>>> OUCH, YOU BIT ME IN THE ARM.
>> HEY, HEY!
THAT'S TIFFANY HADDISH
CO-STARRING WITH KEVIN HART IN
"NIGHT SCHOOL."
THE MOVIE THAT MADE MORE THAN
$1 BILLION AT THE BOX OFFICE.
IT BEGAN IN THE SUMMER OF 2017
WITH HER BREAK-OUT ROLE IN
"GIRLS' TRIP."
AS INCLUDED IN MOVIES AND
TELEVISION AND COMMERCIALS AND A
STAND-UP COMEDY COMMERCIAL AND
HOSTING "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE."
HADDISH STARS WITH MELISSA
McCARTNEY AND ELIZABETH MOSS IN
THE KITCHEN, A GANGSTER MOVIE,
THE THREE WOMEN TOOK OVER THE
FAMILY MOB BUSINESS WHILE THEIR
HUSBANDS ARE IN PRISON.
TIFFANY AND I GOT TOGETHER THIS
WEEK IN THE REAL-LIFE KITCHEN
FOR A SUNDAY SIT-DOWN.
>> TIFFANY HADDISH KNOWS HOW TO
HANDLE HER BUSINESS ON SCREEN
AND OFF.
>> I HAVE GROWN UP AROUND THAT
TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT.
I KNOW HOW YOU HAVE TO MOVE
AROUND THOSE TYPE OF MEN AND HOW
YOU NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH
THEM IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE
SOME SORT OF POWER.
>> WHEN I FOUND OUT MELISSA WAS
ON AND ELIZABETH MOSS IS ON
OH -- THIS IS ABOUT TO BE SUPER
FUN.
>> THERE WAS A SMALL PART OF ME
LIKE WHAT IF THEY'RE LIKE DIVAS
OR SUPER HOLLYWOOD CHICKS.
I KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE.
I WILL BE LIKE HEY AND GET OFF
THEIR FACE.
>> AND GET OUT OF THERE.
YOU KNOW?
>> YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT
WITH THEM?
>> TURNS OUT THEY ARE WEIRDOS
JUST LIKE ME.
WE LAUGHED A LOT AND DID A LOT
OF ONLINE SHOPPING.
I GOT THEM TO TRY THINGS THEY
NEVER HAD BEFORE LIKE PICKLE
DIPPED IN COOL-AID.
THE 39 YEARS OLD HADDISH GREW UP
IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES,
HER CHILDHOOD WAS MARKED BY
PAIN.
TIFFANY'S FATHER LEFT THE FAMILY
WHEN SHE WAS THREE.
SHE WAS STILL A YOUNG GIRL WHEN
HER MOTHER SUFFERED BRAIN DAMAGE
IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND BECAME
ABUS
ABUSIVE.
>> I HEARD A LOT OF COMEDIANS
SAYING THEY HAD DIFFICULT
CHILDHOOD.
>> WHERE DOES THIS SHINE COME
FROM?
HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO BE FULL OF
ENERGY AND LAUGHTER AND LIFE
WHERE YOU HAD SO MUCH TROUBLE.
>> I KIND OF ESCAPE FROM THE
TROUBLE AND TO GET RID OF THE
DARKNESS, YOU GOT TO TURN ON THE
LIGHT.
I FEEL LIKE I AM THE LIGHT.
>> TIFFANY WAS 12 WHEN SHE AND
HER SIBLINGS WERE PLACED IN
FOSTER HOMES.
SHE BEGAN TO SEE HER LIGHT COULD
TAKE HER PLACES.
I STARTED WORKING AT THE ENERGY
PRODUCER IN HIGH SCHOOL.
>> SOMEBODY PAID YOU 50 BUCKS
AND GO TO THE PARTY.
>> IT STARTED OUT WHAT LOW.
BUT, YEAH, THEY WOULD PAY ME
LIKE TO COME TO A BWEDDING OR
EMCEE.
WHEN TIFFANY WAS 15, HER SOCIAL
WORKER GAVE HER A CHOICE.
>> I WAS LIKE WHICH ONE GOT
DRUGS?
YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE ON DRUGS
IF YOU GO TO THERAPY.
I WENT TO THE COMEDY CAMP.
>> I WANT TO BE A HUGE STAR NOT
PHYSICALLY BUT I WANT TO BE BIG.
>> HERE I AM TODAY, 20 SOMETHING
YEARS LATER TELLING JOKES.
>> HADDISH GRADUATED FROM CAMP
TO THE STAND UP STAGE.
THOSE EARLY YEARS OF COMEDY WERE
NOT ALWAYS FILLED WITH LAUGHS.
TIFFANY WAS HOMELESS AND LIVING
OUT OF A CAR WHEN A FELLOW
FUTURE STAR NAMED KEVIN HART
HELPED TO CHANGE HER LIFE.
>> I WOULD ALWAYS PULL UP LIKE
FIVE OR TEN MINUTES LATE SO
NOBODY CAN SEE MY CAR BECAUSE I
HAD ALL MY CLOTHES AND
EVERYTHING AND SUITCASES IN THE
CAR.
ONE DAY I PULLED UP A LITTLE
LATE AND HE WAS THERE AT THE
SAME EXACT TIME.
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?
YOU LIVE IN YOUR CAR?
YOU CAN'T BE LIVING IN YOUR CAR.
I LIVE IN BEVERLY HILLS AND
SLEEPING IN BEVERLY HILLS.
THE POLICE WAKE ME UP EVERY
MORNING, OKAY?
>> NO, HE GAVE ME 300 BUCKS TO
FIND A PLACE FOR THE WEEK AND
WRITE OUT A LIST OF GOALS AND
START ACCOMPLISHING THOSE GOALS.
I STARTED ATTACKING THOSE GOALS.
>> HADDISH BEGAN TO LAND SMALL
ROLES ON TELEVISION SHOWS LIKE
"WHO'S GOT JOKES"?
>> I GAVE HER FIVE AND "THAT'S
SO RAVEN."
IN 2013, SHE PLAYED A
REOCCURRING ROLE IN THE BET'S
SERIES STARRING KEVIN HART.
>> LOOK LIKE YOUR PHONE DIED.
>> TIFFANY'S BREAKTHROUGH CAME
TWO YEARS AGO AS DINA IN THE
2017 MOVIE "GIRLS' TRIP."
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY HI, THAT'S
ALL.
>> THAT FALL OF ANOTHER BIG
MOMENT AS HADDISH HOSTED
"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" IN A
HISTORIC PERFORMANCE THAT EARNED
HER AN AWARD.
>> TIFFANY, YOU ARE A BIG STAR
NOW, YOU ARE BALLING AND I AM
LOOKING AT MY BANK ACCOUNT,
OH-UH.
>> I MADE HISTORY.
I AM THE FIRST COMEDIAN TO HOST.
I KNEW WHOOPI GOLDBERG DID IT
BUT SHE APPEARED IN SKETCHES.
>> SHE NEVER HOSTED?
>> NOPE, THE GREAT AND THE BEST
EVER HOSTED.
I LISTED EVERY EPISODE, OH, I AM
LITERALLY ABOUT TO MAKE HISTORY.
I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE FIRST
BLACK WOMAN TO DO SOMETHING.
BOOYAH.
>> DO YOU STOP AND THINKING WOW,
THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN
INSANE?
>> I AM PRAYING AND THANKFUL,
TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING GOOD.
SOME DAYS SUCK, I AM TIRED AS
HELL RIGHT NOW BUT I LOOK GOOD.
>> SHE MAY BE HEADING OFF NEXT
TO JAPAN.
>> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU JUST
SAID.
>> I WENT TO JAPAN AND DID
COMEDY FOR THE TROOPS AND
STARTED WATCHING JAPANESE
TELEVISION, MAN, THIS IS
ENTERTAINING, ESPECIALLY SOAP
OPERAS.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY BLACK PEOPLE ON
SOAP OPERAS.
WHAT IF I AM THE FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO BE ON THE
JAPANESE SOAP OPERA.
WHEN I CAME BACK, I GOT
PAMPHLETS AND JAPANESE 101.
I STARTED PLAYING IT IN THE CAR
DURING L.A. TRAFFIC.
I AM JUST WAITING FOR A CALL.
>> WE NEED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN?
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"THE KITCHEN" IS IN THEATERS
NOW.
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INTERVIEW WITH TIFFANY HADDISH
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WASHINGTON.
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