The Real Reason Tyler Perry Isn't Married

When Gelila Bekele told boyfriend Tyler Perry that they were expecting their first child, the activist was too excited to keep the news quiet. "I get a FaceTime call and she's holding up the pregnancy stick," he told People's Editor-in-Chief Jess Cagle in 2017. "I'm like, 'I guess this is happening.'" Perry has since admitted that their lives now revolve around Aman, who was born on Nov. 30, 2014, per People.

"The whole day is Paw Patrol," Perry told the outlet. "Paw Patrol. He loves Paw Patrol. He wants to watch Paw Patrol. He's never seen television, but he watches it on his iPad. We have to take it away, then we go out and do normal things, and then it ends with Paw Patrol." And while people continuously ask him why he and Bekele have never married, Perry noted that "[t]here's no other person on this planet that [he] would want to be involved with or have a child with because she's amazing."

Perry reiterated the sentiment during an episode of T.I.'s "expediTIously" podcast. "I have someone who is wonderful, and she's getting her share of all of it," he said. Perry also explained why he keeps his family out of the spotlight. "Even my son ... being in the public ... she [Bekele] and I are really good about that, just making sure at 5 years old, he's protected, he's clear about who he is before people start telling him who he is." What a sweet family!

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