Queen Latifah Denies Reports Of Her Mom Being Sick

Gab-show host Queen Latifah’s inquiring mind wants to know where The National Enquirer gets its news.

Last month, the infamous tabloid ran a story about her mom, Rita Owens, being in bad health under the headline “Queen Latifah Rocked by Family Tragedy.”

“My mom is good,” the 43-year-old host of “The Queen Latifah Show” told Confidenti@l. “That report in the National Enquirer is completely incorrect. My mother’s not fighting lung cancer. That’s why you can’t believe the s— you read, excuse my language. But we are going to deal with them on that.”

The mag reported last month that “While Rita is putting up a brave fight, (an) insider says she’s preparing her daughter for the worst.”

By the sound of it, the Enquirer might want to prepare for the worst. Latifah concedes that her mother, a 64-year-old former high school teacher, did go through a rough patch, but says she’s on the mend.

“She has gone through some medical challenges and she’s doing pretty well, but she is here with me and I see her every day and she watches the show every day,” says Latifah. “She tells me (what) she really likes and ways that I can get better, so she’s still in my corner and holding me down.”

Latifah, a Newark native born Dana Elaine Owens, assures us she’s looking after her own health as well.

“I got a mammogram on Friday, the first one I’ve ever got, and I was scheduled to do this a long time ago and then got an appointment and then work was so that it got away from me,” says the star, whose daytime show has been a big ratings success.

Now she feels it’s her job to spread the word about mammograms.

“I shared it was because I felt that other people had busy schedules and let something important like that just get away from them,” she said.

Latifah wasn’t just inspired by her mother — she called her doctor after speaking with a guest on her show who had a double mastectomy similar to Angelina Jolie ’s. “Everything is great,” said a relieved Latifah. “But I think the show was a motivation for me to get more conscious about my own health.”

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