Christian Keyes, the actor most notably known for his various roles in Tyler Perry plays and movies over the years, is airing out his issues against his former boss. And this time he’s not holding back about the alleged shady behavior Perry displayed when it came to the popular BET show, “All the Queen’s Men.”
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Now if this vaguely rings a bell, then you may recall that we broached this topic in June 2025, when we shared that Keyes wouldn’t be collaborating with BET for any spinoffs or prequels for the aforementioned show that he created nearly 15 years ago. At the time, his reasoning stemmed from multiple instances of “dismissive,” “disrespectful,” and unprofessional behaviors he’d witnessed and been on the receiving end of.
Keyes also explained that his “created by” credit was removed from the show back in season two and that he had to rope in the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) union to get the studio to give it back to him. While he didn’t call out Perry specifically, he made it clear that his decision to cut ties with BET for a spinoff was also due in part to certain people acting “entitled,” “arrogant” and unprofessional.
Fast forward to the top of 2026 and it seems like Keyes is ready to name Perry explicitly as evidenced by a recent Instagram Live session on Monday. During it, Keyes specified that it was Tyler Perry Studios that tried to “steal” his credit and that he was glad he wouldn’t be dealing with the studio anymore and called Perry and his business dealings “shady and corny.”
“I’m not sad that my show isn’t there anymore. After season five, my show won’t be there anymore. And I won’t have to deal with that kind of shady, corny leadership over there that would dare–why, you got 16-17 shows. I got one. Let me have credit,” Keyes said in part. “My contract says I get credit, why your corny ass trying to steal my credit? ‘Cause you can’t write like me.”
He went on to say that when he originally wrote the show, it was supposed to be eight, half an hour-long episodes. Then Perry allegedly came in, added and wrote in an extra 10 to 15 minutes to each episode and two more in order to make the whole first season full of 10, 1 hour long episodes. As the next two seasons progressed, Keyes was allegedly cut out entirely from writing on them.
The “Madea Goes to Jail” actor then said those particular seasons were when the show got “weird” and that Perry ultimately “completely changed the integrity” of the show.
“Season two and season three was when All the Queen’s Men got weird and dudes started getting raped with dildos and all that weird sh*t. Don’t nobody wanna see that sh*t, put that on your show. That’s why I’m glad my show ain’t there, put that on ‘Oval’ or ‘Bruh’ or ‘Sistas’ or whatever. Put that bullsh*t on your show, ” Keyes concluded.
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