Photo: Kevin Winter
Early last year, we reported that Mo’Nique was asking her fans to boycott Netflix after the streaming service offered her $500,000 for a stand-up special, which was significantly less than the multi-million-dollar deals that comedians like Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, and Amy Schumer had recently gotten at the time. In an Instagram video, Mo’Nique accused Netflix of “gender bias” and “color bias,” with Wanda Sykes later thanking Mo’Nique for speaking out and revealing that she had also received an offer from Netflix that “offended” (‘less than half” of Mo’Nique’s $500,000).