*Tyler Perry recently had a hilarious bidding war against Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 6-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy, at a charity auction, Us Weekly reports.
“There was an acrylic painting of Sidney Poitier that I started bidding on and I heard someone else was bidding against me and I didn’t know who it was,” Perry told “Today’s” Hoda Kotb on Thursday, March 22.
Perry looked over and was no doubt surprised to see little Blue sitting with her famous parents.
“She’s taking a paddle out of Jay’s hand and Beyoncé’s hand and she’s bidding,” he added. “I’m like, ‘This kid’s not outbidding me today.’ I got the painting. I could not be outbid by a 6-year-old.”
The theme of Tina Lawson’s second annual Wearable Art Gala in Los Angeles was “From Waco to Wakanda,” and Queen Bey and her daughter certainly channeled royalty. Beyoncé wore a sheer, custom Falguni Shane Peacock gown with Jean Paul Gaultier earrings, while Blue wowed in a custom dress by Annakiki and a custom wig by Divamp Couture, according to The Cut (via The Huff Post).
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During Perry’s Monday appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” he revealed that the bidding got up to $19,000 at the March 17 Wearable Art Gala fundraiser.
“I’m thinking it’s charity, it’s a good cause and I’m not letting this kid taking this painting from me. I’m gonna teach now little girl! You’re not gonna get everything you want!” Perry joked. His determination paid off, as he took home the coveted piece for $20,000.
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Blue Ivy didn’t go home empty-handed. She reportedly copped a $10,000 Samuel Levi Jones piece made from deconstructed law and medical books, per artnet.com.
Auctioneer Star Jones explained to the crowd that Blue Ivy’s “mother and father have been talking about how you gather art and that is a big deal for African Americans.”
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