Mr. T Sheds Gold after Katrina

Mr. T has given up the bling because of Hurricane Katrina.

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.

Readers under 35 are likely asking themselves, “Mr. Who?” The rest of us find this story quite amusing, I assure you.

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Mr. T Sheds Gold after Katrina

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