![]() It makes me feel like all of this was well worth it. “It’s so uplifting for me - one of my happiest moments is when someone tells me they used to watch me as a bonding moment with their dad or grandpa on Saturday mornings. “I encourage people to bring memorabilia for me to sign, and I’ll also bring some stuff to sell,” Roberts said. 26-28 – and said the best part of visiting new places is his interaction with fans. Roberts is excited to bring his tour to Florida for the first time – he’s also performing one night each in Gainesville, Tallahassee and Tampa from Sept. “People knew that if you mess with me, you might get the snake, because I figure if you’re going to play, you might as well play your aces.” “I just participated at the right time,” Roberts said. He said he wasn’t much of a jokester, but when provoked, he knew how to strike back. You’ve got a chance of killing somebody.’ They backed off a lot after that.” ![]() “The British Bulldogs were putting sleeping pills in people’s drinks and that’s when I said, ‘OK, enough is enough. “Boys will be boys and all that, but then it started getting dangerous,” Roberts said. Roberts discusses his sobriety journey during shows, but he said his shows are much more funny than serious, with stories about the crazy things wrestlers do, inside the ring and out - including times when the pranks went too far. Scrumptious Strawberry Cotton Candy 7.95 USD 12 Flavor Fruit Gummy Bears 21.95 USD Sweet Watermelon Cotton Candy 7.95 USD Celtic Sea Salt Caramels Bag 12.95 USD Toxic Waste Slime Licker 7.95 USD Blue Raspberry Cotton Candy 7.95 USD S'Mores Crispy Cake 8.95 USD Cheers Champagne Flavored Gummy Bears Tin 29. If I can, we’ll go sit and talk somewhere.” “I encourage people, if they’re struggling, to come talk me after shows. “If I can help someone avoid a trainwreck by ringing the bell, I’ll do it,” Roberts said. Today, Roberts tries to pay it forward, counseling wrestlers or anyone he meets at his shows who is dealing with addiction. They have forgiven me when they didn’t have to and it has been absolutely wonderful.” If parents gave me their kid to hold and take a picture, I wanted to say, ‘If you knew who I really was, you wouldn’t do that.’ But in the past six years since I got clean, I’ve gotten my family back. But I did it because I wanted people to know that in real life, I was an unhappy camper. ![]() “It hurt my career and it almost destroyed my family. “I chose to put my demons out there for everyone to see,” Roberts said. 'Beat Box' takes cues from the sultry electro-pop of early Blondie and fuses it with the spirit of CBGBs - however, not just being a goth-revivalist's wet dream, this album also nods to the contempoary no-wave of Nite. Haunting, mid-tempo cold-wave/minimal synth music from Glass Candy with an icy, deadpan vocal delivery from Ida No. He said he’s been clean and sober for six years. Buy B/E/A/T/B/O/X by Glass Candy on Bleep. Today he gives credit to former wrestling colleague Diamond Dallas Page for helping him. Roberts’ struggles with crack cocaine and other substances were detailed in the 2000 documentary film “Beyond the Mat,” and despite attempts to curb his admitted abuse, he often appeared at shows incoherent or unable to perform.
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