CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Illinois' state comptroller has enlisted part of the "A-Team" to help in getting people to follow safe coronavirus prevention measures.
State Comptroller Susana Mendoza posted on Twitter that she's always been a fan of Chicago's own Mr. T, who grew up in the Chicago Housing Authority projects, became a bouncer, a bodyguard and then a Hollywood actor.
So, Mendoza asked Mr. T to do a public service announcement about the importance of wearing a mask to help limit the spread of the coronavirus. He did.
I've always been a fan of @MrT. So I asked him to make a video about the importance of wearing a mask during this #COVID19 crisis for all of Illinois and especially his hometown Chicago - the hardest-hit part of the state with the most casualties. C'mon tough guys: Put on a mask. pic.twitter.com/1CEvZjfjq9
— Illinois Comptroller (@ILComptroller) May 26, 2020In the nearly minute long video, Mr. T invokes his most famous line before putting on his own mask.
"This ain't no joke, brothers. This is real. People is dying. That's why, I pity the fool who don't wear a mask. Ughhhh!"
At the end of her tweet, Susana Mendoza adds, "C'mon tough guys. Put on a mask." Mr. T starred in a Rocky movie, and TV's "The A-Team" among other acting credits.
