"He is objectively worse than Tyler Perry" — The Deliverance fans rip apart Lee Daniels for tweeting "Every black person knows an Alberta"

Fans have slammed director Lee Daniels for a viral tweet about his 2024 Netflix movie, The Deliverance. The film is currently the most-watched title on Netflix, featuring a family's encounter with the paranormal as they move into a demon house.

Featuring the real-life story of the Ammons family, The Deliverance boasts a star-studded cast including Andra Day, Caleb McLaughlin, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Tasha Smith, Omar Epps, and Glenn Close who plays Alberta Jackson.

On August 27, 2024, Lee Daniels tweeted about Alberta, the main antagonist in The Deliverance, and raved about Glenn Close's portrayal. He wrote,

"Every Black person knows an Alberta. She’s part of the fabric of our community, but we’ve never seen her on screen before. Thank you Glenn for bringing her magnificently to life. The Deliverance is out on @netflix this Friday."

However, fans on X, slammed Daniels for his allegedly racist comment in the first line of the tweet. Some of the popular reactions are as follows:

"This n***a added a white woman to a true story that did not involve a white woman then said it’s because white women like her are part of the FABRIC OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY. He is objectively worse than Tyler Perry I’m sorry he is like if Tyler Perry & Kenya Barris had a baby," explained someone on X.

"63k likes. Black people are obsessed with white women who act like stereotypical black women, but hate actual black women who act and sound like this. Lee Daniels isn't exempt...", noted another.

"Lee Daniels ain’t seeing the pearly gates. This is the REAL Latoya Ammons and her mother, Rose," commented one person on X.

A netizen pointed out that the director could've just thanked Glenn Close without mentioning the line about black people, to avoid all the controversy. They commented:

"You could have just thanked her. My gawd."

"Ok! Just say you’re grateful to work with Glenn and keep it pushing! SMH," agreed another.

"Every black person does not know an Alberta. Sorry, Lee Daniels," wrote another person.

Some other reactions on X are as follows:

"Truthfully we didn’t even need “an Alberta” cause Latoya was black. FULLY black. So to throw “fabric of our community” on it is truly asking to fuck the vibe up…. haven’t seen one damn white account talking about this movie, and here you go talmbout some “fabric of the community”," explained one netizen.

"How can someone that is a part of the fabric of our community that seemingly EVERY Black person knows somehow has never been on our screen before. It’s almost as if you just made that up?" wrote another.

"I’m from the south I’ve never met an Alberta but it’s not a reason to be arguing over it," quipped someone.

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The chilling real-life story behind The Deliverance explained

The disturbing plot of The Deliverance is inspired by the spine-chilling story of Latoya Ammons. According to a 2014 report by the Indianapolis Star, the Ammons family, i.e., Latoya Ammons and her three children, were possessed by demons living in their newly-rented house on Carolina Street in Gary.

Weird things started happening with the family, resulting in a series of unexplicable incidents happening over the course of several months.

Finally, a clinical psychologist was consulted for Ammons' youngest son, and his accounts were described as "bizarre, fragmented and illogical." Shortly after, the DCS took emergency custody of Latoya Ammons' children.

In June 2012, the Ammons household finally underwent three major exorcisms from three major churches, and she eventually got custody of her children back by November of that year. In The Deliverance, the makers took the creative liberty to reimagine the exorcism in the form of a deliverance in the Ammons household.

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The Deliverance was released on August 16, 2024, and is available to watch on Netflix.