14th December 2017: Tiffany Haddish Finally Responds To Her Golden Globe Snub
Tiffany Haddish is clearly the kind of woman who will not be slowed down by a measly Golden Globe snub. The 38 year-old comedic actress, whose life has been filled with adversity, has finally received mainstream and critical acclaim from her film breakthrough role in Girls Trip.
Though many people, us and Jada Pinkett-Smith included, were not into the Golden Globe failure to nominate the hilarious star, Haddish herself has bigger fish to fry.
With her memoir, The Last Black Unicorn on the shelves, as well as plenty of new works in the pipeline, she's just too busy to trouble with such matters.
The L.A. native took to Twitter to thank everyone for being outraged for her, but told us, 'I don't know or care much about snubs because I'm not nasty like that!! But I love my girl Jada and I love all of you!'
13th December 2017: Jada Pinkett Smith Has Some Thoughts on This Year's Golden Globe Nominations
Jada Pinkett Smith just took to Twitter to share her views on this year's predictably disappointing Golden Globe nominations, and specifically the omission of her Girls Trip co-star Tiffany Haddish. Announced yesterday morning, the list drew criticism for several omissions, including Girls Trip and The Big Sick, and for excluding Jordan Peele's Get Out from several major categories including Best Director and Best Screenplay.
"I have so much to say on why Tiffany Haddish was not nominated for a Globe… but I won't" Smith began, with a zip-mouthed emoji, before changing her mind a day later. "I'm not upset about Tiffany Haddish or Girls Trip not getting a nom... I'm discouraged about the fact that the Hollywood Foreign Press wouldn't even WATCH the movie. Girls Trip was one of the most successful films this summer & Tiff was hands down the funniest person on screen in 2017 and we couldn't get eyes on the film or a press conference. How could a nom happen & how much more critical acclaim must a movie have to simply get a screening?"
Noting that Haddish has been asked to present at the Globes, despite not earning a nomination, Smith added "This isn't about shaming, this is about the need for discussion of an antiquated system. And I dare not invalidate all the many journalist and people from all walks of life who have supported this movie by defining the issue as simply... racism."
Smith called on Hollywood to "expand its concepts of race, gender equality and inclusion in regard to its perception of art across the board," before wrapping up with a devastating reference to Get Out's 'Sunken Place'. For fear of spoiling the movie's actual plot (although if you still haven't seen it, rectify that ASAP) we'll defer to Peele's own definition here: "The Sunken Place means we're marginalized. No matter how hard we scream, the system silences us."
