“I AM REFORMED” Jess Hilarious: Sympathetic Joy, Shadow Medicine on Club Shay Shay
Downloads from the culture
I love interviews. But not just for the laughs or tea—I watch like I’m listening for spirit. And more often than not, I hear it loud and clear.
These are the moments that made me pause. Think. Reflect.
These are the cultural downloads I didn’t know I needed.
I didn’t press play expecting a transformation—but that’s the beauty of flow. When you live in alignment with source, every moment becomes an oracle. A podcast becomes prophecy. A joke becomes a truth serum. A Club Shay Shay interview becomes a damn sermon.
Watching Jess Hilarious on Shannon Sharpe’s show wasn’t just entertaining. It was activating. Something about the way she sat there—unapologetically real, flawed, funny, and free—reminded me of the woman I’ve been becoming. I’ve always liked Jess. But this interview made me realize why.
She isn’t perfect. She’s powerful.
And her power doesn’t come from getting it all right. It comes from doing it scared. From laughing at the fall, learning from it, and cashing in on the lesson. Jess doesn’t try to perform her healing—she just lives it out loud. And I didn’t know how badly I needed to see that until I did.
Following the Spark
One of the first things that hit me hard was Jess’s story about how she became a comedian. She followed the spark. Influenced, intrigued, and intuitive, she watched DC Young Fly blow up doing social media skits and decided to toss her hat in the ring. She wasn’t even sure stand-up was the path until Martin Lawrence himself invited her to open for him.
That moment stopped me.
Because I’ve been sitting in this same space lately—realizing I’m free for the first time in my life… but not totally sure what I’m free to be. Survival mode had me so tightly wound, I never had the luxury of imagining joy. It used to scare me, not knowing. Now, it feels like wonder. And Jess’s story turned that wondering into something real.
This wasn’t Jess with the Mess. This was Jessica Moore. And she wasn’t just telling a story—she was showing me what it looks like when you surrender to the flow.
Authenticity Over Perfection
When Jess got that call to do stand-up, she had barely prepared. Barely performed in that capacity. Lied a little. Took the gig anyway. She forgot all her lines and just… spoke from the heart. Her own story. Her own truth. In her own city. That’s what won the crowd over.
That’s the kind of confidence I’ve been cultivating—one that doesn’t wait until it’s “ready,” but trusts that the truth will always land. I’ve spent enough time on the sidelines. Now I’m in that same energy: do it scared. Show up anyway. Let spirit speak.
The Confidence to Claim It
Jess put HERSELF on her Mount Rushmore of comedy, and I damn near stood up and clapped. No hesitation, no false humility—just bold truth. And not for ego’s sake either. For honor’s sake. She’s not waiting to be validated by gatekeepers who weren’t present for her climb. She’s placing herself where she knows she belongs.
I saw critiques floating around about how she didn’t name enough female comedians. But here’s the thing: she wasn’t curating her answer to meet expectations—she was telling her truth. Her mother was her greatest influence. She had a happy childhood, a solid foundation. Her confidence was already rooted. Why lie to appease someone else’s idea of what a “proper” answer should sound like?
That’s the kind of real I live for. She’s not a character. She’s a woman who built something from nothing and had the audacity to name herself great. I felt that deeply. Because lately, I’ve been asking myself: Who told me I had to wait for someone else to crown me?
Oh—and just for fun? I’m building my own damn comedy monument, too. Because Mount Rushmore? That name came from some random lawyer who claimed it just because it didn’t already have a name. So here’s Mount Reignbow:
✍🏾Dave Chappelle
✍🏾Martin Lawrence
✍🏾Kat Williams / Kevin Hart (a split spot—opposite sides of the same short coin)
✍🏾Jess Hilarious
My mountain, my rules.
Safe Love & Breaking the Rules
One of the most unexpected—and beautiful—parts of the interview was Jess talking about her man. From the jump, it was clear: this wasn’t a “cute story.” It was alignment. They hit it off the first night. No waiting games. No pretending. And now? They’re engaged. Because, in her words, “When you know, you don’t have to wait.”
She didn’t follow the “rules,” and you can feel the peace on her when she talks about him. The light. The freedom. It wasn’t a performance. It was a vibration.
What stuck out most was that he wasn’t trying to date Jess Hilarious. He wanted to know Jessica Moore. And that… that made me pause.
Because I felt giddy watching that part. Not jealous. Not skeptical. Just… joy. Sympathetic joy. A few years ago, I might’ve skipped over that part, felt a little bitter about being “behind.” But healing has a way of expanding your heart. And when you’re healing for real, you stop keeping score and start keeping space.
Jess’s love story gave me hope without ever trying to. It reminded me that when you lead with truth, when you drop the games and the walls, what you attract feels different. It feels like home.
Wealth, Worth & the Wisdom of Slowing Down
There was a point where Jess talked about a recent health scare that forced her to slow down and cancel shows. She admitted she panicked—thinking about all the money she’d be losing. But her fiancé reminded her of something simple and sacred: you’re more important than any bag.
Whew.
That moment was real. It echoed messages I’ve been receiving in my own life—messages about pacing, about presence, about not killing myself to chase a dollar. Money will come and go. But this body? This spirit? This life? That’s the real currency.
And then she said something that made my inner voice high-five itself:
“If you let someone pay you ‘x,’ that’s all you’ll be worth to them. And word travels.”
That. Right. There.
Jess doesn’t just ask for her worth—she demands it. Even if she doesn’t always get it, she sets the tone. And that tone creates ripple effects.
As I prep for my next season, that reminder hit hard. I’m learning those same lessons now, before the manifestations even hit full stride—and I’m grateful for it. Because the best time to build my integrity is before the money shows up.
Attention Alchemy & Heyoka Medicine
If there was a phrase-of-the-day for this interview, it was “I AM REFORMED.” Jess dropped it like a punchline, an affirmation and a prayer, turning public stumbles into power plays. From Love & Hip Hop chaos to being a reformed thief to Offset popping off—her response was the same: I am reformed. And every time she said it, I felt it in my chest.
That’s not just humor. That’s Heyoka medicine.
Whether she knows it or not, Jess moves like a mirror. She reflects people’s projections back to them—shadows and all—and stays unbothered in the process. That energy? It’s rare. It’s sacred. And it taught me something I’ve been sitting with for a while: there’s no such thing as undesired attention.
All attention is energy. “Negative” attention is just energy that hasn’t found its resonance with truth yet. And when you’re in alignment, you don’t absorb it—you filter it. You receive what’s for you and reflect the rest back to sender, gently (or not-so-gently) showing them the parts of themselves they can’t yet see. That’s transmutation. That’s Authentic Power.
Freedom to Be Everything
One of the most liberating things about Jess is that she refuses to be boxed in. She’s done TV, stand-up, radio, reality shows, internet drama, spiritual practice—and she does it all without ever losing herself.
No niche. No narrow lane. No curated persona.
Just Jess.
Watching her talk about her psychedelic (spiritual) experiences, her business ventures, her love life, her children, her inappropriate jokes—it was like getting permission to just… be. To explore every part of myself. To not rush into defining my expression just to make it more digestible. Jess reminded me that freedom isn’t just about what you say no to—it’s about what you say yes to. And I’m in a season of saying yes to all of it.
Reignbow’s Reflections: More Light, Please
By the end of the interview, I realized this wasn’t just damn near three hours of laughter and life lessons. It was a map. A blueprint. A bright ass breadcrumb trail reminding me that I’m on the right path.
Jess didn’t arrive where she is by being the best or the most polished. She got here by being real. By being authentic. By being Jessica Moore, in every room, at every stage. And that’s what made her magnetic.
And me? I’m learning how to let that be enough. How to trust that my own authenticity, even in its rawness, is its own kind of brilliance.
This wasn’t just about Jess. This was about me too. About healing. About reformation. About laughing at the chaos and building legacy from the rubble.
So yeah—I pressed play on an interview. But what I really received was a transmission.
And this is me carrying that light forward.