In Tyler Perry's last newsletter to his fans he revealed how he'd been physically abused by his father as a child [click here if you missed that]. In his newest newsletter Tyler says in response to the abuse allegations his father sent a message to him through his brother saying, "If I had beat your ass one more time you probably would have been Barack Obama." With that Tyler says, he needs to take some time off and that after the Precious film premiere we won't be hearing from him again for the rest of the year. Read Tyler's newsletter here