Keeping It Candid: B. Simone and Bresha Webb on Friendship, Faith, and Letting Go
By Natasha Reynolds // EEW Magazine Online
Bresha Webb joins B. Simone on Let’s Try This Again for an honest conversation about faith, friendship, and surrender. (Credit: YouTube screen capture/EEW Magazine)
At a Glance
Actress Bresha Webb and comedian B. Simone share a candid conversation on Let’s Try This Again about faith, friendship, and surrender.
Webb reflects on the loss of her father during the filming of Run the World and how God’s favor carried her through.
Both women emphasize that true success is found in trusting God’s will and surrounding yourself with supportive, faith-filled friends.
On an ordinary day, faith can feel like background music: comforting, familiar, but easy to tune out. For B. Simone and Bresha Webb, however, faith is the melody that keeps their lives in harmony, even when the world goes off-key.
That theme ran through the latest episode of Let’s Try This Again, B. Simone’s unfiltered podcast where pop culture and spirituality often collide. Her guest, actress and comedian Bresha Webb, has built a career in front of the camera (NBC’s Marlon, STARZ’s Run the World, and Tyler Perry’s upcoming Sisters in Italy), but she’s just as open about her life away from the spotlight. For Webb, the journey has been sustained by faith and anchored by friendship.
“I’m so grateful for the village of prayer warriors and friendships that I’ve built in this town that have become my family,” Webb said, reflecting on life in Los Angeles, where true community can be rare. For her, sisterhood is not just companionship, it is survival.
Bresha Webb with her husband, Nick Jones Jr., and their daughter, Brave. (Credit: Bresha Webb/Instagram)
This season of life is full. Webb is newly married to TV writer Nick Jones Jr., and in early 2024 she welcomed her first child, a daughter named Brave. Balancing work and motherhood is demanding, but she says her circle of friends continually reminds her what really matters.
“One of my girlfriends, she would tell me, instead of praying for the job… just pray that God places you where you’re supposed to be. That’s it,” Webb shared. “Because you don’t know who you could be touching, your influence could be helping. And I feel like, with every job that I’ve done, God has been in it.”
That perspective was tested in 2023 while filming Run the World’s second season. On screen, Webb embodied Renee, a witty, bold character. Off screen, she was grieving the loss of her father.
Bresha Webb as Renee in the STARZ series Run the World. (Credit: Cara Howe/STARZ)
Having to show up, deliver lines, and keep her energy light during such a heavy season, she said, “inspired so many people there. And it felt good for me to be at work and to take my mind off of things, because I know that’s what my father always wanted me to do. But the blessing to be able to be in New York, to be able to go to Baltimore and see my parents and be with them and my dad in his last moments—God protected me and He favored me and made it completely seamless. So, I’m grateful for that. I’m grateful for every job.”
That gratitude, Webb said, fuels her approach to everything. “I’m being used by You fully. That’s what I always want. Your will be done.”
Credit: Bresha Webb Instagram
B. Simone resonated deeply. Known for her viral sketches and blunt honesty, the comedian and influencer has endured her share of criticism and controversy. Still, she insists her focus is fixed on God. “That’s where I’m at. I don’t want anything that’s not from You, of You,” she said.
She admitted that surrender has not always been easy. “I surrender what I thought the idea of my life should be, my platform, everything. Whatever You want, at this point, is what I want. Because I don’t want to be outside of His will. The disobedience, it’s not worth it.”
Their conversation was equal parts laughter, honesty, and spiritual transparency. They spoke about trusting God with career goals, leaning on Him in singleness, cultivating friendships that keep them honest, and embracing the freedom that comes from releasing control.
For listeners, the message was simple but profound: success is not measured by roles or followers, but by the courage to surrender, and by surrounding yourself with people who remind you who you are and whose you are when the noise of life grows loud.
At a time when faith can often feel performative, B. Simone and Bresha Webb offered something different: a glimpse of surrender that is not resignation but freedom, and a portrait of friendship that endures.
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