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[…] without pay during the shutdown but as a contractor, will not receive back pay and won’t receive a paycheck until next week. And Academy Award® winning actress/comedian Mo’Nique returns and gives her opinion of the Oscars, discusses her Las Vegas residency, and makes peace with The Real’s co-host Adrienne Houghton in an honest conversation! […]

Mo’Nique / Getty *Mo’Nique is speaking out about her years-long feud with Oprah Winfrey, saying she’s still waiting for an apology from the former talk show queen for featuring her dysfunctional family members on an episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” after the comedian won an Oscar for her role in “Precious.” Mo’Nique […]

*The idea of having a marriage filled with mutual sexual relationships may be a turn off to many people, but for Mo’Nique and her husband Sidney Hicks, it suits them just fine. Especially since the pair, who has been married for 11 years, have been involved in an open marriage for a number of […]

Mo’Nique and her husband, Sidney *Funnyman Gary Owen took a cue from Mo’Nique and posted his own video about the problem has with not being hired by Telemundo and is asking for people to boycott the Spanish network. But it’s all a veiled parody of Mo’Nique’s situation. We’ve got more to tell and […]

Mo’Nique, Jawn Murray *On his video podcast over the weekend, entertainment journalist Jawn Murray spent an hour and 18 minutes on the topic of Mo’Nique after the comedian tried to roast him last week in one of her live Periscope chats. The actress told viewers that she didn’t understand why Murray wrote such […]

D.L. Hughley and Mo’Nique via Twitter (Getty) *Oh, the drama never ends in the world of comedians! D.L. Hughley just couldn’t resist coming for Mo’Nique and calling her a liar after her interview with Shannon Sharpe on “Club Shay Shay” went viral. According to Hughley, Mo’Nique is a liar who can’t stop making videos, […]

*Steve Harvey has weighed in on the ongoing contractual dispute between D.L. Hughley and Mo’Nique.  The comedian and TV host decided to comment to remarks Mo’Nique made about Hughley and Harvey during a recent stand-up show.  “Let me just open by saying I could care less than a…about what you think about me because clearly—clearly—I’m not your problem,” Harvey said Wednesday during a “Steve Harvey Morning Show” discussion. “And you know what? Anyone who knows me, who really knows me, can’t even make that statement.” In case you missed it, Mo’Nique and D.L. Hughley are sparring on social media over a contract dispute related to their stand-up show last Saturday night at the Fox Theater in Detroit. READ MORE: D.L. Hughley Claps Back at Mo’Nique Amid Contract Dispute Hughley and Mo took part in The Comedy Explosion, with both claiming over the weekend to be the headliner of the event. It all started when Mo’Nique said she was supposed to co-headline the event with Hughley, but it didn’t work out that way. They have since been going back and forth on social media, with Mo posting a screenshot of the alleged contract she claims that D.L. didn’t honor.  D.L. responded by sharing his contract and the schedule for The Comedy Explosion line-up. As reported by Vlad TV, he captioned the post, “RECEIPTS > OPINIONS. I GOT EVERYTHING THAT WAS STATED IN MY CONTRACT… EVERYTHING. BUT LET’S SAY I DIDN’T, MY BEEF WOULDN’T BE WITH ANYONE BUT THE PROMOTER AND/OR MY TEAM AND I DAMN SURE WOULDN’T MAKE IT PERSONAL. IF YOU HAVE A […]

*50 Cent says he’s ready to give Mo’Nique a second chance in Hollywood and he has called on Oprah and Tyler Perry to apologize for allegedly “blackballing” her in the industry.  “I’m sure Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry would not want to continue to allow there influence to damage @therealmoworldwide career and this has […]

Actress/comedian Mo’Nique performs at her Spread The Love Tour at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on April 2, 2010, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Dr. Billy Ingram/WireImage) *Netflix has released the trailer for Mo’Nique’s comedy special titled “My Name Is Monique,” and the project comes nearly a year after the comedian and the […]

D.L. Hughley and Mo’Nique via Twitter (Getty) *Mo’Nique and D.L. Hughley are sparring on social media over a contract dispute related to their stand-up show Saturday night at the Fox Theater in Detroit. Both comedians took part in The Comedy Explosion, with both claiming over the weekend to be the headliner of the event. It all started when Mo’Nique said she was supposed to co-headline the event with Hughley, but it didn’t work out that way. They have since been going back and forth on social media, with Mo posting a screenshot of the alleged contract she claims that D.L. didn’t honor.  D.L. responded by sharing his contract and the schedule for The Comedy Explosion line-up. As reported by Vlad TV, he captioned the post, “RECEIPTS > OPINIONS. I GOT EVERYTHING THAT WAS STATED IN MY CONTRACT… EVERYTHING. BUT LET’S SAY I DIDN’T, MY BEEF WOULDN’T BE WITH ANYONE BUT THE PROMOTER AND/OR MY TEAM AND I DAMN SURE WOULDN’T MAKE IT PERSONAL. IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, TAKE IT UP WITH MANAGEMENT AND BY THAT I MEAN […]

* Mo’Nique’s claim that she was offered the chance to play Cookie Lyon on “Empire” is not true, according one of the show’s co-creators. During an appearance on “Sway in the Morning,” Danny Strong stated that Mo’Nique is mistaken over her claim and that she was never offered the role. In fact, Strong said […]

* Mo’Nique is not done firing off at those she feels betrayed her and had a hand at stalling her entertainment career. She recently opened up to fans through a podcast about her issues with Hollywood players such as Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry and Lee Daniels. The Academy Award winning actress and comedian did […]

 *Oscar-winning actress and comedienne Mo’Nique will drop a new comedy special on Showtime this Friday, and she’s dishing about her comedic pals that she’s bringing along for the ride.  “It was exciting to introduce some new babies into the game and some legends that have been in the game,” she said in a […]

Mo’Nique in the new Lee Daniels supernatural thriller ‘The Reading’ *Mo’Nique and Lee Daniels squashed their years-long beef in 2022 and teamed up on a supernatural thriller that’s set to debut on BET+ next month.  Written and directed by Courtney Glaudé, the BET+ original film “The Reading,” centers on recently widowed author Emma Leeden […]

Mo’Nique and her husband Sidney Hicks (Brent N Clarke-FilmMagic-Getty Images) *Mo’Nique admits in her new comedy stand-up special, “My Name is Mo’Nique,” that she once confessed to her husband that she wanted to have sex with another woman. “I said, ‘Daddy, I want to be with another woman sexually.’ And he looked at […]