When Tiffany Haddish arrives to our interview, I greet her by saying, "Hi, Tiffany, how are you?" She replies, "Successful. How are you?" The answer is that I am not as successful as Haddish, 45, whose new Peacock docuseries, Tiffany Haddish Goes Off (November 13), is a Girls Trip-inspired delight that follows the comedian - who also executive produces - and three of her closest childhood friends on a monthlong trip to South Africa, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. I need not fret, though: "You woke up today, so you're winning," she reassures me. "I'm looking at that success." Haddish first won over audiences as outrageous scene stealer Dina in 2017's Girls Trip alongside Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah. And although people tend to conflate Dina and Tiffany (we've never looked at a grapefruit the same), there are many sides to this leading lady. Anyone who's read her memoirs, including the 2017 bestseller The Last Black Unicorn, clocked her awards - she's already got the first two letters of an EGOT - or followed the work of her She Ready Foundation for kids in foster care already knows that. Everyone else is about to find out. TIFFANY HADDISH SHOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR US WEEKLY AT REGENT SANTA MONICA BEACH IN THE SANTA MONICA SUITE. PHOTOGRAPHY BY BLAIR CALDWELL/EARLY MORNING RIOT; STYLING BY HEIDI MEEK/THE WALL GROUP; HAIR BY RAY CHRISTOPHER/THE WALL GROUP; MAKEUP BY HENDRA NASRIL/MASTERMIND MGMT. Haddish was in the foster care system herself and works on multiple projects that deal with food insecurity and education, including an ongoing plan to open Diaspora Groceries, an affordable market catering to BIPOC individuals, in her hometown of South Central L.A., where she still lives today. When I ask whether she thinks people know how multifaceted she is, she says, "I think they just think I'm a joke, and that's fine. I'm not doing it so everybody knows Tiffany does these nice things. I'm doing what I do because I see the necessity for relief." That's also her approach to comedy. "Laugh and get that stuff out of your body," she says. "Help heal your organs." Tiffany Haddish Teases Wedding Ceremony in a New Docuseries From Peacock Shot exclusively for Us Weekly at Regent Santa Monica Beach resort in the Santa Monica Suite, Haddish got candid with Us about her career, friendships, romantic status and endless quest for knowledge. Sparkle Clark, Selena Martin, Haddish and Shermona Long in Tiffany Haddish Goes Off David Bloomer/PEACOCK What made you want to bring your lifelong friends - sisters Shermona Long and Sparkle Clark, and Selena Martin - along for the ride on Tiffany Haddish Goes Off, as opposed to some of your newer Hollywood friends? They deserve a trip like that because they've been good friends all these years. Your friends deserve awards; like, give them some kind of a treat for being a good friend... Why would I take my newer friends? They haven't even earned it. These new people, they're all shiny and s***. Take yourself to Africa, shiny new friend. I want to go with my little rusty-dusties over here. All of us have seen each other at our worst and have picked each other up. I know I can depend on these people. I don't know about these new shiny people. One of the beautiful things about the show is cultural representation we don't always get to see, like watching you get your hair braided and seeing strong Black women in different bodies on the beach. I know. That's what we are, yeah? This is the real deal. I'm excited about that. We want our hair braided. We want to show [that] on camera. We're gonna be in some swimming suits on the beach and by the pool and all of that. Why? Because that's what's real. That's what we really do. Tiffany Haddish Confirms She's Still Ready to Carry Jason Lee's Child Something that impressed me is your willingness to show low moments, like a stand-up set in Cape Town that didn't go great, or backlash to a social media post you made about African grocery stores. Oh my God, I didn't even know that stuff was in there. I can't tell if you're pulling my leg. I had no idea. I thought I killed it in that comedy show; they were standing up and clapping for me... So they made it look like I bombed? It doesn't look like you bombed. Well, that's life. I didn't bomb, though. I didn't say bomb! You said bomb! I'm not afraid to show the weaker parts or the things that might make somebody be like, "Oh, that looks bad on you." Whatever, I'm learning. The vulnerable parts. Vulnerable is weak - that's what they say, but it's not true. It's not. The drama with the grocery store in Africa and everybody kind of attacking - did I not get everybody to talk about that? And you started to learn there's a lot of Americans out here that think the way people thought I was thinking. [In July 2024 and documented on the show, Haddish uploaded a TikTok from a grocery store in Zimbabwe to highlight perceived misconceptions about Africa. Some found it offensive; others commended it.] [Conversely] A