Comic Ali Siddiq makes peace with the past in ‘My Father’

Ali Siddiq’s new comedy special is My Father. David ‘Odi’ Wright

David ‘Odi’ Wright

As a kid in Houston, comic Ali Siddiq’s father was largely absent. But there’s one parenting moment that Siddiq tells onstage with great detail. Ten-year-old Siddiq had a sore tooth, and his dad pulled a Cool Whip tub from the fridge — where he stashed his cocaine — and applied some to his son’s tooth.

“My dad was insane,” Siddiq laughs.