A-Team star Mr T has revealed that he stopped wearing his trademark gold chains after witnessing the horror of Hurricane Katrina.

The actor - real name Laurence Tureaud - famously wore a series of large gold necklaces both on and off screen.

However, the 56-year-old confessed that he retired his jewellery in 2005 out of respect for the victims of the New Orleans natural disaster, which killed thousands when it struck America's Gulf Coast.

He told the New York Daily News: "As a Christian I said I would never wear my own gold again because of what happened with Hurricane Katrina. It would be a sin against God for me to wear my gold when so many people lost everything.

"Sure, it's my trademark, but I am the same person whether I'm wearing the gold or not. My moral values are the same. The gold don't make me, I make the gold."

UFC star Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson will assume Mr T's role as Bosco 'BA' Baracus in the upcoming movie adaptation of The A-Team.

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