Tiffany Haddish recalls bombing New Year's Eve gig after partying through the previous night: 'I drank more than I've ever drank in my entire life'
Tiffany Haddish revealed that she bombed her New Year's Eve stand-up gig in Miami because she got a little too into the holiday spirit.
The night before the show, some friends in the city persuaded her to go out, though she said: 'Ah, no, I'd rather go to sleep. I got a big show tomorrow.'
Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the 39-year-old comedian said her friends won her over by pointing out: 'You need to celebrate all your successes!'
Looking back: Tiffany Haddish revealed that she bombed her New Year's Eve stand-up gig in Miami because she got a little too into the holiday spirit
She dished that her pals said: 'Come on, Tiff, you won a Emmy, you got a movie that made over $100 million. You need to celebrate!'
The Los Angeles native added: 'And you know how you have that one friend that can make you do things that you don't necessarily wanna do?'
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This friend of hers finally nudged her off the fence by saying: 'There's gonna be a lot of sexy guys there!' to which Tiffany replied: 'Well, let's get outta here! Let's go!'
The Girls Trip superstar shared with Jimmy: 'And I danced all night. I drank more than I've ever drank in my entire life. My kidneys fell out.'
'I got a big show tomorrow': The night before the show, some friends in the city persuaded her to go out, though she said: 'Ah, no, I'd rather go to sleep'
Influenced: Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! , the 39-year-old comedian said her friends won her over by pointing out: 'You need to celebrate all your successes!'
'You need to celebrate!': She dished that her pals said: 'Come on, Tiff, you won a Emmy, you got a movie that made over $100 million'
She added: 'I'm pretty sure my Uber rating dropped a little low, 'cause I pooped on myself a little bit in the Uber. It was bad! It was bad.'
Come the next morning: 'Oh, well, I woke up. I thought I was dead. I definitely woke up dead. I was hurting really bad and they were like: "Come in, Tiff, you gotta make a video to let everybody know where you gonna be."'
Tiffany said pointedly: 'And if you saw this video on my Instagram page, you know that that was not gonna be a good show! If you had any common sense, you know: "She not ready. She was not ready. She was not ready!"'
She recalled that 'I didn't know where I was performing there. I couldn't remember the name of the venue. The wind was blowing in my face. I couldn't open my eyes.'
Susceptible: The Los Angeles native added: 'And you know how you have that one friend that can make you do things that you don't necessarily wanna do?'
Last straw: This friend of hers finally nudged her off the fence by saying: 'There's gonna be a lot of sexy guys there!' to which Tiffany replied: 'Well, let's get outta here! Let's go!'
'It was bad!': She added: 'I'm pretty sure my Uber rating dropped a little low, 'cause I pooped on myself a little bit in the Uber'
Tiffany went on: 'My hair - the wind was blowing through my partial weave and two tracks were flying in the back. It was bad! It was drool on the side of my mouth.'
Even a nap did not get her into fighting shape, and once she got to the venue 'it was like they was getting me ready for my funeral.'
She demonstrated that 'when they was doing my makeup,' she was lying back with her hands folded over her chest as though she were lying dead in her coffin.
'And I go out onstage, I'm like: "Hey everybody!" And all these cellphone camera lights came up. And I looked out, and people was cheering and I was looking at everybody and I saw the lights, and my soul just left my body.'
Trying to make it work: The next day, even a nap did not get her into fighting shape, and once she got to the venue 'it was like they was getting me ready for my funeral'
What a moment: While onstage 'I looked out, and people was cheering and I was looking at everybody and I saw the lights, and my soul just left my body'
Tiffany quipped that 'I don't know if you know this about Miami, but that's where the Devil is, and he was trying to snatch my soul out my body that day.'
The If Loving You Is Wrong star said Satan 'got it for about a hot hour and I went and got her back. In the name of Jesus, I had to get my soul back!'
She shared that at her next Miami date, 'anyone who has a ticket from New Year's Eve from that night, they can get in for free if they present the ticket, and if they don't have the ticket, they can pay - it's gonna be like $20. And then all the money that we do get from that show, I'm gonna donate to the Department of Children Services.'
Lots of laughs: Tiffany quipped that 'I don't know if you know this about Miami, but that's where the Devil is, and he was trying to snatch my soul out my body that day'
Success: The If Loving You Is Wrong star said Satan 'got it for about a hot hour and I went and got her back,' adding: 'In the name of Jesus, I had to get my soul back!'
