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Tyler Perry made sure his vote in the Georgia runoff elections counted.

The 51-year-old filmmaker actually flew to the state of Georgia to cast his vote after he didn’t receive his absentee ballot.

“All right, my absentee ballot never came, so I just left voting in person, so y’all get out and vote, get out and vote, get out and vote,” he told fans in a video on Twitter.

The New York Times added to his video, sharing that Tyler hoped on a “flight from Wyoming to Georgia late Monday to vote in person” just ahead of the polls opening on Tuesday, January 5.

Tyler was one of the many casting his vote again in the runoffs, which will go to determine if Republicans or Democrats will control the Senate.

The race is between Democrats Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff and Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.

Earlier this week, Nancy Pelosi was sworn in again as the Speaker of the House for the 117th Congress.

Tyler Perry revealed that he is “single” in a new Instagram post that had fans thirsting after him.

Now, there’s a bit of a follow up about his split from his partner Gelila Bekele, which was news to the world.

According to People, the couple “amicably split some time ago and remain close friends.”

“Their focus is on being the best parents they can for their son,” the insider added. The couple are parents to Aman Tyler, who was born in late 2014.

“This is what a midlife crisis looks like. I’m 51, single and wondering what the next chapter in my life will look like,” Tyler posted earlier, revealing the news. “Whatever it looks like I’m going to walk with God, be the best father and man I can be, hold my head up high, and try to look my best doing it!! In a world with so much sadness, please try and stay in the good! Merry Christmas and let’s look forward to 2021 bringing us peace!”

If you don’t know, Tyler recently became a billionaire!

Tyler Perry is showing off his body at the gym, and revealing some information about his personal life.

“This is what a midlife crisis looks like. I’m 51, single and wondering what the next chapter in my life will look like,” Tyler posted alongside the photo. “Whatever it looks like I’m going to walk with God, be the best father and man I can be, hold my head up high, and try to look my best doing it!! In a world with so much sadness, please try and stay in the good! Merry Christmas and let’s look forward to 2021 bringing us peace!”

Well, after reading this message, some women decided to shoot their shot!

“Hey, Tyler. This is what 49 and single looks like. My kids are out of the house and in college and I’m living my blessed life. Dm me,” one Twitter user wrote.

Another posted, “49 and single maybe we can go on a date.”

A third added, “well tyler, I’m 26 and id you ever and I mean ever need anyone to talk to, I’m here 🤍😭.”

Before announcing he was single, Tyler was last linked to his longtime partner Gelila Bekele. He recently became a billionaire.

Tyler Perry is helping out Breonna Taylor‘s boyfriend.

The 51-year-old TV and film mogul made a $100,000 donation to help Kenneth Walker‘s legal defense, Deadline reports.

Breonna, a Black woman who was an EMS, was killed by police officers while she slept in her home in Louisville, Kentucky earlier this year.

In October, one of the officers involved in the shooting – Jon Mattingly – sued Kenneth for assault, battery, and emotional distress for shooting the officer in the leg during the botched raid.

A GoFundMe page was then set up on Kenneth‘s behalf to help raise funds for the legal battle against Mattingly. With Tyler‘s donation, the page has raised over $102,000 so far.

“It’s outrageous for one of the men partially responsible for all that, to sue the man who endured it,” the GoFundMe page reads. “The raid that killed Breonna Taylor was poorly conceived, nightmarishly executed, and hastily covered-up. The subsequent grand jury proceedings were farcical and staged. Daniel Cameron’s statements were disingenuous, at best. Jon Mattingly’s lawsuit is the nearly-unbelievable next step in this ongoing mockery of justice.”

Back in September, a Kentucky grand jury only indicted one of the four officers involved in Breonna‘s death.

Tyler Perry has caught the attentions of fans on social media!

The 51-year-old media mogul took to his Instagram on Wednesday (October 21) to share a hot new pic of himself.

In the photo, Tyler is wearing a black workout shirt and gray shorts as he poses in front of a truck. As fans can see in the pic, Tyler has clearly been hitting the gym during the quarantine as he looks super fit and slimmed down in the pic.

Shortly after posting the new photo, fans took to the comments to thirst and droll of Tyler.

“Well Tyler Perry can slide Madea wig on and clap these cheeks,” one fan tweeted.

“Why Tyler Perry lowkey sexy here ?” another added. ”

Some famous friends also praised Tyler on his fit physique, including Mario Lopez, who wrote, “Lookin good TP!”

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Tyler Perry is the recipient of the Governors Award at the 2020 Emmy Award.

The 51-year-old director, producer, and writer took to the stage during the virtual ceremony on Sunday (September 2) to accept the honor.

In his acceptance speech, Tyler shared a family story about his grandma giving him a quilt, that had a major significance in his life.

“When I was about 19 years old, I left home and my grandmother, she gave me a quilt that she had made,” Tyler recalled. “And this quilt was something I didn’t really care for. It had all these different colors and these different patches in it. And I was quite embarrassed by it. I had no value in it at all.”

Years later at an antique store, Tyler came across a similar quilt. The salesperson then told him a story about the quilt, which came from a freed slave woman.

“I became so embarrassed,” Tyler admitted. “Here I was, a person who prides myself on celebrating our heritage, our culture, and I didn’t even recognize the value in my grandmother’s quilt. I dismissed her work and her story because it didn’t look like what I thought it should. Now, whether we know it or not, we are all sewing our own quilts with our thoughts, our behaviors, our experiences, and our memories.”

Tyler continued, “I stand here tonight to say thank you to all of the people who are celebrating and know the value of every patch, and every story, and every color that makes up this quilt that is our business, this quilt that is our lives, this quilt that is America.”

“Because in my grandmother’s quilt, there are no patches that represented Black people on television,” Tyler concluded his speech. “But in my quilt, her grandson is being celebrated by the Television Academy. I thank you for this. God bless you.”

You can check out the full list of 2020 Emmy winners here.

Tyler Perry is a billionaire!

The 51-year-old entertainer was named “Hollywood’s newest billionaire” by Forbes in a feature on Tuesday (September 1).

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Here’s how it breaks down: “[Tyler Perry] owns the entirety of his creative output, including more than 1,200 episodes of television, 22 feature films and at least two dozen stage plays, as well as a 330-acre studio lot at the edge of Atlanta’s southern limits. He used that control to leverage a deal with ViacomCBS that pays him $150 million a year for new content and gives him an equity stake in BET+, the streaming service it debuted last September,” the outlet reported.

“Forbes estimates Perry has earned more than $1.4 billion in pretax income since 2005, which he used to buy homes in Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as well as two planes. Quite a lifestyle for a once-homeless playwright raised in poverty in New Orleans. Today, Forbes estimates his net worth at $1 billion, with a clear path to future membership in The Forbes 400.”

“I love when people say you come from ‘humble beginnings.’ [It] means you were poor as hell. Ownership changes everything,” Tyler said.

“You got to understand, I had no mentors. My father doesn’t know anything about business, and my uncles and mother, they know nothing about this. I didn’t go to business school. Everything I’ve learned, I’ve learned in progress.”

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