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Mo’Nique
is
opening
up
about
how
she
felt
hearing
Taraji
P.
Henson
open
up
about
pay
disparity.
“Number
one,
it
was
the
messenger.
I
should
just
be
grateful
I
got
invited
to
the
party.
You
a
big
fat
black
woman,
how
dare
you
be
the
one?!”
said
the
comedienne
about
previously
being
downplayed
for
making
similar
comments.
Source:
Tommaso
Boddi/
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/Amanda
Edwards
/
Getty
The
comedian
was
on
the
Club
Shay
Shay
podcast,
where
she
talked
to
host
Shannon
Sharpe
about
the
hardships
Black
women
endure
in
the
entertainment
industry.
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Mo’Nique
admitted
that
it
was
“painful”
for
her
to
see
Taraji
so
upset
over
how
she’s
been
treated,
but
goes
on
to
say
that
she
was
talking
about
these
same
discrepancies
over
10
years
ago.
“See
when
I
saw
Taraji
broken
on
those
platforms,
it
was
painful
to
watch,”
the
comedian
began.
“However,
Taraji
and
I
had
a
conversation
over
a
decade
ago
in
my
trailer
when
I
was
doing
the
morning
show,
and
she
said,
‘You
know,
you
gotta
keep
on
getting
it
until
your
turn
come.’
And
I
said,
‘Taraji,
most
of
us
die
before
our
turn
comes.
We
got
to
ask
for
it
right
now.’”
She
went
on
to
add
that
she
understands
why
Henson
responded
that
way,
saying,
“There
was
a
time
I
felt
the
same
way,
because
that’s
what
I
was
told.”
“You
just
keep
going
and
we’ll
get
them
the
next
time,
we’ll
get
them
the
next
time,
we’ll
get
the
next
time,
and
the
next
time
never
comes,”
she
continued.
“And
then
you
see
our
sister
broken
sitting
on
those
platforms
now.”
Sharpe
replied
by
asking
why
Mo’Nique’s
pleas
over
a
decade
ago
didn’t
get
the
same
traction
Taraji
is
getting
right
now,
which
the
comedian
attributed
to
some
people
not
liking
the
messenger.
“I
think
there’s
a
few
reasons
why,”
she
responded.
“Number
one,
it
was
the
messenger.
I
should
just
be
grateful
I
got
invited
to
the
party.
You
a
big
fat
black
woman,
how
dare
you
be
the
one?”
She
went
on
to
add
that
calling
out
names
like
Oprah,
Tyler
Perry,
and
Lee
Daniels
was
not
something
people
were
comfortable
with.
“How
dare
you
actually
say
our
heroes’
names?
These
are
our
heroes,”
Mo’Nique
added.
“How
could
you
say
their
names
out
loud?
Because
they’re
the
ones
that
did
it.
And
if
I
don’t
say
it
out
loud,
Now
you
see
a
woman
that
is
swallowing
that
pain,
that
is
so
stressed
out.
Then
you
see
our
sister,
Taraji
P.
Henson
sit
on
that
platform,
and
I
love
that
baby
because
she’s
a
beautiful
spirit—but
to
see
her
that
broken.”
She
continued
by
adding
that
“we
have
a
hard
time
seeing
a
strong
black
woman
with
a
backstreet
and
a
chin
up
and
a
strong
black
man
standing
by
her
side.”
But,
because
Taraji
has
been
so
visibly
upset
in
her
interviews,
“now
it’s
really
serious
because
she’s
falling
apart.”
You
can
watch
Mo’Nique’s
full
interview
with
Shannon
Sharpe
down
below: