Friday, March 29, 2024

Tiffany Haddish ‘Lost A Little Bit’ of Her Soul After Rape at Age 17

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*Tiffany Haddish has opened up about the sexual assault she experienced as a teen and the impact it had on her life. 

Speaking on the “Hustling with Vivica A. Fox” podcast,  the actress recalled being raped at age 17 by a police cadet, and her attacker was never held accountable. 

“I dated a police officer, a judge, a lawyer. I dated several different kinds of dudes, thinking, ‘Oh if I date them, they’ll love me and they’ll try to help me with my crusade of getting justice for my family and myself.’ But they was like, ‘Nah.’”

Haddish said she “lost this little bit of [her] soul” when no one helped her get the justice because her rapist was someone in the police force.

“I had to learn revenge is not really where it’s at. Really the true revenge is in your success. I don’t know why I thought these police would do something to this other police officer because he took advantage of me… I wasn’t even taken advantage of, that motherf***er just took me.”

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Back in 2018, Haddish shared details of the encounter, noting that “the police cadet lied about his age when they met at a baseball game, offered her a ride home after a school dance, and tricked her into coming into his home,” per thejasminebrand.com

“So we get there and we get to his place and I see, like, handcuffs and a police uniform and I’m like, ‘What’s that? Is that like a Halloween costume or something?”

She continued “And he’s like, ‘No I’m a cadet, I’m training to be in the police force. I want to end up being a police officer.’ … Next thing I know, I’ve got one arm up in the handcuff, and he’s got me pinned down.”

Haddish goes on to say: “That whole experience put me in such a messed-up place for a long time, and I ended up going to counseling.”

She said the rape prompted her to initiate “aggressive mode” as a defense mechanism when she feels threatened by men. 

“I notice that men are afraid of women that are aggressive. So to protect myself I become semi-aggressive,” Haddish said. 

“You hear about, ‘Tiffany always hitting on somebody,’ but that’s to keep them from hitting on me,” she added. 

 Meanwhile, Haddish also explained why she turned down a role in Chris Rock’s 2014 feature “Top Five.”

“You know, when I first hit the scene, I was offered a lot of roles where they want you to expose your breasts. I remember that movie that Chris Rock did [Top Five] and it’s like he meets the two girls and they have a threesome and then Cedric [the Entertainer] gets in there and he’s supposed to “blah” all over their faces — just let that baby batter go all up in their face. And it was like, “Tiffany, they’re offering you the role.” And I was like, “I don’t want that role. I’m a stand-up comedian and I don’t let people do that in my face in real life, so why would I do it in this movie?” Like, you ought to have a little bit of respect for me, period. God made this face for a reason, and you’re not going to disrespect it.”

She continued, “I feel like sometimes my representation tries to get me to go outside my lane, and if it is against my morals — and I do have some, I know I’m a little wild, but I do have standards — then somebody might get fired. It’s like, I’m a company, I’m a brand, and if you try to go against the policy of the company, you might not need to be working here anymore. So my people, we have weekly conversations about where I’m at mentally, what I want to do. And right now, almost everything I’m doing, I’m producing.”

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