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The new Tyler Perry documentary, Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story, is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video. The film chronicles the life of actor, filmmaker, businessman, and playwright Tyler Perry, but a dramatic scene of his abusive father yelling at a film crew has many viewers talking.Audiences who are used to seeing Perry in a wig and dress shouldn’t expect any laughs this time around. There’s nothing funny about the dark, traumatic story that Perry shares in this documentary: a childhood plagued by an abusive father figure.The 54-year old mogul has previously been vocal about his abusive father on the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tyler-perry-on-oprah-filmmaker-opens-up-about-traumatic-childhood/">Oprah Winfrey Show.</a> The emotional abuse is the reason Perry changed his birth name—Emmitt Jr., after his father, Emmitt Sr.—to Tyler.In the film, scenes are captured in Louisiana, New Orleans, the city Perry grew up in. According to <a href="https://people.com/tyler-perry-doc-directors-describe-heated-scene-with-his-abusive-father-a-difficult-moment-exclusive-8403680">People</a>, the elder Perry verbally abused the documentary’s film crew when directors Armani Ortiz and Gelila Bekele traveled to Louisiana with Perry’s cousin, Lucky Johnson, in an attempt to interview him.<h3>"We wanted to sort of give it a chance for [Emmitt] to explain what happened"</h3>“That was a difficult moment when we went to go film him and being in the car and just getting that interaction," Ortiz says. "I remember calling Gelila [and saying], ‘We didn't get it. We didn't get the interview,’ and I was heartbroken. I was like, ‘Yo, this is going to be a chance for him to tell his truth also and to give a little bit more context as to what really happened.’ ""And [Bekele] was like, ‘No, that's the answer that the story needs, because it's his answer. It is what he wanted to do, and what he wanted to do is not be a part of it at all,' " Ortiz added.As People reports, Gelila and Ortiz wanted "to create a space for polarity" throughout Maxine's Baby, which dives into the widespread popularity of Tyler's films and hears out detractors of his work."We wanted to sort of give it a chance for [Emmitt] to explain what happened [during Tyler’s childhood]," she says. "It could go in two different directions — either he might not remember it and just deny, or he is going to be regretful and sorry, and sort of say his piece and just have a conversation. But naturally it just ended up being that way.""It really made us understand the severity of what happened to Tyler," she adds. "If this man [has] this rage at 80 plus years old, I can't imagine how it was when he was 40, around that age with young Tyler."<h3 id="h-watch-the-trailer-below">Watch the trailer below:</h3>https://youtu.be/DjXlidHoPyU

Tyler Perry’s Abusive Father Cusses Out Camera Crew In 'Maxine's Baby'

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<a href="https://www.wbls.com/wbls-news/tyler-perry-announces-final-madea-stageplay-tyler-perrys-madeas-farewell-play-tour">Tyler Perry</a> has signed a multi-year first-look deal with <a href="https://www.wbls.com/wbls-news/netflix-reveals-new-chris-rock-stand-up-special">Netflix</a>.As part of the new creative partnership, Perry write, direct and produce an array of feature films. Perry’s upcoming films with Netflix include <a href="https://about.netflix.com/en/news/ensemble-cast-joins-netflix-film-six-triple-eight-from-tyler-perry" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Six Triple Eight</a> and <a href="https://about.netflix.com/en/news/tyler-perry-to-write-direct-and-produce-mea-culpa-for-netflix" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mea Culpa</a> . Six Triple Eight stars an ensemble cast led by Kerry Washington about the inspiring true story of the the first and only Women’s Army Corp unit of color to be stationed overseas during World War 2. Starring Kelly Rowland, Mea Culpa tells the story of a criminal defense attorney who takes on the case of an artist who may or may not have murdered his girlfriend.Perry’s previous films with Netflix include A Jazzman’s Blues, a sweeping tale of forbidden love that made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, A Madea Homecoming, the 12th installment of the billion dollar Madea franchise, and the thriller A Fall from Grace. His previous film, 2005's Diary of A Mad Black Woman, was added to Netflix earlier this year and was featured in Netflix's top ten.https://www.instagram.com/p/Cql4rbwvUFu/The prolific filmmaker has also created 17 multi-season television shows since “House of Payne” in 2007. He also signed a four-film production deal with Amazon in November of 2022.Perry’s personal story will soon be coming to the screen via Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story, a doc directed for Amazon Studios and Bekele Films by Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz.

Netflix Announces Creative Partnership with Tyler Perry

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Tyler Perry is finally breaking his silence about what happened when he tried to purchase BET from Paramount Global. While at the Bloomberg Equality Summit, <a href="https://www.wbls.com/wbls-news/tyler-perry-helping-to-build-new-home-for-93-year-old-who-was-pushed-out-by-developers">Perry</a> said, “I was disappointed about it for a number of reasons. The way it happened was disrespectful in a lot of ways.” He continued, “Don’t try to get me to pay for something that’s not worth anywhere near the value.” Perry also “gave a firm no” when he was asked about his interest in securing ownership of BET if it goes up for sale again. “God bless them. I’m still working with them. I wish them the best.”Perry currently holds a minority stake in BET+ and works with the network where most of his major shows live. Back in 2005, the network helped fund his first major film Diary of a Mad Black Woman. He would go on to land a long term movie deal with Paramount in 2017. The partnership seemed to be going well for Perry, Bob Bakish, the Paramount Global president and CEO, and BET Networks president Scott Mills. It was <a href="https://apple.news/AMvy4eusrRGCh2BKhC8GyWw">reported</a> on August 16 that Paramount Global decided to not move forward with the sale of BET’s majority stake because “a sale wouldn’t result in any meaningful deleveraging of its balance sheet.”

Tyler Perry Says Trying To Purchase BET Was A Disappointment

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Steve Harvey gives credit to <a href="https://www.wbls.com/wbls-news/tyler-perry-helping-to-build-new-home-for-93-year-old-who-was-pushed-out-by-developers">Tyler Perry</a> for helping him refrain from addressing the rumors about him and his wife, Majorie Harvey. On Sunday, October 15th, the radio host posted an old video of him speaking at the Earn Your Leisure Invest Fest in Atlanta, GA. In the video he said, “People that’s busy, they ain’t got time to talk about me. Magic Johnson ain’t got time, Tyler Perry ain’t got time talking ‘bout me. ‘Cause they building an empire.” He went on to talk about the time that Perry <a href="https://atlantablackstar.com/2023/10/17/tyler-perry-warned-steve-harvey-against-addressing-blogs-amid-cheating-rumors-about-his-wife-marjorie/">reminded him</a> on what’s important from what isn’t. “One time I was finna respond to someone’s blog, Tyler Perry called me saying, ‘Hey man, what you getting ready to do?’”Harvey said that he told the movie mogul that he was in about to respond to a blog post about him. “I said I’m going on CNN with Anderson Cooper and I’m straightening this whole thing out in the blogs. He said, ‘No, you’re not.’ He said, ‘You know why?’ He said, ‘Listen to me, Steve, when they talk about you it’s a blog, if you open your mouth it’s a press conference.’”Steve added, “You gotta know who you are. So, I say to all the people out there, know who you are and know where God is taking you…”https://x.com/iamsteveharvey/status/1713551549212049875?s=46&t=f45LpfSMP2bWXL9mF3rs_QIt is not clear on which blog post he was referring to, however, Steve Harvey, has addressed infidelity rumors that followed his wife, Marjorie. What are your thoughts on this?

Steve Harvey Shares The Advice Tyler Perry Gave Him About Addressing Blogs

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<a href="https://www.wbls.com/wbls-news/tyler-perry-announces-final-madea-stageplay-tyler-perrys-madeas-farewell-play-tour">Tyler Perry</a> is doing a '<a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/tyler-perrys-good-deeds/umc.cmc.4kfzsl1e1fld5nji3zk5dgdzr">good deed</a>.'The multimillionaire executive is helping to create a new home for Josephine Wright, a 93-year-old who is being forced by developers her to sell her land by using harassment.Perry is helping to build a new 5-bedroom home in <a href="https://www.wbls.com/wbls-news/former-kkk-headquarters-to-become-a-diversity-center-in-south-carolina">South Carolina</a> to replace the one Wright has been living in along with her grandkids.https://www.instagram.com/p/CuCn0FZsdXy/He shared the story to his 7.5 million followers. He captioned, "'I’ve pretty much been a fighter all my life' said 93 year old Josephine Wright. Well, that makes two of us. Ms. Wright, please tell where to show up and what you need to help you fight."Her original home had been in her family since just after the Civil War. Her husband was a Gullah Geechee Islander. His relatives escaped slaves and were freed by Union soldiers.However, the home has been under fire from Bailey Point Investment Group.The investment group filed suit to seize control of her property.In an interview with <a href="https://www.wsav.com/news/local-news/93-year-old-hilton-head-woman-fighting-developers-for-home/">WSAV</a>, Wright told reporters that Bailey Point received approval to develop 29 acres of land behind her home. Once she declined their offer to buy her home, she claims Bailey Point started harassing her, leading to a lawsuit to rip away the property.One of Josephine's grandkids organized a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/fighting-injustice-on-hilton-head-island?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=email&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined">GoFundMe</a> to help pay for her legal fees.According to TMZ, Perry's construction crew will break ground in the coming weeks.