Beyond the laughter and candid charm, there’s a lot more to unpack.
“She was never the same after that.
She wasn’t normal anymore,” Haddish toldPeople.
“I was basically a 10-year-old mom.
I was feeding them and dressing them.
I was taking care of everybody,” she recalled.
She also found herself having to help her mother re-learn basic tasks that come naturally to most people.
Although it wasn’t easy, she never thought their situation could get worse until it did.
“My sisters were placed together and my brothers were placed together, but I was on my own.
I felt responsible for them,” she said.
When I was in foster care, I mean, I thought I was going to die there.
I didn’t think I would make it to 18.
Since then, she’s gone on to find ways to give back to those in a similar situation.
Not wanting other foster kids to feel that way, she came up with a solution.
So I started my foundation, and we started with just giving out suitcases," she said.
The two-time Emmy winner toldPeoplethat the camp boosted her self-esteem and ultimately changed her life.
“Going to that comedy camp and having all those men tell me, ‘You’re beautiful.
You’re talented.’
It was enough to light a fire,” she said.
“I’ve crashed weddings before, given a speech, and didn’t know anybody there.
That’s when I was homeless and hungry,” she confessed.
Everybody would be looking at me like, ‘Who is this Black girl at our wedding?'"
Thankfully, she can afford her own lavish spreads these days, no gatecrashing necessary.
