Actress/comedian Mo’Nique has explained how she and her husband decided to reevaluate their open marriage agreement.
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Academy Award recipient discussed her partnership with her manager and husband, Sidney Hicks. During the conversation, the 55-year-old shared that Hicks is “the best manager that I’ve ever had, and I’ve had the big boys.”
Mo’Nique further stated that she has moved beyond the idea of an open marriage, which she and Hicks have been open about in the past, including on their podcast, “Mo’Nique & Sidney’s Open Relationship.”
“Life began to happen. I began to see a strength I had never seen before,” she said. “He loved me at my worst. I didn’t want to sacrifice that just for a lay. So I grew out of that.”
Mo’Nique initially disclosed her open marriage in an Essence interview back in 2006. She later discussed the arrangement on their podcast in 2016, stating that many people misunderstood the concept at the time.
“They thought it was about swinging and orgies, and then there were individuals who are vehement about God, and they were bringing God into their opinions,” she said at the time. “People lost their minds, and the criticism has never let up.”
Additionally, the comedian added that the arrangement was idea.
“Sidney had this one thing he had to teach me, and that was reciprocity. He said, ‘If you can have that, it’s only fair that I can have that, too.’ … I wanted to continue to see the gentlemen that I was seeing, and I felt comfortable telling my best friend [Hicks]. I’m grateful he taught me I had to play fair.”
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