Tyler Perry was honoured with this year’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2021 Oscars. Whoopi Goldberg helped celebrate the influence that Perry has had through his humanitarian work in a pre-recorded clip. “There is no harm in caring,” she said.
In the clip, Perry said that his humanitarian side through the Perry Foundation came from his own mother, recalling stories of childhood.
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During his speech, Perry told a story of helping a homeless woman near his studio who needed shoes. He took her inside the studio to pick out a pair.
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