The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish

But I’m grateful that Tiffany Haddish wrote a brave and honest book about her life. So, I hate saying that “The Last Black Unicorn” was a great book because some stories were shocking. If you read the chapter where it all falls apart, your heart will break. She felt the duties and obligations of being a wife. There are a lot of reasons smart and talented people don’t leave abusive relationships. Why do women stay with people who abuse them? Why don’t they walk away? Why don’t they leave before these men get so violent? Tells her she needs to be a wife, first, and then a comedian. Then her husband moves her away from her friends and colleagues and limits her social interactions. Ultimately, he puts limits on who she can talk to and has her followed by his friends. He’s always monitoring her social media accounts. He watches her, videotapes her without consent, and checks her phone. Tiffany had a string of relationships where men treated her like property.įor example, she married an ex-cop. As a young woman, men treated her like dirt. When she’s a child, she was molested and beaten. Tiffany has hilarious stories about her rise to fame, but many of her stories are also about domestic violence and assault.

(Read the chapter on Roscoe and tell me what you think.) Instead, was kind to her colleagues and friends. Tiffany could have been bitter or angry about life, or she could have acted like a jerk at work.

Raised Jehovah’s Witness, she felt a responsibility to heal her family’s wounds. While working and performing and sometimes living out of her car, Tiffany tried to take care of her parents and grandparents, too.

She eventually found a good job at an airline. She was a high school mascot and worked the Bar Mitzvah circuit in Los Angeles. When she wasn’t performing on stage, Tiffany always had a job. She fought hard to attend comedy class and learned how to tell jokes. Powerful people with authority failed to protect her, and she couldn’t read above a second-grade level until she was in high school.īut Tiffany was resilient and determined to make a better life for herself. Her early years are full of abuse and neglect. “The Last Black Unicorn” chronicles Tiffany’s life, which begins in poverty and foster care. The Last Black Unicorn is an Origin Story Lots of strong performances from amazing actors like Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah, but Tiffany Haddish is the star of the movie. “Girls Trip” destroyed box office expectations and earned $140,073,354 worldwide. She’s a comedian who starred in Girls Trip, a hilarious movie I watched in an aisle seat in the bulkhead row on a first-class flight from Raleigh to Los Angeles.Īs people congregated in the aisle and waited for the toilet in the forward cabin - which is against FAA rules - they looked over my shoulder and watched me laugh at nasty scenes. I finished a book called “The Last Black Unicorn” by Tiffany Haddish.

The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish