Mo’Nique applauded fellow starlet Taraji P. Henson today for elevating recognition regarding Hollywood’s pay inequality for Black females however likewise remembered her very own efforts to clarify the concern over a years back.
“It was painful to watch,” Mo’Nique informed Club Shay Shay host Shannon Sharpe of Henson’s December meeting with Gayle King.
“I’m just tired of working so hard, being gracious at what I do [and] getting paid a fraction of the cost,” a weeping Henson claimed in a meeting that controlled headings. “I’m tired of hearing my sisters say the same thing over and over.”
Mo’Nique claimed today she offered consolation with Henson’s words however noted they weren’t unknown.“Taraji and I had a conversation over a decade ago in my trailer when I was doing The Mo’Nique Show.”
She took place to information her previous talk with Henson, claiming The Shade Purple starlet informed her one decade back, “You gotta keep on getting it until your turn comes.” Mo’Nique responded: “Taraji, most of us die before our turn comes. We gotta ask for it right now.”
Mo’Nique has, over the years, honestly slammed Hollywood’s therapy of Black females, also within Black areas. In 2015, she informed The Hollywood Press reporter that she really feels “blackballed” by her sector, especially concerning fights with Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels and Tyler Perry.
Differences in between the significant Hollywood numbers outraged in 2009, when Mo’Nique rejected to sign up with the Valuable press scenic tour without being made up.
“I said, ‘Oprah, I’m doing a talk show. I’m doing a comedy tour. I have a husband, and I have babies,’” Mo’Nique claimed in 2014.“‘I have a little bit of downtime, and I’m going to take advantage of it. So, I’m not going anywhere because I’m not obligated to go anywhere. I’ve done my part.’ So we mutually agreed to disagree. That was it.”
When Sharpe asked Mo’Nique why her remarks really did not appear to make as much sound as Henson’s last month, she claimed,“It was the messenger. I should just be grateful I got invited to the party. ‘You’re a big, fat Black woman. How dare you be the one.’”
She included,“‘And then on top of that, you’re saying names. You’re saying Oprah’s name out loud. You’re saying [Perry’s] name out loud. You’re saying [Daniels‘] name out loud. You’re saying Lionsgate out loud. That’s not what we do — we say ‘they,’ we say ‘the people,’ we say ‘the studio,’ we say ‘the producers.’ How dare you say our heroes’ names? These are our heroes. How could you say their names out loud?’ Because they’re the ones that did it. And if I don’t say it out loud, now you see a woman that is swallowing that pain, that is so stressed out. Then, you see our sister Taraji P. Henson sit on that platform.”
She cleared up, “I love that baby because she’s a beautiful spirit,” however included she showed up “broken” throughout that King meeting.
“We have a hard time seeing a strong Black woman with her back straight and her chin up and a strong Black man standing by her side. We have a hard time accepting that. But we can accept seeing a Black woman broken,” Mo’Nique included.
She likewise informed Sharpe she thought Henson and Winfrey were both existing when they claimed there was no stress in between them.
“We wanted to act like we didn’t see how Oprah Winfrey treated Taraji,” she claimed of a circumstances throughout The Shade Purple press scenic tour when the 2 females were seen standing awkwardly with each other.
“In my humble opinion, when you saw her walk up, you saw that there was tension,” Mo’Nique claimed.“You saw that there was something happening. And then when you see Taraji write her a love letter [Henson penned a heartfelt thank you to Winfrey on Instagram], it’s like, ‘Listen, we gotta stand tall and stand strong on what we know.’”
She proceeded, “We know you were mistreated. We know it wasn’t right. We know it was unfair. And then you turned around and say, ‘Oh, but Lady O handled it.’ I have a problem with that. That allows Lady O to keep doing what she’s doing, and we’re in a position of, ‘I don’t want to say nothing because we saw how Mo’Nique got whooped.”
