Tyler Perry may have split from Gelila Bekele, but they still have a good coparenting relationship. The twosome, who started dating after meeting at a Prince concert in 2007, welcomed their son ...

"It’s been surreal, incredible, moving,” Perry told People magazine about his son Aman with girlfriend Gelila Bekele. "I see my face in him every day and it’s pretty wonderful.” ...

Bekele was co-director of the 2023 documentary Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story about the media mogul’s life. The project was filmed over the course of a decade.

Perry, who's based in Atlanta, said it was a simple call. "That doesn't work for me. And it's the same way with my son," said Perry, who shares pre-teen Aman with ex Gelila Bekele. "He's 10 years old.

Because of this bickering, he said that he and Aman’s mother, Gelila Bekele, became convinced that their child would begin flying coach exclusively to teach the son that luxuries have to be earned.

About a year after this, in December of 2020, Perry would announce on Instagram that he and his longtime girlfriend, Gelila Bekele, with whom he shares a now 10-year-old son, had broken up.