Mo’Nique and Steve Harvey Argue About Her Being 'Blackballed' by Hollywood After Oscar Win

Mo'Nique and Steve Harvey examined her purpose behind trusting she was "debased" in Hollywood just as the condition of their frienship

ALEXIA FERNANDEZ

February 13, 2019 09:04 PM

Mo'Nique and Steve Harvey conflicted on camera over her cases she was closed out of Hollywood in the wake of winning an Academy Award in 2010.

Amid a meeting on Harvey's Steve syndicated program on Wednesday, the 51-year-old humorist and performer said she and her better half and director, Sidney Hicks, "got named as troublesome" for pushing back when the makers of Precious requested that her accomplish more Oscar crusading.

"I said single word," said Mo'Nique, who at last brought home the statuette for Best Supporting Actress. "What's more, that was 'no.'"

"I said no to some influential individuals," Mo'Nique proceeded. "I said no to Oprah Winfrey, I said no Tyler Perry, I said no to Lee Daniels and I said no to Lionsgate. The trouble came when individuals that seem as though me, as Oprah, Tyler, Lee Daniels — and I gotta put my sibling Steve [Harvey] on the rundown — y'all realized I was not off-base. Every last one of you said to me, 'Mo'Nique that is no joke.'"




Daniels coordinated Precious while Winfrey and Perry were makers on the film.

The comic included she felt sold out when Harvey freely reprimanded her without addressing her first: "When you went broadcasting live and stated, 'My sister severed an excessive number of ties and there's nothing I can improve the situation her presently,' do you realize how harmed I was?"

Harvey, 62, pushed back. "You and I had this discussion," the anchor person answered. "I pondered it off-base. I felt you had done yourself an insult by the manner in which you went about it."