Comedian and actress Mo’Nique is calling out Sherri Shepherd after the former co-host of The View made a series of backhanded comments about her during a recent interview.
Shepherd suggested that Mo’Nique is “always getting in trouble,” a statement that did not sit well with the Academy Award winner.
During the Valentine’s Day livestream of Two Funny Mamas, Shepherd and Kym Whitley’s podcast, the talk show host praised Mo’Nique’s recent role in the Lee Daniels-produced film The Reading.
Shepherd began by recognizing the difficult years that Mo’Nique experienced in the industry, which led to her being blackballed for years.
“People underestimate comics; she’s really, really good. She’s a great actress,” Sheperd said.
Then, she started adding in some shade saying, “personality-wise, she’s always getting in trouble, always. If it’s not with another comic, D.L. Hughley, somebody.”
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On Tuesday, Mo’Nique clapped back with a response on an Instagram post.
She wrote, “First, thank you for your compliments regarding my talents and performance in The Reading.’ I couldn’t help but notice, though that you two said because of my personality, I’m always ‘getting in trouble’.”
“You then attempted to show a connection between my personality and me being blackballed, along with the fallout I had with Brother DL Hughley. In addition, you two within the same breath mentioned how we as comics are ‘underestimated’.”
“First thing, kids with their parents, criminals with the law, and slaves with their masters get into trouble, and last time I checked, I don’t fit into any of these categories to get in trouble with anyone mentioned, do you two,” she added.
The 55-year-old actress and comedienne continued, “When you two say ‘we as comics are underrated’, and you Sherrie, Kim and I are, ironically, all black female comics, why do you think we’re ‘underrated’? My personality is of such where I have to speak up and out against injustices, so we can stop being as you both said, “underrated. And if you notice, I haven’t ever started a conversation about you two that involved any negativity in any way in all of the years I’ve known you two. Thank you two again for the compliments, though backhanded and please know regardless, I still love you both to life, ‘sisters’!”
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