Comic Tiffany Haddish was arrested for a DUI on the morning of Friday, Nov. 24 in Beverly Hills, California — hours after acting at a comedy present on Thanksgiving — for allegedly falling asleep on the wheel. She made gentle of the state of affairs upon her return to the stage Friday night.
Talking dwell on stage on the Giggle Manufacturing unit in Lengthy Seaside, California, in an audio clip obtained by TMZ, she mentioned, “I prayed to God for a person with a job, ideally in uniform. And God answered my prayers!”
The Ladies Journey star — who was booked by cops in January 2022 in Georgia after cops acquired a name {that a} driver was dozing off on the highway — was mentioned to have been handcuffed by officers on the scene after they discovered her automobile in the midst of the highway.
“We responded to a name of a automobile on the roadway at 5.45 this morning,” a watch commander for the Beverly Hills Police Division instructed the New York Submit‘s Web page Six column.
He additionally famous officers had been instructed the motive force was “asleep behind the wheel.”
Web page Six sources mentioned Haddish’s automobile was “stopped in lanes of site visitors” and never pulled over to the aspect, that means any autos that had been driving within the space at the moment would have needed to go round her automobile. It’s unclear who positioned the decision to the police and whether or not it was one of many different drivers on the highway. The watch commander pressured there have been “no site visitors collisions.”
Haddish’s situation on the time of her arrest is unclear, however a BHPD spokesperson mentioned, “The investigation led us to arrest her for a DUI.”
“She’s being booked at our Beverly Hills police jail,” the watch commander added.
Police mentioned Haddish was as a consequence of be launched on Friday afternoon. Based on a video obtained by TMZ, she appeared cooperative when police put her in handcuffs and walked her to the again of their automobile. She was seen sporting a floral purple and white shirt, black leggings and black sneakers.