Comedic-actor icon, Richard Pryor, will be getting yet another honor pretty soon, by way of his widow, Jennifer Lee Pryor. Also, according to new reports, comedian/actress, Tiffany Haddish, is extremely honored to participate in such an honor for the man she credits with helping her change her life.

How Tiffany Will Honor Pryor…

What is that honor? It’s the new book about Richard Pryor’s life, that is being spearheaded by Mrs. Pryor. The book is titled “Richard Pryor Diaries” and will be out in October 2018, under high anticipation.

Tiffany inked a agreement to write the introduction of the Pryor book. In case y’all haven’t heard, Tiffany recently revealed that Richard Pryor actually changed her life when she first met him as a teenager…

Advice Richard Pryor Gave Haddish As A Teen That Changed Her Life

Tiffany said that when she was growing up in a foster home, she was always getting into trouble at school and her social worker ultimately gave her an option to either enter psychiatric therapy, or a Laugh Factory comedy camp for the summer. Tiffany chose the latter and that’s where Pryor gave her advice that she uses to this day. Tiffany said she was attempting to do comedy on the Laugh Factory stage and Richard Pryor just so happened to be there:

“He [Pryor] said, ‘Look, people don’t come to comedy shows because they want to hear about your problems, or politics or religion. They come to have fun, so when you’re on stage, you need to be having fun. If you’re having fun, the audience is having fun.’ And then as I got older I started realizing, ‘Oh man. I’ma try to do this in everything in life because once I started having fun onstage, you know, people were nice to me. People were kind; it was easier to move forward,” Haddish explained in an interview.

Other Hilarious Celebrity Stories Haddish Revealed

As many of us know by now, Ms. Haddish has earned a top spot as a juicy story teller and official tea spiller, with the inside scoop she’s been giving in the past year alone! So here’s a brief recap of some of her hilarious celebrity encounters..
1. During an interview on “The Ellen Degeneres Show,” Tiffany was choppin’ it up with Ellen, about her love for Oprah and how she once met her during her days as a ‘professional movie extra’ in Hollywood:

“I did this move called ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ and I was an extra and it was a movie that Oprah was producing. … She had walked by and I was making all the other extras laugh and she said, ‘You’re a very funny young lady.’ I like like, ‘Eeeee!'”

Haddish revealed that Oprah encouraged her to keep her informed of how her career was going, to which Haddish obliged and said she wrote Oprah several letters. Tiffany also told Ellen about her desire to one day start a home grown vegetable business with Oprah, called Tiff & O and that’s when Ellen interrupted her with a big surprise. She told Tiff’ that maybe she should say those things to Oprah herself, and that’s when Oprah walked out. Tiffany could NOT believe it and immediately burst into tears, while simultaneously running over to give Oprah a hug. Check out that beautiful moment between Tiffany and Oprah up top.

2. During a break from filming the hit movie, “Girls Trip,” in New Orleans, La. Tiff’ said her co-star Jada Pinkett-Smith, asked her if she and Will could tag along on a swamp tour, which Tiffany had already planned on going solo. Haddish admitted that when she picked up Jada and Will from their hotel, in what she called her ‘cheap rental car,’ she was happy and terrified to have so much ‘money’ in her back seat (referring to Will Smith) LOL. Watch that hilarious video clip up below…

3. And of course we can’t forget about Tiffany’s revelation about another well known celeb biting Beyonce in the face at a party. You can read about that fiasco HERE.