This week, Mo’Nique used a recent standup performance to go off on “Precious” director Lee Daniels and producers Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey, claiming they allowed her to be blackballed in Hollywood after she refused to promote their film during the 2009 awards season without compensation.
“Thank you Lee Daniels. Thank you Oprah Winfrey. Thank you Tyler Perry,” Mo’Nique said. “I wasn’t blackballed, I was [expletive] by some [expletive] who had no [expletive].”
In an interview with TMZ, Mo’Nique stands by her words.
“There were people who said, ‘how can you say that? Is it coming from your heart?’ Everything I say comes from my heart,” Mo’Nique said. “I’m unapologetic about it.”
Her husband Sidney Hicks, who appeared with Mo’Nique during the interview, also chimed in.
“Lee Daniels was a part of it – and if you recall Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey were a part of the production of the movie,” Hicks said. “They stood by and allowed the statements of her difficulty. What people don’t know is that between the takes on ‘Precious,’ Mo’Nique was sitting with Lee Daniels eating crab legs. That doesn’t sound like you are having a difficult time with someone.”
“What I would say to Oprah, Lee and Tyler is one thing about me and my husband is that we are not hiders. We are not runners,” Mo’Nique continued. “A sister said to me “aren’t you afraid of the blowback?” What I would say to you as another woman is “aren’t you afraid to even ask the question?” Am I getting blowback from simply being honest?”
Sources: TMZ.com, Radaronline.com, Hiphopsocialite.com, E! News
