There seems to be a bit of he said, she said going on when it comes to the role of Cookie Lyon on the hit Fox series Empire, as Taraji P. Henson has been killing the role over the last few weeks. Mo'Nique recently claimed in an interview with Inside Edition that co-creator Lee Daniels offered her the role of Cookie before Taraji.

"When he called me up, he offered me the role in Empire as Cookie...Maybe four days had gone by, and I hadn't heard anything. So I'm trying to reach out to him to say, what time do I need to be in? Where do I need to be? When he finally returned the call, he says listen, the executives at Fox said that you're difficult."

Fans are waiting for Taraji's response, but for now a retweet will do, as she retweeted "Empire" co-creator Danny Strong's tweet saying Taraji was the only one they wanted to play Cookie.

See the tweet and pics of Mo'Nique and Taraji above. Do yo think Mo'Nique could've pulled off the role? Sound off below.

Source: Twitter