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Morgan Freeman has revealed the rather sad reason he always wears a pair of gold hoop earrings.

The 85-year-old is almost always seen to be wearing the earrings and he has previously told fans that there’s a good reason why.

In a post on Instagram a while back, Freeman wrote: “These earrings. I get asked all the time about them. The truth is, these are worth just enough for someone to buy me a coffin if I die in a strange place. That's why sailors used to wear them and that's why I do.”

“That’s why sailors used to wear them and that’s why I do.”

Speaking in 2016, Freeman gave a similar explanation to Fox, telling them that he ‘was a sailor’.




“When I was a kid, I saw a pirate movie with Burt Lancaster, who wore an earring,” he said.

“I thought that was sexy. Then I learned that sailors wore gold earrings to pay for funerals if they died in foreign lands. I'm a sailor, so that nailed it.”

During an interview with the Guardian he described feeling an 'attachment to the sea'.

He said: "I always wanted an earring. It has to do with my attachment to the sea. When I was around 35 I was separated from my wife and she said, 'I'm going to pierce your ear.' I'm an avid sailor, a dyed-in-the-wool blue-water man."

Although he’s now got millions in the bank, Freeman didn’t find Hollywood success until later in life and it seems as though the lessons he learnt in his pre-stardom days have stuck with him.

Freeman didn’t get his big break in Hollywood until 1987’s Street Smart, for which he was nominated for an Oscar, and went on to star in a slew of hit movies, including Bruce Almighty, Se7en, Million Dollar Baby and The Shawshank Redemption.

Over the years, he’s racked up an impressive list of acting accolades including a Best Supporting Oscar for his role in Million Dollar Baby, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award.

And it seems unlikely that he’d ever be required to cash in those gold hoops of his, because as of 2022, Freeman has an estimated net worth of $250 million, or £199 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

Alongside his illustrious movie career, Freeman is also a director and narrator, thanks to his instantly recognizable voice.

Morgan Freeman explains dark reason behind his gold hoop earrings

Morgan Freeman has revealed the rather sad reason he always wears a pair of gold hoop earrings

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[DeepEnigma]

 

[Raven117]

Dude is a legend.

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

here:
these are worth just enough for someone to buy me a coffin if I die in a strange place. That's why sailors used to wear them and that's why I do

saved you a click.

 

[DeepEnigma]

here:
these are worth just enough for someone to buy me a coffin if I die in a strange place. That's why sailors used to wear them and that's why I do

saved you a click.

You don't need to click, I shared the entire story in the OP.

 

[jason10mm]

I remember the film and scene he is talking about, stuck with me as well, though I don't wear an earring. I think it was incentive to recover the body more than pay for a funeral though.

 

[thief183]

What a Legend.

 

[chromhound]

 

[Lady Jane]

I don't consider that dark or sad. It's self realization and it's healthy.

 

[Fuz]

DARK REASON!!!1!!​

 

[Maiden Voyage]

That's why I always walk around with 2 kidneys inside me.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

When I was a younger lad my mother would always get me and my brother the same jewelry for two reasons. One it looked nice but second she said no matter where we were in the country we would have enough to sell/pawn our watch chain and rings to get a hotel for the night and a bus ticket back to philly.

 

[jason10mm]

The problem with a rolex/gold jewelry to barter is that no one would trust it and there are too many fakes.

Hell, I bet most folks today wouldn't even believe a gold coin, freshly minted, is real

 

[shamroxor]

Absolute legend!

 

[Kimahri]

Good on him.

I've seen dark shit in my life that makes this "datk reason" look like my little pony though.

Hyperbole much?

 

[synchronicity]

I still remember him like this:

Time sure is...a thing...

 

[Big Baller]

Id rather have NeoGaf Gold

 

[dr_octagon]

take jewellery, dispose of body in trash pile or throw in river, rip Samuel L Fishburne

 

[Kraz]

They're not ankle holders?

 

[Salz01]

Morgan Freeman is great. Just seems like a cool person. Each movie he is in, I pay attention when he is on screen.

 

[Karmic Raze]

I guess the funeral homes ran out of gift certificates.

 

[ipukespiders]

You don't need to click, I shared the entire story in the OP.

Dont bother reading the quote above.

Here ya go:
these are worth just enough for someone to buy me a coffin if I die in a strange place. That's why sailors used to wear them and that's why I do

 

[DeepEnigma]

Dont bother reading the quote above.

Here ya go:
these are worth just enough for someone to buy me a coffin if I die in a strange place. That's why sailors used to wear them and that's why I do

You’re a hero!

 

[Chronicle]

Fuck that guy and his coffin. I'll buy something for myself thank you very much! Leave him to the buzzards!

 

[E-Cat]

Who really cares about how their body will be disposed of after they're dead? Other than I'd rather donate it to science than be buried.

 

[Patrick S.]

I don't think there's much honour left in this world, and today, if you die in a country in which they wouldn't bury you unless someone paid for a coffin, they'd probably cut off your ears for the earrings and throw your body in a dumpster anyway.

 

[MudoSkills]

I don't think there's much honour left in this world, and today, if you die in a country in which they wouldn't bury you unless someone paid for a coffin, they'd probably cut off your ears for the earrings and throw your body in a dumpster anyway.

'I hate these damn fiddly earrings, I can't get these off. Guess I'm taking the whole ear.'

 

[lostinblue]

he basically has a hand worthy of a pirate captain too.

Exactly.

 

[lostinblue]

I don't think there's much honour left in this world, and today, if you die in a country in which they wouldn't bury you unless someone paid for a coffin, they'd probably cut off your ears for the earrings and throw your body in a dumpster anyway.

I doubt it was better back then. I think it comes from the assumption that you're a pirate who died, but your mates will bury you, hopefully.

If you died or fell sick alone in that era though, no way your earings would be used for that.

 

[Patrick S.]

I doubt it was better back then. I think it comes from the assumption that you're a pirate who died, but your mates will bury you, hopefully.

If you died or fell sick alone in that era though, no way your earings would be used for that.

Yeah, expecting your pirate mates to use them to pay for a coffin makes more sense.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Who really cares about how their body will be disposed of after they're dead? Other than I'd rather donate it to science than be buried.

I'm donating my body to the local landfill when I go.

 

[Putonahappyface]

I'm donating my body to the local landfill when I go.

I love cats so much that when I die, I want to be made into cat food.

 

[Daneel Elijah]

I don't think there's much honour left in this world, and today, if you die in a country in which they wouldn't bury you unless someone paid for a coffin, they'd probably cut off your ears for the earrings and throw your body in a dumpster anyway.

There is a lot of countries were if you do not pay to be buried cremation is the next option. And even outside of that, you live in a dark world if you believe that people do that outside of places ravaged by war or having huge problems.

 

[Patrick S.]

you live in a dark world if you believe that people do that outside of places ravaged by war or having huge problems.