On Thursday, July 12,
The Oprah Winfrey Show will be graced with the presence of NFL player Isaiah Kacyvenski. However, the St. Louis Rams outside linebacker will not be talking about his pro career. In fact, he will be opening up to
Oprah Winfrey about his difficult past.
Isaiah Kacyvenski, a 29-year old native of Syracuse, New York, played seven years with the Seattle Seahawks with a record of 267 tackles in 90 games. In 2006, he signed a one-year deal with St.Louis Rams as the team’s outside linebacker.
In Oprah Winfrey’s episode called “Why They Beat The Odds,” the NFL player reveals about his trials and hardships on making ends meet when he was just a child. He also recounts his heartbreaking times without food and shelter.
"We were huddled up, seven of us in a tent, and just kind of basically sleeping on top of each other. We went to the bathroom in an outhouse, basically just a hole in the ground," he said during the interview with Oprah Winfrey.
He also talks about his father as an alcoholic, which made matters worst for him and his family.
"We would walk around on eggshells all day. I remember playing around the house, if something would break, it didn't matter what kid it was, we all had to line up, drop [our] pants, and he would just whip us. I remember not being able to sit for a week at a time, just in so much pain," he recounted.
In addition to Kacyvenski, other people who struggled various tragedies will also grace this Thursday’s show. Winfrey’s guests include Chef Jeff Henderson, a cocaine dealer who overcame his bad habits to become a chef, a woman who gained strength after the lost of her husband and son in a plane crash, and a woman who blamed herself for her parents’ death.
-Kris, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: Oprah.com
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