Mary J. Blige says goodbye to her beloved Book of Power II: Spirit the character of Monet.
The character of the “Family Affair” singer was the matriarch of the Tejada family for all four seasons Power spinoff and in the penultimate episode Spiritshe met a gruesome death to save her children.
In a statement shared with PEOPLE, Blige, 53, says, “It was a dream to join Power family and play a character like Monet Tejada. This character allowed me to portray a woman I know well on screen.”
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“From the very beginning, Monet reminded me of my mom and many other mothers who had to be strong raising children in the inner cities,” she continues of her character, who was a mother Spirit‘s Cane (Woody McClain), Dru (Lovell Adams-Gray) and Diana (LaToya Tonodeo).
“This last season has been amazing to watch with the fans and I can’t thank them enough for being along for the ride.”
Tariq St. Patrick (Michael Rainey Jr.); Monet Tejada (Mary J. Blige); Cane Tejada (Woody McClain) in ‘Power Book II: Ghost’.
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SpiritIn the final season, Monet continued to face the challenges that plagued her throughout the series due to the unstable relationship she has with her children and her role as the drug queen Tejada
Her relationship with Tariq St. Patrick (Michael Rainey Jr.) also faced her fair share of ups and downs throughout the series, and Rainey Jr. tells PEOPLE that he “actually shed a tear when I was watching [Monet die].”
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Cane Tejada (Woody McClain); Diana Tejada (LaToya Tonodeo); Monet Tejada (Mary J. Blige) in ‘Power Book II: Ghost’.
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“I knew it was happening and everything, but I actually shed a tear,” he admits. “That scene, I don’t know why, I was like, bro, we really got rid of Monet? That’s crazy. And then it was the way she came out, you know? Like she came out trying to protect her kids.”
“She came out with two guns, she doesn’t care, she threw her life right out there, like you’re not going to kill my babies. Like, you all can take me but you’re not going to take my babies,” Rainey Jr., 24, said.
“She’s a gangster. She came out as a G, I can’t lie. But I definitely shed a tear.”
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