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Tiffany Haddish is reflecting on what she calls her “weird” breakup with Common.
Haddish, who dated the rapper for about a year before they parted ways in 2021, opened up about their relationship, and their split, in the May 8 episode of the “Making Space with Hoda Kotb” podcast.
The “Girls Trip” star, 44, said she and Common had a “great relationship” but that “it was weird how it ended.”
“How did it end?” Hoda asked the actor.
“I would just say this,” Haddish replied. “It’s like, you remember when you was a kid and you’d be on a play date, and y’all like playing, having a good time, and then all of a sudden, y’all like sliding down the slide, and then you turn around and go, ‘Where did they go? Where did they — where’d they go?’ And you see them waving at you and they mama carrying them. And they’re like, ‘Byeee.’ That’s what it was like.”
Hoda also asked Haddish whether Common makes an appearance in her new collection of essays about her life, “I Curse You With Joy.”
“There’s a lot of common men in there, but he’s not in that book,” Haddish quipped.
She also told Hoda one other thing she's learned: Not everybody needs to be a part “in your story.”
“Let them tell it,” she added.
The comedian also said it didn't bother her at all to learn about Common’s current relationship with Jennifer Hudson. Common and Hudson confirmed their romance in January after months of speculation.
“No, I love Jennifer,” Haddish said. “I hope they’re having fun. Girl, please.”
Haddish has previously said Common broke up with her after becoming withdrawn for some time.
The comedian shared her perspective of their breakup with The Washington Post in a story published in July 2023. Common said in 2021 that they came to a mutual "understanding" to part ways. They were together for just over a year.
“(It was) the healthiest, the funnest relationship I’ve ever had,” Haddish said. “It’s where I felt safest out of all the relationships I’ve ever had.”
The “Here Today” star said she knew their status changed when Common didn't invite her to three events he attended: a concert in New York, a birthday party for former President Barack Obama and his own birthday celebration. (Common's birthday is in March while Obama's is in August.) Haddish said Common eventually called her to end their relationship.
“It wasn’t mutual,” she said. “It was more him saying, ‘I think this relationship has run its course.’ And I was like, ‘OK. Like you gonna be a 50-year-old single man. OK?’”
Common has not responded to Haddish's version of events, but in 2021 he said pandemic lockdowns and the aftermath contributed to their breakup.
“I think once Tiffany and I got back on the move, it really didn’t allow for us to spend as much time and put as much energy into our relationship,” he told Hollywood Unlocked. “I don’t think the love really dispersed. I just think it was just like, we weren’t feeding a relationship.”
“It was a mutual thing,” he continued. “We came to an understanding that this is what’s going to be best. For us to still continue to love each other and be there for each other, is (for us) to not be in a romantic relationship because we won’t be able to get to that and I don’t want to be one foot in, one foot out.”
Haddish also opened up about her reaction to being single again.
“I’m a pretty positive person, and I’m here to have an experience,” she told The Washington Post. “I would love to have a partner to experience it with. But also, I guess I’ve been alone for so long. And so used to being abandoned, I expect it. Which is sad, right?”
But make no mistake: Haddish does not want anyone feeling bad for her. In the same interview, she disclosed that she's had eight miscarriages and prefers to support herself through it.
“I’ve got a uterus shaped like a heart,” she said. "It just won’t keep anything in.”
“I don’t want people saying: ‘Are you OK? Are you all right?’” she continued. “Like a wounded animal, I just rather go in a cave by myself (and) lick my wounds.”
