Drake has obtained an apology from former NFL star Johnny Manziel for “letting him down” when he bought too heavy into the occasion life and fumbled his soccer profession.
Drizzy closely co-signed Manziel as he entered the large league within the 2014 NFL draft and even launched a music about him titled “Draft Day.” The pair have been shut and the footballer even went as far as to get an OVO tattoo on his wrist, however he went on to solely spend one yr within the NFL earlier than crashing out.
Speaking to Shannon Sharpe on a brand new episode of his Membership Shay Shay podcast which dropped on Wednesday (February 21), the one-time Cleveland Browns star mirrored on his self-sabotage whereas additionally praising Drizzy and denying any such factor as a “curse.”
“Who believes in curses like that?” he mentioned when requested by Sharpe whether or not he believes within the Drake curse — which individuals allege the rapper has over the sports activities groups and gamers he bets on. “That man’s essentially the most constructive vitality, nice aura. Perhaps he picks incorrect generally within the folks, groups or no matter it’s or his bets, however that’s life, proper? There is no such thing as a curse. That’s to every his personal, you understand?
“If I deal with my enterprise within the correct method, I make him proud, proper? Our relationship modifications; so like there’s lots of people that I let down and I actually really feel like him and LeBron [James] at a cut-off date have been folks that I actually actually let down, you understand?”
Later within the episode, he added: “I may even take it a step additional and say in 2016, I don’t assume I handled Drake the best way that I ought to have with representing the garments that I used to be carrying and his OVO model and his label and every part. At that cut-off date, I used to be so egocentric that I used to be dragging all people that was tied to me via the mud.
“I’m not harboring on this in any type of method – I’m simply calling it precisely what it’s and the best way that I really feel about it. I owe these folks an apology and hopefully at some point down the road, I’ll be capable to have the chance as a person to have the ability to look him within the eye and be capable to do this.”
You possibly can view the total episode under. The Drake dialog occurs on the 1:46:13 mark and once more on the 2:15:17 mark.
Earlier than Johnny Manziel even made it to the NFL, he was getting in bother for his partying as a Texas A&M Aggies quarterback.
In a 2013 interview on ESPN’s First Take, Drake appeared as a visitor and was requested about how a lot duty the then-20-year-old Manziel ought to shoulder for his actions.
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“There’s accountability in some conditions,” he mentioned. “I encourage him to have stronger self-discipline than anyone else, and I inform him: ‘On this place that we’re in, it takes main sacrifice. And plenty of the time, I do know you need to stay your life, and I do know you need to have enjoyable, however there’s additionally an even bigger image right here, and we’re in it for the long run.’”
He continued: “I attempt to implement that into his psyche, and I inform him: ‘Let’s have that self-discipline; let’s sacrifice all of the enjoyable. Even when it means coming to see me. In the event that they’re going to scrutinize you about coming to see me, don’t fear. We’ll see one another. You play your recreation.”
In keeping with Manziel within the new Membership Shay Shay interview, the pair nonetheless have a relationship and it’s “one which modified my life for the higher endlessly nonetheless to today.”
