Tiffany Haddish Asks Usher’s Permission Before Making Herpes Jokes

Unlike other comedians who got into controversies over their jokes, the ‘Girls Trip’ star claims that you can’t expect you can just say ‘horrible things about somebody and think they’re not going to slap the s**t out of you.’

AceShowbiz –Tiffany Haddish is playing safe when it comes to making jokes. Unlike other comedians who got into controversies over their jokes, the “Girls Trip” star shared in a new interview that she reached out to Usher before she made jokes about herpes.

Speaking with Cosmopolitan for its Travel Issue, Tiffany claimed she always asks for permission to make jokes at the expense of celebrities. “I never thought you could just say horrible things about somebody and think they’re not going to slap the s**t out of you, and I think that’s because I grew up in foster care,” the comedian/actress shared.

“I check and verify with people. If I can’t say it to your face, I shouldn’t be able to say it,” she continued. “Period. That’s how I draw the line.”

The ex-girlfriend of Common also said that the rule applied when she made jokes about the singer having herpes. “I got this joke, ‘I curse you out with joy. I hope that you spread it. I hope you spread it like Usher spreads herpes.’ I have said that in front of Usher,” she revealed.

“Usher said, ‘Your a** is crazy.’ I said, ‘Yeah, well, there’s a rumor out there saying you got herpes. I don’t know if you do or don’t, but that s**t is funny,’ ” she recalled her conversation with the musician, who was accused of exposing multiple individuals to the herpes virus without their knowledge or consent. “He’s like, ‘Yeah, it is.’ “

Should the “Yeah!” singer responded differently, Tiffany explained, “If he had said, ‘Tiff, don’t say that no more. I don’t like it. I’m not comfortable with you saying that,’ I would stop saying it.”

Back in 2017, Usher made headlines after several women came forward with allegations that the singer gave them the sexually transmitted disease. They sued him for it with one case reportedly being settled outside the court. The other cases, meanwhile, were dismissed. Despite that, the news generated memes and jokes about Usher and herpes.

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