Tyler Perry is opening up about his past suicide attempts while paying tribute to the late Stephen “tWitch” Boss. The dancer, producer and actor died on Tuesday, shocking his family, friends and fans. He was 40 years old.

“I’ve only met [Boss] a couple of times, but he always full of life and seemed like such a light,” Perry said in a video posted to his Instagram page on Wednesday.

The director and filmmaker admitted that he had tried to die by suicide “a couple of times” when he was in a dark place.

“I didn’t think it would get any better. I had endured so much pain, so much abuse, sexual abuse. It was all so hard to just move through I thought the only way to make this better, this pain to go away is by ending my life,” he said, urging viewers who are going through similar...