before she ever aired out her business and started naming names and calling names....where were all these friends when hollywood execs labeled her difficult to work with then blacklisted her?? All the comedy shows, all the movies, all the tv shows....up to that point 20 years... NO ONE who called her friend came out and said thats not true. Not DL, not Steve, not TP, not Oprah, not Lee Daniels none of them. The black stand up community did not stand up for her and push back on that character assassination at all. And ALL of them have worked with her over the DECADES.
If she really was a bitch to work with where are those stories?? Look at her filmography on IMDB....all those projects... with Martin Lawrence on Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins... worked with Godfrey on Phat Girls...worked with Whoopie Goldberg on Good Fences.... worked with Vivica Fox and Gabrielle Union on Two Can Play That Game... all these movies why haven't anyone confirmed it if she's so bad??? where are the "sources" that always talk behind the scenes off the record for any of these things???
She had ONE dispute on ONE movie and they tried to KILL HER CAREER over it and none of those "brothas" and "sistas" said anything to dispel that shit. None of them at the time that shit was happening said NOT'S THAT TRUE...I WORKED WITH HER AND SHE'S NOT LIKE THAT.
but everyone has advice and lectures about how she needs to fall back and accept whatever shit they (cac hollywood) give to her....despite not just winning an oscar...she won ALL the awards she was up for that year. Despite a successful tv show run. Despite two decades of stand up comedy.
Her "friends" all told her in so many words to just shut the fuck up and take it. Remember Steve Harvey's quote: WE BLACK OUT HERE! WE CAIN'T COME OUT HERE AND DO IT ANY WAY WE WANT TO!
And ya'll surprised she came out swinging??