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Mo’Nique Says She Is Not Afraid Of The Backlash After Calling Out Lee Daniels, Oprah Winfrey, And Tyler Perry

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recently Mo’Nique made headlines after footage from one of her recent comedy shows went viral&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the video&comma; she addressed being blackballed in Hollywood&comma; and called out Lee Daniels&comma; Oprah Winfrey&comma; and Tyler Perry&comma; as she held them responsible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a recent interview with <em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2017&sol;05&sol;15&sol;mo-nique-oprah-lee-daniels-tyler-perry-not-apologizing&sol;">TMZ<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; Mo’Nique sat down with her husband Sidney Hicks&comma; and she talked about Oprah and Tyler Perry participating in Lee Daniels’ mission to label her as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;difficult to work with&comma;” while on movie sets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the interview&comma; Mo’Nique said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If you notice in comedy one of the greats&comma; his name was Richard Pryor&comma; and the reason why we loved Richard Pryor was because of what&quest; The truth&comma; he told the truth&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She continued&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Everything I say comes from my heart&comma; I’m unapologetic about it&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;One thing I will say to you guys&comma; what I will say to Oprah&comma; Tyler&comma; Lee&comma; one thing about me and my husband&comma; we’re not no hiders&comma; we’re not no runners&comma; and when a sister says to me &OpenCurlyQuote;aren’t you afraid of the blowback&quest;’ I would say to you as another woman&comma; aren’t you afraid to even ask the question am I afraid of the blowback for simply being honest&comma;” said Mo’Nique&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe style&equals;"width&colon; 700&semi; height&colon; 394px&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;cdnapisec&period;kaltura&period;com&sol;p&sol;591531&sol;sp&sol;59153100&sol;embedIframeJs&sol;uiconf&lowbar;id&sol;6740162&sol;partner&lowbar;id&sol;591531&quest;iframeembed&equals;true&amp&semi;playerId&equals;kaltura&lowbar;player&lowbar;1413478522&amp&semi;entry&lowbar;id&equals;0&lowbar;tj3mhitc" width&equals;"664" height&equals;"421" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;If you missed what Mo’Nique said during her stand-up act&comma; 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