The Ted Williams press tour presses on! Last night the man with the golden voice appeared on the Jimmy Fallon Show, where he told the host that Matt Lauer "brings the female out in me"—indeed, no one is immune to Lauer's charm. Speaking of which, Williams was on the Today show again this morning, this time bringing his mother Julia along with him and getting called out for his Lauer comment by Meredith Viera. (You can watch both clips below.)
While Williams weighs his many options, he says he now has calls coming in from Hollywood. He told Entertainment Tonight, "As a matter of fact, Jack Nicholson had contacted one of my in-laws who happens to be in Columbus Ohio. They're supposed to be making a movie in which Jack is playing opposite a disc jockey, which he would like me to portray in the movie."
Meanwhile, the Daily News says the real hero of the story is Williams' partially blind ex-wife, who he left, along with their kids. Patricia Kirtley was left to raise their children alone, and one of his daughters (now 30) told the paper, "He wasn't involved. Our mom was our sole provider. She is a more than phenomenal person. My father is a nice guy, but he fell victim to the streets. We prayed for him and we worried about him, but we became accustomed to the fact that he just wasn't there."
With everyone now wanting a piece of Williams, hopefully he won't fall back to his old ways—he told the Today show this morning that he would be seeing a psychiatrist.
