Howard Fears Deafness If He's Dishonest

Hustle & Flow star Terrence Howard never tells lies because he's afraid dishonesty will render him deaf.

The actor lost his hearing for a year when he was a teenager and then lost movement in the right side of his face - and he has always linked his afflictions to the lies he told as a child.

Howard says, "I was deaf for about a year when I was 16 or 17 because I had an ear infection and we didn't have any money to get any antibiotics.

"And then I lost movement in the right side of my face for about a year 'cos, from the ear infection, it got to the nerve.

"So, all I knew was simple things and I couldn't hide the ugliness that had happened from losing my face and I realised that all I had was truth."