• cynar@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Apparently the chains started when he was a bouncer. Sometimes people would lose them, while getting kicked out. He would wear them, so that had to come and ask him politely for them. His collection built when they were either too scared, or too egotistical to ask for them back.

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      2 days ago

      That’s the story he told the news in the 80s after he was famous…

      If you don’t think Mr T was playing Debo, I don’t know what to tell you.