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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Haddish would first really start making waves after being cast on the short-lived NBC sitcom, The Carmichael Show. She played the role of Nekeisha for three seasons. She almost didn’t get the role, but after some intense persuasion of star Jerrod Carmichael, and the women they initially had in mind for the part falling through, Haddish was able to get in where she fit in.
I saw Jerrod at the Comedy Club, and I walked up to him, and I was like: “Jerrod, I’m so happy for you, congratulations on the special, congratulations on the pilot, man. This is a tremendous thing you’re doing. But you know what? It’s real messed up how you didn’t ask me to come and audition or nothing. That’s real disrespectful. Why you saying you respect my comedy? Why you saying you love what I do and all that? You didn’t even invite me to audition. You telling everybody I’m talented, but you don’t give a fuck about me. You don’t give a fuck about me. But you know what? If you need help with anything just let me know. You need somebody to run lines with you. To be a PA, a stand-in, anything. I’m here to help. I’m here to be of service.” And he was like, “Okay.” Lil Rel called me two days later like, “Yo, Jerrod told me you cussed him out.” I was like, “I didn’t cuss him out, I just let him know that I didn’t like that he didn’t invite me to come in.” And then two weeks later he called me and asked me if I would come in and do the table read with him because the girl they hired was doing a play, and then I was like, “Oh, they letting me in the door. That’s it. I’m about to put my whole foot in it.”
PASADENA, CA – JANUARY 13: Tiffany Haddish attends the Winter TCA Tour – NBCUniversal Press Tour at the Langham Huntington Hotel on January 13, 2016 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by JB Lacroix/WireImage)
