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Mo'Nique Goes in on Oprah, Lee Daniels, and Tyler Perry

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Her speaking Oprah starts here:

View: https://youtu.be/AOiXBlG7gsA?t=1287


She says they only paid her $50k but she got 5% on the backend, she accepted it because it was an independent flick by Lee Daniels. It hits Sundance, gets rave reviews, and Oprah and Tyler Perry get involved and start putting the film in the circuit. Monique refused to travel for marketing because she was not under contract. Tyler Perry tried to talk her into campaigning outside of contract and without pay but she refused. Tyler Perry began to tell other people that she was difficult to work with and helped to black ball her.

Tyler Perry called her years down the line and said "What I did to you was wrong".

This is messed up situation and everyone should be ashamed of themselves for doing Mo'Nique like that.
 

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    Her speaking Oprah starts here:

    View: https://youtu.be/AOiXBlG7gsA?t=1287


    She says they only paid her $50k but she got 5% on the backend, she accepted it because it was an independent flick by Lee Daniels. It hits Sundance, gets rave reviews, and Oprah and Tyler Perry get involved and start putting the film in the circuit. Monique refused to travel for marketing because she was not under contract. Tyler Perry tried to talk her into campaigning outside of contract and without pay but she refused. Tyler Perry began to tell other people that she was difficult to work with and helped to black ball her.

    Tyler Perry called her years down the line and said "What I did to you was wrong".

    This is messed up situation and everyone should be ashamed of themselves for doing Mo'Nique like that.
    Mo'Nique told us they were foul. Look at how they did her and talked about her husband too? 2 sissy boys and a anti black male hating mammy. I want to see Harpo get her wake up call soon, she has been nothing but a headache for FBA straight males. Mr. Dash had to chase down Lee to get money he loaned him to help pay for some project. That's tacky. And Tyler? This MF said he wasn't going to make another Madea flick, but I knew he couldn't stay out of wearing womens clothes.

    Tyler needs to pay that woman and take her off that black ball list.
     

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    Mo'Nique told us they were foul. Look at how they did her and talked about her husband too? 2 sissy boys and a anti black male hating mammy. I want to see Harpo get her wake up call soon, she has been nothing but a headache for FBA straight males. Mr. Dash had to chase down Lee to get money he loaned him to help pay for some project. That's tacky. And Tyler? This MF said he wasn't going to make another Madea flick, but I knew he couldn't stay out of wearing womens clothes.

    Tyler needs to pay that woman and take her off that black ball list.
    She is not an innocent victim like she pretends to be. She let’s her dumb ass husband who doesn’t know the industry run her affairs. He gives her terrible business advice, it fails, and they blame others.

    She said she got 5% of Precious, she should have done the press tour. If she wanted to get paid for press she should have had it in the agreement.

    For her to be a pivotal character and refuse to do any press is her being difficult. If she had a better business mind backing her and not her lame brained husband she would have sucked it up with Precious and rolled into the next movie with a better agreement.
     

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    She is not an innocent victim like she pretends to be. She let’s her dumb ass husband who doesn’t know the industry run her affairs. He gives her terrible business advice, it fails, and they blame others.

    She said she got 5% of Precious, she should have done the press tour. If she wanted to get paid for press she should have had it in the agreement.

    For her to be a pivotal character and refuse to do any press is her being difficult. If she had a better business mind backing her and not her lame brained husband she would have sucked it up with Precious and rolled into the next movie with a better agreement.
    I didn't know he was also her manager, she should have gotten a professional agent/manager because they would have made sure her traveling would be in the contract. IDK maybe she thought he knew how to do things on the cheap.
     

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    I didn't know he was also her manager, she should have gotten a professional agent/manager because they would have made sure her traveling would be in the contract. IDK maybe she thought he knew how to do things on the cheap.
    I’ll look for the interviews with her husband you can easily see they he’s an arrogant dumbass. He doesn’t know when he’s out of his depth and needs support. He is dragging Monique down and she is letting him.
     

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    She is not an innocent victim like she pretends to be. She let’s her dumb ass husband who doesn’t know the industry run her affairs. He gives her terrible business advice, it fails, and they blame others.

    She said she got 5% of Precious, she should have done the press tour. If she wanted to get paid for press she should have had it in the agreement.

    For her to be a pivotal character and refuse to do any press is her being difficult. If she had a better business mind backing her and not her lame brained husband she would have sucked it up with Precious and rolled into the next movie with a better agreement.
    Mo'Nique got herself black balled by name dropping & complaining about why she should've got paid more than other comedians on Netflix. I wouldn't be surprised if her husband put her up to it.
    You're absolutely right, Jay. I know he's her husband, but how is he her manager & doesn't even know the industry? I just think he should be head of the household, stay in his lane & stick to what he's knowledgeable about. 🤷🏽‍♀️
     

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    I’ll look for the interviews with her husband you can easily see they he’s an arrogant dumbass. He doesn’t know when he’s out of his depth and needs support. He is dragging Monique down and she is letting him.
    Yes please I would like to see that. That's a damn shame.
     

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    Mo'Nique got herself black balled by name dropping & complaining about why she should've got paid more than other comedians on Netflix. I wouldn't be surprised if her husband put her up to it.
    You're absolutely right, Jay. I know he's her husband, but how is he her manager & doesn't even know the industry? I just think he should be head of the household, stay in his lane & stick to what he's knowledgeable about. 🤷🏽‍♀️
    Too many open fronts to fight at the same time.
     

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    Her speaking Oprah starts here:

    View: https://youtu.be/AOiXBlG7gsA?t=1287


    She says they only paid her $50k but she got 5% on the backend, she accepted it because it was an independent flick by Lee Daniels. It hits Sundance, gets rave reviews, and Oprah and Tyler Perry get involved and start putting the film in the circuit. Monique refused to travel for marketing because she was not under contract. Tyler Perry tried to talk her into campaigning outside of contract and without pay but she refused. Tyler Perry began to tell other people that she was difficult to work with and helped to black ball her.

    Tyler Perry called her years down the line and said "What I did to you was wrong".

    This is messed up situation and everyone should be ashamed of themselves for doing Mo'Nique like that.
    Absolutely, they acted as if they we’re Vaudevillians approaching an entertainer from the Chitlin’ Circuit.
     

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    There are several commentators some with a large following stating "Go alone, don't bring the husband". I hope she sees them.
    If you look at it emotionally it’s a travesty that they would even ask her to not bring her husband. When you look at it from a business standpoint then you ask “why the hell is she bringing her husband?

    Do you bring your wife to work? Is he qualified to be in the room?
     

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    If you look at it emotionally it’s a travesty that they would even ask her to not bring her husband. When you look at it from a business standpoint then you ask “why the hell is she bringing her husband?

    Do you bring your wife to work? Is he qualified to be in the room?
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    She is not an innocent victim like she pretends to be. She let’s her dumb ass husband who doesn’t know the industry run her affairs. He gives her terrible business advice, it fails, and they blame others.

    She said she got 5% of Precious, she should have done the press tour. If she wanted to get paid for press she should have had it in the agreement.

    For her to be a pivotal character and refuse to do any press is her being difficult. If she had a better business mind backing her and not her lame brained husband she would have sucked it up with Precious and rolled into the next movie with a better agreement.
    I said the same thing when all this came out. I usually don't get into peoples personal lives but the relationship between Mo and her husband (who is laughably ignorant and yet arrogant at the time time not a good match) is way off and he gives off downlow LGBT vibes. It's almost as if he has something on Mo and she's gotta do what he says or else or maybe she's simply got a IQ that matches or self esteem.
     

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    I said the same thing when all this came out. I usually don't get into peoples personal lives but the relationship between Mo and her husband (who is laughably ignorant and yet arrogant at the time time not a good match) is way off and he gives off downlow LGBT vibes. It's almost as if he has something on Mo and she's gotta do what he says or else or maybe she's simply got a IQ that matches or self esteem.
    Preach! It's such a horrible dynamic and she is letting him drag her to the ground. He gives her advice that is clearly illogical. If Netflix offered you 350k but offered Chappelle $25M then first question you need to ask is why? Then you will see that they are more successful then you so it makes sense. You counter offer, if they come back and you dont like the terms, move on...the race/sex card she played there was horrible. She was playing checkers on a chess board. If she was worth more, she should have toured to prove her worth and then demand a bigger bag from Netflix.

    Then the Precious thing was dumb too. Tyler was telling her that if she gets an Oscar she would be pulling $5M a film. She could have taken 6 months out of her life for marketing Precious to set herself up for $5M a flick and her husband was like "No, ask them to give you $1M now or we are out". That is some of the worst chess moves I've seen in a long time.
     

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    I always liked Mo'Nique but girl has to be stupid to fall for this and her husband did not do her any favors. I don't normally follow this kind of nonsense with celebs but it seems like a case of people getting to the top and throwing other people under the bus. Shame to see it being done by people like Perry and Oprah but to be fair, those two are all sorts of wack and coony.
     

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    I always liked Mo'Nique but girl has to be stupid to fall for this and her husband did not do her any favors. I don't normally follow this kind of nonsense with celebs but it seems like a case of people getting to the top and throwing other people under the bus. Shame to see it being done by people like Perry and Oprah but to be fair, those two are all sorts of wack and coony.
    She’s playing herself and trying to take us with her.
     

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    I didn't know he was also her manager, she should have gotten a professional agent/manager because they would have made sure her traveling would be in the contract. IDK maybe she thought he knew how to do things on the cheap.
    Her husband is in the industry why would you assume he isn’t a professional?
     

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    She’s playing herself and trying to take us with her.
    Yeah I am not getting in that car for a ride to no-wheres-ville. LOL

    Shame to see it happen but this seems to be a case for a lot of celebs. They reach a certain level and if something don't go their way, they cry to us about it. Like we ain't got jobs and better things to worry about.