Mo’Nique is calling out Tyler Perry for his speech at Angie Stone’s funeral.
The 57-year-old responded in a lengthy open letter shared to her Instagram account that highlighted what she sees as “some unsettling discrepancies” in Perry’s actions towards her.
“You expressed anger over Angie’s mistreatment. Yet, you labeled me ‘difficult to work with,’ despite never having worked with me,” Mo’Nique wrote on IG. “How can you condemn poor treatment of others when you’ve imposed the same on me? We have audio of you admitting you were wrong.”
“You asked, “Where’s the money she’s owed?” Well, where’s my public apology that you promised in 2016? The false narrative you perpetuated helped blackball me, costing me tens of millions. Where’s the restitution for that?,” she added.
This comes after Perry condemned the music industry for mistreating the late singer during a passionate speech at her funeral last Friday (March 14).
“Y’all gotta forgive me because I’m angry at the way she was treated,” said Perry, 55, during the service as seen in a clip circulating online.
He continued, “I did not know all the things that she was going through. Recently, I found out ‘cuz … I’m not on Instagram … So I don’t see everything. But to think that this woman was in the business for all of these years—and there’s a difference between performing because you want to, and performing because you have to.”
Mo’Nique then pointed out that Perry criticized Stone’s unpaid royalties but asked her to promote her 2009 film, Precious, “for free, without a contract or compensation,” which she says “highlights your double standard.”
“You said we should be careful in how we treat ‘children of God.’ As a man of faith, where is your responsibility to act with love and truth?” Mo’Nique said further into the letter. “You promised me an apology years ago, but it’s yet to come. Unlike the music industry, which you rightly criticized, we have audio documentation of your actions. Shouldn’t you be held accountable too?”
Along with her letter, the actress and comedienne shared audio clips of a phone call where she and her husband, Sidney Hicks, confronted Perry about the aforementioned issues.
“In closing, I hope your words at Angie’s funeral inspire you to correct the wrongs done to my family and me. You have the power to do so. As you’ve shared biblical teachings, please remember: “What will it profit a man to gain the whole world but lose his soul” (Mark 8:36). We await your response,” she concluded the letter.
Perry, whose social media accounts seemingly only share updates on his film and television projects, has yet to respond to Mo’Nique on those platforms.
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