Tiffany Haddish responds amid backlash to her Zimbabwe grocery store video
Tiffany Haddish is defending herself amid backlash to her video of a Zimbabwe grocery store: 'I thought I would share cause I know people in the USA that believe Africans don’t have anything.' https://t.co/V7rRrmMHkV
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) July 29, 2024
Tiffany Haddish is standing her ground amid criticism for her Zimbabwe grocery story video.
She shared a TikTok video of herself strolling through the aisles of a supermarket in the country’s capital city, Harare, while marveling at the size of the store and numerous products available. The video was swiftly met with criticism from social media users, who called Haddish’s reaction to the store "ignorant," and labeled the video as "misguided."
Haddish expanded on her desire to shut down misconceptions about Africa.
“I am an American a Black one at that and Told for years that people are starving in Africa, showed pictures of babies with flies on them. Told crazy stories of how they kill each other and there is war everyday there. I asked my Black friends to go with me and they were scared. We got here and I have been eyes full of tears finding out the truth. The media be lying. I thought I would share cause I know people in the USA that believe Africans don’t have anything. If they would have showed you the whole video you would have seen me say I am demystifying some bullshit that we have been told and showed in America,”
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