Mo’Nique Wastes Away
Posted by Bossip Staff
So the queen of phat and hatin’ on skinny b*tches is about to become a skinny b*tch her damn self. Mo’Nique recently dropped weight so that she can keep her raggedy high school sweetheart from steppin’ out on her and gettin’ it in with some skinny b*tch.
Mo’Nique, who has always declared herself as “fat and fabulous,” talks about why she felt compelled to shed 40 pounds.
The 5-foot, 6-inches tall actress/comedienne, who admits to having weighed as much as 262 pounds at one point, tells Jet magazine that she made the decision after a conversation with her husband of three years: Sidney Hicks.
“I decided that I had to get some of that off of me,” she tells the mag. “Sid and I had a conversation. What he said to me was motivation. It was so gentle and sweet and he wasn’t judgmental. He said, ‘Baby, that’s too much and I want you for a lifetime.’”
No one had ever challenged Mo’Nique to lose weight in quite that way, so she decided she had to do it, so she could be here to enjoy her family. As the pounds melted away, speculation began that Mo’Nique had had gastric-bypass surgery, but she tells Jet no way.
“I’m so scared of needles,” says the mother of three, including 3-year-old fraternal twins. “Baby, for them to take blood from me, it’s a production. This was truly making the commitment to watch what I eat and commit to working out. I stopped eating red meat. I want to say to big people, ‘Let’s be healthy big people.’ Everybody can’t be a size 0 or 45, but let’s be healthy.’”
Mo’Nique says she currently tips the scale at 224 pounds, and she hopes to get down to an even 200.
“By American standards that is still considered obese,” she says.
For more on Mo’Nique’s weight loss and her new BET TV show, as well as her critically acclaimed role in ‘Precious,’ pick up the new issue of Jet, on newsstands today.
This is funny. All these years, Mo’Nique was anti weight loss and loving yourself for all your rolls and lumps and bumps and the minute she gets a man she’s hittin’ the gym and gettin’ her Jenny Craig on. WTF
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good for her! look at all the self hateing black men hateing comeing in here commenting they haters.
Good for her.Glad she decided to do that cause in the end its all about being healthy. oh and shut the ***** up Bossip-hatin *****es
I am glad that she has realized that a change was needed. ANd that youdon’t hav to be a size 2. You can be a 14 and still be healthier than a size 0.
Good looking out and doing it the right way for you and your family and not society
Ever seen someone who was 70 years old and obese??…Didn’t think so…glad she’s getting off that “big is beautiful” trip because in reality big is deadly.
I’m a skinny ***** and I’m hatin’….all that talking out the side of her neck about being big and fluffy and loving your rolls and now she wants to be healthy???? She should have known back then when she was talking all that ish that being overweight can cause health problems. I know that was a part of her act but she singled out skinny women as though we were evil or heartless. smh, I’m glad she came to her senses though…
she looks good. stop hatin bossip
well, let her do what she does she’s not going back on what she said she’s working on maintaining her marriage! Stop judging people so much she’s straight out the gate and real. If she feels it’s necessary to loss some weight more power to her she’s still beautiful inside and out!
Guess she’s gonna be “evil” just like
us when she’s done losing weight huh?
Womp.
I ALWAYS SAID IF SHE WAS TO LOSE A LIL WEIGHT ,..SHE BE A BAD BYTCH!! ,, ID ***** SHE TOO,..YES I WOULD ,BUT SHE OUTTA SEASON ,..ITS SLIM GOODIE SEASON NOW!
Lookin good Mo’Nique!!!! Bossip I wouldnt say that she decided to lost weight after she got a man…she already had him. I think its wonderful that she lost weight. Eating healthy is the key….like she mentioned…everyone will not be a size 0 and not everyone a size 45! Keep up the good work!
She looks good and probably feels better. But I agree with Caramel Cat. She shoulda known all that “Fat and all that talk” was stupid as hell. You dont have to be tiny to be healthy. The key is being healthy. Just being fat for no damn reason is just stupid. Heart attacks, diabetes, certain types of cancer will form in fatty cells only…Get healthy and lose some damn weight. She is doing the right thing.
She found something that care about her and don’t want see her ***** get f**k up with all the extra baggage.
If she looses, she looses. If she doesn’t, she doesn’t. Whatever her choice and her reason, thats hers to make. If it means her being “healthy”, cause we all know that obese does not mean healthy then I say way to go!!
i tried to tell my girl that, but that ***** didn’t work all she got out of it was, “you calling me fat”
Well good for Mo’nique. Making sure she lives a long healthy life is the most important. Best wishes to her and her family.
I am pround of her. It takes a humble person to live so publicly and to have made the comments she did to backtrack and change her persosnal views. Go MO MO!
Good for her! I think she looks fabulous. Getting down to 200 lbs is hardly going to make her a “skinny *****”….it’ll make her a “healthy *****!” LMAO
I don’t understand why everyone has issues with a person having a change of outlook, or a realization of life. We all grow and change and as we experience life our outlook changes. She didn’t say big wasn’t beautiful she said let’s be ourselves and be healthy. We all know women killing themselves to be thin, but just cause you a big girl don’t mean you gotta eat any and all things in sight. Be you, but be healthy.
And good for her man saying “I want you to be around” So she thought yeah, I got babies and a husband, I need to be here to be with my family so I’m gonna get healthy, NOT SKINNY, Healthy!
Stars are people too, how many things did all of us used to have opinions about that have changed, celebrities just have proof that they said it, but the they can change their minds too!
YOU GO MONIQUE!!!
I can let you know for a fact that she had that weight taken off and she didn’t loose that weight as in person activities. She had it removed!!!
I know because my wife was tried to speak to her after she had it done and she rudely dissed her. She thinking she’s all that well I’m putting the woman on blast.
some people are just made to be big. She goin to end up looking like Star Jones. ET head and all that extra skin
She had it done around the De Soto and victory area of Woodland Hills/Canoga Park area. My wife saw her around the Kaiser Permanent building.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
That’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout!!!
Good Job Mo’Nique!!!
I’m happy she got rid of that “f*ck a salad” and I refuse to exercise attitude…
That’s how you ladies be messing up = by letting yourself go after you gotta man or have kids and then come up with a bunch of lame a$$ excuses as to why you can’t exercise or eat right/healthy… SMH
i am happy that she has decided to take the path to a healthy lifestyle. she has three children that i am sure she would like to enjoy for many years to come. i think it’s beautiful that her husband has encouraged her to step up her game in the area of fitness and nutrition. some of us are blessed to have concerned and loving husbands. support your family always! – love -
Good for Monique! She needed to lose the weight if only for health reasons.
According to the Department of Health & Human Services: 4 out of 5 Black women are overweight or obese…
You don’t even have to google that info. just look around… SMH
BOSSIP – what is wrong with Mo’Nique wanting to be healthy! OMG – you guys are HATERS! Way to go Mo’Nique! I love you either way!
I in know way think a woman needs to be small to be beautiful of sexy. However I do feel that women (who may be unhealthy) need to stop fronting like everything is okay. I am 5ft 8in and 128. I am naturally thin. My sister who is 5′5″ is 200. She was walking around saying the same things Star Jones and Monique were saying “I’m big and beautiful (which she is).” She looks better than me in the face but she was unhappy and she knew it. She has finally admitted that is now working to get herself to a healthy weight. Most use it as defense. They feel like it’s hopeless and if they are going to thick, they are going to be proud of it. (Speaking from all those around me. i am the smallest peron i know) I like how she admitted that was an issue. She was honest with herself. Her and her husband have an open marriage so I doubt if her losing weight is going to make him stay at home more.
*typo* Meant No way. Ol’ well.
^^^^lol!!!
good for mo’nique!!!
I like the ideal of her being the blunt of her own jokes against thin women. She built her whole career on blasting skinny women and now she’s trying to get there. Interesting isn’t it?
oops-i meant…
lmao@ Slide Like A Fresh Pair of Gators…
According to the Department of Health & Human Services: 4 out of 5 Black women are overweight or obese…
You don’t even have to google that info. just look around… SMH
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look aroung look around.
lmao!!!
Good for her. It was either lose weight or eventually die of a friggin’ heart attack!
Borenique is actually in the same club as Vida Guerrea, Kim Dum*****hdian and those other skanks for having fame due to their body. However the other skanks have nice shapes while Borenique looks like Veruca Salt in ***** WONKA’S CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Great to watch her lose weight and lose her fames..she’s a bad actress , not that funny and not cute.
I am happy that she wants to lose weight. She can be a role model for all women that are borderline obese to know that they can do it as well.
A lot of times heavier women say that they are happy with themselves and they are not. When your weight gets out of control you need to lose the weight for health and self-esteem.
I was once 180 pounds at 5′2. That was one of the most miserable times of my life. Now I am about 130 (which is still thick) and I have kept the weight off for about 7 years with continuously being aware of what I eat and dieting when I gain a little weight. I can’t be the happier.
I hope she doesn’t lose too much. She won’t look right, and she’ll get that “horse-head syndrome”…
Glad she is getting healthy tho….
Do your thang Mo’ – just don’t get stupid!!
LOL at horse-head syndrome
If you’re going to spend all that money to have them suck the fat out – might as well get the head toned too…
I just lost respect for her. I thought she’s be working the weight off. I hope that she learns to eat better, cuz she’ll pop her stitches if she thinks she can still grub out at Popeyes!
now talk her azz about losing that wool off her legs… kno’ whu’ um tawkin’ bout?!
Why couldn’t she lose the weight for HERSELF?!! Seems like she has become everything that she’s been talking AGAINST. Be you, be real damn! I hate it when people double talk – they say one thing and don’t even mean it. I’m glad she’s losing weight though – don’t get me wrong. But she should have made the decision to lose the weight for herself and her children, not for some man who’ll probably cheat on her anyway. Besides, don’t they have an open relationship?!
she will not become evil because she isnot gonna try to be skinny. difference between being skinny and healthy!!
*****e/crackhead are skinny but they are not healthy. Just because she’ll lose weight doesnot mean she wants to be skinny. Only bony chicks would think they are the same…
surgery is a cop out for the losers who can’t lose weight. They will gain it back eventually or look like a scaly as hippo suit is on them.
Good for her, I think she is doing the best thing and plus 200lbs is still fat, but she is PHAT no matter her size…so, I say GO GIRL, she will shine the light like she always does..plus she is funny as hell and no matter what…SKINNY *****ES ARE EVIL!!!! that’s why ya’ll haten on her NOW…..Boom–*****es!!!….she laughing all the way to DA BANK!!!!
I am happy for her! She doesnt have to be skinny but healthy is where it is at!!
I understand Monique’s position to love yourself and be comfortable in your own skin. Everyone is not going to be a size 2 but to hate on women who maintain their figures, was wrong. Being healthy is the key whether your a size 2 or 22. I think she is finally realizing that.
Too all the big women out there you can you be “Big and Beautiful?” You may have a pretty face but don’t be “Big and Unhealthy.” If you really look at those words together( “Big and Beautiful”) they are an oxymoron. The word “Big” shouldn’t be in there at all because it does not equal up to Healthy and Unhealthy is not pretty!
Ummm monique,
what sydney was really saying is, look ***** i dont care if you do pay all the bills around here, when you get naked I wanna get ghost! Besides it aint like you can just kick me out, we have kids now tubby. and shave those **********in’ legs, you look like two giant unpeeled moldy potatoes.
now lose another 65lbs, get lipo on your neck, some breast implants, take that stupid ***** weave ponytail outta your hair and keep your mouth shut unless “we’re” getting a check.
yeah i think thats how the conversation really went…………..
love 6am
She looks good in both pictures. I hate the way Bossip spins stories. She was never losing anti-weight. She was anti-fat hate! Her message was big girls can be sexy too. Now, if only Sidney could convince her to shave her legs! : )
correction ant-losing weight
forgive me
Good for her…and yes…at5′6 she still could stand to drop another 50-70lbs. Its a 100lbs for 5 feet and 5lbs for every inch over that… so medically…she needs to be around 130-150 tops.
she looks good.
She was always a pretty woman to me, she looks good.
She needs to drop some more, still overweight and in the unhealty zone.
She could stand to lose the weight. She should be healthy to guarantee longevity in her career. Bossip, stop hating!
She’s still pretty either way. She looks good thinner and healthy than bigger
and unhealthy. Con grads mo’ you look fabulous and if your man likes it,
then that’s even better.
OMG!!!!!! People are just stupid. Do you really thank that all skinny people are hasppy and health. High blood pressure and diabetes don’t care if our fat or skinny. Mo’Nique has said “if you are a big girl and you are healthy and happy with who you are F**k everybody else do you”. Seh never promoted being unhealthy are let’s all be overweight but of cousre that’s what closed minded people took from it. And if you heard her state what her husband told her with out the STUPID comments from BOSSIP you probaly would have took the commit in a different way but leave it to Bossip to tear Black people down. And by no way will Mo’Nique be skinny!!!!! LOVE YOU MO’
Question?
Has anyone EVER seen her twins?
so proud of her!! she has inspired me… she’s just talking about being healthy which is important for overweight people….
@Its6amHoeGetOut-LMAO!!! That is the funniest and most true ***** I have ever heard!
MONIQUE LOOKS GOOD! I’M HAPPY FOR HER.
BOSSIP YOU MAKE ME SICK SOMETIMES ALWAYS TWISTING THE TRUTH. HER HUBBY DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT STEPPING OUT ON HER. OMG.
She’s not doing this to get a man, she’s doing this for her overall health and because her husband expressed his concern for her. Bossip yall act like a person can’t have a change of heart or readjust their thinking. It’s called growing and maturing and that’s what you’re SUPPOSED to do, including Mo’Nique!
When you have kids it gives you a whole new persepctive on life. You’re no longer living for your selfish desires, you have these little humans who need you and depend on you and you as the parent want to continue to see your seed grow and become adults and parents and grandparents. You can’t do that if you’re not taking care of yourself and living a healthy life style. Good for Mo’Nique for wanting to be around to see her babies grow and to be in love with her husband for 50 more years!
LMAO…..What her husband really said was *****, YOU BETTA GET IT TOGETHER!
@ mydixiewrecked
now talk her azz about losing that wool off her legs… kno’ whu’ um tawkin’ bout?!
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ROTFLMAO!!
Everyone knew that mess about loving herself was just an excuse for not doing what she needed to do which was lose weight. Of course you should love yourself, but staying healthy is part of that.
*****…200 pounds at 5′6″ is still UNHEALTHY…people need to stop lying to themselves, there is no reason to run around a fat *****… only lazy ***** americans make excuses for that *****…fat lazy ***** wal-mart shopping country, PATHETIC!!!!!!
…and the only reason i saw “wal-mart” anything is because it’s a real example of the overcomsumtion that is tolerated in these parts…
She didn’t hit the GYM she just shaved her legs!
@6am
You probably are correct in your *****essment. He put some fire under her azz to get that weight off so fast…
She look the same to me!
Weight loss is hard! It took me a long time to find out what worked for me
You go girl! Love her
Bossip get on my nerves with some of the comments they make. So what if if took the wise words of her husband to realize that all of that weight on her heart is not good for her. So what if she want to make it to where she will see her kids and husband as long as possiable. Yall love to hate when someone is doing something positive in their lives but as soon as it is negative you can’t wait for the oppurtunity to stomp them down! “They only time you should look down on a person is if your helping them up”
She’s still fat as h_ll. When you’re that big, you have to lose 100 lbs for it to show. Yuck!
I’m not black woman bashing, as I am one myself. BUT I will say too many of us think that thick is it, no matter if we have diabetes and both our legs are about to be amputated.
Its not about being skinny…its about being healthy, eating right and having an active lifestyle.
Monique always got on my nerves with her rants. I kept telling my best girl, “this woman is ushering a whole new generation of obese, lazy, unhealthy, diabetes stricken black women.” There is no honor in that, we are better than her ranting about her own personal self hate.
Glad she’s now seen the light.
Inside every big woman is a skinny one trying to get out…and since i’m one of them, I can say it with conviction.
No one has to be skinny. It’s about being at your ideal weight. I’d like to get there and Monique is definitely and example, but i think she got gastric as well. However, she cursed the dude from MTO out on her show (in a nice way)when he suggested that she had. So maybe not, she isn’t coming down quite as fast as gastric folks usually do.
I do think though, that her husband wasn’t accusatory, he was basically telling her to get it together…
I will just have a two piece and a bis-quit!
@ NO ID
Your right, it’s just about being eating healthy and having some type physical activity 3-4 times a week for 20-30mins a week. If your going to big make sure your Big-Beautiful-&Healthy
Women women women. I know her DOCTOR at some point told her she was too damn big. But it took her husband for her to lose some weight. I mean really when will women especially black women realize that ok you may think you look good with that weight but your heart doesn’t like it. At one point I had gotten up to a 12 and those were tight. My regular Dr. said well you know you dont look big you could come down but nothing alarming. I went to a specialist for something and he looked at me and said in a very matter of fact well miss you are considerably overweight…..DAMN is all my mind could register. Mind you I looked acceptable and I wasn’t considered fat by others. That day I went home and had a plan. I lost 30 Lbs in a month and a half and I have not looked back mind you I was no where near Mo’nique (could never be)! Black women need to let the whole “looks” thing go, think about your HEART and joints and so on….not how you look for your man!
@Christmas Jones
I thought the same thing when she was talking all that trash. There are too many women who are struggling with their weight for this crazy chick to come along and tell them to just be cool with being big…I’m not saying everyone should be a size 2 but you can’t just celebrate being fat all ***** nilly and then find yourself confused and distraut after the doctor diagnoses you with a weight related disease…
@ NIASIA…
Ur right girl! Recently injured myself and was bedridden for FIVE WEEKS. Gained a couple pounds, nuttin’ drastic but…CARE TO SHARE THAT ‘PLAN’ OF YOURS???
Bossip, you’re out of line. If anything she advocates loving yourself regardless of your size. Because as we all know, there are too many images in the media telling our children that if you’re not thin, you’re not fabulous. Based on this interview, it’s clear that she’s finally realized it’s about being healthy, too. Can we at least applaud her for taking steps to become a healthier woman?
Say word Niasia, aint about looks cuz them skiny ***** model chicks definately dont look good either, but its more than eat healthy and work out 20 mins a day…its eat healthy for 4 meals a day, dont cheat, excercise regularly but take the stairs instead of elevators and escalators, take a walk during ur lunch break, ***** like that…u dont have to loose all of it in a month but if ur constantly doing the right things, it will come off naturally…its about a lifestyle not a plan… that plan stuff will have you back where u started easily…
“Baby, that’s too much and I want you for a lifetime.’”
WTF???
He didnt say that *****!
More like…”If you dont lose that weight, I’ma find someone who doesnt have all that”. In much more nicer words, or course.
Ha! I knew it! I could tell she was a hater to the umpteenth power. Always had something to say about skinny females but was probably dying on the inside to be one. Not like those Calvine Klein runway models, but like skinny to her would be, Lauren London…….
Ah, I knew you would come over to this side of the fence, Mo. I could see it in your eyes….:)
Happy Dieting!
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*Calvin
From a male perspective:
First off, Monique never attacked skinny hoes who were cool and proud of themselves. She was talking about those hoes who were 6′1, 120lbs and crying when they put on 5lbs. Second, Monique was mostly right in her synopsis, most black women (especially black) are going to be thicker than most, but it is always the mainstream that frowns upon that. Look at all the hate that was/is thrown at Buffy, how the hell do you suppose she can lose all that *****.
Most of the women in my family are big women and we haven’t lost anyone to those diseases normally *****ociated with being overweight. It’s good that Monique lost some weight, but that don’t guarantee her a longer life. She looked good (to me) then and looks good now. I will say now though she can probably try alot more positions in bed. That should be fun.
We don’t talk about it but every guy has had that big chick we loved seeing that we didin’t want to be seen with. She makes it easier for big girls to get love too. Leave her alone.
@ Jamquina Cuban
It is actually easy. Believe it or not I ate what I wanted just small portions. So if someone brought cookies or chips I would look at the serving and if it said 2 cookies were the serving that is all I had. Also when I ate chips and things I would get a baggie and pour out the serving to fit the size my friends made fun of me for it but it worked. I ate constantly but little meals. I also worked out 4 times a week. The weight came right off and I did nothing drastic. The thing is we are always on a diet it just depends on what you have in the diet that day. I kept my caloric intake to about 1500 a day if not less but I always ate when I felt hungry just something healthy and small to satiate the hunger not to be full. My job at the time had a fruit cart that came every day so that made it easy as well. You do not have to deprive yourself, eat what you like just watch the intake of it. I had to go off one day on my roomates friend she came in and was like oh how are eating chips and drinking soda and you are on a diet? I looked at her and told well I have already lost 13 pounds so I am fine! It is all about portions and you HAVE to eat when you feel hungry. Hope that helped
Bossip, I cannot recall ever hearing or reading Mo’Nique state she’s against losing weight in general. Even in her first book, she’s elaborated on eating healthier and working out. Congrats to you Mo…live to love you and your beautiful family!
You know it takes a real man to sit down and have a discussion with his wife to let her know that she needs to be healthy starting with her weight. Most men belittle their women and make fun of her, instead of addressing the problem. it takes a real woman to listen to him.
you cant tell a black woman she is getting to big without there being a fight.
@theman
You are right about that, because I will bust ALL the windows out your car if you talk about my weight!
Ladies, you don’t have to be size 2, but you have to be in control of your weight, your health and what you stick in your mouth.
Health issues run throughout my family, so I have always worked to stay in the same range. Now that I am getting older, it’s getting easier to eat healthy and stay active because I have been doing it for so long now.
LOL!!
Funny thing about me is, I like my men to be a little “thick.” I want something to hold on to.
I believe her point was love yourself no matter what your size is. She was giving self esteem to big women that were not hearing it anywhere else. It is not like she is trying to go down to a size 2. Hello she is going down to 200 pounds which makes absolute sense if seh wants to live past 50. She will still be fat and fabulous just not overly fat. There is a difference.
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but Chaka if i cant tell you that im not feeling u anymore sexually because of the weight, i will just start to be distant and looking at other chicks that do it for me. Most black men do like thick girls, but Ashanti is thick, Kim Kardasian is thick, Monigue is fat, even at 200. im 6′1 and 200.
it’s not all about a man all the time….maybe she neded someone who loves her to tell her she was living a un-healthy life….she has small kids and a whole lot to live for…she’s doing one of the best things a woman can do for herself…she’s still Mo’Nique and hasn’t lost anything but weight…wonderful for her for taking a stance!….we love us sum dayum Mo’Nique!Ya heard!
Just the Way You Are
Billy Joel
Don’t go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don’t imagine you’re too familiar
And I don’t see you anymore
I wouldn’t leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times, I’ll take the bad times
I’ll take you just the way you are
Don’t go trying some new fashion
Don’t change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken p*****ion
Although I might not seem to care
I don’t want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are.
I’m really not being funny but big bytches talk that shyt all the time. I don’t care what anyone says. No one wants to be fat!!! It just aint right. I even believe Jesus doesn’t want us to be fat. That may be taking it to the extreme but I’m sorry. I think he wants us to be healthy and live long prosperous lives and you just can’t do that at 5 foot 6, 262lbs! Sorry big girls…but the truth shall set you free.
bossip are you serious?! she is 262…that is far from being skinny! she is healthier than she was. stop hating for her husband want her around for a long time to raise their kids.
@Chaka1
I like my men a little thick too…not fat and just absurd!!
Good. Maybe she can stop hating smaller women and use that venom she has to better herself. I can’t stand Monique. She constantly antagonizes skinny women by saying we can’t cook and we are hungry and so forth. No it is called commitment, dedication, exercise and healthy eating. There is a such thing as will power and determination without a magic pill or the aid of a plastic surgeon cutting out a portion of your extremely large stomach. Good luck Fat *****.
Honestly, Monique was a little too much with the skinny women are evil, but she has always said to love your self AND be healthy no matter what size. And like it says in the article, she’s still 224. That ain’t hardly skinny.
…I hope her hubby also “motivated” her to start shaving her legs!!!!…
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i dont think Monique was tryin to promote an unhealthy lifestyle but promote self confidence in women who are overweight. I find it that a lot of people try to find the negative in many situations when sometimes its not the intent. We also have to keep in mind that alot of these qoutes that people reference come from a stand-up comedy act. she is an entertainer and i think that we need to decipher between jokes and reality. she is a big beautiful woman who tells jokes so let take it for what it is.
@Wanjiru:
Womp!Womp!
LOL
I’m glad to see she finally got with the program. She knew damn well she was too big to be claiming all that F.A.T nonsense.
Now, if she would just partner with Queen Latifah, Dr. Ian Smith and kick off a weight loss campaign to revert all the sistahs she poisoned with her message — that would be too, like right!!!
I hope you are reading Monique. You know you were wrong for that.
I think she was telling the big girls to just love themselves. You love to put down heavy set people, especially women. A man is fat and we call him big so and so, and if a chick is overweight we come up with 1000 hurtful things to call her. Monique was always too big in my book, but she carried herself well. I don’t care what size you are, but please step out the house looking good. Don’t fit the sterotype of fat, nasty, and smelly like some heavy set women do. My cousin is a size 18 and she stays looking nice 24/7 while she loses the weight(was a size 20-22) Lane bryant, Torrid, ashely stewart, and Ross keep her looking right. All those lies that a big woman can’t find a “GOOD” man is 100% lie! I was 50 pounds over weight when I met my husband and he oloved me when I slimed down after we got married. Get healthy ladies, but look good while doing it. Some women chae around that model chick from the chicks in the video because that’s what we think men want, a man(men like different things) wants a nice looking woman.
I think she was trying to prmote self esteem within the big girl community!
Just when you thought you had your next Monique fat joke ready……I luv it when big women pull stunts like this and show up looking HOTTTT.
It’s gonna ruin her career, but she is healthy and people will have to dig deep to find something negative to say about her from now on.
Actually Mo’Nique has never been anti-weight loss – I support her views…she’s always been about loving yourself – No matter WHAT package you come in. She has always used being healthy as a platform. And if she feels like she’d be healthier by losing a little weight – Good for her!
Just because you decide to become healthier shouldn’t mean that you have revoked your “card” from the community. That’s some ignorant thinking right there.
You should still be able to champion the causes you have always supported regardless of your size.
Never cared for her much but wish her the best with her new outlook and weight loss…everyone deserves a long healthy life…..
Good for Mo! I am happy for her.
WoW Bossip know what you’re speaking on before you post this sh*t..
“soon as she gets a man”? Her husband of three years said this..
Also, she & her husband have an OPEN MARRIAGE so even if he wanted to get with a skinny chick, he can, and it’s fine.
I like Mo’Nique and I know her commons sense told her to lose some of that weight a long time ago for health reasons, but she could not get motivated until her husband told her to lose the weight.
If she loved herself just as she was, which is what she was telling other thick girls to do, she would not have changed.
That’s why I make my own decisions and don’t listen to any celebrity, especially when they don’t follow their own advice.
BOSSIP, why are yall hatin on Mo & Sid so much??
At 200-anything pounds she will hardly be skinny! Get real!! She will still be what this country considers ‘fat’ so she’s really not doing anything but decreasing some health risks. F&%$ yall; she got 2 BABIES to raise! And i doubt her hubby was a jerk about it; he just wants to make sure she is healthy enough to stick around with him and their children….that’s how you motivate a woman–not talking bout how fat she is or how much she eats.
NO COMMENT……….I JUST LOVE MONIQUE
WHAT IS WRONG WITH BLACK AMERICA. If she is 5′6 and over 250lbs, that is extremely unhealthy. Do we all want to die of high blood pressure, strokes, diabetes, heart disease, etc? You can be healthy and thick, and her getting down to 200lbs is a great start.
Try this on for size BOSSIP: Mo’Nique has come to the conclusion that she’s FAT…and should do something to fix it.Good for her.170-180 would be a good range for her.
I think it is wonderful that she decided to keep her family together. Based on what she said her husband came at her in a loving and respectful way. I would do what I have to do within reason to satisfy my husband. She is still beautiful, looks great, and I do not believe she has compromised her beliefs at all. I believe she is doing what other married couples should do..work at the marriage, exhibit some give and take and be committed, loyal and supportive of one another and best of all LOVE one another…It’s a beautiful thing!
Yall love to hate when someone is doing something positive in their lives but as soon as it is negative you can’t wait for the oppurtunity to stomp them down! “They only time you should look down on a person is if your helping them up”
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true.
I’m glad that she’s working to become a healthier person…Hopefully, she’ll be able to maintain…
Good luck, Monique! Congratulations, for losing some already.
Also, she & her husband have an OPEN MARRIAGE so even if he wanted to get with a skinny chick, he can, and it’s fine.
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your not married, if you
are both still having sex with other people
SORRY!
grown-up marriage= commitment
BTW: Not judging, stating the obvious. Myabe he wanted an open marriage, until she could lose the weight…
wasn’t she proud of her blubber or was she full of ***** and is a hater of thin women… she sure has a lot to say about women who take care of themselves… maybe, now she’ll do so exercise
I knew that big girl love yourself stuff was some straight garbage. I love her but I was one of the main ones saying stop lying to people…I know first hand how it is be fat. I am working on it. For the record…Mo’ cut it out you were bigger than 262…lets start with 282 at 5′6. Do your thing but don’t mislead folks. If you had the surgery tell the truth don’t wait and tell us in 2 years! Like Star Jones…
u know i agree with u slim, for me im happy for monique losin the weight, that is a tremendous amount of weight but to me i didnt like the way she dissed slimmer women that wasnt right and now look at her, she is slimmin down but i am happy for her..i had gotten into a relationship been with the same person for 3yrs and gained 50lbs by stress, depressed and eatin chinese food, then i realized by the cute things i wanted to wear, i couldnt because they were too small for me and what hurted me the most is when i bought a size 5x in pants and i looked at them and said wow i need to really lose this weight, plus i was startin to become hypertensive, edema in both feet, lazy, didnt want to do anything, then i decided to make this change for me and not for anyone else. i cant believe she was where i was, at 263 and not im now at 226, 2lbs from her and still droppin so im proud of her. @ slim, ur absolutely right about ur comments and im not hatin’ im congradulatin!!!
The truth is the light! There is nothing wrong with being big, there is something wrong with being big and unhealthy. The bottom line is obesity is killing our people with high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer,asthma and etc. You go sister,making a change to save you life for yourself, husband and children. yuou have my props
Too bad she is ugly than a mother *****er
I say way to go girl. I mean come on we thought she was funny as hell not because she was fat, but because she has a personality that is straight up set em straight like, and speak on what you know. She spoke on being larger and in charge yezzz, trying to empower women like herself and now shes speaking on some hey I’m happy with my man and he has given me advice that will better not only her life but the lives of those around her! Big ups girl!!!!
I knew all of that damn talking about skinny *****es, that deep down inside she wanted to be skinny.
Bossip your such stupid azz people.
Of course she had surgery, watch by xmas shes gonna be 170lbs and thats when Im gonna send her a ham, fruitcake, yams, mac n cheese, sweet potato and pecan pies……………..
Then sit back and laugh my ***** off when that ***** pops that band around her stomach!
love 6am
Phat ***** still looks BIG to me. The 40 lbs. must have been her clothes.
good one pamela
Bossip, I read you everyday. Right now I’m disappointed. What Mo’Nique is doing is what every married woman should do. If her man asked her to be around for a lifetime, she needs to take care of herself. That is a beautiful thing. You all should be ashamed of yourselves for writing such an article. Right now I SMELL HATE! Do ya thang Mo’”Eff” Bossip, right about now.
Being huge is not HEALTHY!!! It has nothing to do with keeping a man. Like another poster said, you do not see people of old age who are also obese. Having too much weight will kill you. Additionally, I am sick and tired of folks talking about they’re just thick and curvy. Serena Williams is THICK. Her butt is bigger as are her thighs, but she does not have a great big gut! Please note: a big gut is not a CURVE…it’s FAT and it will kill you. Too many folks are falling back on the curvy, thick argument because they don’t want to put down the fork and get on the treadmill. We’re killing ourselves people, stop BSing and take care yourselves. This does not mean a size 2, but a size 20 is not healthy.
WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE THAT HE WAS THREATING HER TO LEAVE FOR A SKINNY WOMAN???? WHY CAN’T IT JUST BE A HUSBAND BEING CONCERNED ABOUT HIS WIFE’S WEIGHT…..PEOPLE DON’T HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO BUT *****UME SOMETHING….YOU SEE WHAT THAT WORD BEGINS WITH!!!!
First off, Monique will NEVER be a skinny B! She makes her living off of her weight. Losing 40 pounds was for health reasons. I am happy she lost some weight. If she loses too much she will just be another Star Jones and we see what happened to her. Monique loves being a big girl.
WOW she’s only 5′6 she seems taller on tv… I couldn’t imagine myself being that heavy at my height. But good for her if she did it for health reason & not for dude.
Bless
Bossip you guys are acting like that’s a bad thing! What is wrong with her wanting to lose some wait? Why, i guess because everyone finds it entertaining when she throws fat jokes and secretly makes fun of herself too. Well heart attacks, high cholesterol and high blood pressure are not very funny. Monique is beautiful, she knows that just like she also knew that this was something she wanted to do. That’s silly that anyone would second guess her craft as an entertainer, because she lost some damn weight. Now what if she gained an extra 40? People wouldnt say squat.
I TOTALLY SPELLED ‘WEIGHT’ LIKE THE WORD ‘WAIT’ in the first sentence. Bunches of sorry’s. I’m so anti typo! lol
Don’t be judgmental! Her husband is my cousin. Where do you think the twins came from??? My side of the family. Just like the only BLACK double mint twins we saw in the commercial YEARS ago! You don’t know why he said what he said. Maybe he really said it because he does want her for a lifetime. Can we have faith in some of these men out here? I continue to have faith. How about you BOSSIP?1?!
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Mo’nique is a hypocrite. Sure she lost weight because she wanted to look like all those “skinny *****es” she always hated on. Have you ever seen a fat person naked? It’s disgusting.