Harrison Ford got drunk with Jimmy Buffet and Ed Bradley before he got his ear pierced in 1997

We know, the curiosity about Harrison Ford's earring has been killing you since he got it done in 1997. Why, oh why, would he go out and make himself look like your grandfather dressed as a pirate for Gasparilla? Whatever was it that pushed him to this madness?

"A semi-drunken lunch with (late 60 Minutes correspondent) Ed Bradley and Jimmy Buffett, who were both wearing rings," the 65-year-old tells Maxim. "Afterward, I walked down Madison Avenue till I found the first jewelry store that pierced ears."

Yeah, something tells us Ford isn't the type of guy to go to Claire's down at the local mall. Of course, we didn't really peg him to be the kind of guy to get sloppy drunk and have a midlife-crisis piercing, so shows what we know.

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