{"id":173033,"date":"2025-09-27T12:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T12:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/173033\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T12:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T12:59:09","slug":"the-truth-about-the-feud-between-mr-t-and-george-peppard-of-the-a-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/173033\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About the Feud Between Mr. T and George Peppard of &#8216;The A-Team&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"948\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/mr-t-george-peppard-1014x570.jpg\"   alt=\"THE A-TEAM, Mr. T, George Peppard, 1983-1987\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 NBC \/ Courtesy: Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>Without a doubt, if you watched TV in the 80s, then you remember <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/the-a-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The A-Team<\/a>. The premise of the show was a ton of fun: Four members of a U.S. Army Special Forces unit are tried and convicted for a crime they didn\u2019t commit; they escape from prison and begin working as soldiers of fortune while trying to clear their names and avoid capture by law enforcement. But did you know that behind the scenes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/mr-t\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. T<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/george-peppard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Peppard<\/a> had a bit of a feud going on? And the reasons behind it weren\u2019t quite so clear-cut.<\/p>\n<p>I loved this show so much because it was way over the top; it wasn\u2019t uncommon to see these guys in some sort of horrific vehicle crash and yet walk away with nary a scratch on their bodies. Sure, bullets flew, but very few people died. The violence, for the most part, was pretty darn cartoony, and the entire thing was put together in a fairly lighthearted way.<\/p>\n<p>In a nutshell, the show was super fun to watch, and, because of that, I always assumed it was fun to make. However, that might be a bit of a stretch, at least for Mr. T and George, who struggled to get along for much of the show\u2019s run. In fact, in a 2022 article by Stefan Kyriazis in <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW145728999 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/entertainment\/films\/1613745\/Mr-T-George-Peppard-hated-each-other-The-A-Team-actor-WWE-wrestler-70-birthday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Express UK<\/a>, Mr. T\u2019s long-time friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/hulk-hogan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hulk Hogan<\/a> was quoted as saying that George and Mr. T \u201chated each other with passion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3988\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-a-team-cast-486x720.jpg\" alt=\"THE A-TEAM, (clockwise from top): Dwight Schultz, Mr. T, George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, (Season 3), 1983-87.\" width=\"486\" height=\"720\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-3988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Universal TV\/ Courtesy: Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>Why? Well, let me just say that I don\u2019t think it was any one person\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n<p>While some folks might be quick to point their fingers at George Peppard, saying that he was irked that Mr. T seemed to be the breakout star of the show and even more ticked off when he found out that Mr. T was making more money than him; there are those on the other side who say that Mr. T\u2019s personality could just be a bit difficult to take at times.<\/p>\n<p>From what I understand, while he was on the set, Mr. T was a bit of a talker, and the nonstop, endless barrage of \u201cthe world according to Mr. T\u201d got to be difficult for a lot of people, even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/robert-vaughn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Vaughn<\/a>, who was brought in specifically during the fifth and final season to be something of a peacemaker. In a 2010 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/the-guardian\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a>, Vaughn said this about Mr. T: \u201cHe\u2019d start talking when he got into makeup at 7 o\u2019clock in the morning and he\u2019d still be talking at 7 o\u2019clock at night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, here\u2019s the deal: Yeah, there were moments when these two fellas were giving each other the silent treatment, but it wasn\u2019t all of the time. Regardless of how they were feeling on the set, they never let it show on screen. They were consummate professionals throughout the entire run of The A-Team.<\/p>\n<p>One last thing definitely worth noting is that a post on <a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW118080942 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/theateamforum.proboards.com\/thread\/4849\/interview-george-dispute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The A-Team Fan Forum<\/a> by a user named peppardfan mentions that the two finally made amends and got along prior to George\u2019s passing. Apparently, George, who after having some health issues, decided to reach out to his co-star. He did so by sending a bouquet of flowers along with a kind message letting Mr. T know that despite their differences and difficulties, he did appreciate the opportunity that he had to work with him.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a9 NBC \/ Courtesy: Everett Collection Without a doubt, if you watched TV in the 80s, then you&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-173033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}