Last New Year’s Eve, Tiffany Haddish headlined the “bombings” during a standup show in Miami. At that moment, she tweeted an answer acknowledging that it happened and that he “prayed there” and felt that it would not happen again. Now, almost a year later, Haddish has used his new Netflix special, “Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah,” to delve into what failed in Miami, Florida.
“I don’t know if you’ve ever been to Miami, but this is where the devil is,” Haddish said on stage. “I did not know; I found out.”
He shared that he landed in the city of Florida around 10pm on December 30, the night before his show, and had many friends in town because everyone wanted to be on his show. “Does anyone have this friend, a friend who can motivate you to do it, you don’t have any damn business?” Haddish said. “Have you ever seen this movie‘ Pinocchio ’? Pinocchio tried to go to school; he was trying to be a good guy. And then his friend showed up … and then they turned into donkeys and turned into sacks. This is what happened to me! ”
Haddish said she had a friend who called her to lure her out, partly to celebrate the big year she had just had, which included – Haddish reminded the crowd – becoming the first African-American comedian to not she only hosted “Saturday Night Live,” but also won an Emmy guest comedy for this host stage, in addition to writing a book and being nominated for a Grammy for “reading aloud” (also known as the audiobook) after struggling with literacy during his son and teenage years.
Haddish admitted that he was “out there partying his ass, dancing, drinking, drinking more than I had ever drunk in my entire life. I drank everything; everything someone gave me, I was drinking.” been “so wrapped up that my kidneys failed” and “I was pretty sure I peed on the Uber.”
Although he returned to his hotel to sleep before his performance, he woke up at noon to make a video to excite his audience for that New Year’s Eve show. “If you watch this video, this video will tell you it’s not going to be a good show,” he said. “I did not know where he would act. It was bad. It was another bad choice. “
He performed the famous Instagram clip for the audience, offering comments. “I wasn’t ready,” he said. “Anyone with common sense would say, ‘This program is going to be bad.'”
She also showed a photo of her team preparing her for the show, in which she posed in her blue dress while applying makeup to her face. “I can’t sit in the straight chair,” he said. “It was as if they were preparing me for my funeral. I was just dead there. “
Even until it was announced that he would take the stage, Haddish said he was not feeling well. Those around him tried to give him a talk, reminding him that he ran out of theater and “was going to do it outside the park,” but that “it hurt.”
It came out to “more than 4,000 people standing up, cheering me on, all those cell phone lights,” he recalled. “I’m looking out, and my soul is looking out, and my soul is like‘ Goodbye, bitch! “
But Haddish learned a lot from the experience, including not to let the audience of his shows bring mobiles and film pieces from his set. He also knew the level of fame he had achieved and the support he had around him. She shared that she got calls from Kevin Hart, Oprah Winfrey and Sinbad, all to check her out and make sure she was okay.
“I also had shows on New Year’s Eve, and they were both very bad,” Haddish reiterated what Sinbad told him during the chat. “But no one talked about my shows, so you know what that means, because everyone talked about you. That means you got it. You are a star. “
In “Black Mitzvah,” Haddish also reflected on some of the lessons he learned when he had to grow up while in the foster care system, explaining why his favorite method of exercise is to skip she told a story about how Drake’s father beat her and talked about how her grandmother, who has been living with her, is an act blocker.
“Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah” airs now on Netflix.