Mo’Nique has retracted her previous statement regarding Chelsea Handler‘s alleged similarity in experiences with Kevin Hart after fans highlighted that the 49-year-old actress and comedian was, in fact, mocking her.
On Monday, Mo’Nique posted a clip of Handler from Kevin Hart’s recent comedy special for winning The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In the video, Handler shares a time when Kevin told her that he would put her in a movie. She then told Kevin that she wouldn’t mind being in front of the camera or behind and he responded, “I got you.” But to her surprise, the 44-year-old comedian never called her back.
“Here’s how great Kevin is. He said, ‘No problem, Chelsea, I got you! I’ll just get you a gig on my movie.’ I said, ‘Great! Behind the camera…in front…I don’t care. I’ll direct it if I have to.’ He said he’d even help me fill out the paperwork,” Handler said. “I was so excited. He said, ‘I got you, Chelsea. I got you! I got you!’ And that’s when I learned that if you ask Kevin for a favor you can always count on hearing these three words: I got you. And then you can count on never hearing from him again.”
The Instagram video ended with a snippet from Mo’Nique’s appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast, where she spoke about how Kevin ghosted her two years ago after agreeing to work with her on new projects. Mo’Nique claims that she reached out to Kevin’s production team and informed them of the new deal. However, two weeks later she learned that the deal was off of the table. She added that when she spoke to Kevin, he told her that the situation was a “miscommunication” and they would discuss it at a later date. Unfortunately, according to Mo’Nique, that day never came.
“HEY MY SWEET BABIES WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT BOTH CHELSEA HANDLER & I WOULD SHARE THE SAME EXPERIENCE WITH KEVIN HART, BUT WE’RE BOTH LYING, HUH? 👀🙄 I LOVE US 4REAL,” Mo’Nique captioned her post.
Shortly after, social media users took to Mo’Nique’s comment section under the post to inform her that Handler was actually mocking her “Club Shay Shay” appearance.
“She was making a joke of you…it went over your head baby. Just delete this,” one Instagram user wrote while another one added, “She is definitely not on your side, she took your story and made it into a standup routine.”
Even though the post is still active, the outpour of responses prompted Mo’Nique to reconsider her comment and update her initial caption.
“It had come to my attention that the joke is on me!! LOL!!!” she wrote on the post.
As of now, it’s unknown if the two comedians will ever make amends but it is clear that Mo’Nique is sticking by her statement.
