TYLER PERRY SUED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT ... 'Oval' Actor Claims Years of Harassment

Is anybody surprised?

There was a similar case a while back that got swept under the rug.

He was just photographed hanging out with Mariah Carey's ex on a yacht.

I bet Meghan told Harry to shut up and go along with it when Miss Perry put the moves on him while those two were refugees in his home.

Welcome to the Sex Pest Club, Tyler!

The only surprise is that it took this long for this to happen.

Jack Nasty!

Was it the background dancer Brian Tanaka, r2?

Yes R8. Tyler's fans were having a shitfit in the comments section because people were calling it a hookup.

People still think Tyler isn't gay?

It's sad. Years of hiding who you are, and all that money, yet you still have to drop hints instead of just dating openly. The success also clearly warps their expectations from others.

If only Perry had coupled his overtures with a bottle of Harvey’s Bristol Crème Ale 🍺 everything would have been downright upright!

Nobody who knows is surprised. Ask anyone around the Atlanta area. They ALL know about Mr. Perry's casting coach. TP has been one of the most notorious closet monsters long before his big break. Classic southern/black/christian closet case. Combine that with Hollywood politics, the black church, and extreme wealth...

Let's see how long this one plays out. Tyler has a way of getting away with whatever he wants...

He’s NOT gay.

I remember when the Writers' Guild of America successfully sued Tyler Perry for hiring four young Black screenwriters and then firing them when the four sought union membership.

He's little better than the narcissist currently stinking-up the Oval Office.

Suing for $260M is not a good look for DD; it bolsters the idea that this IS a scam, thought it probably isn't.

I also don't understand his being choked in 2020 like that but then he's back at the mansion a year later--in the guest room wearing only underwear??

^^ though

I would love for this to be a 'hot topic' on 'The View', but we all know Whoopi won't allow it. But it would be nice to hear Sunny tell us she had the 'difficult conversation' with her son Gabe about taking a box of condoms with him, should Tyler Perry invite him to his house in Atlanta.

Welp, there goes Sister Act III.

He HAS to sue for a shitload of money, because no one will ever hire him again, no matter what the outcome

Not bad, Tyler.

I know this is the aspect I should be least concerned about, but....of course he's white (or white adjacent?)

He looks like Bryan Tanaka. Miss Tyler has a type.

I believe it. This is exactly what TP Is known for (casting couch for male pulchritude, along with the obligatory minor role, don't let get too famous & sweep under the rug) but ... DD had to know what was coming. I hope he has the receipts.

Oh no! Not Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award winner Tyler Perry!

Aaron O’Connell definitely spent time on Miss Perry’s casting couch

This is going to devolve into a “he said, he said” type situation.

However, Derek Dixon provided receipts of text messages between the two.

Sans the lip filler pout, he's hot af (@R20).

So cynical, R25!

I'm sure he's the next Richard Gere!

From O’Connell’s Wikipedia:

“ Starting his career at the Actors Studio in Chicago, O'Connell permanently relocated to Los Angeles so he could continue modeling, and start acting. O'Connell started acting classes. He eventually booked several commercials, including the Liquid-Plumr where he caught the eye of Tyler Perry.[9]

O'Connell initially thought it was a joke when he was contacted by Perry's production company about auditioning for a role in a new television series. Perry contacted O'Connell himself and asked him to audition over Skype. Perry then traveled to Los Angeles to meet with O'Connell about the role of Wyatt on The Haves and the Have Nots.[2] O'Connell was actually the first of the ensemble to be cast.[9]”

Years! DECADES!! CENTURIES!!!

Miss Perry, what is this shit, girl? I mean, Derek Dixon is hot, but exposing yourself like this, craving to deflower him via text, is just dumb.

R30 - It's like the Wiki page is begging us to read between the lines! lol

Well. I NEVER. Too much! (nose up) No more!

And?

I guess all the datalounge gossip about his casting couch was true!

Funny of Dixon to file three days ahead of the 15th anniversary of The Boondocks episode "Pause".

All my life I had to fight. I loves Harpo, but I kill him dead before I let him beat me....

Media?

He is literally one of the most ugly men I have ever seen.

Wait. I’m confused.

I agree with R13.

[quote]This is going to devolve into a “he said, he said” type situation.

Ahem.

She said, she said.

Tyler never rang up Miss Lindz? The two seem appropriate for each other.

But, but I thought Tyler was married. The he had a kid (s) How could anyone peddle such a scurrilous rumor?????

Who dear? Me dear? Gay dear? Do you assume, dear, that I journey up the chocolate escalator? Just because a man wears a little make up and knows the words to “All About Eve”, you assume he’s the receiver of swollen goods! I find you impertinent. How VERY dare you!

R1 I’m surprised. I’ve never heard him being accused of sexual assault. Being downlow, closeted, or even tricking does not mean one is a sexual predator. But then again Americans are increasingly lacking critical thinking and reading skills.

This is hilarious. He won't be out in this day and age and is still afraid with all that money. Well God granted him riches but in the looks department he never got up to the counter. I can just imagine what safe places the men he pays for sex have to imagine in their minds when that tub of lard is on top of them. Next we will see him in a gay bunker in Tel Aviv saying he's there doing charity work.

Derek is hot. How long before others follow suit because I’m sure his inappropriate behavior was common with other actors.

Pretty fly for a white guy.

And I should know, because I'm not either!

[quote] Well God granted him riches but in the looks department he never got up to the counter.

Hallelujer! Amen!

While I do believe Tyler Perry is a gay man, it is a little hard to believe he's stupid enough in the post-Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby era to mix business and pleasure by inviting attractive actors (who he employs) to his damn personal residences to get them wasted. That is just an asinine move if this is true.

[quote]There was a similar case a while back that got swept under the rug.

That was Christian Keyes. He starred in Tyler's early stage plays many years ago and later on TV. Keyes claimed later that the man who allegedly sexual harassed him wasn't Perry, but who knows if he got paid

The Black Closet: Oprah; Gayle; Queen Latifah; Chris Brown; Puffy; Whitney; Whoopi; 50 Cent

The official complaint is an interesting read.

Tyler din't do this! He's innasint!

[quote]They ALL know about Mr. Perry's casting coach.

Really? What's his name? Is he taking new clients?

I'll never understand people who don't play the game. This Derek person has made a bad choice. Tyler will skate away and he'll end up another discarded thot.

I wonder if Keyes will come forward now

Hi Tyler aka R57

Derek is hot as fuck. Definitely believe him.

The thread about Christian Keyes' claims

But it's a man, yo! How could dat be da toof?! Tyler loves da pussy.

Suddenly a bunch of Shirley Q. Liquors in this thread.

If you don't get up out of that bed, you gonna taste the rainbow!

I skimmed the article but didn't read it carefully. Did Derek Dixon get promises that weren't fulfilled and is now suing or did he get what was promised but now regrets what he did to get it? What's the cliff notes version? It's absolutely crazy for someone in power to imply or suggest "favors" for anything these days. If I were in a position of power, I would make sure that I was never alone with anyone.

Derek Dixon had a show he was trying to get off the ground. Perry produced the pilot and said he was going to shop it around, but he kept stalling and making excuses and Dixon realized Perry never intended to help him make the show; Dixon felt it was just a tactic to keep Dixon for telling anyone about the harassment.

[quote]While I do believe Tyler Perry is a gay man, it is a little hard to believe he's stupid enough in the post-Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby era to mix business and pleasure

People who are very wealthy and powerful believe they will never suffer consequences for anything they do. They don't draw conclusions from what happens to other people because they can't conceive of themselves as anything but unique and special and not bound by the rules.

This was going to happen sooner or later, or… it’s all bullshit.

I love that Perry employs black actors who’d probably not work unless he employed them, and I also do not believe Perry is deep in the closet or homophobic, but unfortunately, many in his targeted demographic are.

I’ll wait & see how this shakes out, because I don’t believe he’s a total POS, however, I do believe he is susceptible to poor choices while tipsy or balls out drunk.

We shall see.

I always wondered whether this would catch up with him.

**Many years later, after seeing the film Precious, Perry was moved to reveal for the first time that he had been molested by a friend's mother at age 10. He was also molested by three men prior to this and later learned his own father had molested his friend. A DNA test taken by Perry indicated that Emmitt Sr. was not Perry's biological father.**

He was too convincing as Madea.

That’s the longest, slowest, dumbest story of sexual assault I’ve ever read.

I have been annoyed to the point of harassment twice in the workplace. One was another (older) guy who held a position above me. The other was an older woman that was more of a coworker than a supervisor. Both involved them being touchy-feely and saying inappropriate things. I never had sex with them or saw them outside of the workplace. It was uncomfortable and I was always trying to avoid them. The guy ended up being fired because someone else reported him (another gay guy he was bothering). I never even considered suing for millions $$$. I figured that happened to everyone when they were young and cute.

R55 you need a motherfucking DeLorean because your microaggression racism “jokes” are so 1986.

R66 No telling how many times he sucked and swallowed and Tyler didn't keep his part of the bargain. He should be suing for breach of contract (an "oral" contract).

R74 😂 😆 You are the greatest cunt to ever cunt.

🙇‍♀️

[quote]and, although, he rejected the advances that night ... he claims Tyler remained interested.

[quote] ...thereafter, Derek says he landed the role of Dale in "The Oval"

Aaaaaaand scene! "thereafter" is doing a lot of work, no?

I mean, I'm sure it is all true, but what's also true is that this young man gladly traded something he had for something he wanted, just like all those Harvey Weinstein actresses did for years, and "thereafter" got film roles!

It is alleged by many that "The Oval" has the very worst acting on television...since television was invented, to be precise.

Derek Dixon sure follows a lot of gay male celebrities on Instagram. I see he turned off his comments on all of his posts. Hmm...

While I believe what's being alleged, I think Derek is a sugarbaby that was looking for the right sponsor. Miss Perry didn't produce the show he scripted as promised, and he feels scorned, and now he's retaliating by suing him for sexual harassment.

It's completely rational for Dixon to turn comments off in this situation. Any competent PR would advise it.

Wendy says,”How you doing, Tyler?”

I miss Wendy 😔

What?! Tyler Perry? That bastion of fierce masculinity?

No way!

old white women in the South love Tyler Perry

pretty sure their prayer chains have been activated and they are beseeching the Lord, even now, to smite this 'ho and help Mr. Tyler to find "the one"

R53 Queen Latifah? Oh, Lordt. You need to update your list, ma.

The absolute delusion of black women on Facebook commenting under that pic of Perry and Mariah Carey's ex. "They're just doing business together, don't make it gay."

Teacake has a lot to answer for.

If the guy has texts, it's gonna be tough for Tyler to worm his way out this one.

Unless Tyler tries to go for the "he was trying to bait me!" defense (which I don't think he will, since he's a closet case), I predict a big, fat settlement and a non-disclosure agreement.

The texts I've seen are ridiculous, and don't really father the Derek's case. Tyler Perry flirts, and suggests Derek is too uptight sexually, to which Derek responds "I'm working on it. #therapy"

They both seem to be playing a game with each other.

Perry should be filing suit against himself for stupidity.

It still shocks me what people will put into a text and send out into the world.

It's like they think they're sending smoke signals that will permanently dissipate into thin air.

Wait. The Madea dude might be gay? In related news, water is wet.

There are likely more compromising texts. This is the warning shot.

If there are better texts, then he needs to produce them, because those are lame.

[quote] They ALL know about Mr. Perry's casting coach.

It was talked about nationally EVERYWHERE at one point. I mean, even The Boondocks did a whole episode on him.

R91 I'm sure he's saving the really good ones for court.

R93 Why? You have to disclose that to the defendant and his attorney first. It's not like you can surprise them. I'm pretty sure Madea remembers what she texted anyway.

R94 I didn't say he hasn't presented them to his attorney and/or defendant. What I'm saying is that he's not publicly presenting them.

[quote]It was talked about nationally EVERYWHERE at one point. I mean, even The Boondocks did a whole episode on him.

An episode about his casting COACH? What's his name?

R96, this is the episode.

He's a narcissistic weirdo.

R96, btw, the first comment on the video is "I just heard about Tyler Perry getting sued for SA by a dude, and I immediately came here to watch it."

R98, it looks like he is trying to be gayly flirtatious. I'm curious what the subsequent texts were.

Derek is very gay but quite weird about it. I know him tangentially via a few people.

R101, weird how?

r97 Whooosh.

Burying the lede here… Tyler Perry is a TOP?!

Will others come forward? Is he going to be the gay black Harvey weinstein?

[quote] While I do believe Tyler Perry is a gay man, it is a little hard to believe he's stupid enough in the post-Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby era to mix business and pleasure by inviting attractive actors (who he employs) to his damn personal residences to get them wasted. That is just an asinine move if this is true.

R52, believe it. Weinstein, Perry, and the average Joe who acts the same all believe that it's not them. It cannot happen to them. Perry no doubt believes he's not like Weinstein. He's thinking with his dick. Add to that...success, fame, and money...all have a way of corrupting you. It skewers your reason and your ego. He started to believe he's above it all.

How has this person been damaged to the tune of $240M? People file these absurd claims with factual grounds based on their earnings or worth? This guy just wants on the Harvey Weinstein style gravy train.

Has Christian Keyes commented yet?

The way these shake-downs usually work is that the "wronged" party hooks up with some shady attorney. The shady attorney will reach out to the mark's attorneys with an offer to make it go away. If they accept the offer, a sum is negotiated, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are signed, and that's it. If the mark doesn't want to make it go away, the shady attorney will file a lawsuit for an exorbitant amount, which is intended to garner publicity for the case. It's not what they would eventually get. Public conversation begins and reputations are called into question, etc. It's a game until someone either caves or settles.

Even though I'm surprised he's not a light-skinned, well-muscled black guy, the texts are not salacious, but sounds like something between two people who are in the beginning stages of hooking up. They totally fucked. This Derek guy probably thought he'd trade his hole for a series deal. Things didn't work out, he's mad, and here we are.

Not disputing what you wrote, but, at this point, we're far into at least a couple of decades of awareness being raised about workplace sexual harassment.

At this point it's just plain self-negligence not to be very careful about who it is you want to hook-up with and parameters.

At this point, if you're wealthy and you want to hook-up, due diligence requires you to be extremely cautious, even to the point of, in the workplace, never meeting with someone without a 3rd party present, and stop trying to lure with any seeming quid-pro-quo regarding employment.

Yes, it's come to that.

^ LOL at acting as if execs who use the casting couch are victims

"It's come to that"

How about not offering people roles for sex and just giving jobs to people who are qualified?

R81 I miss Wendy too. She called downlow celebs out—both male and female. She gave no fucks about the repercussions.

r111, where, in my post at r110, do I say Tyler or anybody else who violates another in the way described in the suit shouldn't be held accountable?

That's right. I don't say that.

What I mean is bad faith acters (not performing actors, just humans on the make) are foreseeable. It's on you, wealthy person to proceed accordingly.

Brief story. Back in the early 2000s my supervisor directed me to join a meeting he had scheduled with a female. I sat in, took notes and all the while I was curious why he asked me. I asked him. Turns out, that woman he was meeting with had a reputation for flirting behavior.

He told me, he saw it himself with other people and he made up his mind right then and there he was never going to meet with her without a 3rd party present.

That's smart.

^ Acting like it's women who are the problem. LOL.

R106, I think you meant "skews," but I like "skewers" almost better!

Thank you, R115. And I'm an academic. Shame on me.

Man, the queens rushing to defend Perry at all costs are cracking me up.

[quote]and stop trying to lure with any seeming quid-pro-quo regarding employment.

Then nothing would ever get done in Hollywood.

Tyler Perry is my type. Handsome face, beefy, tall, and probably a huge dick. This little piece of white ass should’ve been making gravy at the thought that TP would wipe that bussy.

🤢🤢🤮

R119 Tyler is obese, has a weird mouth shaped like a valentine, and probably has a very small dick.

He will never come out because he is a ✝️✝️CHRISTIAN✝️✝️ and his main audience is conservative black church ladies.

Mr. Perry just needs to pray the gay away and he won’t like mens no more.

Has anyone asked Miss Lindsey to comment?

So essentially his initial stupidity of living in a closet which he long since should have left and in fact is obvious to anybody who isn't a complete moron opens him up to additional stupidities, like hitting on clearly opportunistic actors who want to get just close enough, flirt just enough, and offer just enough sexually charged moments to get the roles they want and the blackmail to fulfill other ambitions.

Pathetic, actually, but step one is to get out of the fucking closet, even if it costs him some dingbats in churches. Fuck em, he's rich enough and famous enough, and he's got enough industry power to live honestly and it's truly pathetic that he simply chooses not to.

R125 This shit may not even be true. Do you just blindly believe anything the press?

^^^^Matt Schlapp

[quote] Acting like it's women who are the problem. LOL.

That's not what that person was saying, dumb ass. It was just an example of a businessman trying to avoid potential trouble by thinking ahead of his meeting. It's actually very smart, and third-party witnesses should be standard for those kinds of situations to protect everyone, not just the suits. Instead of being reactionary you could have learned something. Get out of your own way.

I have always thought there was something phoney baloney with this guy.

I thought Miss Thang be married?

R130 He impregnated his strong-jawed "girlfriend" about 10 years ago.

R130, probably with a turkey baster

[quote] He will never come out because he is a ✝️✝️CHRISTIAN✝️✝️ and his main audience is conservative black church ladies.

R122, maybe not.

This afternoon I went to a local thrift shop to donate clothes and household goods...china and what not. The store benefits a local organization that began as a housing and food provider, as well as health care provider to those suffering from HIV/Aids. It has now expanded to included more people "at risk." The man who manages the thrift store is a gay man. He's a tad effeminate, so even Helen Keller upthread would be hard pressed to identify him as anything but gay. While I was going back and forth from my car with the stuff, a trans woman came out from the back and offered to help. It was obvious she was trans, or at least a crossdresser.

All the volunteers at the shop are late middle-aged or elderly women, most of whom I recognized from the local Catholic parish, so I would say they are religious. And I bet that their familiarity with the charity and the LGBT people who run it and/or work there have made them much more accepting of LGBT persons.

So, I would suggest those Black church ladies who love Perry's films already know he's gay and accept it.

It's too bad Tyler Perry has been forced out of the closet by disgusting charges of abuse. He should have come out on his own terms long ago. That ship has sailed.

Whether he comes out is on him. Everybody knows, he knows everybody knows, but like the choir director at a Baptist church, he's going to live his life and not say the words out loud. I don't think his being in the closet had anything to do with this lawsuit. If that were the case, the guy could have just blackmailed him about the gay thing, but he went a step further.

I'm not defending Tyler. He put himself in this position, but at the same time, famous people are going to have to take some risks with the people they bring into their lives. For all we know, Tyler thought he was making a connection with this guy.

However, I always side-eye gay men who try to play the straight woman games. I felt so used and dirty and violated, Queen, please.

R131 Does anyone think he actually penetrated the woman who fathered his child?

He belongs to that weird set of closeted celebs who father children with beards: Jeremy Renner; Johnny Galecki; John Legend; 50 Cent...

This dude has no case. As annoying as Perry being in the closet is, when he flirts in the texts, Derek does not specifically rebuff him. I can understand why they seem to be willing to go to trial rather than settle. I wouldn't give that biotch a single dime.

[quote] He will never come out because he is a ✝️✝️CHRISTIAN✝️✝️ and his main audience is conservative black church ladies.

The irony about all that is the black church KNOWS all out Mr. Perry (and all those like him). It's very much a 'don't ask, don't tell' situation in that world. Esp. when it comes to the black choir directors, or the deacons. There are books written about the 'open secrets' of how the closet cases hide themselves knowingly inside the church structure/culture, with most pretty much knowing, but as long as it's never brought to light, it's not an issue. Very similar in the music business regarding black R&B/soul singers, and esp. the hip-hop/rap artists. And you'll see a great deal of hyper-defensiveness from those protecting and defending these closets, because for them, culturally and historically, it's all framed through the lens of "privacy"...

There are a lot of closeted white people who remain closeted for similar reasons, so let's not paint with such broad strokes.

Absolutely r139.

[quote]All the volunteers at the shop are late middle-aged or elderly women, most of whom I recognized from the local Catholic parish, so I would say they are religious.

Not necessarily. I know many, many churchgoers (not just Catholic) who don't call themselves 'religious'. They attend mass every weekend for their own reasons, but don't consider themselves 'religious'.

R127 I said what I said. You wouldn’t want no witch hunt of you, if you were a rich celeb or wayward woman in 1400s Salem. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. With all the Z-list mens Perry been attached yo, I ain’t NEVER heard about no assault, rape or abuse, ONLY downlow activity. I bet this accuser is a junkie.

Oh, yo.

That is a very nice picture of Tyler actually. I’m gone now.

[quote]Does anyone think he actually penetrated the woman who fathered his child?

The only thing he penetrated and made a deposit in was her bank account.

He's mega rich and he hits on and may pressure dudes for sex. None of this should be surprising - that Perry is doing it (whether it's just obnoxious hitting on people or actual sexual assault), and that someone is seeking money from it (whether they were actually assaulted or not).

Has Oprah commented on it ? I'm guessing 'not at this moment'. I'm sure she's gearing up for a major ABC prime-time special in November (ratings sweep) in which she'll interview him and he comes out as 'mostly straight but a little gay'.

lol @ ratings sweep r147, i can totally imagine it

But really, I hardly think TP is going to suffer significant losses if he is officially outed by this. A lot of his shows, like Ruthless, are not exactly targeted at staunchly Christian viewers (unlike his early works). His audience has expanded vastly, and his influence, in black Hollywood especially, is pretty formidable.

Its going take way more than some floozy D list actor who willingly messed around with him to take the ship down.

The NYT did a story on this and they pushed it out to my phone this afternoon. It's everywhere now, gurl.

[quote] His audience has expanded vastly, and his influence, in black Hollywood especially, is pretty formidable.

You're awfully optimistic R148 and very generous as well. "Pretty formidable" in black Hollywood? Perry is seen as an artistic joke. He's not taken seriously by the people who really matter. For example, you will never see the likes of Denzel or Viola in one of his shitty movies.

I would say someone like Ryan Coogler is more formidable than Tyler. Ryan directed the Black Panther movies, and his recent box office success with the movie Sinners proved he can be successful outside of Marvel. Ryan has the box office, and he's taken seriously. Tyler has the box office, but he's hardly seen as creative or original, just one step above Tubi. If he goes down, he's unlikely to get back up.

Stay tuned....This could only be the beginning....

Tyler's movies are not good, but I will admit to laughing at some of the non-preachy Madea stuff. He seems to know who his audience is and they keep coming back. Black people love soap operas and that is, mainly, what his material is. It's soapy. He's like Ryan Murphy without the writers' room.

[quote]If he goes down

IF?

[quote]For example, you will never see the likes of Denzel or Viola in one of his shitty movies.

r150 oh if only this were true. Viola Davis has already been in a Tyler Perry movie! And wore a bad wig throughout!🤣

Commercially, Perry has a way wider reach than Coogler. He's been in the business for much longer and has done TV, movies and stage. I never said he was better artistically.

Tyler is a decent actor outside of his own work. I thought he was good in Gone Girl as Ben Affleck’s lawyer.

[quote] For example, you will never see the likes of Denzel or Viola in one of his shitty movies.

Viola was in “Madea Goes to Jail.” Angela Bassett was in “Meet the Browns.” Alfre Woodard was in “ The Family That Preys.”

There are many celebrated black actresses that were in his films.

R154 right 😂 Many on DL just assume. Plylicia Rashad too. Lynn Whitfield. Frankie Faison. Taraji P Henson. And the most acclaimed black actresses of all time Cicely Tyson and Angela Bassett.

R155 The thing is he isn’t a talented screenwriter, the storylines are so cliched. It really comes across in the dramatic films because you need a believable pathos. Its just all so very hackneyed.

He IS a talented actor and content creator. His portrayal of Madea is brilliant and if the films weren’t so bad maybe would have gotten, maybe not Oscars but Golden Globe and SAG nominations. He is also a pretty damn good dramaric actor from what we’ve seen in Gone Girl and Alex Cross. He has vision. He needs better writers.

R154 I stand corrected. Viola did one movie a long time ago before her Oscar win. If Tyler tried to call her now she would let it go go voicemail. I was correct about Denzel however and I feel confident that he would never lower himself. Someone like Taraji P Henson needs a Tyler Perry.

I don't see how you can say Tyler has more reach than Ryan when Ryan's Black Panther movies have made billions around the world and earned Angela Bassett an Oscar nomination. Tyler's reach has never been that wide. His films nor the actors in them will never be sitting at the Oscars. He's also tried to stiff young black screenwriter in the past for being Union. Like I said he's joke all you have to is look at how black people on social media are reacting to this lawsuit. If he's seen as a predator he's done.

R158 If you don’t understand that Ryan Coogler was backed by not only the biggest film company in the world but also the biggest media conglomerate, perhaps even commercial entity in all the world. Perry must use them(or one of the big studios) for distribution and he must use them btw. He produced all that shit on his own. He garnered a way bigger share of his content’s revenue than Coogler did on any Disney film. Sinners is a different story. And was a game changer. But that shit just happened.

Where there is one, there will be two. Where there is two there will be four. Where there is four there will be eight. Etc Etc.

[quote] Sinners is a different story. And was a game changer. But that shit just happened.

You're such a moron Teacunt. You have no credibility when it comes to black people. Put the pipe down and go to rehab R159.

R161 you go to rehab you lunatic. You been lying and clocking me for 3 years. Get spiritual help.

Ladies, ladies! Tyler Perry will never pay coins to ass fuck either of you like he did to Ms. Derek Dixon

R162 Ryan also directed all three of the very successful Creed films which co-stared Sylvester Stallone. I already told your stupid ass that Ryan has suscess outside of Marvel and Disney in addition to the success of Sinners. You're so desperate to be a groupie for Tyler Perry of all people that you ignore all facts. You need to seek help

^Ryan co-produced Creed 3 while Michael B Jordan directed.

Madea films really vary. Some are pretty terrible; others are decent and really funny and.

[quote]You wouldn’t want no witch hunt of you, if you were a rich celeb or wayward woman in 1400s Salem.

If you were a wayward woman in 1400s Salem, you would be a member of the Naumkeg or Pawtucket people, members of the local Massachusett tribe. Those women accused of being witches weren't around until the late 1600s Salem, much of which is now Danvers Massachusetts.

3 or 4 years ago I mentioned to a Black Gay friend (who resides in Atlanta) that Tyler Perry must hire the most attractive Black Men he can find for his productions because 1) he's screwing them or 2) he wants to screw them.

Said friend quickly shot back "Nonsense! EVERYONE knows that Tyler LOVES White twinks/power bottoms." I laughed.

At the time I couldn't envision it. Now it all makes sense.......

R167- I had a friend in high school he traced his ancestry back to 1639 in Massachusetts. He told me also told me that one of his ancestors was burned at the stake as a Witch during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692/93.

R154- Has Viola ever blamed White people for being forced to wear that BAD wig?

I wonder who Shemar Moore blames for this embarrassing monstrosity?

Did Tyler bang Shemar?

My black friends in the film industry say that TP's shows are the, "Minstrel Circuit".

ARGH Minstral

Are you kidding r172? Shemar is the stud.

r174 You were right the first time.

Well, I never in all my life!

R172 I've wondered that as well, but I also think Tyler is selective and more likely to prey on somebody he can with no name or clout in the industry like a Derek Dixon type. I believe Shemar was already a regular on Criminal Minds at the time of that film.

R171 Mafucker was going for early aughts urban realness. Looks like somebody put a wig on a black human muppet baby. 😂

^I meant to say somebody he can dominate

R172 I wonder who is Shemar's type. I don't doubt for a second that he "walks on the wild side" despite finally having a child. I have never seen him linked to any specific guy either. I am sure Tyler is NOT his type. Anything Shemar would have done with Tyler would have been purely transactional.

Goodness asking Denzel is like asking Tom Cruise to star in a Sandler movie. But honestly he might, he was in Austin Powers and Tropic Thunder.

So even big stars can poke fun at themselves. Larry the Cable Guy was in a Madea movie and some Irish stars. All sorts of people. Perry's movies are a wildcard. The jail one was very dramatic and others are just bad. Like the Halloween one. Perry needs better writers that can weave better stories. I love them though. Black comedies are full of life.

Tyler Perry in

Madea's Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

That would totally work r183. Madea just can't keep her hands off the local "talent."

Has Rome Flynn commented?

^ Wow, he's gorgeous. Wonder if Miss Tyler took advantage 🤔

Clearly Tyler is a "mentor" to Rome.

Interesting. Rome also had a recurring role on Miss Perry's The Haves and Have Nots.

When in Rome....

[quote]The NYT did a story on this and they pushed it out to my phone this afternoon. It's everywhere now, gurl.

EXCEPT for the 'Hot Topics' on THE VIEW. I'm sure Whoopi has voted this a 'big no' - not on her watch. Our only hope is if Joy brings it up when she modeates on a Friday. But then, that would give Sunny Hostin a soapbox to defend Perry, and somehow blame the white man for lying.

so are witches a real thing?

My female friend worked on one of his crappy series with Brock O'Hurn, and told me that he couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. It looked like he was in 3 TP projects.

I'm sure Tyler "helped" Brock, too

R181, don't forget Shemar was on a nude gay beach with friends.

I accidentally wandered onto that gay nude beach, and I accidentally wander into gay bars several times a week

R194 R195 I would be shocked if he wasn't into guys and I do remember the photos of him at a nude beach in Hawaii many years ago. I just don't recall him being linked to any specific guy. I have no idea if he has a type. Is he into white guys, twinks, bears ??

Let me know when we get video of the twink getting the Shemar-TP DP

[quote]He told me also told me that one of his ancestors was burned at the stake as a Witch during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692/93.

The accused women in Salem Mass were hanged to death.

Giles Corey was pressed to death, but none was "burned at the stake".

[quote] There are a lot of closeted white people who remain closeted for similar reasons, so let's not paint with such broad strokes.

Nobody is doing that. These stories and testimonials come directly from queer black folks who have openly shared what the DL/don't ask, don't tell culture is regarding gayness within the black church (as well as the music industry, etc.).

Looking at Derek Dixon's insta, I notice he is followed by Hank Cain, pimp to the gay elite

[quote]Giles Corey was pressed to death, but none was "burned at the stake".

Triggered.

[quote]Nobody is doing that. These stories and testimonials come directly from queer black folks who have openly shared what the DL/don't ask, don't tell culture is regarding gayness within the black church (as well as the music industry, etc.).

No one is disputing this, but isn't the point, if being gay and out is such a shangri-la for white people, then why are so many closeted?

[quote] No one is disputing this, but isn't the point, if being gay and out is such a shangri-la for white people, then why are so many closeted?

It is the point. It relates to Tyler Perry, who he is and his background/demographic (as discussed earlier in the thread).

If anything "isn't the point", it's straw man arguments like this - " if being gay and out is such a shangri-la for white people, then why are so many closeted" - nobody was talking about white folks, as it has nothing to do with the subject matter.