Tyler Perry has revealed the dark details of his abusive childhood at the hands of his father which he says made him the successful writer, actor and producer that he is today. The 50-year-old star revealed how his functioning alcoholic father Emmitt Perry would beat him so severely that the skin was once ripped off is back with a vacuum cord. Though he was loved by his mother, Perry said she could not protect him from the adults that abused him. Perry's relationship with his father remained strained his entire life, and at age 41, he learned that Emmitt was not actually his biologically father. Perry described the close bond he and his late mother Maxine had and how impact it was for her to take him to church.

Source: Daily Mail October 02, 2019 20:48 UTC