Mo'Nique Talks Michael Jackson

As if Mo'Nique doesn't have enough on her already-busy schedule, she is adding talk-show host to her list of credits, which includes actress, producer, author and stand-up comedienne. "The Mo'Nique Show" will join the late-night race in October, but first the outspoken queen of comedy talks to ET about Michael Jackson.

"When I got the call and someone said, 'Hey, Mo'Nique, Michael Jackson, died,' I said, 'May that brother rest in peace.' And I kept on going. Death is going to happen, baby, to every last one of you, I promise you. So when it does happen, what do you do?

Do you fall apart or do you keep it moving, because your number's coming too? And I don't want people to fall apart on my number. So why ever would I fall apart on somebody else's number? I wish him the best in his rest.

And leave him alone. Leave his family alone. And let that brother rest in peace. Whatever the issues were, they're gone now because he's gone. Stop trying to find a story to write about. Damaging it can be damaging -- and it gets ugly, and he can't defend himself. So as of today, make the promise to let that story die.

Thanks Sheril! / ET