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Tyler Perry Says It’s Time To Kill Madea: “I Just Don’t Want To Be Her Age Playing Her”

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Regardless of your opinions about the films themselves&comma; &num;Madea has been a staple in many homes&period; Long before Madea hit the big screen&comma; she held it down during live plays&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Well&comma; it looks like come next year&comma; &num;Roomies&comma; Madea will be no more&period; &num;TylerPerry recently said it’s time to say goodbye to the character and he plans to do so in his next Madea film that is expected to be released in 2019&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is it&comma;” he told &num;SiriusXM radio host &num;BevySmith on her show &num;Bevelations &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s time for me to kill that old b&ast;&ast;&ast;h&period; I’m tired&excl;&&num;8230&semi;We’re gonna say goodbye in &OpenCurlyQuote;19&period; I just don’t want to be her age playing her&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Perry says Madea will take her final bow in his upcoming film&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Tyler Perry’s a Madea Family Funeral&comma;” expected to come to theaters in March&period; The film will be the eighth Madea film in the popular franchise and the 11th film in which Tyler will play her&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">And if you loved the plays&comma; Tyler is also planning a farewell stage play tour but details are slim as of now&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Now off the screen&comma; Tyler has really been on his philanthropy tip in recent months&period; As we previously reported&comma; Tyler purchased a &dollar;350&comma;000 home in Georgia and gave it to the mother of one of the actors he worked with back in 1999&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">LaShun Pace and Tyler worked together years ago and have stayed in touch&period; Once he learned that Pace’s mother&comma; Bettie&comma; was ill and that one of her wishes was to have a home big enough for her family&comma; he stepped up and purchased a home for the family close to where they were raised in Atlanta&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">He also recently offered an acting role to former &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Cosby Show” actor Geoffrey Owens after a photo of him bagging groceries at a Trader Joe’s went viral&period; Prior to that&comma; Tyler also purchased a new car for Tiffany Haddish&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">So &num;Roommates&comma; are you ready to say goodbye to Madea&quest; Let us know&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">TSR STAFF&colon; Christina C&excl; &commat;cdelafresh<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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