Well, well, well.
Mo'Nique is still refusing to promote Precious, a film which will probably win her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. This comes weeks after it was revealed that she hasn't done any press because the producers haven't given into her demands to be paid a stack of cash -- preferably in 10s and 20s.
According to Showbiz 411's Roger Friedman, who is on these these things, Mo'Nique will not attend the film's huge premiere in NYC this weekend and, to add to the drama, her publicist of two weeks, Tresa Sanders, has just up and quit!
Tresa, who has repped Mary J. Blige and other hip-hop divas, quit yesterday after having to come up with excuses after excuses as to why Mo'Nique is not promoting the film and won't attend this weekend's premier.
Roger says "Mo’Nique has gotten herself a reputation for demanding money for showing up to promote Precious. It’s a first in Oscar history."
Granted Mo'Nique is working on her new talk show which premiers Monday, but that first show has already been taped and she's not taping on Saturday or Sunday. So why is she not coming to NY?
Seems like that almost certain Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress will no longer be a sure thing.
Update: Oct, 5. Mo'Nique was absent from the NY premiere. Her excuse? It was the 3rd birthday of her twin boys, Jonathan and David.
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3 comments:
I doubt the Academy was interested anyway. SMH
It is a shame that something so deep and beautiful as this upcoming movie appears to be is being overshadowed by such negativity. I understand that money is important; however, what ever happened to the passion of acting and showing off the true potential you have as a thespian. This role Monique has been blessed with could be the start of a long and prosperous journey as an actress and yet, she would rather lose such an opportunity for a "diva" attitude. I sure hope that this is all a rumor and she is not behaving this way. I like Monique. I think that she is a wonderful comedian and actress. I pray that she finds the passion she had at beginning of her "journey" and humble herself before it can be taken away from her. Ask the many entertainers that have stumbled on that path before her.
I read the book in my Women's Studies class. It is a hard read. It is hard for me to imagine a woman /mother could be so cruel to her own child. It doesn't matter is Mo'Nique does not attend all of these press parties and junkets.Her performance will speak for itself. I understand she is beyond good in this part. I wish her all the luck and blessings in the world.
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