Andre Agassi Feared Hairpiece Would Stray
ANDRE Agassi admits he was worried sick his now infamous hairpiece would fall off halfway through a tennis match.
The tennis champ revealed his fears during an interview with Katie Couric for tonight’s 60 Minutes.
“It scared the heck out of me,” he said. “I kept envisioning what this would be like if my hair just flew off and landed. Like, what would I do? Would I go over and kill it, or would I — would I quickly put it back on?”
After they stop laughing, Couric asks, “Would you pet it?”
Agassi repliesd, “Would I take it home and name it? . . . I didn’t know what I was gonna do. I didn’t have a plan for what I was gonna do, which is why I was trying to move less and less.”
In his new autobiography, the 39-year-old revealed that he got high on crystal meth while playing the circuit in 1997 — and then lied about it to officials after testing positive for drugs.
“Slim [his assistant] is stressed, too . . . He says, You want to get high with me? On what? Gack. What the hell’s gack? Crystal meth,” Agassi writes in Open: An Autobiography. “Why do they call it gack? Because that’s the sound you make when you’re high . . . Make you feel like Superman, dude.
“As if they’re coming out of someone else’s mouth, I hear these words: You know what? F- – - it. Yeah. Let’s get high.
“Slim dumps a small pile of powder on the coffee table. He cuts it, snorts it. He cuts it again. I snort some. I ease back on the couch and consider the Rubicon I’ve just crossed.
“There is a moment of regret, followed by vast sadness. Then comes a tidal wave of euphoria that sweeps away every negative thought in my head. I’ve never felt so alive, so hopeful — and I’ve never felt such energy.
“I’m seized by a desperate desire to clean. I go tearing around my house, cleaning it from top to bottom. I dust the furniture. I scour the tub. I make the beds.”
Later, Agassi is told by the Association of Tennis Professionals that he failed a drug exam.
“My name, my career, everything is now on the line,” he writes.
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Thanks for telling your story, Andre. We've all got character defects and issues, buddy. Say what you will, but It takes a brave soul to bring them to light.
I agree. Anyone who criticizes (i.e., Navratilova) needs to take a good long look in the mirror. He wasn't trying to cheat in tennis by taking performance enhancing drugs like she has claimed. It was a personal mistake for which he has atoned. By the way, Martina, how did your arms and legs get so big, I wonder? Hmmm?
I still admire you no matter what! at least you're brave enough to let the truth.. O well !!! mostly every one use drugs… just be true to yourself..every one deserve a second chance.
what he has done toward educating those students has erased all the negative for me… i applaud him for coming clean in public. let's see how many others have the honesty to do that. i havent always liked him, but he has gained a fan for life for what he has come forward for now. way to go. thank you for helping to educate our children ( i am a teacher, so i believe children ARE the promise of our future). YOU ROCK!! God bless you and your family.
Hey Who Cares!!!! __.He comes clean and made a lot of loot with that wig!!! Would you do it?? Absolutely you would!! Cannon sure liked it!! And if you have enough talent to win what he has done in his career then you can bash him!! He has banged more hot chicks with that wig on or off than you will ever have a chance with!! Hey when I lose my hair I will deal but I don’t have 100 million in endorsments and winnings!! GOOD for him for making the loot and fooling you all!!____Do you fault Elton John for being gay and wearing a wig?