Tyler Perry may be a billionaire, but he has made it clear that when it comes to family, he is not “welfare.”
The media mogul spoke candidly about mixing finances with family in a conversation on the YouTube series “Den of Kings” with host Kirk Franklin and fellow guests Derrick Hayes and Jay “Jeezy” Jenkins, revealing that he once fired his aunt from a job for not taking it seriously.
“She said she wanted a job. She would always call asking for money, I would send her the money,” Perry said. “I said, ‘Listen, I want to help you. I want to help you build this thing, not be welfare to you. So let me give you a job.'”
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