Greg Daly
Following the launch of the American version of Dancing with the Stars, TV tough guy Mr T has said the plans to knock out his dancing competition the same way he beat cancer – with God on his side.
Best known for starring in The A Team and Rocky III, Mr T has revealed that it is his Christian faith that keeps him going.
“I answer only to God. I got so much, got gold…Rolls Royce [but] I didn’t forget God. Every day I pray,” he said.
Mr T, who said he will donate his entire Dancing with the Stars salary to a children’s hospital, said the biggest lessons he’s learned are from the Bible: “Stay humble and be concerned for the less fortunate… I take food down to the homeless. I don’t call up the press and say, look at me! My mother told me, son, if nobody else knows, God knows. I do it for his glory.”
The iconic star was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoma cancer in 1995. He is now cancer-free after treatment but admitted his faith was put under strain by that difficult period.
“My faith was tested like Job. That’s the message I try to tell other people, just because you believe in God, serve God, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, people gotta realise, it don’t mean things not gonna happen to you…I believed in God when cancer come to me. Now when I speak, I speak with authority because I’ve been there,” he said.
“Mr T been to chemo, Mr T been to radiation, hair fall out…but he’s back. Now I can give hope when I go to the hospital, see the sick kids with cancer, tell them, don’t quit…I serve God,” he said.