Mo’Nique Says ‘My Name Would Be Melissa McCarthy’ If ‘I Was a White Woman’
Mo'Nique Says 'My Name Would Be Melissa McCarthy' If 'I Was a White Woman': 'Same Track Record,' but 'Opportunities Aren't the Same' in Hollywood https://t.co/HxqfXCXQug
- Variety (@Variety) February 8, 2024
Mo’Nique delivered a viral interview on the “Club Shay Shay” podcast.
She declared that her career might’ve been as successful as that of fellow comic Melissa McCarthy had she been given equal opportunities as her white contemporaries. Mo’Nique suggested that her awards success and hit television show did not lead to a similar career like McCarthy’s.
“If I was a white woman, do you know what my name would be? Melissa McCarthy. If I was a white woman, my name would be Melissa McCarthy. Same track record! Five-year sitcom in syndication. The opportunities are not the same.”
Elsewhere, Mo’Nique called out Kevin Hart for allegedly falling back on his word to produce new content with her. Mo’Nique said Hart reached out to her and told her, “Let’s move past it, Mo. Let’s do great things together. Don’t even worry about it. Whatever you want to do I will partner with you. I will executive produce with you … I’ll do whatever you want me to do.”
Mo’Nique said she never asked Hart to do anything, but then she was told that Hart’s manager said Hart “doesn’t want anything to do with Mo’Nique.” She got in touch with Hart, who said it was all a “miscommunication.”
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