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Mo’Nique andD.L. Hughleyare hashing it out on social media.
About Hughley, she referenced contracts and said, “I’m 30-plus years in this m—–f—ing business and I don’t open for no-goddam-body. The contract said ‘the headliner.’ " She said Hughley “crossed the line” with her, and mentioned they “have history.”
“You f—ed with the wrong one,” said Mo’Nique as the crowd cheered. After about 10 minutes, she then said, “Now let’s start the m—–f—ing show. I feel better.”
The comedian/actress — who said her “energy is a little different” because of the behind-the-scenes contract dispute that night — also madereference to her public feuds with celebritieslikeOprah Winfrey, Steve Harvey and Tyler Perry, saying she doesn’t bully anyone but she will stand up for herself.
Later on Sunday, Hughleyresponded on Instagramalongside a photo of Mo’Nique in the 2009 moviePrecious.
“All you have to do is check the order of names on the ticket stub from last night and you’ll see who’s confused. Against my better judgment, over the objections of my team and 4 other occasions where I said NO, I decided to take a chance and work with Monique,” he wrote.
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Hughley brought up Mo’Nique’s public feuds with other celebrities and joked “Now it’s MY turn.” He continued, “At some point it can’t be everyone else, IT’S YOU!! Lesson learned. I didn’t have anything personal against Monique… People paid a lot of money to laugh, not hear about your contract. Apparently, the role you played in PRECIOUS turned out to be an autobiography. I wonder who’s next…”
Mo’Nique thenshared a screengrabof his post on her own page, writing back to him in all caps. She said to “stop messing with people who have never messed with you” and added she “once considered you a comrade in comedy.”
“The fact that you point the people to the ticket stubs for the order of the names versus to your contract implies that you don’t have a contract that shows you are the headliner, like I do,” she wrote. “Either show your contract or be quiet.”
The star added, “But I thank you DL because … you’re the reason why I fight for my people like I do. … [This] is a prime example of the bias that Black women have to deal with in this business. I won’t even discuss awards. I love us 4real.”
D.L. Hughley.Michael S. Schwartz/Getty Images
Mo’Nique fired back on Monday,sharing photosof her own contract plus a run-of-show that had her listed as the closing act. She said she is “going to always keep it real and honest with my people” and called Hughley’s explanation “smoke and mirrors.”
“If you notice mine has signatures and D.L. does not. What type of iron clad agreement doesn’t have the signatures of the participants involved? Apparently D.L.’s. Lol!” she wrote.
source: people.com
