Filmmaker Tyler Perry responds to Spike Lee’s criticism of his work during an interview on “60 Minutes”.

In an interview last May, Spike Lee was quoted as saying, '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. We've got a black president and we're going back. The image is troubling and it harkens back to Amos 'n' Andy."

Perry told Byron Pitts, during the interview that he was “insulted” and “pissed off” by Lee’s comments.

Perry said characters like Madea are based on real-life members of his own family. He told Pitts, "It's attitudes like [Lee's] that make Hollywood think that these people do not exist and that's why there's no material speaking to them."

Let’s see what Spike Lee has to say about that.

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