Mo'Nique Defends Roseanne: 'Has She Ever Said, 'Kill Black People'?'

"We’re comedians. And I know her. And what she thought was funny, as a comedian, that’s what it was," Mo'Nique told the 'Chicago Tribune.'

November 13, 2018

Mo'Nique Roseanne — Image via Getty/Albert L. Ortega

Mo’Nique is out here once again defending her girl Roseanne Barr in a new interview with theChicago Tribune.

While talking about her dream of having a new talk show, the comedian called Barr her “sister” and explained why she couldn’t turn her back on the former ABC star. Here’s an excerpt of the conversation:

The reporter pushed back, specifically asking about Roseanne’s tweet from June, and Mo’Nique continued to defend the disgraced actress, claiming she was just trying to be funny. “And I know her. And what she thought was funny, as a comedian, that’s what it was,” she said. “Has she ever said, ‘Kill black people’?”

Mo’Nique goes on to allege that Barr is doing work “behind the scenes” for black people. “She was behind the scenes fighting for the black (concert) promoters. Nobody knows that,” she said. “She’s behind the scenes trying to push a documentary about Malcolm X with a brother who’s a Muslim.”

It would be really great if Barr was also in front of the scenes not tweeting racists and xenophobic conspiracy threads, but I digress. This isn’t the first time the Precious star has defended Barr. Back in August, Amanda Seales called out the comedian for doing so.

"As a black woman, as a comedian," Seales began during an episode ofOpen Late With Peter Rosenberg, “I think it is incredibly problematic for her to be using her platform in such a reckless way, and it makes me say, 'Well, we can't really listen to nothing you say.' Five minutes ago, you were trying to say we should boycott Netflix, now you're telling us that she's okay? It's nonsensical, you're Kanye-ing right now."

Read Mo’Nique’s entire interview with the Chicago Tribunehere.