about, like, social anxiety and for the students and for the community of Shallow High.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

That was so dope.

[Gayle Bean]

That was.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah, yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And that's when I really got to see your heart and how you came back here from here and you, like, still was, like, active in the community. I was like, I like this girl. And ever since then, we've been like this. I like that.

[Gayle Bean]

Listen, I was an avid sisters watcher.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Oh, thank you.

[Gayle Bean]

And you was the one. I was like, oh, she me. She me.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Because you kept it professional at work. But then it was like, oh, there's another side.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

A whole nother side.

[Gayle Bean]

There's like, you guys work with me, but you don't know me.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Right. So that I was like, oh, she's me and I love her. Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

So many women stop me like, I'm Fatima. And I'm like, that's crazy.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah. You mess with mine. I'm real, baby. You mess with mine.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Don't. Don't do that. Yeah, I'm the same. I'm really, like, protective of my people. Like, you gotta be more calculated now that we're like, in the light. But I'm like, no.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Sometimes I'll be forgetting. I'm like, what?

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah, yeah. But that's. That the people around you will keep you. Oh.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

They're like, hey.

[Gayle Bean]

They're like, no, no, no, we're not doing that no more.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

We're not doing it.

[Gayle Bean]

We gonna let the Lord handle it.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And we will.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

He's like, you know what?

[Gayle Bean]

You know, wait on them.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yep. Let them handle it.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And when those things do happen, I've always noticed, like, whatever ends up happening. As far as karma.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Let God handle it. Because it's like, you like, oh, I did. I wouldn't have done that.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah. Not like that. But that was perfect for you.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

You needed that.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I love it. I love it. Something else I love about you is how vulnerable and just transparent you are. You're just like a girl's girl. When I met you, I was like. Because, you know, you never know what you're going to get with just people in entertainment. People don't want to just say actors. You do not know what you're gonna get with people.

[Gayle Bean]

Now that, like, social media and YouTube has become such a thing and Twitch and so many other different platforms. It's not even just in an entertainment industry. It's just people, period. You don't know what you're gonna get with people. Even people who don't do anything, but they aspire to do stuff. It's like sometimes they think you might be a certain way. So they come off a certain way.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And then they get to know, like, oh, I. You're not what I thought you. I'm like, yeah, just be who you are.

[Gayle Bean]

But I tell people all the time, I'm a reflection of you. So if you see something in me and it's like, oh, my gosh, she's great. She's amazing. That's because you were great. Amazing. Because I give what I get.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I know that's right.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah. I'm like, if the energy is bad, I'm like, let me just slide on over here. Because you don't want me to match it, friend.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Let'S not go there. Let's keep it positive.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Exactly. Exactly. Take me down memory lane. Because you're from. What part of Atlanta are you from? Because you know so many.

[Gayle Bean]

I'm not from Atlanta.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

They're not Atlanta. Not Atlanta. Okay. Where are you from? Ex.

[Gayle Bean]

I'm from the east side. I'm from Stone Mountain.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay.

[Gayle Bean]

It's metro Atlanta.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Metro. There we go.

[Gayle Bean]

Metro makes up Atlanta.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

It does.

[Gayle Bean]

So I tell people, atlanta would not be nothing without the metro.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

It would not be.

[Gayle Bean]

So. I'm from Snow Mountain. I'm from the east side. I grew up in Main Street.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay. Did you always want to be an actor? Was that something that came along later?

[Gayle Bean]

No, I wanted to. So I first wanted to be a hairstylist. No, I first wanted to be a photographer.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay.

[Gayle Bean]

Then a hairstylist, then a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, then the female Johnnie Cochran. So a lawyer. And then I decided I wanted to just go with God and act. I was like, I want my career to be a reflection of God. I want people to say, okay, there's no way she could have done this. That this is not her. This is God. And I was like, I know. I could, like, kill law. Anything dealing with education, where you got to study and research and learn, like, that's me. I'm a sponge. I know. I mean, I can't do hair. So clearly that was a career path that didn't choose me. I could do my hair, and I think that's a lot of people. They could do their hair and their makeup and they could style themselves. But it's like, baby, it's different. This ain't your. This is not your ministry. But it's okay. Cause it's great on you. But then when it comes to getting into doing it for other people, that same passion isn't there, that same understanding isn't there, that same attention and care. So hair was a no photography. I'm pretty fire at it. So I think that will come into play when it comes to, like, directing and stuff.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

And.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah, I mean, that was Cowboys Chili.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

That's what threw me off.

[Gayle Bean]

I'm a Sagittarius, so I'm a money girl. I was like, I can't. The funds is not gonna.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

If they don't get nothing.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

So they cute, though.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah. I decided I wanted to act. I just. I thoroughly loved it. I had a passion for it my senior year when I took a class. And then my mom, she's an educator. Well, she's a retired educator.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

So she taught in high school and she wanted me to go to college. So my senior year, we weren't getting college letters. And she was like, what's happening?

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

I was like, oh, I didn't apply because I'm gonna move to la. And she was like, no.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

You going to school?

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

You're continuing your education?

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

So I had to go to college. And then after college, I didn't do anything dealing with acting. I studied accounting and finance. I was a double major. I studied abroad for business finance.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Wow.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Wow.

[Gayle Bean]

I cheered in German.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Are you serious?

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

That is incredible.

[Gayle Bean]

I went to Crossroad University.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

What?

[Gayle Bean]

Loved. Loved it.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

When you say you are like a sponge, you really love education. That is amazing.

[Gayle Bean]

Loved it. I was a student government chair. I'm a Delta. So I did all the college things. And then I was like, all right, Ma, I graduated. I want to move to la.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Was she like, go ahead. Did she give you that blessing?

[Gayle Bean]

She was like, you don't have a plan. So she was such a mom, which I'm grateful for, but she was such a mom and like an old school mom. Like, you've never been so on the other side of the world, you don't have a plan. So I was like, okay. I asked like, three times. First was before college. Second was like when I was trying to drop out and go. And then third was after. So I was like, okay, I get it. I need a plan. So then I developed a plan. And then she. When I had a plan, she was behind it.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Right.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

So that's amazing. I love that my parents are the same way. They were like, all right, girl. So I was. I went to school in my hometown in Martin, Tennessee. And then after college, I got a job on Capitol Hill in D.C. oh, yeah. Like, yes, girl, go. But I actually wanted to do acting and singing. I had all these big passions that I wanted to do, but they're like, you need to get an education. They always instilled, do what you want to do, but have something to fall back on.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And I'm so grateful for that now because they ask you, like, when we do certain things is like you're latest degree that you got. I'm like, wow. To actually be able to put that I do have a degree is important. And I didn't think it was a lot of times, but I'm grateful now that they instilled those things in me to have something to fall back on. Wow. I'm so proud of you.

[Gayle Bean]

Thank you. I'm proud of you, girl.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Dc, oh, my God.

[Gayle Bean]

DC is like Atlanta with standards.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Literally, it's elevated. I love that.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

I love that.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Atlanta with standards.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

So of course you would come here and thrive. You made it in dc.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And that's where I found myself, honestly. I being from a small town, I went to dc dc, I'm from a town where we speak to everybody in the morning. If you're. It's like a two lane road, not even a highway, a road where we're driving past each other. You wave, you don't know who's in the car.

[Gayle Bean]

Oh, wow. You just la.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

You see the hand go up.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

So like, that's where I'm from. So I moved to dc, I'm like, good morning. And they're like, look like I got horns growing out of my head. I'm like, y' all don't speak to each other. So in dc, I learned self awareness. I learned to just tunnel vision, focus, worry about yourself, don't worry about everybody else.

[Gayle Bean]

That was LA for me. See, cuz coming from here, where I speak to everybody and everybody speaks back and it's just common courtesy and Southern hospitality to speaking to people. And it was like, why are you talking to me?

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

What do you want?

[Gayle Bean]

What can you do? What do you do? Oh, I can't stand that question.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Me too.

[Gayle Bean]

I'm like, hi, how are you?

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

How was your day? Good morning. Let's start there.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Let's start there. Like, girl, I had some. I was at the Hawks game last season and a young lady was sitting in front of me and I guess I just looked like I did something. And she turned and she goes, she goes, what do you do? And I said, hi, I'm Crystal, how are you doing? And she said, I'm good. I said, don't ever lead a conversation with that question.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I said, it's so off putting. And she goes, I am so sorry. I was like, if I saw you, the first thing I asked you is, what do you do?

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah. Cause it's like, oh, people obviously know you, so why do I need to know you?

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

That's basically what it is. Like, why are you important?

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And that's. I was like, oh, what?

[Gayle Bean]

Cause I'm human? Because I'm breathing instead of the Southern ness of, you are here, you matter. I'm acknowledging you.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah, yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I want to get to know you better. Like, I see everybody coming up and not really familiar. What's your name? Okay, well, how can I. How can I support. How I can check you out?

[Gayle Bean]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

There's a way to get around to what I do. But I was like, girl, my mama.

[Gayle Bean]

Always said, it's not what you say, it's how you say it.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Absolutely.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

That is so true. So you get to LA and everybody's not speaking. What was, what was that whole journey like?

[Gayle Bean]

I get to la, everybody's not speaking. They're charging me for bags. They're charging me for.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

For a bottle of water.

[Gayle Bean]

Like an additional. Oh, yeah. Cause you got a bottle of water.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I understand that.

[Gayle Bean]

It's. The parking is, like, really weird where you gotta, like move your car and all these tickets. The traffic is 24 hours. I was confused. I was confused. I remember specifically telling my family, I have traveled around the world and I've never been culture shocked until now.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Wow.

[Gayle Bean]

Like, it was a culture shock. It was very jarring for me. But I'm not gonna lie. I love the weather.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes, yes.

[Gayle Bean]

Because I moved early, so before global warming got crazy.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay.

[Gayle Bean]

I love the weather and I love the scenery. I was like, oh, it's so beautiful.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

It is.

[Gayle Bean]

So they had me. It was like, okay, y' all got me. Hello. Whatever.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

But I got there with the intention. Okay. I want to move here just to get big enough to live wherever I want and to be able to work from wherever in the world. I want to specifically be in LA so I can book work. Not in la.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Like, I would love to work in la, but book work while I no longer live here. I don't have to be here. I don't have to be in everybody's face. Like, they know me, they know my work. I want to gain notoriety here.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

And then I'm out.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Wow.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah. And then Kobe happened.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Oh. So that Was right around that time. My goodness.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Had you even like booked anything before.

[Gayle Bean]

COVID Well, I moved in 2013, so I stayed there and then Covid happened and then that's when I left.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay.

[Gayle Bean]

And at that time, my reps, I got. I was like, okay, yeah. Well, whenever. Nobody knew when the, the industry was going to shake back.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

And so they were kind of like, yeah, you're good. You can. You can stay there and you don't have to move back. They'll just fly you in, they'll put you up.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay. I was like, oh, you can do what friends.

[Gayle Bean]

Say that again. Yes, yes. So I just stay. I never moved back. And then like now I live in New York. I moved to New York last October.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yes, I remember that.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

How are you adjusting in New York? You do?

[Gayle Bean]

New York was for me.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Was it cuz a girl? I could not do it.

[Gayle Bean]

When I first moved to la, I originally wanted to move to New York, but I was like, I can't afford it.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

It's. Well, both. Is New York la? More. Less is cheaper than New York is.

[Gayle Bean]

More expensive than la.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Wow.

[Gayle Bean]

You get less for more in New York.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

But.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And you're willing to make that sacrifice?

[Gayle Bean]

I mean, I'm good now. God is good. It's not a sacrifice no more. I'm willing to make that elevation.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

I love it. Yeah, I know.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

She said, that's a testimony. It's not a sacrifice. I love it.

[Gayle Bean]

It's not.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

That is beautiful. So how. How long was it before you got your first? Yes. From the moment you said, mom, I'm going to LA for real this time.

[Gayle Bean]

Okay. So I got there August 1, 2013. I booked unexpected. August 20, 14.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

A year. Yeah, a year for that first year.

[Gayle Bean]

It was a year, but I was head down, grinding.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Good.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

What was, what was the drive for that persistence was because I told my mom, I'm going and I'm going to make this thing happen.

[Gayle Bean]

No, girl, that was my first time, like really being somewhere on my own. Like, even when I studied abroad, I knew people in the business, but like my lawn sister was over there studying abroad with me. So I had friends and stuff there. This was like real deal relocate on my own. And my dude was here, my family's here. Like my friends are here. I was like, yeah, nah, all my stuff is here. It was uncomfortable. It was like excruciating, like skin peeling uncomfortable.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

So I was like, yeah. And then I had a friend tell me, you know, if you don't make it, like, don't feel. You gotta stay out there and struggle. You can always come back. And I was like, nah, friend, I'm gonna make it.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I love that.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

I was like, we good. They ain't. No. We don't need a plan B. No.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

So Will Smith said that I believed.

[Gayle Bean]

It and knew without a doubt that I would gain success there.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Mmm.

[Gayle Bean]

It's really weird because I have, like, this really great relationship with, like, God and the ancestors.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

And they talk to me like, they give me signs and.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Oh, yeah, what are you saying, girl? Like, how you. Like, when the people be talking, they're.

[Gayle Bean]

Like, okay, for example. I wish. Nah. I'd probably be scared as hell. I'd be like, all right, now, don't do that. Like, you know, don't do that.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Don't talk to me for real.

[Gayle Bean]

But no. So, like, I'll ask. I'll ask questions and I'll get answers. I'll say, you know, like, let me know. And I'm real upfront with God. Like, don't give me no half sign.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I ain't the one.

[Gayle Bean]

You know me. Yep. I need another one. I'd be like, I need an obvious. Slap me in the face with a.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Sign like, yes, I'm the last.

[Gayle Bean]

I was like, should I go to la, Right? Cause I had planned on going.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

But then my grandma had a stroke, and it was a really bad stroke, and it was closer to the time where I was supposed to go, and I was a little nervous and a little scared and not really wanting to go to la. Like, I wanted to go, but then when it got real, I was like.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I was, like, looking for a reason. Maybe I should stay a little.

[Gayle Bean]

So I was like, God, my mom was, like, going crazy. It was so bad. And I was like, God, you know what? I'm not supposed to go. It's okay. Literally, she did a 180. Wow. Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

That was God saying, go.

[Gayle Bean]

Yes. So I said, okay, because I was gonna go there for a month and stay for a month. This was my plan because my mom said I needed a plan. So the plan was go to LA for a month from June 14 to July 14, and then move in October.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay.

[Gayle Bean]

Also, I was on probation at the time, and my probation ended in October, so I was, like, moving. I ended October 1st, so I was gonna move October 1st.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay.

[Gayle Bean]

Originally, the plan was to go June 1st to July 1st. My grandma had a stroke somewhere along that time, and then by June 14th, she was good. So I bought the ticket, went June 14 to July 14. When I got out there, everything just fell in place. I ended up getting a job. Now this had to be in there like two days. I'm on a one month visit.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Wow.

[Gayle Bean]

I had a round trip ticket. So then I lied and was like, yeah, I live here, but I just gotta go home and get my stuff and finish moving. They were like, well, when do you come back? I said, August 1st. I always ask friends for buddy pass. They never have them. So I asked three people, all three people said yes, they had a buddy pass for me to go back on August 1st.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Wow.

[Gayle Bean]

Because I didn't have enough money to like really buy a ticket. Like, not that soon. I need to plan.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

So I was like, this is crazy. But that's like when God and the ancestors speak to me, that's like, okay, here.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

And I say, you know, well, what is it? I ask questions. And that's how they kind of like give me answers or they provide answers through other people. Like, someone may say something to me, don't know me from a can of paint, but it's the answer to my question.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

And I'm like, okay, the ancestors are using them or God is using them. And that's how they talk to me.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Wow.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I love that. So, yeah. Cause I do it here and God talk to me too. Like I asked how God talk to you.

[Gayle Bean]

He be like, crystal, Crystal.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

He be like, girl, now listen, I'm ticking tired of telling you what I told you. I'm like, all right, you sound like.

[Gayle Bean]

Bernie Mac tick and Tad tick and tired. It's okay, you know, no judgment, you.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Know, But I know I'm gonna get on his nerves sometimes. Cause like, he has to tell me things. I'm the type of person, I'll pray for a sign and I'll see it. That ain't it.

[Gayle Bean]

That used to be me, though.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Like, I need another one.

[Gayle Bean]

That used to be me.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And now, like, he literally, when I talk to him now I journal for my prayers. And like, I was like, God, send me a clear sign on this. I need clarity on this. And like, literally within the same day, the person or whatever the situation is that I'm needing guidance on reveals it. Whether it's the affirmation I needed or it's a sign to move on from this. I'm like, yeah, it's so clear now.

[Gayle Bean]

It's so crazy because. Okay, like, I'll give you a recent example. I did a give back event Saturday, Saturday morning from 12 to 4, and there was a pastor There my friend, a girl who was in my acting class when I was here in Atlanta in 2012, she came, she brought her pastor, she brought another one of her friends and their children and he spoke a word over me that so, you know, there's a snowfall spin off and it's been in limbo. We don't know.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I've been hearing about, yes, we don't know.

[Gayle Bean]

We need that we was hearing. But then they're like, it's right there on the one yard line. We gonna try, but we don't know if we shoot it. It'll start shooting late January. And I was like, okay. While shooting P Valley, there've been four projects that I've missed out on where I had the office and couldn't do them. And I'm like, okay, okay.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

But my reps did tell me, like, they don't think that the snowfall spinoff is gonna go because if they're saying it's stuck on a one yard line and you know, they're really trying and it's just, they don't know what it is to get to tweak the script, but they're gonna keep trying. And my reps were like, that means more than likely it's not going to go. So I was like, okay, I'm working really hard. I'm like, okay, we're coming to the end of P Valley. I don't have more work because, you know, it's always about the next day.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Absolutely.

[Gayle Bean]

I don't have more work for 20, 25. And so the man and I've been working in the past 20. This is my second day off in the past 21 days.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Wow.

[Gayle Bean]

So I worked 21 days straight because on the weekends we had something like, I had to go to LA for black love something. Go do something. So my friend, she passed. Rest in peace, Ms. Marsha Brown. Thank you. And her funeral was yesterday. So it was a lot for me to have my first day off. And then I was like, okay. But God knew the way it was just even aligned, like, I needed a moment, I needed a break, I needed a rest. So to be able to go be with, like people I love dearly was just very beautiful. And then to be able to come do this was like. But it's so crazy because it was literally 21 days straight.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Wow.

[Gayle Bean]

That I worked. And then those are my two days off. These are my two days off. And then like I go back to work tomorrow. I'm working the whole week. We have our marketing shoot this weekend. So I'M working the weekend. So it's like. But it was a nice run. But at the event Saturday, the pastor was like. The girl came, she said, my pastor want to tell you something. I said, okay, sure. And he came to talk to me and he has like a slight speech impediment, but it was clear. It was so clear. He was like, don't know him from a can of pain. Never met him before.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

He was like the opportunity that you think you missing out on, God got something bigger. God got something so bigger. The opportunities you think you're missing out on, God got something so bigger. Like. And told me to tell you not to worry, that it's all coming. Everything is lining up and it's so big. It's gonna be bigger than anything you've ever done and bigger than you can imagine.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Wow.

[Gayle Bean]

I was like. Then Samuel Jackson sent me a DM and said, I'm working on putting us in something. See, see now working on something for us.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

I was like, I was just crying.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

I was just. He said, I know it's been hard. And the pastor was like, I know it's been hard. I know you feeling restless.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

But it's because I got off work that morning. I had that thing. I got off work at 5. I left the lot at 5.37am What? I had to be up at 7am to get the rest of the stuff that we were distributing.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

The event was from 12 to 4 that day. And he don't know from a candle paint that day. Literally got off at 5:37, got up at 7, was at, went to the Burlington, had to be there at 9 to pick up the other coats.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

I was at the wrong Burlington. So my sister in law had went the night before, pulled all the stuff. So I was just going to buy it because they wouldn't let her use my, my check.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

So I was like, okay. I was at the wrong Burlington.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Oh no.

[Gayle Bean]

I shoot to the other one. I left my wallet in the other butter or something.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Oh, don't you hate when them just one of them days I said it's.

[Gayle Bean]

Okay cause I have my ID and I have the check. The check when I authorize what I had to go to the Wells Fargo. I got the money out, went paid for it, then went to Sam's to get the snacks and stuff we were.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Giving for the kids.

[Gayle Bean]

Check still wouldn't work. They also wouldn't let me use my mother's membership.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Devil was working.

[Gayle Bean]

Every devil was working.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

So then I go, okay, let's just add me to the membership. It's like this whole thing. I was like, please, y', all, listen.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Please.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Just please.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

Like, you know how you in the inside. You breaking. Like, you are breaking.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

I'm already tired. And I mean tired, sleepy, exhausted.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

So I had canceled. I called Tia. I was like, tia, cancel the glam, because I'm not getting up at 6. I'm. I'm going to be home at 6. I need to go to take an hour and a half hour nap.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

So finally they do the membership. The check went work. So I had the cash that I got from the bank. I pay. I go outside, right. Like, pushing the buggy. I go exactly where I parked the car. I'm like, I can't find a car. I go. I was like, I can't find a car. I can't. I was literally gonna have a breakdown, a mental breakdown in the parking lot. Just being overwhelmed.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

And I was like, it's too much. I was like, God, it's too much. I can't. I cannot. Like, I cannot.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

And I had prayed to God. I asked God. I was like, God, Please help me, Ms. Brown. And I felt it was so selfish of me to even call on her because, like, obviously she has children who are missing her. I was like, please, just help me. Just help me. Like, please, God, girl. While I look up, I'm literally standing behind the car.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yeah, you just. Yeah, you were at the moment, you straight.

[Gayle Bean]

I couldn't see it, though, because I thought I was in the truck that I normally drive.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

But I was in my brotherdam traverse.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

You're like, I thought I was right here.

[Gayle Bean]

I know. I parked right. I was like, oh, my God, it's too much. What's happening right now? Right now. And then I had took a breath and I prayed and I was like, God, help me.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

And I look up and I stand there. I just.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

He's like, I'm here.

[Gayle Bean]

Right here.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Okay. Okay.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I love that, though. I feel like that is symbolic of God when we're, like, frustrated, like, what is going on? And he's like, I'm right here.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

You say the car. It could be, like, symbolic of God. Like, you're looking for me and I'm right here.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Even in the stress and, like, you got so much going on, even.

[Gayle Bean]

But the beauty was like. Like, that is when things like that happen. I know that's the ancestors. I know that's God. So that's the ways that God and ancestors talk to Me.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

It is. Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

It's like, so many little things. I'm like. So, yeah. When the pastor said that he didn't know about my day. Yeah, he didn't know none of that. When I got that DM from Sam J, I was like, what? Okay. Yes, please.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

That is incredible.

[Gayle Bean]

So, yeah, it's those things. It's those moments when I know God and ancestors are talking to me and using me.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I love that. I love that. You mentioned when you moved to la, that you were on probation. What'd you do?

[Gayle Bean]

What did I do?

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I was like. She said, what did I do? I love a good redemption story. If there's something that we can maybe share to, like, help young women and men.

[Gayle Bean]

Honestly, at the time, this was a time I actually didn't do nothing.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Wow.

[Gayle Bean]

I was in Georgia Southern. I was in Statesboro at Georgia Southern, visiting while I was in college Atosta. And I went down there for a moment.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Y' all homecomings be popping. Oh, you missed Georgia Southern Homecoming. I've been there before.

[Gayle Bean]

Oh, okay. I went to Vadosta, but I had a friend. Is it. What is it Eagle? My mom went to Georgia Southern.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay. Y' all know what the.

[Gayle Bean]

Okay.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I just went for homecoming one year.

[Gayle Bean]

But my mom went there.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay.

[Gayle Bean]

And I was going down for my friend's birthday, and we drove down from Valosta. I had accidentally left my license in Barrasta, so we went out at night, had a good time. I left my clothes at my homegirl house. She stayed in an apartment complex.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

And when I got there, there was a fight going on. It did not involve me. Now, I'm a fighter.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yeah, but you would not.

[Gayle Bean]

Normally it would have been me, but I was not involved. I was actually innocent this time. So I go to try to get my stuff from her house, and the police pull into the parking lot. So I was like, you know what, Meek? Let's just go. Yeah, we good. So we walk into the car. I just don't deal with police. We walk into the car. They try to stop me. They asked my name. They asked for my identification. I obviously didn't have none. So I told them my name. And I was like, I ain't got nothing to do with whatever reason y' all are here. We just came from an event. We trying to leave and go where we supposed to stay the night at? So I was like, forget the clothes. We'll borrow some clothes from the people.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Right?

[Gayle Bean]

We get in the car. I let her drive because she had her license. I hadn't been Drinking, too. So she gets in the front seat, I get in the back seat, I shut the car door. They open the car door and try to pull me out.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

What?

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah. No. So I snatch back and I shut the car door.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yeah, not doing that.

[Gayle Bean]

The second time, she opens the car door, she pulls my arm and she slams the car door on my arm. I had a big ass bruise, Gail. Yeah, it was bad. So again, I had been drinking, and I was a fighter. Was. See how I did that?

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Was. Yep.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Delivered.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah, I'm delivered. So I get out the car and, I mean, I fight her.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Oh, okay.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah, I fought the officer, but she.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Had it coming at that point.

[Gayle Bean]

She did. Yeah, she did. She did. And so then her partner tried to tase me, and my friend stopped it and was like, if your partner can't handle a 100 pound girl.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Come on.

[Gayle Bean]

So then another male. It was two women officers. Then the male officer comes and he, like, tries to stop it, and he's like, ma', am, get up. Because at that point, she was on the ground. I was on top of her. It was a problem. But, like, you literally. This is the childish thing to say, but she literally started it.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

They were like, we got to take you to jail.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Oh, my gosh.

[Gayle Bean]

So they took me to jail. They did not allow me a phone call because they said I hit officer. Yeah. Thankfully, my granddaddy was a Bell's bondsman, so when he finally got words.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

But it took a minute because I didn't get a call.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

So, like, my friend, she didn't know the code to my phone, so she had to try to call around, find people for like a week.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

What?

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Oh, my God.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah. They had to come up there. Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

It was a whole.

[Gayle Bean]

It was a thing. So I got some felonies and stuff from it, but we got a lawyer. They let them know, like, hey, she's got great grades. She's studying abroad. Like, she's on track to graduate, all these things. And they put me on. I planned down. They dropped everything to misdemeanors.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay.

[Gayle Bean]

And I had to do five years probation.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Wow.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah. So with early release, with good behavior, early release in three. So that's why my early release would have been October 1st, and I could have moved.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Got it.

[Gayle Bean]

But when I went August, and I was just so pissed, I was like, mom, I'm not gonna keep letting these people control my life.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Like, God already aligned things. And my mom was so worried. Sometimes she get worried, and I was like, no, I'M going. And I'm just gonna continue to say I'm still in Georgia. I'm gonna continue to pay they money.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yep.

[Gayle Bean]

Continue to call these folks once a month. But I'm not moving because of them. I'm not allowing them control over my life.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

No.

[Gayle Bean]

Like, I give you enough, but then when you, when you move too much, it's like, okay, now I gotta put my foot down.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

It's like I gave you.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

You know what I'm saying?

[Gayle Bean]

So that was my. Why I went to jail in Statesborough.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Wow.

[Gayle Bean]

And I ain't been back since.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

I love it.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Look at you now. I love that because we all have, like, done things where we're like not proud of or circumst. This instance wasn't even your fault, you know, And a lot of us have fallen into that, especially in our community are in jail right now for things that they didn't even. They didn't do or wasn't even responsible for. So for you to share your story, thank you for that.

[Gayle Bean]

Because the officer got no. No repercussions. Like they said it was not her first time, but white lady, no repercussions.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Wow.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And that's scary because that could have been a completely different.

[Gayle Bean]

It's scary because I know I'm not the first and I knew I wouldn't be the last.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

No, exactly. So with your cause, you do a lot of outreach now, do you do anything in the justice system?

[Gayle Bean]

I work sometimes with reform to speak out on about. Speak out about it. But I haven't like went to visit jails or talk to people who, you know, you don't know who has and hasn't been to jail.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

No.

[Gayle Bean]

So I just tell my story and there are people who it resonates with. But I haven't actually actively been in jail. I do try to tell my story because I know there are people who mess up and they do these things and I let them know, like, look. Yeah. When I moved to la, I was on probation.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

I continued to follow the things and not get in trouble. So I did get off early. But when I moved out there, I was not off. And one mistake doesn't determine your path.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yeah, no, it doesn't.

[Gayle Bean]

Like you can you. Not your one mistake.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yeah, that part.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

So I tell myself.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

That's amazing. I love that. And I think what I also love about the industry we work in is that we can do things no matter what our past is correct. Because even I know at the studio, like, we have plenty of guys who have felonies that have done time. But they are very hard working. They're integral, they're amazing co workers. We feel safe. Which all need.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah, they got you.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

They do.

[Gayle Bean]

John was really big at hiring people who may have gotten out of jail and just giving them the chance and the opportunity.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Tyler does the same thing. That second chance is so important.

[Gayle Bean]

So important.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And once he hears like, yo, he was locked up, he'll pull him aside, like get to know him better. What do you need? Is everything good? How's your work environment going for you? And I love that.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah, yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

That's the best part. Like for me, like, that's one of the perks of being in the entertainment industry because you can go past your. Go beyond your past and move on and continue.

[Gayle Bean]

I think people don't talk about the perks enough. I think our entertainment industry gets such a bad rep of like people talking about the darkness and the downside of Hollywood.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

So much light.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

And it discourages so many good people who are pure. And it's like there are a lot of great things about this industry. It is like really, it's what you make it and what you choose to focus on and put your energy into. But it's a lot of really amazing things in the entertainment industry.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

It is, it really is.

[Gayle Bean]

So come on, perks.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Come on.

[Gayle Bean]

Not a per set but a perk with a K. Just so we. Yeah, be like, oh, y them perk 30 no free. Oh, this is a drug free set.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yes indeed.

[Gayle Bean]

Yes, do right under God.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Amen.

[Gayle Bean]

That's the only drug we on.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Oh, I like that. Be ready to go. Cause off the top of the dome. I like K bars. Yes, I love that. So with your crazy busy first, thank you for even coming. I didn't realize you only had two days off and you spent one of them with me. Thank you. Because I know how. Girl, I'm tired right now.

[Gayle Bean]

Girl. You know, some things it. I tell people all the time. Right. Like when it comes to your off day, some things feed into you and some things drain you. So I knew this would be like amazing.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Thank you, thank you. But how are you balancing it personal? Because I know sometimes before therapy I struggled with balancing my personal life in this career because I feel like it can pull us in so many different directions. We're like, oh my gosh. How do you balance it all?

[Gayle Bean]

I'm still working on it.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Really?

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Like cuz the Atlanta. Atlanta is. Whenever I'm in Atlanta, it's very, very hard to balance. Because my family is here, my friends are here. Like, work is here. Like, there's going out is here. Like, there's all the things. And I out. Like, club out. But, like, going to the game.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah, yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

So it's like. But I. I'm still figuring it out. Like, okay, where are we gonna sleep, y'?

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

All?

[Gayle Bean]

We're gonna get some sleep.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

Like, somebody wants a date, you know?

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

How's that? Like, have you had time? You said I sleep.

[Gayle Bean]

Oh, dating.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

How is that going?

[Gayle Bean]

Girl, it's going.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

It's going. It's hard. It's just.

[Gayle Bean]

It's going. You know, I got my eye on somebody.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay, okay. Well, the streets got they eye on somebody for you, I'm sure.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Who?

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Oh, no. Your friend.

[Gayle Bean]

Let's not even.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Right, Everybody.

[Gayle Bean]

Streets, Streets. Keep your eyes where y' all keep them. But I'm gonna keep my eyes where I keep. I keep mine. So y' all can keep on keeping.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

On keeping on keeping on. How do you feel about. Because I see. Every time I see you have, like, great platonic guy friends. Do you feel like that is gonna have, like, a. Some type of impact on your personal relationship with your man? Man? Because you have such great relationships with your guys.

[Gayle Bean]

I feel like it just helps me weed out the BS Because I have five older brothers.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Really?

[Gayle Bean]

I have no sex with you. Okay.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I didn't know.

[Gayle Bean]

So that's my comfort.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Ah, it makes sense.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I always see. What's the guy that was at the concert. Rap concert.

[Gayle Bean]

Trav.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

He's always with you.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah, Travis.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

He's so chill.

[Gayle Bean]

He's always like, yeah, he's always gonna be there. So it's like, for me, guys, my male friends that are in my life, I see so much, and I learn so much from them. It's so easy for me to identify who is not a good man. Cause the men in my life are great. So I could spot a red flag and be like, is this a red flag that. That we can deal with? Is this a red flag that will go down and this is just a guard red flag, or is this, like a real hard stop red flag? Like, this is a red flag that's gonna be a constant later on in life. So I feel like they're not an issue. But if they're an issue for someone that's in my life, then you the problem.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Come on. Cause I got people in my life. They're not going anywhere.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah. And I know them, and they're not in no violation. Our relationship is strictly platonic. It's not. They not waiting in the wings. Like, it ain't that. It ain't that.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

So if you're. I get it. Some people have insecurities.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Talk to me. I will be honest and upfront.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

We can communicate. And then if you can't get past the communication of my truth and you want to stick to whatever delusion you've made in your head.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Yes, sir. Farewell.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yep.

[Gayle Bean]

Au revoir.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Au revoir. I love it. I love it. Well, I'm happy for you because I know, for me, like, I just started dating a guy.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Ooh.

[Gayle Bean]

Come on, babe.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yes. Yes. And it's fresh. But I think for the last year.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yep.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

In the last year, I've been open to dating.

[Gayle Bean]

Okay.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And it was really hard for me because who's here for me? Like, what do you really want? And we had to, like, look at this thing through a different lens, you know, just being in the positions we're in. And I really feel good about this.

[Gayle Bean]

Okay.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I do.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

It's difficult.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

It is.

[Gayle Bean]

Because it's like. Like you said, are you here for me and do you really like me? And are you gonna be supportive or. Every time I have something break coming up, are you gonna find some way to argue or make it about you or, like, screw up my moment?

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

Where it's like, I don't do that.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

To you, and then don't you, like, I see how you cheer everybody on.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

So I can imagine how you would be for your man.

[Gayle Bean]

Girl.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Girl.

[Gayle Bean]

You know, it's hard. It's hard. Especially finding someone who likes you for you and not what you can. The light that you can bring to them. Right.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

It's hard.

[Gayle Bean]

Then someone that you can take around other people and who's comfortable in the room where it's like, you're not gonna be a jerk to other people or you're not gonna feel like you need me to hold your hand through the crowd.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Like, no, I'm not going to forget about you, but we both need to be able to move.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes. Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

Like. Or it's okay if you don't come, but you can't always not come.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Cause sometimes it's a moment where I need you to be there.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

I need to be able to look out. And even if you. If it's not, you know, we ain't got to be up under each other. I need. I need that.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I need that eyeliner now.

[Gayle Bean]

I need that.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yeah. Ooh. I'm with you, sis.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah. Like, I don't need you everywhere I go. But it's gonna be moments where it's like, I just need you.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

I've had the moments where it's like, you call someone, they're your piece. Yeah, Right. So are you gonna be my piece?

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Can this be mutual? Are we able to grow together, like. Cause it's a sad thing when you got a stunt on the person you supposed to be stunned with. It's sad.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

So sad. Cause we supposed to be doing this together.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

That is so true. I pray that the one you got your eye on is all that you deserve. Oh, seriously. Because you deserve that. The way you support and, like, just love on everybody in your orbit. You deserve that back.

[Gayle Bean]

Thank you.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I'm serious.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

I'm serious.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah, well, I better get it. Cause I ain't if I don't get it one thing. Listen. I be so low. I'd be so. Listen before I be sad.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Me too. That's why I was by myself all this time. Because I was like, I can't. And I think now I'm set at a space where I can spot the bullshit. I'm like, you know what? That's not it.

[Gayle Bean]

I'm not happy for you.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

You dating, you know, you have to, like. Cause I used to be in the house all the time, and my friends like, Crystal, you have to put yourself in a space of. To even attract the type of man that you want. Where are you going? I'm like, nowhere. So he gonna be a door dad. He gonna come to your door?

[Gayle Bean]

You don't want.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I don't even open the door for the doordash. I'm the rich guy. I tell him to drop it off and go. And I'll grab when they out there.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

So I was like, I don't know. They're like, you gotta get out and be more approachable. Cause, like, I'm the type of person. I wanna make eye contact with people.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Ooh.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Cause, you know, like, I feel like every time I go out, somebody's like, yeah. So I try to just be like, yeah. You know, just so I can just get to where I'm going.

[Gayle Bean]

And then you don't know who's single, who ain't. Like, I don't want to. Don't. I don't want to be in the.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And then here you. Before you know it, it's like, oh, you know, she talking.

[Gayle Bean]

No. Yeah. No, I'm not.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

No.

[Gayle Bean]

We took a picture.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

That was it.

[Gayle Bean]

That's it.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

That's it.

[Gayle Bean]

I don't Even know that man last name? Literally, I don't even know his real name.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

His real name.

[Gayle Bean]

I only know his Instagram name. Like, yeah, no. People will ship you with somebody real quick.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

No, real quick. I'm like, what? They did that to me recently with someone that works in the industry as well, that I'm really, really good friends with. We're gonna work on a project next year together. But, like, immediately we took a picture together and was like, oh, that's her new bae. I'm like, there is no way. Like, what? Like, where y' all get that from? Yeah, yeah. And, like, I did make a comment that I take all my niggas to church, but, like, so now y' all thinking every nigga I take to church is my dad. Like, that's not my man.

[Gayle Bean]

That's not my man. Anybody can get God, and I want.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Everybody to get them.

[Gayle Bean]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And I know, I know if I bring you here, it's gonna help weed out everything. Cause he gonna stir up that spirit.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

It's gonna come out. So you can't play with God. So eventually it's gonna come out. So I have no problem with taking people there. But they were trying to figure it out, girl. They was like, oh, who she brought? Oh, that's gotta be him. So then it's her. I'm like, what? Y' all have no idea.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

That is not it.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

But keep it. I love it. I love it. You just talked about your GIVE bag, but you also have a foundation called Dream above the Influence.

[Gayle Bean]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

What inspired that?

[Gayle Bean]

You know, I really think mindset is everything. And there are so many people that may grow up in poverty or grow up in a neighborhood or an environment that is not conducive to what they want to dream.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Or have influences that they're not even necessarily negative influences.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

They could be around all athletes, but maybe they don't want to be an athlete. They want to be an engineer. You know, And I think it's important that people dream above their influences to know what you want. You know what I'm saying? You don't have to necessarily be. And it's not just dreams, but it's personal of who you are as a person, but just what you have in the mindset and the life and the future you want for yourself, that it can be more than what your influences are around you. And then I also thoroughly believe, like, I hate when people are like, oh, well, be around like minded individuals. But maybe you don't like the way that they treat others. Maybe they're not good people. Just because we got the same. Just because we both act right don't mean we gotta hang out.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Ma'.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Am.

[Gayle Bean]

Just because we both famous don't mean we gotta be friends. And it's like. No. So I'm trying to more so encourage people to dream above the influence. Don't feel you got to be around like your twins.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

You know what I'm saying? Like they ain't the people who want and aspire the same things. You don't have to be in that circle.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

No.

[Gayle Bean]

Me and my best friends. None them of us do the same thing. And it's not intentional. And we're great friends. But we all have our own mind. So it's really to try to encourage individuality.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

And know that you can still be a part of a whole and be an individual.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I love that. I love that.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

It's a little hot under these lights.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Make yourself Com. I didn't realize that was a snowfall. Letterman. That's. Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

This is our season six rap gift. And I just love it.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I love that. That's fire.

[Gayle Bean]

Okay. So. Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

So I want to know all the things. I heard that you partnered with the Harris Waltz campaign. What was that like?

[Gayle Bean]

Oh, man. You know, being a black woman, seeing all the things that VP Harris is doing just to be able to aid in any of that. Right. Like I'm a girl's girl.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

You are.

[Gayle Bean]

So I'm all for the support. And it was. I got a shout out to Congresswoman Nakima Williams because she is so like, come on, girl. Be involved. She AKA I'm a go to. But that's still my sister for life.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

So she really kind of kicked things off with making sure that I'm always involved. And if there's anything I ever want to be a part of being able to have a seat at the table.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I love that.

[Gayle Bean]

I went to the Congressional Black caucus in D.C. probably about three or four years ago. First time. Ever. Had never heard of it.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Really.

[Gayle Bean]

At all.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

So it's a time.

[Gayle Bean]

A time.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

And ever since then I've just been like, what can I do to help? Just people know about it.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

And be able to know about their reps and the local level and the laws and the states versus Fed. Just all of these different things that we don't know. They don't really teach us. Y' all teach us about a million presidents that's dead.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Hello. But not.

[Gayle Bean]

You're not teaching us about what's currently happening right now.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

That is so true.

[Gayle Bean]

It's like you hide our actual black African American history and you fill us up with social studies. That girl. It's not helping us be social.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

It is not at all. At all.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yet.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

It's so true.

[Gayle Bean]

So, no, it's. It's nice to be a part of real history.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Gayle Bean]

Right. Like, this is the history. This is U. S. History that they're going to teach about in classes. So I'm just very enthusiastic about it. I've been telling everybody you vote. Are you registered to vote?

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes, I did.

[Gayle Bean]

We did the P. Valley Premiere Season 2. I did a premiere party here.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Okay.

[Gayle Bean]

And I made it a whole weekend. We did an adult field day. We registered people to vote. It was a whole thing. So this year, really getting people out to the polls and even early voting. I was an early voter.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I definitely voted because I could not. Like, I feel like a lot of people, like, my vote doesn't matter.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes, it does.

[Gayle Bean]

It does.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Like, it could have. When you look at the first election with Hillary and Donald Trump literally are president on b. Politic. Correct. Correct.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

That guy.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah. The other president.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

The other president. It was small margins that he won by. If people had. If those people who really wanted to vote for Hillary Clinton had a really gotten up out of their helms or just take the time. It don't take that long.

[Gayle Bean]

And then with voter suppression and how crazy it is, you have to vote in person. Like, if you. If absentee is your last. Last resort, then okay.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

But I say go early vote. I say vote in person because they are really committing voter fraud out here.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

It's a lot going on.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I just saw they had something on CNN where they're like, some fraudulent stuff going on. I was like, I can believe. Yeah, here we go again.

[Gayle Bean]

Here we go again.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Here we go again. Yeah, but it's. I try to tell people all the time when I hear those conversations, like, man, it don't matter. I haven't heard it so much this time around.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

I think what happened eight years ago with the first. That guy, when he was there, it woke people up.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Cause I ain't gonna lie to you. I went to bed knowing I was gonna wake up to another Clinton being in office. I was like, oh, yeah, we good. I woke up at like 3 in the morning, used the bathroom, and the CNN was still on. I was like.

[Gayle Bean]

Wait a minute.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Ain't no way. I was like. I literally. I was saying. I was like, this did not happen. Yeah, it happened. So, Gayle, I know you. You did a Lot on the front lines. It didn't turn out how we wanted. You know, we had our hopes high and we got out there, but you did so much to make sure that people got registered. How does that sit with you?

[Gayle Bean]

You know, you do what you can and you hope and pray for the best, but you can't sit in. Okay, we didn't win. So now it's like, okay, this is the result. How do we move forward?

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And how do we do this?

[Gayle Bean]

How do we not allow ourselves to be buried in the result? Right.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

So I think it's more like, okay, next time, you know, you gotta do more.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

You know, you can only reach those that you can reach, and know that I know I'm not enough. It takes more than just me to change. You know, we trying to elect the President of the United States.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

We were trying to literally do the impossible and get a black woman, the first black woman president, elected. We failed, but, you know, we lost the battle. We didn't lose a war.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

We did not lose the war.

[Gayle Bean]

So there'll be more. There'll be more. Just next time. I know I got to come bigger, harder, heavier, with more people on the front line. You know, I mean, it's not the end of the world. It's unfortunate, but it's not the end of the world. And I think right now, the main thing is to encourage people to do what's best for their mental. To encourage people to not be out here in fear.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

And know that's what I'm worried about, the fear. Cause I remember January 6th, when he was in the office before, the fear that I felt watching that in real time on cnn, I was like, what is happening? Is it. Is this where I live? Is this my nation? The great nation of the United States of America? Is this where I used to pledge of allegiance as a child? Like, we used to sit there in class every morning and pledge allegiance to the flag. Is this what I pledge to? You know, And I will say, like, I fear what this will incite, you know, And I saw what happened then and how they tried to downplay it, and I was like, that's nothing to downplay, you know, so it's not.

[Gayle Bean]

So I think we have to get. We have to familiarize ourselves with laws and policies so we can know our rights and protect ourselves. Because with Trump in office, you never know.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

You don't know.

[Gayle Bean]

So you just have to prepare to. You have to prepare yourself, you know, and move forward and find your peace and your happiness. Like, it. It's not at the end of the world.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yeah, for sure. It's only four years.

[Gayle Bean]

It's only four years. Wait.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Time just flew, baby. It is four years.

[Gayle Bean]

We'll be. We'll be ready for the next election. And it's like if we don't start preparing now.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yes.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Right now.

[Gayle Bean]

For 20, 28.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

We'll end up in the same predicament. So how do we. How do we avoid it?

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

We gotta get our game plan together.

[Gayle Bean]

Yep.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

We're gonna be. I. We are.

[Gayle Bean]

We gonna be all right.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

We will be. That's what we do. We continue to rise above.

[Gayle Bean]

Girl, we black. We done went through way worse. A terrible ass president.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

We done have Trump. Ain't nothing but one of them. Same other. Out of the past 40 some presidents, like.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Right. Right.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. He wanted and won, so.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

We. Mm.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Mm. Yeah. No, he is.

[Gayle Bean]

We gonna be all right.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

We are.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Well, I appreciate your time.

[Gayle Bean]

Thank you.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Thank you so much.

[Gayle Bean]

I appreciate you.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yes. I love you.

[Gayle Bean]

And we kept it positive.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

We did. Always. That's what we did. That's easy for us, Castle. We really.

[Gayle Bean]

No, for real. When it's genuine.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

It ain't on you, Bran. It's in you.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Thank you so much. No, seriously, I know you've had a long 21 days. This is 23 now. Even when you wasn't working, you were still, like, busy. So it's not. You didn't get your proper rest. So I just. I really appreciate you making the time. No, it means the world to me. Seriously.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

I wanna hit my mic, but.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Right, Right. Thank you. You welcome. Love.

[Gayle Bean]

Even the new heart.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Yeah. With the doing.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

New kids be born.

[Unidentified Guest or Co-host]

Yeah.

[Gayle Bean]

It's like the peace.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Uhhuh.

[Gayle Bean]

And then.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Oh.

[Gayle Bean]

I love it.

[Crystal Renee Hayslett]

Guys, like always, there is so much to unpack from my conversation with Gail. One of the main things I pulled from this chat was how to listen to God's voice. A lot of times we question, was that God? Or. Or is he hearing what I'm saying? But in this conversation, I know it's your personal relationship with him. And a lot of times when you ask him something, he shows you the signs. But are you really paying attention? That's it. Shout out to Gail Bean for coming through and sharing her incredible story today. Be sure to follow me on all social media platforms at lovechristalrenae. And you can also also follow us at KeepIt Positive, sweetie, if you want to write into our positive outcome listener letter, you can send us an [e-mail] Guys, in the meantime, in between time, you know what to do. Keep it positive, sweetie. I'll see you guys next time.

[Gayle Bean]

Sam.