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Terrell Owens Doesn't Get the Attention He Needs at Local Grocery Store
"I thought he was some kind of crazy man!" laughed Carrollton homemaker Emily Martin, 34, who was walking into the store with her 2-year-old twin boys, Cody and Zachary, when she was accosted by the 6'2" NFL star. "He just started shouting at me, stuff like 'Respect baby! Respect TO! Noone understand TO but TO, bitch!' Then he kinda glared at Cody and Zack, real slow and back and forth, like he was daring them to disrespect him. I grabbed them and started running." Apparently the rant was brought on by events inside the store, where TO had just purchased some Gatorade. "He started shouting random things about the products he was purchasing," recalled stock clerk Fred Melden, 41. "He was like, 'TO drink the Gatorade after running hard 'cuz TO a superior athlete!' Then he went to the soup aisle and started sweeping the Chunky Soup cans off the shelves because 'Chunky Soup be an Uncle Tom! FUCK a Chunky Soup!' It was bizarre." When cashier Kelly McMichael, 17, insisted on checking out the people in front of TO, he allegedly screamed "Ain't nobody should be in front of TO! TO should always be first! You a punk-ass little bitch, Kelly!" It was at this point the front-end manager asked TO to leave the store. "He apologized for his behavior," stated Gary Gleason, 38. "But then his eyelid started twitching and he went back into a rage, telling me 'Fuck a Kroger's! TO can get his Gatorade on at the Piggly Wiggly! The Piggly Wiggly be wanting some TO shopping in their store!'" Many believe what made a bad situation worse was when Owens ripped off his shirt in the candy aisle and demanded all eyes to be on his "rock-hard 6 pack". Outside, Owens ranted, "TO works hard on his abs! Can't no one have abs like TO! All I ax for is a little respect!" Reportedly, there were 4 people in the aisle at the time, other than Owens. When he ripped his shirt off, all but one stared at him in utter astonishment - all but little Cindy Cooper, 4, who seemed to be disinterested. Julie Cooper, Cindy's mother, recalled the situation. "We were looking for the Sour Balls when I heard screaming from behind me. I turned and saw an angry man behind me with the remains of his shirt laying in rags on the ground. He appeared to be flexing. When he noticed my daughter wasn't looking at him, he started doing the Electric Slide. When that didn't work, he offered to bench press me. I declined, and he stormed out of the aisle. In retrospect, I probably should've informed him that my daughter is blind." In the parking lot, Owens' agent Drew Rosenhaus issued a brief statement, saying "TO will just go to a store that appreciates his money. TO's intense, yes, but that's just because of his love for shopping." |
The Dallas Cowboys' new star wide receiver, Terrell Owens, was seen pacing back and forth in the parking lot of a suburban Kroger Tuesday afternoon, muttering obscenities to himself.