Mo’Nique has seemingly reignited her feud together with her “brother” Steve Harvey, 5 years after their tense dialog on ‘The Steve Harvey Present.’
The comic and actress was not too long ago interviewed by The Root, the place she was requested to share her ideas about Katt Williams — particularly, his viral interview on Shannen Sharpe‘s ‘Membership Shay Shay’ podcast.
Mo’Nique Speaks On Her Variations With Steve
As followers will recall, the ‘Pimp Chronicles’ star made feedback about Harvey allegedly stealing jokes from fellow comic Mark Curry.
Whereas Mo’Nique opted to not communicate on the matter, she was greater than open to discussing her personal share of points with the West Virginia native.
In keeping with the ‘Blackbird’ actress, the strain between them began when Mo’Nique appeared on Harvey’s speak present in 2019, per PEOPLE.
“When Steve Harvey sat on that present, and he stated, ‘Mo, your husband can’t be out right here flexing like he do. He can’t be who he’s when he come out right here.’ Let me let you know what that meant,” she stated.
Beforehand, Mo’Nique and her husband and supervisor, Sidney Hicks, had been in talks to entrance her personal present with the identical producers behind Harvey’s speak present.
However issues took a left flip when their dialogue swiftly modified to producers allegedly revealing particulars about Harvey’s pay.
That’s when Hicks interrupted the producers.
“My husband stated, ‘Primary, my spouse considers that man her brother, and quantity two, he’s my frat brother, and we don’t play like that,’” Mo’Nique recalled. “‘Please don’t share that man’s enterprise with us as a result of in case you share his enterprise with us, you’ll share our enterprise with another person.’”
Producers reportedly revealed Mo’Nique and Hicks’ statements to Harvey. Nonetheless, he allegedly brushed it off as no massive deal, telling his producers, “Man, generally my frat brothers could be a little fanatical man, that ain’t nothing, I’ll handle it.”
The information outlet notes that Harvey and Hicks have been longtime members of the Omega Psi Phi, an African-American fraternity.
Hicks additionally accused Harvey of counting the variety of Black folks in his viewers in concern that too many individuals of colour might value him sponsorship offers.
“I’m not going to let these n****s mess it up for me,” Hicks quoted Harvey earlier than sending the comic a message. “We simply once more wish to say, Brother, you’re our household, acknowledge that and are available on again, let’s do it the correct approach. It’s not going to work out in the long term while you’re doing issues for those that actually are oppressing you, and it’s only for cash.”
Swipe beneath to listen to Mo’Nique and Hicks’ sentiments about Harvey. Moreover, Mo’Nique reveals a joke of hers allegedly used within the movie, ‘White Chicks.’
Steve Thought of Mo’Nique “Troublesome”
Mo’Nique stated she couldn’t contact on the difficulty with producers throughout the taping as a result of she was caught up addressing Harvey, saying she’d “been an issue” in Hollywood.
The ‘Household Feud’ host was referring to the drama that ensued between Tyler Perry, Lee Daniels, and Oprah Winfrey.
In 2009, Mo’Nique reportedly had a falling out with the trio over her refusal to advertise the film ‘Valuable’ abroad, per Atlanta Black Star.
She claimed that the contract she signed didn’t point out extra work internationally, and so they must compensate her as a result of she didn’t work without cost.
Mo’Nique would win an Oscar for Finest Supporting Actress in 2010.
However as an alternative of her profession flourishing after the numerous feat, she’d been shunned by the trade over the drama with Perry, Daniels, and Winfrey, in response to PEOPLE.
Then, in 2019, she sued Netflix for gender and racial bias. Mo’Nique claimed she acquired a proposal to guide her comedy particular, however the firm failed to barter a good deal.
Reportedly, the streaming platform solely provided her $500,000.
In distinction to comedians similar to Amy Schumer, who have been making tens of millions for his or her stand-up specials, through Web page Six, she deemed this to be fairly the insult.
Mo’Nique, at that time, had gained a status for being “tough.”
“I stated no to some highly effective folks,” she instructed Harvey, per Deadline. “I stated no to Oprah Winfrey, I stated no TO Tyler Perry, I stated no to Lee Daniels, and I stated no to Lionsgate. The problem got here when folks that seem like me, like Oprah, Tyler, Lee Daniels — and I gotta put my brother Steve [Harvey] on the checklist — y’all knew I used to be not improper. Every one in all you stated to me, ‘Mo’Nique, you’re not improper.’”
Mo’Nique additionally shared her disapproval of Harvey criticizing how she dealt with the state of affairs with Winfrey, Daniels, and Perry.
“Whenever you went on the air and stated, ‘My sister burned too many bridges and there’s nothing I can do for her now,’ are you aware how harm I used to be?”
“I believed you went about it improper,” Harvey hit again. “I felt you had accomplished your self a disservice by the way in which you selected to go about it.”
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