Roland Martin with Mo'Nique
Photo Credit Lindsey Wright / TV One and The FrontPage Firm
Acclaimed
Actress Addresses Recent Hollywood Controversy, Talks Wage Inequality
and Reveals Next Creative Steps in News One Now First-Ever Primetime
Special
Silver Spring, MD (March 19, 2015) - TV One today announced that News One Now
- the first morning news program in history to focus on news and
analysis of politics, entertainment, sports, and culture from an
explicitly African American perspective - will air its first-ever
primetime special with the Oscar® winning actress Mo'Nique on Sunday, March 22nd at 10PM/EDT.
Recently recorded in Atlanta, Host and Managing Editor Roland Martin
sat down for a one-on-one interview to discuss the recent controversy
surrounding reports that Mo'Nique experienced backlash following her
groundbreaking role in Precious. Mo'Nique also opened up about
wage inequality in Hollywood, her current approach to sustaining a
career in the entertainment industry and her role in the upcoming
independent film Blackbird. "NewsOneNow
has featured some of today's top Blacks in Hollywood, whether its Eddie
Murphy, Tyler Perry, Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington or directors Spike
Lee, Ava DuVernay and Gina Prince-Bythewood. But we don't just focus on
their latest project; we also offer them a platform to speak about the
business of Hollywood, and the political issues and challenges they face
as African Americans," said Martin. "We are pleased to extend and
deepen the discussion in our first primetime special with the
multi-talented and award-winning Mo'Nique, who offered our audience
never-before-revealed information, as well as her focus on charting her
own path to success in the entertainment industry."
Excerpts from the interview below:
On wage inequality in Hollywood:
"When
you hear our sisters Patricia Arquette and Gwyneth Paltrow, who our are
White sisters in this business, and they're saying we want wage
equality, we want to be treated equal, well if they're saying it, what
do you think we're (actresses of color) getting?"
On reputation of being demanding:
"When
I watch Mr. Daniels make statements like I was demanding, and I was
difficult, Mr. Daniels knows that is not true because he and I have
never had an issue at all. If I were that person, why ever would you
offer me the role of 'Gloria' in The Butler, why ever would you offer me the role of 'Cookie' in Empire?"
On the personal toll endured by pursing fame:
"This
is my third marriage. (With) the first two marriages, I was chasing
(fame) and really didn't understand what it is to be a wife... Now that
my son is 25, we have a very strained relationship because during that
time when he was a little boy I was out chasing, so my prayer was
'please give me another chance'."
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