Comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish gave a motivational speech and fought back tears when she found out that she had won a Grammy right in the middle of a taping for her CBS show, “Kids Say the Darndest Things”.
On Sunday, Haddish, 41, made history by winning the Grammy for Best Comedy Album for her “Black Mitzvah” Netflix special, making her only the sixth woman and second Black woman to ever win the award, beating out fellow comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his “23 Hours to Kill”. On Monday morning, she shared her emotional reaction via Instagram.
Her producer drops the bombshell, right into her ear, that she’d won while she was recording.
“I just what? I just won a Grammy?” she says in shock. “Are you serious?”
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Haddish shows the young girls her earpiece to explain where she’s getting her information, as the producer reassures her that he’s telling the truth, saying, “Tell them all you just won a Grammy. Congratulations! You just won Best Comedy Album.”
“Y’all serious?” she says. “I really won? You know, a Black woman hasn’t won in that category since 1986? A Black woman hasn’t won in that category since Whoopi Goldberg.”
One of the girls responds, “Yes, I learned that in Black History Month.”
“Can I tell you why I’m crying?. It’s a lot of bumpy roads that you cross, and it’s a lot of times you feel like, ‘What? Am I doing the right thing? Is this good enough? Am I good enough? Am I strong enough to do this job?’ And you just have to believe in yourself as much as you can and against all odds, you just say, ‘You know what? I’m gonna put my best foot forward and I’m gonna give the world the best that I’ve got.'”
Haddish ends by telling the young girls that, “Anything is possible.”
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The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards held on Sunday 14th March at the LA Convention centre. Check here to see the full list of winners
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