Just as we all thought…the couple I’ve dubbed “Operry” is actually not a couple at all. ?The union is fake but the pics are real. ?Oprah was merely helping Tyler get a few flix out since he felt that he was being ignored by the paparazzi. ?

He just kept complaining to Oprah that he?s this successful film director and yet the paparazzi ignore him,?said a source close to Perry?s camp.??So [while on vacation in Italy] Oprah took him by the arm and said, ?come on, let?s go take some pictures.??

Tyler apparently got Tyra Banks to play the same game a while ago as flix of the “couple” made the rounds and rumors circulated that they were dating. ?Tyra, however, wasn’t having it! ?Read more over at SandraRose.