Mr T has ditched his gold jewellery after seeing the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina on America's Gulf Cost last year.

The former A Team star, real name Lawrence Teto, felt it was selfish to display his wealth in the wake of so many people losing their homes.

"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," he said.

Mr T also had some strong words to give to other celebrities after the disaster, "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 cheque and a hammer and a nail to help the people, don't go down there".