Tiffany Haddishis sharing her thoughts on the recent Roe v. Wade ruling.
Prior to hosting theHollywood Unlockedsecond annual Social Impact Awards on Friday,The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talentstar opened up to PEOPLE about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the abortion bill as well as her plan to adopt children.
“I think it’s about locking up people of color. I think it’s a way to put more people in jail, and I also think it’s a way to control women’s bodies,” Haddish, 42, says of the new law. “That’s why I’m going to run for Congress. I’m going to write a bill to make it illegal for men to masturbate. How about that?”
Calling the news “upsetting,” Haddish also tells PEOPLE how the ruling will create “more suffering.”
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“If you’re going to make it illegal for me to make choices with my body, then it should be illegal for you to masturbate because you killing people when you do that,” she shares.
“Every time you jack off, that’s, what? A billion people dead. No chance to live. I’m just saying,” the actress continues. “You touch yourself; you a murderer.”
Roe v. Wadeis a landmark Supreme Court decision of 1973 that granted women the right to an abortion in every state.
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While speaking to PEOPLE at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the Grammy-Award-winning comedian also revealed her goal to become a parent, which she plans to accomplish through adoption, saying, “it’s very difficult.”
“But it’s actually a joke, but that is a real topic we should be discussing out here on the streets, why you can’t like interracially adopt when you’re… That’s a whole other situation,” she explains. “Anyways, once I finish these two, I got two more movies to do and then I’ll adopt.”
“Because I want to be present,” she adds. “If I’m going to be a parent, I want to be a present parent.”
The star-studded night also sawMariah Careyin attendance as a surprise guest to present the award to Mayweather, 45.
In her opening monologue, Haddish discussed the event’s objective, saying, “we are here to honor and celebrate each other because we don’t need to wait for them folks to validate us.”
“We are enough. And besides, we ain’t got that kind of time. The whole damn world’s going crazy,” she adds. “We cannot wait to celebrate us. We have to do it now.”
source: people.com
