While doing publicity for his new movie and album, Tyrese Gibson talked about dealing with grief and said Jesus is “the only name that matters.” The actor and singer, known for his role in the “Fast and Furious” films, recently appeared on the radio show, “The Breakfast Club.” During an expletive-filled interview, he promoted the Aug. 30 release of “1992,” a film about the violent aftermath of the Rodney King verdict, and “Beautiful Pain,” his seventh studio album.
Gibson, who’s been divorced twice, often talks and writes emotionally about the pain of broken relationships. He’s also spoken about his struggles with anxiety and grief, especially following the 2022 death of his mother from COVID-related complications. Gibson credits his mother with bringing him to faith in Jesus.
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Tyrese Gibson: Men Struggle With Grief Too
On the Aug. 20 episode of “The Breakfast Club” [Editor’s note: This video contains language some might find offensive], Tyrese Gibson said he’s “doing the best I can” despite all that life has thrown at him lately. “Black men cry,” he said, defending his tears. The actor said no jewelry, cars, or co-star “could ever replace my mama…or fill the void of what it’s like to…get married and want to be in something for the rest of your life and it goes away.”
Gibson encouraged people to check on men, not just women, when divorce, miscarriage, and economic struggles occur. “Women aren’t the only ones that are devastated” in those circumstances, he said.
Gibson was glad his face was covered during a 2021 appearance on “The Masked Singer,” he said, because of how much he was struggling at that time. Because he has “lost so much,” Gibson said, he’s not trying to win popularity contests or amass wealth. None of that is real, he said. “It’s all fake. It’s all superficial.”
In the past few days, Gibson has gone on social-media rants about past breakups and how he’s been treated for expressing his emotions. “REAL MEN these days are constantly being emasculated,” he wrote on Instagram Sept. 2. In that same post, he said he’s “officially retired from social media”—though he posted again the next day.
Tyrese Gibson on ‘The Power and the Presence’ of Jesus
Gibson closed out the show by praising Jesus, “the one and only name that matters.” He told listeners, “If you don’t know Jesus, the Lord Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior…I would not be here if it wasn’t for the power and the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, who has been by my side when I thought it was a wrap, when I thought it was over.”
