Netflix & Mo’Nique reach a settlement.
“Netflix reportedly offered or paid Rock, [Dave] Chappelle, [Ellen] Degeneres, and [Ricky] Gervais forty (40) times more per show than it offered Mo’Nique, and it offered Schumer twenty-six (26) times more per show than Mo’Nique. In short, Netflix’s offer to Mo’Nique perpetuates the drastic wage gap forced upon Black women in America’s workforce,” the lawsuit said.
Mo’Nique said she refused their initial offer and Netflix didn’t bother to further negotiate, which she said was a violation of California’s fair employment and civil rights laws meant to address pay inequity in employment for Black women.
“I had a choice to make,” Mo’Nique said in an Instagram post after filing the lawsuit against Netflix. “I could accept what I felt was pay discrimination or I could stand up for those who came before me and those who will come after me. I chose to stand up.”
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