Post by Banana Cat on Jan 24, 2012 6:05:35 GMT -5
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Terrell Owens: “I’m in Hell”
January 23rd, 2012
by Michael J. Mooney
When T.O. announced last week his intention to play for — and partially own — the Allen Wranglers of the Indoor Football League, plenty of people, myself included, wondered whether the decision was financially motivated or, well, just zany. Well GQ came along with an answer. In this well-written profile of the embattled wide receiver by Nancy Hess, Owens discusses the hell his exile from the NFL has been: most of his friends are too busy for him now, no team will even return his calls, and the $80 million he made playing is mostly gone thanks to incredibly bad investments, poor real estate decisions, and the $44k per month he’s supposed to pay in child support for his four children (the youngest of which is 5 and has never met Owens).
Some delightful T.O. quotes after the jump.
On the people with whom he trusted his money:
“I believed that they had my back when they said, ‘You take care of the football, and we’ll do the rest.’ And in the end, they just basically stole from me.”
On his reality show:
He cooperated, he says, “to expose a new audience, a more female audience, to me as a human being beyond the macho sports personality.”
On his image:
“I think people change, but the media, they never allowed me to change. They never allowed me to be a better person.”
On his former teammates:
“I don’t have no friends. I don’t want no friends. That’s how I feel.”
On his two reported suicide attempts:
“The hospital released me that night…If they thought I was suicidal or I hadn’t been conscious, you ask yourself, would they have let me go that night?”
On his own moods:
“I’m human; that’s what people don’t realize. I may be a public figure, but really, I’m just like a guy who could be in your family and have some difficult things happen to him.”
On playing football again:
“They may not be ready for me, but me, I’m ready.”
January 23rd, 2012
by Michael J. Mooney
When T.O. announced last week his intention to play for — and partially own — the Allen Wranglers of the Indoor Football League, plenty of people, myself included, wondered whether the decision was financially motivated or, well, just zany. Well GQ came along with an answer. In this well-written profile of the embattled wide receiver by Nancy Hess, Owens discusses the hell his exile from the NFL has been: most of his friends are too busy for him now, no team will even return his calls, and the $80 million he made playing is mostly gone thanks to incredibly bad investments, poor real estate decisions, and the $44k per month he’s supposed to pay in child support for his four children (the youngest of which is 5 and has never met Owens).
Some delightful T.O. quotes after the jump.
On the people with whom he trusted his money:
“I believed that they had my back when they said, ‘You take care of the football, and we’ll do the rest.’ And in the end, they just basically stole from me.”
On his reality show:
He cooperated, he says, “to expose a new audience, a more female audience, to me as a human being beyond the macho sports personality.”
On his image:
“I think people change, but the media, they never allowed me to change. They never allowed me to be a better person.”
On his former teammates:
“I don’t have no friends. I don’t want no friends. That’s how I feel.”
On his two reported suicide attempts:
“The hospital released me that night…If they thought I was suicidal or I hadn’t been conscious, you ask yourself, would they have let me go that night?”
On his own moods:
“I’m human; that’s what people don’t realize. I may be a public figure, but really, I’m just like a guy who could be in your family and have some difficult things happen to him.”
On playing football again:
“They may not be ready for me, but me, I’m ready.”