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By Christi Hall Oct 27, 2009

Spike Lee & Tyler Perry are battling it out in a war of words over words. In a 60 Minutes interview, the host of the news show on CBS, Byron Pitts, mentioned to Perry earlier comments from Lee that were less than kind.

Pits looke at Perry and said, "Spike Lee has said, and I quote, 'I think there's a lot of stuff out today that is coonery and buffoonery. I see ads for 'Meet the Browns' and 'House of Payne' and I'm scratching my head."

Tyler Perry (Image: WENN)

"We've got a black president and we're going back. The image is troubling and it harkens back to Amos 'n' Andy." That insulted Perry and also made him very angry.

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Tyler Perry is one of the good guys of the entertainment business and let Lee have it. ”I would love to read that to my fan base,” Perry said. “Let me tell you what Madea, Brown and all of these characters are bait. Disarming, charming make you laugh bait so that I can slap Madea in something and talk about God, love, faith, forgiveness, family any of those things you know.”

Video link added here at Entertainment Weekly.

He added that he is that he's "insulted" and "pissed off" by comments Lee made about his work last May. Whom do you side with?

*Article edited for clarity, and to correct link. -Ed.

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