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Black America Web
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Black America Web
9-to-5 Hater B. Simone Dragged After Saying She's Now Forced To Shop At H&M Due To Money Problems
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Through talent and hustle, entrepreneur/comedian/actress/social media personality B. Simone made her way to more than five million followers and a career that includes Wild 'n Out, the Let's Try This Again podcast, and a new app, LTTA. But it's the app that has her reconsidering her finances these days. On the June 16 episode of Let's Try This Again, Simone shared with her BFF, Shekinah, that she was facing some financial challenges. This was only after Shekinah shared her own struggles. However, Simone's response left her fan base a little underwhelmed, as she mentioned that her struggles included a change in her shopping habits. 'I feel like it's a breakthrough with what I'm creating with the app,' Simone said, tearing up. 'Just, my finances. Like, the budgeting. You see how I am—nitpicking every little thing. I've never been like that. We were in Bloomingdale's yesterday. I'm like, 'We have to go to H&M..' And I notice in me now, just nitpicking. I just don't have it to spend – the liquid. I'm used to having liquid. And because I've invested in this app, in this platform, I don't have the liquid. I got the money, but not yet. It's coming. I have it in assets, I have it in jewelry. I'm used to seeing a certain amount in my account.' However, some folks felt she diminished Shekinah's struggles, after Shekinah confessed that she'd had some hard times, but never reached out to Simone for help. 'Being a best friend with a celebrity – everybody thinks that because you're connected to this person, that your life is just as grand as theirs or they got it or they're helping you….baby, didn't have a job, living with my parents, as a single mom….Nobody gave me a handout,' Shekinah shared. 'But guess what … that wasn't your responsibility.' She added, 'God has to take me through that for my own season, for my own thing. I had to get my car repossessed. I had to go through the food stamp line. I had to be on Medicaid. … As a friend of somebody who has it … it's hard to digest.' It appears that B. Simone has yet to read the room. She's already been criticized for charging, yes, charging to have people see her processing grief after her friend Jacky Oh, another influencer, suddenly passed away two years ago. For her to say her comedown was having to shop at a fast fashion retailer after her bestie confessed she'd nearly lost it all struck most as tone-deaf, to say the least. The backlash came quickly with full columns on Ice Cream Convos and Ebony about how success has gone to B. Simone's head. Comments on her IG and YouTube accounts were even harsher. Under posts where the self-proclaimed Christian discussed God working in her life, many questioned her faith and compassion. 'At some point, we have to say it plainly, B. Simone, please log out,' the Ebony op-ed, penned by columnist Victor Qunnuell Vaughns, Jr., reads. 'May this type of friend never find me,' more than one IG user posted on a clip about avoiding 'the noise.' Another posted, 'And you are not a real friend, how could you let your BF struggle like that?' 'Mmh… Oprah would NEVER let Gayle. There are so many things to be said. I love that you said your story is still being written,' one commenter pointed out. On IG, another post said, 'I'm looking for yo friend page so I can tell her to get tf away from you & STAY AWAY! it's gone take more than that religion to fix that spirit.' How did we get here? Maybe it's just the way media personalities evolve – or devolve – once they reach a certain success. They have to keep feeding their fan bases with new and improved content as they move further and further away from relatability while earning more money and followers. It's a Catch-22 that is unique to content creators as they must continue to feed the content machine, based not on their accomplishments, but on the personality that led them to success in the first place. 'We're in a cultural era where influencers are becoming pastors, therapists, and lifestyle coaches all in one—without the credentials or emotional intelligence to back it up,' Vaughns continues. 'And B. Simone might be the loudest example of that pipeline.' may yet respond to the backlash – hopefully, for free. See social media's reaction below. 9-to-5 Hater B. Simone Dragged After Saying She's Now Forced To Shop At H&M Due To Money Problems was originally published on
Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Influencer gets emotional admitting she has to shop at H&M amid financial struggles
Influencer B. Simone is facing mockery for getting emotional while talking about downgrading from Bloomingdale's to H&M amid a financial downturn. The 35-year-old comedian who boasts nearly six million followers on Instagram shared how her expenses have changed during an episode of her podcast, Let's Try This Again, which aired on June 17. Speaking to her best friend, Shekinah Yon, B. Simone confessed she's been having trouble managing her money. 'It's just my finances,' she said, with tears in her eyes. 'The budgeting. You see how I am. Nitpicking every little thing. I've never been like that.' She then got emotional about how her shopping habits have changed, continuing: 'We were in Bloomingdale's yesterday. I'm like, 'We have to go H&M.' And I notice it in me. Just nitpicking.'' Simone, whose real name is Braelyn Simone Greenfield, explained that she no longer has the 'liquid' assets she once did as she's investing in her app, the LTTA APP. 'I got the money. [Just] not yet, it's coming,' she explained. 'I have it in assets. I have it in jewelry. It's the liquid. I'm used to seeing a certain amount in my account.' A clip of the podcast has gone viral on X, with people criticizing B. Simone for getting upset about going to H&M. 'Tearing up about having to shop at H&M when conversing with someone who, in the same conversation, talked about getting EVICTED and being on FOOD STAMPS,' one wrote. 'Is this girl okay??' 'Most of us shop at H&M. Most of us live check to check. That's life. I can rock a Wal-Mart fit with confidence because it's in YOU not on you,' another added. 'The real root is materialism. There's the part of the heart God is trying to show you to fix. You don't need certain brands to be cool.' 'Oh my god.. get a grip.. I've been shopping at H&M for most of my life, and it's really not life or death like that,' a third added. Others mocked B. Simone's disappointment about going to the popular retailer. 'This is a damn tragedy. Ok folks, it's time we set up a GoFundMe. H&M? No way, sweetie,' one quipped. 'God forbid you have to be like a normal person,' another tweeted. B. Simone has previously opened up about the financial changes in her life. During an appearance on the Assets Over Liabilities podcast in 2023, she claimed that after being 'canceled on social media,' she went from making $1 million in one month to $10,000 the next month. The former Wild'n Out cast member drew major backlash in 2020 when she told Nick Cannon that she wouldn't date someone who had a 9-5 job. She said she wanted to date someone who 'was a hustling entrepreneur,' not a man who had to 'clock in and clock out' of his job. In June of that year, she also faced serious allegations of copying pages from bloggers for her self-help book Baby Girl: Manifest the Life You Want. She publicly apologized and halted sales, saying it was now 'a legal matter.' 'I've never written a book. I've never been an author, so as an influencer, as a creative, as an entrepreneur, me and my team outsourced. We hired a team that we trusted that we thought could bring my vision to life, and they did a lot of things without my knowledge and I am here to fix it,' she said at the time. Sales of her book were paused due to the incident. Simone also launched a vegan and cruelty-free beauty brand, B. Simone Beauty, in 2019; however, the brand appears to be on hiatus.
Los Angeles Times
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
B. Simone tearfully reveals the cost of building her ‘legacy': ‘I don't have the liquid'
'Wild N' Out' alumna B. Simone, a.k.a. 'Billionaire B' on Instagram, says her current finances are far from what she's used to. The comedian and social media star got candid and emotional as she revealed in a recent episode of her 'Let's Try This Again' podcast, 'I don't have the liquid.' During the episode, published last week, the 35-year-old (born Braelyn Simone Greenfield) discussed her spirituality, career moves and the cost of a new venture. 'I feel like I am attacking something that I can't see right now,' B. Simone told friend Shekinah Yon, later clarifying to Yon that her struggles may lie in the creation and cost of her own lifestyle app. She continued: 'The budgeting ... you see how I am, nitpicking every little thing. I've never been like that. We were in Bloomingdale's yesterday, I'm like, 'We have to go to H&M.'' B. Simone, also an actor, announced the launch of her LTTA app in November. The women-focused app seeks to 'cultivate a safe and empowering community that integrates faith, encouragement, and entertainment,' according to a mission statement shared on Instagram. The app offers users access to exclusive content, including a recent 'Let's Try This Again' podcast episode featuring rapper DaBaby. The cost to users? It's $9.99 a month or $71.88 a year, according to the app's website. During her conversation with Yon, B. Simone said she doesn't have the disposable income to spend and that she is 'used to having liquid.' She added: 'Because I've invested in this app, in this platform I don't have the liquid. I've got the money — but not yet. It's coming.' B. Simone, 'used to seeing a certain amount in my account,' said she has other assets and valuables. Yon chimed in noting her friend wanted to the launch the app as 'something that was legacy ... that would have longevity.' B. Simone clarified she does not want a quick return on investment as Yon likened the app to a Crock-Pot instead of a microwave — essentially meaning that success can take time. B. Simone's comments about her finances — specifically her emotions about going from Bloomingdale's to H&M — faced social media backlash over the weekend. 'Now wait a damn minute cause I like H&M,' one X (formerly Twitter) user wrote. Another X user criticized B. Simone for being 'forever out of touch.' 'It's a blessing just to be able to shop period.. do you see the price of mf eggs??' a third X user wrote. 'Girl buy what you can afford and go on.' Adding kindling to the social media firestorm, other X users resurfaced previous clips of B. Simone noting that she preferred men who were entrepreneurs over those who worked 9-to-5 jobs. Snark about B. Simone's recent comments also made it into her Instagram comments, where one user joked 'Ayy what's wrong with H&M?' 'H&M ain't cheap, ya way of thinking is,' chided another Instagram user. Elsewhere in the comments section, B. Simone received praise for 'using your platform to heal and change lives' and highlighting female friendships with her content. Amid the shade and praise, B. Simone on Monday continued to promote new content on her app and teased upcoming travel plans.
