Just when you thought Mo’Nique was done airing out her grievances, the veteran comedian-actress returns with another heated tirade against Tyler Perry.
During a conversation with Rodney “Red” Grant, the Deliverance star explained that while she and her husband love Tyler Perry, she feels his Madea persona is a “far better human being” than the man is as himself.
“Madea is a far better human being because the principles and values that she stands on, once he goes back to Tyler Perry, he drops it off,” Mo’Nique noted.
She addressed her open letter to Perry from a few weeks ago, calling him a “hypocrite” for what he shared at Angie Stone’s funeral in comparison to how his actions towards her.
“Angie Stone was a warrior,” the 57-year-old began. “Angie Stone was a fighter, baby and to watch that man up there be hypocritical over top of my sister? No sir. You cannot do that because if it was the other way around, I know my sister would’ve done the same damn thing. It’s like what you will not do is be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I won’t allow that, Tyler Perry.”
She called out his acts of kindness, alluding that he does it all for show. “He does [do ‘such nice things for people’], but he gon’ make sure you damn well know about it,” Mo’Nique said slyly. “When you do things from [your heart], that [should be] between you and the universe.”
The Parkers star also spoke on being “difficult to work with,” explaining, “I’m not difficult to work with. I’m just not gonna put up with no foolishness and I’m not gon’ let you treat anybody bad.”
She confidently believes “the misconception” about being hard to work with stemmed from Perry, and that it led directly to her being seemingly blackballed for over a decade. “I’m not tryna dress it up. I’m too damn grown to be scared to say it out loud, but when that brother says ‘Oh she’s difficult to work with,’ people ran with that. It affected my career for 12 years […] What I will say is that people that have worked with me, nobody has ever said ‘Oh my God, she’s difficult to work with.’ And Tyler Perry a** ain’t never worked with me! So figure that out.”
Within the hour-long conversation, she also speaks on her friendships with Katt Williams and Lee Daniels. Watch above.
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