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Mo’Nique Holds Court on Club Shay Shay


The comedian broke down her feuds with Tyler Perry, Oprah Winfrey, Tiffany Haddish, and more.

And so, in that spirit, Mo’Nique takes the opportunity to sound off on the various narratives she’s been entangled in throughout her career, from being labeled “difficult to work with” by Tyler Perry in the wake of refusing to do non-contractually obligated promotion for her Oscar-winning role in the movie Precious, to the origins of her feud with D.L. Of Haddish, she mentions a 2018 interview the comedian gave to GQ, in which she referenced Mo’Nique’s business practices and said she was “glad” she didn’t have a husband and manager like hers. Aside from airing personal grievances, Mo’Nique speaks at various points about the discrimination and unfair treatment she — and others like Taraji P. Henson — have faced in Hollywood as Black women (“If I was a white woman, do you know what my name would be?

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