Mo'Nique on Telling Her Story With Netflix Special: 'I Have Nothing to Hide' (Exclusive)
etonline.comhas 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.
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