Mr. T Calls Netflix Life Documentary ‘Garbage’

Mr. T is not giving Netflix’s new documentary a pity pass. According to Page Six, the actor and former professional wrestler told the Guardian that Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool left out major parts of his life and made him furious.

“It pissed me off,” Mr. T said, arguing that the film builds him up before undercutting him. He reportedly dismissed the finished documentary as “garbage” and said viewers could come away believing he was “some monster.” The film is scheduled to begin streaming Sept. 8.

His sharpest complaint is about control. Mr. T, born Laurence Tureaud, said a pastor who spent two days being interviewed appears for only about 30 seconds. He also objected to what he described as a version of his story shaped by white filmmakers rather than by the people who know him and his community.

The actor further took issue with former agent Peter Young’s unflattering remarks about the 1993 movie Freaked. Mr. T said he and others asked director Scott Weintrob not to include Young in the documentary, though the supplied report does not include the director’s response or confirm whether the request was honored.

There is also a revealing gap in the process: Mr. T said filming began around Easter last year, that he was not shown footage during production, and that he saw the completed film only about a month before speaking with the Guardian. He claims he asked to review material earlier but was refused.

That makes this less a standard celebrity complaint about an unflattering edit and more a fight over authorship. Netflix’s film appears positioned to examine both Mr. T’s rise and his retreat from public life, while Mr. T believes the balance tilts toward decline and bad behavior. Until the documentary is available, his account is the clearest public objection on the table—but it remains his account, not an independent verdict on the film.