Getting To Know The Real Terrell Owens On Dancing With The Stars
Entertainment Tonight has a super feature on Terrell Owens for Dancing With The Stars. Let’s just say, Terrell is hoping to show the “real” Terrell Owens on Dancing With The Stars and not the person he’s been made out to be in the press in the past. Also, did you know Terrell once won a Michael Jackson dance contest? Here is a take below, but, see this link for much much more. I know who my Dad will be rooting for…yes, Terrell and Cheryl.
“Once I realized that I had the same skill set to be able to play on the level of some of the guys around me that I saw initially were better than I was, that was an eye-opener for me,” he adds. “It’s all about believing in yourself and that desire to be something special. I didn’t realize what I could become, and that’s the same thing I’m going to apply to this dance thing. You never know what can happen.”
Owens was raised by his mother, Marilyn Owens Heard, and grandmother, Alice Black, who died from Alzheimer’s in January 2012. Though the two have re-patched their relationship in recent years, for the most part, Owens grew up without a father.
“My grandmother, she served – she was put in a position to be not only my grandmother, but my dad and my mom in a lot of ways,” Owens, who now has four kids of his own, recalls. “I think me not having a dad in the household and understanding how it affected me has really made me a better dad and a better person. I’m definitely not going to put my kids in a situation where they say that their dad wasn’t there for them.”
“I really take pride in and really respect and have taken to heart what my grandmother did for me and really raising me to be the person that I am,” he continues. “I’m not perfect by any means, but in terms of from a public standpoint, my persona, my character, is unblemished.”
And now, just days away from his debut on Dancing With the Stars, Owens tells ET that he wishes his grandma could be around today to see him shine on the dance floor… and recreate some of his iconic Michael Jackson moves!
“This is definitely a show I wish she could have seen, and one I’m sure she would have loved to have watched,” he says. “In our town, back in the ’80s and ’90s when Michael Jackson was at the height of his career, he was my childhood favorite artist. As a little kid, when breakdancing and pop-locking was in, those were some of the things I gravitated towards.”
“In our small town of Alexander City, they had a Michael Jackson dance contest, and in a small town, everybody kinda knows everybody,” he continues. “All the male cousins I had, we all entered into the contest and there were a couple of contests that were put on. We literally won first, second and third place, all three of us. So, that was kind of like my first experience really dancing in front of a big crowd… and the extent of my dancing.”
I’m looking forward to getting to know TO and seeing his journey with Cheryl. I did not know who he was before he was added to the celeb list, but he seems to have a good connection with Cheryl already. While they are my favorite couple to win (even though I haven’t seen them dance yet hehe), I think TPTB will try to get them far, but their main goal is to get Sharna and Derek that mirrorball in my opinon. Val won the special Season 20 and I think TPTB want Sharna to win this special Season 25.
Hopefully, Mark or Cheryl take it.
Well according to some posts I’ve seen online he is showing the real TO being late for rehearsals. A leopard never changes his spots…
I’m willing to give anyone/everyone a chance. I even liked Val Chemerkovskiy at one time! What human hasn’t done and said some things they regret? Personally, I’m really liking the impression Terrell gives in this interview.
Except that it’s no more special than any other MBT. For it to be “special” there should be something different than any other season. All Stars WOULD have been special if it was a truly All Star season. The person who won couldn’t be the Winner of all Winners because she wasn’t a winner to begin with – so not even that one is “special”. They just say that to make themselves feel “special”.
Yeah, TO doesn’t have a great reputation at all.
Really M8? His IG live videos show him at rehearsal early and Cheryl came in late and he was jokin around with her about why she was late.
I don’t think someine who begged to be on the show or really really wanted to do it, would come in late all the time. I’m expecting TO to be on his best behavior.
At least he ain’t too proud to beg…tobe on the show lol.
Terrell and Cheryl are a fun pair but when I think about Terrell doing stuff all on his own like spiking touchdown balls into Salvation Army donation kettles at holiday football games, I’m not sure what the heck this article is talking about with media misconceptions.
I feel like Terrell is really good at showing us all by himself who the real Terrell Owens is and I look forward to seeing him dance with Cheryl tonight.