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Tyler Perry Reflects on 'Blessing' of Eviction from 'First Apartment After Being Homeless': 'I Would Have Never Left'...see more

The filmmaker revealed that he visited the building 10 years ago, and that his eviction, though devastating at the time, taught him not to get “comfortable”

For Tyler Perry, hindsight is 20/20.

The actor and filmmaker recently recounted an experience from his younger years in a touching Instagram post, revealing that he visited his “first apartment after being homeless” a decade ago, when he heard the building was going to be demolished (though it’s still up today).
Tyler Perry Reflects on 'Blessing' of Eviction from 'First Apartment After Being Homeless': 'I Would Have Never Left'...see more

Perry said he “had a job at UPS collections and was so depressed,” as “nothing was working” in terms of “trying to get my plays off the ground.” And when he finally got enough money from doing a play, he “was so happy” that he was able to backpay his rent, which he did right away.

But after he came back from doing the play one weekend, “the landlord had an eviction on my door,” Perry wrote. “This is after I paid him. I was so mad. He said I had been late too many times and I had been there too long and it was time for me to go.”
Tyler Perry Reflects on 'Blessing' of Eviction from 'First Apartment After Being Homeless': 'I Would Have Never Left'...see more

Despite feeling “angry” at the time over being “forced to leave” the one space “that I had found comfort in,” Perry went on to say he eventually saw a parallel between his unit number and the start of something new in his life.

“8 in biblical terms means a new beginning,” he wrote over the top of a photo of himself standing in front of his old apartment door. “I now know that I was at my new beginning. I now know that if he had let me stay there I would have never left, because I had gotten comfortable.”

Perry explained that today he realizes “just like stagnant water, being stagnant can kill your dreams,” adding, “I now know that you don’t get to the other side by staying comfortable.”
“I now know, and I thank God that that man put me out of that place,” he continued. “I can hear his voice, ‘You have to go, you’ve been here too long.’ ”
Perry said that “Looking back it’s easy to see the blessing in” his experience, though “going through it feels like you’re at the end” in the moment.
Tyler Perry Reflects on 'Blessing' of Eviction from 'First Apartment After Being Homeless': 'I Would Have Never Left'...see more

“But I choose to believe that you are at a new beginning. Don’t be afraid!” he concluded.

Celebrities poured into the comments to share their appreciation for Perry’s words, like Tina Knowles, who wrote, “God was preparing you ❤️which is why you can be so compassionate to others❤️God Bleses [sic] you.”

Musician and business owner Chris “Classic ” Davis thanked Perry for sharing his story and went one step further, proposing taking it to a wider audience.

“Apt 8 is the best series I havent seen yet, where the landlord is ‘God’ who helps people who need a place but evicts them when they have the ability to move on,” he wrote. “They all go on to do great things and all comeback to visit Apt 8 when they hear its being torn down … and when they all meet each other they find out that the Landlord — no one outside of those apts can verify he exists🙏🏽.”

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