Tyler Perry breaks down crying on ‘The View’ and pauses interview
nypost.com“Maxine’s Baby.”The 54-year-old multi-talented Oscar winner appeared on the daytime talk show to promote the Prime Video doc, which dives into his traumatic childhood and surviving his abusive father, the uneasy road to box office success, and his mother Maxine’s unwavering love.
Willie Maxine Perry, after whom Tyler modeled his famous Madea character after, died of cancer in December 2009.“This film, I will watch every time I need my own power,” Haines raved to Perry at “The View” table on Tuesday. “I wanted to run laps.
It was so well done.”She continued, “And I met Maxine through all of it. I didn’t know her.”Haines continued into another question until her flattering remark finally caught up with Perry. “Okay, wait a minute,” he interjected, becoming emotional and tripping over his words. “That one took me — you mean, you met my mother through it?
Wow, thank you,” Perry said as co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Joy Behar placed their hands on his shoulders. Perry continued, “To say that you met her through that, that takes me somewhere because, you know, thiswoman endured so much pain and she didn’t have some legacy, but she had me.”“To say I was able to introduce her to you, you got me there, man,” he tearfully admitted as the hosts passed tissues around the table. “I’m sorry.
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