Antoine Dodson, who is better known as the star of the viral “Bed Intruder” meme, has accused Tyler Perry of failing to pay for his cameo in A Madea Christmas.
Dodson revealed that Perry earlier reached and had a verbal agreement with him, but never followed through with compensation for his work.
According to Dodson, A Madea Christmas was released in 2013, about three years after he had become famous. He is credited as the “YouTube Guy” in the film. Some of his fans have nonetheless been indifferent to his accusations; he has been teased as coming after Perry now that he is “broke.”
Others have accused him of claiming there were promises of compensation when none was agreed on.
Per reports available, Dodson isn’t Perry’s only headache. The celebrated actor and producer has a storm brewing, after a graphic scene explicitly showing gang rape in a recent episode of his movie, Ruthless, has left fans stunned.
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A scene in Episode 13 of the 4th season of the long-running drama shows a woman seeking escape from a sexually exploitative religious cult.
The top-tier movie exec has also been accused of co-opting the stories of women being harmed in some scenes in other movies.
One such movie is Six Triple Eight, led by Kerry Washington and directed by Perry, whose released images tell the story of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-Black, all-women overseas battalion during World War II.
The movie has been described as a deeply overlooked piece of military history, serving as the only predominantly all-Black Women’s Army Corp battalion during the Second World War.
In other news, Mo’Nique held nothing back while talking about Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry on Club Shay Shay.
She claimed that the pair were responsible for her getting “blackballed” in Hollywood. The feud and blackballing allegedly dates back to 2009 and 2010, when Mo’Nique refused to do free promotion for Precious and omitted Perry, Winfrey, and director Lee Daniels from her 2010 Oscars speech.
Furthermore, Mo’Nique claimed she also has a recording of Perry admitting that he is the one who started the rumor that she is difficult to work with.