The Fact Is, My Parents Loved Me, And I Wanted To Be Worthy Of Their Love. I Wanted To Make Them Proud.
I'd Been Around Women Who Put Me Down, Made Me Feel Bad, Or Said Things To Fuel My Insecurity.
I Guess That's What I Was: A Set Of Abs. And They Lit The Abs And Shot The Abs And Sent The Abs On Their Way. The Photographer Didn't Look At My Face Once. I Was Humiliated.
I Like Parties, But I'm Shy, And I Often Find Myself Standing Around, Feeling Awkward.
I Wasn't Even 20 At The Time, But It Taught Me Something About Drugs. They Can Take A Good Man, A Warm, Funny, Loving Family Man, And Turn Him Into A Loser And Worse.
I Too Have My Own Demons, And I Have Struggled. I've Made My Own Mistakes, And I'm Not Proud Of Them.
It Struck Me That What I'd Heard About Certain Celebrities Was True: They Had It, Whatever The Hell It Was. Star Power Isn't A Myth; It Is Tangible And Forceful.