Terrell Owens: When fame is not enough

Terrell Owens was one of my celebrity crushes...until I watched his reality show.  No, I was not put off by his choice in women, nor his continuous ignorance toward Kita.  It was his disregard for one of his children that got to me.



By watching his show, I learned that his father had ignored him, although he lived very close by.  Apparently TO was the product of an affair.

What does that do to a kid? I mean, you have no say in how you get here, but you suffer all of the consequences of what took place.

Clearly he was tormented.  Couple that with growing up in the South where "Black" was not always beautiful....he talked on the show about how he was ridiculed because of his dark skin growing up.

I don't care how much you are supposed to get over stuff like that, the wounds stay with you.  Well it is more like the INFECTION stays with you, until you work to heal it.

Seeing TO struggle right now shows me that he probably hasn't found a cure for that infection.  It is evident in how he deals with people.  He trusted his homeboys to have access to his accounts...they robbed him.  He berates Kita who waits on him hand and foot.  He goes hot and cold with the women he dates.

Often guys who brandish a lot of COCKINESS are not very CONFIDENT.  You put the Cocky image out there for two purposes: 1. To prevent people from getting close to you.  2. To act out how you want to be, but aren't really made to be.

I thought it was an old clip, I saw on my homepage today when I read: TO hospitalized for possible prescription drug overdose.  The initial report came from TMZ (how do they know everybody's business???).


Sadly, it was not an old clip.  This is the second time something like this has occurred.  The last time was when his engagement ended a few years back.

He was just interviewed by Stephen A. Smith about a return to the NFL after knee surgery, and seemed in good spirits: