*Tyler Perry is feeling festive and generous ahead of Christmas so he spread the holiday cheer at two Atlanta-area Walmart stores where the movie mogul paid off more than $430,000 in layaway items.
“Trying to do this anonymously but, um, due to some circumstances y’all know how nothing stays secret these days,” he explained in a video. “So, I just wanted to go ahead and tell you.”
Perry explained, “If you have a layaway at the Walmart at 844 Cleveland Avenue in East Point, Georgia — in Atlanta — or if you have a layaway at the Walmart at 7001 Concourse Parkway in Douglasville, Georgia — if you have a layaway at either place and it was in there as of 9:30 this morning, it was already in layaway before 9:30 this morning — I have paid for all of your layaways for Christmas.”
Watch the clip below.
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I was trying to do this anonymously but oh well!!! pic.twitter.com/T0dhRHyU66
— Tyler Perry (@tylerperry) December 6, 2018
“So, Merry Christmas to everybody,” Perry continued.
“You have to go into the Walmart, get your layaway, pay a penny — one penny — and you get your layaway,” he shared. “I know it’s hard times, a lot of people are struggling. I’m just really, really grateful to be able to be in a position to do this.”
LeMia Jenkins, a spokesperson for Walmart, tells PEOPLE that Perry paid for layaway products that were ordered by 1,500 people.
“Tyler Perry’s generous donation is making an unbelievable difference for so many families, and we can’t thank him enough for his kindness,” she said in a statement.
“The heartfelt excitement and joy we’re seeing from our customers as a result of his holiday gift has been touching.”
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