Tyler Perry might have a $1,400,000,000 net worth, but when it comes to his family, he’s not handing out free money. During the July 20 episode of Den of Kings — hosted by gospel icon Kirk Franklin — Perry joined Jeezy and Derrick Hayes for a conversation that touched on legacy and tough love.

About 17 minutes into the episode, Perry got real about drawing the line when it comes to financial entitlement from family members, which ultimately led to him firing his own aunt. “She said she wanted a job. She would always call asking for money. I said, ‘Okay,’ I would send her the money,” Perry recalled. “But then I was like, ‘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.’”

According to the 55-year-old, his aunt treated the employment opportunity like an option and not a responsibility. “She wouldn’t come to work … so, I’m like, ‘Okay, well you gotta go.’ You want me to hand you the money but you don’t want to work for it. See, that doesn’t work for me.”

Working hard to earn your keep is a boundary that Perry has set across the board, even with his 10-year-old son, Aman. In the same conversation, the Straw director explained that Aman has chores and has to “work” for what he wants — because he refuses to raise a child who thinks life is just about handouts. Back in December, he also told Sherri host Sherri Shepherd that his son doesn’t get showered with luxury gifts, but gets books, Legos, and even flies coach like everybody else.

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

The conversation got even more personal when Perry opened up about life after his mother, Willie Maxine Perry, passed away in 2009. He told his family point-blank that free handouts were going to stop. “I gave them 60 days to be gainfully employed,” he recalled. “‘Because I’m not going to keep supporting you like this.’” And according to Perry, “they all got jobs.”

“It wasn’t even jobs where they’re making a lot of money, but it was a job,” he continued. “It was something else for them to do to feel some pride in. That’s the same thing I would want somebody to do for me.” He admitted that some relatives have gotten mad at him for not sliding them “a million dollars,” as if that’s supposed to be a normal thing.

At one point, Perry even warned co-guest Hayes to brace himself for similar run-ins with relatives who might test his boundaries when it comes to money.

Take a look at Tyler Perry speaking on cutting off his own blood over financial entitlement below.