I first met comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish (Keanu, The Carmichael Show) when we both appeared on a radio show and ever since then I’ve hoped to have her on ARIYNBF. I’d heard bits and pieces of her story and got the sense she’d had a rough upbringing but I wasn’t quite prepared for the intensity of what she’d experienced. Abusive parents, foster care, living in her car, an abusive first husband, care taking from the age of 8, and even as I write this I feel as if I’m not conveying the particulars that make her story so powerful. And yet throughout, she’s joking and positive. In addition, we talked about the importance of trusting your first mind, when she was misquoted by TMZ, auditioning for SNL, the help she received from Kevin Hart, arguing with Dane Cook, Six Flags abortions, eating rat meat, peach jello, audition makeup and so much more. We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone.
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This was a perfect Monday episode; funny, touching, and inspirational. Tiffany is awesome!! Thanks Alison for all that you do.
Agreed. Excellent episode. She was so good on @midnight as well.
Dane Cook seems insane. But to give him the benefit of the doubt maybe it is narcissism. So, when the same gag is helping him, it’s all good. Then the same exact gag, if in the weirdly wired brain, gets perceived as hurting his cause then it gets a vehement reaction. For some reason they don’t understand that when they are going to switch they need to tell people. But other people are supposed to be able to read their minds. It’s not even really that empathetic, but we don’t have language to describe their language.