Godfather Tyler Perry skipped Lilibet’s christening: ‘I don’t want to do that’

Tyler Perry is the godfather to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s daughter, Lilibet — and within the second a part of the Netflix docuseries “Harry & Meghan,” the Hollywood mogul admitted that he refused to journey to the UK for her christening. 

Perry, 53, stated that his purpose was that he didn’t need to “do all of that within the church with them and determine all of that out,” implying that every one the hullabaloo across the royal household was what put him off. 

“Possibly we will do a non-public ceremony right here and let that be that,” he stated. “And if you must do it there, then that’s OK.”

Perry famously let the couple keep in his $18 million LA property after they first moved to the US in 2020 — an occasion that’s since been coined “Megxit.”

In “Harry & Meghan,” it’s additionally revealed the couple hadn’t even met Perry earlier than this. The filmmaker had merely reached out to Meghan after he noticed damaging tales within the press about her father Thomas Markle

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Lilibet’s godfather Tyler Perry implied he wasn’t taken with all of the royal household hullabaloo, in keeping with his feedback within the Netflix docuseries “Harry & Meghan”: “Does that imply we've got to go over there and do all of that within the church with them and determine all of that out? As a result of I don’t need to try this.”
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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Meghan's mom Doria Ragland, and baby Lilibet.
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle (far proper), Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland and child Lilibet.
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“I’m not a royal watcher, I don’t actually take note of numerous stuff,” he stated. “However I noticed one thing about her father [posing for the paparazzi]. I discovered it to be hurtful if he have been my father. And I couldn’t even think about this lady discovering the person that she beloved, the person of her goals, and him being a prince, after which to stroll into all of that insanity and want the safety of household after which have your father do some horrible issues.”

Nonetheless, a couple of years glided by with out additional contact between Perry and the couple.

“After which in the future after we have been in Canada I had known as him,” stated Markle. “Lastly, after years at that time. [It was] the primary time we ever spoke. And I used to be only a wreck, I used to be crying and crying. Like generally it’s simpler to only speak in confidence to somebody who is aware of nothing in any respect. And that was that second with me and Tyler.”

Harry and Meghan in "Harry & Meghan" holding hands on a dance floor.
Harry and Meghan in “Harry & Meghan.”
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Meghan Markle crying on a couch sitting next to Prince Harry.
Meghan Markle stated she was “a wreck” and crying when she known as producer-actor Tyler Perry.
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The following relationship between the couple and Perry led to them making him Lilibet’s godfather. He recalled the second he was requested: “They have been fairly severe on the cellphone and I'm like, ‘OK, what’s occurring?’ they usually stated, ‘Properly, we wish so that you can be Lili’s godfather.’ I needed to take a minute to take that in, and I assumed I’d be honored, completely be honored.” 

The docuseries “Harry & Meghan,” which is now streaming with all six episodes on Netflix, options Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and their pals talking out about their views on every part from the couple’s marriage ceremony to their step again from royal life. Based on the streaming big, the primary half, which premiered final week, was Netflix’s greatest documentary debut ever, with 28 million households watching the drama unfold. 

The second a part of the docuseries options Prince Harry making the explosive declare that his brother Prince William “bullied” him out of the royal household. Perry is a brand new addition to the second half of “Harry & Meghan,” and didn't function within the first a part of the sequence. 

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