Do not hug James Earl Jones

moomies · March 15th, 2006, 02:53 AM

James Earl Jones may look like a teddy bear, but don't try to hug him.

A source spotted the man behind Darth Vader's voice being accosted by an overly friendly fan: "The woman was lunging for him with her arms outstretched. [Jones], meanwhile, was backing away, panicky, and he told her, 'I don't hug.' So the woman said, 'Oh, come on.' And he told her, 'No. My wife wouldn't like it. But I'll autograph something.
Jones reportedly began to politely ask the woman questions. "'Are you from the South?' So she says, 'No, I'm from Jamaica.' And Jones says, 'Now, Southern women like to hug, but I didn't know Jamaican women like to hug, too. I'm from Mississippi, but my wife is from Wyoming. So I can't hug you.
Jones is lending his distinguished voice to the sci-fi animated flick '2004: A Light Knight's Odyssey.' Other celebs lending their vocal talents are John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and Christian Slater.

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alcohol the honey · March 15th, 2006, 04:44 AM

Werid story.

Tenaj · March 15th, 2006, 06:11 AM

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I'm from Mississippi, but my wife is from Wyoming. So I can't hug you.

I'm lost.

BTW isn't he a very cute cuddly looking man

, I'd never have guessed he had the rasping Darth Vadar voice. Ooh imagine sharing a bed with him and he started snoring or wheezing - I'd freak out!

Barbara · March 15th, 2006, 06:28 AM

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I'm from Mississippi, but my wife is from Wyoming. So I can't hug you.

Er, why not

darksithbunny · March 15th, 2006, 06:41 AM

guess because they don't hug there in Wyoming which would explain Dick Cheney.

kidding. Don't send secret service after me!

ediebrooks · March 15th, 2006, 06:45 AM

Yeah, down here in the South, we tend to be more affectionate and tend to hug more. I think James Earl Jones was saying that as his wife is from Wyoming (which is waay up North and so hug-inclined) she would not understand why he was hugging some strange person. Actually, I can quite understand why James Earl Jones wouldn't want to be embraced by someone he didn't even know. It would creep me out, too.

PrettyGirl · March 15th, 2006, 03:04 PM

I met James Earl Jones at LAX (Los Angeles International Airport) 2 or 3 yrs ago. He gave me an autograph. We were both in the baggage area waiting for our suitcases. He was very nice and friendly---but then again, I didn't try to hug him...lol

Laurent · March 15th, 2006, 03:10 PM

Not to be crass, but I really thought he was dead.

UndercoverGator · March 15th, 2006, 03:43 PM

Ahhh,, I loves me some JEJ. But even as a southern I still wouldn't wanna hug him.

sweetrebel · March 15th, 2006, 04:56 PM

He was a speaker at the university here a year or so ago, and our limousine service (my employer has SEVERAL different businesses...) and the limo driver had to get another car from a local dealership because #1 he is a large man and had trouble getting in and out of our limo and #2 he didn't want the 'hooplah' surrounding him arriving in a limo. They ended up getting a Cadi, I think...driver said he was most gracious and sent us autographed photos...
Here in the south, we are very affectionate, but I don't go around just hugging people...well, not strangers....I do hug family members and members of family members (in laws) and friends on a regular basis....people I haven't seen in a while, but I do not hug co workers, people at the Wal Mart, tellers at the bank....

Just being silly....

**PurpleHaze** · March 15th, 2006, 05:23 PM

heck, from the south or not, i wouldn't want to be hugging stranger either! i hug friends and family but not everybody is special enough to be getting a hug from me!

but jej handled it cute and nicely!

WickedHo · March 15th, 2006, 05:27 PM

Yeah, I'm from NC and I'm all about huggin' folk! But it's only folk I know, tho. Cuz it's rude to invade some stranger's personal space. At least, that's how I was raised...

LynnieD · March 15th, 2006, 05:29 PM

*mental note taken*

ediebrooks · March 15th, 2006, 06:32 PM

I guess this fan figures since she's seen in movies and on TV, she knows him, and it's ok to grab him, but gee, she's mistaken. I agree that James Earl handled the situation very well.

CherryDarling · March 15th, 2006, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MonkeyMix

I'm gonna hug him if I ever see him.

You done cracked me up again!

I love JEJ...he will forever be implanted in my mind as King Jaffe Jaffar, Ruler of Zamunda from Coming To America.