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If you ask former NFL playing legend Terrell Owens, aka T.O., how he is doing these days, his response would be, “I’m in hell!”  In a profile story in GQ’s February issue, Owens admits that he is almost penniless, has no friends, and is in the throes of child support battles.

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Owens, who insists that he has a few good years left to give to his beloved game, recovered from a knee injury that required surgery last year.  After pushing the limits with therapy sessions for his knee and maintaining a grueling workout schedule to keep his body taut, not one NFL team signed the 38-year-old former wide receiver.

T.O.’s reputation of being an obnoxious, egomaniacal turncoat during his San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Dallas playing days, caught up with him. The last time T.O. played for an NFL team, he was a Cincinnati Bengals back in 2010.

Now plagued with money problems from real estate and investments gone south, the former “human nitroglycerin,” who made at least $80 million in his 15-year career, is having a rough time making a dollar out of the 15 cents he has left.  Owens claims that his money troubles are not due to his overspending on bling or exotic vehicles, though; instead, his investments in a few homes and condos turned into dead weight with the real estate collapse.

And that wasn’t the end of it.

When Owens began to see rock bottom last summer, all four of his baby mommas came after him with a vengeance. Three of the women sued him, and he received a bench warrant for his arrest for failure to appear at a child support court hearing with the Mother of his oldest child. All of the women, whom Owens claims he never even dated — one was reportedly a one-night stand — were reportedly on his case pushing him to land “any job” so that their support could continue.

And his social experiences haven’t been much better either.

Owens fell out with reality show co-stars and closest friends Monique Jackson and Kita Williams, after his reality show finished shooting. Owens claims to have discovered that both women were in secret talks to get their own reality show without clueing him in on the wheeling and dealing:

They said they were planning to make me an executive producer, but if we were business partners, don’t you think I would have known about it, he told GQ.

Still, there is some light at the end of Owens’ dark tunnel.

T.O. has landed a gig as a player and part owner of the Allen Wranglers of the Indoor Football League, which is based in Allen, Texas.  While it isn’t the fame and fortune that he is used to, it’s still a paycheck, so things may in fact be looking up for Owens after all.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2Queens11434/ 2Queens11434

    Damn what a sad story.

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8aj5k4MrEE&feature=related Norma Nixon

    “Don’t Worry Terrell – You Got Two Friends – God & Me”…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Iwillbfree/ Iwillbfree

    Can ‘god’ loan him some money?

    Y’all negroids and this ‘god’ mess!!! Did you send him some money today?

    LAWDY LAWDY LAWDY!!!

  • http://twitter.com/BACFA One (term)

    Who?

  • Marquita Draper

    I think some people are rude, just because your not the type who believes that faith and God can help him thru this time that he feels like he’s all alone doesn’t mean that you have to talk about other peoples comments. Can you relate to what he’s going thru NO. There are plenty of people who didn’t have millions of dollars who are going thru the same thing. Yeah maybe he should’ve protected his self better with these woman, yeah he should’ve invested better but everyone learns from their mistakes. Nobody is perfect and shouldn’t be judged by no one. You want to comment on something about I person hitting rock bottom, have some respect and leave a comment more positive instead of critisizing someone elses encouragement. Its people like you who can turn people into towards depression. Atleast he’s not begging for handouts to get back on his so give him some credit.

    Terrell~ I think you know what you need to do, no one can give you advice on how to get back on your feet but yourself. As for your co stars on your reality show wish them nothing but the best in their future and nicely remind them how you were there from them and the least they can do is leave the past in the past and still be your friend. Alot of people forget where they come from and those who really care about you. Take a sabatical journey on your time off and find the man people loved. Take care.

  • White Troll

    He should have invested in condoms instead of condos.

  • Marquita Draper

    all celebs should

  • SoultrySoul

    And to top more misery off …Terrell’s stupid ass was about to marry that 24 y o yt chick and be further in debt than what he already is because we all know she was going to be prego within the 1st year.

    He needs to sit his ass down some where, he’s a grown man as long as he is breathing and getting a check to help with all those kids he does not need any friends.

  • SoultrySoul

    He is a nasty m-fhuka…and so are the women he NEVER dated and the 1-nite stand, all that had his babies.

    Two of his daughters are the same age, SMM/FH

  • Anonymous

    That is one of the downfalls of being rich.You never really know who likes you for you..So many people have wonderful existences from the money you earn, that its hard to know who really wants to be bothered with you..lol.

    The only way you can know the answer to this question is for you to go broke or start cutting off their funds..ie(no more parties, paying rent,expensive trips,being seen around town with these people..etc).

    The good news is that in times like these you get a first hand glimpse of realness on the part of your true friends.People switch up on us everyday, this shouldnt be anything new to anyone past the age of 30..i could see now if he was 20 and thought people were all loving and the world never had any faults..

    He just needs to reevaluate his priorities.Get a woman he loves, get a handful of good friends, downgrade to a cheaper house, cut down on lavish expenses and sit his Black a– down somewhere!..end of lifes problems..lol.

  • SoultrySoul

    Is that sad – heartfelt…or sad – stupid?

  • Anonymous

    He pissed away 80 million dollars?! Man, you’d not get an ounce of sympathy from me. U obviously had no one to counsel or guide U in those millions because U were so egocentric & paid no one any heed.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7UVUVOKIQXNK46Y5DJ6H6ARECA Carl C

    Too many baby mommas will leave you with way too much drama. I don’t have any kids… If my Ronisha ever starts acting up, I’ma have to remind her about who put her ass through medical school and paid for all them dayum expensive diamonds and gold. Sometimes a man just has to lay the LAW down!!!!! But then again, Ronisha’s momma will strangle her ass if she starts acting up. LOL!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002547692062 Lost-And Found

    I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW INSENSITIVE SOME OF US ARE. THIS IS A MAN AT HIS LOWEST POINT AND NO MATTER WHAT, HE IS A HUMAN BEING WITH FEELINGS WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE MISTAKES IN THE PAST. IF HE WASNT SO NICE, SO WHAT?? PEOPLE CHANGE, EXPERIENCES CHANGE US, LOVE CHANGES US, LOSS CHANGES US. LETS STOP THIS FURIOUS MADNESS OVER THIS MAN’S HARD TIMES. BAD ENOUGH HE IS STRUGGLING, HE DOESNT NEED EVERYBODY SAVORING HIS FALL. I PRAY THAT HE CAN COME BACK FROM ALL THIS. HE DESERVES FORGIVENESS FOR WHATERVER YOU GUYS THINK OR FEEL HE DID TO YOU. LET HIM CATCH THE BREATH HE HAS TEMPORARILY LOST. PLEASE.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    There are MILLIONS of people who WISHED to have ALL thta money that he had…and now it’s gone, so who wants to AWWWW him??? Not meee….

    Should had LEARNED that giving money to family, friends, B-U-T-T-A-F-A-C-E-S, tenderloin hanger ons will SUCK you dry, and when it’s gone. they’re gone……..

    Rather earn the money, but be a STINGY MF (and ALONE) than to give it aways to PARASITES who doesn’t give a shoehorn about ya, cept to USE ya, IJS………

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Shariese-Hurd/100001852350588 Shariese Hurd

    Some of these athletes don’t seem to understand that just because you are rolling in money now doesn’t mean that you will always have it or that you still have to budget no matter how much money you have. Even Bill Gates has a budget.

  • Anonymous

    how could he blow all his money???? i wish i had all of his money…as far a friends go ..f*ck friends!!…but seriously i wish i had his money i would manage it correctly!!! these guy are blessed with money and never know how to manaqge it…you dont need the most expensive house..just a nice one…tsk tsk!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7UVUVOKIQXNK46Y5DJ6H6ARECA Carl C

    I hear what you are saying here. You don’t respect Terrell Owens and you don’t respect me even though I paid off all of my Ronisha’s debt, paid for her to go to medical school and purchased a brand new Mercedes for her as a reward for her making good grades. When will you be happy? I would never consider cheating on my Ronisha, but in another dimension, I would give you some DICK!!!!!! LOL!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7UVUVOKIQXNK46Y5DJ6H6ARECA Carl C

    Your dad should have worn a condom when he plowed up in your momma’s butt!!!! Then you wouldn’t be an A-Hole right now… LOL!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    This dude is a jack ass, who never owns what happens to him. How in the hell do you blow 80 million dollars? I mean that’s still a lot of scratch in these tough economic times. I mean if this dude couldn’t put away at least 10 mil in some sort of conservative, low risk mutual fund or some other type of investment, then fck’em. It’ll be funny to see this dude standing by a freeway off ramp with a sign that says “Will run skinny post for food”

  • Anonymous

    Diamonds and gold? You’ve been picking a lot of strawberries haven’t you. As for the kids are concerned, dude you’re spanish and we know how you people get down. If you don’t have kids now, all you have to do is press that on button on that Xerox machine that you call a wife and she’ll be pitting them out faster than a redneck spits out tobacco juice.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sistagirl-Young/100002329860354 Sistagirl Young

    Yes, I feel sorry for T.O. How coould anyone take GOD-given talent and throw it back in the face of GOD? T.O. assumed he would always be he one and only T.O. Po’ chil’. His attitude of arrogance and seemingly disregard for the sport that gave him all that he so brazenly flaunted. Not to mention in a manner of utmost contempt. LAWD have mercy. What is wrong with my Brothas. This is still a white man’s world. He can make you and he ain’t got no aversions to breakin’ ya. But why give him the needed ammunition. T.O. ain’t the first and sadly he won’t be the last. My Brotha look at T.O. and learn. Just ’cause you think you got it all right now? Don’t mean you gonna always have success. “Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” Proverbs 16:18. It’s a long hard climb up the ladder of success. Unfortunately, what goes up must come down. If you don’t believe me, ask Terrell Owens. T.O.? Times Over. Life.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/S6IWMACYPIRBAUSNQ5SUDVFMCI Lesia

    That and keep his mouth shut.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_7UVUVOKIQXNK46Y5DJ6H6ARECA Carl C

    Do you wake up every morning with a scowl on your face or do you get that way when you realize that your underwear are full of ShTT?!!!!!!! Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah!

  • Anonymous

    Obviously he has money, all this claims of being broke are due to a lawyers advice. His liquid assets (money) have long since been off-shored in various accounts. Now he is playing the “broke” card in an effort to reduce his child support payments. my god, 4 different kids with 4 different moms..

    Once the kids become of legal age where he doesnt have to support them anymore, he’ll collect his hidden money from those accounts. And make no mistake, we are talking millions.

    Its basic.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/babyboy119/ babyboy119

    athletes dont respect money or success… don’t feel sorry for him.

    UPS is hiring…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VTYBSPSTHHHJE4OVROGYFMRY4A Maurice

    Amazing, he didn’t pay himself first. If he only put 10% of each of his paychecks away, he would still be doing much better than a larger portion of American workers. He says he made bad investments. What did he invest in? Even if it was real estate, the property would still have some value. And having 4 “baby mommas” is not a smart move.

  • Anonymous

    anyone who actually believes TO is broke and friendless is about as smart as a box of rocks.

  • Anonymous

    good going…. 2nd coming of mc hammer

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CicaKhadafi/ CicaKhadafi

    Karma’s a b***h.

  • Anonymous

    Sad!

  • Anonymous

    What TO and most of black celebrities don’t realize is that “the sun don’t shine on the same dog ass all the time”!

  • Anonymous

    Pride goeth before a fall.

  • Mike Filbrandt

    OK………All @ once now & in unison……”Oh T.O.,….We all feel so bad for you!”

    NOT!!!

    You sorry-ass fool,…..what kinda pity party you tryin’ to play here? I guess in your eyes any press is good press. People like you are so full of yourselves & in need of CONSTANT “Atta Boy” crap that when ya don’t get your daily fill of it ya gotta play this ‘ol feel sorry for me business.

    How many MILLIONS of $$$ & you’re broke?

    DUDE,……I’m disabled & in a wheelchair due to an accident 10 yrs ago & have to SURVIVE on pennies per day compared to what I used to live on & even that was pennies on the dollar to what you made per day.

    I’m 48, confined to a wheelchair, live alone, have NO assistance to help with daily duties or tasks [because I can't afford to pay anyone for such service], & am forced to do what I can to live within my means. I manage to survive meagerly on LESS THAN $15,000 dollars [before taxes] per year. Of that amount,….approximately 35 to 38 percent is used to keep me with a roof over my head. It’s a tiny 1 bedroom apartment having a TOTAL area of roughly 530 square feet. [Most likely smaller than any one of your bathrooms.]

    After rent is paid I pay for my internet,…which is my main form of communication & entertainment to aid in sustaining some form of sanity. Then there are the utilities such as electric, etc. that must be paid & the liability insurance that I MUST keep on my vehicle so I have a means of obtaining items like groceries. Other than a couple of incidental changing monthly costs for the medications I must take to continue living I’m left with about $170 maximum per month to pay for food. After that…I’m completely broke.

    Each month is the same. There is very little variance. It is also being REALLY BROKE. Not just saying that you’re broke because ya can’t buy that new Bentley drop-head ya had your eye on this month.

    As for friends……….I have a couple left. All the others disappeared very rapidly following my life changing event. Simply put….I’m told that they really don’t know how to respond to or accept the great change in my life & therefore abandon their one time friend so they don’t have to deal with the reality of my life as it now is. I was told that this was a very common scenario during my many months of physical therapy & that I should expect to see most of the important people in my life to completely disappear. When I was told this 10 years ago I truly didn’t believe that anything so drastic could ever happen with my great circle of friends. TODAY,….I can keep track of the number of friends I have by counting them on the fingers of a single hand.

    I AM ALONE in this world except for a very few TRUE FRIENDS of whom I appreciate very deeply. THEY are truly the only reason I’m still alive today. They can’t afford to help me financially, but are there for emotional support & to try keeping me believing in myself enough to continue on through to see the next day. THEY are my REAL friends & I would give my last breath to them just for being so for all these years when all others have literally disappeared. In saying that I would give my last breath, it is truly meant. I would physically destroy myself to make available my bodies organs to be harvested, if I knew my organs could be used to save one of their lives….without hesitation.

    So I guess I don’t really know what to say here about your media blast of the pity party you’re hosting in your own honor, other than to say…. “grow up & take responsibility for your situation & don’t expect the rest of us to ruin our days feeling sorry for ya. You should be ashamed of yourself”. In fact….it’s actually rather insulting on a humanitarian level for NewsOne to even put this story of yours into print. But then again,….I suppose in your “big money” world that the real life of we average people who have spent our money on game tickets or any type of T.O. memorabilia just don’t understand how tough the world really is when you are all doughed-up.

    Ya know….I’d invite ya to sit down some time to discuss the differences between being T.O. broke with no friends & my world of being in a wheelchair, being truly broke, & with no friends, but I’m sure you would never allow yourself to be seen in a [real-life] neighborhood such as mine & in such a small actual living space.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeff-Scott/1745456339 Jeff Scott

    Karma kicks Terrells ass. I love it!!!

  • Anonymous

    With GOD you develop character, with GOD you learn to live victoriously without money, with GOD money is not the center of your attention, as it is for the regular small and simple minded. You should lean on GOD and try it once you may learn something……….. Be Unique, Be Evolved, Believe in our Creator and always Be Blessed!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    Unfortunately people like Owens don’t miss their water until the well runs dry. Maybe now he will disappear and shut the hell up!

  • http://www.facebook.com/atruitt3 Anthony Truitt

    You never know Mike, he might ask to move in.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/joelbourgeois3/ joelbourgeois3

    Bobby Womack had a song…..”Nobody wants you when you’re down and out!!! That’s how society is and it’s so sad! I like T.O. Never followed his career except when I heard about the Negative crap you couldn’t get pass……..again sometimes we just don’t get it…….He had a bunch of wolves in sheep clothing around him…….Hit your knees and pray.

  • Anonymous

    Actually Hector, Jesus, Julio or whatever your real name is (how many latins are really Carl?), I wake everyday, that my beloved Trojans didn’t loose the day before, with a smile on my face. I got cool tilt, I got a kick ass job, money and investments, I travel, one great kid, one who is about average, a 750 credit score, my life is chill. I mean its not like I have to run to the window every time that I hear the sound of truck breaks to see if its ICE coming to get me like you do

  • Mike Filbrandt

    WOW Anthony! I never thought about that possibility. Would really miss the bit of space I use to park my spare wheelchair. I’m a person of my word though, so I won’t rescind my offer to chat about differences. Who knows…..maybe he’d bring the beer.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nana593/ nana593

    Aren’t we all broke and friendless….

    T.O. may be friendless but I doubt he’s broke, as in “regular 9-5 working folk’s down to my last 5 dollars broke”.

  • Anonymous

    As much as I want to muster some sympathy for T O I just can’t. I don’t know if he is the father of those 4 children but I do know there has been ways to stop making babies for a long time and if he made them, he has to pay for them. And if he had not acted and treated people so badly while he was in the NFL he would have friends now. People don’t walk away from you when you are down if you are a decent human being. He tried to show boat all the time and did was not a team player.

    Vote 2012….

  • Anonymous

    He is a narcissist. He blames everyone else for his mistakes. If you have $80M, why wouldn’t you just purchase a less expensive home out-right or get a smaller mortgage? Secondly, this ass-f**k had FOUR children by FOUR different women. One of them was a one-night-stand and he calls the others “repeat offenders”. Really, who is the repeat offender if they keep getting women pregnant?

    Didn’t he know full f**king well that at his then status level, he would have wolves at his door? Why didn’t he protect himself? And now, he’s crying b/c you have to pay child support–which rightfully goes to HIS children? To top it off, he doesn’t even see one of his children because he cant’ stand his/her mother.

    Now, he wants to cry foul and say that the reason he’s broke is because of bad investments? He is a stupid ho; he didn’t do his research and he probably let someone else sign his checks.

    Oh, how the mighty have fallen!

  • Anonymous

    People like this jerk will never learn. They USE people. If he ever regains SOME of his former success, he will cut the people who were there with him at the bottom and keep it moving. He just seems like that type of person because he’s still crying about how he’s lost friends but they probably want to stay away from his negative ass. Now, GRANTED, there are QUITE a bit of USERS out there and will cut a person off when things get tough, but I bet he alienated a few decent people along the way.

  • Anonymous

    I feel very badly about your situation. It is most definitely rough.
    It’s good that you have the internet. It can definitely be a saving grace for people who would otherwise be isolated. Have you ever tried counseling? I know that it won’t change your situation, but at least you would have a listening ear. There are some agencies that charge on a sliding scales.

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