Conservative Media has often been dubbed “Hollywood for ugly people.” For many who seek to be famous simply shift into politics and bring their performative attributes with them. The same is often true of Christian media, where instead of it being Hollywood, content creators will often milk their conversions for content. Rather than exemplifying virtuous living, this often rewards those who previously lived licentiously and then repented. Nala Ray went from OnlyFans to doing Christian content, while Brittni De Le Mora does the same with a questionable outreach ministry that caters specifically to the porn industry.
Another example is Girls Gone Bible (GGB), hosted by Angela Halili and Arielle Reitsma. Reitsma and Halili are former (failed) models and actresses who transitioned from worldly LA living to Christian podcasting. The name Girls Gone Bible harkens to the old porn tapes of Girls Gone Wild which is perceived as an ill-advised innuendo or a callback to their previous lives (let the reader decide). They have built up 838K subscribers on YouTube doing long-form content on anxiety, dating, and Christian living while also interviewing figures like Bryce Crawford. Reitsma and Halili have expanded beyond Christian podcasting and have even been featured at TPUSA Faith’s events.
Much of their content is an ongoing bible study performed by two ditzy women, neither of whom has biblical scholarship on their resume. Their recent episode, Why You’re Not Seeing Transformation in Your Life, featured a viral clip of them sexualizing the Apostles. This comes after fifteen minutes of brainrotting vapidity.
Halili: Hey, can I ask you a question? If you were to date John, Matthew, Mark, or Luke. Who would you date?
Reitsma: I would date John. John the Baptist.
Halili: Oh, I meant the beloved. But you like the Baptist.
After Halili repeats the question, Reitsma answers, “I mean, I wish I could be with Paul, but he remains single, so that’s not an option.” Apart from Peter, there is little reference to whether the other apostles or authors like Mark and Matthew had wives. There is a lot to be unpacked from the Catholic sphere of women sexualizing the celibate priests which perhaps is the same dynamic in her choice of Paul.
Reitsma: I probably would be with James just cause he seems so rational and kind and I feel like he’s super cute, too.
Halili: he was cute on The Chosen.
Halili proceeds to say she would choose Peter because, “Me and Peter would get into so much trouble together. Two fools.” After saying she would go fishing with him, she then said that “We’d probably have a little bit of like a toxic relationship.” After this, they proceed into their study of the end of James 1.
The sexualization of the Apostles is irreverent towards the Scriptures and is wholly inappropriate for Christian content, whether a podcast or a sermon. That her choice of James was partially influenced by the depiction on The Chosen further illustrates the problem with such “biblical” portrayals warping how viewers perceive the Scriptures.
On a previous podcast about dating, one of them said that she could “just know” from looking at a photo of a guy. This corresponds to the red-pill talking point that women will equate character with looks. A “good-looking” man will be perceived as having good character, while an average or below-average man will be perceived otherwise. With Bryce Crawford, one of them bragged about a dating experience with a guy who asked for “feedback” as she friendzoned him, which sadly Crawford affirmed the effeminate behavior while lamenting the feminization of men (no self-respecting man with confidence asks for feedback). When it comes to dating, apart from practicing abstinence, they are just as worldly when it comes to selection, which is a larger problem when it comes to forming relationships within the church. The only difference is that they just slap a few bible verses with a new coat of makeup.
Background Lore
GGB started in spring of 2023. In 2025, controversy arose for GGB surrounding their prior employment as escorts in LA, with a video circulating from a former associate of theirs depicting Halili seemingly intoxicated with a bunch of other women wearing a dress she also wore on the podcast.
In the video, she references the “religious podcast” which would be Girls Gone Bible, as being the reason why she would not engage in the most licentious behavior happening in that room. According to Salon, who interviewed the former friend Nicole Aldrete, they were just “poker girls” not escorts:
Nicole Aldrete, who shared numerous text messages, photos and videos to Salon to establish her former friendship with Halili, suggests that the narrative behind “Girls Gone Bible” is largely untrue. Aldrete is a former “poker girl,” the term used to describe young women — often unemployed or underemployed actresses — who work at underground poker games in Los Angeles, sometimes frequented by wealthy and influential men in Hollywood and related businesses.
The article does mention that while the industry is “legal,” the women in it will engage in “sugar relationships” exchanging sex for money. Whether one truly cares to distinguish between escort services and poker girls is irrelevant, but that was the least of their activities, which they did somewhat admit publicly during a podcast. However, the timeline indicates that they were engaged in these services after the creation of Girls Gone Bible.
Currently, they are promoting their book Out of the Wilderness: 31 Devotions to Walk with God Through Your Hardest Seasons which will coincide with a tour.
Conclusion
Overall, the prominence of Girls Gone Bible speaks to a broader problem in the Church and with feminism in general. The previous generations had their Aimee Byrds and Beth Moore’s, but the current thing is female social media influencers, most of which are identical to the world or just lighter versions of feminism, like Allie Beth Stuckey or Lila Rose. Neither they nor the GGB girls have anything useful when it comes to life advice or helping women find husbands. They are the blind leading the blind. The women who gain influence often have sordid pasts, which detracts from women who conducted themselves properly according to Scripture. This reward for previous licentiousness creates opportunity for grifters while disincentivizing good behavior. What society celebrates, it will get more of, and evangelicalism gives far greater preference to conversions than faithful obedience.
Girls Gone Bible is the Call Her Daddy with bible verses. Instead of selling promiscuity, they sell worldly repentance that demands little. They have a veneer of shallow Christianity that should be developed with time rather than platformed with a microphone. They should practice faith, not make it a career.
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