Yaya DaCosta Shares Heartfelt Throwback With Tiffany Haddish And Celebrates Hollywood Bonds

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DaCosta just dropped the ultimate nostalgia bomb on Instagram, reminiscing about those very early days with Tiffany Haddish. The full laugh-and-gratitude vibe of the post reminded how these two powerhouse women uplifted each other way before either became household names. DaCosta credits Haddish for teaching her to let loose, embrace chaos, and trust herself, so apparently all those lessons stuck until they ended up taking a big flight together.

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That caption hits differently because rarely do friendships in Hollywood survive into decades without somehow turning into messy fodder for those tabloids. DaCosta puts reconnecting with industry friends much the same way one would run into mite-old classmates, except the two now share conversations about trying for auditions and late-night shoots, rather than awkward memories. Shouts to her “Hollywood line sisters”—a covert nod to the unspoken sorority of Black actresses experimenting with the same system. The tone here is mutual respect without even a drop of competition.

The comment sections were flooded with money wooing but with a few classics standing out. One person confided they cried watching the reel: “I swear to god I’m crying my eyes out watching this. wtf.” DaCosta replied with all-guts responses that called them her “day one plus one.” Then, someone else flawlessly channeled the sentiment from the caption: “joy with memory behind it,” and that’s… indeed very apt. Random comments about her beauty quickly got drowned out from the loud cheer for how far she—and her peers—have come.

The wild part is realizing that Haddish and DaCosta had worked alongside one another some ten years before Haddish’s big breakout in Girls Trip. It just reminded one that every A-lister was just one hungry newcomer hustling for tips in some dingy dressing room. DaCosta’s post stands as both a time capsule for an era of two talents hustling for themselves long before the industry did.

The video itself is that jarring treasure—laughs, inside jokes, and the sound of some old-school impromptu rap (they even failed transcribing it). Those raw behind-the-scenes laughs are almost drowned out by unedited joy as they bounce off memories back and forth—no cover-up glitz here, just sisterhood in the raw.

In a world where celebrity feuds are headline rage, this DaCosta tribute is revolutionary in its understated grandeur. There were no sub-tweetings, no vaguebookings—just a public standing-up to thank a woman who literally helped shape her career. And honestly, that’s the kind of Hollywood ending we all deserve more of: Shine on indeed.

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Sidebar: If this one doesn’t prompt you to pick up the phone and reach out to any one of your high school or college ride-or-dies, from the days of similar struggles, are you even really human? Go ahead. Reach out. Tell them Yaya sent you.