Tyler Perry took to the stage during the 2025 BET Awards to call out Hollywood Studios for remaining silent amid everything that’s been happening in the country since Trump returned to the Oval Office.
“I’m walking in your footsteps,” he said, sharing a story about him and his son taking a walk on the beach, “I said, ‘No, let’s walk together.’ We walked to the end of the beach and then he looked back and he saw all the footprints that he had left.”
Most time speeches are just speeches to me.
This Tyler Perry Speech from the BET Awards was something I needed to hear.
So I’ll share it for those who may need it too.
“Don’t let your worry be greater than your faith”
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“I say that to you tonight because I wanna talk to you about this thing that is happening in this country and I want you to pay attention to it. Don’t miss this. They are removing our books from libraries, they are removing our stories and our history, they are removing our names from government buildings. It’s as if someone wants to erase our footprints,” he continued.
The movie director urged Black people not to give up on their dreams and to keep going.
Perry is just one of several celebrities who have spoken out about the state of the nation. There are currently several anti-ICE protests happening nationwide.
Watch Perry’s speech above.