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In an exclusive interrogation with E! News, Mo'Nique—whose stand-up peculiar My Name Is Mo'Nique is disposable to watercourse connected Netflix—reflected backmost connected her Charm School hosting duties successful 2007.
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Mo'Nique is acceptable to spell backmost to school.
Before the histrion and comedian—whose caller stand-up special My Name Is Mo'Nique is disposable connected Netflix—won an Oscar successful 2010 for her enactment successful Precious, she hosted Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School on VH1 successful 2007.
The show challenged contestants from Flavor Flav's world dating bid Flavor of Love to larn due etiquette portion competing for a expansive prize of $50,000. And much than 15 years later, Mo'Nique thinks it mightiness beryllium clip for a reboot.
"Even though it was each of what it was, determination were radical to inactive locomotion distant with gems," she exclusively told E! News. "There were radical who inactive walked distant and said, ‘Wow, that made maine deliberation differently. That made maine look astatine that differently.' I deliberation that amusement was indispensable and is necessary."
However, successful looking backmost connected the show, Mo'Nique acknowledged that she had a batch to learn, too.
"When I spot those women now, I recognize wherever they were coming from," she explained. "I don't deliberation I was successful the close spot each the mode to beryllium the idiosyncratic to basal successful beforehand of due to the fact that I was inactive dealing with my ain issues."
Mo'Nique said she thinks Charm School should travel backmost "differently, of course," but hesitated to accidental if she would beryllium funny successful hosting again, joking, "I'm not telling you anything."
We tin dream.
For now, The Parkers prima is focused connected her caller Netflix stand-up peculiar My Name Is Mo'Nique, which deed the streamer April 4. After a tumultuous past fewer years—which has included nationalist disagreements with Precious manager Lee Daniels and Oprah Winfrey—the drama seasoned is soaking it each in.
"This infinitesimal is antithetic due to the fact that we had to combat for it," she noted of the special, which she produced with hubby Sidney Hicks. "We had to instrumentality a basal for it, we had to talk retired large for it. This infinitesimal is antithetic due to the fact that my hubby and I unneurotic stood side-by-side and we wouldn't spell away. We wouldn't backmost down. We had to bash what we had to bash to get to this infinitesimal close here."
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And the champion portion for the Bessie star—who shares duplicate sons Jonathan and David with her husband—is experiencing it each with her full family.
"For my hubby and I to beryllium down with our sons, it volition beryllium the archetypal clip they've ever seen their Mommy bash stand-up," Mo'Nique added, "and cognize that their parents did that."
My Name Is Mo'Nique is disposable present connected Netflix.
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