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Mason Pryor says he knew pretty quickly his first major stand-up gig was not going to end well, but he's chalking it up to a lesson in comedy.

Richard Pryor's youngest son told us Thursday about totally bombing his set on "Showtime at the Apollo," and what's amazing is ... he's staying super positive.

Mason says while he's opened for Eddie Griffin before, this was his first televised performance, and he knows he's got a lot of work to do before the next one.

On the bright side, Mason says several comedians have reached out to tell him to stick with it -- he's not the first to bomb at The Apollo -- and at the very least ... he's now made his OWN name for himself!

Tommy Lee is calling BS on his ex-wife, Pamela Anderson, saying he doesn't have a booze problem ... and insisting his drinking has nothing to do with Brandon punching him.

Tommy tells TMZ ... Pamela's allegation he is an alcoholic is off base. In a statement he says, "Do I drink more than the average Joe? Yes. Have I ever hurt my sons or acted out of turn with them because of my drinking? No." He adds, "No matter how much people wanna pin me as this deviant alcoholic abuser, that isn't me. I'm a happy fun loving guy."

As we reported, Pam claims Tommy's fianceé, Brittany Furlan, keeps Tommy drunk all day. Brittany tells us, "That's insane. Tommy is a grown up and makes his own decisions."

As for Brandon knocking him out, Tommy says, "When I stood up he pushed me into a wall. I didn't want to hit my son. I never have and I never will." He says he simply wanted Brandon to apologize "to show that he actually felt bad, but he doesn't." He also thinks his sons haven't had to struggle -- "I want them to get jobs, not their inconsistent modeling and acting work here and there that doesn't make enough money for them to survive."

Pamela Anderson says her ex-husband, Tommy Lee, is a "disaster spinning out of control" who has gone on "Trump style" rampages who cannot handle the "guilt about his abusive behavior" and got punched because he deserved it.

Anderson gave TMZ her take on the fight between Tommy Lee and their son, Brandon, which led to a criminal investigation after the 21-year-old punched his dad in the nose.

She says Tommy Lee is "consistently the centre of sadness, drama and confusion, jealous of his son's talent and beauty from the day they were born. He is sick. The definition of narcissist/sociopath."

She says he is constantly drunk and Brandon was putting together an intervention with "friends and people Tommy works with and admired."

She also talks about her own abuse -- something she told Piers Morgan that triggered Tommy's outrage and ultimately led to the fight between Brandon and his dad. She says, "He still cannot handle the guilt about his abusive behavior and has never taken responsibility for what he has done."

And then there's this ... "He [Brandon] punched him in the nose for all of us who he has hurt. Now Tommy feels humiliated - and is attempting to destroy his own son. This is the Devil - This is the disease of alcoholism."

Tori Spelling's husband called cops to check up on her after she left their house, and it created a huge scene at a doctor's office ... TMZ has learned.

Three Ventura County Sheriff's units surrounded a building in Thousand Oaks, CA Wednesday around 9:45 AM, while Tori was inside. Dean McDermott was seen standing outside the office, holding the couple's 1-year-old baby.

Law enforcement sources tell us Dean had sounded the alarm when Tori left home with at least one of their kids. It's unclear why he was so concerned about Tori's well-being.

We're told deputies located Tori at the doctor's office, spoke to her, determined she and their kids were okay, and because no crime had been committed ... everyone went on their way.

Coco took her 2-year-old daughter to the wildest daycare in the Bahamas ... where she was surrounded by sharks!!!

Coco, Chanel Nicole and papa Ice-T are on vacay, and Mom decided to go swimming with nurse sharks. No biggie, lots of tourists do it, but she also brought Chanel for the adventure. Coco acknowledged the danger, saying ... "I know what your thinking..I watched that tv show, 'when wild animals go wild' too but these guys acted like dogs."

Everything turned out fine. No shark attacks, and you can see Chanel didn't cry a bit.

Tommy Lee has now gone nuclear against his son, Brandon ... not only does he want to press criminal charges, he wants a judge to order Brandon to stay clear of him.

Sources connected to Tommy tell TMZ, Tommy was willing to withdraw the police report he filed after Brandon punched him in the face during a heated argument over Brandon's mom, Pam Anderson. But, there was a string attached ... Tommy wanted his kid to apologize.

Things changed dramatically after Brandon released a statement that the fight was the result of his dad's alcoholism.

Usher and his wife were lovey-dovey just days ago and seemingly unbreakable ... which is why their split came as an utter shock to friends.

Sources close to the couple tell TMZ ... Usher and Grace Miguel were in L.A. for a night at the movies just last week watching "Black Panther." We're told Usher brought his kids ... looking every bit like a close-knit family.

As we reported ... they were still together as of December and had been keeping a low profile ... with Usher's lawsuits and all. But, sources tell us Usher and Grace had been on the regular at restaurants and stayed at the same house together ... showing zero signs a split was looming.

Another sign Usher and Grace didn't appear to be having marital problems -- just a few weeks ago, friends say they had been planning a vacay out of the country together.

But then, Tuesday came ... Usher and Grace announced their split. The question ... what happened?

Kris Jenner tried answering our questions with a straight face. She did at first, but then we had her cracking up ... then just baffled.

Kris and her bf, Corey Gamble, hit up Mr Chow Wednesday night in Bev Hills and we wanted to know -- who's better at baseball? You'll recall we got the Kardashian brood at a ballpark hitting line drives.

The momager -- who btw is wearing a Gucci mink coat that retails for $58k -- quickly answered. But, check out what she's got to say when we ask her if Travis and Kylie should move in together. It was a case of the giggles ... again.

Super pregnant Khloe Kardashian and super momager Kris Jenner just gave fans on the TMZ Celebrity Tour bus a huge thrill and, we'll be honest, they gave us what's known as a money shot.

Khloe and Kris were out Wednesday in WeHo flanked by security as they hit up a couple of baby stores -- on account of the whole fam being in birthing mode. We asked Khloe if she and Tristan Thompson are going with a "K" baby name, and just then it happened -- the TMZ tour bus pulled up, shocking everyone on the scene.

Check out the vid ... we talked Kim and Madonna with Kris, who seemed to have a case of the giggles. Khloe was also amused when he talked about her Kardashian kid being a family record-setter.

Tommy Lee's fiancee, Brittany Furlan, freaked out after he got knocked out by his son, Brandon, because Brandon had guns in his room.

TMZ's obtained audio from the 911 call Tommy's fiancee made Monday after Tommy and Brandon got into a fight ... that ended with Tommy knocked out unconscious and bleeding after his son allegedly sucker punched him.

In the call you can hear Brittany tell the emergency dispatcher that she locked the door after the altercation because "my stepson has guns in his room." She eventually told the dispatcher to cancel the paramedics en route after Tommy regained consciousness, but they still insisted on coming.

Chrissy Teigen's adored bulldog -- who'd been with her and her family since the first year she began dating John Legend -- "has gone on to the pup heavens."

Chrissy shared the sad news Wednesday, saying Puddy had passed after being by her side for 10 years "through every up, down, new house, new city, new tour, new travel. He welcomed new pups and loved on new babies and new bellies. He was there for everything."

It's true Puddy loved her baby, Luna ... as shown in this sweet video of him giving her kisses.

The bulldog lived quite the life, from being Chrissy's "taste tester" to her red carpet companion ... and even getting married! That's right -- he is survived by his wife, Pippa.

Tommy Lee's son lost control and barged into Tommy's bedroom, challenged him to fight, and then knocked him out cold -- so violently his fiancee thought he was dead ... TMZ has learned.

Sources close to Tommy tell us ... Brandon went nuts after his dad posted a few pictures of his mom, Pamela Anderson, making funny faces, because he felt it disrespected her. We're told he texted his dad -- who was in bed with his fiancee, Brittany Furlan -- from another room telling him to take the pics down.

We're told Tommy shot back at Brandon, asking him why's he's upset by this but not upset that Pam accused him of abuse.

At this point, our Tommy sources say Brandon burst into the room, yelling at his dad, and challenged him to a fight, but Tommy refused and told him to get out. We're told when he got up and went to the door to make Brandon leave ... Brandon sucker punched him, knocking him out cold.

Our sources say Tommy was unconscious for several minutes and had blood coming out of his mouth, and his fiancee actually thought he was dead. We're told after the knockout, Brandon pulled out his phone and began filming before Brittany called the cops.

As we reported ... a source connected to Brandon claims Tommy was drunk, but we're told he only had a glass of wine at dinner.

Brandon says Tommy came after him aggressively and he punched him in self-defense.

We're told the medics who took Tommy said he suffered a concussion.

Tommy filed a police report against Brandon and cops are investigating.

7:30 AM PT -- Police confirm with TMZ when they took the initial crime report they were told Brandon and Tommy Lee were arguing over a social media post. They say as of now Tommy has not backed down ... he's pressing charges against Brandon. The police report does not mention alcohol.

Tommy Lee's son, Brandon, is being investigated for criminal battery after his dad filed a police report, but we've learned Brandon is saying his dad lunged at him after he called Tommy out for attacking his mom, Pam Anderson.

Family sources tell TMZ, Brandon has been living part-time with Tommy Lee -- Brandon says because he's trying to help his dad overcome alcohol issues. The sources say Brandon and Tommy Lee got into a heated argument Monday night because of Tommy Lee's post attacking Pam for talking about their relationship with Piers Morgan.

Tommy tweeted, "Think she'd find something new to discuss instead of rehashing old s*** but I guess she has nothing else going on & needs attention. Signed, 'The Abuser' (who she texts everyday & asks for me back)."

The sources say Brandon claims Tommy was drunk and lunged at him and he punched his dad in self-defense. The sources add Brandon doesn't drink at all and wants to get his dad sober.

Tommy posted Tuesday night a different version, saying, "My fiance and I were in bed when my son busted into the room and assaulted me. I asked him to leave the house and he knocked me unconscious. He ran away from the police. THAT'S the truth."

Ne-Yo's face is probably hurting this morning ... all that smiling has surely taken its toll.

The singer took his fam bam to Disney's California Adventure on Tuesday ... and the bunch couldn't look happier. Ne-Yo was all smiles as he and the kiddos -- Mason Evan and Madilyn Grace -- hit up Mater's Junkyard Jamboree (trust us, not just a kid's ride).

His wife, Crystal Smith, also looked like she was having a ball ... and, btw, looking very pregnant.

Mason Pryor is, no doubt, comedy royalty, but that still didn't save his ass at the legendary Apollo Theater -- and this video of his, umm ... performance ... will totally make you cringe.

Mason, Richard Pryor's youngest son, appeared on "Showtime at the Apollo." As you'd expect, host Steve Harvey gave the 31-year-old comedian the appropriate hype before he hit the stage -- but it was all downhill from there.

You gotta see Mason launch into some Trump-Putin jokes that fell completely flat. The boos rained down, and while some people shouted for him to keep going ... most of the crowd wanted him to get the hook.

4:35 PM PT -- The fight happened Monday night, and we've confirmed police responded to Tommy's Calabasas home around 10:45 PM. No arrests, but officers took a report.

Tommy was transported to a hospital where he got checked out.

Tommy Lee's face looks like he needs to see Dr. Feelgood, stat -- he says his son, Brandon, gave him a fat lip ... but we've learned Brandon's saying he was defending himself when it went down.

Tommy's mouth is swollen and bloodied in a pic he just posted, and he's laying blame squarely on 21-year-old Brandon ... one of his sons with Pamela Anderson. Tommy says, "My heart is broken. You can give your kids everything they could ever want in their entire lives and they can still turn against you."

It's unclear what sparked the father-son beef, but a source connected to Brandon tells us Tommy was drunk. We're also told Brandon absolutely acted in self-defense.

Also, on Monday Tommy took a shot at Pamela's recent interview with Piers Morgan, where she talked about Tommy abusing her. He responded, "Think she'd find something new to discuss instead of rehashing old s**t."