Mo’Nique and D.L. Hughley’s Beef Escalated After Her Appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s Podcast

Feb. 8 2024, Published 5:21 p.m. ET

Comedian and actress Mo'Nique made headlines in February 2024 after her recent look on Shannon Sharpe's podcast where she aired "out grievances and claims against Oprah, Tyler Perry, Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart," as TMZ writes, to not mention D.L. Hughley, who she's had a longtime beef with.

Mo'Nique and D.L. Hughley: a timeline of their beef.

During her interview with Sharpe, Mo'Nique says that the root of their beef stemmed from an appearance she made on Hughley's radio show. The comedian says that Hughley authorized of a sport of "would you rather" the place she was once requested the query as as to if or not she most well-liked her husband had intercourse with Precious director Lee Daniels with a condom, or intercourse with Karrine Stefans without.

Mo'Nique stated that she believes Hughley crossed a line at the moment because the query concerned her circle of relatives, and he or she sought after to speak to him about the slight.

She stated that Hughley's simplest reaction was once, "Well that's how we do it," to which she answered by way of saying: "Well, how does that uplift our community? I don’t know what y’all trying to insinuate but brother what you doing?" she remarked.

If you are a follower of Hughley's radio show and do not recall this actual episode — there may be a reason why for that: Mo'Nique stated that it by no means aired because she had her criminal staff ship a stop and desist letter to forestall it from ever airing.

She went on to mention that even supposing this incident was the germination of their unhealthy blood, that Hughley had made disparaging and imply remarks to her all the way through the years.

“[Hughley stated] I used to be 'bitter. I used to be dangerous with what I was doing … my husband didn’t know what he was once doing.' This went on through the years. 'I used to be unloved.' All of these items and I stated to myself, 'I’m a see you'" (transcript obtained from Atlanta Black Star).

Their feud deepened when in the lead-up to a Memorial Day comedy show on March 28, 2022, at the Fox Theater in Detroit, Mo'Nique says Hughley refused to take the stage or be a part of the performance if Mo'Nique was the closing act.

Mo'Nique purportedly called Hughley a "b---- a--- n-----" for the slight and said during a performance that she "closed for the Queens of Comedy" but Hughley "opened for the Kings of Comedy," as captured by a fan and uploaded online.

Hughley responded to Mo'Nique's comments on Instagram and uploaded an image still of Mo'Nique in her role of Precious, for which she won an Oscar for best supporting actress. In the social media post, Hughley names several people that Mo'Nique took issue with in her career after stating that despite being told otherwise he signed on to work with Mo'Nique against his "better judgment."

"Oprah was the issue, Tyler Perry was once the problem, Charlamagne was once the issue, Steve Harvey used to be the issue, Lee Daniels used to be the problem, Netflix used to be the problem… Now it’s MY turn. At some point it may well’t be everybody else, IT’S YOU!! Lesson learned. I didn’t have anything personal in opposition to Monique… People paid a lot of cash to laugh, no longer pay attention about your contract. Apparently, the role you performed in PRECIOUS became out to be an autobiography. I ponder who’s subsequent…" he wrote.

The feud between the two entertainers only worsened after Mo'Nique accused D.L. Hughley of not believing his daughter when she was sexually abused by a 13-year-old boy. Hughley and members of his family called out the "Queen of Comedy" for not providing/understanding the context of her claims and she would later apologize for her remarks.

Fast-forward to Mo'Nique's February 2024 interview with Shannon Sharpe, and Hughley went on to bluntly state that the comedian lied and that he did ultimately respect her wishes because if he didn't then the interview would've aired, again responding to the comedian on Instagram.

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