Tiffany Haddish Reveals That Her Sobriety Journey Has Taught Her That She’s “Too Damn Nice”

Tiffany Haddish is getting candid about her sobriety journey.

The comedian reportedly gained a significant realization while on the road to getting sober following her arrest and DUI charge several months ago. Haddish recently spoke with People magazine at the 3rd Annual Friendly House Comedy Fundraiser on Sunday, reflecting on the lessons she’s discovered about herself since embracing sobriety.

“I’ve learned that I’ve been too damn nice. I’ve been way too nice over the years,” Haddish said. “I think people think… Because when you drink, there’s no filter. But when I drank, there was a filter, okay? Because I would think really mean things, and want to say really mean things, but I just told myself not to say them. Now I say the sh*t.”

She continued, “Now I say it. If I think it, I say it. That filter is gone.,’ ‘Oh, don’t say nothing because you got alcohol in you and you might say something mean.’ Now I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m sober, and this is what I really feel, so I’m going to say it.’ Because it needs to be said.”

In March, Haddish disclosed that she had been sober for over two months. Additionally, in January 2022, she was arrested on suspicion of DUI and detained in Georgia. Nevertheless, Haddish says that maintaining sobriety “wasn’t hard” for her because it wasn’t a habitual activity. In fact, Haddish added that staying away from meat was more challenging.

“I love meat. I’m addicted to that,” the comedian added. “I was like, ‘Okay, I’m going to stop eating meat.’ Because I noticed, I went for like 30 days not eating any meat, and the endometriosis wasn’t hurting as bad. It was way easier, let’s blood clots, less this, less that. But not smoking weed, not drinking alcohol, has been very easy for me. I never really had a lot of vices, and every time I was partaking in those vices, it was around the time of me not being pregnant. So, hey.”

Haddish’s newfound realization follows her appearance onstage at The Laugh Factory last December, where she referred to her arrest in Beverly Hills as “beautiful” and praised the city’s jail facilities as “nice.” This stand-up routine occurred one month after Haddish’s arrest for driving under the influence in Los Angeles.