But during her speech at the Los Angeles ceremony, Bell encountered technical difficulties.
One small good gesture has the capacity to ripple change.
Tyler has rebuilt homes, erected churches, repaired schools.
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The list of his good deeds goes on and on we dont have time to mention them all.
With this guardian angel by our side she said, followed by a long pause.
Oops, the teleprompter has gone out!
But I suppose I can finish.
I feel like just a moment ago I really pulled the curtain and showed some vulnerability, she said.
I was, in fact, using a teleprompter, and Im embarrassed that I didnt memorize it.
She continued, To my credit, there werewaytoo many things to memorize.
The good deeds of Tyler Perry were literally and Ive memorized a lot of dialogue I couldnt do it.
I had to use the prompter, so I hope youll cut me some slack.
See Perrys full speech below.
