Tyler Perry Offers $100k Reward for Info on Murdered Gay Singer

Did "Madea" strangle the singer with her pantyhose?

"Shut your mouth you little bitch! That's what I paid you for, whore!"

Just a quiet walk on the beach post fuck.

R1 Eh, you tried

Hey R2, shouldn't you and VOTN be over in the Star Trek threads talking to yourselves?

I sense a certain "Duchess" will not just rally, but direct all of the "lovey" efforts, including a neverending lavish comfort spread on demand with servants under Meghan's lash replacing the merest of dry looking canapés for her beloved Tyler.

Well, Tyler said his friend was in tears over it so that's why he was aware of it. But you and I suspect differently.

[quote]Perry...said his friend Yvette Noel-Schure was in tears when she told him about the killing. 'My soul ached as she shared that he was a young, gifted singer who was murdered because he was gay,” he wrote. “Yvette and I are offering a $100,000 dollar reward to anyone who brings forth information that leads to the conviction of the murderer.'

It's still nice he's willing to get involved.

Does anybody else here watch the youtube videos of Walter Lee Hampton II, beefy 50 something gay guy who knows Tyler Perry from back in the day?

I can't pinpoint exactly what it is, but something about his pic @OP reminds me of Mitch McConnell at the podium yesterday.

All jokes aside, I think it's good that he is doing this

Tyler is straight heterosexual man!

A hundred grand? That’s it? Isn’t he a billionaire?

I agree with r10. What a cheap-o. Though I do empathize with Tyler as a latent homo-romantic a’la Oprah, he can come across as an ingrate and a douche when it seems like he has nothing but everything to be thanking his lucky stars for.

$100k is enough to motivate someone it come forward. Why should he give someone who didn’t come forward for free more than is necessary?

He’s paying someone who either has criminal ties or witnessed a criminal act for information, not rewarding a good deed.

Also, a reward that is too large will result in too many people making shit up to try and claim it.

R12 is correct

Did he fall off a cliff in Italy?

[QUOTE]Also, a reward that is too large will result in too many people making shit up to try and claim it.

Right. We would’ve caught Bin Laden years earlier if they capped the reward money at $100k instead of chasing all those false leads.

The money serves the purpose of garnering attention for the case.

Who among us, even among the sleaziest of us, might learn that a piece of info we hold is only worth $100k so decide to keep it to ourselves because it’s not enough?

Gays are getting strangled on beaches because of powerful people like Tyler Perry who are afraid to come out. It’s not a direct correlation but the two are tied together.

r10 keep in mind that he's also keeping Meghan and Harry's lights on, feed their kids, etc. Those bitches are expensive. TP helps out a lot of people

R9 so are you, Oprah.

As heterosexuals, we find it hard to relate to the murdered man. But we'll try our best.

Jonty?

I know Brits who use "Jonty" as a nickname for "Jonathan"

I hate that unfunny, one-note, pandering, self-loathing queen.

video-Mr. Walter Lee Hampton, II outs Tyler Perry. (BTW, why use ll instead of Jr?)

You can only use Jr. if you have the same name as your father. If you're named after your grandfather or some other family member, you use II.

[quote]Gays are getting strangled on beaches because of powerful people like Tyler Perry who are afraid to come out

No it's because of religious idiots in backwards primitive countries that need to be dragged kicking and screaming into the modern era. Those are the people you should be mad at. And yes, they do know better and no, it isn't anyone else's fault.

R26 we had the same religious nuts here in America, we still do. But it was through Gay people demanding that we be seen as human beings and given the same rights that things shifted. It’s when gay people fought back and stopped hiding and became visible that the tide shifted. Like I said, it’s not a direct correlation but the a powerful person like Tyler Perry hiding, the impetuous behind it, is tied to the reason people feel so free to kill us for being gay.

People who hate gray people see them as the other instead of real human beings like themselves. They scapegoat them for all their problems. This only changes through exposure. Trust me if a gay person with money started turning some of those shanty towns in Jamaica into livable spaces, sentiments would change.

^gay people, obviously, not gray.

Everybody knows that Tyler Perry is gay. For, I'm assuming, financial reasons he has made the decision to not talk about it. He's kind of like the choir director at a black church. But whatever he's doing, he keeps it tight because no disgruntled ex hook-ups are running to TMZ.

Not talk about it R29? He was full on bearding to the point of having a child. That's not "not talking about it." That's denouncing it.

[quote]I saw Bin Laden at Applebee’s last night

What did he order?

R32 Tequila Lime Chicken.

He is a terrorist mastermind, after all.

[quote] ^gay people, obviously, not gray.

R28 You haven’t seen me in the morning.

R30 he's allowed to have children if he wants to. Yes he's bearding but no one is buying it and he certainly isn't trying to look like he's really in a relationship with these beards. His last female partner and he broke up in 2020.

R34 whether anyone believes it or not is not the point. The point is that he hasn't SAID he is gay. The point is that he has gone out of his way to say he is not gay. So the overall impression coming from him is that being gay is something you still need to be afraid of and hide from in 2023. A black, openly gay billionaire could have a huge impact on a number of different communities.

[quote]A black, openly gay billionaire could have a huge impact on a number of different communities.

You are probably right, but he doesn't see it that way. He's made his choice.

R36 is deeply closeted and is afraid to come out.

Not true, R37. But I don't have a billion dollar empire with lots of people depending on me for employment to think about either.

I find it rude that the article features a huge ass photo of Tyler Perry but nothing of the murdered singer. How shitty.

R36/r38 is probably the Brooklyn 🌊🐄, denying closeted celebs are gay, as usual.

Self-hater.

Besides the OP’s cynicism, 👏 for Tyler Perry doing the right thing.

We often forget homophobia is still big in the West Indes particularly the non Spanish speaking ones like Grenada and Jamaica.

R41.

R41 = 🌊🐄

The reason why I don’t think Perry is gay, despite pinging, is because I have not heard one legit hookup of guys with him. There would be numerous stories a man of his clout.

And no cunt r44 I’m not Brooklyn seacow. I just have a different opinion from you.

R45

R46 Another filthy cunt who wants to have his cake and eat it. Poor piece of 💩 hasn’t had sex in centuries.

R47

Keep it up the voodoo curse will be concocted.

And it shows what a fraud you are because there was no comment after the last r47 so how would you know someone posted. You are desperate to see the comments of someone you have blocked you nothing ass bitch.

[quote] We often forget homophobia is still big in the West Indes particularly the non Spanish speaking ones like Grenada and Jamaica.

We do….?

r30 outside of Datalounge and gay community, people in America just don't care.

If he came out everyone would just say good for him, "we already knew", etc. Black people are generally private and do not discuss their personal lives, gay or straight. Jamie Foxx almost died and still won't tell people what happened.

[quote]Black people are generally private and do not discuss their personal lives, gay or straight. Jamie Foxx almost died and still won't tell people what happened.

This.

R52 Yes, private and dignified.

Tyler Perry made his fortune from cross-dressing as a violent old woman who beat her husband and kids, from producing sitcoms involving garishly-dressed Black families who beat their spouses and children, and producing a cable soap opera with more gay sex than an "Eating Out" sequel.

It's good that he's helping. I'm sure there are many gay men who are murdered here in the States whose family and friends could also use help. He may be doing that, though, I don't know, but I hope so.

[quote]Black people are generally private and do not discuss their personal lives, gay or straight. Jamie Foxx almost died and still won't tell people what happened.

R52 I agree with you on some level. I don't think everyone needs to come out with a big pronouncement "I'M GAY!" When you think about it no other community outside of gay has to announce who they are to the world as they figure themselves out. But we do have to recognize there is a huge difference between being Private and Hiding. And I think a lot of people abuse the word Private as an excuse to hide. His heterosexual relationship that led to a child was surely well publicized. We knew about that. If asked a casual question, most straight people have no problem stating, "My wife and I," "My girlfriend," "My partner." Gay people can still be private and mention "My Husband," "My boyfriend" or "I just haven't found the right guy yet." I don't need to know what you do in bed. But it is important that the world know we are out here and lead normal lives, having loving long term relationships, have struggles just like every other relationship out there.

His hiding makes the gay everyone suspects he is seem like some kind of perversion and something of which to be ashamed.

R56, well said

I think he's trying to repress his sexuality, as in he doesn't want to be gay.

Weren’t there rumors about Tyler and Lavernious Coles, the football player, being lovers? And allegedly that Brock dude who had the man bun?

Excellent R56 ! 👏

[quote]His hiding makes the gay everyone suspects he is seem like some kind of perversion and something of which to be ashamed.

r56 the thing is though what if he doesn't have a boyfriend or partner to casually mention? I know we love to joke about him having a male harem composed of the hot guys he casts (I sure as hell have). But would you consider it "hiding" if he has no romantic life to share at all? I doubt he has a romantic life (with a woman or man) after he separated from his child's mother. He's a notorious workaholic, 53 years old. I just don't see him ever mixing it up with messy guys in Atlanta or elsewhere, I dont care how hot they are.

[quote]a violent old woman who beat her husband and kids

Hot.

Oh, honey, even "workaholics" get laid

r63 I just don't see it. He would've been outed by now. Even if he has everyone he's in a room with sign NDAs, some how, some way, he would be outed. Especially in Atlanta, and given that he's in the entertainment business.

Oh, puhlease, the media coddles closet cases. "Outing" is considered bad because, apparently, it's cool to tell the truth about straight celebs but not gay ones

I think sometimes we forget there are femme black men who are straight. How many femme white guys do you see married with children. A lot.

I think once you're paying your own bills, it's crazy if you're not out. But, celebrities need to come out for themselves and no one else. They don't owe anyone anything. Name one gay male celebrity (lesbians don't count) who has come out and his career got better?

R67, Ian McKellen was nominated for multiple Oscars after coming out

R67 Dustin Lance Black (peaked after coming out).

Tom Daley (peaked, and married to DLB)

Neil Patrick Niles (open secret, but he went from sitcom dud to hosting the Tonys after jumping on the cock)

George Santos (wait, is he a gay?)

Milo (post-coming out, but pre-yestergay era)

R69 I agree but just to provide my view - Tom Daley is a male competitive diver. I don’t think that anyone fell down with shock when he came out.

I was shocked he made it through a season with "British Gas" plastered on his ass, and never made a single fart joke. Bless his heart and his too-thick tongue.

R69 Tyler Perry is a Billionaire. You can't compare the affect coming out would have on his career to that of Dustin Lance Black who is a screenwriter. Dustin Lance Black peaked after winning an Oscar (not to mention his porn pics), not when he came out as a lot of people do. It wasn't because he came out, (wasn't he pretty much always out?). And that was fourteen years ago. The world has changed considerably since then. Tyler Perry could be married to a man with kids and a family and no one would bat an eyelash - even his stalwart black core audience wouldn't care. In the beginning, before he was revealed to be a liar, the black community rallied around Jussie Smollett who was out and gay when he was attacked. A lot of them still do. Jussie's character was gay on the show and it was one of the biggest shows on TV made so by a large black audience.

Agree with r72, Tyler Perry eclipses all those guys 10 times over in terms of power and influence. He is now a figurehead of the African American community like Oprah.

Is posting reward money "For a Friend" the same as "Asking for a Friend...?"

Listen, I understand what the man is doing is a good thing. But the more I read the article the more it strikes me how off it is. Anyone normal person would have reported themselves being moved by the death, reporting on the singer himself and wanting to post a reward. But Perry has to make it clear to the listening audience that he received this information through a friend - as if if he is so removed from the gay community that this news wouldn't have even reached his shores if it were not for his dear heartbroken friend. His need to purposely distance himself shows he is either lying about knowing this person personally OR so afraid of being associated directly with anyone or anything gay. The fact that he is offering 100K makes me believe it's the former.

I ain’t be knowing that faggot, but here a 100 thousand to find that homo’s killer.

Tyler Perry: Known Heterosexual

You can't trust those grays. 👽

TP is creepy. There has always been a sinister vibe about him, idk why but there just is. I wouldn't be shocked if it was revealed that he is a serial killer and I'm not exaggerating. He also got Boondocks canceled, which was just evil. Who does that?

Perry and Desatan both have the same creepy undercurrent that will one day be revealed. Sex with underage boys, dirty dealings, something which is completely the opposite of the public facade.

R80- TP may be another Ed Buck. I agree with you that that both of them have dark secrets.

[quote]TP is creepy. There has always been a sinister vibe about him, idk why but there just is. I wouldn't be shocked if it was revealed that he is a serial killer and I'm not exaggerating

I wouldn't say sinister. TP is like Will Smith, Mark Wahlberg, etc. These men grew up in the streets and sometimes this type of guy may have episodes where they are triggered back into street behavior.

I remember in one of TP's stage plays like 20 years ago he was in full Madea gear in a scene and starting yelling at staff backstage for being so loud. He kept it pretty PG but you can tell he will lose his shit.

Comparing Tyler to Ed Buck is just wrong. All Tyler is guilty of is being a phony closet case

R82- His size I'm sure is very intimidating as well.

R81 how dare you compare a black philanthropist and highly successful filmmaker who completely revitalized black Hollywood to a washed up millionaire meth head who was a serial manslaughterer. You have no receipts to back up your claims.

Fair enough R85, I'll compare his creepiness level to Bill Cosby. There is something overall sinister to "happy" comedians whose comedy comes from a dark place.

R86 You are a very sick and disturbed individual. Please seek help.

Why did the thread about Tyler Perry's recent controversial advice to black women get deleted? Fucking racists. We can't even have discussions about black centric topics here anymore.