Twitter Reacts To Tiffany Haddish Overshadowing Taylor Swift’s SNL Performance
African-American actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish set the stage of “Saturday Night Live” on fire with her act on Nov. 11, and according to popular opinion on social media, she stole the show away from pop singer Taylor Swift, who was also part of the gig the same night.
Haddish had on Nov. 8 tweeted excitedly about the fact that she was going to create history on SNL, being the "very first black comedian" to host the show since it began 43 seasons ago, prior to gracing the stage Saturday.
She flawlessly began her monologue by reminding the audience, “You may know me from a movie called 'Girls Trip.'” She continued saying, “I Googled myself." “It said I’m worth $2 million ... what do I need to do to get this money? Fake my own death? Tupac this shit and move to Tyler Perry Island?!”
Like any good comedian, Haddish could not help but mock the fact that it had taken "SNL" so long to get an African-American to host their show.
“I grew up in foster care,” she said. “So I want to thank anyone who paid taxes between 1990 and 1999, because if you hadn’t paid your taxes I wouldn’t be here today. What’s more," she went on, “I lived in group homes and my favorite show was 'SNL,' you have no idea how difficult it is to get a room of black and Hispanic kids to watch 'SNL' over In Living Color.”
Haddish also weighed in on hot topics like President Donald Trump and the series of sexual harassment allegations that have been surfacing in Hollywood after the big reveal against film producer Harvey Weinstein. According to Vox, the commentary on Trump was specially requested by the producers of SNL.
“What kind of glue is he using, because when the wind blows it don’t even move or nothing!” she remarked on Trump’s hair, which many people have speculated to be a wig.
Addressing those men who might not understand what sexual harassment meant, Haddish said: “Listen, fellas, if you got your thang thang out, and she got all her clothes on, you’re wrong. Wait till she takes her own clothes off, and then pull your thang out.”
Swift, on the other hand, did not participate in any skits, but rather stuck to singing two songs from her newly released album “Reputation.” She shook a leg along with lip-syncing to “Are You Ready for It?” and went on to sing a more gentle version of “Call It What You Want” with an acoustic guitar. The second song is believed to have been inspired by Swift’s feud with reality star Kim Kardashian and her husband Kanye West.
In the end, however, Swift took the stage alongside Haddish for the final curtain call and also oddly whooped when the latter thanked her social worker, according to Variety.
After the performance of both, "SNL" fans took to Twitter and soon it became clear that there was only one winner that night, and it was not Swift:
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