Shalon Jackson: Everything About Mo'Nique's Son
Shalon Jackson is the son of stand-up comedian and actress Mo’Nique. Shalon’s mother Mo’Nique gained recognition for her work in stand-up comedy, debuting as a member of The Queens of Comedy. She is the recipient of an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award.
Shalon Jackson: Bio Summary
Shalon Jackson was born in 1990. He is 32 years old as of 2022. He is the son of Mo’Nique and her ex-husband, Mark Jackson. His parents adopted a child and named him Mark Jackson Jr. His parents got married in 1997 but divorced after four years of marriage in 2001.
Shalon Jackson has twin half-brothers Jonathan Hicks and David Hicks, born in October 2005. His twin half-brothers were born from his mother Mo’Nique’s marriage to actor and producer Sidney Hicks. Mo’Nique and Sidney have been married since May 20, 2006.
Sidney is known for The Reading (2022), Blackbird (2014), and Mo’Nique & Friends: Live from Atlanta (2020). There isn’t much information about Shalon Jackson’s childhood. Shalon and his mother Mo’Nique had a strained relationship because of Mo’Nique’s chase for fame.
On The David Banner Podcast, in an interview, Mo’Nique said, “There was a time that when he was a little boy, I wasn’t interested in being a mother. And I wasn’t interested in being a wife. I was interested in taking pictures and red carpets, and signing autographs, and traveling the world, so I really didn’t put the focus in.”
“There’s a price you have to pay for that. And I had to apologize to my son because I said to him, ‘I don’t want you to think that your story is not valid because I didn’t tuck you in, I didn’t read you those stories, I didn’t show up at sporting events.’”
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“And now that I’m 52 and he’ll be 30, well, I pay for that. There’s a price you have to pay for that,” she said. “And I had to apologize to my son because I said to him, ‘I don’t want you to think that your story is not valid because I didn’t tuck you in, I didn’t read you those stories, I didn’t show up at sporting events.’”
“Because my whole thing was, ‘Yea whatever you ask for I can provide it,’” she said. “I can—’You see this big house? You see that basketball court out back? You see that pool? Don’t you come complaining to me about nothing because I gotta go.’ And when I did come home, now I’m tired.”
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“So there was a time that this entertainment was the priority because as a little girl I wanted to be famous baby,” she said. “So when that moment happened, that’s all that it was.
Meanwhile, Mo’Nique has revealed in a New York Times profile, that she and her husband Sidney Hicks have an open marriage.
We have an agreement that we’ll always be honest, and if sex happens with another person, that’s not a deal breaker for us, that’s not something where we’ll have to say, ‘Oh God, we’ve got to go to divorce court because you cheated on me.’ Because we don’t cheat.
On The Oprah Winfrey Show, Mo’Nique mentioned that in her previous marriages, she was constantly searching for “that extra oomph”. She said,
When I said I had an open marriage, people automatically jumped to sex. They automatically went there. But I’ve been best friends with my husband since we were 14 years old. When we say open, we’re very honest. There are no secrets. Oftentimes you have people that are married, but they’re strangers, and we refuse to be those people.
She concluded, “I’ve had to sneak and I’ve had to lie, and I don’t want to do that anymore. But my husband is so awesome and so fine and so—oh, girl…No other man can compare”.
Shalon Jackson’s Personal Life
Shalon Jackson has lived a very private life. He has kept most of his details away from the limelight. His career details and relationship status is still unknown. He is in the spotlight because of his mother Mo’Nique who is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She was a member of The Queens of Comedy. She received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album, in 2002.
Mo’Nique transitioned into mainstream film and television having a starring role as Nicole “Nikki” Parker in the UPN series The Parkers (1999-2004), as well as appearing in Phat Girlz (2006) and Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008). She garnered critical acclaim for her performance in the film Precious.
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For the film Precious, she has won awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the fourth African American woman to win the award. She has since hosted The Mo’Nique Show (2009-2011), and starred as Ma Rainey in the HBO biopic Bessie (2015), earning a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Most recently in 2022, it was announced that Mo’Nique will be starring in the Lee Daniels’ horror/thriller The Deliverance with Andra Day, Omar Epps, Miss Lawrence, and Tasha Smith.
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