Mo’Nique is taking the time as soon as once more to air out her longstanding grievances with Tyler Perry leaving many to marvel if and when she’ll hand over on her quest for justice from the Hollywood mogul. However the longer we give it some thought, the extra we understand that she really shouldn’t hand over and there’s an excellent cause why.
As you properly know, the meat between the 2 stars dates all the best way again to 2009 when the “Valuable” star refused to fly out to France for a non-contractually obligated look to advertise the aforementioned movie at that 12 months’s Cannes Movie Competition. Because of her refusal, Perry—who was one of many government producers of the movie alongside Oprah Winfrey—labeled her as “tough to work with” and basically blackballed her from the trade.
What transpired within the years that adopted was an entire slowdown in jobs for Mo’Nique and numerous name outs the place she blasted Perry for the half he performed in her profession downfall. She occasion went as far as to creating a number of posts on social media about him, posting an audio dialog of Perry admitting he did incorrect by her and that he would ultimately apologize, doing lengthy interviews about him, blasting him throughout a comedy set and extra.
Earlier this month, Mo’Nique tried to as soon as once more get Perry’s consideration by calling him out for his “hypocritical” sermon at Angie Stone’s funeral—but it surely got here to naught. Now, over the weekend, throughout a brand new interview with Rodney “Purple” Grant for his YouTube channel, “The Parkers” star is as soon as once more talking her peace.
“I’m not tough to work with, Im simply not gon’ put up with no foolishness. And I’m not about to allow you to deal with anyone else unhealthy that we’re taking part in with,” she stated partially. “So I believe that the misperception grew to become—and the misperception got here from Tyler Perry. I’m not making an attempt to decorate it up, I’m too rattling grown to be scared to say it out loud. However when that brother stated she’s tough to work with, properly individuals ran with that. It affected my profession for 12 years.”
And that’s precisely why she shouldn’t maintain quiet. Have you learnt what number of TV exhibits she might’ve filmed in twelve years? Have you learnt what number of movies she might’ve achieved in twelve years? Having to overlook out on quite a few alternatives and quite a few paychecks based mostly off a false notion is one thing no working individual would take evenly in any line of enterprise. So why ought to Mo’Nique be anticipated to simply take the playing cards she’s been dealt and go sit down quietly?
Let’s not neglect the truth that in leaked audio from 2017—that was additionally talked about in Mo’s viral “Membership Shay Shay” interview a pair years in the past, Perry himself admitted that it was incorrect for Mo’nique to do one thing she wasn’t contractually obligated to do. He additionally stated she’d get an apology from him as soon as issues cooled down and he’d was doing press for his then upcoming movie “Boo 2! A Madea Halloween.” It’s been years since that dialog and we’ve but to see Perry make good on what he stated.
And realistically talking, Mo’Nique could also be ready even longer to get what she feels she’d rightly owed from him, particularly an apology and a few kind of financial recompense. But when her monitor file within the court docket room is any indication of how issues will ultimately play out with the “Madea” creator—she would possibly should maintain holding out hope and elevating hell for a short time longer.
Look, we get it: it’s been years, Mo’Nique is loud, “brash,” a giant Black girl with “an perspective” and received’t again down. And she or he’s going towards the juggernaut of an trade man like Perry. However be that as it might, she completely has each proper to proceed to push for the justice she feels she deserves regardless of who wronged her. As an alternative of quietly wishing for her to hush, perhaps we must always as an alternative use our power to push for the each of them to lastly come to the desk and work this factor on out.