Tiffany Haddish attends the 4th Annual Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards at The Beverly Hilton on 21 June 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Arnold Turner/Getty Images for Jason Lee/Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards)
- Tiffany Haddish shot up the trends list when she shared a video of herself in a supermarket in Zimbabwe.
- The comedian received backlash for her comments that Africa has supermarkets.
- Haddish said the media made her think the food in Zimbabwe is purchased in outdoor markets.
American actor and stand-up comedian Tiffany Haddish has been catching smoke for a clip she shared on TikTok while walking around in Zimbabwe in supermarkets.
“Hey all, I’m out here in Zimbabwe, Harare, and look at the grocery store,” she said with a surprised expression. “They have a grocery store. It’s beautiful. Look at this grocery store; it’s huge. It’s absolutely humongous in Africa, baby, yeah. Believe it, it doesn’t smell bad. They have a meat section, sodas, a lot of alcohol, and a freezer section.
“Unlike the grocery store at home, they sell dishes. They have a hardware section, too, along with appliances, stationery, sweets, toys, cookies, hygiene products, Vaseline, bubble bath, mouthwash, toothpaste, paper towels, toilet paper, dog food and cat food. Who knew they had the YOU tabloid magazine? They even have the ‘Caution: Wet Floor’ sign,” Haddish said.
Her video caused quite a stir on social media; others argued that she needed to educate herself about the continent, while others said it was all satirical.
“The media had me thinking all of your food is purchased in outdoor markets with goats and cows just hanging out to be slaughtered, with all kinds of smells and flies everywhere.”
The actor said she is an American black woman who was shown starvation in Africa through the lens of American media.
“I have heard crazy stories about how they kill each other and that there is war every day there. I asked my black friends to go with me, and they were scared. We got here and I have been filled with tears finding out the truth. The media is lying. I thought I would share because I know people in the USA believe Africans don’t have anything,” she said.
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