--- title: Tiffany Haddish Meets Meryl Streep on the Oscars Red Carpet description: When actress Tiffany Haddish discovered Meryl Streep was near her at the 2018 Oscars red carpet, nothing could stop her from meeting her. canonical: https://time.com/5187817/tiffany-haddish-meryl-streep-oscars-2/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-06T16:39:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:09.949Z og:title: Tiffany Haddish Broke the Red Carpet Rules to Meet Meryl Streep og:description: No velvet rope on the Oscars red carpet could keep Haddish from Streep og:url: https://time.com/5187817/tiffany-haddish-meryl-streep-oscars-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dd4e7a2ee4bd88d/698929da656a3f3b2dbd3c4a/tiffany-haddish-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3261 og:image:height: 1834 og:image:alt: US-OSCARS-ARRIVALS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tiffany Haddish Broke the Red Carpet Rules to Meet Meryl Streep twitter:description: No velvet rope on the Oscars red carpet could keep Haddish from Streep twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9dd4e7a2ee4bd88d/698929da656a3f3b2dbd3c4a/tiffany-haddish-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tiffany Haddish Is All of Us When Meryl Streep Arrives on the Scene  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 6, 2018 4:39 PM UTC  Comedian Tiffany Haddish arrives for the 90th Annual Academy Awards on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, California. Comedian Tiffany Haddish arrives for the 90th Annual Academy Awards on March 4, 2018, in Hollywood, California.VALERIE MACON—AFP/Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Mar 6, 2018 4:39 PM UTC It was all going so well for Guillermo. While [Jimmy Kimmel’](http://time.com/5184962/jimmy-kimmel-opening-monologue-oscars-2018/)s comedy assistant was on the red carpet at the [90th Annual Oscars](http://time.com/5181916/oscars-red-carpet-photos-2018/) on Sunday night interviewing celebrities, comedian and breakout star [Tiffany Haddish](http://time.com/5185849/tiffany-haddish-maya-rudolph-oscars-reactions/) asked him if he wanted to go on a date. They were in the midst of ensuring their schedules aligned for a Thursday night out on the town when Guillermo pointed out to Haddish that none other than [Meryl Streep](http://time.com/5186639/jodie-foster-crutches-oscars/) was just across the carpet. In that moment, Haddish embodied all of Streep’s most passionate fans, also known as the greater part of the movie-going public. “Oh my god, Meryl,” Haddish screeched. And leaving Guillermo and their blossoming relationship in the dust, she hurried over to Streep, stepping across a velvet rope to get her meet-and-greet with the Hollywood icon. They hugged, they kissed, they shook hands, Haddish clearly overjoyed with her encounter. After clambering back over the velvet rope to Guillermo, he asked what Streep smelled like. “What does she smell like? She smells like success,” Haddish responded without missing a beat. While Streep may not have won for her role as famed publisher Katherine Graham in [_The Post_](http://time.com/5073510/the-post-movie-review/) at this year’s awards, Haddish is not wrong; Streep [has been nominated](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%5Fof%5Fawards%5Fand%5Fnominations%5Freceived%5Fby%5FMeryl%5FStreep) for an Oscar 21 times, and has three golden statuettes at home. 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