OK, so the headline implies that Bills receiver Terrell Owens is done with football -- or that football is done with him.
But while T.O. is still playing the game, he knows that he's 35 and that the clock on his career is ticking more and more loudly all the time.
And so he needs to find a way to remain in the spotlight after he removes his helmet for the last time.
He wants to act.
"If I'm going to really consider doing acting after football, this a great start to let me get my feet wet," Owens said last year in connection with a cameo appearance on a little-known sitcom starting Flavor Flav. "For an actor trying to become an A-lister, I think I'm on the bottom of the pile. I'm a D-lister."
And so he's now trying to climb the top of the Hollywood alphabet, by again playing himself in a reality show.
Though reality shows not involving singing haven't launched many (any?) entertainment careers, Dolphins defensive end Jason Taylor supposedly was in position to parlay an appearance on Dancing With The Stars into a leading role in a movie.
Owens presumably would like to do the same. His ability to make it happen hinges on the manner in which The T.O. Show is received by the public -- and by the buzz that Owens manages to create.
So will he simply become the next former NFL player who shows up in one of the rare and generally not-so-well-done films that provide spot duty for guys like Bill Romanowski, Michael Irvin, and Brian Bosworth? Or will Owens become something more than that?
Based on his most recent effort, during which he played himself, we're betting for now on the former.
T.O.'s post-football career officially begins Monday, sort of
Posted by Mike Florio on July 19, 2009 7:28 PM ET
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Maybe he could find his way into a Woody Allen movie, and say the line "These pretzels are making me thirsty"
Florio, your forgot about the spare movie Howie Long starred in, and how could any of us forget Nordberg from the Naked Gun?
TO who cares just his time in any city one season and he is done
Judging by the crap people tend to find entertaining (e.g. some asswipe signing a football after scoring a touchdown with a sharpie he had hidden in his sock), Terrell ought to do well.
I thought Bosworth was great in "Stone Cold" ....
Being a professional actor used to call for one to actually assume the role of someone else, to, you know, ACT. These days, in too many forums, being a celebrity (one who is famous for being famous) is getting mxed up with being an actor.
Those who grind it out at the bottom and rise by merit to the top, deserve all the good they get. Those who rise by money, sex, hutzpah, connections, or a pretty smile (T.O. fits into all but one of these categories), who more or less "cut in line" & Start Out On Top, deserve much less. I'm a pro athlete, so now I'm going to go and BE an actor - not work, not try, not train, just Go & Do, like doing an interview on Friday and starting work on Monday.
Been seeing a lot of this lately; it's making me grumpy.
Okay, I'm jealous. But I still think it's wrong.
I am an Eagles fan and I hate what happened here in Philly but I wish him the best of luck. There is something about the guy that makes me feel a little bad for him - despite being a multi-millionaire probowl WR.
I wish him the best of luck.
this guy is a joke, first of all why does he need two publicists, this guy and that octomom chick belong on the same reality show. Also the dude has a southern accent thats impossible to understand, he can barely speak cleary, and is only audible when he's screaming about getting the football.
TO is a great actor, he has been acting like he is a teammate for years.
I thought his time in Dallas *was* his "post-football career."
PS/ Geezuz ... fix this damn "you must be logged in" crap. At least get it so if it don't think you're logged in, it don't show the reply form.
Florio gives away his secret:
Beef up a headline with half-truths, exaggerations and speculation. Add a question mark for deniability, then link to a real story. Perfect. He gets to make stuff up, blame someone else and proclaim his innocence.
Once a lawyer always a lawyer!
T.O. will have 30 TD's this year.
30 TD's, can I buy a bag of whatever it is you're smoking?
I mean I thought Vox was dumb as a bag of rocks, you are vying for his title.
I dont know which reality show is worse. T.O.'s or Michelle Irvin's?
she-ho will have to play herself. it's the only role she could play.
You guys forget that T.O. played himself in Any Given Sunday on The Sharks. Have a look
Put him on the Giants and you have a perfect season, hell you can make the schedule 30 games, the Giants go undefeated.
Best D-Line in the Game.
Justin Tuck, best D-Lineman in the game.
This is better than most Mad TV sketches, which apparently uses "professional" actors. It's pretty good for a guy just starting out. If he practices ("practice?!?!?") then he could be good.
Maybe not as good as Dan Marino in Ace Ventura or Little Nicky, but maybe I'm biased.
Maybe this is the NEW TO....you know..the one the jackass cowboys schmucks have told us for the least 3 years, how Jerral knows how to handle such an egocentric.....How many playoff games did he win again in Dallas?...Oops....that would be ZERO....but yanno, he's not on the team anymore......So...they just disappear.....Now, cowgirl fans, tell me again how much a cancer he was after all...........Wasn't he the greatest WR ever?.......JACKASSES
I thought the show was somewhat entertaining. It will be much better without those two cacklehound publicists.
Otherwise, there is no acting on there. If T.O. wants to explore acting, he should pound the pavements in New York with about six memorized monologues and start auditioning.
"TO is a great actor, he has been acting like he is a teammate for years."
Now replace "TO" with "BertFarve". It's still true! BUT... at least TO cares enough to help younger players... unlike you know who, who once said that mentoring Aaron Rodgers wasn't his job.