During the show, Roberts turned his attention to Johnny Manziel, who Roberts thinks is going down a path like his.
“I’m trying to get a hold of Johnny Manziel and I’m going to tell that boy, ‘You need to get on antabuse.’ I understand where his head is at. I understand what it is to be Jake the Snake, or Johnny Manziel, Johnny Football. You got all of these expectations from other people. Not just yourself, but other people. You start being the party guy for them.”
He was asked directly if he would do something for Johnny similar to what Diamond Dallas Page did for him (bring him into his home and help get him sober and on a good lifestyle track):
“Yes I would. Put that out there. If somebody can put me in contact with him, do it. Not only him, but several of those guys who are screwing up out there…like that Trevone Boykin. You were going to be in a bowl game, and look what you did. I’d love to get a hold of him and sit him down. Say what I did in my career and what I did. At least I had a career before I blew it.”
He wraps up by saying this:
“Let’s get Johnny Manziel out here. I’ll take care of him… I’ll save his life or drive him crazy, one of the two.”
The full interview can be found at this link and it also includes some stories about going town to towns, being picked up by limos that had strippers and cocaine, who just expected him to come party because he was Jake The Snake.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
