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A30 PEOPLE & ARTS
Saturday 1 September 2018
Fall Preview: Tiffany Haddish takes Hollywood by storm

NEW YORK (AP) — What's ably best just to work to-
the best thing that's hap- gether." (One tight-lipped
pened to Tiffany Haddish in exception: She won't com-
the past year? Tough ques- ment anymore on that
tion. infamous Beyonce party
The 38-year-old come- scene: "Don't ask me who
dian takes a deep breath. bit Beyonce because I'm
"Meeting Oprah, getting not gonna snitch!" Haddish
a Tesla, hosting the MTV says, laughing.)
Movie and TV Awards, win- But, as Sumpter found out,
ning awards, going on trips, it can be quite a whirlwind
staying in different coun- joining Haddish's world.
tries, getting an award in While making "Nobody's
Canada. Going to Africa Fool," the pair crashed a
was really super awesome. prom in their hotel, danc-
Getting to meet my aunties ing in a sea of awe-struck
and cousins that I hadn't This image released by Universal Pictures shows Tiffany Haddish in a scene from "Night School," in teenagers while streaming
met before. Having the theaters nationwide on Sept. 28. it on Instagram.
funds to get my mother Associated Press "She just does what she
out of a mental institution does," says Sumpter. "Tif-
— that's freaking amaz- some too." dish) in "Night School" (Sept. production company is fany is going to be Tiffany,
ing — and getting her the A year after her breakout 28) and appear in Ike Bar- named after her personal you just let her run with it. It
best doctors. Being able to role in "Girl's Trip," Haddish inholtz's dark comedy "The slogan: She Ready. felt like real sisters. We had
afford to take care of my is indeed busy. At the top Oath" (Oct. 12). "People always say, 'Are each other's backs. She's
grandmother. That's really of the list is the Tyler Perry Haddish is also prepping you surprised?' No, I'm not very supportive. I feel like
better than everything." written-and-directed com- a Netflix stand-up special, surprised. I manifested this," our chemistry was pretty
She pauses. "I could keep edy "Nobody's Fool" (Nov. attending the Emmys as a says Haddish. "This is part of grand."
going because it's been a 2), which pairs her with Tika nominee for hosting "Sat- my list of goals. I'm grate- Haddish acknowledges
pretty phenomenal year," Sumpter. They play sisters urday Night Live" (she be- ful I've accomplished this some things have changed
says Haddish, laughing. But (with Whoopi Goldberg as came the first black stand- much so far, but there's so for her. Now, she gets up
she has one more to add. their mom) who once Had- up comic to host), develop- much more I want to do. I every morning at 4 or 5 a.m.
"Being able to see my ex- dish's character gets out of ing a sitcom with Danielle want to build my own stu- "I work every single day. I've
boyfriends in passing, them jail discover that Sumpter's Sanchez-Witzel ("The Car- dio one day. I've got my always worked every day,
saying 'Hey, I'd like to take boyfriend is catfishing her. michael Show") and ready- little production company just not as hard," she says.
you to dinner some time,' She'll also star alongside ing season two of "The Last going and I want to create But the overwhelming inter-
and me saying, 'I'm sorry. Kevin Hart (who for years O.G.," with Tracy Morgan. things that inspire people to est in all things Haddish (she
I'm busy.' That's pretty awe- has been a mentor to Had- And that's to say nothing be their best selves." also signed a first-look deal
of her litany of projects due Yet as much as Haddish has with HBO earlier this year)
next year. been accomplishing, some has also been exhausting.
With blistering speed, Had- objectives have remained "I turn down things every
dish has become one of elusive. "Still trying to get day," she says.
Hollywood's most in-de- pregnant by Leonardo Di- How does it feel to be so
mand talents. Everyone Caprio," she says. "He's not loved? "It feels just like when
from Paul Thomas Ander- giving me the time of day I was in high school and I
son to Judd Apatow (who's right now but he'll come was a mascot. I was the
interested in adapting around." most popular girl in school
Haddish's memoir, "The Last Haddish's telling of her en- because I was the goofiest
Black Unicorn") wants to counter with DiCaprio is ex- girl in school," says Haddish.
work with her. And this fall, actly what has made her "It feels just like high school
she'll be everywhere. It's the so beloved: She's radically but amplified."
culmination of Haddish's in- unfiltered and unapologet- But at a time when come-
spiring rise from a difficult ically herself. If she wants dy has struggled mightily at
upbringing to the highest to wear an Alexander Mc- the box office, Haddish has
reaches of show business. Queen red-carpet dress proven the great excep-
Haddish has said she was over and over again, she tion. She hopes to keep go-
abused a child before en- will. And if she has a good ing right until her studio and
tering foster care, and later story about meeting a ce- self-help center sits on the
was briefly homeless while lebrity, she'll tell it. Of her corner of two streets: Tiffany
trying to make it as a stand- DiCaprio-like flirtation with and Haddish. She will make
up in Los Angeles. But her Michael B. Jordan, Haddish it happen, she insists. "And
confidence in her future says that at the Met Gala I will be changing people's
never wavered; Haddish's the two decided "it's prob- lives for the better."q