Tiffany Haddish can now add swimsuit model to her growing list of accomplishments.
On Tuesday, May 12, Haddish was selected to be on the 2026 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover.
Appearing on TODAY, the comedian shared how she found out that she was chosen for the cover.
“Yes, I found out at Paris Hilton’s house,” Haddish told co-hosts Craig Melvin and Savannah Guthrie. “Basically, they wanted to surprise me and announce it to me. I had just finished doing a whole promo thing for my foundation, for [my] She Ready Foundation and Paris and Brooks [Nader], they surprised me.”
Haddish said that Hilton surprised her with a cake to celebrate the milestone.
“They got me a cake and said, ‘You got the cover.’ And I didn’t believe it was real,” Haddish continued. “I love Paris. She’s a really great friend, and I feel like every time I manifest something, I tell her what I want to do, it happens.”
Haddish took to Instagram shortly after he cover was revealed. She was blindfolded and led into Hilton’s home.
“The moment I found out I got the cover of @si_swimsuit!! Thank you to @parishilton, @cadehudson22, and @brooksnader for celebrating this magical moment with me 💕✨👙” she wrote.
“So special to be a part of this! 😍 So proud of you 🔥🔥🔥,” Hilton wrote.
HOW DID HADDISH AND HILTON BECOME FRIENDS
Haddish and Hilton “became friends after meeting at a party in the early 2000s.”
“I was trying to get into your section,” Haddish said on Paris’ podcast, I Am Paris. “ And I had started a big dance circle, and I was dancing in the circle, and you had came up, and you were like, ‘Yeah, girl, yeah!’ And I was like, ‘Yeah!’”
“You made me laugh so hard, and I feel like that was the first time we really connected,” Haddish recalled.