Flame Monroe just smacked Mo’Nique over the head with a “hey my loves” of her own.
Mo’Nique has made more than her fair share of enemies in the industry. But normally, the controversies surrounding her name generally involve people with more power, prestige and influence than she does. She recently made headlines for filing a discrimination lawsuit against Netflix, however the ‘Queens of Comedy’ comedian is now being accused of discrimination herself. Fellow comedian Flame Monroe, who was most recently on Tiffany Haddish’s Netflix special ‘They Ready,’ says she had quite a few issues with Mo’Nique from back in the day.
On “The Tammi Mac Late Show,” Flame said that Mo’Nique was responsible for getting her fired from a job. Then she alleged that she bashed her lifestyle. For those who don’t know, Flame uses several pronouns to describe herself: he, she, we. Flame is also raising three young children: two girls and one boy. I don’t know about her sexuality but she identifies as trans so she is a part of the LGBTQ community.
Flame says that she worked with Mo’Nique in 1999, and was an unknown comic at the time and without question he was going to be hired, but Mo’Nique said that she couldn’t work with Flame Monroe because she is LGBT+. She continues by saying she found it particularly hypocritical because she believes Mo’Nique married a man she believes belongs to the LGBTQ community.
“Here’s the funniest part: You tore me down for my lifestyle, and then turned around and married my lifestyle,” she said. “You’ve been knowing me all these years. Gay bashing don’t work with me. I’m from the West Side of Chicago.”
When host Tammi Mac asked Monroe to clarify what she meant when she previously said Mo’Nique married her “type,” she boldly alluded that Hicks is a member of the LGBTQ community, himself.
“Stevie Wonder can see that,” she said. “The question is, who is ‘Daddy’ calling Daddy?”
Flame who currently works for Netflix also visited The Breakfast Club where she continued to double down on her claims against Mo’Nique, then talked about the “diversity” in Netflix and tells Mo that Netflix is ready. Peep that interview below:
