‘So Happy’: Tyler Perry’s Team Explains the Drama After Many TSA Workers Spent the $1,000, Got Pressured to Return It, Then Suddenly Didn’t Have To

Tyler Perry‘s effort to give TSA workers financial relief during the shutdown nearly blew up — until his legal team stepped in and stopped it from going sideways

The “Madea” actor-writer attempted to hand out a reported $250,000 in cash to workers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on March 26 but was turned away due to Federal Aviation Administration rules prohibiting employees from accepting monetary gifts.

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An X user snapped, “If he did any research or talked to anyone, he’d have known this,” after learning of the blunder. “He’s needing some good publicity,” a second person wrote, alluding to the alleged harassment lawsuit launched by one of Perry’s former actors. The billionaire television producer and filmmaker has vehemently denied the claims of wrongdoing…

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