Mo'Nique Doesn't Believe In Leg Shaving (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Mo'Nique was dressed to the nines at Sunday night's Golden Globes, wearing a long golden gown with a wrapped bodice to pick up her award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama. She also dared to go all-natural under the flowing fabric, showing off her hirsute gams on the red carpet.

In 2006 Mo'Nique talked about her body hair with The View's Barbara Walters and showed America "what a real leg looks like."

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[FashionKat]

08:27 PM on 01/24/2010

It doesn't matter what color you are or where you came from - it just looks bad with formal dress.

[Samuel Perry]

05:19 PM on 01/24/2010

ok. some do. some don't. end it all. lock this article, admin.

[NYCMami]

10:53 AM on 01/24/2010

Over 1000 posts? Ok, I'll add mine. First, it's her personal choice and good for her for sticking with it and not bowing under pressure. Much respect for Mo. Second, if he husband of many years has no issue with it and finds this attractive woman, well, attractive who are "you" to say "ewww". Grow-up. Third, guess what? Grown adults have hair.

We have become so brain-washed looking at all these foolish "fashion" magazines and air-brushed images that we have forgotten that beauty can be imperfect, hairy, lumpy, marked-up, scarred, pimply, etc. Don't believe me? Look over at the person you love. And thank God you have them.

[Yellow Parrott]

10:12 AM on 01/24/2010

Why do others care if a person shaves their leggs or not - particulary white women?

[jamie461]

08:03 PM on 01/23/2010

Not a good look. Eww.

[msdarrla]

04:40 PM on 01/23/2010

Ok, that's just nasty. You expect that on a man's legs, but not on a woman.

[charitabledonation]

06:02 PM on 03/03/2010

That's because women are shamed into believing that their natural body hair is somehow nasty or bad.

[MsVella]

12:35 PM on 01/23/2010

As much as I'd like to say good for her, we shouldn't be pressured to look a certain way, I'm not going to pretend that it looks good. Its one thing if you don't have much hair, like most women, but she happens to have a hell of a lot. If you have that much, shave it shave it.

Still, its her body. If that what she's comfortable with, enjoy.

[AmericanLeslie]

08:37 AM on 01/23/2010

Do better research HP...many black women do not shave their legs and doing so is something that favored more among younger black women (and men). Blacks removing body hair is something that became popular in the black community within the past 15-20 years. Growing up in the 60s, many of us were forbidden to shave anything; and, were told that removing the hair God put on the human body was not only taboo, but a cultural tradition of whites and not blacks.

[dcladylaw]

01:19 PM on 01/24/2010

true, my family is from down south and growing up my family had a fit when i shaved my legs to be a cheerleader at school; my mother did not permit me to do it but i snuck and did it anyway one day so i wouldn't be a freak at cheerleading tryouts; i was told this was adopting to white culture and not something we do; ignorant i know but there must be something to this that has been handed down by older generations because i am not the only one who has heard or been told this before; i think the view is probably most common in those born before the 60s though some may have changed their view as time has gone by...i know my mom isn't as against it as she used to be and does shave her legs now; if you are a black American that mainly grew up on east coast or west coast, or middle to upper class then you may never have heard of this but amongst older working class generations with Southern roots this will not be a foreign concept..ask moms, grandmas and great grandmas

[dcladylaw]

01:27 PM on 01/24/2010

oh i forgot the other reason i was told not to do it as a teen was that once i started shaving it would grow thicker and longer; due to our darker complexion and perhaps some Indian heritage i didn't grow heavy hair on my legs ( no where near as heavy as Monique's as shown in this photo) and the little bit that did grow was blended in with complexion so you barely saw it; so my mom felt like leave well enough alone since you can barely see it and it was so little and if i started shaving i'd start growing thicker hair on my legs; well that did not happen...it is still light and fine when it does grow; i can go a long time between shavings before you notice it so that was an old wives tale that gets passed down...at least it was in my case

[meleager]

09:05 PM on 03/03/2010

Recent research through DNA profiles show that black people have very very very little Indian inherited genes.When it does occur, it is uneven and negligible.That is a perpetuated myth, so quash it down the drain ( see the reseach of Henry Louis Gates); the black scholar fom Harvard university.

[deanna64]

10:16 PM on 01/22/2010

so not true as long as ive grown hair there ive shaved and as far as i can remember, ive always been black':)

[deanna64]

10:14 PM on 01/22/2010

i'm an African American beauty industry professional and let me just represent and say that not only do I shave my legs and etc.. I bloody well scorch the earth!!! No hair left behind!! Do not believe that we all are so neglectful of our personal grooming!!!Some of us prefer smooth chocolate!!LOL!!

[apoyo]

08:06 PM on 01/22/2010

I've shaved for so many years that I have hardly any hair growth on my legs, under my arms and even in an unmentionable area. I say alls well that ends well. I don't have to shave now! No hairy mess!

[JessWonderin]

07:39 PM on 01/22/2010

Reminded me of living in Santa Barbara in the 70's . . . . and the ladies wore white sock on foggy days with their Brikenstocks - (little before they became stockbroker's lounging shoes . . . .)

[alicam]

04:38 PM on 01/22/2010

The Ghetto and Hollywood collides on the red carpet. This is embarrassing as a black woman. I am from the south and quite familiar with the asinine belief many blacks hold about hairy legs. And it truly is asinine. You compare a pair of cleanly shaven legs with that of Monique's. There is no comparison. I don't shave my legs every day, but you can be sure that if I wear anything that doesn't cover them up, they will be SHAVEN. Individuality has its limits.

[AmericanLeslie]

09:02 AM on 01/23/2010

Your comment is condescending and lacking in respect for the diversity of your own culture. Not shaving one's legs has nothing to do with socioeconomic status, lack of education or class. Calling something asinine because it doesn't represent your personal choice is elitist, to say the least. I shave my legs, one of my sisters has never shaved her's and another sister has naturally hairless legs - yet we all receive regular compliments about having beautiful legs. Like you, I am Southern, African American and female. Nevertheless, while Mo'Nique's legs do not embarrass me, your ignornace, your implied cultural self-lathing and your willingness to criticize without even bothering to spell the subject's name correctly does greatly.

[NYCMami]

10:47 AM on 01/24/2010

Very well said.

[MrOlympia]

08:27 PM on 01/24/2010

Nevertheless, while Mo'Nique's legs do not embarrass me, your ignornace, your implied cultural self-lathing and your willingness to criticize without even bothering to spell the subject's name correctly does greatly.

Amen my sister, amen.

[rain33]

03:51 PM on 01/22/2010

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! i don't care i shaves my hair off my legs regardless! i don't want to be recognize as a gorilla! men like hairy p******** or not but not hairy legs! damn! she should shaved them off regardless! yuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Reality30303]

11:44 AM on 01/22/2010

Thanks JKPHILLY - People act is If they know nothing about Blacks and the real world. I'm a Fan of JKPHILLY