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1. She and many others have said this, the one thing that should be said to her is find a new makeup artist and not a drag queen either, that eye liner around the lips is tacky and does not work on anyone.

   • CAN’T NO MAKEUP ARTIST HELP THAT! NOT EVEN STEVIE WONDER! LMAO

2. Why is this ugly queen just coming out of the woodworks if Tyler Perry stole the idea from him? Probably just to stay relevant. Some people will do anything for attention.

   • I agree, Tyler Perry has made 14 movies, why not bring this up after the FIRST one, or hell while he was still on the chitlin circuit?? Shame on that Tamar Braxton make-up & Traci Braxton body boo!

3. LIAR! LIAR! BLOOMERS ON FIRE!

   • AMEN!

4. If he did he did so what? lol He had sense enough to capitalize on it. Get over it lil girl.

5. lol unless she have that in writing and copyrighted she aint got a snowball chance in hell of making this sticks. I can give her the # to the Crazy Place!

6. Kinda late with this like ten years late

7. RIGHT she late cuz he done made millions off her already too late bishhhh

8. Is she going after writers for "Big Mama" and "The Klumps"?? They all got the same image. Tyler’s just has more positive substance. OOooh I get it! She aint’ got a jack azz chance in hell of trying to pull a nickle out of those jew’s azzez.

   • exactly…dressing in drag in film and plays has been around since both of their inception. going to drag spots to get ideas is called "research"…lawd, country people.

     who wants to hear this persons voice on the radio everyday? i can’t do it.

     • Comedians been dressing in drag for years before Madea came out. Martin as Shanaynay, Jamie as Wanda, Eddie Murphy in the Nutty Professor and Norbit, the Wayan’s brothers in White Chicks, and Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie. I’m sure there have been way more that I can’t remember. SNL has always has a cast member in a dress. Mike Myers used to slay me with “I’m verklempt”.

       • And the incomparable Mr Flip Wilson as Geraldine! That may be before everyone’s time, but yes, he was one of the first on TV and it was a hit!

9. oh shut up

10. Tyler Perry made his own Madea character he does not need to copy anyone’s craft in acting….

11. The truth is truth! Miss Sophia has been doing that act forever.

    • She going to come after Ricky Smiley next? He does and old lady in a gray wig and house dress as well.

12. It dont matter if she was doing the act forever, if this story is true AGAIN tyler perry was smart enough to capatalize on it and turn it into a product, a product that has capatalize TO OVER A billion dollars, his own production studio & back-lot.. this man is keeping black actors from the unemployment line and this Queen just mad she didn’t jump on it first.. IF you wanna be real THEY ALL STOLE THE MADEA/KLUMPS/NORBIT PERSONA FROM THE LATE GREAT FLIP WILSON WHO ORIGINATED IT… she doesn’t own the right to say he stole anything.. BOOM…

    • Thank you!

    • AND IN THAT ORDER!!!
      I agree WHO CARES ???

    • I Agree 🙂

13. The things people do for money

14. She needs to stop but she JUST NOW coming out with this? Tyler Perry made that character from scratch. Smh, some people will do anything from attention. And if she thought her act was all that years ago, she should have used her brain and got it copyrighted!

15. He is telling his truth and I remember that club..I dont see anything wrong w/him sharing his insight. Tyler ran with it while Sophia slept that’s all.

    • and SHE JUST MAD SHE AINT THE ONE SITTING ON MILLIONS.. THAT MADEA PERSONA AINT NEW.. FLIP DID IT IN THE 70s….THAT MESS WONT TRADEMARKED.. GET THAT QUEEN OFF HER SOAPBOX!!!!

16. I thought Miss Sophia got Tyler to admit he got ideas from the drag shows back in the day. So what? Lots of people get inspired from the kidz!

    • I like Tyler Perry but the real question here is why was he at drag shows?

      • Hello! LMAO Chile Cheese….Cause he is a Queen…LOL

17. It’s about time for Miss Sophia to move forward. So you mean to tell me that because someone else has the same idea that you had & decided to move forward with is the reason you’re at a stand still & dwelling on the past? Maybe that character was not meant for you. Pick up your balls & move forward. What’s plan B?

18. I’m trying to understand why ‘she’ appears to be out for Tyler Perry’s blood all of a sudden? SMH “She’ need to sit ‘her’ ass down and let it GO!

19. It’s possible. But Madea has been around for a long time in those chittlin strut plays, right? SO which came first the chittlin or the egg? LOL. But people ‘steal’ ideas from ppl all the time in the industry. It’s about who uses the idea and CAPITALIZES on it. If Miss Sophia had the idea 1st why didn’t you carve out a niche and run with it. You can’t be mad when somebody takes your idea and does it better than you. A white man invented the elevator but the plan was flawed… A black man then came behind him and PERFECTED the elevator. BLACK HISTORY FACT. LOL.. IJS…

    • …and the stop light. IJS

    • WELL SAID…

    • I would have to care enough to care…I’m NOT a fan of the whole Madea…stuff.

      But, It might be nice if Tyler would reach back to people he took ideas from. Maybe that’s Miss Sophia’s beef.

      Miss Sophia when you can’t beat them…join them. Do your own thing and just receive the blessing of that. That you can do what you do still and know that you are inspiring young Queens : ) watching you.

20. i wouldn’t b surprised after all Virgos r known for fakn it til u make it lol

    • Excuse You? But, don’t hate cause we know how to "Make It" the end

21. This pure GARBAGE!!!!

22. I guess we found whos been setting Tyler studios on fire! LOL black folks trying to alwats bring down other black folks!

    • Ctfu! Good observation lol, I think somebody just told on they self.

    • hahahahahahahhahhahahahahahahaa

    • Miss Sophia been over there burnin down the house…LMBAO HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA Y’all Stupid!

      Now, black people bringin black folks down…and him showcasing black folks as buffoons is uplifting…riiiiight

23. He put her in one of his movies and this is what he gets? Wow!

24. She’s just salty n now no job now she wants to claim shit.. Should of spoke up 10 years ago!!! Now sit ur ass down!!! Tyler Perry is MADEA!!!!

25. o please, man go sit down

26. Hmmm…interesting. Wasnt Ms Sophia in one of Tyler Perry’s movies? ‘Bad all by myself’

27. Okay, Michelle, I will set the record str8. I am from New Orleans and was at the Xavier University play that starred Madea. First off Tyler was not even supposed to play the part, it was supposed to be some girl that claimed she had gotten sick and couldn’t perform. Behind the scenes we were all struggling trying to figure out what was going to happn. If they were going to cxl or if someone else would fill in. the only person that knew all the lines was Tyler, so there was no other option, as most of us had payed like $5 to attend and they were not prepared to offer refunds. Tyler came out unbeknownst to 99% that he would be him performing, and the crowd literally went wild. We cheered and yelled and laughed. Trust me the whole Tyler as madea was an attempt at sabotage gone wrong. The young lady who was supposed to play her was upset about only God knows what and it literally blew up in her face. Now thats the real tea. I was there.

    • @ Deedee: You have me so tickled over here. You said that you paid $5 and they weren’t prepared to give refunds. It was only $5. LOL!!!!

      I was thinking you were going to say $50. Was $5 a misprint?

      • LOOL i guess its true cos tyler himself has told the same story….and besides its been a while,and yeah its $5 LOOOL,no misprint!

      • It was a college play. That’s how it all got started and nowhere as popular as it is now. Plus students got.discounts

28. Bull, Madea has been around since "I Know I’ve Been Changed" stage play which Perry used to tour in 1998. There is no telling how long this play was written before he began his tours! Need attention, create a lie. #pathetic

    • Huh I know right…

29. Who knows what really happened because none of us where there.

    At the end of the day, when you have a good or great idea educate yourself. Do the research to find out about copyrights, trademarks, etc.

    Then you can be getting paper for your OWN ideas.

30. Hasn’t every black drag queen done something similar?

    • I used to go to drag shows to see my friend perform and they would have an array of characters. Generally there is an old sassy lady. It always works and is good for laughs. One character that would crack me up was an aging lounge singer who flirts with the people in the crowd. The actor would say “Darling” with 30 “r’s” like black cat woman.

31. She needs to keep Tyler Perry name out her mouth if she ever wants a role in one of his plays, TV shows or movies. TP is a power house and can black list you, especially in the “A”. Outside of ATL, no one knows who shim is. He is putting drag to shame with that makeup. Whatever you do in life make sure you look good doing it, shim is not “working it”.

32. How can you steal something from someone if you are around or have that person in your family.

    I know women like madea so is it going to claim the women like that stole his idea too.

    It seems to me Tyler like others know people like madea and he decided to put it out since he could see people would like it.

    Besides that how book, movies, and plays are thought of by inspiration and things you see.

    It just mad because Tyler wont risk making his fans mad by putting it in more movies.

33. I don’t necessarily believe Tyler Perry stole the Madea Idea for a stage play character from anyone, but let’s say he did for a minute… This is America the land of opportunity and if you have an idea you believe can make money or invention that may have a great impact on society then you need to NOT talk about it, but act on it! Once an idea is airborne(told to someone else)and you have no claim to it such as Copyright,Patent or Trademark then it is ABSOLUTELY up for grabs for ANYBODY’S taking. Remember That!

34. How many of you posting work for TPS. I don’t like this fool one bit but whose to say that the reason this drag did not come out was because the two were lover. Maybe that is why they did not complain back in the day. To N.O. from what I understand Tyler had moved from Louisiana long ago then came back with the play so maybe back in the day they did hook up as something more. The drag more than likely is mad at Tyler for dissing him as his lover now he trying to get even. A lot of these folks are on the low low. Who knows what really happened and where Tyler got Madea from. It is also said he got it from a family friend and never paid them and the the woman died of poverty. Whatever the story is I pray Tyler get it straight if any of this stuff is true.

35. Omg….why?