Tiffany Haddish is under fire for her recent comments on women with multiple “baby daddies.” The Girls Trip actress made the controversial remarks during an episode of the In Godfrey We Trust podcast, where she shared her personal beliefs that those who have more than two fathers of their children may suffer from “mental illness.”
“I could be completely wrong, and the internet probably gonna destroy me for this, but I think women that have more than two baby daddies, usually have some sort of mental illness,” she said during the interview. She went on to claim that women are “getting genetically modified twice” every time they have a child with a new partner. Her remarks, which are not scientifically proven, caused much conversation online.
Haddish attempted to ground her claims in biology, referencing a real phenomenon known as “fetal microchimerism,” which is “a bidirectional transplacental cell trafficking between mother and fetus during pregnancy,” according to National Library of Medicine.
Tiffany Haddish walks the blue carpet at JAY-Z’s Iconic The 40/40 Club in partnership with Fanatics Sportsbook at the center of Fanatics Fest NYC at Javits Center on June 21, 2025 in New York City.
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“Every time you get pregnant, there’s stem cells that come from that baby, and stem cells end up behind your eyes, and your brain, and your heart, and your lungs and stuff to help your organs heal while the baby takes from you,” she confidently explained. “And that is why the Bible says you will only desire your husband. This is why you gotta use condoms.”
She went even further, stating, “If you get pregnant by multiple people… that’s multiple spirits, multiple thoughts, multiple modifications from different DNA strands,” before later adding that those women with more than two fathers of their children are, “Usually those bi**hes are struggling in so many different ways… not just financially, but with where to focus, because you have too many different bloodlines in your blood.”
According to Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance, “40 percent” of Black mothers face a maternal mental health crisis such as postpartum depression. Despite being twice as likely to face these challenges compared to white women, they’re half as likely to receive treatment.
Black women also face maternal mortality rates three to four times higher than white women and remain one of the most under-treated groups for depression in the U.S., with over half of postpartum depression cases in women of color going unreported.
While the 45-year-old’s comments stem from humor, her own personal beliefs and pseudo-scientific interpretation, “fetal microchimerism” does not support her claim that stem cell exchange between fetus and mother has connection to mental illness or spiritual interference.
Netizens, however, had much to say. “This from a woman who has NO children and her ex man about to marry J Hud. Girl bye,” quipped one Instagram user, as another remarked, “i don’t know what worst, misinformation or fragmentation of information … unfortunately, that’s NOT how stem cells work.”
A third person called out Haddish’s past traffic stops for alcoholism, saying, “so that’s why you have two DUI’s,” as a fourth remarked, “Body should have been sayin no to that liquor then maybe you wouldn’t have got booked for DUI’s.”
Take a look at Tiffany Haddish’s take on women with multiple fathers of their children above. Watch their full interview below.
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