Last November, Tiffany Haddish shared her plans to adopt or foster older children [1], and recently revealed she's taking the next steps to prepare herself for parenthood [2]. On the May 3 episode of E!'s Daily Pop, the actress said she's "taking parenting classes now," and that she's looking to adopt a child that's at least 5 and up, but ideally around 7.
"I want them to be able to know how to use the restroom on their own and talk. I want them to know that I put in the work and I wanted them," Tiffany said.
The 41-year-old, who has been open about her time in foster care between the ages of 13 and 18, first shared her plans to adopt [4] on an episode of boyfriend Common's podcast, Mind Power Mixtape.
"I want the child to know, 'Hey, I chose you to be here with me, and I want to give you all the knowledge that I have.'"
"I just want to bring to them survival skills, share everything that I know with them. I wanna definitely either foster kids or adopt and get them at like [age] 7." She added: "They're still malleable all the way until I think they're 21. That's what I think. But I want the child to know, 'Hey, I chose you to be here with me, and I want to give you all the knowledge that I have.'"
The comedian also shared with E!'s Justin Sylvester that she's not planning on having kids through pregnancy or surrogacy, and that she's "taken the precautions to protect me." However, there's a possibility that her biological child(ren) could be out there, as she donated eggs 20 years ago. "When I was 21, I was really hard up with money and gave up a bunch of eggs. So who knows? I might got some kids out here in these streets. I doubt it though because I never got the bonus. Maybe somewhere though?"
Although a brief update, we're excited to hear that Tiffany is one step closer to pursuing her desire to become a mama and can't wait to hear more about her adoption process in the future.