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Glee star Matthew Morrison recently 'fessed up to GQ that a pair of Aldo shoes he wore to his audition landed him the role of a lifetime. What did they look like? "They're in the other room right now! I got them at Aldo. They're a cross between cowboy and motorcycle boots. They're really dirty and scraped up now—and have a hole on the side where rain can get in." [GQ]