Mo’Nique Wants ‘Public Open Conversation’ With Tyler Perry & Oprah

Mo’Nique Wants ‘Public Open Conversation’ With Tyler Perry & Oprah

Mo’Nique is once again asking for transparency — this time, in front of the world.

During a recent appearance on The 85 South Show, the Oscar-winning actress and comedian said she still wants a public, open conversation with Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey about long-standing issues she believes affected her career.

“My knees don’t buckle. I don’t waver from what I know is right. I don’t waver from the truth,” Mo’Nique said. “So if that has to be public, I’m okay with that.”

She added that she’s still waiting for both Perry and Winfrey to agree to the conversation, saying:

“I’m still waiting for Tyler Perry, still waiting for Oprah Winfrey to say, ‘Let’s have this public open conversation. Don’t run. Don’t run.’”

According to Mo’Nique, the tension stems from her decision not to travel internationally to promote Precious — the 2009 film that Perry and Winfrey co-produced alongside director Lee Daniels. She has long claimed that the fallout from that decision led to her being blacklisted in Hollywood.

Mo’Nique also addressed the long-running narrative that she’s “hard to work with,” saying that label originated from Tyler Perry himself.

“For the people that said I’m hard to work with — they’ve not worked with me,” she explained. “But when you have a man named Tyler Perry saying, ‘She’s difficult to work with,’ and you’ve never worked with me, that cost me twelve years of my career.”

At this time, neither Tyler Perry nor Oprah Winfrey have publicly responded to Mo’Nique’s renewed call for a conversation.