It’s been one swell year for funny woman and Girls Trip star, Tiffany Haddish, and we’re not mad. From bagging major gigs to being included on TIME‘s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, we’re so proud of this young woman whose wit and perseverance has gotten her to this point.
It’s such a victory to see Haddish win as her rise to the top hasn’t been easy. Her comedy career began as an escape from the tragedy she faced at the time – when her step father tampered with the brakes of her mother’s vehicle, leading to permanent brain injury. It was also reported that her step father intended for Tiffany to also be in the car, so that the accident would kill them both. Afterwards, Haddish and her half-siblings were kept in foster care in which time Haddish would find that comedy was an outlet to deal with her horrid reality. Her journey leading up to this moment has been a slow, bumpy ride but here she is, making it.
“It’s been a year of firsts for black people,” Haddish said in her opening monologue. “I’m the first black woman to host the MTV Movie and TV Awards, ‘Black Panther‘ is the first African American movie to make $1 billion, and ‘A Quiet Place‘ is the first film to scare black people out of talking in movie theaters.”
She really is an inspiration!
Watch the hilarious opening monologue from her epic presenting MTV Movie Awards gig below:
NO ONE IS SAFE FROM @TiffanyHaddish 😂❤️👏 | Tune in to #MTVAwards right now on @MTV pic.twitter.com/2ukzReW4OV
— Movie & TV Awards (@MTVAwards) June 19, 2018
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