-Welcome back. -Thank you.
-You look good, bud. -Thank you.
I'm so excited to be on "Jimmy Kimmel."
It's so good. [ Laughter ]
-That's a different -- [ Cymbal crash ]
That's a different -- -Oh, it's -- oh --
-It's a different show. -Oh, the beard.
-Yeah, all the -- yeah. -You're trying to --
You're trying to grow one. That's cute.
You're trying to grow one, that's cute.
-It's -- It's not real.
-Hopefully it'll fill in for you.
[ Laughter ] Keep it up, keep it up.
Keep hope alive. -Oh, keep hope alive.
-Keep hope alive. -It's so good to see you, bud.
-And you, as well. -I love having you on.
How's the little boy? How's your --
-He's amazing. -Yeah, how old is he? 7?
-7. 7. -Yeah.
-Asking all kinds of questions.
I think he's realizing he's much smarter than I am.
-Mm. -So, right now, he'll ask me
questions to see if I know the answer.
I'm like, "Of course I know the answer, kid.
But you need to learn it 'cause I'm older."
Then I'll go to the bathroom and I'll google it.
[ Laughter ] See what he's talking about.
But now, he's getting so wise, what he's doing is --
I say, "Well, tell me. You know the answer."
And he'll tell me the wrong answer.
I said, "Yes, that's it." He's like,
"That's not the right answer." [ Laughter ]
At 7 years old, pretty smart. -Yeah, he's chasing you.
-Pretty smart, yeah. -Yeah, he's smart.
By the way, I want to talk about this.
Because I know you -- Atlanta is where you're based,
but you also have a place in Wyoming.
-Right. The only Black man there.
[ Laughter ]
-The only Black man in Wyoming. -That's right.
-Congratulations on that, by the way.
-Thank you. -Hey, that's a big honor.
-I feel like a pioneer. -That's a hon -- you really are.
Yeah. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
-But you -- you posted this photo of a giant moose...
-Yeah. -...in your backyard.
-Yeah. -Look at this.
This made me laugh. It's just --
It's just, your eye says it all. -Yeah.
-What in the world? [ Laughter ]
-No, that's -- that's at the back door.
And notice, I'm up on the balcony.
'Cause when they show up, I get the hell out of the way.
I'm just like -- and they're so quiet and majestic,
they'll just come up out of the woods, out of nowhere.
And I used to -- there's a fire pit over here
that I like to sit and write, and I would sit there for --
You know, when I first bought the place,
I'd sit there and write.
Then these jokers started showing up.
I was like, "No." -"No."
-"You were here first. You can have it."
[ Laughter ] -Yeah, that's true.
Look at this. -Yeah.
-They're massive.
-That's right outside the window.
-Beautiful. -Yeah.
-Holy moly. -You know what he's saying.
-Hm? -"Come out here,
I'll kick your ass." -Yeah, exactly, yeah.
[ Laughter ] -Exactly what he's saying.
-But you also -- you gave -- you brought a video for us.
There was another --
I mean, you're like a wildlife guy.
You're like -- you're like Bear Grylls.
-Bear Grylls. [ Laughter ]
-Yeah, you're like the guy who likes outdoorsy stuff.
-I don't -- I don't want to be. When I was --
I'm sitting in the garage, working on one of my little
toy planes, and the doors open, and all the other stuff,
and I thought, "Oh, this is so cute.
It's so beautiful." And then I -- I --
You go back to Atlanta, and I get some video.
This is the video I saw
of this thing walking right past the door.
-Yeah, take a look at this. -Yeah.
-Here's the video.
[ Audience "Oohs" ] -Yeah.
-Dude, look at that thing. -Yeah.
-Does that frighten you? Does that --
-What do you mean, "Does that frighten me?"
[ Laughter ]
I'm not Bear Grylls for real. -No, I know, I know.
But I'm saying, but -- -Yeah, but all the neighbors,
they think it's so cute.
All my little white neighbors, they're like, "Oh, my gosh.
I just want everybody to know there's been a bear sighting
in the neighborhood." [ Laughter ]
"So, please don't leave any food out.
And be sure if you see the bear, make noise so they should --
you won't startle them,
especially if they're with their cubs.
It's so great." [ Laughter ]
Yeah. -But what --
-"And if you find yourself in danger,
just get bigger than them."
I'm like, "I'm already 6'6". I'm already big, right?"
-What would you do if a bear -- -Die, die.
-No, no, no, no. -No.
-No, you have -- [ Laughter ]
-No, I'm saying to survive, to survive?
-To survive, you're supposed to do all those things.
But my Black ass is gonna run. I'm telling you right now.
[ Laughter ] I'm dead.
I've got a bad knee at 53. I'm out.
[ Cheers and applause ] -A bad knee.
-A bad -- My son will be very well off,
but I'm not gonna do it. I'm not gonna do it.
-I saw that you recently -- you threw a party for everyone
at Tyler Perry Studios. -Yeah.
-You got to be so proud of that thing.
I'm just so psyched. What a great story, by the way.
Speaking of googling stuff, you want to just google
a great story of what this man's done.
But you threw a rager for everyone that --
-A rave? -A rager.
-Rager? Okay. -Yeah.
-A difference. Make it clear.
-No, no. -Yes, yes, yes, yes.
-Yeah, you don't know rager? -Yeah, and I haven't had --
We don't say that much in Atlanta.
[ Laughter ]
-Like, "We're throwing a rager." -"Throwing a rager!"
No, no, no, no, no, no. -Yeah. You don't do that?
[ Laughter ]
-We have a party. -Yeah.
-We have a good time. -"You got to throw a rager."
-"Rager, man. I'm trying."
-Yeah. You have --
-"Grow a beard and have a rager."
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
But it's a big party is what a rager is.
-Yes, got it. Okay.
-Yeah. What happens at a Tyler Perry party?
What do you need to have a successful party?
-Lots of alcohol. -Mm.
-Free food, drink, eat, great entertainment.
You know, I asked Usher to perform.
He came to perform. -Yeah, Usher played.
-Usher, Fantasia, you know, H.E.R. showed up.
And Tevin Campbell. Was really, really amazing.
But it's not legal in Atlanta, but I want to have a weed truck.
And they told me I couldn't do it because I --
-No, yeah. No, you can't. Yeah.
All right, but those are the types of things.
-Yeah. Can you imagine a weed truck?
You walk up to the truck and get whatever edible you want.
It would be really cool.
I'm thinking about going into that business.
-No. -No why?
-It's just -- you'll dominate, and that'll just be the thing.
And they'll be -- No, I need you to do --
stay focused on all the fun, creative things you're doing.
-No, weed trucks and ragers.
I'm changing my life at 53. [ Laughter ]
-I just changed your life. -You just did it, man.
You just did it. -Last time you were here,
we were talking -- you were thinking about retiring Madea.
-Yeah. -And then -- and then you said,
"Well, you know what? I'm thinking about un-retiring,
because people need entertainment, and they need..."
-Joy and laughter. -...to laugh and I go,
"Yeah, please do that." -Yeah.
-And then you made this movie, "A Madea Homecoming."
-Yeah. -It was a giant global hit.
-Yeah. -I mean, massive.
-Number-one in many countries. Yeah, yeah.
-Number one? -Yeah.
-How does it feel when you go like, "Yeah --"
'Cause at one point, you were like,
"I'm not gonna do that again." -Yeah.
But I -- more than what I felt, it was more like her saying,
"What the hell I told ya? I told ya, I dominate this --
So, yeah. It's me, baby."
[ Cheers and applause ] So, I don't know.
I don't know. Listen, as long as people --
Again, as long as people want to see her, she'll be around.
-I think Madea -- Madea should have a weed --
a gummy truck. -And a rager.
[ Laughter ] -She should have a --
-That would be -- that would be a great truck,
called "High as Herl." [ Laughter ]
"High as Herl." That's it.
That's it. -High as Herl.
-High as Herl. High as Herl.
That's it. New flavor, new flavor.
-Dude, come on, you make dreams come true, all right?
I want to talk more with Tyler Perry when we come back.
Stick around. -This beard, man, this beard.