Tiffany Haddish stands backstage at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Los Angeles wearing a pair of camera glasses. “I did a campaign with Ray-Ban once, and they were supposed to give me a pair of these, but they never did,” the 45-year-old actress and comedian says, checking her reflection in a full-length mirror. “If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s when people don’t keep their promises.” Her voice cracks a little as she turns to me and whispers, “Foster-kid shit.”

It’s a sunny August afternoon and Jimmy Kimmel is on vacation, so Haddish is guest-hosting his late-night program. Her glasses are recording behind-the-scenes footage for Kimmel’s website mere weeks before ABC will abruptly suspend production under pressure from the Trump administration. For now, it’s the calm befor

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