On his 74th birthday, Samuel L Jackson's Twitter 'likes' string of hardcore porn

Samuel L Jackson's 74th birthday was marked by fans noticing his Twitter account had 'liked' a string of hardcore pornography sites.

The Shaft actor's favoured tweets feed was filled with videos from Twitter user @blackpanda_00, which included a man involved in an intimate act and men and women having sex, as well as other explicit clips.

It is unclear whether the likes are the result of his Twitter account being run by a third party or if the actor, who turned 74 on Wednesday (Dec 21), may have been hacked.

After Samuel's name started trending due to the likes, they were removed — but not before his followers screengrabbed them and shared them online with comments about his supposed taste in adult material.

One fan joked he was an "old freaky a**", while others leapt to Samuel's defence, saying he had every right to like porn.

One said: "He's a baller and I respect it. He's earned the right to like the tweets he did."

Another of his supporters added: "Let that man be a horny old man in peace!"

Samuel, who has been married to his wife LaTanya Richardson for 42 years, has yet to remark on the incident.

He has previously openly admitted to being a fan of porn.

During an Internet's Most Asked Questions with Wired magazine in 2017, Samuel admitted when asked if he liked anime: "Yes, I do. Hentai, too."

"Hentai" is the pornographic version of Japanese animation.

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