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Jada Pinkett Smith Supports Mo’Nique’s Netflix Boycott: ‘You Don’t Have to Like Her Approach’

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Jada Pinkett Smith attends The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation Presents Broadening the Lens: Perspective on Diverse Storytelling panel at Buona Vita on January 21, 2018 in Park City, Utah.
Jada Pinkett Smith attends The Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation Presents Broadening the Lens: Perspective on Diverse Storytelling panel at Buona Vita on January 21, 2018 in Park City, Utah.

*Jada Pinkett Smith has come out in support of Mo’Nique in her attempt to launch a boycott against Netflix over alleged racial and gender pay inequality.

Mo’Nique has been calling on fans to curve Netflix after she said the streaming service offered her $500,000 for a new stand-up special while giving white comedian Amy Schumer $13 million.

Reaction to the Oscar winner’s crusade has been mixed, with some feeling she doesn’t have a realistic view of her comedic value.

Pinkett Smith has now entered the debate with a tweet of support for her fellow actress, saying you may not like the messenger, but her message of gender and racial pay disparity is real and must be discussed.

“You don’t have to like Mo’Nique’s approach. You don’t have to agree with her boycott but don’t allow all of that to make you blind to the fact that non-white women and impoverished white women are underpaid, underrepresented and undervalued EVERYWHERE by EVERYONE.”

She continued, “As a community, we should be supporting the light she is shining on this truth.”

In the video above, Mo’Nique hit up “Sway in the Morning” on Friday to provide more details about her contract negotiations with Netflix. She also called out Sheryl Underwood, Julie Chen, Adrienne Bailon and Kym Whitley for suggesting she apologize, alleging that their discouragement of her speaking out was akin to being complicit in rape.

“These are four women of color saying, ‘Mo’Nique needs to just let it go. Mo’Nique needs to be humble. Maybe if she apologizes, they’ll let her back in,’” she said. “I would ask those four women of color, ‘Did you ask any of those white women to apologize when they said they were violated by Harvey Weinstein? Did you ask any of them to be humble?’ Did you tell any of them, ‘If you speak too loud, it doesn’t mean you’re right?’”

Mo’Nique also reheated several old beefs, calling out folks she’d previously blasted for allegedly blackballing her.

“It’s affecting my livelihood. My family is hurting because these low offers keep coming in … When those four entities, Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels, Tyler Perry and Lionsgate, allowed that lie to go on and simply because I would not work for free,” she continued. “So when Lee Daniels said, ‘You gotta play the game,’ that has a lot of meanings to it. It means, ‘If I bend you over and rape you, you know not to talk because I can ruin your career … If I want you to be a slave and work for free, you know not to talk because I can ruin your career.’ ”

Watch her interview with Sway above.

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