Hampton posted a video on YouTube on April 16th, 2017 which he explains his close and complex relationship with Tyler. He claimed that Tyler Perry was once a 'gay black man' who has since abandoned the gay community.
"Whereas for men, participating in sport is demonstrating and reaffirming and embodying all of those characteristics we expect of men. Recently, a man named Walter Lee Hampton II outed him as gay which is not exactly the classiest move. "For women, historically participating in sport has meant challenging gendered expectations and gendered norms and behaviors," she told NPR.
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