Tyler Perry: I Was Beaten, Molested, Bathed In Ammonia As A Child
There's nothing funny about Tyler Perry's latest work: a revealing account of the horrific abuse he suffered as a child.
"I always thought I would die before I grew up," the comedian writes in an uncharacteristically somber letter to fans on his Web site. ..
Beginning with his mother's failed attempt to leave his abusive father, Perry recounts a horrific list of beatings and hardships he suffered.
"My father came home, mad at the world," he writes. "He was drunk, as he was most of the time. He got the vacuum cleaner extension cord and trapped me in a room and beat me until the skin was coming off my back."
Perry goes on to relate accounts of being seduced by a friend's mother at age 10, to being molested by another friend's father, to finding out that his own father was molesting a friend. And he tells of how his grandmother made a bizarre attempt to rid him of his allergies.
"She said she was going to kill these germs on me once and for all," he says. "She gave me a bath in ammonia."
But seeing Precious, he said, helped him realize once again that he had survived it all.
"It hit me so hard, I sat there in tears realizing that somehow, by the grace of God, I made it through," writes Perry, who signed on as an executive producer on the film. "My tears were tears of joy, being thankful that I made it."
And the most important lesson of all? Learning to forgive, he says.
"I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you," he said. "We're all PRECIOUS in His sight."
"I always thought I would die before I grew up," the comedian writes in an uncharacteristically somber letter to fans on his Web site. ..
Beginning with his mother's failed attempt to leave his abusive father, Perry recounts a horrific list of beatings and hardships he suffered.
"My father came home, mad at the world," he writes. "He was drunk, as he was most of the time. He got the vacuum cleaner extension cord and trapped me in a room and beat me until the skin was coming off my back."
Perry goes on to relate accounts of being seduced by a friend's mother at age 10, to being molested by another friend's father, to finding out that his own father was molesting a friend. And he tells of how his grandmother made a bizarre attempt to rid him of his allergies.
"She said she was going to kill these germs on me once and for all," he says. "She gave me a bath in ammonia."
But seeing Precious, he said, helped him realize once again that he had survived it all.
"It hit me so hard, I sat there in tears realizing that somehow, by the grace of God, I made it through," writes Perry, who signed on as an executive producer on the film. "My tears were tears of joy, being thankful that I made it."
And the most important lesson of all? Learning to forgive, he says.
"I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you," he said. "We're all PRECIOUS in His sight."
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Permalink Reply by Ms. Elaine Johnson on
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Wow Tyler! Before the God we serve, I was just thinking of this man this very day. I was praising God for all the blacks he has raised up to Glorify His Name. As the case was, i was watching the A.M reprodcast of 'Sherri's' new show.
Amidst watching it, I thought upon all the blacks God has raised up to prominence and how they have lifted up the 'moral' theme of Jesus amidst all their shows. Mind you, amidst many a hip/hop theme 'PRAYER' and 'GOD' is exalted amidst the madness.
In other words, as black born-again believers takes the helms of power the first thing they do amidst their art is LIFT UP OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST whose Hebrew name is YAHSHUA HAMASHIACH.
The fact is, this same such of black artists out of all walks of life be it, music, television, radio, theatre, or motion pictures are lifting up none other than the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Yahshua Hamashiach more famaliarly known as Jesus Christ.
It is the Lord's doing and It is marvelous in my eyes!
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Permalink Reply by Evangelist Altha Fugett on
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My father never allowed my mother to whip us, this is uncomprehendible to me, not that I never got whippings, Gramma made up for that, but she would hit us maybe one or two times, it would break my heart I upset her. That hurt more than anything, because she would cry.
I probably was the child that needed a whipping, to read of this abuse is horriffic
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Permalink Reply by newview on
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We were beat/spanked with a belt and I love my parents. They only did what the bible said to do.
However I did not have done to me what Tyler had done. That was abuse.
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I bet your parents didn't make you strip naked, lay across the bed, and then count the lashes until you lost your voice.
No. But I am not against spanking kids. I am not going so far as to say parents should not spank their kids - thats unbiblical. I mean you dont have to beat all kids. Some are wise and all you have to do is talk to them - the other ones - you have to take it to them.
But thats why I said they beat me NOT abused me and I love them. But you know what. When I think about it. I think that I did get spankings that I screamed so much that after it was over my voice was quite raspy. But I got over it. But I was not stripped naked.
So I guess the thing is for parents to spank but not abuse.
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Permalink Reply by Rev. Dr. Tracy Scott on
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Sad story, but for far too many, the Pain is very real. But praise God he realized that God is greater. I am so thankful that he mentioned forgiveness. True healing can not take place without it. Hopefully, his painful memories will also begin to fade away.
Spanking=Abuse?, Abuse=Spanking? What a discussion we could have!!
Peace
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