Snortin' meth with Andre Agassi By Mark Morford

[madokie]

===== Mark Morford's Notes & Errata =====
SFGate.com - Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Snortin' meth with Andre Agassi
The tennis superstar and Katie Couric get freaky, and other wishful thinking
By Mark Morford

So for some unknowable reason I'm watching Andre Agassi tell Katie Couric on "60 Minutes" about the time he did crystal meth for a short period of months something like 13 years ago, back when he was hating the living hell out of tennis and his ruthless tennis Nazi of a father and his own unfelt, unwanted, completely unconscious superstar tennis life, and gosh, are we not all just a little bit shocked?

Well, not really. Aside from the deeply surreal hit of "Wait, wait, wait, am I really sitting here watching the mulleted multimillionaire, 'Image is everything' spokesdude of yore tell the tiny, chirpy 'Today' show chick that he snorted some illegal who-the-hell-cares for a few months back in the '90s while wearing a hair weave, and what a strange world this is" -- besides all that, I could not help but find myself asking, aloud, right to the TV screen, right to Andre's somber and very, very round face, "Why the hell aren't you laughing?"

"Can you believe this crazy life, Katie? I did meth! I had a frosted hair weave! I married Brooke Shields! I made 100 million dollars! I was miserable for many years, but now I'm not! Life is absurd! What a ride it's been! It's all so crazy and divine and joyful, I can't even begin to tell you. Ha ha! Who wants wine?"

Of course, he didn't say any of that. Not even close. It was all so serious, Agassi terribly solemn about his "dark" period of low-down meth-snortin', Couric all prim, pseudo-naive: "Gosh-golly Andre, just how frequently did you snort crystal for less than a year way back when no one really gave a crap anyway? ...


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[UTUSN]

1. Regis this morning said to him: "Katie COURIC sends her love. Saw her last night."

She must have been really objective in her journalistic interview.

[Vinnie From Indy]

2. Yeah, there is nothing like listening to a multi-millionaire

whine about their life. While the world burns, Katie Couric and 60 Minutes find it vitally important that Americans are aware of the fact that Andre Agassi at some brief point in his privileged life dabbled in drug use. Oh the humanity! Knowing that Andre Agassi made it through those few weeks of expiremental drug use and can now enjoy his many homes, boats, cars and exclusive country club memberships makes things like foreclosures, war, thousands dying from lack of healthcare, war crimes, our eroding freedoms and all the rest seem insignificant in the big scheme of things. Thanks 60 Minutes! I am happy you helped me see what truly matters with your inspiring and hard hitting story about Andre Agassi and his momentary drug use a decade ago!

[FredStembottom]

3. Reply Of the Day!

I've got nothing to add.:thumbsup:

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. +1

:applause:

[jaksavage]

5. We need something to keep us

distracted!
If not this then what?

[UTUSN]

6. K&R to undo the UnReKKK n/t