Tyler Perry doesn’t believe marriage is in his future.
The filmmaker, who ironically directs and stars in the Why Did I Get Married? franchise, opened up about his views on settling down during Monday’s (Sept. 14) episode of TODAY. Just days earlier, Netflix debuted the franchise’s third installment, Why Did I Get Married Again?
“When I wrote the first [installment], I thought, you know, marriage might be a good idea at some point, but at this age, I’m like, no, that’s not a good idea for me,” Perry said around the two-minute mark of the video below. “So, no, won’t be any marriage for me.”
After joking that the Why Did I Get Married? franchise may have contributed to his hesitation about walking down the aisle, Perry pointed to friends who have suffered major financial losses following divorces.
“It’s not the marriage that bothers me, it’s the divorce,” the media mogul continued. “Everybody that I know that did well and went broke, it was because of a divorce. So I’m good just being free.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Perry revealed that he hasn’t been on a date in thirty years. The media mogul, who shares an 11-year-old son, Aman, with his former partner Gelilia Bekele, also discussed his plans to relocate to Puerto Rico. “It’s time to slow down a bit, enjoy more time with my son and just take it all in,” Perry said.
The Why Did I Get Married? saga kicked off in 2007, with Perry starring alongside Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Michael Jai White, Malik Yoba, Tasha Smith and others.
