Celebrity Justice
Tyler Perry: Talk to the Hand, Cuz!

Tyler Perry's flicks mine his family for all kinds of material, but heaven help the family member who uses Tyler's name for a little career boost!

Tyler's cousin Marlon Campbell, an Atlanta producer-director, tells TMZ that when he mentioned his cousin's name in connection with his own movie, something called "Oblivious", he got a smackdown letter from Tyler's lawyers. (We're told by another source that they've hardly seen each other since they were little kids.)

Any connection between Marlon's stuff and Tyler, says the letter, is "intentionally misleading" and "wrongfully infringes upon the economic value of Mr. Perry" -- a guy whose movies and plays have made well over $200 million.

Perry's next flick? "The Family That Preys." No joke.

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Tags: Marlon Campbell, MarlonCampbell, Tyler Perry, TylerPerry

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1.
NO more insulting FIRST people !

Posted at 4:36PM on Jun 17th 2008 by charleswhitman

2. But he's such a good ol' christian boy....NOT! I always say the almighty dollar is best at revealing true character.

Posted at 4:38PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Fake Religion

3. Never heard of either of them.

Posted at 4:46PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Tim

4. Everybody has that one relative that comes out of the woodwork to make money off of you!

Posted at 4:47PM on Jun 17th 2008 by goldiggers!

5. Hey, I ain't mad at him, he made his empire without name dropping. Who knows, maybe his cousin's stuff was crap that he didn't want his name on. TMZ is always trying to start something.

Posted at 4:47PM on Jun 17th 2008 by why should he ride the coattails

6. I agree with #5

Posted at 4:57PM on Jun 17th 2008 by hehe

7. Excuse me "Fake Religion" where was good ole Marlon when Tyler was HOMELESS and living in his car? It's funny how when you get $$$$ you inherit all these relatives that could not be found when the $$$$ wasn't around.

Besides he helps people all the time. Homeless people, people down on their luck and the Katrine victims etc.etc.etc. Did you know he paid for 20 homes to be built for displaced Katrina Families? OR how he helped the homeless woman who only wanted shoes to put her feet and he ended getting her a place to stay and as it turned out she turned her life around. Got a job and a permanent home.

What have you done for anyone......that's what I thought NOTHING!!!!!!!!

Posted at 5:15PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Paleeez

8. By the way......I agree with #5 also!!!!!!

Posted at 5:17PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Paleeez

9. Good for Tyler!!!! I totally agree with the comment about where were these peeps when Tyler was struggling? In the same hole that Mr. Perry was in! Now they are using his fame to climb out also! Lawyers hell, Just send Madea out with her piece of steel to settle the matter between kin!! lol

Posted at 5:32PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Perry Fan

10. Gimme a break...Tyler Perry sounds like a jerk. Why would someone not want to gve his family member a boost when Tyler's had so much LUCK in the business? It's not like he's hard up on money. I think that when you've made as much money as Perry has, you have a moral obligation to help out your family. And a cease and desist letter? Come on...ever heard of picking up the phone and asking your cousin not to use your name? Either way, how arrogant can you be, when you won't let your own family member say hes related to you. GET OVER YOURSELF!

I never liked his movies before-they're REALLY predictable and badly acted. Now I have even more reason not to watch them.

Posted at 5:59PM on Jun 17th 2008 by californiadreamer

11. Uh, isn't it spelled "whose movies and plays..."?

Posted at 6:00PM on Jun 17th 2008 by PHX Ahole

12. Tyler might be the black director/producer du jour, but his movies suck. If I were the cousin I wouldn't want to mention him anyway.

Posted at 6:20PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Bird

13. helerrr

Posted at 6:44PM on Jun 17th 2008 by bitmeifurhungry

14. To the people who said where was his cousin was homeless. In Black families being GAY is TABOO and most of us think they may have HIV bacasue they are GAY. I know that is not true, but many Black people I know think that way.

MOST GAY BLACKS ARE OUTCAST FROM THEIR FAMILIES.

Posted at 8:03PM on Jun 17th 2008 by MsRita

15. Funny how brainwashed people defend Tyler Perry. You fans don't know how much of a jackass tyler is. I've worked with that ass and he is not so religious. He plays like he's a real good boy, but he's just using God to make himself look so innocent. What's wrong with mentioning someone's your cousin??? Tyler, you suck hard! Literally!

Posted at 8:30PM on Jun 17th 2008 by Perry fans suck

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