Rolling Stone writer: When we did photo shoot, women were 'advancing on Dez like the Walking Dead'
Published: 28 August 2015 08:58 PM
Updated: 28 August 2015 09:03 PM
Paul Solotaroff, who wrote the Rolling Stone article on Dez Bryant, joined Shan & RJ on KRLD-FM 105.3. Here are some highlights.
How did being around Michael Jordan and LeBron James compare to being around Dez?
Paul Solotaroff: Can I tell you what I told Dez? We wrapped the whole thing, we did the cover shoot of Dez, which was one of the great pieces of street theatre. We shot Dez Bryant shirtless, in his Cowboy cleats, pants and stirrups, in a very busy section of downtown New York City. We were throwing footballs to Dez and within 90 seconds, traffic had come to a dead halt for a mile-and-a-half and women came from every conceiveable vector and advancing on Dez like the Walking Dead, saying to themselves 'Must touch abdominals.'
Why do you like Dez Bryant so much?
Paul Solotaroff: Dez is the most genuine, the most passionate, the most unfiltered and the most sorely taxed and tribulated I think I've met in all of sports. Dez has survived more in his first five years on earth than any 10 people any of us know. Born to a 14-year-old mom. He was raised in the most blinding abject poverty, straight through high school. Lived in trailers that should have been abandoned the day they were built. Ate potato chips for dinner until he got to OSU. Was essentially raised by wolves, in spite of the enormous attention he got on Friday nights. What tells you everything you need to know about him is that people with good hearts stepped in at every opportunity to save Dez Bryant from the chasm. Dez has that effect on anybody who spends more than 20 minutes with him; you just fall in love with him.