Filmmaker Lee Daniels has expanded on comments he recently made about his Precious star Mo'nique, revealing she was "blackballed" by Hollywood because she made "unreasonable demands" during her Oscars campaign.
Mo'nique picked up the Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Mary in the hard-hitting film, but Daniels claims she didn't make many friends in the run up to the Oscars - and she recently revealed he told her she had been labelled difficult to work with by some movie executives.
Now, Daniels has told CNN Tonight Mo'Nique only has herself to blame for her unpopularity in Tinseltown.
He said, "During the (Oscars) campaign, she was making unreasonable demands, and I remember thinking, 'This is when reverse racism happens'. You have to thank the producers of the film, you have to thank the studio, and she didn't understand that. People aren't going to respond well.
"I love her, I've spoken to her. She's brilliant, and I love working with brilliant people (but) sometimes artists get in their own way... I think that there were demands that were made on the Precious campaign that everyone knows hurt her. I told her that. You've gotta play ball. This is not just show, it is showbusiness."
