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Jada Pinkett Smith Defends Mo'Nique

Jada Pinkett Smith and Mo'Nique Grid

Jada Pinkett Smith is speaking out about  Mo'Nique asking fans to boycott Netflix because they only offered her $500k for a comedy special after giving white comedian Amy Shumer $13 million and Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle $20 million. Mo'Nique has urged fans to boycott streaming service Netflix over its pay gap and a possible gender/colour bias. Smith took to Twitter, writing, "You don’t have to like Mo’Nique’s approach. You don’t have to agree with her boycott but don’t allow all of that to make you blind to the fact that non-white women and impoverished white women are underpaid, underrepresented and undervalued EVERYWHERE by EVERYONE." She added, "As a community, we should be supporting the light she is shining on this truth



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