One of the things that we’ve enjoyed about Tiffany Haddish‘s career since her meteoric rise after

the film Girls Trip is that, because the meteoric rise was 20 years in the making, she has a good

perspective on where she came from. She’s generous with her time and money, and open

minded to doing and talking about things that may not jibe with the persona she became known

for from the movie eight years ago. All of that is present on her new reality series, Tiffany

Haddish Goes Off, and it makes the show go beyond the usual reality travel fare.

TIFFANY HADDISH GOES OFF: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?

Opening Shot: Tiffany Haddish tells a producer that she thought that the girls’ trip that she

went on would be full of massages and some sex. But “it was so much more than that.”

The Gist: In Tiffany Haddish Goes Off, the comedian goes on a four-week girls’ trip to four

countries in Africa. Accompanying her are three of her best “day one” friends, as she calls them:

Selena Martin, Shermona Long and Sparkle Clark (Shermona’s younger sister). These are people

who have known Tiffany for decades, well before she beca

me famous; they helped her through

her toughest times as she struggled to make it in comedy.

They’re not exactly roughing it, as they see when they get to Cape Town, South Africa. A huge

luxury house, complete with a staff and a cook, awaits them when they arrive from Los Angeles.

The day after they arrive, they get on a boat and are put in a shark cage. The crew shovels chum

into the cage to help attract sharks, to they come up to the cage (the cage hangs off the side of

the boat, so the ladies aren’t underwater).

There’s some discussion about Haddish wishing her ex-boyfriend Common and his new

girlfriend…

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