Updated: January 30, 2013, 2:29 am ET

Freeman’s awkward photo with cheerleaders

By HOOPSWORLD
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by Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY Sports

If Ashley Judd is Kentucky’s No. 1 fan, then Morgan Freeman seems to have become Ole Miss’ No. 1 supporter.

Or at least it looked that way in a hilarious photo that surfaced on the Internet Tuesday night during the Ole Miss vs. Kentucky game.

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Is that Morgan Freeman? Or maybe it’s Bill Russell. You decide: (via @birds_word)

Ah, Freeman with cheerleaders is almost as perfect as Freeman playing the role of God or the U.S. President.

The iconic and Academy Award-winning actor, best known for his roll in Shawshank Redemption, lives in Charleston, Miss., and was raised in Greenwood, Miss., which is close to an hour-and-a-half from Ole Miss’ Oxford campus.

Freeman and Judd of course are pals, having starred in 1997′s Kiss the Girls together, which just happens to be this guy‘s favorite movie. They also appeared in High Crimes in 2002 and Dolphin Tales in 2011 but those weren’t as good.

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