Terrell Owens Suicidal over Tara Reid Breast Reduction

By Phil Maggitti
Sept 28th, 2006

IRVING, Texas - Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens attempted suicide Tuesday night shortly after speaking on the phone with actress Tara Reid, a source for the Cowboys revealed yesterday. Mr. Owens apparently became distraught after Ms. Reid had told him that rumors about her breast reduction surgery were true.

According to a police report leaked to a Dallas television station, Mr. Owens took "a large number" of hydrocodone, a narcotic painkiller, after he had spoken to Ms. Reid. He was discovered later in his hyperbaric chamber, mumbling "34-C, goddamn, 34-C," by his companion-publicist, Kim Etheredge, who called 911. The police report also stated that Ms. Etheredge had attempted to pry two pills from Mr. Owens' mouth and that Mr. Owens had answered "hell yes, wouldn't you" when he was asked if he had tried to harm himself.

After spending the night in Baylor hospital, Mr. Owens held a press conference yesterday afternoon in which he denied he had attempted to commit suicide. Mr. Owens told reporters he had experienced an adverse reaction after combining hydrocodone with nutritional supplements.

As for telling police he had tried to harm himself, Mr. Owens said, "I was kind of out of it, dog. I can't hardly remember the doctors, more or less the police officers getting all up in my grille."

Appearing at the same press conference, Ms. Etheredge cautiously admitted she had been at Mr. Owens' house and had called 911. She denied everything else in the sworn police report, including her own statements.

New York Jets running back Kevan Barlow, a former teammate of Mr. Owens' in San Francisco, said he would not be surprised if Mr. Owens had attempted to off himself.

"Terrell's been hung up on big-breasted white women ever since he made that Monday Night Football commercial with (Desperate Housewives star) Nicollette Sheridan two years ago," said Mr. Barlow.

"He's been jonesing to get next to Tara after he seen she had her rack supersized. They talked on the phone a lot, but they'd hadn't met yet. I guess he figures now there's no point in meeting her—and no point in living."

A spokesperson for Ms. Reid said she had had her breasts "downsized" early this month.

"Tara was concerned that people were focusing on her breasts instead of her acting ability. That became apparent when her latest film, Incubus, was released on AOL because it didn't merit a theatrical—or even a straight-to-DVD—release."

The spokesperson also revealed that Ms. Reid had had some other cosmetic surgery this month—on her stomach and her left buttock—to remove unsightly marks caused by previous liposuction procedures.