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Sheryl Lee Ralph on Mo’Nique’s Claims of Blackballing: “Sometimes you just need to shut up…” (VIDEO)

Feb, 26 2015 | Written by ATLien
Academy Award-winning actress Mo’Nique hasn’t been seen or heard from since she was ‘allegedly’ blackballed from Hollywood but her interview with The Hollywood Reporter last week certainly got her name in the news.

[READ: Mo’Nique Claims Lee Daniels Confirmed Her Suspicions of Being Blackballed…]

Since Mo’Nique’s candid interview, actress Sheryl Lee Ralph has decided to put in her 2 cents on the matter, offering her opinion during an appearance on “Access Hollywood Live.”

“… there’s a whole lot of actors who are mean and terrible, but they work all the time,” Ralph said.

“It goes back to who likes you, who wants to be in your kind of crazy company. Who wants to give you money in hopes they’ll get something back on the return on your madness.

And sometimes you just need to shut up, sit there and look pretty.”

Ralph, who worked alongside the Mo’Nique on the ‘90s television sitcom Moesha, is convinced that a comeback is still possible but feels that Mo’Nique has some work to do before that happens… like lose more weight.

Details + video below…

VIDEO: Sheryl Lee Ralph Speaks About Mo’Nique Blackballing

Sheryl Lee Ralph goes on to say that Mo’Nique should reinvent herself to set up for a comeback:

“Now, when she comes back she better be as tiny as you,” Ralph said, gesturing at slender co-host Kit Hoover.

“She don’t need to be Mo’Nique anymore, because obviously what she was did not work. So she better come back brand new. That’s what they’re waiting for.

Ralph goes on to say:

And if a big-time producer says to you, ‘You have been blackballed,’ what he is really doing is looking at you and saying, ‘You ain’t never working with me again.'”

[Sidebar: I think that last part was Sheryl’s take on Mo’Nique’s relationship with producer Lee Daniels.]

Mo’Nique has yet to respond to Ralph’s comments but I think her comeback is more contingent upon a dramatic change in attitude moreso than appearance.

What do you think about Sheryl Lee Ralph’s take on Mo’Nique’s claims of being blackballed?
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- Lisa Wharton via Facebook
  
  Exactly! Shut up and humble yourself
  
  Lisa
  
  Im not sure Sheryl Lee Ralph is the person who should be giving advice.Word on the curb is she’s a bit over bearing! Besides Monique’s feelings are her own and Sheryl needs to respect that.FALL BACK SHERYL,I don’t think you want none of this!!
  
  anotherNote
  
  But she is not the one complaining..as overbearing as they say she is, you see her more than you see Monique. Hollywood has a image and until they change it, either your gonna fit it or move on.
  
  Bobbi
  
  Sheryl needs to take her own advice and be her AZZ quiet! Instead of telling these Caucasian mess starters IM DANCING AS FAST AS I CAN! They were once co-stars on Moesha.Dang what happened to no comment or those are her feelings.
  
  ARK501
  
  Why bring this up? Is it to make these two go at it? HMMMMMMMMM…sounds like SLR fell right into the trap.
  
  drea
  
  Sheryl Lee and Monique both need to hush up. We "All Know How They Are In Hollyweird".
  
  gigi
  
  Monique need to ask Paula Jai Parker what to do about being blackballed in Hollyweird?
- Teresa Hunt via Facebook
  
  I agree wholeheartedly…..she tried to run things…trick no good
- Kenneka Houston via Facebook
  
  What?! why?! She got that role as a fat woman!!!
- Jacqueline Morton via Facebook
  
  When she was on top she was very nasty. and rude
  
  stanhope
  
  Lawd, I must have blinked….now when was she on top again?
- Janice Rich via Facebook
  
  I don’t think her losing more weight should be the problem…. But getting back in touch with what’s required in 2015 …which might me of her self standards …don’t settle if you don’t choose to but get with others who can let in on how to make it work …
  
  anotherNote
  
  Losing weight is not a problem. If she loves herself then so be it. But lets not pretend big girls, thick girls etc or getting major parts in movies. Yep that should change but until then either sit it out or play the game.
- Rich Gholston via Facebook
  
  SLR is gonna get read…Mo will be coming for her.
  
  Guest
  
  Monique has every right to come for SLR. Even if people mean well,Monique will be the only one paying the price.I think it’s how SLR said it.She is known for being harsh and like her word is gold.When Mo got the spinoff show from Moesha, SLR was negative.Shes just being herself.SLR HUSH!
- Priscilla Washington via Facebook
  
  I like Monique but she is loud, rude and tacky. In Hollywood, if you want to be a player, you have to know how to play the game. I think she just needs to bring it down a notch or two.
  
  versatile
  
  Seems like Mo’ was being considered for blackballing years ago. I remember Steve Harvey trying to give Mo’ some advice on her talk show. He advised her to kinda’ ratchet down that intro where she’d come out with that loud "YAAAAAS BABY YAAAAS!!!". She never did and she refused to shave her hairy legs. BUT..she went on after show ended to have major parts in a handful of movies. I miss her talent but if she needs to check attitude then dammit don’t let that stand in the way of your check. You’re an actress! If you can’t fool those people with your craft then something is def wrong with you.
- Tamara La Salle via Facebook
  
  KEEP IT REAL.
  
  George
  
  I hope that funk nene is reading this, if she wants to make it. The loud, behavioral problems will never be accepted unless the role calls for it. She’s gonna be just like Mo…..and Mo won an Oscar!
  
  versatile
  
  While Nene is my girl, you’ve really said exactly what I fear for her. This and that continuous deliberate wig choice are two major things that can become the obstacles of her career potentials. Yes Nene, this could happen to you.
- Maria Ubinas via Facebook
  
  Sad Hollywood want you sick looking and skinny, love your curves be you. Their the ones with the problem. Sick people!!!! #followers #staystrong #jerks #ignorantthinking
- Keisha Davis via Facebook
  
  Her article didn’t say that at all.
- Monique Reed via Facebook
  
  Lee Daniel blackball her not Hollywood.
- Tamara La Salle via Facebook
  
  Monique was arrogant and difficult because she got a big head when she won Oscars and hollywoodsaid goodbye
- Paula Stubblefield via Facebook
  
  If only she’d stfu monique talk too damn much.
- Philly’s Finest!!
  
  How easy would it have been for Sheryl to pick up the phone to call Monique,and giver that piece of advice.
  
  Sheryl is Shaaaady! She is Shaaady!
- Robin L. Hudson via Facebook
  
  Has SLR been in anything since Moesha?
- Jaméz Rogers via Facebook
  
  Monique Reed That’s not true. Lee Daniels is the one who apprised her of possibly being blackballed by Hollywood. I saw his interview about it.
- Betty Bailey via Facebook
  
  Tell her lady but u r skinny so watch out never know how her right hook feels lol
- Jenia Jones via Facebook
  
  Agreed.
- Vanessa Cooper via Facebook
  
  Agreed
- Eddie Satterfield via Facebook
  
  Having been Monique’s personal assistant for 5 years I know first hand that she is a beautiful spirit that unfortunately got caught up in the Hollywood I’m bigger than life BS. She’s a trooper and once she humbles herself and get more humble people around her she’ll be good. And if you don’t know the facts don’t speculate
- Robyne Chaanah Howard via Facebook
  
  Sometimes the truth hurts, but is very necessary!
- Rod Gardner via Facebook
  
  Exactly …. A lot of folks just need to just shut the hell up especially in public forms. Everything does not need to be said. Some of yall should take hid too
- Judy Friday via Facebook
  
  Only because I can’t stand Monique Sheryl you go girl she needs to stfu and learn some humility
- James Jones via Facebook
  
  This is NOT what Sheryl Lee said. Ya’ll taking it all out of content.
- Angi Brown via Facebook
  
  I LOVE MO! Ignore the naysayers!
- Vaughn Malveaux via Facebook
  
  Monique has always been known for her sassiness and her boldness and I think it got the best of her this is why she’s not on the big screen or TV…
- Beverly Scott via Facebook
  
  I agree
- Crystal Flychic Vincent via Facebook
  
  Sheryl always struck me as being a bit uppity..Mo has lost over 80 pounds and she looks great.!! When you dont allow yourself to be a puppet in Hollywood, it’s over for you, not to mention there arent many roles for Black women anyway, right now Viola and Octavia have Black women in Hollywood on lock, as they fade, Lupita will take over, but trust, there will not be many at once…
- Cassie
  
  I agree with Ralph on the part where Lee was saying I don’t want to work with you.
  Because he wants to stay in that Oprah clique. You see who got the parts that was offered to Monique. OPRAH. Lee played the the game who you’d rather be all up under Oprah or Monique.
- Summer Withers via Facebook
  
  I’ll bet a lot of Mo’Nique issue is her husband/manager.
  
  Miss Ohio
  
  I think so too!
- Angela Johnson-Oriste via Facebook
  
  Monique will come back, thinner, whiter and without the B-More accent!
- Brenda Craig via Facebook
  
  What the heck is with all of this celebrities airing their differences on social media? It is so very tacky. They ought to have enough class and tact to speak to each other in private settings. Sheryl Lee Ralph’s comments were insulting. She’s not exactly an A-lister herself. Mo’Nique may have served herself better by keeping her statements off of social media. Not sure what she expected to accomplish. I don’t think that Hollywood would respond by making her any job offers.
- Tamye Centeno via Facebook
  
  Well the producer of Prescious said he would never ever hire her again, not because of lack of talent because he agrees she’s talented- more so because she was head blown and acting overly premadonna-ish. And he spread the word. So the only reason Monique is getting backlashed is because of her own head inflated attitude. Rectify that, especially in an industry where one day you’re the one and the next day u are axed.
- June Hall via Facebook
  
  Its not what you say but how you say it. We tend to run our mouths about a lot of things when we really should just do it than say anything.
- June Hall via Facebook
  
  Just sayin.
- Eddie Satterfield via Facebook
  
  I’m sure Monique would appreciate the love but I’m sure none of you really know the real intricacies of Hollywood unless you’ve worked in it and if you haven’t than most comments made ate speculative
- Tré Mań Wìllìamß via Facebook
  
  Who TF is Sheryl Lee to run her mouth. She ain’t doing no better than mo’nique.
- Frankie Brockington via Facebook
  
  I’m just trippin since when in the hell did humility and and Hollywood go hand in hand…everyone in the ent industry has some ego! crazy
- Lavaicia Williams via Facebook
  
  I used to hang out with Monique every December at Attorney Gary functions in West Palm Beach and the first time I met her she was very nice ,friendly, fun,and humble and I love her attitude, she can really dance too.I just think people just get in their feelings too much when it comes to her cause in my opinion she us no worse than Wendy Williams who really talk to damn much: Rosie O’Donnell who has tooo toooooo much mouth and Oprah Winfrey is definitely not a nice person in person or Aretha Franklin but you don’t see no one talking trash like they doing Monique. I’m just Praying the Heavenly Father steps in and let her shine like the star she was born to be.# Monique is okay in my book regardless of what anyone else thinks
- Lauren Dawkins via Facebook
  
  She’s telling her the truth
- Autumn Kingsbury-Buck via Facebook
  
  In order to play the game, you need to first know the rules. Sheryl telling her right if she wasn’t blackballed before she is now.
- Stephanie Williams via Facebook
  
  I agree…sometimes you have to play the game until you get what you want.
- Lisa Brown via Facebook
  
  She needs to Stfu!
- Shon Tailor via Facebook
  
  Yeah my cousin use to work with her first husband and he said she used to treat him like a dog and that she had a nasty disposition. I like her as a comedian but it has to some truth to what everyone is saying about her personally. Ijs I pray things open up for her.
- Eddie Satterfield via Facebook
  
  Who was her first husband not mark
- Shon Tailor via Facebook
  
  But I also know someone who said that Auntie Sheryl was jankie also. That she hired them for hair services and didn’t want to pay after the person came to her house.
- Shon Tailor via Facebook
  
  Eddie Satterfield not sure how many times shes been married but I only said first husband because its not the one shes married to now. Im talking about the one who use to be a barber..
- QueenB
  
  Even if what SLR said is true about Monique, I’m not impressed with her using Monique’s setback as an opportunity to get an interview. Otherwise, who would be checking for SLR? And quite frankly who has a bigger mouth than SLR? Not a fan of SLR’s self-righteous behind.
- Sasha
  
  If the majority says you’re "mean, nasty, and rude" then chances are-YOU ARE! I’m still puzzled as to why Monique chose to do an interview stating Hollywood black balled her? Was she attempting to get a public uproar? Was she trying to shame certain higher ups? Was it an attempt to get a producer to step up and say "I’ll help you? This whole thing seems to be backfiring because no artist/co-star has spoken up on her behalf. Most are agreeing that she is horrible. Sheryl is from the old school where they subtly tell it like it is. I didn’t take her comment as insulting, I took it as an elder giving light on making my next move, the BEST move. In life there are lessons and a great one to remember is this: What got you there won’t necessarily KEEP you there. Progression is the key 😉
  
  versatile
  
  Totally agree.
- Kim Munikata via Facebook
  
  Why can’t these celebrities ever say “no comment” when asked about each other. Geez
- Kneesee23
  
  Sign Sheryl Lee Ralph and Monique up for next season of Celebrity Apprentice …. LOL…
- Cedric Walters via Facebook
  
  Mo’nique has always been a loud mouth . She needs to be quite .
- kittypetit
  
  I agree. I kinda felt she should have not said anything about being blackballed too…like I dont see where outing whomever would gain her any roles. Rebuild, regain or begin new industry connects.
- Hosea E. Hanslip via Facebook
  
  So, someone blackballed Mo’nique from doing standup too?!!
- Joah Starqs via Facebook
  
  Why want some of these black film makers give her a part? I guess Hollywood run them too.
- Joah Starqs via Facebook
  
  Wow i never seen so many coon comments. Play ya part like good ole boys and girls nomatter how bafoonish the devil makes you look.
- Cooley
  
  Miss Ralph gots a lot of nerve!!! She sounds like such a coon house nicca. She should b supportive od her fellow acting sista. Instead, she decided to attack and throw her on the ground. She seemed enthused to put her and her weight down as well. I was very surprised at how she behaved and never knewshe was like that-Rude and classless. Might even have been on that white girl.
- Twilla Marshall via Facebook
  
  Good Luck Monique you are a good funny actress whatever kind of evil is going on in HOLLYWOOD God will stand by you in this storm …I pray for you in hopes that your blessing will come back around…..
- Tampatha Tee Tanner via Facebook
  
  Maybe SLR should take her own advice. If memory serves me right they cast Loretta Divine in the Dream Girls movie and not SLR even though she felt more deserving of a role in the movie. Know what SLR does have the measuring stick for this conversation.
- Janel Dunbar via Facebook
  
  Sequoya Gilliam
- Pepsii Cola via Facebook
  
  Now its time to go ham mo. Blackball lose weight on that.
- Kesha Vincent via Facebook
  
  I love Sheryl Lee Ralph but I think this time she should have just kept quiet
- Loretta Foote via Facebook
  
  bogus
- Kimber
  
  I think Sheryl Lee has a point, however she looked and sound like an Uncle Tom. Those words should have been said to Mo’Nique’s face in private, not on public television. However, I’m just a believer that not all lessons should be taught in the public eye, we all know that something was wrong after Mo’Nique won the Oscar, yet her show was cancelled and she seem to have disappeared. Maybe Mo’Nique should find another role for her husband instead of being her manager, and hire an experience talent agent to represent her, and let him be a house husband, because it obvious he doesn’t want to work and being her manager is just a title.
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