Johnny Manziel Finally Comes Clean About His Wig-Wearing, “Billy Vegas” Trip To Sin City

Socrates Johnson8 years ago

After many terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days, Johnny Manziel is finally ready to get serious about his football career. And he knows he can’t truly commit to a comeback tour until he’s willing to admit to some of his past sketchy behavior. Such as the time he went by “Billy” and disguised himself in a wig and glasses during a trip to Vegas.

The whole thing went down during the last week of the 2016 NFL season, when Johnny was QB of the Browns. It marked a rough ending to his short-lived and tumultuous pro career, and while no one was fooled by the “Billy Vegas” disguise, he maintained his innocence. It wasn’t until a recent interview on The ThomaHawk Show — a podcast hosted by Johnny’s former teammates, Joe Thomas and Andrew Hawkins — that he finally came clean about the incident.

From Sporting News:

Manziel confirmed most of the details from the report. He said he came into Vegas from the Cleveland airport already in disguise and no one recognized him.

“I had my hood, my hat, my everything, my sunglasses, my everything. So I get there, and no problem,” Manziel says.

He says once he got to a Vegas bar a reporter recognized him and that sent him “into straight damage mode.” He didn’t want to go home to Cleveland, so that’s when he started coming up with a grander scheme.

“I missed my flight, I put out an Instagram saying that I’m at home with my dog, and tagged it in Avon, Ohio. So then I’m like, I’m not going to be able to just go in with a hat. Let’s go get a wig. And, as funny as this is, I’m still pretty embarrassed by it. It’s still like a reckless decision, but like we said, let it die. I’m like, ‘Let’s go to this wig shop.’ So I type in Google, nearest wig shop and just go somewhere off the strip. Very very sketchy, I walk into this place and this little lady walks up [and asks], ‘What you want on your hair?’ And I’m like, ‘I need something that makes me not look like this. Do you have a mustache, do you have a wig, do you have anything?’ And she came back with this wig and I put it on, and I’m like, ‘Perfect!’ I shaved off all my facial hair except my mustache.”

The main takeaway from this whole admission? Johnny needs to rock that mustache more often. Nothing screams “I’m maturing” like a luxurious, well-kept dad stache. .

[via Sporting News]

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