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Yes, you read that headline correctly fool. Mr. T has given up his gold for good after witnessing the destruction from Hurricane Katrina. In his own words, ”As a spiritual man, I felt it would be a sin against my God for me to wear all that gold again because I spent a lot of time with the less fortunate.” Amen to that brother. I pity the “sorry celebrities” that don’t follow his lead.
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Via Jessie
Mr. T Sheds Gold After Katrina Destruction
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 4:08 p.m. ET on July 14, 2006
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Mr. T has given himself a makeover. The former television action star shed the piles of gold chains that were his signature look after witnessing the destruction from Hurricane Katrina.
”As a spiritual man, I felt it would be a sin against my God for me to wear all that gold again because I spent a lot of time with the less fortunate,” the actor said Thursday at the Television Critics Association’s summer meeting.
”I saw some, I call it `sorry celebrities.’ They’ll go down there and hook up with the people to take a photo-op. I said, `How disgusting.’ If you’re not going to go down there with a check and a hammer and a nail to help the people, don’t go down there.”
Mr. T, whose real name is Lawrence Tero, stars in ”I Pity the Fool” debuting in October on TV Land. He dispenses advice to viewers who are struggling with life’s problems.
The former star of ”The A-Team” said he’s about more than his rough-and-tough image.
”Yes, I am qualified to beat people up. But I am pretty intelligent,” he said. ”That’s what throws people off. If you’ve been through something, that gives you an authority that you can speak on certain things. That’s why people relate to me. I pull no punches.”