Aman Tyler Bekele-Perry

Besides being a business tycoon and a media personality, Perry is also a proud father to Aman Tyler Bekele-Perry, who was born November 30, 2014.

“I get a FaceTime call, and she’s holding up the pregnancy stick. I’m like, ‘I guess this is happening,’” Perry told People about how long-time girlfriend, Gelila Bekele shared the big news.

Perry who was 45 when he became a father split from Bekele 2020, and now the two are focused on co-parenting Aman, whose godparents are Winfrey, Cicely Tyson, and Oliver Ripley

And the doting dad can’t help but gush over his adorable son, who he’s teaching the realities of privilege and the importance of hard work.

“[Aman] does not get everything he wants. For birthdays, he’ll get a gift or two. For Christmas, he’ll get a gift or two. Because he [doesn’t] have a job. He ain’t got no money,” Perry joked.

The star of A Madea Homecoming recalled when the boy, only six at the time, called and asked to use his dad’s credit card.

“So I’m at work, I get a message from [Aman], and he said, ‘Papa? Can I use your credit card?’ He’s 6 years old!” Perry said. “I’m like, ‘What the hell you know about a credit card?’ He’d just seen me use the credit card. I was like, ‘No, son. That’s just plastic, but you have to pay for it. You have to have a job.’”