Tyler Perry is moving to Puerto Rico in 2027, marking a major lifestyle change for the filmmaker, actor and media mogul.
Perry revealed that he also plans to significantly reduce his demanding workload as his priorities increasingly shift toward family and spending more time with his son, Aman.
Tyler Perry is preparing to make one of the biggest lifestyle changes of his career.
The filmmaker, actor and media mogul revealed that he plans to move to Puerto Rico at the beginning of 2027, while also significantly reducing the demanding workload that has defined much of his professional life.
Perry shared the news during an interview with TODAY With Jenna & Sheinelle on Monday, September 14.
But the announcement wasn’t simply about changing where he lives.
At 57, Perry says his priorities are changing — and spending more time with his 11-year-old son, Aman, is becoming increasingly important.
Tyler Perry Confirms He’s Moving to Puerto Rico
During his conversation with interviewer Justin Sylvester, Perry was asked whether he ever planned to slow down.
His answer revealed something that had not previously been publicly announced.
Perry confirmed that he intends to relocate to Puerto Rico at the beginning of 2027 and said he will be pulling back considerably from work.
People reported that Perry described getting older as one of the main reasons behind the decision.
Rather than maintaining the relentless pace that helped build his entertainment empire, Perry said he wants to slow down, spend more time with his son and appreciate this stage of his life.
The announcement represents a notable change for someone who has become famous not only for his movies and television shows, but also for the sheer volume of projects he produces.
His Son Aman Is a Major Part of the Decision
Family appears to be at the center of Perry’s plans.
Perry shares his son, Aman, with his former longtime partner Gelila Bekele. The couple dated from 2009 until 2020.
Aman is now 11 years old.
Perry has historically kept his son largely away from the celebrity spotlight, and his latest comments suggest that being present during these years of Aman’s life has become increasingly important to him.
For a filmmaker whose schedule can involve writing, directing, producing and acting across multiple projects, slowing down could create something his success hasn’t always provided in abundance: time.
Perry isn’t saying he’s retiring.
Instead, his comments suggest that he’s reconsidering how much of his life should continue to revolve around work.
Why the Timing Is Significant
The announcement comes shortly after Perry celebrated his 57th birthday and during another busy period in his career.
His latest movie, Why Did I Get Married Again?, premiered in September 2026.
The film marks the third installment in the franchise that began with Why Did I Get Married? in 2007 and reunites several familiar cast members while introducing a younger generation of characters.
Perry wrote and directed the new movie and returned alongside performers including Jill Scott, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Sharon Leal, Richard T. Jones and Lamman Rucker.
Taraji P. Henson also joined the ensemble.
So Perry’s announcement isn’t coming at a moment when his career has gone quiet.
It’s happening while he’s still actively producing major projects.
That makes his decision to intentionally reduce his workload particularly notable.
He’s Built One of Hollywood’s Most Unusual Empires
Perry’s career has expanded far beyond acting.
He built an entertainment operation encompassing movies, television series, stage productions and his massive Tyler Perry Studios complex in Atlanta.
His rise was also unconventional.
Long before becoming one of Hollywood’s most recognizable filmmakers, Perry built an audience through stage productions and the character Madea.
He later expanded that success into movies and television while maintaining significant control over his productions.
That independence eventually helped him establish his own studio operation.
His prolific output has become one of his defining characteristics.
But Perry has increasingly spoken publicly about what was happening personally behind that drive to keep working.
Perry Has Been Reflecting on Work, Loss and Getting Older
The Puerto Rico announcement comes during a period in which Perry has been unusually reflective about his life.
In recent conversations, he has discussed grief, childhood trauma, therapy and the enormous role work played in helping him avoid painful emotions.
During a conversation with Anderson Cooper, Perry reflected on how losing his mother changed the drive that had pushed him to work so relentlessly.
He explained that providing for her had been one of his biggest motivations.
After her death, that motivation changed.
Now, at 57, Perry appears to be entering another stage of that evolution: intentionally creating more room for life outside his career.
His decision to move to Puerto Rico therefore seems to be about considerably more than geography.
It’s part of a larger reassessment of how he wants to spend his time.
Why Puerto Rico?
Perry confirmed where he’s going and when he plans to move, but he did not publicly provide a detailed explanation for why he specifically chose Puerto Rico.
That’s an important distinction.
There are many possible reasons someone might choose the island — lifestyle, climate, privacy or other personal considerations — but Perry did not specify those factors in the comments reported from the interview.
So it would be speculation to attribute his decision to taxes or any particular financial incentive without additional evidence.
What Perry did make clear was the motivation behind slowing down: getting older and wanting more time with his son.
That is the reason he publicly emphasized.
Is Tyler Perry Retiring?
No.
Nothing Perry said indicates that he’s walking away from entertainment entirely.
He specifically described himself as pulling back, rather than retiring.
That distinction matters.
Perry still has an extensive entertainment operation and ongoing projects, and he did not announce that Tyler Perry Studios is moving from Atlanta to Puerto Rico.
The relocation appears to concern his personal life.
How dramatically his reduced workload affects future movies and television projects remains to be seen.
But for an entertainer known for producing an extraordinary amount of content, even a partial slowdown could represent a significant shift.
A Different Chapter for Tyler Perry
After decades spent building an entertainment empire, Perry now appears ready to protect something that success can’t replace: time.
His son is growing older.
Perry himself has just turned 57.
And after years of moving rapidly from one production to another, he’s publicly acknowledging that he doesn’t want to maintain the same pace forever.
The move is expected to happen at the beginning of 2027.
Puerto Rico will become his new home, but Perry’s larger message may be more significant than the destination itself.
He’s not disappearing from Hollywood.
He’s simply deciding that work no longer needs to occupy quite so much of his life.
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