I don’t think there’s a double standard at play, and if there is, it’s coming from her audience. Mo’Nique already has a comedy special airing on Netflix; I think she may have more than one. Netflix knows what she can draw based on the lifetime viewership numbers on those specials. Therefore, they gave her a deal based…

Somebody bring out the burn ointment!

If the account described in the article is true (which I think it is), then we do know that, because it’s in both his response to her via text as well as his public statement on the matter.