Tiffany Haddish and Common’s Relationship Timeline: From Costars to Couple

Credit: Shutterstock (2)

Tiffany Haddish and Common’s Relationship Timeline: From Costars to Couple

Finding love on set! After first connecting while playing love interests in the 2019 film The Kitchen, Tiffany Haddish and Common took their time time bringing their romance off screen. In April 2020, the duo sparked dating rumors when they teamed up for Bumble’s virtual dating campaign. One month later, Haddish and the Oscar winner (real name Lonnie Rashid Lynn) seemingly confirmed that they were quarantining together during the COVID-19 pandemic. They were also spotted with one another at a Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles in June 2020. The comedian hinted at their bond later that summer, telling Stephen Colbert that it "was quite a negotiation" to get the musician to participate in a TikTok video with her. "I'm like, 'Look, I want to shoot this video. I need you to be in it with me.' And he was like, 'Nah, that's really not my style. I'm not really known for that. That's not really my thing,'" the Bad Trip actress said during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in July 2020. Although Common wasn't up for it at first, he became interested in the process and the pair eventually did 18 takes for the short clip. "I'm like, 'For somebody who didn't want to do this, you now want to do another take and another take, come on bro,'" she joked. "But we had a good time. We were laughing." [jwplayer jdLqsNWd-zhNYySv2] Soon after, the Like a Boss star confirmed her romance with the rapper while detailing how they moved out of the friend zone. "I met Common when I was filming my movie The Kitchen, he was in it. He was, I guess, kind of like my love interest," Haddish explained during an interview on the "Wild Ride! With Steve-O" podcast in July 2020. "I made out with him in the movie and we became friends but it wasn't anything sexual ... because my eyes were set on something else." Working together on the Bumble campaign helped the twosome grow closer — and the Night School star found herself falling for the Chicago native. "I’ve lost 20 pounds since I’ve been in this relationship. I feel more confident in me and it’s not him that’s doing it," Haddish noted at the time. "I’m just way happier and it’s, like, knowing I got somebody that cares about me, that really has my back. It seems like he does anyways, and I love it. I love him." As their romance got more serious, the California native revealed that she had “taken the precaution to protect” herself against an unplanned pregnancy with her boyfriend. "Let me tell you, if I get pregnant, that is all God — tearing down all walls, all barriers,” the Grammy winner joked during an appearance on E!'s Daily Pop in May 2021. "Now, if that did happen, we're gonna hire some help, then we're gonna cry a lot. ... And I'm not gonna be 'baby mama,' I'm gonna be 'wife.’" Scroll down to relive Haddish and Common's love story: [podcast_block]

Credit: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP/Shutterstock; Annie Lesser/imageSPACE/Shutterstock

2019

The couple met after they were both cast in the crime drama The Kitchen in 2019.  

Credit: Shutterstock (2)

April 2020

The duo quarantined together in the early days of the coronavirus crisis after having a virtual first date during their Bumble campaign.

Credit: Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock

July 2020

Haddish announced that she was in "hands down the best relationship" she'd ever had during an appearance on the "Wild Ride! With Steve-O" podcast after months of romance rumors. 

“I went into this period of dating [other people]. At this point, our friendship was getting a little bit more than friendship but not quite because COVID happened and we were, like, quarantined,” she said of Common at the time. “So then we’re, like, FaceTiming all the time and then he got tested for everything. I got tested for everything. And yeah, we’ve been f--king.”

Credit: Rob Latour/Shutterstock

November 2020

The Girls Trip star revealed that she and Common had discussed her interest in adopting a child someday.   

"I just want to bring to them survival skills, share everything that I know with them,” she said during an episode of her beau’s “Mind Power Mixtape” podcast. "Between 6 and 10, get them right in there, because you can mold their mind. They're still malleable in a lot of ways until they're 21, that's what I think.”

Credit: Rob Latour/Shutterstock; Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock

July 2021

A source exclusively told Us Weekly that the actress and the performer are "such a great couple" and "bring out pieces of each other" that make them better. 

"Tiffany gets Common to come out of his box and let loose and Common grounds Tiffany," the insider shared.

According to the source, the duo's inner circle "see them in it for the long run" and "love them as a couple."

Credit: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock; Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock

November 2021

News broke that the twosome called it quits after one year together.

Credit: Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.; AFF-USA/Shutterstock

December 2021

Not long after the breakup made headlines, Common confirmed his single status.

“It probably was the most mature relationship I have been in … meaning the communication, the respect, just all around,” he said on Hollywood Unlocked With Jason Lee Uncensored in December 2021, noting the split was “mutual.”

The actor, who described the relationship as “heavy and loving,” added that things changed when they “got back on the move” as the world opened up amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“It really didn’t allow for us to spend as much time and put as much energy into our relationship. I don’t think the love really dispersed … [but] we weren’t feeding the relationship. … Neither one of us is gonna stop,” he explained. “We both care about our crafts and what we do. We care about love too and partnership, but I think the energy that has been put into our careers and continuing to want to do the things that we do for ourselves and for people … it was hard for me to balance all of that and keep the relationship fed.”

Credit: Shutterstock (2)

December 2021

One month after Common confirmed their split, Haddish questioned his public reasoning for the breakup.

"I was very disappointed. I was like, 'Oh, OK. 'Cause that's not what you told me, but OK,'" she revealed during an interview on Hollywood Unlocked Uncensored with Jason Lee. "He might be the type of person that never really settles with somebody, maybe he's like, you know, like a bee going from flower to flower to flower. I don't know. I wish him nothing but joy and happiness, you know. He will always be cool."

Although the Last Black Unicorn author wasn't happy about her ex-boyfriend's comments about their split, she reasoned that it was "a new opportunity" for her, adding, "I miss him. I miss him from time to time, but that's with, I think, any intimate relationship that you might have, you miss them. But I'm fine with it. It's cool."