Tiffany shines brighter than ever
A year after her breakout role in ‘Girls Trip’, the comedian is back with ‘Night School’
What’s the best thing that’s happened to Tiffany Haddish in the past year? Tough question.
The 38-year-old comedian takes a deep breath. “Meeting Oprah, getting a Tesla, hosting the MTV Movie and TV Awards, winning awards, going on trips, staying in different countries, getting an award in Canada. Going to Africa was really super awesome. Getting to meet my aunties and cousins that I hadn’t met before. Having the funds to get my mother out of a mental institution — that’s freaking amazing — and getting her the best doctors. Being able to afford to take care of my grandmother. That’s really better than everything.”
She pauses. “I could keep going because it’s been a pretty phenomenal year,” says Haddish, laughing. But she has one more to add. “Being able to see my ex-boyfriends in passing, them saying ‘Hey, I’d like to take you to dinner some time,’ and me saying, ‘I’m sorry. I’m busy.’ That’s pretty awesome too.”
A year after her breakout role in Girl’s Trip, Haddish is indeed busy. At the top of the list is the Tyler Perry written-anddirected comedy Nobody’s Fool (November 2 in the US), which pairs her with Tika Sumpter. They play sisters (with Whoopi Goldberg as their mom) who once Haddish’s character gets out of jail discover that Sumpter’s boyfriend is catfishing her.
She’s also starring alongside Kevin Hart (who for years has been a mentor to Haddish) in Night School and appears in Ike Barinholtz’s dark comedy The Oath (October 12 in the US).
Haddish is also prepping a Netflix stand-up special, attending the Emmys as a nominee for hosting Saturday Night Live (she became the first black stand-up comic to host), developing a sitcom with Danielle Sanchez-Witzel (The Carmichael Show) and readying season two of The Last OG, with Tracy Morgan. And that’s to say nothing of her litany of projects due next year.
With blistering speed, Haddish has become one of Hollywood’s most in-demand talents. Everyone from Paul Thomas Anderson to Judd Apatow (who’s interested in adapting