Mo'Nique on Telling Her Story With Netflix Special: 'I Have Nothing to Hide' (Exclusive)
04.04.2023 - 23:55
/ etonline.com
has been a long time in the making.Mo'Nique began discussions with Netflix to film a special for the streamer back in 2017 before plans fell through and Mo'Nique subsequently filed a lawsuit claiming racial and gender discrimination. Three years later, the comedian and Netflix agreed to dismiss the lawsuit, «including without limitation all claims alleged therein, with prejudice, with each party to bear her or its own costs, expenses, and attorneys' fees.» No further details of the settlement were disclosed.«I think that things happen when they're supposed to,» Mo'Nique tells ET's Nischelle Turner, musing on how it's been several years since she began conceiving the special.
When thinking about how time might have changed what she would have originally used for the special, she notes, «Now, I'm a 55-year-old woman. I've seen more life [and] I've had more experiences.
I'm even more unapologetic now than I was then. So I think that with life comes experience comes wisdom comes knowledge comes freedom… I have nothing to hide. I wear everything on my sleeve so I have nothing to hide.»«You know, sometimes people say, 'Well, why did you say that?' Because it's mine.
And because it's mine, my experience, my journey, my walk, I can say it how I choose to,» she continues. «I can say it when I want to because it is mine. So April 4, baby, the world will hear. It's mine to tell.»News of the comedy special marked a surprising, yet happy resolution to the years-long standoff between the star and the streamer. In the November 2019 filing, the comedian alleged that when she and Netflix began discussions for the comedian to film a comedy special to air on the streamer, they made an offer that she found «biased, discriminatory.» It was
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