Throughout the month of March, we were obsessed with a story involving Tiffany Haddish and Beyonce. Tiffany gave an interview to GQ where she revealed that a mystery actress BIT Beyonce on the face during a party. Tiffany did not reveal the name of the Mystery Biter, and so it became a fascinating blind item for a time, as various actresses came out to publicly deny that they were the dumb drugged-out Becky Who Bit Beyonce. That was another part of the blind item: Beyonce reportedly said, to Tiffany, that the Mystery Biter was “on drugs.” Well, long story short, TMZ claimed that Sanaa Lathan was the mystery biter and now everyone sort of believes that. Sanaa fits the criteria, and so I sort of believe it too. But Sanaa is on the cover of Health Magazine and in the interview, she sort of denies biting Beyonce… except she never says explicitly, “No, I never bit Beyonce.” Hm. You can read the full Health piece here. Some highlights:

On the “who bit Beyonce?” thing: “Yeah, it blew up. And I think it’s the most absurd thing I’ve ever been involved with. Thank God I’ve been in this business for 20 years and have had so many rumors about me. They used to devastate me in my 20s, but in order to survive in this business, you just have to let it roll. I adore Beyoncé. I would never do anything malicious like that—to her, or to anyone. It’s so bizarre. I thought it was the funniest thing ever that it was a news story. It’s so crazy.”

Shaving her head for her new film, ‘Nappily Ever After’: “It was terrifying! But to me, it’s so much a part of her journey. My character is in crisis, and everything that she thought she knew is unraveling. So the emotions were all over the place for me—because I’m playing Violet, but I’m also shaving my head! It was actually really powerful and kind of weirdly cathartic and freeing. You know, I was crying, I was laughing…

When she feels her healthiest: “I recently went for three weeks to this detox kind of place where you eat raw food and wheatgrass every day, and you do wheatgrass enemas—it’s, like, seriously crunchy, hippie. [Laughs] But you come out of there sparkling.

Whether she’s vegan: “I’m vegan-ish. If I’m gonna go to a restaurant, I’ll have some eggs, or I need to have sushi every now and then. I’m not hardcore, but I try to make it more than half of my diet.

On anxiety, self-care & PTSD: “One of the biggest changes in my life is that I meditate every day. Four years ago, my best friend died. She got the flu, and four days later she went to the doctor and soon after she was just gone. It was so devastating to me. I had a weird kind of PTSD, because she was healthier than me. I started getting panic attacks. Before that, I didn’t think they were a real thing. I remember my girlfriend having them, and I was like, “Girl, just breathe,” you know? “Just relax.” I was getting [panic attacks] three to five times a day. They wanted to put me on anti-anxiety medication, but I was like, “I really don’t wanna take drugs, that’s just not me.” I’d had a meditation teacher a couple years before, so she gave me a refresher course. The day that I started Transcendental Meditation, it was as if I was taking a pill. They went away. So anyway, that’s my thing. I meditate 20 minutes, twice a day.

[From Health]

She doesn’t want to take anti-anxiety medication but she’ll take drugs and BITE BEYONCE? Hm. But look at how she answered the Beyonce question – “I think it’s the most absurd thing I’ve ever been involved with.” Yeah, but that’s not really a denial. “I adore Beyoncé. I would never do anything malicious like that—to her, or to anyone.” So she didn’t bite Beyonce maliciously – okay. But she did bite her. Perhaps she meant it playfully, but it was notable enough where Tiffany Haddish freaked out when she found out about it.

Cover courtesy of Health Magazine (via promotional email) and additional photo courtesy of WENN.