D.L. Hughley and Mo’Nique have a feud that has gone on since 2022 — and it’s affecting his relationship with his oldest daughter.
In an interview on “The Jason Lee Show,” Hughley, who turned 61 on Wednesday, opened up about his and his daughter’s relationship and how Mo’Nique’s recent interview with Shannon Sharpe re-opened some problems within the family.
“Whatever was said is not for me. Whatever was said opened up a wound in my daughter that we’re arguing about right now,” Hughley said, referring to Mo’Nique mentioning their feud on “Club Shay Shay.” “I never had much in my life, but the love of my children I always had. If something jeopardizes that, I can never forgive you for that.
“Before it happened, I knew it was going to happen. My daughter called me and said, ‘This is going to happen.’ She’s in therapy, crying, and she knew people were going to automatically know what had happened to her before. And I’ll never forgive you for that. Now, I’m in a compromised situation. I love my children and to feel like I couldn’t protect them … [T]hat plays all over and over again [and] is something I won’t forgive you for.”
How feud started between Hughley, Mo’Nique
The feud between Hughley and Mo’Nique started in 2022 when the actor brought up that Hughley didn’t want to perform because she was headliner instead of him. Mo’Nique took things further later on Instagram when she mentioned Hughley’s daughter, claiming that someone he knew had sexually abused her.
“When my husband & I say we have to fight for the little girls coming up behind us & u see DL didn’t believe his own daughter over a friend because he seemingly likes his friend more than he LOVED HIS OWN DAUGHTER & didn’t want to be bothered by the inconvenient truth,” Mo’Nique said in the caption. “This highlights why the BLACK WOMEN isn’t believed when she publicly speaks about her trauma.”
Hughley responded on his radio show, saying that Mo’Nique didn’t have her facts straight and that he’d never invite her on his show. Hughley’s oldest daughter, Ryan Nicole Shepard, also responded to Mo’Nique on Instagram at that time.
“You’re disgusting and you absolutely need to keep every single member of MY family’s name out of your poisonous mouth,” Shepard said. “Not because you can do us harm, you can’t. But because you are adding to the historical and systematic disrespect and trauma of other Black women … whom you claim to love. And for what? A check?”
