Carla Simpson performs.
BY BUSTA BROWN
THE CHRONICLE
“Crazy” Carla Simpson
is a clean comedian. “Not a
Christian comedian. I’m a
comedian that happens to
be a Christian.” Her past
standup comedy material
and lifestyle use to be the
total opposite. “I’m so glad
they didn’t have social
media back when I was at
Freak Nic and the black
bike rally in South
Carolina. I was wild. I tell
my kids I use to be wild,
they look at me like, sure
mom.”
I asked her if she liked
the mental and spiritual
place she’s in now, and she
gave me a soft and sweet
said, “Yes.” Carla had my
ribs hurting with laughter
as she shared stories about
club days. “When I did
comedy back then, most of
the crowds were drunk;
and I was drunk with them.
I would cuss up a storm. I
could cuss right now.” She
had me laughing for 10
straight minutes; I was
barely able to do the inter
view; she is hilarious.
I asked why did she
make the switch to clean
comedy, and she immedi
ately got serious. “When
you start growing in your
relationship with God, it’s
just any relationship.
There’s certain things you
can and can’t do within the
perimeters of your rela
tionship with another per
son. So I know God
expects certain things of
me.”
She shared one of those
moments that God is wher
ever she goes. “I did a
show a little over a year
ago. My friend begged me
to do the comedy I used to
do, and I was thinking OK,
I can do that. Busta ...
How about I got up there
and it felt like someone
was putting dirty clothes
on me. So ... It’s not the
same anymore. I take my
relationship with God seri
ous now, and He doesn’t
like it.”
I asked Crazy Carla
which style of comedy is
more her. “Busta I have to
be honest; it’s somewhere
in the middle.” Carla is
very raw with her honesty.
“I may be a Christian, but
don’t push me, cuz you
might get a good cussing
out.” She shared which
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crowd is the toughest to
please. “The church crowd.
I walk out onto the stage
and they’re sitting there
with their arms folded, and
mad. I’m thinking why are
you even here.” .
I’ve interviewed sever
al comedians that no
longer use profanity, and
they don’t get as many gigs
anymore. I asked Crazy
Carla if that’s happening to
her. “No, I get even more
now. God is so good to
me.” Carla said romance is
her soft spot. “I love black
love. I’m a cry baby. I
could watch a romantic
commercial and cry.”
Crazy Carla Simpson is
also a Sunday school
teacher and actress. She
landed her first leading
roles in both stage and on
screen. She plays a first
lady in the upcoming play
“Her Story, His Truth,” and
Mama Grace in the
YouTube movie “A Cure
for Kyle.” Contact Carla
Simpson at
aahfrolO@gmail.com, or
on Facebook, or on Twitter
@aahfrolO.
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