'I wasn't actually sleeping... I was testing Google Eyelids': Morgan Freeman jokes about snoozing during TV interview



Morgan Freeman has come up with a creative excuse for sleeping on the job.



Although it sure looked like the 75-year-old actor was dozing off during a recent live television interview with his Now You See Me co-star Michael Caine, Freeman has his own theory.

The veteran star took to his Facebook page on Thursday night to explain what happened, and it's a good one.

Thumbs up: Morgan Freeman took to his Facebook page to jokingly explain his sleepy behavior during a live TV interview, writing: 'I wasn't actually sleeping. I'm a beta tester for Google Eyelids'

Giving his own spin of the 'just resting my eyelids' excuse, Freeman wrote: 'Regarding my recent interview, I wasn't actually sleeping.



'I'm a beta tester for Google Eyelids and I was merely taking the opportunity to update my Facebook page.'

The good-humoured star also posted a picture of himself giving the thumbs up.

Also on Thursday night Freeman appeared on The Daily Show to talk about his new film and ended up diving into a conversation on theoretical physics.

Time for a nap: Freeman nodded off during an interview with co-star Michael Caine to promote his new film Now You See Me

Can sleep anywhere: In a clip of the sit-down with Seattle's Fox affiliate KCPQ, Freeman appears to fall asleep on camera while video-conferencing in from New York Awkward: Freeman's co-star Caine just kept on talking and didn't appear to notice his sleepy counterpart

'I don't understand things like string theory, but multiple universe? I fully understand it,' the science buff said.

He may be the consummate actor but it really did seem that Freeman was enjoying a catnap at his co-star's expense.



Freeman may have been woken a bit too early as he joined Caine for promotional interviews for heist movie Now You See Me.



The actor could not stay awake and was nodding off during a live interview with a US TV channel on Wednesday.

While Caine was his usual gregarious self Freeman nodded off a couple of times during the interview with Q13 FOX News This Morning crew while the pair were actually sat live on air.



The show's presenters Kaci Aitchison and Bill Wixey chatted to Freeman and actor Caine, 80, about the movie - but perhaps their line of questioning wasn't quite stimulating enough.

Awkwardly the presenters never actually tried to wake Freeman - and instead just continued the interview with Caine who seemed oblivious.