Tyler Perry Comes Clean On Why He Sold His $17.5 Atlanta Mansion

Tyler Perry Comes Clean On Why He Sold His $17.5 Atlanta Mansion 

BHR Hollywood Reports...........Tyler Perry cashed in big when he sold his not so humble abode in Atlanta for $17.5 million in May, making it the highest paid price ever for a private home in the Georgia city.

Tyler Perry Mansion That Has Been Sold For $ 17.5 

The “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” star opened up to E! News recently about the sale of his monster estate.

“I know this sounds ridiculous, but I wanted more land so I bought more land outside of the city,” he said.

Tyler Perry 

It’s the same distance to the studio as my old house, but now I can have horses and pigs and orga

"I know this sounds ridiculous, but I wanted more land so I bought more land outside of the city," the 45-year-old Madea mogul told me this weekend while promoting his new movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (in theaters on June 2.)

"It's the same distance to the studio as my old house, but now I can have horses and pigs and organic vegetables."

That old house measures in at 34,688 square feet and sits on 17 acres. The French Provincial-style estate includes seven bedrooms, 15 bathrooms, two kitchens, an 18-seat theater and a swimming pool with a waterfall.