On Friday (Jul 27), Mo’Nique appeared on KTLA’s Morning News where she discussed her ongoing issues in Hollywood and revealed that when she had her own self-titled show that Roseanne was the only one who was in her corner when she faced the obstacles of breaking into late night.

“I remember when I had the ‘Mo’Nique Show,’ and there were big, major black superstar talent that had white representatives and they told their talent, ‘That show is too black and we really don’t want you to go on there,'” Mo’Nique said. “But there was a white woman named Roseanne Barr that showed up for me. … And they didn’t hear the conversation when the cameras wasn’t rolling. … That woman was giving me some beautiful words.”

The 2009 Academy Award winner then went on to call Roseanne her “sister in comedy” and revealed that she felt the infamous racist tweet was a “mistake”, not racism.

“My sister made a mistake and she said something I know she wishes she could take back,” Mo’Nique continued. “But what I would ask is we don’t throw her away.”

Barr herself seemed to echo those sentiments during her interview with Sean Hannity, when the disgraced comedian also claimed the backlash over the widely condemned racist tweet which led to ABC canceling her show was a huge misunderstanding.

“You could have knocked me over with a feather when they said she was African-American,” Barr told Hannity of the moment when executives from ABC asked her to explain the posting. “I thought she was Middle Eastern.”

Barr also revealed during an interview with Rabbi Shmuley that she planned on diversifying her writers during season 2 of her now-canceled show, but received so much pushback over her political backing on hate monger in chief Donald Trump that she “gave up”.

“People don’t understand that I had to fight so hard against 20 writers who hate Donald Trump to get this season going, so I just stopped fighting. I’m too old to fight. But it’s crazy because once we got past season 1, I planned on diving into harder topics like race in season 2; which is why DJ had the black daughter with the girl he wouldn’t kiss and he eventually married. I had plans on talking about race and hiring black writers to help with that.”

Roseanne contends that she has always been an advocate for the inclusion of Black writers on her show saying, “It’s overdue.”

“I have always been an advocate for Black writers, you can ask anyone, but getting black writers on a white show is so hard to do because Hollywood is so segregated. I don’t think it’s their choice, I just think it’s the system that’s set up.”

I wonder if this was before or after the Hitler photoshoot?

Check out the Mo’Nique’s interview below.

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Mo’Nique was not here for the slander when it comes to her request for the boycott of Netflix based on what she alleges as gender, age, and racial bias.

On Friday (Feb 23), Mo’Nique appeared on Power 105.1’s Breakfast Club to speak on racial and gender inequality in Hollywood, she also took time to speak to Charlamagne Tha God regarding him giving her “Donkey of the Day” for her request.

“I want to address you specifically Lenard because I met you before about ten years ago in an elevator and you were very nice and respectfully so for you to give me donkey of the day, I was confused and wanted to make sure that I spoke to you personally and not through anyone else.”

In regards to her issue with Netflix, Mo’Nique states that she felt that she was overlooked not only because she is a Black woman but also because of her age.

“When we started the negotiations, we started positive and they were praising me letting me know that I was a legend, then suddenly the call dropped and no one bothered to call us back. We received a call asking why we hadn’t responded to an offer that we never received and when we did receive it; it was far less than someone with my resume should be paid.”

Not one to back down, Charlamagne explained why he gave her the hilarious title for the week following her original announcement and continued to inquire as to why she felt her instance with Netflix wasn’t isolated.

“To me, it sounds like an isolated incident because when you have Black women like Ava Duvarney who received millions and deals for multiple projects, maybe it’s just they don’t see the value in paying you that much. What can you provide to show them otherwise? Amy Schumer, although I don’t think she’s funny, has numbers she sold out arenas. Dave Chappelle did 1500 shows all of which sold out and Chris Rock is selling out arenas and you’re still talking about Queens of Comedy from 15 years ago.”

Although Charlamagne was making great points, the Golden Globe awarded comedienne was not impressed and before leaving at the end of the interview compared Charlamagne to the man who led his wife to the slave master in the film Birth of a Nation.

“You know what, brotha? You’re going to hear yourself a lot from me lately. You’re going to hear yourself around the world. We have to explain brothas like you, we do. And, when we watched that movie Birth of a Nation and we saw that man walk his wife into that master’s house, we watched him walk his wife in. Then we watched him go back and get ’em— you’re that brotha.”

Check out the tense interview below.

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