Mo'Nique Speaks On Racial And Gender Inequality In Hollywood + More

are you watching The Breakfast Club good morning good morning good morning my loves good morning how are you let's start with love let's start with love start baby good morning I'm wonderful I'm wonderful how are you sister Angela you're good, it's okay Get up and hold on to me, good morning , sweetness, DJ, hello, sweetness, I'll come to you, but it's full, alright, tomorrow, everyone, I'm DJ Envy Angela, you're a travesty before God. We are the breakfast club. We have a special guest in the absolutely building Miss Mo

nique

babies good morning good morning h on the phone line also morning good morning good morning and when Mo'Nique walked in I gave her a hug I wanted her to know it's all love yeah he did my love we were just here having a conversation that's all that's all we're doing that's all now what's happening today Miss Mo

nique

well honey you know first I want to tell Eddie your producer thank you for sharing the platform with us and a while ago when I came Well, that wasn't Eddie, we were both Eddie Eddie, lucky you're here, well let me thank you three for sharing your platform with me and my husband, but a while ago I had to go out and I spoke in reference to Netflix. that we had to boy, you know, I was asking people to support us while we were boycotting Netflix because of

gender

bias and color bias and we were fighting for equality mhm and then I found out that I had become the Donkey of the Dead, yeah, from Leonard and I gotta call you by your name baby 'cause lard, okay honey, it's getting real special, Leonard, but we're going alright, lard, lard, it's lard and then they called me donkey from day and it really took me by surprise because when I met this brother.

A few years ago and I always come back to it because I met him in an elevator at Turner station and I met a young man who was full of humility and respect mhm and when I got on that elevator he actually held the door. I remember like this. It was yesterday yes ma'am and I said oh honey thank you and he was like that yes ma'am and miss Monique it's a pleasure to meet you and we had a very beautiful exchange and I told that brother tell your mother that she raised you well, that's a fact and He said they were my mom and grandma, yes ma'am, so I felt like this was and still is a beautiful young brother making his way, but full of humility and respect, we move forward quickly and I become Donkey. of the day, so I didn't want to be a rumor.

I didn't want anyone to exchange words that I might have said, so my husband and I wanted to come so we could understand how they called me Donkey of the Day, so why did you give him a donkey a day? Well, I think it was because of the whole Netflix situation, you know when I heard you say that, you know you wanted us to boycott because of

racial

and

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bias, but then you went. Well, you know, I mention two brothers and a woman, so I said maybe I should be

more

specific and say gender bias of black women, but also from a business aspect.

I wanted to know why you felt like you knew you should have gotten whatever, Chris. Rock got what Dave Chappelle got or what Amy Schuma got because I feel like this is kind of an IND of what are you doing for me now. She didn't say what they got, she said she should have received

more

than what she was offering and then. Charl man, you also mentioned an old Netflix special, but that was later, but my point was this is: what are you doing for me right now? We all know that Monique is a legend, but we also know that those The things that those deals that Netflix offers are based on recent stand-up shows Recent shows Recent concerts Recent arenas Recent TOS like that, so I just wanted to know why you felt like you deserved so much, dad, would you like to start or would you like to? for me, whatever you prefer, but you know if we're going to go back to the conversation we had with Robbie, it didn't start with the offer with the color bias and the lack of respect TR that started when we had our initial. conversation after Mo'Nique received her reviews from the nights that Benjamin and Caitlyn, who were representatives of Netflix, came to see Mo'Nique in which on two different nights they saw her receive a standing ovation that they subsequently gave Amazing reviews. and a great show, so when we're in the middle of the conversation before they give us the offer, we're in the middle and he says, well, I want to make it very clear that you know people are talking about Dave.

Chappelle Amy Schumer and what they got. I just want to make it clear, you know, so we can manage expectations that not everyone welcomes that kind of treatment when we're in the middle of that conversation, the phone goes off and we never meet again. He never connects us again and our lawyer seems to call me and we talk and we like, well that was strange, are we going to talk on the phone again or not? Because anyone who does business knows that this is a key time to build your client's value, then we came back with an offer that they had supposedly sent that our lawyer and I had never received and then there was a certain time limit in which we were supposed to respond well, we were over the time limit because we never received it when our lawyer asked them to resend the offer they supposedly had sent, it was clear it had never been sent in the first place, that's the second red flag when we talk on the phone to discuss. the offer they finally sent me they initially didn't want to have the conversation until I expressed to them that it's very ironic that the call we had was disconnected we never met again you became evasive you can't talk on the phone now I have to express what it feels like, which is a gender bias, a color bias and there's also an age issue that we didn't discuss and that's also there, so those three things are what led to this, along with the fact that the same elements that you said no translated for Monique, what her resume was, what she did in terms of movies, she didn't translate it, but she said those were the things that were translated for Amy.

Schumer knows why it worked for Amy, but it doesn't work for her. because what you just did in terms of what Moni's job faces or resulted in is that it's all part of the resume just like Amy Schumer's resume, so why does Amy's resume work and Monique doesn't and they couldn't explain it well if you just joined us, that's Sydney, that's Monique's manager husband, if you're just joining us so you know you know the voices, yeah, I'm sorry, I want you to go well. I don't think Amy Schuma is funny, that's number one, but her. She sold out 50 arenas around the world, including MSG, and she wanted it too, so she created a bidding war based on those stats, so I guess that's why her number was in that spot. .

Well I want to address something because you said I guess and then You also said at the beginning when you started talking you said Monique is a legend that's what you said absolutely right and then when Robbie PR on Netflix also says Monique is a legend , absolutely correct and you think Chris Rock is a legend like me. Well, yes, M, and you will say that Dave Chappelle is a legend, absolutely which makes me a different legend than Dave Chappelle and Chris Rod. Well, when it comes to those where the Netflix special was the fact that Dave Chappelle made 1500 shows before signing his deal with Netflix.

Chris Rock was on tour with the Total Blackout Tour selling out shows in Arenas around the world before they did that and they also took him away from HBO. I understand what they sat at the table with when I sat at the table and They said guys and I said it humbly. I'm the most decorated comedian in the world and I said it humbly and then some people were like, "Oh, Monique is crazy until she proved herself, until everyone saw the numbers and said, well, I guess she's right about that." when you say this is what you would have done for me lately the question is how much more do I have to do brother because when you make a movie called Almost Christmas and that movie has a budget of $17 million but it grosses $45 million and then my Sister Amy Schuma makes a movie called Snatched and that movie makes $45 million but has a budget of $42 million.

What is the profit? I'm asking the question. Yours made a lot more profit than Amy. Well, it was actually a $25 million profit. but that movie, Amy made her deal with Netflix before she started, although not because he said Robbie pra said that's what made him give her a deal too because of the big movie she had going well and that's where we had to check, well, yeah, let's go. Well, we actually spoke to the vice president of Netflix, Lard Lanard, and what happens is when you base yourself on what you're assuming and then you give me a the title of Donkey of the Day is your mother still alive yes ma'am and you are from what city ​​of South Carolina mon Corner South Carol monst corner and if I were to call your mother or your grandmother they could tell me stories of

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that they had to deal with absolutely then your mother would be a donkey no your grandmother would be a donkey I don't need you to explain to me how you gave me the title because you're not explaining it you're going outside of what I assume but because you on that microphone and when we open these microphones we know how powerful our voices can be, don't we Angela?

Yes, we know that and we know that what we say can become law, Lenard absolutely, so when we do it, we must explain it. We told it to our community because we know how poisonous it can be when we post things, but we can't back it up, we just say it. I think there is, I think everything you're saying about

racial

bias is absolutely correct gender bias. It's absolutely right, we know that black women are unappreciated and undervalued in many different industries, but I think when it comes to this Netflix situation it's very specific. I think it's more of an individual thing than a collective problem.

Can you, can you, honestly, we ask you is this? Can you tell if it is an individual problem? How come there are no people of color who are comedians who have made multiple million-dollar salaries with Netflix? Because what about the black community is what you've done lately, but when you're a white person in this industry, you're only as good as your last project. I thought it was amazing how many people watch. Do you think this is specific to comedians? because I know they've given AA du Shonda ryes multimillion dollar deals so you think it's specific to the comedy industry well I'll let you answer which black comedian got the multimillion dollar deal name me name.

I know she, but don't you think she'll come? I'm sure, I'm sure, I'm sure something will come up for Tiffany Hadish if she hasn't done it yet, but we need to talk about the sisters who have. look when Sykes is number 100 on Comedy Central Greatest Comedians of All Time, number 70. Sorry, Dad, number 70 in the top 100, but they offer him 250, so what do you say to that? Well, you know, I actually asked who I talked to about that. someone at Netflix and they offered that deal to Wanda Sykes before this guy who does these stand-up deals even got in a position, they offered her this deal a few years ago.

Does it seem strange that you always have an answer when our finish line keeps moving? when our finish line keeps moving when our finish line keeps moving when I say name me a black comedian who has a million doll payday. I'm waiting to hear the right answer, so you think it's specific to comedians because I don't. I don't know about Netflix, but I can't say for sure in the story, name it right. I would ask what black female comedian has sold out 50 arenas around the world. I'm telling you there are four beautiful black comedians who We just received a Legends award, her name is Samour, her name is Miss, her name is Monique and when the Queens of Comedy were on tour, look, we made history and I don't know if you've done your homework because we were the only ones. black white latino asian girl group to sell consecutively in this country but you will ignore it because you will say well what did you do yesterday?

Look, you can't take it away, but I'm doing business and I'm basing myself. It would be better to make a deal with someone who did this last year rather than 15 years ago or 20 years ago anytime, wouldn't it make more sense to do it with the person who did it just a couple of years ago? you're doing business and you say what's Monique's resume now you're the businessman and you're looking at that resume and everything on that resume says number one everything on that resume says exhausted now suddenly she's going to change businessmen Yeah, if I had That signing Kobe Bryant today would not give Kobe Bryant a $100 million contract.

Well, you're right, but his resume is amazing. The difference between Kobe Bryant today and Mo'Nique today is when you're 36 in the basketball game you've lost your step, when you're 50 in the comedy game you're seasoned and if she had to come if they had to come to Netflix at your point because you make a very good point and Mo'Nique stumbled like a 40 or 38 Kobe Bryantyears that he has a torn heel that you have to recover from, then it would make sense, but if he dropped 50 and was still losing buckets, what would happen? you say because they saw two standing ovations in clubs Two Sold Out, well you are absolutely right brother Cdy, but let me ask you this, why not organize a theater or arena tour and sell out the tickets and then come back to the table? especially yourself, you don't have to go there, see, my whole thing is that that's something else, we're talking about the supply of money and my whole thing is that, as a businessman, he's a legend and all that doesn't necessarily matter, It's who the people are. who want to see you, you could be a legend and people love you, but if you can't attract people who come to the place to see you or Netflix to see you, it doesn't mean anything, talking about selling the club. versus exhaust AR be the question what does it mean here would be the question almost Christmas would you say it was a successful movie definitely a successful movie would you say Bessie was a success yes would you say um precious precious precious it was a success absolutely so the question is so monic you didn't ask nothing in 2017 that was on TV that we could see, that means you're irrelevant.

I don't think anything is irrelevant at all, so what happens is if you see these number ones and this is where when someone said to me Monique, does it get daunting when it's your parents? It's understandable. I'm not offended, it's understandable and I explain why when I have to sit here and not defend, but explain to people who look like me. MH, well, when did I convert? irrelevant if there was a movie I called Almost Christmas, which in 2016 this is 2018, so now all of a sudden oh we don't know if people will show up and come out now when I did a show called The Bernie and Sid show.

I'm sure you know those two white brothers and when I went in there, Lonard, I went in with the preconceived notion that I was going to have to defend myself properly because one is a strong Trump supporter and the other is a Democrat, but I. I'm thinking I'm going to have to go in and defend myself with these White Brothers after 5 minutes of talking, they shut down their show and said Monique, let's call this what it is, this is nothing but racism and we can't sit back and let this happens, so no, we're going to tell our listeners to boycott Netflix until they get it right because you're a legend and we have to honor and respect you now, those are my white brothers then.

When I was in San Jose with some of my Latino brothers, they did the same thing, they shut down their program because they said we had to call it what it is. Look Monique, we have grown up watching you, we have grown up and you. You have made us feel better, we have grown up and our children are now looking at you. So I come with my parents and I have to be the donkey of the day, which you haven't explained to me yet, Lanard, and you're going to have to do it because When you make those kinds of statements about your sister to our community, what you're saying to community is that as black women you are devalued and if you stand up and stand up for yourself and say we need equality and we need to say what is right and what is fair and then a brother who looks like me from North Carolina Sur says that you are the donkey of the day, you have to explain it to our community.

I have explained it, I said that I think you are using racial criteria and gender biases, which are real problems, the struggle that black women are going through in many industries is a real problem, but you are using it to focus on something with what you're dealing with individually, like we'd like to know, did you just know? Viola Davis comes out and says, "Pay him equally." Did you just hear that? So when you make us say the same thing, we say, "Pay us equally," you say, "Oh Monique, this is an isolated situation, well, then what it says is that you don't You don't know the history of this business that you're in and you You sit behind this microphone and try to be the guru of black culture.

I'm going to need you to know our history before you start labeling us and once you know the history, you know, I'm not saying anything unique, bro. I just don't I understand how you can justify making $13 million in 2018 for a stand-up special. Well, here's the thing if Netflix, when you say justify 13 million, you had a chance. To read what the offer was, I read something. Yes, you should have read it. The whole key is we have to read it all because what Chris Rock said a long time ago if you want to hide something from a black person it's in a book but you want to be thorough about what you're doing then you would read it.

What's happening is So this isn't about comparing the definitive numbers of what Amy got and what Dave and them got because it's about what you just communicated, but when you ask a comedian to take half a million dollars over two years, You can't tell any jokes. They don't want you to do stand-up for two years, and they basically want you to take half a million dollars. and lose $2 million of work you would have done along the way anyway, that right there makes no sense. You did it? Did you make a million dollar deal? I asked if we made a counteroffer and that is a very important question.

Did you make a mistake? I saw they responded to the counteroffer and said they wouldn't do it. Unfortunately they will not be able to close this deal. I hope they can work. together in the future and that's the point we need to make clear to you lonard and besides that my love keep going and this is in conjunction with Roland Martin and John Mary spreading the rumor that Mo'Nique was offered $3 . million and then I didn't have the decency as a journalist to come back and say we apologize for the misinformation because if you realize that Monique is still Monique is still producing receipts and as crazy as it sounds, this is a bigger picture than just Netflix because what has happened Have you heard about Lee Daniels talking in reference to how difficult Mo'Nique and the Nine was?

We live in a culture where ladies who come up to the room say "hash me too" and people say "well you." I know if you're going up to the room at 2 in the morning, you know you're about to get screwed, so why are you going up and doing it? But what happens is that they will tell Monque why he did it. You're not going to promote a Lions Gate movie for free because you know what they're going to do to you, so now you're in the situation of damned if you do, damned if you don't, because the women who come into the room are the reason.

Why do they go up to the room? They know they're going to get screwed when they go up to the room. They just don't know how bad they're going to get screwed if they don't go up to the room. What's wrong? Happ answers, but what does he let me answer? Please, Dad, when you say what happened when we made the counteroffer. That's why, again, you have to be careful with your words because you called your sister Donkey of the Day, but you didn't do your research and you put that poison out on our community without doing your full research and now that we're sitting here you almost have to back off. in your words.

I'm backing up right when you ask a question. Did you make a counteroffer that we put in? all that stuff out there, we put the information out there so you were so ready to make good radio that you didn't do your homework and when you're having a conversation you meet a brother named Gerald Kelly, would you consider him your friend? I was on tour with Jo Kelly two weeks ago, yeah, he called me and said that's why you're here, Mo'Nique. I talked to Charlamagne and he was like, man, you know I love Mo'Nique. He wasn't doing anything but preparing me.

Upstairs, I didn't say that, I definitely didn't tell him that conversation with J Kelly because, again, when you say, did you count an offer? Look, we did it and they said there were no negotiations, take it or leave it, but you already did it. I don't really counter offer what they said in the middle of our conversation, you give us something to chew on, we're going to go back and reflect on it and we said and I said trying to reveal to them, are you sure? because here is What we don't want to waste your time if it's not real, however if it is real and we can do something, of course we would love to do business, so you guys didn't really make a counterattack, don't listen. what we are saying they said it was non-negotiable they were going to reflect again on what we had discussed and when they came back they said that based on our discussion we decided not to make a counteroffer in reference to What do you mean?

Hopefully we can do business in the future, etc., because what they were trying to emphasize to us is that half a million was a strong enough number and other people who considered Monique equal. that they didn't name, they felt like they said they had taken that number now, just like in this situation here that we're dealing with, if you notice that you're having a conversation with Mo'Nique, why doesn't Netflix do it? have a conversation with people because they can trust people like Charlamagne, they can trust our brothers and sisters like Charlamagne, who will say, we will fight them, we will fight them for you.

I'm not going to fight, you don't have to fight. I'm still trying to get you and your brother Sydney to justify why you think you deserve $13 million. Was there a bidding war between platforms? I want to know there was something there when you say you justify. I'm going to put my resume on the table. That's all I'm going to have to do is put it on the table when you say justify it. I'll put it on the table for you to look at so I don't have to justify it. you can see it, you do the numbers and the ticket sales that Chris Rock does, that Dave Chappelle does, that Amy Schuma does, if you have the opportunity, why don't you answer the question?

See if, given those opportunities, you are answering the question for yourself. You don't have the same opportunities bro, but if you do your homework, why can't you and Sydney go out and book tours of the Arena? Can't they get buildings? Do they go out and book their tours or do they do it? promoters book them, look what we're going to do now and what I'm not going to do with you now you want to play tit fortat and what you're saying is a black women resume, it doesn't matter. I'm not saying you're saying you're trying to weaponize things like black women, racism, and gender bias. $250,000 and she was considered one of the best years ago and they said they would never do that now.

I literally heard this like a few weeks ago, guys, could you for a second? I'd love to ask a question and go back to something that Sydney said earlier that you guys are upset about, please, so you talked about the situation with Lee Daniels and you talked about people saying that now. We've also read some things because you're here in our presence so I'd love for you to talk about this so there are people who say you didn't treat people well and they've had trouble working with you and you're difficult so let's address something about that because Roland Martin mentioned it when you guys talked on Twitter, yeah, and he talked about the Ebony magazine cover photo shoot you did with Chris Rock and Steve Harvey, yeah, and he said it was a Nightmare because of you, what happened in that session, well, what happened in that session was they threw a check at one of our assistants and you don't throw anything at anyone, and I had a problem with that.

Look, they won't inform you. all of that happened so you had to let that person know that's not how you do business and that's unacceptable so I have no problem talking about it when they said I mistreated people almost on Christmas well we're 20 interviews because we knew they would say something. So with the people who worked in the background, the professionals, the lighting guys, the camera guys, where everyone said that our experience with Mo'Nique was Stella. What happened is you hear the bullies talking, but then the bullies run away because when those videos came out. Roland Martin came back when the videos came out with just the three little videos you heard, nothing more, was that okay with you?

I think okay, let's back up a little bit because, with Will Packer, yeah, okay, so will Packer and Roland Martin and you know. A lot of people have talked to you personally and said these things, but I haven't really heard anyone say anything negative about Will Packer about working with Lee Daniels and I haven't heard them say anything negative about some of the people they've worked with, why did you leave me? I can answer that it is a great question. You know the guy Harvey Winstein and he was able to do that for how many years, decades and why do you think he was okay.

They were working with a lot of people who felt his career would be in jeopardy if they spoke out. Do you think this is a unique situation? Do you think people are afraid to speak out when they are mistreated? It's the difference between abuse and sexual assault Monique says, come on, we can't, we can't publish false equivalences about people. I understand what you are trying to say. Minute, but you, but it's the difference between M and sexual abuse. Let me tell you this. They are levels of abuse, you are absolutely right, but abuse is abuse, you can't, you can't paint, it will be the same with the same, let me say this because there is really no disagreement here, it is just B about the information that you feel comfortable with that because this is the world we live in.

If you keep listening to it, it seems to be true. Ask David Tabber, who directed Almost Christmas, if Mo'Nique had to stop because Will Packer was given instructions. the director and he is the producer and MoniqueHe said stop for a moment, please, what we are not going to do is disrespect this black director because if he were a white director, you, as a producer, would not give him direction. And he had a conversation with Will and we must admit who at the time seemed to have understood and was embarrassed by what he had done now to show them how fairly Monique plays.

There was a gentleman who happened to be Caucasian on set who was talking coolly about this throughout production and referred to D Tober and Will Packer as guys, she got offended because she had a conversation with the gentleman and said that's not the way it is. that we talked about in 2016, we are not going to talk. so and the gentleman to his credit apologized but she brought everyone at will and Dave to have that discussion now the gentleman apologized profusely Mo'Nique accepted that Packa let him go and the reason why he had a problem with one of the individuals who who were um like U uh, what was she in AP or first AP or something like that?

She had walked into Monique's trailer while she was undressed without knocking and I don't know if you know this, but there was a letter that Steve Harvey had written a while ago in reference to how people just walk into her room, what happens is that she is the kind of person who doesn't allow people to be disrespected and isn't going to have problems with people who are paid by the hour, as is often the case. the people who are the powerful she don't have problems with anyone uh uh she she she appreciates the whole process ask Lee Daniels you can't accuse someone of being difficult who tells Lee Daniels how are they going to let this woman speak R Cay is coming to the film festival and to Sundance, but they don't have anyone to help her with the makeup and she gives them her people, she tells Lee, fly, fly, how are you going to take her on a plane and train the boys, she is fighting for the people. rights, there were people who had the finger pointed in their faces who happened to be black women by white men in the pressure set and she said, I can't let that happen, guys, so what's happening is they're forgetting that this is a country that had slavery for hundreds of years and when do we start to realize that we are so conditioned to normalize bad treatment when white men can say hey guys, she's right, how come the black community don't you see it?

Listen, we know all these problems. I agree with you on all that. I want to know about this, although have you received other offers from other screaming services elsewhere period? Let me say this because that doesn't help with negotiations because they put a black ball on my head because of that. They put a label in my head and how difficult and demanding I am and how difficult my husband is. The offers that come from Netflix may be so low because they know you've been rejected. You know what they say about you. so we assume you're suffering and we can offer you whatever we want to offer you, so the offers have been even lower than if you had a Netflix special beforehand, although hey, I didn't have a Netflix special, what happened?

I took that one and put it exactly. I didn't make any deal with Netflix, so those shows are just on it and have been there for a long time, so someone would say if This Woman isn't generating any views, why? Could we keep the content that they've been there for a minute so that while I'm getting the views, I guess we won't get a report on that, but as I sit here again and I sit between my sisters that I know you deal with

inequality

Angela, I know, you're in the same business as me, but you'll look at me and say, well I need you to explain, they said you were a problem here and a problem there, we all know when you don't let bullies happen and When you don't allow yourself to be bullied, don't you get labeled?

Yes, but can I just for full disclosure? Please, there are definitely people I know who have I worked with you on the ebony session, yes, and I heard things well, they told me personally that the people who were in the room say their names and if not, as I told Lenard before , keep it in the playground, well, then I saw Alfred. Edmund Jr, who is the editor-in-chief of Black Enterprise Magazine. Yes, I saw that Amy du Barnett, who was the editor-in-chief of ebony at the time of the session, was very excited to have you in the session and left a comment because He posted something about you and numbers and about your value and how You are the most decorated black comedian and comedian and she commented that she was a nightmare to work with and that she would never want to go through something like that again. that comment is still on her page now I would love to sit down and talk to that sister face to face so she can tell me about the nightmare because what they won't do is they won't complete it, look they won't. complete we were being arrogant and wanted to treat that woman as if we were doing her a favor by putting her on the cover like my husband told me years ago, we don't disrespect anyone, but we don't respect anyone and I love you. to look at me I'm a big fat black woman you're not fat stop talking really what big fat black woman has to stand up stand up and say this is not fair because what's the feeling with some of our sisters and brothers Mo' Nique, you should be grateful that you were invited to the party because of your looks, so if anyone says they ever had a problem with me, bring it to the table, bring it to the table and let's have a conversation, but what do you want? ?

What we will find is that we will talk about this woman when she can't see us we will make comments but we are the type of people who say let's have a conversation and when you find out that they are wrong when you find out I realize that they are wrong, could you then speak out loud for me while you speak for them? I absolutely would, but sister Monique and brother S. I have a question for you. I have no problem forgetting all the attitudes and stuff because I never get into it. the image of how people feel about you or whatever, let's just talk about numbers, if you compare the numbers to Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Dave Chapell and I'm talking about selling out Arenas all over the world, how can you justify get a huge payday so you are not doing that let me, you are not selling Arenas and no, it is simple let me say this when you say you are not selling Arenas if you come to us and say We are not selling Arenas and you were using the metrics that you just said, then we would say the number definitely doesn't have to be 20 if those are your metrics, but when you say you're going to offer her 126. of what Amy Schumer got and you refer to Monique as a legend and you're seeing her performance and you see people defending her at the end of the show.

Have you read the reviews of the Netflix special for Amy Schumer? I don't think Amy is funny, you don't have, you don't, Amy blocked me on Twitter, I think you have to tell me this is the part that dad and we have to end the show, but Amy sold out 50 arenas. around the world including MSG sometimes had an HBO special that did very well and this was all in 2016 this is what brother lonard says let your numbers drop let another show come this year and it will become number one and not The Breakfast Club. and then you let a host come in here who's been doing it for maybe five years less than you and then they get paid 26 times more than you, and then you come back and have a conversation with us because that's it, because what happens is when sit here and say make it make sense, well, you don't have to because, again, no, you have to make it make sense, especially if you're asking people to boycott Netflix, you're using things like racism and gender bias. because we are saying here are the resumes guys here is here along with that the only thing we are saying is if hypothetically speaking it was not 13 million Charlamagne what we are saying is how come they are not saying? to the community that is not a black woman who is a veteran comedian today who is worth a seven figure number, but again, brother Sydney, I will ask the same agency as the same agent as Dave Chappelle Amy Schumer and Chris Rock and I'll ask you brother Sydney, I'll tell you what a beautiful black woman is doing what they're doing Dave Chelle did 1500 Dave Chappelle did 1500 shows before he did it, he's making a great point, this is what I'm telling him.

Did you think about the league we're in, I mean, the NBA, how many LeBron James are there, one, right, how many Steph Curry are there, one, and they're all paid accordingly, so what happens is how many players are there? in the league? league that are still getting multiple deals worth millions of dollars, but not LeBron money, so what would have been a respectable number for Miss Mo'Nique? I want to know, here is the answer. Let me give you a respectable number for Monique, something to replace what she would have made in two years and at least what she would have made in two years so that she could take the two years off that she is contractually asked to do so she can't tell jokes that you wouldn't accept. . a deal because they're going to give you a lump sum of cash that's going to emasculate three of your income, you know what I'm saying?

If the deal didn't include the two years and I didn't have them, you could I'm not telling jokes if I had taken a deal for $500,000 Angela, what position would that have put for the babies that come after? No, the deal is bad, the deal is absolutely positive, no one says the deal is right, but you know, and Sydney, You're a businessman, Monique, you're a businesswoman, right, the deal is bad. I mean, let's be clear, that's why you make a counteroffer, but based on everything they're hearing and based on what they know, they know Monique's reputation so far. like people are rumored to say true i don't even know if that matters yes it does matter they know other networks aren't necessarily giving you the money or giving you less they know what it is so why would you give like a person business obeys the number when I know he can't get it anywhere else it's disgusting but it's a business thing what Happ isn't saying is that kind of bullying business so I'm sorry dad yeah You say you're right.

That's what we're trying to get at if you say Monique is a fault and you're right, so if we know it's right and we know it's a fault, then what do we do? We do it on our own, it's like talking to Steve Harvey and his brother Steve about him. Harvey says Mo I know you're right and I know you're not lying, but could you have done it differently? No, you don't know. What is the suggestion? What is the other way? I don't want you to do it any other way. Do it, we do it on our own, but we still have to talk.

Look, we still need to talk. As you say, Angela, well, go somewhere else. Do you know how long we've been going somewhere else? But this is the thing. and we have to do it and that's not a problem, but what we're saying is this just to let people know that this is what they're doing here and we want it to be known because, as Wych so kindly said, she essentially suffered in silence. she was hurt but she went somewhere else and the offer they gave her was less than half and never mind that was long before they got what they got because she was even hotter when she appeared under the wing of Chris Rock, his audience and Chris Rock are very similar, it is unique in the industry and caters to a white audience now over time.

Monique has a multitude of people in her crowd, however, we know the people who The focus is people of color in terms of her audience from the standpoint of the comedy world when you have Gary Owens coming out and saying well , I go to Netflix every year and they say no because they can't get it. a white guy who has a black audience, what blemin just communicated is that they don't respect my audience, so they don't respect me, that's why they don't give me a deal, don't you understand that I think the problem started when you came out comparing you to Chris Rock Dave Chappelle and her, well this is what I think because because there's no way you could justify getting that kind of money that they got now if you had gotten over 500,000 yeah and I.

I've been saying that since day one, well this is what I'll say bro, say no, that's not what everyone was saying, everyone was saying they should have gotten the same amount as Chris Rock Chappelle and let me, let me. answer, let me answer that dad, what I said was that if I am considered a legend like my brothers, then why would I get what the Legends get? That's exactly what I said because his resume recently is better, you can try it on paper. We're going to listen to Lanard, we'll let you hold on to that when you get there, but what I'll say to you and all the black women and women of color that are listening when you hear the Voice of this brother come. up in the air and I make no apologies so I'm getting ready to say that he has no value to black women and women of color, how can you say why you say that, but you say 10 years ago I held the door? so you don't think it's contradictory I'm going to tell you why I said it because what happens is when you leave a place called Monk Monk's Corner South Carolina and you get to a big city called New York and then you change your name to shalamon I fish between Corner Miss monyou were there you become shalaman for God now I don't know if you took the same principles that your mother and grandmother gave you in Mon's corner and you bought it in Manhattan New Yorkbecause the brother that I met in that elevator I mean a brother who was full of principles and I'm talking about a brother who wouldn't call a sister an everyday asshole unless he knew all the information and could back up his statements. but as we sit here and do this interview, you guys start asking questions that you should have asked before you made the statement, so I asked you questions, but you guys don't really have any answers and you still haven't justified why.

You feel like you should have gotten that money and And he backtracked and said you don't think I should have gotten it, we haven't come back and here's the thing. Dy, there will be some brothers and sisters who will understand it the way they will receive it. and we understand it the way we understand it and it's not an argument. I respect your decision. I respect your opinion because you have a right to it. However, as we have the right to ours, what I am saying and I know that this program will work. it's going to air tomorrow and I hope you're brave enough to air it in its entirety on Abol because a lot of times people won't cut it at all, but when I say the devaluation you put it on black women and you're like, how can I say that? ? out of your mouth you are saying that there is no black comedian worth that money there is no saying that I said there has not been I think Tiffany's hat is absolutely there has not been abely I will go if I go down the list of black comedians and the work that those sisters have done over the years that opened doors for people like you to sit where you sit her name is Mara Warfield her name is vll her name is mom maybe she is no longer with us the list goes on and on , Miss Monique, as if it were true.

I keep moving. I love New York. I love you all, my babies. I thank you for giving us the Eddie Lanard platform. I appreciate you brother Sydney, thank you Monique Monique. Wrapping it up, what are you going to do moving forward when it comes to this special? We're going to keep pushing to see what's going to happen, baby, that's going to happen and we're going to let y'all see it, but what? We are going to do with this situation right now called the fight for inequality, we are going to continue to stand and we are going to wait for sisters like you to join us to say when there is inequality, we must speak and we must speak out loud. because their daughters are coming and their grandparents are coming to end this, what they might want to do is have a legend appear that we all saw on the Dave Chappelle Show by the name of Paul Mooney and it's kind of the equivalent of when they said that they had I asked Isaiah Thomas who the best point guard in the league was and he said it was Kyrie Irving.

I tend to believe what a hall of fame point guard would say about another point guard, ask Paul. Mooney, what would his feelings be in reference to this whole Netflix thing when it comes to Mo'Nique because Richard Pry himself used to refer to Mo'Nique as M Richard Pryor. Okay, thanks for joining us. We thank you, we thank you, Miss Monique, thank you. "Okay brother on It's The Breakfast Club, good morning Eddie, thank you so much, my sweet baby, for having us, why do you keep thinking about them, not me, you know what brother, you're going to hear a lot from me lately. listen to you same all over the world because we have to explain to brothers like you, and when we watched that movie The Birth of a Nation and we saw that man accompany his wife to that Master's house, we saw him accompany his wife and then he We watched him go.

Come back and bring him, you're that brother. I thank you all for your time, my babies, thank you.