Tiffany Haddish Talks DUI Arrest and ‘Beautiful’ Beverly Hills Jail

Tiffany Haddish is opening up about her arrest for driving beneath the affect in November 2023 — and her “fancy” expertise in a Beverly Hills jail.

The Women Journey star was arrested for a DUI — her second in two years — in Los Angeles on November 24 after allegedly falling asleep behind the wheel of her car. She was charged with two misdemeanors however accepted a plea deal in February which resulted within the costs being dropped. Haddish pleaded no contest to a “moist reckless” cost (reckless driving involving alcohol).

Speaking about being booked after her arrest, Haddish stated on the Wednesday, June 12, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Reside: “If I ever commit a criminal offense… if I ever determine to commit one, I’m solely doing it in Beverly Hills. Most stunning police station I ever been in in my life.”

“I’ve been in some jail cells — I’ve been in jail many instances in my youth — they usually’re at all times crummy, however in Beverly Hills?” she continued. “They put me in my jail cell and I stated, ‘Ooh, that is good!’ The water from the sink? Glowing water. That they had a name button in there.”

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Haddish stated that the bathroom paper gave the impression to be fabricated from “natural rice paper,” which is “how they [are] getting funded,” including: “That is how it’s actually fancy.”

The 44-year-old comic additionally advised host Jimmy Kimmel the main points of what occurred main as much as her arrest on November 24, the day after Thanksgiving.

“I be drained, Jimmy, as a result of I do quite a bit,” she prefaced the story.

Haddish stated on the day of her arrest she awakened at 5 a.m., labored out, cooked collard greens, showered, after which “served meals to the homeless — virtually 3,000 folks — all day lengthy” on the Snicker Manufacturing facility in Los Angeles.

The Dangerous Boys: Experience or Die actress stated she then returned house to select up the collard greens and went to her aunt’s home for Thanksgiving dinner. That’s when she acquired a name from a “wealthy good friend” who requested her if she had any leftover meals as a result of that they had nothing to eat.

“Now I’ve discovered a beneficial lesson — I ought to’ve despatched it in an Uber or despatched another person to take it there,” Haddish stated. “However I wished to take it myself as a result of I felt like there was [an] alternative to speak enterprise, so I went.”

“And I did have a drink and I used to be very sleepy,” Haddish defined. “I’ve a Tesla … the way in which {that a} Tesla is ready up, in the event you get drowsy, or your eyes are closed too lengthy, or your head [is] bobbing … it is going to pull over and park the automotive in such a manner that will get you assist.”

“It saved my life,” she added.

Since her second DUI arrest, Haddish has been training each sobriety and celibacy.

“Not consuming any alcohol. By no means doing that once more until I get engaged and I can present him how loopy I get only for sooner or later,” she advised Additional in Might. “I don’t wish to do it as a result of it feels good to get up within the morning and my elbows ain’t aching, my knees ain’t burning, and the crooks of my ankles ain’t on fireplace. No irritation.”

As for celibacy, “They went collectively,” she advised Folks in April. “With alcohol [my mind] would simply be like ‘You’re sexy, let’s simply do it.’ [Now] I be like ‘Nah, nope.’”

Haddish clarified her stance on celibacy to Additional in Might, confirming that she remains to be relationship.

“I didn’t cease relationship. I’m simply not having intercourse, lady. I like a free meal,” stated the comic.