He's been called other things, as well.... https://www.cinemablend.com/televis...rumors-he-and-tyler-perry-are-gay-got-started "I came out on a Tyler Perry show, and like for whatever reason, he gets a rap like that. I know Tyler [Perry] personally, and he’s not gay. I was seen around him, and all of a sudden, ‘he’s rubbing off on me,’ and people felt like I was gay or something like that. I was on the set of P-Valley, maybe I was with [character Uncle] Clifford, I think I was taking a picture with Alphonse, who plays Lil Murda, and people started off with the [rumor] again. I think if you have a space people can’t figure out, they just tag you with whatever, they create a judgment." ~Tyler Lepley
I have no real interest in the Academy Awards other than my wife wanted to watch because some Korean woman won for something or other. That's it, that's all we watched.