Former New York Giants running back Tiki Barber is becoming the Lindsay Lohan of the NFL when it comes to image management. He doesn’t need a publicist, he needs a whole team of public relations handlers.
He came under heavy media scrutiny for leaving his pregnant wife to take up with his 23-year-old girlfriend, Traci Lynn Johnson. (pictured above, and below, any time it’s reasonable to post a Traci Johnson pic, you got to do it) And leaving your wife Ginny of 11 years for a hot NBC intern piece of ass- that’s a very “Lance Armstrongian” move there- dig up the history of Armstrong’s personal life to see what I mean)
From Shutdown Corner
Now Barber told L. Jon Wertheim of Sports Illustrated that he moved into the attic of his agent, Mark Lepselter, to escape prying eyes.
“Lep’s Jewish,” Barber allegedly said, “and it was like a reverse Anne Frank thing.”
Wow.
That’s pretty bad. I never underestimate the ability of egocentric and clueless celebrities to play the victim card, even when they have all the money, fame and sexy babes in the world, but this still shocks me. Barber is really effing stupid, immature and oblivious. A icon to football fans everywhere comparing himself to a teenage Jewish Holocaust victim who was eventually found and exterminated in a concentration camp.
Tiki Barber and Ronde Barber may be twins, but I think we know which one is the evil twin and which the good twin. If Tiki his serious about a NFL comeback, he needs to better monitor his public persona.
Paul M. Banks is CEO of The Sports Bank.net. He’s also a regular contributor to Chicago Now, Walter Football.com, Yardbarker, and Fox Sports
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