Apparently the reason Terrell Owens broke down on the sidelines during last Sunday’s win over the Bengals was due to a death in the family.
Tuesday afternoon on the Michael Irvin Show (103.3 FM), Owens said the death of a family member and an emotional talk with his pastor, Anthony Gardner, led to his tears.
The night before the game, Gardner told Owens he would cry on the sideline and told him to profess his love for God in the news conference following the game.
“It was a rough week,” Owens said. “I even had a family member pass, and I didn’t make any mention of that.
“That wasn’t anybody’s business. I had my mom call me, and she was very reluctant to tell me that. I was playing with a heavy heart.”
Owens wouldn’t reveal who passed away.
The Cowboys receiver said he was stunned by local and national criticism over the perception that he’s a selfish player.
“I’m not a perfect person,” Owens said. “My life is still under construction, but don’t judge me by what you think I am or what you think I meant in what I said.
“I’ve made my mistakes, and they [media] listen to my comments and they dissect those comments and they make what they want out of them, but I know who I am at heart.”
Nobody should ever criticize another human being for showing emotion following a death in the family, but every week it’s something new with T.O. One week he’s phenomenal and you don’t a peep out of him. The next week he’s throwing Tony Romo under the bus for not looking for him more in the passing game. Then he’s crying in a post-game press conference in defense of Romo. Then he has $100 million reasons not to kill himself. It’s like one nauseating twist after another with this guy.
