Tiffany Haddish is opening up about being sexually assaulted as a teenager.
In a new cover story for Glamour magazine, the 38-year-old comedian revealed she was raped by a police cadet at 17.
via Glamour:
“That whole experience put me in such a messed-up place for a long time, and I ended up going to counseling,” she tells me, her voice breaking. She says she reported the incident at the time but still grapples with what justice would look like for her. “Me just yelling out people’s names with no thought behind it is pointless. I need a plan,” she says. “I could be a voice, but what’s a voice going to do—just keep talking? Or is there action behind it?” Until she sorts that out, the armor is staying put.
“I notice that men are afraid of women that are aggressive. So to protect myself I become semi-aggressive,” she says.
“You hear about, ‘Tiffany always hitting on somebody,’ but that’s to keep them from hitting on me.” And in 2013 she divorced William Stewart amid allegations he physically abused her. (Stewart has denied the claims.)
When I ask whether she’s actively dating, she demurs. “I don’t really have time. And I’ve had enough somebodies,” she says. “I done ran through 38 dudes, OK? Body count, yeah. Mine is 38. Write it down. Let them know. I’ve had 38 experiences.”
To read more from Tiffany’s Glamour cover story, click here.
