BP, sounds like you have issues.....i really hope you work those out someday. if you're going to call out to God, at least let it be to help you become a better person, it's never too late.

nasty

It's easy to be like everyone else and live up to their expectations. Her "hairy" legs does not define her, yet everyone try to define her by her belief. Calling her a fat bafoon say alot about you not her. It would be easy for any woman (not just afro-amer) to fit into the normal, but then again what is that. Dyed blond hair, green or blue contacts, weave down your back anorexic figure! Please people get off this subject and stop calling folks names. Because if this is the "land of the free" why anytime someone try to do something different, their blasted for it. Go ahead Mo'nique do your thang, girl! haters will hate

I'm sure you're all not picture perfect. At least she has the courage and brass ones big enough to actually show off her natural self. Why not take a good look at your flaws before judging someone elses.

Honestly, why is it disgusting? Did pioneer women shave their legs? I doubt it. Hair removal has no real benefit at all other than society finds it more attractive. Nothing in the human body is without a purpose. Yes, there are things, like body hair, appendix, gall bladder, that we can do without but there IS a reason we have them in the first place. If Mo'Nique chooses not to subject herself to hair removal then more power to her. Personally, I absolutely HATE having to shave. It's very irritating to my skin...to the point that it burns, and I will not do it unless I have to. No, I don't show that fact off, but only because it's not an accepted practice and I don't feel like dealing with funny looks.

everybody has a preference to what they like. some people like open minded, educated people and some people like ignorant self centered idiots like yourselves. That is the joy of America,
FREEDOM!!!!

This is one gutsy woman. It will take longer than my lifetime for women to reach the point where hairy legs is no more alarming than a goatee on a man, but I applaud her.

I have to agree with deviantvengeance. Shaving your legs is a real pain and is a huge area to cover all the time. Monique is gutsy to do this. Hopefully, some day leg shaving will go away and no longer be the norm. How come no one says anything about Bret Favre's scraggly beard. THis new norm for men is not pretty either.

Let her go natural if she chooses. Look at all the men who get their bodies stripped of hair nowadays. Seems hair isn't masculine anymore in this confused society.

Monique just love to talk always before she acts,remember she was happy being fat
she said she was sexy suddenly she or her husband wasent happy with her size
so now she is loosing weight what does that tell you she constantly shoots off her mouth,those hairy legs looks disgusting and she know it she dident have time to shave.just say it Monique and stop acting and saying stupid things i think she talk too much most of the time.but its nonsence.

I am a sixty eight year old male with one wife and many girl frinds in my past. I have always felt a woman with unsahaven legs was a sexual turn on. Under arms? Not so much, but still OK if unshaven , but squeaky clean. For what it's worth, shaved private parts are mcuh less attractive as compared to a full bush.

Just my humble opinion.

JUST LIKE JULIA ROBERT'S HAIRY ARMPITS A FEW YEARS AGO THIS IS NOT COOL..DOES HALLE BERRY OR MARY J BLIGE DO THIS? OF COURSE NOT..THEY PROJECT CLASS AND ARE ROLE MODELS FOR WOMEN OF ANY RACE. I TRULY LIKE MONIQUE AND WATCH HER SHOW & ENJOY HER ACTING PERFORMANCES BUT REALLY THIS IS NOT APPROPRIATE! IT'S A TURN OFF TO OTHER WOMEN & MEN, I'M SURE. THIS IS NOT SEXY BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION. THIS IS 2010 NOT CAVEMEN DAYS. IF SHE MUST EXPRESS HERSELF COVER UP. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THIS!!!!!

I think her not shaving her legs is irrelevant... the headline should be about her winning a Golden Globe!! I am white and I sometimes chose NOT to shave my legs... I dont think it is a black or white issue...she can do what ever she wants, who ever said she is a baboon, is a complete jackass.. and should probally look into the mirror!! keep living your disgusting life!!

Are you serious? Body hair on the legs has NOTHING to do with personal hygiene, rather, it has EVERYTHING to do with a beautified standard set in this country. If body hair on the legs were so disgusting, when are the men gonna wake up and realize that?

Honestly, all the more power to her for not going with the standard and norm in this society that we've created, and for staying true to herself and doing her own thing.
It's the shallow minded and callous people who say things like what you just did that need to really re-evaluate their values and take a good look at themselves before projecting their own image of self beauty and worth onto others.

Congratulations to Monique on her Golden Globe win! However, I'm an African American woman and "hairy legs" are not a "Black woman's thing". If she chooses not to shave her legs, that's her personal choice. I can understand her aversion to using a razor everyday; however, If I'm not mistaken, there are hair removal creams on the market that will do the trick. Hairy legs are not flattering when you're attending a "high profile" celebrity event.

BP, you are the baboon around here. Monique is a good woman and if she wants to go natural, so be it.
Who are you to say women should shave, pluck and wax? You must be a man!
Jerk!

It's just hair.

Well personally, I don't like hairy legs or arms, but I don't find it disgusting on others. It's a preference. We also need to realize that American culture has different norms than other cultures. She happens to be African-American and says it's a "black woman" thing. I don't agree. Maybe certain black woman that feel this is a form of defiance toward society. I guess there's plenty of white women that choose to feel liberated from standards of beauty too. Whatever. It's a choice and there is a place for all of us here. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"...Btw, I had a boyfriend that used to think hairy legs were sexy. We didn't last! LOL

what is the big deal? who invented woman shaving their legs anyways, what a pain in the ass it is and it hurts. woman didn't have razors way back when and men still were attracted to them and they still made babies c'mon people how silly we are human beings this is they way we were made, why is it gross, and it certainly has nothing to do with personal hygene if thats the case then maybe everyone should shave their heads.

That was ugly! You know who started the leg shaving thing? European prostitutes! That was how one could identify a prostitute...if her legs were shaven.