Mo’Nique: Hollywood Blackballed Me
The Oscar-winning actor Mo’Nique (pictured) has claimed she was “blackballed†by Hollywood following her victorious turn as an abusive mother in the harrowing 2009 Lee Daniels drama “Precious.” In an essay to be published in the 27 February issue of the Hollywood Reporter, seen by E! News, the 47-year-old actor said she only found out a few months ago that she had been deemed persona non grata by studios. Mo’Nique cites two roles eventually taken by Oprah Winfrey, that of Forest Whitaker’s wife in Daniels’ “The Butler” and that of Richard Pryor’s grandmother in a forthcoming Daniels biopic, as examples of parts she was initially offered but later discovered she had lost. “They all just went away,†she said. Honey, nobody can compete with Miss Oprah.
