Tyler Perry ‘Has Been Taking Care’ of ‘House of Horrors’ Turpin Family, Oprah Winfrey Says

https://people.com/tyler-perry-has-been-taking-care-of-turpin-family-oprah-winfrey-says-8756909

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  1. *During the* [*Paley Honors Fall Gala*](https://people.com/meghan-markle-attends-paley-honors-fall-gala-celebrating-friend-tyler-perry-8752348) *at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 4, Winfrey, 70, spoke of Perry’s charity work as he was honored with The Paley Honors Award for his landmark achievements in media.*

    *”Remember the Turpin children?” Winfrey asked those in attendance. “*[*Diane Sawyer*](https://people.com/tag/diane-sawyer/) *did a primetime special on these children who had been tortured and abused and locked in their home by their parents, and remember, the one daughter escaped out of the window and ran and told the neighbor?”*

    *”Tyler saw that special, and he reached out, and until this moment, no one has known that* [Tyler Perry has been taking care](https://people.com/tyler-perry-has-been-taking-care-of-turpin-family-oprah-winfrey-says-8756909) *of those now almost grown children, making sure they have the financial, the psychological and the emotional support to grow themselves forward,” she continued.*

  2. Well, that’s definitely a headline I never expected to read.

  3. If Oprah is talking about then it’s just a matter of time until we learn about a scandal. She’s bad at picking friends.

  4. I don’t think it was her business to tell. She is so off putting

  6. This family has been through enough. She had no right to blast this. She’s always been toxic as hell.

  9. She’s desperately clinging to any morsel of influence and fame she has left. She should just sleep on all her money and disappear to oblivion.

  11. Why is everyone coming down on Oprah so hard? This doesn’t seem like a big deal to me. What am I missing?

  12. Oprah is so unlikeable. She is only better than Ellen because she hasn’t abused her staff yet.

  13. Say what you want about Tyler but he’s a good solid dude to continually help people in secret

  15. It may not have been great for Oprah to publicize it but I’m glad to know they’re getting support. I was horrified to read that after being rescued from their parents, some of the kids were revictimized by the foster parents they were placed with.

  16. There was recently a sentencing hearing for foster parents of several of the Turpin children for child abuse. Can’t tell how many he helped but the foster system sure did let the children down.

  17. Fuck Oprah. She brought us nightmares like “Dr” Oz and “Dr” Phil

  18. Tyler has spoken about the abuse he suffered as a child. He’s a great man. Turned his life into a positive and is giving back to others who share his struggles with absolutely no expectations other than trying to help.

    I’m sure he’s not perfect, but he does consciously choose to make the world better. And anyone who says his movies aren’t funny and his dramas aren’t good, is literally just hating for no reason. His shit is good as fuck, and I’m definitely not his intended demographic.

  19. What amazes me about a story like this is how much people try to turn it negative. More Reddit hate in the comments for Oprah than giving Tyler credit. In fact not much giving him credit at all

    Now yeah I get it, IF she disclosed this without his permission then yeah that’s an issue but there vouod be that chance that she got his permission before revealing it. Who knows.

  20. Expect a bunch of headlines with really rich people getting hyped up for how charitable they are. This is all PR so we won’t eat them.

  21. >Winfrey then recalled an instance when Perry, 55, was there for her in a time of need: “Once, I was going through some crisis and Tyler flew from Georgia to California, knocked on my door and surprised me. I opened the door and he said, ‘I needed to see your face. You’re going to be all right,’ and he turned around and went back home,” she continued.

    Wait, what? LOL He flew halfway across the country, said hello, and just flew all the way back home?

  22. It’s the least he could do to compensate for all the crap he’s produced.

  26. OPRAH FUCKING SUCKS AND IS A HORRIBLE PERSON. That said good on Tyler Perry

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