Rickey Smiley Accuses Katt Williams of Hurting His Family With Remarks on Shannon Sharpe’s Podcast
Jan. 4 2024, Published 11:00 a.m. ET
Comedian Rickey Smiley accused Katt Williams of hurting him and his family with his recent remarks â but he refused to launch a counterattack.
On Wednesday, Shannon Sharpe released a new episode of his podcast Club Shay Shay which featured guest Katt.
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Katt didnât hold back during the sit-down and called out several big comedians including Rickey, Steve Harvey, Kevin Hart, and Cedric the Entertainer.
During the chat, Katt accused Steve and Cedric of stealing jokes from other comedians including him.
In addition, he took issue with comments Rickey made on Shannonâs show during a past episode.
Rickey and Katt both starred in Friday After Next, the third film in the Ice Cube-lead Friday franchise. Rickey played a troubled Santa Claus while Katt played a pimp named Money Mike.
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Rickey claimed he was originally supposed to play Kattâs role during his chat with Shannon.
Katt said, âRickey Smiley knows this and I donât know why he would lose a child and come on the air and start lying. Thatâs why people believe in rituals right there. Why would he lie? I donât know why liars lie. But, I can tell you this we auditioned in Los Angeles. I was audition no. 201. 200 Black comedians auditioned for the role of âMoney Mikeâ with me. Youâre saying all 201 of us was auditioning and you had already had the role and had shot the role in four days?â
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Katt added, âThe truth of the matter is the âMoney Mikeâ in the original script had got ra— in the bathroom and thatâs what Rickey Smiley was okay with.â
Later, Katt claimed he had such a bad experience with Rickey on the set he had his team write it into his contract that if he ever worked with Rickety again, Rickey would have to wear a dress.
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Katt told Shannon, âNow, what was Rickey Smileyâs next movie? Was it First Sunday? Did he wear a dress in it? You bet he did â itâs in my contract.â
When asked why he did that, Katt told Shannon, âThatâs where heâs a believable actor. He and Tyler Perry canât play a man to save they life. They play good women. I believe that the best actor should be in the best role.â
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This morning, Rickey responded to Kattâs interview. He said, âI had no reason to lie about thatâ in regard to the Friday After Next claims.
Regardless, Rickey said Katt ended up being better for the role of Money Mike. He said, âThey added that whole pimp twist to that character, which was actually a better decision and made it funnier. There was no way in the hell I could have executed that role like that and Iâm glad that they made that decision.
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Rickey said he dressed as a woman in the film First Sunday, Rickey said it was âfor the sake of funny.â
He added, âThat has nothing to do with my manhood being lessened for trying to play a role and trying to put food on the table for my family.â
Rickey said he was âdisappointedâ he had to discuss Kattâs remarks.
The radio hoist added that his kids were affected by Kattâs words.
He said, âIt makes me sad the way that made my kids feel. Iâm not trying to say any of this for sympathy, Iâm just saying Iâm dealing with stuff.â
Rickey lost hi 32-year-old son Brandon in 2023.