Barbara totally deserves it:
Barbara is telling friends that Mo’Nique was one of her most challenging subjects ever,” claims our well-placed informant. “If Barbara needed one more reason to quit the Oscar specials, Mo’Nique gave it to her.”
Walters is said to have first gotten under Mo’Nique’s skin during the actress’ 2006 appearance on “The View,” when the ABC News queen inquired about Mo’s newborn twin boys.
“How are those little creatures?” asked Walters.“Wait a minute, Barbara, they’re not creatures. Now the mistress of her own BET talk show and the front-runner for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, Mo’Nique has become choosy in granting interviews. And when Walters’ producers came calling, she had a few requests.
“She had very specific hair and makeup demands,” says a source. “She also insisted that Barbara fly down to Atlanta. Barbara usually goes to her subject’s home, whether it’s Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts. Mo’Nique wouldn’t let Barbara into her house.”Mo is also alleged to have treated Walters just slightly better than her brutal character, Mary, treats her daughter in “Precious.”
“She was so disrespectful and dismissive that Barbara’s producer, Bill Geddie, had to step in and ask Mo’Nique’s husband, Sid [Hicks], why Mo was being so rude,” claims the source. “Bill has told people you won’t be seeing Mo on ‘The View’ again soon.”But Walters insists, “There was nothing about her that was rude.”
“It’s a wonderful, funny interview,” says Walters, who talked with the star about everything from her open marriage to her hairy legs. “She couldn’t have been more open. If you’re not happy, you don’t answer those questions.”
I know the interview was smooth, however that would leave a bad taste in anyone’s mouth to hear someone call your children “creatures.” As for the other demands, well they give those services to everyone else, and she is an Oscar nominee, don’t even trip…
