Tiffany Haddish Asked Marlon Wayans Why His Family Never Cast Her In Their Movies Despite Auditioning: “You Was Always On 10”
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While looking for her big break, Haddish was one of many Black women comedians who auditioned for Saturday Night Live after the controversy over long-time cast member Keenan Thompson saying the Black women who often tried out weren’t funny. She felt it was a waste of time.
“I feel like, personally, if you already know in your mind you’ve been following somebody for two or three years, and you’re trying to get them to be on your thing, then you get that person. Don’t have 50, 70, 800 Black women come and audition for something you know you don’t want to hire any of them for,” she said. “Now you’re wasting my gas money and my time. I could have been creating my own stuff!”
LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 01: (L-R) Actress/television host Jenny McCarthy, comedians Justine Marino, Tiffany Haddish and Lynne Koplitz arrive at the Body English nightclub inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to to attend the “Dirty, Sexy, Funny” after party on December 1, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
