‘Live’: Mark Consuelos Asks Tyler Perry Why He And Kelly Ripa “Have Never Been” In One Of His Movies After Learning Two ‘All My Children’ Alum Are In His Latest Film
By Alex Vena,
2024-07-11
Tyler Perry may have just found two stars for his next project.
“It’s about a woman who loved this man so much, she did everything she could to try to love him into healing [and] love him into being better,” he explained. “But it finally got to a point where she’s like, ‘I need to take care of myself. I’ve done as much as I can.'”
He continued, “And I wanted to write this story for everybody who are those kind of people who just, ‘I’m gonna love you, and love you, and love you until you get better.’ But at some point, you have to go, ‘Wait, you’re not making any progress.’ We’re never going to get better… So this is about getting out.”
Co-host and All My Children alum Mark Consuelos pointed out how All My Children star Debbi Morgan is in the film, and asked if she and Perry had ever worked together previously.
“This is our first time,” Perry noted. “And she didn’t think I liked her. It’s so crazy. We were at a Beyoncé concert, and she saw me and she told her friends, ‘There’s Tyler Perry. He doesn’t like me much.’ [They’re] like, ‘Why do you think he doesn’t like you?’ She’s like, ‘Well, he’s never hired me.’ ‘Well, go over and say hi.'”
Perry shared that Morgan approached him, and he told her that he was “so excited” to see her. She told him that she “would love” to work with him, which he reciprocated by saying that “would be amazing.”
“She goes back to her friends. And [they’re] like, ‘You still think she doesn’t like you?'” he continued. “And she’s like, ‘No, he loves me.’ But I never felt I had anything worthy for her. But her, in this movie, she kills it.”
Kelly Ripa , a fellow former All my Children star, praised Morgan as “incredible,” as Perry also highlighted the work of Divorce in the Black stars Meagan Good and Richard Lawson, the latter of whom also starred on the soap opera.
“Richard Lawson! My other friend from All My Children ,” Ripa added.
Consuelos chimed in and teased, “Hey, we have never been in one of your movies.”
Perry began, “I gotta find —”
Consuelos added, “When you find something worthy,” which Perry confirmed with a laugh.
“I’ve got to find something worthy. That’s exactly right,” he quipped. “I’ve got to find something worthy for the both of you.”
Live with Kelly and Mark airs on weekdays. Check out their website for your local listings. Tyler Perry’s Divorce in the Black is now streaming on Prime Video.
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j conley
07-26
Great question… 🤔
Rhondalin Nixon
07-16
Ok, I don't know if any black actor ever asked that question, but check this out. Directors and shows that excluded black actors. Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Richard Kelly - Donnie Darko, and George Miller - Mad Max:Fury Road. Charlie's Angels, Mash, I Love Lucy, Brady Bunch, and The Whale. I have recently watched some Korean TV shows. There are no black people in them, has a black actor asked them why they haven't cast a black actor in them? One thing for sure is white people get so territorial about shows, even about fictional shows. Cinderella, Arielle, and Tinker Bell were not real people. Yet whites lost their minds when they were remade using black actresses. Mark can act, I saw him in Riverdale, he was OK. Haven't seen Kelly act since All My Children. Was he seriously asking?
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