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Tiffany Haddish revealed that after she received “the best award ever” in the form of 40 hand-drawn notes from foster youth after she learned she got nominated for an Emmy this year.
The actress spoke about this during her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, during which she spoke about her 2020 Emmy nomination for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded), which Haddish got for her 2019 Netflix comedy special Black Mitzvah.
“I went to the mailbox, and there were all these handwritten notes from foster youth that I’ve been talking to over quarantine,” Haddish told Fallon. “It was 40 messages — 40 little handwritten notes and cards — and they drew on them and colored them.”
THR adds that Haddish herself has a personal connection to the foster care after she and her siblings were put into the system as children. Now, she said that had been Zoom calling with the foster kids, all of whom are from different group homes. Getting the messages from the children she had been speaking with was “better than anything.”
“That was the best award ever,” Haddish said. “Like when I get down, I just open those up and read them. It’s like, that’s better than any trophy I could ever get, to be recognized by our youth, our future.” 📎 The key is : Learn how to BE HAPPY BY YOURSELF FIRST. Because a human being that is happy on his/her own will never settle to be miserable with someone else. When you find happiness on your own then you will be able to spread it and share it with someone else. ... CRITIC ALSO 🖋️ spill TEA ☕ Easy on Shade 💣
“I went to the mailbox, and there were all these handwritten notes from foster youth that I’ve been talking to over quarantine,” Haddish told Fallon. “It was 40 messages — 40 little handwritten notes and cards — and they drew on them and colored them.”
THR adds that Haddish herself has a personal connection to the foster care after she and her siblings were put into the system as children. Now, she said that had been Zoom calling with the foster kids, all of whom are from different group homes. Getting the messages from the children she had been speaking with was “better than anything.”
“That was the best award ever,” Haddish said. “Like when I get down, I just open those up and read them. It’s like, that’s better than any trophy I could ever get, to be recognized by our youth, our future.” 📎 The key is : Learn how to BE HAPPY BY YOURSELF FIRST. Because a human being that is happy on his/her own will never settle to be miserable with someone else. When you find happiness on your own then you will be able to spread it and share it with someone else. ... CRITIC ALSO 🖋️ spill TEA ☕ Easy on Shade 💣
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