‘It’s so not about s*x’ – Mo’Nique Defends Open Marriage With Husband, Sidney Hicks

American actress and mum of four, Mo’Nique has once again defended her 10-year open marriage with husband, Sidney Hicks. During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live on Thursday, the 48-year-old Oscar-winning actress told host, Andy Cohen:

“The rule is simply honesty. 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?’ 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.

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.’

…[It] was my idea. 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.’… 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.’

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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She also revealed she believes everyone should at least “try it for [themselves] and find out” if it works for them.

Mo’Nique’s relationship with Hicks dates back to her teens. They got married in May, 2006.