His passionate acceptance speech got Twitter talking.
And people were here for it.
Onetweeted, “Tyler Perry is one of the most beautiful people on earth.

We needed that speech tonight, what an inspiration.
Thank you so much for everything you do, sir.
Anothersaid, “Wow.

The Academy got one right.
Tyler Perry is one of the good guys.
I refuse to hate someone because they are a police officer.
I refuse to hate someone because they are Asian.
I would hope that we would refuse hate.”
That took BALLS today.”
As he explained it, “That’s where healing, where conversation, where change happens.
It happens in the middle” (viaVariety).