From Tyler Perry's Wardrobe Stylist to Actress & Soccer Team Owner: Crystal Renee Hayslett

Girl CEO

GIRL CEO Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Education, Self-improvement

4.6 • 896 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

If you're building your brand in entertainment, this conversation will change everything you think you know about "overnight success."

Crystal Renee Haslet gets brutally honest about her 10-year journey from struggling in Atlanta to starring in Tyler Perry shows and owning a professional women's soccer team. This isn't your typical "follow your dreams" story - it's the real, messy truth about what it actually takes.

The raw truth she shares:

💔 Why her first year in Atlanta was financially devastating

🎬 How she auditioned during lunch breaks while working in wardrobe

💳 The exact moment Tyler Perry handed her his black card (and why)

⚽ How being kind to a club bouncer led to sports team ownership

🙏 Her honest struggle with faith vs. fame in the entertainment industry

📱 Why she refuses to edit her content for clickbait

💼 The hair line launch that's about to change everything

For aspiring actresses, singers, and content creators:

Why being "adjacent" to your dream is the secret strategy

How to serve your way to the top (even when it's thankless)

The mindset shift that took her from employee to owner

Why your "waiting season" is actually your preparation season

Crystal's transparency about depression, loneliness, and the real cost of chasing your dreams will hit different. Plus, she reveals what she's really looking for in a husband and why she's done compromising her values for opportunities.

This is for you if:

✨ You're in your own journey and need encouragement

🎭 You're building in entertainment and need a real strategy

🙏 You're trying to balance faith with ambition

💪 You want to see what authentic success actually looks like

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0:00.0	Y'all, today's episode is about walking in faith, owning your purpose, and trusting God's
0:08.1	timing. My guess is the definition of all of that, from small town Tennessee to Hollywood
0:15.6	screens and now owning a professional women's soccer team.
0:28.2	Baby, she is an actress and host, a producer, and an entrepreneur. She is proof that purpose cannot be boxing.
0:34.0	Are y'all ready?
0:35.4	Please welcome the beautiful, the multi-talented the one and only crystal
0:43.3	Renee hazelet hey hello my darling what an introduction thank you welcome to the girl CO show
0:51.0	thank you so much i'm happy to be here i I love your space. It's so cozy in here.
0:55.9	Yes. And thanks for having me. Let me just start with saying I'm so proud of you. I've watched
1:02.4	her journey and your evolution. And I just want to say, girl, God is such a gentleman. He has been
1:07.8	opening so many doors for you. And I love it. Thank you so much. Thank you. He has been opening so many doors for you and I love it. Thank you so much.
1:12.0	Thank you. He has. You come from small town, Tennessee, Martin, Tennessee. That is like so far away.
1:24.2	Yes. From Hollywood and all of the things that you have going on now. How has that transition
1:31.7	and that journey been coming from small town Martin, Tennessee? It has been so transformative.
1:39.6	I remember dreaming of the life that I live now as a little girl. And I always say that because Martin was a small town, it afforded me the opportunity to dream as much as I wanted without all the distraction that you have in a big city.
1:55.0	It didn't offer a lot, but it offered the characteristics that I still care of me today, integrity, loyalty,
2:02.6	hardworking, you know, get up and go get it, nobody's going to give it to you.
2:07.9	You know, there's so many things in family, the foundation of who I really am rooted in Martin.
2:13.6	So I take that with me, but it's, it was a big jump going from Martin, Tennessee to D.C.
2:19.2	You know, that's where we are right now.
2:21.2	I love D.C.
2:21.9	And I attribute a lot of who I am to D.C.
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