Lend him an ear.
Jordan Peele revealed Friday while appearing on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” that he had bought Corey Feldman’s prosthetic ear from the 1986 film “Stand by Me.”
The 43-year-old actor said he won the ear during an auction that Feldman had staged around his fiftieth birthday.
“There was a complete thing where he was auctioning the ear that he wore as Teddy in ‘Stand by Me’ and I suppose I very creepily bought it,” said Peele. “In saying it out loud, I realize how creepy it was. That’s not the thing it’s best to share.”
“I discussed it to him and he’s like, ‘Wait, you bought the ear,’” Peele said. “I used to be like, ‘Yeah’ and he was like, ‘Man, I’m so glad it was you.’”
Peele said he gave Feldman, 51, the earful through the Lincoln Center series “The Lost Rider: A Chronicle of Hollywood Sacrifice,” which featured several of Feldman’s movies akin to “Friday the thirteenth: The Final Chapter,” “Stand by Me” and the unreleased “The Birthday.”
““I even have a latest friendship with Corey Feldman, very happy with this,” Peele said.
Peele said he won the ear during an auction that Feldman had staged around his fiftieth birthday. Anna Webber/Getty Images for Spotify
Peele said he gave Feldman, 51, the earful through the Lincoln Center series “The Lost Rider: A Chronicle of Hollywood Sacrifice,” which featured several of Feldman’s movies.Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic
“He invited me and my producer to his house. We went to his house, which was awesome. It has some memorabilia and stuff. By the way in which, in case you don’t know Corey Feldman, it means — to start with — f–k off, you’re a child. But that is, like, one among the best teen icons of all time.”
“We visit and he has this film that he showed called ‘The Birthday’ that was unreleased,” continued Peele. “If you happen to are a cinephile who’s just into an entire what-the-F-did-I-just-watch experience, it is that this treasure. So the thing is form of leading as much as this missing film since the movie ‘Nope’ in itself is about exploitation and erasure.”
Feldman played “Teddy” in the long-lasting 1986 film “Stand by Me.”Columbia Pictures/Getty Images
Feldman had also previously joked that the owner of the ear would have limitless ways to make use of the appendage.
“I don’t know what you’re going to do with the ear,” Feldman said. “Wear it for Halloween, throw darts at it, use it as a coaster! The probabilities are limitless.”
