February 20, 2015 (Los Angeles, CA) – ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT’s Kevin Frazier spoke exclusively with Oscar-winning actress Mo’Nique about comments made to The Hollywood Reporter that she was blackballed after winning her Supporting Actress Academy Award for the film Precious in 2010.  Mo’Nique explains, “I never said I was blacklisted. I said Lee Daniels told me that I had been blackballed. I never said that. Because the calls didn't stop coming once I won the award, the scripts didn't stop coming. But what did happen was the calls and the scripts that were coming and the offers that were being made was as if I had just gotten to Hollywood off the Greyhound bus. And I was like, ‘I can't accept that.’”

When asked by Frazier to address the rumors that she is difficult to work with Mo’Nique states, “I have been hearing that Mo’Nique can be difficult, Mo’Nique and her husband, they can [be] difficult, and they may be absolutely right. Like, I'm not denying that, but the people who are saying that, they are one of three things: they're either heartless, they're either ruthless, or they want to treat people like they're worthless…I can see how they can say I'm difficult because that's something I've never accepted…You've never questioned my work ethic. Mama is always on time baby, knows her lines [and] ready to get it done. Very professional and as long as there's a mutual respect, we will never have any problems.”

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