Tyler Perry Nearly Brought To Tears On ‘The View’ While Discussing Late Mother
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While visiting The View to discuss his autobiographical documentary Maxine’s Baby, Tyler Perry was nearly brought to tears by commentary from co-host Sara Haines, who shared with the filmmaker her reverence for his mother after watching the film.
“I met Maxine through all of it, I did know her,” Haines remarked before the acclaimed director interjected.
“Wow…You met my mother, wow, thank you,” he explained through watery eyes. “To say that you met her through that, that takes me somewhere, because that’s a woman who endured so much pain, and she didn’t have some legacy but she had me, and to say I was able to introduce her to you, you got me there, Jesus Chris, Lord have mercy. I appreciate that.”
After being encouraged to continue processing the moment by Haines, Whoopi Goldberg, and Sunny Hostin, Perry continued to elaborate “I just imagine a woman who’s lived her entire life with so much pain, and she was always worried about everybody else. I watched her get sick, I watched her get cancer, I watched her have all of these things because her intention was ‘Are you happy? Are you okay?'”
He continued, “She never put herself on the list, and she never thought she was important and never thought anybody would care. So, to say that this documentary… introduces her to the world, that moves me because she was very special to me.”
Maxine’s Baby, directed by Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz is set to premiere on Nov. 17 on Amazon. The feature, 10 years in the works, digs deep into Perry’s unconventional journey to one of the entertainment industry’s most powerful moguls, and is also “a nod to his mother’s love.”
Watch the clip of Tyler Perry on The View below and the trailer for Maxine’s Baby above.
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