Last updated: Wednesday, October 29, 2008

PERRY DENIES DIVA DEMANDS

Movie mogul TYLER PERRY has brushed off reports he demands co-workers to call him by his last name if they want a response - insisting the moniker is used by the cast and crew out of 'respect'.

Tyler Perry at the Sign-up-to vote rally for Barack Obama at the New Mount Olive Baptist Church. Fort Lauderdale, Florida - 26.09.08

The 39-year-old actor/director has come under fire for his inflated ego on the set of his U.S. TV sitcom Tyler Perry's House of Payne, created and produced by the star since 2006.

A source tells the New York Post: "Tyler makes everyone on his staff - the crew and cast - call him 'Mr. Perry' to his face. He won't respond to anyone who calls him Tyler."

But his spokesperson insists the reports are made up, adding: "That's totally preposterous. I call him Tyler. Some people do call him 'Mr. Perry,' but it's out of respect."

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Source: WENN

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