Tiffany Haddish Says Sobriety ‘Feels Good’ (Exclusive)

Tiffany Haddish chatted with “Extra’s” Terri Seymour about exposing her personal highs and lows in her very revealing new book, “I Curse You with Joy.”

Tiffany is putting it all out there in the book about everything, from sobriety to celibacy.

She told Terri of embracing her celibacy, “I didn’t stop dating. I’m just not having intercourse, girl. I love a free meal.”

Tiffany said about meeting men, "I'm looking on Bumble, that's where the scientists are!"

She also offered some dating advice after a previous failed marriage. "I always say this: Don't get married till your 30," she shared. "But if you do decide to get married sooner than that, you will learn some valuable things, valuable lessons, okay? And then get up out of that and pay attention to the red flags."

Terri also asked Tiffany about her sobriety journey, and Haddish shared, “It’s going pretty good.”

Haddish recently went through some legal trouble. Last November she was arrested on suspicion of DUI. She reportedly pled no contest to a misdemeanor and the DUI charges were dropped.

She told Terri she's, "Not drinking any alcohol. Never doing that again unless I get engaged and I can show him how crazy I get just for one day.”

The star continued, “I don’t want to do it because it feels good to wake up in the morning and my elbows ain’t aching, my knees ain’t burning, and the crooks of my ankles ain’t on fire. No inflammation.”

Discussing Tiffany’s deeply personal book, she shared how comedy has helped her.

“My comedy career definitely helped me to be vulnerable. In comedy, you have to have a certain level of vulnerability. Your mission is to tickle people’s souls right? But sometimes you gotta get them warmed up. You hit them with some hard stuff and some funny stuff. You take them on a journey.”

In the pages of “I Curse You with Joy,” Tiffany puts it all out there, including an abusive relationship with her ailing mother that eventually left her and her siblings in foster care.

Terri asked if this impacted how she loves and receives love. Tiffany said, “Probably. You know, we are still working on this through therapy. It definitely impacted the way I give love and receive love.”

Tiffany dedicates a portion of the book to her late father, recalling their short but bittersweet reunion after 20 years apart.

She reflected, "I wish I had him my whole entire childhood to learn from, but sometimes people are in your life at a certain time when they're supposed to be in there, and even though we felt they should have been there earlier and sometimes it's irritating, but in hindsight it's kinda perfect the way it panned out."

Tiffany's dad passed away in 2017, and at the next year's Oscars, she wore an Eritrean dress to honor him.

She told Terri, "I learned a lot about my heritage... about my self... about him."

She also offered, "We live... we learn... we evolve... I always try to operate in a place of love, especially when it came to my dad."

And at 25, Tiffany was homeless and living in her car. Seymour asked what she would say to her younger self.

“I would say its brighter on the other end,” Haddish said, adding, “And it is okay to ask for help. Don’t be afraid to ask for help.”