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Tiffany Haddish worked on New Year’s Eve, like many comedians. I think NYE is probably a pretty good night for comedians, as many hotels and theaters probably want to book a combination of entertainers, from comedians to musical acts. Still, it probably sucks to have to work on NYE, right? Well, it seems like Tiffany was just having a bad night, or maybe 2018 was utter garbage for her too and this was just the last gasp of the dumpster fire year. Tiffany performed in Miami, at the James L. Knight Center, and it did not go well.

Comedian Tiffany Haddish started off the New Year with a bomb, not a bang. Haddish was hired to do stand-up at Miami’s James L. Knight Center, but the performance didn’t go off so well, according to The Root. Her routine included jokes about her mom getting out of a mental institution and gripes about her family asking her for money, according to TMZ.

Witnesses said Haddish forgot some of her jokes and the ones she did remember weren’t getting the laughs she expected. Folks at the show also expressed their opinions on Twitter. The comedian apparently suspected things weren’t going well when she saw fans heading for the exit.

“This is weird for me,” Haddish said, according to The Root. “This is going to be on TMZ or whatever.” She then opened a bottle of Ciroc and started drinking with the audience.

[From HuffPo]

The Root also says that she started reading some of her jokes from her iPad, and that after so many people left, Tiff just cut her set short and started drinking with the fans who remained. I imagine that happens to comedians from time to time – their timing might be off, or they just can’t remember their jokes or transitions, and so it goes. Tiffany seemed to acknowledge it for what it was: a bad night, a bad gig, a bad job on her part. It happens.

Yes this happened. I wish it was better Miami. I prayed on it and I have a strong feeling this will never happened again. Tiffany Haddish Bombs, Drinks with Fans Instead https://t.co/4QxPn0j0xc via @TheRoot

— Tiffany Haddish (@TiffanyHaddish) January 1, 2019

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