Tiffany Haddish is Cosmopolitan’s Travel Issue Cover Star

A BIG congratulations goes out to the ultra-talented superstar Tiffany Haddish for getting the cover of the new Cosmopolitan travel issue!!! Five years since her breakout performance in Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish is at the top of her game. Between writing multiple books, playing a role in literally every major movie of the summer, filming an Apple TV+ series, and scheming about her next projects, the star finds a little peace—and a hot stranger—while on an early-morning hike with journalist Sylvia Obell for Cosmopolitan’s Issue 5: The Travel Issue. While taking in the sweeping views of Los Angeles, Tiffany opens up about setting boundaries, the privilege of being able to travel, “queendom-building” and more. Plus, in a most hilarious episode of Cosmopolitan’s “Expensive Taste Test”, Tiffany compares hemp gummies, demim jackets, chocolate, jewelry and more.

Cosmo’s Issue 5: The Travel Issue hits newsstands nationwide on August 23.

Here are some highlights from the cover story

On setting boundaries between work and self-care:

“I love and hate telling people no. I love it because it’s for me—I have to take care of Tiffany. I hate it because nine times out of ten, whoever’s asking me is somebody I probably really like and care about. If a friend wants me to do a show or something like that, I have to be honest and say, ‘I can’t do it. I gotta get up early in the morning and the reason I gotta get up so early is because I need to go for a walk.’ So you just got to be selfish in a way, and I hate that feeling of being selfish, but I love the results.”

On turning down a $10 million offer:

“I’ve turned down, sh*t, I’ve turned down $10 million just to do a post because it didn’t represent my brand. I turned down $10 million because my soul is worth more than that to me. My spirit, my integrity, how I want to be able to look at myself in the mirror every day…I’d rather be flat broke than get money to do something that makes me feel like sh*t.”

On selecting the projects she wants to pursue:

“At first with acting roles, I used to just be like, what seems like fun? Now it’s, what seems like fun and what resonates with my soul? Then I ask, who else is working on it? Will it be my friends? What I’ve noticed lately, though, is that casting has been coming to me first. So I’ve learned how to fight better too. Because it’s a battle getting the people that you want, because everybody still looks at you as talent, when they fail to realize I’ve produced things, got nominated for awards, won trophies…I kind of know what I’m doing. Give me an opportunity to make you richer, sir. I might not know how to keep a man, but I know how to make some money.”

On her dating advice:

“Put on something cute but not too fancy. Be ready for if you go dancing, some shoes that are cute but comfy. I don’t want to be complaining. I’ll wait until date three or four to be that date. I’ll do something uncomfortable and see how he handles my discomfort because you need to know that before you lay down with a man, unless he’s going to be the jump-off. I’m hoping someone will earn their way into my bed soon.”

On how she manages to keep her joy when nothing feels funny:

“I know that it’s going to be okay—whatever it is, it’s going to be okay. But I also know this: If they pass that law where they control our uteruses*, I’m going to start getting into politics and I’m going to write a bill that makes it illegal for men to masturbate. Because every time you masturbate, sir, you ejaculate, sir, you’re killing somebody. That’s my opinion on that. But as far as joy, you gotta protect it. It’s not even just about protection. You got to manifest it. I also watch YouTube videos of babies laughing. That changes my whole vibe.”
[*SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade shortly after this interview took place.]

On Black women being often praised for being “resilient” and “strong”:

“This is the part I hate, and I don’t know if my phone has been listening to me or what, but I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about it on social media. I am not just a strong, Black woman. I am a woman. I need to be nurtured. I need to be protected. I need to be soft.”

On traveling, escapism and the leisure of it all:

“I want to retire and buy a ranch in Wyoming. I will probably be traveling until the day I die, just going between all the properties in my queendom.”

Photo credit: Josefina Santos for Cosmopolitan

Courtesy of Cosmopolitan

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