Tyler Perry isn’t just one of the most successful filmmakers in Hollywood, he’s also a man who believes in tough love, even when it comes to family.

In a candid chat on Den of Kings with Kirk Franklin, the 55-year-old media mogul revealed why he pulled the plug on financially supporting certain members of his extended family — including letting go of a close relative who just wouldn’t take work seriously.

“She’d always call needing money, and I’d send it,” Perry said. “But eventually I told her, ‘I don’t want to just give you handouts — let me give you a job instead.’”

The opportunity was real. But so were the expectations.

Despite Perry’s good intentions, the relative didn’t hold up her end. She kept skipping work, assuming their blood ties would keep her immune to consequences. They didn’t.

“I had to fire her,” he said. “Because at the end of the day, she wanted the money, not the responsibility.”

For Perry, who’s built a billion-dollar empire from scratch, that mindset just doesn’t cut it not in his world, and definitely not in his household.

He’s passing the same values on to his 10-year-old son, Aman. “I don’t believe in giving people things that cripple them,” he explained. “That’s the worst thing you can do.”

Perry insists Aman earns his allowance by doing chores — and he’s not exempt from hard lessons. When the young boy once grumbled about flying commercial, Perry and Aman’s mother, model Gelila Bekele, decided to ditch the private jets and stick with economy. Humility matters more than luxury, Perry made clear.

After losing his mother, Maxine, in 2009, Perry said he gave several family members she used to help a 60-day deadline to find work before he stopped footing their bills.

“These weren’t high-paying jobs,” he admitted, “but they were something — something to give them purpose, a reason to be proud. That’s what I’d want someone to do for me.”

Despite raking in over $660 million from his Madea franchise and other ventures — and being worth an estimated $1.4 billion — Perry isn’t raising his son to expect silver spoons.

“He’s not going to be one of those spoiled rich kids,” Perry said firmly. “He doesn’t have any money — I have money.”