It even opened doors to employment, such as a part on Tyler Perry’s show “The Haves and the Have Nots.” Owens also received a $25,000 donation from Nicki Minaj,
But he informed the radio station that he chose to give the money to charity rather than retain it for himself since he preferred to work for his pay rather than get it as a gift.
In order to preserve his privacy, Owens said, he resigned from his position at the store before the news broke.
The actor said that he wasn’t comfortable worried about it occurring again since someone had previously snapped pictures of him when he was working at Trader Joe’s.
“It wasn’t like I quit knowing I would be making a lot of money soon or anything,” Owens said. “I just felt like I wasn’t going to be able to handle that kind of scrutiny and attack on my privacy.”
