Floyd Mayweather has provided good copy to TMZ for years, yet it now sounds as if they?re disparaging his sexuality?
It?s a good thing he can box.
He may give out turkeys to the homeless on Christmas Day. He may be good to his mother. But as a role model he?s flawed, a public relations nightmare in the flesh.
Floyd ?Money? Mayweather, the pound-for-pound king who is winding down his career with less of a bang than a whimper, is in the news for a change and for a change the news as usual ain?t good.
TMZ, that storied outlet which publishes gossip that borders on the inane, recently broke the latest news regarding Floyd and his relationship with strippers.
In the breathy prose for which TMZ is best known, it reported that ?Las Vegas strip clubs are getting a stern warning from cops?DON?T LET FLOYD MAYWEATHER INSIDE … because he sexually harasses strippers … something Floyd denies.?
I don?t spend a lot of time in strip clubs. It?s that not undulating flesh is repellent. On the contrary, it can be appealing under the right conditions. But public displays of affection for the purpose of extracting money are more than I can endure.
But I?m not Floyd Mayweather, as he keeps reminding me.
?TMZ Sports has learned,? TMZ continued, ?the Vice unit of the Las Vegas Metro Police Department contacted multiple strip clubs in Sin City … telling them Floyd and his crew have run roughshod in various clubs, manhandling the girls.?
To TMZ?s credit, ?manhandling? is the perfect verb in this context.
An unnamed law enforcement source said that ?He [Floyd] goes in and pulls a ?Do you know who I am? and does inappropriate things with some of the women.?
What is and is not appropriate in that context depends on how much money one throws around.
?We spoke with honchos from multiple strip clubs who tell us they will NOT heed the warnings, because they?ve never had a problem with Floyd. Plus, everyone knows he spends a TON of cash.?
Money talks and bullshit walks. The rest of it is bluenose-ism to the nth degree. If Money wants to waste his money so he can do ?inappropriate things with some of the women,? so be it, more power to him, you only live once.
?Sources close to Floyd tell us the boxer is adamant he has NEVER done anything wrong at a strip club?particularly with women?and has no idea why cops would have him in their crosshairs.?
Mayweather has provided good copy to TMZ for years, yet it now sounds as if they, or sources close to Floyd, are disparaging his sexuality. When TMZ writes, ?he has NEVER done anything wrong at a strip club?particularly with women,? I don?t know what to think.
And the less said about the word crosshairs the better.
