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(L-R) Charlamagne tha God, Mo’Nique and Sheryl Underwood *Mo’Nique continues to get at everyone who challenges her call to boycott Netflix. As previously reported, the Oscar winner believes she deserves more than the $500,000 she was offered by the streaming service for a comedy special, because white comic Amy Schumer was paid $13 million. […]

Mo’Nique / Getty *Mo’Nique has reached a settlement with Netflix related to a discrimination lawsuit she filed against the streamer in 2019. We reported previously that Mo felt she was slighted by the company after being offered pennies for a comedy special, which she turned down. She said at the time that Netflix offered […]

Mo’Nique (Netflic Comedy Special) – screenshot *Netflix today announced that Grammy-nominated, Oscar and Golden Globe award-winning actor and comedian Mo’Nique will film her first Netflix original stand-up comedy special later this year in Atlanta. In video announcement Mo’Nique said: “Hey y’all it’s your girl Mo’Nique and I’m excited to say that I’ll be shooting […]

*Late last year, Mo’Nique filed a lawsuit against Netflix, accusing the streaming giant of discrimination.  Mo believes she was slighted by the company after she was offered pennies for a comedy special, which she turned down. She says Netflix offered comedian Amy Schumer $11 million for an hour-long stand-up special (she eventually got $13 mil), […]

*The relationship between Mo’Nique and Whoopi Goldberg, which has been touch and go for a while, looks like it is about to be flushed down the toilet. Tensions rose between both comediennes after things heated up on the set of “The View” during a discussion of Mo’Nique’s failed campaign to boycott Netflix because they […]

*Mo’Nique is following in Katt Williams’ footsteps by making controversial remarks, as she did on the same “Club Shay Shay” podcast. However, her list of targets is slightly different. During her episode of the Shannon Sharpe-helmed podcast, which went live today, the comedian aimed at several prominent figures in the industry, including Oprah Winfrey, […]

Mo’Nique *Mo’Nique tearfully explains in her new Netflix stand-up comedy special “My Name Is Mo’Nique” why she hid her sexuality from her religious grandmother.  Mo says she “felt cowardly” that she was unable to keep it real with her grandmother before she passed away, Ace Showbiz reports.  “I couldn’t tell my grandmother who her […]

*Mo’Nique has produced several emails that appear to prove her claim that “Empire” executive producer and writer Lee Daniels wanted her to play Cookie Lyon before the role went to Taraji P. Henson. When the actress told “The Hollywood Reporter” last month that she was originally offered the role on Fox’s hit drama, some wrote it off […]

*A judge has given Mo’Nique the go ahead to continue with her discrimination lawsuit against Netflix. Mo’Nique filed a lawsuit against the streaming giant last year, accusing the company of race and gender discrimination.  Mo believes she was slighted by the platform after she was offered pennies for a comedy special, which she turned […]

D.L. Hughley and Mo’Nique via Twitter (Getty) *D.L. Hughley’s daughter Ryan Nicole Shepard has clapped back at Mo’Nique amid the comedian’s online feud with Ryan’s dad. In case you missed it, Mo’Nique and Hughley erupted in a war of words on social media last week over a contract dispute related to their stand-up show […]

*Iyanla Vanzant was asked to weigh in on the Mo’Nique/Netflix boycott controversy and the mixed reactions to the comedian’s fight for equality. According to Vanzant, this situation is much bigger than Mo’s plight. “Why are we surprised that she’s asking people to acknowledge that they diminish and demean us?” Iyanla asked when Madame Noire requested […]

*Going to bat for equal rights and her upcoming film “Blackbird,” Mo’Nique has joined the “NOH8” campaign. The Oscar winner and her husband-manager Sidney Hicks are among the latest celebrities to tape their mouths shut to pose for pictures promoting campaign, which is rooted in marriage, gender and human equality. The couple released a joint […]

*No doubt. Sheryl Lee Ralph raised more than a few eyebrows with what she said about Mo’Nique during her interview with “Access Hollywood.” For those that don’t know, the “Dreamgirls” star weighed in on Mo’Nique saying she was “blackballed” for not campaigning to win her best supporting actress Oscar for “Precious.”  In her opinion, Ralph […]

Chance the Rapper and Mo’Nique *Chance the Rapper has come forward in support of Mo’Nique and her crusade against Netflix. The Oscar winner has been accusing the streaming service of gender and racial discrimination after learning that she was offered less money for a standup comedy special than her white counterpart Amy Schumer, and both […]

Mo’Nique and Sidney Hicks *Mo’nique continues to state her case in calling for a Netflix boycott after she said the streaming service offered her $500,000 for a comedy special while handing $12 million to white comedic actress Amy Schumer. In a fresh video posted on Instagram, Mo’Nique and her husbandger Sidney Hicks stand in […]