December 16, (THEWILL) – Hollywood star, Tyler Perry, has opened up about his previous suicide attempts.
The producer did this while remembering Stephen “tWitch” Boss, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head on Tuesday.
“I’ve only met [Boss] a couple of times, and he is always full of life and seemed like such a light,” Perry said in an Instagram video before detailing times when he was in a dark place.
“I just wanted to take you back to a time in my life when I tried to commit suicide, a couple of times. Because it was so dark, I didn’t think it would get any better,” Perry candidly shared.
“I had endured so much pain, so much abuse, sexual abuse. It was all so hard to just move through. I thought the only way to make this better, this pain to go away, was to end my life. Had any of those attempts happened, I would have missed the best part of my life.”
Perry then encouraged his followers, noting that he endured and emerged “the happiest I’ve ever been.”
About the Author
