Tyler Perry Delivers Inspiring Speech at People’s Choice Awards: ‘You’re Worthy of Getting to Your Goal’ [Video]

BY: Denver Sean

Published 4 years ago

Tyler Perry took to the stage to accept the People’s Champion award at the 2020 People’s Choice Award.

Tiffany Haddish did the honor of presenting the media mogul with the award, which he accepted with an inspiring speech.

via People:

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“I’m so inspired and moved by this moment. I’m grateful. When I think about all these people, these underdogs, some former prisoners in jail for 20 years, one in jail for seven, they always inspire me,” Perry said after he was surprised by the Tyler Perry Studios staff who appeared virtually before his speech. “So when this pandemic hit I knew I needed to do all I could to make sure they could continue in this great place that they’re headed towards in their lives, in their marriages, businesses that they started for themselves, and their own companies and their houses, sending their kids to school.”

The honor comes after Perry opened his own movie studio, Tyler Perry Studios, a 330-acre lot in Atlanta valued at $280 million where he films TV shows and movies, all of which he owns.

Also during his acceptance speech, Perry recalled a story about his encounter with an engineer who helped him dig a well at his Atlanta home. “Why am I telling you this, why am I talking about digging for water? In this world, we’re all digging wells. In our lives, we’re digging wells. We’re digging wells in relationships, where we put all this time and effort and energy, and sometimes it doesn’t give us what we need. We put all our time, energy and dreams in our business and it doesn’t give us what we need or what we were after. But if you just keep digging, my God if you could just hear me right now, just keep digging,” he said.

“You may be four inches away from every gift and every blessing that you ever wanted in your life. Had I given up, when I was homeless, when I was sleeping in my car, when I was hungry, had I given up, these people that you see on this screen right now would not be a part of my dream. There are people who are tied to your dream and your destiny, and you are worthy of getting to your goal. Keep digging, don’t stop,” Perry shared.

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“When you get there, when you get to that water and you see it coming and you know what you need, this is what I always want you to remember, make sure everybody that you run into meets you at your worth,” he concluded.

In September, Perry’s fortune was officially set at $1 billion by Forbes.  The outlet reported Perry has earned more than $1.4 billion in pretax income since 2005 and added him to the billionaire’s list.

He joins other celebrities like close friend Oprah Winfrey ($2.5 billion), rapper and music mogul JAY-Z ($1 billion), Kanye West ($1.3 billion) and more. The list is currently topped by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, whose net worth is estimated at $205 billion, followed by Bill Gates, the co-founder of the Microsoft Corporation, at $94 billion

Watch Tyler’s speech below.

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