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 Mr. T's Gold Chains
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Mr. T (Lawrence Tero) starred on the adventure
series THE A-TEAM/NBC/1983-87. On screen and
off, Mr. T always wore his trademark pieces of
gold jewelry around his muscular torso. In his
biography, "Mister T" (1984) Mister T explained:
"the gold chains are a symbol that reminds me of
my great African ancestors, who were brought
over here as slaves with iron chains on their
ankles, their wrists, their necks and sometimes
around their waists. I turned my chains into
gold...the fact I wear gold instead of iron
chains is because I am still a slave, only my
price tag is higher now. I am still bought and
sold by the powers that be in society, white
people, but this time they pay me on demand,
millions and millions of dollars for my
services."
Mr. T bought his first chain in 1976.
Reportedly, his cluster of gold necklaces and
assorted rings which takes about one hour to put
on, are worth around $300,000. Mr. T also wears
seven earrings because of the number's religious
significance.
According to a 1983 British fanzine account some
nights Mr. T wears his jewelry to bed "to see
how my ancestors, who were slaves, felt." Of
course, their jewelry was the heavy oppressive
iron shackles of slavery. See also
"Mr.
T's Shoes"
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"I pity the
fool who doesn't like my jewelry!" |
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In July of 2006, Mt. T (who was promoting his
new TV Land show "I Pity the Fool") told
reporters, "I stopped wearing the gold as of
last year during (Hurricane) Katrina....See, 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....Now, the gold is in my heart.
So people on my show, they'll see the gold is in
my heart. As a matter of fact, I'll be doing so
good you will forget about the gold I used to
wear."
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