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Mo’Nique & Netflix Share Behind-The-Scenes Look At Upcoming Comedy Special (Video)

<p>Veteran comedian <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;monique-announces-new-netflix-comedy-special-shares-shes-reuniting-with-lee-daniels-on-a-new-film&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Mo&&num;8217&semi;Nique<&sol;a> is gearing up for the release of her upcoming comedy special with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;netflix-password-sharing-guidelines&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Netflix<&sol;a>&period; The news comes after both parties unveiled the news on Wednesday&period; And follows a years-long lawsuit between the two parties&comma; which has now been settled&comma; as reported by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vulture&period;com&sol;article&sol;monique-netflix-comedy-special-premiere-date&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Vulture<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;monique-announces-new-netflix-comedy-special-shares-shes-reuniting-with-lee-daniels-on-a-new-film&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Mo&&num;8217&semi;Nique Announces New Netflix Comedy Special &amp&semi; Shares She&&num;8217&semi;s Reuniting With Lee Daniels On A New Film<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"ClBSZLauu7w" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Mo&&num;8217&semi;Nique Unveiled The Comedy Special&&num;8217&semi;s Trailer Via Instagram<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The 55-year-old took to Instagram on Wednesday to share the comedy special&&num;8217&semi;s trailer with fans&period; Mo&&num;8217&semi;Nique shared that the film will be called <em>My Name Is Mo&&num;8217&semi;Nique<&sol;em>&comma; and will premiere on the streaming platform on April 4th&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>HEY MY SWEET BABIES&excl;&excl; IT IS HERE&excl;&excl;&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>MY NAME IS MONIQUE<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>GLOBAL RELEASE APRIL 4TH<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I LOVE US 4 REAL&excl;&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a class&equals;"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate &lowbar;a6hd" tabindex&equals;"0" role&equals;"link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;netflixisajoke&sol;&quest;hl&equals;en">&commat;netflixisajoke<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Co-Jkx0uP7D" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Netflix also shared an announcement of its own via Instagram&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Grammy-nominated&comma; Oscar and Golden Globe award-winning actor and comedian <a class&equals;"x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate &lowbar;a6hd" tabindex&equals;"0" role&equals;"link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;therealmoworldwide&sol;&quest;hl&equals;en">&commat;therealmoworldwide<&sol;a> is back with a new stand-up special&comma; My Name is Mo’Nique&comma; premiering globally on Netflix April 4th&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Co-EOYNuZw9" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">More Details About The Comedian&&num;8217&semi;s Upcoming Comedy Special<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The trailer for the film begins with a man rapping to the comedian&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I told you this s&ast;&ast;t was going down&period; F&ast;&ast;k what they said&comma; I told ya Netflix would come around&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The comedian then went on to explain why she titled the special <em>My Name Is Mo&&num;8217&semi;Nique<&sol;em>&period; She also explained what viewers can expect from the film&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I give y’all my word&comma; after 72 minutes&comma; y’all gon’ know why this s&ast;&ast;t is called <em>My Name is Mo’Nique<&sol;em>&&num;8230&semi; Y&&num;8217&semi;all might say&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Damn&comma; we didn&&num;8217&semi;t know we were going to find out all of that&period;&&num;8217&semi; Yes&excl;&&num;8230&semi; This one right here is personal&period; This one right here&&num;8230&semi; when you walk away from this one&comma; when you turn your TV off from this one&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll say&comma; &&num;8216&semi;now we understand that woman&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Mo&&num;8217&semi;Nique went on to explain that there are things she is going to divulge in this special that she never expected to&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Before&comma; I felt like I was just focused on being funny&period; Now I feel like I have something to say&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"0pjS37kY14Y" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">More About Mo&&num;8217&semi;Nique &amp&semi; Netflix&&num;8217&semi;s Previous Legal Battle<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;okayplayer&period;com&sol;culture&sol;monique-netflix-discrimination-lawsuit-settled&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Okayplayer<&sol;a>&comma; Mo&&num;8217&semi;Nique filed a gender and racial discrimination lawsuit against the company in 2019&period; The legal move was reportedly made because the comedian felt the company extended her a &&num;8220&semi;lowball offer&&num;8221&semi; in 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mo&&num;8217&semi;Nique further explained that the company offered her &dollar;500&comma;000 dollars for a one-hour standup special&period; In contrast to other comedians such as Dave Chappelle&comma; Amy Schumer&comma; Chris Rock&comma; and others who were reportedly earning larger amounts for their Netflix specials&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As previously reported by The Shade Room&comma; the comedian shared a brief statement when she announced the lawsuit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I can confirm that today I filed a pay discrimination lawsuit against Netflix&period; I had a choice to make&colon; I could accept what I felt was pay discrimination or I could stand up for those who came before me and those who will come after me&period; I chose to stand up&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vulture&period;com&sol;article&sol;monique-netflix-comedy-special-premiere-date&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Vulture<&sol;a>&comma; the lawsuit was settled between the parties in 2022&comma; for &&num;8220&semi;undisclosed terms&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1628424386498772998" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; 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