Way back in 2010, the Cavaliers very publicly offered Ted Williams, the homeless man with the golden voice, a job doing voice-over work for the Cavs and Quicken Loans Arena. They even offered him a house.
Then Williams went all celeb flipout on the world, entering rehab, leaving rehab, entering rehab again, and displaying just about every personality trait which could ruin all the goodwill he garnered with his rags-to-rehab story. But the Cavs (and other companies) stood by him, at least at first, and at least until it became all too apparent that Williams was a hot mess. But you knew they couldn’t stand too long, which is why the last line from this News-Herald Cavs story is not surprising at all:
This article appears in May 4-10, 2011.
This guy is a douchebag. I can understand having problems, like substance abuse etc etc… but when you get a golden oppurtunity to get out of a shitty situation, then address those issues(through counseling, or a program) and make something of the chance you get. Instead he did what most people expected him to do, therefore solidifying the stereotype thatall homeless people are just lazy drunks. What an asshole.
It’s part of the arrogance that goes with substance abuse and the criminal lifestyle he lived to support his ‘god’, the drug. He checked out of the posh rehab that Phil paid for, and went to live in a place where other voice-over artists live and where drug drops could occur at any time. Of COURSE he needed rehab & counseling. I can understand his and Al Battle’s decision to ‘strike while the iron is hot’ and make the big $ while Americans are fascinated with him, but He IS WHERE HE BELONGS now. Poor judgment is part of the psychology of substance abuse….their damaged brains allow people to become thieves & pimps, & totally abandon their children’s needs to ‘score’ the next fix. Hopefully, he can learn a new lifestyle….in as many months or years as it takes!