Billionaire Tyler Perry reveals the harsh reason why he CUT OFF his extended family financially

Nepotism only goes so far with Tyler Perry.

The entertainment mogul, 55, has shared how he once fired a close relative because she wasn’t taking a job he gave her seriously enough.

Speaking on the YouTube show Den of Kings with host Kirk Franklin, the close friend of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex detailed how he’d told his aunt that he didn’t want her living off his wealth without making some sort of contribution.

‘She would always call asking for money, I would send her the money,’ Perry explained.

Perry, who recently denied claims of sexual harassment brought against him by an actor, said he told his aunt: ‘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.’

The Madea creator – who Forbes estimates is worth $1.4 billion – then revealed that he ended up firing the aunt after she repeatedly didn’t show up to work for him.

Tyler Perry, 55, has shared how he once fired a close relative because she wasn’t taking a job he gave her seriously enough

He said he expressed his frustration with his aunt, who assumed their family connection would protect her from the consequences of not showing up to work. 

Perry said he fired his aunt personally, informing her, ‘Well, you gotta go, because you want me to hand you the money, but you don’t want to work for it.’

He added that he was raising his son Aman, 10, with similar values, making him finish chores before providing him with an allowance.

‘I don’t believe in giving us things that are just going to handicap us – that is the worst thing you can do,’ said Perry.

Following the 2009 death of his mother Maxine he had told a number of relatives, whom she had asked him to support, that they needed to start looking for a job, giving them 60 days to do so before he would end their financial support.  

Speaking on the YouTube show Den of Kings with host Kirk Franklin, the entertainment mogul detailed how he’d told his aunt that he didn’t want her living off his wealth without making some sort of contribution

The Madea creator – who Forbes estimates is worth $1.4 billion – then revealed that he ended up firing the aunt after she repeatedly didn’t show up to work for him 

He added, ‘And it wasn’t even, like, jobs where they made a lot of money, but it was a job. 

‘It was something else for them to do, feel some pride in. That’s the same thing I would want someone to do for me.’

Perry, appearing on The Sherri Shepherd Show in December of 2024, said he keeps things low-key with holiday presents for his son, who he shares with Ethiopian model-activist Gelila Bekele.

‘He was complaining once, this was about five years ago, he was complaining about flying commercial because the lines were so long,’ Perry said.

Perry shared that he was raising his son Aman, 10, with similar values, making him finish chores before providing him with an allowance

Perry is full owner of the lucrative Madea film franchise, which has made more than $660 million at the box office and beyond 

At that point, Perry said he and Bekele agreed that to hammer home a lesson in humility, their son would be sitting in coach on future flights.

‘So he understands, I worked, he did not – so when he works, he can learn that lesson,’ Perry said.

He vowed of his son, ‘He’s not gonna be one of those ridiculously spoiled rich kids, I can’t stand that – he ain’t got no money.’

Perry is full owner of the lucrative Madea film franchise, which has made more than $660 million at the box office and beyond.