At the end of the day, though, they could have offered her more. Even of it wasn't on the level of David Chapelle / Chris Rock or even Amy Schumer.
It's actually a little insulting to offer someone with an Oscar and who's had their own tv show, hosted their own talk show, hosted award shows a half mil when you are typically offering comedians $20 mil.
They could have at least offered $5 mill or just not asked at all.
But Monique, I feel, should have handled it differently. She should have just said "no thank you" and tried to get a better deal with another network.