Ya Headed For Self-Destruction: The Chad Ochocinco Edition - Page 2

Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson has lost himself. Somewhere between Dancing With the Stars and Evelyn Lozada, the once lauded wide receiver has fallen into an abyss of self-destruction culminating with allegedly physically abusing his wife, getting dropped from the Miami Dolphins, and having their reality, Ev & Ocho show axed.

To be fair, Ochocinco has never been on the good side of decision making.  But (supposedly) head-butting his wife is an all-time low. For starters, violence against women is never okay, but what kind of monster uses their head to attack someone, when they’re not involved in a fight in prison, the WWE, MMA, or Batman facing Bain in the Dark Knight Rises?

Furthermore, at what point in his reported condom receipt argument with Lozada did he think, “I definitely need to head-butt her so we can just be done with this conversation,” and then actually follows suit?!

This man is not only a father, but he’s supposed to be a somewhat respectable pillar in the world of shameless reality TV stars. While the fact that he’s on television doesn’t automatically give him a “role model” sticker, one would assume that knowing his own public status, he would be more careful in the way that he acts.

Unfortunately, that didn’t happen so we must brand him the week’s “Epitome of Struggle” character (working title). Here are five reasons why Ochocinco has reached his destination of self-destruction.

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Naming Himself “Ochocinco”

No self-respecting man should ever believe that being addressed by the number on his football jersey is worthy of a name change. He had to know that being called Ochocinco in real life, would never really end well.

*Editor’s note: We’re not going to even address the blond Mohawk, so pretend it doesn’t exist.

Dancing With the Stars

Stop b, just stop.

Dating On Reality TV

For some people, reality TV is CPR to a flat-lining career, but that’s not always the case. Ocho got his feet wet in front of the camera with his Dancing With the Stars pointed-toe routines, and high off the notoriety he wanted more.  VH1 premiered his dating show The Ultimate Catch in 2010. No one really cared, but aspiring singer Rubi Pazmino won his heart. Sadly, opening yourself up to the public, when you’re already a well-known athlete can be a recipe for disaster. Just ask Terrell Owens.

Twitter Relationships

Anything that ends with “on Twitter” (i.e. “we got into a fight on Twitter, we met on Twitter, I’m getting my rap career started on Twitter) is an automatic flag on the play, but what Ocho wants, Ocho gets. He wanted Evelyn Lozada’s feisty Puerto Rican cakes, and he wouldn’t stop until he got them. Wonder if he’s regretting that decision.

*Bonus Struggle: A Terrible Season With The Pats

Listen, we’re not here to kick a man when he’s down, but his short time with the New England Patriots was not a good look. After becoming only the sixth player in NFL history to amass 10,000 receiving yards with a team, and becoming the 30th player in NFL history to surpass 700 career receptions, things got awkward. He was acquired by the Pats last year, and that season was just embarrassing.

Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t (Jay-Z said it, so you know it’s real).