Now receiving her proper dues, Haddish could finally see a more hopeful future as it pertains to not only her career but her financial position. USA Today previously reported the star was at one point homeless and lived from her car in Beverly Hills. Once upon a time, Kevin Hart even gave Haddish $300 to put her in a hotel.

Haddish knew when she got her shot at fame, she would set herself up to not only earn money but create generational wealth. Staying true to her word, Haddish recently told Cosmopolitan Magazine that the earnings from every movie she makes would go toward purchasing a home or land.

“I got it too. So immediately when I started making a little bit of money doing things like Tyler Perry’s If Loving You Is Wrong and The Carmichael Show, I started trying to figure out how to create generational wealth,” Haddish said, according to Cosmopolitan. “The fastest way to do it and the first way you should go about doing it is buy some land. So before we even got into season 2 of The Carmichael Show, I bought a house. Everybody told me I should wait, but I didn’t care. I just knew I was going to have to always make enough money to take care of me and the house, and that’s what I did. Between that show’s next season, the Keanu movie, and making sure I can live comfortably off of $500 a month, I was able to pay off half the house. The Girls Trip check was the final check. People told me to spend it in other ways, but I used it to pay off the house because I was always afraid of being homeless again. Now I have a surplus of money, but I’m still afraid of being poor again. Every movie I made, I would just buy another piece of land or a house.”

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