Tyler Perry Reflects on Tragic Disappearance That Inspired 'Never Seen Again' Premiere (Exclusive)
10.05.2022 - 23:13
/ etonline.com
Tyler Perry is hoping his new Paramount+ series, will help bring justice and solace to families who've lost their loved ones. The 52-year-old media mogul broke down his journey to appearing on the premiere episodes of the true-crime series for ET's Rachel Smith, explaining that it all began with the tragic disappearance of 27-year-old Terrance Williams. «I was flipping through channels about maybe five or six years ago, and I saw the stories, so I reached out to his mother,» he explained.«She was so frustrated because she couldn't get any help.
I was like, 'I know a few people, maybe I can help you,' and it's been a struggle for me to get attention for him and Felipe as well,» the filmmaker confessed. «You'd be surprised.
One journalist said that I don't have sympathetic victims, which really took me aback… I mean, these two men [were] put in the back of a deputy's patrol car and they disappear, and nobody would help. So, I feel her frustration and I don't know how anybody wouldn't want to help her.»The show's first two episodes focus on the case of Terrance, who disappeared in Naples, Florida, in 2004 after he was seen getting into a Collier County sheriff's patrol car.
Initially, the officer claimed he never met Terrance, but after being questioned by police investigators, he said he gave Terrance a ride to a gas station. But those claims came under suspicion when another man, Felipe Santos, disappeared after getting into the same officer’s car. Perry said that seeing the desperation in Terrance's mother, Marcia, struck a chord as he thought about how if something happened to him, «my mother would not stop until her dying breath to find [out what happened.]» As a parent to a 7-year-old son, Aman, Perry said he
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