There’s been a simmering feud between talk show legend Oprah Winfrey and comedian/actress Mo’Nique. Now Media Take Out has learned that there’s a new documentary which claims that the feud was started not by Mo’Nique after all, but by Oprah.
In the new film, which we reviewed, the filmmaker chronicled the relationship between Mo’Nique and Oprah over the year. And according to the documentary filmmaker, Oprah did a lot of shady things towards Mo’Nique.
First, the filmmaker claims that Oprah used her personal friendship with Mo – to get intimate details of her family life. Then Oprah exposed those details on her show, without giving Mo a heads up, in an attempt to grab ratings at the comedian’s expense.
Oprah aired a show in 2002, where she disclosed that Mo’Nique was abused by a family member. Then she brought Mo’s family on set to talk about the abuse, and blindsided Mo’Nique.
The filmmaker also claims that Mo’Nique was done “wrong” by some of Hollywood’s biggest producers, during the lead up to the release of her hit movie Precious, and her friend Oprah refused to help her.
And when Mo’Nique complained about Oprah not stepping up and helping a fellow Black woman, the filmmaker claims that Oprah used her power to have Mo blackballed in Hollywood.
The film makes some pretty serious accusations, and has many looking at Oprah with a side eye.
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