Mo’Nique is still defending her open marriage.
On Thursday, Nov. 3, the Oscar-winning actress stopped by “Watch What Happens Live,” where host Andy Cohen began inquiring about the controversial couple’s do’s and don’ts in the bedroom. “The rule is simply honesty,” she said. “When you start asking people about relationships—What about this one? What about that one?—often times with people we can’t say, ‘This is how I’m feeling.’ You find out, it’s so not about sex. It’s so not about, ‘Can you be with other people?'”
“The Parkers” alum continued, “It’s simply about I won’t take any secrets to my grave nor will he take any to his. We’ve been married for a decade now.”
Of course, this isn’t the first time the 48-year-old mother of four has opened up about her relationship. Over the years, she’s given countless interviews on the subject. In fact, this past January, the pair launched their very own podcast for like minded couples. “[The open marriage] was my idea,” the comedian turned actress revealed during her appearance on “WWHL.”
“When we first had the conversation, it was because I was still in the mindset of I’m an entertainer, I’m a performer and I want to have it all. So I said, ‘I want to have an open marriage,'” she added.
Meanwhile, Hicks took the suggestion with stride, telling his partner, “‘Mo’Nique, we’ve been best friends since the tenth grade. Do you think that’s going to stop us from loving one another?'” She added, “It was just being able to sit down and have that dialogue to say, ‘Hey, let’s always make sure we’re open and honest.'”
As for her critics’ response to their open marriage, the Baltimore native said, “Now the world took and said, ‘Oh my God, Mo’Nique will let that man sleep with anybody because she’s a fat girl and he’s a beautiful man.’ I’m like, ‘OK, world. It wasn’t his idea. It was mine.'”
The star went on to recommend others “try it for [themselves] and find out,” before judging, because, as she put it, “Now almost 11 years later, of course it’s evolved, and it’s evolved into this beautiful space of no secrets.”
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