Mo'nique has proven she do not shy away om tacklg ntroversial rol cludg the abive mother she played the 2009 film "Prec" that helped her sre an Osr, but now she is lookg to spark dialogue as the God fearg mother of a gay Christian son the film "Blackbird."
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MO'NIQUE: THE GAY TERVIEW
In her wi-rangg standup special My Name Is Mo'Nique, now streamg on Netflix, the Osr wner, 55, relled growg up Baltimore and wnsg her grandmother MiMi's troubled relatnship wh one of her kids, ma difficult bee relig MiMi "uld not e to grips that she had a gay dghter. “See, my grandmother uld not e to grips that she had a gay dghter, ” Mo’Nique ntu. While Mo’Nique appeared the lead role of the turn-of-the-century s The Parkers and hosted her own TV talk show, The Mo’Nique Show, her breakout role was playg an abive mother the gay director Lee Daniels’ 2009 dramatic film Prec, a role that won her the Amy Award for Bt Supportg Actrs.
“See, my grandmother uld not e to grips that she had a gay dghter. Bee I saw how they treated the [gay] people my fay wh that ‘disease.
Qutn: Do you believe Mo’Nique is bisexual or gay for pay? As an LGBT ally, where do you go ternally to play someone like Claire, the homophobic mother this film?
MONIQUE WILSON IS GAY AND HAS NCER
What the gay muny has always appreciated about you, Mo’Nique, is the ease wh which you speak your md. ” — that’s the same thg that people are tellg our babi who were born the way they are, and they’re sayg, “Aren’t you aaid to say you’re gay out loud?
” Consirg his ntroversial past wh the gay muny, did surprise you to know he was volved wh a film about the same muny he once offend? So I don’t believe there was a problem that he had wh the gay muny — I don’t believe that. From your experience wh black gay culture, do you thk ’s more difficult for black gay men to be out?
I thk ’d also be betiful if [there’s not] jt a whe gay pri and a black gay Pri — ’ll be betiful when ’s jt pri and ’s not separate. Toward the end of the one-hour-and-12-mute set, Mo’Nique shared a fay story about her relig grandmother and Uncle Ta, who she believed stggled throughout her life due to her grandmother not acceptg her gay dghter, as noted by Auto Straddle.