Tiffany Haddish says she used the bathroom during a Zoom meeting because she didn't realize other people could see her
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Tiffany Haddish used the restroom during her first Zoom meeting without realizing the other call participants could see her, the 40-year-old actress revealed on Wednesday's episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
"I hadn't really been using it at that point in time, and I thought, 'Oh, whoever is on the front thing, that's all we can see. Whoever is talking is who we can see,'" she said.
Haddish explained that she had to go to the bathroom but didn't want to leave the meeting, so she decided to refrain from speaking and took her phone to the bathroom.
"I took it with me, and I started using the bathroom, and they were like, 'Tiffany, um, you know we know you're in the restroom right?'" she explained, adding that she responded, "Y'all can see me?"
Tiffany Haddish used the restroom during a Zoom business meeting because she didn't think the other people on the call could see her, the 40-year-old actress said during Wednesday's episode of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
She explained that she hadn't used the video calling service before the meeting, so she wasn't aware that the other participants could see her when she wasn't talking.
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"I hadn't really been using it at that point in time, and I thought, 'Oh, whoever is on the front thing, that's all we can see. Whoever is talking is who we can see,'" she told Ellen DeGeneres.
After signing onto the call, Haddish said she realized that she had to use the restroom but didn't want to exit the meeting.
"I was like, 'I ain't gonna say nothing and I gotta use the restroom,'" she explained, adding, "So I took the phone with me because I didn't know you could scroll over and everybody could see everybody. I didn't know."
Unaware that she was fully visible, the "Girls Trip" actress began to relieve herself before the other people on the call clued her in to the fact that her camera was still on.
"They were like, 'Tiffany, um, you know we know you're in the restroom right?'" she recalled, adding, "I was like, 'Y'all can see me?'"
Although Haddish didn't provide many details on the aftermath of the situation, she did say that the meeting ended up being a success.
"Needless to say, I sold that show. I sold the show even though I had to go to the restroom," she said while laughing.
Although Haddish had trouble understanding Zoom, she, like many other singles, has made use of online dating apps while in self-isolation.
"I went on a virtual date with Common, and it was super fun. He sent me flowers. He sent me food. It was nice," the actress told DeGeneres.
Bumble shared a two-minute highlight video of the virtual date on their Instagram page on April 22, promoting the app's videochatting feature.
During the date, Haddish and Common ordered in food, chatted about their life goals, danced with each other, and spoke about giving back during the coronavirus pandemic.
