Tiffany Haddish recently posted a TikTok video of herself looking around a grocery store in Zimbabwe, and it’s causing a huge stir online.
If you missed it, the 44-year-old actor seemed genuinely surprised to learn that there are supermarkets in Zimbabwe, Africa.
“Hey, y’all. So I’m out here in Zimbabwe?” Tiffany said in her TikTok, putting on an accent when saying “Zimbabwe.”
“They got a grocery store! It’s beautiful,” she exclaimed before highlighting several items she was particularly impressed with, like “organic strawberries,” “sugarcane,” and “dates.”
“Look at this grocery store. It’s huge. It’s absolutely humongous. In Africa, baby. Yeah. Believe it, believe it, believe it,” she said before putting on an accent again and saying, “Africa, Zimbabwe.”
Making her way over to the meat section, Tiffany pointed out that it “don’t smell bad” before highlighting many more things the grocery store had to offer that she was impressed with — including sodas, “a whole wall of alcohol,” and a frozen section!
Tiffany also seemed surprised to find candy, electrical appliances, and hygiene products in the large store.
Tiffany’s video was quickly branded “ignorant” by several internet users who accused her of perpetuating harmful stereotypes about African countries and “mocking” Zimbabwean people.
“Peak ignorance!!!!” one person wrote, while another echoed, “You seriously cannot be this ignorant!!!”
Before long, Tiffany hopped into the comments herself to reply to one user who asked, “did you think we ate grass?” The actor wrote back, “No. But the media had me thinking all of your foods are purchased in out door markets with goats and cows just hanging out waiting to be slaughtered. With all kinds of smells and flies everywhere.”
In response, several people were even more frustrated. One person wrote, “U have access to literally all channels and books for u to be this ignorant,” while another said, “You could have done your own research and not depend on the media. I mean Google is free!”
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