Keyshawn to Braylon: “Bleep Hollywood”
You may remember that former Jet and current ESPN mouthpiece Keyshawn Johnson had a tendency to speak his mind in his playing days. Well, this time, when asked by the Daily News’ Rich Cimini, Johnson had some “key” phrases for the newest prima donna WR to don the green and white.
“Play football. You ain’t no (bleeping) actor,” Johnson told the Daily News Thursday, alluding to Edwards’ reported interest in pursuing acting and modeling. “Hollywood ain’t (messing) with no bums. If you (screw) up, there’s nothing for you. Win a playoff game. Help your team win a championship, and all that stuff will come, a la Michael Strahan and Keyshawn Johnson.”
… In blue-collar Cleveland, he was criticized for being too image-conscious. He bought a Bentley as a rookie, created his own cologne (Bond No. 9), once showed up for an awards show with a diamond-studded bow tie and hung out with celebrities.
… “the one thing you can’t do in New York is get into trouble. I took the town by storm and performed at a high level, but I wasn’t a movie star. I was a football player with an attitude. Play football. (Bleep) Hollywood.”
The third-person reference is just so classicly Keyshawn. But he does make fair points that seemingly every Jets fan, writer and prognosticator has been making for the past few days. Like your parents used to tell you when brought home a D in calculus, “You need to buckle down and focus!” Still, I find it funny that someone who wrote a book after just one season and has spent his entire post-playing career making TV shows thrown his way. Just saying. and answering nearly every interview request
Reminds me of my dad: “Do what I say, not what I do!”
Not bad advice.
Wow! Glad he isnt a hypocrite. Point taken but coming from the wrong person
Beware the Dennis Rodman syndrome. He couldn’t wait to be freed from the shackles of his pro basketball responsibilities so he could pursue his true calling in Hollywood. Now, “Celebrity Rehab,” is about the only thing anyone would cast him in.
Wait!! Bond No.9 is an expensive ass fragrance… He’s creator?
Why isn’t Keyshawn playing anymore????ENUFF said…
Keyshawn is a damn joke!
He has a SB ring and was sent home that season by Gruden. He only played 10 games that season and came back and didnt do anything productive in the SB. The following year he was in Dallas. Number 1 pick and never lived up to it in my opinion.
Braylon does need to quite the crap and play football, but for Keyshawn to talk like he is in the same world as Strahan is ridiculous. Strahan has commericals and shows. Keyshawn does countdown and sucks at it.
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Okay, I can understand the fact that Keyshawn is now a spectator of those who are active in the league he once was in but….
this is coming from the same person who performed in “The Keyshawn Johnson Show” on the field whenever he had the chance. Such hypocrisy.
For all of Meshawn’s flaws the guy was the #1 pick while running a 4.6 40 and became a star of NY for us. He also got a guy like Parcells to take him anywhere he went…..and Parcells knows alot more abotu football then I do…. at least i think….lol
His advice is sound. Be a star on the field and then the other stuff will come. There have been plenty of pretty boy athletes that amounted to nothing because they forgot what made then popular…..
I loved Keyshawn Johnson on the Jets – we’ve been trying to replace him ever since he left 10 years ago almost. I loved Cherbet and Coles, hell – they are two of my favorite Jets of all time, but we havent had a big reciever that was actually good since Key and I think we can all admit that. Braylon Edwards could finally be Keyshawn’s replacement, and honestly has the talent to be even better. For as much as I do like Keyshawn, he was a red zone possesion reciever (I will never forget the images of Vinny throwing that fade route to him inside the 5 – it was unstoppable every time). Braylon Edwards could be that, and then some more with his speed as well. Just saying you can bash Key for a lot of things, but you can not say he was not a football player. He was also really good at run blocking, something VASTLY over looked in a reciever. You were always able to run on the outside with him, Brady and Jumbo on the same side……Just food for thought is all.
Keshawn, while making valid points, is the last person who should be preaching. he wishes he had the talent and potential Edwards has. His bitterness is palpable.
Pretty sure Dennis Rodman was on the Celebrity Apprentice.
Now he coaches the Elmira Bulldogs!!!!
I agree with Joe, while Key had flamboyance issues he played the game right, and never, to the best of my fading recall, had a problem off the field.
I never had a problem with him and he is the PERFECT person to speak with Braylon.