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Before she was a leading lady,Tiffany Haddishstruggled to make ends meet and lived out of her car for a time, crashing weddings for the freebies.
Now, she’s gearing up for season 2 ofThe Afterparty, which is set around a wedding, and reflecting on some of the nuptials she’s attended over the years.
“I’ve crashed weddings before, given a speech and didn’t know anybody there,” Haddish, 43, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “That’s when I was homeless and hungry.”
For Haddish,who struggled for yearsto make it in show business, weddings were a source of free meals and drinks. The comedienne’s go-to venue was a hotel down the street in Los Angeles’ Westchester neighborhood, which often hosted wedding ceremonies.
“I would have two or three drinks, and then I would grab the microphone and be like, ‘I just want to say that you are the most beautiful couple,’” she recalls. “Everybody would be looking at me like, ‘Who is this Black girl at our wedding?’”
It’s safe to say Haddish no longer needs to crash weddings — unless she wants to.
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Offscreen, the actress says she bonded with many of the show’s cast, which now includesJohn Cho,Ken Jeong, Poppy Liu,Elizabeth Perkins,Jack WhitehallandZach Woods.
“With Elizabeth, we’re always texting each other with crazy stuff,” she says of theBigactress.
With worldwide recognition and famous friends like Perkins, it would be easy for Haddish to let success get to her head. But the actress, who also appears as a medium in the upcoming spooky comedyHaunted Mansion, makes an effort to stay grounded and remember her humble beginnings.
“I try my best not to hold onto to too many emotions because I feel like when you hold onto all those emotions, they make you crazy and then you get delusional,” she says. “Sleep is the key. And don’t be afraid to go out in nature. Take your shoes off and walk in some grass.”
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