Mo’Nique peeled the flesh off a number of leisure adversaries on the “Membership Shay Shay” podcast, notably film magnate Tyler Perry, whom she accused of robbing her of the marquee function of Cookie Lyon of the juggernaut “Empire” TV sequence.
Channeling her interior Katt Williams, Mo’Nique says the long-lasting function of Cookie Lyon that Taraji P. Henson took was supplied to her first. However Mo’Nique says the Tyler Perry Studios proprietor advised director Lee Daniels that she was “troublesome” to work with they usually subsequently supplied the character to Henson.
That is fascinating when followers contemplate that Daniels directed Mo’Nique in her Oscar-winning function as a diabolical and demented mom in 2008’s Valuable. Perry and Oprah have been listed as producers on the movie, however Daniels ought to have been properly attuned to Mo’Nique’s disposition and eccentricities from that have.
Mo’Nique accuses Perry of being the principle offender of costing her generational wealth by spreading rumors of her penchant for pugnacity. She even unearthed previous calls she recorded the place Perry allegedly admitted to spreading the rumor that she was a troublesome individual to take care of. Sharpe listened to the calls however declined to disclose the contents on-air.
This isn’t the primary time Mo’Nique broached this sensitive subject. Based on BET.com, the Soul Airplane star first advised “Sway within the Morning” radio present in 2015 that she was supplied the Cookie function in an e mail dated Feb. 18, 2014:
“Lee Daniels had a dialog with Mo’Nique about his new tv pilot for Think about TV/FOX referred to as ‘Empire.’ We wish to display screen take a look at her for the function of ‘Cookie.’ Please contact us together with her tv quotes, in order that we will begin a take a look at, choice, deal.”
Subsequent emails, based on Mo’Nique, acknowledged that this was a “time-sensitive matter,” and that “Lee actually doesn’t need Mo’Nique to overlook this chance.”
Mo’Nique went on to say that Daniels was not approved to supply her the function with out the approval of studio executives, which they shortly nixed.
“Sadly, it’s not going any additional for Mo’Nique. Lee fought for her as a result of he thought she can be nice for the pilot however studio and community executives insisted on providing the function to Taraji,” the ultimate e mail learn. “Thanks a lot for offering us together with her data. Sorry it didn’t work out.”
Perry has but to answer the most recent accusations levied by Mo’Nique
