In an extremely candid conversation, actor Clifton Powell unleashed on Spike Lee for his criticism of Tyler Perry while visiting The Russ Parr Morning Show. Powell said:
“To be honest, I don’t like Spike Lee. …and I hope Spike is listening cause I’ll beat your punk [expletive] I don’t like Spike. I have never said it publicly, but Spike is a hater. He was doing all these movies, Sam (Samuel L. Jackson) and all these guys know he’s a hater. He kept all the money, there was lawsuits against him. Spike needs to go sit his punk [expletive] down and stop talking about Tyler Perry. Tyler Perry was homeless about 10, 12 years ago and Spike wasn’t writing him no checks. I don’t like Spike Lee because I don’t like his politics as it pertains to how he deals with African-Americans. I auditioned for Spike several times, he kept all of us waiting for hours. It was insulting, he made people fly across country, pay for themselves and come to auditions. Spike is the worst and he needs to go sit his punk [expletive] down!”
He has never hired me. I don’t really care, because I would never want to work with him. Tyler has found his genre.”
