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Charm School Will Soon Be in Session - Mo’Nique Talks About It

by Lynn on April 10th, 2007

Happily, Charm School is about to open on VH1. And Mo’Nique is the headmistress. She sat down to talk to VH1 about the show and here is a bit of what she had to say:

These girls like to call each other “bitch.” Like, a lot. What are your feelings about that word?

I use it too, I won’t lie. If I’m around with my girlfriends and we laughin’ and jokin’ I will say, “Oh, bitch, you crazy.” Nobody looks at it and goes, “(gasp) Oh my God!” It’s almost a term of endearment. Now, if I say, “Bitch, I’mma whip your ass,” it’s a different thing. It’s all about context.

But at the same time, you don’t call these girls “bitch.” You often call them “queen.”

For some of these women, life has beat the hell out of them. You sit down and hear their stories and you’re like, “Oh my God.” So for me to say, “Hey, my queen,” it’s like, let me give you whatever I can to build your esteem up. Let me give you whatever I can to try to make you walk easier, if only for today. It’s so funny, I can be in the supermarket and a woman will come up to me and she’ll hug me and say, “You changed my life.” And I’ll say, “Thank you, queen,” and you see her body language change. ‘Cause somebody did it for me, and I know how it made me feel, so let me give you a piece of this sweet cake I been chewing.

Be sure to go read the rest of the interview here.

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