Nathan Lane is recalling the sweet moment when Robin Williams saved him from having to talk about his sexuality when he wasn’t ready to do so.
08.03.2023 - 23:37 / etonline.com
Mo'Nique is opening up about her high-profile feuds. In a new interview with , the 55-year-old comedian discusses both the origins and current standings of her public feuds with Lee Daniels, Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry.Everything started in 2004 when she met Daniels. The following year, she appeared in his directorial debut, From there, Mo'Nique says, she and Daniels «never stopped communicating,» all the way up to her starring role in the 2009 film .The film quickly earned critical praise and was part of the awards season discussion, something that Daniels, along with producers Winfrey and Perry, wanted to capitalize on.
Mo'Nique declined to go on a press tour without being compensated for her time, and thus the rift began. When Mo'Nique refused to get on a flight to attend the Cannes Film Festival in support of the movie, she claims Daniels told her in a phone call, «Mama, I agree with what you're saying. I just don't think it's going to play out good for you.»«And that was a problem,» she explains. «The problem of 'How could this fat Black woman say no to the powers that be in Hollywood?'»As for why she didn't want to fly to France to promote her critically acclaimed film, Mo'Nique tells the same thing she told Winfrey at the time.«I said, 'Oprah, I'm doing a talk show. I'm doing a comedy tour.
I have a husband and I have babies,'» Mo'Nique recalls. "'I have a little bit of downtime and I'm going to take advantage of it. So I'm not going anywhere because I'm not obligated to go anywhere.
Nathan Lane is recalling the sweet moment when Robin Williams saved him from having to talk about his sexuality when he wasn’t ready to do so.
Nathan Lane is recalling the sweet moment when Robin Williams saved him from having to talk about his sexuality when he wasn't ready to do so.In an upcoming interview on, the 67-year-old actor fondly remembered the time he and Williams were set to appear on to promote but before doing so, he turned to Williams and told him why he was feeling nervous.«I said to Robin beforehand… 'I'm not prepared to discuss, you know, that I'm gay on national television. I'm not ready,'» Lane says, before revealing Williams told him not to worry.Lane admits not talking about his sexuality was a bit of a challenge, considering his character in the 1996 comedy, Albert Goldman, is an openly gay man who stars in a South Beach drag club owned by his partner, Armand Goldman, played by Williams, who tragically died in August 2014. «And so then, of course she [Winfrey] was like, 'How come you're so good at that girlie stuff? Are you worried about being typecast?'» Lane recalls.
Sherri Shepherd welcomed “Inside Edition” host Deborah Norville to Wednesday’s edition of her daytime talk show.
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wrote to Donald Trump that it was “too bad we’re not running for office” because they would make a successful “team”. The chat show host’s letter was one of 150 set to be published by Mr Trump next month in a collection of his correspondence with celebrities, politicians, heads of state and members of the Royal family. Letters to Trump is expected to also include correspondence from Diana, Princess of Wales, Hillary Clinton and Kim Jong-un.
thrives on attention from fellow famous peeps. Now, Trump is printing his celebrity Rolodex in a new book featuring 150 private letters sent to him by Oprah Winfrey, Kim Jong Un and other high-profile figures.The “colorful photo book captures the incredible, and oftentimes private correspondence, between President Donald J.