Did Tiffany Haddish have a baby? Actress clarifies viral Jason Lee baby photo

What started as a sweet Instagram moment between Tiffany Haddish and Jason Lee quickly snowballed into full-blown baby speculation. Tiffany Haddish had uploaded a joint post with Lee showing her holding a baby while Lee stood with one hand on a stroller. The caption, “Cats out the bag ❤️,” left the internet reeling. In another shot, the pair admired the infant, who stared directly into the camera.

Days later, Tiffany Haddish used her guest-hosting gig on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to explain what really happened.

“There is a personal matter I feel must be addressed,” she shared.

Haddish then revealed, as cameras panned to Lee seated in the audience,

“It made everyone go a little crazy. For some reason, people saw this and thought I had a baby. Even my own relatives were asking.”

She further explained,

“The whole world has lost its mind over this beautiful baby, I went ahead and made it our God baby.”

Just to be clear, she followed up, saying,

“Jason, the offer is still on the table if you want to make a real baby.”

To which Lee quickly replied,

“And I’m still gay.”

Haddish ended her remarks with trademark humor:

“I did not have a baby but I am open to it. Wide open to it.”

Tiffany Haddish opened up about dealing with severe pain and the emotional toll of miscarriages

Tiffany Haddish revealed she had been living with severe pain caused by endometriosis and spoke about the emotional toll of pregnancy loss. In a 2024 interview with People, the actress recalled the pain that was initially misdiagnosed, and shared,

“I’m be like, ‘Am I dying?’”

Haddish recalled fainting episodes in November 2023 that led her to seek medical treatment.

“She gave me something because I kept passing out,” Haddish explained of her doctor, adding: “I don’t talk about it, but people just think I’m sleep everywhere, but I’m passing out because I’ll be in so much pain.”

She explained,

“The pain is crazy, It feels like somebody is kicking me in my back.”

The hardest part of her condition had been experiencing miscarriages. Haddish revealed she had gone through eight pregnancy losses.

“Every time I find out I’m pregnant, I’m like, ‘Don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t do nothin’, even if I don’t really want [the baby], I still try to give it a chance,” she shared.

Tiffany Haddish revealed she put motherhood on hold to focus on career

Tiffany Haddish had previously spoken about her hopes of becoming a mother. The comedian, who was married to William Stewart for three years before their divorce, later dated rapper Common from 2020 to 2021. She told Us Weekly that she once explored adoption. She explained that her plans were placed on hold as her career accelerated.

“I want to raise it. I want to raise the child. I want to give the child my knowledge and my love. So I want to finish up a few more things, so that I can really focus, it’s one thing to have a dog and a garden and take care of that. But to have another human being that needs me and that I’m responsible for I want to be present. I want to be all the way present. I don’t want somebody else doing that work,” she explained.