Tyler Perry turned a tribulation into a triumph. “I was told they were tearing this building down about 10 years ago (It’s still up),” he wrote. “So when I heard that I went to visit it.
” Perry continued, sharing a photo of the site: “This was my first apartment after being homeless. I was so happy to have this place. I remember being so happy to have a roof over my head but also being so anxious and scared that I wasn’t going to be able to pay the $425 rent every month.
” Every first of the month, the “Madea” star would “lay so still in the twin bed that squeaked when I moved” as he heard the landlord collecting rent from other tenants. “He would knock on the door and I would just freeze and pray that he went away,” Perry said. “I was late on the rent every month, man this makes me tear up,” he added.
While working with UPS collections, the “Meet the Browns” star attempted to get his plays “off the ground” to no avail. Depressed at his job, Perry was “praying and praying for my change to come.” Finally, things began to look up as Perry started to make progress in his theater work.
“I had started doing the play and started to make a little money, and as soon as I got the money, I paid all the back rent. I was so happy that I could,” he said. However, after Perry returned home one weekend, he found an eviction notice on his door.
“This is after I had paid him. I was so mad,” the playwright said. “He said I had been late too .