Tyler Perry Gives Powerful Speech At The Oscars Accepting Humanitarian Award
Accepting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his efforts in helping others during the pandemic, Tyler Perry gave a powerful speech at the 2021 Oscars in Los Angeles on Sunday night. “Thank you so much. They only gave me a few minutes, so I wanna say a very special thanks to Miss Viola Davis, who is nominated tonight and doing this. Thank you, thank you,” he said. “You know when I set out to help someone, it is my intention to do just that. I’m not trying to do anything other than meet somebody at their humanity. Like a case in point, this one time I remember I was, maybe it was about 17 ...