Idris Elba rose to fame on the acclaimed HBO crime drama “The Wire,” but he recently made a shocking admission: he’s never seen the show, and refuses to watch it. “If I’m really honest, I didn’t watch ‘The Wire,’” Elba, 52, shared on a recent episode of Amy Poehler’s “ Good Hang ” podcast.

I like being in it rather than watching it," Elba saidNEED TO KNOWIdris Elba doesn’t watch old episodes of his breakout role on American televisionThe English actor played Russell "Stringer" Bell on three seasons of HBO’s The Wire before his character was killed off in the early 2000s“It's a series that changed my life,