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Mo’Nique and her husband Sidney Hicks have issued an open letter to Tyler Perry in response to his statements made while speaking at Angie Stone home-going service!
On Tuesday afternoon (March 18th ) Mo’Nique reposted a video clip of Tyler’s now viral speech with a lengthy caption as she expressed feeling how his statements were hypocritical.
Amongst numerous celebrities who spoke at the beloved singer’s celebration of life, Tyler directly called out the music industry and the unfair treatment Angie became subject to throughout her career.
“I’m angry at the way she was treated… All of those years, all of those songs, all of that money that was owed to her. Where is it? It’s wrong,” said Tyler with great empathy as he rallied for a change in the music and how artists are compensated. “I’m tired of seeing us struggle and go through things and work hard and not reap the benefits of what we were supposed to reap.”
Mo’Nique criticized Tyler’s stance as she recalled the mistreatment she endured in being blackballed.
“Dear @tylerperry, I recently watched your heartfelt speech at Angie Stone’s funeral, where you expressed frustration over her mistreatment by the music industry. It struck me, and my husband Sidney, as poignant, but also made us reflect on some unsettling discrepancies in your actions towards me,” Mo’Nique wrote.
“You expressed anger over Angie’s mistreatment. Yet, you labeled me ‘difficult to work with,’ despite never having worked with me. 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.”
The comedian expressed that she had been rejected by Hollywood for a large portion of her career based on Tyler allegedly referring to her as being “difficult to work with.”
“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? You mentioned being ‘tired’ of us not receiving the benefits we deserve,” said Mo’Nique Yet, you asked me to promote Preciousfor free, without a contract or compensation, which highlights your double standard.”
As we previously reported, Angie publicly accused Universal Music Group of withholding millions of dollars in earnings in a live video shared to Instagram . The singer says she had been forced her to continue performing to make a living.
Sadly the series of financial disputes remained unresolved at the time of her passing.
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